nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: convex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.vɛks/, /kɒnˈvɛks/, /kənˈvɛks/, /ˈkɑn.vɛks/, /kɑnˈvɛks/ 1. Any convex body or surface. Example: Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. 2. A playing card made convex for use in cheating. 3. A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards. Example: Of all the devices for defrauding at poker, the “shiner,” or “convex” […] Modern convexes are also considerably larger than those of former days.
Word: convex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.vɛks/, /kɒnˈvɛks/, /kənˈvɛks/, /ˈkɑn.vɛks/, /kɑnˈvɛks/ 1. To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex. Labels: intransitive Example: In like manner the north pier will convex seaward, extending across the bay to the extent of 1000 feet from low water, terminating in about eight fathoms, leaving a clear entrance of 500 feet between the pier heads, the depth of the entrance being from seven to eight fathoms. Example: If the valve is ground excessively, the surfaces of the valve and cage will convex so that the sealing contact is poor. 2. To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex. Labels: transitive Example: The back edge of the saw being under the lip of the cleat, use the anvil for a fulcrum and press down on the edge of the saw opposite, which will convex the plate, as the springing up concaved it, and the action of the fast and loose will be the reverse; that is, the fast will go down and the loose come up. Example: This will convex the fan and hold the cards more rigidly in place. 3. To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The crystal/melt interface thus convexes into the melt; however, the convexity of the interface ( Figure 53 ) is not as strong as it is when the crucible does not rotate (Figure 52). Example: The lid on will convex the heat and you'll need that after it's been chilled.
Word: harness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from herr (“army”) + nest (“provisions”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)). More at harry. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː.nəs/, /ˈhɑɹ.nəs/, /ˈhɐː.nəs/ 1. A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement. Labels: countable 2. A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness. Labels: countable Example: The cars then enter the main lines for further assembly - including the installation of internal electrical harnesses, underfloor equipment, internal panelling, roof equipment, carpets, seats and tables. 3. The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack! At least we'll die with harness on our back. Example: "I'll give thee for my ransom the very best harnéss That either young or old in the world doth possess. 4. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Equipment for any kind of labour. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A software framework. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: test harness 7. A software framework. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: harness engineering
Word: harness Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from herr (“army”) + nest (“provisions”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)). More at harry. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː.nəs/, /ˈhɑɹ.nəs/, /ˈhɐː.nəs/ 1. To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain. Labels: transitive Example: They harnessed the horse to the post. Example: Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 2. To capture, control or put to use. Labels: transitive Example: Imagine what might happen if it were possible to harness solar energy fully. Example: Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys. 3. To equip with armour. Labels: transitive
Word: efflorescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin efflōrēscēns. Compare French efflorescent. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ent. 1. Bursting into flower. 2. Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing. 3. Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.
Word: concentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English concentrik, from Middle French concentrique, from Medieval Latin concentricus, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + centrum (“circle, center”). Equivalent to con- + -centric. By surface analysis, con- + centre + -ic. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛn.tɹɪk/ 1. Having a common center. Example: Seven huge concentric semi-circular rings of stone surround the northern end, and quite rightly are Grade 2-listed by conservation body Historic England. Example: The ordo amoris can be conceptualized as a series of concentric circles radiating outward from ourselves, beginning with loving God, who is, as Augustine put it, “closer to us than we are to ourselves,” and ending with loving the rest of the world outside our own country. 2. Of a motion, in the direction of contraction of a muscle. (e.g. the extension of the lower arm by means of the elbow joint while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles; closing of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
Word: dormitory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter. Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/, /ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/, /ˈdɔɹ.mɪ.tɹi/, /ˈdoː.mɪ.tɹi/ 1. A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. Example: She will be much more likely to meet his wishes after a residence at the castle, than an imprisonment on short commons in her dormitory in Welbeck Street; for in one case she only learnt how much she could endure, in the other she will find how much she can enjoy. Example: The foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was responding to a report last week about an item in the 2024 US air force budget for building a dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk for personnel on a “potential surety mission” – military jargon for nuclear safety and security. 2. A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities. 3. A dormitory town.
