nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo. Pronunciation: /sɒk/, /sɑk/ 1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot. 2. Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors. Labels: historical, uncommon 3. The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal. 4. A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise. Example: Turns out a sock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic. The sock sat forlornly on the table. It looked lonely. It reminded me of me. Aaron told me I punctuated my ps too much — I'm too punchy — and that I needed to soften how I spoke. He told me to put the sock' on the mic. 5. Ellipsis of gun sock. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal 6. Ellipsis of sock puppet. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 7. Ellipsis of windsock. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: At 1331:58, UA Flight 757 reported that it was ready for takeoff on runway 35R. However, at 1332:05, 7 seconds later, it reported, "Ah, this is seven fifty seven, our sock sitting in front of us gives us a pretty good tail wind so we're not ready to go yet." The controller asked the flight to advise him when conditions were better.
Word: sock Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”). Pronunciation: /sɒk/, /sɑk/ 1. The sound of a punch or powerful blow. Example: Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.
Word: sock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”). Pronunciation: /sɒk/, /sɑk/ 1. To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to. Labels: slang, transitive Example: "We must get the old dear out," said Lord Roxton to Malone. "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't. What I mean, he's not responsible - he'll sock someone and be lagged for it." Example: What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed to sock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it. 2. To throw. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: sock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”). Pronunciation: /sɒk/, /sɑk/ 1. A violent blow; a punch. Labels: slang Example: ‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’
Word: sock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”). Pronunciation: /sɒk/, /sɑk/ 1. Extremely successful. Labels: dated, not-comparable, slang Example: 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.
Word: sock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French soc. Pronunciation: /sɒk/, /sɑk/ 1. A ploughshare. Example: In the county of Wexford, where the beam was much shorter[…] the sock in general is of cast iron.
Word: sock Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɒk/, /sɑk/ 1. Clipping of socket. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: atomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic From atom + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈtɒm.ɪk/, /əˈtɑː.mɪk/, /əˈtɔm.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic. Labels: not-comparable Example: A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted. 2. Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. Labels: not-comparable Example: atomic energy; atomic bombs Example: Some nutjob once built a small atomic pile in his back yard. 3. Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. Labels: broadly, colloquial, not-comparable 4. Infinitesimally small. Labels: not-comparable Example: The hairs on a dust mite are almost atomic. 5. Unable to be split or made any smaller. Labels: not-comparable Example: A bit is an atomic item of data. 6. Unable to be split or made any smaller. Labels: not-comparable 7. Unable to be split or made any smaller. Labels: not-comparable 8. Unable to be split or made any smaller. Labels: not-comparable 9. Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads. Labels: not-comparable Example: In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic. Example: Whenever possible, use atomic types instead of mutexes.
Word: atomic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic From atom + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈtɒm.ɪk/, /əˈtɑː.mɪk/, /əˈtɔm.ɪk/ 1. An atomic operation.
Word: spoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English spōn (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”). Cognate with Scots spun, spon (“spoon, shingle”), West Frisian spoen (“chip”), Dutch spaan (“chip, flinders”), German Span (“chip, flake, shaving”), Swedish spån (“chip, flake”), Norwegian Nynorsk spon (“chip, spoon”), Faroese spónur (“wood chip; spoon”), Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”)(though the connection to the Greek is likely impossible by modern reconstructions of PIE). Eclipsed non-native Middle English cuculer, coclear (“spoon”), from Old English cuculer, cuceler, cucler, borrowed from Latin cochlear (“spoon”). The "metaphoric unit of personal energy" sense was coined by writer and disability advocate Christine Miserandino in 2003 (see spoon theory). Pronunciation: /spuːn/, [ˈspʊu̯n] 1. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. Example: He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. 2. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon. 3. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful. Example: While Ms. Fly was with Sharon in the kitchen, Sharon asked the defendant for a “spoon of drugs.” Defendant refused and stated that he did not know where drugs could be obtained. 4. A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood. Labels: archaic 5. An oar. Labels: slang Example: To this class college rowing offers no attractions or place, nor are they generally looked upon by the artists of the "spoons" as a desirable addition […] 6. A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon. 7. A spoon excavator. Labels: informal 8. A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla. 9. A simpleton, a spoony. Labels: archaic, figuratively, slang Example: To get all the advantages of being with men of this sort, you must know how to draw your inferences and not be a spoon who takes things literally. 10. A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger. Labels: US 11. A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability. Labels: slang Example: We therefore have to meticulously plan out each day with the small amount of spoons we have. Each task will cost us at least one spoon. Example: You work, and play, and clean, and love, and hate, and that's lots of damn spoons . . . but if you are young and healthy you still have spoons left over as you fall asleep and wait for the new supply of spoons to be delivered in the morning.
