nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tactical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tactic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/ 1. Of or relating to tactics. Labels: not-comparable Example: As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline. 2. Of or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones. Labels: not-comparable Example: tactical nuclear weapon Example: There are already hopes that actual tactical surprise has been attained, and we hope to furnish the enemy with a succession of surprises during the course of the fighting. 3. Adroit, skilful or ingenious. Labels: not-comparable 4. Having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tactical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tactic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/ 1. A combinator of proof tactics. Example: The repeat that we use here is called a tactical, or tactic combinator. The behavior of repeat t is to loop through running t, running t on all generated subgoals, running t on their generated subgoals, and so on. When t fails at any point in this search tree, that particular subgoal is left to be handled by later tactics. 2. A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes.
Word: tactician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either borrowed from French tacticien or derived as tactic + -ian. Pronunciation: /tækˈtɪʃən/ 1. A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.
Word: taffeta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English, from Old French taffetas, from Medieval Latin taffata, from Classical Persian تافته (tāfta), from تافتن (tāftan). Pronunciation: /ˈtæ.fɪ.tə/, /ˈtæ.fə.tə/ 1. A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims? Example: I met her at lover's park / One rainy April Monday / Smiling soft and warm as on / A clear December Sunday / Wearing taffeta and lace
Word: tail end Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English taylende; equivalent to tail + end. 1. The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump. 2. The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part. Labels: figuratively Example: At the tail end of summer. Example: The tail end of a lecture.
Word: Tail End Charlie Part of Speech: noun 1. The last aircraft in a formation. Labels: UK, slang 2. The rear gunner in a bomber. Labels: UK, slang 3. The man guarding the rear of a patrol. Labels: slang 4. The southernmost thunderstorm in a band of storms, often subject to the best conditions for strengthening. Labels: slang
Word: rear gunner Part of Speech: noun 1. One who operates the gun in the rear turret of a bomber.
Word: tail off Part of Speech: verb 1. To gradually subside or diminish. Example: After losing to Sam Querrey in the third round of Wimbledon in 2016, Djokovic alluded to difficulties in his personal life and his form subsequently tailed off.
Word: tail away Part of Speech: verb 1. To gradually subside or diminish. Labels: intransitive
Word: tailor-made Part of Speech: adj 1. Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke. Labels: not-comparable 2. Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements. Labels: not-comparable Example: Any local businesses looking to use rail freight now have a tailor-made facility ready and waiting.
Word: tailor-made Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tailor-make Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tailor-made Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of clothing made by a tailor; (specifically), a dress made by a tailor rather than by a dressmaker, and hence plainer in style. Example: Leonora always appeared to me at her best in a blue tailor-made. Example: A breitschwantz stole edged with ermine is knotted over this black woollen tailor-made. 2. Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”). Labels: slang
Word: take away Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ 1. To remove something and put it in a different place. Example: Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat. 2. To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it. Example: The teacher took my mobile phone away until the end of the lesson. Example: The new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents. 3. To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it. Example: The mother of the murdered man spoke directly to the man who took away her son, then addressed the judge, whom she trusted would impose the maximum sentence. 4. To subtract or diminish something. Example: If I have five apples and you take away two, how many do I have left? Example: But take nothing away from Arsenal, who were driven on by the brilliance of Van Persie and Fabregas and only prevented from being out of sight at half-time by the feats of Al Habsi. 5. To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later. Example: I took away the impression that the play was under rehearsed. Example: Which brings us to what I took away as the main point of the lecture 6. To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent. Example: The police took him away for questioning. Example: I'm taking you away to the country for a rest. It's for your own good! 7. To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something. Example: My job takes me away from home most weekends. Example: Using the internet so much can take you away from your studies.
Word: take away Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ 1. minus Labels: childish Example: Coordinate term: goes into Example: Five take away two is three. (5-2=3)
Word: take away Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of takeaway. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: takeaway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from take away. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkəweɪ/, /ˈtæɪkəwæɪ/ 1. (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought. Labels: Commonwealth, Hong-Kong, Ireland, Philippines, UK, not-comparable, sometimes Example: I couldn't be bothered to cook, so I bought a takeaway curry.