Word: cosmogony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -gony. Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni/, /kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/, /kɔzˈmɔɡ.ə.ni/ 1. The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonym: cosmology Example: Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics. 2. Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonym: cosmology 3. The creation of the universe: the origin and early development of the cosmos. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: xebec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chebec, from Spanish xabeque or Catalan xabec or Italian sciabecco, from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk, “fishing-net”). Not to confuse with the sambuq, an Indian-Sea vessel. Pronunciation: /ˈziːbɛk/, /ˈzibɛk/, /zɪˈbɛk/ 1. A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. Example: Fourteen Xebecks loaded with Ammunition, Cannon, and other warlike Stores from Majorca, bound to any Part of Italy, where they could be landed for the Uſe of the Spaniſh Army, having got ſafe to Genoa in the latter End of June, Admiral Mathews on board of the Namur, with the Barfleur, Norfolk, Princeſs Caroline, Ipſwich and Revenge went there, and concluded a Treaty; […] Example: An Engliſh privateer, Capt. Clymer, taken by two Spaniſh xebecs in the Weſt Indies.
Word: rhubarb Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-Norman reubarbe (modern French rhubarbe), from Late Latin reubarbarum, rheubarbarum, rubarbera, rybarba, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βαρβαρικόν (rhêon barbarikón), from ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + Ancient Greek βαρβαρικόν (barbarikón), neuter of βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “foreign; barbaric”) (English barbaric). There is also a Medieval Latin variant rabarbarum, which appears to be influenced by Ancient Greek ῥᾶ (rhâ, “rhubarb”), and gave rise to some of the forms in modern languages. The Ancient Greek variant term appears to have been folk-etymologically influenced by Ancient Greek Ῥᾶ (Rhâ, “the River Volga”), which is in the region from which the plant came to the Mediterranean. The ultimate origin of the Ancient Greek terms is, however, Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb, fennel”). The word is cognate with Catalan ruibarbre, Italian rabarbaro, Dutch rabarber, German Rhabarber, Old Occitan reubarbe, Portuguese ruibarbo, Spanish ruibarbo. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɑːb/, /ˈɹuˌbɑɹb/, [ˈɹuːbaɹb], [ɹɪu̯-] 1. Of the colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow (the colour of rhubarb rhizomes and roots used for medicinal purposes), or pale red (often the colour of the leafstalks of common rhubarb). Labels: not-comparable Example: I just can't see her face. Sometimes I actually picture two enormous X's stamped over her eyes. Something from the Sunday comics. I change her hair color on a daily basis. She was a rhubarb blonde. No, she wasn't, she was a redhead and she had tortellini-like curls. She had straight brown hair. She was bald. Her skull gleamed with a kind of lunar sorrow.