Word: spoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English spōn (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”). Cognate with Scots spun, spon (“spoon, shingle”), West Frisian spoen (“chip”), Dutch spaan (“chip, flinders”), German Span (“chip, flake, shaving”), Swedish spån (“chip, flake”), Norwegian Nynorsk spon (“chip, spoon”), Faroese spónur (“wood chip; spoon”), Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”)(though the connection to the Greek is likely impossible by modern reconstructions of PIE). Eclipsed non-native Middle English cuculer, coclear (“spoon”), from Old English cuculer, cuceler, cucler, borrowed from Latin cochlear (“spoon”). The "metaphoric unit of personal energy" sense was coined by writer and disability advocate Christine Miserandino in 2003 (see spoon theory). Pronunciation: /spuːn/, [ˈspʊu̯n] 1. To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon. Example: Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate. Example: Talbot champed away, finally spooning in resignation with the tinned fruit salad, calm of mind reached with the last piece of cheese, all passion spent in the third drained coffee-cup. 2. To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: By the light of the silvery moon, / I want to spoon, / To my honey I'll croon love's tune, […] Example: Do you think we spoon and do? We only talk. 3. To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive 4. To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons. Labels: broadly, informal, intransitive, transitive 5. To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock. Example: Law is in the field; the Criminal at the wicket. If Law makes a mistake—sends down a loose ball or drops a catch—the Criminal scores a little or has another lease of life. But if he makes a mistake—if he lets a straight ball pass or spoons towards a steady man—he is done for. Example: Rosol spurned the chance to finish off a shallow second serve by spooning into the net, and a wild forehand took the set to 5-4, with the native of Prerov required to hold his serve for victory. 6. To fish with a concave spoon bait. Labels: intransitive 7. To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait. Labels: transitive Example: He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike.
Word: spoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Compare spoom. Pronunciation: /spuːn/, [ˈspʊu̯n] 1. Alternative form of spoom. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
Word: piss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (“urine”) and mīgan (“to urinate”). Pronunciation: /pɪs/ 1. Urine. Labels: mildly, uncountable, usually, vulgar Example: This toilet is disgusting. There's piss all over the floor. Example: [among the list of elixir ingredients][…]Of piss and egg-shells 2. The act of urinating. Labels: countable, mildly, vulgar Example: I'm desperate for a piss! Example: But the urinal was safe, no unshielded pissing trough, but a nice, modest urinal, with a wall on each side of you so you could have your privacy. … That was one of the best pisses of my life. 3. Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality. Labels: countable, mildly, uncountable, vulgar Example: Let's dash over to Fisher's for a fifth of that one-fifty-one West Indian. We can't drink this piss, it's degrading. Example: ‘Want some advice?’ I said. ‘Stay off the piss. You won't want to be handling this kind of thing with a hangover.’ 4. An intensifier. Labels: attributive, countable, mildly, uncountable, vulgar Example: piss-poor Example: Irene went down to her studio and brought the painting upstairs. She leaned it against a wall and then she and Mary contemplated it from across the room. 'It really is piss-ugly,' said Mary with a note of grudging affection in her voice.
Word: piss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (“urine”) and mīgan (“to urinate”). Pronunciation: /pɪs/ 1. To urinate. Labels: intransitive, mildly, vulgar Example: When I got home I found a drunk pissing in my doorway. Example: O Jove, a beastly fault! And then another fault in the semblance of a fowl; think on ’t, Jove; a foul fault! When gods have hot backs, what shall poor men do? For me, I am here a Windsor stag; and the fattest, I think, i’ the forest. Send me a cool rut-time, Jove, or who can blame me to piss my tallow? Who comes here? my doe? 2. To discharge as or with the urine. Labels: mildly, transitive, vulgar Example: If you're pissing blood, you'd better see a doctor. Example: If any piss filthy matter, or little scales, or withal the urine have a strong smell, it shews ulceration of the bladder. 3. To achieve easily. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: "I'll piss this," I thought. "There's only Gary to beat and I beat him easily in both heats." 4. To rain heavily. Labels: ambitransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar Example: She spent that night under her sheet of polythene and 'somehow managed to get only half wet', waking up the next morning to find that 'it had absolutely pissed down through the night'. Example: Let's face it, they're there for a good stroll on a Sunday afternoon when it's pissing outside.
