cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
belch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛltʃ/
rhymes: -ɛltʃ
Forms: form: belches
Etymology: From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.
Senses: examples: text: The hotel coffee machine gurgles out an acrid belch.
ref: 2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium:
synonyms: burp
glosses: An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.
examples: c. 1699, John Dennis, letter to Mr. Collier
Porters would no longer be drunk with Belch
glosses: Malt liquor.
Derived terms: belcher
belchy
outbelch
upbelch
snore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /snɔː/
ipa: /snoɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /sno(ː)ɹ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /snoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: snores
form: snoring
form: snored
form: snored
Etymology: From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).
The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
Senses: examples: text: While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 8-9:
text: The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light.
ref: 1709, Alexander Pope, “January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale, from Chaucer”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 223:
glosses: To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
Synonyms: saw wood
Derived terms: snorer
snoring rail
snore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /snɔː/
ipa: /snoɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /sno(ː)ɹ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /snoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: snores
Etymology: From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).
The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
Senses: glosses: The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
synonyms: snooze
snoozefest
snore-fest
glosses: An extremely boring person or event.
Derived terms: snore-fest
hiccough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪ.kəp/
ipa: /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
ipa: /ˈhɪ.kəp/
ipa: /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
rhymes: -ɪkəp
homophone: hiccup stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: hiccoughs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hiccup.
Derived terms: hiccoughy
hiccough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪ.kəp/
ipa: /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
ipa: /ˈhɪ.kəp/
ipa: /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
rhymes: -ɪkəp
homophone: hiccup stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: hiccoughs
form: hiccoughing
form: hiccoughed
form: hiccoughed
Senses: examples: text: I sat there, with tears in my eyes, and hiccoughed for breath, quite beside myself with feverish merriment.
ref: 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 87:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hiccup.
Derived terms: hiccougher
speech
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spiːt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
ipa: /spiːt͡ʃ/
ipa: /spɛːt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: speeches
form: speeching
form: speeched
form: speeched
form: speach
Etymology: From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.
Senses: examples: text: I'll speech against peace while Dismal's my name, / And be a true whig, while I'm Not-in-game.
ref: 1711 [December?] (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Excellent New Song. Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator against Peace [i.e., Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham].”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 73:
text: So to Speeching he did go, / And like a Man of Senſe, / He certainly ſaid Ay or No,
ref: 1731, The Statesman: A New Court Ballad, page 7:
text: "He wasn't one to make himself big," said Mr. Jones. "But he had something that drew the people when he was speeching... When he came down we all used to shout 'Lloyd George am byth!' You know, 'Lloyd George forever!' That was just how we felt."
ref: 1965 June 24, “Wales, Land of Bards”, in National Geographic, volume 127, number 6:
glosses: To make a speech; to harangue.
Derived terms: bespeech
Saturn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæt.ɚn/
ipa: /ˈsæt.ən/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)n
Etymology: From Old English Sætern, from Latin Sāturnus, probably from Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (satre), plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The sixth planet of the solar system, known for its large rings, and until recent times the furthest known; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♄.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
related: word: Saturnus
glosses: The god of fertility and agriculture, equivalent to the Greek Cronos.
examples: text: Saturn promised us no-haggle purchasing and no-dent body panels.
coordinate_terms: Chevrolet
Chevy
Pontiac#Proper noun
Oldsmobile
Olds
Buick#Proper noun
Cadillac#Proper noun
glosses: A former brand of car by GM (1985–2010).
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
astrology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: ♄
Derived terms: salt of Saturn
saturnal
Saturnian
saturnine
saturnism
saturnite
Saturn's tree
sub-Saturn
sugar of Saturn
Related terms: Saturday
saturnalia
saturnid
Saturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæt.ɚn/
ipa: /ˈsæt.ən/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)n
Etymology: From Old English Sætern, from Latin Sāturnus, probably from Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (satre), plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).
