cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
breadth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛdθ/
ipa: /bɹɛtθ/
ipa: /bɹɛθ/
rhymes: -ɛdθ
Forms: form: breadths
Etymology: From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).
Senses: examples: text: The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.
text: The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth.
ref: 1873, Charles Tomlinson, chapter III, in Winter in the Arctic Regions and Summer in the Antarctic Regions, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 122:
glosses: The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
glosses: A piece of fabric of standard width.
examples: text: expand one’s breadth of marketing
text: "The breadth of this LPR system is spectacular and amounts to a warrantless search."
ref: 2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News:
glosses: Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
topics: art
arts
glosses: A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
Synonyms: sense: extent or measure of how broad something is
word: width
sense: scope or range
word: extent
sense: scope or range
word: range
sense: scope or range
word: scope
sense: scope or range
word: size
Derived terms: acre breadth
bizygomatic breadth
breadthen
breadth-first search
breadth-first traversal
breadth-height index
breadth index
breadth indicator
breadthless
breadth-line
breadth of accommodation
breadth of effect
breadth of market
breadth-of-market theory
breadth of mind
breadth of the market
breadth of tone
breadth-riders
breadthways
breadthwise
brength
by a hair's breadth
curve of constant breadth
finger-breadth
fingerbreadth
finger's breadth
fingersbreadth
foot-breadth
footbreadth
hairbreadth
hair's breadth
hairsbreadth
handbreadth
hand's breadth
handsbreadth
index of breadth
overbreadth
straw-breadth
straw's breadth
thumbsbreadth
wheel breadth
width
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪtθ/
ipa: /ˈwɪdθ/
ipa: /ˈwɪθ/
ipa: [wɪd̪θ]
rhymes: -ɪtθ
rhymes: -ɪdθ
rhymes: -ɪθ
Forms: form: widths
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From wide + -th (abstract nominal suffix), possibly by analogy with Old Norse vídd (“width”), though this is unlikely, as the word is not attested before the end of the 16th century and was historically unknown in Scots and the traditional dialect of Northern England, where one would expect Old Norse influence to be the strongest (these varieties traditionally employed wideness instead). Replaced Middle English wide, wyde (“width”).
Senses: glosses: The state of being wide.
glosses: The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
glosses: A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
examples: text: Manchester United like to play with width.
text: England looked to put width on the ball after the restart, Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
Synonyms: sense: extent or measure of how broad or wide something is
word: breadth
word: broadness
word: thickness
word: wideness
word: width
Hypernyms: word: physical property
word: size
Hyponyms: word: bore
word: calibre
word: diameter
Derived terms: finger width
fixed-width
full-width
half-width
homogeneous width
instrumental width
narrow-width effect
off-width
semi-width
track width
width restriction
zero-width
zero-width space
Related terms: breadth
wide
wideness
snack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /snæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: snacks
form: snacc
Etymology: From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”).
Senses: synonyms: word: meal
word: mese
word: refection
word: repast
glosses: A light meal.
examples: text: The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: An item of food eaten between meals.
examples: text: Up close, he was a total snack. “That was pretty slick.” “Well.” He cocked his head, “I'm a pretty slick guy.” “I'm Kevin,” I said. “Romeo,” he put out his hand. “You're kidding.”
ref: 2008, Scott Sherman, First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery, Alyson Publications:
text: You were looking like a snack. I was looking like a snack. We were finally going to do what two snacks do... I immediately went into my routine. Covers on. Lights off. But you Mr. Tate...you softly grabbed my hand, kissed it, and turned the lights back on.
ref: 2019, Loy A. Webb, The Light, Concord Theatricals, →ISBN, page 22:
text: Her confusion amped up. But so did her attraction. He was a total snack.
ref: 2020, Gena Showalter, Prince of Stone, HQN Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A very sexy and attractive person.
Derived terms: halal snack pack
midnight snack
power snack
Scooby snack
snaccident
snack bar
snack box
snacker
snackery
snackette
snack food
snackie
snackless
snack shaming
snack street
snacky
snicker-snack
Related terms: munchies
fast food
takeaway
snack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /snæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: snacks
form: snacking
form: snacked
form: snacked
Etymology: From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”).
Senses: examples: text: Insult is added to injury when I see the West Coast Railways dining train at the adjacent platform, where guests are sat snacking and drinking wine at a very sociable distance.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:
glosses: To eat a light meal.
coordinate_terms: graze
glosses: To eat between meals.
