cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
Forms: form: more fine
form: most fine
Etymology: From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian fino). Doublet of fino.
Senses: examples: text: Everything worked out fine.
synonyms: all right
alright
OK
very well
glosses: Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
glosses: Finely; elegantly; delicately.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
sports
glosses: In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
Etymology: From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian fino). Doublet of fino.
Senses: glosses: Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
glosses: Expression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
Forms: form: fines
Etymology: From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian fino). Doublet of fino.
Senses: examples: text: We had dined at l'Avenue's, and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. We had several fines after the coffee, and I said I must be going.
ref: 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Scribner, published 2003, page 14:
text: ‘Darling,’ Lois told her, ‘don't get depressed. Have another fine.’
ref: 1928, Jean Rhys, Quartet, Penguin, published 2000, page 34:
text: He refilled his glass. ‘The fine is very good,’ he said.
ref: 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 18:
glosses: Fine champagne; French brandy.
examples: text: They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
glosses: Something that is fine; fine particles.
Related terms: filing
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
Forms: form: fines
Etymology: From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.
Senses: examples: text: The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
text: The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
glosses: A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
glosses: Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
examples: Fine if you've…
qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
Synonyms: amercement
Derived terms: bar fine
fineless
The Fine City
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
Forms: form: fines
form: fining
form: fined
form: fined
Etymology: From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.
Senses: examples: text: She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
glosses: To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
examples: text: Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry.
ref: 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages:
glosses: To pay a fine.
Synonyms: amerce
Derived terms: finable
fineable
unfined
Related terms: finance
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
enpr: fē'nā
ipa: /ˈfiːneɪ/
ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
Forms: form: fines
Etymology: From Italian fine (“end”). French fin. Doublet of fin and finis.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The end of a musical composition.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
Derived terms: da capo al fine=D.C. al fine
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
enpr: fē'nā
ipa: /ˈfiːneɪ/
Forms: form: fines
form: fining
form: fined
form: fined
Etymology: From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).
Senses: glosses: To finish; to cease.
glosses: To cause to cease; to stop.
fine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /fæːn/
enpr: fē'nā
ipa: /ˈfiːneɪ/
Forms: form: fines
Etymology: From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).
Senses: examples: text: And secret feare, to see their fatall fine
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37:
text: Is this the fine of his fines?
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
examples: text: To cause them to pay more rent or a gretter fyne than they haue ben acustomed to do in tyme past.
ref: 1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, The Boke of Surveying and Improvements:
qualifier: feudal law
glosses: A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
topics: law
glosses: A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
spelunc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speluncs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spelunk.
theomachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thē-ŏmʹə-kē
ipa: /θiˈɑm.ə.ki/
enpr: thē-ŏmʹə-kē
ipa: /θiˈɒm.ə.ki/
Forms: form: theomachies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεομαχία (theomakhía, “battle of the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”). Equivalent to theo- + -machy.
Senses: glosses: A fight against the gods, as the mythological battle of the giants against the gods.
glosses: A battle among gods.
glosses: Opposition to divine will.
tirailleur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tirailleurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French tirailler (“to skirmish”).
Senses: glosses: An infantry soldier.
tribade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪbəd/
ipa: /tɹɪˈbɑːd/
rhymes: -ɑːd
rhymes: -ɪbəd
Forms: form: tribades
Etymology: From Middle French tribade, and its source, Latin tribad-, from Koine Greek τριβάς (tribás), from Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”).
Senses: examples: text: Go, cramp dull Mars, light Venus, when he snorts, / Or with thy tribade trine invent new sports; / Thou, nor thy looseness with my making sorts.
ref: a. 1637, Ben Jonson, Præludium:
text: A century later, however, homosexuality among English women seems to have been regarded by the French as common, and Bacchaumont[…] added: "Her taste for women will there find attractive satisfaction, for though Paris furnishes many tribades it is said that London is herein superior."
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, 3rd edition, volume 2:
text: I roused Zero’s suspicions because I began to behave too much like a woman and he started to watch me warily for signs of the tribade. If he had spied any, or surprised me fingering any of his girls, he would have shot me.
ref: 1977, Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve:
glosses: A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian.
