nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *buzdǭ (compare archaic German Butte (“rosehip”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare also German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Dutch bot (“bud”), regional German Butz, Butzen (“seed pod; apple core”), German Low German Haagbutt ("rosehip"; Haagbudden (“rosehips”, plural)). Pronunciation: /bʌd/ 1. To form buds. Labels: intransitive Example: The trees are finally starting to bud. Example: And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 2. To reproduce by splitting off buds. Labels: intransitive Example: Yeast reproduces by budding. 3. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn. Labels: intransitive Example: Seeds of dissent were budding among the recruits. 4. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise. Labels: intransitive Example: Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet, / Whither away, or where is thy abode? 5. To put forth as a bud. Labels: transitive Example: What appeared the same to us really wasn't. Every day was different, if we looked closely enough. Like the topiary tree that finally budded a rose after Terrence died: […] Example: Once, he was put on a course of potent hormone pills, coming off them when he woke up one morning to discover he was budding breasts 6. To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree. Labels: transitive
Word: bud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from buddy. Pronunciation: /bʌd/ 1. Buddy, friend. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night. Example: Anna's best bud, John (Malcolm Cumming), harbors a secret crush on her, which is indicative of the lazier, more derivative portions of the story that simply repeat tropes rather than comment on them. 2. Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person. Labels: Canada, informal Example: [T]hen he shrugged his shoulders and said, with admirable philosophy: "Well, that's life, ain't it, bud?" 3. Brother. Labels: informal, rare Example: So I'm walking along, minding my own business, right, and suddenly I found myself trapped in a nuclear family. Oh, they were all around me, mom, dad, bud, sis.
Word: stamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *stampōną Proto-Germanic *stampijaną? Proto-West Germanic *stampijander. Old English stempan Old English *stampian Middle English stampen English stamp From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish stąpać (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step. Marks indicating that postage had been paid were originally made by stamping the item to be mailed; when affixed pieces of paper were introduced for this purpose, the term “stamp” was transferred to cover this new form. Pronunciation: /stæmp/ 1. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. Example: The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs. Example: Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared. 2. An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping. Example: My passport has quite a collection of stamps. 3. A device for imprinting designs. Example: She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps. Example: Close to the register is a box of stamps adorned with logos of local business, including one for B cup cafe around the block. 4. A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees. Example: I need one first-class stamp to send this letter. Example: Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here. 5. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work. Example: These stamps have a Christmas theme. 6. A tattoo. Labels: figuratively, slang 7. A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide. Labels: slang 8. A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores. 9. Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence. Example: the stamp of criminality Example: It is trial and examination must give it price, and not any antique fashion; and though it be not yet current by the public stamp, yet it may, for all that, be as old as nature, and is certainly not the less genuine.
Word: stamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *stampōną Proto-Germanic *stampijaną? Proto-West Germanic *stampijander. Old English stempan Old English *stampian Middle English stampen English stamp From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish stąpać (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step. Marks indicating that postage had been paid were originally made by stamping the item to be mailed; when affixed pieces of paper were introduced for this purpose, the term “stamp” was transferred to cover this new form. Pronunciation: /stæmp/ 1. To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. Labels: intransitive Example: The toddler screamed and stamped, but still got no candy. 2. To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. Labels: transitive Example: The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation. Example: The native peoples with vocal cords located in the respiratory organs initiate simple communication with slimes by stamping their feet. 3. To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Labels: transitive Example: Vnder my feet I stampe thy Cardinalls Hat: Example: He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. 4. To mark by pressing quickly and heavily. Labels: transitive Example: This machine stamps the metal cover with a design. Example: This machine stamps the design into the metal cover. 5. To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol. Labels: transitive Example: The immigration officer stamped my passport. 6. To apply postage stamps to. Labels: transitive Example: I forgot to stamp this letter. 7. To mark; to impress. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: , Book IV, Chapter X God […] has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. Example: England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.
