nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: feels Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiːlz/ 1. plural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch Labels: archaic, form-of, plural Example: Dr. Pope confirms my feels that the side is no better & the tenderness to the feel as great as when he was last here. Example: A large portion of natural magic and sleight of hand is only the severance of sights and feels that we are accustomed to experience in unison.
Word: feels Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiːlz/ 1. Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment. Labels: colloquial, plural Example: hit me right in the feels Example: If I could remember exactly, then I would know for sure whether or not my feels are real or not.
Word: feels Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fiːlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: feels Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fiːlz/ 1. Synonym of emotional. Labels: colloquial
Word: Edmund Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *audaz Proto-Germanic *mundō Proto-Germanic *Audamunduz Proto-West Germanic *Audamundu Old English Ēadmundder. English Edmund From Old English Ēadmund, from ēad (“prosperity”) + mund (“protection”). Doublet of Eamon. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdmənd/ 1. A male given name from Old English, borne by early English kings and saints. Example: This Edmund, in the reign of Bolingbroke, / As I have read, laid claim unto the crown; / And but for Owen Glendower, had been king, / Who kept him in captivity till he died. Example: To me, the sound of Mr. Bertram is so cold and nothing-meaning—so entirely without warmth or character!—It just stands for a gentleman, and that's all. But there is nobleness in the name of Edmund. It is a name of heroism and renown—of kings, princes, and knights; and seems to breathe the spirit of chivalry and warm affections. 2. A surname.
Word: Lloyd Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”). Pronunciation: /lɔɪd/ 1. A surname from Welsh, from a nickname for someone with grey hair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a ... young saxophonist named Charles Lloyd 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: According to a list of participants on the forum’s website, the CEOs of Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) still plan to go. Both banks declined to comment. But a person familiar with the situation said Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein was “unlikely to attend.” 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Adolf Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old High German adal (“noble”) + wulf (“wolf”). Doublet of Ethelwolf from Old English Æþelwulf. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adolph. Example: The house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born will be converted into a human rights training center for police officers, Austria’s Interior Ministry announced Wednesday.
Word: inspect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈspɛkt/ 1. To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize. Example: Inspect the system for leaks. 2. To observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object. Example: After speaking with the building owner, hearing that the building's steam pipes were over eighty years old, and noticing areas where the pipes had been patched with duct tape, we decided to thoroughly inspect the system for leaks. Example: After talking with and observing his new patient for a few minutes, the doctor began to inspect his charge by means of a formal physical examination. 3. To examine officially. Example: The general inspected the troops and their barracks. Example: ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’.
Word: mercy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːsi/, /ˈmɝsi/ 1. Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. Labels: uncountable Example: She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him. 2. Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. Labels: uncountable Example: Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can. Example: He despaired of God's mercy in the same fact, where this presumed of it; he by a decollation of all hope annihilated his mercy, this by an immoderancy thereof destroyed his justice 3. A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. Labels: uncountable Example: Mercy is one of his many virtues. 4. Instances of forbearance or forgiveness. Labels: countable Example: 1982, Bible (NKJV), Psalm 40:11a Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord 5. A blessing; something to be thankful for. Labels: countable Example: It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed 6. A children's game in which two players stand opposite with hands grasped and twist each other's arms until one gives in. Labels: uncountable
Word: mercy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːsi/, /ˈmɝsi/ 1. To feel mercy Example: I despised her; but I mercied her, too, and gave her sweet berries to eat, and led her to my lodge, and said to my best wife, ' Get up from my best skin, for the white squaw is a guest, and is weary.' Example: At another time, forgetting "his verse," he attempted part of the Lord's Sermon on the Mount, by repeating, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be mercied!" 2. To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy Example: In the middle of the room is a young Infanta intended for Marguerite Theresa, born in 1651, daughter of Philip the fourth, whose portrait Velasquez took in 1658, to send to Leopold, who had just been elected Emperor of Germanyd and who mercied her in 1666. Example: Remember that kid that kept yelling that his father was mercied?” “Mercied?” - “The kid that kept saying his father was killed?
Word: mercy Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːsi/, /ˈmɝsi/ 1. Expressing surprise or alarm. Example: Mercy! Look at the state of you! Example: 'Three o'clock if possible,' he replied brazenly. 'Six o'clock in any case.' Clifton gave a little shriek of young-ladylike dismay. 'Mercy! Today?' she exclaimed. 'Why, you dear creature, do you know—' 'I know what you can do when you like,' he got in.
