nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: blow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blowe, blaw, northern variant of blēwe, from Proto-Germanic *blewwaną (“to beat”) (compare Old Norse blegði (“wedge”), German einbläuen, Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block. Pronunciation: /bləʊ/, /blaː/, /bloʊ/ 1. An instance of the act of striking or hitting. Example: A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone. Example: During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection. 2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. Example: There he found that […] Hanno's camp was crowded with cattle and carriages, and a mixed multitude of unarmed men, and even of women and children; and that a vigorous blow might win it with all its spoil: the indefatigable general was absent, scouring the country for additional supplies of corn. 3. A damaging occurrence. Example: A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park. Example: a most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows 4. A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears. Labels: Australia, historical Example: Click goes his shears; click, click, click. / Wide are the blows, and his hand is moving quick, / The ringer looks round, for he lost it by a blow, / And he curses that old shearer with the bare belled ewe. 5. An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: "Blows" of quartz, crop out above the layers of slate, granite, and sandstone formation. 6. Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”). Example: The blow is important because it transitions the reader and eventually the audience from one scene to another.
Word: blow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blowen, from Old English blōwan, from Proto-Germanic *blōaną (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (compare Latin florēre (“to bloom”)). Pronunciation: /bləʊ/, /blaː/, /bloʊ/ 1. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom. Example: You ſeeme to me as Diane in her Orbe, / As chaſte as is the budde ere it be blowne: Example: How blows the citron grove.
Word: blow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blowen, from Old English blōwan, from Proto-Germanic *blōaną (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (compare Latin florēre (“to bloom”)). Pronunciation: /bləʊ/, /blaː/, /bloʊ/ 1. A state of flowering; a bloom. Example: roses in full blow Example: [F]lowers that in perennial blow / Round the moist marge of Persian fountains cling; […] 2. A display or mass of flowers; a yield. Example: [H]e believed he could shew me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country. Example: Passing the apple-tree blows of white and pink in the orchards; / Carrying a corpse to where it shall rest in the grave, / Night and day journeys a coffin. 3. A display of anything bright or brilliant. Labels: figuratively
Word: blew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blew, from Old English blēow, from Proto-West Germanic *blē. Pronunciation: /bl(j)uː/, /blɪʊ̯/ 1. simple past of blow Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of blow Labels: colloquial, dialectal, form-of, participle, past
Word: blew Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bl(j)uː/, /blɪʊ̯/ 1. Obsolete form of blue. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Her younger Siſter, that Speranza hight, / VVas clad in blew, that her beſeemed well; […]
Word: blew Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bl(j)uː/, /blɪʊ̯/ 1. Obsolete form of blue. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Straunge was her tyre, and all her garment blew, / Cloſe rownd about her tuckt with many a plight: […]
Word: blown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n. Pronunciation: /bləʊn/, /blaːn/, /bloʊn/ 1. Distended, swollen, or inflated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas. 2. Panting and out of breath. Labels: not-comparable 3. Formed by blowing. Labels: not-comparable 4. Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana. Labels: not-comparable 5. Stale; worthless. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight. 6. Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown. Labels: not-comparable 7. Given a hot rod blower. Labels: not-comparable 8. Having failed. Labels: not-comparable Example: a blown head gasket Example: Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged. 9. Of a vein, ruptured or punctured as a result of an injection or cannula, causing fluid (blood, medication, or saline) to leak into the surrounding tissue. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: blown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n. Pronunciation: /bləʊn/, /blaːn/, /bloʊn/ 1. past participle of blow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: break Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English break Middle English doun English down English break downdeverb. English breakdownclip. English break Clipping of breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) and see also breakdancing. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/, [bɹʷeɪ̯k], /bɹɛk/, /bɹiːk/, /brɛːk/ 1. A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music. Example: The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes
Word: break Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English break Middle English doun English down English break downdeverb. English breakdownclip. English break Clipping of breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) and see also breakdancing. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/, [bɹʷeɪ̯k], /bɹɛk/, /bɹiːk/, /brɛːk/ 1. To B-boy; to breakdance. Labels: slang Example: Let the poppers pop and the breakers break / We're cool, cool cats, it's like that 2. To brake. Labels: rare Example: Breaking heavily, now on a 1 in 39 gradient, the train makes as if to cross the Tamar at once, only to swing sharply to the right, […].
