nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: atlas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”). The sense referring to books of maps comes from the Atlas of Mercator, which he named thus in honor of Atlas, who was supposed to be skillful in astronomy and the doctrine of the sphere. The sense referring to the vertebra reflects that the spine carries the globe of the cranium (the neck carries the head). Pronunciation: /ˈætləs/, /ˈætlɪs/, /ˈæʈ.ləs/, /ˈəʈ.ləs/ 1. A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text. 2. A bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc. on any given subject. 3. A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole. Labels: especially Example: An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs Example: In addition to classical radiology systems like angiography, CT scanner or MRI have greatly contributed to the improvement of the patient anatomy investigation. Each examination modality still carries its own information and the need to make a synthesis between them is obvious but still makes different problems hard to solve. There is no unique imaging facility which can bring out the whole set of known anatomical structures, brought together in a neuro-anatomical atlas. 4. A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold. 5. The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals. Example: There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns[…] Example: Ribs and spines show through the thin layer of meat left on the carcase, and, where the head meets the body, the crucial first vertebra – the atlas – is exposed. 6. One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay. 7. A figure of a man used as a column. 8. A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches. 9. An image or texture containing a number of other images or textures, so as to reduce the cost of loading them separately. Example: a glyph atlas used in font rendering Example: a texture atlas
Word: atlas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas, “satin”). Pronunciation: /ˈætləs/, /ˈætlɪs/, /ˈæʈ.ləs/, /ˈəʈ.ləs/ 1. A rich satin fabric. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: I saw ye Taffaties and Atlasses in ye warehouse, and gave directions concerning their severall colours and stripes, ordering Mr. Charnock to use his best endeavours to encrease their quantity; […] Example: Surat was an important port on the west coast of India from where atlases were exported on a large scale […]
Word: Zeus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove. Pronunciation: /zjuːs/, /zus/, /zɪu̯s/, /zʉs/ 1. The supreme Deity and ruler of all Hellenic gods in Hellenism, husband to Hera. Labels: Greek 2. A male given name. 3. A representative given name for a dog. Example: 67 give zeus a bath Wash off whatever your dog rolled in over the weekend. It'll freshen up your house and you'll burn about 100 calories. Example: Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer.
Word: automaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”). Doublet of automat. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒmətən/, /-ˌtɒn/, /ə-/ 1. A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions. Example: He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. Example: Nick had heard her play through the very beginning of it a dozen times, until he was screaming at her in his head to go on. Well, now she did, watching her own hands busying up and down the keyboard as if they were astonishing automata that she had wound up and set in motion, in perfect synchrony, to produce this silvery flow of sound. 2. A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion. Example: Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton. Example: July 12, 1816, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Samuel Kercheval Monticello A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second, that second for a third, and so on 'til the bulk of the society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. 3. A formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton. 4. A toy in the form of a mechanical figure. 5. The self-acting power of the muscular and nervous systems, by which movement is effected without intelligent determination. Labels: dated
Word: Rosicrucian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally employed in the three Manifestos of the Order, published as anonymous in the early 17th century: Fama Fraternitatis, 1614; Confessio Fraternitatis, 1615; and The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz, 1616. Ultimately, from Latin rosa (“rose”) + crux (“cross”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌɹəʊ.zɪˈkɹuːʃən/, /ˌɹoʊ.zɪˈkɹuʃən/, /ˌɹɑzɪˈkɹuʃən/ 1. A 'Brother' of the 'Order of the Rose Cross'; a member of a Rosicrucian Order. 2. A member of certain modern groups or organizations formed for the study of Rosicrucianism and allied subjects. Example: the Rosicrucian Fellowship
