nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: smite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to sling; throw; smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete (“to throw, toss”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), German Low German smieten (“to throw, chuck, toss”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Swedish smita (“to run off (to)”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan, “to besmear, anoint”). Pronunciation: /smaɪt/ 1. A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand. Labels: archaic, rare Example: On the other hand , your soft-headed, softhearted sentimentalist, whose heart is in his waistcoat pocket, always at hand for use, he who picks out the pretty parts of modern novels, and the tender parts of affecting tales, never hears of two young people meeting one another, but he begins to think that a smite must follow. Example: ‘That is just what I was about to venture to propose,’returned the doctor with a smite. But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.
Word: prestige Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation. Pronunciation: /pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/, /pɹɛsˈtiːʒ/, /pɹəsˈtiːd͡ʒ/, /pɹəsˈtiːʒ/, /ˈpɹɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Oxford has a university of very high prestige. Example: But in such an instance a false belief will appear with all the prestige of the latest scientific knowledge supporting it. 2. Delusion; illusion; trick. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: That faith which, we are told, was founded on a rock, impregnable to the assaults of men and demons; to the sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture! 3. The act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Rather than relying on the genre-standard “prestige,” the act of resetting your progress to earn a larger modifier on your next attempt, SPACEPLAN resets its progress by sending you to a new planet so that it can both reset your progress and advance the narrative. […] Prestige can sometimes feel like a defeat; “I guess I’ve made it as far as I can, I’ll have to start over.” Example: When Season 1 starts, so does prestige for anyone who has reached level 55. 4. A level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige. Labels: countable, usually Example: This guide will explain how MW3's prestige system works, how to increase your prestige, and provide some tips on how to maximize your XP gains to speed up the prestige leveling process. […] Excluding the first rank, each prestige is made up of 50 levels, as shown below: […] Example: While prestiges are “a completely optional part of progression,” Kinetic is hoping to provide some more incentive for players to make use of the feature. For instance, we’ll be able to get prestige-related cosmetics for player models, some free XP, or extra in-game cash to buy equipment with.
Word: prestige Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation. Pronunciation: /pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/, /pɹɛsˈtiːʒ/, /pɹəsˈtiːd͡ʒ/, /pɹəsˈtiːʒ/, /ˈpɹɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety. Labels: not-comparable Example: Furthermore there is in each area a well recognized standard, known by a single name, which although often linguistically distinct from local dialects, has served as the prestige form for some time. Example: The 3rd person plural -ą ending is phonetically [ow̃] or [om], depending on the dialect. However, [ow̃] is the prestige form.
Word: prestige Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation. Pronunciation: /pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/, /pɹɛsˈtiːʒ/, /pɹəsˈtiːd͡ʒ/, /pɹəsˈtiːʒ/, /ˈpɹɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward. Labels: intransitive Example: This seriously depends on the prerequisites, but most chars will already have a +1 bow by the time they're thinking of prestiging - or will this stack with the equipment's magic? Example: I'm going to try to stop and move onto a different game once I've prestiged, but the credits/equipment buying arrangement will make prestiging much less of a crippling shock than in previous games, so I may well be stuck playing it for a long time to come. 2. To start (something) over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward. Labels: transitive Example: When you complete all seven of the challenges inside a specific mission, you'll have the opportunity to prestige the mission. Simply navigate to the specific mission you want to prestige and you'll be given the option when every challenge is complete. Example: Once you have managed to complete your registry, you are able to prestige it, which simply means that the registry will be reset, and the figures or stickers will go to zero, which allows you to go an return the foundables once more.
Word: adversary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”). By surface analysis, adverse + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/, /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹi/, /ædˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/, /ədˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/, /ˈæd.vəɹˌsɛɹi/ 1. A person, group, or thing that opposes or attacks another person or group; an opponent or rival. Example: He prepared to fight his adversary. Example: In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey.