Word: embarrass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Borrowed from French embarrasser, from Middle French embarrasser, embarasser (“to embarrass; to block, obstruct”), from Spanish embarazar, either from Italian imbarazzare or from Portuguese embaraçar. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹəs/, /ɪmˈbɛɹəs/, /ɛm-/, /ɪmˈbaɾəs/ 1. To disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely. Labels: transitive Example: The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him. 2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct. Labels: transitive Example: The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill. Example: If they [registers] act It all, it must be by opposing their flat surfaces to the current of rising smoke in a manner which cannot fail to embarrass and impede its motion.. 3. To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands. Labels: transitive Example: A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements. 4. To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard. Labels: formal, transitive
Word: slam book Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slambook. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: be born yesterday Part of Speech: verb 1. To be new, naive, innocent, inexperienced, or easily deceived. Labels: informal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, stative Example: I was not born yesterday, you know. I have done this before! Example: "Do you think," he added, with an ironical grin, "that you'll go for to gammon me into that air! I'm hinnocent, I know, but I wasn't born yesterday exactly."
Word: trollop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently connected with the Middle English trollen (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”). Ostensibly influenced, if not derived, in some way by a word from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, witch, mage, monster, etc.”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒl.əp/ 1. A strumpet; a whore. Labels: derogatory Example: Many an unfortunate Tuppenny trollop has gone from the old hag's den to the special ward at Little Bay, but not before the fell disease of the harlotic slums has been spread broadcast among the reckless patrons. Example: However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
Word: trollop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently connected with the Middle English trollen (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”). Ostensibly influenced, if not derived, in some way by a word from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, witch, mage, monster, etc.”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒl.əp/ 1. to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner 2. to dangle soggily: become bedraggled Labels: Scotland 3. to behave like a trollop 4. Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.
Word: cut corners Part of Speech: verb 1. To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road. Example: […] but I believe the old man did not ride fair, as he cut corners and joined in with them again […] 2. To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts. Labels: idiomatic Example: The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm. Example: Do you know why Wendy's has square burgers? Because they don't cut corners.
Word: cut in Part of Speech: verb 1. To intrude or interrupt. Example: “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said. Example: Taxon concepts […] are being produced at a fast rate and, as long as some minimal aspect of the rules of nomenclature laid down in the relevant code is fulfilled, these concepts can become permanent even when they may be deeply flawed scientifically. It is an ideal situation for someone to cut in – inappropriately – and produce large quantities of taxon names. 2. To intrude or interrupt. Example: This is cutting in on my free time. 3. To intrude or interrupt. Example: Cut in line 4. To intrude or interrupt. 5. To intrude or interrupt. 6. To intrude or interrupt. Labels: dated, idiomatic 7. When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas. 8. To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something. Labels: slang, transitive Example: You can cut me in on the next hand of this card game. 9. To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something. Labels: slang, transitive 10. To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive
Word: scourge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scourge (“a lash, whip, scourge; affliction, calamity; person who causes affliction or calamity; shoot of a vine”), and then either: * from Anglo-Norman scorge, escorge, escurge, or Old French scurge, escourge, escorge, escorgiee, escurge (modern French escourgée (“(archaic) whip made of leather strips”)), either: ** from Vulgar Latin *excoriāta (“strip of hide; a scourge”), from Late Latin excoriāre, the present active infinitive of excoriō (“to strip the skin from, to skin”), from Latin ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + corium (“skin; hide, leather”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”)); or ** from Latin ex- (intensifying prefix) + corrigia (“a whip”) (from corrigō (“to make right, correct; to reform”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to righten; to straighten”)); or * from Middle English scourgen (verb) (see etymology 2). Cognates Italian scuriada, scuriata Pronunciation: /skɜːd͡ʒ/, /skɜɹd͡ʒ/, [skɔɹd͡ʒ] 1. A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash. Labels: historical Example: He flogged him with a scourge. Example: Yf they breake myne ordinaunces, and kepe not my commaundementes. I vil vyſet their offences with the rodde, and their ſynnes with ſcourges. 