nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: plus sign Part of Speech: noun 1. The symbol + used to denote the operation of addition, to indicate that a number is positive, and so on.
Word: minus sign Part of Speech: noun 1. The symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.
Word: greater than Part of Speech: noun 1. The character >, denoting having a larger amount or number
Word: less than Part of Speech: noun 1. The character <, used to show that one amount or number is smaller than another.
Word: less than Part of Speech: adj 1. Inferior in consideration, rank, or importance. Labels: not-comparable Example: On Sunday night in South Bend, where he delivered a poignant valediction to his campaign before hundreds of cheering supporters, he noted that it had “sent a message to every kid out there wondering if whatever marks them out as different means they are somehow destined to be less than.” Example: I worry for her. I know it sounds silly but the world is judged on looks and I don’t want her to feel the same, less-than, body-shamed feelings that I did. How do I go about making sure she doesn’t feel less-than or not-as-good-as based on her looks?
Word: ppm Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of parts per million (10000 ppm = 1%). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe. Example: PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US. 2. Initialism of page(s) per minute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: semi-colon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English colon English semi-colon From semi- + colon. 1. Alternative form of semicolon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carrottop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of carrot top. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: punto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punt. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌntəʊ/, /ˈpʊntəʊ/ 1. A hit or point. Example: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there, to see thee pass thy puncto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant. 2. A traditional small Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm. Labels: historical
Word: dos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /duːz/ 1. plural of do Labels: form-of, plural Example: With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos." David wondered sometimes why all the pleasant things were "don'ts" and all the unpleasant ones "dos."
Word: dos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dəʊz/, /doʊz/ 1. plural of do Labels: form-of, plural Example: In functional harmonic progression, three “Dos” in a row within the Do-Ti test indicate chord changes that can only be this descending third pattern.
Word: coma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”). Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊmə/, /ˈkoʊmə/ 1. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. Example: go into a coma Example: slip into a coma
Word: coma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”). Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊmə/, /ˈkoʊmə/ 1. A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet. 2. A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points. 3. A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Word: capital letter Part of Speech: noun 1. An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.
Word: George Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doublet of Jorge and Geevarghese. The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression let George do it. The Pullman porter sense derives from George Pullman, who hired Black people to staff his sleeping cars, and the patrons of the service seeing the Black people as servants of George Porter, much like how a slave was named after the master. Pronunciation: /dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/ 1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G.
Word: George Part of Speech: name Etymology: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doublet of Jorge and Geevarghese. The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression let George do it. The Pullman porter sense derives from George Pullman, who hired Black people to staff his sleeping cars, and the patrons of the service seeing the Black people as servants of George Porter, much like how a slave was named after the master. Pronunciation: /dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Our ancient word of courage faire saint George / Inspire vs with the spleene of fierie Dragons, Example: George and Charles are unlucky in this respect; they have no diminutives, and what a mouthful of monosyllables they are! names royal too, and therefore unshortened. A king must be of a very rare class who could afford to be called by shorthand; 2. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A French surname originating as a patronymic. 4. A German surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Georg. 5. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Seoirse. 6. A diminutive of the female given names Georgina or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e). Example: Roy Davis Stubbs, Eatonton, Judge. Son of Robert D. and Maud (Middleton) Stubbs. [...] Married Miss George Smith Feb. 14, 1918 in Knoxville, Tenn. Example: 2004, George Sargent Janes Leubuscher, Douglas W. Patton, A Girl Named George: My First Hundred Years 7. The autopilot of an aircraft. Labels: slang Example: "'George rides in the back, aft of the baggage compartment,” said Aviation Sales Manager, John Brophy, with a smile as he climbed out. […] I switched on the autopilot and turned the turn knob to the left to get the turn-bank indicator to show a one-needle turn. Instantly, George rolled the Cessna into a smooth 10° bank to the left. Example: I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […] 8. Generic name for a Pullman porter. Labels: Canada, US, dated, slang 9. A city in the Western Cape province, South Africa; named for George III of the United Kingdom. 10. A locale in the United States. 11. A locale in the United States. 12. A locale in the United States.
