cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
towel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: toul
enpr: touʹəl
ipa: /ˈtaʊ(ə)l/
ipa: [tʰæɫ]
ipa: [tʰæɒ̯ɫ]
ipa: [tʰɛjɔ̯ɫ]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [təwəl]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [tɤwəl]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [tewəl]
rhymes: -aʊl
rhymes: -aʊəl
Forms: form: towels
form: toweling
form: towelling
form: toweled
form: toweled
form: towelled
form: towelled
Etymology: From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).
Senses: glosses: To hit with a towel.
examples: text: He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
glosses: To dry by using a towel.
examples: text: We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.
ref: 2012, Dave Tomar, The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat:
glosses: To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
glosses: To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".
Derived terms: towel down
towel off
towel up
untoweled
untowelled
toxotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toxotai
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τοξότης (toxótēs, “bowman, archer”).
Senses: glosses: Any fish of genus Toxotes, the archerfishes.
glosses: A Greek archer armed with a short Greek bow and a short sword.
traditional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/
ipa: /tɹəˈdɪʃnəl/
rhymes: -ɪʃənəl
Forms: form: more traditional
form: most traditional
Etymology: From tradition + -al.
Senses: examples: text: This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.
text: I think her traditional values are antiquated.
text: For centuries, the nomadic tribes of Central Asia used colorful textiles called suzanis as seating, prayer mats, bedding and dividers in their yurts – the traditional tents that were their homes.
ref: 2024 December 19, Amy Gunia, “Young Uzbeks are finding new markets for traditional handicrafts online”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
examples: text: traditional expositions of the Scriptures
glosses: Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
examples: text: Ryoteis usually look like traditional Japanese inns or even private homes.
ref: 1986, Fodor's Japan:
glosses: Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
glosses: In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
examples: text: The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.
coordinate_terms: simplified
glosses: Relating to traditional Chinese.
Synonyms: traditionary
time-honored
Derived terms: African traditional religion
antitraditional
Chinese traditional medicine
traditional Chinese medicine
detraditionalize
ethnotraditional
neotraditional
nontraditional
non-traditional
pseudotraditional
quasi-traditional
traditional agriculture
traditional art
traditional birth attendant
Traditional Chinese
traditional climber
traditional climbing
traditional county
Traditional Egyptian
traditional grip
traditionalise
traditionalize
traditionalism
traditionalist
traditionalistic
traditionality
traditional jazz
traditionally
traditional marriage
traditional medicine
traditionalness
traditional owner
traditional publisher
traditional right
traditional student
ultratraditional
untraditional
Related terms: oral tradition
tradition
catholic
conservative
epic
folk
historical
legendary
ordinary
original
puritanical
regular
saga
standard
stereotypical
typical
usual
traditional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/
ipa: /tɹəˈdɪʃnəl/
rhymes: -ɪʃənəl
Forms: form: traditionals
Etymology: From tradition + -al.
Senses: glosses: A person with traditional beliefs.
examples: text: Singer Paula Elliot closed the evening's performances with a number of gospel, jazz and blues tunes. Elliot concentrated mostly on traditionals like "Motherless Child," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "God Bless the Child," and "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues."
ref: 1984 April 21, Maida Tilchen, “New Song, New Feminism, New Gay Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
text: While this year’s list of top names includes some traditionals — Matthew and Michael for boys, for instance, and Emily and Anna for girls — the nontraditional names are still the overwhelming favorites.
ref: 2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025:
glosses: Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.
coordinate_terms: simplified
glosses: Ellipsis of traditional Chinese.
coordinate_terms: digital
glosses: Ellipsis of traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: matched
glosses: Ellipsis of traditional grip.
traitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
enpr: trā′tər
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈtʰɹeɪɾɚ]
homophone: trader (in dialects with flapping)
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: traitors
form: traitour
Etymology: From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin trāditor. Displaced native Middle English swike from Old English swica (“traitor”), and Middle English proditour and traditour borrowed directly from Latin. The general Old English word denoting "traitor" was lǣwa or lǣwend. Doublet of traditor.
