nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: skeet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sky + tweet, from the resemblance to tweets posted on Twitter. Strongly discouraged by CEO Jay Graber. Pronunciation: /skiːt/ 1. A post on the Bluesky social media platform. Labels: Internet Example: Bluesky’s users appear to be having fun with the app’s similarities to Twitter, including calling posts on the app “skeets,” as a play on tweets. Not even a plea from Ms. Graber on Thursday to change that name seems to have deterred them. Example: At first, it was kind of fun when Bluesky broke.[…] When threading broke – causing people to receive tonnes of notifications if they replied to a long enough chain of skeets – users created the "hellthread", an infinitely long, chaotic conversation
Word: skeet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of sky + tweet, from the resemblance to tweets posted on Twitter. Strongly discouraged by CEO Jay Graber. Pronunciation: /skiːt/ 1. To create a skeet. Labels: Internet Example: Yeah, and there's a new social media app called Blue Sky, and on it, Senator Brian Schatz from Hawaii, Democrat, he just skeeted, quote, the only way to prevent default with a bipartisan majority and 60 in the Senate is a clean anti-default bill. Example: Bluesky is a bit like the retro Twitter, same colour scheme, similar way of building content etc, and so it reminds people of early Twitter. I am not sure if that’s enough to make people fall in love with Bluesky and go skeeting all day.
Word: skiddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skid + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪdi/ 1. Likely to skid, or cause skidding. Example: I suggested that it might be a good idea to get [the motorbike] in midsummer so that I could get plenty of practice in before the skiddy weather set in, but he thought there might be too much tourist traffic going through the town […] 2. Containing skidmarks. Example: “I thought those skiddy pants of yours would have been enough to frighten her away!” said Frank. The man did not look pleased that his underpants, which he’d washed only last month, had been described as skiddy. He sat up to inspect them. “Whose pants are you calling—? Oh dear.”
Word: skyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sky Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He miskicked and skyed the ball over the goal.
Word: skyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Surrounded by sky.
Word: skyway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + way. Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪ.weɪ/ 1. An aeroplane route. 2. An elevated road. 3. Synonym of skybridge: an elevated corridor connecting buildings above ground level. Example: Iʼd taken to swinging past the fourth floor skyway at random intervals.
Word: slat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). Doublet of slate and éclat. Pronunciation: /slæt/ 1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic. Example: slats of a window blind Example: To keep people out, the Nature Conservancy, which owns the cave, has blocked off the entrance with huge iron slats. 2. A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed. 3. A ski. Labels: slang Example: I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on. 4. A thin piece of stone; a slate. 5. A drop (of rain or water), a splash. Example: […] slats of rain broke upon the surface. Example: A slat of rain drove into his face. It was pitch dark but the sea was calmer and the bucking of the ship had lessened.
Word: slat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). Doublet of slate and éclat. Pronunciation: /slæt/ 1. To construct or provide with slats. 2. To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently. Example: Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too? 3. To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down. Example: […] a nudge o' kissing-crust After thy leeky broth: I've warmed thy porridge on tha trivet, Jimmy, zay prayers avore 'e have it, And doant 'e slat tha clath. Example: […] slatting water over everything in the dory. 4. To fall; to beat (against something). Example: […] sending solid grey water slatting against her wheelhouse windows. Example: […] water slatting over the rail. The salt caked on her face and when the sun came up, it was as though her face was being pot-roasted - with salt. 5. To split; to crack. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces. 6. To set on; to incite.
