cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pillow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪl.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪl.oʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɛl.oʊ/
rhymes: -ɪləʊ
Forms: form: pillows
Etymology: From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust, powder”) + -īnus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peel (“pillow”), Alemannic German Pfulme (“pillow”), Dutch peluw (“a long, narrow pillow”), German Pfühl (“a big and soft pillow”), German Low German Pöhl (“pad, pillow, cushion”).
Senses: examples: text: The appearance of the entire tomb is as if the warrior had seen the vision of Christ in his dying moments, and had fallen back peacefully upon his pillow, with his eyes still turned to it, and his hands clasped in prayer.
ref: 1853, John Ruskin, “Roman Renaissance”, in The Stones of Venice, volume III (The Fall), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § LVII, page 74:
glosses: A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
glosses: Any similar head support used for sleep, such as a neck pillow or a hard porcelain pillow. Example: She slept with her head on the pillow.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A pillow lava.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
glosses: The socket of a pivot.
glosses: A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Derived terms: a good conscience is a soft pillow
ball-and-pillow structure
body pillow
boomerang pillow
dirty pillow
high pillow
hotdog pillow
lace pillow
lap pillow
love pillow
maternity pillow
neck pillow
opium pillow
pillow bag
pillow basalt
pillowbeer
pillow-biter
pillow block
pillowbook
pillow box
pillowcase
pillow-case
pillow case
pillow dictionary
pillow fight
pillow fort
pillowful
pillowing
pillow lace
pillow lava
pillowless
pillowlike
pillow pouch
pillow princess
pillow queen
pillow shading
pillowside
pillowslip
pillow talk
pillow-top
pillowtop
pillow word
pillowy
pregnancy pillow
pretzel pillow
quillow
sauna pillow
sex pillow
snow pillow
spicy pillow
throw pillow
toss pillow
waifu pillow
pillow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪl.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪl.oʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɛl.oʊ/
rhymes: -ɪləʊ
Forms: form: pillows
form: pillowing
form: pillowed
form: pillowed
Etymology: From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust, powder”) + -īnus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peel (“pillow”), Alemannic German Pfulme (“pillow”), Dutch peluw (“a long, narrow pillow”), German Pfühl (“a big and soft pillow”), German Low German Pöhl (“pad, pillow, cushion”).
Senses: examples: text: ...but Lucy was too thoroughly exhausted to awaken. There she lay, her head pillowed upon her arm, like a child that had cried itself to rest; while Francesca bent over her,...
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 73:
text: As we stop in front of a tenement to watch one of these groups, a dirty baby in a single brief garment—yet a sweet, human little baby despite its dirt and tatters—tumbles off the lowest step, rolls over once, clutches my leg with unconscious grip, and goes to sleep on the flagstones, its curly head pillowed on my boot.
ref: 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Sweaters of Jewtown”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 135:
text: She had pillowed her head on her arm.
ref: 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, pages 815–6:
glosses: To rest as on a pillow.
drainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: drainers
Etymology: From drain (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The radical shift in mentality is even more necessary when analysts see Education simply as a drainer of resources.
ref: 1999, Pai Obanya, The dilemma of education in Africa, page 175:
text: I know that poor form is one of the biggest drainers of energy, so even though I slowed down significantly I made a very conscious effort to maintain good form.
ref: 2003, Gail Waesche Kislevitz, The Spirit of the Marathon, page 78:
glosses: That which drains.
synonyms: draining board
glosses: A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally.
synonyms: dish rack
drying rack
dish drainer
glosses: A perforated rack on which washed dishes, etc. may be placed in order to dry.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of Drainer.
drainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: drainers
Etymology: From drain (noun) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who explores drains, tunnels, or sewers.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Drainer
beginning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭgĭn'ĭng
ipa: /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: beginnings
form: begynnynge
Etymology: From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
glosses: That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
examples: text: What was the beginning of the dispute?
glosses: That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
examples: text: The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.
text: That house is at the beginning of the street.
text: To mark this absolutism of change over the works of man is both pleasing and profitable, for what is more emotional than to observe the hoarness, the mellowness, and the natural final decay of objects whose beginnings date almost from the immemorial […] ?
ref: 1871, The Antiquary, volumes 1-2, page 13:
text: “Is anything the matter?” Lady Lindstrom asked anxiously.
