nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bulldog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/, /ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/, /ˈbʊl.dɑɡ/ 1. A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs. 2. A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs. 3. A stubborn or determined person. Example: We need a lawyer who will fight for our case, a real bulldog. Example: His bulldog determination was destined to bring him the opportunity he was seeking. 4. A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill. 5. One of the proctors' officers. Labels: UK Example: […] and was confronted by a “bulldog,” a proctor's assistant in charge of discipline, who asked if he was a member of the university since he wasn't wearing a gown, and he was able to say that he wasn't, […] 6. Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat. 7. A bulldog edition. Labels: US Example: The bulldog's just gone to press. 8. Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish. 9. The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover. Labels: UK, capitalized, sometimes Example: "... playing bulldog in the yard so I know you're fit enough to fight. Have you decided when you're coming back?” Example: […] playing bulldog on the plaza in front of the meeting hall.
Word: bulldog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/, /ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/, /ˈbʊl.dɑɡ/ 1. To force oneself (in a particular direction). Labels: intransitive, often Example: So to give you some idea, we had scenarios where Yamato came steaming over the horizon and just bulldogged its way straight through the American battleline, and the whole thing was done and dusted inside of an hour, with 18-inch shells just blowing apart anything in sight. 2. To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance). Labels: transitive
Word: ahlspiess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Ahlspieß. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.spiːʃ/ 1. A polearm used in Germany in the 15th century. Labels: historical
Word: cicada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkeɪ.də/, /sɪˈkɑː.də/, [sɪˈkʰeɪ̯.də], [sɪˈkʰɑː.də], /sɪˈkɑ.də/ 1. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. Example: Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals. 2. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. Example: The emergence years of the principal cicada broods have now been recorded for a long time, and the oldest record of a swarm is that of the appearance of the “locusts” in New England two hundred and ninety-five years ago. Example: Last year, the Brood I cicadas were found in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. The cicadas that will emerge in New Jersey this year are part of Brood II or The East Coast Brood. They will also be found in Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Word: pease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pese (“pea”), from Old English pise (“pea”), from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea”), from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson), variant of πίσος (písos). Pronunciation: /piːz/ 1. Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic Example: Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, […] Example: It was fiercely cold, but I was a good deal warmed when the lad who drove me, talking of the crops of the country, spoke of “the peasen.” Thank God! I said to myself, there is still some smack of old England left in the land.
Word: pease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pese (“pea”), from Old English pise (“pea”), from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea”), from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson), variant of πίσος (písos). Pronunciation: /piːz/ 1. plural of pea Labels: archaic, form-of, plural Example: The due proportion for any land (except it be a very light blowing ſand) is two beans for one pea; by which means, they will be (without doubt) a ſtanding crop, as the beans will be (as it were, a rodding for the peaſe; in this caſe they are aſſiſtants to each other; for as the peaſe are kept ſtanding, and form (as it were) an arch over the top of the bean, the circulating air is admitted round them to aſſiſt in feeding the corning part thereof. Example: Experience ſhows that the common pea, whether white or grey, cannot be reared to perfection in any field which has not been either naturally or artificially impregnated with ſome calcareous matter.—Hence it happens, that peaſe are rarely cultivated univerſally as a field crop, unleſs in thoſe parts of the country where either lime, of marle, or chalk abound. But, on the ſeacoaſt, where ſhell-fiſh are often catched in abundance, we meet with a few exceptions to this general rule. It is pretty remarkable, that a ſoil which could hardly have made one pea come to perfection, although richly manured with dung,—if it ſhall have been once limed, ſhall be capable of producing abundant crops of peaſe ever afterwards, if duly prepared in other reſpects.
Word: pease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman paiser, pesser et al., Old French paisier, aphetic form of apaisier (“to appease”). Probably also partly from aphetic use of appease. Pronunciation: /piːz/ 1. To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile. Labels: obsolete 2. To bring (a war, conflict) to an end. Labels: obsolete 3. To placate, appease (someone). Labels: obsolete Example: And yf this come to the rulers eares, we wyll pease him, and make you safe.
