cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sunset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
rhymes: -ʌnsɛt
Forms: form: sunsets
Etymology: From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.
Senses: examples: text: at sunset
text: ’Twas sunset: when the sun will part
There comes a sullenness of heart
To him who still would look upon
The glory of the summer sun.
ref: 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
glosses: The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
glosses: The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
examples: text: one's sunset years
text: 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
ref: 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasure of Hope:
glosses: The final period of the life of a person or thing.
examples: The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
glosses: A set termination date.
glosses: The region where the sun sets; the west.
Synonyms: topics: time
word: dusk
word: sundown
word: nightfall
word: twilight
word: dusk
sense: final period of life
word: end
sense: final period of life
word: final act
sense: final period of life
word: swansong
word: last
word: terminal
Derived terms: Harlem sunset
ride off into the sunset
Sunset Beach
sunset clause
sunset crop
sunset flip
sunset industry
sunset law
sunset moth
sunset orange
Sunset Park
sunset prayer
sunset provision
sunset shell
sunset town
sunsetty
sunset years
sunset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/
rhymes: -ʌnsɛt
Forms: form: sunsets
form: sunsetting
form: sunsetted
form: sunsetted
Etymology: From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.
Senses: examples: text: We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.
text: Last December, Yahoo announced plans to “sunset” more well-known services, including the pioneering social bookmarking service del.icio.us.
ref: 2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist:
topics: business
government
politics
glosses: To phase out.
Related terms: moonset
bribe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brīb
ipa: /bɹaɪb/
rhymes: -aɪb
Forms: form: bribes
Etymology: From Middle English bribe, from Old French briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”).
Senses: examples: text: c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill
Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe.
text: The bribes I took did not influence me to become evil. I was evil from the beginning and the bribes were merely a bonus
ref: 2024 June 17, @InternetHippo, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
glosses: Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
glosses: The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.
examples: text: Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
ref: 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination:
text: Remy, this was a bribe! Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes!
ref: 1974, George Fox, Mario Puzo, Earthquake:
glosses: That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
Synonyms: word: backhander
word: bribe
word: bung
word: coffee money
word: cold drink money
word: dash
word: douceur
word: inducement
word: kopi money
word: pay-off
word: payola
word: subornation
word: sweetener
word: tea money
Hypernyms: word: gift
word: payment
word: quid pro quo
Hyponyms: word: grease money
word: grease payment
word: green handshake
word: kickback
word: lubrication payment
word: baksheesh
word: hush money
Derived terms: bribeless
bribeproof
bribetaker
bribetaking
Related terms: word: corrupt
word: greed
word: scratch someone's back
word: you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
word: venal
word: spoils
bribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brīb
ipa: /bɹaɪb/
rhymes: -aɪb
Forms: form: bribes
form: bribing
form: bribed
form: bribed
Etymology: From Middle English bribe, from Old French briber (“go begging”), from the noun bribe (“a gift”).
Senses: examples: text: She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements.
text: October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute
Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
glosses: To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
examples: text: to bribe somebody's compliance
glosses: To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
Derived terms: bribable
bribee
briber
bribery
outbribe
overbribe
rebribe
unbribed
unbribing
Faeroese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Faroese.
Faeroese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faeroese
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Faroese.
South Dakota
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaʊθ dəˈkoʊ.tə/
Etymology: Named after the Dakota Territory, which is named after the Dakota people.
Senses: examples: text: Between 2000 and 2019, North Dakota and South Dakota both experienced a rapid increase in the Asian American population, said Minnesota State University Moorhead marketing professor Hyun Sang An.
ref: 2024 March 19, Amy Felegy, “Food for everyone: Fargo international market serves diversifying population”, in MPR News:
glosses: A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Pierre. Largest city: Sioux Falls.
