nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”). Akin to Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”), σπάργανον (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”). See also prank, prance, prink. Pronunciation: /pɹɒŋ/, /pɹɔŋ/, /pɹɑŋ/ 1. To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong. Example: He uncovered the fragrant eggs and b., and I pronged a moody forkful.
Word: raging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
Word: raging Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. Volatile, very active or unpredictable. Example: A raging storm kept us indoors. 2. In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger. Example: a raging father shouting at us 3. Extreme; intense. Example: raging success Example: a raging lesbian
Word: raging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. A display of rage. Example: To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!
Word: basic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From base + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪk/ 1. Necessary, essential for life or some process. Example: Flour is a basic ingredient of bread. Example: Over the past few weeks, U.S. Coast Guard service members, civilian employees and their families have had to scramble to pay for basic necessities. Many have taken donations of food and toiletries from their communities, and frantically called their banks and credit unions to try to avert financial disaster. 2. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional. Example: The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic. 3. Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7. 4. Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool. Labels: informal Example: I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic. Example: And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
Word: basic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From base + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪk/ 1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. Example: Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers. 2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. Example: Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics. Example: I know the basics of sailing and would love to learn more. 3. Basic training. Example: The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic. Example: When I shipped out for basic, the Orbital Defense Grid was all theory and politics.
Word: resulting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzʌltɪŋ/ 1. Of something that follows as the result of something else; resultant. Labels: not-comparable Example: After the flood, the resulting epidemics killed even more.
Word: resulting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzʌltɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of result Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: buried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bur(y) English -ied English buried From bur(y) + -ied. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ 1. Placed in a grave at a burial. 2. Concealed, hidden.
Word: buried Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bur(y) English -ied English buried From bur(y) + -ied. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ 1. simple past and past participle of bury Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: engross Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingrossō (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German grōz (“big, thick, coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). More at in-, gross. By surface analysis, en- + gross. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡɹəʊs/, /ɪŋˈɡɹəʊs/, /ɛnˈɡɹəʊs/, /ɛŋˈɡɹəʊs/, /ɛnˈɡɹoʊs/ 1. To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of. Labels: transitive Example: This envelope had the air of an official record of some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials than at present. Example: laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail 2. To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly. Labels: transitive Example: After which time the Popes of Rome, engroſſing what they pleas'd of Politicall rule into their owne hands, extended their dominion over mens eyes, as they had before over their judgements, burning and prohibiting to be read, what they fanſied not; […] Example: The Coral Islands are principally visited by the pearl-shell fishermen, who arrive in small schooners, carrying not more than five or six men. For a long while the business was engrossed by Merenhout, the French Consul at Tahiti, but a Dutchman by birth, who, in one year, is said to have sent to France fifty thousand dollars' worth of shells. 4. To completely engage the attention of; to involve. Labels: transitive Example: She seems to be completely engrossed in that book. Example: Having made a few vain attempts at engrossing my attention in my book, I was obliged to let myself be carried away by the impetuous torrent of the squire's eloquence. 5. To thicken; to condense. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: As, when a foggy miſt hath ouercaſt / The face of heuen, and the cleare ayre engroſte, / The world in darkenes dwels, […] 6. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The waues thereof ſo ſlow and ſluggiſh were, / Engroſt with mud, which did them fowle agriſe, / That euery weighty thing they did vpbeare, / Ne ought mote euer ſinck downe to the bottom there. Example: Not ſleeping to ingroſſe his idle body, / But praying to inrich his watchfull ſoule. 7. To amass. Labels: obsolete Example: Percy is but my factor, good my Lord, / To engroſſe vp glorious deeds on my behalfe.
Word: review Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveüe, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveü, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revideō, from re- +videō (“see, observe”) (English: video). Equivalent to re- + view. Compare retrospect. Doublet of revue. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvjuː/, /ˈrɪʋ.ju/ 1. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it. 2. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The newspaper review was full of praise for the play. Example: The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration! 3. A judicial reassessment of a case or an event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case. 4. A stage show made up of topical sketches etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces. 5. A survey of the available items or material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants. 6. A review article. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Times Literary Review is published in London. 8. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The troops assembled for a review by the Queen. 9. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices. Example: The decision to place a young child in group home care is usually done after much review, but it is done more readily if there is substantial reason to believe that a resource-rich and structured program will result in a more speedy reunification or prompt adoption.
