nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: go south Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (become worse): The origin is unclear. Common belief attributes it to the standard orientation of maps, where south is the downwards direction; in this regard, compare also go downhill, decline, and drop off. Alternatively, it could stem from a euphemism used by some Native Americans for dying. 1. To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse. Labels: idiomatic Example: I should have walked away from the casino when my luck went south, but I stayed and ended up in the hole. Example: I still had 5 miles (8 km) or so to go to cross the river when all of the controls went south. The bird pitched up, shuddered, rolled right like it was going to spin […] 2. To make an escape; to disappear. Labels: intransitive Example: He won! A disbeliever, from childhood, in the frequency of miracles, he gathered up seven hundred and forty dollars and "went south" with it. Example: […]she decided to tape the DVD off to VHS and give that to the kids -- that way she could make a fresh VHS copy when the first one went south. 3. To give somebody oral sex. Labels: slang 4. To rathole: to take chips off the table in a cash game without exiting the game completely, especially with the intention of limiting losses. Labels: slang
Word: ashtanga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टाङ्ग (aṣṭāṅga, “having eight parts”, literally “eight limbs”). 1. The classical system of yoga described in the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several styles of yoga, including ashtanga vinyasa yoga. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: maundering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/, /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/ 1. A rambling or pointless discourse. Example: "But this is madness!" protested Trocero. "The maunderings of a heretical priest, the mumblings of a mad witch-woman." Example: Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.
Word: maundering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/, /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of maunder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beginning of day Part of Speech: noun 1. The start of the workday. Labels: often, uncountable 2. The time that a project is scheduled to start. Labels: often, uncountable 3. Daybreak; dawn; sunrise. Labels: uncountable
Word: kecks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier kicks (“breeches”). 1. Trousers. Labels: Northern-English, Scotland, dialectal, plural, plural-only 2. Underpants. Labels: Northern-English, Scotland, dialectal, plural, plural-only Example: - See if the feelings transfer tae yir everyday life, then call it love. Love's no jist for weekenders. - The things is, Nukes, ah'm changin the keks everyday^([sic]) and cleanin under the helmet. Nukes raised his eyebrow and smiled, - Must be love then, he said, then he added, - Oan your side, right enough.
Word: nearly never bulled a cow Part of Speech: proverb 1. Near enough is not good enough. Labels: Ireland
Word: Mull of Kintyre rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the shape of the Mull of Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, which somewhat resembles a flaccid penis. 1. According to an urban legend, an unofficial guideline used by publishers and the media in the United Kingdom to decide to what degree of erection an image of a penis can be shown. Labels: humorous
Word: Mull of Kintyre test Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Mull of Kintyre rule.
Word: ready-to-wear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: ready + to + wear 1. Describing apparel that does not need any tailoring (for example hemming) before it can be worn. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Prêt-à-porter" is a French borrowing that refers to ready-to-wear clothing.
Word: SFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Scottish Football Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Stephen F. Austin State University. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Simple Features Access, a set of standards for geographic features. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SFA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of sweet Fanny Adams. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of sweet fuck all. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: John asked for a raise, but he ended up with SFA.
Word: tailoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tailor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tailoring Part of Speech: noun 1. Work done by a tailor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone. 2. Any modification or ornamentation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: tailored Part of Speech: adj 1. Adjusted by a tailor, fitted. Example: Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet. 2. Made by a tailor. Example: His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer.
Word: tailored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tailor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hemming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɛmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hem Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hemming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛmɪŋ/ 1. The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech. Example: Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them […]
Word: hemmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hem Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: steamroll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From steam + roll. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːmˌɹoʊl/ 1. To flatten, as if with a steamroller. Example: The service had one small break when it was suspended between October, 1904, and April, 1905, owing to the refusal of the Helston Rural District Council to steam roll the road. At this time there was no steam roller in use anywhere west of Plymouth, and the railway company loaned one of its steam rollers to the Cornwall County Council, to secure an improvement in the road conditions. 2. To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm. Labels: figuratively Example: I tried to participate in a sports tournament, but got steamrolled by the better players there. Example: In The Trial of Henry Kissinger the late British journalist, best known for his Vanity Fair columns, his deliberately provocative opinion that women aren’t funny and his penchant for booze and fags, steamrolls the former US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State for Presidents Nixon and Ford with a polemical brilliance so assured it cancels out the occasional flashes of arrogance and pomposity.
