nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song "Stan" by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker + fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme. Pronunciation: /stæn/ 1. An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive. Labels: Internet, derogatory, sometimes Example: K-pop stan Example: I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans, […]
Word: stan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song "Stan" by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker + fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme. Pronunciation: /stæn/ 1. To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of). Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: We stan a queen. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.
Word: stan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from -stan. Pronunciation: /stɑːn/, /stæn/ 1. A country, often ex-Soviet, whose name ends with -stan, such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, or Kazakhstan. Labels: informal Example: “There are a lot of former Soviet states – a lot of stans.” This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan[…].
Word: punch list Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from the practice of punching holes in a list to indicate completion of individual items. 1. The list of repairs and finish work required to complete a project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct. Labels: US Example: The building opened on schedule, but it took them another three months to get through the punch list.
Word: æsc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ. Pronunciation: /æʃ/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter Æ/æ. Example: {{quote-book|en|author=Isaac Kaufman Funk|titre=A Standard Dictionary of the English Language Upon1893 Example: Certain voicing of consonants in medial positions, long unrepresented in standard West Saxon, are now recorded in spelling (lufian becomes luvien), and there are significant changes also in the representation of vowels. The letter æ (æsc) disappears completely and is replaced by a, for the short vowel, or e/ea, for the long vowel.
Word: geat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See gate. Pronunciation: /ˈɡiːt/ 1. The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting. Labels: obsolete Example: the Geat of the Ladle
Word: POSIX Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈpɒz.ɪks/, /ˈpɑz.ɪks/, /ˈpoʊ̯.sɪks/, /ˈpəʊ̯.sɪks/ 1. Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface, a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between Unix variants. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: wealh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English wealh. Compare Wales, Welsh. Pronunciation: /ˈwæl(x)/ 1. In Anglo-Saxon England, a speaker of a Brythonic language, especially Welsh. Labels: historical Example: It is possible that the services on the royal manors, of which Seebohm gives one instance even in the very Saxon Hampshire, may have been heavier than the average of manors held by eorls or thanes. If so, the tenantry on the former may have been in larger proportion wealhs. Example: That the kings had wealhs in their service, whose position rose in consequence of that service, is shown by Ine, cap. 83:[…]
Word: boilerplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boiler + plate. First use appears c. 1793 in the periodical Star. 1. A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 3. A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Syndicated material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] they have neither the responsibility nor the inclination to cover the real news of the community and consequently have little editorial expense, relying on handouts and cheap boilerplate materials to fill up the spots where they have no ads. 5. Standard text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They put that boilerplate on all the warning labels. 6. A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Formulaic or hackneyed language. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous for skiing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boilerplate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boiler + plate. First use appears c. 1793 in the periodical Star. 1. Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. Labels: not-comparable Example: The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses. Example: It’s an oldie, but not a goodie: one of those boilerplate kids’ movie plots about a workaholic adult who needs a serious jolt to their inner child, complete with a buck-passing, golf-playing idiot boss (Mark Gatiss) and a big presentation that’s due tomorrow. 2. Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. Labels: not-comparable Example: A boilerplate spacecraft was used to test the rocket.
Word: boilerplate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From boiler + plate. First use appears c. 1793 in the periodical Star. 1. To store standard text so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. Labels: transitive Example: Any text that you have reason to use more than once can be boilerplated by simply tucking it away in a file (on disk) […] Example: Boilerplated sections should be examined for updating each time they are used.
Word: mono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒn.əʊ/, /ˈmɑ.noʊ/, /ˈmoːnoː/ 1. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding. Labels: Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable 2. A diet where someone eats only one type of food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: plum mono 3. Clipping of monomorphism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 4. Clipping of mononucleosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable 5. Any fish of the family Monodactylidae. Labels: countable, informal
Word: mono Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒn.əʊ/, /ˈmɑ.noʊ/, /ˈmoːnoː/ 1. Clipping of monochrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable Example: The excellent on-screen display of italics, superscripts and subscripts, and other niceties available on the color screen now display on mono monitors, but with the inherently superior text font of the mono mode. 2. Clipping of monosexual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable Example: People who do wish to be recognizable as trans or bi are often coercively passed off as cis or mono anyway. Example: That is, establishing as it does a replacement binary (mono versus bi, rather than hetero versus homo) it functions to erase lesbian and gay specificity. In turn, this fails to consider, and even elides, important structural inequities between the hetero- and homosexual categories. The difficulty of establishing bisexual legitimacy in a discursive context of oppositional categories was acknowledged by a number of participants. For some, invoking the mono/bi dichotomy affords bisexuality [...]