Derived terms: snack down on
snacker
snack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /snæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: snacks
Etymology: See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.
Senses: examples: text: All my demurrs but double his attacks; / At laſt he vvhiſpers, "Do; and vve go ſnacks."
ref: 1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 4, lines 65–66:
text: "Have you exhibited very much?" said Young Person in the bar-parlour of the "Coach and Horses," where Mr Watkins was skilfully accumulating local information on the night of his arrival. / "Very little," said Mr Watkins, "just a snack here and there."
ref: 1894 July 5, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Hammerpond Park Burglary”, in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1895, →OCLC, pages 216–217:
glosses: A share; a part or portion.
snack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /snæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: snacks
form: snacking
form: snacked
form: snacked
Etymology: See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.
Senses: glosses: To snatch.
glosses: To bite.
glosses: To share.
public
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪk/
ipa: /ˈpʊblɪk/
rhymes: -ʌblɪk
Forms: form: publics
form: publicing
form: publiced
form: publiced
Etymology: The adjective and noun are derived from Late Middle English publik, publike (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public or public affairs; (noun) a generally observable place or situation”), from Anglo-Norman public, publik, publique, Middle French public, publique, and Old French public (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public; official; (noun) community or its members collectively; nation, state; audience, spectators collectively”) (modern French public, publique (obsolete)); and from their etymon Latin pūblicus (“of or belonging to the community, people, or state; general, public”), an alteration of poplicus (influenced by pūbēs (“adult men; male population”)), from poplus (“community; the people, public; nation, state”) (later populus; from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”); further origin uncertain, possibly from Etruscan or from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Doublet of people.
The Middle English word displaced native Old English ceorlfolc and folclic.
The verb is derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e is such a barefooted rubber with my supersocks pulled over his face which I publicked in my bestback garden for the laetification of siderodromites and to the irony of the stars.
ref: 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part I, page 160:
glosses: To make (something) openly or widely known; to publicize, to publish.
public
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪk/
ipa: /ˈpʊblɪk/
rhymes: -ʌblɪk
Forms: form: publics
Etymology: Semantic loan from Russian па́блик (páblik) and Ukrainian па́блік (páblik, “public webpage on a blog or on social media”), both borrowed from English public: see etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: Russian publics report that the fighters of the Wagner group have already practically taken possession of Soledar, there are fights on the outskirts, where the Vushniks are trying to fight back in the salt mines.
ref: 2023 January 7, Alexander Grigoryev, “Russian public: PMC "Wagner" fighters report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using unidentified chemical weapons in Artemovsk”, in Military Review:
text: Complex inductions are unconscious powerful components of influence. They include the following varieties:
[…] 4) Truisms. The term comes from the English word "true", which means "truth". Therefore, under truism it is accepted to understand banal truths, i.e. something that in principle does not require confirmation, but it is so banal and common knowledge that it is rather strange to base on it, but here again there is a "but". In our subconsciousness we perceive it as a certain axiom, and this axiom is interpreted by our subconsciousness itself. As an example, the phrase "In matters of war, Russia is Russia, and Ukraine is Ukraine" was repeatedly encountered in Russian publics. In principle, there is no sense in this phrase, because not a single fact is given. However, each of the readers interpreted it for himself, and putting the word "Russia" in the foreground makes a hint that Russia is stronger than Ukraine in military terms, but the phrase itself does not express such a meaning extra-linguistically.
ref: 2023 December, Iryna Rudia, Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė, Olena Gogorenko, Public Security and Public Order, number 34, Kaunas: Mykolas Romeris University, →DOI, pages 219 of 218–225:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: An internet publication.
stuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌfɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, stuff + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stuff
stuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌfɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ
Forms: form: stuffings
Etymology: By surface analysis, stuff + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The stuffing is made of synthetic goose down.
glosses: The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
examples: text: stuffing for a Christmas turkey
glosses: Any of many food items used to stuff another.
examples: text: I'll make the sauce if you do the stuffing of the chicken.
glosses: The act of stuffing something with another
glosses: A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
examples: text: United were given an absolute stuffing by City.
glosses: Severe defeat
glosses: The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.