“No,” Megan told her. “I’m merely trying to decide where the beginning is.”
“Perhaps at the beginning,” the Chief Constable prompted, rather stupidly, Megan thought.
“Which beginning?” she asked.
ref: 1975, Frances Keinzley, The Cottage at Chapelyard, page 179:
glosses: The initial portion of some extended thing.
Synonyms: sense: act of doing that which begins anything
word: commencing
sense: act of doing that which begins anything
word: start
sense: act of doing that which begins anything
word: starting
sense: that which is begun, rudiment or element
word: element
sense: that which is begun, rudiment or element
word: embryo
sense: that which is begun, rudiment or element
word: rudiment
sense: that which begins or originates something
word: origin
sense: that which begins or originates something
word: source
sense: that which begins or originates something
word: start
sense: that which begins or originates something
word: commencement
sense: initial portion of some extended thing
word: head
sense: initial portion of some extended thing
word: start
word: beginning
word: birth
word: font
word: fount
word: inauguration
word: initiation
word: launch
word: spring
word: springtime
word: onset
word: origination
word: youth
Hyponyms: word: premiere
Derived terms: a good beginning makes a good ending
begincement
beginningless
beginning of day
beginning of the end
beginning to end
unbeginning
Related terms: sense: at or from the very beginning
word: the get-go
sense: at or from the very beginning
word: off the bat
sense: at or from the very beginning
word: out of the chute
sense: at or from the very beginning
word: out of the gate
word: cause
beginning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭgĭn'ĭng
ipa: /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: begynnynge
Etymology: From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), equivalent to begin + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: He is beginning to read a new book.
text: The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o’clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers’ barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one’s eyes ache, the men’s voices grated harshly, and the girls’ faces saddened one.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: present participle and gerund of begin
beginning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭgĭn'ĭng
ipa: /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: begynnynge
Etymology: From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), equivalent to begin + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
text: in the beginning section of the course
glosses: Being the first portion of some extended thing.
Synonyms: first
initial
giggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡl̩/
rhymes: -ɪɡəl
Forms: form: giggles
form: giggling
form: giggled
form: giggled
Etymology: Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).
Senses: examples: text: The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.
synonyms: word: titter
word: laugh
glosses: To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
Derived terms: church giggles
giggler
gigglesome
giggling Gertie
gigglingly
gigglish
giggly
giggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡl̩/
rhymes: -ɪɡəl
Forms: form: giggles
Etymology: Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).
Senses: examples: text: My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!
ref: 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:
glosses: A high-pitched, silly laugh.
examples: text: We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.
text: The women thought it would be quite a giggle to have a strippergram at the bride's hen party.
text: For my first English breakfast I had kippers and pink champagne - what a combination, still it was a bit of a giggle and I know I've really arrived.
ref: 2013, Patricia Newell-Dunkley, Letters of a Travelling Lady, page 16:
glosses: Fun; an amusing episode.
Synonyms: sense: laugh
word: titter
sense: amusement
word: amusement
sense: amusement
word: fun
sense: amusement
word: a joke
sense: amusement
word: a laugh
sense: amusement
word: laughs
Derived terms: church giggle
giggle academy
giggle berries
giggle bin
giggle box
giggledom
giggle dust
giggle factory
gigglefest
giggle gas
giggle hat
giggle house
giggle juice
gigglement
giggle soup
giggle stick
giggle suit
giggle test
giggle water
giggle waterfor shits and giggles
grins and giggles
hit and giggle
kicks and giggles
shits and giggles
Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ət-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ətˈlæn.tɪk/
enpr: ăt-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ætˈlæn.tɪk/
ipa: /ætˈlæn.ɪk/
ipa: [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: the Atlantic
form: Atlantick
Etymology: From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Senses: glosses: The Atlantic Ocean.
glosses: A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ət-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ətˈlæn.tɪk/
enpr: ăt-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ætˈlæn.tɪk/
ipa: /ætˈlæn.ɪk/
ipa: [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: Atlantick
Etymology: From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Senses: glosses: A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.
