nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: conduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conductio, conductionem (“a bringing together”); equivalent to conduct + -ion. Pronunciation: /kənˈdʌkʃən/ 1. The conveying of heat or electricity through material. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of leading or guiding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, who aſſiſted the Israelites in their conduction through the Wildernes of Pharan. 3. The act of training up. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: every man has his beginning and conduction
Word: bunch of fives Part of Speech: noun 1. A fist. Labels: UK, slang 2. A punch; a blow with the fist. Labels: UK, slang
Word: glazed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡleɪzd/ 1. Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness. Example: Near-synonyms: glassy-eyed, glassy Example: Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch. 2. Having a glaze (a coating). Example: a glazed ham Example: a glazed doughnut 3. Having glass in the windows. Example: a shelter at the bus stop with glazed sides and rear Example: a glazed garden shed
Word: glazed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡleɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of glaze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glazed Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡleɪzd/ 1. A glazed donut, one with a coating such as sugar or chocolate. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Krispy your Kremes with fresh, non-corporate cakes and glazeds in such flavors du jour as Pistachio, Tres Leches, Meyer Lemon, and Blackout (a nod to the star attraction of the long-gone Ebinger's Bakery). Example: She had to herd them into Bruce's Coffee and Doughnut and stuff them with chocolate glazeds to get the story […]
Word: grasping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹɑːspɪŋ/ 1. Greedy, eager for wealth. Example: Just how, Agamemnon, great field marshal . . . most grasping man alive, how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? I know of no troves of treasure, piled, lying idle, anywhere.
Word: grasping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹɑːspɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grasp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grasping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹɑːspɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who grasps or covets. Example: These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings.
Word: gracefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English graceful Middle English -ly English -ly English gracefully From graceful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪsfəli/ 1. In a graceful manner. Example: Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm" Example: What happens then is kids are “deprived of grandmothers (maybe increasingly grandfathers, too) who are comfortable in their own skin, aging gracefully and being a good role model to kids, showing that growing old is not the worst thing that can happen to a woman.”
Word: fives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪvz/ 1. plural of five Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪvz/ 1. A ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: Liza on her first visit to the school had greatly admired everything about it from the fives courts and the chapel to the plaster casts in the corridors and the photographs of cathedrals in the classrooms.
Word: fives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪvz/ 1. A pair of fives. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 2. The cells located on the fourth floor. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only, slang 3. Shares at a rate of five percent. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: Look what the funds were on the 1st of March—what the French fives were when I bought for the count. And what they're at now.
Word: glimmered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glimmer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glimmering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glimmer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glimmering Part of Speech: noun 1. A glimmer. Example: The pale, chill glimmering of earliest morning was faint in the east, from which the clouds were slowly breaking; there was just light enough to enable her to find her way. Example: When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her. Moreover, from her earliest days the bairn had some glimmerings of grace.
Word: glimmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glimmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glimmers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glimmer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glimmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪməː/, [ˈɡlɪməː], /ˈɡlɪmɚ/, [ˈɡlɪmɚ] ~ [ˈɡlɪmɹ̩] 1. A faint light; a dim glow. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch. 2. A flash of light. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light). Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: After all, Harmony Korine has no more than a glimmer of talent. 4. Mica. Labels: dated, uncountable 5. A subtle, positive micromoment that evokes feelings of joy, safety, calm, or connection. Labels: countable, neologism, uncountable
Word: glimmer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɪməː/, [ˈɡlɪməː], /ˈɡlɪmɚ/, [ˈɡlɪmɚ] ~ [ˈɡlɪmɹ̩] 1. To shine with a faint, unsteady light. Labels: intransitive Example: the glimmering dawn a glimmering lamp Example: The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
Word: flicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn. Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English flēogan (“to fly”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkə/, /ˈflɪkɚ/ 1. An unsteady flash of light. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the flicker of the dying candle Example: the flicker of an old movie 2. A short moment. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: a flicker of emotion Example: a flicker of hope
Word: flicker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn. Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English flēogan (“to fly”). Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkə/, /ˈflɪkɚ/ 1. To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light. Labels: intransitive Example: The shadows flicker to and fro. Example: Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […] 2. To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter. Labels: intransitive Example: A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head. Example: There I lay on one side with a thin and rotten plank between the dead man and me, dazed with the blow to my head, and breathing hard; while the glow of torches as they came down the passage reddened and flickered on the roof above. 3. To flutter or flap. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Example: But the child saw her; was it possible? He turned his head towards her, and flickered his baby hands, and cooed with that indescribable voice that goes to every woman's heart.