Coordinate terms: sense: matter used to stuff hollow objects
word: filling
sense: matter used to stuff hollow objects
word: oakum
sense: matter used to stuff hollow objects
word: packaging
sense: matter used to stuff hollow objects
word: packing
sense: matter used to stuff hollow objects
word: padding
word: SEO
Derived terms: antistuffing
beat the stuffing out of
bit stuffing
book stuffing
cash stuffing
channel stuffing
credential stuffing
diaper stuffing
keyword stuffing
knock the stuffing out of
quote stuffing
stuffing cucumber
hardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹdi/
ipa: /ˈhɑːdi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: hardier
form: hardiest
Etymology: From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (“hard”)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (“persevering”), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (“vigorous, courageous”)).
Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It is an useful sort of the smaller kind of hogs, that is hardy in its nature and of considerable weight in proportion to its size.
ref: 1824, R. W. Dickson, “Hogs or Swine § Swing-tailed Breed or Sort”, in A Complete System of Improved Live Stock and Cattle Management; […] , volume 2, London, →OCLC, page 287:
text: Even adding 1mm of thickness to the cardboard, to make it hardier, might use up a substantial forest when multiplied across hundreds of billions of boxes.
ref: 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: hearty
robust
rugged
strong
glosses: Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
examples: text: A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
text: The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes.
ref: 1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 72:
text: By watching where the snow melted first, I discovered warmer spots that I knew would be possible locations for late-winter bloomers or borderline hardy plants.
ref: 2012, David L. Culp, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Timber Press, page 503:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: hearty
robust
rugged
strong
antonyms: tender
glosses: Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.
examples: text: But he was not ſo hardy to abide
That bitter ſtownd, but turning quicke aſide
His light-foot beaſt, fled faſt away for feare:
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 354:
glosses: Brave and resolute.
glosses: Impudent.
Derived terms: cold hardy
hale and hardy
half-hardy
hardihead
hardihood
hardily
hardiness
hardiship
Hardy
hardy kiwi
hardy perennial
nonhardy
overhardy
party hardy
party-hardy
semihardy
unhardy
winterhardy
Related terms: foolhardy
hardy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹdi/
ipa: /ˈhɑːdi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: hardies
Etymology: From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (“hard”)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (“persevering”), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (“vigorous, courageous”)).
Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Across the country, various bands of journalistic hardies — newsroom pros whose services are no longer salient to a crippled and disrupted information economy — have taken matters into their own hands.
ref: 2009 June 1, David Carr, “Cast Out, but Still Reporting”, in New York Times:
glosses: Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
glosses: A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.
glosses: hardy hole
Laurel and Hardy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɹ.əl ænd ˈhɑː.di/
ipa: /ˈlɔːɹ.əl ænd ˈhɑː.di/
ipa: /ˈlɔɹ.əl ænd ˈhɑɹ.di/
Etymology: From the name of a famous American comedy duo from the 1920s and 1930s.
Senses: examples: text: We put a Laurel and Hardy thing together. With ordinary actors I've tried this, and it's like playing music without an instrument, but these guys could do anything.
ref: 2000, Patrick McGilligan, Film Crazy: Interviews with Hollywood Legends, page 89:
text: Then about a hundred yards ahead, two men, one rotund the other thin and spare, leaped over a gate onto the road. They had the appearance of a Laurel and Hardy duo.
ref: 2012, Patrick C. Reidy, A Cocktail of Tales, page 14:
text: The session quickly devolved into a Laurel-and-Hardy skit, as an NRC bureaucrat named Lawrence Kokajko was grilled by the commissioners, particularly Hamilton, a man used to having bureaucrats tremble before him.
ref: 2012, Richard Martin, SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future, page 180:
text: […] when someone has a Laurel and Hardy moment where they slip on a banana skin […]
ref: 2012, The Black & White Photography Book:
text: She was heavy: not fat, but solid, and it looked good on her; still, we must have seemed a Laurel and Hardy match, the two times we would have been observed together in public, me being whichever comedy star was the lanky one.
ref: 2013, David Hale Smith, Dallas Noir, page 211:
text: When he got up to answer, I noticed the boy at the other end of the desk was partially standing. This happened every time. So I quietly walked around and noticed that the long bench they were sitting ^([sic]) had a leg missing at the end. Sensing a Laurel-and-Hardy situation, I could not resist the temptation.
ref: 2014, Paul "Monty" Choy, The Flying Dragon, page 45:
text: Variety (February 22)reported, “Ward and Scott have sketched out plans for the production of Green Hopper, a 30 minute show revolving around a frog, wolf and bear; Simpson and Delaney—a Laurel and Hardy animated duo, and Super Chicken.
ref: 2014, Keith Scott, The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose:
glosses: Any duo who are so inept at practical tasks as to be humorous.
skinny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪni/
rhymes: -ɪni
Forms: form: skinnier
form: skinniest
Etymology: From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.