Word: peasen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pesen, from Old English pisan, plural of pise. Equivalent to pease + -en (plural ending). 1. plural of pease Labels: archaic, form-of, plural
Word: -ible Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ible, from Old French -ible, from Latin -ibilis. Pronunciation: /ɪbəl/, /əbəl/ 1. An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning "able to be", "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with", or expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense. Labels: morpheme Example: convertible
Word: -ible Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -i- + -bulum (instrumental suffix) or -bula (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom. Related to Latin suffixes -brum (candelabrum) and -bra (vertebra). Pronunciation: /ɪbəl/, /əbəl/ 1. An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing: Labels: morpheme Example: crucible, mandible, thurible 2. An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing: Labels: morpheme
Word: rare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin rārus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“friable, thin”). Displaced native English geason (“rare, scarce”) (from Middle English gesen, from Old English gǣsne); and largely displaced Middle English seld (“rare, uncommon”) (from Old English selden) and Middle English seldscene (“rare, rarely seen, infrequent”) (from Old English seldsēne) hence modern English seld Pronunciation: /ɹɛə/, /ɹɛː/, /ɹɛɚ/, /ɹɛɹ/, /ɹeː/ 1. Very uncommon; scarce. Example: Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable. Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. 2. Small in number (but not unusual); infrequent; sparse. Example: The anterior and posterior skin of the upper chest and shoulders demonstrated irregularly jagged borders with areas of soot and charring focally. The soft and bony tissues underlying the borders were markedly damaged by presumed explosive injuries. There were rare abrasions and contusions of the chest and upper extremities. The lower extremities demonstrated rare abrasions and contusions as well as severe lacerations of the anteromedial knees with underlying fractures of the distal aspects of the femora (Image 4). Example: Moreover, the SF [Superficial fascia] splits to surround vessels and nerves, ensuring their patency, and forms the so-called retinacula cutis, which has the function of connecting the SF to the skin (retinacula cutis superficialis, or skin ligaments) and to the deep fascia (retinacula cutis profundis), to provide a dynamic and flexible anchor of the skin to underlying tissues [16,20]. The deep septa are rare, thin, and oblique and have an apparent lesser organization, allowing great autonomy between superficial and deep fascia. 3. Thin; of low density. 4. Good; enjoyable. Labels: UK, slang Example: Sees her reflection in a butcher shop. She finds it all quite rare That her meat's all vanity fair. 5. Cool; excellent. Labels: US, slang Example: I whistled for a cab and when it came near / The license plate said ‘fresh’ and it had dice in the mirror. / If anything I could say that this cab was rare.
Word: rare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin rārus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“friable, thin”). Displaced native English geason (“rare, scarce”) (from Middle English gesen, from Old English gǣsne); and largely displaced Middle English seld (“rare, uncommon”) (from Old English selden) and Middle English seldscene (“rare, rarely seen, infrequent”) (from Old English seldsēne) hence modern English seld Pronunciation: /ɹɛə/, /ɹɛː/, /ɹɛɚ/, /ɹɛɹ/, /ɹeː/ 1. A scarce or uncommon item. Example: Most of the time, you do this by trading low-valued rares for more valuable ones or trading uncommons for rares. Other times it's trading cards that are in print for ones that are out of print, or low-value rares for good uncommons.
Word: rare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a dialectal variant of rear, from Middle English rere, from Old English hrēr, hrēre (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hrēran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hrōr (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”). More at rear. Pronunciation: /ɹɛə/, /ɹɛː/, /ɹɛɚ/, /ɹɛɹ/, /ɹeː/ 1. Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red. Example: Then Curds and Cream, the Flow'r of Country Fare, / And new-laid Eggs, which Baucis’ buſie Care / Turn’d by a gentle Fire, and roaſted rare.