Word: flicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1808, American English, probably echoic of the bird's call, or from the white spotted plumage which appears to flicker. It is also true that the bird vigorously flicks away treebark, woodchips, and ground detritus while feeding, which may possibly explain the name. Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkə/, /ˈflɪkɚ/ 1. Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes. Labels: US
Word: flicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flick Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English flicker From flick + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkə/, /ˈflɪkɚ/ 1. One who flicks. 2. Ellipsis of channel flicker (“remote control”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Word: flickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flickers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flicker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flickering Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkəɹɪŋ/ 1. shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light) Example: With 3,600 h.p. underfoot, acceleration was reasonably brisk, but the flickering wheel-slip indicator light showed the prudence of not putting full power through the traction motors while there were traces of early-morning dampness on the rails.
Word: flickering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of flicker Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flickering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkəɹɪŋ/ 1. A short, uncertain burst. Example: Even after the acrimonious breakup, she still felt flickerings of love for him.
Word: flickered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flicker Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gentleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gentilnesse; equivalent to gentle + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩nəs/ 1. The state of being gentle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [S]he [Sabrina, a water nymph] reviv'd, / And undervvent a quicke, immortall change / Made goddeſſe of the river; ſtill ſhe retaines / Her maiden gentleneſſe, […] Example: Willie spends his bus money home playing a song to dance to on the jukebox in an effort to comfort Sam, and unlike Hally, who struck out at his old friend when his life began to go wrong, Sam does not pass down Hally's hatefulness, but instead treats Willie with the same gentleness he has shown toward him throughout the play.
Word: gains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡeɪnz/ 1. plural of gain Labels: form-of, plural 2. Increase in muscle mass. Example: Like everyone else who lifts weights, I wanted to maximize my gains and give myself the best chance to succeed. Example: But it is impossible to prepare for competition and make the same kinds of gains as you would if you were training with full intensity and not dieting. When you're training to compete, you have to focus on details, bringing out small muscles, separation. And it's obvious that you can't make maximum gains while you are restricting your food intake.
Word: gains Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡeɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frankness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English frank Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English frankness From frank + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋknɛs/ 1. The state of being frank; candour; honesty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: complete frankness Example: speak with frankness
Word: fractional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction English -al English fractional From fraction + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæk.ʃən.əl/ 1. Pertaining to a fraction. 2. Divided; fragmentary; incomplete. 3. Very small; minute. Example: The two women exchanged a glance, then a fractional nod of agreement. 4. Relating to a process or product of fractional distillation.
Word: fractional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction English -al English fractional From fraction + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæk.ʃən.əl/ 1. An expression of a fractional number. Example: In English, most ordinals double as fractionals — "third", "fourth", and so on — with the exception of "second", whose corresponding fractional is "half". 2. Partial ownership of a property, such as real estate or a chartered airplane, such that each partial owner has use of the property for only a portion of the time. Example: A fractional is much more expensive than a traditional timeshare, but to many people, it's worth it. 3. Relating to a fraction in a material distillation or separation process.
Word: foundations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faʊnˈdeɪʃənz/ 1. plural of foundation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forecastle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forecastel, forcastel, (whence also Anglo-French forechasteil), equivalent to fore- + castle. Compare Dutch voorkasteel. Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊk.səl/, /ˈfoɹ.kæ.səl/ 1. A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it. Example: Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel Example: My knife was at my hip. I returned to my hut for the shotgun, made sure it was loaded, and went down to the Ghost. With some difficulty, and at the expense of a wetting to the waist, I climbed aboard. The forecastle scuttle was open. I paused to listen for the breathing of the men, but there was no breathing.
Word: forearm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːˌɹɑːm/, /ˈfɔɹˌɑɹm/ 1. The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow. 2. A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.
Word: forearm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːˈɹɑːm/, /ˌfɔɹˈɑɹm/ 1. To arm in preparation. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: But in so far as they were able to forearm themselves against the anxieties of bereavement, the loss may have been that much easier to face.