Word: George Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doublet of Jorge and Geevarghese. The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression let George do it. The Pullman porter sense derives from George Pullman, who hired Black people to staff his sleeping cars, and the patrons of the service seeing the Black people as servants of George Porter, much like how a slave was named after the master. Pronunciation: /dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/ 1. A coin bearing King George's profile. Labels: archaic, slang Example: Take the Georges, Pew, and don’t stand here squalling. 2. A jewelled figure of St George slaying the dragon, worn by Knights of the Garter. Example: […] the King appears to be wearing a George containing the motto inside the gems, as it is in the jewel at Windsor.
Word: Jorge Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios). Doublet of George. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)heɪ/, /d͡ʒɔ(ɹ)d͡ʒ/ 1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English George.
Word: essay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle French essay, essai (“essay”), meaning coined by Montaigne at the same time, from the same words with the earlier meanings 'experiment; assay; attempt', from Old French essay, essai, assay, assai, from Latin exagium (“weight; weighing, testing on the balance”), from exigere + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.eɪ/, /ɛˈseɪ/ 1. A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject. Example: In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” 2. A test, experiment; an assay. Labels: obsolete 3. An attempt. Labels: archaic Example: My first essay at getting employment was fruitless; but after no small number of mortifying rebuffs from various parties to whom I applied for assistance, I was at last rewarded by a comparative success. Example: This was Lee's first essay in the kind of offensive-defensive strategy that was to become his hallmark. 4. A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.
Word: essay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, assaiier, assayer, assaier, from essay, essai, assay, assai (“attempt; assay; experiment”) as above. Pronunciation: /ɛˈseɪ/ 1. To attempt or try. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Shall we essay a walk on the promenade? Example: He retraced his steps to the front gate, which he essayed to open. 2. To move forth, as into battle. Labels: intransitive
Word: narrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈnæɹ.ə.tɪv/, /ˈnɛɹ.ə.tɪv/, [ˈnɛɹəɾɪv], [ˈnæɹəɾɪv], /nəˈreː.ʈɪʋ/ 1. Telling a story. 2. Overly talkative; garrulous. Example: But wise through time, and narrative with age. 3. Of or relating to narration. Example: the narrative thrust of a film Example: There is a deep divide in our species. On one side, the narrators: those who are indeed intensely narrative, self-storying, Homeric, in their sense of life and self, whether they look to the past or the future.
Word: narrative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈnæɹ.ə.tɪv/, /ˈnɛɹ.ə.tɪv/, [ˈnɛɹəɾɪv], [ˈnæɹəɾɪv], /nəˈreː.ʈɪʋ/ 1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is narrated. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: changing, controlling the narrative Example: Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer. 4. A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The plot is full of holes, but the narrative is extremely compelling. Example: The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.
Word: conformateur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A device for registering the shape of a head so that a precisely-fitting hat may be made.
Word: radians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triliteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- (“three”) + Latin litera (“letter”) + -al. 1. Of word roots in Afroasiatic languages: consisting of three letters. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he philologist may well refuse to accept a body of triliteral roots, developed on a highly artificial and uniform plan, as the ultimate fact in Semitic lexicography.
Word: triliteral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- (“three”) + Latin litera (“letter”) + -al. 1. A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of three letters.
Word: quadriliteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-der. Old Latin leitera Latin līterader.? Proto-Hellenic *dipʰtʰérā? Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)bor. Etruscan [Term?]bor.? Latin littera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin litterālisbor. Old French literalbor. Middle English literal English literal English quadriliteral From quadri- + literal. 1. Used to describe word roots in Afroasiatic languages which consist of four letters Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadriliteral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-der. Old Latin leitera Latin līterader.? Proto-Hellenic *dipʰtʰérā? Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)bor. Etruscan [Term?]bor.? Latin littera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin litterālisbor. Old French literalbor. Middle English literal English literal English quadriliteral From quadri- + literal. 1. A word root in an Afroasiatic language which consists of four letters
Word: Semitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Semite + -ic (18th century), from German semitisch, from Ancient Greek Σήμ (Sḗm), from the Hebrew שֵׁם (Šēm, “Shem”), the name of the eldest son of Noah in biblical tradition (Genesis 5.32, 6.10, 10.21), considered the forefather of the Semitic peoples. Perhaps derived from Akkadian 𒈬 (šumu, literally “name" or "son”). The word was coined and first applied to the Semitic languages by August Ludwig von Schlözer in 1781. Pronunciation: /səˈmɪt.ɪk/, [səˈmɪɾ.ɪk], /səˈmɛtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigrigna etc. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Semitic. 3. Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples. Labels: not-comparable 5. Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions. Example: The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa.