Word: quantitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quantitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: remediate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin remediare. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/, /ɹɪˈmiːdieɪt/ 1. To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem). Labels: transitive Example: Network Rail's busy Easter included a ten-day closure of the main trans-Pennine route between Manchester and Leeds, for work to install a new bridge deck at Huddersfield, remediate mining works at Ravensthorpe and Huddersfield, and to lay new track at Deighton and Mirfield.
Word: remediate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin remediare. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈmɛdi.ət/, /ɹəˈmiːdi.ət/, /ɹɪˈmiːdi.ət/ 1. Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject. Labels: archaic, rare 2. Remedial. Labels: obsolete Example: Be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!
Word: appendixes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of appendix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bungler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bungle + -er. 1. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence. Example: "What you mean, comparing me to them botchers and bunglers? There ain't anybody but me in the furniture restoring line." Example: Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Council demands it.
Word: comminute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin comminūtus (“crumbled, lessened”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.mɪ.njuːt/, /ˈkɑ.mɪ.njuːt/ 1. To pulverize; to smash. Labels: transitive Example: High temperatures required for reaction between components can result in loss of volatile oxides, while milling may not comminute powders sufficiently for complete reaction to occur on calcination. Example: Collagen may cause shrinkage of comminuted meat products, especially when cooked to high temperatures, or interfere in binding between meat pieces in formed products. 2. To cause fragmentation (of bone). Example: For example, comminuting fractures on ribs 4–8 along the rib angle most likely are associated to shots through the scapula, whereas injuries through or near to the costochondral articulation of the first rib could also be associated to wounds of the sternum or clavicle. Example: In the past, there have been controversies over the use of bone graft in comminuted fractures of the forearm. 3. To break into smaller portions. Labels: transitive
Word: comminute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin comminūtus (“crumbled, lessened”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.mɪ.njuːt/, /ˈkɑ.mɪ.njuːt/ 1. Pulverized material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The drink contains lemon comminute. Example: A method of making a restructured meat product in the form of small pieces from a comminute of raw meat, comprising:[…].
Word: procuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of procure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: procuring Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of procuring, or amount procured. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Procurings of unginned cotton by December 1 were reported to have amounted to 9,833,000 bales or the equivalent of 3,048,000 bales of ginned cotton of approximately 478 pounds net.
Word: harassed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English harass Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English harassed From harass + -ed. 1. Subject to harassment. Example: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes,[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness. Example: Diggle Station lies high up in the Pennine Chain, subject to extreme low temperatures. With this and heavy snowfall in the winter months, Diggle bids fair to compete with the Scottish lines under similar weather conditions, and the provision of unfrozen water in the higher ambient temperature of the tunnel must be a boon to harassed engine drivers whose thirsty steeds run short of water up the gruelling 1 in 125 seven-mile climb from Stalybridge.
Word: harassed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English harass Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English harassed From harass + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of harass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: harasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of harass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: harassing Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating, besetting.
Word: harassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of harass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: harassing Part of Speech: noun 1. Harassment. Example: Sometimes we observe these wretched peasants, driven to despair by the harassings of the Boyars, commit the useless imprudence of going to the capital, and, under the windows of the prince, with loud cries, require him to hear their claims.
Word: wikified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wikify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English foil Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English foilist From foil + -ist. 1. A fencer who fights with a foil.
Word: reviews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of review Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reviews Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of review Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reviewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of review Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reviewing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is reviewed, or thought about again; a mental review. Example: Sleep came for me eventually, after many more reviewings of the long, involved and fractious day, and many more attempts to stop thinking about all the mysteries surrounding me.