Word: fragmentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fragment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English fragmentary From fragment + -ary. 1. Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered. Example: Fragmentary evidence suggests that he died in a foreign country. Example: Of this empire less is known than of other domains. From time to time, fragmentary knowledge has been carried thence by some observant traveler. 2. Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
Word: experiments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənts/, /ɛkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənts/, /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənts/, /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənts/ 1. plural of experiment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: experiments Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənts/, /ɛkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənts/, /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənts/, /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of experiment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flowery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury. Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊəɹi/, /ˈflaʊɹi/ 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers. Example: “Sir you are mistaken—I am not——.” But before he could say ‘a girl,’ this ancient period-strumpet of a bedizened man (upon a pattern drawn from a time of swords and silk, when men were in their floweriest scent—savagely tattooed with braid—intoxicated with their own snuff—forever on tiptoe—disgusted with the mannish—wooing Woman after the fashion of women) burst in and silenced him, […] 2. Decorated with or abundant in flowers. Example: At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands. 3. Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance. Example: My accusers, then, as I maintain, have said little or nothing that is true, but from me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language like theirs, decked out with fine words and phrases; […] 4. Melodramatic, overexaggerated. Example: Although flowery actions are used in the plays of the 1890s, waving arms, wringing hands, and pleading with outstretched arms would be unsuitable in plays about modern life. Example: “Miss, it would be my great pleasure to escort you and your uncle to supper this evening.” Sasha stifled her desire to roll her eyes at his flowery actions, but the fact that he omitted inviting Jim irritated her.
Word: flowery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury. Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊəɹi/, /ˈflaʊɹi/ 1. Someone or something considered flowery. Labels: informal, rare Example: Now the revolutionaries-the Commies, Ban the Bomb floweries, Hippies, Wierdies with Beardies, Aldermaston Marchers, IRA, Anarchists- are in the driving seat. Example: I think those who happened to end up in the department of 'Critical Method' are a bunch of 'flowery' people who have absolutely NO clue of what Marxism has to say in this regard. […] Marxism has NOTHING to do with what the extremist leftists or rightists or floweries are doing/saying. 2. Someone or something considered flowery. Labels: informal, rare Example: “I am glad to find I have such an eloquent junior,” said he, shaking hands with me. “Just leave me the law and the arguments, and do you take the floweries.” / […] “I am afraid, Magee,” said I, “that neither your law nor my ‘floweries,’ as you call them, will be of much use here. The game is up.” / “Nonsense, man—the game is never up till the verdict is given. Everything depends on the jury. […] And of course we can have a strong alibi or two—eh?” Example: It was well done up to that point -- apart from a few sneaky attacks of the floweries. 3. Someone or something considered flowery. Labels: informal, rare Example: [H]e gave it in charge to the Goldſmiths that were moſt ingenious, and of beſt capacity, to finſh and accompliſh the Buſineſs, engraven and adorned with all poſſible Variety: commanding that thoſe who wrought in the Borders, Raiſings, Floweries, Wrappings, Entortilations, and ſuch like; ſhould amuſe themſelves only for Beautifying and Decoration: […] Example: ‘’Aven’t they got no floweries ’ere?’ he asked, looking round at the row of beds. ‘This is like a bleedin’ lodgin’ ’ouse—or like the bleedin’ snotty orphans.’
Word: flowery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flower Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flowery From flower + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊəɹi/, /ˈflaʊɹi/ 1. Diminutive of flower. Labels: diminutive, form-of, informal, rare Example: Hearken these blissful birdies how they sing, / And see the freshé floweries, how they spring!” Example: That pottie’s too wee for six, Minnie, lassie. Go ben to the room press and you’ll see a big brown one with blue floweries on it.
Word: flowery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flower Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English flowery From flower + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊəɹi/, /ˈflaʊɹi/ 1. A place where flowers grow. Labels: rare Example: Poppies make very showy floweries and should be planted lightly in the spots where they are intended to be grown. Example: I have visited the rose gardens of California and basked in the artificial floweries of Luther Burbank, but back in my heart’s country, ’twixt the cave and the thorn tree, one may pluck a tulip or an old-fashioned “Jack in the Pulpit” scattering incense and pollen of the fairest flower of all the springtime.
