nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: match Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”). Pronunciation: /mæt͡ʃ/ 1. A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match. Example: My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today. Example: Can you play billiards? / Yes, do you wish to have a match with me? / Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure. We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble. 2. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority. Example: Ferrer his Taberd vvith rich Verry ſpred, / VVell knovvne in many a vvarlike match before; […] Example: A solemn match was made; he lost the prize. 3. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison. Example: He knew he had met his match. Example: Government […] makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects. 4. A marriage. 5. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. Example: She […] was looked upon as the richest match of the West. 6. Suitability. 7. Equivalence; a state of correspondence. Example: The seat to window match is excellent and there are half-size partition screens between bays. 8. Equality of conditions in contest or competition. Example: It were no match, your nail against his horn. 9. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics. Example: The carpet and curtains are a match. Example: a match made in heaven 10. An agreement or compact. Example: Thy hand upon that match. Example: [I]t hath been obſerv'd, that Love doth ſeldome ſuffer it ſelf to be confin'd by other matches, then thoſe of its ovvne making. 11. A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
Word: match Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English macchen (“to marry; be paired with”), from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /mæt͡ʃ/ 1. To agree; to be equal; to correspond. Labels: intransitive Example: Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together. Example: These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match. 2. To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to. Labels: transitive Example: His interests didn't match her interests. Example: There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls. 3. To equal or exceed in achievement. Labels: transitive Example: She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better. 4. To make a successful match or pairing. Labels: transitive Example: They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly. Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. 5. To unite in marriage, to mate. Labels: obsolete Example: […]Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. Example: A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter with a king. 6. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges. Example: to match boards 7. To be an example of a rule or regex. Labels: transitive Example: The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter.
Word: match Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa)bor. Latin myxa? Vulgar Latin micca Old French meschebor. Middle English mecche English match From Middle English macche, mecche (“wick (of a candle)”), from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “lamp wick”). Pronunciation: /mæt͡ʃ/ 1. A small wooden stick specially treated with chemicals to produce flame upon contact with another chemical, from the frictional heat produced by striking it against a surface, or both; other similar items made from chemically-treated paper, cardboard, etc. Example: He struck a match and lit his pipe. 2. Synonym of taper, a thin stick used to transfer flame, as from tender to a candle. Labels: obsolete 3. Synonym of fuse, a long wick used to transfer flame to an explosive device. Labels: obsolete
Word: friendly fire Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɛn(d).li ˈfaɪ.ə/, /ˌfɹɛn(d).li ˈfaɪ.ɚ/ 1. Weapons fire coming from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces. Labels: uncountable Example: It is clear that the firing of very heavy guns, or the enemy's fire in return, would very seriously interfere with an abbatis, or anything of that kind, and it will only be something of the lightest character, or something that is placed at a considerable distance from the friendly fire, the fire of the gun itself, that would remain. Example: The slaughter of one's own troops by being fired into by their friends in rear. We are very much concerned over the question of avoiding loss from the enemy's bullets while passing through the danger zone, but what have we done to avoid our bravest fellows, the survival of the fittest, those who have gotten to the front and have held on to hard-won positions—what have we done to avoid their being shot to pieces by friendly fire? Absolutely nothing that we have ever heard of—and yet this is one of the most serious problems that confronts the leader of troops. Courage before the enemy will quail before a fire from the rear.
Word: apprehension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend. Pronunciation: /æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/, /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/ 1. The taking of something. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground. 2. The taking of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting. Example: When he told us that a large reward was offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock for the murderer's apprehension, I did not in my first consternation understand why; […] 3. The awareness of something Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life. 4. The awareness of something Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else. 5. The awareness of something Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was. 6. The awareness of something Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me.
Word: apprentice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian ухвати́ть (uxvatítʹ), нахвата́ться (naxvatátʹsja), схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and, for another aspect, быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ)). Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɛntɪs/ 1. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade. Example: To this end a well-equipped and keenly-run apprentice training school has been in operation at Eastleigh since 1958 and here apprentices are given a good grounding in a number of trades, followed by a thorough training in the trade to which they become allocated. Example: Scottish rail suppliers have told the Government that they can only reach their target of employing 500 apprentices if they are given a clear pipeline of work, rather than having to endure the current stop-go programme. 2. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him. Labels: historical 3. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie. Labels: dated
Word: apprentice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian ухвати́ть (uxvatítʹ), нахвата́ться (naxvatátʹsja), схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and, for another aspect, быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ)). Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɛntɪs/ 1. To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. Labels: transitive Example: His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant. Example: He was apprenticed to a local employer. 2. To be an apprentice to. Labels: transitive Example: Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.