Derived terms: amphiatlantic
Atlantic City
Atlantic County
Atlantic croaker
Atlantic Daylight Time
Atlantic ghost crab
Atlantic Highlands
Atlantic hookear sculpin
Atlantic silverside
Atlantic tarpon
Atlantic Time
Atlantic trumpetfish
Atlantic Wall
East Atlantic peacock wrasse
Euro-Atlantic
Graveyard of the Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Subatlantic
trans-Atlantic
transatlantic
West Atlantic trumpetfish
Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ət-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ətˈlæn.tɪk/
enpr: ăt-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ætˈlæn.tɪk/
ipa: /ætˈlæn.ɪk/
ipa: [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: Atlantick
Etymology: From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
glosses: Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.
glosses: Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
glosses: Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
examples: text: The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, 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: Descended from the legendary Atlas.
Derived terms: Atlantic diet
Atlantic surf clam
Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ət-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ətˈlæn.tɪk/
enpr: ăt-lăn'tĭk
ipa: /ætˈlæn.tɪk/
ipa: /ætˈlæn.ɪk/
ipa: [ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: Atlantics
form: Atlantick
Etymology: From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Senses: examples: text: It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic.
ref: 1944 January and February, 'Voyageur', “Atlantic Locomotives on the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 26:
text: Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern.
ref: 1952 December, R. S. McNaught, “The Voice of the Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 839:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
how's tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: He was smoking a cigar (a most unusual occurrence), and a smile of satisfaction lit up his serene countenance. "How's tricks, Harry my boy?" I asked of that gentleman.
ref: 12 April 1884, The Grip (Toronto)
glosses: Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
plaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɑː.stə/
ipa: /ˈpla.stə/
ipa: /ˈpla.stəɹ/
ipa: /ˈplæs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: plasters
form: plaister
form: plastre
Etymology: From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre.
The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.
Senses: glosses: A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
glosses: A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
glosses: A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
glosses: A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
qualifier: by ellipsis
glosses: Plaster of Paris.
Derived terms: beplaster
blister plaster
corn plaster
gypsum plaster
mustard-plaster
mustard plaster
plaster and lath
lath and plaster
plasterboard
plaster cast
plaster lath
plasterless
plasterlike
plasterly
plasterman
plaster room
plaster saint
plaster-stone
plasterwork
plastery
quicksilver plaster
shinplaster
stick plaster
strengthening plaster
unplaster
Related terms: cement board
lath
gypsum board
gyprock
sheetrock
wallboard
drywall
plaster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɑː.stə/
ipa: /ˈpla.stə/
ipa: /ˈpla.stəɹ/
ipa: /ˈplæs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: plasters
form: plastering
form: plastered
form: plastered
form: plaister
form: plastre
Etymology: From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre.
The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: to plaster a wall
glosses: To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
examples: text: to plaster a wound
glosses: To apply a plaster to.
examples: text: Her face was plastered with mud.
glosses: To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
examples: text: The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
text: If Euston is not typically English, St. Pancras is. Its façade is a nightmare of improbable Gothic. It is fairly plastered with the aesthetic ideals of 1868, and the only beautiful thing about it is Barlow's roof. It is haunted by the stuffier kind of ghost. Yet there is something about the ordered whole of St. Pancras that would make demolition a terrible pity.
ref: 1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:
text: Lillian walked the halls wearing a shirt plastered with what she assured everyone was a memetic stun agent; it looked just like the kill agent gating access to the SCP-001 database file, but as she patiently explained to McInnis, in art, context is everything.
