nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English wek, weke, wicke (“fibrous cord drawing fuel to flame of a candle, etc.; material used to make this object”), from Old English wēoce (“wick”), from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle; wick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”). It has been suggested that noun etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“penis”) is derived from Hampton Wick, used as rhyming slang for prick. If so, that sense should be placed under etymology 2. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch wiek (“wick; wing; blade, propeller”) * German Wieche (“wick; wisp”) * Swedish veke (“wick”) * West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”) Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame. Labels: countable Example: Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke. Example: Theſe cordes, they caule Cabuia and Henequen, which are al one thing ſauyng that Henequen is leſſe and of a fyner ſubſtaunce as it were line: And the other is groſſer lyke the wycke or twyſte of hempe, and is imperfecte in compariſon to the other. 2. A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame. Labels: uncountable Example: There liues vvithin the very flame of loue / A kind of weeke or ſnufe that vvill abate it, […] 3. A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame. Labels: broadly, countable 4. Often in dip one's wick: the penis. Labels: countable, euphemistic, slang Example: His wick was stone stiff. Example: Thrusting his head out of a miniature waterfall, Di asked, 'You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?' / 'A bit of what?' / 'Dipping your wick, man!' / This was unlike the staid, chapel-going Di I thought I knew. 'I'm careful where I dip my wick, mate. Got a bit of respect for it.'
Word: wick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English wek, weke, wicke (“fibrous cord drawing fuel to flame of a candle, etc.; material used to make this object”), from Old English wēoce (“wick”), from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle; wick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”). It has been suggested that noun etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“penis”) is derived from Hampton Wick, used as rhyming slang for prick. If so, that sense should be placed under etymology 2. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch wiek (“wick; wing; blade, propeller”) * German Wieche (“wick; wisp”) * Swedish veke (“wick”) * West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”) Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action. Labels: transitive Example: The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body. 2. Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action. Labels: intransitive 3. Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material. Labels: intransitive Example: The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
Word: wick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wik, wike, wich, wicke (“dwelling, home; building or land, probably enclosed, in which work is done; area, region, territory; city, town; hamlet, village”), from Old English wīc (“dwelling place, abode, lodging; temporary dwelling place, camp; place where a thing remains; town, village”), and then probably: * from Latin vīcus (“row of houses; street; quarter, neighbourhood; hamlet, village; municipal section or ward; farm”), from Proto-Italic *weikos (“village”); and/or * from Proto-West Germanic *wīhs (“burgh, village; colony, settlement; dwelling”), from Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“settlement; village”); both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“to enter in; to settle; settlement”). Doublet of vicus and -wich. cognates * Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) (whence English eco-) * Dutch wijk (“quarter, district”) * Old Frisian wik * Old High German wîch, wih (“village”) (modern German Weichbild (“municipal area”)) * Old Saxon wic (“village”) Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. A hamlet or village; also, a town. Labels: England Example: And by report, there vvere eight thouſand Gaules there ſlaine: the reſt abandoned the vvarre, and ſlipt every one into their ovvne vvickes and villages. 2. A farm; specifically, a dairy farm. Labels: East-Anglia, England, Essex Example: Note a fearme [farm] in the North parts is called a Tacke, in Lancaſhire a Fermeholt, in Eſſex a Wike. Example: Wick Farm—almost every village has its outlying ‘wick’—stands alone in the fields. 3. An enclosed piece of land; a close. Labels: England, obsolete
Word: wick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of quick. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”). Labels: England, Northern-England, Yorkshire Example: Well! yo must know I were in th' Infirmary for a fever, and times were rare and bad; and there be good chaps there to a man, while he's wick, whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after. Example: Thinks Abey, t' oud codger 'll nivver smoak t' trick, / I'll swop wi' him my poor deead horse for his wick, […]