Word: takeaway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from take away. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkəweɪ/, /ˈtæɪkəwæɪ/ 1. A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK Example: If you're hungry, there's a takeaway just around the corner. Example: 2005, Amsterdam, Time Out, page 129, The wonderful, and deeply filling, world of Dutch broodjes (sandwiches) has its greatest champion in this takeaway, one of the very few that still features proper homemade meat and fish salads in your bun, rather than the almost ubiquitous factory prepared product that′s taken over the sandwich market. 2. A meal which has been purchased and has been carefully packaged as to be taken and consumed elsewhere. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: I fancy an Indian takeaway tonight. Example: Good Italian cuisine & friendly service. Also does takeaways, including pizza. 3. The preliminary part of a golfer′s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball. Example: One drill to help you work on the long, low takeaway is to place a tee, a coin, or even another ball just beyond your back foot (whatever you choose should be slightly inside your toe to promote a slightly inside swing path). Example: Make sure your hands and shoulders work together during the takeaway. 4. A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations. Labels: US 5. An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: For example, one of the big takeaways for myself (even though I know better) is when I don′t review my goals daily I get sucked into what′s currently happening and easily get distracted from what′s most important. Example: 2010, Scott Monty, Foreword, Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, page xvi, A strength of this book is Qualman′s ability to take complex issues and break them into easily digestible takeaways through the use of real world examples and analogies.
Word: take care Part of Speech: verb 1. To be cautious, careful or prudent. Labels: intransitive Example: Take care when you’re crossing the crosswalk. Example: Take care that you don't fall! 2. To mind, or be in charge of something. Labels: intransitive
Word: take care Part of Speech: intj 1. good-bye (literally, take care of yourself)
Word: take courage Part of Speech: verb 1. To be resolute in difficult circumstances.
Word: take for granted Part of Speech: verb 1. To assume something to be true without verification or proof. Labels: transitive Example: Let it be considered a delicate intimation on the part of the historian that he is going back to the town in which Oliver Twist was born; the reader taking it for granted that there are good and substantial reasons for making the journey. Example: Most people take the imprint "Not Transferable" for granted when buying railway tickets, and are sufficiently law-abiding not to think of transferring a return half to a relation or friend. 2. To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost. Labels: especially, idiomatic, transitive Example: These great First Truths, these good and gracious Tidings, these holy and humanizing Spells, in the preconformity to which our very humanity may be said to consist, are so infused, that it were but a tame and inadequate expression to say, we all take them for granted. Example: He had fiercely championed loveless ladies entering frustrated middle age, the married woman whose husband took her for granted and seldom into his arms.
Word: take hold Part of Speech: verb 1. To grasp, seize. Example: The astonishing sight of the Cristo do Corcovado took hold of our attention. 2. To take root, become established. Labels: intransitive Example: Then the highly virulent mental germs skillfully inoculated took a hold in the subconscious mind of European humanity; the disease developed rapidly, spread like wild fire, and raged unabated throughout the width and length of the central empires. Example: Contours of a deal with conservative holdouts who had been blocking McCarthy’s rise had emerged the night before, and took hold after four dismal days and 14 failed votes in an intraparty standoff unseen in modern times.
Word: take charge Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving informal command over a group of people. Example: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. Example: Steam also takes charge of South Eastern (former P.L.M.) trains from Paris to Marseilles and the Riviera from Lyons onwards, and of Western Region trains from Le Mans onwards, as also between Paris and Dieppe and Le Havre.
Word: take control Part of Speech: verb 1. To assume control, to gain power over someone or something. Example: She'd seen a doctor who’d prescribed Subutex, a drug-replacement treatment designed to wean the user off heroin. It had made her throw up. I was so relieved and told her how proud I was of her for taking control. Example: The Netherlands, who saw Denzel Dumfries' header hit the bar before the break, took control after the break and it required important interventions from keeper Jordan Pickford to keep England level.
Word: take something in stride Part of Speech: verb 1. To cope with something unfortunate without much effort; to accept or manage difficulties well. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: And mama used to say "Take your time, young man!" / And mama used to say "Don't you rush to get old!" / And mama used to say "Take it in your stride!" / And mama used to say "Live your life!"
