nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: out of Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English oute of, from Old English ūt of. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊt əv/, /ˈaʊtə/, /ˈaʊɾə/ 1. Expressing motion away, literal or figurative; opposed to into. Example: The audience came out of the theater. Example: The cat jumped out of the basket. 2. Expressing motion away, literal or figurative; opposed to into. Example: I have fallen out of love with you. Example: They will soon be out of business. 3. Expressing motion away, literal or figurative; opposed to into. Labels: informal Example: He ate out of a big bowl. Example: Turns out he's some rapper out of New York called Buster Bigmouth. 4. Expressing motion away, literal or figurative; opposed to into. Example: There's the Titanic out of Liverpool. 5. Expressing motion away, literal or figurative; opposed to into. Example: Only three out of a thousand are born with this rare disease. Example: Out of the entire class, only Cynthia completed the work. 6. Expressing motion away, literal or figurative; opposed to into. Example: She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. 7. Expressing position outside, literal or figurative; opposed to in. Example: His feet rested out of the water. Example: Is your mother out of hospital? 8. Expressing position outside, literal or figurative; opposed to in. Example: I'm rather out of practice right now. Example: He cannot see you because he's feeling out of spirits today. 9. Expressing position outside, literal or figurative; opposed to in. Example: Sorry, we're out of bread. Example: Once out of the farm the approach of poverty would be sure. 10. From a given cause or motivation. Example: I laughed out of embarrassment. Example: She only did it out of love for him. 11. From a given material as means of construction. Example: It's made out of mahogany. 12. In a manner based in but not always in (a certain place); (loosely) in. Labels: informal Example: They're out of Tampa and they cover the Southeast. Example: He works out of the main office. 13. expression of how distant a person, an event or object is. Labels: informal, often Example: Five months out of the election Example: Several yards out of the ocean 14. To an extreme degree. Example: We're gonna blow the crap out of it. Example: I could eat the heck out of some spaghetti. 15. No longer in possession of; having no more of. Example: Near-synonym: fresh out of Example: Well, we're out of copy paper, so I guess there'll be no printing any printouts today!
Word: out- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- From Middle English ut-, from Old English ūt- (“out, without, outside”) (also as ūta-, ūtan- (“from or on the outside, without”), as in ūtanweard (“outward, external”)), from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (“out-”). Cognate with Dutch uit-, German aus-, Swedish ut-, Icelandic út-. More at out. 1. External to, on the outside of Labels: morpheme Example: outback Example: outhouse 2. Toward the outside of, away from Labels: morpheme Example: outcast Example: outlead 3. Forms verbs with the sense of surpassing or exceeding the prefixed word. This construction is productive. Labels: morpheme Example: outdo Example: outlast 4. Greater than Labels: morpheme Example: outsize Example: outrun 5. Beyond Labels: morpheme Example: The plant's leaves outgrew their box 6. Completely Labels: morpheme Example: outfit Example: outwork
Word: politburo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Политбюро́ (Politbjuró, “politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union”), a contraction of полити́ческое бюро́ (politíčeskoje bjuró, “political bureau”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊəɹəʊ/, /-ˌbjɔː-/, /ˈpɑlətˌbjʊɹoʊ/, /ˈpoʊ-/ 1. The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems. 2. A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations; an inner circle. Labels: broadly, derogatory, sometimes Example: They were the people who surrounded Biden who were the true believers: Ricchetti, Donilon, etc. The Politburo would argue that the decisions were always fine and sound and never problematic.
Word: p.p. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of past participle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of percentage point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: p.p. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of per procurationem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of postpartum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: p.pr. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of present participle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: commodore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑ.mə.dɔɹ/, /ˈkɒm.ə.dɔː/ 1. A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral. 2. A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral. 3. The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen. 4. The president of a yacht club. 5. A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta. 6. Ellipsis of commodore admiral. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 7. A rear admiral (lower half). Labels: US 8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.
