nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: derive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from dē (“away”) + rīvus (“a stream”); see rival. Unrelated to arrive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹaɪv/, /dɪˈɹɑev/, [dəˈɹɑe̯v] 1. To obtain or receive (something) from something else. Labels: transitive Example: Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge. Example: Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honourable profession to which he had devoted himself. 2. To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning. Labels: transitive 3. To find the derivation of (a word or phrase). Labels: transitive 4. To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction. Labels: transitive 5. To originate or stem (from). Labels: intransitive Example: Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army. Example: Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles. 6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels. Example: For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains. 7. To differentiate (a function). Labels: proscribed, transitive
Word: astray Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”). Pronunciation: /əˈstɹeɪ/ 1. Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction. Example: Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey. 2. Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.
Word: persevere Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English perseveren, from Old French perseverer, from Latin persevērāre (“to continue steadfastly, persist, persevere”), from perseverus (“very strict or earnest”), from per (“through, by the means of”) + severus (“strict, earnest”). Doublet of perseverate. Pronunciation: /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪə/, /ˌpɝ.səˈviɹ/ 1. To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement. Labels: intransitive Example: I will persevere in my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore between that and my blood. Example: Sir Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had persevered in seeking it. 2. To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain. Labels: copulative, intransitive, obsolete
Word: upgrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + grow. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈɡɹəʊ/ 1. To grow up Labels: archaic Example: Access deny'd ; and overhead upgrew Insuperable height of loftiest shade
Word: upgrowth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + growth. 1. The process or result of growing up; progress; development. Example: The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex has alas! been reserved for what is called "Christian civilization," and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution and Syphilis have grown into appalling evils, accompanied by a gigantic degradation of social standards, and upgrowth of petty Philistinism and niaiserie. Example: the new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy
Word: upgush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + gush. 1. A gushing upward. Labels: archaic Example: […] consuls, emperors, and popes, the great men of every age, have found no better way of immortalizing their memories than by the shifting, indestructible, ever new, yet unchanging, upgush and downfall of water.
Word: upgush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + gush. 1. To gush upward. Labels: obsolete
Word: uphand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English uphand From up- + hand. 1. Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: the uphand sledge 2. With an upward movement of the hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: Girzie, when in her barleyhoods, was apt to enforce her commands with uphand emphases, and Andrew came in for a due share of this practical elocution, and always proved himself as quiet and submissive a disciple as ever fell under a "continual dropping," since the days of the man of Uz. Example: There was not anything like it either for extraordinary rapidity of pace with the uphand bowling, or accuracy of length and general steadiness. 3. Starting from the bottom and working upwards Labels: not-comparable Example: Downhand welding is preferable to uphand welding as it insures better fusion and greater speed. Example: In uphand welding, the previously deposited metal is used as a step to hold up the molten metal, making possible a heavier deposit. Slag flows away from the molten pool and is less likely to be trapped in the metal during uphand welding. 4. Characterized by pushing upwards with a hand or hands. Labels: not-comparable Example: A man to roll rubber off from that, I think, would find rather an uphand business — pushing his hands against the rubber. Example: What is desirable is to imitate the calf in sucking; the hand is to be not only sharply closed against the teat, but vigorous uphand pressure against the udder is to be made at the same time. 5. Enriched; fertile. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: My land is uphand black loam, which I value at fifty dollars per acre, and three crops is the most I have grown consecutively on the same ground. Example: Intercropping with cowpea exerted an uphand influence on the soil available N (223 and 236 kg/ha) considerable, build up in the soil available N was noticed with the sorghum + cowpea intercropping system in a ratio of 3:1 which is probably due to the beneficial effect of continuous legume intercropping.
Word: uphand Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English uphand From up- + hand. 1. From bottom to top. Labels: not-comparable Example: One hundred per cent penetration can be obtained by welding in a slight vertical weld uphand on metal up to eight gages. Example: It is made uphand, pushing the arc with the torch steeply inclined 15° to 20° to the pipe. 2. Moved by hand in an upward direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: As by a leaf to fling On the glass of wind Or up transparent leaf-sides over and over Uphand to swing Into the airy sockets of light And the broad plates tread like a bird Kissing light. Example: ...noise shifted uphand by the noise shaper) are responsible for the observed filter ripples and a notable roll-off of the ...
