nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: home page Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + page. First attested in 1992. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊmpeɪdʒ/, /ˈhoʊmpeɪdʒ/ 1. The main or first page of a website or set of hyperlinked documents. Labels: Internet Example: Creating Your Own Home Page The home page provided by CERN is a good entry point into the Web; it points you to a lot of resources fairly quickly. 2. The default page set to open in a web browser or hypertext system when it starts up, or when its home function is invoked. Example: A computer virus kept changing my home page to a site full of adware. Example: When you first launch Netscape, it will load your predefined home page. To change Netscape's home page, select Edit, Preferences. 3. Someone's public personal home page/site on the World Wide Web. Example: My home page is www.example.com/~user.
Word: forename Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English forename From fore- + name. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːneɪm/, /ˈfɔɹneɪm/ 1. A name that precedes the surname.
Word: forename Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English forename From fore- + name. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːneɪm/, /ˈfɔɹneɪm/ 1. To assign (someone) a first name. Example: He forenamed him Ishmael, and assigns as a reason, his own attention to her present distress. Example: It may be noted that Le Verrier subsequently suggested another ad hoc hypothesis , namely , that the irregularities in the orbit of Mercury were due to an interior planet, which he forenamed Vulcan. 2. Synonym of prenominate. Example: This forenaming of Cyrus is, indeed, extraordinary, and calculated to excite attention. Example: A second Parcell of meadow which wee forenamed, sould unto the sayd John Greenland , containing Three Akers, by estimation more or less: Is lying and scituate alsoe on mistike syde, By and nere the South River , It is Bounded by a part of the South River where it divides, and it is Bounded Northwest by the Lands of Richard Dexters, alsoe it is Bounded North Easte by the Lands of Richard Cooke. 3. To appoint in advance. Example: Now, the Central Junta having to deceive the people, affirmed that Sir Arthur Wellesley had retreated to the frontiers of Portugal at the very moement when the French might have been driven to the Pyrenees, came very soon to believe this, their own absurd calumny, and resolved to send the army at La Carolina headlong against Madrid: nay, such was their pitch of confidence, that forenaming the civil and military authorities, they arranged a provisionary system for the future administration of the capital, with a care, that they denied to the army which was to put them in possession. Example: CAP provides for the forenaming of approved mortgagees in small communities […]
Word: effusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin effūsīvus, 1660s. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfjuːsɪv/ 1. Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression). Example: effusive praise Example: All week I’ve found myself doing everything I can to distance myself in the crew’s eyes from the bovine herd I’m part of, to somehow unimplicate myself: I eschew cameras and sunglasses and pastel Caribbeanwear; I make a big deal of carrying my own cafeteria tray and am effusive in my thanks for the slightest service. 2. Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing. Labels: archaic Example: wash'd with the effusive wave 3. Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.
Word: fist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti (“fist”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch; to prick, stab”). Cognates Cognate with Yola fest, hist (“fist”), Saterland Frisian Fäste, Fääste (“fist”), West Frisian fûst (“fist”), Central Franconian Fuus (“fist”), Cimbrian bòista, vòista (“fist”), Dutch vuist (“fist”), German Faust (“fist”), Low German Fuust (“fist”), Luxembourgish Fauscht (“fist”), Vilamovian faojst, faust (“fist”), Yiddish פֿויסט (foyst, “fist”); also Irish fuaigh (“sew, stitch”), Latin pugnus (“fist”), Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”), πύκτης (púktēs, “boxer, pugilist”), Lithuanian kumštis (“fist”), Bulgarian пестник (pestnik, “fist; punch”), Czech pěst (“fist”), Polish pięść (“fist”), Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “metacarpus”), Serbo-Croatian пе̏ст, pȅst, пѐсница, pèsnica (“fist”), Slovak päsť (“fist”), Slovene pest (“fist”). More at five. Pronunciation: /fɪst/ 1. A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. Example: The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round. 2. Synonym of manicule. 3. The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code. 4. A person's characteristic handwriting. Labels: slang 5. A group of men. 6. The talons of a bird of prey. Example: More light then Culver in the Faulcons fist. 7. An attempt at something. Labels: informal Example: City look stronger, fitter and more motivated than last season and even at this early stage the gap feels like a sizeable advantage. Yes, it is way too early to make snap judgments about the impact on the title race. It has, however, been long enough to ascertain that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are going to make a much better fist of it this time. Example: With the rise of cognitive neuroscience, the time may be coming when we can make a reasonable fist of mapping down from an understanding of the functional architecture of the mind to the structural architecture of the brain.