Word: take inventory Part of Speech: verb 1. To compile an inventory. Labels: intransitive, often, with-of Example: […] she sent the next day a Charge to the Provest and Bayliffs, and to her owne great Treasurer, to passe to the houses of the said foure men, and likewise to their Booths or Shops, and there to take Inventory of all their Goods and Chattells […] Example: She swapped the rose beige dress for an apron, and took inventory of the ice box. 2. to assess a situation Labels: intransitive, often, with-of
Word: take note Part of Speech: verb 1. To pay attention; to take notice; to note.
Word: take no notice of Part of Speech: verb 1. To ignore. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He took no notice of the spider until it bit him. Example: There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards.
Word: take notes Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a record of what one hears or observes for future reference. Example: Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.
Word: take notice Part of Speech: verb 1. To notice; to take note. Labels: intransitive, often, with-of
Word: take offence Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of take offense. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: take refuge Part of Speech: verb 1. To shelter; to hole up. Labels: intransitive 2. To return or come back and rely on or upon. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: take revenge Part of Speech: verb 1. To avenge; to get back at.
Word: take steps Part of Speech: verb 1. To initiate a course of action, often against something that one disapproves of. Example: If necessary, I will take steps to clarify the situation before the deadline for lodging questions next Monday. Members should be aware that, in general, they should ask only the question that was lodged and which appears in the Business Bulletin. Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson in Scottish Parliament on 19 June 2008.
Word: take stock Part of Speech: verb 1. To take inventory, especially at the end of a season in a store or business. 2. To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. Example: In 2009, he underwent heart surgery for an aortic valve replacement at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, an event that Mr. Williams said caused him to take stock of his life.
Word: stocktaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + taking. 1. the act of taking an inventory of merchandise etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the reappraisal of a situation or of one's prospects Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unto Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌntʊ/, /-tuː/, /-tə/, /ˈʌntə/, /-tʊ/ 1. Up to the time or degree that; until. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: Unto This Last (John Ruskin)
Word: unto Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌntʊ/, /-tuː/, /-tə/, /ˈʌntə/, /-tʊ/ 1. Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle. Example: Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands; Curtsied when you have, and kiss'd The wild waves whist, Foot it featly here and there, And sweet sprites bear The burthen.[…] 2. To; indicates an indirect object. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: And the Lord said unto Moses […] Example: So please my lord the duke and all the court To quit the fine for one half of his goods I am content; so he will let me have The other half in use, to render it, Upon his death, unto the gentleman That lately stole his daughter: Two things provided more,—[…] 3. Down to the last; encompassing even every. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: ⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.
Word: infra dig Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened form of Latin infrā dignitātem (literally “beneath [one's] dignity”). 1. Beneath one's dignity. Labels: colloquial Example: It would be regarded as infra dig., I am told, for an American professor of English to concern himself too actively with the English spoken by nearly a hundred millions of his countrymen. Example: Gradually the hoop fell out of favour. Possibly with the increase in traffic, it was no longer safe to bowl one's hoop over the pavement and it had to be taken into the park. Perhaps it was the coming of the scooter which made it infra dig. to carry a hoop.
Word: apocopation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”) Pronunciation: /əˌpɑkəˈpeɪʃən/, /əˌpɒkəˈpeɪʃən/ 1. A word formed by removing the end of a longer word.
Word: synaeresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis, “unification”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + αἵρεσις (haíresis, “taking”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈnɪəɹɪsɪs/, /sɪnˈɛɹɪsɪs/ 1. The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 2. The separating out of the liquid from a gel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: WMO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Meteorological Organization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: According to WMO, the lowest temperature noted was -89.2 C, recorded on July 21, 1983, in Vostok, Antarctica. Yes, Celsius, not Fahrenheit. In the latter, that’s minus 128.5 degrees. 2. Initialism of World Mime Organisation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Wayanad Muslim Orphanage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DINK Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally US. First attested in the 1980s. Pronunciation: /dɪŋk/ 1. Acronym of double income, no kids or dual income, no kids: a childless couple with two jobs and thus two incomes. Labels: Australia, US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, attributive, often Example: Homer "It was a wonderful time. We were living the DINK life." Lisa "Dink?" Homer: "DINK: Dual income, no kids." Lisa: "Oh, DINK." Example: In certain states, DINKs out earn their DIWK counterparts by an even more considerable margin. As you can see, DINKs in Connecticut earn 70% more than DIWKs, and DINK households make 62% more than DIWKs in Rhode Island.