Word: broke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ablauted form of break. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯k/, /bɹɒk/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯k/, /ˈbɹɔʊ̯k/ 1. simple past of break Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of break Labels: archaic, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, poetic Example: Accordingly, he came with a mob the next day; and after they had broke all the windows... Example: The horse was the grey stallion he aye rode, the very beast he had ridden for many a wager with the wild lads of the Cross Keys. No man but himself durst back it, and it had lamed many a hostler lad and broke two necks in its day.
Word: broke Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ablauted form of break. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯k/, /bɹɒk/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯k/, /ˈbɹɔʊ̯k/ 1. Financially ruined, bankrupt. Labels: informal, not-comparable, usually Example: He was broke after spending all his money into video games. Example: It seems some of his Creditors have taken notice of it, and he was like to be broke yesterday in his absence. 2. Without any money, penniless. Labels: informal, not-comparable, usually Example: dead broke; flat broke 3. Broken. Labels: archaic, informal, not-comparable, usually Example: If it ain’t broke, don't fix it. Example: If the farmer is seriously injured by the depressed state of the markets, his spirit is broke, and there must ensue a very general discredit with regard to the farming business; 4. Demoted, deprived of a commission. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.
Word: broke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English broce, from Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”). Compare broken, past participle of break. Compare also Scots brock (“a scrap of meat or bread”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯k/, /bɹɒk/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯k/, /ˈbɹɔʊ̯k/ 1. Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process. Example: If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient. Example: Presumably, most of the brokes and waste were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour. 2. A fragment, remains, a piece broken off. Labels: obsolete Example: Why dost though linger, then, / To hear the flatteries of these men of rags? / These bankrupt beggar-men, / Whose riches are the broke meat in their bags?
Word: broke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from broker. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯k/, /bɹɒk/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯k/, /ˈbɹɔʊ̯k/ 1. To act as a broker; to transact business for another; synonym of broker. Example: Agents broking with various other carriers can offer additional options. Example: The only evidence of bill-broking is, that he has often been a party to bills of exchange 2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. Labels: obsolete Example: But we do want a certain necessary / Woman, to broke between them CUPID said; Example: And brokes with all that can in such a suit / Corrupt the tender honour of a maid.
Word: broke Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of broke off. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ̯k/, /bɹɒk/, /ˈbɹoʊ̯k/, /ˈbɹɔʊ̯k/ 1. Broke off, rich, wealthy Labels: slang
Word: broken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”). Morphologically broke + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ.kn̩/, /ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/, /ˈbɹoʊ.kən/ 1. past participle of break Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: broken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”). Morphologically broke + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊ.kn̩/, /ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/, /ˈbɹoʊ.kən/ 1. Fragmented; in separate pieces. Example: One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station. Example: Local people say there were Russian and Chechen forces here.[…]Over here on the wall, one interesting detail- a single word, which someone has written in broken English: "Sori". 2. Fragmented; in separate pieces. Example: My arm is broken! Example: The ground was littered with broken bones. 3. Fragmented; in separate pieces. Example: A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken. 4. Fragmented; in separate pieces. 5. Fragmented; in separate pieces. Example: Then the circle would lie down again, and here and there a wolf would resume its broken nap. 6. Fragmented; in separate pieces. Example: Tomorrow: broken skies. 7. Fragmented; in separate pieces. Example: A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.] 8. Breached; violated; not kept. Example: broken promises of neutrality Example: broken vows 9. Non-functional; not functioning properly. Example: I think my doorbell is broken. 10. Non-functional; not functioning properly. 11. Non-functional; not functioning properly. Labels: informal Example: This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time. 12. Non-functional; not functioning properly. Example: His conversation was in French with Mailey and Roxton, who both spoke the language well, but he had to fall back upon broken English with Malone, who could only utter still more broken French in reply. Example: Don't say it in Russian / Don't say it in German / Say it in broken English 13. Non-functional; not functioning properly. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Oh man! That is just broken! 14. Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed. Example: The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken. Example: He said, "Son, when you grow up / Would you be the savior of the broken / The beaten, and the damned?" 15. Having no money; bankrupt, broke. 16. Uneven. Example: All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses. 17. Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power. Example: This item is incredibly broken. I win almost every run I get to use it.