Senses: examples: text: After World War I, the communists and Jews were accused to be traitors by the German right wing (the "stab-in-the-back myth"), ultimately culminating in their persecution and massacre.
text: My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: Yes, that was Vice President Spiro Agnew commemorating the "loyalty" of literal traitors. But what can you really expect from a man whose name rearranged spells "grow a penis."
ref: 2017 October 8, “Confederacy” (14:45 from the start), in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
glosses: Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
glosses: Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
examples: text: It's second nature now to think myself a traitor
To myself, to all I've ever burdened with my rotting visage
I can't breathe, the weight of all I've disappointed crushes me
If I were happy, it would feel as if I couldn't trust me
ref: 2019, Patricia Taxxon, “Cold Water”, in Doraemon:
text: It took you two weeks
To go off and date her
Guess you didn't cheat
But you're still, you're still a traitor
Yeah, you're still a traitor
ref: 2021, Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro, “Traitor”, in Sour, performed by Olivia Rodrigo:
glosses: One who betrays any confidence or trust.
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: Benedict Arnold
sense: all senses
word: quisling
sense: all senses
word: Judas
sense: one who betrays a trust
word: betrayer
sense: one who betrays a trust
word: fink
sense: one who betrays a trust
word: snake
sense: one who betrays a trust
word: snake in the grass
Hyponyms: race traitor
informant
Derived terms: traitordom
traitorhood
traitorish
traitorize
traitorless
traitorlike
traitorly
traitorous
traitorship
traitorsome
traitor tracing
turn traitor
traitor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
enpr: trā′tər
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈtʰɹeɪɾɚ]
homophone: trader (in dialects with flapping)
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: traitors
form: traitoring
form: traitored
form: traitored
form: traitour
Etymology: From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin trāditor. Displaced native Middle English swike from Old English swica (“traitor”), and Middle English proditour and traditour borrowed directly from Latin. The general Old English word denoting "traitor" was lǣwa or lǣwend. Doublet of traditor.
Senses: glosses: To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
traitor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
enpr: trā′tər
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈtʰɹeɪɾɚ]
homophone: trader (in dialects with flapping)
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more traitor
form: most traitor
form: traitour
Etymology: From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin trāditor. Displaced native Middle English swike from Old English swica (“traitor”), and Middle English proditour and traditour borrowed directly from Latin. The general Old English word denoting "traitor" was lǣwa or lǣwend. Doublet of traditor.
Senses: examples: text: to find a subject staid and wise
Already half turn'd traitor by surprise
ref: 1735, Alexander Pope, “The Second Satire of Dr. John Donne”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC:
glosses: Traitorous.
transcript
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/
ipa: [ˈtʃɹʷænskɹʷɪp̚t]
ipa: [ˈtʃɹʷanskɹʷɪp̚t]
rhymes: -ænskɹɪpt
Forms: form: transcripts
Etymology: From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.
Senses: glosses: Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
examples: text: The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chaldean and Egyptian.
ref: 1676, Joseph Glanvill, Against Confidence in Philosophy (in Essays on Several Important Subjects)
glosses: A copy of any kind; an imitation.
examples: text: the transcript of a trial
glosses: A written version of what was said orally
examples: text: Some transcripts were exclusively expressed in specific organs, such as female protarsus, whereas others were universally expressed, this varied expression profile may provide insights into the specific functions mediated by chemoreception proteins in insects.
ref: 2015 December 12, “Identification and Comparative Expression Profiles of Chemoreception Genes Revealed from Major Chemoreception Organs of the Rice Leaf Folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A molecule of RNA produced by transcription.
examples: text: The grading policy now specifies that all students enrolled before the spring 1982 semester in classes of less than 40 students will receive written evaluations, with either a nonletter grade (honors, pass or no credit) or a letter grade on their transcripts. Under the old system, the no-credit notation did not appear on the transcript.
ref: 1982 April 11, Timothy McDarrah, “THE LETTER-GRADE CONTROVERSY”, in The New York Times:
topics: education
glosses: An official certified record of a student's academic performance throughtout their course of study, including all courses taken and grades received.
Derived terms: primary transcript
Related terms: transcribe
transcription
transcript
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/
ipa: [ˈtʃɹʷænskɹʷɪp̚t]
ipa: [ˈtʃɹʷanskɹʷɪp̚t]
rhymes: -ænskɹɪpt
Forms: form: transcripts
form: transcripting
form: transcripted
form: transcripted
Etymology: From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.