Word: wick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of quick. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. A maggot. Labels: England, UK, Yorkshire, countable, dialectal 2. The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots. Labels: England, UK, Yorkshire, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick. 3. The part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation. Labels: England, UK, Yorkshire, countable, dialectal, in-plural, uncountable 4. Life; also, liveliness. Labels: England, UK, Yorkshire, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: wick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English wike, wyke (“corner of part of the body”), from Old Norse *vík (“angle, bend, corner”) (attested in munnvík (“corner of the mouth”)), from víkja (“to move, bend, curve; to retreat”) (related to Old Norse vikna (“to cave in, yield”)), probably from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną (“to cease; to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃weyg-, *weyg- (“to bend, turn; to wind”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. A angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth. Labels: England, dialectal, obsolete Example: [H]ee vvould therefore haue you to make ſome expert Horſe farrier, to ſlit vp the vveekes of your Horſes mouth, equallie on both ſides of his cheekes, vvith a ſharpe rayſor, and then to ſeare it vvith a hot yron, and ſo heale it in ſuch ſorte, as the ſydes thereof may no more grovv together, but appeare like a natural mouth: to vvhome I make this anſvvere, that I imagine neither hee, nor any other Horſe-man hath heere in England ſeene a horſe of that ſhallovvneſſe of mouth, vvhich vvold not giue place for a reaſonable bytt to lie in; […] Example: Croudy hung his head to one side, and chuckled, and crowed, and laid on the ground with his staff; and always now and then cast a sly look-out at the wick of his eye to Pery. 2. A angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth. Labels: England, abbreviation, alt-of, dialectal, obsolete 3. A grove; also, a hollow. Labels: England, dialectal, obsolete
Word: wick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from Scots wick (“(noun) shot in which a bowl or stone is aimed at another so that one or other is deflected at an angle towards the tee, cannon; (verb) to strike (a bowl or curling stone) in such a manner; to (attempt to) reach the tee in this manner”), The Scots noun is probably derived from Middle English wike, wyke (“corner of part of the body”); the verb from Old Norse víkja (“to move, bend, curve; to retreat”): see further at etymology 4. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. A shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon. Labels: England 2. Synonym of port (“a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through”). Labels: England
Word: wick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably borrowed from Scots wick (“(noun) shot in which a bowl or stone is aimed at another so that one or other is deflected at an angle towards the tee, cannon; (verb) to strike (a bowl or curling stone) in such a manner; to (attempt to) reach the tee in this manner”), The Scots noun is probably derived from Middle English wike, wyke (“corner of part of the body”); the verb from Old Norse víkja (“to move, bend, curve; to retreat”): see further at etymology 4. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. To strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon. Labels: England, transitive Example: He vvas the king of a' the Core, / To guard, or dravv, or vvick a bore, […] 2. To strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon. Labels: England, intransitive
Word: wick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Middle English *wik (compare Old English wīc (“small bay, bight; creek, inlet”)), or from Old Norse vík (“bay; small creek, inlet”) (in place names; compare *vík (“angle, bend, corner”), attested in munnvík (“corner of the mouth”)), from Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“bay; fjord, inlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, turn; to wind”), *weyk- (“to bend, curve”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. An inlet, such as a creek or small bay. Labels: England, Northern-England, Scotland Example: The power thou dost covet / O'er tempest and wave, / Shall be thine, thou proud maiden, / By beach and by cave,— / By stack and by skerry, by noup, and by voe, / By air and by wick, and by helyer and gio, / And by every wild shore which the northern winds know, / And the northern tides lave.
Word: wick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a clipping of wicker. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/, /ˈwɘk/ 1. A basket made of wickers (“flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together”); a creel. Labels: England, countable Example: A captive fish still fills the anxious eyes / And willow-wicks lie ready for the prize; […] 2. Wickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”). Labels: England, uncountable
Word: wickedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wikkednesse, wikkednes, equivalent to wicked + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkɪdnəs/ 1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […] Example: We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue. 2. A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hoist by one's own petard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, see quotations. 1. Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb". Labels: idiomatic Example: He has no one to blame but himself; he was hoisted by his own petard. Example: For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his owne petar, an't ſhall goe hard
Word: wickiup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Wickiup-like structures were built by many Native American peoples throughout the Southwestern United States, and terms similar to wickiup are present "among Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and California", but the source of the word appears to be Fox wîkiyâpi (“house”). Alternatively, it may be a variant of wikiwam (“wigwam”). Either way, its ultimate origin is the Proto-Algonquian root *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wigwam. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkɪʌp/, /ˈwɪk.i.ʌp/ 1. A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some seminomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States. Example: They say his real name is Cimarron Seven, of the Choctaw Indian family of Sevens; he was raised in a tepee; a wickiup had been his bedroom, a blanket his robe. Example: At that time there were still indians camped on the western plains and late in the day he passed in his riding a scattered group of their wickiups propped upon that scoured and trembling waste.