ref: 2024 September 28, HarryBlank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2024:
glosses: To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
examples: text: Yeah, if you think that was bad... having, obviously, here, being people in the modern day and knowing something about the historical tactics used at the Battle of Samar, we did have, at one point, the American battleline sailing itself into a rain squall, staying in the rain squall, using large numbers of destroyers (with, obviously, all their smoke generators) to increase the cover in the rain squall and maintain it when the wet squall seemed to start dying off, and, through that, they just went "Right, activate radar, hello everybody, we can see you, you can't see us", and plastered everything in 14-and-16-inch gunfire until everything was broken, burning, and not able to fire back, and then they popped out for the coup de grâce.
ref: 2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 30:36 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2022:
glosses: To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
glosses: To smooth over.
Derived terms: court plaster
plasterable
plasterboard
plastered
plasterer
replaster
Related terms: drywall
sheetrock
whisper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪspə/
ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/
rhymes: -ɪspə(ɹ)
Forms: form: whispers
Etymology: From Middle English whisperen, from Old English hwisprian (“to mutter, murmur, whisper”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwisprōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwisprōną (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Cognate with Dutch wisperen (“to whisper”), German wispern (“to mumble, whisper”). Related also to Danish hviske (“to whisper”), Icelandic hvískra (“to whisper”), Norwegian Bokmål hviske, kviskre (“to whisper”), Norwegian Nynorsk kviskre, kviskra (“to whisper”), Swedish viska (“to whisper”). More at English whistle.
Senses: examples: text: I spoke in a near whisper.
text: "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: You know love is everything you say / A whisper, a word / Promises you give
ref: 2005 December 2, “Amarantine”, in Roma Ryan (lyrics), Enya (music), Amarantine, performed by Enya:
glosses: The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
examples: text: There are whispers of rebellion all around.
text: Time can never mend / The careless whispers of a good friend
ref: 1984, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, “Careless Whisper”:
glosses: A rumor.
examples: text: The soup had just a whisper of basil.
glosses: A faint trace or hint (of something).
glosses: A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
examples: text: The invisibility of private interactions in the form of whispers resolved an ethical concern in the research but reduced our ability to gauge the volume of interaction […]
ref: 2002, Ralph Schroeder, The Social Life of Avatars, page 218:
text: Anyone logged in to the chat room can click on an individual name, highlighting it, and send a message — a whisper — that will be seen only by the selected person.
ref: 2004, Caroline A. Haythornthwaite, Michelle M. Kazmer, Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education, page 179:
glosses: A private message to an individual in a chat room.
Derived terms: a whisper down the lane
in a pig's whisper
kissper
pig's whisper
stage whisper
whisper campaign
whisperhood
whisper interpreting
whisper network
whisperous
whisper porn
whispersome
whispery
seaweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːwiːd/
ipa: /ˈsiwid/
Forms: form: seaweeds
Etymology: From sea + weed.
Senses: examples: text: We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
ref: 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 16:
text: The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
text: There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.
ref: 2023 September 25, Vincent Doumeizel, “Opinion: Seaweed is nutritious, not slimy. Eating it could save the world.”, in CNN:
glosses: Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
examples: text: With light penetrating to the lake bottom, beds of seaweed flourished where little had grown before.
ref: 1995, Dan McCosh, “Aliens among us”, in Popular Science, page 94:
glosses: Any of various fresh water plants and algae.
Hyponyms: sea vegetable
Derived terms: brown seaweed
crispy seaweed
green seaweed
nanoseaweed
red seaweed
seaweed dermatitis
seaweeded
seaweedy
polar bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polar bears
Etymology: Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).