Word: slewed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (drunk): A drunken person may stagger like a ship slewing. 1. simple past and past participle of slew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slewed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: (drunk): A drunken person may stagger like a ship slewing. 1. Somewhat drunk; tipsy. Labels: informal
Word: sloe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa. Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊ/, /ˈsloʊ/ 1. The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). Example: There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated... Example: The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared! 2. The tree Prunus spinosa. 3. Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
Word: slurry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌ.ɹi/, /ˈslɝ.i/, /ˈslʊ.ɹi/ 1. Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1981, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products, page 26, While little information is available, it probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry. Example: The most important application of fluid flow techniques in the mineral processing industry is the transportation of slurries. Whenever solid materials are in particulate form transportation in the form of a slurry is possible. 2. Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Slurry tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for slurry tailings. 3. A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the Netherlands, the most problematic agricultural waste is liquid pig manure or pig slurry. 4. A thickener. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slurry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌ.ɹi/, /ˈslɝ.i/, /ˈslʊ.ɹi/ 1. To make a slurry (of some material). 2. To apply a slurry (to). Example: Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
Word: slurry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslɝi/, /ˈslɜːɹi/ 1. Slurred, tending to slur. Example: He spoke with a slurry voice. Example: His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
Word: sloven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sloveyn, from Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”). Related to Middle Dutch sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌvən/ 1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut. 2. A low, base, lewd person. Example: The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […] 3. An immoral woman. Labels: obsolete
Word: snell Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English snell (“quick, fast”) from Old English snell, snel (“lively, quick”) from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, swift, brisk”). Akin to Dutch snel (“fast, quick”), German Low German snell (“quick”), German schnell (“quick, swift”), Yiddish שנעל (shnel, “quick, swift”), Italian snello (“quick, nimble”), Old French esnel, isnel (“snell”), and Occitan isnel, irnel (“snell”)), Old Norse snjallr (“skilful, excellent”) (whence Danish snild (“clever”)). Pronunciation: /snɛl/ 1. Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively. Labels: Scotland Example: That in ilk action, wise and snell / You may shaw Manly fire. Example: That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. 2. Quick-witted; clever. Labels: Scotland Example: With all this heavy artillery, somewhat slow and cumbrous, on great questions, he had no want, when he was speaking off-hand, of quick, snell remark, often witty and full of spirit, and often too unexpected, like lightning—flashing, smiting, and gone. 3. Harsh, severe, or stinging. Labels: Scotland Example: Conscience is a rough lad, I grant you, and I am keen and snell also; but never mind, take his advice, and you’ll be some credit to your freens yet, ye scoonrel. Example: Fortunately, we were well prepared for such an emergency, and being sheltered in a safe creek, we roofed the ship with canvas against the snow; and so, with land on every side of us, plenty of moss fuel ashore, a good stock of provisions, and firearms for hunting, we held our trouble, and passed the snell season without the loss of a single soul aboard.
Word: snell Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English snell (“quick, fast”) from Old English snell, snel (“lively, quick”) from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, swift, brisk”). Akin to Dutch snel (“fast, quick”), German Low German snell (“quick”), German schnell (“quick, swift”), Yiddish שנעל (shnel, “quick, swift”), Italian snello (“quick, nimble”), Old French esnel, isnel (“snell”), and Occitan isnel, irnel (“snell”)), Old Norse snjallr (“skilful, excellent”) (whence Danish snild (“clever”)). Pronunciation: /snɛl/ 1. Alternative form of snelly. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: snell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /snɛl/ 1. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line. Labels: Scotland Example: He tied on new baited snells and recovered the current with the oars.
Word: snell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /snɛl/ 1. To tie a hook to the end of a fishing line with a snell knot. Labels: Scotland Example: Can you show me how to snell a hook?
Word: snick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from snick or snee. Pronunciation: /snɪk/ 1. To cut or snip. Labels: transitive Example: I reached out and snicked a white thread that hung from her sleeve. 2. To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.
Word: snick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from snick or snee. Pronunciation: /snɪk/ 1. A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch. 2. A small cut or mark. Example: Once the furore had been dampened, the minuscule snick on Billy's knee covered in a Superman plaster[…], I found my mind flashing through multiple matters, like that of a drowning person, only more optimistic. 3. A knot or irregularity in yarn.
Word: snick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /snɪk/ 1. To make something click, to make a clicking noise.
Word: snick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /snɪk/ 1. A sharp clicking sound. Example: Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.
Word: snick Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /snɪk/ 1. Alternative form of sneck Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snider Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snide: more snide Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sod, sodde first attested in the mid-15th century, from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward. Labels: uncountable Example: She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. Example: They are said to celebrate there every returning spring a great nocturnal festival. On the sod at its brink is spread a table-cloth white as the driven snow, covered with the most delicious viands. 2. Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns. Labels: uncountable Example: The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall. 3. A piece of this. Labels: countable Example: In Walachia, green sods are laid on the window-sills and on the lintels of the doors to avert the uncanny crew [i.e. witches].