Word: captain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French. Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.tɪn/, /ˈkæp.tən/, /ˈkæp.ən/, [ˈkæpn̩], [ˈkæpm̩] 1. A chief or leader. Example: For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel. Example: Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you? 2. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel. Example: Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. Example: The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship. 3. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major. Example: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]." 4. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore. 5. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel. 6. A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew. 7. One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official. Example: Captain's supposed to be the leader, right? Example: As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy. 8. The leader of a group of workers. Example: John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man." Example: The assistant mine captains then reported to the mine captain in charge of all underground operations and subordinate only to the superintendent himself. 9. The head boy of a school. 10. A maître d', a headwaiter. Example: 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California", So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969." 11. An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel. Labels: Southern-US
Word: captain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French. Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.tɪn/, /ˈkæp.tən/, /ˈkæp.ən/, [ˈkæpn̩], [ˈkæpm̩] 1. To act as captain Labels: intransitive 2. To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team. Labels: transitive
Word: lieutenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lieutenant, lieftenaunt, from Anglo-Norman lieutenant, lyutenaunt, leu tenant, leu tenaunt (“deputy, lieutenant”), from Old French lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holder”). Doublet of locum tenens and stadtholder. Pronunciation: /lɛfˈtɛn.ənt/, /ləfˈtɛn.ənt/, /l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt/, /ˈlef.ʈe.nenʈ/, /ˈlef.ʈɪ.nenʈ/ 1. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. Labels: US 2. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. Labels: US 3. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. Labels: US 4. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. Labels: UK 5. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. Labels: UK 6. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand 7. A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director. Example: Mr. Scott immediately asked someone at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to get Mr. Nadella, the chief executive, out of a meeting he was having with top lieutenants. 8. The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.
Word: lieutenant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lieutenant, lieftenaunt, from Anglo-Norman lieutenant, lyutenaunt, leu tenant, leu tenaunt (“deputy, lieutenant”), from Old French lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holder”). Doublet of locum tenens and stadtholder. Pronunciation: /lɛfˈtɛn.ənt/, /ləfˈtɛn.ənt/, /l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt/, /ˈlef.ʈe.nenʈ/, /ˈlef.ʈɪ.nenʈ/ 1. A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ensign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.sɪn/, /ˈɛn.sən/, [ˈɛn.sn̩], /ˈɛn.saɪn/ 1. A badge of office, rank, or power. Example: The Ensigns of our Power about we bear; / And every Land pays Tribute to the Fair. 2. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade. Example: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 3. A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour. Example: Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still, 4. The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality. Example: But Alcibiades swiftly ran up the Athenian ensign on his flagship and bore down on that part of the Peloponnesian fleet which held the advantage and was pursuing the Athenians. 5. Any prominent flag or banner. Example: Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced. 6. A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign. Labels: historical
Word: ensign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.sɪn/, /ˈɛn.sən/, [ˈɛn.sn̩], /ˈɛn.saɪn/ 1. To designate as by an ensign. Labels: obsolete Example: HENRY but ioyn’d the Roses, that ensign’d / Particular families, but this hath ioyn’d / The Rose and Thistle, 2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament. 3. To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown. Example: Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.
Word: cavalry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi/, /ˈkæl.və.ɹi/ 1. The military arm of service that fights while riding horses. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him. 2. An individual unit of this arm of service. Labels: countable 3. The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry. Labels: countable 4. A source of rescue, especially in an emergency. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: call in the cavalry Example: "We landed in their killbox?" "We did. I am sor... No, belay that. Heads down! Cavalry incoming!"
Word: appear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir), from Latin appāreō (“to appear”), from ad (“to”) + pāreō (“to come forth, to become visible”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɪə/, /əˈpɪɹ/, [əˈpʰɪɹ], /əˈpiːɹ/ 1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. Labels: intransitive Example: And God[…]said, Let[…]the dry land appear. Example: There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared. Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson. 2. To come before the public. Labels: intransitive Example: A great writer appeared at that time. Example: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels. 3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. Labels: intransitive Example: We must all appear before the judgment seat. Example: One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. 4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. Labels: intransitive Example: It doth not yet appear what we shall be. Example: Of their vain contest appeared no end. 5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. Labels: copulative, intransitive Example: He appeared quite happy with the result. Example: They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. 6. To bring into view Labels: transitive Example: [Angelo] is yet a devil / His filth within being cast, he would appear / A pond as deep as hell.
Word: kuya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá). 1. An elder brother. Labels: Philippines 2. A respectful title or form of address for an older man. Labels: Philippines
Word: septum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp.təm/, /ˈsep.təm/ 1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Deviated septum, a shift from the midline that commonly occurs in normal growth, is present in most adults. Example: Sally got a dagger hung from her septum O'Malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em 2. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. 3. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. 4. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. 5. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. 6. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. 7. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. 8. A wall separating two cavities; a partition. 9. Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis Example: Look, I got a new septum!
