nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: crime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen. Pronunciation: /kɹaɪm/ 1. To subject to disciplinary punishment. Labels: UK, transitive Example: Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […] 2. To commit crime. Labels: nonce-word Example: If, during the 1920s, the master criminal was a gamester, criming for self expression, during the 1930s he performed in other ways for other purposes.
Word: sin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn/, [ˈsɪn] 1. A violation of divine will or religious law. Labels: countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable Example: As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God. Example: Slavery, according to them, was a grievous sin against God, and therefore no human Constitution could rightfully shield it from destruction. It was sinful to live in a political confederacy which tolerated slavery in any of the States composing it […] 2. Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity. Labels: countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable 3. A misdeed or wrong. Labels: countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable Example: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared. 4. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. Labels: countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable Example: For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…] 5. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. Labels: countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable Example: Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…] 6. A flaw or mistake. Labels: countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable Example: No movie is without sin. 7. sin bin Labels: countable, error-lua-exec, uncountable Example: Winger Cheslin Kolbe, sitting with his jersey over his head in the sin after a yellow card at the death, was probably the sight of millions of South Africans around the country who had their hearts in their mouth as they sat through another nail-biting match.
Word: sin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn/, [ˈsɪn] 1. To commit a sin. Labels: error-lua-exec, intransitive Example: Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners.
Word: sin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modification of shin. Pronunciation: /sɪn/, /siːn/ 1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ 2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
Word: sin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cheap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: As a noun, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap (“trade, market, value”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup. As a verb, from Middle English chepen, from Old English ċēapian (“to buy, bargain, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, a verbal derivative of *kaupô (“trader”), from Latin caupō. The adjective originated as a shortening of Middle and Early Modern English good cheap, literally “good purchase” (as in “that was good cheap”, i.e. “that was [a] good purchase”). Compare Dutch goedkoop, French bon marché. Cognates Cognate with Scots chepe (“to sell”), chape (“sale price”), North Frisian keap (“purchase”), West Frisian keap (“purchase, buy, acquisition”), Dutch koop (“buy, purchase, deal”), kopen (“to buy, purchase, shop”), Low German kopen (“to buy”), German Kauf (“trade, traffic, bargain, purchase, buy”), kaufen (“to buy”), Swedish köp (“bargain, purchase”), köpa (“to buy, purchase”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjøpa (“to buy, purchase”), Icelandic kaup (“purchase, bargain”), kaupa (“to purchase”); also borrowed as Finnish kauppa (“shop, trade”), Russian купить (kupitʹ, “to purchase”), Old Church Slavonic коупити (kupiti, “to purchase”), Bulgarian ку́пя (kúpja, “to purchase”), Serbo-Croatian купити (“to purchase”), Czech koupit (“to purchase”), Polish kupić (“to purchase”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːp/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪi̯p] 1. Low or reduced in price. Example: Where there are many sellers and few purchases, land will be cheap. Example: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 2. Of poor quality. 3. Of little worth. Example: You grow cheap in every subject's eye. 4. Underhanded or unfair. Labels: slang Example: the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks 5. Stingy; mean; excessively frugal. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire. 6. Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value. Example: The ETF is trading cheap to NAV right now; we can arb this by buying the ETF and selling the underlying constituents. 7. Taking little of system time or resources. Example: the algorithm is cheap to compute