Derived terms: SD
South Dakotan
Related terms: Dakota
Dakotan
North Dakota
Laura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɔɹə/
ipa: /ˈlɔːɹə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Forms: form: Lora
Etymology: From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
Senses: examples: text: Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
text: Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.
ref: 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place. Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. →ISBN page 258
text: 'Mine's Laura'./ 'A beautiful name.'/ Laura has never liked her name. It's too old-fashioned and has, to her mind, a slightly whiny sound, like the twang of a country and western guitar. In fact she was given the name because Michelle liked the song 'Tell Laura I Love Her'.
ref: 2019 February 7, Elly Griffiths, The Stone Circle: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 11, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: The request for a retraction centers around an October 28 segment on Laura Ingraham’s prime time show, “The Ingraham Angle.”
ref: 2019 November 20, Oliver Darcy, “Lawyer for impeachment witness Lt. Col Vindman demands Fox News retract ‘false and defamatory’ segment”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Related terms: Laurel
Lauren
Lauretta
Laurie
Lol
Loretta
Lori
Lorraine
magnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/
rhymes: -iːʒə
Forms: form: magnesias
Etymology: From Middle English magnesia, from Late Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), a name of several cities (in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesium, and manganese, and related to magnet.
Senses: examples: text: The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.
ref: 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volumes 7-8, page 133:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: magnesium oxide
Derived terms: calcined magnesia
hypomagnesia
magnesia alba
magnesian
magnesioferrite
magnesite
magnesium
milk of magnesia
sulfate of magnesia
sulphate of magnesia
Related terms: magnesiferous
magnet
cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/
ipa: [ˈsaɪ.kɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/
ipa: [ˈsʌɪ.kəl]
ipa: /ˈsɑe.kəl/
ipa: [ˈsɑe.kɫ̩]
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.kəl/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.kɫ̩]
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ko]
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.kʊ]
rhymes: -aɪkəl
Forms: form: cycles
form: cycling
form: cycled
form: cycled
Etymology: From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).
Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, and wheel (see there for more).
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes I would cycle over to Beckenham to watch the boat trains and Kent Coast expresses of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway, which seemed very superior to its future partner.
ref: 1957 July 23, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, pages 458-459:
text: I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 216:
text: Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.
ref: 2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 35:
glosses: To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
glosses: To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
examples: text: Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To turn power off and back on
examples: text: They have their cycling game going tonight.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
Derived terms: cyclability
cyclable
cycle off
cycler
e-cycle
precycle
upcycle
Related terms: recycle
crema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cremas
Etymology: From Italian crema. Doublet of cream, second-etymology crema, and crème.
Senses: glosses: The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.
crema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish crema. Doublet of cream, first-etymology crema, and crème.
Senses: glosses: A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream. Its fat content is usually higher than that of sour cream, and it is thinner and less sour.
laundryman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundrymen
Etymology: From laundry + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man who is in the business of laundering.
laundress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundresses
Etymology: From launderer + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: I tell thee ſhameleſſe girle,
Thou ſhalt be Landreſſe to my waiting maide:
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 III, scene iii:
glosses: Synonym of washerwoman.
synonyms: word: washerwoman
Derived terms: underlaundress
laundress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: laundresses
form: laundressing
form: laundressed
form: laundressed
Etymology: From launderer + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Sir,’ said Mrs. Crupp, in a tone approaching to severity, ‘I’ve laundressed other young gentlemen besides yourself. […]’
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 26, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
text: And oh, my dears, real washing is very different work from the dolls’ laundressing—standing round a wash-hand basin placed on a nursery chair, and wasting ever so much beautiful honey-soap in nice clean hot water […]
ref: 1875, Mary Louisa Molesworth, “Too Bad”, in Tell Me a Story, 5th edition, London: Macmillan, published 1882, page 169:
text: 2007, Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes (Someone Knows My Name), New York: Norton, Book Three, p. 260,
Mama got herself free before she had me, and she was laundressing for the British since my early days.
glosses: To act as a laundress.
laundering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of launder
laundering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: launderings
Senses: glosses: The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
Derived terms: antilaundering
copyright laundering
cyberlaundering
diesel laundering
lemon laundering
licence laundering
license laundering
money laundering
propaganda laundering
Amsterdam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæmstəˈdæm/
ipa: /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/
rhymes: -æm
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Senses: examples: text: The Dutch seat of government is not the metropolis of Amsterdam but The Hague.