Word: rare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of rear. Pronunciation: /ɹɛə/, /ɹɛː/, /ɹɛɚ/, /ɹɛɹ/, /ɹeː/ 1. To rear, rise up, start backwards. Labels: US, intransitive Example: Frank pretended to rare back as if bedazzled, shielding his eyes with a forearm. 2. To rear, bring up, raise. Labels: US, transitive Example: Here I have to say that I was walking along dark-hearted, my nose out of joint about Audie's notice of her, for just as quickly as my feelings kindled, my old envy rared.
Word: rare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare rather, rath. Pronunciation: /ɹɛə/, /ɹɛː/, /ɹɛɚ/, /ɹɛɹ/, /ɹeː/ 1. Early. Labels: obsolete Example: The men, that sway / In work of those tools that so fit our state, / Are rude mechanicals, that rare and late / Work in the market-place;
Word: crayfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from a substrate word folk-etymologically influenced by this root. Akin to Old High German krebiz (Modern German Krebs (“crustacean, crab, crayfish”)), Middle Low German krēvet (“crab, crayfish”), Dutch kreeft (“crayfish, lobster”), Old English crabba (“crab”). More at crab. Doublet of crevette, crevis, and Krebs. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller. 2. Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller. Labels: New-England, Pennsylvania 3. A rock lobster (family Palinuridae). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa 4. A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby. Labels: Australia 5. The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae). Labels: Singapore
Word: crayfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from a substrate word folk-etymologically influenced by this root. Akin to Old High German krebiz (Modern German Krebs (“crustacean, crab, crayfish”)), Middle Low German krēvet (“crab, crayfish”), Dutch kreeft (“crayfish, lobster”), Old English crabba (“crab”). More at crab. Doublet of crevette, crevis, and Krebs. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪˌfɪʃ/ 1. To catch crayfish. Labels: intransitive 2. Alternative spelling of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lobster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster). Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒb.stə/, /ˈlɑb.stɚ/ 1. A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform). Labels: countable, historical, slang, uncountable Example: […] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […] 6. An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: lobster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster). Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒb.stə/, /ˈlɑb.stɚ/ 1. To fish for lobsters.
Word: lobster Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster). Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒb.stə/, /ˈlɑb.stɚ/ 1. Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
Word: mobile game Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic game played using a cellular phone.
Word: domestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”). Pronunciation: /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/, /-stək/, /dəˈmes.tɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the home. 2. Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur. Example: domestic violence; domestic hot water Example: The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse. 3. Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet. Example: It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals. 4. Internal to a specific country. Example: domestic terrorism Example: The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones. 5. Tending to stay at home; not outgoing. Example: “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily. Example: Homosexual men were non-warlike and homosexual women non-domestic, so that their energies sought different outlets from those of ordinary men and women; they became the initiators of new activities.
Word: domestic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”). Pronunciation: /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/, /-stək/, /dəˈmes.tɪk/ 1. A maid or household servant. Example: It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up with intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, without being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always keep a Flapper (the Original is Climenole) in their Family, as one of their Domeſticks, nor ever walk abroad or make Viſits without him. Example: Her fears thus prevailing, she communicated them to her mother as soon as the object of them had retired, who not in the least participating in them, they gradually subsided; but for an interval only, for, when retired to her chamber, during the hours of repose, every sound intimidated her; the growling of their faithful dog, or a halfsuppressed bark, brought the looks of the new domestic again before her sight. 2. A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent. Labels: colloquial, informal Example: 2005, Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttps://web.archive.org/web/20060618212243/http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly. Example: Nobody wanted to join the 'Cardigan Squad' – so-called because Child Protection officers were seen as woolly, glorified social workers that mopped up after domestics.
Word: leukaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leukemia. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: 1979, Medical Association of South Africa, South African Medical Journal, Volume 55, Issues 1-14, page 9, On the other hand, adult respiratory distress syndrome is a prominent complication in patients with acute leukaemia and to this must be added the whole spectrum of opportunistic infections. Example: 1992, Charles L. Sawyers, The bcr-abl Gene in Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia, Owen N. Witte (editor), Cancer Surveys, Volume 15: Oncogenes in the Development of Leukaemia, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, page 37, The molecular biologists′ vision that the cloning of the chromosomal translocations found in human leukaemias would lead to the identification of the genes that cause these leukaemias has become a reality with the demonstration that the fusion protein generated by the chromosomal translocation found in chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) can induce leukaemia in mice (Daley et al, 1990; Kelliher et al, 1990).