Word: review Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveüe, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveü, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revideō, from re- +videō (“see, observe”) (English: video). Equivalent to re- + view. Compare retrospect. Doublet of revue. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvjuː/, /ˈrɪʋ.ju/ 1. To survey; to look broadly over. Example: Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem. 2. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review. Example: The critic reviews every new play in London. Example: […] "The Interview," a crude and poorly reviewed comedy about a C.I.A. effort to hire two bumbling journalists to knock off Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader […] 3. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise. Example: "Keith Williams is reviewing his review," the source said. "The whole structure of the industry has changed since he wrote his report. [...]" 4. To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, sometimes, transitive 5. To view or see again; to look back on. Labels: obsolete Example: Cam[illo] What I do next, ſhall be next to tell the King // Of this Eſcape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ſhall ſo prevail, // To force him after: in whoſe company // I ſhall review Sicilia; for whoſe ſight, // I have a Woman’s Longing. 6. To retrace; to go over again. Labels: obsolete Example: Shall I the long, laborious ſcene review, // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?
Word: the shit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a vulgar version of the bomb. Attested since the 1970s. 1. Something considered to be excellent or the best of its kind. Labels: colloquial, slang, vulgar Example: That movie was the shit! Example: At least he isn't butt-ass ugly. He was probably the shit during his time. Look at him in his multi-colored, polyester suit. He's sharper than a tack.
Word: demographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From demography + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/, /ˌdem.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to demography. Example: Yet it does bring up a much more real problem about China's demographic transition, which has led some to argue that China will "get old before it gets rich." Example: A growing foreign-born population has sparked debate in Japan amid the pressures of a demographic crisis and economic worries.
Word: demographic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demography + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/, /ˌdem.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/ 1. A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender. Labels: in-plural Example: 1985, Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management: Rewarding Performance, Fourth Edition, Reston Pub. Co., →ISBN, page 604, Of significant current interest is the fact that the compa-ratio can be used to analyze the pay treatment of specific groups of employees. Segregating employees by such demographics as gender, race, or age group (e.g., 18–25, 26–39, 40–50, 51–65), a compa-ratio analysis could provide a first indication […] Example: 2000, James Chapman, “Impact of Building Roads to Everywhere”, in Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres (eds.), Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta, Island Press, →ISBN, page 82, How will this investment affect at the individual level, based on being disaggregated by various demographics (race and ethnicity, gender, age, disability, income) and locations (inner city, inner ring suburbs, suburbs, exurbs), miles traveled, travel time, accessibility to transit, and car ownership? 2. A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion. Example: 2002, Laura Grindstaff, ‘Pretty Woman with a Gun: La Femme Nikita and the Textual Politics of “The Remake”’, in Jennifer Forrest and Leonard R. Koos (eds.), Dead Ringers: The Remake in Theory and Practice, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 281, […] it was also the initial verdict for the Nikita television series before the show garnered something of a cult following among the crucial 30–something demographic, at which point the critical response grew decidedly more favorable. Example: A newspaper is consumed by many demographics, a small portion of which may be the target. 3. An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
Word: demographics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdɛməˈɡɹæfɪks/, /ˌdeməˈɡɹæfɪks/ 1. The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Every museum has to wrestle with the differing interests and needs of the varied demographics of its visitors - and none more so than the LTM [London Transport Museum], with its mix of tourists (both domestic and foreign) seeking an 'experience', transport enthusiasts indulging their passion, and families looking for education and entertainment for their children.
Word: demographics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdɛməˈɡɹæfɪks/, /ˌdeməˈɡɹæfɪks/ 1. plural of demographic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof. Pronunciation: /bjuːt/, /bjut/, /bjʉt/ 1. Something or someone that is physically attractive. Labels: informal Example: That new car of yours is a real beaut. 2. Something that is a remarkable example of its type. Labels: informal Example: Bruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye. […] "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me." Example: In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!”
Word: beaut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof. Pronunciation: /bjuːt/, /bjut/, /bjʉt/ 1. Beautiful, splendid. Labels: Australia, especially, informal Example: An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe. Example: It was beaut to have him home again, and gee, you should have seen the bike he bought me from Paris. From the same factory as his own was made.