Word: rhubarb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-Norman reubarbe (modern French rhubarbe), from Late Latin reubarbarum, rheubarbarum, rubarbera, rybarba, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βαρβαρικόν (rhêon barbarikón), from ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + Ancient Greek βαρβαρικόν (barbarikón), neuter of βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “foreign; barbaric”) (English barbaric). There is also a Medieval Latin variant rabarbarum, which appears to be influenced by Ancient Greek ῥᾶ (rhâ, “rhubarb”), and gave rise to some of the forms in modern languages. The Ancient Greek variant term appears to have been folk-etymologically influenced by Ancient Greek Ῥᾶ (Rhâ, “the River Volga”), which is in the region from which the plant came to the Mediterranean. The ultimate origin of the Ancient Greek terms is, however, Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb, fennel”). The word is cognate with Catalan ruibarbre, Italian rabarbaro, Dutch rabarber, German Rhabarber, Old Occitan reubarbe, Portuguese ruibarbo, Spanish ruibarbo. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɑːb/, /ˈɹuˌbɑɹb/, [ˈɹuːbaɹb], [ɹɪu̯-] 1. Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically. Labels: UK
Word: rhubarb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attributed to the circa 1852 practice by the theatre company of English actor Charles Kean (1811–1868) at the Princess’s Theatre, London, of actors saying the word rhubarb repetitively to mimic the sound of indistinct conversation, the word having been chosen because it does not have harsh-sounding consonants or clear vowels. The baseball senses are said to have been coined by the American sports writer Garry Schumacher and popularized by the American baseball commentator Red Barber (1908–1992). Barber also claimed to have started using the word in the 1940s, based on the practice in “early radio dramas” (presumably in the US, circa 1930) of actors repetitively voicing rhubarb. However, unlike the UK usage, he felt the practice applied to muttering by an angry mob, and so applied the word to arguments on the baseball field where he could not distinguish the words. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɑːb/, /ˈɹuˌbɑɹb/, [ˈɹuːbaɹb], [ɹɪu̯-] 1. General background noise caused by several simultaneous indecipherable conversations, which is created in films, stage plays, etc., by actors repeating the word rhubarb; hence, such noise in other settings. Labels: uncountable Example: It [the film The Picnic] wasn't actually a silent film; there were sound effects, but the dialogue was a rhubarb-ish series of grunts and mutters. Example: Back in the bedroom next door, the conversation is moving from subdued rhubarb to a cackle. 2. Nonsense; false utterance. Labels: UK, broadly, uncountable Example: MADAME JOURDAIN: No, it’s all complete rhubarb. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Dara dara bastonnara! He begins to dance and chant. MADAME JOURDAIN: Don’t think that’s going to make things any clearer. Example: On my second day in the market garden our group spent all day moving empty rhubarb boxes to one side of a courtyard and all afternoon moving them back again. ‘Makes a change from talking rhubarb in the House of Commons I expect,’ said one of my fellow labourers. 3. An excited, angry exchange of words, especially at a sporting event. Labels: US, countable Example: Out in the bullpen, Chip Hilton and Soapy Smith had stopped throwing to watch the argument—what ballplayers call a "rhubarb." Example: Richie Ashburn slid into third, and Billy Cox, Dodger third baseman, made the tag, [Umpire Beans] Reardon yelled "safe" but raised his hand in the "out" sign. Naturally, a rhubarb. 4. A brawl. Labels: US, broadly, countable Example: But damned if it don't seem like killin' him would stir up an even bigger political rhubarb. I mean, it ain't like nobody'd have to be told who did it.
Word: rhubarb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attributed to the circa 1852 practice by the theatre company of English actor Charles Kean (1811–1868) at the Princess’s Theatre, London, of actors saying the word rhubarb repetitively to mimic the sound of indistinct conversation, the word having been chosen because it does not have harsh-sounding consonants or clear vowels. The baseball senses are said to have been coined by the American sports writer Garry Schumacher and popularized by the American baseball commentator Red Barber (1908–1992). Barber also claimed to have started using the word in the 1940s, based on the practice in “early radio dramas” (presumably in the US, circa 1930) of actors repetitively voicing rhubarb. However, unlike the UK usage, he felt the practice applied to muttering by an angry mob, and so applied the word to arguments on the baseball field where he could not distinguish the words. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɑːb/, /ˈɹuˌbɑɹb/, [ˈɹuːbaɹb], [ɹɪu̯-] 1. Of an actor in a film, stage play, etc.: to repeat the word rhubarb to create the sound of indistinct conversation; hence, to converse indistinctly, to mumble. Labels: intransitive Example: At Rick's side our local Liberal Party Chairman is smacking his yeoman's paws together and rhubarbing ecstatically in Rick's ear. Example: I suspect it's these pictures that —— and his cronies have in mind when they rhubarb on about iconicity and retro imagery and the 'solid, uncomplicated, talismanic Englishness' (that is, counterfeit Americanness) of the immediate post-war years that I'm supposed to represent. 2. To articulate indistinctly or mumble (words or phrases); to say inconsequential or vague things because one does not know what to say, or to stall for time. Labels: transitive Example: Ordinarily this group of egos rhubarbed about matters as trivial as whose turn it was to order the next round, but tonight they were united in their project, and while men were killing one another all over the world, a strange peace had broken out among America's swim coaches.