Word: Rosicrucian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally employed in the three Manifestos of the Order, published as anonymous in the early 17th century: Fama Fraternitatis, 1614; Confessio Fraternitatis, 1615; and The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz, 1616. Ultimately, from Latin rosa (“rose”) + crux (“cross”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌɹəʊ.zɪˈkɹuːʃən/, /ˌɹoʊ.zɪˈkɹuʃən/, /ˌɹɑzɪˈkɹuʃən/ 1. Mystic, occult or esoteric and related to the philosophy of Rosicrucianism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mad cow disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: fair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“appropriate, fitting, nice, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach, join; agreement, settlement”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German and Old Saxon fagar (“beautiful, fair”), Danish fager, favr (“fair, pretty, wonderful”), Faroese and Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs, “fair, proper”), Estonian vapper (“brave, courageous”), Finnish vauras (“substantial, wealthy”); also Latin pāx (“peace; ease, quiet, rest”), Umbrian pase (“peace”), Belarusian пе́кны (pjékny, “beautiful”), Czech pěkný (“nice; pretty”), Polish piekny, piękny (“beautiful; admirable, praiseworthy”), Slovak pekný (“nice; pretty”), Sanskrit पाश॑ (pā́śa, “bond, cord, noose; nature, outer world; border, edge, selvage”). See also peace. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛə/, [ˈfɛə̯], [ˈfɛː], /ˈfɛː/, /ˈfeː/ 1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). Example: When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul? 2. A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women. Labels: obsolete Example: Love and Hymen, hand in hand, Come, restore the nuptial band! And sincere delights prepare To crown the hero and the fair. Example: Here Jones, having ordered a servant to show a room above stairs, was ascending, when the dishevelled fair, hastily following, was laid hold on by the master of the house, who cried, “Heyday, where is that beggar wench going? Stay below stairs, I desire you.” 3. Fairness, beauty. Labels: obsolete Example: My decayed fair 4. A fair woman; a sweetheart. Example: I have found out a gift for my fair. 5. Good fortune; good luck. Labels: obsolete Example: Now, fair befall thee, good Petruchio!
Word: fair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“appropriate, fitting, nice, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach, join; agreement, settlement”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German and Old Saxon fagar (“beautiful, fair”), Danish fager, favr (“fair, pretty, wonderful”), Faroese and Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs, “fair, proper”), Estonian vapper (“brave, courageous”), Finnish vauras (“substantial, wealthy”); also Latin pāx (“peace; ease, quiet, rest”), Umbrian pase (“peace”), Belarusian пе́кны (pjékny, “beautiful”), Czech pěkný (“nice; pretty”), Polish piekny, piękny (“beautiful; admirable, praiseworthy”), Slovak pekný (“nice; pretty”), Sanskrit पाश॑ (pā́śa, “bond, cord, noose; nature, outer world; border, edge, selvage”). See also peace. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛə/, [ˈfɛə̯], [ˈfɛː], /ˈfɛː/, /ˈfeː/ 1. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). Labels: transitive 2. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). Labels: transitive 3. To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness. Labels: transitive Example: Since the sequence of data contain sampling noises, the captured motion is not smooth and wiggles along the moving path. There are well-known fairing algorithms in Euclidean space based on difference geometry. 4. To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance. Labels: transitive Example: Two forward cars were provided with the model. One of these (shown detached in Fig. 1) was faired at its after end, with a view to possible reduction of head resistance, and to induce a better flow of air to the propeller. 5. To make fair or beautiful. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Fairing the foul with art’s false borrow’d face 6. To become fair (favorable, not stormy). Labels: intransitive Example: [The] weather faired, and toward midday we were again facing the fringe of breakers from the cliffs. Example: ... weather "faired off" next morning, and we were not a bit sorry to mark time for a couple of days while the water went down.
Word: fair Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“appropriate, fitting, nice, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach, join; agreement, settlement”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German and Old Saxon fagar (“beautiful, fair”), Danish fager, favr (“fair, pretty, wonderful”), Faroese and Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs, “fair, proper”), Estonian vapper (“brave, courageous”), Finnish vauras (“substantial, wealthy”); also Latin pāx (“peace; ease, quiet, rest”), Umbrian pase (“peace”), Belarusian пе́кны (pjékny, “beautiful”), Czech pěkný (“nice; pretty”), Polish piekny, piękny (“beautiful; admirable, praiseworthy”), Slovak pekný (“nice; pretty”), Sanskrit पाश॑ (pā́śa, “bond, cord, noose; nature, outer world; border, edge, selvage”). See also peace. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛə/, [ˈfɛə̯], [ˈfɛː], /ˈfɛː/, /ˈfeː/ 1. Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably. 2. Almost; to a great extent but not literally. Labels: Ireland Example: "I'm fair moidered to know what to do wid him," she confessed to the rosy-cheeked Bridget one day. Example: "I just want to get me blasted boots off and soak me poor feet, they're fair killing me, what with chilblains and corns, me toes are fair screaming."