Word: brine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brine, bryne, from Old English brīne, from Proto-West Germanic *brīnā, from Proto-Germanic *brīnǭ (“salt water, brine”) (compare Scots brime, West Frisian brein, Dutch brijn (“brine”), West Flemish brijne), of unknown ultimate origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut, maim”). Cognates include Old Irish ro·bria (“may hurt, damage”), Latin friāre (“to rub, crumble”), Slovene bríti (“to shave, shear”), Albanian brej (“to gnaw”), Sanskrit बृणाति (bṛṇā́ti, “they injure, hurt”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri (compare Latin marīnus). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪ̯n/, /ˈbɹaːn/, /ˈbɹɑ̟ɪ̯n/, /ˈbɹɒ̈ɪ̯n/ 1. Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Do you want a can of tuna in oil or in brine? Example: Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack. 2. The sea or ocean; the water of the sea. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ariell: Not a ſoule But felt a Feauer of the madde, and plaid Some tricks of deſperation ; all but Mariners Plung'd in the foaming bryne, and quit the veſſell ; Then all a fire with me the Kings ſonne Ferdinand With haire vp-ſtaring (then like reeds, not haire) Was the firſt man that leapt ; cride hell is empty, And all the Diuels are heere. Example: "Ho, aboard the Salt Junk Sarah, Rollin" home across the line, The Bo'sun collared the Captain's hat And threw it in the brine.
Word: brine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English brine, bryne, from Old English brīne, from Proto-West Germanic *brīnā, from Proto-Germanic *brīnǭ (“salt water, brine”) (compare Scots brime, West Frisian brein, Dutch brijn (“brine”), West Flemish brijne), of unknown ultimate origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut, maim”). Cognates include Old Irish ro·bria (“may hurt, damage”), Latin friāre (“to rub, crumble”), Slovene bríti (“to shave, shear”), Albanian brej (“to gnaw”), Sanskrit बृणाति (bṛṇā́ti, “they injure, hurt”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri (compare Latin marīnus). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪ̯n/, /ˈbɹaːn/, /ˈbɹɑ̟ɪ̯n/, /ˈbɹɒ̈ɪ̯n/ 1. To preserve food in a salt solution. Labels: transitive 2. To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution. Labels: transitive
Word: prawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested early 1400s as various Middle English forms prayne, prane, praune, and prawne, which present no clear cognates in languages other than English. The forms suggest a hypothetical Old English form *prægn, where *æg would have evolved into Middle English *ay, but it is unclear if the word is of Germanic origin, from another European language, or loaned from a substrate. In the Isle of Wight, a word prankle ("prawn") is recorded and thought to be related. Century, following Skeat, suggested transposition of an unrecorded Old French *parne, *perne related to Spanish perna (“a flat shellfish”), Old Italian perna and diminutive pernochie, parnocchie, glossed as "shrimps or prawne, fishes" by John Florio, but the OED considers Florio's entry incorrect and the suggested connection semantically and phonologically implausible. Etymology 1, noun sense 3 ("woman with attractive body and unattractive face") is from the idea of discarding the head of a prawn before eating it. Pronunciation: /pɹɔːn/, /pɹoːn/, /pɹɔn/, /pɹɑn/, /pɹɒn/ 1. A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The aphrodisiac nature of prawns is evident in an epigram by the Greek poet Asclepiades. 2. A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp. Labels: Commonwealth, countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: She's a prawn! 4. A fool, an idiot. Labels: Australia, countable, slang, uncountable Example: This is utter dribble. I've not read much worse than this in a long time - and he admits he doesn't know - "or so I am told". Get real, you prawn. Example: He didn't say he was accused of that, prawn.
