nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bury Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bury Middle English birien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”), Ossetian ӕмбӕрзын (æmbærzyn, “to cover”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɛ/ is from the Kentish dialects. Compare typologically Russian хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) (akin to храни́ть (xranítʹ). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi/, /ˈbeɹiː/, /ˈbʌɾe/, /-ɾɪ/, /-ɾi/ 1. To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb. Labels: figuratively, slang, transitive 2. To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb. Labels: figuratively, humorous, transitive Example: Grandpa’s still in excellent health. He’ll bury us all! 3. To place in the ground. Labels: transitive Example: bury a bone; bury the embers Example: Later that morning, they wrapped Ian in a wildebeest skin and buried him near a shepherd tree. 4. To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands. Example: The splinter has buried itself under the nail. 5. To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: vocals buried in the mix 6. To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance. Labels: broadly, figuratively, often, transitive Example: They buried us in paperwork. Example: Beyond the daily firefighting, these managers and executives are overwhelmed in details and buried in administrative work 7. To suppress and hide away in one's mind. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: secrets kept buried Example: She buried her shame and put on a smiling face. 8. To put an end to; to abandon. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: They buried their argument and shook hands. Example: Give me a bowl of wine. / In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. 9. To score (a goal). Labels: transitive Example: You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop. 10. To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: bury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bury Middle English birien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”), Ossetian ӕмбӕрзын (æmbærzyn, “to cover”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɛ/ is from the Kentish dialects. Compare typologically Russian хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) (akin to храни́ть (xranítʹ). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi/, /ˈbeɹiː/, /ˈbʌɾe/, /-ɾɪ/, /-ɾi/ 1. A burrow. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Example: The conies had hundreds of buries under these trees, so close together that the problem was not to find a rabbit, but to find a rabbit far enough away from its hole.
Word: bury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See borough. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi/, /ˈbeɹiː/, /ˈbʌɾe/, /-ɾɪ/, /-ɾi/ 1. A borough; a manor Labels: transitive Example: Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury, Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic
Word: Samothracian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Samothracien, from Latin Samothraciensis. Alternatively, it could be analyzed Samothrace + -ian. Pronunciation: /sæməʊˈθɹeɪʃən/, /sæməʊˈθɹeɪʃi.ən/, /sæmoʊˈθɹeɪʃən/, /sæmoʊˈθɹeɪʃi.ən/ 1. An inhabitant or a resident of Samothrace.
Word: Samothracian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French Samothracien, from Latin Samothraciensis. Alternatively, it could be analyzed Samothrace + -ian. Pronunciation: /sæməʊˈθɹeɪʃən/, /sæməʊˈθɹeɪʃi.ən/, /sæmoʊˈθɹeɪʃən/, /sæmoʊˈθɹeɪʃi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Samothrace.
Word: Pepsi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally short for Pepsi-Cola, coined in 1898 as a renaming of the brand from "Brad's Drink", in order to imply that the fizzy drink could cure dyspepsia. While some have suggested Pepsi is short for the digestive enzyme pepsin, sometimes with the assumption that pepsin was used as an ingredient in Pepsi, this is a folk etymology, as there is no official confirmation of it nor any evidence for a link between the enzyme and the beverage. Nonetheless, both the words pepsin and dyspepsia ultimately derive from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis), which means “cooking, fermentation or digestion”. (Compare Italian pepsi, from the same source.) (person from Quebec): In reference to their supposed love of junk food. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpsi/ 1. A brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company PepsiCo.
Word: Pepsi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally short for Pepsi-Cola, coined in 1898 as a renaming of the brand from "Brad's Drink", in order to imply that the fizzy drink could cure dyspepsia. While some have suggested Pepsi is short for the digestive enzyme pepsin, sometimes with the assumption that pepsin was used as an ingredient in Pepsi, this is a folk etymology, as there is no official confirmation of it nor any evidence for a link between the enzyme and the beverage. Nonetheless, both the words pepsin and dyspepsia ultimately derive from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis), which means “cooking, fermentation or digestion”. (Compare Italian pepsi, from the same source.) (person from Quebec): In reference to their supposed love of junk food. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpsi/ 1. A serving of Pepsi. Example: I'll have a Pepsi with that. 2. A person from Quebec, Canada. Labels: ethnic, slang, slur Example: […] and to maintain a relatively superior, paternalistic position from which French Canadians are for the most part regarded as 'peasoups' or 'Pepsis,' as fellow citizens requiring benevolent supervision […]
Word: ars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tenet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnɪt/, /ˈtɛnət/ 1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. Example: The Buddhist concept of tanha, for example — roughly translated as “blind demandingness” — encapsulates many tenets of R.E.B.T. and points the way toward emotional equanimity: stop asking more of the universe than it can possibly deliver. Example: Opposition to climate science has become not just the badge of honour for far-right politicians like Ukip’s Paul Nuttall. It has become the central tenet of their appeal to unreason.
