nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-West Germanic *prikō, *priku, from Proto-Germanic *prikô, *prikō (“a prick, point”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole”), West Frisian prikke (“penis”), Dutch prik (“point, small stick", also "penis”), Danish prik (“dot”), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪk/, [pʰɹ̠̊ɪk] 1. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. 2. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. 3. A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. Labels: obsolete 4. A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot. Labels: obsolete 5. A small pointed object. Example: Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary. Example: It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6. The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. Example: I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood. 7. A feeling of remorse. Example: 1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued the pricks of conscience 8. The penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Patriarchal attitudes have made a society where men rule and women obey, where "you'd-better-know-your-place-boy," where gay men actually play husband-and-wife (my lover and I did it for four years, until it became intolerable), where king prick lays down the law. 9. Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. Labels: derogatory, slang 10. A small roll of yarn or tobacco. Labels: historical 11. The footprint of a hare. 12. A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. Labels: obsolete Example: the prick of noon 13. The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. Labels: obsolete Example: they that shooten nearest the prick
Word: animal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin animālis Latin animalder. Old French animalbor. Middle English animal English animal From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native English deer (outside puristic usage) in the general animal sense, from Middle English der, deor (“animal”), from Old English dēor, related to German Tier (“animal”), Dutch dier, Danish dyr, Swedish djur etc. Displaced also rother (“horned animal, esp. ox”, now obsolete), from Middle English rother, reother (“a bovine”), from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ɪ.məl/, /ˈæn.ə.məl/, /ˈɛn.ə.məl/, /ˈæː.nɪ.məl/, /ˈə.nɪ.məl/ 1. A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms. Example: Near-synonym: critter Example: Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat. 2. Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. Labels: broadly 3. A higher animal; an animal related to humans. Labels: broadly Example: When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him. 4. A higher animal; an animal related to humans. Labels: broadly, colloquial Example: Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 5. A higher animal; an animal related to humans. Labels: broadly 6. A higher animal; an animal related to humans. Labels: broadly Example: I spent my summer studying the animals and birds of the two islands. Example: Birds are as popular as animals in the toy kingdom, especially pigeons, owls and domestic hens. 7. A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person. Labels: figuratively Example: My students are animals. Example: Own me, I'll let you play the role I'll be your animal 8. A person of a particular type specified by an adjective. Labels: informal Example: He's a political animal. 9. Matter, thing. Labels: informal Example: a whole different animal Example: no such animal
Word: animal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin animālisbor. Middle English animal English animal From Middle English animal, from Latin animālis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ɪ.məl/, /ˈæn.ə.məl/, /ˈɛn.ə.məl/, /ˈæː.nɪ.məl/, /ˈə.nɪ.məl/ 1. Of or relating to animals. Labels: not-comparable Example: animal instincts Example: The season has been most unfavourable to animal life; and I, who am merely animal, have suffered much by it. 2. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes. Labels: not-comparable Example: animal passions Example: But the line also distills pop culture’s big commandment about sex to its animal essence: If you’re not screwing somebody, you’re nobody. 3. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation. Labels: not-comparable Example: To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion. 4. Excellent. Labels: Ireland, not-comparable, slang
Word: sieve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sive, syfe, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, sieve, strain, run, drip”). Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, Proto-Slavic *sito (Russian си́то (síto), сев (sev), се́ять (séjatʹ)). Pronunciation: /sɪv/ 1. A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid. Example: Near-synonyms: sifter, strainer, temse Example: Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water. 2. A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input. Example: Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers. Example: Among, ^([sic]) his other achievements, Matiyasevich and his colleague Boris Stechkin also developed an interesting “visual sieve” for prime numbers, which effectively “crosses out” all the composite numbers, leaving only the primes. 3. A kind of coarse basket. Labels: obsolete 4. A person, or their mind, that cannot remember things or is unable to keep secrets. Labels: colloquial 5. An intern who lets too many non-serious cases into the emergency room. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: To be a sieve was to lack clinical judgment, courage, and group loyalty all at once. 6. A collection of morphisms in a category whose codomain is a certain fixed object of that category, which collection is closed under precomposition by any morphism in the category.