Word: prawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested early 1400s as various Middle English forms prayne, prane, praune, and prawne, which present no clear cognates in languages other than English. The forms suggest a hypothetical Old English form *prægn, where *æg would have evolved into Middle English *ay, but it is unclear if the word is of Germanic origin, from another European language, or loaned from a substrate. In the Isle of Wight, a word prankle ("prawn") is recorded and thought to be related. Century, following Skeat, suggested transposition of an unrecorded Old French *parne, *perne related to Spanish perna (“a flat shellfish”), Old Italian perna and diminutive pernochie, parnocchie, glossed as "shrimps or prawne, fishes" by John Florio, but the OED considers Florio's entry incorrect and the suggested connection semantically and phonologically implausible. Etymology 1, noun sense 3 ("woman with attractive body and unattractive face") is from the idea of discarding the head of a prawn before eating it. Pronunciation: /pɹɔːn/, /pɹoːn/, /pɹɔn/, /pɹɑn/, /pɹɒn/ 1. To fish for prawns. Labels: intransitive
Word: prawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alternative spelling of pron (pronounced identically with cot-caught merger), which in turn is a corrupted spelling of porn. 1. Alternative form of porn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shrimp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *skrembʰ- Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną Proto-Germanic *skrimpazder.? Middle English schrimpe English shrimp From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-. See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrumb (“embers, ashes; crumble”). Pronunciation: /ʃɹɪmp/ 1. Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Butter well a deep dish, upon which place a thick layer of pounded biscuit; having picked and boiled your shrimps, put them upon the biscuit; a layer of shrimps, with small pieces of butter, a little pepper, mace or nutmeg. Example: Shrimp farming is in its infancy in Africa. but Asia has most of the world's shrimp farms. 2. The flesh of such crustaceans. Labels: uncountable 3. A small, puny or unimportant person. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 4. Synonym of butterface Labels: countable, slang, uncommon, uncountable 5. A small penis. Labels: countable, derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncountable Example: shrimp dick
Word: shrimp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *skrembʰ- Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną Proto-Germanic *skrimpazder.? Middle English schrimpe English shrimp From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-. See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrumb (“embers, ashes; crumble”). Pronunciation: /ʃɹɪmp/ 1. To fish for shrimp. Labels: intransitive Example: Fishing, shrimping and crabbing are permitted on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:[…] Example: Although the line is not always sharply drawn, offshore shrimping and inshore shrimping require different strategies. 2. To contract; to shrink.
Word: amongst Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From amongs + -t (excrescent), from among + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, among + -st (excrescent). Root among from Old English ongemang, from on (“in”) + gemang (“assemblage, mingling”). Pronunciation: /əˈmʌŋst/, /əˈmɜŋst/, /əˈmɘ̞ŋst/, /əˈmʊŋst/, /əˈmɐŋst/ 1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst. Example: Janek feels very at ease amongst his friends, but gets incredibly nervous when meeting new people. Example: And novv thee vvorſhip, mongſt that bleſſed throng / Of heauenlie Poets and Heroes ſtrong.
Word: amaze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪz/ 1. To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. Labels: transitive Example: He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot. Example: And all the people were amazed, and ſaid, Is this the ſonne of Dauid? 2. To stun or stupefy (someone). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Inſtead of thinking hovv to remedy this diſorder by rallying ſuch troops as fled, or by oppoſing freſh troops to ſtop the progreſs of the conquerors, being totally amazed by this firſt blovv, he [Pompey] returned to the camp, and in his tent, vvaited the iſſue of an event, vvhich it vvas his duty to direct, not to follovv: […] 3. To bewilder or perplex (someone or oneself). Labels: also, obsolete, reflexive, transitive Example: The many musits thought the which he goes / Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes. Example: [T]heir [flies'] breeding is ſo various and vvonderful, that I might eaſily amaze my ſelf, and tire you in a relation of them. 4. To fill (someone) with panic; to panic, to terrify. Labels: obsolete, poetic, transitive Example: It [fear] amaſeth many men that are to ſpeake, or ſhevv themſelues in publike aſſemblies, or before ſome great personages, […] Example: Novv you muſt bee ſure […] to carry the point or top of the Rod dovvnevvard; by vvhich meanes the ſhadovv of your ſelfe, and Rod too vvill be the leaſt offenſive to the Fiſh, for the ſight of any ſhadovv amazes the fiſh, and ſpoiles your ſport, of vvhich you muſt take a great care. 5. To experience amazement; to be astounded. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Madam amaze not, ſee his Maieſtie / Returnd vvith glory from the holy land. Example: Pealing rays and trumpet-blazes,— / Eye is blinded, ear amazes: […]
