nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: breaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkə/, /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/ 1. Something that breaks (something else). Example: a breaker of men's souls 2. A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines. 3. The building in which such a machine is placed. Example: at the coal breaker Example: A: Is John at the tipple? B: No, he's at the breaker today. 4. A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, often, plural 5. A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, often, plural 6. A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, often, plural Example: A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber Example: My beauty endures even as I endure; still, if thou wilt, oh rash man, have thy will; but blame not me if passion mount thy reason, as the Egyptian breakers used to mount a colt, and guide it whither thou wilt not. 7. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard Labels: in-plural Example: Now and then in the lagoon you hear the leaping of a fish[…]. And above all, ceaseless like time, is the dull roar of the breakers on the reef. Example: And then went down to the ship, Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea 8. A breakdancer. Labels: colloquial 9. A user of CB radio. Labels: US, dated Example: Their radios had been blocked by a breaker calling himself Yankee Bucket Mouth. 10. Ellipsis of circuit breaker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: breaker panel
Word: breaker Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkə/, /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/ 1. Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio. Labels: US, dated Example: breaker one nine Example: Breaker to the Bandit
Word: breaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Spanish barrica (“barrel”). Doublet of barrique. 1. A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck. Example: Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.
Word: bream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)). Pronunciation: /bɹiːm/, /bɹɪm/, /bɹim/, /bɹɛm/ 1. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. 2. A species in that genus, Abramis brama. Labels: UK 3. An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. 4. A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.
Word: bream Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen). 1. To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
Word: breech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/, [ˈbɹʷɪi̯t͡ʃ] 1. A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. Labels: attributive, countable, historical, in-plural, uncountable Example: 'Lat be,' quod he, ‘it shal nat be, so theech! Thou woldest make me kisse thyn old breech, And swere it were a relik of a seint, Example: The stallion lipped Alanna’s breech pockets. “He’s spoiled rotten.” Fishing a lump of sugar out, she fed it to him. 2. The buttocks or backside. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: And he made a woman for playing the whore, sit upon a great stone, on her bare breech twenty-foure houres, onely with corne and water, every three dayes, till nine dayes were past […] Example: When pamper'd Cupids, bestly Veni's, / And motly, squinting Harvequini's, / Shall lick no more their Lady's Br—, / But die of Looseness, Claps, or Itch; / Fair Thames from either ecchoing Shoare / Shall hear, and dread my manly Roar. 3. The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A breech birth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: breech Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/, [ˈbɹʷɪi̯t͡ʃ] 1. With the hips coming out before the head. Labels: not-comparable
Word: breech Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/, [ˈbɹʷɪi̯t͡ʃ] 1. Born, or having been born, breech. Labels: not-comparable
Word: breech Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/, [ˈbɹʷɪi̯t͡ʃ] 1. To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony). Labels: dated, transitive Example: […] it occurred before I was breeched, and I was breeched at three years and a quarter old; Example: A great man […] anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. 2. To beat or spank on the buttocks. Labels: dated, transitive 3. To fit or furnish with a breech. Labels: transitive Example: to breech a gun 4. To fasten with breeching. Labels: transitive 5. To cover as if with breeches. Labels: obsolete, poetic, transitive Example: Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore.
Word: bridal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈbraɪ.dl̩/, /ˈbɹaɪd(ə)l/ 1. A wedding feast or festival; a wedding. Labels: archaic Example: […] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […] Example: A Nimph is marryed to a Fay, Great preparations for the Day, All Rites of Nuptials they recite you, To the Brydall and inuite you.