Word: reduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reducen, from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + dūcō (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːs/, /ɹɪˈdjuːs/, /ɹɪˈd(j)us/, /ɹɪˈdjʉːs/, /ɹɪˈd͡ʒʉːs/ 1. To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. Labels: transitive Example: to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc. Example: Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training. 2. To lose weight. Labels: intransitive 3. To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. Labels: transitive Example: to reduce a sergeant to the ranks Example: My father, the eldest son of an ancient but reduced family, left me with little. 4. To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture. Labels: transitive Example: to reduce a province or a fort 5. To bring to an inferior state or condition. Labels: transitive Example: to reduce a city to ashes 6. To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy). Labels: transitive Example: reduced to silence Example: The press release calls him "the hottest female impressionist in show business today." (One wonders how many more words press agents will have to come up with before they are reduced to actually saying "drag queen.") 7. To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off. Labels: transitive Example: Serve the oxtails with mustard or a sauce made by reducing the soup, if any is left, to a slightly thick sauce. 8. To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen. Labels: transitive Example: Formaldehyde can be reduced to form methanol. 9. To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter. Labels: transitive 10. To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value. Labels: transitive 11. To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm. Labels: transitive 12. To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form. Labels: transitive 13. To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".) Labels: transitive Example: It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing. 14. To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment. Labels: transitive 15. To reform a line or column from (a square). Labels: transitive 16. To strike off the payroll. Labels: transitive 17. To annul by legal means. Labels: transitive 18. To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort. Labels: transitive Example: The first vowel of support is reduced to schwa by most English speakers. 19. To translate (a book, document, etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: a book reduced into English
Word: alumna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin alumna. Pronunciation: /əˈlʌmnə/ 1. A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college). Example: The disaster was shattering to Mystic’s thousands of alumnae, even if they hadn’t set foot there for decades. […] Within the first hours and days, there were text chains, prayer services, old photos shared on private Facebook pages, and teary alumnae gatherings, including one at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. […] Nearly every alumna has a personal story about the family. 2. A female graduate.
Word: appearance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear + -ance. Doublet of apparence and apparency. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɪə.ɹəns/, /əˈpiɹ.əns/ 1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His sudden appearance surprised me. 2. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was a strange appearance in the sky. 3. The way something looks; personal presence Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And now am come to ſee of whom ſuch noiſe Hath walk'd about, and each limb to ſurvey, If thy appearance anſwer loud report. Example: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival? 4. Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance. Example: KAWS’s first sculptures were limited edition toys for the Japanese brand Bounty Hunter, and the stylised figures distributed around YSP in a variety of postures – shielding their eyes from the sun, seated in apparent contemplation or leading a child-sized version of themselves over the sward – have the appearance of gigantic toys, with their instant legibility and machine-honed surfaces. 5. That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ. 6. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator. Example: David Beckham's first appearance with the LA Galaxy at Giants Stadium against the New York Red Bulls last night drew a crowd of 66237. 7. An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.
Word: append Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant. Pronunciation: /ʌˈpɛnd/, /əˈpɛnd/ 1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended. Labels: transitive Example: a seal appended to a record Example: An inscription was appended to the column. 2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex. Labels: transitive Example: notes appended to a book chapter 3. To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
Word: append Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant. Pronunciation: /ʌˈpɛnd/, /əˈpɛnd/ 1. An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file. Example: After recursively sorting the two subsets, the situation is (11,28) 35 (45,50,62) and an append of the three pieces gives the final result. Example: Logging can be used to back out bad data, be it an overwrite of existing data or an append of new data.
Word: appertain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English apperteinen, apertenen, borrowed from Old French apartenir (French appartenir), from Late Latin appertinēre, from ad (“to”) + Latin pertinēre (“to reach to, belong”). More at pertain. Pronunciation: /ˌæpɚˈteɪn/ 1. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to. Example: Another issue that appertains to the policy under discussion. Example: McInnis reached down and gently raised the old man's head to face him. "Edwin Falkirk, I hereby relieve you of the Directorship of Site-43 under my authority as Administrator of the SCP Foundation. Your security clearance credentials will be revoked in full, and all privileges appertaining to your position are rescinded." 2. To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc. Example: Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber. Example: In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no movement upon the dull, grey earth—above all, there is absolute silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence—complete and heart-subduing silence.