2. A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment. Labels: figuratively Example: And therfore the faithfull had neede of inuincible conſtancie and incredible pacience, that they may know them to be gods squorges, and the inſtrumentes of his wrath, […] Example: Againe not long after this euen ſhortly after the death of Alaricus came that Flagellum Dei that ſcourge of God into Italy, Attila King of the Hunnes, and ſpoyled the country vvith maruailous hoſtility in the time of the Emperour Martian. 3. A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war. Labels: figuratively Example: Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere. Example: Thou ominous and fearefull Ovvle of death, / Our Nations terror, and their bloody ſcourge, / The period of thy Tyranny approacheth, / On vs thou canſt not enter but by death: […]
Word: scourge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scourgen (“to whip, scourge; to afflict; to punish”), and then either: * from scourge (noun) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs); or * from Anglo-Norman escorger, and Old French escorgier (“to whip, to scourge”), which are either: ** from Anglo-Norman scorge, escorge (noun), etc., or Old French scurge, escourge (noun), etc. + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs); or ** from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiō, from Latin ex- (intensifying prefix) + corrigia (“a whip”); or ** directly from Late Latin excoriāre. See further at etymology 1. Pronunciation: /skɜːd͡ʒ/, /skɜɹd͡ʒ/, [skɔɹd͡ʒ] 1. To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip. Labels: transitive Example: Hvng be yͤ heauens vvith black, yield day to night; / Comets importing change of Times and States, / Brandiſh your cryſtall Treſſes in the Skie, / And vvith them ſcourge the bad reuolting Stars, / That haue conſented vnto Henries Death: / King Henry the Fift, too famous to liue long, / England ne're loſt a King of ſo much vvorth. Example: Doe vve not vpon every good-friday, in ſundrie places, ſee a great number of men and vvomen, ſcourge and beate themſelves ſo long till they bruſe and teare their fleſh, even to the bones? I have often ſeene it my ſelfe, and that vvithout enchantment. 2. To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip. Labels: transitive Example: So judge thou ſtill, preſumptuous, till the wrauth, / Which thou incurr'ſt by flying, meet thy flight / Seavenfold, and ſcourge that wiſdom back to Hell, / Which taught thee yet no better, that no pain / Can equal anger infinite provok't. Example: Thou knowest not, and mayst thou never know, / How bitter is the tear that firy shame / Scourges and tortures from the soldier's eye. 3. To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: For a Patient and Thankful Heart in Sickness. Whom thou lovest, O Lord, him dost thou chasten, yea, every son that thou receivest, thou scourgest, and in so doing thou offerest thyself unto him, as a father unto his son. For what son is whom the father chasteneth not? Example: He cals vs rebels, traitors, and vvill ſcourge / VVith haughtie armes this hatefull name in vs. 4. To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: And that the Remonſtrant cannot vvaſh his hands of all the cruelties exercis'd by the Prelats, is paſt doubting. They ſcourg'd the Confeſſors of the Goſpel, and he held the Scourgers garments. Example: Thou hast, thyself, broken all laws, dissolved every tie; thou bruisest, scourgest, robbest this thy noble kingdom of England, and shall we not have at least the poor liberty to rail. 5. Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil). Labels: Scotland, figuratively, transitive
Word: trim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪm/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪm] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪm], /ˈtɹəm/, /ˈtɾɪm/ 1. To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. Labels: transitive Example: He trimmed his beard before the interview. Example: The hedge needs to be trimmed. 2. To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree. Labels: transitive Example: They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve. Example: A rotten building newly trimmed over. 3. To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released. Labels: transitive 4. To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water. Labels: transitive Example: The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly. 5. To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle. Labels: transitive 6. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each. Labels: dated 7. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. Labels: transitive Example: The hermit trimmed his little fire. 8. To dress; to make smooth. Labels: transitive 9. To rebuke; to reprove. Labels: dated, transitive 10. To beat or thrash. Labels: dated, transitive 11. To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame. Labels: historical, transitive Example: The lamp, or candle, which lights the binnacle, is placed in the cabin, of course the expence of one light is saved, and all the inconveniences of blowing out in a squally night, and likewise the trouble of trimming the lamp, are avoided. 12. To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp). Labels: broadly, transitive Example: To trim an arc lamp, first remove the old carbons and carefully and thoroughly wipe the carbon rods, holders, &c. with a clean, dry rag. […] Having cleaned the rods, next wipe out the globe and get ready the fresh carbons.