Word: breed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːd/, [ˈbɹʷɪi̯d] 1. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young. 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. To give birth to; to be the native place of. Labels: transitive Example: A pond breeds fish. Example: A northern country breeds stout men. 3. To mate. 4. To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities. Labels: transitive 5. To arrange the mating of (specific animals). Labels: often, transitive Example: She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull. 6. To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities. Example: He tries to breed blue roses. 7. To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up. Example: born and bred Example: Ah wretched me! by fates averſe, decreed, / To bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed! 8. To yield or result in. Example: disaster breeds famine Example: familiarity breeds contempt 9. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 10. To educate; to instruct; to bring up. Labels: sometimes Example: No care was taken to breed him a Protestant. Example: His farm may not […] remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in. 11. To produce or obtain by any natural process. Example: Children would breed their teeth with much less danger. 12. To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied. Labels: intransitive Example: Fair encounter Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace On that which breed between 'em! 13. To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: 2018, Cassandra Dee, Paying My Boyfriend's Debt: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, Cassandra Dee Romance via PublishDrive “God, I love your ass,” he says, his voice almost a growl. “I'm gonna breed this ass tonight.” Example: “ Yes,” I said. “You want to fuck me, and I submit to you. My body is yours. Stuff me. Fill me. Breed my ass. Seed me, my love.
Word: breed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːd/, [ˈbɹʷɪi̯d] 1. All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies. Example: a breed of tulip Example: a breed of animal 2. A race or lineage; offspring or issue. Example: And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence. 3. A group of people with shared characteristics. Labels: informal Example: People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed. 4. Ellipsis of half-breed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, ellipsis Example: I understood what Aurelia meant though—I was light, clearly a breed. Example: […] you stinking breed!" he answered through gritted teeth. John leaned down and placed the barrel of his six-gun hard against one of Dunlap's eyes.
Word: bred Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /bɹɛd/, /bɹed/, /bɾɛd/, /bɻɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of breed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bred, from Old English bred (“board, plank, tablet, table”). More at braid. Pronunciation: /bɹɛd/, /bɹed/, /bɾɛd/, /bɻɛd/ 1. Alternative form of braid (“board, shelf, plank”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal
Word: bring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-. Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪŋ/, /ˈbɹɪŋɡ/ 1. To transport toward somebody/somewhere. Labels: ditransitive, transitive Example: Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey. Example: Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra. 2. To supply or contribute. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing. Example: “[…]it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” 3. To occasion or bring about. Labels: transitive Example: Let's bring our differences to an issue. Example: The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints. 4. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody. Labels: transitive Example: It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. 5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide. Example: It seems so preposterous a thing[…]that they do not easily bring themselves to it. 6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch. Example: What does coal bring per ton? 7. To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball. Example: The closer Jones can really bring it. 8. To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it. Example: You want to bring the rook and then start pushing your pawns.
Word: bring Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /ʙɹɪŋ/, /ˈbɹɪŋ/, /ˈbɹɪŋɡ/ 1. The sound of a telephone ringing. Example: Near-synonyms: ring-a-ding, ding-a-ling Example: Having a telephone was a novelty; the cat certainly thought so as Charlie would yowl every time it rang, just in case the “bring bring” sound was not sufficient enough to bring to your attention that someone was attempting to contact you telephonically.