Word: physical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/, [ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl] ~ [ˈfɪz.ɪ.kl̩] 1. Of medicine. Labels: obsolete 2. Of medicine. Labels: obsolete Example: Her father was thrown from his horse, when his blood was in a very inflammatory state, and the bruises were very dangerous; his recovery was not expected by the physical tribe. 3. Of medicine. Labels: obsolete Example: Phisicall [translating φαρμακώδεις (pharmakṓdeis)] herbes, as Helleborum, Lingewort, or Beares foote. Example: Is Brutus sick? and is it physical / To walk unbraced, and suck up the humours / Of the dank morning? 4. Of matter and nature. Example: It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind. Example: Labour, then, in the physical world, is […] employed in putting objects in motion. 5. Of matter and nature. Example: The substance has a number of interesting physical properties. Example: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. 6. Of matter and nature. 7. Of the human body. Example: Insults can hurt a lot more than physical injuries. Example: Are you feeling any physical effects? 8. Of the human body. Example: to get physical 9. Of the human body. Example: This team plays a very physical game, so watch out. Example: Hardy is perfect. He’s physical and monosyllabic. 10. Of a piece of media, existing as a tangible object instead of being digital. Example: There is just something so amazing about reading a physical book as compared to an e-book.
Word: physical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/, [ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl] ~ [ˈfɪz.ɪ.kl̩] 1. A physical examination. Example: How long has it been since your last physical? 2. A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification. Example: "I don't mind readings and clairvoyance, but the physicals do try you."
Word: station Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand). Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃən/, /(ɪ)ʂʈeːʃən/, /(sə)ʈeːʃən/ 1. To put in place to perform a task. Labels: passive, transitive, usually Example: The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors. Example: I was stationed on the pier. 2. To put in place to perform military duty. Labels: transitive Example: They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out. Example: I was stationed at Fort Richie. 3. To play in the manner of a calling station. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: supreme Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English suppreme, partly from Middle French suppreme, supreme and partly from its etymon, Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus (“that is above”). In the cooking sense, partly an independent borrowing of French suprême, partly merged with the existing English word. Doublet of supremo. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/, /ˌs(j)ʊˈpɹiːm/, /ˌs(j)əˈpɹiːm/, /ˌsuˈpɹim/, /səˈpɹim/ 1. Dominant, having power over all others. Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. 2. Greatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost. Labels: postpositional, sometimes Example: supreme disgust Example: supreme courage 3. Situated at the highest part or point.
Word: supreme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English suppreme, partly from Middle French suppreme, supreme and partly from its etymon, Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus (“that is above”). In the cooking sense, partly an independent borrowing of French suprême, partly merged with the existing English word. Doublet of supremo. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/, /ˌs(j)ʊˈpɹiːm/, /ˌs(j)əˈpɹiːm/, /ˌsuˈpɹim/, /səˈpɹim/ 1. To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds. Labels: transitive
Word: supreme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English suppreme, partly from Middle French suppreme, supreme and partly from its etymon, Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus (“that is above”). In the cooking sense, partly an independent borrowing of French suprême, partly merged with the existing English word. Doublet of supremo. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/, /ˌs(j)ʊˈpɹiːm/, /ˌs(j)əˈpɹiːm/, /ˌsuˈpɹim/, /səˈpɹim/ 1. The highest point. 2. A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc. Example: Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease. 3. A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached. 4. Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.