Word: crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crabbe (“wild apple”), of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect skrabba (“sour apple, apple cart”). Pronunciation: /kɹæb/, /ˈkɹab/, /ˈkɾab/, /ˈkɻab/, /ˈkɹɛb/ 1. A crab apple or wild apple. Example: I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts; Example: Just as by cultivation the acrid wild crab has been developed into the beautiful and luscious apple, may the unripe, ill-fed, neglected wild fruits of the fields and slums be developed into pure and noble and beautiful men and women. 2. A tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use. 3. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. Example: She swore to such things , that I could do nothing but swear and call names : upon which out bolts her husband upon me , with a fine taper crab in his hand and fell upon me with such violence , that , being half delirious , I made a full confession 4. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. 5. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. 6. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. 7. A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
Word: crab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crabbe (“wild apple”), of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect skrabba (“sour apple, apple cart”). Pronunciation: /kɹæb/, /ˈkɹab/, /ˈkɾab/, /ˈkɻab/, /ˈkɹɛb/ 1. To irritate, make surly or sour Labels: obsolete 2. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault. 3. To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick Labels: British, dialectal Example: Get you to bed, drab, courage Or l'll so crab your shoulders! Example: I was on a horse named The Skipper, a perfect terror to ride when he was in a bad humour, which he invariably was; nevertheless he was a splendid hunter and I never crabbed him. 4. To offend or insult. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: If I think one thing and speak another, / I will both crab Christ and our Ladie His mother.
Word: crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a corruption of the genus name Carapa Pronunciation: /kɹæb/, /ˈkɹab/, /ˈkɾab/, /ˈkɻab/, /ˈkɹɛb/ 1. The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
Word: crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carabiner. Pronunciation: /kɹæb/, /ˈkɹab/, /ˈkɾab/, /ˈkɻab/, /ˈkɹɛb/ 1. Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: cancerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin cancerātus (“eaten by a cancer”). 1. To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: herein Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English here-inne, her-in, her-inne, hier-ine, from Old English hērinne, from Proto-West Germanic *hērinna, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂rinna, equivalent to here + in. Cognate with West Frisian hjiryn (“herein”), Dutch hierin (“herein”), German hierin (“herein”), Danish heri (“herein”), Swedish häri (“herein”), Icelandic hér í (“herein”). Pronunciation: /hɪɹˈɪn/, /hɪəˈɹɪn/ 1. In this; within this content, context, or thing. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] that if he be not fully satisfied herein, or doubt that the rest of the associates shall not like of the delivery of them to her Majesty in this good manner […] Example: I also claim making the touguing hand-plane in such a manner as to enable the workman to make therewith tongues of various thicknesses, substantially, in the manner herein set forth, whereby I prevent the necessity of providing different tools to tongue planks of different thicknesses.
Word: within Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in. Pronunciation: /wɪðˈɪn/, /wɪˈθɪn/, /wɪθˈɪn/, /wɪtˈɪn/ 1. In the inner part, spatially; physically inside. Example: within her studio Example: O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream? 2. In the scope or range of. Example: within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard Example: England struck back with a fine try from Ben Foden and closed to within seven points with three minutes left when Mark Cueto capitalised on a break from replacement Matt Banahan. 3. Before the specified duration ends. Example: Leave here within three days. Example: On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
Word: within Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in. Pronunciation: /wɪðˈɪn/, /wɪˈθɪn/, /wɪθˈɪn/, /wɪtˈɪn/ 1. In or into the interior; inside. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you would hear it with all these about you, I am ready to speak. Or do we go within?