Word: Semitic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Semite + -ic (18th century), from German semitisch, from Ancient Greek Σήμ (Sḗm), from the Hebrew שֵׁם (Šēm, “Shem”), the name of the eldest son of Noah in biblical tradition (Genesis 5.32, 6.10, 10.21), considered the forefather of the Semitic peoples. Perhaps derived from Akkadian 𒈬 (šumu, literally “name" or "son”). The word was coined and first applied to the Semitic languages by August Ludwig von Schlözer in 1781. Pronunciation: /səˈmɪt.ɪk/, [səˈmɪɾ.ɪk], /səˈmɛtɪk/ 1. The Semitic languages in general.
Word: rhyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rim, rime, ryme (“identical letters or sounds in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; measure, meter, rhythm; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”), from Anglo-Norman rime, ryme (“identical letters or sounds in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”) (modern French rime); further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Latin rhythmus (“rhythm”), from Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós, “measured motion, rhythm; regular, repeating motion, vibration”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow; a stream”); or * borrowed from Frankish *rīm (“number, order, sequence, series, row of identical things”) (whence Old English rīm (“number, enumeration, series”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to arrange; to count”) and *h₂er- (“to fit, put together; to fix; to slot”). Cognates * Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”) * Dutch rijm (“rhyme”) * Middle Low German rīm (“rhyme”) * Old Frisian rīm (“number, amount, tale”) * Old High German rīm (“series, row, number”) (modern German Reim (“rhyme”)) * Old Irish rīm (“number”) * Old Norse rím (“calculation, calendar”) (Icelandic rím (“rhyme”), Norwegian rim (“rhyme”), Swedish rim (“rhyme”)) * Welsh rhif (“number”) Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/, /ɹɑem/, [ɹɑe̯m] 1. Rhyming verse (poetic form). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many editors say they don’t want stories written in rhyme these days. Example: Libels are caſt againſt thee in the ſtreete, / Ballads and rimes made of thy ouerthrovv. 2. A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tennyson’s rhymes 3. A word that rhymes with another. Labels: countable Example: Norse poetry is littered with rhymes like “sól … sunnan”. Example: Rap makes use of rhymes such as “money … honey” and “nope … dope”. 4. A word that rhymes with another. Labels: countable Example: "Awake" is a rhyme for "lake". 5. Rhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words. Labels: uncountable Example: The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme. Example: [M]ary I cannot ſhevv it in rime, I haue tried, I can finde out no rime to Ladie, but babie, an innocent rime: for ſcorne, horne, a hard rime: for ſchoole foole, a babling rime: very ominous endings, no, I vvas not borne vnder a riming plannet, nor i cannot vvooe in feſtiuall termes: […] 6. The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An instance of rapping; a rapped verse; a line or couple lines of rapping; a hip hop song. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: I heard Drake's new rhyme last night. 8. A rapper's oeuvre, lyricism or skill. Labels: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable Example: His rhymes are all weak. 9. Number. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: rhyme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rimen, rymen, rim, rime (“to recite or write verse; to sing songs; to tell a story in verse; to fit into verse; (figurative) to agree, make sense”), from Anglo-Norman rimer, Middle French rimer, and Old French rimer (“to rhyme (a word) with another word; to write verse”) (modern French rimer), Old French rime, ryme (noun): see etymology 1. Cognates * Catalan rimar * Icelandic ríma * Italian rimar * Middle Dutch rīmen (modern Dutch rijmen) * Middle High German rīmen (modern German reimen) * Middle Low German rīmen * Old Danish rime (modern Danish rime) * Old Occitan rimar (“to rhyme (a word) with another word; to write verse”) * Old Swedish rima (modern Swedish rima) * Portuguese rimar * Spanish rimar Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/, /ɹɑem/, [ɹɑe̯m] 1. To compose or treat in verse; versify. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Ha, ha, hovv vildely doth this Cynicke rime? Example: How Panurge and the rest rim'd with Poetick Fury [chapter title] 2. To place (a word or words) in such a way as to produce a rhyme or an approximation thereof. Labels: transitive Example: Now she's tainted by the syringe Try to rhyme a word with orange 3. Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end. Labels: intransitive Example: Creation rhymes with integration and station. Example: India and windier rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents. 4. To be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each. Labels: reciprocal Example: Mug and rug rhyme. 