Word: sod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sod, sodde first attested in the mid-15th century, from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. To cover with sod. Example: He sodded the worn areas twice a year. Example: The innermore walls were sod inlayed with roots from trees, plants and weeds.
Word: sod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of sodomite or sodomize. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. Sodomite; bugger. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated, vulgar Example: The Empire, in particular, was always thick with sods: they strolled side-by-side with the gay girls of the promenade, or stood, in little knots, exchanging gossip, comparing fortunes, greeting one another with flapping hands and high, extravagant voices. 2. A person; often qualified with an adjective. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, mildly, slang Example: You mean old sod! Example: poor sod 3. Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot. Labels: Ireland, UK, mildly, vulgar Example: I don’t care a sod.
Word: sod Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of sodomite or sodomize. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. expression of annoyance. Labels: Ireland, UK, vulgar Example: 'Well, I'm afraid we're going to keep you waiting for a bit.' 'Oh sod,' said Fathers. 'I'm behind enough with everything as it is. How long, do you think ?'
Word: sod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of sodomite or sodomize. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. Bugger; sodomize. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar 2. Damn, curse, confound. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: Sod him!/Sod it!/Sod that bastard!
Word: sod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. simple past of seethe Labels: form-of, obsolete, past Example: Iacob ſod potage ⁊ Eſau came from the feld ⁊ was faine […]
Word: sod Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. Boiled. Labels: obsolete Example: Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod,[…]is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc. 2. Sodden; incompletely risen. Labels: Australia Example: sod damper
Word: sod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden. Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod, so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.
Word: sod Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɒd/, /sɑd/, /sɔd/ 1. The rock dove.
Word: sofar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from sound fixing and ranging. Compare sonar. 1. A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: soffit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French soffite, from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, perfect passive participle of Latin suffīgō (“to fasten or fix onto”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒf.ɪt/, /ˈsɑ.fɪt/ 1. The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element. Example: From 1945 onwards, deterioration in the condition of the brickwork in the arch soffits was kept under close observation, and in 1951 it was decided that strengthening must be undertaken. Example: If the soffit is to be sloping, simply attach the soffit board(s) to the underside of the rafters, butting the edges tight against the fascia board in front and the barn siding in the back. 2. The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit. Example: The elevation of the pipe soffit is 10.4 meters above mean sea level. Example: The vents on the bottom of the soffit should be open, and the vents on the side of the soffit should be closed.
Word: soiree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French soir French -ée French soiréebor. English soiree Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”). Pronunciation: /ˌswɑːˈɹeɪ/ 1. A formal evening party. Example: An invite to a party / Or watching The Price Is Right / Opting for a soiree / For the first time in a year
Word: solute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin solutus, past participle of solvo. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒljuːt/ 1. Free; liberal; loose. Example: a solute interpretation Example: The Interpretations of the Scriptures are of two ſorts: Methodical, and Solute, or at large, […] 2. Relaxed; hence, cheerful, merry. Example: So ſung Philander, as his Friend went round / In the rich Ichor, in the gen'rous Blood / Of Bacchus, purple God of joyous Wit, / A Brow ſolute, and ever-laughing Eye. 3. Able to be dissolved; soluble. Example: a solute salt 4. Not adhering; loose. Example: a solute stipule
Word: solute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin solutus, past participle of solvo. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒljuːt/ 1. Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution. Example: Holonym: solution
Word: solute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin solutus, past participle of solvo. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒljuːt/ 1. To dissolve. Labels: obsolete Example: In summer, the action of the air as a menstruum, is rendered so powerful by the increase of heat, that water is immediately and intimately combined with it: for when the particles of water are influenced by heat, and acted upon by a dry, warm air, they easilty rise therein, and become soluted in the atmosphere. Example: In the present day they hold out that the metallic calces are soluted in acids, accordingly as they possess oxygen. 2. To solve; to expose the errors of; to explain Labels: obsolete Example: to solute sin Example: Because ye desire your argument to be soluted, at your own request I will take some paine: God grant it may profit!