Word: within Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English withinne, withinnen, from Old English wiþinnan; equivalent to with + in. Pronunciation: /wɪðˈɪn/, /wɪˈθɪn/, /wɪθˈɪn/, /wɪtˈɪn/ 1. In the context of which the present document or ruling is made. Labels: not-comparable Example: the within appeal Example: As part of the within appeal the appellants brought a fresh evidence motion. Although the court did not specifically address the motion in its oral reasons dismissing the appeal, that motion was rejected by the court for the following reasons.
Word: stepchild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stepchild, stepchyld, from Old English stēopċild (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- + child. Compare Dutch stiefkind (“stepchild”), German Stiefkind (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɛp.tʃaɪld/ 1. The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship. Example: On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” and in a lighthearted moment, explained — as she did during the last presidential election cycle — that in her blended family, her stepchildren affectionately call her Momala. Example: Calculating the growth in stepfamilies isn’t simple, but a demographic analysis published last year estimated that about 16 percent of Americans over age 70 have at least one stepchild. […] Overall, stepchildren provide less care to older adults 2. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. Labels: obsolete
Word: kopje Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (South African) Dutch kopje, diminutive of kop (“head”). Pronunciation: /kəʊpi/, /kɒpi/ 1. A small hill or mound, especially on the African veld. Labels: South-Africa Example: In one spot only was the solemn monotony of the plain broken. Near the center a small solitary “kopje” rose. Alone it lay there, a heap of round ironstones piled one upon the other, as over some giant’s grave. Example: We selected a lichenous kopje perhaps fifteen yards away, and landed neatly on its summit one after the other.
Word: redeem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin red- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin redimōbor. Old French redimerbor. Middle English redemen English redeem From Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from red- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdiːm/, /ɾiːˈd̪iːm/ 1. To recover ownership of something by buying it back. Labels: transitive 2. To liberate by payment of a ransom. Labels: transitive 3. To set free by force. Labels: transitive Example: Your Highneſſe needs not doubt but in ſhort time, He will with Tamburlaines deſtruction Redeeme you from this deadly ſeruitude. Example: Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments ... 4. To save, rescue. Labels: transitive 5. To clear, release from debt or blame. Labels: transitive 6. To expiate, atone (for). Labels: transitive 7. To convert (some bond or security) into cash. Labels: transitive 8. To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences). Labels: transitive 9. To repair, restore. Labels: transitive 10. To reform, change (for the better). Labels: transitive 11. To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something. Labels: transitive 12. To reclaim. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: scant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective. Pronunciation: /skænt/, /skant/, /skæːnt/, /skɛnt/ 1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. Example: a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment Example: His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour. 2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. Example: Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. 3. Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described. Example: a scant cup of sugar
Word: scant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective. Pronunciation: /skænt/, /skant/, /skæːnt/, /skɛnt/ 1. To limit in amount or share; to stint. Labels: transitive Example: to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries Example: Scant not my cups. 2. To fail, or become less; to scantle. Labels: intransitive Example: The wind scants.
Word: scant Part of Speech: det Etymology: Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective. Pronunciation: /skænt/, /skant/, /skæːnt/, /skɛnt/ 1. Very little, very few. Example: After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John. Example: (as pronoun) The failure of this project has scant to do with me.