Word: amaze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪz/ 1. Amazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: All in amaze he ſuddenly vp ſtart / VVith ſvvord in hand, and vvith the old man vvent; […] Example: His faces ovvn margent did coate ſuch amazes, / That all eyes ſavv his eyes inchaunted vvith gazes. 2. Fear, terror. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: [T]he whole rout was in amaze; his Lordſhip turned all manner of colours, my Lady fell into a ſwoon; […] Example: He passed over Dor-nu-Fauglith like a wind amid the dust, and all that beheld his onset fled in amaze, thinking Oromë himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar. 3. Stupefaction of the mind; bewilderment; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: [T]he panicles or thin skins [of a horse] vvhich cleauing to the bones, doe couer the vvhole braine, are ſubiect to headache, mygram [migrane], dizineſſe, and amazes; […]
Word: amaze Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪz/ 1. Clipping of amazing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: As incredibly amaze the aftermath in FFoD was, it would have been nice to see the post-Unicron battle for Cybertron. Example: Khloe pouted. “You have to see him before riding. This outfit is so amaze. You look cute in breeches, too, but I want Drew to see you in this outfit. Like, now!”
Word: amazing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/, [əˈmeɪ̯zɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of amaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Falling into her uſual Trance, ſhe at that inſtant wrought their Fancies to be perſuaded of the confuſed Articulation of Multitudes met as in a Fair, converſing and making a chattering, to the amazing of them all. Example: How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world
Word: amazing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/, [əˈmeɪ̯zɪŋ] 1. Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising. Example: “It’s been amazing, the amount of emails and congratulations,” the Snow White and the Huntsman star, 36, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his radio show. 2. Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good. Labels: informal Example: “I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says. Example: 2014, November 6, WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL), VIDEO: "Sitting next to him was amazing" says student of General Via "I think it was pretty amazing that he picked our school out of a lot of schools to come speak to us about what he has done, and what our country has done, to help us gain our freedom," Mucci said, “sitting next to him was amazing.”
Word: tod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tod, of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Etymology 2, due to its bushy tail. Pronunciation: /tɒd/, /tɑd/ 1. A male fox. 2. A fox in general. Labels: Scotland Example: Who am Ah? Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw. Canniest riever on moss and moor! 3. Someone like a fox; a crafty person. Labels: figuratively
Word: tod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, of uncertain origin, but possibly from the same source as German Zotte (“clotted hair”), which see. Also cognate with Saterland Frisian todde (“bundle”), Swedish todd (“mass (of wool)”, dialectal). Pronunciation: /tɒd/, /tɑd/ 1. A bush, especially of ivy. Example: His head's yellow, / Hard-haired, and curled, thick-twined like ivy tods, / Not to undo with thunder. Example: For birds in bushes tooting: At length within the Ivy tod 2. An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg). Example: Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds. Example: Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.
Word: tod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late Middle English, of uncertain origin, but possibly from the same source as German Zotte (“clotted hair”), which see. Also cognate with Saterland Frisian todde (“bundle”), Swedish todd (“mass (of wool)”, dialectal). Pronunciation: /tɒd/, /tɑd/ 1. To weigh; to yield in tods. Labels: obsolete
Word: sie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”). Pronunciation: /saɪ/ 1. To sink; fall; drop. Labels: intransitive 2. To fall, as in a swoon; faint. Labels: intransitive 3. To drop, as water; trickle. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 4. To sift. Labels: transitive 5. To strain, as milk; filter. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: sie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”). Pronunciation: /saɪ/ 1. A drop.
Word: sie Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /siː/ 1. Gender-neutral subject pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered pronouns he and she Labels: gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person Example: If the child is about the intellectual equal of the parent, sie will eventually start holding hir own in discussions, […] Example: "You must be Ash," sie said, hir voice a shade deeper than Amaranth's.
