nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: only Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). By surface analysis, on(e) + -ly. * Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊn.li/, /ˈəʊn.i/, /ˈɑːn.li/, /ˈoʊn.li/, [ˈoːn.li] 1. Without others or anything further; exclusively. Labels: not-comparable Example: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way. Example: My heart is hers, and hers only. 2. No more than; just. Labels: not-comparable Example: To DAD who only reared twelve children and To MOTHER who reared twelve only children Example: ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’ 3. As recently as. Labels: not-comparable Example: c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls. Example: The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). 4. Emphasizing something that is just or necessary. Labels: not-comparable Example: It's only fair to let him borrow your kite, after you've had his toys all day. Example: He'd been belittling her for years. It's only natural that she left. 5. Used to express surprise or consternation at an action. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: She's only gone and run off with the milkman! Example: The van said ‘BURT’S BURGERS’ on one side and ‘BURT’S PEST CONTROL’ on the other. Zoe stared at the van. The creepy man was only using the same vehicle for catching rats that he did for frying burgers! 6. Just, simply, undoubtedly. Labels: Ireland, informal, not-comparable Example: Sure you're only gorgeous! 7. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned. Labels: not-comparable Example: They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play. Example: I spent years studying a degree only to learn there was no requirement for such a certification. 8. Above all others; particularly. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: his most only elected mistress
Word: only Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). By surface analysis, on(e) + -ly. * Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊn.li/, /ˈəʊn.i/, /ˈɑːn.li/, /ˈoʊn.li/, [ˈoːn.li] 1. Introduces a clause with negative polarity, often one which upsets the listener's expectations. Labels: informal Example: You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, only please take care of it. 2. Introduces a clause with negative polarity, often one which upsets the listener's expectations. Labels: informal Example: I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg. Example: She would get good results only she gets nervous.
Word: only Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). By surface analysis, on(e) + -ly. * Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊn.li/, /ˈəʊn.i/, /ˈɑːn.li/, /ˈoʊn.li/, [ˈoːn.li] 1. An only child. Example: Sometimes, secondborns marry onlys and the conflicts are similar. Example: The consistent finding […] that infants who are onlies do not differ from those who have siblings despite their lesser history of exposure to differential treatment is perplexing.
Word: only Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). By surface analysis, on(e) + -ly. * Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊn.li/, /ˈəʊn.i/, /ˈɑːn.li/, /ˈoʊn.li/, [ˈoːn.li] 1. Placed at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small, undemanding or deserving of belittlement. Labels: Singapore, Singlish Example: Just need to replace the filter only. Example: “No, you must listen to me,” the other replied. “I am Goh Chok Tong.” “I am the President, even bigger than you.” “President only! I am president of all the countries of the world!”
Word: lone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from alone. Pronunciation: /ləʊn/, /loʊn/ 1. Solitary; having no companion. Labels: not-comparable Example: a lone traveler or watcher Example: When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. 2. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship. Labels: not-comparable 3. Sole; being the only one of a type. Labels: not-comparable Example: the lone male audience member at the concert 4. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours. Labels: not-comparable Example: a lone house; a lone isle Example: By a lone wall a lonelier column rears. 5. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Example: He made a turn or two in the shop, and looked for Hope among the instruments; but they obstinately worked out reckonings for the missing ship, in spite of any opposition he could offer, that ended at the bottom of the lone sea. 6. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Example: A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. 7. Not divided into multiple districts. Labels: Philippines, not-comparable Example: lone congressional district
Word: lone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from alone. Pronunciation: /ləʊn/, /loʊn/ 1. Only used in lone it
Word: multiplication sign Part of Speech: noun 1. Any symbol (in particular ×, * or ·) used to denote the operation of multiplication.
Word: division sign Part of Speech: noun 1. Any symbol (in particular ÷, / or : ) used to denote the operation of division.