Senses: examples: text: Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
glosses: Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
examples: text: ...into the skinny chocolate milk?
ref: 1974, National Fruit & Syrup Manufacturers Assn, Dairy & ice cream field, Volume 157, Issues 1-6 (cooking), page 45:
text: Also bring me three quarts of ‘skinny’ milk. What the matter, Mr. Kuziavka, have you just fallen from the moon?! Don't you know about ‘skinny’ milk? It's milk, from which the fat has been removed and...
ref: 1982, Mykola Ponedilok, Funny tears: short stories (history), page 186:
text: “All right,” said Katz, who, waiting on his skinny milk latte, turned to snap his fingers at the only waiter in the room.
ref: 2008, Sydney Bauer, Undertow (fiction), →ISBN, page 387:
text: People always order a "skinny" margarita without knowing exactly what that means for the ingredients. Skinny means the cocktail has a natural sweetener like lime juice or agave nectar, and none of that slushy, syrupy sweet-and-sour mix.
ref: 2019, Fancy AF Cocktails:
glosses: Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.
examples: text: Let's take our clothes oft" and go swimming skinny.
ref: 1972, Robert Woodruff Anderson, Solitaire: Double solitaire, page 53:
text: We never swam skinny in the river like the hippy kids on the farm across the railway tracks.
ref: 2000, Linda Rogers, Say my name: the memoirs of Charlie Louie, page 25:
text: When I went in again, the desirable alien was in bed with eyelids closed [...], obviously sleeping skinny, to employ her own term for it.
ref: 1994, Geoffrey Atheling Wagner, A singular passion: a novel, page 200:
text: with stimulative sybaritic aids ranging from a mountain sunset to a dip — skinny or otherwise — in a heated pool
ref: 2007, Weston P. Hatfield, The Governor's Choice, page 20:
text: She used to swim "skinny" in Sprague's cove in broad daylight, leaving her bathing dress on the float.
ref: 2008, Kitty Crockett Robertson, Measuring Time - By an Hourglass, page 220:
glosses: Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
examples: skinny jeans
glosses: Tight-fitting.
raw_tags: of clothing
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).
synonyms: word: thin
extra: type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head
Derived terms: skinnily
skinniness
skinny as a rail
skinny bitch
skinny dip
skinny-dip
skinny-dipper
skinny dipper
skinny-dipping
skinny drink of water
skinny fat
skinny jab
skinny legend
skinny malink
skinny-malinky
skinny Minnie
skinny mirror
skinny shaming
skinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪni/
rhymes: -ɪni
Forms: form: skinnies
Etymology: From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.
Senses: examples: text: She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
glosses: The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
examples: text: Again, she appears nude whilst dipping in the skinny, but this time, instead of being eaten by a shark or a bear, she encounters a Japanese submarine
ref: 2004, Mr. Skin, Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia, page 34:
text: "Nobody would bother peeking these days," she said ruefully, "in bathing suits or in the skinny."
ref: 2009, Susan Wittig Albert, Wormwood, page 90:
glosses: A state of nakedness; nudity.
glosses: A low-fat serving of coffee.
examples: text: "Either a skinny had judged (correctly) that it was worth one of their buildings to try for one of us, or one of my own mates was getting mighty careless with fireworks" .."A congregation in church — a skinny flophouse — maybe even their defense headquarters. All I knew was that it was a very big room filled with more skinnies than I wanted to see in my whole life."
ref: 1959, Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers, page 10:
glosses: A skinny being.
glosses: An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.
skinny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪni/
rhymes: -ɪni
Forms: form: skinnies
form: skinnying
form: skinnied
form: skinnied
Etymology: From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.
Senses: examples: text: Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down.
ref: 1982, Ward's Auto World, volume 18, numbers 1-6, page 65:
text: By the end of the chapter, we will have (hopefully) skinnied the list of contenders further (perhaps there will be none left).
ref: 1996, Kevin Dowd, Getting Connected: The Internet at 56K and Up, page 25:
text: Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."
ref: 2001, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (volume 38, page A-7)
glosses: To reduce or cut down.