Word: approaching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/, /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. That approaches or approach. Labels: not-comparable Example: the approaching armies
Word: approaching Part of Speech: adv Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/, /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Nearly. Labels: not-comparable Example: The evacuation of approaching 200,000 people, along with reports of high radiation levels, of burning spent fuel, and apocalyptic footage of plumes of debris erupting from the stricken plant, will revive a question that seemed to have been retreating from global concerns: how safe is nuclear power?
Word: approaching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/, /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of approach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The army was approaching from the north.
Word: approaching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, approach + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/, /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act of coming closer; an approach. Example: But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
Word: approbation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English approbacioun, from Old French approbacion (French approbation), from Latin approbatio, from approbare (“to assent to as good, approve, also show to be good, confirm”), from ad (“to”) + probare (“approve, commend”), from probus (“good”). Pronunciation: /ˌæp.ɹəʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæp.ɹəˈbeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæp.ɹoʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am very sensible how much nobler it is to place the reward of virtue in the silent approbation of one's own breast Example: As a counsellor she was not wanted; but as an approver, (a much safer character,) she was truly welcome. Her approbation, at once general and minute, warm and incessant, could not but please; and for another half-hour they were all walking to and fro, between the different rooms, some suggesting, some attending, and all in happy enjoyment of the future.
Word: appropriate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English appropriaten, from appropriat (“appropriated”) + -en, borrowed from Latin appropriātus, perfect passive participle of appropriō (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + propriō (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.eɪt/, /əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/ 1. To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right. Labels: transitive Example: Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. Example: "I promise you," said she, after a pause of some minutes, "to wear the last new dress you gave me, it is a triumph of taste!" Lord Marchmont bowed, and appropriated the compliment as if the taste had been his own, not the milliner's. 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for. Labels: transitive Example: A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden. Example: to appropriate money for the increase of the navy 3. To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property). Labels: UK, transitive Example: Some [benefices] were appropriated to secular ecclesiastical corporations 4. To make suitable to; to suit. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Under the towers were a number of gloomy subterraneous apartments with vaulted roofs, the use of which imagination was left to guess, and could only appropriate to punishment and horror. Example: Were we to take a portion of the skin, and contemplate its exquisite sensibility, so finely appropriated […] we should have no occasion to draw our argument, for the twentieth time, from the structure of the eye or the ear.
Word: appropriate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English appropriat (“appropriated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.ɪt/, /əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.ət/, /əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.ɪt/, /əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.ət/ 1. Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous. Example: The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better. Example: 1798-1801, Beilby Porteus, Lecture XI delivered in the Parish Church of St. James, Westminster in its strict and appropriate meaning 2. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper. Example: I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the checkout that my hairpiece looked like it was falling out of place. Example: While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended. 3. Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved. Labels: obsolete 4. Of an action or thing: morally good; positive. Example: Rescuing animals is an appropriate thing to do. 5. Of an action or thing: pleasant.
Word: nuke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /njuːk/, /n(j)uk/ 1. A nuclear weapon. Labels: US, colloquial Example: "Mini-nukes" are "among the active unresolved nuclear issues in NATO at the moment," according to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff report. […] Mini-nukes, the report said, are the "new generation of tactical nuclear weapons which combine low and variable yield possibilities with enhanced radiation characteristics and which could be used with artillery and laser-guided or other 'smart' bombs." Example: The world has witnessed the first confrontation between the ‘nukes’ and the ‘non-nukes’ [i.e., countries possessing and not possessing nuclear weapons]. Although only a political one, this confrontation at the Review Conference of the Parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which took place last May in Geneva, portends serious trouble ahead. 2. Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale. Labels: US, broadly, colloquial 3. A nuclear power station. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Confronted with the threat of several nukes on the island, we soon realized that the Long Island Sound is being used as a massive cooling basin for nuclear reactors. Example: Nukes Don't Pollute 4. A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power. Labels: US, colloquial Example: A nuke [nuclear submarine] can't survive with one flooded compartment. Any compartment that floods is going to kill you. Okay? Now, that's an acceptable risk because the nuclear hull is made of better steel. If a surface ship hits a nuclear submarine, the surface ship is going to sink, which we've demonstrated again and again. [...] In a nuke you come to periscope depth once a day, every two days. 5. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power. Labels: US, colloquial Example: But nowhere in our military services is there a more highly trained, more qualified group of officers than the Navy's nuclear power officers – Navy nukes. The responsibilities the Navy's 4,300 nukes have to assume – procuring, testing, operating, and maintaining our nuclear-powered fleet – require a much deeper level of understanding than is necessary in the other services. 6. A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware). Labels: US, colloquial Example: A nuke based on non existent rules or made up reasons can be undone – this is called and^([sic]) un-nuke. 7. A microwave oven. Labels: US, colloquial, rare Example: Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat. Example: Three, my brothers that were taken elsewhere shall also be fed, in like manner, not from your nuke garbage but from your best food. 8. A spell, item or ability that does a large amount of damage over a short period of time. Labels: US, colloquial
Word: nuke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /njuːk/, /n(j)uk/ 1. To use a nuclear weapon on (a target). Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, transitive Example: If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first. Example: It's Christmas at ground zero / Now the missiles are on their way / What a crazy fluke / We're gonna get nuked / On this jolly holiday 2. To destroy or erase completely. Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, figuratively, transitive Example: He had his posts nuked from the Google archives. Example: The find is all the more remarkable, [George] Koch said, because the trees are in a tract added to the park belatedly, during President Jimmy Carter's administration. "They aren't all that far from an old clear-cut," he said. "Basically, they were almost nuked. The fact that they weren't is amazing." 3. To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user). Labels: Internet, US, broadly, colloquial, transitive Example: The command and control servers used by the Mydoom variant, responsible for the recent denial of service attacks against Korean and US government websites, receive instructions from a master server located in the UK. [...] Apparently, the decision of whoever was responsible to damage the infected systems after July 10 pointed [Roger] Thompson in this direction. "Why bother nuking 60k computers after doing all the work of assembling them? Nuking them only helps the Good Guys, because the victims are forced to re-build, and therefore clean, their computers. [..."] 4. To maliciously destroy an online community or chat server (especially on Discord) by mass-deleting channels, roles, and messages, or by mass-banning members, often using an automated script or bot. Labels: Internet, US, colloquial, transitive Example: The Chaos Gang managed to get administrator permissions and nuke the entire server in seconds. 5. To expose to some form of radiation. Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, transitive 6. To cook in a microwave oven. Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, transitive Example: I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner. Example: If you've picked up a secondhand one, you should invest $4.00 for a microwave leak tester. The one I have has a little smiley face and a little frowning face. If the smiley face lights up when you pass it in front of the turned-on microwave, then you can nuke with impunity. 7. To overanalyze or despair unduly over something. Labels: US, colloquial, transitive
Word: nuke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nuc(leus). Pronunciation: /njuːk/, /n(j)uk/ 1. Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, colloquial Example: As a further experiment, I placed a very weak over-wintered nuke over the queenless colony. In bee strength, this little nuke was not half as strong. Example: Small new hives with a queen and a few worker bees, commonly called "nukes" are not suitable for pollination purposes [...]. New colonies should be developed before they are brought to the alfalfa seed field [...].
Word: nuke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See nucha. Pronunciation: /njuːk/, /n(j)uk/ 1. Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, obsolete Example: The organ of amativeness is placed in the nuke of the neck as a protuberance of the cerebellum. Example: Historically, other words have been used to refer to this place on the body: hattrel, niddick, noddle, noll, nuke, and poll; all have passed out of use.
Word: nuke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See nook. Pronunciation: /njuːk/, /n(j)uk/ 1. Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”). Labels: Northern-England, US, alt-of, alternative, archaic, colloquial Example: The ancient bounds of the cow paſture of Penrith, [...] and then from the ſaid Old Dyke end, alongſt Plumpton Dyke Eaſt over Petterel unto Plumpton park nuke, otherwiſe called Plumpton nuke; [...] Example: The bounder beginneth at the east nuke of the Carter, and from thence extendeth eastward upon the height of the edge to Robscleugh Score, and from thence to Phillip's cross, so to the Spittopnuke, from thence to Greenlaw, so to the height of the Brown Hartlaw, and from thence along the high street to the nuke of the Blakelaw, and from thence to Hemmier's Well, where Ridsdale and Cookdale meet, all wᵉʰ is a bounder against Scotland.