Word: cheap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a noun, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap (“trade, market, value”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup. As a verb, from Middle English chepen, from Old English ċēapian (“to buy, bargain, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, a verbal derivative of *kaupô (“trader”), from Latin caupō. The adjective originated as a shortening of Middle and Early Modern English good cheap, literally “good purchase” (as in “that was good cheap”, i.e. “that was [a] good purchase”). Compare Dutch goedkoop, French bon marché. Cognates Cognate with Scots chepe (“to sell”), chape (“sale price”), North Frisian keap (“purchase”), West Frisian keap (“purchase, buy, acquisition”), Dutch koop (“buy, purchase, deal”), kopen (“to buy, purchase, shop”), Low German kopen (“to buy”), German Kauf (“trade, traffic, bargain, purchase, buy”), kaufen (“to buy”), Swedish köp (“bargain, purchase”), köpa (“to buy, purchase”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjøpa (“to buy, purchase”), Icelandic kaup (“purchase, bargain”), kaupa (“to purchase”); also borrowed as Finnish kauppa (“shop, trade”), Russian купить (kupitʹ, “to purchase”), Old Church Slavonic коупити (kupiti, “to purchase”), Bulgarian ку́пя (kúpja, “to purchase”), Serbo-Croatian купити (“to purchase”), Czech koupit (“to purchase”), Polish kupić (“to purchase”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːp/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪi̯p] 1. Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A market; marketplace. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Price. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. A low price; a bargain. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe. 5. Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cheap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: As a noun, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap (“trade, market, value”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup. As a verb, from Middle English chepen, from Old English ċēapian (“to buy, bargain, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, a verbal derivative of *kaupô (“trader”), from Latin caupō. The adjective originated as a shortening of Middle and Early Modern English good cheap, literally “good purchase” (as in “that was good cheap”, i.e. “that was [a] good purchase”). Compare Dutch goedkoop, French bon marché. Cognates Cognate with Scots chepe (“to sell”), chape (“sale price”), North Frisian keap (“purchase”), West Frisian keap (“purchase, buy, acquisition”), Dutch koop (“buy, purchase, deal”), kopen (“to buy, purchase, shop”), Low German kopen (“to buy”), German Kauf (“trade, traffic, bargain, purchase, buy”), kaufen (“to buy”), Swedish köp (“bargain, purchase”), köpa (“to buy, purchase”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjøpa (“to buy, purchase”), Icelandic kaup (“purchase, bargain”), kaupa (“to purchase”); also borrowed as Finnish kauppa (“shop, trade”), Russian купить (kupitʹ, “to purchase”), Old Church Slavonic коупити (kupiti, “to purchase”), Bulgarian ку́пя (kúpja, “to purchase”), Serbo-Croatian купити (“to purchase”), Czech koupit (“to purchase”), Polish kupić (“to purchase”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːp/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪi̯p] 1. To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To buy; purchase. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To sell. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: cheap Part of Speech: adv Etymology: As a noun, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap (“trade, market, value”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup. As a verb, from Middle English chepen, from Old English ċēapian (“to buy, bargain, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, a verbal derivative of *kaupô (“trader”), from Latin caupō. The adjective originated as a shortening of Middle and Early Modern English good cheap, literally “good purchase” (as in “that was good cheap”, i.e. “that was [a] good purchase”). Compare Dutch goedkoop, French bon marché. Cognates Cognate with Scots chepe (“to sell”), chape (“sale price”), North Frisian keap (“purchase”), West Frisian keap (“purchase, buy, acquisition”), Dutch koop (“buy, purchase, deal”), kopen (“to buy, purchase, shop”), Low German kopen (“to buy”), German Kauf (“trade, traffic, bargain, purchase, buy”), kaufen (“to buy”), Swedish köp (“bargain, purchase”), köpa (“to buy, purchase”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjøpa (“to buy, purchase”), Icelandic kaup (“purchase, bargain”), kaupa (“to purchase”); also borrowed as Finnish kauppa (“shop, trade”), Russian купить (kupitʹ, “to purchase”), Old Church Slavonic коупити (kupiti, “to purchase”), Bulgarian ку́пя (kúpja, “to purchase”), Serbo-Croatian купити (“to purchase”), Czech koupit (“to purchase”), Polish kupić (“to purchase”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːp/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪi̯p] 1. Cheaply. Labels: obsolete Example: I bought this cheap in a junk shop. Example: The pet shop has some budgerigars going cheap.