Word: piss Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English miċġe (“urine”) and mīgan (“to urinate”). Pronunciation: /pɪs/ 1. Expresses anger, disappointment or dissatisfaction. Labels: mildly, vulgar Example: At times he gets irritable, especially if he believes that something has been misplaced or lost: "Piss oh piss! -- where in the hell does everything go around here!" Example: There was nothing left of the sundae except a puddle of white foam muddied by chocolate syrup, with a cherry floating on top. "Oh, piss," she muttered, "the ice cream's melted."
Word: xylograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from xylography, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪ.ləʊ.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈzaɪ.lə.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈzaɪ.lə.ɡɹæf/, /ˈzaɪ.loʊ-/, /-ɡɹɑf/ 1. An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.). Example: First he collected a number of witnesses, including many old prints of the Guhyasamāja Tantra itself and old xylograph prints of the Pradipodyotana from the monasteries of Drepung, Tashilhunpo, Riwo Dangchen, and Nartang. 2. A print taken from such an engraving. Example: While Walter Gropius had had a reproduction of a xylograph from Lyonel Feininger reproduced on the Bauhaus movement's founding manifesto in 1919 – a symbolic image of a gothic cathedral that was comparatively traditional in both form […] Example: The restoration process brought to light a sarira box containing an artifact that rewrote that history: the oldest xylograph in the world, reproduced in ink from woodblocks with characters carved in relief, was found inside the box from the second […]
Word: xylograph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from xylography, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪ.ləʊ.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈzaɪ.lə.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈzaɪ.lə.ɡɹæf/, /ˈzaɪ.loʊ-/, /-ɡɹɑf/ 1. To make a print from an engraving in wood. Labels: transitive
Word: xylographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modelled on xylography, corresponding to xylo- + -grapher. 1. a person who makes xylographs
Word: xylography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French xylographie, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”). 1. The art of making xylographs. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Furthermore, one ought to mention the xylography that has been attributed to Titian since the eighteenth century and that represents San Rocco e storie della sua vita (fig. 72) (London, British Museum, inv. 1860-4-14-140), circulated as a […] Example: Xylography involves writing the text to be printed onto thin paper, fixing the paper face down on a flat wooden block and then carving away the white parts to leave the text upstanding in relief. In order to print, it is necessary to […]
Word: xylographic Part of Speech: adj 1. of or pertaining to xylographs Labels: not-comparable
Word: xylographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English xylographic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English xylographical From xylographic + -al. 1. xylographic
Word: xylose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English xylose From xylo- + -ose. 1. One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: xenophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/, /ˌziː.nəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/, /ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ 1. A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The great sociologist Zygmunt Bauman argued that philo-Semitism and anti-Semitism both fall under “allosemitism”: literally Othering the Jew. He defined it not as resentment of what is different, which is xenophobia, but rather of what defies order and clear categories. In 1997, he wrote, “The Jew is ambivalence incarnate. And ambivalence is ambivalence mostly because it cannot be contemplated without ambivalent feeling: it is simultaneously attractive and repelling.” Example: The United States is not the only country where xenophobia pays dividends for politicians. 2. A fear of aliens. Labels: countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable
Word: xenophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Pronunciation: /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/, /ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/, /ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bɪk/ 1. Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life. Example: Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses Example: It has not yet promised much in the way of serious debate about the migrant crisis or the EU’s failure to tackle it in a humane and coordinated manner, in the context of the Italian government’s increasingly xenophobic policies.
Word: xenophobic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Pronunciation: /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/, /ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/, /ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bɪk/ 1. A xenophobe. Example: So Buzz Bissinger sees fit that we give up on the ideal of Olympism and give in to xenophobics, terrorists, drug abusers, profiteers and human rights abusers?