Related terms: tribadic
tribadism
fricatrice
rubster
Sapphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæf.ɪk/
rhymes: -æfɪk
Forms: form: Sapphick
Etymology: Sappho (Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ)) + -ic, whence Latin Sapphicus. Sense related to sexuality alludes to Sappho's poetry discussing love between women (see also lesbian).
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of sapphic.
Related terms: sapphism
sapphist
Sapphic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæf.ɪk/
rhymes: -æfɪk
Forms: form: Sapphics
form: Sapphick
Etymology: Sappho (Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ)) + -ic, whence Latin Sapphicus. Sense related to sexuality alludes to Sappho's poetry discussing love between women (see also lesbian).
Senses: examples: text: His Sapphics, on the story of Bacchus and Ariadne, are easy, elegant, and poetical.
ref: 1824, Vicesimus Knox, The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface:
text: The first line (which goes by the name of Aristophanes) is a Sapphic without the initial trochees.
ref: 1887, Horace, Horace: The Odes, Carmen Seculare, and Epodes, page 174:
text: "A real Sapphic," said Crane, dropping into a poetical tone, as an elocutionist does when he is hungry for an opportunity to recite a favorite sketch.
ref: 1888, Maurice Thompson, A Fortnight of Folly, page 41:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A Sapphic verse.
examples: text: 'Very good,” he said, 'although I must confess that the older I get, the less I am able to enjoy the company of women – except of course our own dear Enid who is so notorious a Sapphic as to be virtually hors concours.
ref: 2004, Simon Callow, Being an Actor, page 9:
text: There are many of us (yes, even in Utah) who are more style-conscious, socially involved and culturally aware Sapphics than the common opinion dictates.
ref: 2011 March 17, Annalisa Millo, “A great year for lesbians”, in QSaltake, number 176, page 33:
text: Are you a fan of hate-to-love? Roommates? Royalty romances? Geology puns? Sapphics? Her Royal Highness has all of this and more. After Millie discovers her best friend turned maybe girlfriend kissing someone else, she decides to flee […]
ref: 2019 Summer, Gretal M. (19), review of Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins in The Chuckanut Reader, page 71
glosses: A person who is sapphic.
Synonyms: gay woman
Related terms: WLW
lesbian
rach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹætʃ/
Forms: form: raches
form: rache
form: ratch
Etymology: From Middle English rache, racche, rachche, from Old English ræċċ.
Senses: glosses: a dog that hunts by scent
rapparee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapparees
form: raparee
Etymology: from Irish rapaire, variant of ropaire (“cutpurse”).
Senses: examples: text: And then he would relate stories of banshees, and robberies, and ghosts, and hair-breadth escapes, and 'rapparees,' and adventures in the wars of King James, which he heard told in his nonage by the old folk, long vanished, who remembered those troubles.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: A bandit or brigand.
mel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: Mel
homophone: mell
Forms: form: mels
Etymology: Shortening of melody.
Senses: glosses: A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
mel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: Mel
homophone: mell
Etymology: From Latin mel (“honey”). Doublet of mell.
Senses: glosses: Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.
salamandroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salamandroid
form: most salamandroid
Etymology: From salamander + -oid.
Senses: glosses: like a salamander
salamandroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salamandroids
Etymology: From salamander + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any salamander of the suborder Salamandroidea.
scelerat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləɹət/
/ˈsɛləɹæt/
Forms: form: scelerats
Etymology: Borrowed from French scélérat, from Latin scelerātus, past participle of scelerāre (“to pollute, defile”), from scelus (“crime”).
Senses: examples: text: Hence it is, that Scelerats, can by no Arts, nor any Amuſements hovv violent ſoever, ſtifle the Cries of a vvounded Conſcience; […]
ref: 1715, George Cheyne, “Of the Philosophical Principles of Reveal’d Religion. Corollary I.”, in Philosophical Principles of Religion: Natural and Revealed: […] Philosophical Principles of Religion. Part II. […], London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC, page 88:
glosses: A criminal, a villain.
septemfluous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin septemfluus.