Word: bridal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive usage was strengthened by association with bride + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈbraɪ.dl̩/, /ˈbɹaɪd(ə)l/ 1. Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial. Labels: not-comparable Example: bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber
Word: brink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪŋk/, [ˈbɹʷɪŋk], /ˈbɹiŋk/, [ˈbɹʷiŋk] ~ [ˈbɹʷɪ̝ŋk], /ˈbɹæŋk/ 1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. Example: the brink of a river Example: And the appearance of it much comforted us, especially seeing so goodly a land, and wooded to the brink of the sea. 2. The edge or border. Labels: figuratively Example: the brink of success Example: As South Korea heads to the polls, can Lee Jae-myung bring the country back from the brink? [title]
Word: brisk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys. Pronunciation: /bɹɪsk/ 1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action. Example: We took a brisk walk yesterday. Example: On such occasions he would remark-- "Shaving may add an air that's somewhat brisker, For dignity, commend me to the whisker." 2. Full of spirit of life; effervescing. 3. Sparkling; fizzy. Labels: archaic Example: brisk cider 4. Stimulating or invigorating. Example: This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving. Example: Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, / There's brisker pipes than poetry. 5. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others. Example: Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.
Word: brisk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys. Pronunciation: /bɹɪsk/ 1. To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate. Labels: ambitransitive, often
Word: brutalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English brutalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English brutalization From brutalize + -ation. 1. The act or process of making brutal Labels: uncountable 2. An instance of being brutalized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru). Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/, /bɹut/, /bɹʉːt/ 1. Without reason or intelligence (of animals). Example: a brute beast 2. Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). Example: A creature […] not prone / And brute as other creatures, but endued / With sanctity of reason. 3. Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. Example: the brute earth; the brute powers of nature 4. Crude, unpolished. Example: a great brute farmer from Liddesdale 5. Strong, blunt, and spontaneous; being purely physical in nature. Example: I got the door open through brute force. Example: The two Gladiators, Kreugas and Damoxenos, a subject from Pausanias, is another work in the same grand style. There is a want of nobility both in the countenances and forms of the combatants, and the expression of brute strength is too little relieved by that of courage arid heroism. The gentlemen of the fancy too find fault with the attitudes, as contrary to the rules of boxing ; a fault to be excused in consideration of the want in Rome of an establishment like Fives' court in London. 6. Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason. Example: brute violence
Word: brute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru). Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/, /bɹut/, /bɹʉːt/ 1. An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. Labels: archaic Example: they laid before them how unbecoming it was the Dignity of such sublime Creatures to be sollicitous about gratifying those Appetites, which they had in common with Brutes, and at the same time unmindful of those higher qualities that gave them the preeminence over all visible Beings. Example: ‘That animal has a charmed life,’ he said; ‘but you can say this only of brutes in this country. No man - you apprehend me? - no man here bears a charmed life.’ 2. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. Example: One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail." Example: She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp. 3. A kind of powerful spotlight. Example: For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […] Example: At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes. 4. One who has not yet matriculated. Labels: UK, archaic
Word: brute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru). Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/, /bɹut/, /bɹʉːt/ 1. To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other. Labels: transitive
Word: brute Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/, /bɹut/, /bɹʉːt/ 1. Obsolete spelling of bruit. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: buzz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *bussen (suggested by Middle English bussyng (“buzzing”)), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Scots bizz (“to buzz”). Compare Middle English bunning (“buzzing”), Middle English hossing (“buzzing”), Middle English bissen (“to hush”). Pronunciation: /bʌz/, /bʊz/ 1. A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Immediately there was a ringing and a singing in the hills, and then a whispering and a lisping and a whiz and a buzz all about him, for the little people were now some whirling round and round in the dance, and others sporting and tumbling about in the moonshine, and playing a thousand merry pranks and tricks. Example: In the steady buzz of flies the homeward-bound agent was lying flushed and insensible[.] 2. A whisper. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The audible friction of voiced consonants. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework. 5. A telephone call or e-mail. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Now, don't waste time, give us a buzz -- quick! 825-4703 or 265-7881. 6. Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Mr. Hall? The buzz on Christian is that his parents have joint custody, so he'll be spending one semester in Chicago and one semester here. Example: I wasn't performing with Pimp and Smoove that much no more, but I had a solo deal with Ruthless Rap and a brand new mixtape that was creating a big buzz. 7. Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”). Labels: uncountable
Word: cadge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”). Pronunciation: /kæd͡ʒ/ 1. To tie, fasten. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To beg. Labels: Geordie Example: Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day 3. To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do. Labels: UK, US, slang Example: Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha? Example: They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.