Word: mono Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of monophonic. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒn.əʊ/, /ˈmɑ.noʊ/, /ˈmoːnoː/ 1. Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono.
Word: mono Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of monoamorous. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒn.əʊ/, /ˈmɑ.noʊ/, /ˈmoːnoː/ 1. Monoamorous, monogamous. Labels: informal
Word: mono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of monoamorous. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒn.əʊ/, /ˈmɑ.noʊ/, /ˈmoːnoː/ 1. A monogamous person. Labels: informal Example: For some monos, there are no acceptable mono—poly solutions as far as they are concerned.
Word: oversquare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English square English oversquare From over- + square. 1. having a cylinder with a greater bore than stroke. Example: The Model F engine was an overbored variation of the larger engine first applied to the Model D the previous year. This made it considerably oversquare: 5 inch bore (4.625 on the D) and 4.5 inch stroke displacing 353 cubic inches. It was rated 32.4 SAE horsepower, produced 35 at the same conditions and 40 maximum.
Word: samizdat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian самизда́т (samizdát, “self-publishing”), from сам (sam, “self”) + изда́т (izdát), an abbreviation of изда́тельство (izdátelʹstvo, “publishing house, publishing”) (compare Russian Госизда́т (Gosizdát, “State Publisher”)). Pronunciation: /ˈsæmɪzdæt/, /səmɪzˈdæt/ 1. The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable Example: [page 1] In a general sense any copy of a document which has been produced in the Soviet Union outside the chain of state publishing houses may be referred to as samizdat. […] [page 3] This term is modeled on the shortened form—gosizdat—of State Publishing House (Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo). […] According to Julius Telesin, a Russian writer who emigrated to Israel in 1970, the word samizdat occurs first in the late fifties when a Moscow poet, exasperated with the operation of the censorship system, bound together the typewritten sheets of his poems and wrote Samsebiaizdate ("Publishing House for Oneself") in the place where the name of the publishing house would normally appear. He also used the term samizdat with the same meaning but, as Telesin observes, samizdat ("self-publishing house") subsequently acquired a wider meaning. Example: From a clandestine network of friends passing to each other typed copies of their new work, the initiative developed over the years into a parallel publishing system. […] [I]n cities the inquisitive reader did not have much difficulty in obtaining access to what was in fact a banned literature. Samizdat was also an important source of new writing for the equally active and enterprising publishers of Czech (and some Slovak) books in exile. 2. A samizdat publication. Labels: countable Example: In Poland, some samizdats are different: they are professionally produced and are sold for money. But the money that these Polish consumers pay for these illegal samizdats is not dissipated in the domain of individual or corporate profits, nor does it help support the government and its publishing monopoly. The money acquired through sales is used for – and this the consumer is well aware of – the advancement of the Solidarity movement. Example: Journals which once would have circulated, if at all, as underground samizdaty, those involved risking years in a labour camp, now carry the name, address and phone number of the editor.
Word: bullfighting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull + fighting. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/ 1. A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting.
Word: cooking utensil Part of Speech: noun 1. Any utensil used for preparing, handling, or serving food.