Word: sieve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sive, syfe, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, sieve, strain, run, drip”). Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, Proto-Slavic *sito (Russian си́то (síto), сев (sev), се́ять (séjatʹ)). Pronunciation: /sɪv/ 1. To strain, sift or sort using a sieve. Labels: transitive Example: Serpulorbis grandis feeds on plankton that it seives ^([sic]) from the water like a clam does. 2. To concede; to let in. Labels: transitive Example: This was their seventh defeat out of nine finals, including five in a row, and the second half was a chastening experience for the Serie A champions, culminating in them sieving more goals in one match than in the rest of the competition put together.
Word: naff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from Polari, 1960s. Further etymology unknown; perhaps a conscious corruption of either fanny or eff (off) (see naff off). Pronunciation: /næf/ 1. Bad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, Polari, UK, colloquial Example: That tie is a bit naff, don’t you think? Example: She was an ordinary woman in her dress style; she didn't wear a leather bodice or naff over-knee plastic spiky-heeled boots. 2. Heterosexual. Labels: Polari Example: The omie was a veritable donkey beneath the waistband, darlings. A donkey! No wonder your boss-palone is so smitten. I've seen my share, dollies, but this old omiepalone was shaken to the core. Such a terrible waste on a naff bloke.
Word: Polari Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polari, from Italian parlare (“to talk”). The loss of the first r and the changing vowel quality of the non-stressed vowels is due to the non-rhotic UK accent which reinterpreted the phonemes. The adoption of the infinitive form means that the word probably originated from a Romance-based creole or pidgin like Sabir. First use in English appears c. 1846, in the writings of Lord Chief Baron. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɑːri/ 1. A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne. 2. A cant used by travelling showmen in Britain.
Word: at Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Germanic *at Old English æt Middle English at English at From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-West Germanic *at, from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”). Pronunciation: /æt/, [æʔ], /ət/ 1. The at sign (@).
Word: at Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Germanic *at Old English æt Middle English at English at From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-West Germanic *at, from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”). Pronunciation: /æt/, [æʔ], /ət/ 1. Rare form of @; to reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name) Labels: form-of, informal, neologism, rare Example: If you have questions or observations on my discussion questions, feel free to reply to this email, at me on Twitter, or comment on the companion post on AMV.
Word: at Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /æt/, [æʔ], /ət/ 1. Alternative form of 'at (relative pronoun; reduced form of “that” and/or “what”). Labels: Northern-England, alt-of, alternative, obsolete, possibly, rare Example: Tak us t’ foxes, t’ little foxes at spoils t’ veynes: fer our veynes hev tender grapes.
Word: at Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æt/, [æʔ], /ət/ 1. Alternative form of att (Laos currency unit) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: too Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more. Pronunciation: /tuː/, [tʰu̟ː], /tu/, [tʰu̟], /tʉː/ 1. Likewise. Labels: focus, not-comparable Example: The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. Example: The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use. 2. Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too. Example: He's always willing to help. He, too, is generous with his time. 3. To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: extremely, unnecessarily, all too Example: I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old. 4. To a high degree, very. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: She doesn't talk too much. I'm not too sure about this. 5. Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs Labels: childish, colloquial, emphatic, not-comparable Example: You're not old enough yet. ― I am too! Example: You can't jump that fence. ― Can too jump it! 6. Used for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement. Labels: archaic, colloquial, not-comparable Example: The trooper thanks his informant and rides slowly on, looking about him. […] He comes to a gateway in the brick wall, looks in, and sees a great perplexity of iron lying about in every stage and in a vast variety of shapes— […] "This is a place to make a man's head ache too!" says the trooper, looking about him for a counting-house.