text: While Amsterdam is the largest city in the province of Noord-Holland, Haarlem is the province capital.
glosses: A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
An unincorporated community in Merced County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
A minor city in Bates County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
An unincorporated community in Holland Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
A town and city in Montgomery County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
A village in Jefferson County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia.
glosses: A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Buchanan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Derived terms: Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamer
Amsterdam Time
New Amsterdam
Nieuw-Amsterdam
localize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊkəlaɪz/
ipa: /ˈloʊkəlaɪz/
Forms: form: localizes
form: localizing
form: localized
form: localized
form: localise
Etymology: From local + -ize. Compare French localiser.
Senses: examples: text: The intent of the aphorism "think globally, act locally" was to spur action by localizing the challenge.
text: Out of her early struggles well inspired
 To localize heroic acts
ref: 1837, William Wordsworth, Memorials of a Tour in Italy, Musings near Aquapendente:
glosses: To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
examples: text: We need to localize our software for the Japanese market.
topics: business
computing
engineering
marketing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
coordinate_terms: globalize
internationalize
regionalize
glosses: To adapt (a product or service) for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc.
examples: text: the ethical dilemma faced when to localize is to self-censor
topics: business
computing
engineering
human-sciences
linguistics
marketing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
translation-studies
glosses: To adapt translated text to fit a local culture; to domesticate.
examples: text: After a brief systemic phase defeated by the immune system, the infection localized to certain areas where it went dormant.
glosses: To be located in or confined to; to fix upon or sequester in a locality.
raw_tags: with to
examples: text: After exploratory surgery, the extent of the problem was localized to the left lower quadrant.
synonyms: locate
glosses: To determine where something takes place or is to be found.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: To produce (from a ring and an ideal in that ring) the ring of fractions, where the set of allowed denominators is the compliment of the given ideal.
Derived terms: colocalize
delocalize
dislocalize
geolocalize
glocalize
immunolocalize
localizability
localizable
localizate
localization
localizer
mislocalize
neolocalize
nonlocalizing
prelocalize
relocalize
sublocalize
translocalize
Related terms: local
local color
locality
locate
location
locator
locus
locally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊkəli/
Forms: form: more locally
form: most locally
Etymology: From local + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: These things are locally separated.
glosses: With respect to place; in place.
examples: text: We live locally.
text: In this shop we only sell products farmed locally.
text: She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability.
ref: 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
text: “Temu’s pricing for U.S. consumers remains unchanged as the platform transitions to a local fulfillment model,” the company said in a statement. “All sales in the U.S. are now handled by locally based sellers, with orders fulfilled from within the country.”
ref: 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
text: The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level.
ref: 2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:
glosses: In or from the local area.
examples: text: To be applied locally
text: Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Anticancer Activity of Apaziquone in Oral Cancer Cells and Xenograft Model: Implications for Oral Cancer Therapy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In a restricted part of the body.
examples: text: locally Euclidean
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).
Derived terms: locally compact
locally compact group
locally finite
locally indicable
locally ringed space
locally small
nonlocally
quasilocally
locate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/
ipa: /loʊˈkeɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /lɵˈkeʈ/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: locates
form: locating
form: located
form: located
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also local and lieu.
Senses: examples: text: The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.
ref: 1881, Brooke Foss Westcott, The New Testament in the Original Greek:
text: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
ref: 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
glosses: To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
examples: text: I really can't locate the sever files.
text: In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
ref: 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184:
text: The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
ref: 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
glosses: To find out where something is located.
examples: text: The council must locate the new hospital
text: to locate a mining claim
text: to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant
text: 1862-1892, Herbert Spencer, System of Synthetic Philosophy
That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.
synonyms: site
glosses: To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
glosses: To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.