Derived terms: skinny down
skinny out
skinny pig
skinny up
croc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɒk/
ipa: /kɹɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: crock
Forms: form: crocs
Etymology: Clipping of crocodile.
Senses: glosses: A crocodile.
croc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɒk/
ipa: /kɹɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: crock
Forms: form: crocs
form: Croc
Etymology: From the American shoe company Crocs, Inc., reportedly named for the shoe's resemblance in profile to a crocodile snout or the "multi-environment, amphibious nature" of the animal.
Senses: glosses: A type of EVA foam slip-on clog-style shoe with an open heel, thick sole, rounded toe, retractable heel strap, and ventilation holes on the top and sides.
Derived terms: croc-off
Related terms: gator
oneirology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oneirologies
Etymology: From oneiro- + -logy, historically from Latin oneirologia from Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”).
Senses: glosses: The study of dreams and their interpretation.
Derived terms: oneirologist
oneirologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oneirologists
Etymology: From oneirology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An interpreter of dreams.
horology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horologies
Etymology: From Latin horologia, from horo- + -logia, equivalent to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “period of time, hour”) + -λογία (-logía, “-ology: study or proper knowledge of”). Equivalent to horo- + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study or measurement of time
The art, science, and technology of making and maintaining timekeeping devices such as clocks, watches and sundials.
glosses: The study or measurement of time
The book of the offices for the canonical hours.
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
Synonyms: chronometry
chronometrics
Coordinate terms: chronometric
chronometrical
chronometrically
Derived terms: horologer
horologic
horological
horologically
horologist
Related terms: horologe
horologium
hour
year
horologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horologists
Etymology: From horology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person skilled in horology, particularly a person who makes or repairs timekeeping devices.
Synonyms: horologer
Hyponyms: clockmaker
watchmaker
diversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈvɝʒən/
ipa: /daɪˈvɝʒən/
ipa: /daɪˈvɜːʃən/
ipa: /daɪˈvɜːʒən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən
Forms: form: diversions
Etymology: From Middle English diversion, dyversioun, from Medieval Latin diversiō, from Latin divertō (“to divert”); see divert.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
examples: text: Of those therefore that have attained to the highest degree of honour and riches, some have affected mastery in some art; as Nero in music and poetry, Commodus in the art of a gladiator. And such as affect not some such thing, must find diversion and recreation of their thoughts in the contention either of play, or business.
ref: 1640, Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law:
glosses: A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
examples: text: Further, in response to the trust defense raised at trial, the court did properly instruct the jury on partial diversion when it charged that the funds diverted to Moon's personal use became taxable "to the extent so diverted." Obviously, the word "divert" is in common enough use and understandable by ordinary jurors, so as to require no explanatory charge.
ref: 1983, U.S. v. Sun Myung Moon 718 F.2d 1210 (1983):
text: Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...
ref: 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R29:
glosses: The act of diverting.
glosses: Removal of water via a canal.
examples: text: An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102:
topics: transport
glosses: A detour, such as during road construction.
topics: transport
glosses: The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
topics: law
glosses: Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.
Synonyms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: feint
sense: hobby
word: hobby
Derived terms: biliopancreatic diversion
diversional
diversionary
diversionism
diversionist
diversionless
prediversion
rediversion
trade diversion
undiversion
Related terms: diverse
diversity
divert
hobby
distraction
red herring
ratshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæt.ʃɪt/
rhymes: -æt.ʃɪt
Etymology: From rat + shit.
Senses: examples: text: “Do you think they have ratshit in them?” Wynkyn asked. “Swan says most hamburgers have ratshit in them.”
ref: 1978, Larry McMurtry, Somebody′s Darling, published 2002, page 228:
text: ‘Terry stop it! R—′s on, remember. If we get busted we′re ratshit. We′ll never see each other again.’
ref: 1984, Gabrielle Carey, Just Us, page 106:
text: He slammed the choke in again. ‘No, don′t you stall, you ratshit plane!’
ref: 1987, Stephen King, The Tommyknockers, unnumbered page:
text: “Aw, who cares? It′s all going to hell anyway. You have your turn, eat, get drunk, screw; and fifty years from now none of it′ll matter a ratshit.”
ref: 1992, James P. Hogan, The Multiplex Man, published 2011, page 46:
text: So they pulled the furniture away from the wall and found a pile of little dried ratshit pellets behind the dresser.