Word: Xavier Part of Speech: name Etymology: Toponymic surname of a 16th-century saint born in the Kingdom of Navarre, Francis de Xavier, from a place name in the Kingdom of Navarre, originally from Basque Xabier. Doublet of Echeverría. Pronunciation: /ˈzeɪ.vɪə/, /ˈzæv.ɪə/, /ɪɡˈzeɪ.vɪə/, /ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/, /ˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/ 1. A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque]. Example: "Full name please." "Maurice Xavier Wu." "Where did you get the Xavier?" "My father was a missionary," he said. Example: 'I keep telling you to call me Xavier,' he interjected silkily, aware that her reluctance to do so intrigued him. 'Xavier,' Laura agreed, and then hesitated. How could his name be so...so...enticing? Because it was foreign to her lips―lingering there like the juice of a fruit she had never tasted before? Or because it was impossible to say without first softening your voice? 2. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent. Example: A plaque commemorating the memory of British Rail guard Asquith Xavier, who broke the colour bar at Euston station in 1966, was unveiled at Chatham station on September 24. 3. Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).
Word: Xanthippe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Xanthippē or its etymon Ancient Greek Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppē), the name of Socrates’ wife, from ξανθός (xanthós, “blond; golden, yellow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas- (“blond; grey; white”)) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“horse; swift (?)”)). She is described as shrewish in Xenophon’s Symposium, though the same work states that Socrates chose her precisely because of her argumentative spirit. In Xenophon’s Memorabilia and Phaedo by Plato she is depicted as a devoted wife and mother. Pronunciation: /zænˈθɪpi/ 1. An ill-tempered woman. Labels: dated, derogatory, literary Example: Be ſhe as foule as was Florentius Loue, / As old as Sibell, and as curſt and ſhrow'd / As Socrates Zentippe, or a worſe: / She moues me not, or not remoues at leaſt / Affections edge in me. Example: RICHARD HOOKER, that rare and admirable Theologiſt, [...] married a clowniſh ſilly Woman and withal a meer Xantippe, [...]
Word: tablespoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From table + spoon. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbəlˌspuːn/, [-bɫ̩-], /ˈteɪbəlˌspun/ 1. A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl. Labels: Canada, US Example: Their eggs were deposited on a few bits of straw, and great caution was necessary in attempting to procure them, as the slightest touch crumbled their frail tenement into dust. By means of a tablespoon, I was enabled to procure many of them. 2. A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Northern-UK 3. A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml. Example: 1995 May 22, Salad Recipes, New York, page 51, Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet until hot and quickly saute the goat-cheese buttons on both sides until brown. Example: In Australia, 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml, and there are 4 teaspoons in the Australian tablespoon.
Word: teaspoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tea + spoon. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːˌspuːn/, /ˈtiˌspun/ 1. A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass. 2. A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.
Word: teaspoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tea + spoon. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːˌspuːn/, /ˈtiˌspun/ 1. To serve with a teaspoon. Labels: transitive Example: I teaspooned some sugar into my cup.
Word: puppet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌpɪt/, /ˈpɐpət/, /ˈpʊpɪt/ 1. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove. 2. A person, country, etc, controlled by another. Labels: figuratively Example: These men , from no worse motive that could be discovered than a thirst after knowledge beyond their sphere , committed burglary upon the barn in which the puppets had been consigned to repose Example: Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon. 3. A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll. Labels: obsolete 4. The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Word: puppet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌpɪt/, /ˈpɐpət/, /ˈpʊpɪt/ 1. To control or manipulate like a puppet. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive
Word: ladle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.dəl/, /ˈlæɪ.dəl/ 1. A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle. Example: When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen afterwards take off with ladles. 2. A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal. 3. The float or paddle on a mill wheel. 4. An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. Example: The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength. 5. A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
Word: ladle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.dəl/, /ˈlæɪ.dəl/ 1. To pour or serve something with a ladle. Labels: transitive Example: One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve. Example: The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.