Word: vegetarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian + -ism. Pronunciation: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/, /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ənɪzəm/ 1. The practice of following a vegetarian diet. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Vegetarianism, he said, is an idea “that has three things going for it all at once—economics, health and compassion.” Example: What sets her apart from our current ascetics with their practice of transcendental meditation, diet, vegetarianism, ashram simplicities, yoga is that with them the deprivations and rigors‐are undergone for the pay‐off—for tranquility, for thinness, for the hope of a long, life—or frequently, it seems, to fill the hole of emptiness so painful to the narcissist.
Word: maggot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðek (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from the Proto-Indo-European root *mat, which was used in insect names, equivalent to made + -ock. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask, Icelandic maðkur (“worm, grub, maggot”). The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in their brain. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡət/, /ˈmeɪ̯ɡət/ 1. A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. 2. A worthless or contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: Drop and give me fifty, maggot. Example: "Maggot!" said Catweazle angrily. "Sit thee down!" 3. A whimsy or fancy. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain? Example: ‘I am ashamed of him! how can he think of humouring you in such maggots!’ 4. A fan of the American metal band Slipknot. Labels: slang Example: (We) We are the new diabolic (We) We are the bitter bucolic If I have to give my life, you can have it (We) We are the pulse of the maggots 5. Alternative form of MAGAt. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: maggot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðek (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from the Proto-Indo-European root *mat, which was used in insect names, equivalent to made + -ock. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask, Icelandic maðkur (“worm, grub, maggot”). The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in their brain. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡət/, /ˈmeɪ̯ɡət/ 1. To rid (an animal) of maggots. Labels: transitive Example: In the summer I had to get the sheep penned twice a day to maggot them and I needed a good dog.
Word: maggot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðek (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from the Proto-Indo-European root *mat, which was used in insect names, equivalent to made + -ock. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask, Icelandic maðkur (“worm, grub, maggot”). The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in their brain. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡət/, /ˈmeɪ̯ɡət/ 1. Alternative form of maggoted (“drunk; intoxicated”). Labels: Australia, alt-of, alternative, colloquial
Word: peep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /piːp/, /pip/ 1. A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. 2. A feeble utterance or complaint. Example: I don't want to hear a peep out of you! 3. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill. Example: With a "peep" from a high-pitched whistle, the train would leave by the crossover to the down line, […]. Example: "Peep, peep," said Edward, "I'm ready." "Peep, peep, peep," said Henry, "so am I." 4. A sandpiper or other small wader. Labels: colloquial Example: When I spotted two small warm-brown scaley-plumaged ‘peeps’ with yellow legs, my commentary immediately identified them as Least Sandpipers.
Word: peep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /piːp/, /pip/ 1. To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird. 2. To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
Word: peep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pepen, variant of piken. Pronunciation: /piːp/, /pip/ 1. To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed. Labels: intransitive Example: The man peeped through the small hole. Example: And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed. 2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. Example: They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel; more experienced, they pushed off in boats and captured cod; and at last, launching a navy of great ships on the sea, explored this watery world; put an incessant belt of circumnavigations round it; peeped in at Behring’s Straits; and in all seasons and all oceans declared everlasting war with the mightiest animated mass that has survived the flood; most monstrous and most mountainous! 3. To take a look at; check out. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Did you peep that video I sent you? Example: Peep me, I'm fabulous, I work with the hardest working women at Kay Jeweler's, selling the finest jewels to the richest people. 4. To see, uncover. Labels: slang, transitive Example: A lot of females were hesitant about getting with Pimp. He had a hard edge to him that made it impossible not to peep his cruel nature.
Word: peep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pepen, variant of piken. Pronunciation: /piːp/, /pip/ 1. A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one. Example: So saying she loosened some ivory screws of the guitar, so as to open a peep lengthwise through its interior. Example: I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. / I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; […] then the door I opened wide. 2. The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear. Example: the peep of day 3. A peepshow. Example: A boring lusterless attempt at pornography, a niche above the racks of pulp pocketbooks sold in the front room of peeps.