Senses: examples: text: No; drown'd they muſt be in ſeptemfluous Nile.
ref: 1657, Nicholas Billingsley, Brachy-martyrologia, page 3:
text: And just once before we part, Bertha, let me take you in my arms and to my bosom, and a septemfluous flood of divinest joy will ever fill my soul, in recollection of this hour, which is extremely sad; yet infinitely sweet, if my lips may again press yours.
ref: 1884, George Eliot Stewart, The Burnhams, page 258:
glosses: Flowing in seven streams.
spiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪɹəl/
ipa: /ˈspɑɪɹəl/
rhymes: -aɪɹəl
Forms: form: spirals
Etymology: From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
glosses: A helix.
examples: text: My beloved friends and family who sustained and grounded me as I fell into the rabbit hole of this project or down the spiral of new parenthood.
ref: 2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay, New York University Press, →ISBN, page xi:
glosses: A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.
Related terms: aspirin
spirea
spiral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪɹəl/
ipa: /ˈspɑɪɹəl/
rhymes: -aɪɹəl
Etymology: From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Senses: examples: text: The formation of tornados and water-spouts is very probably identical with that of dust-storms and "devils," viz., a sudden disturbance of the vertical equilibrium of the atmosphere, where by an upward rush of air is generated, which rapidly becomes spiral.
ref: 1877, H. F. Blandford, Indian Meteorologist's Vade-mecum, page 140:
glosses: Helical, like a spiral.
spiral
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪɹəl/
ipa: /ˈspɑɪɹəl/
rhymes: -aɪɹəl
Forms: form: spirals
form: spiraling
form: spiralling
form: spiraled
form: spiraled
form: spiralled
form: spiralled
Etymology: From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Senses: examples: text: The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
glosses: To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
examples: text: You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
glosses: To cause something to spiral.
examples: text: Her debts were spiralling out of control.
glosses: To increase continually.
Derived terms: sense: from all parts of speech
word: Archimedean spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: arithmetic spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: barred spiral galaxy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: death spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: defensive spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: downward spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Ekman spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: equiangular spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Fibonacci spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: flocculent spiral galaxy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: genetic spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: golden spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: graveyard spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: herb spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: inflationary spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Knochenhauer spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Langmuir spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: logarithmic spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: purity spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: red spiral galaxy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Riess spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral arm
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral-bound
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral cleavage
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral dance
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral dive
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral DRAGN
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral galaxy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral ganglion
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral ginger
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Spiralia
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral nebula
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral of Archimedes
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral out
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral pass
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral pump
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral staircase
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral valve
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral worm
sense: from all parts of speech
word: spiral wrack
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Steiner's spiral nematode
sense: from all parts of speech
word: superluminous spiral galaxy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: super spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Ulam spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: upward spiral
sense: from all parts of speech
word: virtuous spiral
Odessa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈdɛsə/
ipa: /oʊˈdɛsə/
rhymes: -ɛsə
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós). Compare Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). The city was on the former Turkish territory of Yedisan, which may have influenced the choice of name. Yedisan means "seven titles" i.e. tribes, from yedi + san.
Senses: glosses: A locale in Ukraine:
A port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion and Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.
related: word: Odesa
glosses: A locale in Ukraine:
A raion of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Capital: Odessa.
related: word: Odesa
glosses: A locale in Ukraine:
An oblast of Ukraine. Capital: Odessa.
related: word: Odesa
glosses: A locale in Canada:
A community in the township municipality of Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A locale in Canada:
A village in the Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A small town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A tiny city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A village in Schuyler County, New York, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A small town in Lincoln County, Washington, United States.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Little Odessa
Odessan
Odessa Oblast
Odessa Raion
Odessite
Related terms: Hacibey
Khadjibey
scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Forms: form: scotches
Etymology: From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.