Word: brought Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹɔːt/, /bɹoːt/, /bɹɔt/, /bɹɑt/, /bɾɔt/ 1. simple past and past participle of bring Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: broadcast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/, /ˈbɹoːd(ˌ)kɑːst/, /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kast/, /ˈbɾɔd(ˌ)kast/, /ˈbɹɔd(ˌ)kæst/ 1. Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad. Example: The seed was broadcast, not drilled. Example: And ſuch a double Sowing is of the greateſt Importance; for on the thick Growth of a Crop very much depends on the Bigneſs of it at Harveſt, becauſe, by ſuch a thick Growth, the Weeds are overcome and kept down from hurting the Oats; and, likewiſe, the Heats and Droughts kept the better out from parching up the Roots of the Oats, which, in too thin a Crop, often prove fatal to it; for, when Oats are ſown in the random or broadcaſt Way, there is no more Mold allowed their Roots than what the Harrows and Roll give them; which, at beſt, is but a ſuperficial and moſt thin Covering, and, therefore, the more liable to ſuffer by Droughts, which is different from the Way of ſowing Oats in Drills. 2. Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means. Example: For radio-transmission it has been found that certain passages of a rhythmical nature come out more clearly if wooden-headed sticks are used. The Timpani sometimes tend to sound blurred and even to have a blurring effect on the rest of the orchestral ensemble in broadcast music, when ordinary soft sticks are used in a strongly marked rhythm. 3. Relating to transmissions of messages or signals to many people through radio waves or electronic means. Labels: attributive Example: The new limitations would still prohibit foreigners from wholly or directly owning broadcast licensees, allowing only indirect ownership through a stake in a controlling parent of a broadcast licensee.
Word: broadcast Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/, /ˈbɹoːd(ˌ)kɑːst/, /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kast/, /ˈbɾɔd(ˌ)kast/, /ˈbɹɔd(ˌ)kæst/ 1. Widely in all directions; abroad. Example: [O]n reporting to Captain Thrasher he informed me that his orders were to take a detachment of forty men across the French Broad River and turn them loose to wander broadcast over the country as a protection to foraging parties of quartermasters and commissaries, […] Example: The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch. […] Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,—the final expression of all societies. 2. By having its seeds sown over a wide area. Labels: archaic Example: When [rape is] grown broadcast the superphosphate may be incorporated with the surface soil by the harrow when preparing the ground for the seed or in covering the same.
Word: broadcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/, /ˈbɹoːd(ˌ)kɑːst/, /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kast/, /ˈbɾɔd(ˌ)kast/, /ˈbɹɔd(ˌ)kæst/ 1. A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver. Example: No one knows how long it will be until a broadcast from a studio in New York will be viewed in India as well as in Indiana, will be seen in the Congo as it is seen in Chicago. But as surely as we are meeting here today, that day will come; and once again our world will shrink. Example: After nearly 40 years of continuous broadcast in Hong Kong, a 24-hour transmission of the BBC World Service will go silent in the former British colony, replaced with programming from China's state radio channel. The move by Radio Television Hong Kong, owned by the local government, was meant to "enhance the cultural exchange between the mainland and Hong Kong", a spokesman said. 2. A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted. Example: The DJ was feeling nervous before his first national broadcast. Example: We interrupt this broadcast at the request of the police department to bring you the following special bulletin: The dead body of Miss Paula Canfield, missing student at Westlake University and daughter of the multi-millionaire Harold Canfield, has been found in the Arroyo Seco near the Colorado Street Bridge. 3. The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed. Labels: archaic Example: Since my laſt, I went to ſee a piece of Daniel Fitch's, of Pluckley, Kent. He has two acres of broadcaſt, the oldeſt I have ever ſeen, ſown twenty years ago with barley, like clover. Example: It was stated by Mr. Miller, that the common method was, formerly, to sow the barley-seed with a broadcast at two sowings; the first being harrowed in once, but the second not until the seed is buried; […]
Word: repository Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reposytorye, from Latin repositōrium. By surface analysis, reposit + -ory. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɒz.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹɪ/, /ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. Example: Harvard has declined to become the repository of George Segal's controversial sculpture, "Gay Liberation." 2. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. Example: OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April. Example: Over the years, openSNP became one of the largest repositories of its kind, used in research, education, and even community-led investigations like debunking flawed CFS genetic studies. 3. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. 4. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. Labels: figuratively 5. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. Labels: dated