Word: theme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema. Pronunciation: /θiːm/ 1. A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. Example: "Had not you once a beautiful daughter, named Mary?" said the stranger. "It is a heartrending question, man," said Andrew; "but certes, I had once a beloved daughter named Mary." "What became of her?" asked the stranger. Andrew shook his head, turned round, and began to move away; it was a theme that his heart could not brook. 2. A recurring idea; a motif. Example: variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness 3. A recurring idea; a motif. Example: switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power 4. An essay written for school. Labels: dated Example: Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme. Example: […] his themes and exercises were in constant demand for what we called cogging and American students rather grandly called plagiarization. 5. The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations. 6. A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time. 7. An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers. 8. The stem of a word. 9. Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb. 10. Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory. 11. Topic, what is generally being talked about. 12. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Word: theme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema. Pronunciation: /θiːm/ 1. To give a theme to. Labels: transitive Example: We themed the birthday party around superheroes. 2. To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software). Labels: transitive
Word: notable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English notable (“worthy of note, profitable, useful”), in some senses from Anglo-Norman notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); in some senses from Middle English note (“benefit, profit, use, advantage”), from Old English notu (“t-use, profit, advantage, employment”) + -able; equivalent to note + -able. Compare English noteful (“useful”). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtəbl̩/, /ˈnoʊɾəbl̩/ 1. Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. Example: [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover? 2. Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous. Example: A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be. 3. That can be observed; perceptible. Example: Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments. Example: Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles. 4. Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management. Labels: archaic Example: During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman. Example: Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […] 5. Useful; profitable. Labels: obsolete Example: Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Manſell, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I ſhall ever acknowledge a good part of my education from him.
Word: notable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English notable (“worthy of note, profitable, useful”), in some senses from Anglo-Norman notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); in some senses from Middle English note (“benefit, profit, use, advantage”), from Old English notu (“t-use, profit, advantage, employment”) + -able; equivalent to note + -able. Compare English noteful (“useful”). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtəbl̩/, /ˈnoʊɾəbl̩/ 1. A person or thing of distinction. Example: July 16 1875, Carl Schurz, letter to W. M. Grosvenor What we ought to have, in my opinion, is a meeting of notables—men whose names will be of weight with the country and who can be depended upon to agree to an independent course.
Word: forehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːhɛd/, /ˈfɔːɹɛd/, /ˈfɒɹɪd/, /ˈfɒɹɛd/, /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/ 1. The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline. Labels: countable Example: 'This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, ‘everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’' Example: Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 2. confidence; audacity; impudence. Labels: uncountable Example: Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility 3. The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uppercase Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper English case English uppercase From upper + case. 1. Written in upper case; capital. Labels: not-comparable Example: In German, the ß character is called eszett. It’s used in “Straße,” the word for street, and in the expletive “Scheiße.” It’s often transliterated as “ss,” and strangely enough, it’s never had an official uppercase counterpart.
Word: uppercase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper English case English uppercase From upper + case. 1. Alternative form of upper case. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uppercase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper English case English uppercase From upper + case. 1. To convert (text) to upper case. Labels: transitive
Word: lowercase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/, /ˌləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˈkeɪs/, /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ 1. Alternative form of lower case. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lowercase Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/, /ˌləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˈkeɪs/, /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ 1. In lower case. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lowercase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking. Pronunciation: /ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/, /ˌləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˈkeɪs/, /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ 1. To convert (text) to lower case. Labels: transitive Example: Sister Jadallah apologizes for being unable to bring her readers facts and figures on Palestinian Lesbianism (forgive my capital "L" in Lesbianism, but like my Black brothers I cannot bring myself to lower-casing our recently empowering accoutrements of our Gay identities) Example: I never asked Rob e. Hanson why he lowercased his middle initial; I suppose he figured a man just shouldn’t accumulate too much capital.
Word: queue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola. Pronunciation: /kjuː/, /kjʉw/, /kju/, /kjʉ/, /kɪʊ/ 1. A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncommon Example: I was absent-minded at the moment and was last in the queue. Example: In a report published on October 31, Transport Focus said that a number of train companies were unable to convince it about their ability to sell a full range of tickets, handle cash payments, and avoid excessive queues at ticket machines. 2. A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order. 3. A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. Example: 2005, David Flanagan, Java in a Nutshell, p. 234, Queue implementations are commonly based on insertion order as in first-in, first-out (FIFO) queues or last-in, first-out queues (LIFO queues are also known as stacks). 4. An animal's tail. Example: HESSE: Az., a lion, queue fourchée, rampt., barry of ten, arg. and gu., crowned, or, and holding in his dexter paw a sword, ppr., hilt and pommel, gold. 5. A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. Labels: historical Example: In the morning and evening, spruce Chinamen stroll about or chat at each other's doors, in blue trousers, white jacket, and a queue into which red silk is plaited till it reaches almost to their heels. Example: […], there were seated astraddle the whole hundred of the baronet's musqueteers, each engaged in plaiting into a queue the hair of the man who sat in front of him.