Word: solute Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of salute. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: To whom Ledovick the Emperour, descending from his Horse, fell down upon the Earth thrice before his feete, and the third time soluted him thus, blessed be the Lord God, who commeth in the Name of the Lord, and who hath shined upon us. Example: but yet nothing of danger visible, when in the midst of this his fear and languishing, he was by one of the Secretaries, who knew nothing of the design, called into the Kings Privy Chamber, whereupon, having soluted each of the company, as if he took his last farewell of them, going directly thither, he was no sooner entred, but the dore was boulted, and one of those who were appointed for the business, struck a dagger through his throat downward into his breast, whereby his mouth was presently filled with bloud, and stopped, that he could not speak, but only fetch so deep a groan as was heard with horror by those who stood by.
Word: soma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”). Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊmə/, /ˈsəʊmə/ 1. The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. 2. The body of an organism in contrast to the germ cells. 3. The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus. 4. The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.
Word: soma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit सोम (soma). Doublet of haoma. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊmə/, /ˈsəʊmə/ 1. A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant. Labels: Vedic, uncountable Example: Once he had drunk the intoxicating soma, he experienced an ascent to the gods without having to die a violent death, as in the old ritual. 2. Any kind of intoxicating drug. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: […] there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon […]
Word: sonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sonāns, sonantis. By surface analysis, Latin son(ō) + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/ 1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. Labels: not-comparable 2. Voiced. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sonant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sonāns, sonantis. By surface analysis, Latin son(ō) + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/ 1. A voiced speech sound. Example: Indo-Germanic sonants and consonants
Word: sop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup. Pronunciation: /sɒp/, /sɑp/ 1. Something entirely soaked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bounded Waters, / Should lift their boſomes higher then the Shores, / And make a ſoppe of all this ſolid Globe: 2. A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]Hee it is to whom I ſhall giue a ſoppe, when I haue dipped it. Example: […]Sops in Wine, (Quantitie for Quantitie,) inebriate more, than Wine of it ſelfe. 3. Ellipsis of sop to Cerberus, something given or done to pacify or bribe. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, figuratively, uncountable Example: Ill Nature, in fine, is not to be Cur’d with a Sop; but on the contrary, Quarrelſome Men, as well as Quarrelſome Currs are worſe for fair Uſage. Example: The suggested petrification of the ship is a sop to gratify Poseidon and compensate him for a concession--the Phaeacians will not be cut off from the sea. 4. Ellipsis of milksop, a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, ellipsis, uncountable 5. Gravy. Labels: Appalachia, countable, uncountable 6. A thing of little or no value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here, in Barcelona, your streets are alive at night, you walk, you eat for hours, you interact, you share your minds. Americans watch their 91 channels of superficial satellite sop. The whole country and everything you've ever believed about it really functions only on the surface. 7. A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup. Pronunciation: /sɒp/, /sɑp/ 1. To steep or dip in any liquid. Labels: transitive Example: A messe of milke sopt with white bread. Example: When I die, don't bury me deep, / Put a jug of 'lasses at my feet, / And a piece of corn bread in my hand, / Gwine to sop my way to the promised land. 2. To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate. Labels: intransitive
Word: sop Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɒp/, /sɑp/ 1. Clipping of soprano. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: sora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area. 1. A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.
Word: sorb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree. Pronunciation: /sɔːb/, /sɔɹb/, /soːb/ 1. The service tree, Sorbus domestica. 2. Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia. 3. The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.
Word: sorb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from absorb and adsorb; ultimately from Latin sorbeō. Pronunciation: /sɔːb/, /sɔɹb/, /soːb/ 1. To absorb or adsorb. Example: 1971, E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment, Radioactivity in the marine environment, page 148, In sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as calculated from the mineral composition (Duursma and Eisma, unpublished), the radionuclides were somewhat more strongly sorbed (Figure 2). Example: The exchange of pesticide compounds between aqueous solution and the sorbed phase in soils is not instantaneous.
Word: sou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and xu. Pronunciation: /suː/ 1. An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound. Labels: historical Example: He is grey, flat-footed and withered, with long, brittle nails that set your nerves on edge while he scrapes up your two sous. 2. Cent; pocket money. Labels: dated, slang 3. A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot. Labels: dated Example: I do not care a sou for your excuses.
