nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: labium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.bi.əm/ 1. A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side. Labels: plural-normally 2. The lip of a labiate corolla. 3. A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line. 4. A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line. 5. The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
Word: north northeast Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of north-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: north northeast Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of north-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: north northeast Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of north-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mundus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mundu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geographia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā). Doublet of geography. 1. Vivid representation of the earth to create an illusion of reality. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: east northeast Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of east-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: east northeast Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of east-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: east northeast Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of east-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: east southeast Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of east-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: east southeast Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of east-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: east southeast Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of east-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: south southeast Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: south southeast Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: south southeast Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: south southwest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of south-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: south southwest Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of south-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: south southwest Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of south-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: west southwest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of west-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: west southwest Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of west-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: west southwest Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of west-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: west northwest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of west-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: west northwest Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of west-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: west northwest Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of west-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: north northwest Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of north-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: north northwest Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of north-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: north northwest Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of north-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: up Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ap (“up”), West Frisian op (“up”), Dutch op (“up”), German Low German up, op (“up”), German auf (“up”), Danish op (“up”), Swedish upp (“up”), Icelandic upp (“up”), Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup, “up”). Pronunciation: /ʌp/, [ʌʔp], [ɐʔp], [ʊp], [ʌp̚] 1. Toward the top of. Example: The cat climbed up the tree. Example: They walk up the steps. 2. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached. Example: The information made its way up the chain of command to the general. Example: I felt something crawling up my arm. 3. From south to north of. Example: We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields. Example: Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it. 4. Further along (in any direction). Example: Go up the street until you see the sign. 5. From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway). Example: He led an expedition up the Amazon. 6. Of a person: having sex with. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her. 7. At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location). Labels: colloquial Example: I'll see you later up the snooker club. Example: “I'll tell you how I got on in the fight if I should see you up the Smokers.”
Word: up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ap (“up”), West Frisian op (“up”), Dutch op (“up”), German Low German up, op (“up”), German auf (“up”), Danish op (“up”), Swedish upp (“up”), Icelandic upp (“up”), Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup, “up”). Pronunciation: /ʌp/, [ʌʔp], [ɐʔp], [ʊp], [ʌp̚] 1. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity. Labels: uncountable Example: Up is a good way to go. 2. A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well. Labels: countable Example: I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home. Example: There are many ups to caravanning, but also many downs. 3. An up quark. Labels: countable, particle, uncountable 4. An upstairs room of a two story house. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She lives in a two-up two-down.
Word: up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ap (“up”), West Frisian op (“up”), Dutch op (“up”), German Low German up, op (“up”), German auf (“up”), Danish op (“up”), Swedish upp (“up”), Icelandic upp (“up”), Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup, “up”). Pronunciation: /ʌp/, [ʌʔp], [ɐʔp], [ʊp], [ʌp̚] 1. To physically raise or lift. Labels: in-certain-phrases, poetic, transitive Example: We upped anchor and sailed away. 2. To increase the level or amount of. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says. Example: As usual, they've upped the prices for Valentine's Day. 3. To promote. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President. Example: The other day Mr. Meyer came to see me in Weinbergers, it caused a great sensation & I think upped me a lot in prestige there 4. To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and. Labels: in-compounds, intransitive, often Example: She was sitting there quietly, then all of a sudden she upped and left. Example: He just upped and quit. 5. To ascend; to climb up. Labels: archaic, intransitive, poetic Example: "Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?". 6. To upload. Labels: slang, transitive Example: 100 new apps and games have just been upped.
Word: three-point line Part of Speech: noun 1. An arc on the floor of a basketball court beyond which a successful shot is worth three points.
Word: three-point shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot attempted from beyond the three-point line.
Word: free throw Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition. 2. A throw taken without interference from the opposition. Such a throw is generally taken after an infringement by the opposing team.
Word: free-throw line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line parallel to the baseline, fifteen feet from the plane of the backboard, from behind which a free throw may be taken.
