nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sorta Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: A written form of a reduction of sort of. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːtə/, /ˈsɔɹtə/, [-ɾə] 1. Sort of. Labels: contraction, informal Example: There’s gotta be some sorta explanation. Example: He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?" / "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.
Word: crie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of cry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 12 ¶ And the men said vnto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? sonne in law, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters, and whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring them out of this place. 13 For we will destroy this place, because the crie of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD: and the LORD hath sent vs to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake vnto his sonnes in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get yee out of this place: for the LORD wil destroy this citie: but hee seemed as one that mocked, vnto his sonnes in law. Example: So the Iewes, when they ſecurely bleſſed themſelues in their proſperitie,and drowned the voyce of the Lords Heralds, denouncing warre, with their lowder crie of peace, peace, were vanquiſhed by their enemies, and led into a miſerable captiuitie.
Word: crie Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of cry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Captaine in a Shippe of warre, is a iollie fellowe, and thinketh himselfe a lyttle God, because hee speaketh prowdlie to the Souldiors, and maketh them quayle at the shaking of his lockes: […] If any be vnrulie, hee casteth him ouerboorde, or if any be fearefull, hee bindes him to the Maste: if hée crie aloofe, the Helmes man dares not goe roomer: and if hée bidde shoote, the gunner dares not but giue fyre. Example: And it came to paſſe at noone, that Eliiah mocked them, and ſaide, Crie aloud: for he is a god, either he is talking, or he is purſuing, or hee is in a iourney, or peraduenture he ſleepeth, and muſt be awaked.
Word: insecure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”). Piecewise doublet of unsecure and unsure. Pronunciation: /ɪnsəˈkjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪnsəˈkjɔː(ɹ)/, /ɪnsəˈkjʊɹ/, /ɪnsəˈkjɝ/, /ɪnsəˈkjɔɹ/ 1. Not secure. Example: It was, as Carrados explained, entirely his own preposterous fault. Nothing but curiosity about the size of the room had impelled him to touch the walls, and the picture, having a weak cord or an insecure nail ... had it not brought something else down in its fall? Example: The Yung-li ruler, finding Chao-ch’ing insecure, fled to Wu-chou (梧州), Kuangsi province, and then to Kuei-lin, vigorously pursued by the Manchu army. 2. Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations. Example: He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people. Example: Imagine being so insecure that you make it against the law for folks to dislike you.
Word: shooter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schoter, schuter, schotter, scheter, schetare, scheotere, from Old English sċēotere (“shooter”), equivalent to shoot + -er. Compare Dutch schieter, schutter (“shooter”), German Schießer (“shooter”), Swedish skjutare, West Frisian sjitter (“shooter”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːtəː/, [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰəː], /ˈʃʉːtə/, [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉtʰəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːtʰɐ̝ː], [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉɾəː] ~ [ˈʃʰʊ̈ʉːɾɐ̝ː] 1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc. Example: The shooter put a bullet clean through her head. 2. The player throwing the dice. Example: Craps involves someone rolling the dice (a shooter) and additional bettors. The game works like this: The first roll is called a come out roll. There are three conditions: 1. If the dice total is 7 or 11, the shooter wins. […] 3. A device for shooting. 4. A firearm. Labels: slang Example: Now all we need to establish is what a shooter belonging to one of Maitland's goons is doing in a polisman's locker. 5. An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force. Labels: slang 6. A loyal advocate or fan. Labels: broadly 7. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective. Example: I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore. 8. A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script). Labels: slang 9. A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle. Example: You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees. 10. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass. Example: We drink tequila as a shooter, but prefer to sip gin slowly to appreciate the flavour. 11. A shooting star. Labels: rare 12. A device supposed to accumulate orgone. 13. A delivery that skids after pitching, instead of bouncing. 14. A photographer or cameraman. Labels: slang
Word: paternity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”). Pronunciation: /pəˈtɜːnɪti/, /pəˈtɜɹnəti/, [-ɾi] 1. Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Parental descent from a father. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Authorship. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.