Word: fist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst (“fist”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūsti (“fist”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch; to prick, stab”). Cognates Cognate with Yola fest, hist (“fist”), Saterland Frisian Fäste, Fääste (“fist”), West Frisian fûst (“fist”), Central Franconian Fuus (“fist”), Cimbrian bòista, vòista (“fist”), Dutch vuist (“fist”), German Faust (“fist”), Low German Fuust (“fist”), Luxembourgish Fauscht (“fist”), Vilamovian faojst, faust (“fist”), Yiddish פֿויסט (foyst, “fist”); also Irish fuaigh (“sew, stitch”), Latin pugnus (“fist”), Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”), πύκτης (púktēs, “boxer, pugilist”), Lithuanian kumštis (“fist”), Bulgarian пестник (pestnik, “fist; punch”), Czech pěst (“fist”), Polish pięść (“fist”), Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “metacarpus”), Serbo-Croatian пе̏ст, pȅst, пѐсница, pèsnica (“fist”), Slovak päsť (“fist”), Slovene pest (“fist”). More at five. Pronunciation: /fɪst/ 1. To strike with the fist. Example: ...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball. 2. To close (the hand) into a fist. Example: He noticed Ada's trick of hiding her fingernails by fisting her hand or stretching it with the palm turned upward when helping herself to a biscuit. 3. To grip with a fist. Example: I am an officer; but, how I wish I could fist a bit of old-fashioned beef in the fore-castle, as I used to when I was before the mast. 4. To fist-fuck. Labels: slang 5. To stomp, to utterly defeat Labels: transitive
Word: fist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fisten, fiesten, from Old English *fistan ("to break wind gently"; supported by Old English fisting (“breaking wind”)), from Proto-Germanic *fistaz (“breaking wind, fart”), from Proto-Germanic *fīsaną (“to break or discharge wind, fart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Cognate with Dutch veest (“a fart”), Low German fīsten (“to break wind”), German Fist (“a quiet wind”), Fisten (“breaking wind”), Swedish fisa (“to fart”), Latin spīrō (“breathe, blow”). Pronunciation: /fɪst/ 1. To break wind. Labels: intransitive
Word: fist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fisten, fiesten, from Old English *fistan ("to break wind gently"; supported by Old English fisting (“breaking wind”)), from Proto-Germanic *fistaz (“breaking wind, fart”), from Proto-Germanic *fīsaną (“to break or discharge wind, fart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Cognate with Dutch veest (“a fart”), Low German fīsten (“to break wind”), German Fist (“a quiet wind”), Fisten (“breaking wind”), Swedish fisa (“to fart”), Latin spīrō (“breathe, blow”). Pronunciation: /fɪst/ 1. The act of breaking wind; fise. 2. A puffball.
Word: digestive tract Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.
Word: gastrointestinal tract Part of Speech: noun 1. The digestive tract of any of many animals, including humans, that have stomach(s) and intestine(s).
Word: grand unification theory Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory that unifies the electromagnetic interaction, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction.
Word: theory of everything Part of Speech: noun 1. A supposed theory uniting all fundamental physical phenomena into a single framework. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A supposed theory uniting all fundamental physical phenomena into a single framework. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: toenail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toe + nail. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊˌneɪl/ 1. The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe. Example: toenail clippings
Word: toenail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From toe + nail. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊˌneɪl/ 1. To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle. Labels: transitive
Word: impurity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjɝɪti/, /ɪmˈpjuɹɪti/ 1. The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead. 2. A component or additive that renders something else impure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult. Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. 3. A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.