Word: snooker Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/, /ˈsnʊkɚ/ 1. A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She put her opponent in a snooker.
Word: snooker Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/, /ˈsnʊkɚ/ 1. To play the game of snooker. Labels: intransitive 2. To fool or bamboozle. Labels: transitive Example: But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican. Example: Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights. 3. To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it. Labels: ambitransitive 4. To put (someone) in a difficult situation. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Sam McDougall, Operations Director for NR's East Coast Route, explains: "Until recently, if anything went wrong in the two-track section between Stoke and Doncaster, we were snookered. 5. To cause to become inebriated. Labels: transitive
Word: billiards Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪədz/, /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/ 1. A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: He was playing billiards in the casino. 2. Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: billiards Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪədz/, /ˈbɪl.jɚdz/ 1. plural of billiard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pool, pole, pol, from Old English pōl (“pool”), from Proto-West Germanic pōl, from Proto-Germanic *pōlaz (“pool, pond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōlos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Scots puil (“pool”), Saterland Frisian Pol (“pool”), West Frisian poel (“pool”), Dutch poel (“pool”), German Low German Pohl, Pool, Pul (“pool”), German Pfuhl (“quagmire, mudhole”), Danish pøl (“puddle”), Swedish pöl (“puddle, pool”), Icelandic pollur (“puddle”), Lithuanian bala (“puddle”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian боло́то (bolóto, “swamp, bog, marsh”). For the meaning development to a supply of resources compare typologically Russian пруд пруди́ (prud prudí) (< пруд (prud)). Pronunciation: /puːl/, /pʉwl/, [pʊwl], /poːl/, /pul/ 1. A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water. Example: the pools of Solomon Example: the Pool of London 2. Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. 3. Ellipsis of swimming pool. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A set of resources that are kept ready to use. Labels: broadly 5. Any group of like things. Labels: broadly 6. A small amount of liquid on a surface. Example: a pool of blood 7. A localized glow of light. Example: He walked slowly, passing through one pool of light after another, his shadow running tall across the fronts of the barber shop, the Western Auto, the video-rental shop.
Word: pool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pool, pole, pol, from Old English pōl (“pool”), from Proto-West Germanic pōl, from Proto-Germanic *pōlaz (“pool, pond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōlos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Scots puil (“pool”), Saterland Frisian Pol (“pool”), West Frisian poel (“pool”), Dutch poel (“pool”), German Low German Pohl, Pool, Pul (“pool”), German Pfuhl (“quagmire, mudhole”), Danish pøl (“puddle”), Swedish pöl (“puddle, pool”), Icelandic pollur (“puddle”), Lithuanian bala (“puddle”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian боло́то (bolóto, “swamp, bog, marsh”). For the meaning development to a supply of resources compare typologically Russian пруд пруди́ (prud prudí) (< пруд (prud)). Pronunciation: /puːl/, /pʉwl/, [pʊwl], /poːl/, /pul/ 1. To form a pool. Labels: intransitive
Word: pool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1. From French poule (“collective stakes in a game”). The French word "poule" in this context is an abbreviation of "poulain, pouliche" (foal, filly), and referred to races with female horses under 3 years old. It then became used by punters to designate bets on that race, and started to be used from the racetrack to the stadiums. 2. The OED suggests that this may be a transferred use of poule (“hen”), which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner. Pronunciation: /puːl/, /pʉwl/, [pʊwl], /poːl/, /pul/ 1. A supply of resources. Example: The 4-BEP and 4-CEP stock is maintained in a common pool for both Chatham and South Eastern fast main-line services. 2. A supply of resources. Example: dating pool Example: There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager. 3. A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game. Labels: uncountable 4. A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win. Example: He plays pool at the billiard-houses, and may be seen engaged at cards and dominoes of forenoons. 5. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners. 6. A group of fencers taking part in a competition. 7. A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division. 8. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. 9. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes. 10. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed. Example: The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit. Example: He put $10,000 into the pool. 11. A set of players in quadrille etc. 12. A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. 13. An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