Word: uphand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English uphand From up- + hand. 1. To lift with an upward movement of the hands. Example: To high heaven, all so softly, / The angels uphand him; / In meads of May flowers / Mild Mary will meet him: […] Example: But she say sho could uphand anything brought befo' her so I asked her to work on me. 2. To strike from below with the hand or fist. Example: Before he had hit, she sprang upright, feinted so that Gull's quick blow whooshed harmlessly past her cheek, and uphanded his chin, stunning him and sending him reeling against Kayser, who had stepped back. 3. To uphold, promote, or sustain. Example: Aweel, Jock, I'se no say but we've had mony an up an mony a doon i' life, but there's ae comfort whilk uphands me aboon ilka ither thocht, an its e'en this: Ye married yer Elsie, Jock, frae doonright sheer love an naething mair nor less, an Elsie gae her hail heart an its life's bluid to ye whan she gae'd awa her hond. Example: He's nae Moderate, man; and gin I'm no sair mistaen, he's a wild man himsel, and wull uphand the Veto. 4. To raise the hands. Example: But the whole thirty-three uphanded and cried, “Mercy, Kamerad '"
Word: uphand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English uphand From up- + hand. 1. The upper hand. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Such monsters as these have all been, Our fathers and mothers have known : If that they should get the uphand, Us Protestants they would all smother Example: Or else to death he had been dight, While th' house of York had the uphand.
Word: nitrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and physician Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- + -gen. See also niter. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/, [ˈnɐɪ.t͡ʃʰɹə.d͡ʒən], /ˈnʌɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/, /ˈnɑɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/, /ˈnəi.tɹə.d͡ʒən/ 1. The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Labels: uncountable Example: Holonyms: dinitrogen, N₂, nitrogen (loose sense) Example: By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen. 2. Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N₂, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it). Labels: uncountable Example: Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N Example: The air you breathe is mostly nitrogen. 3. A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen. Labels: countable Example: The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.
Word: aeroplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplane Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”), equivalent to aero- + plane. First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false Pronunciation: /ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/, /ˈeɪ.əɹ-/, /ˈɛː.ɹə.plɛjn/, /ˈɛː.ɹoʊ̯.plɛɪ̯n/, [ˈɛː.ɹow.plejn] 1. Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. Labels: Commonwealth Example: Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground. Example: Piccard and Borschberg initially considered a zeppelin-like solar-powered airship but realised it would be just as difficult to make as an aeroplane and would be less quick through the air. 2. Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children. Labels: Commonwealth 3. Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface. Labels: archaic, obsolete 4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
Word: aeroplane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplane Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”), equivalent to aero- + plane. First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false Pronunciation: /ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/, /ˈeɪ.əɹ-/, /ˈɛː.ɹə.plɛjn/, /ˈɛː.ɹoʊ̯.plɛɪ̯n/, [ˈɛː.ɹow.plejn] 1. To fly in an aeroplane. Labels: intransitive 2. To transport by aeroplane. Labels: transitive Example: The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.
Word: sodium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.dɪəm/, /ˈsoʊ.di.əm/, [ˈsoʊ.ɾi.əm], /ˈsəʉ.di.əm/, [ˈsəʉ.ɾi.əm] 1. The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Employing sodium. Labels: attributive, uncountable, usually Example: From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.
Word: oxygen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Borrowed from French oxygène (originally in the form principe oxygène, a variant of principe oxigine ‘acidifying principle’, suggested by Lavoisier), from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's supposed role in the formation of acids. By surface analysis, oxy- + -gen. Pronunciation: /ˈɒksɪd͡ʒən/, /ˈɔksɪd͡ʒən/, /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/, /ˈɑksəd͡ʒən/, /ˈɒksəd͡ʒən/ 1. The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental oxygen to distinguish it from molecular oxygen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: dioxygen, O₂, oxygen (loose sense) Example: By molar fraction, calcium oxide contains equal parts calcium and oxygen. 2. Molecular oxygen (O₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: oxygen (strict sense) Example: About 21% of the air you breathe is oxygen. 3. A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An atom of this element. Labels: countable Example: Look first at any structure to see if there is a carbon with two oxygens attached. Hemiacetals, hemiketals, acetals, and ketals are all alike in that regard. 5. A condition or environment in which something can thrive. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Silence is the oxygen of shame. Example: They hoped to starve the terrorists of the oxygen of publicity.