Word: cloister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, clostre, or via Old English clauster, both from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), a derivation of the past participle of claudere (“to close”). Doublet of claustrum. Pronunciation: /ˈklɔɪstə/, /ˈklɔɪstɚ/, /ˈkloɪstə/ 1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: 2. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: 3. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion. 4. The monastic life. Labels: figuratively
Word: cloister Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, clostre, or via Old English clauster, both from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), a derivation of the past participle of claudere (“to close”). Doublet of claustrum. Pronunciation: /ˈklɔɪstə/, /ˈklɔɪstɚ/, /ˈkloɪstə/ 1. To become a Roman Catholic religious. Labels: intransitive 2. To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not. Labels: transitive 3. To deliberately withdraw from worldly things. Labels: intransitive 4. To provide with a cloister or cloisters. Labels: transitive Example: The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it. 5. To protect or isolate. Labels: transitive Example: Unique condo cloistered on top of hill.
Word: cuttlefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cuttle + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtl̩fɪʃ/, /ˈkʌt(ə)lfɪʃ/, /-təɹ-/, [-ɾ(ə)l] 1. Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cuttle-fish, spiced oysters, sea hedge-hogs, and lobsters were among the ingredients of love-potions that reputed thaumaturgist Apuleius [...] was accused of have prepared in order to win the love of a widow. Example: Fossilised ink sacs are more conclusively known from the extinct “soft-bodied” Coleoidea cephalopods in groups Belemitida (including belemnites with bullet-like internal skeletons commonly found as fossils) and Phragmoteuthida as well as from squid, octopus and cuttlefish fossils.
Word: Alaska Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Аля́ска (Aljáska, “Alaska”), in turn from Aleut alaxsxaq (“a mainland”, literally “that toward which the action of the sea is directed”), composed of alag (“pertaining to the sea”) + -sxa (nominalizing suffix, yields 'the objective of action expressed by the root') + -q (nominalizing suffix). Commonly misattributed to Russian ала (ala) + -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈlæs.kə/ 1. A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK. Example: We have no available sources of information concerning the vegetation northward of the peninsula of Alaska from Bristol Bay, in 58°, to the mouth of the Kwichpak, in latitude 63°. Example: Alaska was discovered about a century ago by Russian furhunters[.] 2. A peninsula in southwest Alaska, United States, in full the Alaska Peninsula. 3. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. 4. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. 5. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. 6. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. 7. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. 8. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. 9. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. 10. A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.
Word: Alaska Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian Аля́ска (Aljáska, “Alaska”), in turn from Aleut alaxsxaq (“a mainland”, literally “that toward which the action of the sea is directed”), composed of alag (“pertaining to the sea”) + -sxa (nominalizing suffix, yields 'the objective of action expressed by the root') + -q (nominalizing suffix). Commonly misattributed to Russian ала (ala) + -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈlæs.kə/ 1. Ellipsis of baked Alaska. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: I dined at Delmonico's hard by the Fifth-avenue Hotel, a few nights ago; and among the dainties which that consummate caterer favoured us with, was an entremet called an "Alaska." The "Alaska" is a baked ice. A beau mentir qui vient de loin; but this is no traveller's tale. The nucleus or core of the entremet is an ice cream. This is surrounded by an envelope of carefully whipped cream, which, just before the dainty dish is served, is popped into the oven, or is brought under the scorching influence of a red hot salamander; so that its surface is covered with a light brown crust. So you go on discussing the warm cream soufflé till you come, with somewhat painful suddenness, on the row of ice. Example: Preparing the dessert, Dunlap pours a shallow pool of crème anglaise into a dish and adds an Alaska. Next he pours half Bacardi 151 rum ("this one's not for drinking," he warns) and half root beer schnapps into a sauceboat. It's show time! […] We dip the spoon into the Bacardi/schnapps mixture, and heat the spoon's base with a mini torch. When the spoon goes back into the sauceboat, its contents ignite immediately. Yikes! Next, with our left hand, we pick up a long knife and place the tip firmly into the meringue-covered Alaska. Then, with our right, we pick up the flaming rum- and schnapps-filled sauceboat and pour it down the side of the knife. We gape as flaming liquid hits the dessert and encases it in flames. Oooh! Ahhh!