Word: common Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ən/, /ˈkɑ.mən/, /ˈkɑ.mɪn/, /ˈkɒm.ʌn/ 1. Mutual; shared by more than one. Example: The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship. Example: Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors. 2. Existing among virtually all people; universal. Example: common knowledge, common decency, common sense Example: No man of common humanity, no man who had any value for his character, could be capable of it. 3. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. Example: It is common to find sharks off this coast. Example: Thus it is sayde in the cōmon vsage. 4. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual. Example: "Commoner" used to be commoner, but "more common" is now more common. Example: Sharks are common in these waters. 5. Simple, ordinary or vulgar. Example: the common folk Example: This fact was infamous / And ill beseeming any common man, / Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. 6. As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known. Example: the common daisy (Bellis perennis) 7. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal. Example: common name vs. scientific name. 8. Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body. Example: common law Example: As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […] 9. Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender. 10. Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns. 11. Profane; polluted. Labels: obsolete Example: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 12. Given to lewd habits; prostitute. Labels: obsolete Example: a Dame who her self was as Common as the King's High Way
Word: common Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ən/, /ˈkɑ.mən/, /ˈkɑ.mɪn/, /ˈkɒm.ʌn/ 1. Mutual good, shared by more than one. 2. A tract of land in common ownership; common land. Example: The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common. Example: Throughout the land there is a great variation in the shape and size of village greens, from the many of pocket-handkerchief size to a roadside common of 20 acres or more - as at Lindfield in West Sussex. 3. The people; the community. Example: the weal o' the common 4. The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
Word: common Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ən/, /ˈkɑ.mən/, /ˈkɑ.mɪn/, /ˈkɒm.ʌn/ 1. To communicate (something). Labels: obsolete Example: Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them. 2. To converse, talk. Labels: obsolete Example: So long as Guyon with her commoned, / Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye […] Example: 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle Capitaine generall of Flaunders, which amiably enterteyned the sayd Duke, and after they had secretly commoned of. 3. To have sex. Labels: obsolete 4. To participate. Labels: obsolete 5. To have a joint right with others in common ground. Labels: obsolete 6. To board together; to eat at a table in common. Labels: obsolete
Word: chin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪn/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪn] 1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. Example: What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin? 2. Talk. Labels: US, slang 3. A lie, a falsehood. Labels: UK, slang 4. A person of the upper class. Labels: UK, slang 5. The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out. Labels: uncountable 6. The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose. Example: To paint chins of aircraft Example: In the cleft of the aircraft's chin is a small turret for a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) "eyeball" that will enable MH-47E pilots to see clearly in complete darkness […] 7. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen. Example: The phone's chin looks different from the rest of it.
Word: chin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of chinchilla. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪn/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɪn] 1. A chinchilla. Labels: informal
Word: then Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than. Pronunciation: /ðɛn/, /ðɪn/, /ðen/ 1. At that time. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was happy then. Example: And the Canaanite was then in the land. 2. Soon afterward. Labels: not-comparable Example: He fixed it, then left. Example: Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station. 3. Next in order of place. Labels: not-comparable, sequence Example: There are three green ones, then a blue one. Example: Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her. 4. In addition; also; besides. Labels: not-comparable Example: Another legend says that now and again in the world's history a monarch appears who conquers and rules every nation under the sun. […] Then many of the Siamese believe that the animal is inhabited by the soul of some great man of the past […] 5. In that case. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key. Example: Is it 12 o’clock already? Then it’s time for me to leave. 6. At the same time; on the other hand. Labels: not-comparable, sequence Example: That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one. Example: The forms inheritress and inheritrix are used only in literature, and then but rarely. 7. Used to contradict an assertion. Labels: UK, dialectal, not-comparable Example: ‘She says Indian elephants are tidgy little things.’ ‘They're not then.’ Emma was getting heated. ‘They're –’ ‘Emma!’ said Jenny sharply. The child subsided.
Word: then Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than. Pronunciation: /ðɛn/, /ðɪn/, /ðen/ 1. Being so at that time. Labels: not-comparable Example: He had met his then girlfriend when he had just started university. The relationship ended unhappily when the girlfriend complained that he never wanted to go out. Example: It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.
Word: then Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than. Pronunciation: /ðɛn/, /ðɪn/, /ðen/ 1. That time. Example: It will be finished before then.