Word: rolls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹəʊlz/, /ɹoʊlz/ 1. plural of roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rolls Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹəʊlz/, /ɹoʊlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roll Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: caller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːlə/, /ˈkoːlə/, /ˈkɔ.lɚ/, /ˈkɑ.lɚ/, /ˈkɔləɾ/ 1. The person who makes a telephone call. Example: ―I’ve got someone on the line. ―Who’s the caller? Example: Thaler was arrested in Orono last May when a caller reported that the car she was driving had a shattered rear window and a blown-out tire. 2. A visitor. Example: a gentleman caller 3. The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers. 4. A function that calls another (the callee). Example: If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error. 5. A whistle or similar item used to call foxes. 6. The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
Word: top-of-mind awareness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of top of mind awareness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: asses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæsɪz/ 1. plural of ass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin assēs, nominative plural of as Pronunciation: /ˈæsɪz/, /ˈæsiːz/ 1. plural of as (“Roman coin”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mmmm Part of Speech: noun 1. Elongated form of mmm. Example: It is often very good, but falls short of being truly great (mmmm, been a bit of this syndrome going around lately for blockbuster releases).
Word: finishing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of finish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: finishing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/ 1. The act of completing something. 2. Shooting ability. Example: That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing. Example: Benítez's team had been subjected to some intense pressure and will be grateful that Benfica's finishing was not as refined as their buildup play. Jorge Jesus's side pinned them back at times but they were guilty of being too elaborate in front of goal. 3. The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.
Word: fiancee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fiancée. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brand image Part of Speech: noun 1. A consumer's perception of a brand. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whenever Sally drinks her favorite beer, Duff's brand image floods her senses with scenes of being on a hot beach drinking something refreshing.
Word: sitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtə/, /ˈsɪtɚ/, [ˈsɪɾɚ] 1. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait. Example: The photograph caused a stir last week because it was shortlisted for the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious Taylor Wessing prize, despite the rule that “all photographs must have been taken by the entrant from life and with a living sitter”. However realistic Erica may be, and to me she looks more like a sex doll than a real person, she was certainly not a living sitter. 2. One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc. Example: It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice. Example: Those domestic worries came through in pop-culture depictions of the sitter. In the midst of the 1960s sexual revolution, she was often portrayed as a temptress, seducing fathers when mom was away; in the ’70s, she started showing up in horror movies, trapped with a killer in the house and kids to protect[…] 3. A sitting room. 4. A participant in a séance who is not a medium. Example: "The sitters had better just take their own places," said the medium. 5. A broody hen. 6. A very easy scoring chance. Labels: slang Example: How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter! Example: Aaron Ramsey, a hero last season against Hull, missed a sitter at the end of normal time that would have made the game safe and must have been relieved that his shot against a post from four yards out did not cost his side more dearly. 7. Someone who accompanies a person who is taking a psychedelic drug, to provide reassurance in case of a bad trip.
Word: detention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French détention, from Latin detentio, detentionem. Equivalent to detain + -tion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/ 1. The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance. Labels: uncountable Example: In the case of rail-borne traffic, permission is given to each sender to load and forward his traffic so that it will be available for loading into the vessel with a minimum of detention to wagons, unless arrangements have been made for the traffic to be put into store to await the arrival of the ship. Example: "[…] On the 18th of October, 1841, a very intense magnetic disturbance was recorded, and amongst other curious facts mentioned is that of the detention of the 10:05pm express train at Exeter for 16 minutes, as from the magnetic disturbance affecting the needles so powerfully, it was impossible to ascertain if the line was clear at Starcross. The superintendent at Exeter reported the next morning that someone was playing tricks with the instruments, and would not let them work." 2. A temporary state of custody or confinement. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A temporary state of custody or confinement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: be stuck in detention Example: Now, for slacking off in class and for having a serious attitude problem, your punishment is two weeks in detention, with me, starting this afternoon. 4. The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coffeehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa)bor. Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)bor. Italian caffèbor. Dutch koffiebor. English coffee Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English coffeehouse From coffee + house. 1. An establishment where coffee is served to clients; a café. Example: […] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next. Example: In the same way that Old Europe’s coffeehouses begat insurance companies, he says, today’s political careers beget an unhealthy relationship with throat lozenges.
Word: coffeehouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa)bor. Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)bor. Italian caffèbor. Dutch koffiebor. English coffee Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English coffeehouse From coffee + house. 1. To distract a game player by chattering.
Word: hiya Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi. US, 1940s. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/ 1. An informal greeting, hi, hello. Example: Hiya, love, how's you?
Word: hiya Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.