Word: fair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feyre, from Old French foire, from Latin fēriae. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛə/, [ˈfɛə̯], [ˈfɛː], /ˈfɛː/, /ˈfeː/ 1. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. 2. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. Example: The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one. 3. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. 4. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
Word: fare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛə/, [ˈfɛə̯], [ˈfɛː], /ˈfɛː/, /ˈfeː/ 1. A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: thoroughfare 2. Money paid for a transport ticket. Labels: countable Example: train fare Example: bus fare 3. A paying passenger, especially in a taxi. Labels: countable 4. Food and drink. Labels: uncountable Example: “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.” Example: Bell pushes labelled "Steward" proved to be more than ornamental, even though gassy mineral waters may not be the ideal fare for a narrow-gauge journey. 5. Supplies for consumption or pleasure. Labels: uncountable Example: The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare. Example: Just another channel that offers the usual fare of makeover programs and reruns of old sitcoms. 6. A prostitute's client. Labels: UK, countable, slang
Word: fare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”). Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛə/, [ˈfɛə̯], [ˈfɛː], /ˈfɛː/, /ˈfeː/ 1. Used to express evaluations [with adverbial complement]. Labels: intransitive Example: She fared badly in the accident. Example: Did you fare well in the exam? 2. Used to express evaluations [with adverbial complement]. Labels: intransitive Example: We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models. Example: He was a man of Spartan habits, and at sixty was scrupulous about his diet at your table, excusing himself by saying that he must eat sparingly and fare hard, as became a soldier or one who was fitting himself for difficult enterprises, a life of exposure. 3. Used to express evaluations [with adverbial complement]. Labels: impersonal, intransitive Example: We shall see how it fares with him. Example: So fares it when with truth falsehood contends. 4. To go; to travel. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Behold! A knight fares forth. Example: […]And fared like a furious wyld Beare, / Whose whelpes are stolne away, she being otherwhere. 5. To eat; to dine. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: There was a certain rich man which […] fared sumptuously every day.
Word: valley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English valeye, valey, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vallēs/vallis. Doublet of vlei and vly. Displaced native dene, from dene and partially displaced native dale, from dæl. Pronunciation: /ˈvæli/, /ˈvalɪj/, /ˈvale/, /-lɪ/, /-li/ 1. An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it. Example: The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization. Example: [I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do. 2. An area which drains itself into a river. 3. Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Word: valley Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English valeye, valey, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vallēs/vallis. Doublet of vlei and vly. Displaced native dene, from dene and partially displaced native dale, from dæl. Pronunciation: /ˈvæli/, /ˈvalɪj/, /ˈvale/, /-lɪ/, /-li/ 1. To form the shape of a valley. Labels: intransitive, poetic, rare Example: These hues of red rose and green and pale green, ruffled and pouted in the billowy white of the dress ballooning and valleying softly, like a yacht before the sail bends low; […] Example: Over Govino Bay, looking up from the water’s edge, the landscape resembles nothing so much as the hills above Genova, valleying into the sea, […]
Word: ox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán). Pronunciation: /ˈɑks/, /ˈɒks/ 1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden. Example: a yoke of oxen 2. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). Example: Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.
Word: ox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of oxygen. Pronunciation: /ˈɑks/, /ˈɒks/ 1. Abbreviation of oxygen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: I'm super excited to be on the summit of K2! No Ox! (coughs) It was hard.