5. To contain words that are pronounced identically to each other from the vowel in the stressed syllable to the end. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: I rewrote the story to make it rhyme. 6. To somewhat resemble or correspond with. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: In addition, the look rhymes with but inverts the meaning of the first silent look he gets instead of words when he asks Lucien in the photo shop if he remembers him, and Lucien shrugs his shoulders in denial. 7. To number; count; reckon. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: rime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from Old English hrīm (“frost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīm (“rime; hoar frost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą (North Germanic), *hrīmaz, *hrīmô (“rime; hoar frost”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to graze, touch; to streak”). The verb is derived from the noun. (The Old English equivalent, which did not survive into modern English, was behrīman.) Cognates * Middle Dutch riim, rijm, rīm (modern Dutch rijm (“hoar frost”)) * Old Danish *rim (only in rimfrost (“rime frost”); modern Danish rim (“hoar frost”)) * Old French rime, rimee (Middle French rime, rimee (“hoar frost”), Anglo-Norman rime, rimee (“hoar frost”)) * Old High German rīm (Middle High German rīm, Bavarian Reim (“dew; fog; light frost”) (dialectal)) * Old Norse hrím (Icelandic hrím, Norwegian rim (“hoar frost”)) * Old Saxon hrīm * Old Swedish *riim, *rim (only in rimfrost (“rime frost”); modern Swedish rim) * West Frisian rime, rym Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In a Hoar-Froſt, that vvhich vve call a Rime, is a Multitude of Quadrangular Priſmes, exactly figured, but piled vvithout any Order, one over another. Example: Sylphs! if vvith morn deſtructive Eurus ſprings, / O, claſp the Harebel vvith your velvet vvings; / Screen vvith thick leaves the Jaſmine as it blovvs, / And ſhake the vvhite rime from the ſhuddering Roſe; […] 2. A film or slimy coating. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 3. White hair as an indication of old age. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Tales that have the rime of age, / And chronicles of Eld. Example: The cold within him [Ebenezer Scrooge] froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. 4. Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A coating or sheet of ice so formed. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A cold fog or mist. Labels: UK, countable, regional, uncountable Example: When Tommy and Elspeth reached the Den the mist lay so thick that they had to feel their way though it to the Ailie, where they found Gavinia alone and scared. […] "As sure as death," she said, "there was some living thing standing there; I couldna see it for the rime, but I heard it breathing hard."
Word: rime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from Old English hrīm (“frost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīm (“rime; hoar frost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą (North Germanic), *hrīmaz, *hrīmô (“rime; hoar frost”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to graze, touch; to streak”). The verb is derived from the noun. (The Old English equivalent, which did not survive into modern English, was behrīman.) Cognates * Middle Dutch riim, rijm, rīm (modern Dutch rijm (“hoar frost”)) * Old Danish *rim (only in rimfrost (“rime frost”); modern Danish rim (“hoar frost”)) * Old French rime, rimee (Middle French rime, rimee (“hoar frost”), Anglo-Norman rime, rimee (“hoar frost”)) * Old High German rīm (Middle High German rīm, Bavarian Reim (“dew; fog; light frost”) (dialectal)) * Old Norse hrím (Icelandic hrím, Norwegian rim (“hoar frost”)) * Old Saxon hrīm * Old Swedish *riim, *rim (only in rimfrost (“rime frost”); modern Swedish rim) * West Frisian rime, rym Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. To cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 or etymology 1, noun sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost. Labels: transitive Example: ―No more ſhall hoary Boreas, iſſuing forth / VVith Eurus, lead the tempeſts of the North; / Rime the pale Davvn, or veil'd in flaky ſhovvers / Chill the ſvveet boſoms of the ſmiling Hours. Example: [T]he hoar was a blanching on post and hedge, riming the dykes, […] 2. To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Oh, London, London! […] the mornings silvery gray, and the multitudinous monuments rimed by years, thunder of hoofs in ways without end, and the silence of mighty parks—Bud lay awake in the nights to think of them. 3. Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost. Labels: intransitive