Word: supremacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia. Pronunciation: /suˈpɹɛməsi/ 1. The quality of being supreme. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Power over all others. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable, usually Example: white supremacy Example: Fighting a war against Hitler's Nazi ideology, with its doctrine of Aryan supremacy and its "final solution" to protect against an "inferior people," accentuated the final irony of an America fighting a racist ideology while trying to keep its own racist ideology intact. 4. A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable, usually
Word: immortal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“companion, royal bodyguard”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/, /ɪˈmɔːtəl/ 1. Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying. Labels: not-comparable 2. Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered. Labels: not-comparable Example: his immortal words 3. Connected with or relating to immortality. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have immortal longings in me. 4. Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: immortal and mercyless butchery
Word: immortal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“companion, royal bodyguard”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/, /ɪˈmɔːtəl/ 1. One who is not susceptible to death. Example: The brutal insouciance of her fellow immortals — whether her sharp-tongued mother, Perse; or chilly Hermes; or righteous Athena enraged — proves increasingly alien to this thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly. 2. A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon. 3. A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon. Example: Anand's Immortal 4. A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army. 5. A member of the Académie française. 6. An administrator of a multi-user dungeon. Labels: Internet Example: Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance^([sic]).
Word: mortal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). In this sense, displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.təl/, /ˈmɔɹ.təl/, [ˈmɔɹ.ɾɫ̩] 1. Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. 2. Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). Example: Blyndfold he was; and in his cruell fist A mortall bow and arrowes keene did hold […] Example: into the plain Disgorged at length, the dead and the alive, In one dread mass, were parted, and the stain Of blood from mortal steel fell o’er the fields like rain. 3. Punishable by death. 4. Fatally vulnerable. Example: Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. 5. Of or relating to the time of death. Example: Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. 6. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly; related to a life-and-death struggle. Example: mortal enemy Example: The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. 7. Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal. Example: mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power Example: The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. 8. Very painful or tedious; wearisome. Example: a sermon lasting two mortal hours 9. Very drunk. Labels: Geordie, Scotland, slang Example: Thats^([sic]) nothing, says Tequila Sheila, who told how the summer she was housemaid in The Saint Columba she took this guy back to the staff flats while mortal on slammers and crashed out on him before anything could happen. 10. Causing spiritual death (the destruction of charity in the soul) and thus, a disruption of one's relationship with God. 11. An intensifier. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: "We will do any mortal thing you like, Max, if you will allow Parkinson to administer a bromo-seltzer and then enable me to meet the officials of the Direct Insurance without a blush."
Word: mortal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). In this sense, displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.təl/, /ˈmɔɹ.təl/, [ˈmɔɹ.ɾɫ̩] 1. A human; someone susceptible to death. Example: Her wisdom was beyond that of a mere mortal. Example: Lord what fools these mortals be!
Word: mortal Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). In this sense, displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.təl/, /ˈmɔɹ.təl/, [ˈmɔɹ.ɾɫ̩] 1. Mortally; enough to cause death. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: It's mortal cold out there.
Word: mortality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), from mors (“death”); equivalent to mortal + -ity. Pronunciation: /mɔɹˈtælɪti/ 1. The state or quality of being mortal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [H]er minde remembreth her mortalitie, / vvhat ſo is fayreſt ſhall to earth returne. Example: Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, / But sad mortality o’er-sways their power, / How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, / Whose action is no stronger than a flower? 2. The state or quality of being mortal. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: […] actions of Charity do alleviate, as I may say, and take off from the Mortality of the Sin. 3. The state or quality of being mortal. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Hold therefore Angelo: / In our remoue, be thou at full, our selfe: / Mortallitie and Mercie in Vienna / Liue in thy tongue, and heart: Old Escalus / Though first in question, is thy secondary. / Take thy Commission. Example: 1685, Thomas Willis, Tract of Fevers, Chapter 15, in The London Practice of Physick, London: Thomas Basset and William Crooke, p. 626, […] the Fevers of Women in Child-bed; to wit, both the Lacteal, and that called Putrid, which, by reason of its Mortality, deserves to be call’d Malignant. 4. The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the Mortality was so great in the Yard or Alley, that there was no Body left to give Notice to the Buriers or Sextons, that there were any dead Bodies there to be bury’d. Example: […] the doctors stood aghast at the swift mortality among the untended sufferers […] 5. The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In foundling hospitals, and among the children brought up by parish charities the mortality is still greater than among those of the common people. Example: Some of the objects of enquiry would be […] what was the comparative mortality among the children of the most distressed part of the community, and those who lived rather more at their ease […] 6. Death. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Why am I mockt with death, and length’nd out / To deathless pain? how gladly would I meet / Mortalitie my sentence, and be Earth / Insensible, Example: Learn to bear your Husband’s Death like a reasonable Woman. ’Tis not the fashion, now-a-days so much as to affect Sorrow upon these Occasions. No Woman would ever marry, if she had not the Chance of Mortality for a Release. 7. Mortals collectively. Labels: archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: It is not fit Mortalitie should knowe / What his eternall prouidence decreed, Example: [S]leepe seiz’d his weary eye, / That salues all care, to all mortality.