Word: repository Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reposit or its etymon Classical Latin reposit-, past participial stem of repōnō, + -ory. Compare Medieval Latin repositōrius (“used for storage”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɒz.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹɪ/, /ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/ Labels: empty-gloss, historical, no-gloss, not-comparable Example: During the meeting the non-commissioned officers of the School of Gunnery have been drilling the Volunteers in the use of the breechloading Armstrong, and also in repository work. Example: The final shift in the repository competition was performed this morning by the first and second detachments of the 3rd Kent men, who were the the^([sic]) winners in the “A” shift in this week’s repository competition, having done the work in 11min. 35sec.
Word: poop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. To make a short blast on a horn. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To break wind. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 3. To defecate. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: His horse pooped right in the middle of the parade. 4. To defecate. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive Example: You might want a spare change of underwear in case you poop your pants. 5. To defecate. Labels: informal, intransitive, reflexive Example: You'll poop yourself if you have to walk all five miles home without stopping.
Word: poop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. Fecal matter; feces. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The dog poop is on the grass. 2. An act of defecation. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: ‘I’m goin’ down the backyard for me mornin’ poop.’ 3. The sound of a steam engine's whistle, typically low-pitched. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two minutes passed - five - seven - ten. "Poop! Poop!" Everyone knew that whistle, and a mighty cheer went up as the Queen's train glided into the station. 4. Ellipsis of YouTube poop (“video mashup”). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: The resulting video (called a “poop”) subverts its original content by slicing and dicing the video and audio, adding visual effects, and mashing several videos into one. Example: And nobody really set out to design YTP to work this way—only a fraction of YTPs ever succeed in releasing enough neurochemicals, and those are the videos that get elevated and then remixed into a new round of poops.
Word: poop Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. Expressing annoyed disappointment. Labels: childish, euphemistic Example: Poop. The copier's broken again. Example: I don't need him for a friend. I can have fun by myself! ... Poop.
Word: poop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded in World War II (1941) Army slang poop sheet (“up-to-date information”), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps toilet paper (referring to etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process. Labels: uncountable Example: Here’s the info paper with the poop on that carburetor. Example: If Exxon has already made a find, and someone knows about it, they'd be the most likely to be directing the show. We just need to discover who has ties to the D.O.F and is close enough to Exxon to have the inside poop.
Word: poop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps sound imitation. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. To tire, exhaust. Labels: transitive Example: I'm pooped from working so hard. 2. (with out) To become tired and exhausted. Labels: reflexive Example: He pooped out a few strides from the finish line.
Word: poop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English poupe, pope, from Old French pope, poupe, pouppe, from Italian poppa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis, all meaning “stern of a ship”. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: watercraft < vessel Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:poop. 2. The poop deck. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Omens thicken upon us […] Next, the stumbling of the King whenas he went upon the poop of the long ship which bare us on this voyage to these islands.
Word: poop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English poupe, pope, from Old French pope, poupe, pouppe, from Italian poppa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis, all meaning “stern of a ship”. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. To break seawater with the poop (stern) of a vessel, especially the poop deck. Labels: transitive 2. To break over the stern of (a vessel). Labels: transitive Example: We were pooped within hailing of the quay and were nearly sunk. Example: Another night, as we were scudding before a heavy gale of wind, and a tremendous sea rolling after us, we had the misfortune to be pooped, as the phrase is, by a wave or sea striking our stern, which stove in the cabin-windows, and rushing impetuously through the cabin, and along the main-deck, bore down all before it.