Senses: glosses: A surface cut or abrasion.
glosses: A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
examples: text: a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground
text: He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home. And he was always aware of this fall of silence on his entry, the shutting off of life, the unwelcome.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 4, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: In December, 1949, the Ashby to Worthington section of the former Midland Railway Ashby branch was divided into two portions by the insertion of a scotch block at Ticknall Siding, which requires both the tablet from Worthington and wooden staff from Ashby to unlock it and permit through working.
ref: 1952 April, C. R. Clinker and Gordon Biddle, “Swannington and Ticknall Today”, in Railway Magazine, pages 264-265:
text: The cars are positioned and secured solely by simple scotches pegged into the decking of the vehicle and easily movable; [...].
ref: 1964 November, “"Cartic 4"—BR's new two-tier car-carrier”, in Modern Railways, page 324:
glosses: A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
Derived terms: hopscotch
scotch mint
scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Forms: form: scotches
form: scotching
form: scotched
form: scotched
Etymology: From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.
Senses: examples: text: We have scotched the snake, not killed it.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: To cut or score; to wound superficially.
examples: text: The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.
synonyms: foil
put the kibosh on
thwart
glosses: To prevent (something) from being successful.
examples: text: The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
text: Other declassified files from the 1960s show that the Northern Ireland government discussed a proposed tunnel to Scotland. Several district councils and a US firm, Technical Studies Inc, championed the idea, but Stormont officials scotched it as impractical and too expensive.
ref: 2023 August 23, Rory Carroll, “Files reveal terms ministers were warned not to use in Northern Ireland”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
examples: text: The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
text: The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose.
ref: 1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, 1910s, OCLC 225424669, page 69
synonyms: chock
block
glosses: To block a wheel or other round object.
glosses: To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
examples: Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. http://www.google.com/patents?id=DXdGAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP3&vq=scotched&dq=scotching
qualifier: textile manufacturing
glosses: To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
glosses: To clothe or cover up.
scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Forms: form: more scotch
form: most scotch
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”)
scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Forms: form: scotches
Senses: examples: text: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”).
scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Etymology: From 3M's Scotch tape.
Senses: glosses: Scotch tape.
scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt͡ʃ/
ipa: /skɑt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒtʃ
Forms: form: scotches
form: scotching
form: scotched
form: scotched
Etymology: From 3M's Scotch tape.
Senses: glosses: To rape.
imperator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imperators
form: imperatores
form: Imperator
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imperātor. Doublet of emperor and mpret.
Senses: examples: text: But to compensate in some degree for what was then taken away, the custom was introduced of bestowing what was termed Triumphalia Ornamenta, that is, permission to receive the titles bestowed upon, and to appear in public with the robes worn by the imperatores of the commonwealth when they triumphed, and to bequeath to their descendants triumphal statues.
ref: 1843, “TRIUMPHUS”, in William Smith, Charles Anthon, editors, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 3rd American edition, New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Oh.; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company, page 1019, column 1:
text: Modern emperors and consuls of the year VIII. are no more the imperatores of ancient Rome, and modern religious organizations are but the phantasms of mediæval corporations.
ref: 1898 April 16, Paolo Mantegazza, anonymous translator, “From the Nuova Antologia. Regressive Evolution.”, in The Living Age, sixth series, volume XVIII; from the beginning, volume CCXVII, number 2806, Boston, Mass.: The Living Age Company, section VI, page 160, column 2:
text: He said cautiously, "I do not think it right, Imperator."
ref: 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 147:
text: Given the sudden proliferation of self-portraits on the coins of all the imperatores of this period, many of whom certainly had not received such a privilege, such an unattested grant to Antony need not be assumed.
ref: 1990, Robert Newman, “A Dialogue of Power in the Coinage of Antony and Octavian (44–30 B.C.)”, in American Journal of Numismatics, second series, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: The American Numismatic Society, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 53:
glosses: An emperor.
Derived terms: imperatorship
Related terms: imperatrix
hate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /heʔ/
enpr: hāt
ipa: /heɪt/
ipa: [heːt]
ipa: /hæɪ̯t/
ipa: [hɛjt]
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: Haight
Forms: form: hates
Etymology: From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”).
Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese, Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”).
The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above.
Senses: examples: text: One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
glosses: An object of hatred.
examples: text: He gave me a look filled with pure hate.
glosses: Hatred.
examples: text: There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans.
glosses: Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
examples: text: The corporation said it would not tolerate hate.
glosses: Bigotry.
Derived terms: antihate
apprecihate
behate
cyberhate
gay-hate
hatable
hateblog
hate-boner
hate click
hate crime
hate-crime
hatedom
hatefest
hatefic
hate figure
hate-filled
hate fuck
hate group
hateless
hatelike
hatelisting
hate mail
hate mailer
hatemonger
hate music
hate-on
hate-read
hate-sex
hate sex
hateship
hatesite
hatesome
hate speech
hate-speech
hate strike
hate-watch
hateworthy
hatriot
love-hate
pet hate
Prop H8
self-hate
two-minute hate
Related terms: hatel
hatred
hate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /heʔ/
enpr: hāt
ipa: /heɪt/
ipa: [heːt]
ipa: /hæɪ̯t/
ipa: [hɛjt]
rhymes: -eɪt
homophone: Haight
Forms: form: hates
form: hating
form: hated
form: hated
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: hate
form: hate
form: hated
form: hate
form: hatest
form: hated
form: hatedst
form: hates
form: hateth
form: hated
form: hate
form: hated
form: hate
form: hated
form: hate
form: -
form: hating
form: hated
Etymology: From Middle English hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hatred, hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“strong emotion”).
Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese, Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”).
The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above.
Senses: examples: text: People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds.
ref: 1997, Popular Science, volume 251, number 4, page 34:
glosses: To dislike intensely or greatly.
glosses: To experience a feeling of hatred.
examples: text: I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me.
glosses: Used in a phrasal verb: hate on.
Synonyms: word: abhor
word: abominate
word: can't stand
word: can't stand the sight of
word: despise
word: detest
word: disrelish
word: execrate
word: hate
word: loathe
word: resent
Hypernyms: word: dislike
Derived terms: antihate
apprecihate
behate
cyberhate
forehate
hatable
hate-crime
hatee
hater
haters gonna hate
hate someone's guts
hate-speech
hate the sin but love the sinner
I hate you
love the sinner but hate the sin
overhate
self-hating
they hate us 'cause they ain't us
unhate
Related terms: heinous
Romansh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Romansch.
Kashmiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăsh-mîr′ē
enpr: kăzh-
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪə̯.iː/
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪː.iː/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /kæʃ-/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kæʃˈmɪɹ.i/
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kæʃˈmɪə̯.iː/
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kɛʃˈmiə̯.iː/
ipa: /kɛʃˈmiːə̯.iː/
ipa: /kɛʒ-/
ipa: /kaʃˈmiɹ.i/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪjə̯ʳ.iː/
ipa: /kaʃˈmiːɾ.iː/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
Forms: form: Kashmiris
Etymology: From Kashmir + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The Chenabi Kashmiris are an integral part of Kashmiri culture.
ref: 2024 August 21, Abid Pampori, “Chenabi Kashmiris: A Community in the Heart of the Himalayas”, in Brighter Kashmir:
glosses: A native or resident of Kashmir, or a descendant of such a person.
Kashmiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: kăsh-mîr′ē
enpr: kăzh-
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪə̯.iː/
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪː.iː/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /kæʃ-/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kæʃˈmɪɹ.i/
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kæʃˈmɪə̯.iː/
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kɛʃˈmiə̯.iː/
ipa: /kɛʃˈmiːə̯.iː/
ipa: /kɛʒ-/
ipa: /kaʃˈmiɹ.i/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪjə̯ʳ.iː/
ipa: /kaʃˈmiːɾ.iː/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
Etymology: From Kashmir + -i.
Senses: examples: text: It’s important to note that the Kashmiri spoken in the Chenab Valley is distinct from the dialect spoken in the Kashmir Valley.
ref: 2024 August 21, Abid Pampori, “Chenabi Kashmiris: A Community in the Heart of the Himalayas”, in Brighter Kashmir:
glosses: The Dardic Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kashmir.