Word: trim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪm/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪm] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪm], /ˈtɹəm/, /ˈtɾɪm/ 1. Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders. Labels: uncountable Example: Paint the house white with blue trim. 2. A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style. Labels: countable Example: I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald. 3. Dress; gear; ornaments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was the Winter wilde. While the Heav’n-born-childe, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies: Nature in aw to him Had doff't her gawdy trim, With her great Maſter ſo to ſympathize: It was no ſeaſon then for her To wanton with the Sun her luſty Paramour. Example: seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim 4. The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition. Labels: countable Example: to be in good trim Example: The measure and whole trim of comeliness 5. The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable Example: Holonyms: make; model Example: Near-synonym: submodel 6. The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls. Labels: uncountable 7. The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw. Labels: broadly, uncountable 8. The female genitalia. Labels: mildly, slang, uncountable, vulgar 9. Sexual intercourse with a woman. Labels: broadly, mildly, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: "Take me somewhere." His response lacked dignity, but in fairness to him I admit that I had left him little chance to be suave. He asked, "You mean, you’re going to give me some trim?" 10. The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. The horizontal position of an underwater diver Labels: uncountable
Word: trim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪm/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪm] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪm], /ˈtɹəm/, /ˈtɾɪm/ 1. Physically fit. Example: He goes jogging every day to keep in trim. 2. Slender, lean. Example: a trim figure 3. Neat or smart in appearance. Example: a trim lawn Example: […]manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules that only tells a lie and swears it.
Word: trim Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪm/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪm] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪm], /ˈtɹəm/, /ˈtɾɪm/ 1. In good order; properly managed or maintained. Labels: not-comparable 2. With sails well trimmed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: touch up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃ ʌp/ 1. To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Use a small brush to touch up the paint anywhere it is uneven. Example: The undoubted facts that survived a comparison were few and meagre, for in each case a conscientious journalist had touched up a few vague or doubtful details according to his own ideas of probability. 2. To fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way. Labels: UK, idiomatic, transitive Example: The creep was trying to touch up my girlfriend. Example: I think you remember him! He made me go into the back of his shop and he touched me up, do you remember? And afterwards we shared out the money from the Cinzano. In the end he got round to doing something disgusting, that guy, something disgusting, quite disgusting.
Word: touch-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from touch up. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃˌʌp/ 1. A slight correction or adjustment. Example: The frosting just needs a little touch-up to be smooth and even.
Word: Homecoming Queen Part of Speech: noun 1. In colleges and high schools, a young lady chosen by her peers to reign over the traditional activities associated with the Homecoming football game. Labels: US
Word: homecoming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”). Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ 1. The act or event of returning home. Example: His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before. 2. In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen. Labels: Canada, US, also, attributive Example: Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee. Example: homecoming ball 3. In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, ellipsis
Word: ECLSS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of environmental control and life support system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: vint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a back-formation from vintage, interpreted as vint + -age. Ultimately from Latin vinum (“wine”). Pronunciation: /vɪnt/ 1. To make wine from fruit. Labels: transitive
Word: vint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian винт (vint, “a screw”). 1. A Russian card game similar to bridge and whist. Labels: uncountable
Word: ouvre Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of oeuvre. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ultima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin feminine of ultimus (“last”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɪmə/ 1. The final syllable of a word. Labels: countable 2. A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vomma with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset. Labels: uncountable
Word: floral white Part of Speech: noun 1. A faint pinkish white colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: floral white Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a faint pinkish white colour.