Word: queue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola. Pronunciation: /kjuː/, /kjʉw/, /kju/, /kjʉ/, /kɪʊ/ 1. To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line. Labels: intransitive Example: Although there is a spacious circulating area beyond the platforms at Clacton, there is severe overcrowding on peak Saturdays; at times of pressure passengers have to queue out into the street [...] 2. To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue. Labels: intransitive 3. To add to a queue data structure. Labels: transitive 4. To fasten the hair into a queue. Example: The sons, in short square skirted coats with rows of stupendous brass buttons, and their hair generally queued in the fashion of the times, especially if they could procure an eel skin for the purpose, it being esteemed throughout the country as potent nourisher and strengthener of the hair. Example: Though Monroe the man has become a vague anachronistic figure in knee breeches and with queued, powdered hair, his name is perpetuated in the Monroe Doctrine, evoked by him as a temporary response to an immediate crisis. 5. To matchmake. Example: I'm queueing into a game.
Word: xor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛksˈo(ɹ)/, /ˈzo(ɹ)/, /ˈkso(ɹ)/ 1. The logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is true.
Word: xor Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /ɛksˈo(ɹ)/, /ˈzo(ɹ)/, /ˈkso(ɹ)/ 1. Or (but not both). Labels: rare Example: The argument leads to the conclusion that an omnipotent being could rationally be able to do one xor the other and still be omnipotent.
Word: nand Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of NAND. Labels: alt-of
Word: hail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hayl, haul, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, of uncertain origin. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”); or alternatively from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hail (“hail”), West Frisian heil (“hail”), Low German Hagel (“hail”), German Hagel (“hail”), Dutch and Swedish hagel (“hail”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Icelandic hagl (“hail”). Compare also Old Norse héla (“frost”). Doublet of haglaz, if the second etymology (“cold”) is correct. Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Ancient Greek κάχληξ (kákhlēx, “pebble”), or alternatively Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold”), possibly also Lithuanian šešėlis (“shade, shadow”), depending on the etymology. Pronunciation: /heɪl/, [heɪ̯ɫ], [heɫ] 1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. Labels: uncountable 2. An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm. Labels: countable 3. A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects. Labels: broadly, countable Example: Their lack of good intelligence also meant that they vastly overestimated the size of their foes for far too long, hails of armor-piercing shells doing comparatively little damage compared to the high explosive that they should have been using.
Word: hail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English haylen, haulien, hawelien, from Old English hagolian, hagalian (“to hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglōn, from Proto-Germanic *haglōną (“to hail”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Saterland Frisian hailje (“to hail”), West Frisian heilje (“to hail”), Dutch hagelen (“to hail”), German Low German hageln (“to hail”), German hageln (“to hail”), Danish hagle (“to hail”), Swedish hagla (“to hail”), Norwegian Nynorsk hagle, hagla (“to hail”), Faroese hegla (“to hail”), Icelandic hagla (“to hail”). Pronunciation: /heɪl/, [heɪ̯ɫ], [heɫ] 1. To have hailstones fall from the sky. Labels: impersonal Example: They say it's going to hail tomorrow. 2. To send or release hail. Labels: intransitive Example: The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes. 3. To pour down in rapid succession.
Word: hail Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Old Norse heillbor. Middle English heyl English hail From Middle English heyl (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole, hale, and heil. Pronunciation: /heɪl/, [heɪ̯ɫ], [heɫ] 1. Healthy, whole, safe. Labels: obsolete
Word: hail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Old Norse heillbor. Middle English heyl English hail From Middle English heyl (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole, hale, and heil. Pronunciation: /heɪl/, [heɪ̯ɫ], [heɫ] 1. To greet; give salutation to; salute. Labels: transitive Example: […] Farewel happy Fields / Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrours, hail / Infernal world, and thou profoundeſt Hell / Receive they new Poſſeſſor: […] 2. To name; to designate; to call. Labels: transitive Example: Such a Son as all men hail'd me happy; Example: He was hailed as a hero. 3. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of. Labels: transitive Example: Hail a taxi. Example: 'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket / And the other one is hailin' a taxi cab 4. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of. Labels: Australia, UK, broadly, transitive Example: In Melbourne, you would usually have to hail a tram when you are travelling late at night and there are no other passengers waiting at your stop. 5. To signal in order to initiate communication with. Labels: transitive 6. In the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal location, in order to score a point. Labels: transitive 7. to originate (from), be native (to) or be based (in)
Word: hail Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Old Norse heillbor. Middle English heyl English hail From Middle English heyl (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole, hale, and heil. Pronunciation: /heɪl/, [heɪ̯ɫ], [heɫ] 1. An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: Hail, brave friend. Example: Hail (Hail) / What's the matter with your head? Yeah / Hail (Hail) / What's the matter with your mind / And your sign and-a, oh-oh-oh / Hail (Hail) / Nothing the matter with your head, baby, find it / Come on and find it / Hail
Word: sleet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut. Pronunciation: /sliːt/ 1. Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow. Labels: Ireland, Northeastern, UK, US, countable, uncountable Example: Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet 3. A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 4. The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sleet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut. Pronunciation: /sliːt/ 1. To be in a state in which sleet is falling. Labels: impersonal Example: I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting. Example: It was dark, it was cold, it was sleeting - dreadful conditions for driving... perfect conditions for an accident.