Word: rime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of rhyme (noun and verb), from Middle English rim, rime, ryme (“identical sound in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; measure, meter, rhythm; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”, noun), and Middle English rimen, rymen, rim, rime (“to recite or write verse; to sing songs; to tell a story in verse; to fit into verse; (figurative) to agree, make sense”, verb): see further at rhyme. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. Archaic spelling of rhyme (“word that rhymes with another”). Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in 1797–1798. Example: Libels are caſt againſt thee in the ſtreete, / Ballads and rimes made of thy ouerthrovv. 2. The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on (as opposed to the onset). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of rhyme (noun and verb), from Middle English rim, rime, ryme (“identical sound in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; measure, meter, rhythm; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”, noun), and Middle English rimen, rymen, rim, rime (“to recite or write verse; to sing songs; to tell a story in verse; to fit into verse; (figurative) to agree, make sense”, verb): see further at rhyme. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. Archaic spelling of rhyme. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Ha, ha, hovv vildely doth this Cynicke rime? Example: VVill you Rime vpon't, / And vent it for a Mock'rie? Heere is one: / Tvvo Boyes, an Oldman (tvvice a Boy) a Lane, / Preſeru'd the Britaines, vvas the Romanes bane.
Word: rime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rimen, rime (“to count, enumerate”) [and other forms], from Old English rīman, rȳman (“to count, number, reckon; to calculate, compute, count up; to enumerate, recount; to account, esteem as”) (rare), from Proto-Germanic *rīmijaną, *rīmaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(a)rēy- (“to add; to count; to customize; to order, regulate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to arrange; to count”), ultimately from *h₂er- (“to fit, put together; to fix; to slot”), and thus a doublet of rhyme. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. Followed by up: to count (something); to number, to reckon. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic
Word: rime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rimen, rime (“to clear (a way); to make room for (something); to open up (something); to prepare (something)”) [and other forms], from Old English rīman, rȳman (“to make roomy, enlarge, extend, spread, widen; to make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way, clear, open up; to amplify; to prolong”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *rūmijan (“to clear out, make room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną (“to clear out, make room”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewh₁- (“to open; wide”). Doublet of room. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. Synonym of ream. Labels: transitive 2. Synonym of ream. Labels: transitive
Word: rime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Irish ruaim, from Old Irish rúam (“alder tree; alder bark; dye for wool made from alder bark; dun or red colour”) (probably whence Irish ruaimnigh, Old Irish rúamnaigid (“to dye red”)); further etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. To dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs. Labels: Ireland, rare, transitive
Word: rime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English rim (“cleft, crack, fissure”), from Latin rīma (“chink, cleft, crack, fissure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reyH- (“to cut; to tear”). Doublet of rima. The verb is derived from Latin rīmārī, the present active infinitive of rīmor (“to explore; to probe; to search”), from rīma (see above) + -or. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. A narrow aperture or opening; a chink, a crack, a fissure; a rent, a rip. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [T]he ſevvet of oxen […] is alſo good againſt the inflammation of the eares, the ſtupidity and dulneſſe of the teeth, the running of the eyes, the vlcers and rimes of the mouth, and ſtiffneſſe of the neck. Example: [T]hough birds have no Epiglottis, yet can they ſo contract the rime or chinck of their Larinx, as to prevent the admiſſion of vvet or dry ingeſted, […]
Word: rime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English rim (“cleft, crack, fissure”), from Latin rīma (“chink, cleft, crack, fissure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reyH- (“to cut; to tear”). Doublet of rima. The verb is derived from Latin rīmārī, the present active infinitive of rīmor (“to explore; to probe; to search”), from rīma (see above) + -or. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/ 1. Followed by into: to probe, to pry. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare, transitive Example: Our act was, with finger, and nail, and eye, to rime into every jot of it [a case]; and our words were—'I am sure there is something inside. If not, it would open sensibly.'