Word: deo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of deodorant. Pronunciation: /diˈəʊ/, /diˈoʊ/ 1. deodorant Labels: countable, informal, rare, uncountable Example: Some men complain their deos don't work after regular use. Your underarm area can build up immunity to the same product. Alternating two deos can give you total protection. Example: He brandishes a can of deodorant (deo) spray as he says this, grinning all the time. 'I started using this about two years ago. I didn't realise deos can be so useful in controlling sweating and keeping me feeling fresh. […]
Word: ordre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of order. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ordre Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of order. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gainsboro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A color named "gainsboro" was added to the X11 color chart by Paul Raveling in 1989. Raveling explained that he introduced a number of "light and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples", of which gainsboro appears to be one. 1. A neutral light grey colour. Labels: uncountable Example: By using light gray or Gainsboro we are using Edward Tufte's principle of "minimum effective difference" to put in ancillary information. Example: When the temperature reached to^([sic]) about 40 °C, the color of characters began to change, and it changed completely from black to gainsboro when the temperature rose to about 50 °C. As the[…]film cooled down to the room temperature, the color returned to black.
Word: gainsboro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A color named "gainsboro" was added to the X11 color chart by Paul Raveling in 1989. Raveling explained that he introduced a number of "light and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples", of which gainsboro appears to be one. 1. Of a neutral light grey colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aspie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German Asperg Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Germanic *warjaną Proto-Germanic *warjaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *-ārijazinflu. Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære German -er German Aspergerbor. English Asp(erger) Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English aspie From Asp(erger) + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈæspi/ 1. An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome. Labels: dated, endearing, informal Example: Occasionally, my Aspie traits are recognised by people who don't know that I have the condition. Example: For example, I'm a 33 year-old Aspie and Aspergers wasn't even known about when I was at school. They're getting better at spotting Aspie kids now, but adults who are doing really well and achieving lots aren't anywhere in the statistics because no-one has spotted them.
Word: stepping stone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested circa 1325; first used in the figurative sense circa 1653. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stəʊn/, /ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stoʊn/, /ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stɐʉn/ 1. A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek. Example: Falling—her veriest stepping-stone Shall form the pedestal of a throne— […] Example: Pretty stone cottages overlook the river's northern bank, and a short footpath 200 yds beyond the post office leads to stepping-stones. 2. Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was full of ambition, and force, and life, intending all sorts of great things, and meaning to make his position a stepping stone to all that was excellent in public life. Example: Esperanto can make a good stepping stone language to Latin, which may be difficult for amateur linguists.
Word: stepping-stone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stepping stone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As I have said, it is not the intention of the Bundesbahn to use the diesel as a stepping-stone between steam and electric traction—a policy which, in the light of the excellent results obtained with modernised steam locomotives, it regards as uneconomical and unnecessary. Example: It had already been proved that paper soaked with silver chloride would blacken when exposed to sunlight; this discovery was one of the earliest stepping-stones toward the field of photography.
Word: steppingstone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stepping stone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty. Example: Dr. Lunine said that with steppingstones, people would look back positively at what had already been accomplished and be more likely to continue supporting a Mars program.
Word: hybrid computer Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer that features the best characteristics of the analog computer and digital computer.
Word: laser pointer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that emits a highly concentrated beam of light to highlight items of interest at some distance
Word: solar wind Part of Speech: noun 1. The outflow of charged particles from the solar corona into space. Because of the high temperature of the particles of the corona, they are moving at speeds higher than the solar escape velocity.
Word: celestial body Part of Speech: noun 1. A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.
Word: goldenrod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From golden + rod. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊldənˌɹɑd/ 1. Any tall-stemmed plant principally from genus Solidago (also Oligoneuron), usually with clusters of small yellow flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She wore a goldenrod dress with a scooping neckline.
Word: goldenrod Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From golden + rod. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊldənˌɹɑd/ 1. Of a golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
Word: mesocyclone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English cyclone English mesocyclone From meso- + cyclone. 1. An area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.
Word: supercell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English cell English supercell From super- + cell. 1. A severe thunderstorm with updrafts and downdrafts that are in near balance, allowing the storm to maintain itself for several hours. Supercells often produce large hail, powerful downpours, very strong winds and sometimes tornadoes. Example: They watched the supercell that spawned the F5 killer that struck Oklahoma City spit out one tornado after another. In two cases, the researchers believe, the Dopplers captured tornadoes being formed — including the Oklahoma City monster. Example: The storm system was a supercell, the kind that brew the deadliest tornadoes and most damaging hail in the United States, said Walker Ashley[…] 2. A repeating unit cell of a crystal that contains several primitive cells.