Word: Spaulding Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Spalding. 1. A surname. Labels: countable 2. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: finals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnəlz/ 1. plural of final Labels: form-of, plural 2. A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place or prize, 2nd place or prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.). Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: finals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnəlz/ 1. Clipping of final approach. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: finals Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of final Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: voyeurist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From voyeur + -ist? 1. spy or voyeur
Word: voyeurist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From voyeur + -ist? 1. voyeuristic
Word: Spalding Part of Speech: name 1. A market town in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2422). 2. A rural municipality and village therein, in Saskatchewan, Canada. 3. A town north of the Clare Valley in South Australia. 4. A suburb of Geraldton in the City of Greater Geraldton, Western Australia. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. An English and Scottish habitational surname.
Word: apar Part of Speech: noun 1. The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus Example: The apar is mainly diurnal in its habits; and trusts for defence to its power of rolling itself into a ball, not dwelling in burrows like the members of the other genera. Example: The apars are noted, indeed, for their lively and restless manners.
Word: rueful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu Old English hrēow Middle English rewe Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English reuful English rueful From Middle English ruful, rewful. By surface analysis, rue + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːfl̩/ 1. Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way. Example: "I like the young, andro look, but I've dated across the board—butches, femmes, trannies—and that really bothers Clara. All her girlfriends in the past have been pretty much straight." Kim offers a rueful little laugh. Example: Merely, he received it with the rueful indulgence that he would show towards Tom when he came through with one of his solutions for ending world poverty or the arms race. 2. Inspiring pity or compassion. 3. Bad; woeful; deplorable. Example: The first who made the experiment was a merry-andrew, who was put into my hands by a neighbouring justice of peace, in order to reclaim him from that profligate kind of life. Poor Pickle-herring had not taken above one turn in it, when he came out of the cave, like a hermit from his cell, with a penitential look and a most rueful countenance.
Word: conglobe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm From French conglober, from Latin conglobāre, the present active infinitive of conglobō (“to gather into a ball; to accumulate; to crowd together”), from con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects) + globus (“round object, globe, sphere; glob; group”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; a ball”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Pronunciation: /kəŋˈɡləʊb/, /kəŋˈɡloʊb/ 1. To collect (something) into a round mass; to conglobate. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic, poetic Example: Not closer, orb in orb, conglob’d are seen / The buzzing Bees about their dusky Queen. Example: Thither they / Hasted with glad precipitance, up-rolled, / As drops on dust conglobing, from the dry;
Word: conglobate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1635; borrowed from Latin conglobātus, perfect passive participial of conglobō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + globus (“ball”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) 1. Shaped like or formed into a ball. Example: By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, […] Much after the ſame manner, are their proper Fluids ſeparated from the Blood in the Liver, Sweetbread, Teſticles, and the other Conglobat and Conglomerate Glands of the Body[…]. Example: He who has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and how many particular features and discriminations will be compressed and conglobated into one gross and general idea.
Word: conglobate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1635; borrowed from Latin conglobātus, perfect passive participial of conglobō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + globus (“ball”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) 1. To form into a globe or ball. Labels: transitive Example: How rich a dower was yours! By how much toil of sinew and of mind Collected, conglobated, were Earth’s stores Treasured in Rome,—the Eternal!—throne assigned By Nature and the Gods for sway of human kind!
Word: look for Part of Speech: verb 1. To seek. Labels: transitive Example: He spent his life looking for the truth. Example: In July, when classes are over, most college-goers go looking for jobs. 2. To expect. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: general classification Part of Speech: noun 1. The overall standings in a bicycle stage race, based on a rider's total elapsed time in all stages of the race with the lowest time being the leader. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. suitable for all ages. Labels: Australia, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: brand linkage Part of Speech: noun 1. The degree to which the consumer understands a commercial's message is for a specific brand of product rather than the product category. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If viewers remember a funny commercial was for tissues instead of the brand Puffs, then the ad has poor brand linkage.
Word: brand stretch Part of Speech: noun 1. the degree to which an advertiser alters consumer perceptions of a brand without alienating the consumer by creating messages that do not fit with the brand's image. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: copy test Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of market research that predicts in-market performance of an advertisement before it airs.
Word: copy test Part of Speech: verb 1. To carry out such research.
Word: day-after recall test Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of advertising research measuring the proportion of people who remember seeing an advertisement the day after it was shown on television. Example: The day-after recall test is one of the original forms of advertising research, but few people still use it because the data and analysis are limited.