Word: peep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip. Pronunciation: /piːp/, /pip/ 1. A spot on a die or domino. Labels: obsolete
Word: peep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people. Pronunciation: /piːp/, /pip/ 1. A person. Labels: UK, slang
Word: peep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps. Pronunciation: /piːp/, /pip/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Peep Labels: alt-of
Word: cot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”). Pronunciation: /kɒt/, /kɔt/, /kɑt/, /kɔːʈ/, [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] 1. A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: There was a flickering of lanterns about the camp that night, and a rumor that brought men out of their cots to the tent doors, a paddling of the naked feet of doolie-bearers and the rush of a galloping horse. 2. A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 3. A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks. Labels: historical
Word: cot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage. Pronunciation: /kɒt/, /kɔt/, /kɑt/, /kɔːʈ/, [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] 1. A cottage or small homestead. Labels: archaic Example: the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm Example: One evening […] we were on a sudden, greatly astonished, by hearing a violent knocking on the outward Door of our rustic Cot. 2. A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
Word: cot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish coite, coit (“small boat”), possibly from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”). Pronunciation: /kɒt/, /kɔt/, /kɑt/, /kɔːʈ/, [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] 1. A small, crudely-formed boat.
Word: cot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton. Pronunciation: /kɒt/, /kɔt/, /kɑt/, /kɔːʈ/, [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] 1. A cover or sheath; a fingerstall. Example: a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame) Example: a cot for a sore finger
Word: cot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of cot-quean. Pronunciation: /kɒt/, /kɔt/, /kɑt/, /kɔːʈ/, [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] 1. A man who does household work normally associated with women. Labels: obsolete Example: You know, that being an old bachelor, and somewhat of an epicure, he is at home, what the vulgar call a cot; and has laid down his spontoon for the tasting spoon, converted his sword into a carving knife, and his sash into a jelly bag.
Word: cot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of cock Pronunciation: /kɒt/, /kɔt/, /kɑt/, /kɔːʈ/, [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] 1. vulva; vagina. Labels: dated
Word: busy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪz.i/ 1. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on. Example: Be careful crossing that busy street. Example: To-morrow is a busy day. 2. Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person. Example: The director cannot see you now: he's busy. Example: Her telephone has been busy all day. 3. Having much work to do; having much to get done. Example: Near-synonym: swamped Example: Finding the time to work out and cook healthy meals is easily pushed to the wayside in our ordinary, busy lives. 4. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate. Example: Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern. 5. Officious; meddling. Example: I will be hanged if some eternal villain, Some busy and insinuating rogue, Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else.
Word: busy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪz.i/ 1. A police officer. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang Example: I remember playing on a building site once and coming across a five-pound note. I could hardly believe it when I spotted it poking out of the rubble. Excitedly, I ran straight home and gave it to my mum. I was hero of the hour until I got into trouble with the busies – the police – soon afterwards for pinching a bottle of milk from a float.
Word: busy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bisien, from Old English bisgian (“to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīgōn. Cognate with Old Frisian bisgia (“to use”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪz.i/ 1. To make somebody busy or active; to occupy. Labels: reflexive, transitive, usually Example: On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening. Example: The work busied me all afternoon.
Word: pretty Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty. Cognate with Dutch prettig (“nice, pleasant”), Low German prettig (“funny”), Icelandic prettugur (“deceitful, tricky”). For the semantic development, compare canny, clever, cute. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪt.i/, [ˈpɹɪɾ.i], /ˈpɜɹ.ti/, /ˈpɹʊt.i/, /ˈpɔɪ.ti/ 1. Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are proud, and vveare their hayre pretty long, and about their criſpes vvreath a valuable Shaſh or Tulipant; […] Example: By the Sheets you have sent me to peruse, the Account you have given of her Birth and Parentage is pretty exact [...]. 2. Prettily, in a pretty manner. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: 'The boy sings pretty, don't he, Master Marner?'