Word: cadge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely a corruption of cage. Pronunciation: /kæd͡ʒ/ 1. A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Word: cadge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely a corruption of cage. Pronunciation: /kæd͡ʒ/ 1. To carry hawks and other birds of prey. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge. 2. To carry, as a burden. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting. 3. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: calcification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English calcify Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English calcification From calcify + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen of calcification of the dental pulp. Example: It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.
Word: calculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis. Morphologically calculate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn̩/, /ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃn̩/, /ˌkælkjəˈlæɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of calculating. Labels: uncountable 2. The result of calculating. Labels: countable Example: As a check on these calculations we note that the total probability for 0, 1, 2, or 3 successes must be one since there are no other possibilities. Example: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories. 3. Reckoning, estimate. Labels: countable Example: By my calculation, we should be there by midnight. 4. An expectation based on circumstances. Labels: countable 5. The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces. Labels: uncountable
Word: calibration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English calibre Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English calibrate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English calibration From calibrate + -ion. First attested in 1852. Pronunciation: /ˌkæl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkæl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkæl.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɛl.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of calibrating something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The thermostat needs calibration.
Word: calibre Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.ɪ.bə(ɹ)/, /ˈkæl.ə.bɚ/, /ˈkæl.ə.bə(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of caliber. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable, usually
Word: cancellation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō. Pronunciation: /kænsəˈleɪʃən/ 1. The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users. 2. The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The property of being cancellate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]
Word: canny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Northern English dialect, from can (“to know”) ( + -y), from Middle English can, first and third person singular of cunnen, connen (“to be able, know how to”), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). Compare Scots canny, English cunny, Old English cann (“knowledge, assertion”). More at can, cunning. Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/ 1. Careful, prudent, cautious. Example: The politician gave a canny response to the reporter’s questions. Example: O! as thou art bonny, be prudent and canny, 2. Knowing, shrewd, astute. Example: The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted. Example: ‘Paris Hilton is A-list. She’s a genuinely really big star,’ said Professor Robert Thompson, a popular culture expert at Syracuse University. She’s also a canny money-making machine. 3. Frugal, thrifty. Example: canny investments Example: Whate’er he wins, I’ll guide with canny care. 4. Friendly, pleasant, fair, agreeable; (sometimes) funny. Labels: Northumbria, Scotland Example: She’s a canny lass hor like! Example: But gie me a cannie hour at e’en, My arms about my dearie O; An’ warl’y cares, an’ warl’y men, Mae a’ gae tapsalteerie O! 5. Gentle, quiet, steady. Labels: Northumbria, Scotland Example: a canny horse Example: Be canny with this letter.
Word: canny Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Northern English dialect, from can (“to know”) ( + -y), from Middle English can, first and third person singular of cunnen, connen (“to be able, know how to”), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). Compare Scots canny, English cunny, Old English cann (“knowledge, assertion”). More at can, cunning. Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/ 1. Very, considerably; quite, rather. Labels: Northumbria, not-comparable Example: a canny long journey Example: canny near home 2. Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully. Labels: Northumbria, Scotland, not-comparable Example: he sits very canny Example: drive canny
Word: canny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from uncanny. Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/ 1. Natural, normal. Labels: proscribed Example: I should have been glad to be assured that she prayed when on her knees, or read when that book was before her; I should have felt that she was more canny and human. Example: “Live here with a lot of blooming performing animals! No fear,” they said. “And ghosts too,” some added with a shudder. “That’s what those Dryads really are. It’s not canny.”