Word: overmastering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈmɑːstəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of overmaster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overmastering Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈmɑːstəɹɪŋ/ 1. Which overmasters; dominating, oppressive, conquering. Example: Their overmastering fear of witchcraft Example: Yet from my very earliest consciousness I sensed with savage unswerving certainty that other people were not seized by the same rapacious greed, insatiable hunger, overmastering desire, shivering lust and terrible, hurting need that had me in its grip almost every hour of every day.
Word: overmaster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Old French maistrebor. Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master English overmaster From over- + master. 1. To overpower or overwhelm. Labels: transitive Example: Sir Jasper started from his chair, ashamed of the sick fancies that had, for the moment, overmastered him. Example: Did I forget! Shall I ever . . . can I ever! Can any of us ever forget that terrible scene! Mina struggled hard to keep her brave countenance, but the pain overmastered her and she put her hands before her face, and shuddered whilst she moaned.
Word: gade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare cod (“kind of fish”). 1. Any of various fish of the cod family found in British waters; especially those of the genera Gadus and Motella. 2. A pike. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: spathe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”). Doublet of epee, spatha, and spade. Pronunciation: /speɪð/ 1. A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix. Example: All the joints and angles are coffered with strips of split rattan sewn neatly on. The lid is covered with the brown leathery spathe of the Areca palm, which is impervious to water, and the whole box is neat, strong, and well finished.
Word: spadix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”). Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪdɪks/ 1. A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids. Example: The spadix of this plant is frequently quite white, or coloured, and the leaves liable to be streaked with white, and to have black, or scarlet blotches on them. 2. A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm. Example: However, the shells of modern nautiluses show the opposite pattern—males are somewhat larger than females, with a wider aperture to accommodate the spadix.
Word: spadices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spadix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spathes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spathe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lorena Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore. 1. A female given name from Italian. Example: We loved each other then, Lorena, More than we ever dared to tell; And what we might have been, Lorena, Example: She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls,
Word: Aimee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”). A variation of the English Amy. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.mi/ 1. A female given name from French.
Word: tendrils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tendril Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invents Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of invent Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: javelins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of javelin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: margins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of margin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: samples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sample Labels: form-of, plural
Word: samples Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sample Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ruminates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ruminate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sandwiches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪ.t͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of sandwich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandwiches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪ.d͡ʒɪz/, /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪ.t͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sandwich Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: car boot Part of Speech: noun 1. a wheel clamp or Denver boot Labels: US 2. the boot (trunk) of a car Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 3. a car boot sale Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: gadflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gadfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sentence case Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sentence + case, because it is the capitalization (letter case pattern) used in a typical English sentence. 1. The standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms. Labels: uncountable
Word: letter case Part of Speech: noun 1. The distinction between majuscule (uppercase) and minuscule (lowercase) letters. Labels: uncountable 2. A case (container) used for carrying letters (messages on paper). Labels: countable
Word: Mediterraneanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin mediterrāneus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mediterranean Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Mediterraneanize From Mediterranean + -ize. Pronunciation: /mɛdɪtəˈɹeɪni.ənaɪz/ 1. To make (someone or something) Mediterranean in behaviour or style. Labels: transitive
Word: Mediterraneanise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin mediterrāneus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mediterranean English -ise English Mediterraneanise From Mediterranean + -ise. 1. To make (someone or something) Mediterranean in behaviour or style. Labels: transitive
Word: Lesley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”). 1. A Scottish surname. 2. A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the 18th century. Popular in the U.K. in the mid-20th century. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: rare
Word: primary production Part of Speech: noun 1. The organic matter produced from carbon dioxide by photosynthesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Gayheart Part of Speech: name Etymology: Thought to be a corruption of the German Gerhardt or a calque of the French Jolicoeur. 1. An American surname from German.