Word: sough Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *sough, swough, swogh, from Middle English swoȝen, swowen, from Old English swōgan (“to make a sound; move with noise; rush; roar”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-, same source as English echo (via Ancient Greek). Cognate with Scots souch (“sough”), Icelandic súgur (“a rushing sound, rustle”). Noun replaced Middle English swei, sweȝ from Old English swēg. More at swoon. Pronunciation: /saʊ/, /sʌf/ 1. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound. Example: The great train snaked on through the dark, pounding out the miles through the empty plains and mingy hamlets of Georgia, the 'Peach State', the angry moan of its four-toned wind-horn soughing over the wide savannah and the long shaft of its single searchlight ripping the black calico of the night. Example: I lay awake for a while that evening, listening to the soughing of the wind high in the pines, realizing sadly that we must now return to civilization.
Word: sough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *sough, swough, swogh, from Middle English swoȝen, swowen, from Old English swōgan (“to make a sound; move with noise; rush; roar”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-, same source as English echo (via Ancient Greek). Cognate with Scots souch (“sough”), Icelandic súgur (“a rushing sound, rustle”). Noun replaced Middle English swei, sweȝ from Old English swēg. More at swoon. Pronunciation: /saʊ/, /sʌf/ 1. A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound. Example: [...] Arthur; a fearful night it was: there was a sough in the air, a sound drawing nigh like that of a host marching:- — but you're looking pale and forwrought, man; is any thing ailing ye? Example: The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest. 2. A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath. 3. A (deep) sigh. 4. A vague rumour. Labels: Scotland, obsolete 5. A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. Labels: Scotland, obsolete
Word: sough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sough (whence also Scots sheuch (“ditch”)), from Old English *sōh, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīk (“watercourse”); compare dialectal Dutch zoeg (“ditch”), and English sitch. Pronunciation: /sʌf/, /saʊ/ 1. A small drain; an adit.
Word: sough Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sough (whence also Scots sheuch (“ditch”)), from Old English *sōh, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīk (“watercourse”); compare dialectal Dutch zoeg (“ditch”), and English sitch. Pronunciation: /sʌf/, /saʊ/ 1. To drain.
Word: souled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soul + -ed. 1. Furnished with a soul 2. Possessing soul and feeling.
Word: souled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From soul + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of soul Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor. Japanese 醤油 Japanese そやbor. Dutch sojabor. English soy 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”). Pronunciation: /sɔɪ/ 1. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I like a little soy with my rice. Example: Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted. 2. Soybeans, or the protein derived from them. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable, usually Example: These candles are made from soy. Example: The soy crop is looking good this year.
Word: soy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor. Japanese 醤油 Japanese そやbor. Dutch sojabor. English soy 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”). Pronunciation: /sɔɪ/ 1. Characteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: This whole drama is the soyest thing I've ever seen. Example: His voice sounded kinda soy-ish but damn he has a god-like jawline.
Word: soy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor. Japanese 醤油 Japanese そやbor. Dutch sojabor. English soy 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”). Pronunciation: /sɔɪ/ 1. Synonym of soy out (“to act in the manner of a soy boy”). Labels: Internet, derogatory, intransitive, uncommon Example: Soying over a video game. Example: Oh I know the geeks are soying about their made up little war
Word: soy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French soie (“silk”), soye, from Middle French soye, from Old French soie, earlier seie, from Latin sēta, saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Doublet of seta. Pronunciation: /sɔɪ/ 1. Silk. Labels: Scotland, archaic, uncountable Example: GILDEROY was a bonnie boy, / Had roſes tull his ſhoone, / His ſtockings were of ſilken ſoy, / Wi' garters hanging doune: […] Example: Our tents are spread with gossamer thread, / More delicate far than silken soy.