Word: fountain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/, [ˈfaʊn.tn̩], [ˈfaʊn.ʔn̩] 1. A natural source of water; a spring. Example: A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Eſther, whō the King married and made Queene. 2. An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. Example: His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15. 3. The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. Example: As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note. 4. A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. Example: They heard her rouse the sleeping servant, and with her enter the kitchen; then the noise of a fire being lighted and the fountain being filled came to the watchers. 5. A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). Labels: figuratively Example: Nothing will pleaſe ſome Men, but Books ſtuff’d with Antiquity, groaning under the weight of Learned Quotations drawn from the Fountains: And what is all this but Pilfering. Example: My lighter moods are like to these, ⁠That out of words a comfort win; ⁠But there are other griefs within, And tears that at their fountain freeze; […] 6. A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. Example: Crest : A boar's head couped gold semy of fountains armed gules. Motto : REMIS VELISQUE. Granted by the College of Arms 1966. Example: Argent, seme of fountains on a chief azure a Lorraine cross and an oak leaf of the first. Crest, None. Motto, Able and Ready. The blue of the shield represents Infantry. The fountains are emblematic of Arizona,[…] 7. A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 8. A soda fountain. Labels: US Example: He takes out a soup bowl, fills it with Pepsi from the fountain, and places it carefully on the counter in front of the boy. “That'll be a quarter,” he says professionally. Example: A Sproke was a soft drink Gloria and I had created with Jimbo’s help at the Banana Shack. It was basically fountain Coke mixed with fountain Sprite. 9. A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. Labels: US 10. A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 11. Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. Labels: figuratively Example: Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions.
Word: fountain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/, [ˈfaʊn.tn̩], [ˈfaʊn.ʔn̩] 1. To flow or gush as if from a fountain. Labels: intransitive Example: Lava fountained from the volcano. Example: The fireflies swept toward him from all directions, in streams and rivers and currents of light, a vortex a hundred yards across, spiraling into the brighter center. They met over his supine body like ocean breakers, cascading, fountaining into the air.
Word: festival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). By surface analysis, festive + -al. Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstɪvəl/, [ˈfɛstɪvəl] ~ [ˈfɛstɪvl̩], /ˈfɛstəvəl/, [ˈfɛstəvəl] ~ [ˈfɛstəvl̩] 1. Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.) Example: the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […]
Word: festival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). By surface analysis, festive + -al. Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstɪvəl/, [ˈfɛstɪvəl] ~ [ˈfɛstɪvl̩], /ˈfɛstəvəl/, [ˈfɛstəvəl] ~ [ˈfɛstəvl̩] 1. A feast or feast day. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed. 2. An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday. Example: A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival. 3. In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Fried cornbread. Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable
Word: wheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːt/, [ˈwɪi̯t], /ˈʍiːt/, [ˈʍɪi̯t] ~ [ˈw̥ɪi̯t] 1. Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. Labels: countable Example: They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking. 2. A light brown color, like that of wheat. Labels: uncountable Example: They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat. 3. Ellipsis of wheat bread Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?
Word: wheat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːt/, [ˈwɪi̯t], /ˈʍiːt/, [ˈʍɪi̯t] ~ [ˈw̥ɪi̯t] 1. Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: witch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English wiċċe Proto-Germanic *wikkōną Proto-West Germanic *wikkōn Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *wikkō Old English wiċċa Middle English wicche English witch The noun is from Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“(female) witch; sorceress”) and wiċċa (“(male) witch; sorcerer; warlock”), deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell; to warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse; to divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; to separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit वि॒नक्ति॑ (vinákti, “to set apart; to separate out”). Possibly related to wicked; see that entry for more. The verb derives from the noun. Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives. Example: He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch. Example: It was easy to understand that they were witches, who had turned themselves into ravens. 2. A person who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs. Example: To be considered a Witch of a particular tradition you will have to be initiated into that tradition by someone else within that tradition, after following their specific program of study. Example: For many neopagan witch traditions the moon is seen as both a symbol of the Goddess and of the witch's power, symbolically, and the belief is that the full moon is the best time for all acts of magic. 3. An ugly or unpleasant woman. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: I hate that old witch. 4. One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person. 5. One given to mischief, especially a woman or child. 6. A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. 7. A storm petrel. 8. Any of a number of flatfish of species: 9. Any of a number of flatfish of species: 10. Any of a number of flatfish of species: 11. An Indomalayan butterfly, of Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.