Word: cumulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulusbor. English cumulus Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus. Doublet of comble. Sense 2 (“type of cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːmjʊləs/, /ˈkjumjələs/ 1. A heap or mound. 2. A large white, puffy cloud that develops through convection. Example: [page 99] Cumulus. […] Convex or conical heaps, increasing upward from a horizontal base. […] [page 101] The cumulus of fair weather has a moderate elevation and extent, and a well defined rounded surface. Previous to rain it increases more rapidly, appears lower in the atmosphere, and with its surface full of loose fleeces or protuberances. Example: In the sketch (which is taken about 75 Jovian days after that of the 2nd July) there is shown a dark copper-coloured streak along the southern margin of the south brown belt, butting on to a bluff-headed streak of cumulus cloud which may be the same remarkable bluff head noticed on July 2.
Word: Jedi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1973 (in the manuscript Journal of the Whills) and first used in his 1977 film Star Wars. Said to have been adapted from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “‘period drama’ motion pictures about samurai”), or perhaps inspired by the words Jed (King) and Jeddak (Emperor) in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which Lucas had considered adapting to film. Another potential influence on the word "Jedi" is Hebrew ידיד (yadíd, “beloved; male friend”). In his book The Secret History of Star Wars, Michael Kaminski suggests that Lucas may have been influenced by this term when creating the name for his knights. Kaminski notes that Lucas has cited Jewish mysticism as an inspiration for his work, and that he may have been drawn to the idea of his heroes being beloved protectors. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛd.aɪ/ 1. One of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jedi. 2. A follower of Jediism.
Word: focaccia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”). Pronunciation: /fəˈkætʃə/, /foʊˈkɑtʃə/, /fəˈkɑtʃə/, /fəˈkɑtʃi.ə/ 1. A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast. Labels: uncountable Example: The same dough can be used for bread, rolls, breadsticks, bruschetta, focaccia, calzone, or pizza. The only practical difference between pizza and focaccia is the thickness of the crust: Traditional pizza crust is thin, and something an inch or two thick […] is more like focaccia. Example: Sweetgreen told CNN the company was “proud to share that we are currently in the process of rolling out new PFAS-free focaccia bags that will be available in all Sweetgreen locations by the end of Q2.” 2. A sandwich made with this type of bread. Labels: countable
Word: grizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪzəl/, /ˈɡɹɪzl̩/ 1. A dark grey colour. 2. Grey hair. 3. A grey wig.
Word: grizzle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪzəl/, /ˈɡɹɪzl̩/ 1. Of a grey colour.
Word: grizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪzəl/, /ˈɡɹɪzl̩/ 1. To make or become grey, as with age. Example: R. F. Burton hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children Example: Pall Mall Magazine I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey.
Word: grizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A West Country dialect term, perhaps from Old English grisan (“shudder”), which would make it a cognate of modern English grisly (not grizzly). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪzəl/, /ˈɡɹɪzl̩/ 1. To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children). 2. To whinge or whine. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: [Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now? Example: R. J. Tizard — What are you grizzling about now? 3. To fuss or cry. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: New mothers frequently complain that their partner won't get up to change a wet nappy or comfort a grizzling baby.
Word: tomo Part of Speech: noun 1. A shaft formed in limestone rock dissolved by groundwater. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: gunmetal-grey Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a dark grey colour with a tint of blue. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Altamaha-ha, as the serpent has been named, is said to be from twelve to twenty feet long, about two feet in diameter, and gunmetal gray on top with a creamy underside. Most descriptions suggest a creature that is part eel, part alligator, ...
Word: fill in Part of Speech: verb 1. To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed. Labels: transitive Example: After you're done laying the pipe, fill in the trench. Example: The decking of the bridge consisted of steel troughing over an average clear span of 26 ft., the troughing being filled in with concrete to form the road surface. 2. To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: If you know anything about this, maybe you can fill me in. Example: Wait, uh - I-I-I should go distract Caine so he doesn't l-listen in on this. Uh, j-just fill me in afterwards. 3. To substitute for somebody or something. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody to fill in for him. 4. To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information. Labels: UK, transitive Example: I've got a form that is to be filled in in ink. Example: The findings emerged from questionnaires filled in by 2,211 staff in 145 wards of 55 hospitals in England and Wales and 105 observations of care of dementia patients. Two-thirds of staff said they had not had enough training to provide proper care, 50% said they had not been trained how to communicate properly with such patients and 54% had not been told how to handle challenging or aggressive behaviour. 5. To beat up; to physically assault. Labels: slang Example: Talk to me like that again and I'll fill you in! Example: It's just a rumour that was spread around town Somebody said that someone got filled in For saying that people get killed in The result of this shipbuilding
Word: tornadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tornado Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tornadic From tornado + -ic. 1. Of or relating to a tornado. Example: tornadic destruction 2. Having the ability to produce a tornado. Example: a tornadic thunderstorm
Word: mesoscale convective system Part of Speech: noun 1. A huge complex of thunderstorms that can sometimes reach the size of Texas.