Word: canny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: can (“more or less cylindrical metal container”) + -y Pronunciation: /ˈkæni/ 1. Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can. Labels: especially Example: The rear sounds sounded canny compared to the front ones. And you also have to adjust the volume so both pair of speakers are at the same level, […] Example: I am using the stereo outs, I am getting nice reverb out of it but the probelm^([sic]) is the entire sound is like i said like its coming through a can. even when in bypass mode it sound "canny". Thank you for your input. Stacey
Word: canonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English canonize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English canonization From canonize + -ation. 1. The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being canonized or sainted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Following the attribution of two miracles, the next step is for the Pope to convene a meeting of cardinals to agree on Acutis’ sainthood and decide on a date for the canonization. 3. Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth. For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose, Bulgarian нос (nos) (the same PIE root). Also compare coast (<< Latin costa). Pronunciation: /keɪp/ 1. A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
Word: cape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cape, from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”). The second sense ("superhero") is metonymic from the fact that many superheroes wear capes. Likewise, the verb sense "defend, praise" alludes to the stereotypical depiction of superheroes wearing capes when they come to people's defense. (Compare caped crusader.) Doublet of capa and cappa. Pronunciation: /keɪp/ 1. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. Example: Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas. 2. A superhero. Labels: slang Example: Rows and rows of booths and pavilions stretch across the floor, draped with glowing holograms and shifting signs beckoning capes to try their wares. Bystander insurance. Hypertech components. Mystical ingredients. Training DVDs ...
Word: cape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French cape, from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”). The second sense ("superhero") is metonymic from the fact that many superheroes wear capes. Likewise, the verb sense "defend, praise" alludes to the stereotypical depiction of superheroes wearing capes when they come to people's defense. (Compare caped crusader.) Doublet of capa and cappa. Pronunciation: /keɪp/ 1. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape. Example: “I became a novillero when I was fourteen, but I had already been going to the fields and caping bulls since I was about twelve." 2. To head or point; to keep a course. Example: The ship capes southwest by south. 3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer. 4. To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy. Labels: US, slang Example: A lot of African-Americans believe the answer is Clinton, mostly because "she's not Trump" and because President Barack Obama is shamelessly caping for her. Example: Many times, you see white supremacist groups caping for women to mask their agenda of white nationalism. 5. To cover (as) with or like a cape. Labels: transitive Example: The white fur that caped his neck and shoulders stood on end. Example: He shook her gently, combing his fingers through her coppery curls that caped her shoulders like filigree.
Word: caper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of capriole. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpɚ/, /ˈkeɪpə/ 1. A playful leap or jump. 2. A jump while dancing. 3. A prank or practical joke. 4. Playful behaviour. Labels: plural-normally 5. A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime. Labels: figuratively Example: His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start? Example: The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress[.]
Word: caper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of capriole. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpɚ/, /ˈkeɪpə/ 1. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner. Example: He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury’s hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries. 2. To jump as part of a dance. 3. To engage in playful behaviour.
Word: caper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis). Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpɚ/, /ˈkeɪpə/ 1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten. 2. A plant of the genus Capparis.
Word: caper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kaper. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpɚ/, /ˈkeɪpə/ 1. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
Word: caper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of capercaillie. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpɚ/, /ˈkeɪpə/ 1. The capercaillie. Labels: Scotland
Word: capitalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English capitalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English capitalization From capitalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars. Example: And while Brazil's Telebras and South Africa's Anglo American Corp. again rank among the world's top emerging-market groups, their market capitalizations are also down from last year.
Word: capitulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French capitulation; equivalent to capitulate + -ion. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. 1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An enumeration of the main parts of a subject. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carbonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English carbonization From carbon + -ization. 1. The act or process of carbonizing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The disadvantage of the underfired grill is the potential for flareups, which can cause a burned spot or carbonization. Not only do these taste bad, but they are also carcinogenic.