ref: 1995, Anne Cameron., Wedding Cakes, Rats and Rodeo Queens, page 61:
qualifier: literal or figurative
glosses: The excrement of a rat.
examples: text: He also said that most of the kids at school were full of ratshit and that only one or two sheilas made the place any better than buggery.
ref: 1987, Janette Turner Hospital, After Long Absence: Dislocations, page 205:
text: 1995, Irene Moores, Arthur Murray, Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, Voices of Aboriginal Australia: Past, Present, Future, page 49,
Do you see, Mr Bryant, why your old dream of getting to where you could really do something at last is going to be proved to be so much ratshit? Do you see why self-determination that isn′t really real is so much ratshit?
text: Kerin, one of the most pro-development Ministers, told his colleagues: ‘The EIS is ratshit and the guidelines are laughable’.
ref: 2006, William J. Lines, Patriots: Defending Australia′s Natural Heritage, page 257:
glosses: Nonsense, bullshit.
Derived terms: go to ratshit
ratshit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæt.ʃɪt/
rhymes: -æt.ʃɪt
Forms: form: more ratshit
form: most ratshit
Etymology: From rat + shit.
Senses: examples: text: In the morning I was ratshit, just a bundle of nerves.
ref: 1987, Stuart Rintoul, Ashes of Vietnam: Australian Voices, page 94:
text: For a moment Cashin thought that he would be sick, that he would spew over Hopgood.
‘You′re looking ratshit,’ said Hopgood. ‘Even more ratshit.’
ref: 2005, Peter Temple, The Broken Shore, page 162:
text: When I was a little girl, my mother had this ratshit recorder, reel to reel, there were no cassettes then,... anyway, when I was lonely or hurt or scared, she'd play it for me. It was THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY.
ref: 2006, John Ford Noonan, “The Raunchy Dame in the Chineses Raincoat”, in Glenn Young, editor, The Best American Short Plays 2003-2004, page 114:
text: ‘That′s ratshit advice, Danny!’ Sammy, realising Bullnose was making a meal of it, cut in.
ref: 2009, Bryce Courtenay, The Story of Danny Dunn, published 2011, page 273:
text: "The letter is written by the dictator of a rat-shit little country."
ref: 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 125:
glosses: Of very poor quality, badly substandard, useless; damaged or broken; unwell, exhausted.
zoosemiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzəʊəsɛmiˈɒtɪks/
Etymology: From zoo- + semiotics.
Senses: glosses: The study of animal communication.
Related terms: biosemiotics
semiotics
zoosemantics
semiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛm.iˈɒt.ɪks/
ipa: /ˌsɛm.iˈɑt.ɪks/
ipa: /ˌsiː.miˈɑt.ɪks/
ipa: /ˌsiː.maɪˈɑt.ɪks/
Etymology: Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from σημειόω (sēmeióō, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”).
Senses: holonyms: social science
glosses: The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
glosses: The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.
Derived terms: anthroposemiotics
biosemiotics
psychosemiotics
sociological semiotics
sociosemiotics
zoosemiotics
Related terms: semantic
semantics
semasiology
sematic
sematology
seme
sememe
semiosis
semiotic
semiology
symbology
cold fusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Nuclear fusion at or near room temperature.
A hypothetical and now discredited form of nuclear fusion involving electrolysis of heavy water.
glosses: Nuclear fusion at or near room temperature.
Muon-catalyzed fusion
glosses: A method of synthesizing superheavy elements, where the product nucleus has a relatively low excitation energy of ~10 to 20 MeV.
Synonyms: sense: fusion near room temperature
word: LENR
Coordinate terms: hot fusion
ambush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bʊʃ/
rhymes: -æmbʊʃ
Forms: form: ambushes
Etymology: From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.
Senses: glosses: The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
examples: text: Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, 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:
glosses: An attack launched from a concealed position.
examples: text: the Georgean hills,
Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues,
That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
text: Therefore, why not wait in ambush for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly on to his head.
ref: 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
glosses: The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
examples: text: And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand: and they entred into the city, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 8:19:
glosses: The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
Derived terms: ambush bug
ambushee
ambusher
ambush journalism
ambush marketing
ambushment
ambush predator
ambush television
antiambush
counterambush
enambush
lie in ambush
ambush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bʊʃ/
rhymes: -æmbʊʃ
Forms: form: ambushes
form: ambushing
form: ambushed
form: ambushed
Etymology: From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”) (whence also bouquet), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.