Senses: examples: text: 12. Venus, a Staff in Pale Sol, and thereupon a Cross Pattee, Luna surmounted off a Pall of the last, charged with 4. like Crosses fitched Saturn, edged and stringed as the second. This Coat belongs to the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury, to whose place it appertains to Crown and Inaugurate the Kings of England.
ref: 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:
text: […] The Field is Luna, a Chevron, Mars, between three Bull's Heads couped Saturn, armed Sol. This Coat-Armour pertained to the Right Noble Family of Thomas Bulleine Lord hoo and Hastings, Viscount Rochford, […] [pages 200-201:] I have omitted, in this Edition, that Escucheon Sol, charged with three Toads erected Saturn, which, according to some Authors, was the Coat-Armour of the ancient Kings of France; […]
ref: 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 151:
text: The Archiepiscopal See of Armagh bears Jupiter, a Pastoral Staff in Pale Luna, ensigned with a Cross Pattee Sol, surmounded by a Pall of the second, edged and fringed of the third, charged with four like Crosses Pattee Fitched Saturn.
ref: 1739, James Ware, Walter Harris, The Whole Works of Sir James Ware Concerning Ireland, volume 1, page 1:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Sable (black), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures in the arms of certain sovereign people and places as planets.
topics: alchemy
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
pseudoscience
glosses: Lead (the metal).
examples: text: Remember that guy who worked in the warehouse who used to drive that blue Saturn? That guy was the best. I wonder where he is now?
hypernyms: car#Noun
auto#Noun
automobile#Noun
<
vehicle#Noun
coordinate_terms: Chevrolet#Noun
Chevy#Noun
Pontiac#Noun
Oldsmobile#Noun
Olds#Noun
Buick#Noun
Cadillac#Noun
Caddy#Noun
glosses: A car of the former Saturn brand by GM.
Related terms: Cronus
Kronos
globe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡləʊb/
ipa: /ɡloʊb/
ipa: /ɡloːb/
rhymes: -əʊb
Forms: form: globes
form: globing
form: globed
form: globed
Etymology: From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
Senses: glosses: To become spherical.
glosses: To make spherical.
rub out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubs out
form: rubbing out
form: rubbed out
form: rubbed out
Senses: examples: text: The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the blackboard.
coordinate_terms: rub off
glosses: To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser).
examples: text: The first will understand but little of them, the latter over much; they might perhaps live and rub out in the middle region.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 54, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: To get by; to live.
examples: text: It was just a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows.
ref: 1942, James Thurber, The Catbird Seat:
text: 'Mr Grimaldi,' fills in Smoke, 'what I believe Fay has too much tact to spit out and say is this: the Rey woman might be imagining we rubbed out Dr Sixsmith.'
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: annihilate
word: bag
word: baptize
word: bereave of life
word: blight
word: bring down
word: bump off
word: bury
word: cack
word: compromised to a permanent end
word: croak
word: crush
word: dash
word: deactivate
word: dead
word: demolish
word: destroy
word: dispatch
word: dispose of
word: do
word: do in
word: dust
word: eliminate
word: end
word: eradicate
word: ex
word: exterminate
word: finish
word: finish off
word: flatten
word: grease
word: knock off
word: lay waste to
word: make away with
word: mortify
word: neutralize
word: obliterate
word: off
word: pay off
word: pick off
word: polish off
word: pop off
word: punch someone's ticket
word: put an end to
word: put down
word: put someone out of their misery
word: put six feet under
word: put to sleep
word: ravage
word: rub out
word: ruin
word: scotch
word: scupper
word: scuttle
word: send to eternity
word: send to hell
word: send to the grave
word: send to the great beyond
word: send to the next life
word: slay
word: slaughter
word: smash
word: smite
word: snuff
word: squash
word: stiff
word: stop someone's clock
word: take
word: terminate
word: terminate with extreme prejudice
word: top off
word: top
word: torpedo
word: take care of
word: take down
word: take out
word: waste
word: wax
word: wet
word: whack
word: wipe out
word: wreck
glosses: To kill, especially to murder.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, out.
Derived terms: word: rub one out
word: rubout
flashlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/
rhymes: -æʃlaɪt
Forms: form: flashlights
Etymology: From flash + light.