Word: immobility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French immobilité, equivalent to immobile + -ity. 1. The quality of not moving. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Common to all Regions were frozen points, which were troublesome not only because of immobility, but because failure to close prevented operation of detector circuits. Example: See how he still covers his face with his hands when he sees me and his immobility and fixed stare are often evident. 2. The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Immobility is a big problem for many people who can't afford a car.
Word: wide open Part of Speech: adj 1. Completely open. Example: The front door was wide open. Example: It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open. 2. Having no laws or law enforcement. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came. Example: One hundred thirty-eight sellers and buyers were jailed. Even efforts like that were to no avail in a wide-open town where rackets flourished […] 3. Unsettled or unresolved. Labels: idiomatic Example: The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open. 4. Vulnerable or unprotected. Labels: idiomatic Example: He left himself wide open to criticism. 5. Without the presence of opponents nearby. Example: He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass. 6. Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.
Word: wide-angle Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a short focal length lens that has an angle of view greater than about 70°; of or pertaining to an image produced with such a lens.
Word: wide-angle lens Part of Speech: noun 1. A short focal length lens having a wide field of view.
Word: impend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”), 1590s. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛnd/ 1. To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. Labels: obsolete Example: The Earl had often heard of a rich citizen […] and the peculiar charm of a little snug rotunda which he had just finished on the verge of his ground, and which impended the great London road. Example: when a thing really impends over another, e.g. when one stands at a fountain (עַל־עֵין), over which one really leans When a thing really impends over another, e.g. when one stands at a fountain (עַל־עֵין), over which one really leans. 2. To hang over (someone) as a threat or danger. Labels: figuratively, intransitive 3. To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent. Labels: intransitive Example: impending doom Example: I, the mother of the only surnamed Glendinning, I feel now as though I had borne the last of a swiftly to be extinguished race. For swiftly to be extinguished is that race, whose only heir but so much as impends upon a deed of shame. 4. To pay. Labels: obsolete
Word: widen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From wide + -en (verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪdn̩/ 1. To become wide or wider. Labels: intransitive Example: His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor. 2. To make wide or wider. Labels: transitive Example: The widening works include the rebuilding of the skew bridge near Northwood to take four tracks, and to enable the Rickmansworth Road to be widened to 60 ft.; […]. Example: But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced. 3. To let out clothes to a larger size. Labels: transitive Example: She widened his trousers for him. 4. To broaden or extend in scope or range. Labels: transitive Example: The police widened their enquiries. Example: While the primary focus of the Sexual Orientation Committee had been to lobby for gay rights legislation, the new Task Force hopes to widen its activities. The Task Force ― in addition to lobbying — hopes to function as an "umbrella organization," facilitating communication between the state's many gay groups. 5. To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values. Labels: transitive Example: to widen a short variable to an int variable
Word: robe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English robe, roobe, from Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war, robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to tear, peel”). cognates and related terms Akin to Old High German roup (“booty”) (Modern German Raub (“robbery, spoils”)), Old High German roubōn (“to rob, steal”) (Modern German rauben (“to rob”)), Old English rēaf (“spoils, booty, dress, armour, robe, garment”), Old English rēafian (“to steal, deprive”). Cognate with Spanish ropa (“clothing, clothes”). More at rob, reaf, reave. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊb/, /ɹoʊb/ 1. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature. Example: Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all. 2. The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. Labels: US 3. A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom. 4. The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.