Word: pretty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty. Cognate with Dutch prettig (“nice, pleasant”), Low German prettig (“funny”), Icelandic prettugur (“deceitful, tricky”). For the semantic development, compare canny, clever, cute. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪt.i/, [ˈpɹɪɾ.i], /ˈpɜɹ.ti/, /ˈpɹʊt.i/, /ˈpɔɪ.ti/ 1. A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person. Example: I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! 2. Something that is pretty. Example: We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.
Word: pretty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty. Cognate with Dutch prettig (“nice, pleasant”), Low German prettig (“funny”), Icelandic prettugur (“deceitful, tricky”). For the semantic development, compare canny, clever, cute. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪt.i/, [ˈpɹɪɾ.i], /ˈpɜɹ.ti/, /ˈpɹʊt.i/, /ˈpɔɪ.ti/ 1. To make pretty; to beautify Example: He sat on the hearth rug and began prettying the dog's coat.
Word: slip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle Dutch slippe or Middle Low German slippe, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”). Pronunciation: /ˈslɪp/, [ˈslɪp] 1. A twig or shoot; a cutting. Example: a slip from a vine Example: "So much for auguries," said Emily, pointing to a young geranium, which was growing in vigour below. "The day before I left home, I planted that slip, and, in idea, linked my futurity with the slight shrub, saying, If it flourishes, so shall I—if it dies, I shall die too. See how luxuriantly it blooms!" 2. A descendant, a scion. Labels: obsolete Example: a native slip to us from foreign seeds 3. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier). Example: She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is. 4. A long, thin piece of something. Example: Never, nevermore / Shall lone Œnone see the morning mist / Sweep thro' them—never see them overlaid / With narrow moonlit slips of silver cloud, / Between the loud stream and the trembling stars. 5. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information. Example: a salary slip 6. A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
Word: slip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijaną (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”). Compare Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide”), Old English cūslyppe, cūsloppe (“cowslip”). Pronunciation: /ˈslɪp/, [ˈslɪp] 1. A thin, slippery mix of clay and water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Wasserpfeife or water-whistle from Moravia was a bird whistle made during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. […] The bird is of a grey and brown mottled glaze with sgraffito markings and touches of green slip. 2. Mud, slime. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: bustier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːstiɚ/, /ˈbuːstieɪ/, /ˈbʌ-/ 1. A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear. Example: The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights. Example: Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.
Word: bustier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See busty. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌsti.ə(ɹ)/ 1. comparative form of busty: more busty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”). In this sense, displaced native Old English blæc (“ink”, literally “black”). Sense four refers to the ink used in newspapers. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋk/, [ˈɪŋk], /ˈiŋk/, [ˈiŋk], /ˈæŋk/ 1. A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This form should be filled out in ink. Example: While I was waiting for him in the Matted Gallery, a young man was most finely working in Indian inke the great picture of the King and Queen sitting [Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France], by Van Dyke [Anthony van Dyck]; and did it very finely. 2. A particular type, color or container of this fluid. Labels: countable, usually 3. The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Experimentally, some ink has been shown to be unpalatable to fish (Wood et al. 2010) and observationally, ink can also function as an attractant to predators to give cephalopods a bit more time to escape. 4. Publicity. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: to get ink Example: The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately. 5. Tattoo work. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: "I saw it hanging on the wall of a tattoo hut where I went to get some ink done ten years ago," he stuttered, flushing in splotches and squirming in his chair. Example: Now he's getting a tattoo / Yeah, he's getting ink done / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31 6. Cheap red wine. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: ink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”). In this sense, displaced native Old English blæc (“ink”, literally “black”). Sense four refers to the ink used in newspapers. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋk/, [ˈɪŋk], /ˈiŋk/, [ˈiŋk], /ˈæŋk/ 1. To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink. Labels: transitive Example: A plain impression is obtained by pressing the bulb of the finger, with the plane of the nail parallel to the plane of the plate, on the inked plate and then on the paper in the same manner. 2. To sign (a contract or similar document). Labels: transitive Example: Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS). 3. To apply a tattoo to (someone). Labels: transitive 4. to eject ink (sense 3) Labels: intransitive