Senses: glosses: A hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.
wikipedia: Thomas Pennant
Synonyms: sense: large bear in Arctic Circle
word: arctic bear
sense: large bear in Arctic Circle
word: ice bear
sense: large bear in Arctic Circle
word: northern bear
sense: large bear in Arctic Circle
word: sea bear
sense: large bear in Arctic Circle
word: white bear
sense: large bear in Arctic Circle
alt: syn. Thalarctos maritimus
word: Ursus maritimus
Derived terms: grolar bear
pizzly bear
polar bear dip
polar bear plunge
polar bear swim
fillet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭl'ĭt
ipa: /ˈfɪl.ɪt/
ipa: /fɪˈleɪ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪt
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: fillets
form: filleting
form: filleted
form: filleted
form: filet
Etymology: From Middle English filet, vylette, felet, filette, flette, from Old French filet, diminutive of fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Senses: glosses: To slice, bone or make into fillets.
glosses: To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
Synonyms: sense: make into fillets
word: bone
sense: make into fillets
word: debone
Derived terms: filletable
filleter
garland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑː.lənd/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹ.lənd/
ipa: /ˈɡaː.lənd/
Forms: form: garlands
Etymology: From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz.
Akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.
Senses: examples: text: Bestow a Garland only on a Bier
ref: 1717, Alexander Pope, The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
glosses: An accolade or mark of honour.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
examples: text: [She] ioyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble ſtirpe and linage, […]
ref: 1569, Richard Grafton, “Henry the Seuenth”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 911:
glosses: The crown of a monarch.
examples: text: They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.
ref: 1765, Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:
glosses: A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
examples: text: And call him noble that was now your hate, / Him vile that was your garland.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: The top; the thing most prized.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
Derived terms: civic garland
disgarland
engarland
garlandage
garland chrysanthemum
garlander
garlandless
garlandlike
garlandry
garland thorn
garlandwise
garlandy
shot garland
shot-garland
ungarland
Related terms: chaplet
garland
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑː.lənd/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɹ.lənd/
ipa: /ˈɡaː.lənd/
Forms: form: garlands
form: garlanding
form: garlanded
form: garlanded
Etymology: From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz.
Akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.
Senses: examples: text: Anand disembarks like a statesman from the Volkswagen to be garlanded immediately by five different women.
ref: 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 206:
glosses: To deck or ornament something with a garland.
glosses: To form something into a garland.
repel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭ-pĕlʹ
ipa: /ɹɪˈpɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: repels
form: repelling
form: repelled
form: repelled
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: repel
form: repel
form: repelled
form: repel
form: repellest
form: repelled
form: repelledst
form: repels
form: repelleth
form: repelled
form: repel
form: repelled
form: repel
form: repelled
form: repel
form: -
form: repelling
form: repelled
Etymology: From Middle English repellen, a borrowing from Old French *repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). Doublet of repeal.
Senses: examples: text: It is some satisfaction to him that is repelled, that dignities, honours, offices, are not alwayes given by desert or worth, but for love, affinitie, friendship, affection, great mens letters, or as commonly they are bought and sold.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 7:
glosses: To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
glosses: To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
glosses: To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
examples: text: In nearby Zintan, rebels repelled an advance by Gaddafi's forces, killing eight and taking one prisoner, a local activist said.
ref: 2011 May 19, Ian Traynor, The Guardian:
glosses: To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To force away by means of a repulsive force.
examples: text: However, while the idea of a free holiday appeals enormously, I am frankly repelled by the idea of spending a couple of weeks in your company.
ref: 2008 January 26, The Guardian:
glosses: To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
examples: text: Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.
ref: 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1-0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To save (a shot).
Related terms: repellency
repellent
repulse
repulsion
repulsive
wheelchair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/
Forms: form: wheelchairs
form: wheel-chair
Etymology: From wheel + chair.