Word: robe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English robe, roobe, from Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war, robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to tear, peel”). cognates and related terms Akin to Old High German roup (“booty”) (Modern German Raub (“robbery, spoils”)), Old High German roubōn (“to rob, steal”) (Modern German rauben (“to rob”)), Old English rēaf (“spoils, booty, dress, armour, robe, garment”), Old English rēafian (“to steal, deprive”). Cognate with Spanish ropa (“clothing, clothes”). More at rob, reaf, reave. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊb/, /ɹoʊb/ 1. To clothe; to dress. Labels: transitive Example: robed in glory 2. To put on official vestments. Labels: intransitive
Word: earring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erering, from Old English ēarhring (“ear-ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Low German Ohrring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Danish ørering (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹɪŋ/, /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
Word: earring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹɪŋ/, /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: probe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊb/, /pɹoʊb/ 1. Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. 2. Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. Example: You know, XR178.9, we haven't done any anal probes in a while. Example: You listen here! We don't do anal probes like other aliens, but I'm about to make an exception! 3. Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. Labels: figuratively Example: Silverberg also gives the reader reader some excellent character insight; deep probes into the minds of all the principals bring the reader closer to the persons involved than might be thought possible with the plot so far removed from the realm of normality. 4. An act of probing; a prod, a poke. 5. An investigation or inquiry. Labels: figuratively Example: They launched a probe into the cause of the accident. 6. A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. 7. A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. Example: Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature. 8. A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. 9. A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy. 10. Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
Word: probe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊb/, /pɹoʊb/ 1. To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove. Labels: ambitransitive Example: If you probe further, you may discover different reasons. Example: the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown 2. To insert a probe into. Labels: transitive
Word: erstwhile Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From erst (“first, formerly”) + while. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl/, /ˈɝst.waɪl/ 1. Formerly; in the past. Labels: formal, literary, not-comparable
Word: erstwhile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From erst (“first, formerly”) + while. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl/, /ˈɝst.waɪl/ 1. Former, previous. Labels: India, literary, not-comparable Example: “Scarcely had Alice reached her twentieth birthday, than she gave her erstwhile fiancée^([sic]) his formal congé.[…]” Example: As an aftermath of the erstwhile competition between companies, 41 goods depots served the Liverpool and Birkenhead docks in 1923. 2. Respected, honourable. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed Example: If you're for one of my erstwhile opponents, that's O.K. Just don't work too hard.
Word: protuberant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin protuberans, protuberantis, present participle of protuberare. See protuberate. 1. Swelling or bulging outward.
Word: wideness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wydnesse, from Old English wīdnes (“width, wideness”), equivalent to wide + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪdnəs/ 1. The state or quality of being wide. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually 2. Large extent or expanse; breadth, broadness. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: widow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ Proto-West Germanic *widuwā Old English widuwe Middle English widwe English widow PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English widow, from Old English widuwe (“widow”), from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā (“widow”), from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”), possibly from *h₁weydʰh₁-, *widʰ- (“to separate, split, cleave, divide”), whence also wood from Old English widu, wudu. Cognates Cognate with Scots weedae, wedow, widdow (“widow”), Cimbrian bittaba (“widow”), Dutch weduwe, weeuw (“widow”), German Witwe (“widow”), Vilamovian wytwa (“widow”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (widuwō, “widow”), Old Irish fedb (“widow”), Welsh gweddw (“widow”), Asturian and Spanish viuda (“widow”), Aragonese and Latin vidua (“widow”), Catalan vídua (“widow”), French veuve (“widow”), Galician and Portuguese viúva (“widow”), Italian vedova (“widow”), Romanian văduvă (“widow”), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos, “bachelor”), Albanian ve (“widow, widower”), Belarusian удава́ (udavá, “widow”), Czech, Slovak, and Slovene vdova (“widow”), Polish gdowa, wdowa (“widow”), Russian and Ukrainian вдова́ (vdová, “widow”), Serbo-Croatian udova, у̀дова (“widow”), Central Kurdish بێوە (bêwe, “widow”), Ossetian идӕдз (idæʒ, “widowed”), Persian بیوه (bive, bêva, “widow”), Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā, “widow”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪd.əʊ/, /ˈwɪd.oʊ/ 1. A person whose spouse is absent: 2. A person whose spouse is absent: Labels: uncommon Example: Now that he is a widow, he tries to win Olivia back through the songs and the music that brought them together all those years ago, leaving Olivia torn between moving forward with Josh or falling into the arms of the man she truly loves. 3. A person whose spouse is absent: Labels: broadly, humorous, in-compounds, informal, often, sarcastic Example: My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring. Example: I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow, but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league. 4. An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. 5. A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column. 6. Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).