Senses: examples: text: At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face.
ref: 1997, Saul Bellow, The Actual, New York: Viking, page 32:
synonyms: torch
hyponyms: pocket light
glosses: A battery-powered hand-held light source.
examples: text: He sat in an arm-chair with his forefinger to his temple, and when the photographer's flashlight went off, he hoped that the hotel had caught fire and that this would end it all.
ref: 1943, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XIII, in Gideon Planish, London: Jonathan Cape, page 121:
text: […] the flashlight exploded like a tiny bomb, making the Vicar jump a little, which explains why his face is a thankful blur, his deadly role forgotten to history (I have the photograph before me now).
ref: 1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, published 1994, page 235:
text: […] two or three bright flashlights went off close to us. It seemed that some prominent person was being quickly interviewed by reporters and photographed just before the ship left.
ref: 2006, Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, Chess, London: Penguin:
glosses: A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
glosses: A photograph taken with a flash camera.
Derived terms: word: find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
word: flashlight fish
word: fleshlight
flashlight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/
rhymes: -æʃlaɪt
Forms: form: flashlights
form: flashlighting
form: flashlit
form: flashlit
form: flashlighted
form: flashlighted
Etymology: From flash + light.
Senses: examples: text: Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar.
ref: 2011, Bart Bare, Wadmalaw: A Ghost Story, page 51:
glosses: To illuminate with a flashlight.
Related terms: handlamp
headlamp
cantar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kantar.
comer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌmɚ/
rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: comers
Etymology: From Middle English comere, equivalent to come + -er.
Senses: glosses: One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
examples: text: The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick.
ref: 2004 August 9 & 16, The New Yorker, page 40
text: Django, then, was not just a comer; he was a cause.
ref: 2004 December 6, The New Yorker, page 105:
glosses: One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.
examples: text: The champ will face all comers.
text: It was soon apparent that no every day comer was at the door. One servant whispered […] it was the bishop […]
ref: 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers:
text: Sullivan went on an unprecedented barnstorming tour across the country, taking on all comers and offering $1,000 to anyone who stayed four rounds, Queensberry rules.
ref: 1959 August, American Heritage, volume 10, number 5:
glosses: One who arrives.
Related terms: word: aftercomer
word: come
word: downcomer
word: earlycomer
word: firstcomer
word: homecomer
word: latecomer
word: newcomer
word: up-and-comer
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: dot-comer
study
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌd.i/
ipa: /ˈstʌd.i/
ipa: [ˈstʌɾ.i]
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈstʊd.i/
rhymes: -ʌdi
Forms: form: studies
form: studying
form: studied
form: studied
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: study
form: study
form: studied
form: study
form: studiest
form: studied
form: studies
form: studieth
form: studied
form: study
form: studied
form: study
form: studied
form: study
form: -
form: studying
form: studied
Etymology: From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from the noun estudie, borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.
Senses: examples: text: Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
text: I need to study my biology notes.
glosses: To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
examples: text: I study medicine at the university.
glosses: To take a course or courses on a subject.
examples: text: Biologists study living things.
text: In 2015, scientists found that 82 percent of glaciers studied in China had decreased in size.
glosses: To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
examples: text: He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
glosses: To look at carefully and minutely.
examples: July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.
glosses: To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
examples: text: And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Thessalonians 4:11:
glosses: To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
Synonyms: con
elucubrate
research
revise
swot
Derived terms: Bible study
self-study
study up on
sleepy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsliːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
Forms: form: sleepies
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *slēpaz
Proto-West Germanic *slāp
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Proto-West Germanic *slāpag
Old English *slǣpiġ
Middle English slepy
English sleepy
From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).
Senses: examples: text: "Did he always leave the sleepy in his eyes?" "Never removed it; let it build up in the comers of his eyes over the weeks until it was heavy enough to fall […]
ref: 1964, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion:
text: But the nightdress was heavy, the sleepy in her eyes was heavy, her hair (she made a mustache of one of its locks) was heavy and smelled of cigarettes […]
ref: 1991, Martin Amis, London Fields:
synonyms: word: sleep
english: which see for more
translation: which see for more
glosses: The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
glosses: Shingleback.
ping pong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈpiŋˌpɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɪŋˌpɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: ping pongs
form: ping-pong
form: pingpong
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. The name “ping-pong” was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. Jaques sold the rights to the “ping-pong” name in the United States to Parker Brothers. Registered in the United States in 1930, Ping-Pong (with dash) is still a registered wordmark of Parker Brothers, Inc. Contrary to a common misconception, the word does not originate from Chinese 乒乓 (pīngpāng), though there are possibilities that the coiners encountered Chinese themselves.