Word: Gaylord Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from the Old French surname Gaillard (from gaillard (“strong”)), via Anglo-Norman. Compare Spanish Gallardo (from gallardo (“dashing, strapping, gallant”). Shaped by folk etymology into gay + lord. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪˌlɔːd/, /ˈɡeɪˌlɔɹd/ 1. An American surname from Old French. Example: Why should we Gaylords be above all the others, and why should I throw away the few short minutes I have to breathe in this world, throw it away on family pride and a seven-letter name? Gaylord. Gaylord. GAYLORD. A sound like an elm tree full of katydids. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 20th century until the 1960s. Example: Gaylord Ravenal elevated the right eyebrow and looked down his aristocratic nose at the capering little captain. "I am Gaylord Ravenal, of the Tennessee Ravenals. I failed to catch your name." Example: He smiled often, he could make his knuckles crack like pistol shots, and he had the courtesy to address him as Gaylord, and not by some ridiculous title of his own. 3. Numerous places in the United States: 4. Numerous places in the United States: 5. Numerous places in the United States: 6. Numerous places in the United States: 7. Numerous places in the United States:
Word: Gaillard Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Gaillard. 1. A surname from French, equivalent to English Gaylord
Word: chimerically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chimerical Middle English -ly English -ly English chimerically From chimerical + -ly. 1. In a chimerical manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geneology Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of genealogy. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Gerhardt Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Gerhardt. 1. A surname from German.
Word: wheel clamp Part of Speech: noun 1. A device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven; normally used to enforce payment of a traffic violation fine.
Word: Denver boot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: # Compare Jersey barrier. 1. A device locked into place over the wheel of a road vehicle, immobilizing it. Labels: Canada, US
Word: car boot sale Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of boot fair. Labels: UK
Word: genealogies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genealogy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hungriest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of hungry: most hungry Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: booby-trap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of booby trap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: booby-trap Part of Speech: verb 1. To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on. Labels: transitive Example: Transport for London and the RMT union are united in their condemnation of anti-COVID vaccination extremists who are booby-trapping posters on the London Underground and other stations with razor blades. Example: Israeli soldiers who combed slowly through the village on Tuesday warned visiting journalists to stay out of homes that had not been cleared, warning they could be booby-trapped with explosives.
Word: booby trap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From booby (“dunce, idiot”). 1. An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object. 2. A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like. 3. An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall. Labels: broadly
Word: boobytrap Part of Speech: verb 1. To set a booby-trap. Labels: intransitive 2. To install a booby-trap in or on (a harmless object). Labels: transitive
Word: booby-trapped Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a harmless object, having a hidden booby trap.
Word: booby-trapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of booby-trap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trapped Part of Speech: adj 1. Caught in a trap. 2. In a state of stagnation or despair; unable to move forward.
Word: trapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: born-again Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the New Testament: "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.'" [John 3:3, Today's New International Version]. 1. Having been spiritually changed through faith. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ. Labels: not-comparable Example: He proclaimed himself a born-again Christian during a church retreat. Example: And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech. 3. Of or pertaining to evangelicalism. Labels: not-comparable Example: To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy. 4. Having a newly won zeal for some activity. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: After not picking up a shovel for twenty years, she finally saw the beauty in flowers and declared herself a born-again gardener. 5. Utter; out-and-out. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jack Scatalone might have been a born-again bastard during their training, but he was their bastard. And the Special Forces never abandoned one of their own.
Word: born-again Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the New Testament: "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.'" [John 3:3, Today's New International Version]. 1. Someone who has been spiritually changed through their (Christian) faith. 2. Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ. 3. An evangelical Christian. 4. Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.
Word: born again Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of born-again. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: bouzouki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki, “bouzouki”), from Turkish bozuk (“out of order, rotten”). Doublet of buzuq. Pronunciation: /bəˈzuːki/, /buːˈzuːki/ 1. A Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute with a sharp, metallic sound. Example: The bouzouki itself, identified by this time almost equally with a ‘Turkish’ past and with the criminality of the underworld that cultivated it, became a symbol of subversion in the eyes of the authorities.
Word: boxcar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From box + car. 1. An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door. Labels: US Example: The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls.
Word: boxcar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From box + car. 1. To reduce to a boxcar function. Labels: transitive
Word: boxcar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From box + car. 1. Extremely large.