Word: dramatic structure Part of Speech: noun 1. The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One of four formats used in commercials that are designed to affect the audience emotionally, not just rationally: emotional pivot, positive transition, emotional build, and sustained emotion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The laptop ad that first showed an IT team with a problem and then showed FooCorp as the solution used emotional pivot as its dramatic structure.
Word: emotional pivot Part of Speech: noun 1. one of four archetypal dramatic structures of commercials characterized by the ad’s deliberate use of negative emotions early in the ad to establish dramatic tension which allows the brand to resolve the negative situation and appear the hero or star at the end. Example: IBM utilized the dramatic structure known as emotional pivot in their ads about a company needing to cut costs and IBM products being the solution. 2. a narrative structure used in commercials known as “star-type” advertising.
Word: entry point for the eye Part of Speech: noun 1. The first spot in a print advertisement noticed by the reader. Example: We thought the entry point for the eye in this ad would be the actress’ face, but it was actually her legs.
Word: aesthetic information Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French information esthétique, as used by French social psychologist and philosopher Abraham Moles in his Théorie de l’information et perception esthétique (1958). 1. Sensory information that cannot be articulated in language. Labels: uncountable Example: Coordinate term: semantic information Example: If esthetic information is a key element in the structure of political cognitions, it is clearly of crucial importance to learn as much as possible about the dynamics of their generation. Which forms of political cues convey or reinforce which meanings in mass publics?
Word: give about Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (to surround): Calque of Latin circumdō (“to surround”), which is formed from circum- (“around, about”) + dō (“give”). 1. to distribute or circulate something 2. to spread a rumour 3. to encompass or surround something Labels: obsolete
Word: give against Part of Speech: verb 1. to attack or assault Labels: transitive 2. to impinge against Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: give into Part of Speech: verb 1. to give in to. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: give forth Part of Speech: verb 1. To emit or release something. Labels: transitive Example: The chimney gave forth a cloud of grey smoke. 2. To emanate. Labels: transitive Example: The roses give forth a very heady scent at this time of the year. 3. To utter or publish. Labels: transitive Example: It is John alone who records the interview between Jesus and the woman of Samaria, in which he gave forth that memorable testimony concerning worship.
Word: NEA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of near-Earth asteroid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of non-examination assessment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NEA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New Enterprise Associates. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Environment Agency. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: So I do not think it (street sweepers of different agencies cleaning at different schedules) makes a lot of sense and everybody has agreed and we have resolved this case. From now on, NEA bao ga liao. 3. Initialism of National Education Association. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: High on the list of proposals educators said they support to combat burnout – after raising salaries and hiring more teachers — was providing additional mental health and behavioral support for students, according to the 2022 NEA survey. Example: Two rallies were held Wednesday outside the convention hall, one by the Educators for Palestine group – which is made up of NEA members - and a counter rally by StandWithUs, a nonprofit pro-Israel advocacy organization. StandWithUs has characterized several proposed agenda items being discussed as antisemitic. 4. Initialism of National Endowment for the Arts. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “The Budget proposes to begin shutting down the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 2018, given the notable funding support provided by private and other public sources and because the Administration does not consider NEA activities to be core Federal responsibilities.”
Word: give by Part of Speech: verb 1. to stand aside Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: give me Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, me. 2. An expression of strong preference or approbation for a named thing. Example: Give me a quiet evening with a book any time. Example: Give me the good old times! 3. A request by a telephone user to be connected with a specified person, number, etc. Example: Give me the president. 4. A command to do a given number of repetitions of an exercise (usually push-ups). Example: Drop and give me twenty!
Word: give the lie to Part of Speech: verb 1. To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: They found plenty of emails that gave the lie to his assertion that he didn't know about the incident. Example: As you like this, give me the lie another time.
Word: give of oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To devote oneself unselfishly to a task, especially to give time and energy. Labels: intransitive Example: Thank you to all our dedicated volunteers who have given of themselves to make this project a success.
Word: give oneself airs Part of Speech: verb 1. To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: give place Part of Speech: verb 1. To be replaced by something. Example: Telephone boxes have largely given place to mobile phones. Example: The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track. 2. To yield. Labels: dated Example: Neither give place to the Devil.