Word: immortality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/, /ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/ 1. The condition of being immortal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth. Example: In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future. 2. The condition of being immortal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.
Word: livestock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English livestock From live + stock. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪvstɒk/, /ˈlaɪvstɑk/ 1. Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The livestock were poisoned by what they grazed on. Example: Livestock is bought and sold at an auction market.
Word: wader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wade Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wader From wade + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪdə(ɹ)/ 1. One who wades. 2. A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc. Labels: in-plural Example: At the same time, the engagement photos are also a contrast with Mr. Kelce’s recent GQ cover shoot, in which he poses in a giant faux fur hat and waders, clutching an enormous Hermès bag. 3. A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments.
Word: Cory Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.ɹi/, /ˈkɔ.ɹi/, /ˈkoː.ɹi/ 1. An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey. Example: On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory, Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori, masculine equivalent Corey. 4. A diminutive of the female given names Cora or Corinne and similar sounding names. Example: Corazon "Cory" Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce. Example: I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory — 5. A diminutive of the female given name Corazón, from Spanish. Labels: Philippines
Word: terror Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old Latin tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɚ/, /tɛɚ/, /ˈtɛɹə/, /ˈteɹə/, /ˈtɛɾəɾ/ 1. Intense dread, fright, or fear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The terrors with which I was seized […] were extreme. Example: "How thinkest thou that I rule this people? I have but a regiment of guards to do my bidding, therefore it is not by force. It is by terror. My empire is of the imagination." 2. The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. Labels: uncountable 3. Something or someone that causes such fear. Labels: countable Example: The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties! Example: The terrors of the storm 4. Terrorism. Labels: uncountable Example: a terror attack Example: the War on Terror 5. A night terror. Labels: countable
Word: terror Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old Latin tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɚ/, /tɛɚ/, /ˈtɛɹə/, /ˈteɹə/, /ˈtɛɾəɾ/ 1. A strict teacher who fails most of the students. Labels: Philippines, slang Example: I have a terror math teacher.
Word: corrie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic coire. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹi/ 1. A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation. Labels: Scotland Example: Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber! Example: We spanned the dogs high up a corrie to the south of the ridge […]
Word: pote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put. Pronunciation: /pəʊt/, /poʊt/ 1. To push, thrust. Labels: obsolete 2. To poke (with a stick etc.).
Word: eyebrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ 1. The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket. 2. A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end. 3. A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.
Word: eyebrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ 1. To build up waste fibres in a roller machine. Labels: intransitive 2. To signal with one's eyebrows. Labels: transitive Example: Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back.
Word: monobrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English brow English monobrow From mono- + brow. 1. Synonym of unibrow. Example: “Mecca, Mecca, the Jersey Devil is just an urban myth, don't believe it. But the Cropseys, now they're real. See, they live in the mountains, nobody sees them, and they're all related. If you know what I mean.” “Wow. Bad for SAT scores.” “How do you know if someone's a Cropsey?” “They all have one thing in common. Over their eyes, a single, big eyebrow. Monobrow. And they have their own society with their own rules about what's right and what's wrong. And they hate everyone and everything that's not one of them.” “Oh, kind of like you, Jen.” “Hey, there's the exit!”