Word: object Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet. Pronunciation: /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/, /ˈɑb.d͡ʒɛkt/ 1. A thing that has physical existence but is not alive. 2. Objective; goal, end or purpose of something. Example: Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me. Example: And yet it may be proper to show that if time were an object, little, if any thing, would necessarily be gained by sprinkling in place of immersion, where a large number had to be baptized. 3. The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. 4. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed. Example: Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years. Example: The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred. 5. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed. Example: Money is no object to him. 6. An instantiation of a class or structure. 7. An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms). Example: Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another. 8. Sight; show; appearance; aspect. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object.
Word: object Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet. Pronunciation: /əbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection. Labels: intransitive Example: I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal. Example: We strongly object to sending her to jail for ten years. 2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs, As well appeareth by the cauſe you come, Namely, to appeale each other of high treaſon. Cooſin of Hereford, what doſt thou obiect Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? Example: He 'gan to him object his heinous Crime, 3. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: early 17th century, Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem. Of less account some knight thereto object, / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Example: c. 1678, Richard Hooker, a sermon some strong impediment or other objecting itself
Word: alcoholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/, /ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk/, /ˌæl.kəˈhɑ.lɪk/ 1. A person who is addicted to alcohol. Example: Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes Daddy was an alcoholic Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. 2. One who abuses alcohol.
Word: alcoholic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/, /ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk/, /ˌæl.kəˈhɑ.lɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to alcohol. 2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents. Example: He ordered an alcoholic beverage. Example: The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic. 3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
Word: nonalcoholic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English nonalcoholic From non- + alcoholic. 1. Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not involving alcohol as its cause. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonalcoholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English nonalcoholic From non- + alcoholic. 1. One who is not an alcoholic. Example: A quarantine is indeed a trying time. Where “people who can drink normally” — A.A. lingo for nonalcoholics — are stocking up on liquor, A.A. members, and there are some 2.1 million of us, are hellbent on keeping the meetings going. 2. A nonalcoholic beverage. Example: When asked if there was a degree of sadness to transition to non-alcoholics after nearly two decades of making spirits, Mathews said no.
Word: bundobust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani بند و بست (band-o-bast) / बंदोबस्त (bandobast), from Classical Persian بند و بست (band-u-bast, “tying and binding”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌndəbʌst/ 1. A system of discipline; organisation, arrangement, preparation. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: He was proud of his faculty of organisation—what we call bundobust. Example: ‘Hand on my brother whenever suits you. I write to you because he is sure to make a bad bundobust.’
Word: bistro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from c. 1920, from the French bistro(t) with the original meaning "proprietor of a tavern" (1880s), of unknown origin, presumably regional French dialect. See the French etymology for more. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːstɹəʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹəʊ/, /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹoʊ/ 1. A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine. Example: Now, a coalition of bistro owners, unions and trade organizations is lobbying to get Unesco to grant Paris's sidewalk bistros and cafes official status as France's "intangible cultural heritage." Example: The rule that Christmas preparations should wait until after Thanksgiving doesn't apply to Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, the owners of M. Wells, a Québécois bistro in Long Island City.
Word: bistro Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from c. 1920, from the French bistro(t) with the original meaning "proprietor of a tavern" (1880s), of unknown origin, presumably regional French dialect. See the French etymology for more. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːstɹəʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹəʊ/, /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/, /ˈbɪstɹoʊ/ 1. To eat at a bistro. Labels: rare
Word: starring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of star Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast. Example: Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston
Word: starring Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb to star.
Word: starring Part of Speech: adj 1. Performing as a star; having the leading role. Labels: not-comparable Example: Charlton Heston had a starring role in Ben-Hur.
Word: de rigueur Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French de rigueur (“required”), from de (“of”) + rigueur (“rigour/rigor”). Pronunciation: /də ɹɪˈɡɜː(ɹ)/, /də ɹɪˈɡɝ/ 1. Necessary according to etiquette, protocol or fashion. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wearing a suit to a job interview is de rigueur. Example: This season, the little black dress is de rigueur.
Word: de rigeur Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of de rigueur. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: maglev Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of magnetic levitation, equivalent to mag- + lev(itation). Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡ.lɛv/ 1. Describing a train, system, etc, that operates by magnetic levitation. Labels: not-comparable Example: A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside? Example: After nearly three years of technical research, Ding said the team had developed a lightweight and high-strength train body that lays the technical foundation for the development of five sets of maglev engineering prototypes.
Word: maglev Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of magnetic levitation, equivalent to mag- + lev(itation). Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡ.lɛv/ 1. A train supported by magnetic levitation. Example: When finished, the trains will be the fastest commercial maglevs developed and built completely by Chinese firms.