Derived terms: bilocate
co-locate
delocate
dislocate
echolocate
electrolocate
electrolocating
geolocate
immunolocate
interlocate
locatable
locateable
locatee
locater
mislocate
phonolocate
prelocate
prelocated
relocate
translocate
unlocated
Related terms: allocate
allocation
collocate
couch
delocate
local
locality
localization
localize
location
locator
locus
acolyth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ə.laɪθ/
Forms: form: acolyths
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of acolyte.
acolythist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acolythists
Senses: glosses: An acolyte.
acolothist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acolothists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of acolythist.
acolyctine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Aconitum lycoctonum + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
han
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hæn/
ipa: /heɪn/
ipa: /hən/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -eɪn
Etymology: From Middle English han, contraction of haven.
Senses: examples: text: They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;
ref: 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:
text: Since that ye han had my virginitie,
ref: 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe:
text: And his alluring Baits suspected han.
ref: 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence:
text: Ee lads 'an ya fowt? Nay, we'n not fowt yet.
ref: 1976, “Howfen Wakes” (track 1), in Howfen Wakes, performed by The Houghton Weavers:
glosses: plural simple present of have
han
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hæn/
ipa: /heɪn/
ipa: /hən/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: haan
Etymology: From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).
Senses: glosses: Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.
hanap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanaps
Etymology: From French hanap, from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Doublet of nap.
Senses: glosses: A rich goblet, especially one used on state occasions.
Related terms: hanaper
hanaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanapers
Etymology: From Medieval Latin hanaperium (“a large vase”), extended from hanapus (“bowl, cup”). Doublet of hamper.
Senses: glosses: A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper
Derived terms: sense: Hanaper office
word: an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public
sense: Hanaper office
word: and the returns to them
sense: Hanaper office
word: were anciently kept in a hanaper
sense: Hanaper office
english: Blackstone
translation: Blackstone
word: hamper
Related terms: hanap
hance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːns/
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: hances
form: hancing
form: hanced
form: hanced
Etymology: See enhance.
Senses: glosses: To raise, to elevate.
hance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːns/
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: hances
form: hanch
form: haunch
Etymology: Anglo-Norman, from Old French haulce.
Senses: examples: text: He wears a minimal white cotton brief, and is pleased by the hance of its pouch, a catenary dip as he faces the mirror, the profile navicular and ostent.
ref: 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
glosses: A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.
glosses: The arc of smaller radius at the springing of an elliptical or many-centred arch.
hanch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hænt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɑːnt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: hanches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hance.
hanch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hænt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɑːnt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: hanches
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of haunch.
hanch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hænt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɑːnt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: hanches
form: hanching
form: hanched
form: hanched
Senses: glosses: To snap at something with the jaws.
solidarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ti/
ipa: [ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌsɑ.ləˈdɛɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɔl.əˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌsɔl.əˈdæɹ.ə.ɾi]
Forms: form: solidarities
Etymology: English solidary + -ity, from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”).
Senses: examples: text: A long time union member himself, Phil showed solidarity with the picketing grocery store workers by shopping at a competing, unionized store.
text: As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.
ref: 2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8:
text: And this year, some of the granite facades have a new addition - the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine. It's hardly surprising to see the Scots, a nation more attuned to independence than some, showing solidarity with a country brutally invaded by Russia.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
glosses: A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.
examples: text: Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.
glosses: Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection.
Related terms: solid
solidarize
solidary
solidus
Ursula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ).sjʊ.lə/
ipa: /ˈɜː(ɹ).ʃʊ.lə/
ipa: /ˈɝ.sə.lə/
Etymology: From Latin Ursula, the name of a fourth century saint.
Senses: examples: text: Whisper her ear, and tell her, I and Ursula / Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse / Is all of her;
ref: Scene I
text: "Is her name Ursula?" And I called to mind the little girl who had tried to give some bread to the hungry John Halifax, and whose cry of pain we heard as the door shut upon her. Poor little lady! how sorry I was.
ref: 1857 Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Chapter III
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Derived terms: Ursulian
Ursuline
ich
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
homophone: each
homophone: itch
Forms: form: Iche
form: che
form: 'ch-
form: ch-
Etymology: From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). See also ch-, I.