Word: then Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than. Pronunciation: /ðɛn/, /ðɪn/, /ðen/ 1. Obsolete spelling of than. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […]his hand, more ſad [i.e., heavy, hard] then lomp of lead,[…] Example: And as a Pible caſt into a Spring, / Wee ſee a ſort of trembling cirkles riſe, / One forming other in theyr iſſuing / Till ouer all the Fount they circulize, / So this perpetuall-motion-making kiſſe, / Is propagate through all my faculties, / And makes my breaſt an endleſſe Fount of bliſſe, / Of which, if Gods could drink, theyr matchleſſe fare / Would make them much more bleſſed then they are. 2. Misspelling of than. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: theory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tʰáwā Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā) Proto-Indo-European *wer-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek ὁράω (horáō) Ancient Greek *θεᾱ-(ϝ)ορός, *θεη-(ϝ)ορός (*theā-(w)orós, *theē-(w)orós) Ancient Greek θεωρός (theōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría)bor. Late Latin theōrialbor. Middle French théoriebor. English theory Borrowed from Middle French théorie, a learned borrowing from Late Latin theōria, borrowed from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪə.ɹi/, /ˈθɪ.ɹi/, /ˈθi.ə.ɹi/, /ˈθɪɚ.i/, /ˈθi.ɹi/ 1. A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As they encrease the hatred of vice in some, so doe they enlarge the theory of wickednesse in all. 2. A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience. Example: Does this mean, then, that there can be no such thing as a theory of literature? 3. The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice. Labels: uncountable Example: Lopukhov wrote a number of books and articles on ballet theory, as well as his memoirs. 4. A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Knot theory classifies the mappings of a circle into 3-space. Example: It's just a theory I have, and I wonder if women would agree. But don't men say a lot about themselves when a short-skirted woman slides out of a car or chair? 5. A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables). Labels: countable Example: A theory is consistent if it has a model. 6. The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: joseki 7. Mental conception; reflection, consideration. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 8. A hypothesis or conjecture. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: weight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”). Pronunciation: /weɪt/ 1. To add weight to something; to make something heavier. Labels: transitive 2. To add weight to something; to make something heavier. Labels: transitive 3. To load, burden or oppress someone. Labels: transitive 4. To assign weights to individual statistics. Labels: transitive 5. To bias something; to slant. Labels: transitive Example: The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor. Example: The U.K. economy is heavily weighted towards the service sector and the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a 10% fall in gross domestic product in the second quarter, according to economists at Jefferies. 6. To handicap a horse with a specified weight. Labels: transitive 7. To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc. Labels: transitive Example: With good peripheral vision he spots his teammate, Ray Evans, lurking in the scoring zone and sweeps a perfectly weighted pass to him.
Word: whistler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɪslə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. 2. Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific. 3. Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species). Example: The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […] 4. A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala). 5. A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata). 6. A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa). 7. An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning. 8. A broken-winded horse. 9. The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: pledge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) from Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from plebiō (“to pledge”), from Frankish *plehan (“to pledge; to support; to guarantee”). Akin to Old High German pflegan (“to take care of, be accustomed to”), Old Saxon plegan (“to vouch for”), Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight. Pronunciation: /plɛd͡ʒ/ 1. To make a solemn promise (to do something). Example: pledge allegiance to the flag 2. To deposit something as a security; to pawn. 3. To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health. Labels: transitive Example: HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.] Example: Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee, And pledge me in it first for courtesy.
Word: pledge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) from Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from plebiō (“to pledge”), from Frankish *plehan (“to pledge; to support; to guarantee”). Akin to Old High German pflegan (“to take care of, be accustomed to”), Old Saxon plegan (“to vouch for”), Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight. Pronunciation: /plɛd͡ʒ/ 1. A solemn promise to do something. Example: Mr. Biden unveiled the pledge at a White House climate summit for world leaders, declaring that the United States is ready to reclaim a leadership role on climate change. 2. A solemn promise to do something. 3. An asset or person temporarily handed over to guarantee the fulfilment of something promised, under threat of permanent loss of the thing handed over; surety, security, hostage. Example: Iacke Straw. […] I haue his wife and children pledges, for his ſpeedie returne from the King, to whom he is gone with our meſſage. Tom Miller. Let him take heede hee bring a wiſe anſwere to our worships, or els his pledges goes to the pot. 4. A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title. 5. A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title. 6. A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved. 7. A drinking toast.