Word: toe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti). Pronunciation: /təʊ/, /toʊ/, /to/, /toː/, [tʌo̞] 1. Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of a weasel. 2. Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Stumbling forward, Tal caught the toe of his boot on rock. 4. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club. Example: (hurling) the end of a hurley. 5. An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes. Labels: uncountable 6. An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The long side of an angled cut. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end). Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A cameltoe. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 13. Speed, energy, vigor. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable Example: to have a lot of toe 14. A person. Labels: countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable
Word: toe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti). Pronunciation: /təʊ/, /toʊ/, /to/, /toː/, [tʌo̞] 1. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. Labels: transitive 2. To touch, tap or kick with the toes. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: "Here's ten shillings for you, but I'm going to toe your backside first!" said Manna. And the Dane let him kick away; his yellow teeth gleamed in a servile grin and then he clutched at the money. Example: Just five minutes later the turnaround was complete when Arshavin toed the ball through to Bendtner, who slotted into the left corner from close range just before half-time. 3. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to. Labels: transitive Example: to toe the mark 4. To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened. Labels: transitive Example: The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill. 5. To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club. Labels: transitive
Word: it's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of ‘it is’, ‘it has’ or 'it was'. Pronunciation: /ɪts/ 1. Contraction of it + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: it’s too expensive; it’s coming right for us!; it's a free country Example: [...], guided not by his own Will, but by the Medick Science, which dictates, that it's recessary, beneficial, and convenient to alter, mix, and temper this medicine, and fit it to the Disposition, and Constitution of the Patient[.] 2. Contraction of it + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: It’s been a long time since I’ve had cheesecake. 3. Contraction of it + was. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, proscribed Example: When I was a kid, it's the thought that counted but, now, it's all about the Benjamins. 4. There's, there is; there're, there are. Labels: contraction, dialectal, nonstandard Example: It's a package for you by the door.
Word: it's Part of Speech: det Etymology: From it + -’s (possessive marker). Pronunciation: /ɪts/ 1. Obsolete form of its. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it’s end. Example: Behold the balanc’d Scales suspended stand, Neither a jot inclin’d to either hand: But place the smallest grain of weight in one, Straight the fraternal equipoise is gone; The loaded scale, preponderant, downward flies, Drags down the chain, and makes it’s partner rise. 2. Misspelling of its. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: After being open only a few short weeks, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is closing it's doors.
Word: its Part of Speech: det Etymology: Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s. Pronunciation: /ɪts/, /ɪʔ.s/ 1. Belonging to it. Example: The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end. Example: since I have been at the Pains to write it, if he consents to it's being published I will follow my Friend's Advice, and chiefly yours.
Word: its Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s. Pronunciation: /ɪts/, /ɪʔ.s/ 1. The one (or ones) belonging to it. Example: … both Houses have resolved to rob the North of a good friend of its and yours. Example: EBay Canada argued in court that the data sought by tax collectors was not its to give.
Word: its Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of it + is. Pronunciation: /ɪts/, /ɪʔ.s/ 1. Obsolete spelling of it's. Labels: alt-of, contraction, obsolete Example: As for the main bulk of Palaces, its true ſome have a greatneſs in plainneſs, […] Example: The Fleſh of man, becauſe its Nouriſhed by purer Blood, is delicater than the fleſh of other Creatures, and prefered before it by Canibals, or Man-Eaters.
Word: its Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɪts/, /ɪʔ.s/ 1. plural of it Labels: form-of, plural
Word: el Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] 1. The name of the Latin script letter L/l. Example: The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
Word: el Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] 1. An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal) Labels: US Example: The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.
Word: el Part of Speech: num Etymology: Shortening of eleven. Pronunciation: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] 1. The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.
Word: el Part of Speech: article Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish el. Pronunciation: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] 1. The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English). Labels: Internet, humorous, informal Example: "[…] A sister of Joseph Gerard […] was found unconscious on the kitchen floor by the family cook early this morning. […]" […] What leads could they have, if the old lady was el zonko?
Word: el Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ] 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л
Word: for Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-i Proto-Germanic *furi Proto-West Germanic *furi Old English for Middle English for English for Inherited from Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-. Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”). Pronunciation: /fɔː/, /fɔɹ/, /foː/, /fɔɾ/, /fə/ 1. Because. Labels: formal, literary Example: I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go. Example: […]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
Word: for Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-i Proto-Germanic *furi Proto-West Germanic *furi Old English for Middle English for English for Inherited from Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-. Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”). Pronunciation: /fɔː/, /fɔɹ/, /foː/, /fɔɾ/, /fə/ 1. To; (the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive). Labels: dated Example: Ugh—I’ll not be able for get up. Send for M’sieu le Curé—I’ll be goin’ for die for sure. Example: [It was a] firs rate place for shoot a woodcocks, I tell you. […] I say [it] wass no use for spen money. […] An I say in "So wass I. I see lot of sy-pokes fly up an twist off like screw-cork an spit whistle, but I wass'nt able for get aim on him."