Word: scant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective. Pronunciation: /skænt/, /skant/, /skæːnt/, /skɛnt/ 1. A small piece or quantity. Example: A blonde appeared from the officers' room, wearing a scant of material that passed for issued undergarments. 2. Scarcity; lack. Labels: uncommon Example: As soon as the corpse was placed on the pile, and some prayers muttered by the attendant Bramin, fire was set to it at one of the corners, and the wood being dry, and in great quantity, it soon blazed up and consumed the body to ashes, without any noisome smell, such as however does not unfrequently happen if there is a scant of wood, or rain intervenes to damp it. Example: I was greatly surprised, however, in this very fertile and abundant country, to find so great a scant of provisions in the inns. 3. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. 4. A sheet of stone. 5. A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Word: scant Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective. Pronunciation: /skænt/, /skant/, /skæːnt/, /skɛnt/ 1. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly. Labels: dated, not-comparable, uncommon Example: [A]ske a Stoicke vvhich Philoſophy is true, he vvil preferre his ovvne. Then aske him vvhich approacheth next the truth, he vvill confeſſe the Academiques. So deale vvith the Epicure, that vvill ſcant indure the Stoicke to be in ſight of him, ſo ſoone as he hath placed himſelfe, he vvill place the Academiques next him. Example: So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
Word: founder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/, [ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfæʊ̯n.də/, [ˈfæʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfaːn.də/ 1. One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.). Example: The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg. Example: As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […] 2. A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation). Example: a founder population Example: the founder effect
Word: founder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French fondeur, from Latin fundo (“pour, melt, cast”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/, [ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfæʊ̯n.də/, [ˈfæʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfaːn.də/ 1. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation. Example: The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation. 2. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster. Example: a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types
Word: founder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French fondrer (“send to the bottom”), from Latin fundus (“bottom”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/, [ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfæʊ̯n.də/, [ˈfæʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfaːn.də/ 1. A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
Word: founder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French fondrer (“send to the bottom”), from Latin fundus (“bottom”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/, [ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfæʊ̯n.də/, [ˈfæʊ̯n.dəː], /ˈfaːn.də/ 1. To flood with water and sink. Labels: intransitive Example: We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea. Example: This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the continual tolling of a bell in a ship that is foundering at sea in a fog—in such tones he commenced reading the following hymn;(...) 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame. Labels: especially, intransitive 3. To fail; to miscarry. Labels: intransitive Example: All his tricks founder. Example: The other ambitions, and much of Prescott's plan, foundered just south of Hatfield that October, when a GNER express derailed on a shattered rail […], plunging the railway into a crisis that led to private track owner Railtrack being put into administration. 4. To cause to flood and sink, as a ship. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: We found a strong Tide setting out of the Streights to the Northward, and like to founder our Ship. Example: I was amazed when we came among the breakers (which to me seemed large enough to founder our ship), to see with what wondrous dexterity they carried us through them, and ran their canoes on the top of one of those rolling waves […] 5. To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs. Labels: transitive
Word: dark matter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term is often said to have been coined in 1933 by the Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky in German (as Dunkle Materie), but it had already been in use for decades, in French (matière obscure) by Henri Poincaré as early as 1906, and in English. In contrast to these earlier authors, Zwicky used the term to refer to the apparent mass needed to account for galaxy clusters, where the mass of luminous matter did not add up to enough of a gravitational effect, which led him to infer the existence of nonluminous matter to account for the missing mass. The term gained new popularity in the 1970s as a result of Vera Rubin's publishing (in English) her discovery that some galaxies did not seem to have enough mass to account for their rotation curves. 1. Matter which cannot be detected by its radiation but whose presence is inferred from gravitational effects. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: The evidence for dark matter in galaxies started to accumulate in the mid-1970s. By the following decade it became clear that essentially all galaxies, including our own Milky Way, are surrounded by extensive halos of dark matter. Example: On large scales like that of clusters of galaxies, gravitational lensing indicates that the dark matter is smoothly distributed, on the average. 2. Matter which has mass but which does not readily interact with normal matter except through gravitational effects. Labels: particle, uncountable 3. Unclassified or poorly understood genetic material. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: polyphiloprogenitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English philoprogenitive English polyphiloprogenitive From poly- + philoprogenitive. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪfɪləpɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪtɪv/ 1. Having many descendants. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Polyphiloprogenitive / The sapient sutlers of the Lord / Drift across the window-panes. 2. Extremely prolific; myriad Labels: not-comparable, rare 3. Having many offspring, characterized by high reproduction Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: perturbate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin perturbātus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)beɪt/ 1. To perturb. Labels: dated, transitive Example: force her blisse to perturbate
Word: perturbation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio. 1. Agitation; the state of being perturbed. Labels: uncountable Example: Reſtore your ſelues, vnto your temper, Fathers; / And, vvithout perturbation, heare me ſpeake: […] Example: But her mind had never been in such perturbation; and it needed a very strong effort to appear attentive and cheerful till the usual hour of separating allowed her the relief of quiet reflection. 2. A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system). Labels: countable Example: Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus. 3. Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies. Labels: countable
Word: disorder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/, /dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/, /dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/ 1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After playing the children left the room in disorder. Example: It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution. 2. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room Example: The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger. 3. A physical or mental malfunction. Labels: countable Example: Near-synonyms: disease, illness (both often synonymous) Example: Bulimia is an eating disorder.