Word: witch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old English wiċċe Proto-Germanic *wikkōną Proto-West Germanic *wikkōn Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *wikkō Old English wiċċa Middle English wicche English witch The noun is from Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“(female) witch; sorceress”) and wiċċa (“(male) witch; sorcerer; warlock”), deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell; to warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse; to divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; to separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit वि॒नक्ति॑ (vinákti, “to set apart; to separate out”). Possibly related to wicked; see that entry for more. The verb derives from the noun. Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To dowse for water. Labels: intransitive Example: And I told him there's a vein down there, I know 'caus I used to—uh, I went out here and witched one for this house, at the corner. Example: Nothing would make him shut up until I brought my dogwood stick into his office and witched for water.
Word: witch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wicchen, from Old English wiċċian, from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk-. In the senses arising in Middle English and later probably aphetic from bewitch. Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To practise witchcraft. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To bewitch. Labels: transitive Example: She has witched the Queen's womb long ago, and witched the whole harvest. Example: The little man was seething and shaking, near collapse with fear and anger. “Tell 'em, Alvy.” “A tenday ago, Will came to the Cockatoo acting crazy, so scared he'd pissed hisself. Said the sorcerer had found him in the stables and witched him.”
Word: witch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare wick. Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
Word: witch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Chosen for its euphemistic rhyme. Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A bitch. Labels: euphemistic
Word: beret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹeɪ/, /bəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈbɛɹɪt/ 1. A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
Word: Atlas Mountains Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Arabic جِبَال الأَطْلَس (jibāl al-ʔaṭlas), ultimately from the Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), stemming from the belief that the mountain range is actually the body of the Titan Atlas after being turned to stone. Pronunciation: /ˈætləs ˈmaʊntɪnz/ 1. A mountain range in northwestern Africa, occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: rind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”). Cognate with German Rinde (“bark, rind”). Related to English rand. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪnd/ 1. Tree bark. 2. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc. Example: cheese rind; lemon rind; lime rind Example: Make sure you don't leave any of the rind on those lemons. 3. The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind" Labels: figuratively, rare, uncountable Example: "I'm hanged if I know how you've got the immortal rind to come at me with a yarn like this." Example: Taking the money from a man when he's got his pants down. What are you, a doctor or a tailor's tout? Thirty bucks! If I figured you'd have the rind to touch me that much I'd have lashed them up with a pair of braces!
Word: rind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”). Cognate with German Rinde (“bark, rind”). Related to English rand. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪnd/ 1. To remove the rind from. Labels: transitive
Word: rind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Cognate with Flemish rijne, Low German ryn. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪnd/ 1. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.
Word: horny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn + -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrniġ (“angular”). Piecewise doublet of corny. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːni/, /ˈhoɹni/ 1. Hard or bony, like an animal's horn. Example: Two Dwarfs were at the bellows, another was holding a piece of red-hot metal on the anvil with a pair of tongs, a fourth was hammering it, and two, wiping their horny little hands on a greasy cloth, were coming forward to meet the visitors. 2. Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn. Example: She could not see, for her whitish eyes were covered with a horny film. 3. Having horns. Example: In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area.
Word: horny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the horn (“an erect penis”) + -y (“having the quality of”). The adjective originally meant "erect", but was later was broadened to refer not only to sexual arousal but also to sexual desire in general. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːni/, /ˈhoɹni/ 1. Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire. Labels: slang Example: [H]er thick, gurgling voice saying […]: "Get it in all the way… please, please do… I’m horny." Example: After a while I sat down in a chair and smoked a couple of cigarettes. I was feeling pretty horny. I have to admit it. 2. Sexually arousing; pornographic. Labels: slang Example: It's hard to find good fanart of this character because most of the drawings are super horny. Example: Mark Corrigan: She [the dentist] should have to wear a mask for this kind of thing. Reagan or Batman or... actually she'd look pretty horny as Batman... Jesus, no, don't! 3. Of a person, with an erect penis due to being aroused.
Word: beration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From berate + -ion, as if it were a Latinate verb. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. Beratement: the act of berating. Labels: nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: However, this self-beration had little effect on her eyes as, with a will of their own, they touched on the curve of his lips. Example: Seems that there are two Lisa's out there... Lisa 1, Please acknowledge. This is Lisa G. We'll have to keep ourselves straight. I'm not involved in the beration or phone sex thing.