Word: silverware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Germanic *silubrą Proto-West Germanic *silubr Old English seolfor Middle English silver English silver Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English silverware From silver + -ware. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlvə(ɹ)ˌwɛə(ɹ)/ 1. Anything manufactured from silver. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Anything with a silvery colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Knives, forks and spoons (whether made from silver or not). Labels: Atlantic-Canada, US, countable, uncountable 4. Trophies, success in a competition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: February 2008, BBC Sport - Ramos takes centre stage How different it was at Wembley as Ramos confirmed his reputation as a relentless pursuer of silverware by giving Spurs their first trophy in nine years. Example: The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005.
Word: cutlery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/, /ˈkʊt.lə.ɹi/ 1. Sharp cutting utensils. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling. 2. Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually Example: a cutlery set Example: This cutlery comes from Normandy, France. 3. The business of a cutler. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: racist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892). Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/, /ˈɹæɪ.sɪst/ 1. A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races. Example: I don't blame racists, sexists, lookists, or any other “ists” for what they personify and perpetuate. They are mere hostages of their egos. Example: Almost all the students I interviewed and worked with in group-facilitated discussions resisted being called a racist. This label was just too painful and for most students would not be accepted. 2. A person who races (cars, etc.). Labels: Internet, humorous
Word: racist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892). Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/, /ˈɹæɪ.sɪst/ 1. Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism. Example: I'm pretty sure I'm flunking math because my teacher is racist against Latinos. 2. Discriminatory. Labels: broadly, colloquial, proscribed Example: They don't allow Muslims and gays to join the club? That's racist! Example: Oh oh.. the term 'Neo-Nazi'.. just a few days ago, I heard a few girls sitting next to my table talking about this guy who was racist against females and call them 'femine-Nazi' (sp?)
Word: racism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French racisme, equivalent to race + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩/ 1. The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is altogether inaccurate to suggest that Europe is being indoctrinated with Fascism or Racism. Example: He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock. 2. The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Martin Luther King spoke out against racism. Example: In part, the answer is that racism extends considerably beyond prejudiced beliefs. The essential feature of racism is not hostility or misperception, but rather the defense of a system from which advantage is derived on the basis of race. The manner in which the defense is articulated – either with hostility or subtlety – is not nearly as important as the fact that it insures the continuation of a privileged relationship. Thus it is necessary to broaden the definition of racism beyond prejudice to include sentiments that in their consequence, if not in their intent, support the racial status quo. 3. Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For, if racism against non-whites is morally wrong and unjustifiable, then how can racism against whites be morally right and justifiable? Example: This was partly true, but the biggest thing stopping him was that he had tried going to a college in Adelaide before and grew tired of the little racisms and discrimination that he got there.
Word: hooker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hook Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hooker From hook (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊk.ə/, [ˈhʊk.ə], /ˈhʊk.ɚ/, [ˈhʊk.ɚ] ~ [ˈhʊk.ɹ̩] 1. One who, or that which, hooks. 2. A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot. Example: Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts. 3. A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots. Example: I once saw Hassett drop England opening batsman and compulsive hooker, Cyril Washbrook, twice in succession at deep fine leg. 4. A crocheter. 5. Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”). Labels: dated, informal Example: We regard the first seven seconds of a television commercial as the most critical or crucial in the whole unit — the "Do or Die Seven" — the "moment of decision" or the "hooker", if you will, when we must capture the attention of the viewer, get him involved in the action, […] 6. A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods. Labels: archaic Example: They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people. Example: Suffer none, from far or near, / With their rights to interfere; / No strange Abram, Ruffler crack— / Hooker of another pack—
Word: hooker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. The "prostitute" sense is the subject of a folk etymology connecting it to General Hooker of the American Civil War, but the earliest known use dates to 1835, decades before the war. Less implausibly, it has also been connected to a coastal feature called a hook (“A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey, Red Hook in New York”) in the ports of New York and Baltimore. Carefully learned inference is not conclusive. See this essay, pp 105ff. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊk.ə/, [ˈhʊk.ə], /ˈhʊk.ɚ/, [ˈhʊk.ɚ] ~ [ˈhʊk.ɹ̩] 1. A prostitute. Labels: US, slang Example: All my life, been hustling / And tonight is my appraisal / 'Cause I'm a hooker selling songs / And my pimp's a record label 2. An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp. Labels: dated, slang Example: Emily had cut short these 3 A.M. glooms with a hooker of bourbon.