Word: give out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Cognate with German ausgeben (“spend, pay, output”). 1. To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. Labels: transitive Example: The best news is that we have safely found Our king and company: the next, our ship,— Which but three glasses since we gave out split,— Is tight and yare, and bravely rigg'd as when We first put out to sea. Example: So soon as I hear that such or such a man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have “broken his digester.” 2. To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. Labels: transitive 3. To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth. Labels: transitive 4. To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth. Labels: transitive 5. To issue; to distribute. Labels: transitive Example: Can you help me to give out the new books to the class, please? 6. To cease functioning in some way. Labels: intransitive 7. To cease functioning in some way. Labels: intransitive 8. To cease functioning in some way. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: So your old car finally gave out, did it? 9. To cease functioning in some way. Labels: intransitive 10. To complain, sulk, chastise. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive Example: You shouldn't give out to your brother like that. Example: He was always giving out about the weather. 11. To pretend or act as if something is true. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I gave out that I was at home, but they didn't ask for an alibi. 12. To express oneself intensely emotionally, either by talking or in a musical performance. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: He's been giving out for hours.
Word: give over Part of Speech: verb 1. To give up, hand over, surrender (something). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Diocletian, the emperor, was so much affected with it that he gave over his sceptre and turned gardener. Example: As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over [the fight] to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once. 2. To entrust (something) to another. Labels: transitive Example: She gave the deeds over to the solicitor. 3. To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely. Labels: transitive Example: The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture. Example: He gave himself over to a monastic life. 4. To quit, to abandon. Labels: transitive Example: If the bodies continued missing until Sunday, all hope would be given over, and the funerals would be preached on that morning. Example: Lord, give over this wrastling. […] Tempt not the fates by another bout. 5. To give up; abandon; stop. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive Example: Give over with your nonsense, will you! Example: While he was declaring the truth, a constable came in with his great staff, and bid him give over, and come down: but William Penn held on, declaring truth in the power of God.
Word: give voice Part of Speech: verb 1. To sing. 2. To give tongue; to bark. 3. To voice; to express an opinion or a feeling. Example: We will be able to give voice to our concerns at next week's meeting.
Word: give a hundred percent Part of Speech: verb 1. to commit oneself totally to something; to do one's utmost Labels: intransitive
Word: give rise to Part of Speech: verb 1. To be the origin of; to produce; to result in. Labels: transitive
Word: penetrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penetration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pediatrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”) ped + -iatrics. Pronunciation: /ˌpiːdɪˈætɹɪks/, /ˌpidiˈætɹɪks/ 1. The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents. Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: crevette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crevette. Doublet of crevis, crayfish, crawfish, and Krebs. 1. A shrimp.
Word: unhoused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English unhoused From un- + house + -ed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhaʊzd/ 1. Driven from one's home. Labels: not-comparable 2. Homeless. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: This combination of law and design can sometimes be so effective that it renders the entire problem of homelessness—and also the unhoused people themselves—invisible to others. Example: In a remote stretch of southern California desert, at least 200 unhoused people live outside, battling the extremes: blazing hot temperatures in the summer, snow in winter, rugged terrain inaccessible to many vehicles, a constant wind that blankets everything with silt, and no running water for miles. 3. Not located within a housing. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unhoused engine
Word: unhoused Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhaʊzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unhouse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lilikoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian lilikoʻi. 1. passionfruit Labels: Hawaii, uncountable
Word: footage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot (unit of length) + -age. Video footage is so called because movie film and television tape was measured in feet. The same term is still applied by analogy to digital videos which are stored on hard drives or microchips. Compare typologically French métrage. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ 1. An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The footage we shot at the riot yesterday got ruined. Example: The footage of this scene has been re-used in several later films where a good, convincing train smash was required, notably in "Seven Sinners" (1937). 2. A measurement in feet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]more and more contractors are buying Southern pine in greater footages per order. Example: Starting footages should go above the line at the start of the sound and finishing footages beneath the line at the end of it.
Word: anaclastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνακλάω (anakláō, “bend back, reflect”). 1. Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water. Labels: not-comparable Example: anaclastic curves 2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Double reflects the drama of the lonely man of our time as in an anaclastic glass. What is piquant is that the costs of the fruitless emancipation are borne, not by a hero, a great personage, but by an amusing little fellow, one of the poor people .