Word: pesto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Appears 1850 in Cottage economy, attributed to William Cobbett (but not found in any editions published during his life). From Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛstoʊ/, /ˈpɛstəʊ/ 1. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Inside the house, Paul is in the kitchen bent over a bowl of pesto: thick shiny basil leaves, machete-crushed garlic cloves, pine nuts, onions roasted till their gold edges blacken, and the bright scent of lemon zest.
Word: embedded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English embed Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English embedded From embed + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɛdɪd/, /ɛmˈbɛdɪd/ 1. Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted. Example: Near Maldonado I saw estuary shells of recent species embedded in clay, and raised above the level of a neighbouring fresh-water lake. Example: That is, a program which will execute in an embedded target computer is developed on a host computer which offers extensive support facilities. 2. Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth. 3. Not minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes), i.e. having a proper sub-ideal which is an associated prime.
Word: embedded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English embed Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English embedded From embed + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɛdɪd/, /ɛmˈbɛdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of embed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contentious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin contendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contentiō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contentiō (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”). Equivalent to English contention + -ous. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛn.ʃəs/ 1. Marked by heated arguments or controversy. Example: Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved. Example: His essay[…] is likely to draw a furious response from across the party, where [Tony] Blair’s legacy remains highly contentious. 2. Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord. Example: She was not a contentious person as the Other had been; she did not argue and contradict everything I said.
Word: coalition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin alēscō Latin coalēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin coalitiōder. Middle French coalitionbor. English coalition Borrowed from Middle French coalition, from Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōnem, from Latin coalitus. Compare coalescence. Pronunciation: /kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/, /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ 1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010. Example: At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky. 2. The collective noun for a group of cheetahs. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s heads. Example: Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.
Word: systemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic. Pronunciation: /sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/, /sɪˈstiː.mɪk/, /sɪˈstem.ɪk/, /səˈstem.ək/, /ˈsɪs.ʈə.mɪk/ 1. Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society. Labels: not-comparable Example: We can learn from the incidents found it the project database - looking at them and understanding what happened and what might have been done differently. We can see past errors, including systemic issues that required attention at managerial levels. 2. Pertaining to an entire organism. Labels: not-comparable Example: Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Word: selfless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English self Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English selfless From self + -less. 1. Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish. Example: In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life. Example: Because a certain degree of selfless behavior is essential to the smooth performance of any human group, selflessness run amok can crop up in political contexts.
Word: spiflicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently made up to resemble a word of Latin origin. 1. To confound, silence or dumbfound. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To beat severely. Labels: dated, transitive 3. To stifle, suffocate, kill. Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive Example: So out with your whinger at once, and scrag Jane while I spiflicate Johnny 4. To ruin, destroy. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: It completely busts up and spifflicates the medical evidence
Word: tided Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis Proto-Germanic *tīdiz Proto-West Germanic *tīdi Old English tīd Middle English tyde English tide English -ed English tided From tide + -ed. 1. Affected by the tide; having a tide. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum the tided Thames
Word: tided Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis Proto-Germanic *tīdiz Proto-West Germanic *tīdi Old English tīd Middle English tyde English tide English -ed English tided From tide + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of tide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: acquaintedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acquainted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English acquaintedness From acquainted + -ness. 1. State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: conclamation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin conclamatio. 1. An outcry or shout of many together. Labels: rare Example: Mute is their sorrow; such a silent woe A dying man's amazed houshold show, Before his funerall conclamation […]. Example: [T]he Romans let their body lie seven days; mean while using their Ablution in warm Water, and their several Conclamations, as they called them, to try if there was any spirit left in them, which might be awaked and recovered to life again. If after the last Conclamation no sign of life appeared, then Conclamatum est, there was no Remedy, after this Cry they carried them forth to their Funeral-Pile.
Word: lunes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lune Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vaporetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian vapore Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian vaporettobor. English vaporetto Borrowed from Italian vaporetto. 1. A public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice.