Word: silicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson as a modification of the earlier name silicium, from the stem of Latin silex (“flint, silica”) + -on from carbon. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪkən/, /ˈsɪləkɒn/, /ˈsɪləˌkɑn/ 1. A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium. Example: His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros. 2. A single atom of this element. Labels: countable, usually
Word: silicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the silicon chips used in computers. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪkən/, /ˈsɪləkɒn/, /ˈsɪləˌkɑn/ 1. Computing. Labels: slang, uncountable 2. A computer processor. Labels: slang, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of silicon chip. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: potassium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1807, from potassa (a Latinized form of potash) + -ium. Pronunciation: /pəˈtæsiəm/ 1. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element with atomic number 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We all need potassium, and green vegetables are a good source. 2. An atom of this element. Labels: countable, usually Example: This reaction substitutes a potassium for a sodium.
Word: dockyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dock + yard. 1. A place where ships are repaired or outfitted. Example: Until recently activities in the Haven [Milford Haven] were confined virtually to the naval dockyard, now closed, and to coastal shipping and shipments to and from Ireland, both on a small scale.
Word: enlistment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English list English enlist Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enlistment From enlist + -ment. 1. The act of enlisting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of enlisting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: granary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin grānārium (16th century). Equivalent to grain + -ary. Doublet of garner. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɡɹænəɹi/, /ˈɡɹeɪnəɹi/ 1. A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed. Example: For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France. Example: [I]solate the body of the building from the ground […] embodied in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century granaries, built on staddle stones, which still survive in many English farmyards. 2. A fertile, grain-growing region. Labels: figuratively
Word: exonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- (“outside”) + -onym (“name”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛksənɪm/, /ˈɛɡzənɪm/ 1. An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers). Example: Recognizing that measures such as the categorization of exonym use, the publication of pronunciation guides for endonyms, and the formulation of guidelines ensuring a politically sensitive use of exonyms would help in the reduction of the number of exonyms, […] Example: “Mandarin” is what linguists call an exonym, an external name for a place, people, or language. And exonyms often tell of a history of how cultures met, fought, and interacted.
Word: ephebe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Latin ephēbus, from Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”), from ἐπί (epí, “early”) + ἥβη (hḗbē, “manhood”), late 19th c. Pronunciation: /ɛˈfiːb/, /ɪˈfiːb/, /ˈɛfiːb/ 1. An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training. Labels: historical 2. A young man; a youth. Labels: broadly Example: His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of [Oscar] Wilde. Example: Indeed Tom was much still the ephebe, sharing boys with his friend though talking of the gravity of marriage.
Word: faux amis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faux ami Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silicon dioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard glassy mineral, SiO₂, occurring as quartz, sand, opal etc. Informally known as silica. Labels: uncountable
Word: strokes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɹoʊks/, /stɹəʊks/ 1. plural of stroke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strokes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹoʊks/, /stɹəʊks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stroke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aircraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft English -craft English aircraft From air + -craft. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈɛː.kɹɑːft/, /ˈɛɚ.kɹæft/, /ˈɛɹ̩.kɹæft/ 1. A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift. Example: light aircraft Example: aircraft manufacturer 2. A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift. Labels: sometimes
Word: airplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplaneclip. English plane English airplane From air + plane as an alteration of aeroplane. Pronunciation: /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/, /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ 1. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: on an airplane Example: jet airplane 2. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, usually Example: They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages. 3. Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered. Example: toy airplane Example: paper airplane 4. A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itself. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: Near-synonym: choo-choo train Example: Here comes the airplane! Open wide!