Word: hooker Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʊk.ə/, [ˈhʊk.ə], /ˈhʊk.ɚ/, [ˈhʊk.ɚ] ~ [ˈhʊk.ɹ̩] 1. Alternative spelling of hookah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hooker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch hoeker, an alteration of Middle Dutch hoecboot, from hoec + boot. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊk.ə/, [ˈhʊk.ə], /ˈhʊk.ɚ/, [ˈhʊk.ɚ] ~ [ˈhʊk.ɹ̩] 1. A small fishing boat. Example: In England there are Brighton Beach boats, Centre-board sloops, Pollywogs, Lough Erne yachts, Unas, New Brighton sailing-boats, yachts of the Norfolk Broads, Itchen, Clyde sailing and Keystone boats, Penzance luggers, Cobbles, Galways, Hookers and Pookhauns […] 2. Any antiquated craft. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: [T]he poor Flash is gone, and there is an end of it. Poor old hooker. Hey, Almayer? You made a voyage or two with me. Wasn’t she a sweet craft? Example: […] for there was scarce one of us that thought the old hooker would weather so long and hard a blow. We were mighty fortunate to come through it so handily.
Word: blossom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4). Pronunciation: /ˈblɒs.əm/, [ˈblɒs.m̩], /ˈblɑ.səm/, [ˈblɑ.sm̩], /ˈblɔs.əm/ 1. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The blossom has come early this year. Example: And on the moꝛowe / Moſes went in to the tabernacle: and beholde / the rod of Aaron of the houſſe of Leui was budded ⁊ bare bloſomes and almondes. 2. The state or season of producing such flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The orchard is in blossom. Example: Down by the River Wye, among plum-trees in blossom, Noel had laid her baby in a hammock, and stood reading a letter: […] 3. A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: This beauty, in the blossom of my youth, / When my first fire knew no adulterate incense, / Nor I no way to flatter, but my fondness; / […] long did I love this lady, / Long was my travail, long my trade to win her; / With all the duty of my soul, I served her. 4. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For colour he [Nobs, a horse] was neither black-bay, brown-bay, dapple-bay, black-grey, iron-grey, sad-grey, branded-grey, sandy-grey, dapple-grey, silver-grey, dun, mouse-dun, flea-backed, flea-bitten, rount, blossom, roan, pye-bald, rubican, sorrel, cow-coloured sorrel, bright sorrel, burnt sorrel, starling-colour, tyger-colour, wolf-colour, deer-colour, cream-colour, white, grey or black. Neither was he green, like the horse which the Emperor [Septimus] Severus took from the Parthians, […]
Word: blossom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4). Pronunciation: /ˈblɒs.əm/, [ˈblɒs.m̩], /ˈblɑ.səm/, [ˈblɑ.sm̩], /ˈblɔs.əm/ 1. To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom. Labels: intransitive Example: ANd the Loꝛde ſpake vnto Moſes ſayenge: ſpeake vnto the childern of Iſrael and take of them / foꝛ euery pꝛyncypall houſſe a rod / of their pꝛinces ouer the houſſes of their fathers: euen .xij. roddes / and wꝛyte euery mans name apon his rod. […] And his rod whom I choſe / ſhall bloſſome: So I wyll make ceaſe from me the grudgynges of the childern of Iſrael which they grudge agenſt you. Example: The Utricularia vulgaris or bladder-wort, a yellow pea-like flower, has blossomed in stagnant pools. 2. To begin to thrive or flourish. Labels: intransitive Example: A quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind "brother," the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely. Example: Since I came back from Pomona I have done many drawings to illustrate the Inferno of Dante [Alighieri] and I find my old Italian love blossoming all over again for this greatest of all master poets, bar none.
Word: spinach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx). Pronunciation: /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈspɪnɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them. 2. Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Thick rough. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: That shot left me in the spinach!
Word: shah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess. Pronunciation: /ʃɑː/ 1. A king of Persia or Iran. Example: We had a cordial welcome in Tehran from the shah and Empress Farah, a delightful banquet, and adequate time to discuss the Middle East and nuclear power affairs with the shah. 2. A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations.