Word: bowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl”). Cognate with North Frisian bol (“bun, bread roll”), Middle Low German bolle, bole (“round object”), Dutch bol (“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”), German Bolle (“bulb”), Danish bolle (“bowl, bread roll”), Icelandic bolli (“cup”). Doublet of boule and pulla. Pronunciation: /bəʊl/, [bɒʊ̯ɫ], /bɒl/, /boʊl/, [bo̞ːɫ] 1. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. Example: You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already. 2. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. Example: This restaurant offers a number of different bowls. Example: açai bowl, rice bowl, sushi bowl 3. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. 4. The round hollow part of anything. Example: Dig out a bowl in the ground. 5. The round hollow part of anything. 6. The round hollow part of anything. Example: 195. Old German Pipe-Bowl ; carved wood ; design in front of bowl – the letters P K K surrounded by a wreath ; lid wanting. Switzerland. 7. The round hollow part of anything. Example: Let's smoke a bowl! Example: Purple smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real purple. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. One bowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours. 8. The round hollow part of anything. 9. The round hollow part of anything. 10. The round hollow part of anything. 11. The round hollow part of anything. Labels: broadly
Word: bowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll. Pronunciation: /bəʊl/, [bɒʊ̯ɫ], /bɒl/, /boʊl/, [bo̞ːɫ] 1. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls. 2. The action of bowling a ball.
Word: bowl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll. Pronunciation: /bəʊl/, [bɒʊ̯ɫ], /bɒl/, /boʊl/, [bo̞ːɫ] 1. To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports. Labels: transitive Example: Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, / And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. 2. To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports). Labels: intransitive 3. To play bowling or a similar game. Labels: intransitive 4. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels. Example: We were bowled rapidly along the road. Example: On busy days, they also may be seen bowling along the Brighton main line, north of Keymer Junction, with a relief Newhaven boat express, […]. 5. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Example: Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, / And bowled to death with turnips.
Word: Kentucky Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from an Iroquoian word meaning "prairie"; compare Mohawk kenhtà:ke (“the meadow”), Seneca gëdá'geh (“at the field”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtʌki/, /kɛnˈtʌki/, /kɛnˈtʊki/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths. Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. Example: The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano. 2. A village in Uralla Shire and the Tamworth council area, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. 3. Ellipsis of University of Kentucky. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. 5. An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Michigan. 6. KFC Labels: Singapore
Word: teacher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English techere, equivalent to teach + -er. More at teach. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː.t͡ʃəː/, [ˈtʰɪi̯.t͡ʃəː], /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈtʰɪi̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪi̯.t͡ʃɹ̩] 1. A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor. Example: One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. 2. The index finger; the forefinger. 3. An indication; a lesson. Example: But if the last two years are a teacher, look for the bombastic tweets to resume before sunrise. 4. The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14. Labels: Mormonism
Word: uncage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + cage. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkeɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To take out of or release from a cage. Example: At about eleven, we uncaged our pigeons, who flew away into the sapphire sky that hung like a sail from the white peaks. 2. To unleash; to remove from restraints. Labels: broadly
Word: unique Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus. Pronunciation: /juːˈniːk/, /jəˈ-/, /jʊˈniːk/, /ˈjuː.niːk/ 1. Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched. Labels: not-comparable Example: Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey. Example: Perhaps the reader will wonder why we have placed our " beings " on a sphere rather than on another closed surface. But this choice has its justification in the fact that, of all closed surfaces, the sphere is unique in possessing the property that all points on it are equivalent. 2. Of a feature, such that only one holder has it. 3. Particular, characteristic. 4. Rare or unusual. Labels: often, proscribed Example: And as I look back, it seems to me that we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn’t one good mixer in the bunch.
Word: unique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus. Pronunciation: /juːˈniːk/, /jəˈ-/, /jʊˈniːk/, /ˈjuː.niːk/ 1. A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind. Example: The phoenix, the unique of birds. Example: […] uniques of the game, Sauron and Morgoth, are found on levels 99 and 100 of the dungeon respectively, […]
Word: solder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre (“make solid”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/, /ˈsɒ.də/, /ˈsɑd.ɚ/, /ˈsoʊ.dɚ/ 1. Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...the packaging of electronic components has moved from technology that used solder predominantly as an electrical connection (plated through-hole) to technology that uses solder as both a mechanical and electrical connection (surface mount technology)... Example: I've had so little feeling that I've burned myself with liquid solder and watched my skin burn and not felt anything. 2. Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to solder that joins metals. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul — and solder of society.