Word: appetite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence. Pronunciation: /ˈæp.ɪ.taɪt/, /ˈæp.əˌtaɪt/ 1. A desire to eat food or consume drinks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast. Example: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it. 2. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. Example: To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvellous. 3. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: appetite for reading Example: The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
Word: applause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud). Pronunciation: /əˈplɔːz/, /əˈploːz/, /əˈplɔz/, /əˈplɑz/ 1. The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this! Example: Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. […] It was at such moments that for an instant he [Sherlock Holmes] ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause.
Word: applause Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud). Pronunciation: /əˈplɔːz/, /əˈploːz/, /əˈplɔz/, /əˈplɑz/ 1. To applaud. Labels: obsolete Example: But (which had ſcarrefide our wounds, if wounded, with the Balme / Of her ſweete Preſence, ſo applaus’d as in Sea-ſtormes a Calme) / Her royall-ſelfe, Elizabeth our Soueraigne lawfull Queene, / In magnanimious Maieſtie amidſt her Troupes was ſeene. Example: Now Ahab ſees the ground of that applauſed conſent of his rabble of Prophets: […]
Word: applicant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply. Pronunciation: /ˈæp.lə.kɪnt/ 1. One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner. Example: Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants. 2. One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner. Labels: specific 3. The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
Word: oat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ote, from Old English āte, from Proto-West Germanic *aitā, from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (“swelling; gland; nodule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyd- (“to swell”). See English atter (“poison”). Cognates * Germanic: cognate with Scots ait (“oat”), West Frisian oat (“wild oat”), Dutch oot, aat (“wild oat”), Saterland Frisian Aate (“pea”), German Low German Aat (“oat”), obsolete Luxembourgish Otz (“oat”). Further related to Icelandic eitill (“nodule”), Norwegian Bokmål eitel (“knot, gland”), Norwegian Nynorsk eitel (“knot, gland”), Old High German eiz (“abscess”) (German Eiter (“pus”), Eiß (“ulcer”)), Dutch etter (“pus”), Saterland Frisian eitel (“fast, raging”), Old Norse eitill (“nodule”) * Indo-European: Latin aemidus (“swollen, protuberant”), Old Church Slavonic ꙗдъ (jadŭ, “poison”), Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”), Albanian ënjt (“to swell, inflame”), Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, “to swell”), այտ (ayt, “cheek”), Sanskrit इन्दु (índu, “water drop”) Pronunciation: /ˈəʊt/, /ˈɵ̞ʊt/, /ˈoʊ̯t/, /ˈɔʊ̯t/, /ˈoːt/ 1. Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa. Labels: uncountable Example: The oat stalks made good straw. Example: The main forms of oat are meal and bran. 2. Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena. Labels: countable Example: The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats. 3. The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop and for animal feed. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: […]I could munch your good dry Oates. Me-thinkes I haue a great deſire to a bottle of hay: good hay, ſweete hay hath no fellow. Example: The point is, except in Scotland, people eat comparatively few oats. Scotland's another story, though you'll have to decide how seriously to take it. The way the story goes is that in eastern Scotland, the unmarried plowmen didn't eat anything but oats and milk, except for an occasional potato. 4. A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The tiniest amount; a whit or jot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Few of them care an oat for the niceties of the arrow sport, but for the young lords that may be on a hunt!
Word: oat Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of OAT. Labels: alt-of
Word: massa Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of master. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night. Example: "All well, Massa Challenger, all well!" he cried. "Me stay here. No fear. You always find me when you want." His honest black face, and the immense view before us, which carried us half-way back to the affluent of the Amazon, helped us to remember that we really were upon this earth in the twentieth century, and had not by some magic been conveyed to some raw planet in its earliest and wildest state.
Word: photo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Clipping of photograph. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/, [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰəʊ̯], /ˈfo.to/, [ˈfo.tʰo], /ˈfoː.toː/ 1. A photograph. Labels: informal Example: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. 2. A photo finish. Labels: informal Example: By this stage, Goof was clearly warming to his theme and, as they flashed past the post together, he reported that it was a photo. "And I don't know or care who won the photo," he concluded. 3. A digital picture of any kind. Labels: informal 4. Photography Labels: informal Example: Photo student in need of subjects.