Word: boxcar Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of atrophic acne scar that forms a broad, box-like depression on the skin. Labels: attributive
Word: goods van Part of Speech: noun 1. An enclosed railway freight car, especially one with a sliding door. Labels: UK
Word: boxwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). 1. The box tree, Buxus sempervirens. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays. Labels: uncountable 3. Any tree of genus Buxus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: box tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood 2. Any trees of diverse species in Lophostemon, Eucalyptus, or other genera native to Australia.
Word: brain-dead Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brain + dead. Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/ 1. Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity. Labels: not-comparable Example: An employee of the mayor's office was declared brain-dead on Sunday morning after she and another woman were struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, the authorities said. 2. Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy. Labels: colloquial, derogatory Example: "AI has been brain-dead since the 1970s," said AI guru Marvin Minsky in a recent speech at Boston University. Minsky co-founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1959 with John McCarthy.
Word: brain-dead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brain + dead. Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/ 1. An unintelligent person. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: "What makes you different from all the other brain-deads that come through here?"
Word: brain dead Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of brain-dead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brain death Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century. 1. An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity. Labels: uncountable
Word: brainteaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brain + teaser. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnˌtizɚ/ 1. A problem or puzzle devised to exercise the brain and mind. Labels: informal Example: She bought me a book of brainteasers, which is both entertaining and also supposedly good for decreasing dementia risk. 2. Any difficult problem or puzzle. Labels: informal Example: Trying to figure out how to square this circle is a brainteaser to say the least.
Word: brakeman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English brake Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English brakeman From brake + -man. 1. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc. Labels: US 2. A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine. Labels: historical Example: Cavendish was clearly an extraordinary man, fortunate enough to be born to a family of extraordinary means. If his father had been a brakeman or a miner, one of the greatest scientists in history might have ended up on a ward at the Bethlem Royal Hospital (commonly known as “Bedlam”), enduring the regimen of cold baths in vogue for the treatment of “withdrawn” patients at the time. 3. A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
Word: brasserie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brasserie, from brasser (“to brew”). 1. A small, informal restaurant that serves beer and wine as well as simple food.
Word: breadline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bread + line. In sense 2, referring to the income level at which one can afford to buy bread, a staple food. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/ 1. A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity. Labels: US Example: I do not think anyone of us can walk by a breadline and see even the most unkempt and raggedy man in the line without saying to himself, "There but for the grace of God." Example: Breadlines and social agencies, while staffing women, employed more men and served more men, making women a minority in the visual landscape. 2. The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level. Labels: UK, figuratively Example: Every day brings new worries about falling below the breadline. Example: […] and she wasn't used to cash, living on the breadline with a kid to bring up.
Word: bread line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of breadline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: broadloom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broad + loom. 1. A wide loom. 2. A carpet woven on a wide loom. Example: And away across the Søren Kierkegaard broadloom he lurched, battling shifts in the horizontal which had grown more pronounced since the ship left New York Harbor.
Word: broadloom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From broad + loom. 1. Woven on a wide loom, and so needing fewer seams. Labels: not-comparable
Word: broad-spectrum Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a wide scope or range of activity (as against pathogens, pests, parasites, or other problems). Labels: not-comparable Example: The most advanced models of neoreactionary social order on earth work like this (Hong Kong and Singapore), combining resilient ethnic traditions with super-dynamic techonomic performance, to produce an open yet self-protective, civilized, socially-tranquil, high-growth enclave of outstanding broad-spectrum functionality.
Word: burgh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“city, stronghold”). Cf. Strasbourg. Cognate with Dutch burg, French bourg, German Burg, Persian برج (borj, “tower; battlement, fort”), Swedish borg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and Bury. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɹə/, /ˈbʌɹoʊ/, /bɝɡ/ 1. a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names). 2. a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland). Labels: UK Example: 1815, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book Eighth, The Parsonage, lines 95-104, http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww405.html With fruitless pains / Might one like me 'now' visit many a tract / Which, in his youth, he trod, and trod again, / A lone pedestrian with a scanty freight, / Wished-for, or welcome, wheresoe'er he came— / Among the tenantry of thorpe and vill; / Or straggling burgh, of ancient charter proud, / And dignified by battlements and towers / Of some stern castle, mouldering on the brow / Of a green hill or bank of rugged stream. Example: This road leads to the burgh and castle of Harfang, where dwell the gentle giants.