Word: shah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian шаг (šah). Pronunciation: /ʃɑː/ 1. A Ukrainian monetary unit. Labels: historical
Word: stage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage. Pronunciation: /steɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To produce on a stage, to perform a play. Labels: transitive Example: The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice". 2. To arrange in a manner intended to deceive. Labels: transitive Example: The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective. 3. To furnish and decorate (a property) to make it more appealing to potential buyers. Labels: transitive Example: to stage a house or flat 4. To orchestrate; to carry out. Labels: transitive Example: The workers staged a strike. Example: A protest will be staged in the public square on Monday. 5. To place in position to prepare for use. Labels: transitive Example: We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag. Example: to stage data to be written at a later time 6. To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to Labels: transitive Example: One method of documenting a wound is as follows: (1) stage the ulcer, time present, setting where occurred; (2) describe the location anatomically; (3) measure ulcer in centimeters (length × width × base); […] 7. To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it. Example: In Kerbal Space Program, you stage away used-up parts of your rocket by hitting the spacebar. 8. To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter. Labels: Canada, US, intransitive
Word: stage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French stage (“internship”). Pronunciation: /stɑːʒ/ 1. An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques. Example: It doesn’t matter that recent reporting on the stage economy of Copenhagen […] has revealed a pattern of abuse and dangerous working conditions for unpaid interns. In “The Bear,” the stage is a dream: Marcus’s tasks are simply to learn from a skilled but kind and patient mentor, to get out and about and feel inspired, and to come up with some new dishes of his own.
Word: stage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French stage (“internship”). Pronunciation: /stɑːʒ/ 1. To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant. Labels: intransitive Example: I’ve been chosen to stage at Coloniál, the Michelin-starred restaurant that I will one day lie about running. Stage is restaurant-speak for free labor, but I’m unconcerned.
Word: chessboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chess + board. 1. A square playing surface divided into eight rows and eight columns, forming sixty-four equal squares arranged in an alternating pattern of colors across both rows and columns. Example: If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move. 2. A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares.
Word: Wheel of Fortune Part of Speech: name Etymology: From wheel + of + Fortune (“the Roman goddess Fortuna”), a calque of Latin rota Fortūnae (literally “Fortuna’s wheel”), from rota (“wheel”) + Fortūnae (the genitive dative singular of Fortūna (“the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck”)). Pronunciation: /ˌwiːl‿əv ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/, /ˌʍiːl-/, /ˌwil‿əv ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/, /-t͡ʃən/, /ˌʍil-/ 1. The mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable. Example: I hold the Fates bound faſt in yron chaines, / And with my hand turne Fortunes wheel about, / And ſooner ſhall the Sun fall from his Spheare, / Than Tamburlaine be ſlaine or ouercome. Example: The vvheel of fortune turns inceſſantly round, and vvho can ſay vvithin himſelf I ſhall to day be uppermoſt. 2. Synonym of Big Six wheel (“a game of chance consisting of a vertically mounted wheel divided into equal marked sectors; the winning sector is the one indicated by a pointer when the wheel stops turning”). Labels: broadly 3. A tarot card with an image of Fortuna's wheel (sense 1), generally the tenth of 22 trumps of the major arcana in most tarot decks. Labels: broadly
Word: prop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”). Pronunciation: /pɹɒp/, /pɹɑp/, /pɹɔp/ 1. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. Example: They stuck a block of wood under it as a prop. 2. The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. 3. Any of the seashells in the game of props.
Word: prop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”). Pronunciation: /pɹɒp/, /pɹɑp/, /pɹɔp/ 1. To support or shore up something. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing. 2. To play rugby in the prop position. Labels: intransitive 3. To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level. Labels: transitive, usually 4. To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive 5. To knock (a person) down. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive Example: We used to go out into the roads (highway robbery) between races, and if we met an ‘old bloke’ (man) we ‘propped him’ (knocked him down), and robbed him.
Word: prop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of property. Pronunciation: /pɹɒp/, /pɹɑp/, /pɹɔp/ 1. An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. Example: They used the trophy as a prop in the movie. 2. An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. Labels: colloquial Example: We threw a prop squirrel off of a tower. 3. An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc. Example: You can use props in a literal way to enhance the story, such as shooting a woodworker amidst woodworking tools.
Word: prop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of propeller. Pronunciation: /pɹɒp/, /pɹɑp/, /pɹɔp/ 1. The propeller of an aircraft or boat.