Senses: examples: text: "Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"
ref: 1529, John Skelton, Elynour Rummyng:
text: My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]
ref: 1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes:
text: With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.
ref: 1568, Thomas Howell, Arbor of Amitie:
text: Kissyng and lying ich see is all one:
And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.
ref: 1578, George Whetstone, The right, excellent and famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra:
text: Dost thinke 'chill labor to be poore, No no, ich haue a-doe..Ich will a plundering too.
ref: 1645, Thomas Davies, The Somersetshire Man's Complaint:
text: Ich, a Word us'd for I in the Weſtern Parts of England.
ref: [1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Ich”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]; and J. Taylor, […], →OCLC, column 2:
glosses: I.
Derived terms: word: nich
english: I will
translation: I will
word: chill
english: I am
translation: I am
word: cham
Related terms: word: chinny reckon
english: from the German cognate
translation: from the German cognate
word: ich-laut
ich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
homophone: each
homophone: itch
ipa: /ɪk/
ipa: /iːt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
homophone: each
homophone: itch
Forms: form: ick
Etymology: Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.
Senses: examples: text: Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.
ref: 1996, Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Iowa State University Press (2000), →ISBN, page 95:
topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.
Derived terms: marine ich
masturbation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌmɑːstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌmæstɚˈbeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: masturbations
Etymology: Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturbat(e) + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Diogenes in sight of all, exercising his Masturbation, bred a longing desire in the bystanders, that in such sort they might fill their bellies by rubbing or clawing the same.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Masturbation is fun and natural. Not to mention it's a great way to earn five bucks without touchin' the guy.
ref: 2005, Jon Kimmel, Clum Babies (Drawn Together), season 2, episode 5, spoken by Foxxy Love (Cree Summer), via Comedy Central:
text: While masturbation was never favored in Judeo-Christian tradition, Victorian morality, along with the Great Awakening and other religious revivals in America, created a perfect storm for people to really get obsessed with it.
ref: 2023 January 18, Matt Soniak, “When Corn Flakes Were Part of an Anti-Masturbation Crusade”, in Mental Floss:
glosses: Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
examples: text: So call me antisocial, call it masturbation
Either way, it's a solo operation
I'm just far more comfortable alone
ref: 2013, Days N' Daze, “Misanthropic Drunken Loner”, in Rogue Taxidermy:
glosses: A vain activity.
Synonyms: word: celebrating Palm Sunday
word: choking the chicken
word: ham shank
word: hand shandy
word: Hand Solo
word: ipsation
word: jacking off
word: jerking off
word: lone rangering
word: manustupration
word: mastupration
word: masturbation
word: milking the sausage
word: onanism
word: peeling the cucumber
word: pocket pool
word: polishing the jewels
word: romancing the bone
word: secret vice
word: self-abuse
word: self-defilement
word: self-love
word: self-pleasure
word: self-pollution
word: shaking hands with the milkman
word: shaking out the curtains
word: solitary vice
word: spanking the monkey
word: tossing off
word: wank
Hypernyms: word: autoerotism
word: autoeroticism
Hyponyms: word: autocunnilingus
word: autofellatio
word: female masturbation
word: fingering
word: gooning
word: mutual masturbation
Derived terms: antimasturbation
intellectual masturbation
masturbational
masturbationism
masturbationist
masturbationlike
mental masturbation
musturbation
mutual masturbation
overmasturbation
procrasturbation
Related terms: masturbate
masturbator
masturbatory
transliteration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: transliterations
Etymology: From trans- + literation.
Senses: examples: text: This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
qualifier: sign language
glosses: The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.
Derived terms: back-transliteration
Related terms: transliterate
transliterator
transcription
Romanization
pronunciation spelling
pronunciation respelling
Wiktionary:Transliteration and romanization
transliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: transliterates
form: transliterating
form: transliterated
form: transliterated
Etymology: From Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”).
Senses: examples: text: In German, the ß character is called eszett. It’s used in “Straße,” the word for street, and in the expletive “Scheiße.” It’s often transliterated as “ss,” and strangely enough, it’s never had an official uppercase counterpart.
ref: 2017 July 20, Thu-Huong Ha, “Germany has ended a century-long debate over a missing letter in its alphabet”, in Quartz:
glosses: To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.