Word: melanic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /məˈlæn.ɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or exhibiting melanism. 2. Melanocratic. 3. black-haired Labels: archaic Example: The melanic, or black class, includes all individuals or races who have black hair; […]
Word: melanic Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məˈlæn.ɪk/ 1. A creature, such as a moth, exhibiting melanism.
Word: melanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mélanisme; by surface analysis, melan(o)- + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlənɪzəm/ 1. Congenital abundance or excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes, more than is typical for the species. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: melanin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of μέλας (mélas, “black”) + -in; by surface analysis, melan(o)- + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlənɪn/, /ˈmelənɪn/, /ˈmelənən/ 1. Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans, free amino acids and metals (Derby 2014) .
Word: diaglyph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) English dia- English glyph English diaglyph From dia- + glyph. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əˌɡlɪf/ 1. Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem.
Word: debriefing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːˈbɹiːfɪŋ/ 1. The act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed. 2. The report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained.
Word: debriefing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˈbɹiːfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of debrief Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anurous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English anurous From an- + uro- + -ous. 1. Having no tail. Labels: not-comparable
Word: assassins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈsæsɪnz/ 1. plural of assassin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zealotry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zealot + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛlətɹi/ 1. Something characteristic of a zealot; excessive zeal; fanaticism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry, I think. Example: These testosterone thumpers have repackaged and exaggerated the study, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like “Trust The Science: Study Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics.
Word: probation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English probacioun, from Middle French probation, from Old French probacion, from Latin probatio (“a trying, inspection, examination”), from probare, past participle probatus (“to test, examine”); see probate, probe, prove. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹə(ʊ)ˈbeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹoʊˈbeɪʃən/ 1. A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You'll be on probation for first six months. After that, if you work out, they'll hire you permanently. 2. A type of sentence where convicted criminals are permitted to continue living in a community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He got two years probation for robbery. 3. A testing period of time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A probation of long and shameful years must be gone through; each one with the endurance more bitter, suffering yet more intolerable, before the debtor can arrive at that system of reckless evasion which is the last stage of poverty. 4. The act of testing; proof. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: And I shall proceed to consider the testimony of Experience, when I shall have first advertis'd You, that if Men were as perfectly rational as 'tis to be wish'd they were, this sensible way of Probation would be as needless as 'tis wont to be imperfect. Example: And then it started like a guilty thing / Upon a fearful summons. I have heard, / The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, / Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat / Awake the god of day; and, at his warning, / Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air / The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine: and of the truth herein / This present object made probation.
Word: zealousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zealous 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 zealousness From zealous + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛləsnɪs/, /ˈzeləsnɪs/, /ˈzeləsnəs/ 1. The quality of being zealous; zeal. Labels: uncountable
Word: yardmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yard + master. 1. A railway employee who is in charge of a railway yard. Example: Each evening the Yardmaster in charge of each yard prepares a list of the freight trains (booked and special) which he proposes to run next day. Example: The London Midland Region has announced receipt of authority from the Ministry of Transport to resume the reconstruction of Stafford station and layout, interrupted at the Minister's behest; contracts have now been placed for the erection of the new station buildings and the yardmaster's office.
Word: yammerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yammer + -er. 1. One who complains or whines peevishly or whimperingly.
Word: whatcha Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what English -cha English whatcha From what + -cha. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒtʃə/, /ˈwɒtʃjə/, /ˈwʌt͡ʃə/, /ˈwʌt͡ʃjə/ 1. Contraction of what + are + you. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Whatcha doin'? Example: Whatcha talking 'bout? 2. Contraction of what + have + you. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Whatcha been up to? 3. Contraction of what + do + you. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Whatcha think? Example: Whatcha got there? 4. Contraction of what + you. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Example: Do whatcha gotta do! Example: 'Tain't whatcha do, it's the way thatcha do it.