Word: burlap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) + lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle English burel, borel. Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands); the NED suggests derivation from Dutch boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer (“farmer, peasant”). Bense similarly suggests derivation from an unattested Dutch *boerenlap, where boeren would be used in the sense of “coarse” as in boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) or boerenpraat (“coarse, rural speech”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɝlæp/, /ˈbɜːlæp/ 1. A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: “A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.
Word: burlap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) + lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle English burel, borel. Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands); the NED suggests derivation from Dutch boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer (“farmer, peasant”). Bense similarly suggests derivation from an unattested Dutch *boerenlap, where boeren would be used in the sense of “coarse” as in boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) or boerenpraat (“coarse, rural speech”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɝlæp/, /ˈbɜːlæp/ 1. To wrap or cover in burlap. Labels: transitive
Word: soup kitchen Part of Speech: noun 1. A place that is established to provide soup and other basic food as a charity or in time of disaster.
Word: soup kitchens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soup kitchen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passion of a convert Part of Speech: noun 1. extreme enthusiasm shown by a person who has recently taken a new task or set of beliefs. Example: Jim showed the passion of a convert when he became a vegan.
Word: legal pad Part of Speech: noun 1. A large writing pad, made using yellow paper, especially one measuring 8½ by 14 inches and with a margin down the side of each page. Example: His mother and father, both Stanford Law professors, took turns scribbling notes on a yellow legal pad.
Word: legal pads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legal pad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mousing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mouse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mousing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A ratchet movement in a loom. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Use of the mouse Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mousing Part of Speech: adj 1. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. Example: mousing saints
Word: moused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mouse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: craig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of crag. 1. A rocky crag. Labels: Scotland
Word: brontosaur Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the genus †Brontosaurus.
Word: apatosaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scientific Latin Apatosaurus (genus name). 1. A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America; it had a long neck and tail.
Word: brontosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek roots; by surface analysis, bronto- + -saurus (“thunder lizard”), according to the notion that its massive size must have made its footsteps shake the ground. 1. Any of the genus †Brontosaurus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs with whip-like tails, which lived in present-day United States during the Late Jurassic period. Example: Near-synonym: thunder lizard (can denote a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus)
Word: busby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various theories; probably from the surname Busby. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌz.bi/ 1. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands. Example: […] many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border. Example: They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]
Word: constitutive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English constitute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English constitutive From constitute + -ive. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuˌtɪv/ 1. Having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something. 2. Having the power or authority to appoint someone to office. 3. Extremely important; essential. 4. Forming a constituent part of something else. 5. Of an enzyme: continuously produced at a constant rate.
Word: bon sao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cantonese 膀手 (bong2 sau2, literally “wing hand”). 1. A particular defensive move in Wing Chun.
Word: BBB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Better Business Bureau. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A self-proclaimed source of mediation and unbiased ratings of millions of businesses across the country, the BBB receives the majority of its revenue from membership fees paid by hundreds of thousands of companies. 2. Initialism of Big Beautiful Bill. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: While the SFC Bill had proposed significant phase-outs of the clean electricity tax credits (IRC §§ 45Y and 48E) for wind and solar projects that start construction in 2026 and later years, the Senate Bill instead eliminates the ability to claim such credits for wind and solar projects that start construction after the date of enactment of the BBB and that are placed in service after December 31, 2027. Example: Indeed, it thinks these measures will “only” add 0.08 percentage points to core inflation next year, and reduce real GDP by a mere 0.1 per cent—and the latter will be offset by the BBB's fiscal boost.