Word: mascara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian maschera (“mask”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/, /məsˈkɑːɹə/, /məˈskɑːɹə/, /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/, /ˌmæsˈkɛɹə/ 1. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: apply mascara Example: put on mascara
Word: mascara Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian maschera (“mask”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/, /məsˈkɑːɹə/, /məˈskɑːɹə/, /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/, /ˌmæsˈkɛɹə/ 1. To apply mascara to the eyelashes
Word: postage stamp Part of Speech: noun 1. A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid. Example: The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves. 2. A very small area. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: We have just a postage stamp of a back garden. 3. The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal. Labels: slang Example: […] got in on the act himself, firing in an unstoppable shot that arced into the postage stamp top corner of Andy Goram's goal.
Word: ull Part of Speech: contraction 1. Abbreviation of you'll. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: bogart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From actor Humphrey Bogart, from Dutch surname Bogaard (“keeper of an orchard”), from boomgaard (“treegarden, orchard”), cognate to English boom (“piece of wood”)/beam + garden. Senses of selfishness and excess evolved from the original 1960s use meaning “keep a joint in the mouth instead of passing it on”, recalling the actor’s signature practice of keeping a cigarette dangling from his mouth even while speaking. Other senses of “bullying” or “tough guy” also originated in the 1960s and recall the actor’s various movie roles. Another potential origin of the vernacular comes from Humphrey Bogart's role in the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) in which his character, Dobbs, becomes increasingly selfish with the gold mine that he shares with his two partners. Or it could be from The Big Sleep (1946) in which Lauren Bacall lights a cigarette for him while he is tied up, forcing him to dangle the cigarette from his lips for the rest of the scene. According to an interview with "The Fraternity of Man" bandmember Lawrence "Stash" Wagner, he "got down on my knees and begged" the ABC record label to put their song "Don't Bogart That Joint" on a single, agreeing to change the title to "Don't Bogart Me." On the origin on the song, he said, "The band was smoking some pot in our rehearsal house up in Laurel Canyon, when Elliot [Ingber] turned to me and said, 'Hey man, don’t bogart that thing.' I asked him, what does ‘bogart’ mean? He said, “You know, like Humphrey Bogart always had a cigarette in his hand or hanging from his lips when talking. Well, you were hanging onto that joint while your lips were flapping.' I said, 'Cool, we should write a song using Bogart.'" Source. 1. An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog. Labels: slang Example: And it's not even going to share with you?? What a Bogart!!! LOL Example: What a bogart... Hey, share some of the wealth, buddy
Word: bogart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From actor Humphrey Bogart, from Dutch surname Bogaard (“keeper of an orchard”), from boomgaard (“treegarden, orchard”), cognate to English boom (“piece of wood”)/beam + garden. Senses of selfishness and excess evolved from the original 1960s use meaning “keep a joint in the mouth instead of passing it on”, recalling the actor’s signature practice of keeping a cigarette dangling from his mouth even while speaking. Other senses of “bullying” or “tough guy” also originated in the 1960s and recall the actor’s various movie roles. Another potential origin of the vernacular comes from Humphrey Bogart's role in the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) in which his character, Dobbs, becomes increasingly selfish with the gold mine that he shares with his two partners. Or it could be from The Big Sleep (1946) in which Lauren Bacall lights a cigarette for him while he is tied up, forcing him to dangle the cigarette from his lips for the rest of the scene. According to an interview with "The Fraternity of Man" bandmember Lawrence "Stash" Wagner, he "got down on my knees and begged" the ABC record label to put their song "Don't Bogart That Joint" on a single, agreeing to change the title to "Don't Bogart Me." On the origin on the song, he said, "The band was smoking some pot in our rehearsal house up in Laurel Canyon, when Elliot [Ingber] turned to me and said, 'Hey man, don’t bogart that thing.' I asked him, what does ‘bogart’ mean? He said, “You know, like Humphrey Bogart always had a cigarette in his hand or hanging from his lips when talking. Well, you were hanging onto that joint while your lips were flapping.' I said, 'Cool, we should write a song using Bogart.'" Source. 