Kashmiri
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kăsh-mîr′ē
enpr: kăzh-
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪə̯.iː/
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪː.iː/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /kæʃ-/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kæʃˈmɪɹ.i/
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kæʃˈmɪə̯.iː/
ipa: /kæʒ-/
ipa: /kɛʃˈmiə̯.iː/
ipa: /kɛʃˈmiːə̯.iː/
ipa: /kɛʒ-/
ipa: /kaʃˈmiɹ.i/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
ipa: /kaʃˈmɪjə̯ʳ.iː/
ipa: /kaʃˈmiːɾ.iː/
ipa: /kaʒ-/
Etymology: From Kashmir + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The Chenabi Kashmiris are an integral part of Kashmiri culture.
ref: 2024 August 21, Abid Pampori, “Chenabi Kashmiris: A Community in the Heart of the Himalayas”, in Brighter Kashmir:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the people or region of Kashmir or the Kashmiri language.
Related terms: Kashmir
bacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bā'kən
ipa: /ˈbeɪ.kən/
rhymes: -eɪkən
homophone: bakin' stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: bacons
Etymology: From Middle English bacoun (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), an extension of *baką, whence English back, which see for more. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“back, buttocks; to vault, arch”).
Cognate with Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“ham, side of bacon”), Old High German bahho (“ham, side of bacon”), whence German Bache f (“wild sow”), Alemannic German Bache m (“bacon”).
(police): Extension of pig (“police”).
Senses: examples: text: They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.
ref: 2006, Joanna Pruess, Seduced by Bacon, The Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 93:
text: For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end / Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend.
ref: 2009 March 31, Laura Casey, “Piggin' out on bacon at S.F.'s BaconCamp”, in San Jose Mercury News, retrieved 19 Oct 2010:
text: Bacon is something that everybody is familiar with and most people grew up eating. It has a comfort aspect to it and a familiarity. It's also got an addictive aspect to it - that sweet and salty combination of flavors. And it's probably just a little bit unhealthy for you. When you get to have bacon, it's exciting and something you look forward to.
ref: 2009 August 12, Lisa Abraham, “Bacon comes home - Old favorite tastes even better when you do the curing yourself”, in Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, page D1:
glosses: Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
examples: text: As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
ref: 2014 September 11, Pam Grout, “Really? 10 unexpected cruise activities”, in CNN:
glosses: Thin slices of the above in long strips.
examples: text: Run! It's the bacon!
glosses: The police or spies.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Road rash.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A saucisse.
Synonyms: sense: cut of meat from a pig
word: ham
sense: cut of meat from a pig
word: pork
Derived terms: back bacon
bacon and cabbage
bacon and eggs
bacon beetle
baconburger
bacon butty
baconed
baconer
bacon explosion
bacon-faced
bacon fat
bacon-fed
bacon grease
bacon grill
bacon hair
baconize
baconless
baconlike
bacon rind
bacon square
bacontini
baconweed
bacony
bring home the bacon
Canadian bacon
carrot bacon
chawbacon
cottage bacon
eggs and bacon
facon
fakon
fry someone's bacon
good voice to beg bacon
Irish bacon
macon
peameal bacon
pig upon bacon
pull someone's bacon out of the fire
save someone's bacon
side bacon
side of bacon
steal the bacon
streaky bacon
turkey bacon
whale bacon
whatever sizzles your bacon
white bacon
Related terms: back
flitch
gammon
guanciale
hock
pancetta
green
in the sense of unsmoked
smoked
hog
porcine
rasher
slab
sow
swine
machination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌmæʃɪˈneɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: machinations
Etymology: From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 286, column 2:
text: He witnessed her palpitating bosom, the lifeless hues and disconsolate expression of her interesting countenance; yet, from the machinations of his evil passions, he would have proceeded further, until, entirely overcome, he had seen her drop motionless in her chair, in order that he might have the luxury of supporting her within his arms, and of recalling her to a sense of life and being.