Word: photo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Clipping of photograph. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/, [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰəʊ̯], /ˈfo.to/, [ˈfo.tʰo], /ˈfoː.toː/ 1. To take a photograph of. Labels: transitive Example: [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=5kjheskJwVAC&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&sig=_CY8N5ZLStxnOIlf_CNHhhBEPjA What fun to be photoed together, / What luck for a break so opportune. / Oh, what a lark / To be posed in the park / Underneath the adolescent crescent of the moon. Example: 1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQ7DKhq0ZckC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&sig=hrMAoHDI9vAnq4RQwgFro_Lp24M He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
Word: phytoplankton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyto- + plankton. From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) + πλαγκτόν (planktón), neuter of πλαγκτός (planktós, “wandering”). However, they are no longer classified as plants, so the terminology is showing a historical meaning. Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪ.təˈplæŋk.tən/, /ˌfaɪ.təʊˈplæŋk.tən/, /ˌfaɪ.toʊˈplæŋk.tən/ 1. Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: insecticidal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The insecticidal properties of sulphur were also known to the Romans, for in about 200 B.C. Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.
Word: herbicidal Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to herbicides 2. having the ability to damage or destroy plants, especially weeds
Word: fungicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fungi- + -cidal. 1. Of, or relating to fungicide. 2. Having the ability to destroy or control fungus.
Word: fungicidal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fungi- + -cidal. 1. A fungicide.
Word: naval Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālis; equivalent to navy + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəl/ 1. Of or relating to a navy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat. 2. Of or relating to ships in general. Labels: not-comparable Example: naval architect
Word: insecticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French insecticide, as insect + -icide. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛk.tɪˌsaɪd/, /ɪnˈsɛk.təˌsaɪd/ 1. Any of various substances used to kill insects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.
Word: herbicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From herb + -icide. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːbɪsaɪd/, /ˈ(h)ɝbɪsaɪd/ 1. A substance used to kill plants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fungicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fungi- + -cide. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌŋɡɪsaɪd/, /ˈfʌnd͡ʒɪsaɪd/ 1. A substance used to kill fungus, whether yeasts, molds, mildews, or mushrooms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: genovese Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Genovese. Labels: alt-of, alternative, especially, not-comparable
Word: zooplankton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + plankton. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ə.plaŋ(k).tən/, /ˈzuː.ə.plaŋ(k).tən/, /ˈzuː.plaŋ(k).tən/, /ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋ(k).tən/ 1. Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: expensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, [ɪkˈspɛnsɪv], /ɪkˈspɪnsɪv/, [ɪkˈspɪ̟nsɪv], /əkˈspɛnsɪv/ 1. Having a high price or cost. Example: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates. Example: In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property. 2. Taking a lot of system time or resources. Example: an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm 3. Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish. Labels: obsolete Example: […] And that he looked into his own affairs, and underſtood them; That he had, when abroad, been very expenſive; and contracted a large debt (for he made no ſecret of his affairs); […] Example: […] thus naturally generous and expenſive, he ſquandered away his money, and made a moſt ſplendid appearance upon the receipt of his quarterly appointment; […] 4. Having a high economy rate.
Word: di Part of Speech: intj Etymology: imitative. Pronunciation: /diː/, /di/, /ɖiː/ 1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm. Example: The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".
Word: mahal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi महल (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall, “place”). Pronunciation: /məˈhəl/, [mɛ.ɦɛl], /məˈhɑːl/ 1. A summerhouse. Labels: India 2. Private lodgings. Labels: India 3. A territorial division of pre-independence India. Labels: India, historical 4. A division of a farm. Labels: India 5. A division of a hunting preserve. Labels: India
Word: chew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chewen, from Old English ċēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with West Frisian kôgje, Low German käwwen, Dutch kauwen, German kauen; also Latin gingīva (“gums”), Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“to eat”), Polish żuć (“to chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto ژُوَل (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”). Pronunciation: /tʃuː/, /tʃʉw/, /tʃɪʊ̯/, /t͡ʃ(j)u/ 1. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed. Example: Make sure to chew thoroughly, and don't talk with your mouth full! Example: The steak was tough to chew as it had been cooked too long. 2. To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth. Example: He keeps his feed in steel drums to prevent the mice from chewing holes in the feed-sacks. Example: The harsh desert wind and sand had chewed the stump into ragged strips of wood. 3. The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Avoiding Tape Chew. In the early days of the ADAT, the "V" blocks (two arms that thread the tape around the front of the head) could sometimes get out of alignment and "chew" the outside track […] 4. To think about something; to ponder; to chew over. Labels: informal Example: The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked. Example: Old politicians chew on wisdom past. 5. To chew tobacco. Example: To reduce cancer risk, it is best that you neither chew nor smoke. Example: He'd been chewing for many years by the time he first noticed some white plaques on his oral mucosa.