Word: industrial output Part of Speech: noun 1. What an industry produces, as a national total. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whistle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whistel, whistil, whistle, from Old English hwistle, from the verb (see below). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪs(ə)l/, [ˈwɪsl̩], /ˈʍɪs(ə)l/, [ˈw̥ɪsl̩] 1. A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time. Example: One thing I took great care to observe was obedience to the "whistle" boards which crop up with great frequency, for failure to sound the whistle, if observed by the gendarmerie, can bring about serious consequences. 2. An act of whistling. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other. 4. Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the whistle of the wind in the trees 5. A suit (from whistle and flute). Labels: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable Example: We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church. 6. The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Let's […] drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
Word: whistle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, hwistlian (“to whistle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (“to make a hissing sound”). Cognate with Swedish vissla (“to whistle”), Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”), Russian свистеть (svistetʹ, “to whistle”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪs(ə)l/, [ˈwɪsl̩], /ˈʍɪs(ə)l/, [ˈw̥ɪsl̩] 1. To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Never whistle at a funeral. Example: He was whistling a happy tune. 2. To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The steam train whistled as it passed by. Example: It requires quite an orchestra to get a train to start; the guard blows his horn, the stationmaster rings a large bell, and the engine whistles. 3. To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound. Labels: intransitive Example: A bullet whistled past. 4. To send, signal, or call by a whistle. Labels: transitive 5. To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: though Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah ▲ Proto-Germanic *þauh Old Norse *þóhder. Middle English thogh English though From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that. Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/ 1. Despite that; however. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 2. Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"
Word: though Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah ▲ Proto-Germanic *þauh Old Norse *þóhder. Middle English thogh English though From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that. Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/ 1. Despite the fact that; although. Example: Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance. Example: Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness. 2. If, that, even if. Labels: archaic Example: We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight. Example: And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.
Word: though Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of thought. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: thing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Middle English thing English thing From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ding (“thing”), West Frisian ting, ding (“thing”), Dutch ding (“thing”), German Low German Ding (“thing”), German Ding (“thing”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ting (“thing”), Faroese ting (“parliament, assembly”), Icelandic þing (“congress, assembly”). The word originally meant "assembly", then came to mean a specific issue discussed at such an assembly, and ultimately came to mean most broadly "an object". Compare Latin rēs, also meaning "legal matter", and same transition from Latin causa (“legal matter”) to "thing" in Romance languages. Modern use to refer to a Germanic assembly is likely influenced by cognates (from the same Proto-Germanic root) like Old Norse þing (“thing”), Danish ting, Swedish ting, and Old High German ding with this meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋ/, [ˈθɪŋ], /ˈθiŋ/, [ˈθiŋ] ~ [ˈθɪ̝ŋ], /ˈtɪŋ/ 1. To express as a thing; to reify. Labels: rare
Word: simple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-der. Latin sem- Proto-Italic *-plosder. Latin -plus Latin simplusbor. Old French simplebor. Middle English symple English simple Inherited from Middle English symple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“to fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc. Partially displaced native English onefold. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.pəl/, [ˈsɪm.pɫ̩], /ˈsəm.pəl/, [ˈsɘm.pɫ̩] 1. A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant. Example: Dere is some simples in my closet, dat I vill not for the varld I shall leave behind. Example: I know there are some simples, which in operation are moistening and some drying. 2. A physician. Labels: broadly, obsolete 3. A simple or atomic proposition. Example: Peter van Inwagen, for example, believes that there are no ordinary objects, no chairs or shirts or shoes. Right here there are just some simples — atoms or whatever — arranged shoe-wise. 4. Something not mixed or compounded. Labels: obsolete Example: But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels 5. A drawloom. 6. Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom. 7. A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
Word: simple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-der. Latin sem- Proto-Italic *-plosder. Latin -plus Latin simplusbor. Old French simplebor. Middle English symple English simple Inherited from Middle English symple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“to fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc. Partially displaced native English onefold. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.pəl/, [ˈsɪm.pɫ̩], /ˈsəm.pəl/, [ˈsɘm.pɫ̩] 1. To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs. Labels: archaic, intransitive, transitive
Word: itself Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it + -self. Pronunciation: /ɪtˈsɛlf/, /ɪtˈself/, /ɪtˈsɛl/ 1. it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject Labels: neuter, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person Example: When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us). Example: The researchers posit that something they call the “hipster effect” asserts itself in human populations no matter how individualistic we imagine ourselves to be, because it’s individuality itself that sparks conformity. 2. it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate Labels: emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person Example: The door itself is quite heavy. Example: Beautie alone is a ſoveraigne remedy againſt feare,griefe,and all melancholy fits; a charm,as Peter de la Seine and many other writers affirme,a banquet it ſelfe;he gives inſtance in diſcontented Menelaus that was ſo often freed by Helenas faire face: and ʰTully, 3 Tusc. cites Epicurus as a chiefe patron of this Tenent. 3. it; used to refer back to an earlier subject Labels: archaic, emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person Example: The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.