Word: airplane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplaneclip. English plane English airplane From air + plane as an alteration of aeroplane. Pronunciation: /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/, /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ 1. To fly in an aeroplane. Labels: intransitive 2. To transport by aeroplane. Labels: transitive
Word: paper Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯.pə/, /ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/, [ˈpʰeɪ̯.pɚ], /ˈpæɪ̯.pə/, /ˈpe.pəɹ/ 1. Made of paper. Labels: not-comparable Example: At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor. 2. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper). Labels: not-comparable Example: paper gangster Example: 2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz Speed limiter law: A paper tiger 3. Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper). Labels: not-comparable Example: paper engine, rocket Example: "We have to be able to demonstrate that it is not just a paper engine but a real engine" and that development work has "mitigated all the risk". 4. Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention. Labels: not-comparable Example: a paper lord
Word: paper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯.pə/, /ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/, [ˈpʰeɪ̯.pɚ], /ˈpæɪ̯.pə/, /ˈpe.pəɹ/ 1. To apply paper to. Labels: transitive Example: to paper the hallway walls 2. To document; to memorialize. Labels: transitive Example: After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up. 3. To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats. Labels: transitive Example: Later, seat-filling or “papering” services cropped up, with organizations like Audience Extras, Play-by-Play,[…] 4. To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: As powerhouse lawyers shuttled to Cuba to meet clients and papered the federal courts with habeas corpus petitions, Guantanamo's isolation and lack of publicity, once the military's most powerful psychological weapon, was eliminated. Example: […] the warning received only six weeks later for poor attendance as proof that the employer was unjustly papering his personnel file in an effort to create a reason for discharge. 5. To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority. Labels: transitive 6. To sandpaper. Labels: transitive 7. To enfold in paper. Labels: transitive 8. To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers. 9. To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing. Labels: Northeastern, US
Word: file Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum. Pronunciation: /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ] 1. A collection of papers collated and archived together. Example: It is upon a file with the duke's other letters. Example: We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to help you learn to help yourself 2. A roll or list. Example: a file of all the gentry 3. A course of thought; a thread of narration. Example: Let me resume the file of my narration. 4. An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name. Example: He had created a file for coding to design a new product. Example: I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space. 5. A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop. Example: Many homes now have double-file kitchens. 6. Clipping of file cabinet. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: The Nonfiction Vertical File: […]I spent my university years working in the library at the Maritime School of Social Work. One of my responsibilities was to keep the library's vertical file up to date. The vertical file was a cabinet full of current newspaper and magazine clippings on topics of interest to the students and faculty of the school.
Word: file Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum. Pronunciation: /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ] 1. To commit (official papers) to some office. Labels: transitive Example: She filed their accounts yesterday. Example: The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters). 2. (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication. Labels: transitive Example: I filed my copy soon after the interview. 3. To place in an archive in a logical place and order. Labels: transitive Example: Troves of documents filed away in the depository. 4. To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer. Labels: transitive 5. To submit a formal request to some office. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She filed for divorce the next day. Example: The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday. 6. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed.
Word: file Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French file, from filer (“to spin out, arrange one behind another”), from Latin fīlāre, from filum (“thread”). Pronunciation: /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ] 1. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern. Example: The troops marched in Indian file. 2. A small detachment of soldiers. 3. One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
Word: file Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French file, from filer (“to spin out, arrange one behind another”), from Latin fīlāre, from filum (“thread”). Pronunciation: /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ] 1. To move in a file. Labels: intransitive Example: The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.
Word: file Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English file, fyle, from Old English fēl, fēol (“file”), from earlier fīil, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, *finhilō (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”). Cognate with West Frisian file (“file”), Dutch vijl (“file”), German Feile (“file”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fil (“file”), Icelandic þjöl (“rasp, file”). Pronunciation: /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ] 1. A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool. 2. A cunning or resourceful person. Labels: archaic, slang Example: Will is an old file, in spite of his smooth face. Example: The greatest character among them was that of a Pickpocket, or, in truer language, a File. 3. A pickpocket. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: The greatest character among them was that of a pickpocket, or, in their language, a file.
Word: file Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English file, fyle, from Old English fēl, fēol (“file”), from earlier fīil, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, *finhilō (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”). Cognate with West Frisian file (“file”), Dutch vijl (“file”), German Feile (“file”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fil (“file”), Icelandic þjöl (“rasp, file”). Pronunciation: /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ] 1. To smooth, grind, or cut with a file. Labels: transitive Example: I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring. Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
Word: file Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English filen (“to defile”), from Old English fȳlan (“to defile, make foul”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (“to make foul”). More at defile. Pronunciation: /faɪl/, [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ] 1. To defile. Labels: archaic Example: I cannot thinke […] So true a bird would file ſo faire a neſt, […] Example: for Banquo's issue have I fil'd my mind 2. To corrupt.
Word: edit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪt/, [ˈɛɾɪʔ], [ˈɛɾɪt̚] 1. A change to the text of a document. 2. A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. Example: He has made 5780 edits on Wikipedia so far. 3. An edited piece of media, especially video footage. Example: An early edit of the film included a romantic subplot. 4. A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music. Labels: Internet, specifically Example: a basketball edit, a Thor edit Example: bro thinks he's in an edit (Internet meme) 5. An interruption or change to an improvised scene. 6. An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing. 7. A range of products related by theme or purpose. Example: The Outnet will release a high-summer edit of 17 exclusive, limited-edition items including a Eugenia Kim fedora ($175.) Example: The Loose Women star, 33, took to Instagram yesterday (May 8) to announce her latest clothing edit.