Word: magnetic levitation Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of supporting and transporting objects and vehicles by using a magnetic field to counterbalance the gravitational pull. Labels: uncountable
Word: magnetic levitation train Part of Speech: noun 1. A maglev.
Word: bruschetta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian bruschetta, from bruscare (“to toast”). Pronunciation: /bɹʊˈskɛtə/, /bɹuˈskɛtə/, /bɹuˈʃɛtə/ 1. A light Italian dish of toasted bread with a topping of olive oil, garlic and chopped tomatoes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She fished a napkin out of the basket and put the slice of bruschetta on it.
Word: noughties Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nought (“zero”) + -ies (“plural of -y”), in imitation of the names of other decades (twenties, thirties, etc). Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːtiz/, /ˈnoːtɪjz/, /ˈnɔtez/, /-tɪz/, /-tiz/ 1. The decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc. Labels: UK, capitalized, plural, plural-only, sometimes Example: Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest. Example: I doubt if any modern poet can boast of as loud acclaim or as liberal reward as Longfellow received for Evangeline or Tennyson for the Idylls, but his fate today is somewhat kinder than that of Poe or Whitman, and much gentler than the stony dole dealt out to poets in the nineties and noughties.
Word: talk up Part of Speech: verb 1. To talk about (something or someone) to make it seem as good as possible or to draw positive attention to it. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The restaurant had been talked up way too much, that it left me somewhat disappointed. Example: Charlie's been talking up Robbie in an attempt to set him up with Lucy. 2. To talk louder. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 3. To speak in a plain and candid way, or with bold impudence. Labels: intransitive Example: “Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.” And it’s said very well, and I like to hear a chap talk up that way; you are just the man for him—the likes of ye.
Word: loony left Part of Speech: noun 1. Left-wing politicians or activists whose policies or ideas are considered to be ridiculous or too politically correct. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, derogatory Example: Tories Play Loony Left Card Example: The Earl of Halsbury ([Hansard] 1986 p310) spoke of how he had been ‘warned that the loony left is hardening up the lesbian camp and that they are becoming increasingly aggressive'.
Word: non-alcoholic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English non-alcoholic From non- + alcoholic. 1. Alternative form of nonalcoholic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Sober bars serve beers and wines that are non-alcoholic (though they can sometimes contain up to 0.5% ABV, or alcohol by volume, the Food and Drug Administration’s threshold for a beverage to still be considered non-alcoholic).
Word: non-alcoholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English non-alcoholic From non- + alcoholic. 1. Alternative form of nonalcoholic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fire up Part of Speech: verb 1. To ignite. Labels: transitive Example: Let's fire up the grill and have a barbecue. Example: They're[renewables] not strong enough to fire up the plants that you need to make your country great. The wind doesn't blow. Those big windmills are so pathetic and so bad, so expensive to operate, and they have to be rebuilt all the time and they start to rust and rot. 2. Of an engine or similar, to start. Labels: intransitive Example: The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began. 3. To launch; to run. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Fire up a text editor. Example: Fire up your computer. 4. To excite; to infuse with energy. Labels: transitive Example: The band went out to fire up the crowd before the game. 5. To grow irritated or angry. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: He […] fired up, and stood vigorously on his defence.
Word: on fire Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Middle English on fier, on fijre, on fire, on fyire, on fyre. 1. Being burned by fire. Example: If the wind picks up and the flames spread, the whole town could go on fire. 2. Overwhelmed with emotion; beside oneself. Labels: idiomatic Example: Anytime I am on fire with anxiety about the future, or totally freaking out that I am not being seen, heard, or treated fairly based on my old wounds, it is easy for me to RECOGNIZE that my Character 2 has flared right up in an attempt to not only protect me but help me get my needs met. 3. Excited, enthusiastic or passionate. Labels: idiomatic Example: “I'm on fire with an idea,” the 48-year-old businessman proclaimed with excitement similar to that which he projected in 1971 when his company became the first predominantly Black-owned corporation to be listed on the American Stock Exchange. 4. Doing very well; achieving good results at a rapid rate. Labels: idiomatic Example: That striker has scored four goals so far – he's on fire! 5. Sexually aroused. Labels: idiomatic, informal 6. Experiencing a burning-like sensation, especially "the burn" (from buildup of lactic acid) Labels: excessive Example: He locks us into a crouched position that results in muscle failure of the quads, hamstrings, and calves. It hurts. We raise ten-pound rubber rifles and hold them parallel to the ground. Our legs are on fire, then our arms too.