Word: sleepwalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sleep + walk. 1. To walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate. Labels: intransitive Example: Government... unions... industry... we have had enough. We - no, YOU - are sleepwalking the rest of us towards a less busy, less relevant industry with a smaller workforce, fewer passengers, fading importance, declining investment, poorly-paid jobs, and a truly shambolic reputation. 2. To perform actions without being aware of them; to do something that invites certain results without confronting that possibility. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, transitive Example: The government is sleepwalking into a crisis. Example: They're trying to sleepwalk past their health problems.
Word: transmogrification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transmogrify + -ication. 1. The act or process of being transformed into a different form. Labels: humorous, often
Word: painting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, paint + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/, /ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/ 1. An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint. Labels: countable Example: The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings. Example: "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]." 2. The action of applying paint to a surface. Labels: uncountable Example: The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting. 3. The same activity as an art form. Labels: uncountable Example: Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture. Example: The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
Word: painting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, paint + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/, /ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of paint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin adnatus, past participle of variant form of agnascor (“born or growing at or upon”). 1. Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate. Example: Adnate mushroom gills are broadly attached to the stalk slightly above the bottom of the gill, with most of the gill fused to the stem. Example: An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. 2. Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently Example: It differs from N. eleutherus by possessing a more adnate adipose fin and more prominent saddles and from N. albater by having 8 soft pectoral rays, a submarginal adipose bar, and no prominent basicaudal bar (Douglas 1972).
Word: agnate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɡneɪt/ 1. A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family. Example: A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father. Example: Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them. 2. Any paternal male relative. 3. A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
Word: agnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɡneɪt/ 1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family. 2. allied; akin Example: Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former. 3. Having a similar semantic meaning. Example: [...] we can talk about a swim, a drink, a look, even though swim, drink and look can also show up as verbs in agnate clauses.
Word: good sport Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who exhibits polite behaviour even or especially when they lose. Example: Thank you for being a good sport about the power outage. I know three hours with no air conditioning is difficult. 2. Someone who can take a joke or is indulgent toward being involved in others' antics.
Word: a lot Part of Speech: pron Etymology: See lot. Pronunciation: /ə ˈlɒt/, /ə ˈlɑt/ 1. A large amount. Labels: informal Example: I have a lot of things to say. Example: A whole lot of water is flowing from under the sink. 2. Many things, much. Example: A lot depends on whether your parents agree.
Word: a lot Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See lot. Pronunciation: /ə ˈlɒt/, /ə ˈlɑt/ 1. Very much; a great deal; to a large extent. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Thanks a lot for listening to me. Example: It's a lot harder than it looks. 2. Often; frequently. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I go swimming a lot.
Word: a lot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See lot. Pronunciation: /ə ˈlɒt/, /ə ˈlɑt/ 1. Difficult to handle emotionally. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Yeah, it's a lot. 2. too much, busy. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable 3. dramatic, extra. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: comics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmɪks/, /ˈkɒmɪks/ 1. the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art Example: [bold in original] "Comics" is the word worth defining, as it refers to the medium itself, not a specific object as "comic book" or "comic strip" do." Example: Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide by Lyga, Allyson and Lyga, Barry. (June 30, 2004) p. 162, →ISBN [bold in original] The plural of comic is typically used as a singular (as "politics" is) to refer to the entire medium or industry. Hence, "comics industry" or "comics creators."
Word: comics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmɪks/, /ˈkɒmɪks/ 1. plural of comic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obesity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese + -ity. Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/, /oʊˈbisɪti/, [-ɾi], /ə(ʉ)ˈbiːsɪti/, /ɐ(ʉ)ˈbiːsɪti/ 1. The state of being obese. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The fowls, ducks, and goats all looked fat and thriving on the refuse food of a dense population, and the Chinamen's pigs were in a state of obesity that foreboded early death. Example: While the majority of individuals with severe obesity are able to maintain eucapnia, a significant minority will develop obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), characterized by alveolar hypoventilation (PaCO 2 > 45 mmHg) unexplained by other disorders.
Word: edutainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of education + entertainment. Pronunciation: /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈteɪn.mənt/, /ˌɛd.jʊˈteɪn.mənt/, /ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈteɪn.mənt/ 1. Educational entertainment, a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, games or any material) that provides both education and entertainment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the three years since its beginning, the firm has managed to achieve lift-off into what is essentially the first mass market for vertical software in “edutainment,” software designed to be both educational and entertaining.