Word: algae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæl.d͡ʒi/, /ˈæl.ɡi/, /ˈæl.ɡiː/, /ˈæl.dʒiː/ 1. plural of alga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæl.d͡ʒi/, /ˈæl.ɡi/, /ˈæl.ɡiː/, /ˈæl.dʒiː/ 1. Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Algae grows best in shallow water, 3 inches (7.5 cm) deep or less, especially where poor seedbed preparation has created low areas with poor surface drainage, and in fields with inadequate decomposition of organic matter. Example: Unlike seaweed, which grows in salt water, algae grows in freshwater ponds (chlorella or spirulina) or wild in the Pacific Northwest (Klamath blue green). 2. A particular kind of alga. Labels: countable, usually Example: This hollow, lumpy, yellow-brown algae grows epiphytically in sac-like clumps on large seaweeds and on rocks. Example: This algae grows relatively quickly, even in temporary ponds and water holes in the desert, so it remained widely known.
Word: alienation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English alienacioun, borrowed from Old French alienacion, itself borrowed from Latin aliēnātiōn(em). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪli.əˈneɪʃən/, /ˌeɪljəˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of alienating. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The alienation of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision. Example: That the mode of alienating their lands, the main source of discontent and war, should be so defined and regulated as to obviate imposition and as far as may be practicable controversy concerning the reality and extent of the alienations which are made. 2. The state of being alienated. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His alienation from his family means he has nowhere to go at Christmas. Example: I refer to the state of our divisions and alienations of spirit on account of religion. 3. Emotional isolation or dissociation, as from being separated from social connections or estranged from one's family or community; a feeling of being an outsider. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I didn't care about anything back then, not holidays or family or my career, I felt utter alienation from everything around me. Example: When parents get divorced, their child sometimes experiences parental alienation, in which they are estranged from the noncustodial parent. 4. Verfremdungseffekt. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The transfer of property to another person. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The most usual and universal method of acquiring a title to real estates is that of alienation, conveyance, or purchase in its limited sense: under which may be comprized any method wherein estates are voluntarily resigned by one man, and accepted by another; whether that be effected by sale, gift, marriage settlement, devise, or other transmission of property by the mutual consent of the parties. 6. The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes (e.g., under capitalism or feudalism). Labels: Marxism, uncountable, usually
Word: audible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/, /ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/, [ˈɔ.ɾɪ.bəl], /ˈɑ.dɪ.bəl/, [ˈɑ.ɾɪ.bəl] 1. Able to be heard. Example: "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]
Word: audible Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/, /ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/, [ˈɔ.ɾɪ.bəl], /ˈɑ.dɪ.bəl/, [ˈɑ.ɾɪ.bəl] 1. To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one. Labels: intransitive Example: The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.
Word: audible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/, /ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/, [ˈɔ.ɾɪ.bəl], /ˈɑ.dɪ.bəl/, [ˈɑ.ɾɪ.bəl] 1. The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one. Example: The audible changed the play to a run.
Word: affluence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia. Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigentia meant “poverty” or “lack” in Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈæf.lu.əns/ 1. An abundant flow or supply. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. An abundance of wealth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His affluence was surpassed by no man. 3. A moderate level of wealth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They had achieved affluence, but aspired to true wealth. 4. An influx. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bulge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌldʒ/, /ˈbʊldʒ/ 1. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure. Example: a bulge in a wall Example: There was a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet. 2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. 3. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 4. The bilge of a vessel. 5. The outline of the penis visible through clothing. Labels: colloquial Example: Max looked down and sure as crap, his bulge was huge, and he started to stammer and stutter and without hesitation said, Holy crap Sandy, look at what you do to me. Example: As his bulge begins to swell once again, her hand strokes the length of it through his pants. 6. A sudden rise in value or quantity. Labels: figuratively Example: A second bulge in prices occurred during September 30 — October 9. The rise of prices up to October 3 was in part apparently a technical adjustment of the markets, a reaction to the preceding decline.