Word: bond Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bonden. Pronunciation: /bɒnd/, /bɑnd/, /bɔnd/ 1. To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind. Labels: transitive Example: The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage. 2. To cause to adhere (one material with another). Labels: transitive Example: The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage. 3. To form a chemical compound with. Labels: transitive Example: Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements. 4. To guarantee or secure a financial risk. Labels: transitive Example: The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter. Example: The existence of such [criminal] records can and has been a barrier to men who wish to obtain a job that requires bonding (such as working in a bank). 5. To form a friendship or emotional connection. Example: The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam. 6. To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid. Labels: transitive 7. To lay bricks in a specific pattern. Labels: transitive 8. To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors). Labels: transitive Example: A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.
Word: bond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bonde (“peasant, servant, bondman”), from Old English bōnda, būnda (“householder, freeman, plebeian, husband”), perhaps from Old Norse bóndi (“husbandman, householder”, literally “dweller”), or a contraction of Old English būend (“dweller, inhabitant”), both from Proto-Germanic *būwandz (“dweller”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”). See also bower, boor. Pronunciation: /bɒnd/, /bɑnd/, /bɔnd/ 1. A peasant; churl. 2. A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
Word: bond Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bonde (“peasant, servant, bondman”), from Old English bōnda, būnda (“householder, freeman, plebeian, husband”), perhaps from Old Norse bóndi (“husbandman, householder”, literally “dweller”), or a contraction of Old English būend (“dweller, inhabitant”), both from Proto-Germanic *būwandz (“dweller”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”). See also bower, boor. Pronunciation: /bɒnd/, /bɑnd/, /bɔnd/ 1. Subject to the tenure called bondage. 2. In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free. 3. Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave. Example: bond fear
Word: mayo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/ 1. Clipping of mayonnaise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: Pass me the mayo, please. 2. A white person. Labels: Internet, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur 3. Exaggeration. Labels: Australia, countable, informal, uncountable Example: Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told? Example: [Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week? [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game because I put a bit of mayo on it to see if I could milk a free kick.
Word: English bond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See English and bond. 1. In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that one course has the short sides of the bricks (headers) facing outwards, and the next course has the long sides of the bricks (stretchers) facing outwards.
Word: Flemish bond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Flemish and bond. 1. In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that each course consists of alternate bricks having their short sides (headers) and long sides (stretchers) facing outwards, with alternate courses being offset.
Word: joan Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of jone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bell-bottom trousers Part of Speech: noun 1. Trousers with a wide flair towards the bottom of the legs, permitting them to be rolled-up above the knee; traditionally worn by sailors. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: crow's feet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English crowes feet. 1. Wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: wrinkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkwǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Danish rynke (“wrinkle”), Swedish rynka and rynkla (“wrinkle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/ 1. A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface. 2. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue. Example: Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner. 3. A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out. Example: We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it. 4. A twist on something existing; a novel difference. Labels: informal Example: We've added a couple of new wrinkles to the policy. Example: There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle—Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.”
Word: wrinkle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/ 1. To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles. Labels: transitive Example: Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive. Example: her wrinkled form in black and white array'd 2. To pucker or become uneven or irregular. Labels: intransitive Example: An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle. 3. To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age. Labels: intransitive Example: The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts. 4. To sneer (at). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at
Word: wrinkle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/ 1. A winkle Labels: US, dialectal
Word: otherwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English otherwise, othre wise, from Old English on ōþre wīsan (literally “in (on) other/different manner”); equivalent to other + -wise. Compare West Frisian yn oarwei (“otherwise”), Icelandic öðruvísi (“different”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌð.əˌwaɪz/, /ˈʌð.ɚˌwaɪz/ 1. Differently, in another way. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: contrarily, contrastingly Example: You may have a point, but I think otherwise. 2. In different circumstances; or else. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: I’m not well today, otherwise I would have helped. Example: You have to open your umbrella, otherwise you'll get wet. 3. In all other respects; apart from that; except for this. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: He lost his temper once in a while. Otherwise he behaved rationally. Example: There was one rotten apple in an otherwise perfect batch.