Word: Gothic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Equivalent to Goth + -ic. The various usages of the adjective are introduced nearly simultaneously in the first half of the 17th century. The literal meaning “of the Goths” is found in the 1611 preface of the King James Bible, in reference to the Gothicke tongue. The generalized meaning of “Germanic, Teutonic” appears in the 1640s. Reference to the medieval period in Western Europe, and specifically the architecture of that period (“barbaric style”, initially a term of abuse), also appears in the 1640s, as does reference to “Gothic characters” or “Gothic letters” in typography. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒθ.ɪk/, /ˈɡɑ.θɪk/ 1. An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths. 2. Certain moths of the family Noctuidae. 3. A particular species of moth of the family Noctuidae, Naenia typica.
Word: Gothic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Equivalent to Goth + -ic. The various usages of the adjective are introduced nearly simultaneously in the first half of the 17th century. The literal meaning “of the Goths” is found in the 1611 preface of the King James Bible, in reference to the Gothicke tongue. The generalized meaning of “Germanic, Teutonic” appears in the 1640s. Reference to the medieval period in Western Europe, and specifically the architecture of that period (“barbaric style”, initially a term of abuse), also appears in the 1640s, as does reference to “Gothic characters” or “Gothic letters” in typography. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒθ.ɪk/, /ˈɡɑ.θɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the Goths or their language. 2. Barbarous, rude, unpolished, belonging to the “Dark Ages”, medieval as opposed to classical. Labels: figuratively Example: “[W]hat he holds of all things to be most gothic, is gallantry to the women.” Example: Enormities which gleam like comets through the darkness of gothic and superstitious ages. 3. Of or relating to the architectural style favored in Western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries, with high-pointed arches, clustered columns, etc. Example: Gothic arches Example: Or does the L.C.C. [London County Council] dislike nineteenth century Gothic? 4. Of or relating to the style of fictional writing associated with Gothic fiction, emphasizing violent or macabre events in a mysterious, desolate setting. Example: Gothic tales Example: Shelley's two early novels Zastrozzi and St. Irvyne are, as many scholars have noted, obviously connected to the tradition of the Gothic novel; as well, two volumes of early poetry contain Gothic elements and his tragedy The Cenci has been […] 5. Synonym of black letter. Labels: England Example: Gothic letters 6. Of a sans serif typeface using straight, even-width lines, also known as grotesque or lineal. Labels: US 7. Of or relating to the goth subculture, music or lifestyle. Example: Gothic rock Example: Gothic dress
Word: Gothic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Equivalent to Goth + -ic. The various usages of the adjective are introduced nearly simultaneously in the first half of the 17th century. The literal meaning “of the Goths” is found in the 1611 preface of the King James Bible, in reference to the Gothicke tongue. The generalized meaning of “Germanic, Teutonic” appears in the 1640s. Reference to the medieval period in Western Europe, and specifically the architecture of that period (“barbaric style”, initially a term of abuse), also appears in the 1640s, as does reference to “Gothic characters” or “Gothic letters” in typography. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒθ.ɪk/, /ˈɡɑ.θɪk/ 1. A novel written in the Gothic style. Example: One hundred fifty Gothics sold over 1.5 million copies a month last spring.
Word: kaput Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”). Cognate to Dutch kapot. Doublet of capot and capote. Pronunciation: /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpɵt/, /kɑ-/, /-ˈput/, /kəˈpʉt/ 1. Out of order; not working. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: My car went kaput. Example: The vending machine is kaput.
Word: kaputt Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of kaput. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: apollo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Apollo. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒləʊ/, /əˈpɑloʊ/, /əˈpɔlo/, /əˈpolo/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Apollo (“a very handsome young man”) Labels: alt-of 2. Alternative letter-case form of Apollo (“any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo)”) Labels: alt-of
Word: template Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.plɪt/, /ˈtɛm.plət/, /ˈtɛm(ˌ)pleɪt/, /tɛmˈpleɪt/, [tʰɛmˈpʰleɪ̯t̚] 1. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects. 2. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived. Example: Gaelic also benefits from having a readily available template for Celtic minority language revitalisation, derived from Welsh and Irish. 3. A file or document serving as a basis for others. 4. A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule. Example: Classically, the functional product of coding genes is a protein whose synthesis is directed by an mRNA-template. 5. A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments. 6. A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes. 7. Synonym of temple. Example: The template length is adjusted to the proper fabric width. Then the sharp pins in the template ends are hooked into the selvedge edges (with the template open).