Word: edit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪt/, [ˈɛɾɪʔ], [ˈɛɾɪt̚] 1. To change a text, or a document. Example: Your speech is too long. You need to edit it. 2. To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video. Example: We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes. 3. To be the editor of a publication. Labels: transitive Example: He edits the Chronicle. Example: "How?" responded Patsy; "why, it's easy enough, Uncle. We'll buy a press, hire a printer, and Beth and Louise will help me edit the paper. I'm sure I can exhibit literary talents of a high order, once they are encouraged to sprout. Louise writes lovely poetry and 'stories of human interest,' and Beth—" 4. To change the contents of a file, website, etc. Example: Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles. 5. To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing. Example: Today, the technology to edit genomes is limited in the number of changes that can be made at once, which is probably one reason why the Harvard team focused on only 14 genes. 6. To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage. Example: When the director approached Ms. Adair about his idea for “Boyhood,” shooting footage each of those 12 years, she immediately agreed to take part. The decision was made to edit the film progressively, cutting the scenes from each year after they were completed. 7. To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene. Example: A good rule of thumb is to edit a scene before you think, "Gosh, somebody should edit this scene." 8. To lend itself to editing in a certain way. Labels: ergative Example: The junior can offer to do the voxes, gaining experience and sparing the senior journalist the trouble. Always remember to think how the clips will edit together.
Word: view Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue f (French vue f), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French voir). Cognate with Italian vedere, as well as Portuguese and Spanish ver. Doublet of veduta and vista. Pronunciation: /vjuː/, /vɪu̯/ 1. Visual perception. Labels: physical Example: He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage. Example: Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view. 2. Visual perception. Labels: physical Example: If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view. Example: The walls of Pluto's palace are in view. 3. Visual perception. Labels: physical Example: My flat has a view of a junkyard. Example: the view from a window 4. Visual perception. Labels: Internet, physical Example: That video got a million views. Example: His other song, “Nepal Haseko,” became an anthem during last year's protests, and already has more than 10 million views on YouTube. 5. Visual perception. Labels: obsolete, physical Example: [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew. 6. A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. Example: a fine view of Lake George 7. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief. Example: I need more information to get a better view of the situation. Example: I have with exact view perused thee, Hector. 8. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief. Example: Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings. Example: to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty 9. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief. Example: From my view that is a stupid proposition. Example: I think I have fairly broad views on the whole. 10. An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief. Example: He smuggled a knife into prison with a view to using it as a weapon. Example: No man ever sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason for what he does 11. A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases. 12. The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with 13. A wake.
Word: view Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue f (French vue f), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French voir). Cognate with Italian vedere, as well as Portuguese and Spanish ver. Doublet of veduta and vista. Pronunciation: /vjuː/, /vɪu̯/ 1. To look at. Labels: transitive Example: The video was viewed by millions of people. Example: Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much. 2. To regard in a stated way. Labels: transitive Example: I view it as a serious breach of trust.
Word: image Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago. Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/, /ˈɪm.ədʒ/, /ˈɘm.ɘdʒ/, /ɪ.meːdʒ/ 1. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art. Example: The Bible forbids the worship of graven images. Example: The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images. 2. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art. 3. A mental picture of something not real or not present. Example: Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food. 4. A statue or idol. 5. A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.) Example: Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons. 6. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others. 7. The value a function maps some argument to. Example: The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x. 8. The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain. Example: The image of this step function is the set of integers. 9. A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency. 10. Show; appearance; cast. Labels: obsolete Example: The face of things a frightful image bears. 11. The collection of focus points of light rays coming from a given object.