Word: backboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + board. 1. The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached. 2. A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds. 3. A spine board. 4. A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, behind a signal, etc. Example: The L.B.S.C.R. favoured backboards for signals wherever these helped visibility. The Great Eastern also made extensive use of backboards. Example: He […]had ridden the remainder of the way clinging to the backboard of a cotton wagon.
Word: backboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + board. 1. To place (a patient) on a spine board. Labels: transitive
Word: backboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely a borrowing from Dutch bakboord (“portside”) or from Middle Low German backbort, bakbōrt (“portside”). Old English bæcbord (“larboard, portside”) did not survive (in that form) into Middle English; Scottish texts of the 1500s have forms like bawbord, baburd and babord, possibly borrowed from French bâbord; later texts with Scots backburd, backber may have borrowed it from Old Norse bakborði (“portside”). Cognate with West Frisian bakboard (“portside”), German Backbord (“portside”), Danish bagbord (“portside”). 1. The port or larboard side of a ship Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And to delight in the fact that a hole on the backboard side means that you're safe because you're sitting on the starboard side seems to me to be less than clever. Example: But the gangplank was no longer in place. It had folded itself in half and clamped into storage position, becoming part of the starboard rail. Big Tom peered over the rail and saw nothing but sea. All around. Starboard, backboard, forward, aft.
Word: March Madness Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the month of March, during which most of the tournament matches take place. The "madness" part is probably an allusion to the phrase mad as a March hare. 1. The NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments. Labels: US
Word: hoops Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /huːps/ 1. plural of hoop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoops Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /huːps/ 1. Basketball. Labels: US, plural, plural-only, slang Example: Let's shoot some hoops!
Word: hoops Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /huːps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hoop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: roundball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From round + ball, to contrast with the elliptical ball in American football. Attested from the 1980s. 1. The sport of basketball. Labels: US, slang, uncountable
Word: Final Four Part of Speech: noun 1. The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion. Labels: US, informal 2. The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament. Labels: US, informal 3. An appearance in the Final Four. Labels: US, informal Example: These two teams have an amazing number of Final Fours between them. 4. The final round of the continent-wide Euroleague club basketball competition, featuring four teams with one becoming champion. Labels: Europe 5. The semifinal round, or an appearance in it generally. Labels: Philippines, informal
Word: point guard Part of Speech: noun 1. A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense. Example: Many current NBA coaches are former point guards.
Word: shooting guard Part of Speech: noun 1. A guard who is usually the taller of the two guard positions, and sometimes specializes in shooting from outside, particular from beyond the three-point line.
Word: alright Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Middle English all English all English right univ. English alright Univerbation of all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall + riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right. Pronunciation: /ɔːlˈɹaɪt/, /aːˈɹiːt/, /ɔlˈɹaɪt/, /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/, /ɔːˈɹaɪt/ 1. Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes Example: Where ever I go, both to and fro You have my heart alright. Example: [I]f I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a wedding cake standing up miles off my head […]
Word: alright Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Middle English all English all English right univ. English alright Univerbation of all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall + riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right. Pronunciation: /ɔːlˈɹaɪt/, /aːˈɹiːt/, /ɔlˈɹaɪt/, /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/, /ɔːˈɹaɪt/ 1. Alternative form of all right. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes
Word: alright Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Middle English all English all English right univ. English alright Univerbation of all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall + riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right. Pronunciation: /ɔːlˈɹaɪt/, /aːˈɹiːt/, /ɔlˈɹaɪt/, /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/, /ɔːˈɹaɪt/ 1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK. Labels: informal 2. An expression of happiness. Labels: informal Example: Alright! I passed my exam! 3. A generic greeting; hello; how are you. Labels: UK, informal
Word: she-wolf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English she wolf. By surface analysis, she- + wolf. 1. A female wolf. Example: In some trepidation the priest and his friend accompanied the wolf to his den, where lay a she-wolf on the point of death. 2. A predatory woman. Labels: figuratively, slang
Word: wolf cub Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlfkʌb/ 1. A young wolf.