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter IV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 37:
text: PATRICK: The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
ref: 2001 September 7, Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, “The Secret Box”, in SpongeBob SquarePants:
glosses: A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
glosses: The act of machinating or plotting.
Derived terms: countermachination
Related terms: machinal
machinate
managerial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmænɪˈdʒɪəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌmænəˈdʒɪɹi.əl/
Forms: form: more managerial
form: most managerial
Etymology: From manager + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: As I crisscrossed managerial circles in different corporations, becoming known in some segments of the corporate world and running into managers that I had met in the course of my search, often in odd places, my personal contacts increased as managers referred me to each other.
ref: 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 15:
text: I left the kitchen and went over to Chuckʼs desk, feeling very managerial when I asked him to show me his progress.
ref: 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 256:
text: Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: "The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail."
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38:
text: The game was much bigger than it would have been before England’s managerial handover from Southgate, Carsley the focus of plenty of the attention.
ref: 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.
Derived terms: managerialise
managerialism
managerialist
managerialize
managerially
micromanagerial
nonmanagerial
technomanagerial
unmanagerial
Related terms: management
elective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: electives
Etymology: From elect + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: I still need to decide which electives to take along with my compulsory courses next semester.
glosses: Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.
elect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛkt/
ipa: /ɪˈlɛkt/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: elects
form: elect
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Senses: glosses: One chosen or set apart.
examples: text: Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 42:1:
text: Shall not God avenge his won elect?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 18:7:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
Derived terms: president-elect
elect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛkt/
ipa: /ɪˈlɛkt/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: elects
form: electing
form: elected
form: elected
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Senses: glosses: To choose or make a decision (to do something)
examples: text: President Obama in a speech this past week said that we should solve the nation's bee problem. Oh, God, we elected a guy who sympathizes with bees?
ref: 2014, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
glosses: To choose (a candidate) in an election
Derived terms: could not get elected dogcatcher
electability
electable
electee
electocracy
elector
nonelect
nonelected
nonelecting
preelect
reelect
self-elect
unelect
unelectability
unelected
Related terms: election
elective
elegant
eligible
elite
select
selection
selective
elect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛkt/
ipa: /ɪˈlɛkt/
ipa: /i-/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Senses: examples: text: He is the President elect.
text: She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect.
ref: 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 16, in Sense and Sensibility:
glosses: Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
examples: text: colours quaint elect
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: the elect angels
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 5:21:
glosses: Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
selective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈlɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: more selective
form: most selective
Senses: examples: text: The selective algorithm excludes the redundant classifiers to construct a streamlined ensemble learning.
ref: 2016, Xingming Sun, Alex Liu, Han-Chieh Chao, Cloud Computing and Security: Second International Conference, ICCCS 2016, Nanjing, China, July 29-31, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (part 2, page 579)
glosses: Of or relating to the process of selection.
examples: text: selective pressure
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to natural selection.
examples: text: He's very selective and spent hours in the store choosing a new shirt.
glosses: Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service.
glosses: Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
examples: text: Eligibility criteria form the essence of selective programs and individuals are evaluated using a means test.
ref: 2006, Francis J. Turner, Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work, page 189:
glosses: Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.
Derived terms: anxioselective
atroposelective
autoselective
cardioselective
celecoxib
chemoselective
counterselective
cytoselective
enantioselective
hepatoselective
immunoselective
ion-selective electrode
ion selective electrode
ion-selective membrane
isoselective
metaselective
microselective
monoselective
nanoselective
neuroselective
non-selective
nonselective
orthoselective
overselective
paraselective
phosphoselective
photoselective
postselective
potassium selective electrode
preselective
regioselective
sartan
SELCAL
SelCal
selective advantage
selective androgen receptor modulator
selective breeding
selective collection
selective compression
selective distortion
selective eating disorder
selective fire
selectively
selectively mute
selective memory
selective mutism
selectiveness
selective school
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
selective yellow
selegiline
selepressin
semiselective
stereoselective
subselective
superselective
supraselective
ultraselective
underselective
unselective
uroselective
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