Word: coda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.də/, /ˈkoʊ.də/, /ˈkəʉ.də/, /ˈkɐʉ.də/ 1. A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation. Example: In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjects and second subjects, free fantasias, recapitulations, and codas; there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points; there are passacaglias on ground basses, canons ad hypodiapente, and other ingenuities, which have, after all, stood or fallen by their prettiness as much as the simplest folk-tune. 2. The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants. Example: The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all. 3. In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures. 4. A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end. Labels: figuratively Example: Downstairs, a little later, in the drawing room, the coda of the party was unwinding, and Gerald opening new bottles of champagne as though he made no distinction between the boring drunks who "sat," and the knowing few of the inner circle, gathered round the empty marble fireplace. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text In gray stormy light, their painted eyes stare out at the Mediterranean—at Homer’s wine-dark sea, at a corridor into modernity. But in memory my walk’s true coda in the Middle East came earlier. 5. A series of clicks used by sperm whales for communicating with each other.
Word: coda Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.də/, /ˈkoʊ.də/, /ˈkəʉ.də/, /ˈkɐʉ.də/ 1. Alternative spelling of CODA. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-. Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛə̯/, [ˈstɛə̯], /ˈstɛː/, [ˈstɛː], /ˈstɜː/ 1. To look fixedly (at something). Labels: intransitive Example: She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her. Example: Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had 2. To influence in some way by looking fixedly. Labels: transitive Example: to stare a timid person into submission 3. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy. Labels: intransitive Example: staring windows or colours 4. To stand out; to project; to bristle. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. Example: Take off all the staring straws, twigs and jags in the hive.
Word: stare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-. Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛə̯/, [ˈstɛə̯], /ˈstɛː/, [ˈstɛː], /ˈstɜː/ 1. A persistent gaze. Example: the stares of astonished passers-by Example: Who's that lounging in my chair? / Who's that casting devious stares in my direction?
Word: stare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”). Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɛə̯/, [ˈstɛə̯], /ˈstɛː/, [ˈstɛː], /ˈstɜː/ 1. A starling. Labels: archaic Example: The Stares be bigger than thoſe in England, as blacke as Crovves, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young, […]
Word: nor Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or. Pronunciation: /nɔː/, /nɔɹ/ 1. And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). Labels: literary Example: Nor did I stop to think, but ran. Example: They are happy, nor need we worry. 2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true. Example: I am neither hungry nor thirsty. Example: I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less. 3. Neither. Labels: archaic Example: I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less. Example: Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. 4. Used to introduce a further negative statement. Example: The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished. Example: I hardly spoke with nor listened to anybody else. 5. Than. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: He's no better nor you. Example: 'I used to think, when you first come into these parts, as you were no better nor you should be.'
Word: nor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or. Pronunciation: /nɔː/, /nɔɹ/ 1. Alternative form of NOR. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fubar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of FUBAR. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fubar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foobar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: single Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡl̩/, /ˈsɪŋɡəl/ 1. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number. Labels: not-comparable Example: Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now? Example: The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose. 2. Not divided in parts. Labels: not-comparable Example: The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate. 3. Designed for the use of only one. Labels: not-comparable Example: a single room 4. Performed by one person, or one on each side. Labels: not-comparable Example: a single combat Example: These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, […] / Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. 5. Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other. Labels: not-comparable Example: Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single". Example: Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website. 6. Having only one rank or row of petals. Labels: not-comparable 7. Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Therefore, when thyne eye is single: then is all thy boddy full off light. Butt if thyne eye be evyll: then shall all thy body be full of darknes? Example: I speak it with a single heart. 8. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. Labels: not-comparable Example: simple ideas are opposed to complex , and single ideas to compound. Example: The most that is required is, that the passage of Scripture, selected as the foundation of the sacred oration, should, like the oration itself, be single, full, and unsuperfluous in its character. 9. Simple; foolish; weak; silly. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.