Senses: examples: text: Our correspondent seems to hope that the unclean, playing Ping-Pong with the clean, will become unpleasantly conscious of his uncleanness and reform.
ref: 1900, Daily Chronicle, published 1905, May 8, page 6/6:
synonyms: word: flim-flam
word: whiff-whaff
word: gossima
glosses: Table tennis.
examples: text: To be conscious is to be subject to just such a ping-pong of recurring nervous activities that effect muscle tone on one side and brain discharge on the other.
ref: 1909, Thaddeus L. Bolton, “On the Efficacy of Consciousness”, in Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge, Wendell T. Bush, editors, The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, volume 6, New York: The Science Press, page 424:
glosses: An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The exchange of proposed amendments between the House of Commons and House of Lords, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available.
examples: text: As only bust or half-length figures are all the ping pong photographer attempts, only one or two small plain backgrounds is all that is necessary. Generally two are used, a light one and a dark one.
ref: 1909, James Boniface Schriever, Commercial, press, scientific photography, page 401:
glosses: A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp.
examples: text: Most ping pongs were 35- to 45-gallon drums. The larger drum had room for more notes; the tones were also louder and clearer and could be sustained longer.
ref: 2012, Angela Smith, Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History, page 158:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small, shallow steelpan drum.
Derived terms: aerial ping pong
beer pong
ping pong ball
ping-pong diplomacy
ping-pongist
ping pong player
ping pong show
ping pong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈpiŋˌpɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɪŋˌpɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: ping pongs
form: ping ponging
form: ping ponged
form: ping ponged
form: ping-pong
form: pingpong
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. The name “ping-pong” was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. Jaques sold the rights to the “ping-pong” name in the United States to Parker Brothers. Registered in the United States in 1930, Ping-Pong (with dash) is still a registered wordmark of Parker Brothers, Inc. Contrary to a common misconception, the word does not originate from Chinese 乒乓 (pīngpāng), though there are possibilities that the coiners encountered Chinese themselves.
Senses: glosses: To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth.
To refer (a patient) unnecessarily to a number of clinics or practitioners as a form of fraud.
glosses: To play the game of ping pong.
tabernacle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/
ipa: /ˈtæbənækl̩/
Forms: form: tabernacles
form: tabernacling
form: tabernacled
form: tabernacled
Etymology: From Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, shed”).
Senses: glosses: To dwell; to abide for a time.
vestry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛstɹi/
Forms: form: vestries
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.
Senses: examples: text: The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.
synonyms: vestiary
sacristy
glosses: A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.
examples: text: The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.
glosses: A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
glosses: An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
Derived terms: born in the vestry
select vestry
vestry clerk
vestrydom
vestryism
vestryman
Related terms: churchwarden
allegory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælɪɡəɹi/
ipa: /ˈælɪɡɹi/
ipa: /ˈæləˌɡɔɹi/
text: -
Forms: form: allegories
form: allegorying
form: allegoried
form: allegoried
Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English allegorie (“symbolic interpretation; symbolism; (Christianity) one of the four methods of interpreting the Bible”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Allegorie is borrowed from Anglo-Norman allegorie and Middle French allegorie (“narrative with a hidden meaning; such a meaning or its interpretation”) (modern French allégorie), and directly from their etymon Latin allēgoria (“figurative or metaphorical language, allegory; parable”) (whence Late Latin allēgoria (“allegorical interpretation of the Bible”)), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ (ăllēgorĭ́ā, “figurative or metaphorical language”), probably from ἀλληγορος (allēgoros, “allegorical”) (though only attested in Byzantine Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Ἀλληγορος (Allēgoros) is derived from ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos, “another; different”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”)) + ἠγόρ- (ēgór-, the imperfect stem of ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak in the assembly; to say, speak”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain inflections of adjectives); and ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) from ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly; assembly place; market place; speech”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”)) + -εύω (-eúō, suffix forming verbs).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of allegorize.
To interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
glosses: Synonym of allegorize.
To create an allegory (noun sense 2.1) from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences).
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of allegorize.
Followed by away: to treat (something) as allegorical or symbolic rather than as truth.
glosses: Synonym of allegorize.