Word: wolfling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wolf + -ling. Compare Middle English wolfling (“a creature which is part human and part wolf”). Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlflɪŋ/, /ˈwɔlflɪŋ/ 1. A wolf cub.
Word: turkey-cock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of turkeycock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turkey-hen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to turkey + hen; see turkey. 1. A female turkey.
Word: turkey-chick Part of Speech: noun 1. A young turkey.
Word: caterpillar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pilōsa. The sense "rapacious, extortionate person" arose by association with obsolete piller (“plunderer”). See Modern Norman cattepeleuse. Displaced native kaleworm, from Middle English cowle worm, cale worme (“caterpillar, corn weevil”), from Old English cawelwyrm, cawelwurm (“caterpillar”). Pronunciation: /ˈkætəˌpɪlə/, /ˈkætɚˌpɪlɚ/, /ˈkætəˌpɪlɚ/ 1. The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm. Example: The bird just ate that green caterpillar. Example: A caterpillar is letting itself down on a thread, twirling slowly like a rope artist, spiralling towards his chest. It’s a luscious, unreal green, like a gumdrop, and covered with tiny bright hairs. 2. A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler. 3. A set of subtrees of a tree. 4. A rapacious, extortionate person preying upon the community. Labels: obsolete Example: Bristow Castle, which they say is held By Busbie, Bagot, and their Complices, The Caterpillers of the Commonwealth, Which I haue sworne to weed, and plucke away.
Word: caterpillar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pilōsa. The sense "rapacious, extortionate person" arose by association with obsolete piller (“plunderer”). See Modern Norman cattepeleuse. Displaced native kaleworm, from Middle English cowle worm, cale worme (“caterpillar, corn weevil”), from Old English cawelwyrm, cawelwurm (“caterpillar”). Pronunciation: /ˈkætəˌpɪlə/, /ˈkætɚˌpɪlɚ/, /ˈkætəˌpɪlɚ/ 1. To move along slowly, drawing one's body up, in the manner of a caterpillar. Labels: intransitive
Word: tomcat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tom + cat, popularised by The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom. 1. A tom (male cat). 2. A promiscuous man. Labels: informal 3. An insect of the order Coleoptera referring to certain species of rove beetles, particularly in the genus Paederus. Known for secreting a potent irritant, pederin, which can cause severe skin irritation and blistering when contacted.
Word: tomcat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Tom + cat, popularised by The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom. 1. To prowl for sexual gratification. Labels: informal Example: He would not go roaming the streets tom-catting like Mr Schick.
Word: elver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of eelfare, originally "brood of young eels", from Middle English *elfare, *elvare, from el (“eel”) + fare (“group of journeyers”). Equivalent to eel + fare. Liberman instead connects the second element of this word to a putative Old English suffix *-for(e), but there is no need to posit such a suffix when the traditional etymology suffices. Furthermore, such a suffix is not securely attested, and the spelling of the word's earliest attestation (as yele fare, ell vare) implies Middle English /aː/. Pronunciation: /ˈɛlvə(ɹ)/ 1. A young eel. Example: When these glass eels enter freshwater they transform again into elvers – miniature versions of the adult eels.
Word: Bucharest Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Бухаре́ст (Buxarést), from Romanian București, from Bucur (personal name) + -ești (patronymic, personal name suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst/ 1. The capital city of Romania. 2. The capital and largest city of Ilfov County, Romania. 3. The Romanian government. Labels: metonymically Example: In Romania the acrimonious deliberations over the commercial treaty with Germany prevented Bucharest from considering official participation at Leipzig before 1935.