Senses: examples: text: "And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."
ref: 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 9:
glosses: A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
glosses: Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
examples: text: To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.
ref: 2020 March 1, Gabe Bergado, “Watch this tortoise zip around town in a giant wheelchair”, in The Daily Dot:
glosses: Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
Derived terms: wheelchair accessible
wheelchair basketball
wheelchair-bound
wheelchair curling
wheelchair lift
wheelchair motocross
wheelchair racing
wheelchair ramp
wheelchair rugby
wheelchair sport
wheelchair tennis
wheelchair user
wheelchair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/
Forms: form: wheelchairs
form: wheelchairing
form: wheelchaired
form: wheelchaired
form: wheel-chair
Etymology: From wheel + chair.
Senses: examples: text: Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves.
ref: 1991, Gosta Blennow, Jaak Jaeken, Lars Martin Wiklund, “Neurological Findings in the Carbohydrate-deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome”, in Acta Paediatrica, volume 80, number s375, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 14–20:
text: People who took part walked, jogged, ran, rollerbladed and wheelchaired the five kilometers
ref: 1996 May 14, “'Human Race'raises fundsfor charit”, in BYU Daily Universe:
text: They strolled, ran, walked and wheelchaired the track.
ref: 1996 June 2, “3,000 JOIN SPIRITED WALK TO HELP RAISE FUNDS IN FIGHT WITH CANCER”, in scholar.lib.vt.edu:
glosses: to move using a wheelchair
Related terms: Merlin chair
rolling chair
itch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: itches
Etymology: From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“an itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“an itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“an itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“an itch”), German jucken.
Senses: glosses: A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
examples: text: ... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
ref: 1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage:
glosses: A constant teasing desire or want.
Synonyms: word: yuck
word: yuik
english: all in Scotland
translation: all in Scotland
word: yeuk
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: antiitch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: baker's itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: barber itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: barber's itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: barley itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: beard itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: bricklayer's itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: crotch itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: Cuban itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: dhobi itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: Dogger Bank itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: duck itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: grain itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: grocer's itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: ground itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: hell's itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: itchless
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: itchlike
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: itch mite
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: itchsome
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: itchweed
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: itchy
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: jock itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: ked itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: lake itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: mad itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: Malabar itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: mattress itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: mihi itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: prairie itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: scratch an itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: scratch the itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: scratch one's own itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: seven-year itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: straw itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: swimmer's itch
sense: Terms derived from itch (noun)
word: washerwoman's itch
itch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: itches
form: itching
form: itched
form: itched
Etymology: From Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).
Senses: glosses: To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
examples: text: He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
text: Capulet: ... Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; / My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest / That God had lent us but this only child; / But now I see this one is one too much, / And that we have a curse in having her: / Out on her, hilding!
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 III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
glosses: To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
examples: text: My head is suddenly itching me like mad.
ref: 2001, India Knight, My Life on a Plate, page 102:
glosses: To cause to feel an itch.
examples: text: "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
ref: 2002, M D Huddleston, Missing Paige:
text: I have to take both shoes and socks off! If I go bare foot I'm ok! I also get itching on my r/palm of my hand. I itch it so much that it's raw!
ref: 2002 January 4, Cyd, “Itching”, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis (Usenet):
text: Basically I go through a half hour of trying to figure out of it is an fake OCD itch or a regular itch before I itch it (if I determine it's a "fake" itch, then I try not to itch it).
ref: 2003 November 21, Jim Patterson, “Behavior Therapy for Itchy Clothes?”, in alt.support.ocd (Usenet):
text: Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
ref: 2003, Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu:
text: But when we asked more about the famous man whose specter still commanded the heights, the guard just sneered at me, pointed his gun back toward the road with one hand, and itched his chin with the other.
ref: 2004, Philip Smucker, Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail:
glosses: To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
Derived terms: itcher
itch the ditch
itchy
make one's teeth itch
make someone's teeth itch
generate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒen(a)reːʈ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəreːt/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈdʑɛnəɹɛ(ː)t]
Forms: form: generates
form: generating
form: generated
form: generated
Etymology: From Latin generō (“beget, procreate, produce”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from genus (“a kind, race, family”, gener- in compounds) + -ō; see genus. Compare Italian generare, French générer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, gender (“engender, breed, copulate”)).