1. To selfishly take or keep something; to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Dude, don’t bogart the chocolate fudge! Example: Don’t bogart the can, man. 2. To obtain by bullying, intimidation; be a tough guy. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He tried to bogart his way in. Example: “He comes trying to bogart his way into my house and he smashes two of my wWindows, two great big windows.” 3. To behave like a bully. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: thicken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thickenen, thikkenen, perhaps from Old Norse þykkna (“to thicken”); equivalent to thick + -en. Cognate with Swedish tjockna (“to thicken”), Icelandic þykkna (“to thicken”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪkən/ 1. To make thicker (in the sense of wider). Labels: transitive 2. To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous). Labels: transitive Example: to thicken a sauce 3. To become thicker (in the sense of wider). Labels: intransitive Example: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time. 4. To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous). Labels: intransitive 5. To strengthen; to confirm. Labels: transitive Example: And this may helpe to thicken other proofes,/ That do demonstrate thinly. 6. To make more frequent. Labels: transitive Example: to thicken blows 7. To make more detailed or comprehensive. Labels: literary
Word: darken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), from Proto-West Germanic *dirkinōn (“to darken”), equivalent to dark + -en. Cognate with Scots derken, durken (“to darken”), Old High German tarchanjan, terchinen (“to darken”), Middle High German terken, derken (“to darken”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɑɹkən/, /ˈdɑːkən/ 1. To make dark or darker by reducing light. Labels: transitive Example: […] they [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened […] Example: So spake the Sovran voice, and Clouds began To darken all the Hill […] 2. To become dark or darker (having less light). Labels: intransitive Example: […] the owl and the bat flew round the darkening trees: Example: […] leaning at her window she watched the end of that eventful day darken over the ranges. 3. To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud). Labels: impersonal Example: Well, I must go in now; and you too: it darkens. Example: Then they passed out from the Forum, forced their way through the crowded streets, and soon were through the Porta Ratumena, outside the walls, and struck out across the Campus Martius, upon the Via Flaminia. It was rapidly darkening. 4. To make dark or darker in colour. Labels: transitive Example: She puts on lipstick and darkens her eyebrows, which are now very scanty […] 5. To become dark or darker in colour. Labels: intransitive Example: The lovely hair had lost its rose-gold glimmer, and had darkened to rose-brown […] 6. To render gloomy, darker in mood. Labels: transitive Example: With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth o’ the feast. Example: It was a pleasure seeing you again. I’m only sorry I had to darken the pleasure with my private problems. 7. To become gloomy, darker in mood. Labels: intransitive Example: 1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian, London: T. Cadell Jun[ior] and W. Davies, Volume 2, Chapter 9, p. 303, His countenance darkened while he spoke […] Example: Alice’s big eyes darkened with trouble. 8. To blind, impair the eyesight. Labels: transitive Example: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see […] Example: 1773, Samuel Johnson, letter to James Boswell dated 5 July, 1773, in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume I, London: Charles Dilly, p. 424, When your letter came to me, I was so darkened by an inflammation in my eye, that I could not for some time read it. 9. To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight. Labels: intransitive 10. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. Labels: transitive Example: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Example: […] such was his wisdome, as his Confidence did seldome darken his Fore-sight […] 11. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. Labels: transitive Example: I must not think there are Evils enow to darken all his goodness: 12. To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die. Labels: intransitive Example: The Danube to the Severn gave ⁠The darken’d heart that beat no more; ⁠They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave.
Word: toke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of token. Pronunciation: /təʊk/, /toʊk/ 1. A gratuity. Labels: US, slang Example: I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed.
Word: toke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of token. Pronunciation: /təʊk/, /toʊk/ 1. To give a gratuity to. Labels: transitive Example: You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table.