Word: flooring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English floring. Pronunciation: /ˈflɔːrɪŋ/ 1. A floor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Every day we are exposed to low doses of phthalates in food containers, perfumes, hairsprays, floorings, paints, toys and medical devices. 2. A material used to make floors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now that it owns the best-known brand names in residential carpet, don't be surprised if Mohawk Industries sails into new waters - tile, resilient or even wood floorings - Chairman David Kolb hinted Wednesday. 3. The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flooring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English floring. Pronunciation: /ˈflɔːrɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of floor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fawning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔːnɪŋ/, /fɔnɪŋ/, /fɑnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fawn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
Word: fawning Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɔːnɪŋ/, /fɔnɪŋ/, /fɑnɪŋ/ 1. Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile. Example: Shylock: How like a fawning publican he looks ![…]
Word: fawning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɔːnɪŋ/, /fɔnɪŋ/, /fɑnɪŋ/ 1. Servile flattery. Example: Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Example: Xantippus found his ruin ere it reached him, Lurking behind your honours and rewards; Found it in your feigned courtesies and fawnings.
Word: fellowship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellowship”), Norwegian fellesskap (“fellowship”), and Old Swedish fælaghskap (“fellowship”) Pronunciation: /ˈfɛl.ə(ʊ).ʃɪp/, /ˈfɛl.ə.ʃɪp/, /ˈfɛl.oʊ.ʃɪp/, /feˈloː.ʃɪp/, /ˈfel.loː.ʃɪp/ 1. A company of people that share the same interest or aim. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Fellowship of the Ring 2. Company, companions; a group of people or things following another. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: […]But then the mind much ſufferance doth or'e ſcip, When griefe hath mates,and bearing fellowſhip : How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow, He childed as I fathered,Tom away, Marke the high noyſes and thy ſelfe bewray,[…] 3. A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Example: A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellovvſhippe by nature, vvhereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes vvas predeſtinate to thee from thy ſvvadling clothes. 4. A merit-based scholarship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is a significant investment in scholarships and fellowships and traineeships, so that we are also making sure that we’re investing in domestic work force. Example: It will go toward 20 full-tuition fellowships for students of color, as well as to endow the initiative in perpetuity, provide relief for the existing scholarship fund and bring in artists of color as visiting faculty over the next five years. 5. A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The proportional division of profit and loss among partners. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: fellowship Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellowship”), Norwegian fellesskap (“fellowship”), and Old Swedish fælaghskap (“fellowship”) Pronunciation: /ˈfɛl.ə(ʊ).ʃɪp/, /ˈfɛl.ə.ʃɪp/, /ˈfɛl.oʊ.ʃɪp/, /feˈloː.ʃɪp/, /ˈfel.loː.ʃɪp/ 1. To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use. Labels: transitive Example: The Bishop's family fellowshipped the new converts. Example: The Society of Religious Snobs refused to fellowship the poor family. 2. To join in fellowship; to associate with. Labels: US, especially, intransitive Example: The megachurch he attends is too big for making personal connections, so he also fellowships weekly in one of the church's small groups. Example: After she got married, she stopped fellowshipping with the singles in our church.
Word: relatedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English related Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English relatedness From related + -ness. 1. The state of being related, especially by kinship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Such mixture can be customized in the inference phase by simply adjusting an input vector that encodes the relatedness to different domains.
Word: exhibited Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of exhibit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excretion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/, /ɪkˈskɹiʃən/, /əkˈskɹiːʃən/ 1. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the removal of all soiled liquids, and of such offaling, secretions and excretions as are easily or naturally reduced to a liquid or semiliquid state.
Word: environs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English environ Middle English -es English -s English environs From environ + -s. 1. plural of environ: the environment, the surroundings. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: environs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English environ Middle English -es English -s English environs From environ + -s. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of environ Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: emerging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, emerge + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. Becoming prominent; emergent; rising. Example: America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Word: emerging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, emerge + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of emerge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: emerging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, emerge + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. Emergence. Example: We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district[…]
Word: electrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From electric + -ally, electrical + -ly. 1. By means of electricity. Example: Overlap spans and neutral sections have been provided at intervals along the line, which is thus sectioned electrically, not only at the feeder station and track sectioning cabins, but also by switches at certain overlap spans. Example: Solar storms drive currents of millions of amps through the electrically conductive upper layer of our atmosphere (known as the ionosphere). These currents, which can fluctuate rapidly, drive powerful magnetic disturbances at the Earth's surface that in turn induce electrical currents in the planet's crust. 2. In an electric manner. Labels: figuratively Example: The concert was electrically exciting. 3. In terms of electrons. Example: an electrically symmetric atom
Word: effectual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English effectual, effectuel, from Old French effectuel, from Late Latin effectualis. Pronunciation: /iˈfɛkt͡ʃuəl/ 1. Producing the intended result; entirely adequate. Example: Redoubling, then, the active energy of his thrusts, favoured by the fervid appetite of my motions, the soft oiled wards can no longer stand so effectual a picklock, but yield, and open him an entrance. Example: In the living state, the body is observed to […] adopt most effectual measures for the permanent continuance of its species.