Word: widow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ Proto-West Germanic *widuwā Old English widuwe Middle English widwe English widow PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English widow, from Old English widuwe (“widow”), from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā (“widow”), from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”), possibly from *h₁weydʰh₁-, *widʰ- (“to separate, split, cleave, divide”), whence also wood from Old English widu, wudu. Cognates Cognate with Scots weedae, wedow, widdow (“widow”), Cimbrian bittaba (“widow”), Dutch weduwe, weeuw (“widow”), German Witwe (“widow”), Vilamovian wytwa (“widow”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (widuwō, “widow”), Old Irish fedb (“widow”), Welsh gweddw (“widow”), Asturian and Spanish viuda (“widow”), Aragonese and Latin vidua (“widow”), Catalan vídua (“widow”), French veuve (“widow”), Galician and Portuguese viúva (“widow”), Italian vedova (“widow”), Romanian văduvă (“widow”), Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos, “bachelor”), Albanian ve (“widow, widower”), Belarusian удава́ (udavá, “widow”), Czech, Slovak, and Slovene vdova (“widow”), Polish gdowa, wdowa (“widow”), Russian and Ukrainian вдова́ (vdová, “widow”), Serbo-Croatian udova, у̀дова (“widow”), Central Kurdish بێوە (bêwe, “widow”), Ossetian идӕдз (idæʒ, “widowed”), Persian بیوه (bive, bêva, “widow”), Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā, “widow”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪd.əʊ/, /ˈwɪd.oʊ/ 1. To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of. Labels: transitive 2. To strip of anything valued. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Sleep, gentle winds, as he sleeps now, My friend, the brother of my love. My Arthur! whom I shall not see ⁠Till all my widow’d race be run; ⁠Dear as the mother to the son, More than my brothers are to me. 3. To endow with a widow's right. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To be widow to. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: widower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English widwer, equivalent to widow + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/ 1. A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. Example: Tears of the widower, when he sees ⁠A late-lost form that sleep reveals, ⁠And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these; […] Example: What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to "widower"?
Word: widowhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wydowhood, widewehad, equivalent to widow + -hood. Compare widowerhood. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪd.əʊ.hʊd/, /ˈwɪd.oʊ.hʊd/ 1. The state or period of being a widow or widower. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wilco Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Blend of will + comply. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪl.koʊ/, /ˈwɪl.kəʊ/ 1. Indicates agreement and compliance. Example: Wilco, Bravo Six Three will take the north road. Bravo Six Four will take the south road, out.
Word: wilco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of will + comply. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪl.koʊ/, /ˈwɪl.kəʊ/ 1. To give the "wilco" indication. Labels: rare
Word: wilco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua willka (“sacred”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪl.koʊ/, /ˈwɪl.kəʊ/ 1. A species of South American tree, Anadenanthera colubrina.
Word: wild goose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wilde gos. Equivalent to wild + goose. 1. any of many species of wildlife goose, such as the greylag goose or the Canada goose, whose wedge fly in a wedge or V form, or cuneiform, as opposed to the domesticated goose that would not fly.
Word: Buenos Aires Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after an epithet of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately derived from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or derived from Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764. Pronunciation: /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛə.ɹiːz/, /-ˈaɪ.ɹɪz/, /ˈbwɛ.nəʊs ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/, /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛɹ.iz/, /ˈbwɛ.noʊs ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/ 1. The capital city of Argentina. Example: Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear. 2. The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region. Capital: La Plata.
Word: stile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-West Germanic *stīgan Proto-West Germanic *-i Proto-West Germanic *stigi Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *ilō Proto-West Germanic *-ilu Proto-West Germanic *stigilu Old English stiġel Middle English stile English stile From Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu, from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent to sty (“to ascend, climb”) + -le. Cognate with Dutch stegel (“stirrup”), Low German Stegel (“stile”), German Stiegel (“stile”). Pronunciation: /staɪl/ 1. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass. Example: 'Twas very true what Greening said; for of a summer evening I would take the path that led up Weatherbeech Hill, behind the Manor; both because 'twas a walk that had a good prospect in itself, and also a sweet charm for me, namely, the hope of seeing Grace Maskew. And there I often sat upon the stile that ends the path and opens on the down, and watched the old half-ruined house below; and sometimes saw white-frocked Gracie walking on the terrace in the evening sun, and sometimes in returning passed her window near enough to wave a greeting. 2. A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
Word: stile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology at style. Pronunciation: /staɪl/ 1. Obsolete form of style. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: May I not write in such a ſtile as this? / In ſuch a method too, and yet not miſs / Mine end, thy good? why may it not be done? Example: Every Printing-houſe is by the Cuſtom of Time out of mind, called a Chappel; and all the Workmen that belong to it are Members of the Chappel: and the Oldeſt Freeman is the Father of the Chappel. I ſuppoſe the ſtile was originally conferred upon it by the courteſie of ſome great Churchman, or men, (doubtleſs when Chappels were in more veneration than of late years they have been here in England) who for the Books of Divinity that proceeded from a Printing-houſe, gave it the Reverend Title of Chappel.