Derived terms: back-transliterate
Related terms: transliteral
transliterally
transliteration
transliterator
transcribe
translocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translocations
Etymology: From trans- + location.
Senses: examples: text: There happen'd certain translocations at the deluge.
ref: 1728–1729, J[ohn] Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], !(please specify |tome=I or II), London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC:
text: By taking users to places where they would or could not really go, the technology offered empathy or awe via translocation.
ref: 2023 June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.
Derived terms: posttranslocation
retranslocation
retrotranslocation
Robertsonian translocation
translocational
Related terms: translocate
translavation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translavations
Etymology: From trans- + lavation.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A laving or lading from one vessel to another.
translatress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translatresses
form: translatoress
Etymology: From translator + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: […] I shall forbear to speak of the incomparable worth and pregnant parts of some Gentlewomen lately deceased, as Mrs. Philips the ingenious Translatress of Pompey, &c. since what is extant of hers, or her Contemporaries will more at large express their matchless merit;
ref: 1673, Hannah Woolley, The Gentlewomans Companion, London: Dorman Newman, page 30:
glosses: A woman who translates.
Related terms: translator
Low Saxon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lower Saxon
Senses: examples: text: The Low Saxon dialect area is usually divided into West Low Saxon and East Low Saxon.
ref: 1961, R. E. Keller, German Dialects: Phonology and Morphology with selected Texts, page 339:
holonyms: Low German
glosses: Synonym of Low German (strict sense: a certain West Germanic language)
synonyms: word: Low German
extra: strict sense: a certain West Germanic language
examples: text: There is general agreement that, to the east, Low Saxon should be divided from East Low German (Ostniederdeutsch) approximately though quite coincidentally, along the modern border between the Federal Republic and the GDR, although there is no general agreement as to precisely where the dialect boundary should lie, or as to which isogloss should be crucial to its delineation. [...] The Low Saxon dialects are sometimes referred to collectively as West Low German (Westniederdeutsch) [...]
ref: 1990, Stephen Barbour, Patrick Stevenson, Variation in German: A critical approach to German sociolinguistics, Cambridge University Press, page 86f:
synonyms: West Low Saxon
West Low German
coordinate_terms: East Low German
glosses: A group of related dialects of Low German, spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, formerly also in Denmark.
Related terms: word: Dutch Low Saxon
word: East Low Saxon
word: German Low Saxon
word: Middle Low Saxon
english: Middle Low German
translation: Middle Low German
word: Middle Saxon
word: New Low Saxon
english: New Low German
translation: New Low German
word: New Saxon
word: Old Low Saxon
english: Old Low German
translation: Old Low German
word: Old Saxon
word: West Low Saxon
alt: Neuhochdeutsch
word: New High German
alt: Mittelhochdeutsch
word: Middle High German
word: Old High German
alt: Althochdeutsch
word: Old High Dutch
word: Middle German
alt: Mitteldeutsch
word: Central German
alt: Oberdeutsch
word: Upper German
alt: Standarddeutsch
word: Standard German
word: High German
word: High Dutch
word: High-Dutch
word: Middle Low German
alt: Nordniederdeutsch
word: Northern Low German
alt: Südniederdeutsch
word: Southern Low German
word: Mennonite Low German
word: Plautdietsch
word: Low German
word: Low Dutch
word: Low-Dutch
word: German
alt: Obersächsisch
word: Upper Saxon
word: Anglo-Saxon
word: West Saxon
shitfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shitfaced
form: most shitfaced
form: shit faced
form: shit-faced
Etymology: From shit + faced.
Senses: examples: text: When they brought in that keg, I knew I was going to get shitfaced.
text: Jim and Myron LaFleur, with the entire beer cooler and wine rack at their disposal, were abysmally shitfaced.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
glosses: Very drunk.
glosses: Under the influence of mind-altering drugs.
Synonyms: sense: drunk
word: drunk
sense: influenced by drugs
word: stoned
Derived terms: faced
hart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːt/
ipa: /hɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: Hart
homophone: heart
Forms: form: hart
form: harts
Etymology: From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot.