Word: solder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre (“make solid”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/, /ˈsɒ.də/, /ˈsɑd.ɚ/, /ˈsoʊ.dɚ/ 1. To join items together, or to coat them with solder. Labels: transitive 2. To join things as if with solder. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: In the days that followed Nick's death I was in severe shock. I was shattered both physically and emotionally... I seemed to be living in slow motion, waiting for the fragmented parts of my body and mind to solder themselves together.
Word: each Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which. Pronunciation: /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪjt͡ʃ/, /it͡ʃ/ 1. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). Example: Make sure you wash each bowl well. Example: The sun comes up each morning and sets each night.
Word: each Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which. Pronunciation: /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪjt͡ʃ/, /it͡ʃ/ 1. For one; apiece; per. Labels: not-comparable Example: The apples cost 50 cents each. 2. Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group. Labels: not-comparable Example: We ordered half a chicken each, but we each got a whole one. Example: You are each right in a different way.
Word: each Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which. Pronunciation: /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪjt͡ʃ/, /it͡ʃ/ 1. Every one/thing individually or one by one. Example: I'm going to give each of you a chance to win. Example: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
Word: each Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which. Pronunciation: /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪjt͡ʃ/, /it͡ʃ/ 1. An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping. Example: In one embodiment, there is an additional charge when ordering products as an “each” compared to the unit cost of the item when ordered by the case. Example: An each, piece, single item, or individual item package.
Word: of course Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əv ˈkɔːs/, /əv ˈkɔɹs/, /əv ˈkoə(ɹ)s/ 1. That is part of ordinary behaviour or custom; customary, natural. Example: Had Francesca grown up by his side, she would have loved him; and a thousand indulgences, the result of careless good-nature, would have linked the child to the parent, till the mutual affection would have become a thing of course. Example: I am not using a mere phrase of course, when I say that the feelings with which I bear a part in the ceremony of this day, are such as I find it difficult to utter in words.
Word: of course Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /əv ˈkɔːs/, /əv ˈkɔɹs/, /əv ˈkoə(ɹ)s/ 1. In due course; as a matter of course; as a natural result. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: He inspired love and emulation wherever he appeared; envy and jealous rage followed of course; so that he became a very desirable, though a very dangerous acquaintance. Example: Not tarrying long enough in the brain to be subject to reflection, the next sensations, of course, obliterate them. 2. Naturally; as would be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of course I know that! Example: You will of course surrender all your future rights to the property.
Word: of course Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /əv ˈkɔːs/, /əv ˈkɔɹs/, /əv ˈkoə(ɹ)s/ 1. Indicates enthusiastic agreement. Example: Will you come with me? — Of course! 2. Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to thank you. Example: Thank you! — Of course!
Word: para Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːɹə/ 1. A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. Labels: historical Example: She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.
Word: para Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of words such as primipara and multipara. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɑːɹə/ 1. A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
Word: para Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹə/ 1. Clipping of paragraph. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of paraphilia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of paraplegic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen. 4. Clipping of paraprofessional educator. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal 5. Clipping of paratrooper. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]
Word: para Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of paralytic. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹə/ 1. Very drunk. Labels: Australia, UK, slang
Word: para Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”). Labels: New-Zealand
Word: para Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu پاره (pāra), from Persian پاره (pâre). 1. Synonym of juz. Labels: South-Asia
Word: soon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”). Pronunciation: /suːn/, /sun/ 1. Short in length of time from the present. Example: I need the soonest date you have available. 2. Early. Labels: US, dialectal Example: Late in the evening we arrived at Quincy where we bivouacked for the night and taken a soon start the next morning to march to the arsenal. Example: Got up pretty early, ate a soon breakfast, had the sulky and was about to start to Newtown when it commenced raining.. 3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'. Example: Hurry up, the wedding is soon to start! Example: A new shop is soon to be opened in this street.