Word: first person Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prósōpon). 1. Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Am" is the first person singular of "to be". Example: All hanar have two names. The Face Name is known to the world; the Soul Name is kept for use among close friends and relations. Hanar never refer to themselves in the first person in conversation with someone they know on a Face Name basis. To do so is considered egotistical, so instead they refer to themselves as "this one", or the impersonal "it". 2. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: second person Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience. In English, the second person is used with the pronouns thou and you. In many languages the singular, applying to one person, and plural, applying to several people, are distinct. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Are” is the second person of “to be”. Example: “Hast” is the second person singular of the German verb “haben”. 2. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the second person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the reader. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rusty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rusty, from Old English rūstiġ (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to rust + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rusterch (“rusty”), West Frisian rustich, roastich (“rusty”), Dutch roestig (“rusty”), German Low German rusterig, rüsterig (“rusty”), German rostig (“rusty”), Swedish rostig (“rusty”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsti/ 1. Marked or corroded by rust. Example: The overall mood of this volume is one of melancholy and loss, weary resignation to one's lot—trudging round and round on the rusty hamster wheel of life. 2. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown. Example: Alive? he might be dead for aught I know, / With that red gaunt and colloped neck a-strain, / And shut eyes underneath the rusty mane; Example: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs. 3. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. Example: Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements. 4. Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby. Labels: historical Example: He wore a black jacket, rusty and amorphous. Example: The clerk stared at him and the rusty black bonnet a moment, and then laughed. 5. Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Word: rusty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of rusty one more often used for this, or from the general epithet rusty given to various particular firearm names—earlier both were applied in Cockney rhyming slang for other machines, including swords in their day, but the present coinage has not more than a loose connection to this and is from the preference for used or antique firearms due to their being easier or cheaper to obtain. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsti/ 1. A gun or in particular an old or worn one. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncountable Example: My angles dusty, two black hands on the rusty And I got uck from a peng ting, mad back but the chest busty
Word: rusty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant form of resty; compare also reasty. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsti/ 1. Discolored and rancid; reasty. Example: rusty bacon 2. Cantankerous Labels: UK, dialectal Example: But they paraded the street, and watched the yard till dusk, when its proprietor ran rusty and turned them out.
Word: third person Part of Speech: noun 1. The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience. Labels: countable, uncountable, with-definite-article Example: In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns. Example: “Yes,” said Dr Fairbairn. “Very. And then there’s the interesting question of those who use the third person about themselves.” “Oh,” said Irene, vaguely. It occurred to her that she used the third person on occasion when talking to Bertie. She said things such as: “Mummy is watching, Bertie. Mummy is watching Bertie very closely.” That was using the third person, was it not? In fact, it was a double use of the third person; first (I, mother figure) became third, as did second (you, son). What did this reveal about Irene? she asked herself. No, deliberate play; what does that reveal about me? 2. the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Is” is the third-person singular of “to be”. 3. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A form of video game in which the graphical view depicts the player character, rather than the view through the character's eyes. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The plaintiffs here are third persons, and cannot be made responsible for the inadequate judgment or the improper exercise of power by the defendant's wife. 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: first-person Part of Speech: adj 1. Visual presentation through the protagonist or principal character's own eyes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: first-person plural Part of Speech: noun 1. The plural of the first-person form of a verb or pronoun, which in some languages can either be inclusive ("you and I") or exclusive ("them and I"). In other languages, there is no distinction. Example: "Are" is the first-person plural of the verb "to be".