Word: an Part of Speech: article Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an English an From Middle English an, from Old English ān (“a, an”, literally “one”). More at one. Pronunciation: /ˈæn/, [ˈæn], [ˈan], [ˈeən], [ˈɛən] 1. Form of a (all article senses). Labels: indefinite Example: I'll be there in half an hour. Example: 'E's staying at an 'otel. (compare He's staying at a hotel.) 2. Form of a (all article senses). Labels: indefinite Example: 1 I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined vnto me, and heard my crie. 2 He brought me vp also out of an horrible pit, out of the mirie clay, and set my feete vpon a rock, and established my goings. Example: The Province of Nanking, by the Tartars called Kiangnan, is the ſecond in honour, in magnitude and fertility in all China : It is divided into 14 great Territories, having Cities and Towns an hundred and ten; Nanking, or Kiangning being the Metropolis; a City, that if ſhe did not exceed moſt Cities on the Earth in bigneſs and beauty, yet ſhe was inferior to few, for her Pagodes, her Temples, her Porcelane Towers, her Palaces and Triumphal Arches. Fungiang, Sucheu, Sunkiang, Leucheu, Hoaigan, Ganking, Ningue, Hoeicheu, are alſo eminent places, and of great Note and Trade. 3. Form of a (all article senses). Labels: indefinite, rare Example: God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. Example: My hopes, from my earliest years, have been hopes of celebrity as a writer- not of wealth, or of influence, or of accomplishing any of the thousand aims which furnish the great bulk of mankind with motives. You will laugh at me. There is something so emphatically shadowy and unreal in the object of this ambition, that even the full attainment of its provokes a smile. For who does not know 'How vain that second life in others' breath, The estate which wits inherit after death!' And what can be more fraught with the ludicrous than an union of this shadowy ambition with mediocre parts and attainments! But I digress. 4. Form of a (all article senses). Labels: UK, West-Country, indefinite, nonstandard
Word: an Part of Speech: num Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an English an From Middle English an, from Old English ān (“a, an”, literally “one”). More at one. Pronunciation: /ˈæn/, [ˈæn], [ˈan], [ˈeən], [ˈɛən] 1. one Labels: UK, West-Country, nonstandard
Word: an Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English an (“and, if”). Doublet of and. Pronunciation: /ˈæn/, [ˈæn], [ˈan], [ˈeən], [ˈɛən] 1. If Labels: archaic Example: […] An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him. Example: Thereupon, quoth he, "O woman, for sundry days I have seen thee attend the levée sans a word said; so tell me an thou have any requirement I may grant." 2. So long as. Labels: archaic Example: An it harm none, do what ye will. 3. As if; as though. Labels: archaic Example: At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
Word: an Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ან (an). Pronunciation: /ˈæn/, [ˈæn], [ˈan], [ˈeən], [ˈɛən] 1. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
Word: an Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From the Old English an, on (preposition). Pronunciation: /ˈæn/, [ˈæn], [ˈan], [ˈeən], [ˈɛən] 1. In each; to or for each; per. Example: I was only going twenty miles an hour.
Word: this Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from the North Sea Germanic base *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”). Pronunciation: /ðɪs/, /ðəs/ 1. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby). Example: This classroom is where I learned to read and write. Example: Right, boys, as much fun as this night has been, this girl is tired, so I'm gonna hit the hay. 2. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby). Labels: colloquial Example: Hey, you know what's got two thumbs and really likes brownies? This guy! Example: I am no longer your little naïve toy. I am a woman. All woman. And this woman is tired of your crap. 3. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned). Example: They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much. 4. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned). Example: When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “[…]” 5. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...". Labels: informal Example: I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible! Example: There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy. 6. Designates the current or next instance. Example: It's cold this morning. Example: I plan to go to London this Friday.
Word: this Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from the North Sea Germanic base *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”). Pronunciation: /ðɪs/, /ðəs/ 1. To the degree or extent indicated. Labels: not-comparable Example: I need this much water. Example: Do we need this many recommendations?
Word: this Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from the North Sea Germanic base *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”). Pronunciation: /ðɪs/, /ðəs/ 1. The thing, item, etc. being indicated. Example: This isn't the item that I ordered. Example: This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars[…]
Word: this Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from the North Sea Germanic base *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”). Pronunciation: /ðɪs/, /ðəs/ 1. Something being indicated that is here; one of these. Example: Terms like 'house', 'sphere', 'animal', and 'human' do not refer to other thises distinct from these ones here — they refer to the sort of thing these ones here are.