Word: pool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1. From French poule (“collective stakes in a game”). The French word "poule" in this context is an abbreviation of "poulain, pouliche" (foal, filly), and referred to races with female horses under 3 years old. It then became used by punters to designate bets on that race, and started to be used from the racetrack to the stadiums. 2. The OED suggests that this may be a transferred use of poule (“hen”), which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner. Pronunciation: /puːl/, /pʉwl/, [pʊwl], /poːl/, /pul/ 1. To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of. Labels: transitive Example: We must pool our resources. Example: “She must be exceedingly clever to have beaten the police the way she has for the last few years; and—er—I worship at the shrine of cleverness—especially if it be a woman’s. The idea struck me last night that if she and I should—er—pool our resources, we should not have to complain of the reward.” “Oh, so youse wants to work wid her, eh?” sniffed Rhoda Gray. “So dat’s it, is it?” 2. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction. Labels: intransitive
Word: pirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pirate”), from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for both "pirate" and "viking". Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹət/, /ˈpaɪ̯ɹɪt/, /paiɾeːʈ/ 1. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. Example: You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates. 2. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels. Example: How did you do it? Have you searched for hidden treasure, or discovered a pole, or done time on a pirate, or flown the Channel, or what? Where is the glamour of romance? How did you get it? Example: The third day out a pirate (Terebinthian by her rig) overhauled us, but when she saw us well armed she stood off after some shooting of arrows on either part— 3. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission. Labels: broadly Example: And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies. Example: They had watches that said Gucci or Rolex on them even though it was obvious they'd come straight here from some pirate factory in China. 4. A bird which practises kleptoparasitism. 5. A kind of marble in children's games. Example: Most of the time it went fine; some of his classmates had so many marbles they could have opened up their own shop in smurfs, pirates, purple aggies and pink panthers.
Word: pirate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pirate”), from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for both "pirate" and "viking". Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹət/, /ˈpaɪ̯ɹɪt/, /paiɾeːʈ/ 1. To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea. Labels: transitive Example: They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo. 2. To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of. Labels: transitive Example: If a book is pirated there is a remedy for the author and publisher; if a photograph or an engraving is made of a picture without permission the law protects the painter. 3. To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of. Labels: transitive Example: Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy. Example: In the 1970s cable companies began to pirate some of the football games that the networks had contracted to televise. 4. To engage in piracy. Labels: intransitive Example: He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen. 5. To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own. Labels: Philippines, intransitive, transitive
Word: pirate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pirate”), from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for both "pirate" and "viking". Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹət/, /ˈpaɪ̯ɹɪt/, /paiɾeːʈ/ 1. Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself. Labels: not-comparable
Word: buccaneer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor. French boucan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/ 1. Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation. Example: “Heard of him!” cried the squire. “Heard of him, you say! He was the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed.[…]” 2. A pirate.
Word: buccaneer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor. French boucan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/ 1. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships. Example: In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main
Word: buccaneering Part of Speech: adj 1. bold, reckless and unscrupulous Example: American capitalism developed with dramatic speed and impressiveness after the Civil War, which had probably slowed its growth temporarily, though it also provided considerable opportunities for the great buccaneering business entrepreneurs aptly nicknamed ‘robber barons’.