Senses: examples: text: The discussion generated an uproar.
text: The Ecclesiastical Commission was generated by Sir Robert Peel and bore the marks of Peel’s personality; bureaucratic, capable and cold.
ref: 1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 126:
text: In the last 20 minutes Athletic began to generate the sort of pressure of which they are capable, but by then it was far too late: the game had begun to slip away from them as early as the seventh minute.
ref: 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:
text: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
ref: 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
glosses: To bring into being; give rise to.
examples: text: Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
glosses: To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
examples: text: They generated many offspring.
glosses: To procreate, beget.
examples: text: Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To form a figure from a curve or solid.
examples: text: Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.
ref: 1883, Thomas Hardy, The Three Strangers:
glosses: To appear or occur; be generated.
Synonyms: sense: bring into being
word: bring about
sense: bring into being
word: create
sense: bring into being
word: engender
sense: bring into being
word: make
sense: bring into being
word: produce
sense: bring into being
word: spawn
Coordinate terms: sense: bring into being
word: augment
sense: bring into being
word: foster
sense: bring into being
word: extend
sense: bring into being
word: grow
Derived terms: autogenerate
cogenerate
congenerate
generatability
generatable
misgenerate
overgenerate
pregenerate
regenerate
self-generating
undergenerate
Related terms: generable
general
generation
generative
generic
genus
generate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒen(a)reːʈ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəreːt/
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ˈdʑɛnəɹɛ(ː)t]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Senses: examples: text: But neither is one time generated in another; for if the preſent be generated in the future, the future muſt be present; and if in the paſt, the paſt. The ſame may be ſaid of other times; therefore one time is not generated in another. Now if time be neither generated in itſelf, nor one time in another, it is not generate at all. But that it is not ingenerate, we ſhewed also. Therefore ſeeing it is neither generate nor ingenerate, it is not at all; for every Beeing muſt either be generate or ingenerate.
ref: 1659–1660, Thomas Stanley, “[A Summary of Scepticism.] Chap[ter] XVII. Of Time.”, in The History of Philosophy, the Third and Last Volume, […], volume III, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC, 4th part (Containing the Sceptick Sect), Book II (Of Physick), page 87:
text: It poses the thorny problem of the status of the Logos. Is he generate or ingenerate?.. Justin replies that he is generate—but in a special sense.
ref: 1965, R. A. Norris, God & World in Early Chrisian Theology, volume ii. 67:
antonyms: ingenerate
glosses: Generated, not self-existent.
charter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: charters
form: chartre
Etymology: From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
Senses: glosses: A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
glosses: A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
glosses: A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
glosses: The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
glosses: A deed (legal contract).
examples: text: My mother, / Who has a charter to extol her blood, / When she does praise me, grieves me.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ix]:
glosses: A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
examples: text: In what Derbyshire police say amounts to a "thieves' charter," three judges ruled that because the car's identity had been changed it was impossible to trace the legal owner and therefore the person found in possession of it was entitled to keep it.
ref: 2001 March 23, Clare Dyer, “Stolen car ruling 'a thieves' charter'”, in The Guardian, London:
ref: 2005 November 30, Stephen Foley, “The market where 'caveat emptor' has become a charter for fraud”, in The Independent, London:
glosses: a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
raw_tags: in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action
Synonyms: sense: signed document
word: chirograph
Derived terms: charterage
charter change
charter court
charterhouse
charterial
charterless
charter master
chartermaster
charter member
charter party
charter-party
time charter
charter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chartre
Etymology: From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
Senses: glosses: Leased or hired.
charter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: charters
form: chartering
form: chartered
form: chartered
form: chartre
Etymology: From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.
Senses: glosses: To grant or establish a charter.
glosses: To lease or hire something by charter.
topics: law
glosses: (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
Derived terms: charterable
charterer
charter pilot
charter school
recharter