Word: this Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from the North Sea Germanic base *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”). Pronunciation: /ðɪs/, /ðəs/ 1. Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material. Labels: Internet Example: ― I wish trolls could be banned from the forum immediately, without any discussion. ― This!
Word: Unicode Part of Speech: name Etymology: Published as a draft proposal in 1988, “intended to suggest a unique, unified, universal encoding”. From uni- + code. Pronunciation: /ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/, /ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd/ 1. A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages. Example: This character isn't in Unicode. Example: The Thaana script is written from right to left. Conformant implementations of Thaana script must use the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (see Unicode Standard Annex #9, “Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm”). 2. The Unicode standards, together with standards for representing character strings as byte strings. Example: convert to Unicode
Word: Unicode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Published as a draft proposal in 1988, “intended to suggest a unique, unified, universal encoding”. From uni- + code. Pronunciation: /ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/, /ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd/ 1. Characters from a contextually different script, often used in a nonstandard fashion. Sometimes used as an antonym to the characters of the Latin alphabet. Labels: broadly, informal, uncountable Example: Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.
Word: regime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈʒiːm/, /ɹeɪˈʒiːm/, /ˈɹeɪʒiːm/, /ˈɹɛʒiːm/ 1. Mode of rule or management. Example: a prison regime 2. A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one. Example: the dictator's regime Example: Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes. 3. A period of rule. 4. A regulated system; a regimen. Example: a fitness regime Example: For three weeks Lorde engages in a regime of rest, relaxation, eurhythmy, and active meditation. 5. A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime. 6. A set of characteristics. Example: A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.
Word: slashdot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: After Slashdot, a site that commonly links to other, smaller sites. 1. To render a website slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site. Labels: Internet, dated Example: And that guy is supposed to be thrilled to lose both his inbound and outbound connections and e-mail for the joy of having been slashdotted. Example: Sites that have been slashdotted report traffic between several hundred and several thousand hits per minute.
Word: handsomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English handsome Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English handsomeness From handsome + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈhænsəmnəs/ 1. The quality of being handsome. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Handsomeness […]is the mere animal excellence, […]beauty […]the mere imaginative. Example: His face looked like worn leather but retained the vestiges of an earlier handsomeness that reminded her of a Hollywood star.
Word: handsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English handsum, hondsom, equivalent to hand + -some. Compare Dutch handzaam, German Low German handsaam. The original sense was “easy to handle or use”, hence “suitable” and “apt, clever” (mid-16th century), giving rise to the current appreciatory senses (late 16th century). Pronunciation: /ˈhæn.səm/ 1. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly Example: That is one handsome tree you've got there. Example: I saw, I confess, some good dancing and some handsome women, which was all my pleasure. 2. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive Example: I was struck dumb. Here was the most handsome man I’d ever seen in my life coming out of the surf. Example: Scott was a man then who looked like a boy with a face between handsome and pretty. He had very fair wavy hair, a high forehead, excited and friendly eyes and a delicate long-lipped Irish mouth that, on a girl, would have been the mouth of a beauty. His chin was well built and he had good ears and a handsome, almost beautiful, unmarked nose. 3. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive Example: She was either handsome or her uniform created a flattering effect but—being very nearsighted—he couldn't tell from this distance. 4. Good, appealing, appropriate. Example: City have lapped up the plaudits this season for a series of handsome wins but manager Roberto Mancini has demanded that his side also learn to grind out results when they do not play well. He now has an example to point to. 5. Good, appealing, appropriate. Labels: figuratively Example: Sunday, the sixth, we heaved up our sheet-anchor again, the day beginning with little wind, and continued handsome weather till eight at night, when the wind came to S. S. W. and it fell a snowing. Example: The story goes that James Whitcomb Riley, the poet, on a beautiful spring day, in making his way from his home to his office, was accosted by numerous friends on the way who were exclaiming most extravagantly on the beauty of the day. It was "Good morning, Mr. Riley, a fine day;" "Good morning, Mr. Riley, […] a handsome day;" […]. 6. Good, appealing, appropriate. Example: a handsome style Example: Easiness and handsome address in writing. 7. Generous or noble in character. Example: I'm a plain man, Mr. Feverel. Above board with me, and you'll find me handsome. 8. Ample; moderately large. Example: a handsome salary Example: He […] accumulated a handsome sum of money. 9. Of people and things: dexterous; skillful. Labels: obsolete Example: That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. Example: Laſtly, for a theife it is ſo handſome, as it may ſeem it was firſt invented for him
Word: handsome Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English handsum, hondsom, equivalent to hand + -some. Compare Dutch handzaam, German Low German handsaam. The original sense was “easy to handle or use”, hence “suitable” and “apt, clever” (mid-16th century), giving rise to the current appreciatory senses (late 16th century). Pronunciation: /ˈhæn.səm/ 1. To render handsome. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: fall Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale. Pronunciation: /fɔːl/, /foːl/, /fɔl/, /faːl/, /fɑl/ 1. The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
Word: fall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale. Pronunciation: /fɔːl/, /foːl/, /fɔl/, /faːl/, /fɑl/ 1. The chasing of a hunted whale.