Cognates
Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow”), Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), κορυφή (koruphḗ, “summit, crown of the head”), κορύπτω (korúptō, “to butt with horns”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, “horn; claw, talon”), Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá, “mythical antelope”). More at horn.
Senses: examples: text: With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled,
Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles,
And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops:
Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d.
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 I, scene ii:
text: Then, finding Herds of luſtie Deare, / She Huntreſſe-like the Hart purſues; […]
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “The thirteenth Song”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC, page 213:
synonyms: buck
;
stag
hypernyms: red deer
;
deer
;
cervid
;
ungulate
coordinate_terms: hind
glosses: A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
examples: text: We are to have hart for dinner on Jack’s birthday; you call it deer in Grenada.
ref: 1891 July 8, L. S., “Twenty Hidden Towns in One State”, in Good Housekeeping […], volume XIII, number 2 (154 overall), Springfield, Mass., published August 1891, →OCLC, page 95, column 1:
text: The people of Israel knew something of hunting, as in the stories of eating hart and roebuck, and venison.
ref: 1999, James B[iser] Whisker, “Hunting in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition”, in The Right to Hunt, revised edition, Bellevue, Wash.: Merril Press, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Still, the people of Israel certainly knew about hunting, because they ate hart (red deer) and roe deer.
ref: 2003, Richard D. Taber, Neil F. Payne, “Ancient Warrior-Rulers”, in Wildlife, Conservation, and Human Welfare: A United States and Canadian Perspective, Malabar, Fla.: Krieger Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: The meat from this animal.
Derived terms: Elkhart
Hartford
hart of grease
hartshorn
hartstongue
hartwort
Hertford
White Hart Lane
hart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːt/
ipa: /hɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: Hart
homophone: heart
Forms: form: harts
Etymology: See heart.
Senses: examples: text: For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, / And I am ſick at hart.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature B, recto:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of heart.
hart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːt/
ipa: /hɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: Hart
homophone: heart
Forms: form: harts
Etymology: Abbreviation of hardware thread. As stated in The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, Volume I: The term hart was introduced in the work on Lithe (Pan et al., 2009) and (Pan et al., 2010) to provide a term to represent an abstract execution resource as opposed to a software thread programming abstraction.
—RISC-V Foundation
The corresponding source reads: Our proposal has two main components. First, we export a new low-level unvirtualized hardware thread abstraction, or hart, from the operating system to applications. […]
—Heidi Pan, Benjamin Hindman, Krste Asanović
Senses: examples: text: It is required by the RISC-V specification that at least one hart be assigned an ID of 0.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In the RISC-V instruction set architecture, a hardware thread.
than
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
enpr: thăn
note: stressed form
enpr: thĕn
ipa: /ðæn/
note: stressed form
ipa: /ðɛn/
note: stressed form
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɛn
enpr: thən
ipa: /ðən/
ipa: [ðn̩]
homophone: then (unstressed form, also for some speakers stressed form)
Forms: form: 'n
form: thanne
form: then
Etymology: From Middle English than, thanne, from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then, since, because”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that, at that time, then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“than”), German denn (“than”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then.
Senses: examples: text: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Old Soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
text: The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.
text: Answer me if you can, any other way, than because the Scriptures, which are infallible, Say so.
ref: 1665, Edward Stillingfleet, William Laud, Thomas Carwell, A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion:
text: she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; We had no (other) choice than to return home; I love you more than (what) she does, but less than he, or than I do your sisters.
text: Profits were higher than forecast.
text: City dwellers have a higher cancer rate than do countrymen. Apparently, they drink more than is good for 'em.
glosses: Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
examples: text: If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his.
ref: 1854, Reformation series
text: You shall also take the fine earth or mould which is found in the hollow of old Willow trees, rising from the root almost to the middle of the Tree, at least so far as the tree is hollow, for than this, there is no earth or mould finer or richer.
ref: 1668, William Lawson, A Way to Get Wealth:
glosses: Because; for.
raw_tags: used with for