Word: slather Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown; attested from early 19th century, in the sense "to slip, slide". For the sense "to rain", compare East Frisian sladdern and northern German schladdern ("to rain noisily"). Pronunciation: /ˈslæðə(ɹ)/ 1. To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well. Labels: transitive Example: I slathered jam on my toast. 2. To apply generously upon. Labels: often, transitive Example: I slathered my toast with jam. 3. To squander. Labels: transitive 4. To rain. Labels: transitive Example: ... rain had fallen all night and it was slathering down in sheets now. That didn't add to my good humor none. Example: ... rain still slathered down out of the rubbery black sky. "Why is the sarge always pickin' on us?" asked Ortwingle sorrowfully as the water drenched down the collar of his raincoat. "I figger maybe we are dependable," Smoot[…]
Word: slather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown; attested from early 19th century, in the sense "to slip, slide". For the sense "to rain", compare East Frisian sladdern and northern German schladdern ("to rain noisily"). Pronunciation: /ˈslæðə(ɹ)/ 1. A thick sauce or spread that is to be slathered (spread thickly) onto food. Labels: transitive 2. Drool (especially if abundant). Labels: transitive Example: [The river] Ván in SnE I 21 is mentioned as coming from the slather of the bound Fenris Wolf. 3. A generous or abundant quantity. Labels: plural-normally, transitive Example: Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. Example: In her eyes the manse people were quite fabulously rich, and no doubt those girls had slathers of shoes and stockings.
Word: viscosity printing Part of Speech: noun 1. An intaglio method whereby multiple colors of ink may be printed simultaneously from the same plate, using inks of varying viscosity, plates with multiple levels of etching and hard and soft brayers for applying the inks to the plate. Labels: uncountable
Word: unspoilt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English spoilt English unspoilt From un- + spoilt. 1. Not spoilt, decayed or corrupted. Example: Before the motorway was built, this was unspoilt countryside. Example: Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.
Word: attitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude. Pronunciation: /ˈætɪˌtjuːd/, [ˈætʰɪˌtʰjʊu̯d], /ˈætɪˌt͡ʃuːd/, [ˈætʰɪˌt͡ʃʊu̯d], /ˈætɪˌtud/ 1. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude. Example: The lamp stood on the table, and Carrara leant by the huge tome spread out before him; and opposite sat Beatrice, bending over her broidery—the small head, with its rich knot of gathered hair, so exquisitely placed—the slender figure, so graceful in its attitude. 2. A disposition or state of mind. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Don't give me your negative attitude. Example: You've got a nice attitude today. 3. Unpleasant behavior. Labels: Canada, Philippines, UK, US, countable, informal, uncountable Example: He doesn't take attitude from anybody. Example: I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude. 4. The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident. Example: The stern planes are located well aft of the center of gravity of the submarine and their primary purpose is attitude (trim) control 5. A position similar to an arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.
Word: attitude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude. Pronunciation: /ˈætɪˌtjuːd/, [ˈætʰɪˌtʰjʊu̯d], /ˈætɪˌt͡ʃuːd/, [ˈætʰɪˌt͡ʃʊu̯d], /ˈætɪˌtud/ 1. To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose. Example: […] nymphs of quality, formed for the offices of love and of conversation, are attituded about her, each star set as it were in surrounding satellites of admirers;[…] Example: Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in […] 2. To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc. Example: He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening. Example: The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
Word: horizon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, via Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”). Pronunciation: /həˈɹaɪ.zən/, /həˈɹɑe.zən/, [həˈɹɑe̯.zən] 1. The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance. Example: A tall building was visible on the whole sweep of the horizon. Example: The sky and sea seem to merge at the horizon. 2. The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold. Labels: figuratively Example: Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons. Example: With clinical researchers hard at work, a new treatment is on the horizon. 3. The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists. Example: Only mortality, this irreducible and primordial horizon, that very horizon which, in Being and Time, Heidegger so compellingly revealed as the unsurpassable and defining possibility, remains. 4. A specific layer of soil, or stratum 5. A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period. Labels: US 6. Any level line or surface. 7. The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
Word: printmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From print + making. 1. The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper. Labels: uncountable
Word: transmigration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌtɹænz.maɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A change from one state of existence to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Any great change is like cold water in winter—one shrinks from the first plunge; and a lover may be excused who shivers a little at the transmigration into a husband. 3. The movement of a soul from one body to another after death. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: metempsychosis, reincarnation (both broadly synonymous) Example: The curioſity of the lady was highly inflamed, to know the hiſtory of the parrot's tranſmigration, which ſhe intreated the bird with all her eloquence to relate; but he preſented a deaf ear to her importunity, and, like a painted nightingale, remained ſilent.