Word: castigation Part of Speech: noun 1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: He was seasoned wood, and took the world pretty wisely; not reckless of castigation, as some boys become, nor oversensitive as to dehonour, as his friend and comrade beside him was. 2. Severe criticism. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Emendation; correction. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cataphract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cataphractes (“suit of armour”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “suit of armour”), from κατα- (kata-, prefix indicating a great degree or intensity) + φρακτός (phraktós, “protected; fenced in”) (from φράσσω (phrássō, “to fortify, secure; to fence in”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being). Pronunciation: /ˈkætəfɹækt/, /ˈkætəˌfɹækt/, [ˈkæɾə-] 1. Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations. Labels: historical Example: Those fighting before the standards, around the standards and (otherwise) in the front line were called principes [i.e. the centurions and the other under-officers]. This was the heavy armament, which had helmets, cataphracts, greaves, shields, large swords called spathae, and other smaller swords called semispathia, [...] Example: Carmine streaks stained their limbs, their tunics and cataphracts; but little of the blood was theirs. They did not move like people with injuries. 2. An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate. Labels: broadly, obsolete
Word: cataphract Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”), from καταφράσσειν (kataphrássein, “to suit in armour”) (see further at etymology 1) + -τος (-tos, “suffix forming adjectives”). The noun is derived from Latin cataphractus (“wearing armour, mailed”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”); see above. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəfɹækt/, /ˈkætəˌfɹækt/, [ˈkæɾə-] 1. Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed. Labels: historical Example: And first we must call attention to the fact that two classes of vessels appear to have been employed, distinguished by the name of "Aphract," unfenced, or "Cataphract," fenced, according as the rowers of the upper tier were protected or exposed. Both classes were decked and floored, but the "Aphract" class carried their decks and flooring lower than the "Cataphract," so that in them the rowers of the upper tier were visible above the side of the vessel; [...] [F]rom the time of the invention by the Thasians of this system, all the larger vessels of war used by both Greeks and Romans were Cataphract. In the Cataphract trireme, the space allowed for each oarsman was, according to [B.] Graser, eight square feet per man, and this proportion was observed in the larger vessels up to the octireme. Example: The ancients either called these ships by their class name (a number plus the -eres root) or by a descriptive term "cataphract" (kataphraktos) which means something like "armored" or "fenced" in the sense of having reinforced decks and sides to protect the oarcrew from missiles and deck-fighting. Because "The Age of Titans" involved galleys whose signature feature was their larger than normal size, and because cataphract galleys could comprise small ships that were protected by extra planking, I frequently employ another term to describe these ships, namely, "big" or "large," from the Greek megala skaphe and its variants megalai nees (big ships) and megista skaphe (biggest ships).
Word: cataphract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”), from καταφράσσειν (kataphrássein, “to suit in armour”) (see further at etymology 1) + -τος (-tos, “suffix forming adjectives”). The noun is derived from Latin cataphractus (“wearing armour, mailed”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”); see above. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəfɹækt/, /ˈkætəˌfɹækt/, [ˈkæɾə-] 1. A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1). Labels: historical Example: He who lookes you in the face, ſaith he ſees you, though the reſt of your bodie be within your cloathes, and if you, being an ὁωλομάχος a cataphract in your proteſtantiſh πανοπλία [panoplía, suit of armour] should for fear pull downe your beuer before you come into the liſt, your Aduerſarie for all that might light vpon your ( ) vnleſſe you bring with you Giges his ring, ſo to make your ſelf inuiſible; [...] Example: Immediately / Was Samſon as a public ſervant brought, / In thir ſtate Livery clad; before him Pipes / and Timbrels, on each ſide went armed guards, / Both horſe and foot before him and behind / Archers, and Slingers, Cataphracts and Spears. 2. A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
Word: cater Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of acatour (“acater”), from Old French acater (“to buy, to purchase”). Equivalent to cate + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪtə/, /ˈkeɪɾɚ/, /ˈkeʈə(ɾ)/, /ˈkaʈə(ɾ)/ 1. To provide, particularly Example: Noe widdowes curse caters a dish of mine. Example: Priya’s parents’ Hinduism seemed to present conflicting views of sex: […] What people don’t know about the Kama Sutra is that it’s actually a text that … very heavily caters to Madonna/whore complexes. That it’s actually quite misogynistic. And that it’s actually catered more for male pleasure and … males always will have the upper hand according to the Kama Sutra. 2. To provide Labels: ambitransitive Example: I catered for her bat mitzvah. Example: His company catered our wedding. 3. To provide Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim. Example: Art... was... catering to the national taste and vanity. 4. To provide Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The business caters for young professionals. Example: A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
Word: cater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of acatour (“acater”), from Old French acater (“to buy, to purchase”). Equivalent to cate + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪtə/, /ˈkeɪɾɚ/, /ˈkeʈə(ɾ)/, /ˈkaʈə(ɾ)/ 1. Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate. Labels: obsolete Example: I am oure Catour and bere oure Alther purse. Example: Rec. for iij calvys off þe cater of Crystis Cherche. 2. Synonym of caterer: any provider of food. Labels: obsolete Example: Of his diete catour was scarsite... 3. Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: The eye is loues Cator.