Word: single Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡl̩/, /ˈsɪŋɡəl/ 1. A vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B, usually 7 inches in diameter and played at 45 RPM. 2. A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track. Example: The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album. 3. One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner. Example: He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there. 4. A score of one run. Example: He refused to take a single as the ball was dropped by his opponent's best fielder. 5. A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base. 6. A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end. 7. A bill valued at $1. Labels: US, informal Example: I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change. Example: She looked in her purse, found a ten and a single, gave him the ten. ‘I'll spend it on booze,’ he said. 8. A one-way ticket. Labels: UK Example: ‘I want to know, Mr Stone, if, in the course of the day, you have issued any tickets to a person dressed in Arab costume?’ His reply was prompt. ‘I have — by the last train, the 7.25, — three singles.’ 9. A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Labels: Canadian 10. A game with one player on each side, as in tennis. Labels: in-plural Example: After tea, Mrs. Inglethorp went to lie down to rest before her efforts in the evening and I challenged Mary Cavendish to a single at tennis. 11. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. 12. A handful of gleaned grain. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 13. A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value. Example: If you want to be a scientist or an engineer, learn to say “no” to singles and floats. 14. A shot of only one character. Example: But if the same scene is shot in singles (or “over-the-shoulder” shots where one of the actors is only a lumpy shoulder in the foreground), the editor and the director can almost redirect the scene on film. 15. A single cigarette. 16. Synonym of single-driver. Labels: obsolete Example: A few such examples have been preserved, as is well known, such as one of the Stirling 8-ft. singles of the late Great Northern Railway, the Great Western 4-4-0 City of Truro, ex-Caledonian single-driver No. 123, the Brighton 0-4-2 Gladstone, and others.
Word: single Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡl̩/, /ˈsɪŋɡəl/ 1. To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base. Example: Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention. 2. To thin out. Example: Paul went joyfully, and spent the afternoon helping to hoe or to single turnips with his friend. Example: The seeds did not germinate in many parts of a row until rains in end of June and thunderplumps in first week of July brought them up later in patches, so that no second sowing was necessary, but singling was done by stages. 3. To take the irregular gait called singlefoot. Example: Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. 4. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: an agent singling itself from consorts 5. To take alone, or one by one; to single out. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: men […] commendable when they are singled 6. To reduce (a railway) to single track. Labels: transitive Example: In the east of Yorkshire, Mr. A. M. Ross reports the belief of local railwaymen that the N.E.R. plans to single the York-Beverley line, leaving an adequate provision of passing loops, and to operate it by C.T.C. from York; […] Example: The Henley branch, recently singled and fully track-circuited, is worked by acceptance lever between Twyford and Shiplake cabins.
Word: wank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang (“to whack or beat”). Compare Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”). Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋk/ 1. To masturbate. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, ambitransitive, intransitive, slang Example: I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking. Example: She wanked me in the morning. 2. To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank. Labels: Commonwealth, Internet, Ireland, UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar
Word: wank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang (“to whack or beat”). Compare Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”). Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋk/ 1. An act of masturbation. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang, vulgar Example: He’s having a wank! 2. An undesirable person. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: You utter wank! How could you behave like that? 3. Nonsense, rubbish. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: This opera is wank. Example: Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank. 4. Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial. Labels: Commonwealth, Internet, Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable, vulgar 5. Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Sometimes those involved in the wank will attempt to steer discussion by disguising themselves with a different user name and posting their own support. Example: As we've seen, the wank that broke out at the very first Supernatural fan convention (Asylum) in Coventry, UK in 2007 was partly inspired by Jensen Ackles' joke about Wincest.
Word: only Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). By surface analysis, on(e) + -ly. * Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊn.li/, /ˈəʊn.i/, /ˈɑːn.li/, /ˈoʊn.li/, [ˈoːn.li] 1. Alone in a category. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is the only doctor for miles. Example: The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials. 2. Singularly superior; the best. Labels: not-comparable Example: Motley's the only wear. Example: But as to uſquebagh; ah long life to the liquor—it is an exhilirator of the bovvels, and a ſtomatic to the head; I ſay, Mr. Preſident, it invigorates, it ſtimulates, it—in ſhort it is the onlieſt liquor of life, and no man alive vvill die vvhilſt he drinks it. 3. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is their only son, in fact, an only child. Example: To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children 4. Mere. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: I know some who wittingly have drawne both profit and preferment from cuckoldrie, the only name whereof is so yrksome and bail-ful to so many men.