Senses: glosses: To write a transcript; to transcribe.
trapeze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəˈpiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: trapezes
Etymology: From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium. Doublet of trapezium.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A trapezium.
glosses: A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.
examples: text: […] the distance between the top of the flexor retinaculum and an imaginary line drawn between the trapeze and the hamate.
ref: 2013, World Health Organization, Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound, volume 2, page 463:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The trapezium bone.
examples: text: I begin a roller-coaster trick by throwing a trapeze, making the yo-yo loop around the finger of my left hand and then land back on the string.
ref: 2011, Karen Krossing, The Yo-Yo Prophet, page 81:
glosses: A certain yo-yo trick.
Derived terms: trapeze artist
trapeze dress
trapezist
trapeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəˈpiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: trapezes
form: trapezing
form: trapezed
form: trapezed
Etymology: From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium. Doublet of trapezium.
Senses: glosses: To swing on or as on a trapeze.
trapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæpɚ/
rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: trappers
Etymology: From trap + -er, compare french trappeur.
Senses: examples: text: The trapper is amazed and disturbed because he sees that this wild man has been freeing all the animals from his traps.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 189:
glosses: One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A worker (usually a child) who opens and shuts a door in a gallery or level of a mine, to manage ventilation and access.
glosses: An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison.
examples: text: Wanna be a trapper? Never serve a nigga where you live
ref: 2013, “Ounces”, performed by Migos:
glosses: A drug dealer.
glosses: A performer of trap music.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: Synonym of catcher.
synonyms: word: catcher
Derived terms: honey trapper
trapper hat
treacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trēʹ-kəl
ipa: /ˈtɹiː.kəl/
ipa: /ˈtɹiː.ku/
ipa: /ˈtɹiː.kɯ/
rhymes: -iːkəl
Forms: form: treacles
Etymology: From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tyriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”). Doublet of theriacle, equivalent to theriac + -le.
Senses: examples: text: Didn’t you see how the cub was ashamed of the thick bread-and-butter? I dare say they’re going to have treacle if they are good.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
examples: text: The public tributes to Griffith were over-the-top in a way his acting never was, spreading treacle from the evening newscasts to the front page of the New York Times.
ref: 2012 July 22, Frank Rich, “Mayberry R.I.P.”, in New York:
glosses: Cloying sentimental speech.
examples: text: Listen, treacle, this is the last time I'll warn you!
glosses: Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
examples: text: CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
synonyms: word: theriac
extra: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
Synonym of cure: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction.
synonyms: word: cure
extra: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
Synonym of cure-all: a panacea for all human ailments.
synonyms: word: cure-all
extra: a panacea for all human ailments
Derived terms: mithridate treacle
treacle bread
treacle mustard
treacle paper
treacle pudding
treacle sleep
treacle tart
treacle water
treacly
Venice treacle
treacle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trēʹ-kəl
ipa: /ˈtɹiː.kəl/
ipa: /ˈtɹiː.ku/
ipa: /ˈtɹiː.kɯ/
rhymes: -iːkəl
Forms: form: treacles
form: treacling
form: treacled
form: treacled
Etymology: From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tyriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”). Doublet of theriacle, equivalent to theriac + -le.
Senses: glosses: To apply treacle to a surface, so as to catch flies or moths, etc.
treadmill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/
Forms: form: treadmills
Etymology: From tread + mill. Figurative senses refer to how running on a treadmill requires continued effort and motion in order to remain in the same place.