Word: bulge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌldʒ/, /ˈbʊldʒ/ 1. To stick out from a surface without breaking it. Labels: intransitive Example: He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt. Example: The wind actually stirred the cloth on the chest of drawers, and let in a little light, so that the sharp edge of the chest of drawers was visible, running straight up, until a white shape bulged out; and a silver streak showed in the looking-glass. 2. (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly. Labels: intransitive Example: The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside. Example: You will return from work one day to an empty, echoing apartment, and the neighbors will tell you that B was last seen driving away in a bulging moving van. 3. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. Labels: intransitive Example: Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars, And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
Word: banish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban. Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪʃ/ 1. To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning. Labels: transitive Example: He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes. Example: The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table. 2. To expel, especially from the mind. Labels: transitive Example: to banish fear; to banish a qualm Example: […]St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
Word: blaspheme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame. Pronunciation: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/, /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/, /ˈblæs.fim/ 1. To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine. Labels: intransitive Example: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Example: Thus from the holy Warres are we return'd, / To ſlumber in the Summer of ſoft peace, / Since thoſe proud enemies that late blaſpheamd / And ſpit their furies in the face of Heaven, / Are now laid low in duſt. 2. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred). Labels: transitive Example: So Dagon ſhall be magnifi'd, and God, / Beſides whom is no God, compar'd with Idols, / Diſglorifi'd, blaſphem'd, and had in ſcorn […] Example: How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name? 3. To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. Labels: transitive Example: You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Example: Those who from our labours heap their board, / Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.
Word: blaspheme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blasfeme, blasphem, blaspheme, from Middle French blaspheme, from Old French blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía). Pronunciation: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/, /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/, /ˈblæs.fim/ 1. Obsolete spelling of blasphemy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: binding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ 1. Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured. Labels: usually Example: This contract is a legally binding agreement. Example: A sworn statement (i.e., "made under oath)"is legally binding. 2. Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea. Example: Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.
Word: binding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ 1. An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together. 2. The spine of a book where the pages are held together. 3. A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment. 4. The association of a named item with an element of a program. 5. The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in. Example: The Python binding is automatically generated. 6. The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
Word: binding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: attire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb. Pronunciation: /əˈtaɪɚ/ 1. One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was wearing his formal attire. 2. The single horn of a goat, deer or stag. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The latter sign, however, may have some heraldic significance, as Larwood and Hotten mention a London token of 1666 on which a horseshoe is represented within a pair of antlers or deer's attires.
Word: attire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb. Pronunciation: /əˈtaɪɚ/ 1. To clothe or adorn. Labels: transitive Example: We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression. Example: He stood there, attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.
Word: locus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Italic *stlokos? Old Latin stlocus Latin locuslbor. English locus Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of lieu. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkəs/, /ˈloʊkəs/ 1. A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. Example: The cafeteria was the locus of activity. 2. The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. Example: A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius. 3. A fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes. Example: Holonyms: subband < band < region < replicon Example: Meronyms: sublocus; gene, cistron; pseudogene 4. A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme. Labels: in-plural
Word: remove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *wremoweō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove From Middle English removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre (“to move”), equivalent to re- + move. Displaced native Old English āfierran. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmuːv/, /ɹɪˈmuv/, /ɹɪˈmʉːv/, /ɹəˈmʉːv/ 1. To delete. Labels: transitive 2. To move from one place to another, especially to take away. Labels: transitive Example: He removed the marbles from the bag. Example: Thou ſhalt not remoue thy neghbours marke which they of olde tyme haue ſett in thyne enheritaunce that thou enheretteſt in the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it. 3. To move from one place to another, especially to take away. Labels: formal, obsolete, transitive Example: But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either. 4. To murder. Labels: transitive 5. To dismiss a batsman. Labels: transitive 6. To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Eternall thraldom was to her more liefe, / Then loſſe of chaſtitie, or chaunge of loue : / Dye had ſhe rather in tormenting griefe, / Then any ſhould of falſeneſſe her reproue, / Or looſeneſſe, that ſhe lightly did remoue. Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. 7. To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: THenne the kynge dyd doo calle syre Gawayne / syre Borce / syr Lyonel and syre Bedewere / and commaunded them to goo strayte to syre Lucius / and saye ye to hym that hastely he remeue oute of my land / And yf he wil not / bydde hym make hym redy to bataylle and not distresse the poure peple Example: […] you shall set your stakes at the brim of the water, each a yard apart, and so yedder them with your yedders, and so stake them with your strut stowers, that they may stand three tides without removing by the force thereof. 8. To change one's residence or place of business; to move. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane. Example: Now my life began to be so easy that I began to say to myself that could I but have been safe from more savages, I cared not if I was never to remove from the place where I lived. 9. To dismiss or discharge from office. Example: The President removed many postmasters.