Word: chew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chew, cheu, icheu, from Old English *ċēaw, *ġeċēaw (“chewing”), from Proto-West Germanic *kauw, *gakauw (“chewing”), from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch kauw (“chewing”), Dutch gekauw (“chewing”), West Frisian gekau (“chewing”). Pronunciation: /tʃuː/, /tʃʉw/, /tʃɪʊ̯/, /t͡ʃ(j)u/ 1. The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I popped the gum into my mouth and gave it a chew. 2. Level of chewiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Once it's cooked, it's not enough of a hard chew to count. Example: A bread with a strong and solidified gluten network has a nice chew to it, and many types of charcuterie call for just enough work by the teeth to be dangerously addictive. But in all cases, chewy must be combined with an appropriate amount of ... 3. A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore. 4. Chewing tobacco. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults. 5. A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw. Labels: countable Example: The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews. Example: The first time he chewed tobacco, he swallowed his chew and got extremely sick. 6. The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Avoiding Tape Chew. In the early days of the ADAT, the "V" blocks (two arms that thread the tape around the front of the head) could sometimes get out of alignment and "chew" the outside track […]
Word: chewing gum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chewing + gum. 1. A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian gaumo (“palate”), German Gaum, Gaumen (“palate”), Luxembourgish Gomm, Gumm (“palate”), Yiddish גומען (gumen, “palate”), Danish gumme (“gums”), Icelandic gómur (“gum”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gom (“palate”); also Latin hio (“to gape, yawn”), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”), Bulgarian зе́я (zéja, “to gape”), Czech zát, zet (“to gape”), Polish ziać (“to pant”), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ, “to gape, yawn”), Serbo-Croatian зи́јати, zíjati (“to gape, yawn”), Ukrainian зя́яти (zjájaty, “to gape”), Tocharian A koy- (“mouth”), Tocharian B koyn (“mouth”). More at yawn. Pronunciation: /ɡʌm/, /ɡum/, /ɡʊm/ 1. The flesh around the teeth. Labels: in-plural, often
Word: gum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian gaumo (“palate”), German Gaum, Gaumen (“palate”), Luxembourgish Gomm, Gumm (“palate”), Yiddish גומען (gumen, “palate”), Danish gumme (“gums”), Icelandic gómur (“gum”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gom (“palate”); also Latin hio (“to gape, yawn”), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”), Bulgarian зе́я (zéja, “to gape”), Czech zát, zet (“to gape”), Polish ziać (“to pant”), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ, “to gape, yawn”), Serbo-Croatian зи́јати, zíjati (“to gape, yawn”), Ukrainian зя́яти (zjájaty, “to gape”), Tocharian A koy- (“mouth”), Tocharian B koyn (“mouth”). More at yawn. Pronunciation: /ɡʌm/, /ɡum/, /ɡʊm/ 1. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal. 2. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer. Labels: transitive
Word: gum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”). Doublet of gumma. Pronunciation: /ɡʌm/, /ɡum/, /ɡʊm/ 1. A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate. Labels: uncountable Example: gum arabic Example: gum-oleo-resin 2. Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum. Labels: uncountable Example: gum benzoin Example: […] becoomed wi' the gum o' the coal-hill […] 3. Chewing gum. Labels: uncountable 4. A single piece of chewing gum. Labels: countable Example: Do you have a gum to spare? Example: Levi unwrapped a gum and put it in his mouth. 5. A gummi candy. Labels: South-Africa, countable, in-plural, often, uncountable 6. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive. Labels: Southern-US, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable 7. A vessel or bin made from a hollow log. Labels: Southern-US, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable 8. A rubber overshoe. Labels: US, countable, dialectal, uncountable 9. A gum tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”). Doublet of gumma. Pronunciation: /ɡʌm/, /ɡum/, /ɡʊm/ 1. To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to. Labels: sometimes, with-up Example: However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint. 2. To stiffen with glue or gum. Example: He frets like a gummed velvet. 3. To inelegantly attach into a sequence. Labels: sometimes Example: It consists in gumming together long strips of words [that] have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug. 4. To impair the functioning of a thing or process. Labels: colloquial, with-up Example: That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves. Example: The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.
Word: lieutenant junior grade Part of Speech: noun 1. A commissioned officer of the United States Navy whose rank is above an ensign's and below a lieutenant, or a corresponding rank in other navies. 2. A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above an ensign and below a lieutenant.
Word: evenly divisible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the concept of dividing a group of objects into subgroups of even (that is, the same) size. 1. Leaving no remainder when divided by. Labels: not-comparable Example: 15 is evenly divisible by 3 but 16 isn't.