Word: cater Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably ultimately from French quatre (“four”), possibly via cater (“change-ringing”), although Liberman argues for a derivation from a North Germanic prefix meaning "crooked, angled, clumsy" from which he also derives cater-cousin and, via Norse, Old Irish cittach (“left-handed, awkward”). He finds this more likely than extension of the dice and change-ringing term cater as an adverb, given the likely cognates in other Germanic languages. Caterpillar and caterwaul are unrelated, being derived from cognates to cat, but may have influenced the pronunciation of Liberman's proposed earlier *cate- or undergone similar sound changes. 1. To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: The trees are set checkerwise, and so catred [Latin: partim in quincuncem directis], as looke which way ye wyl, they lye leuel. Example: ‘Cater’ across the rails ever so cleverly, you cannot escape jolt and jar.
Word: cater Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Probably ultimately from French quatre (“four”), possibly via cater (“change-ringing”), although Liberman argues for a derivation from a North Germanic prefix meaning "crooked, angled, clumsy" from which he also derives cater-cousin and, via Norse, Old Irish cittach (“left-handed, awkward”). He finds this more likely than extension of the dice and change-ringing term cater as an adverb, given the likely cognates in other Germanic languages. Caterpillar and caterwaul are unrelated, being derived from cognates to cat, but may have influenced the pronunciation of Liberman's proposed earlier *cate- or undergone similar sound changes. 1. Diagonally. Labels: UK, US, dialectal, not-comparable Example: Cater and Cater-cornered, diagonal; diagonally. To ‘cut cater’ in the case of velvet, cloth, etc., is... ‘cut on the cross’. Cater-snozzle, to make an angle; to ‘mitre’.
Word: cater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French quatre (“four”). Doublet of cuatro. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪtə/, /ˈkatə/, /ˈkeɪtəɹ/ 1. Four. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The auditour... cometh in with sise sould, and cater denere, for vi.s. and iiii.d. 2. The four of cards or dice. Labels: obsolete Example: Cater is a very good caste. 3. A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell. Example: The very terms of the art are enough to frighten an amateur. Hunting, dodging... caters, cinques, etc. Example: Cater... The name given by change ringers to changes of nine bells. The word should probably be written quaters, as it is meant to denote the fact that four couples of bells change their places in the order of ringing.
Word: catheterization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English catheter Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English catheterization From catheter + -ization. 1. The procedure of introducing a catheter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since the development of fiber optics, treatments utilizing catheterization have replaced some former surgical procedures.
Word: causation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cause + -ation. Pronunciation: /kɔːˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [kʰoːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən], /kɔˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [kʰɒːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən], /kɑˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of causing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or agency by which an effect is produced. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Aristotle's views led him to try to describe the kind of causation by which vision is produced, instead of the laws by which it is exercised; and the attempt consisted, as in other subjects, of indistinct principles, and ill-combined facts. 3. Cause and effect. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cauterization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cauterize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cauterization From cauterize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɔːtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌkoːtəɹɑjˈzɛjʃən/, /ˌkɔtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/, [ˌkʰɔɾəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən], [-ʃn̩] 1. The act of searing organic tissue by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: caution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cautiō, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkoːʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkɔʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkɑʃ(ə)n/ 1. Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: take caution Example: have caution 2. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The guideline expressed caution against excessive radiographic imaging. 3. Security; guaranty; bail. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be vigorously prosecuted. 4. One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Oh, that boy, he's a caution! He does make me laugh. Example: ‘You are a caution,’ she said, when she came out. ‘I don't understand you.’ 5. A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A yellow card. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: caution Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cautiō, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkoːʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkɔʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkɑʃ(ə)n/ 1. To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted. Labels: transitive Example: In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.” 2. To read someone their formal legal rights as part of a lawful arrest. Labels: UK, transitive Example: They're under arrest. Caution them, will you? 3. To give a yellow card.