Word: powerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊəfl̩/, /ˈpaʊɚfl̩/ 1. Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence. Example: The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. Example: [T]he ſubſtance of gold is indeed invincible by the povverfulleſt action of natural heat, […] 2. Leading to many or important deductions. Example: a powerful set of postulates Example: a powerful theorem 3. Large; capacious; said of veins of ore. 4. Being a powerful number. Labels: not-comparable
Word: powerful Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊəfl̩/, /ˈpaʊɚfl̩/ 1. very; extremely Labels: Southern-US, archaic, dialectal Example: Above all, she remembered that first time in the Houmfor where her black nurse had once taken her as a child. 'It do yuh no harm, Missy. Dis powerful good juju. Care fe yuh res 'f yo life.' Example: "She was stinkin' hot down here that summer, an' we were powerful dry."
Word: eend Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /iːnd/ 1. Alternative form of end. Labels: Early, Modern, alt-of, alternative, rare Example: Too the eend in thy trauail thow maiſt the moꝛe heedly be leſſon'd, / And paſſe to Italian region, thus ſhoꝛtly reherſing / Peece meale pꝛettie parings: foꝛ too tell a ſummarie total, 2. Pronunciation spelling of end. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling Example: He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] eend, end. Example: […] For I thowt, I heard ſummot coming, an if truth mun be ſpok'n, I'r ſo fearfully breed, at meh hure ſtood on eend, for theaw knows I noather knew whooa, or whot it moot be.
Word: eend Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /iːnd/ 1. Alternative form of end Labels: Early, Modern, alt-of, alternative, rare Example: O deere companions (foꝛ we erſt haue taſted of hardnes) / Bꝛawn'd with wooꝛſe vẽturs, thee mighty God alſo shal eend this.
Word: op Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. Clipping of opponent; alternative spelling of opp. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: His ops went to his court hearing today. 2. Clipping of operation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: My mother's going in for her knee op today. 3. Clipping of operator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Even given the same direction, two camera ops will see and shoot somewhat differently. A good eye and an ability to concentrate and quickly follow directions are necessary for this position. Example: Give the camera op a wide berth when he or she is shooting on Steadicam. When doing so, camera ops usually have virtually no peripheral vision, and their spatial awareness may be impaired by the giant, heavy camera attached to [them]. 4. Clipping of operator. Labels: informal 5. Clipping of operator. Labels: Internet, informal 6. Clipping of opinion. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-plural Example: Ops on my new drawing? 7. Ellipsis of op art. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, ellipsis Example: an op painting; op artworks
Word: op Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. To promote (an IRC user) to an operator. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.
Word: op Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of OP. Labels: alt-of
Word: op Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of OP. Labels: alt-of
Word: op Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: op Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From op shop. Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. To buy (something) from an op shop. Labels: Australia, informal, transitive 2. To shop at op shops. Labels: Australia, informal, intransitive
Word: dom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination. Pronunciation: /dɒm/, /dɑm/, /dɔm/ 1. A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices. 2. Domination.
Word: dom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination. Pronunciation: /dɒm/, /dɑm/, /dɔm/ 1. To dominate. Labels: Internet, slang Example: Nola is actually "Nurse Nola," a dominatrix who specializes in medical role playing. […] "After that," she continues, "I started domming, which I did for a long time, but have never liked much."
Word: dom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese dom. Doublet of domine, dominie, dominus, and don. Pronunciation: /dɒm/, /dɑm/, /dɔm/ 1. A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil. 2. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.
Word: som Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kyrgyz сом (som) and Uzbek сўм (soʻm) (Cyrillic) / soʻm (Roman), both of which come from the Turkic root *som ("pure [gold]"). 1. The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀. 2. The currency of Uzbekistan.
Word: som Part of Speech: pron 1. Obsolete spelling of some. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: U cared to try som of my snax
Word: som Part of Speech: det 1. Obsolete spelling of some. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: som Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of somm (“sommelier”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The som who first introduced me to it leaned in close and whispered the news, as if he were offering me something illegal.
Word: oom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam and ohm. Pronunciation: /ʊəm/, /ʊm/ 1. An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.) Labels: South-Africa Example: He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’
Word: ook Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey. Pronunciation: /uːk/, /uk/ 1. Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me —" "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod. Example: The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door.