Word: makeup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkʌp/ 1. An item's composition. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup. Example: After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake. 2. Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: She is wearing a lot of makeup. 3. Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply. 4. A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “Will I get a chance to take a makeup? My mother paid for the exam.” 5. In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: makeup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkʌp/ 1. Alternative form of make up (“(ambitransitive) to put makeup on (someone or something)”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I raided my closet and left Clay in my living room while I changed and makeuped in the bathroom. Example: “If we get started showering, shaving, powdering, combing, and makeupping, we just may be able to make the eleven o’clock mass at Regina Pacis.”
Word: cosmetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), from κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, director, decorator”), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”), from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”). By surface analysis, cosmos + -etic. Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɛtɪk/, /kɑzˈmɛt.ɪk/, [kɑzˈmɛɾ.ɪk], /kɔzˈmet.ɪk/, [kɔzˈmeɾ.ɪk] 1. Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion. Example: a cosmetic preparation Example: Firſt, rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores / With head uncover'd, the coſmetic pow'rs. 2. External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearance of something. Example: Fortunately, the damage to the house was mostly cosmetic and a bit of paint covered it nicely.
Word: cosmetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), from κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, director, decorator”), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”), from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”). By surface analysis, cosmos + -etic. Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɛtɪk/, /kɑzˈmɛt.ɪk/, [kɑzˈmɛɾ.ɪk], /kɔzˈmet.ɪk/, [kɔzˈmeɾ.ɪk] 1. Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner. Example: These endocrine disruptors are everywhere: plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, cushions, pesticides, canned foods and A.T.M. receipts. They often aren’t on labels and can be difficult to avoid. 2. A feature existing only on the surface. 3. An intangible influence that improves the overall perception of some thing or situation. Example: All depends upon circumstances—anger as much as any thing else. Interest is your only true cosmetic for smoothing the brow.
Word: shits Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From -s. Pronunciation: /ʃɪts/ 1. plural of shit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shits Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From -s. Pronunciation: /ʃɪts/ 1. Synonym of diarrhea. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only, vulgar Example: He had the shits for three days.
Word: shits Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From -s. Pronunciation: /ʃɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shits Part of Speech: noun Etymology: shi+ts Pronunciation: /ʃɪts/ 1. Alternative form of shi(ts). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: capita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin capita, plural of caput. 1. person Example: We will calculate the average per capita.
Word: capita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin capita, plural of caput. 1. plural of caput Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtiz/ 1. plural of city Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of citie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onto Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From on + to, after into. Compare Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.tuː/, /ˈɑn.tu/, /ˈɔn.tu/, /ˈɔn.tʉ/, /ˈɒn.tə/ 1. Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement). Example: My cat just jumped onto the keyboard. Example: A new drug has just come onto the market. 2. Aware of. Labels: informal Example: The thought-police were onto my plans of world domination. 3. Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below). Example: The exponential function maps the set of real numbers onto the set of positive real numbers.
Word: onto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on + to, after into. Compare Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.tuː/, /ˈɑn.tu/, /ˈɔn.tu/, /ˈɔn.tʉ/, /ˈɒn.tə/ 1. Attaining each of the values in its codomain; having its image equal to its codomain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto, as it never takes on values less than or equal to zero.
Word: piles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /paɪlz/ 1. plural of pile Labels: form-of, plural Example: Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.
Word: piles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /paɪlz/ 1. A large amount of. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: He must earn piles of money.
Word: piles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /paɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pile Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: piles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pila (“ball”). Pronunciation: /paɪlz/ 1. Haemorrhoids. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Many women get piles when pregnant. Example: Who with thy leaves shall wipe (at need) The place where swelling Piles do breed ...
Word: haemorrhoids Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛməɹɔɪdz/, /ˈhɛmɹɔɪdz/ 1. A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: "I hope the worst is behind me". - France's midfielder Florent Malouds reveals he had an operation for haemorrhoids shortly after arriving in Germany for the World Cup" Argus 17 June 2006 p.14
Word: haemorrhoids Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛməɹɔɪdz/, /ˈhɛmɹɔɪdz/ 1. plural of haemorrhoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spotless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English spotles, equivalent to spot + -less. Pronunciation: /spɑtlɪs/ 1. Exceptionally clean. Example: spotless shirt 2. Impeccable and free from blemish. Example: spotless nature Example: spotless record 3. Lacking spots; unspotted.