Word: mitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *mȳċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūkijan, from Proto-Germanic *mūkijaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to flatter”), Alemannic German mauchen (“to nibble secretively”), German mogeln (“to cheat”), German meucheln (“to assassinate”), Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”), Latin muger (“cheater”). Related to mooch. Pronunciation: /mɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To pilfer; filch; steal. Labels: dialectal, transitive 2. To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 3. To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off. Labels: Ireland, Wales, ambitransitive Example: "Did you ever mitch school?" he asked. "No. But I think this is what it would feel like." Example: John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today. 4. To grumble secretly. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 5. To pretend poverty. Labels: dialectal, intransitive
Word: Norrie Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive form of the female given names Noreen, Norette, and Lenore. 2. A diminutive form of the male given name Norman. 3. A census-designated place in Pitkin County, Colorado.
Word: Norrie Part of Speech: noun 1. A person from the north side of Cork City, Ireland. Labels: Ireland, countable, slang 2. A genetic X-linked recessive disease that primarily affects the eye and leads to blindness. Labels: uncountable Example: Retinal dysplasia may occur in isolation but is usually part of a syndrome such as Edwards, Patau, Norrie, Walker–Warburg, or incontinentia pigmenti.
Word: jackeen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jack + -een (“little”), from Jack being a common English name. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒækiːn/, /ˈdʒakiːn/, /ˈdʒæˌkin/ 1. An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin. Labels: Ireland, derogatory Example: A buckeen, a jackeen, a squireen, or any of the intermediate classes. Example: Jackeens loitering about the Dublin theatres. 2. Synonym of Dubliner, especially (obsolete or historical) an excessively Anglophile one. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: To the sellers in the market, to the barmen and barmaids, to the beggars who importuned him for a lob Mr Dedalus told the same tale, that he was an old Corkonian, that he had been trying for thirty years to get rid of his Cork accent up in Dublin and that Peter Pickakafax beside him was his eldest son but that he was only a Dublin jackeen.
Word: West Brit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of West Briton. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal
Word: convection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin convectiōnem, from convectiō (“act of carrying”), from convect-, past participle stem of convehō (“to carry together”), combination of com- and vehō. By surface analysis, convect + -ion. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛkʃən/ 1. The process of conveying something. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live. 3. The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interchangeably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English interchangeable Middle English -ly English -ly English interchangeably From interchangeable + -ly. 1. With the ability of being interchanged or swapped. Labels: not-comparable Example: Traditionally, 'ticket office' seems to have been the preferred term in America, with Britain using the term 'booking office' (as an 1881 edition of The Railway Age Monthly and Railway Service Magazine explains). Today, the two are often used interchangeably (as the recent 'Save our ticket offices' campaign shows), with the term 'ticketing' perhaps capturing more of the point-of-sale transaction and issuing of tickets within stations.
Word: Chelsea boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A waxed, toned, bronzed and buff gay ideal. Labels: derogatory, sometimes
Word: sheet lightning Part of Speech: noun 1. A broad flash of lightning, with no visible bolt, due to reflection. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In most very warm days in summer the thermometer stands above 70 degrees on the scale of Fahrenheit, about the centre of the county; in the summer of 1811, it stood repeatedly above 80°; and on the 25th of May, 1807, during the time when the sheet lightning of tropical regions appeared, about three in the afternoon, it stood at 92° in the shade within three miles of Moffat! Example: It probably belongs to the class we are accustomed to call sheet lightnings, for these are by far the most frequent in an ordinary storm.
Word: lightning detector Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that provides an alarm to inform its user(s) that lightning has occurred nearby. Specific devices are available for a variety of applications.