Word: ook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey. Pronunciation: /uːk/, /uk/ 1. To make the cry of an ape or monkey. Labels: intransitive, onomatopoeic 2. Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense. Labels: ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang, slur Example: Starts ooking and eeking About Slavery, Racism, Hair Salons, etc! Example: On Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:40:40 PM UTC+10, nigger brndy ooked: > You all have AIDS, cock suckers.
Word: boor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch boer (“peasant”). Doublet of bauer, Boer, and bower (“peasant, farmer”). For the meaning development from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-, compare with other derived from this term Russian обыва́тель (obyvátelʹ, “the average man/citizen, the man in the street, philistine, resident, inhabitant”), Polish bydło (“cattle, rabble”) (whence Russian бы́дло (býdlo, “rabble, uncultured or stupid people, sheeple”)). Compare typologically with pagan (see more). Pronunciation: /bʊə/, /bɔː/, /bʊɹ/, /boɹ/, /bʉːɹ/ 1. A peasant. Example: Not swear it, now I am a gentleman? Let boors and franklins say it, I’ll swear it. Example: For all the rich array and goodly port and countenance of Corinius, he seemed but a very boor beside the Lord Brandoch Daha, and dearly did each hate the other. 2. A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent. 3. A yokel, country bumpkin. 4. An uncultured person; a vulgarian. Example: I question if any man ever saw his absent friend more clearly than did Shakespeare his Falstaff, for instance, or Scott his Balfour of Burleigh. But does it, therefore, follow that either of these great writers would, when hungry, have summoned up before him a clearer picture of his approaching dinner, than does the equally hungry or very much hungrier boor? This I doubt; and on the same principle I doubt if the said boor would see his dinner more clearly than a wolf, bear, or tiger would theirs when in quest of it.
Word: zit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English teenagers' slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɪt/ 1. Pimple Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits. Example: Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits?
Word: kaas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kas. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans baas. Doublet of boss. 1. An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address). Labels: South-Africa Example: ‘That's not what I'm complaining about, Baas,’ said Gordon. Example: ‘Excuse me, baas,’ she said, 'you have knowing eyes.'
Word: baas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inflected forms. 1. plural of baa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baas Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inflected forms. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of baa Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt/, /ˈɹɪ̟nt/ 1. A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am asking £300 a week rent. Example: This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. 2. A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent. 4. An object for which rent is charged or paid. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Income; revenue. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do. 6. An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt/, /ˈɹɪ̟nt/ 1. To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent. Labels: transitive Example: I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year. 2. To grant a lease in return for rent. Labels: informal, transitive Example: We rented our house to our son's friend for a year. 3. To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money. Labels: transitive 4. To be leased or let for rent. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.
Word: rent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See rend. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt/, /ˈɹɪ̟nt/ 1. A tear or rip in some surface. Example: [O]ne streak of copper-coloured light made a narrow rent between sea and sky. Example: The brown paint on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents. 2. A division or schism. Example: [T]he White House was considering sending Vice President Humphrey to Cairo to patch up the many rents in U.S.—Egyptian relations.
Word: rent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See rend. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt/, /ˈɹɪ̟nt/ 1. simple past and past participle of rend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See rend. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnt/, /ˈɹɪ̟nt/ 1. That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn. Example: Indeed, we could clearly make out the arch and stony banks of this second cave, and, from their rent and jagged appearance, discovered that, like the first long passage down which we had passed through the cliff before we reached the quivering spur, it had to all appearance been torn in the bowels of the rock by the terrific force of some explosive gas. Example: Cleopatra is rent by a struggle between her newly-acquired dignity as a queen, and a strong impulse to put out her tongue at him.