Senses: glosses: A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.
examples: text: Their paternal house of Drummington, Foker could very seldom be got to visit. He swore he had rather go on the treadmill than stay there.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 40, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
synonyms: mill
stepper
everlasting staircase
glosses: A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.
examples: text: Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
ref: 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
glosses: A mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
examples: ref: 1995, Michael Scott Walker, The Treadmill of Water Development, and Perceptions of Drought and Scarcity in the Southern San Joaquin Valley:
text: 1 As a result, people can easily find themselves alternating between various treadmills: the hedonic treadmill of pursuing happiness, the status treadmill requiring conspicuous consumption, and the treadmill of work undertaken to finance one's activity on the other two treadmills.
ref: 2018 April 3, Emrys Westacott, The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 205:
text: Elizabeth Schor (1999) has long argued that this status treadmill, even if not universal, has worked to “ratchet” global conceptualizations of need and desire upward over time.
ref: 2021 August 12, Paul Roscoe, Cindy Isenhour, Consumption, Status, and Sustainability: Ecological and Anthropological Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A process or situation in which continued effort leads to or is required for remaining at a particular state or level without moving ahead.
Derived terms: euphemism treadmill
hedonic treadmill
Related terms: treadwheel
treadmill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/
Forms: form: treadmills
form: treadmilling
form: treadmilled
form: treadmilled
Etymology: From tread + mill. Figurative senses refer to how running on a treadmill requires continued effort and motion in order to remain in the same place.
Senses: glosses: To exercise on a treadmill.
examples: text: Most of us are so busy "earning each day our daily bread" that we have but little "open" time. […] Occasionally one wonders "What's it all for, anyway?" For years he's been treadmilling it, day in and day out, and presently the graying hair at the temples will shock him into the grim reality that he is getting old—and getting little else.
ref: 1918, Walter E. Webb, “Add Yourself Up”, in Coast Banker and Pacific Banker and California Banker, page 377:
text: Back we were in the rat race, treadmilling sixty hours a week and sleeping forty, our sex life was like that of most busy cohabiters I suppose: fun, frolicky, and squeezed in haphazardly when we had a minute—or thirty.
ref: 2009 July 1, Janna Cawrse Esarey, The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: To keep busy, for example with work or with other tasks, without being able to get ahead or make progress towards long-term goals.
Related terms: english: in biology
translation: in biology
word: treadmilling
word: Red Queen hypothesis
treat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trēt
ipa: /tɹiːt/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹiːt]
ipa: [t̠ʃʰɹiːt]
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: treats
Etymology: From Middle English treten, from Anglo-Norman treter, Old French tretier, traiter, from Latin tractāre (“to pull", "to manage”), from the past participle stem of trahere (“to draw", "to pull”).
Senses: examples: text: I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.
glosses: An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
examples: text: It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.
glosses: An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
examples: text: These coconut and marshmallow treats are easy to make.
text: Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.
glosses: A snack food.
examples: text: I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.
glosses: A snack food.
A snack food item designed to be given to pets.
glosses: A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
glosses: An entreaty.
Derived terms: a treat
doggy treat
Dutch treat
stand treat
trick or treat
trick-or-treat
trunk or treat
trenchant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛnʃənt/
Forms: form: more trenchant
form: most trenchant
form: trenchaunt
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenchant, the present participle of trenchier (“to cut”).
Senses: examples: text: The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, / For want of fighting was grown rusty, / And ate into itself, for lack / Of somebody to hew and hack.
ref: 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:
glosses: Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
examples: text: The trenchant talonid is a character of some miacids and distinguishes these teeth from the hyaenodontids and oxyaenids.
ref: 1971, Thomas H. V. Rich, Deltatheridia, Carnivora, and Condylarthra (Mammalia) of the Early Eocene, Paris Basin, France:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
Adapted for tearing into flesh.
raw_tags: of teeth
examples: text: trenchant wit
text: His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, pages 210–211:
text: His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale.
ref: 2011, Jay A. Gertzman, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940:
glosses: Keen; biting; vigorously articulate and effective; severe.
trend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: trends
Etymology: From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.
Senses: examples: text: the trend of a coastline
text: the upward trend of stock-market prices
text: Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.
ref: 2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist:
glosses: An inclination in a particular direction.
examples: text: There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
glosses: A tendency.
examples: text: Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
text: To stay on top of what's happening, a good photographer has to follow the trends by watching what's being done in fashion magazines.
ref: 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 114:
text: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
ref: 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: A fad or fashion style.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
Derived terms: buck the trend
cephalocaudal trend
downtrend
on trend
trend-busting
trend line
trend piece
trickle-up trend
uptrend
Related terms: craze
fad
trend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: trends
form: trending
form: trended
form: trended
Etymology: From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.