Word: first-person singular Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of a verb used with the pronoun I (or its equivalent in other languages). Example: "Am" is the first-person singular of the verb "to be". 2. The pronoun I (or its equivalent in other languages).
Word: second-person plural Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of a verb used with the pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, etc., or their equivalents in other languages. Example: "Are" is the second-person plural of the verb "to be". 2. The pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, youse, yinz, etc., or their equivalents in other languages. 3. The possessive adjectives your (addressing a plural audience), y'all's, you guys', etc., or their equivalents in other languages.
Word: second-person singular Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of a verb used with the pronouns thou and you (singular), or their equivalents in other languages. Example: The second-person singular of "to be" is "art" or "are". 2. The pronouns thou and you (singular), or their equivalents in other languages. 3. The possessive adjectives thy and your (singular), or their equivalents in other languages.
Word: third-person plural Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with plural nouns and with the pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages). Example: "Are" is the third-person plural of the verb "to be". 2. The pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages).
Word: third-person singular Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with singular nouns and with the pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages). Example: "Is" is the third-person singular of "to be". 2. The pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages).
Word: freezing rain Part of Speech: noun 1. Rain which freezes upon contact. Labels: uncountable
Word: shepherd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛpəd/, /ˈʃɛpəɹd/ 1. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. Labels: countable Example: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar. 2. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. Labels: countable 3. Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. Labels: countable, figuratively Example: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 4. Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. Labels: countable, figuratively 5. The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. Labels: countable, figuratively 6. The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. Labels: countable, figuratively 7. A swain; a rustic male lover. Labels: countable, poetic 8. A German Shepherd. Labels: countable Example: The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights. A nervous shepherd mix barked at me as a woman tried to calm it. When my eyes adjusted, I saw people in corners.
Word: shepherd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛpəd/, /ˈʃɛpəɹd/ 1. To watch over; to guide. Labels: transitive Example: For me has Pain, the sentinel, / Been vigilant / To pace my plot and dwell / Within my tent; / Oft in the night with small alarms / Has stirred me out of rest, / Alert, oppressed, / Till shepherded within thine arms / And on thy breast, / O loving Lady, in the curse of Pain / I have been blest— / […] Example: Each entry in this volume was assigned to a different preeminent scholar who was responsible for shepherding that specific entry, and that specific entry alone, into being. 2. To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds. Labels: transitive
Word: accretion disk Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure formed by matter falling into a gravitational source such as a galaxy, black hole, or protostar.
Word: accretion disc Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of accretion disk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: panic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots. Adjective sense 3 (“pertaining to or resulting from overpowering fear or fright”) is partly an attributive use of the noun. The noun is derived from the adjective, while the verb is derived from the noun. Verb sense 1.3 (“to highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show”) is derived from noun sense 4 (“a highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show”). Pronunciation: /ˈpænɪk/, [ˈpʰænɪk], /ˈpeə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰeə̯nɪk] ~ /ˈpɛə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰɛə̯nɪk] 1. Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”). Labels: Greek, alt-of, archaic 2. Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden. Example: All things were there in a diſordered confuſion, and in a confuſed furie, vntill ſuch time as by prayers and ſacrifices they had appeaſed the wrath of their Gods. They call it to this day, the P[a]nike terror. Example: So long as Epaminondas was captaine general of the Thebans, there was never ſeene in his campe any of theſe ſudden fooliſh frights, without any certeine cauſe, which they call Panique Terrores. 3. Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright. Example: [H]e perceived how that many women followed his ſouldiers, ſome being their wives, and ſome wanting nothing to make them ſo but marriage, […] The King coming to a great river, after his men and the wagons were paſſed over, cauſed the bridge to be broken down, hoping ſo to be rid of theſe feminine impediments; but they on a ſudden liſt up a panick ſhrick which pierced the skies, and the ſouldiers hearts on the other ſide of the river, who inſtantly vowed not to ſtirre a foot farther, except with baggage, and that the women might be fetch'd over, which was done accordingly. Example: No Dangers threatned, but they ſmil'd to meet The pannick French-men trembling at their Feet.