Word: Vancouverite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Vancouver Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Vancouverite From Vancouver + -ite. 1. A native or resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Labels: Canada Example: Those frolicking in Vancouver's recreational areas shouldn't be surprised to end up in the middle of a rather messy sloshball game or ultimate Frisbee tournament; Vancouverites tend to leave their big-city attitudes at home.
Word: down pat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown, but clearly related to pat (“suitable, fitting”, adjective) and pat (adverb); possibly related to pat (“light tap”) in the sense of hitting the mark. 1. Thoroughly practiced, rehearsed, or understood; mastered. Labels: not-comparable Example: to have … down pat Example: She's got that Indian wrestlin' down pat, an' she's built for it.
Word: unscathed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + scathed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈskeɪðd/ 1. Not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was quite relieved to finish the conversation unscathed. Example: On Tyneside, the suburban electric services were relatively unscathed by the conditions.
Word: high fidelity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the idea of strong lifelikeness, being very much true to life, a faithful reproduction of the original sounds that were recorded, with very little loss of information. 1. The electronic reproduction of a given sound or image with relatively high accuracy. Labels: uncountable Example: High Fidelity is an attempt to minimize the effect of the electro-mechanical means necessary to the reproduction of music. 2. A high-quality reproduction of sound. Labels: uncountable Example: AFTER 500 PLAYS OUR HIGH FIDELITY TAPE STILL DELIVERS HIGH FIDELITY
Word: high fidelity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the idea of strong lifelikeness, being very much true to life, a faithful reproduction of the original sounds that were recorded, with very little loss of information. 1. Characterized by minimal distortion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fidelity bond Part of Speech: noun 1. An insurance contract that covers an employer against loss due to fraudulent or dishonest employees.
Word: hi-fi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of high fidelity. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪˌfaɪ/, /ˌhaɪˈfaɪ/ 1. High fidelity. Labels: uncountable 2. An electronic device used to play recorded sound, especially music. Labels: countable
Word: hi-fi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened form of high fidelity. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪˌfaɪ/, /ˌhaɪˈfaɪ/ 1. modern, fashionable, hi-tech. Labels: India Example: If buses could fly: Hi-fi idea to fix traffic woes back on table Example: It’s about survival and a hi-fi lifestyle, where human life doesn’t count,” said Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao.
Word: music centre Part of Speech: noun 1. An integrated home audio system. Labels: UK
Word: music center Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where music is performed or rehearsed. Labels: US
Word: boom box Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of boombox. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: polyamorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a 1990 article by Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, A Bouquet of Lovers, formed poly- + amorous or polyamory + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑliˈæmərəs/ 1. Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory. Labels: not-comparable Example: Being polyamorous isn't inherently wrong. Neither is desiring threesomes or kinky sex. Example: Grace now lives alone, but many of her friends still live in group houses, where they share resources, and sometimes polyamorous entanglements. 2. Open to having such relationships, regardless of one's experience or current practices. Labels: not-comparable
Word: indexing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of index Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: indexing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is indexed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Minimizing the number of indexings will make the algorithm more efficient. 2. A system used to assign indexes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In zero-based indexing, array variables in a computer program are numbered upwards from zero.
Word: patiently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English patient Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English patiently From patient + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪʃəntli/ 1. In a patient manner. Example: "I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it." Example: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
Word: pushing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of push Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pushing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ 1. That pushes forward; pressing, driving. Example: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams. 2. Aggressively assertive; pushy. Labels: archaic Example: Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair[…]
Word: pushing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is pushed. Example: We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.