Word: otherwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English otherwise, othre wise, from Old English on ōþre wīsan (literally “in (on) other/different manner”); equivalent to other + -wise. Compare West Frisian yn oarwei (“otherwise”), Icelandic öðruvísi (“different”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌð.əˌwaɪz/, /ˈʌð.ɚˌwaɪz/ 1. Other than supposed; different. Labels: not-comparable Example: He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise. Example: Statistics need lots of information, digital and otherwise.
Word: rucksack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Rucksack. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌkˌsæk/, /ˈɹʊkˌsæk/ 1. A bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps. Labels: Northeastern, UK, US
Word: schoolchild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + child. Pronunciation: /ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/, /ˈsku.əlt͡ʃaɪld/ 1. A young person attending school or of an age to attend school. Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. Example: […] the Wisconsin legislature passed a law providing incentives for transfers of schoolchildren in the metropolitan area, both intradistrict and interdistrict.
Word: stench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”). Pronunciation: /stɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. a strong foul smell; a stink. 2. A foul quality. Labels: figuratively Example: the stench of political corruption 3. A smell or odour, not necessarily bad. Labels: obsolete Example: Black bulls, and bearded goats on altars lie; / And clouds of ſav'ry ſtench involve the ſky.
Word: stench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”). Pronunciation: /stɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink. Labels: obsolete Example: Dead bards stench every coast 2. To stanch.
Word: orange blossom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orange + blossom. 1. The fragrant white flower of the orange tree, Citrus sinensis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "How beautiful are these orange flowers!" said Francesea, pointing to a superb stand of that most lovely shrub, where the golden fruit, the snowy flower, and the polished blossom, hung together.
Word: state flower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See state and flower 1. The flower officially chosen as a symbol for a state of the United States.
Word: atmospheric tide Part of Speech: noun 1. Pressure waves in the atmosphere similar to the tides of the ocean, produced by the gravitational influence of the moon and by thermal expansion and contraction.
Word: scrawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”), itself an alteration of spraulen (“to sprawl”) or craulen, crawlen (“to crawl”). Alternatively, from scrall, a contraction of scrabble. Pronunciation: /skɹɔːl/, /skɹoːl/, /skɹɔl/, /skɹɑl/, /skɹɒl/ 1. Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hastily or carelessly written note etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Writing that lacks literary merit. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A broken branch of a tree. Labels: countable, uncommon 5. The young of the dog-crab. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: scrawl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”), itself an alteration of spraulen (“to sprawl”) or craulen, crawlen (“to crawl”). Alternatively, from scrall, a contraction of scrabble. Pronunciation: /skɹɔːl/, /skɹoːl/, /skɹɔl/, /skɹɑl/, /skɹɒl/ 1. To write something hastily or illegibly. Labels: transitive Example: She scrawled the main points onto her notepad. 2. To write in an irregular or illegible manner. Labels: intransitive 3. To write unskilfully and inelegantly. Labels: intransitive Example: c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift (probably), Sandys's Ghost Though with a golden pen you scrawl.
Word: scrawl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scraulen (“to crawl”), itself an alteration of crawlen (“to crawl”). More at crawl. Pronunciation: /skɹɔːl/, /skɹoːl/, /skɹɔl/, /skɹɑl/, /skɹɒl/ 1. To creep; crawl; to move slowly, with difficulty, fearfully, or stealthily. Example: we will scrape and scrawl, and catch and pull to us all that we may get Example: When I saw him scrawlen on the plain, My heart aw flacker'd for't, I was sae fain.
Word: tide day Part of Speech: noun 1. The interval between two high tides at a given place that are around a day apart (equal to 1.03505010026781 days, or 1 day, 50 minutes, 28.33 seconds)
Word: handwriting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + writing, equal to handwrite + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhændɹaɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Text that was written by hand. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The characteristic writing of a particular person. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He took up the letter: well did he know the delicate and graceful handwriting; but he saw that the characters were tremulous, and it had obviously been written at different times. Example: It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students. 4. A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: And, my friend believes, Armedov is getting paid by...? Yes, our friends at Langley! CIA handwriting all over it, he reckons! Example: The show needs to portray the designer's handwriting but it should also be innovative too.