Word: soon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”). Pronunciation: /suːn/, /sun/ 1. Immediately, instantly. Labels: obsolete 2. Within a short time; quickly. Example: His wife is likely to come too after him, but we just do not know how soon after. Example: I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 3. Early. Labels: dialectal Example: How is it that ye are come so soon to day? Example: “Been huntin’ fuh mah mule. Anybody seen ’im?” he asked. “Seen ’im soon dis mornin’ over behind de school-house,” Lum said. “’’Bout ten o’clock or so. He musta been out all night tuh be way over dere dat early.” 4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will. Example: I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.
Word: bene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”). Cognate with Danish bøn (“prayer”), Swedish bön (“prayer”), Icelandic bæn (“prayer”), Icelandic bón (“request”). Related to ban. See also boon, bee. Pronunciation: /biːn/ 1. A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon. Labels: dialectal Example: What is good for a bootless bene?
Word: bene Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of benne (“sesame”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene. 1. Good. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Egad, you carry a bene blink aloft. Come to the ken alone—no! my blowen; did not I tell you I should bring a pater cove, to chop up the whiners for Dawson?
Word: bene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene. 1. Tongue. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Stowe your bene!
Word: bene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of eggs benedict 1. Abbreviation of eggs Benedict, an egg dish Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: bene Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of been. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: That would of^([sic]) bene a good idea...
Word: bocca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bocca (“mouth”). Doublet of bouche. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒkə/, /ˈbəʊkə/ 1. The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out. Example: The second partition divides this from the leer or annealing furnace; through the boccas, or working holes,
Word: analogue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -logue. See analog. 1. Alternative spelling of analog. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: "But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers? "I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that.
Word: analogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -logue. See analog. 1. Something that bears an analogy to something else. Labels: countable 2. An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin. Labels: countable Example: See also: convergent evolution 3. Alternative spelling of analog (“A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bicicletta Part of Speech: noun 1. a cocktail made with white wine, Campari, soda water, citrus.
Word: braccio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian braccio. Doublet of brachium. 1. An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a yard.
Word: bravo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bravo. Doublet of brave. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/, /bɹɑˈvoʊ/, /ˈbɹɑːvəʊ/, /bɹɑːˈvəʊ/ 1. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado. Example: As for Rochester, he had not genius enough to enter the lists with Dryden, so he fell upon another method of revenge; and meanly hired bravoes to assault him. Example: Men have before hired bravos to transact their crimes, while their own person and reputation sat under shelter. 2. A shout of "bravo!" Example: There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Bravo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of
Word: bravo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bravo. Doublet of brave. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/, /bɹɑˈvoʊ/, /ˈbɹɑːvəʊ/, /bɹɑːˈvəʊ/ 1. Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer. Example: Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!
Word: bravo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bravo. Doublet of brave. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/, /bɹɑˈvoʊ/, /ˈbɹɑːvəʊ/, /bɹɑːˈvəʊ/ 1. To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo! Example: "And my Sunbeam was bravoed, and encored, and crowned with flowers, was she not?" Example: Together they had bravoed the great tragedians, and together hopelessly worshipped the beautiful faces, enskied and sainted, of famous actresses.
Word: bere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bere (“barley”), from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“emmer”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley. Pronunciation: /bɪə/, /bɪɚ/ 1. Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley. Labels: Scotland, uncountable
Word: bere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bear (“pillowcase”) Pronunciation: /bɪə/, /bɛə/, /bɪɚ/, /bɛɚ/ 1. A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere. Labels: dialectal Example: Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]' Example: [...] he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere.
Word: bello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian bello (“man; fella”). Doublet of beau. 1. A young man; sweetheart.
Word: impure s Part of Speech: noun 1. In Italian, an "s" (/s/ or /z/) followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from il to lo in the singular and from i to gli in the plural, the indefinite article changes from un to uno, the partitive article changes from dei to degli, and some adjectives and pronouns also change form. 2. In Italian, an "s" (/s/ or /z/) followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from il to lo in the singular and from i to gli in the plural, the indefinite article changes from un to uno, the partitive article changes from dei to degli, and some adjectives and pronouns also change form. This also happens before words beginning with gn, pn, ps, x, y, and z and before certain words starting with ch that are derived from French.