Word: template Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.plɪt/, /ˈtɛm.plət/, /ˈtɛm(ˌ)pleɪt/, /tɛmˈpleɪt/, [tʰɛmˈpʰleɪ̯t̚] 1. To set up or mark off using a template. Example: Only that part of the floor timber that bears on the planking and keel need be templated; […] 2. To provide a template or pattern for. Example: Metal phosphates that are templated by transition-metal complexes are rare. 3. To synthesize by means of a template. Labels: transitive
Word: lizard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪzəd/, [ˈlɪzəd], /ˈləzəd/, [ˈləzəd], /ˈlɪzɚd/ 1. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless. Example: The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings. Example: The forms of the serpent and lizard exhibit almost every element of beauty and horror in strange combination; […] 2. Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles. Labels: attributive Example: Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown 3. An unctuous person. Labels: colloquial 4. A coward. Labels: colloquial 5. A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock. 6. A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female. Labels: in-compounds Example: lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard
Word: type Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”). Pronunciation: /taɪp/ 1. To put text on paper using a typewriter. 2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard. 3. To determine the blood type of. Example: The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion. 4. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure. 5. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify. Example: Let us type them now in our own lives. 6. To categorize into types. Example: It was a full load, a disparate group that he had already typed and cross-matched with their potential for future crime.
Word: type Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”). Pronunciation: /taɪp/ 1. Very, extremely. Labels: not-comparable, rare, slang Example: I don't think Brooklyn slang is that different from Manhattan slang. But I'm not used to a lot of the slang my friends use. Months ago, I first heard, "There are mad heads here." I was like, "Where did that come from?" For a while they were saying, "That's type funny." I was like: "What? What do you mean by that?" It means "very funny." Or they were like, "That's dumb stupid." I'm like, "That's redundant." Example: Yeah, the fat bitch is type-slow.
Word: sort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sorten, from Old French sortir (“to allot, sort”), from Latin sortīre (“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors. Pronunciation: /soɹt/, /sɔːt/, /soːt/, /sɔɹt/ 1. To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts. Labels: transitive Example: Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language. Example: And seeing the Rays which differ in Refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another, and that either by Refraction..., or by Reflexion..., and then the several sorts apart at equal Incidences suffer unequal Refractions,...; it's manifest that the Sun's Light is an heterogeneous Mixture of Rays..., as was proposed. 2. To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically. Labels: transitive Example: Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch. 3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class. Labels: transitive Example: Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insecta. Example: For when she sorts things present with things past And thereby things to come doth oft foresee; When she doth doubt at first, and chuse at last, These acts her owne, without her body bee. 4. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. 5. To choose from a number; to select; to cull. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: To send his mother to her father's house, that he may sort her out a worthy spouse Example: I'll sort some other time to visit you. 6. To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree. Labels: intransitive Example: The illiberality of Parents in allowance towards their children is an harmefull error: makes them base; acquaints them with shifts, makes them sort with meane companie; and makes them surfet more, when they come to plenty. Example: Nor do Metalls only sort and herd with Metalls in the Earth : and Minerals with Minerals : but both indifferently and in common together: Iron with Vitriol, with Alum, with Sulphur: Copper with Sulphur, with Vitriol, &c. yea Iron, Copper, Lead, Nitre, Sulphur, Vitriol, and perhaps some more in one and the same Mass. 7. To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize. Labels: intransitive Example: They are happie men, whose natures sort with their vocations, otherwise they may say Multum incola fuit anima mea; when they converse in those things they doe not affect. Example: I cannot tell ye precisely how they sorted; but they agreed sae right that Donald was invited to dance at the wedding in his Highland trews, and they said that there was never sae meikle siller clinked in his purse either before or since. 8. To fix (a problem) or handle (a task). Labels: UK, colloquial, transitive Example: ‘Does rewilding sort climate change? Yes!’: UK expert says nature can save planet and not harm farming [title] 9. To attack physically. Labels: UK, colloquial, transitive Example: If he comes nosing around here again I'll sort him! 10. To geld. Labels: transitive