Word: handwriting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + writing, equal to handwrite + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhændɹaɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of handwrite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tide dial Part of Speech: noun 1. A sundial marking canonical hours. 2. An elliptical plate marking the state of the ocean tides.
Word: tide gate Part of Speech: noun 1. An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide moves in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction. 2. A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate.
Word: tide gauge Part of Speech: noun 1. A gauge for showing the height of the tide, particularly one continuously updated.
Word: tide lock Part of Speech: noun 1. A lock situated between an enclosed basin or a canal and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide
Word: tide mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A mill operated by tidal currents. 2. A mill for clearing lands of tide water.
Word: tide rip Part of Speech: noun 1. A body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents.
Word: tide table Part of Speech: noun 1. A table giving the time of when the tide will be high or low at a particular place.
Word: guideline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guide + line. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn/ 1. A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour. Example: He considered the Ten Commandments more as a guideline than a requirement. Example: In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation. 2. A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action. 3. A light line, used in lettering, to help align the text.
Word: guideline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From guide + line. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn/ 1. To provide guidelines for. Example: Now we are not just guidelining the work, but implementing it as well. That extra step allows us to fully flesh out every element of the visual language and drive the strategy home.
Word: tidewater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tide + water. 1. Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their mission in life was to tote bituminous coal out of the mountain fastness of West Virginia and move it west to the gateways of Deepwater, Columbus and Toledo and east to tidewater at Hampton Roads. 2. The seaboard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was born Mary Blair Rice, the daughter of a prominent tidewater Virginia family whose roots stretched back to the colonial era. 3. A structure or house with large wraparound porches and hip roofs designed for wet and hot climates. Labels: attributive, countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: tide wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A water wheel operated by the ebb and flow of the tide.
Word: guidance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guide + -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdəns/ 1. The act or process of guiding. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Advice or counselling on some topic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: divine guidance Example: The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model. 3. Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tide waiter Part of Speech: noun 1. A customs inspector at a seaport who oversees the landing of goods from merchant vessels in order to secure payment of duties. Labels: UK, historical Example: "Your morning letters, if I remember right, were from a fish-monger and a tide-waiter." Example: Great employments are and will be in the hands of Englishmen; nothing left for the younger sons of Irishmen, but vicarages, tidewaiters places, &c. therefore no reason to make them worse. 2. A person who watches public opinion before declaring their own.
Word: customs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌs.təmz/ 1. The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France. 2. The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods. Labels: singular, uncountable Example: Customs stopped us in the airport for an inspection. 3. The process of going through customs checks at a border checkpoint. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They usually don't care about customs, but she was clearly planning on selling most of it. 4. The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "You said someone from Cubetown was gonna meet us here at the airport?" "Yeah. We go through customs, then they'll meet us outside baggage claim."
Word: customs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌs.təmz/ 1. plural of custom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: customs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌs.təmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of custom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inspector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈspɛk.təː/, [ɪnˈspɛk.tʰəː], /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/, [ɪnˈspɛk.tʰɚ] ~ [ɪnˈspɛk.tʰɹ̩] 1. A person employed to inspect something. Example: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.[…]. Example: Martin had served as inspector general since December 2023. While President Donald Trump fired inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies during his first week in office, the USAID watchdog had remained in place. 2. A police officer ranking below superintendent. 3. A software tool used to examine something. Example: Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity;[…]. Example: After that, with the help of the disk inspector, you can at any time compare the status of programs and system disk areas with the original one.
Word: seaport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + port. 1. A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo. Example: For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.
Word: facilities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fəˈsɪlɪtiz/, /fəˈsɪlɪdiz/ 1. plural of facility Labels: form-of, plural