Word: spader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spade + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪdɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Word: spar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb), from Middle Dutch sparre or Middle Low German Sparre, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Compare Dutch spar (“balk”), German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), Danish sparre (“spar”), Albanian shparr, shpardh (“kind of oak”). Perhaps also compare spear. Pronunciation: /spɑː/, /spɑɹ/, [spɑɹ], [spɑ˞] 1. A rafter of a roof. 2. A thick pole or piece of wood. 3. A bar of wood used to fasten a door. Labels: obsolete Example: The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […]. 4. Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff. 5. A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
Word: spar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb), from Middle Dutch sparre or Middle Low German Sparre, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Compare Dutch spar (“balk”), German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), Danish sparre (“spar”), Albanian shparr, shpardh (“kind of oak”). Perhaps also compare spear. Pronunciation: /spɑː/, /spɑɹ/, [spɑɹ], [spɑ˞] 1. To bolt, bar. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […] 2. To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars. Labels: transitive
Word: spar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), from Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran (“to strike, strike out at, spar”), related to Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”). The slang sense of friend is probably from the phrase sparring partner under the influence of the similar slang words par and star. Pronunciation: /spɑː/, /spɑɹ/, [spɑɹ], [spɑ˞] 1. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. Example: After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch. 2. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. 3. To contest in words; to wrangle.
Word: spar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), from Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran (“to strike, strike out at, spar”), related to Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”). The slang sense of friend is probably from the phrase sparring partner under the influence of the similar slang words par and star. Pronunciation: /spɑː/, /spɑɹ/, [spɑɹ], [spɑ˞] 1. A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting. 2. A friend, a mate, a pal. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: KLASHNEKOFF: I take two glass then pass the spliff to my spars. Example: 'Ello clart! How are you doin' spar? Let's have a look at your mobile phone there, that's fuckin' posh, innit?[…]that's fuckin' safe, spar!
Word: spar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar From Middle Low German spar, sper (“spar”); or from a backformation of sparstone (“spar”), from Middle English sparston (“gypsum, chalk”), from Old English spærstān (“gypsum”). Related to German Sparkalk (“plaster”), Old English spæren (“of plaster, of mortar”). Pronunciation: /spɑː/, /spɑɹ/, [spɑɹ], [spɑ˞] 1. Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any crystal with readily discernible faces. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sparge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French espargier, from Latin spargō (whence English sparse), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”). Pronunciation: /spɑɹd͡ʒ/ 1. To sprinkle or spray. 2. To introduce bubbles into (a liquid). Labels: transitive Example: Bubble machines sparge water for platform diving competitions to lessen the impact.
Word: sparge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French espargier, from Latin spargō (whence English sparse), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”). Pronunciation: /spɑɹd͡ʒ/ 1. Synonym of lautering.
Word: sparge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French espargier, from Latin spargō (whence English sparse), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”). Pronunciation: /spɑɹd͡ʒ/ 1. That sparges. Labels: not-comparable Example: sparge pipe
Word: spavin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”), from Old French espavain, a variant of esparvain, esprevain, esprevin (modern French éparvin, épervin). The further etymology is unknown; one suggestion is that it is from Frankish *sparwan (“sparrow”), though this is seen as quite tenuous. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈspævɪn/ 1. A bony swelling which develops in a horse's leg where the shank and splint bone meet, caused by inflammation of the cartilage connecting those bones; also, a similar swelling caused by inflammation of the hock bones. Labels: countable Example: [H]is horſe hip'd vvith an olde mothy ſaddle, and ſtirrops of no kindred: beſides poſſeſt vvith the glanders, and like to moſe in the chine, troubled vvith the Lampaſſe, infected vvith the faſhions, full of VVindegalls, ſped vvith Spauins, raied vvith the Yellovvs, […] Example: Of ſpauens, there be tvvo kindes, the bone Spauen and the blood: for the bone Spauen, you ſhall dreſſe it in all things like the ſplent, and it vvil heale it. For the bloud ſpauen you ſhall take vp the veane, and vvhen it hath bled vve pull out the bladder vvhich holdes the ſpauen, and ſtop the vvound vvith Sage and ſalt, and it vvill heale it. 2. A disease of horses caused by this bony swelling (etymology 1, noun sense 1.1). Labels: uncountable Example: [N]ovv the Bots, the Spauin, and the Glanders, and ſome doſen diſeaſes more, light on him, & his Moyles. 3. A similar disease causing a person's leg to be lame. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: "As an inventor," Bob Mason suggested, "you're a howling success at shooting craps! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. Why monkey with weak imitations when you can come so close to the original."