To interpret an allegory.
glosses: Synonym of allegorize.
To create or use allegory.
rogue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rōg
ipa: /ˈɹəʊɡ/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ̯ɡ/
rhymes: -əʊɡ
Forms: form: more rogue
form: most rogue
Etymology: Uncertain. From either:
* Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“I ask”).
* Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this.
* Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).
Senses: examples: text: Mosquito. One lone rogue mosquito.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 140:
qualifier: especially an elephant
glosses: Vicious and solitary.
raw_tags: of an animal
glosses: Large, destructive and unpredictable.
examples: text: In the minds of Republican hard-liners, the "Silent Majority" of Americans who had elected the President, and even Nixon's two Democrat predecessors, China was a gigantic nuke-wielding rogue state prepared to overrun the free world at any moment.
ref: 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
glosses: Deceitful, unprincipled.
examples: text: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
glosses: Mischievous, unpredictable.
rogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rōg
ipa: /ˈɹəʊɡ/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ̯ɡ/
rhymes: -əʊɡ
Forms: form: rogues
form: roguing
form: rogueing
form: rogued
form: rogued
Etymology: Uncertain. From either:
* Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“I ask”).
* Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this.
* Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).
Senses: examples: 2000 Carol Deppe, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, Totnes: Chelsea Green Pub.
Maintaining varieties also requires selection, however. It's usually referred to as culling or roguing. ...we examine the [plant] population and eliminate the occasional rogue.
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
examples: text: And then to think that Mark should have rogued me of five shiners! He was clever—that's a fact.
ref: 1883, Prairie Farmer, volume 55, page 29:
glosses: To cheat.
examples: text: he Atheists may endeavour to rogue and ridicule all incorporeal Substance
ref: 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
examples: text: if hee be but once so taken idlely roguing
ref: 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
glosses: To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Derived terms: archrogue
barrier rogue
go rogue
rogue access point
rogue apostrophe
rogue elephant
rogue gallery
rogue-lite
rogue money
rogue planet
rogues' gallery
rogue state
rogue trader
rogue wave
roguey
roguish
Related terms: rouge the shade of red
caber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪbə/
ipa: /ˈkɑː-/
ipa: /ˈkeɪbɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɑ-/
rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cabers
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”).
Senses: glosses: A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
Derived terms: caber toss
lunacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluː.nə.si/
ipa: /ˈljuː.nə.si/
ipa: /ˈluː.nə.si/
Forms: form: lunacies
Etymology: From lunatic + -cy.
Senses: glosses: The state of being mad, insanity
A cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases.
raw_tags: of a person or group of people
glosses: The state of being mad, insanity
Insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
raw_tags: of a person or group of people
examples: text: Two days have passed since that day of lunacy. What a noise and a fuss and a chattering and an uproar there was! And what a welter of unseemliness and disorder and stupidity and bad manners! And I the cause of it all! Yet part of the scene was also ridiculous—at all events to myself it was so.
ref: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter VI, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/VI):
glosses: Something deeply misguided.
Synonyms: sense: state of being mad
word: insanity
sense: state of being mad
word: madness
sense: state of being mad
word: craziness
sense: state of being mad
word: craze
Derived terms: balloonacy
commission of lunacy
qualify
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/
enpr: kwŏlʹĭ-fī
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈkwɑ.lə.faɪ/
enpr: kwŏʹlĭ-fī
note: of Canada
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/
ipa: /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑe/
ipa: /ˈkwɒl.ə.faɪ/
ipa: [ˈkwɔ̟l.ə.fɑe̯]
ipa: /ˈkwæl.ɪ.faɪ/
enpr: kwălʹĭ-fī
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
think of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thinks of
form: thinking of
form: thought of
form: thought of
Senses: examples: text: I only had ten minutes to think of a solution.
text: I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
examples: text: Oh no! I put the casserole in the freezer and the ice cream in the oven. What was I thinking of?
glosses: Used to suggest an aberrant thought, idea or action.
raw_tags: in rhetorical questions
examples: text: We can't employ a gardener as well as a handyman. Think of the expense!
text: I can't turn down the offer. Think of what we could do with that money!
glosses: Used to emphasise a reason to act in a certain way.