Word: buccaneering Part of Speech: noun 1. robbery on the high seas; piracy Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: buccaneering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of buccaneer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mourn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”). Pronunciation: /mɔɹn/, /mɔːn/, /mo(ː)ɹn/, /moən/, /mʊɹn/ 1. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). Labels: ambitransitive Example: For two months, she mourned her father's passing. Example: She mourned the loss of her independence. 2. To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially. Labels: ambitransitive Example: In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months. 3. To utter in a sorrowful manner. Labels: transitive 4. To wear mourning. Labels: intransitive
Word: mourn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”). Pronunciation: /mɔɹn/, /mɔːn/, /mo(ː)ɹn/, /moən/, /mʊɹn/ 1. Sorrow, grief. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable Example: Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle 2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autopsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψῐ́ᾱ (autopsĭ́ā, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- + -opsy. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tɒp.si/, /ˈɔ.tɑp.si/, /ˈɑ.tɑp.si/, /ɔˈtɑp.si/, /ə.ʈɔːp.si/ 1. A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. Example: The autopsy revealed he had died of multiple bullet wounds. 2. An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure. Labels: figuratively Example: This lack of built-in clutter makes the system easy to comprehend. Debugging facilities are few but powerful: snapshots, tracing, and autopsy. Example: Understanding exactly what happened and why is an essential first step to winning back the White House. ¶ In addition to the autopsy, the DNC should abandon the penchant for secrecy and embrace the principles of transparency and accountability that helped inspire and engage millions of people to participate in the 2008 Obama campaign. 3. An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed. Labels: rare
Word: autopsy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψῐ́ᾱ (autopsĭ́ā, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- + -opsy. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tɒp.si/, /ˈɔ.tɑp.si/, /ˈɑ.tɑp.si/, /ɔˈtɑp.si/, /ə.ʈɔːp.si/ 1. To perform an autopsy on. Labels: transitive 2. To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure. Labels: transitive Example: The user may define his own errors, and use DUMPAL to autopsy the system for him.
Word: great Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. Expression of gladness and content about something. Example: Great! Thanks for the wonderful work. Example: —I am in my new apartment! —Great! 2. A sarcastic inversion thereof. Example: Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.
Word: great Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. Example: Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science. Example: Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way. That, in a nutshell, perhaps sums up the difference between Messi and the players on the next rung below – the ones who can be described as great footballers without necessarily being football greats. 2. The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. 3. An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships. Example: My three-greats grandmother.
Word: great Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot (“big, great, large”), German gross, groß (“big, large”), Limburgish grut, gruët (“big, large; grand; tall; adult; pregnant”), Luxembourgish grouss (“big, great, large”), Mòcheno groas (“big, great, large”), Vilamovian grus, grūs (“big, great, large”), Yiddish גרויס (groys, “big, large”); also Latin grandis (“big, great, large”), Greek χρίω (chrío, “to anoint”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Lithuanian grūdas (“grain”), Czech hrouda, hruda (“clod”), Macedonian грутка (grutka, “clod, clump, lump”), Polish gruda (“clod, lump; frozen ground; mud fever, scratches”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “clod, heap, mass, pile”), Serbo-Croatian гру̏да, гру̏два, grȕda, grȕdva (“clod, lump; snowball”), Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat or barley”), Sanskrit घर्षति (gharṣati, “to brush, polish, rub”). Related to grit. Doublet of gross. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as beat and heat. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. Very well (in a very satisfactory manner). Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.
Word: Great Wall of China Part of Speech: name Etymology: First used by Daniel Defoe on page 29 of his pamphlet The Advantages of peace and commerce: with some remarks on the East-India trade (1729); attested but not much in currency until the early 1900s, when it supplanted the Chinese wall (not to be confused with the later jargon term Chinese Wall), perhaps in response to or as part of exaggerated accounts of the wall's size and construction. 1. An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols. Example: Of the Mongall Tartars. The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the ſouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay Lama has his residence. Example: The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignines the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China.
Word: grate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot. Example: The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field. Example: a secret grate of iron bars 2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. Example: With the exception of two handsome ornaments in front, it has the same appearance as any other parlor grate, yet by a simple scientific evaporating apparatus, from thirty to sixty gallons of water, if required, can be evaporated during the day. 3. A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip. Labels: historical Example: Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long. A ring of metal (grate or grapper) was fastened to the shaft and during a fight[…] Example: […] and a heavy metal ring, called the grate or graper, fastened to the shaft below the grip. The grate rested against the knight's breastplate and relieved the hand and arm of the full shock of contact. The metallic head (or socket) of the war lance was usually leaf shaped, while that of the tilting lance, at least from[…]
Word: grate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars. Labels: transitive Example: to grate a window
Word: grate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English graten, from Old French grater (“to scrape”) ( > French gratter), from Frankish *krattōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną. Cognate with Old High German krazzon ( > German kratzen (“to scrawl”) > Danish kradse), Icelandic krassa (“to scrawl”) and Danish kratte. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater. Labels: transitive Example: I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked. 2. To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something. Labels: intransitive Example: 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The gate suddenly grated. It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes. Example: The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one. 3. To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy. Labels: broadly, intransitive Example: She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to. 4. To annoy. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: 2015, Art Levy in Florida Trend, Roland Martin is a Florida 'Icon' one of the issues that's kind of grating me a little bit is weed control. Example: News, my good lord Rome […] grates me.