Word: yardage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English yard Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English yardage From yard + -age. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I used a yardage counter to tell me that I had about 400 yards of each thread. 2. The use of a yard, or the fee charged for it. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Territory. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Aiyuk a junior college transfer excels in grabbing yardage after the catch. No, like, really excels. In mid-October, according a story by The Athletic, Aiyuk was averaging more yards after the catch (13.6) than Jerry Jeudy was averaging per catch
Word: yardman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard English -man English yardman From yard + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈjɑɹdmən/ 1. A worker in any of several types of yard, as: 2. A worker in any of several types of yard, as: Labels: UK, historical Example: I asked the grizzled rustic who appeared to be in sole occupation of the farm buildings, and who was, in fact, the yardman, if he knew whereabouts I should find the [hunting] party. He said something I did not understand, but I followed his pointing arm. […] The yardman, with his lantern, was helping to back ponies into traps. Motor-engines murmured. […] 3. A worker in any of several types of yard, as: Labels: Canada, US
Word: Ahriman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Classical Persian اَهْرِمَن (ahriman) or Iranian Persian اَهْریمَن (ahriman), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 (ʾḥlmny /⁠ahreman⁠/), from Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (aŋra.maⁱniiu), compound of 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 (aŋra, “destruction, destructive”) and 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (maⁱniiu, “spirit, mind, essence, emanation etc.”). Definable through the antithetical 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (spəṇta.maⁱniiu, “bounteous spirit”). Doublet of Angra Mainyu. 1. The hypostasis of chaos, destruction, and evil. Example: [A]midst Ahriman and his hosts who had now established themselves in the Occident, and as heirs to the horns and tails of Pans and fauns, a crowd of native spirits moved; imps, giants, trolls, forest-spirits, elves and hobgoblins in and on the earth; nicks, river-sprites in the water, fiends in the air, and salamanders in the fire.
Word: yawner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yawn + -er. 1. A person who yawns.
Word: yawner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English yawn Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English yawner From yawn (noun) + -er (“Variety -er”). 1. Something unexciting or boring, as a book, sporting event, or performance. Labels: informal Example: The game's over, and the Bills are winners in a 9-6 yawner that saw no touchdowns and sent the nation to bed early.
Word: year-round Part of Speech: adj 1. Operating or continuing throughout the year. Labels: not-comparable Example: This is a year-round business, so we can't afford holidays.
Word: year-round Part of Speech: adv 1. Continuing throughout the year. Labels: not-comparable Example: They live year-round in Florida.
Word: yellowness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ȝalownes; equivalent to yellow + -ness. 1. The state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] at least there would be no harm in getting a few bottles of “stuff” from him, since if these proved useless it would still be possible to return to the Purifying Pills, which kept you alive, if they did not remove the yellowness. Example: 1924, Herbert Jenkins, The Bindles on the Rocks, London: Herbert Jenkins, Chapter VI, Part II, […] lemonade of a yellowness sufficient to convince the most inveterate pessimist of the presence of the lemon. 2. Cowardice. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Jealousy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: My humour shall not cool: I will incense Page to deal with poison; I will possess him with yellowness, for the revolt of mine is dangerous: that is my true humour. Example: The vndiscreet carriage of some lasciuious gallant […] by his often frequenting of an house, and bold vnseemly gestures, may make a breach, and by his ouer familiarity, if he be inclined to yellownesse, colour him quite out.
Word: yellowy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Germanic *gelwaz Proto-West Germanic *gelu Old English ġeolu Middle English yelow English yellow English -y English yellowy From yellow + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛloʊ.i/ 1. Somewhat yellow; yellowish. Example: Let the daisy, yellow-hearted, With its white leaves starry-parted, And the cowslips, yellowy pale, Serve her as a flowery veil— Example: […] the worn-out antiquity of Sulaco, so characteristic with its stuccoed houses and barred windows, with the great yellowy-white walls of abandoned convents behind the rows of sombre green cypresses […]
Word: yeomanry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ȝemanry, yemandry, yema[n]ri, yemanrye, yomandrye, yomanry; equivalent to yeoman + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈjoʊmənɹi/ 1. A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land. Labels: historical Example: The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. 2. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
Word: yeshiva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish ישיבה (yeshive), from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה (y'shivá, “sitting”). Pronunciation: /jəˈʃiː.və/ 1. An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts. Labels: Judaism Example: Nonetheless, in 1976, after graduating with a B.A. in religious studies, he entered Yale's doctoral program in the same department. A year later, he left Yale to study Talmud in a Manhattan yeshiva. Example: Ultra-Orthodox Jews who don’t send their kids to the public schools control the majority of seats on the local school board. And the families who do send their kids to the public schools say the board members favor the private yeshivas in the district at the expense of the public schools.
Word: yes-man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yes + man. Pronunciation: /jɛs mæn/ 1. Alternative spelling of yes man. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yipe Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /jaɪp/ 1. Used to express surprise, fear, or dismay.