examples: text: I spend a lot of time thinking of Karen and the times we shared.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of)
visionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/
Forms: form: more visionary
form: most visionary
Etymology: From vision + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: No more theſe ſeenes my meditation aid, / Or lull to reſt the viſionary mind.
ref: 1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Alexander Pope, page 163:
glosses: Having vision or foresight.
examples: text: I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then,
And donn’d a visionary crown—
Yet it was not that Fantasy
Had thrown her mantle over me—
But that, among the rabble—men,
Lion ambition is chain’d down— […]
ref: 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
text: To many, the visionary hope which is born of the imagination may seem the very mockery of nothing. We cannot imagine what we have never experienced.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 291:
text: Here Mr. Jackson smiled once more upon the company; and, applying his left thumb to the tip of his nose, worked a visionary coffee-mill with his right hand, thereby performing a very graceful piece of pantomime (then much in vogue, but now, unhappily, almost obsolete) which was familiarly denominated taking a grinder.
ref: 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
glosses: Imaginary or illusory.
examples: text: Here frequent, at the viſionary hour, / When muſing midnight reigns or ſilent noon, / Angelic harps are in full concert heard, / And voiced chaunting from the wood-crown’d hill, / The deepening dale, or inmoſt ſilvan glade[…]
ref: 1727, James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Works of James Thomson, page 69:
glosses: Prophetic or revelatory.
examples: text: a visionary scheme or project
text: I confeſs, the Merit of this Candour and Condeſcenſion is very much leſſened ; becauſe your Lordſhip hardly leaves us Room to offer our good Wiſhes ; removing all our Difficulties, and ſupplying our Wants, faſter than the moſt viſionary Projector can adjuſt his Schemes.
ref: c. 1712, Jonathan Swift, “A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue”, in The Works of J.S., volume I, Dublin: George Faulkner, published 1735, page 187:
glosses: Idealistic or utopian.
visionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/
Forms: form: visionaries
Etymology: From vision + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Someone who has visions; a seer.
examples: text: For seven years [Christopher Columbus] begged persistently for aid, but in vain. He was looked upon as a visionary, and the very boys in the street mocked him as a lunatic. At length he was permitted to lay his plans before a committee of learned men, but only to have them ridiculed, the council dismissing him as a foolish enthusiast.
ref: 1897, Charles Morris, A History of the United States of America: Its People, and Its Institutions, page 18:
text: In a military sense Russia is defenceless, and we all supposed it a proof that they were mere visionaries when they started negotiations by insisting upon not surrendering any Russian territory to the Germans.
ref: 1918 January 3, Bertrand Russell, “The German Peace Offer”, in The Tribunal; republished as Autobiography, 1998, →ISBN, pages 308–9:
text: Along with the good planners there are lots of wild-eyed visionaries who don’t relate ideas to real-life practicalities.
ref: 1968, Engineering News-Record, volume 181, page 112:
text: Jefferson’s intellectual prowess led some political opponents to dismiss him as a visionary, but he was remarkably successful in politics.
ref: 1991, Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., “Jefferson, Thomas”, in Eric Foner, John A. Garraty, editors, The Reader’s Companion to American History, →ISBN, page 592:
glosses: An impractical dreamer.
examples: text: Robertson was finally asked to step down at the end of 1961. His successor would be Dr Beeching, who was seen as both visionary and axeman.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
glosses: Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future.
portent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔɹtənt/
ipa: /ˈpɔːtɛnt/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɛnt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɛnt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈpoətɛnt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɛnt
rhymes: -o(ː)ɹtɛnt
rhymes: -oətɛnt
Forms: form: portents
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“I predict, I foretell”).
Senses: examples: text: It was a portent of things to come.
glosses: Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
examples: text: a howl of dire portent
glosses: A portending; significance
glosses: Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
Derived terms: portentive
Related terms: portend
portentous
reveal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈviːl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈvil/
ipa: /ɹɪˈviːl/
ipa: [ɹɪˈvɪil]
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: reveals
Etymology: From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
Also compare typologically English uncloak, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).