Word: remove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *wremoweō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove From Middle English removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre (“to move”), equivalent to re- + move. Displaced native Old English āfierran. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmuːv/, /ɹɪˈmuv/, /ɹɪˈmʉːv/, /ɹəˈmʉːv/ 1. The act of removing something. Example: This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship. Example: And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. 2. A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course. Labels: historical Example: A supper brings up the rear, not forgetting the introductory luncheon, almost equalling in removes the dinner. Example: An attempt at entrées and removes failed at the first dinner-party. 3. (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last. Labels: UK 4. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove"). Example: A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator. Example: That vve may underſtand the full extent of theſe relations, vve must conſider, that tvvo objects are connected together in the imagination, not only vvhen the one is immediately reſembling, contiguous to, or the cauſe of the other, but alſo vvhen there is interpoſed betwixt them a third object, vvhich bears to both of them any of theſe relations. This may be carried on to a great length; tho' at the ſame time vve may obſerve, that each remove conſiderably vveakens the relation. 5. Distance in time or space; interval. Example: How many Masters have some stately Houses had, in the age of a small Cottage, that hath, as it were, lived, and dyed with her old Master, both dropping down together. Such vain Preservatories of us, are our Inheritances, even once removed: but look on it more Removes off, and continuing in thy Name, yet how little doth that concerne Thee (though the first Purchaser, or his Heire) Lazy Posterity, when they heare it so called know it by the Name, but not as thine; […] 6. Emotional distance or indifference. Labels: broadly, figuratively 7. State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The fact that one structure applied in the rainy season and another in the dry allowed Nambikwara chiefs to view their own social arrangements at one remove: to see them as not simply “given”, in the natural order of things, but as something at least partially open to human intervention. 8. The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move. Labels: dated Example: It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire. 9. The act of resetting a horse's shoe. Example: His horse wanted two removes; your horse wanted nails
Word: noble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”). False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊbəl/, /ˈnoʊbəl/, /ˈnobɨl/ 1. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. Example: This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century. 2. A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. Labels: historical Example: I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche. Example: And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.
Word: noble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English noble, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin nōbilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from nōscere, gnōscere (“to know”). False cognate of Arabic نبيل (nabīl). Displaced native Middle English athel, from Old English æþele. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊbəl/, /ˈnoʊbəl/, /ˈnobɨl/ 1. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. Example: He made a noble effort. Example: He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy. 2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid. Example: a noble edifice Example: He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts. 3. Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn. Example: noble blood; a noble personage 4. Of an element, unreactive. 5. Belonging to a class of grape cultivars traditionally considered most favorable for winemaking, usually encompassing the six: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling. 6. Both isohedral and isogonal.
Word: you what Part of Speech: intj 1. An intensified version of what or huh. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, idiomatic
Word: wrapped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹæpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of wrap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wrapped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹæpt/ 1. Encased in a wrapping. 2. Misspelling of rapt. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: wrapped Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spotify Wrapped, launched in 2016, which popularised the concept. Pronunciation: /ɹæpt/ 1. A feature on a website or online service that includes a summary of a user's activity on the service during a given year, created by logging the user's personal data. Example: Our wrappeds this year are so similar. Example: Why does YouTube have a wrapped now?
Word: lapdog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lap dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Doesn't matter. That man is not the leader.” “But he is the main guy on the show.” “He is an actor, Nandor. A simpleton who paints his face. He is an empty-headed puppet who thinks the world loves him, when in actual fact, he is nothing more than a lapdog begging for scraps.” [groans] “No, he is not the leader. That would be another devil who pulls the strings. The halfwit they call the director.”