Word: BBB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of blood-brain barrier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of bundle branch block. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BBB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of build(ing) back better. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Such opposition to BBB completely mixes up the short-term and the long-term, and utterly confuses deficit spending to fight Covid-19 with fully paid-for spending to fund long-term reforms.
Word: Daivadnya brahmin Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a caste predominantly found in Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka, traditionally known for being astrologers, and later involved in the jewellery trade.
Word: firecall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + call. 1. A call of fire alarm to a fire station. 2. A request for provision of emergency access to a computer system in order to fix a problem Example: 1996 August, Computer Incident Response Guidebook, NAVSO P-5239-19, Department of the Navy Firecall procedures must include provisions for verifying the identity of the person who needs a password or encryption key during an emergency. Example: Special procedures and audited “firecall” userids have been established for application, system, and network troubleshooting activities.
Word: calcium hydroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)₂, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide. Labels: uncountable
Word: eye-opener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye English opener English eye-opener From eye + opener. 1. Something that causes the eyes to open, or that opens the eyes. Labels: literally 2. Something that provides a sudden insight, or makes something clear that was previously mysterious. Labels: informal 3. A startling or shocking revelation. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: A visit to the slaughterhouse was a real eye-opener to anyone who thought they understood where their food came from. Example: That was a very big eye-opener for me, after being very cocooned, living most of my life in the city where I was born and raised. 4. A strong alcoholic beverage, especially one consumed in the morning. Labels: euphemistic, informal Example: As soon as I got on the plane I asked the flight attendant for an eye-opener, but all he had to offer was orange juice. 5. An attractive woman. Labels: informal Example: Near-synonym: eye candy Example: Seems appropriate that Ann Miller should be in Columbia's "Reveille With Beverly." We've never seen anyone capable of "showing a leg" more attractively. At close range, too, she's an eye-opener.
Word: eye-openers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eye-opener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Salt Lake City Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the Great Salt Lake. 1. The capital city of Utah, United States, and the county seat of Salt Lake County. Example: Out of the 484 Utah water systems that reported data in 2024, only 66 fluoridated their water, an Associated Press analysis showed. The largest was the state’s biggest city, Salt Lake City. 2. The leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From its headquarters in Salt Lake City. Labels: figuratively, metonymically Example: Add to that many of these rules are customs, misinterpretations of things early leaders said or policy recommendations from Salt Lake. Example: Could Smoot be trusted to cast votes according to his conscience? Or would he secretly be taking directions from Salt Lake City?
Word: beigeist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beige + -ist, coined by writer Mark Ames. 1. A sellout; a conformist to bourgeois or corporate mediocracy. Labels: nonstandard Example: Somewhere in the cruise-control synapses of McFaul's beigeist brain, he senses that his arrest and trial is a real possibility. Example: 2003+, Johnny Loftus, review of “Chariot” by Gavin DeGraw, All Music Guide Gavin DeGraw's J Records debut is a strong showcase for his soulful wail and piano playing, even if it's occasionally grayed out by bells-and-whistles production that pushes it too strongly toward beigeist AAA accessibility.
Word: League of Nations Part of Speech: name 1. An international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Its goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global quality of life. The predecessor of the United Nations.
Word: predestiny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English destiny English predestiny From pre- + destiny. 1. Predestination. Labels: obsolete
Word: magic bullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Zauberkugel. Coined by physician Paul Ehrlich as an allusion to the opera Der Freischütz. Compare silver bullet, from werewolf lore. 1. A simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease. Labels: idiomatic Example: In recent years, penicillin-based drugs have lost some of their magic bullet status due to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Example: History shows that there's no magic bullet for a global financial crisis.
Word: magic bullets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magic bullet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circumventing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of circumvent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Teton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Lakota Thítȟuŋwaŋ (“Teton”). a general name for all seven Lakota tribes. from thíta (“a plain, prairie”) + tȟuŋwaŋ (“village”). Pronunciation: /ˈtitɑn/, /ˈtiːtɒn/ 1. A member of the largest group of Sioux peoples.