Word: toke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably borrowed from Spanish toque (literally “touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952. Pronunciation: /təʊk/, /toʊk/ 1. A puff of marijuana. Labels: slang Example: The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along. 2. An inhalation or lungful of anything. Labels: broadly, slang Example: Back on the wards a big toke of O₂ might have done the job; it was God's own pick-me-up.
Word: toke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Presumably borrowed from Spanish toque (literally “touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952. Pronunciation: /təʊk/, /toʊk/ 1. To smoke marijuana. Labels: slang Example: Let's roll up a doobie and toke. Example: This keeps Doc’s workload relatively light, freeing him to stay stoned around the clock and live in the now, which isn’t hard for him, because he’s toked away his short-term memory. 2. To inhale a puff of marijuana Labels: slang
Word: toke Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /təʊk/, /toʊk/ 1. A piece of bread. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: Toke and cold ground rice pudding with plums it used to be—there is no better food at all.
Word: boil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English bȳl, bȳle (“boil, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijō, *būlō (“boil”). Akin to Dutch buil (“boil, swelling”), German Beule (“boil, hump”), Icelandic beyla (“swelling, hump”). The expected form is bile; the rounding of the diphthong could be caused by the initial b- and/or by association with etymology 2. Pronunciation: /bɔɪ(ə)l/ 1. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
Word: boil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive). More at wall, well. Pronunciation: /bɔɪ(ə)l/ 1. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point. Example: Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil. 2. An instance of boiling. Example: Surface water will do, but give it a good boil before drinking it. 3. A dish of boiled food, especially seafood. Example: a down-home boil with plenty of crab Example: This is Brad's classic shrimp boil—a recipe he makes for every tailgate party. Brad demands, “Don't use utensils!” INGREDIENTS: Two 6-ounce boxes Old Bay crab/shrimp boil seasoning[…] 4. A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.) Labels: US Example: a down-home boil at the town hall Example: Men and boys also learn to cook at the public and semipublic food events at which men are the primary cooks. These include crawfish and seafood boils, family boucheries, and community festivals. For example, at one crab boil I attended, a grandfather and his eight-year-old grandson cooked the second batch of crabs […]. The advent of crawfish farming has expanded the availability of live crawfish beyond the old seasonal limits just described, but few Cajuns in St. Martin Parish have crawfish boils, or eat crawfish in any form, out of season. 5. The collective noun for a group of hawks. Labels: nonstandard, rare 6. A bubbling. Labels: archaic Example: He swam to the place where Mary disappeared but there was neither boil nor gurgle on the water, nor even a bell of departing breath, to mark the place where his beloved had sunk. Example: The sea round them clouded and darkened, and then frizzed up in showers of tiny silver fish, and over a space of five or six acres the cod began to leap like trout in May; while behind the cod three or four broad gray-backs broke the water into boils.
Word: boil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive). More at wall, well. Pronunciation: /bɔɪ(ə)l/ 1. To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. Labels: transitive Example: Boil some water in a pan. 2. To cook in boiling water. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Boil the eggs for three minutes. Example: Is the rice boiling yet? 3. To begin to turn into a gas, seethe. Labels: intransitive Example: Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. 4. To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, informal, transitive Example: 'I'll boil the kettle,' he said. 5. To be uncomfortably hot. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: It’s boiling outside! 6. To feel uncomfortably hot. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: I’m boiling in here – could you open the window? 7. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation. Labels: transitive Example: to boil sugar or salt Example: Another leader in the packaged product business was the Procter & Gamble Company, formed in Cincinnati in 1837 by William Procter, who molded candles, and his brother-in-law, James Gamble, who boiled soap. 8. To steep or soak in warm water. Labels: obsolete Example: To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense cannot inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. 9. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce. Labels: intransitive Example: the boiling waves of the sea Example: He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. 10. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid. Example: His blood boils with anger. Example: Then boyld my breſt with flame and burning wrath, / To reuenge my town vnto ſuch ruine brought.