Word: Euro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Shortened unetymologically from Europe or Europo- in compounds. 20th-century formation, perhaps echoing terms like Afro-, Indo-, Sino- etc. An early attestation is the 1911 title The "Euro-Asian" or "Anglo-Indian", but the word Eurasian is attested in English from 1844. In finance, the term is a generalisation of Eurobond, which originally referred to bonds denominated in dollars but issued in Europe. 1. Pertaining to Europe, especially as a political entity. Labels: morpheme 2. Pertaining to the European Union. Labels: morpheme 3. Denominated in a currency other than that of the country in which it is issued. Labels: morpheme Example: Euro- + Sterling → Eurosterling Example: Eurocurrency markets are active in other major currencies as well, including Eurosterling, Euroyen, and euro-denominated Eurocurrencies (sometimes called “Euroeuros”).
Word: dys- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- From New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”). Often confused with the separately derived prefix dis-. Pronunciation: /dɪs/ 1. difficult Labels: morpheme Example: dyschezia, dysacusis, dysbasia, dyslexia, dyscopia 2. bad Labels: morpheme Example: dysphoria, dystopia 3. bad Labels: morpheme Example: dysaemia, dyscognitive 4. bad Labels: morpheme Example: dysejaculation, dysuria 5. bad Labels: morpheme Example: dysbalanced, dyschloremia, dysdifferentiation 6. bad Labels: morpheme Example: dysgraphia, dysphasia, dysoxic 7. abnormal Labels: morpheme Example: dysgnathic, dysafferentation, dysesthesia 8. to fail Labels: morpheme Example: dysautoregulation 9. inability, unable Labels: morpheme Example: dyscontrol, dysmetria 10. malady, disease Labels: morpheme Example: dysendocrinism, dysexecutive, dysautonomia, dysbarism 11. not Labels: morpheme Example: dysfluent
Word: dysphemism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dysphémisme, modelled after euphémisme, with the prefix dys-. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪs.fəˌmɪ.z(ə)m/ 1. The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original. Labels: uncountable 2. A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. Labels: countable
Word: fish supper Part of Speech: noun 1. Fish and chips. Labels: Scotland Example: The working class cannot afford to buy fish suppers nowadays; Scottish beef and venison are for export only, so midgieburgers are going to become Britain's fastest new food – our economy will depend upon it.
Word: fish and chips Part of Speech: noun 1. A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions. Labels: plural, singular Example: Let's go to Sophie's by the sea; they have the most delicious fish and chips. Example: Fried Fish and Chips, two iron furnaces and chipping machine, low rent.
Word: fry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ-der.? Latin frīgō Old French frirebor. Middle English fryen English fry Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”). Pronunciation: /fɹaɪ/ 1. A method of cooking food. Labels: transitive Example: I am frying the eggs. 2. A method of cooking food. Labels: intransitive Example: The eggs are frying. 3. A method of cooking food. Labels: obsolete Example: With crackling flames a caldron fries. Example: Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry 4. To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on. 5. To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. Labels: US, ambitransitive, slang Example: He's guilty of murder: he's going to fry. 6. To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. Labels: informal, transitive Example: If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor. Example: Taking drugs for years fried his brain. 7. To entertain (a person) greatly; to make to laugh thoroughly. Labels: slang, transitive Example: This joke is absolutely frying me.
Word: fry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ-der.? Latin frīgō Old French frirebor. Middle English fryen English fry Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”). Pronunciation: /fɹaɪ/ 1. A long, thin fried piece of cut potato. Labels: Canada, US, plural-normally 2. A long, thin fried piece of other foods. Labels: broadly, plural-normally Example: halloumi fries 3. A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. Labels: Ireland, UK 4. The liver of a lamb. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand 5. A lamb or calf testicle. Labels: US, plural-normally 6. A state of excitement. Labels: archaic, colloquial Example: to be in a fry
Word: fry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). Compare friable. Pronunciation: /fɹaɪ/ 1. Young fish; fishlings. Labels: uncountable Example: it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things. 2. Offspring; progeny; children; brood. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: Keen was the frost and crisp the snow over our world; and we young fry of the King households were all agog to enjoy life—for was it not Saturday, and were we not left all alone to keep house? 3. A swarm, especially of something small. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: a fry of children 4. The spawn of frogs. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: fry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”). Pronunciation: /fɹaɪ/ 1. A kind of sieve. 2. A drain, usually made of brushwood.
Word: fry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”). Pronunciation: /fɹaɪ/ 1. To make a brushwood drain. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: fish stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A rectangular piece of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling. Labels: US