Word: waking Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ 1. Occurring during wakefulness. Example: A waking nightmare Example: The city had as yet hardly drawn its first waking breath.
Word: waking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: waking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ 1. The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake. Example: […] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.
Word: bathing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bathynge; equivalent to bathe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. The act of taking a bath. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of swimming. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is no bathing at this beach.
Word: bathing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bathynge; equivalent to bathe + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. present participle and gerund of bathe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Bathing in the sea is considered healthy.
Word: bathing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbæθ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bath Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: homework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English homework From home + work. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/, /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ 1. Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: You must do your homework before you can watch television. Example: They will also be doing a few preparation homeworks for the practical CA during this time so it won't all be Unit1 focussed. 2. Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: The speaker had certainly done his homework before delivering the lecture. Example: Since the whole world is watching this launch, they probably should've done some homework on their talking points. 3. Any work that is done at home; housework. Labels: archaic, literally, uncountable, usually Example: Hatch perceived homework to be one tool—along with various workfare schemes and private sector training programs—that would take women off welfare and make poor women "independent." 4. Sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic, slang, uncountable, usually Example: My wife and I want a kid, and we do plenty of homework, but goddamn it, Dutch, I just can't connect. 5. Tasks assigned by a dominant for a submissive to perform when they are physically away from their dominant or otherwise free. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: previous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin praevius. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹi.vi.əs/, /ˈpɹiː.vɪəs/ 1. Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is no better than the previous Prime Minister. Example: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design. 2. Premature; acting or occurring too soon. Labels: informal Example: I was a bit previous it turned out, as I worked short-handed for ten days before I could find another hand.
Word: previous Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praevius. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹi.vi.əs/, /ˈpɹiː.vɪəs/ 1. An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions") Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous. Example: Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults. 2. A track record of similar behaviour, especially bad behaviour. Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed down James Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary. Example: Mitigation will be limited given his previous and as he has already attended tackle school he cannot return. 3. A record of previous hostility or conflict (between people). Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: The two players refused to shake hands — there's a bit of previous there.
Word: imperious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin imperiōsus (“mighty, powerful”), from imperium (“command, authority, power”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əs/ 1. Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine, That with his terrour and imperious eies, Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […] Example: […] she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied. 2. Urgent; intensely compelling. Labels: not-comparable Example: Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth. Example: An old man to whom a few drops of phosphoric ether had been administered experienced repeated and imperious venereal wants. 3. Imperial or regal. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: All the terrors of Antichrist; his cruel ediets and anathemas that were thundered from his imperious throne, like storms of fire and brimstone […]
Word: Wintel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Windows + Intel. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪn.tɛl/ 1. The computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU. Labels: informal Example: “We used to produce our publication on the Mac, but the Wintel platform is cheaper and there are just as many applications available. So it just seemed to make sense to give up the religious war and get on with the business of doing our job,” said the information systems manager at a New York-based magazine, who asked not to be named.
Word: lintel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, for *līmitellus, diminutive noun from līmes. Equivalent to limit + -el. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪn.təl/ 1. A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above. Example: Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel. Example: Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,
Word: wimp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a clipping of whimper. The term was understood in the United States by the 1930s, as it was incorporated into the names of two famous media characters known for living up to that name: The devious but cowardly Popeye supporting-character called "J. Wellington Wimpy", and the soft-spoken character "Wallace Wimple" from the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly. Pronunciation: /wɪmp/ 1. Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: (see title)
Word: wimp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly a clipping of whimper. The term was understood in the United States by the 1930s, as it was incorporated into the names of two famous media characters known for living up to that name: The devious but cowardly Popeye supporting-character called "J. Wellington Wimpy", and the soft-spoken character "Wallace Wimple" from the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly. Pronunciation: /wɪmp/ 1. To behave submissively. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: "They were wimping along and I was accomplished," she asserts with some pride and a touch of arrogance. 2. To make (something) weak or wimpy. Labels: slang, transitive Example: If you're particularly fond of Foster's, Heineken or Moosehead at home, you will be disappointed to find that it's been wimped down for the American market.