Word: absolute superlative Part of Speech: noun 1. In Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan: the form of an adjective formed by adding the suffixes -issimo, -ísimo, -íssimo, -érrimo, -imo, or -íssim to the adjective (with any final vowel dropped) to express a superlative that cannot be exceeded, having the sense “as ... as possible”. 2. In Greek: one of the degrees of comparison in an adjective that stresses an exceptional property without making a direct comparison, its closest equivalent in English being a most important letter, a very high mountain or absolutely pure water. It is formed by adding the suffix -τατος (declined) to the adjective's nominative, neuter singular. 3. In Romanian: a form of an adjective with various adverbs preceding it: foarte / tare / extrem de / cât se poate de + adjective. The most frequent and standard adverb is foarte (“very”). The other adverbs or adverbial constructions are emotionally marked. The adverb tare is used in the colloquial style. Example: Am citit un articol foarte interesant. (I've read a very interesting article). Example: Am citit o carte tare proastă. (I read a very bad book).
Word: gelato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/, /dʒəˈlɑːtəʊ/ 1. An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Now the area has been remade in their image. Every other storefront seems to be a coffee shop, a gelato shop, or a med spa.
Word: gelati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gelati, the plural form of gelato, from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/, /dʒəˈlɑːtɪ/, /dʒəˈlɐːtɪ/ 1. plural of gelato Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gelati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gelati, the plural form of gelato, from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/, /dʒəˈlɑːtɪ/, /dʒəˈlɐːtɪ/ 1. gelato, Italian style ice-cream; a serving of gelato, often in a cone. Labels: Australia, uncountable, usually Example: Out in Fitzroy Street, the Saturday afternoon crowds strolled the wide footpaths, licking gelati. Example: Gelati. Gelati. Limone, Strawberry, Chocolaty! shouts the Gelati man from the south of his face.
Word: kiasu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 驚輸／惊输 (kiaⁿ-su, “afraid to lose out”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjɑːsuː/, [ˈk˭jãː˧.su(˦)], [-u(˦˧)] 1. Afraid to lose out, particularly because one is overly competitive. Labels: Singapore, colloquial, derogatory, mildly Example: No wonder the parents acted that way, she said. They were just being kia-su (afraid to lose out). Example: The kia-si/kia-su ("afraid to die/afraid to lose") attitude of the Totalisator Boards in Malaysia and Singapore is deplorable.
Word: kiasu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 驚輸／惊输 (kiaⁿ-su, “afraid to lose out”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjɑːsuː/, [ˈk˭jãː˧.su(˦)], [-u(˦˧)] 1. A kiasu person. Labels: Singapore, colloquial, derogatory, mildly Example: Apart from the kiasis and kiasus, there are also Singaporeans at the other end of the scale – the healthcare workers who put their lives at risk.
Word: sooner Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsuːnə/, /ˈsunɚ/ 1. comparative form of soon: more soon Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sooner Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈsuːnə/, /ˈsunɚ/ 1. comparative form of soon: more soon Labels: comparative, form-of 2. rather. Example: I would sooner die than marry you! Example: Sooner than have a problem later, I made sure the policy was in order.
Word: sooner or later Part of Speech: adv 1. Eventually, at some undetermined time in the not-too-distant future. Labels: not-comparable Example: He’ll turn up sooner or later. Example: Sooner or later / You hit the deck, you get found out / Save it for later / Don't run away and let me down
Word: io Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ, “Io”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪəʊ/ 1. A type of moth, the io moth. Example: These lines appear to serve as roadways or guides to any stragglers that may have hung back for some reason known only to an io.
Word: io Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Latin iō; compare Ancient Greek ἰώ (iṓ, “oh!”). 1. An exclamation of joy or triumph. Labels: rare Example: Do as thou wilt, as a great god can, O Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! I am awake In the grip of the snake.