Word: stile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology at style. Pronunciation: /staɪl/ 1. Obsolete form of style. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: They are graciously and lovingly received, the Mayor hath thanks for his late bloody Act, which was stiled and excellent piece of Justice Example: This Fellow, I ſay, ſtiled himſelf a Lawyer, but was indeed a moſt vile Petty-fogger, without Senſe or Knowledge of any Kind; one of thoſe who may be termed Train-bearers to the Law; [...]
Word: contrivance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contrive Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English contrivance From contrive + -ance. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/ 1. A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task. 2. A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective. Example: I mean to give something as slight and inexpensive as possible; but I have been so long out of the way of these things, that I am really quite at a loss, and must throw myself on your kindness, as I hope you will be with me, and also Mr. and Mrs. Gooch. You must arrange in such a manner as not to blush for your own contrivances. Example: And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance. 3. Something overly artful or artificial. Example: When the stamens of a flower suddenly spring towards the pistil, or slowly move one after the other towards it, the contrivance seems adapted solely to ensure self-fertilisation; and no doubt it is useful for this end: but, the agency of insects is often required to cause the stamens to spring forward, as Kölreuter has shown to be the case with the barberry; and curiously in this very genus, which seems to have a special contrivance for self-fertilisation, it is well known that if very closely-allied forms or varieties are planted near each other, it is hardly possible to raise pure seedlings, so largely do they naturally cross. Example: The Harry Hamlin character is a bit of a hypochondriac, a contrivance that exists for the sole purpose of bringing him into contact with the confused young doctor at the clinic.
Word: surmount Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount. Pronunciation: /səˈmaʊnt/, /sɚˈmaʊnt/, /səˈmæɔnt/, /səˈmæʊnt/ 1. To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome. Labels: transitive Example: this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art Example: There are two realms: that of divine powers, another of the metadivine.¹ Even the gods are depicted as calling upon metadivine forces to surmount their own predestined limitations. 2. To cap; to sit on top of. Labels: transitive Example: The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves. Example: The ovolo surmounting the dentil course generally turns the corner by means of a carved acanthus leaf, the decorated cyma and cyma reversa being similarly treated at the corner.
Word: implement Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“to fill up”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpləmənt/, /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/ 1. To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out. Example: Near-synonyms: realize, actualize, materialize; embody; accomplish Example: It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement. 2. To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
Word: implement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“to fill up”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpləmənt/, /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/ 1. A tool or instrument for working with. Example: farming implements Example: agricultural implements
Word: stew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stewe, stue, from Anglo-Norman estouve, Old French estuve (“bath, bathhouse”) (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *extufāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove. Pronunciation: /stʃʉː/, /stjuː/, /stʃuː/, /stu/ 1. A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 2. A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: And when he came to the chamber there as this lady was the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted / And so syr launcelot wente in to the chambre that was as hote as ony stewe / And there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand / that euer he sawe / and she was naked as a nedel And when he came to the chamber thereas this lady was, the doors of iron unlocked and unbolted. And so Sir Launcelot went into the chamber that was as hot as any stew. And there Sir Launcelot took the fairest lady by the hand that ever he saw, and she was naked as a needle 3. A brothel. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: [...] and the agrieved person shall doe more manly, to be extraordinary and singular in claiming the due right whereof he is frustrated, then to piece up his lost contentment by visiting the Stews, or stepping to his neighbours bed, which is the common shift in this mis-fortune, or els by suffering his usefull life to wast away and be lost under a secret affliction of an unconscionable size to humane strength. Example: And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews. 4. A prostitute. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notorious Stew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious... 5. A dish cooked by stewing. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew. 6. A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It was used as a stew, so that the inhabitants of the castle could have fish on Fridays, and for this reason the architects had been careful not to let the drains and sewers run into it. It was stocked with fish every year. 7. An artificial bed of oysters. Labels: US, regional, uncountable, usually 8. A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: to be in a stew 9. Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: mike stew