Senses: examples: text: By ambuſh’d men, behind their Temple laid, / VVe have the King of Mexico betray’d.
ref: 1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 9:
glosses: To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
examples: text: The contrast with the start was profound. In the opening 40 minutes Löw’s team had been ambushed here, the world champions run into a state of breathless trauma by a thrillingly vibrant Mexico attack.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
synonyms: jump
glosses: To attack by ambush; to waylay.
Derived terms: ambushable
counterambush
outambush
unambushed
amen
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
note: for strong agreement
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /ˈeɪmɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
rhymes: -eɪmɛn
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).
Senses: examples: text: As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euerſhall be: worlde without ende. Amen.
ref: 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “At the Communion”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio lxxii, recto:
text: Alſo I ſhooke my lap, and ſaid, So God ſhake out euery man from his houſe, and from his labour, that performeth not this promiſe, euen thus be he ſhaken out, and emptied. And all the Congregation ſaid, Amen, and praiſed the Lord. And the people did according to this promiſe.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 5:13, column 1:
text: Bleſſed be the Lord God, the God of Iſrael, who only doth wonderous things. And bleſſed be his glorious name for euer, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 72:18–19, column 1:
text: For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
ref: 1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC, column 2:
text: May GOD, to Whom be praise and whose name be exalted, the King of Kings, vouchsafe His grace and may the Prophet Muhammed (on whom be the benediction and peace of GOD) grant His Blessings to this Proclamation. Amen! O Lord of the Universe!
ref: 1962, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Proclamation of Emergency, page 14:
glosses: At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
examples: text: Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / Leela: Amen!
ref: 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 9:
glosses: Used to indicate emphatic agreement.
Derived terms: and the church says amen
awoman
yes and amen
amen
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
note: for strong agreement
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /ˈeɪmɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
rhymes: -eɪmɛn
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).
Senses: examples: text: Iesvs anſvvered, Amen, Amen I ſay to thee, Vnles a man be borne againe of vvater and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.
ref: 1582, English College of Rheims, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ, John 3:5, page 222:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Certainly; verily.
amen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
note: for strong agreement
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /ˈeɪmɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
rhymes: -eɪmɛn
Forms: form: amens
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).
Senses: examples: text: The amens of the dusty clerk appear, like Macbeth’s, to stick in his throat a little; but Captain Cuttle helps him out, […]
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: [H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 12:
text: A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.
ref: 2006, Evault Boswell, The Iron Mountain Baby:
glosses: An instance of saying ‘amen’.
Derived terms: amen curler
amen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
note: for strong agreement
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/
ipa: /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
ipa: /ˈeɪmɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
rhymes: -eɪmɛn
Forms: form: amens
form: amening
form: amened
form: amened
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).
Senses: examples: text: The moment Dr. Reid amened, we rushed straight out of the church off home.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
text: Most of the church amened and applauded.
ref: 2015, T. M. Young, Much Given, Much Required, page xxx:
text: She must be thinking Reverend Hopkins is talking directly to her, because she starts amening and shouting real loud when he gets to the part in Proverbs […]
ref: 2015, Jewelle Francis, Manifest Destiny:
glosses: To say amen.
examples: text: spending the first half of the rally amening any mention of God or Reagan
ref: 1984 August 11, Gail Ann Williams, “Convention Views: On The Street, In The Hall”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 3:
glosses: To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
amendment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛndmənt/
ipa: /ʌˈmɛnd.mənt/
Forms: form: amendments
Etymology: From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum, equivalent to amend + -ment.
Senses: synonyms: improvement
reformation
glosses: An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
examples: text: Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law.
ref: 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
text: Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
ref: 2024 March 12, ETSC, ETSC:
glosses: In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
topics: law
glosses: Correction of an error in a writ or process.
examples: text: The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
text: The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
glosses: An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
examples: text: a soil amendment
glosses: That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
Hyponyms: constitutional amendment
friendly amendment
probing amendment
wrecking amendment
Derived terms: antiamendment
counteramendment
preamendment
reamendment
reasoned amendment
unamendment
Related terms: engrossed
engrossed amendment
repeal
amends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛndz/
Etymology: From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
Senses: glosses: plural of amend
amends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛndz/
Etymology: From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
Senses: examples: text: Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.
text: As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.
ref: 1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
synonyms: indemnity
mends
redress
restitution
glosses: Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.
amends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛndz/
Etymology: From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amend