Word: pinko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pink + -o, a variation of red (“Communist”, noun), as pink is a lighter, more diluted form. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋkəʊ/, /ˈpɪŋkoʊ/ 1. A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist. Labels: US, derogatory, informal, often Example: At Princeton a lone townsman cried "Down with Mussolini!" in the midst of a reception, was jostled by students, escorted off the campus. At Harvard the pinko National Students League protested to President Conant, but allowed the visitors to tour Cambridge in peace. Example: “I agree with the decision one hundred per cent,” he said. “And if I find any pinkos that I don't know about on my lot I'll get rid of them if I can. They don't even have to be Communists. I'll try to clean out any leftists.”
Word: approx. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of approximately. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: approx. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of approximate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: approx Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of approx.. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: approx Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of approx.. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: […] place the pan into a hot oven 175 degrees approx 5 minutes until the top has been cooked.
Word: prox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare proxy. Pronunciation: /pɹɒks/ 1. The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes. Labels: US Example: on the election day at Newport , the ticket containing the names of the general officers has been called “ the prox” of general officers
Word: prox. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of proximate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of proximal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: prox. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of proximity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: prox. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of proximo (“next month”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: discovery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/, /dɪˈskʌv.ə.ɹi/, /dɪˈskɐv.ɹi/, /dɪˈskɐv.ə.ɹi/, /dəˈskɐv.ɹi/ 1. Something discovered. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease. Example: Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old! 2. The discovering of new things. Labels: uncountable Example: The purpose of the voyage was discovery. Example: Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser. 3. An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation. Labels: archaic, countable Example: Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […] 4. A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. Labels: uncountable Example: The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery. 5. Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. Labels: uncountable Example: The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate. 6. A discovered attack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1700: "If I play f4, he can check me with ...Qd4, but then he has to move his Queen because he can easily lose it to a Bishop discovery on b5. He could also check me on c5 when his Queen might be safer. I could just move out of the way, though, and continue my attack."
Word: discover Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskʌvə/, /dɪˈskʊvə/, /dɪˈskʌvɚ/, /dɪˈskavə/ 1. To find or learn something for the first time. Labels: transitive Example: Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop. I discovered that they sold widgets. Example: All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. 2. To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He set down his bags beside him, on the beautiful red floor, and he took off his hat, for he had reached his destination, discovering his scant red hair, and laid it on the table beside him. 3. To expose, uncover. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand. 4. To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack. Labels: transitive Example: This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn. 5. To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit. Labels: transitive Example: Indeed, the plaintiffs suggest that they may not need to call Ms. Samji at all if they are allowed to discover the defendant on the new documents before any new trial takes place. 6. To reveal (information); to divulge, make known. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I discovered my plans to the rest of the team. Example: Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover / The several caskets to this noble prince. 7. To reconnoitre, explore (an area). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys. 8. To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The scandal of a lie is in a manner lost and annihilated when diffused among several thousands; as a drop of the blackest tincture wears away and vanishes when mixed and confused in a considerable body of water; the blot is still in it, but is not able to discover itself. Example: The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
Word: interregnum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin interrēgnum, from inter- (prefix meaning ‘between’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”)) + rēgnum (“reign; royal power”) (nominalized from the neuter of *rēgnus, from rēx (“king; ruler”, oblique stem rēg-) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to righten; to straighten”)). The plural form interregna is a learned borrowing from Latin interrēgna. Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈɹɛɡnəm/, /ˌɪntəɹˈɹɛɡnəm/, /ɪntəˈɹɛɡnə/, /ˌɪntəɹˈɹɛɡnə/ 1. A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor. Example: The Sasanian Interregnum of 628–632 Example: It was not till the kings had been shorn of power and the interregnum of sham democracy had set in, leaving no virile force in the state or the world to resist the money power, that the opportunity for a world-wide plutocratic despotism arrived. 2. A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Is it not Pelham who wonders what becomes of servants when they are not wanted;—whether, like the tones of an instrument, they exist but when called for? About servants we will not decide; but that some such interregnum certainly occurs in female existence on rising from table, no one can doubt who ever noted the sound of the dining and the silence of the drawing-room. Example: This was in that strange pause of the storm which is its most remarkable feature in the South—that singular interregnum of the winds, when, after giving repeated notice of their most terrific action, they seem almost to forget their purpose, and for a few moments appear to slumber in their inactivity. 3. A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed. Labels: broadly 4. A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended, and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary one. Labels: broadly Example: Darker questions still emerge in these dusky final weeks of our interregnum. 5. A temporary exercise of authority or rule during a period of time when there is no monarch or political leader. Labels: obsolete
Word: ostensibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ostensible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English ostensibly From ostensible + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɒˈstɛn.sɪ.bli/, /ɑˈstɛn.sə.bli/, /ɔˈstɛn.sə.bli/, /əˈstɛn.sə.bli/ 1. Seemingly, apparently, on the surface; supposedly, according to representations or implications made by someone (especially when their motives are suspected by others). Labels: modal, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly, presumably; see also Thesaurus:ostensibly Example: His interest in the railway was ostensibly a hobby, but people began wondering why he was taking photos of specific trains and specific equipment.