Word: stew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stewen, stuwen, from the noun above; and also from Middle English stiven, styven (“to bathe, cook, stew”). Pronunciation: /stʃʉː/, /stjuː/, /stʃuː/, /stu/ 1. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. Labels: ergative, intransitive, transitive Example: I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole. Example: The meat is stewing nicely. 2. To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong. Labels: transitive 3. To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: It was an honest letter, written by an honest man, then stewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers. 4. To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger. Labels: figuratively, intransitive
Word: stew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably related to Middle Dutch stuven (“be dusty”) and English stive. Perhaps the same word as stew (“steam-room; dish cooked by stewing”) above. Pronunciation: /stʃʉː/, /stjuː/, /stʃuː/, /stu/ 1. A cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray. Labels: England, Scotland Example: The Verna swerved close, her stern kicking up a stew as she started to back up. Example: 'Johnston,' Ron shouted, 'couldn't knock the stew off a bap.'
Word: stew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of steward or stewardess. Pronunciation: /stʃʉː/, /stjuː/, /stʃuː/, /stu/ 1. A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat. Labels: informal Example: It is our considered and combined judgement that Germans and actors share honors for being the cheapest dates a stew can accept. Example: And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man[…].
Word: PICOW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of person in charge of work. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: yuppers Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of yeppers. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sphere of knowledge Part of Speech: noun 1. A unified body or collection of knowledge regarding a specific subject.
Word: exclusivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exclusive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English exclusivism From exclusive + -ism. 1. The practice of being exclusive; a mentality or policy that excludes others. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The doctrine that one religion is the only true religion, or that one religious sect is the only true version of a larger religion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Great Rite Part of Speech: name 1. In Wicca, ritualistic sexual intercourse symbolizing creation. The Great Rite can also be performed symbolically: the high priest plunges the athame, or ritual knife (the male symbol), into a cup or chalice (the female symbol) that is filled with wine and is held by the high priestess.
Word: patience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced Old English ġeþyld. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, /ˈpæɪ̯.ʃəns/, /ˈpe.ʃəns/ 1. The quality of being patient. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience. Example: I appreciate the patience with which you've explained it. 2. Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually
Word: target cell Part of Speech: noun 1. any cell having a specific receptor for an antibody, antigen or hormone 2. an abnormal red blood cell with a ringed appearance, associated with some anemias
Word: red blood cell Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/ 1. A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
Word: anemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) -ία (-ía). By surface analysis, an- + -emia. Pronunciation: /əˈnimi.ə/ 1. A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue. Labels: US, uncountable 2. A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom. Labels: countable Example: Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias. 3. Ischemia. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: constrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain From Middle English constreinen, from Old French constreindre, from Latin cōnstringō, from cōn- (“with, together”) + stringō (“to draw, bind or tie tight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”). Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹeɪn/ 1. To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige. Labels: transitive 2. To keep within close bounds; to confine. Labels: transitive Example: But it's not just Castlefield Corridor capacity that constrains services. All the junctions on the lines feeding into the corridor are flat, so they create conflict points as trains pass. 3. To reduce a result in response to limited resources. Labels: transitive
Word: lucrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative. Pronunciation: /ˈluː.kɹə.tɪv/, /ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/, [ˈlu.kɹə.ɾɪv], /ˈlʉː.kɹə.tɪv/, [ˈlʉː.kɹə.ɾɪv] 1. Producing a surplus; profitable. Example: Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles. Example: In a given recent year, Celine has earned $40-$50 million from her various endeavors, though the majority of that income was thanks to a lucrative Las Vegas residency deal. 2. Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful. Example: Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets. Example: Its troops can be widely dispersed as light infantry, using light anti-ship, anti-air and anti-land missiles and weapons to defenda given area or facility without presenting lucrative targets for air, missile, and artillery fire.