Word: spavin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”), from Old French espavain, a variant of esparvain, esprevain, esprevin (modern French éparvin, épervin). The further etymology is unknown; one suggestion is that it is from Frankish *sparwan (“sparrow”), though this is seen as quite tenuous. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈspævɪn/ 1. To cause (a horse or its leg) to have spavin (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.2). Labels: rare, transitive Example: Mr. Lythe had seen many horses which Mr. Field had passed as sound although they were spavined; and he does not recollect a single instance of lameness among them. Example: The witches that dance on the Brocken on Valpurgis Eve would be spoken of in a different spirit from the village hag who spavins the horse and curdles the milk. 2. To impair or injure (someone or something). Labels: figuratively, rare, transitive Example: But Ahab; oh he’s a hard driver. Look, driven one leg to death, and spavined the other for life, and now wears out bone legs by the cord. Example: [Fridtjof] Nansen, having accomplished nearly as much as these Americans without spavining his health or business instincts, published a book, negotiated with the Major, got out three-sheet posters of himself in modest costume and self-effacing language, and is now able to address large, long-eared and appreciative audiences at the rate of twenty dollars a minute.
Word: spavin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈspævɪn/ 1. The stratum of earth underneath a coal deposit. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: spica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin spica. 1. A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis). 2. A spur. 3. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.
Word: spigot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪ.ɡət/, /ˈspɪ.kət/ 1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. 2. The plug of a faucet, tap or cock. 3. A water tap: a faucet or sillcock. Labels: Appalachia, US, especially Example: I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.
Word: spigot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪ.ɡət/, /ˈspɪ.kət/ 1. To block with a spigot. Labels: transitive Example: Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps. 2. To insert (a spigot). Labels: transitive Example: Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.
Word: spitz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Spitz, from spitz (“pointed”); so called from the tapering shape of its muzzle. Pronunciation: /spɪts/ 1. Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed.
Word: spline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid-1700s East Anglian dialect. Origin uncertain but perhaps from Old Danish splind or North Frisian splinj and ultimately related to the root of splinter. Pronunciation: /ˈsplaɪ̯n/, [ˈsplaɪ̯n] 1. A long, thin piece of metal or wood. 2. A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing. 3. A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points. 4. Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points. Example: However, it should be possible to give more sophisticated spherical spline curves based on the de Castaljau method that are computed using multiple slerps between pairs of points and which work well for arbitrary knot positions (indeed, knot insertion methods for spline curves should suffice for this, cf Farin [1993]) Example: These conditions provide a framework which encompasses some notable approximation kernels including splines, so-called cardinal functions, and many radial basis functions such as the Gaussians and general multiquadrics. 5. A ridge or tooth on a drive shaft that meshes with a corresponding groove in a mating piece and transfers torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between the pieces; either the ridge or the groove, as part of a set of both (splines); the whole set of ridges and grooves. 6. A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together. Example: Near-synonym: feather
Word: spline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Mid-1700s East Anglian dialect. Origin uncertain but perhaps from Old Danish splind or North Frisian splinj and ultimately related to the root of splinter. Pronunciation: /ˈsplaɪ̯n/, [ˈsplaɪ̯n] 1. To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline. 2. To fit with a spline. Example: Machining a straight spline with a lathe. Sometimes the task of splining a shaft comes up during a repair. Instead of sending out the job, use this setup to mill the splines on a lathe. 3. To fasten to or together with a spline. Example: Engineers did not think two crankshafts could be synchronized. Wood, by splining the shafts in each gear box, proved it could be done. Example: These packs can be holding or driving devices, depending on what they are splined to.
Word: sprue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch spruw, sprouw. First described by William Hillary. Pronunciation: /spɹuː/ 1. A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sprue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /spɹuː/ 1. A channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process. 2. Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
Word: sprue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /spɹuː/ 1. To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece. Example: In the brass spruing room is what is known as a Todd water tumbler, used for brass castings. Example: The method adopted for sprueing the wax pattern is much more important to the success of the inlay than is generally realized.
Word: squill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French scille, from Latin scilla. Doublet of scilla. Pronunciation: /skwɪl/ 1. A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties 2. A sea onion (Drimia maritima) 3. A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean
Word: staph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of staphylococcus. Pronunciation: /stæf/ 1. Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪsɪs/, /ˈstæ-/ 1. A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: His company was sized for growth, not stasis. Example: Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish. 3. A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I was in stasis for forty years before I woke up orbiting this poxy planet! 4. One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter. Labels: uncountable, usually