Word: poop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps a shortening of nincompoop. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. A stupid or ineffectual person. Labels: informal Example: They talk about art, and think us such poops for dressing in the evening. Example: Aside from battles, the history of nations seemed to consist of nothing but powerless old poops like myself, heavily medicated and vaguely beloved in the long ago, coming to kiss the boots of young psychopaths.
Word: poop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from French poupe; see poppyhead. Pronunciation: /ˈpuːp/ 1. A poppyhead finial seen on church pews and occasionally on other types of seating benches. Labels: obsolete
Word: dissociative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sociō Latin dissociō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English dissociate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English dissociative From dissociate + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/, /dɪˈsoʊ.si.ə.tɪv/ 1. Removing or separating from some association. Example: It was a lonely, dissociative time in my life, when I stayed holed up in my apartment for weeks on end. 2. Causing dissociation. Example: The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia. 3. Related to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders. Example: He had to take a few weeks off school after a dissociative episode.
Word: dissociative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sociō Latin dissociō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English dissociate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English dissociative From dissociate + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.ə.tɪv/, /dɪˈsoʊ.si.ə.tɪv/ 1. A dissociative drug.
Word: kibitzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kibitz + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪbɪtsə/, /ˈkɪˈbɪtsɚ/, /ˈkɪbətsɚ/ 1. A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes. Example: Did I ask you what you thought about my cards, you kibitzer? Example: "Don't be a kibitzer!" Grampa snapped. "When I need help, I'll ask for it. No dad-blamed machine is gonna outthink Grampa!" He snorted indignantly.
Word: browbeat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From brow + beat. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/ 1. To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way. Labels: transitive Example: Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson. Example: Beware lest thy mind be swayed by the brow-beating of the Demons.
Word: build Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build From Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle. False cognate of German bilden. Pronunciation: /bɪld/ 1. To form (something) by combining materials or parts. Labels: transitive Example: I built a shed in my backyard. Example: It was a bridge ybuilt in goodly wize, / With curious Corbes and pendants grauen faire, [...] 2. To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process. Labels: transitive Example: He will build an organization equipped for success. Example: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you [...] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. 3. To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to it. Labels: transitive Example: We need to build an income stream over time. Example: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 4. To establish a basis for (something). Labels: transitive 5. To form by combining materials or parts. Labels: intransitive 6. To develop in magnitude or extent. Labels: intransitive Example: The tension built between the sparring sisters. 7. To construct (software) by compiling its source code. Labels: transitive 8. To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention. Labels: intransitive Example: This code won’t build any more. Have you made any changes?
Word: build Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build From Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle. False cognate of German bilden. Pronunciation: /bɪld/ 1. The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rugby players are of sturdy build. Example: According to the prevailing adolescent criteria Roger was not good looking. He had no build and did not give off very assertive, let alone aggressive vibrations. 2. Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users. Labels: countable Example: The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers. 3. The process or period of constructing a physical object. Labels: countable Example: This new Lego set was a very nice build. 4. A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest created by the player. Labels: countable, slang Example: I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game. 5. A configuration of a character's items or skills created by the player. Labels: countable, slang Example: I made a build centered around attack speed. Example: In fact, thousands of D&D players constantly debate the virtues of various character builds (combinations of race, class, feat, and spell choices) and share their efforts with each other in hundreds of message boards and mailing lists.
Word: built Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlt/ 1. well-built, muscular or toned. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Wow! Your new boyfriend's really built.
Word: built Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlt/ 1. Shape; build; form of structure. Labels: obsolete Example: the built of a ship Example: The sailor sees the burthen, the built, and the distance of a ship at sea, while she is a great way off.