Word: grate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin grātus (“agreeable”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. Serving to gratify; agreeable. Labels: obsolete Example: Coho or Coffee[…]however ingrate or insapory it seems at first, it becomes grate and delicious enough by custom.
Word: grate Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈɡɹɛjt/, /ˈɡɹæɪt/, /ˈɡɾet/, /ˈɡɾeːt/ 1. Obsolete spelling of great. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise He promisd her a grate reward
Word: grater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French grateor. See grate. By surface analysis, grate (“to scrape, etc.”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/, /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/ 1. a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump Example: I'm making coleslaw; do you know where the grater is? Example: As she ran on her numerous errands Jessamy found that if she did not stop to think, she knew all kinds of odd little things that the other Jessamy must have learned, such as where the nutmeg grater lived, and which was the potato peeling knife.
Word: greater Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/, /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/, [ˈɡɹeɪɾɚ] 1. comparative form of great: more great Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
Word: greater Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/, /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/, [ˈɡɹeɪɾɚ] 1. Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: greater yellowlegs 2. In the names of places or geographic features: Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: Greater Antilles Example: GMRLC is a regional consortium of medium-size research libraries (17 in 1995) located in the greater Midwest. 3. In the names of places or geographic features: Labels: attributive, capitalized, not-comparable, usually Example: Greater London Example: Greater New York includes adjacent parts of three states, as well as the City itself. 4. In the names of places or geographic features: Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: Greater Armenia
Word: more Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”). Pronunciation: /mɔː(ɹ)/, /mɔɹ/, /mo(ː)ɹ/, /moə/, /moʊ/ 1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) Labels: comparative, form-of Example: There are more ways to do this than I can count. Example: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination. 2. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) Labels: comparative, form-of Example: There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places. Example: Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. 3. Additional; further. Example: If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard. Example: More people are arriving. 4. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable. Example: He is more than the ten years he spent behind bars at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.
Word: more Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”). Pronunciation: /mɔː(ɹ)/, /mɔɹ/, /mo(ː)ɹ/, /moə/, /moʊ/ 1. To a greater degree or extent. Example: I like cake, but I like chocolate more. Example: I could no more climb that than fly! 2. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. Example: You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined. Example: I am much more eager to help than you. 3. In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. Labels: poetic Example: Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more. 4. Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. Labels: dialectal, humorous, proscribed Example: I was more better at English than you.
Word: more Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”). Pronunciation: /mɔː(ɹ)/, /mɔɹ/, /mo(ː)ɹ/, /moə/, /moʊ/ 1. A greater number or quantity (of something). Example: We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more. Example: There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more. 2. An extra or additional quantity (of something). Example: There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon. Example: Speaking about Canada, where I teach, while the canon remains the raison d’etre of the discipline, some changes have come about and more are in the offing.
Word: more Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”). Pronunciation: /mɔː(ɹ)/, /mɔɹ/, /mo(ː)ɹ/, /moə/, /moʊ/ 1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Last year’s applications received from new and returning students were more than each of the previous four years. 2. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: more Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”). Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel. 1. A carrot; a parsnip. Labels: obsolete 2. A root; stock. Labels: dialectal 3. A plant; flower; shrub. Labels: dialectal
Word: more Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above. 1. To root up. Labels: transitive
Word: more Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from mores. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/ 1. singular of mores Labels: form-of, nonstandard, singular Example: In the 1990s, smoking is considered dumb and a symbol of bad health habits, replete with the Surgeon General’s warnings. But even this belief is a social more, subject to time. Maybe some future society will consider smoking brave—a symbolic affront to Big Brother government—or cowardly—a cop-out to avoid some type of community service. Example: A value is a social more or norm manifested as a result of history and culture. It is a shared understanding among people of what is good, desirable or just.
Word: kitsch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”); the word and concept were popularized in the 1930s by several critics who contrasted it with avant-garde art. Pronunciation: /kɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Because it can be turned out mechanically, kitsch has become an integral part of our productive system in a way in which true culture could never be, except accidentally.
Word: kitsch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”); the word and concept were popularized in the 1930s by several critics who contrasted it with avant-garde art. Pronunciation: /kɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar. Example: […] a picture of lemur-eyed children of the sort one sees in the kitscher sort of Italian restaurant […] Example: Abe Lincoln, Paul Bunyan and kitsch souvenir coconut heads come across as icons of masculinity.