Word: panic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots. Adjective sense 3 (“pertaining to or resulting from overpowering fear or fright”) is partly an attributive use of the noun. The noun is derived from the adjective, while the verb is derived from the noun. Verb sense 1.3 (“to highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show”) is derived from noun sense 4 (“a highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show”). Pronunciation: /ˈpænɪk/, [ˈpʰænɪk], /ˈpeə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰeə̯nɪk] ~ /ˈpɛə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰɛə̯nɪk] 1. Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare. Labels: uncountable Example: She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky. Example: There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind, and as we drove away Tom was feeling the hot whips of panic. His wife and his mistress, until an hour ago secure and inviolate, were slipping precipitately from his control. 2. Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis Example: If your new driver has an error that panics the system when you load the driver, then the system will panic again when it tries to reboot after the panic. The system will continue the cycle of panic, reboot, and panic as it attempts to reload the faulty driver every time it reboots after panic. 3. A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline. Labels: countable Example: "I thought you inherited your money." "I did, old sport," he said automatically, "but I lost most of it in the big panic—the panic of the war." Example: "There is sort of a panic going on, and that is not what ought to be," [Chris] Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, said at a press conference in Washington today. "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were never bottom feeders in the residential mortgage market." 4. A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream. Labels: US, colloquial, countable
Word: panic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots. Adjective sense 3 (“pertaining to or resulting from overpowering fear or fright”) is partly an attributive use of the noun. The noun is derived from the adjective, while the verb is derived from the noun. Verb sense 1.3 (“to highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show”) is derived from noun sense 4 (“a highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show”). Pronunciation: /ˈpænɪk/, [ˈpʰænɪk], /ˈpeə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰeə̯nɪk] ~ /ˈpɛə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰɛə̯nɪk] 1. To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily. Labels: transitive Example: He told us he'd almost stepped on Ellen's body that night—dead and stiffening. Then I'd come round the corner and hailed him, and that panicked him. 2. To cause (a computer system) to crash. Labels: transitive Example: If your new driver has an error that panics the system when you load the driver, then the system will panic again when it tries to reboot after the panic. The system will continue the cycle of panic, reboot, and panic as it attempts to reload the faulty driver every time it reboots after panic. 3. To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show). Labels: US, colloquial, transitive 4. To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head. Labels: intransitive Example: I don't want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day and then I want you to act. 5. Of a computer system: to crash. Labels: intransitive
Word: panic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English panik, panyk (“plant of the genus Panicum”), borrowed from Latin pānicum, pānīcum (“foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica); plant of the genus Panicum, panicgrass”); further etymology uncertain, probably either from pānis (“bread; loaf”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to graze; to protect; to shepherd”)) or pānus (“ear of millet; thread wound on a bobbin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to twist; to weave”)) + -cum (suffix forming neuter nouns). Doublet of bannock and bonnag Pronunciation: /ˈpænɪk/, [ˈpʰænɪk], /ˈpeə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰeə̯nɪk] ~ /ˈpɛə̯nɪk/, [ˈpʰɛə̯nɪk] 1. Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: [folio 76, recto] Panicum […] hathe no name in Engliſh yet⸝ but it may well be called panick after yͤ Latin. Panik hath leues lyke vnto a rede when it commeth firſt furth. […] [folio 76, verso] Dioſcorides writeth yͭ Panic hathe the ſame vertue yͭ Milleth hathe⸝ but that it noriſheth & byndeth leſſe. Galene ſayeth yͭ panic is of the kynde of pulſes⸝ and in lykenes lyke vnto millet⸝ and alſo in vertue of ſmall noriſhmẽt⸝ and dry. Example: There be ſundrie ſorts of Panick, although of the ancients there hathe beene ſet downe but two, that is to ſay, the wilde or fielde Panick, and the garden or manured Panick: […] 3. The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pannick ſtoppeth the laske as Millet doth, being boiled (as Plinie reporteth) in Goates milk and drunke twiſe in a day. Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly.
Word: GenAm Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of General American. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: adiaphoron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Neuter of Ancient Greek ἀδιάφορος (adiáphoros, “indifferent”). Pronunciation: /ˌædiˈæfəɹən/ 1. An indifferent matter. 2. An indifferent matter.
Word: adiaphora Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adiaphoron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adiaphora Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of adiaphoron. Labels: nonstandard, uncommon Example: Adiaphora being the theological tool which was developed during the controversies of the Reformation, is the baptism not an adiaphora? Example: Spener thought it should have been considered an adiaphora, or at worst, a moderate institution of spiritual life; Loescher thought its privatized nature competed directly with public and corporate worship.
Word: adiaphoristic Part of Speech: adj 1. Theologically indifferent.