Senses: examples: text: The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
text: Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
ref: 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in AV Club:
glosses: To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
examples: text: Not farre beneath i' the Valley as ſhe trends / Her ſiluer ſtreame, ſome VVood-nymphs and her friends / That follovv'd to her aide, beholding hovv / The Brooke came gliding, […]
ref: 1616, William Browne, “The Fourth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 110:
glosses: To cause to turn; to bend.
examples: text: What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
text: "Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.
ref: 2016 February 3, Voice of America, “Trending Today: Puppy Bowl”, in Voice of America, Voice of America:
text: The hashtag #RepublicofThailand trended on Twitter in Thailand on Friday after parliament voted to push back the question of changing the constitution as protesters have demanded.
ref: 2020 September 25, Reuters Staff, “Thai republican hashtag trends after constitution change delayed”, in Reuters, Reuters, retrieved 25 Sep 2020:
text: The platform, founded in 2006, also came along just as TV’s cultural cachet was rising, with a growth in ambitious, talk-about-able appointment series. “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” premiered during its run; twist-heavy serials like “Scandal” and “Game of Thrones” delivered the kind of OMG moments that got them trending regularly.
ref: 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:
qualifier: social media
glosses: To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
Derived terms: betrend
trendy
trend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Etymology: Compare German trennen (“to separate”).
Senses: glosses: Clean wool.
trend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: trends
form: trending
form: trended
form: trended
Etymology: Compare German trennen (“to separate”).
Senses: glosses: To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
tress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trĕs
ipa: /tɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: tresses
Etymology: From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.
Senses: examples: text: nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.
ref: 1910, Theodore C. Williams, The Aeneid, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, Book IV Chapter 28:
text: Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 397:
glosses: A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
glosses: A long lock of hair.
glosses: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
Derived terms: mermaid's tresses
tressful
tressy
tress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trĕs
ipa: /tɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: tresses
form: tressing
form: tressed
form: tressed
Etymology: From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.
Senses: glosses: To braid or knot hair.
trice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪs/
rhymes: -aɪs
Forms: form: trices
form: tricing
form: triced
form: triced
form: trise
Etymology: From Middle English trīcen, trice, trise (“to pull or push; to snatch away; to steal”), from Middle Dutch trīsen (“to hoist”) (modern Dutch trijsen) or Middle Low German trissen (“to trice the spritsail”); further etymology uncertain. The word is cognate with Danish trisse, tridse (“to haul with a pulley”), Low German trissen, tryssen, drisen, drysen (“to wind up, trice”), German trissen, triezen (“to annoy or torment”).
Senses: examples: text: The tent is made of light, close, unbleached duck, […] A window, six inches square, is fitted at the upper end with a flap to trice up or haul down.
ref: 1875 August, Clements R[obert] Markham, “Arctic Ice-travels”, in E[dward] L[ivingston] Youmans, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume VII, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, […], →OCLC, page 479:
glosses: To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
examples: text: ... the fold of his double chin hung like a bag triced up close under the hinge of his jaw.
ref: 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 3, in Lord Jim:
text: One of the two men landed had shot and wounded the mate, and the other, known as "Doublin Jack," had knocked the second mate down with a handspike. Captain Low put both these men in irons, triced them up in the mizzen rigging, and gave them each four dozen lashes of ratline stuff, which they had well earned.
ref: 1911, Arthur H[amilton] Clark, “California Clippers of 1852—The ‘Sovereign of the Seas’”, in The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews 1843–1869, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons […], →OCLC, page 215:
glosses: To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
Derived terms: trice up
trice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪs/
rhymes: -aɪs
Forms: form: trices
Etymology: From Middle English trīce, trise, in the phrase at a trīce (“with a single, quick motion; at once”, literally “with a pull or jerk”), later also in the phrases in a trice, on a trice, and with a trice. The word is ultimately from Middle English trīcen: see etymology 1 above.