Word: finish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ 1. An end; the end of anything. Example: Noel meets a cruel finish: "Kid," the government lackey who "protects" the clubs in the tourist belt, shoots Noel dead in an alley for stealing Pining out of the brothel. 2. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. Example: The car's finish was so shiny and new. Example: They're sipping Darjeeling tea, and the silver tea set is polished to a mirror finish so reflective that you can see your likeness. 3. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth. 4. A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish. 5. A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal. Example: The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov. Example: However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it. 6. The ending of a match and its structure. Labels: slang
Word: finish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ 1. To complete (something). Labels: transitive Example: Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed! Example: Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings 2. To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar). Labels: transitive Example: The furniture was finished in teak veneer. Example: Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold. 3. To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal. Labels: transitive Example: Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age. 4. To come to an end. Labels: intransitive Example: We had to leave before the concert had finished. 5. To put an end to; to destroy. Labels: transitive Example: These rumours could finish your career. 6. To reach orgasm. Labels: intransitive Example: Fucked my cousin in her asshole Before I finish on her tits Example: "Understand the anxiety around sex and what beliefs are triggering it," says Van Kirk."Are you worried you aren't good in bed? That you'll come off as selfish? That pleasuring you will take too long? Reframe that anxiety. Your excitement needs to be louder than any anxiety" to finish.
Word: pristine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪstiːn/, /pɹɪsˈtiːn/, /pɹɪsˈtaɪn/, /ˈpɹɪstaɪn/, /ˈpɹɪstɪn/ 1. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied. Example: The beach back is in pristine condition after a council-led cleanup. Example: Fire fueled with gasoline Life is beautiful, the world is pristine We have been bound unseen The walls of existence remain unclean 2. Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something. Example: Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little animal. 3. Perfect.
Word: pristine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis, “saw, sawfish”). 1. Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae. Example: This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).
Word: raccoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkuněm (“he scratches with his hands”). Pronunciation: /ɹəˈkuːn/, /ɹæˈkun/, /ɹəˈkun/ 1. An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail. 2. The common raccoon (Procyon lotor). Example: Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by. Example: The Rackoone is a deepe furred beaſt, not much unlike a Badger, having a tayle like a Fox, as good meate as a Lambe; there is one of them in the Tovver. 3. Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine. 4. Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid. 5. Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog. Labels: broadly, proscribed
Word: epitaph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph. Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/, /ˈɛp.ɪˌtæf/ 1. An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased. Example: The church itself, or at all events the squat and tiny tower, has not altered much since Lamb saw it. But the epitaphs have gone. Search among the ivies and yews of the shady little churchyard will discover a number of flat, weatherworn slabs of stone, but the verses and the signatures have vanished. Example: Ayot St Lawrence's most famous inhabitant, George Bernard Shaw, moved into the New Rectory in 1906 because, it is said, of a gravestone epitaph in the churchyard. This recorded the death of a woman who lived to be 70 with the comment 'Her time was short'. Shaw thought that a place that considered a life of 70 years short was the right place for him. 2. A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person. Example: Nam vinci in amore turpissimum putant, not only living, but when their friends are dead, with tombs and monuments, nenias, epitaphs, elegies, inscriptions, pyramids, obelisks, statues, images, pictures, histories, poems, annals, feasts, anniversaries, many ages after (as Plato's scholars did) they will parentare still, omit no good office that may tend to the preservation of their names, honours, and eternal memory.