Word: fluently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fluent Middle English -ly English -ly English fluently From fluent + -ly. 1. In a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language. Example: He lived in Mexico, so he is able to speak Spanish fluently. 2. In a fluent manner, as having graceful movements. 3. In a fluent manner, as literally flowing. Example: When he had gone half way he turned around and stared at the scene—his wife and Catherine scolding and consoling as they stumbled here and there among the crowded furniture with articles of aid, and the despairing figure on the couch, bleeding fluently, and trying to spread a copy of Town Tattle over the tapestry scenes of Versailles.
Word: quench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną. Pronunciation: /kwɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst. Labels: transitive Example: The library quenched her thirst for knowledge. Example: The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thriſty heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes diſplay, / Whiles creeping ſlomber made him to forget[…] 2. To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light). Labels: transitive Example: […] others ſaying, the fire would ceaſe as ſoon as it had vent, uncovered a great part of the houſe, breaking down the roofs, and destroying all that ſtood in their way. None of them went about to quench the fire, but all were employed in pulling down the houſe, […] Example: “From here you will see which one of us two stands up...when the fiery vomit is quenched.” 3. To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron. Labels: transitive Example: The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter. 4. To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents. Labels: transitive 5. To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system. Labels: transitive Example: A suitable method to prepare a system out of equilibrium in order to study the ensuing dynamics is to quench the system, i.e., to change its parameters abruptly. 6. To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state. Labels: transitive Example: If someone is pinned against the MRI magnet by a ferromagnetic object, you may need to quench the magnet in order to free them. Example: These knobs are generally mounted behind a cover of some sort, to prevent someone from leaning up against them or putting a philodendron on top of them, because (1) that aforementioned geyser can represent thousands to tens of thousands of dollars of helium these days, and (2) quenching is Not Good for the integrity of the magnet, and in the worse^([sic]) case you might find yourself with a lot of high-quality scrap metal.
Word: quench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną. Pronunciation: /kwɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched. Example: Then the MacManus [i.e. a ship] went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. 2. The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state. Example: There are two main types of quenches, and both are triggered by the red button. A customer of ours actually pushed his once, out of curiosity. And no, he was not 7 years old. This button is primarily for safety purposes. In some rare cases, clear signage is ignored and metal objects like mop buckets, oxygen tanks, etc. get sucked into the bore of the MRI. These are very difficult to remove while the magnet is at field. And, if a patient is somehow pinned inside, an emergency push of the quench button can be a lifesaver. The button artificially heats the magnet and starts the chain reaction described above. 3. A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
Word: tireless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tireless From tire (“to become sleepy or weary”) + -less. 1. Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue Labels: not-comparable Example: James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.
Word: tireless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tireless From tire + -less. 1. Without a tire (wheel covering); tyreless. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: blurred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blur + -ed. Pronunciation: /blɜːd/, /blɝd/ 1. Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged. Example: blurred image Example: blurred video
Word: blurred Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blur + -ed. Pronunciation: /blɜːd/, /blɝd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pregnant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged"). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/, /ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/ 1. Carrying developing offspring within the body. Labels: not-comparable Example: I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant! Example: I became pregnant in July 2014. 2. Carrying developing offspring within the body. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes Example: We are pregnant. 3. Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc. Labels: comparable Example: a pregnant pause Example: wherein the pregnant enemy does much 4. Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.). Labels: poetic Example: The sunne-beames bright vpon her body playd, / Being through former bathing mollifide, / And pierst into her wombe, where they embayd / With so sweet sence and secret power vnspide, / That in her pregnant flesh they shortly fructifide. 5. Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible. Example: The operations center was pregnant with anxiety. 6. Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. Labels: obsolete Example: play at subtill games; faire vertues all; To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant 7. Ready-witted; clever; ingenious. Labels: obsolete
Word: pregnant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged"). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/, /ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/ 1. A pregnant person. Labels: colloquial Example: The Entbundenen, or those already delivered, are separate from those pregnants awaiting their accouchement
Word: pregnant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from Middle French pregnant, preignant (“pressing, compelling”), present participle of prembre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/, /ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/ 1. Compelling; clear, evident. Labels: archaic Example: Peregrine was in a little time a distinguished character, not only for his acuteness of apprehension, but also for that mischievous fertility of fancy, of which we have already given such pregnant examples.