Word: dreamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dream + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹiː.mi/ 1. As in a dream; resembling a dream. Example: It's so dreamy / Oh, fantasy free me / So you can't see me 2. Sexy; handsome; attractive. Labels: colloquial Example: I love the doctor in that American TV show: he is so dreamy! Example: He is dreamy, sex-bomb cute. 3. Having a pleasant or romantic atmosphere. Example: That place was so dreamy! Example: This is the chapter where things get creamy, dreamy, and cloudlike. The Polish love of cheesecakes, meringues, and cream puff–style desserts is evidenced in every café, every bakery. 4. Tending to dream or daydream. Example: Cocktails and moonlit nights / That dreamy look in your eye / Give me a tropical contact high
Word: database analyst Part of Speech: noun 1. a person who is responsible for the logical and physical design of databases
Word: discarded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɑɹdɪd/, /dɪsˈkɑːdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of discard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: describes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dəˈskɹaɪbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of describe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: declining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of decline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: declining Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/ 1. decline Example: c. 1572', John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament For they had no civil magistrate which might correct and reform those declinings when they happened.
Word: deaden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dead + -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”), West Frisian deadzje (“to kill”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdən/ 1. To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. Labels: transitive Example: deaden the pain Example: deaden sound 2. To become less lively; to diminish (by itself). Labels: intransitive 3. To make soundproof. Labels: transitive Example: to deaden a wall or a floor
Word: deadens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deaden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deadening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deaden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Until, of course, the war and its aftermath came to lay their deadening hand on all railway progress. Example: So, how are we going to persuade the current government that command-and-control is a deadening leadership style which can never deliver the financial results of a liberated rail industry?
Word: deadening Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is deadened. Example: The structural theory doesn't only focus on the negations, repressions, disavowals, and deadenings of the ego in the face of its encounters within and without. 2. A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.
Word: deadened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deaden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: darkened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɑɹkənd/, /ˈdɑːkənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of darken Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: darkened Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɑɹkənd/, /ˈdɑːkənd/ 1. Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having an absence of light, such as at night-time. Labels: not-comparable Example: Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
Word: crumbling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/, /ˈkɹʌmbl̩ɪŋ/ 1. That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles. 2. In a state of decline. Labels: figuratively Example: A rain of dust fell from the crumbling ceiling.
Word: crumbling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/, /ˈkɹʌmbl̩ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crumble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crumbling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/, /ˈkɹʌmbl̩ɪŋ/ 1. Material that has crumbled away; crumbs. Example: Blank I call it, but it was figured over with the patches that please a painter, repaired breaches, crumblings of plaster, extrusions of brick that had turned pink with time[…]
Word: crumbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crumble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crumbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crumble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crumbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crumble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmbəl/, [ˈkɹʌmbɪ̈l], [ˈkɹʌmbl̩], /ˈkɹʊmbəl/, /ˈkɾʌmbəl/ 1. To fall apart; to disintegrate. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, often Example: The bread roll crumbled when I tried to slice it; it was too stale. Example: The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light. 2. To break into crumbs. Labels: transitive Example: We crumbled some bread into the water. 3. To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs. Labels: transitive Example: Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.
Word: crumble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmbəl/, [ˈkɹʌmbɪ̈l], [ˈkɹʌmbl̩], /ˈkɹʊmbəl/, /ˈkɾʌmbəl/ 1. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: blackberry and apple crumble
Word: miosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μύω (múō) Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English miosis From Ancient Greek μύω (múō, “to close the eyes”) + English -osis. Pronunciation: /maɪˈoʊsɪs/ 1. Contraction of the pupil of the eye. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, countable, uncountable Example: Horner's syndrome consists of typically unilateral miosis and eyelid ptosis, and absent forehead sweating.