Senses: examples: text: The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a canopied entrance with a doorman beneath an attractive, rusticated limestone window reveal on the second floor and a very impressive and ornate limestone window reveal on the third floor flanked by female figureshttps://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/carnegie-hill/1105-park-avenue/review/7216.
ref: 2010, Carter B. Horsley, The Upper East Side Book:
synonyms: jamb
revel
glosses: The outer side of a window or door frame.
examples: text: The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.
text: A simple dolly or crane move can be used for an effective reveal. A subject fills the frame, then with a move, something else is revealed.
ref: 2002, Blain Brown, Cinematography, →ISBN:
text: Once you find out what’s going on—the girl is a “hungry,” this film’s term for zombies—it’s still interesting enough, if not quite as powerful. That’s basically what you’re in for with this British postapocalyptic survival horror tale, which starts off strong but dilutes its impact with every consecutive reveal.
ref: 2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Even Westworld—based on a science-fiction novel where robots run amok—ended its second season with the ultimate reveal: human beings are simpler and more predictable than the artificial intelligences we create.
ref: 2019, Douglas Rushkoff, “Survival of the Richest”, in Extinction Rebellion, editor, This Is Not A Drill, London: Penguin, →ISBN:
topics: broadcasting
cinematography
comedy
entertainment
film
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
media
narratology
sciences
television
glosses: A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
Derived terms: face reveal
gender reveal
sex reveal
Related terms: unveil
veil
velum
voile
dénouement
plot twist
reveal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈviːl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈvil/
ipa: /ɹɪˈviːl/
ipa: [ɹɪˈvɪil]
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: reveals
form: revealing
form: revealed
form: revealed
Etymology: From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
Also compare typologically English uncloak, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).
Senses: examples: text: c. 1625, Edmund Waller, Of the Danger His Majesty (being Prince) Escaped in the Road at St Andero
Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, / She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
text: The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
ref: 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
synonyms: uncover
unfold
unveil
glosses: To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
synonyms: word: disclose
word: divulge
word: bewray
word: bring to light
word: disclose
word: divulge
word: expose
word: let the cat out of the bag
word: let on
word: let out
word: make known
word: out
word: reveal
word: spill one's guts
word: spill the beans
word: tell
glosses: To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
Synonyms: word: bare
word: bewray
word: display
word: expose
word: find out
word: lay bare
word: luster
word: nake
word: open
word: reveal
word: show
word: uncloak
word: uncover
word: unfold
word: unveil
Hyponyms: word: divulge
word: undress
Derived terms: revealed religion
revelation
compelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, compel + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compel
compelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ
Forms: form: more compelling
form: most compelling
Etymology: By surface analysis, compel + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The novel was so compelling that I couldn't put it down.
text: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.
ref: 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
synonyms: gripping
glosses: very interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention
examples: text: He made a compelling argument.
text: Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
ref: 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: convincing
glosses: capable of causing someone to believe or agree
examples: text: I would need a very compelling reason to leave my job.
synonyms: urgent
pressing
glosses: strong and forceful; that causes one to feel like they must do something
Derived terms: compellingness
uncompelling
compelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ
Forms: form: compellings
Etymology: By surface analysis, compel + -ing.
Senses: glosses: An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.
Derived terms: compellingly
Related terms: compel
hark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: härk
ipa: /hɑː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: harks
form: harking
form: harked
form: harked
form: heark
Etymology: From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + -k. Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”).
Senses: examples: text: But harke, I heare the footing of a man.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 182:
text: Hark! the herald angels sing / Glory to the new born King
ref: 1739, Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, in Hymns and Sacred Poems:
text: "Hark! The thunder becomes less muttering. It is nearing us, and nearing the earth, too. Hark! One crammed crash! All the vibrations made one by nearness. Another flash. Hold."
ref: 1856, Herman Melville, The Lightning Rod Man:
text: Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house[…] "'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking.
ref: 1906, O. Henry, “Between Rounds”, in The Four Million:
glosses: To listen attentively.
Derived terms: word: ark at ee
word: hark back
word: hark-back
word: harkee
word: hark who's talking
word: unharked
Related terms: harken
hearken
hear
hark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: härk
ipa: /hɑː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: harks
form: heark
Etymology: From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + -k. Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”).
Senses: qualifier: Scots
glosses: A whisper
shallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shallow
shallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You'll have to navigate carefully through these shallows.
glosses: An area in a large body of water with many shallow areas.
shallows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shallow