Word: portcullis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English portcolyse, from Old French porte colëice, from porte (“door”) + feminine of colëiz (“sliding”), ultimately from Latin colāre. Pronunciation: /pɔːtˈkʌl.ɪs/, /pɔɹtˈkʌl.ɪs/ 1. A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc. 2. An old English coin from the reign of Elizabeth I, minted for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the picture of a portcullis on the reverse. Labels: historical
Word: portcullis Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English portcolyse, from Old French porte colëice, from porte (“door”) + feminine of colëiz (“sliding”), ultimately from Latin colāre. Pronunciation: /pɔːtˈkʌl.ɪs/, /pɔɹtˈkʌl.ɪs/ 1. To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. Example: […]Within my mouth you haue engaold my tongue, / Doubly portculliſt with my teeth and lippes[…]
Word: drawbridge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English drawebrigge; by surface analysis, draw + bridge. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈdɹɑbɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it). Example: Near-synonym: bascule bridge Example: I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine / 'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine 2. A tendency to provide only limited access. Labels: attributive, figuratively Example: drawbridge mentality Example: I looked at her with wide eyes, and the drawbridge of her reserve fell instantly.
Word: obsession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess. Equivalent to obsess + -ion. Pronunciation: /əbˈsɛʃən/ 1. The quality of being obsessed; an unshakeable feeling that one topic or activity must be pursued above other interests. Labels: uncountable Example: My obsession with rugby resulted in me spending years following the sport. 2. An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered. Labels: countable Example: The downfall of the chairman is an obsession that consumes Laura's time. 3. An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired. Labels: countable Example: Editing Wikipedia started as a hobby, but it's turned into a complete obsession of mine. Example: His current obsession is getting that law passed. 4. Influence or control by evil spirits without possession. Labels: uncountable Example: if an evil spirit counterfeits the presence of God, and comes upon the man as an influence only, it may be described as obsession; but when a footing is gained in him, it is "possession," because the obsessing spirits have gained access, and possess the ground they hold, up to the extent of the ground given. Example: They should see that a perception of their identification with the Victor of Calvary is absolutely necessary if they are to constantly and victoriously resist the obsession of evil spirits.
Word: bacalhau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese bacalhau. Doublet of bacalao and baccala. 1. Dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish. Labels: uncountable
Word: Oxbridge Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Oxford + Cambridge. Pronunciation: /ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɑks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively. Labels: UK Example: On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home. Example: "Of course she is clever," said Mrs. Pope. "Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. There she's doing quite well—quite well. Everyone says so. I don't know, of course, if Mr. Magnet will let her finish there."
Word: Oxbridge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of Oxford + Cambridge. Pronunciation: /ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɑks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Of or related to Oxbridge. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The applicants are mostly Oxbridge, so you'd better watch out. 2. Evoking the idea of Oxbridge. Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge.
Word: Oxbridge Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɑks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A hamlet in Netherbury parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4797). Labels: UK, informal, predicative, usually 2. A suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4318). Labels: UK, informal, predicative, usually