Word: self Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English salve, self, silf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”). Cognates Cognates with Saterland Frisian sälven, säärm, sääuwen (“oneself”), West Frisian sels (“oneself”), Bavarian söbe (“identical, same”), söber (“self”), Dutch zelf (“myself, oneself”), German selber (“self”), selbst (“by oneself”), Luxembourgish selwer (“self”), Yiddish זעלב (zelb, “same”), Danish selv (“self”), Elfdalian siuov (“self”), Faroese sjálvur (“self”), Icelandic sjálfur (“self”), Norwegian Bokmål selv, Norwegian Nynorsk sjølv, Swedish själv (“self”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba, “self”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlf/, /ˈsɛf/, /ˈsɛl/ 1. Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned). Labels: obsolete, rare Example: This argument was put forward by the defendant self. Example: Now that I put on my glasses I could see that the hut was empty but for our two selves; that it must have been absolutely empty till we entered. 2. Myself, oneself. Labels: humorous Example: I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
Word: self Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English salve, self, silf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”). Cognates Cognates with Saterland Frisian sälven, säärm, sääuwen (“oneself”), West Frisian sels (“oneself”), Bavarian söbe (“identical, same”), söber (“self”), Dutch zelf (“myself, oneself”), German selber (“self”), selbst (“by oneself”), Luxembourgish selwer (“self”), Yiddish זעלב (zelb, “same”), Danish selv (“self”), Elfdalian siuov (“self”), Faroese sjálvur (“self”), Icelandic sjálfur (“self”), Norwegian Bokmål selv, Norwegian Nynorsk sjølv, Swedish själv (“self”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba, “self”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlf/, /ˈsɛf/, /ˈsɛl/ 1. To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate. 2. To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.
Word: self Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English salve, self, silf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”). Cognates Cognates with Saterland Frisian sälven, säärm, sääuwen (“oneself”), West Frisian sels (“oneself”), Bavarian söbe (“identical, same”), söber (“self”), Dutch zelf (“myself, oneself”), German selber (“self”), selbst (“by oneself”), Luxembourgish selwer (“self”), Yiddish זעלב (zelb, “same”), Danish selv (“self”), Elfdalian siuov (“self”), Faroese sjálvur (“self”), Icelandic sjálfur (“self”), Norwegian Bokmål selv, Norwegian Nynorsk sjølv, Swedish själv (“self”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba, “self”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlf/, /ˈsɛf/, /ˈsɛl/ 1. Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed. Example: a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood Example: a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour 2. Same, identical. Labels: obsolete Example: self-coloured Example: I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth / That which I owe is lost; but if you please / To shoot another arrow that self way / Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, / As I will watch the aim, or to find both, / Or bring your latter hazard back again, / And thankfully rest debtor for the first. 3. Belonging to oneself; own. Labels: obsolete 4. Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic). Example: Similarity profiles between helper T cell epitopes (of self or microbial antigens and allergens) and human or microbial SWISSPROT collections were produced. For each antigen, both collections yielded largely overlapping profiles, demonstrating that self-nonself discrimination does not rely on qualitative features that distinguish human from microbial peptides. However, epitopes whose probability of mimicry with self or nonself prevails are, respectively, tolerated or immunodominant and coexist within the same (auto-)antigen regardless of its self/nonself nature. Epitopes (on self and nonself antigens) can cross-stimulate T cells at increasing potency as their similarity with nonself augments.