Word: image Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago. Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/, /ˈɪm.ədʒ/, /ˈɘm.ɘdʒ/, /ɪ.meːdʒ/ 1. To represent by an image or symbol; to portray. Labels: transitive Example: 1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume IV, Observations on the Fifteenth Book, Note 14 on verse 252, p. 215, This Representation of the Terrors which must have attended the Conflict of two such mighty Powers as Jupiter and Neptune, whereby the Elements had been mix’d in Confusion, and the whole Frame of Nature endangered, is imaged in these few Lines with a Nobleness suitable to the Occasion. Example: […] his behaviour was, as I had imaged to myself, solemnly devout. 2. To reflect, mirror. Labels: transitive Example: See’st thou yon river, whose translucent wave, Forth issuing from the darkness, windeth through The argent streets o’ th’ City, imaging The soft inversion of her tremulous Domes, Example: Sorrow was dead indeed in her, but peace and perfect happiness were born; imaged in her tranquil beauty and profound repose. 3. To create an image of. Labels: transitive Example: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. Example: He added, in an email to CNN, that “the collection of increasingly large and well curated medical datasets has enabled AI tools to predict genetic mutations from imaging phenotypes reducing the burden of healthcare systems and improving the way we care for patients.” Phenotypes are observable characteristics. 4. To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity. Labels: transitive
Word: help Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English help, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälpe (“help”), West Frisian help (“help”), Cimbrian hölfe (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Luxembourgish Hëllef (“help”), Mòcheno hilf (“help”), Vilamovian hyłf (“help”), Yiddish הילף (hilf, “help”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálp (“help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelp (“help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelp, hjølp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlp/, [ˈhɛlp], /ˈhɛʊ̯p/, /ˈhɛɤ̯p/ 1. Action given to provide assistance; aid. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I need some help with my homework. 2. Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He was a great help to me when I was moving house. 3. Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image. 4. A study aid. Labels: countable, usually Example: I've printed out a list of math helps. Example: In 1979 the Church published a Latter-day Saint edition of the King James Version of the Bible in English. Included in this edition were numerous helps to make a study of the scriptures more meaningful and rewarding. 5. One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The help is coming round this morning to clean. Example: Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest. 6. Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His suicide attempts were a cry for help. Example: He really needs help in handling customer complaints.
Word: help Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English helpen, from Old English helpan (“to help, aid, assist, benefit, relieve, cure”), from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Cognate with North Frisian halep, heelpe, help (“to help”), Saterland Frisian hälpe (“to help”), West Frisian helpe (“to help”), Cimbrian hölfan (“to help”), Dutch helpen (“to help”), German helfen (“to help”), Low German helpen, hölpen, hülpen (“to help”), Luxembourgish hëllefen (“to help”), Yiddish העלפֿן (helfn, “to help”), Danish hjælpe (“to help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálpa (“to help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelpe (“to help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelpa, hjelpe (“to help”), Swedish hjälpa (“to help”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 (hilpan, “to help”), Lithuanian šelpti (“to help, support”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlp/, [ˈhɛlp], /ˈhɛʊ̯p/, /ˈhɛɤ̯p/ 1. To provide assistance to (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: He helped his grandfather cook breakfast. Example: Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks. 2. To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to. Labels: transitive Example: It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself. Example: Help yourself to whatever's in the fridge. 3. To contribute in some way to. Labels: transitive Example: The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter. Example: If you want to get a job, it helps to have some prior experience. 4. To provide assistance. Labels: intransitive Example: She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help. Example: Please, help! 5. To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can. Labels: transitive Example: We couldn’t help noticing that you were late. Example: We couldn’t help but notice that you were late. 6. To do something on the behalf of someone. Labels: Hong-Kong, Singapore Example: Can you help me buy some groceries? 7. To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, imperative Example: Compare Malay tolong (“help; please”) and Hokkien 導郎 /导郎 (tō͘-lông, “help; please”) Example: Help lah.
Word: help Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English helpen, from Old English helpan (“to help, aid, assist, benefit, relieve, cure”), from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Cognate with North Frisian halep, heelpe, help (“to help”), Saterland Frisian hälpe (“to help”), West Frisian helpe (“to help”), Cimbrian hölfan (“to help”), Dutch helpen (“to help”), German helfen (“to help”), Low German helpen, hölpen, hülpen (“to help”), Luxembourgish hëllefen (“to help”), Yiddish העלפֿן (helfn, “to help”), Danish hjælpe (“to help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálpa (“to help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelpe (“to help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelpa, hjelpe (“to help”), Swedish hjälpa (“to help”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 (hilpan, “to help”), Lithuanian šelpti (“to help, support”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlp/, [ˈhɛlp], /ˈhɛʊ̯p/, /ˈhɛɤ̯p/ 1. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance. Example: — Take that, you scoundrel. — Help! Robin, help! 2. A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance. Labels: Internet Example: helpppp that's too funny, did she rlly say that?