Senses: examples: text: Miſtruſtfully he truſteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie paſſions in a trice in him conſort and ſquare.
ref: 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XXXIII.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 162:
text: This is most ſtrange, that ſhe, who even but now / Was your beſt object, the argument of your praiſe, / Balme of your age, moſt beſt, moſt deereſt, / Should in this trice of time commit a thing / So monſtrous, to diſmantell ſo many foulds of fauour, […]
ref: c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade;
ref: 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 85:
text: Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May." / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; / Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."
ref: 1907, Robert W[illiam] Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses, New York, N.Y.: Barse & Hopkins, publishers, →OCLC, page 53:
text: And in a trice he has clambered onto the kitchen dresser and is reaching for the top shelf.
ref: 2013, J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, chapter 22, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Vic.: The Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 220:
text: Perhaps images then, not words? Of terrified young people who in a trice went from dancing to frantic running in a futile attempt to escape the spray of bullets; […]
ref: 2023 October 14, Simon Schama, “Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners' kaddish”, in FT Weekend, page 9:
synonyms: word: instant
word: jiffy
word: bat of an eye
word: bit
word: blink of an eye
word: crack
word: eyeblink
word: flash
word: glimpse
word: half a mo
word: instant
word: jiff
word: jiffy
word: jot
word: minute
word: mo
word: moment
word: New York minute
word: New York second
word: no time
word: sec
word: second
word: span
word: split-second
word: spurt
word: stound
word: tick
word: trice
word: twink
word: twinkle
word: twinkling
word: while
glosses: Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
trice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪs/
rhymes: -aɪs
Forms: form: trices
Etymology: From Middle English trīce, tryys, tryyst, from Middle Dutch trīse, trijs (modern Dutch trijs (“hoisting-block, pulley, windlass”)) or Middle Low German trīsse, trītse (“hoisting-rope, tackle”); probably related to the verb trice (see etymology 1 above), and perhaps to Old English tryndel (“roller, wheel”) (see further at trend, trindle). The English word is cognate with Danish tridse, trisse (“pulley”), Low German trissel (“dizziness; whirling”), German trieze (“crane; pulley”), Norwegian triss (“pulley”), Swedish trissa (“pulley, truckle”).
Senses: glosses: A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).
tripe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪp/
rhymes: -aɪp
Forms: form: tripes
Etymology: From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.
Senses: examples: text: You saw only your mother die. I see them pop off every day in the Mater and Richmond and cut up into tripes in the dissectingroom.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: Tripe: A popular dish commonly believed to be a sexual stimulant.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 237:
coordinate_terms: chitterlings
glosses: The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
examples: text: Next morning Miss Dolly complained of her Tripes; / Drinking cold water had given her gripes.
ref: quoted in 2013, W. T. Fernie, Animal Simples: Approved for Modern Uses of Cure (page 352)
glosses: The entrails; (by extension, humorous or derogatory) the belly.
examples: text: No, I'm not kidding. Professor, Broadway stands for a lot of baloney; but, it will never digest a piece of tripe like this!
ref: 1932, Clarence Budington Kelland, Speak Easily, spoken by Stage Director (Sidney Toler):
text: We believe that the purpose of science is to serve mankind. You, however, seem to regard science as some kind of dodge… or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist, Dr. Venkman!
ref: 1984, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters, spoken by Dean Yeager (Jordan Charney):
text: It was dismissed by Mr. Johnson as “sexist, misogynist, tripe,” and prompted more than 5,500 complaints, according to the independent regulator of most of Britain’s newspapers and magazines.
ref: 2022 April 26, Stephen Castle, Megan Specia, quoting Boris Johnson, “U.K. Tabloid Accuses Lawmaker of ‘Basic Instinct’ Move, Highlighting Sexism in Parliament”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
glosses: An edible lichen, especially rock tripe.
Derived terms: honeycomb tripe
plain tripe
rock tripe
tripe and onions
tripe
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪp/
rhymes: -aɪp
Etymology: From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.
Senses: glosses: That (what has just been said) is untrue.
ISTR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I seem to recall/remember.
triumph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪ.ʌmf/
ipa: /ˈtɹaɪ.əmf/
Forms: form: triumphs
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Old French triumphe, from Latin triumphus (“triumphal procession”), ultimately from Ancient Greek θρίαμβος (thríambos, “thriambus”). Doublet of thriambus and trump.