Word: zee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely an alteration of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee. Fell out of usage in England by the 17th century, and made standard in the U.S. in American Dictionary of English Language by Noah Webster in 1828, though usage varied for decades afterwards. Pronunciation: /ziː/, /ˈzeɪː/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z. Example: Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee. 2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds. Example: zee-bar. 3. Sleep. Labels: colloquial, plural-normally Example: Time to get some zees.
Word: zee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely an alteration of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee. Fell out of usage in England by the 17th century, and made standard in the U.S. in American Dictionary of English Language by Noah Webster in 1828, though usage varied for decades afterwards. Pronunciation: /ziː/, /ˈzeɪː/ 1. To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.) Labels: Newfoundland, US, informal, intransitive 2. To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns. Labels: Newfoundland, US, intransitive, rare
Word: zee Part of Speech: article 1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English. Labels: Newfoundland, US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: vice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English vice, from Old French vice, from Latin vitium (“fault or blemish”). Displaced native Old English unþēaw. Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others) Example: Pride is a vice, not a virtue. Example: Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school. 2. Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs. 3. Clipping of vice squad. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang 4. A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. Example: So a horse with say, navicular disease, making him suitable only for light hacking, would probably be unsound, whereas rearing would be a vice, being a "defect in the temper... making it dangerous". A vice can however render a horse unsound - possibly a crib biter will damage its wind.
Word: vice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See vise. Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”). Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative 2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. 3. A winding or spiral staircase. 4. A grip or grasp. Labels: obsolete Example: Fang. If I but fiſt him once: if he come but within my Vice.
Word: vice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See vise. Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. Alternative spelling of vise (“to hold or squeeze with a vice”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Camillo. As he had ſeen’t, or beene an Instrument / To vice you to't, that you haue toucht his Queene / Forbiddenly. Example: What could be done—who was it that could do it—to check the storm-flight of these maniacal horses? Could I not seize the reins from the slumbering coachman? […] [F]rom the way in which the coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh, this was impossible.
Word: vice Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis. Compare French fois (“time”) and Spanish vez (“time, turn”). Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank Labels: not-comparable Example: vice president Example: vice admiral
Word: vice Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis. Compare French fois (“time”) and Spanish vez (“time, turn”). Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. Instead of; in place of; versus. Labels: dated Example: He was gardener and out-door man, vice Upton, resigned. Example: A very small cab-boy, vice Stoopid retired, swung on behind Foker's vehicle; knock-kneed and in the tightest leather breeches.
Word: vice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis. Compare French fois (“time”) and Spanish vez (“time, turn”). Pronunciation: /vaɪs/ 1. One who acts in place of a superior. Example: c. 1850s-1870s, Edward Minister and Son, The Gazette of Fashion and Cutting-Room Companion The health of the Vice was proposed in appropriate language; in replying, Mr. Marriott thanked the company […]
Word: anti-gay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + gay (“homosexual”). 1. Against or opposed to gay people, or to rights for gay people.
Word: anti-gay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + gay (“homosexual”). 1. One who is against or opposed to gay people, or to rights for gay people. Example: Even now gay rights ordinances are in danger of being repealed by local and statewide initiatives. Indeed, San Francisco, the self proclaimed gay capital, is in the danger of falling prey to the anti-gays. Example: Antigays trash Latvia’s first pride parade
Word: calm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”). Pronunciation: /kɑm/, /kɑlm/, /kɔm/, /kɔlm/, /kæm/ 1. Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. 2. Free of noise and disturbance. Example: Calm is the morn without a sound, ⁠Calm as to suit a calmer grief, ⁠And only thro’ the faded leaf The chestnut pattering to the ground: […] 3. with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. 4. Without wind or storm. 5. Good; alright; cool; OK. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Hi, welcome to Puma. If you need any help, my name's Kelly. That's calm, man[…]Thirty pounds is the limit, I think you'll pay no more, I'm sorry. Aight, fuck it! What, can I do chip and pin. Calm, I'ma put my pin in like boom! Example: Been living my life as a Kingpin. I'm calm with the heat of the kitchen.