Word: miosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis). Pronunciation: /maɪˈoʊsɪs/ 1. Alternative spelling of meiosis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Though some condemn rhetoric as the mother of lies, speaking more than the truth in hyperboles, less in her miosis, otherwise in her metaphors, contrary in her ironies, yet is there excellent use of all these […]
Word: critically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *krinyétider. Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós)bor. Latin criticus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English critical 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 critically From critical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk.li/, [ˈkɹɪɾ.ɪk.li], /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl.i/ 1. In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism. Example: I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room. Example: Girard critically examines Nietzsche's central contention that Christianity is a religion of sublimated vengeance or ressentiment and contents that although Nietzsche is half right about Christians he remains dangerously naive about violence itself. 2. In terms of critique, review, of or by critics Example: a critically applauded film 3. With close discernment; accurately; exactly. Example: Thus difficult it is to underſtand the purity of Engliſh, and critically to diſcern not only good Writers from bad, and a proper ſtile from a corrupt, but alſo to diſtinguiſh that which is pure in a good Author, from that which is vicious and corrupt in him. 4. At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence. Example: a fortification critically situated Example: Coming critically the night before the session. 5. Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse. Example: critically ill Example: critically injured
Word: conveying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈveɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of convey Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conveyance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conveiance, conveyaunce, equivalent to convey + -ance. Pronunciation: /kənˈveɪəns/ 1. An act or instance of conveying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another. Example: Three in a hansom cab is not, under all circumstances, the most comfortable method of conveyance […] 2. An act or instance of conveying. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […] Example: She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me. 3. A means of transporting, especially a vehicle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. 4. An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conveyance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English conveiance, conveyaunce, equivalent to convey + -ance. Pronunciation: /kənˈveɪəns/ 1. To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another. Labels: transitive
Word: crawling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/, /ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/, /ˈkɹaːlɪn/ 1. present participle and gerund of crawl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crawling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/, /ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/, /ˈkɹaːlɪn/ 1. The motion of something that crawls. Example: Miss Brass […] devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of the law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it attentively through all the slippery and eel-like crawlings in which it commonly pursues its way.
Word: consisted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪstɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of consist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conqueror Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conquerour, from Old French conquereor, from conquerre. By surface analysis, conquer + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑŋˌkɚ.ɚ/, /ˈkɔnˌkɚ.ɚ/, /ˈkɒŋˌkə.ɹə/, /ˈkɔŋˌkəɹə/ 1. Someone who conquers. Example: They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force - nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. Example: Croatia, England's World Cup semi-final conquerors in Moscow in July, looked set to inflict their curse once more and relegate Gareth Southgate's side from the elite group when Andrej Kramaric's twisting finish put them ahead via a deflection off Eric Dier after 57 minutes.
Word: vanquisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vanquish + -er. 1. Someone who vanquishes; a conqueror. Example: HSTs continued to provide sterling service during these years, so much so that when Virgin and Midland Mainline brought their new wave of high-speed diesel electric multiple units [...] on stream, many preferred the ride and comfort of the vanquished to the ride and comfort of the vanquisher.
Word: commissioned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪʃənd/ 1. Holding a commission; officially appointed. Labels: not-comparable Example: And be it further enacted, &c. That any commissioned auctioneer who shall violate any of the provisions contained in this act, shall for any such offence or violation, forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered in the manner prescribed for other forfeitures in the act aforesaid, Example: Nothing in this Act contained shall subject ot forfeiture any commissioned ship of any foreign state, or give to any British court over or in respect of any ship entitled to recognition as a commissioned ship of any foreign state any jurisdiction which it would not have had if this Act had not passed. 2. Specially ordered. Labels: not-comparable Example: Completion marks the end of the process where the commissioned artwork is delivered to the client. Example: In Figure 47, a doodle of a cat has been added to a commissioned mural, and subsequently covered by a poster.
Word: commissioned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪʃənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of commission Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: giving birth Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of give birth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: giving birth Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb to give birth. Labels: uncountable
Word: contingency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contingence + -y (16th century). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/ 1. The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. Labels: uncountable 2. A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. Labels: countable Example: There was also the imperative necessity of creating a reserve fund for unforeseen contingencies, and the question ever present was how was money to be found. Example: In light of the inherent survival threat posed by zombies and absent specified guidance for detailed planning to address such a contingency, USSTRATCOM has taken the initiative to develop a JOPES Level 3 plan (CONPLAN) consistent with guidance derived from other specified planning efforts to ensure U.S. and Allied freedom of action from zombie domination. 3. An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification. Labels: countable 4. A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction. Labels: countable
Word: pairing Part of Speech: noun 1. The combination or union of two things. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The seeds were adjusted to make sure that there were good pairings for the tennis tournament. Example: In the past, quite some studies have shown that educational hypogamous marriages are more likely to dissolve than marriages with other educational pairings (see Schwartz and Han 2014 for a review). 2. An agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pairing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pair Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present