Word: built Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlt/ 1. simple past and past participle of build. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northern Middle English burn, from Old English burne, burna (“spring, fountain”), Proto-West Germanic *brunnō, from Proto-Germanic *brunnô, *brunō. Cognate with Scots burn (“stream”), Cimbrian, Mòcheno prunn (“well, spring”), Dutch bron (“well”), German Bronnen, Brun, Brunnen (“well”), Luxembourgish Buer, Bur (“well”), Yiddish ברונעם (brunem, “well”), Danish brønd (“well”), Faroese brunnur, bruður (“well”), Icelandic brunnur (“well”), Norwegian Bokmål, Scanian brønn (“well”), Norwegian Nynorsk brunn, brønn (“well”), Swedish brunn (“well”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 (brunna, “source, wellspring”), Crimean Gothic brunna (“spring, fountain, source”). Also Albanian burim (“spring, fountain”), Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well, reservoir”), Old Armenian աղբիւր (ałbiwr, “fount”). Doublet of bourn. More at brew. Pronunciation: /bɜːn/, /bɔːn/, /bɝn/ 1. A large stream. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: This darksome burn, horseback brown, / His rollrock highroad roaring down, / In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam / Flutes and low to the lake falls home. Example: He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a burn, and smoke innumerable pipes to the tune of the water on the stones.
Word: burnt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t. Pronunciation: /bɜːnt/, /bɝnt/, /bɔːnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of burn Labels: Commonwealth, UK, form-of, participle, past Example: I burnt the toast. Example: The house burnt down.
Word: burnt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t. Pronunciation: /bɜːnt/, /bɝnt/, /bɔːnt/ 1. Damaged or injured by fire or heat. Example: The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital. 2. Carbonised. Example: The toast was too burnt to eat. 3. Having a sunburn. 4. Being darker than standard, especially browner.
Word: burnt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t. Pronunciation: /bɜːnt/, /bɝnt/, /bɔːnt/ 1. Char. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: You might also try 5star PBX organic cleaner. This stuff is amazing. Found at your local beer and wine brewers supply store, this stuff will clean the "burnt" off the bottom of your pans.
Word: burned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The past tense is inherited from Middle English burnede. The past participle (from which the adjective is also derived) is inherited from Middle English burned. Synchronically, both forms are equivalent to burn + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnd/, /ˈbɝnd/, /bɔːnd/ 1. Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process. Example: Creating more burned range, which is not available in severe winters, would be of no use. Example: It burned around her face, around her breast and arm and face—she was very burned. And her hair was burned, and ... oh God.
Word: burned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The past tense is inherited from Middle English burnede. The past participle (from which the adjective is also derived) is inherited from Middle English burned. Synchronically, both forms are equivalent to burn + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnd/, /ˈbɝnd/, /bɔːnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of burn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”). See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris. Pronunciation: /bɝst/, /bɜːst/ 1. To break from internal pressure. Labels: intransitive Example: I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst. 2. To cause to break from internal pressure. Labels: transitive Example: I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much. 3. To cause to break by any means. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? Example: He burst his lance against the sand below. 4. To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines. Labels: transitive Example: I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets. 5. To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly. Labels: intransitive Example: 1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr. Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies. 6. To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting. Labels: intransitive Example: The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring. Example: ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’. 7. To produce as an effect of bursting. Labels: transitive Example: to burst a hole through the wall Example: 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along. 8. To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter. Labels: transitive Example: The sharp report of a gun burst the silence, and a moment later the gate swung open. 9. Of neurons: to exhibit an activation pattern where periods of rapid action potential spiking are followed by quiescent periods much longer than typical interspike intervals. Labels: intransitive
Word: burst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”). See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris. Pronunciation: /bɝst/, /bɜːst/ 1. An act or instance of bursting. Example: The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away. 2. A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display. Example: I read it in two bursts. Example: "It's my wedding-day," cried Biddy, in a burst of happiness, "and I am married to Joe!" 3. A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm. 4. The explosion of a bomb or missile. Example: a ground burst; a surface burst 5. A drinking spree. Labels: archaic