Word: disorder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/, /dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/, /dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/ 1. To throw into a state of disorder. Labels: transitive 2. To knock out of order or sequence. Labels: transitive
Word: database Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base English database From data + base. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/, [ˈdeɪɾəˌbeɪs], /ˈdætəˌbeɪs/, [ˈdæɾəˌbeɪs], /ˈdæːtəˌbeːs/ 1. A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer. Labels: broadly Example: I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer. 2. A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set. Example: The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables. 3. A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set. Labels: broadly, metonymically Example: Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle? 4. A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them. Labels: broadly, metonymically
Word: database Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base English database From data + base. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/, [ˈdeɪɾəˌbeɪs], /ˈdætəˌbeɪs/, [ˈdæɾəˌbeɪs], /ˈdæːtəˌbeːs/ 1. To enter (data) into a database. Labels: transitive Example: The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).
Word: deaf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Dutch doof, German taub, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål døv, Norwegian Nynorsk dauv, Swedish döv, Faroese deyvur, Icelandic daufur. Pronunciation: /dɛf/, /diːf/, /dɛːf/ 1. Unable (or partially able) to hear. Example: My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war. Example: It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf. 2. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive. Example: Those people are deaf to reason. Example: O, that men's ears should be / To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! 3. Of or relating to the community of deaf people. Example: The best place to fight Hollywood deafism is in our deaf schools. If we give our children understanding and appreciation of our rich culture and sign language, the students will gain a deaf heritage and become more creative, more aware, and more assertive global deaf citizens. 4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. Labels: obsolete Example: A deaf murmur through the squadron went. 5. Decayed; tasteless; useless. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: a deaf nut; deaf corn Example: If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deafe, void, light, and naught.
Word: deaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Dutch doof, German taub, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål døv, Norwegian Nynorsk dauv, Swedish döv, Faroese deyvur, Icelandic daufur. Pronunciation: /dɛf/, /diːf/, /dɛːf/ 1. A deaf person. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: Among the second group of philanthropic educational institutions the institutes for the deafs and dumbs must be mentioned. Example: Negotiations for South Vietnam's political future and the enforcement of cease-fire between two sides progressed like a conversation between two deafs.
Word: deaf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Dutch doof, German taub, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål døv, Norwegian Nynorsk dauv, Swedish döv, Faroese deyvur, Icelandic daufur. Pronunciation: /dɛf/, /diːf/, /dɛːf/ 1. To deafen. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: It is enough, my hearing shall be punish'd With what shall happen, -- 'gainst the which there is No deafing -- but to hear, not taint mine eye With dread sights that it may shun. Example: Svvift as a VVhirl-vvind to the Nurſe he flyes; / And deafs his ſtormy Subjects vvith his cries.
Word: dang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋ/, [ˈdæŋ], /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈdɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Damn. Labels: euphemistic
Word: dang Part of Speech: intj Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋ/, [ˈdæŋ], /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈdɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Damn. Labels: euphemistic
Word: dang Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋ/, [ˈdæŋ], /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈdɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Damn. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable
Word: dang Part of Speech: adv Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋ/, [ˈdæŋ], /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈdɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Damn. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: Draining your pasta water (and reserving a bit for your pasta sauce recipe) is so dang easy with this clip-on strainer. Plus, it wastes waaay less cabinet space than a traditional colander.