Senses: examples: text: the triumph of knowledge
text: After being defeated in three previous finals, Roger finally tasted triumph at this year's competition.
glosses: A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
glosses: A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
examples: text: We are ready, & our daughter heere, / In honour of whoſe Birth, theſe Triumphs are, / Sits heere like Beauties child,
ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
examples: text: Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Hercules from Spain / Arrived in triumph, from Geryon slain.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A state of joy or exultation at success.
examples: text: Eros has
Packt Cards with Cæsars, and false plaid my Glory
Unto an Enemies triumph
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: A trump card.
glosses: A card game, also called trump.
glosses: a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander.
examples: text: Scorsese's latest film is a triumph.
text: This wedding cake is a triumph.
glosses: A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
glosses: A card trick in which the cards are shuffled with half face-up and half face-down, then laid out so that only the observer's chosen card is facing upward.
triumph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪ.ʌmf/
ipa: /ˈtɹaɪ.əmf/
Forms: form: triumphs
form: triumphing
form: triumphed
form: triumphed
Etymology: From Latin triumphō.
Senses: examples: text: England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late,
That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate.
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
text: How long shall the wicked triumph?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 94:3:
text: Sorrow on thee, and all the packe of you
That triumph thus vpon my miſery:
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
glosses: To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
examples: text: Forſake thy king and do but ioyne with me
And we will triumph ouer al the world.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
glosses: To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
examples: text: On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.
ref: 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
text: No one reckoned in advance that he had anything but a very testing job as host. He had to be tough, brave, witty, engaging – and decent. He triumphed on every count, thanks to sheer ability.
ref: 2016 March 3, David Thomson, The Guardian:
glosses: To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
examples: text: where commerce triumphed on the favouring gales
ref: 1774, John Trumbull, An Elegy on the Times:
glosses: To be prosperous; to flourish.
examples: text: Of the kings and the queens that triumph in the cards
ref: 1625, Ben Jonson, The Fortunate Isles and Their Union:
glosses: To play a trump in a card game.
Related terms: triumphal
triumphant
troublesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌbəlsəm/
ipa: /ˈtɹʌbl̩səm/
rhymes: -ʌbəlsəm
Forms: form: more troublesome
form: most troublesome
Etymology: From trouble + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.
text: As was the case with the "Merchant Navy" locomotives, some of these features have proved troublesome, and this in turn at times has reflected on performance as well as on maintenance.
ref: 1957 October 24, “Modification of "West Country" Class Pacific”, in Railway Magazine, page 727:
text: The problem is that the likes of Shapps and his boss Boris Johnson are eager for a fight with the unions. They are being deliberately provocative, so they can portray railway workers as 'troublesome trots'.
ref: 2022 June 15, Christian Wolmar, “What do the railways need and how can we fulfil that need?”, in RAIL, number 959, page 45:
synonyms: vexatious
burdensome
wearisome
glosses: Causing trouble or anxiety.
trowel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaʊ.əl/
rhymes: -aʊəl
Forms: form: trowels
Etymology: From Middle English trowell, trouel, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua (“ladle”). Doublet of trullo.
Senses: glosses: A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
examples: text: I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?
glosses: A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
glosses: A tool used for smoothing a mold.
Derived terms: fish trowel
lay on with a trowel
pointing-trowel
power trowel
trowel machine
trowel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaʊ.əl/
rhymes: -aʊəl
Forms: form: trowels
form: troweling
form: trowelling
form: troweled
form: troweled
form: trowelled
form: trowelled
Etymology: From Middle English trowell, trouel, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua (“ladle”). Doublet of trullo.
Senses: examples: text: He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.
glosses: To apply (a substance) with a trowel.
examples: text: Most finish coats are troweled smooth, but sometimes you will have to add cosmetic touches to make the patch match the surrounding plaster, texturing the surface randomly or uniformly with any of a variety of tools, ranging from sponges to special trowels.
ref: 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: To pass over with a trowel.
examples: text: The whole Planet of the Apes set-up has been ripe for metaphor – from slavery and Afro-American revolution to European conquest of the Americas, even the war on terror. But mercifully, there's no big subtext being troweled on here.
ref: 2014 July 1, Steve Rose, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To apply something heavily or unsubtly.