Word: greasy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gresi, gressy, equivalent to grease + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹi.si/, /ˈɡɹi.zi/, /ˈɡɹiː.si/ 1. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease. Example: a greasy mineral Example: […] mechanic slaves With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall Uplift us to the view […] 2. Containing a lot of grease or fat. Example: c. 1795, Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Taylor’s Family Companion: or The Whole Art of Cookery Display’d, London: W. Lane, “To fry flat Fish,” p. 37, Before you dish them up, lay them upon a drainer before the fire sloping, for two or three minutes, which will prevent their eating greasy. Example: With a skin full of alcohol and a probable overwhelming desire for a greasy kebab, I had evidently got myself into such a state that I was unable to locate the correct door to the fast food shop. 3. Oily in manner; obsequious. Example: He does not impress me favourably. He is glib, ingratiating, and distinctly 'greasy.' He has a ready answer for everything almost before the question is out of your mouth. 4. Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical. Labels: slang Example: Julian: We're gonna fill the trailers up with furniture all right, boys, but we're gonna rent them out by the hour. Bubbles: Aw, that's greasy. 5. Fat, bulky. Labels: obsolete Example: Let’s consult together against this greasy knight. 6. Gross; indelicate; indecent. Labels: obsolete Example: Now I am perfect hate, I lou’d but three things in the world, Philosophy, Thrift, and my self. Thou hast made me hate Philosophy. A Vsurers greasie Codpeece made me loath Thrift: but if all the Brewers Iades in the town can drug me from loue of my selfe, they shall doo more then e’re the seuen wise men of Greece could […] 7. Afflicted with the disease called grease.
Word: greasy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gresi, gressy, equivalent to grease + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹi.si/, /ˈɡɹi.zi/, /ˈɡɹiː.si/ 1. An annoyed or contemptuous look; a dirty look. Labels: Australia, countable Example: At the end of the day, when my baby is hungry, you’re going to see a boob. It’s natural, it’s beautiful, and it’s something that should be celebrated. Shout out to the dude who gave me a greasy at my local cafe last week. This one is for you. 2. Wool that still contains grease and has not undergone scouring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Competition for South African wools has been very unsatisfactory, heavy conditioned greasies being at times practically unsalable.
Word: precipitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French précipitation, from Latin praecipitātiō, praecipitātiōnem. By surface analysis, precipitate + -ion. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn̩/ 1. Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: South Korea’s Ministry of Environment said in a news release that no major precipitation was observed after the cloud seeding operation. Example: Some rain was expected to fall in Pennsylvania and South Jersey on Thursday, but no precipitation made it to the rest of New Jersey, New York City and most of New England -- all regions in desperate need of moisture following an extremely dry fall. 2. The amount of water precipitated in any form. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A hurried headlong fall. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This type of bio-inspired material utilizes microbial calcite precipitation to heal cracks that develop autonomously, thereby enhancing the material’s durability and reducing maintenance costs. 5. Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Immediately on returning home, highly satisfied with the result of his visit to Mrs. Belmour, Melliphant found on his table a letter from Sir Howard, over which he cast his eyes with precipitation. Example: The young man thanked me, and took his leave with some little precipitation, after declining a glass of liquor.
Word: humidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English humidite, borrowed from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin hūmiditās, from Latin ūmidus (“damp, moist, wet”). By surface analysis, humid + -ity. Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/, /hjuːˈmɪd.ɪ.ti/, /hjuˈmɪd.ə.ti/, [hjuˈmɪɾ.ə.ti], [hjuˈmɪɾ.ə.ɾi] 1. Dampness, especially that of the air. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The high humidity made the air feel sticky and hot. 2. The amount of water vapour in the air. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Plants in the greenhouse thrive in constant humidity.
Word: Bahr Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: LSM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of linear synchronous motor (“a synchronous motor that provide an output of linear force rather than torque”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of leaf spring mount. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of liquid state machine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of landing ship, medium Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: capstan screw Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano. 2. Mainly on sailboats, the mechanism for winding ropes under a lot of tension; a capstan.
Word: gun it Part of Speech: verb 1. To accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly. Labels: informal Example: You're going to have to gun it to pick up that much speed in such a short distance.
Word: druthers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the expression I'd rather (“I would prefer to”), often pronounced "I druther" in some dialects. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌðɚz/ 1. Wishes, preferences. Labels: US, humorous, informal, often, plural, plural-only Example: "If I had my druthers, I would not be a king. I'd druther be just what I am than any other thing." Example: "If you had your druthers—" Old Lew was always saying, "If I had my druthers, gimme one of them there Shevrolics."
Word: airstrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English strike English airstrike From air + strike. 1. Alternative form of air strike. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The US President himself accused Iran of being behind the provocation, threatening airstrikes on Iran last week – but calling them off just minutes before they were to begin. Example: An Israeli airstrike rocked southern Beirut on Sunday soon after the military issued an evacuation warning for the Lebanese capital.
Word: airstrike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English strike English airstrike From air + strike. 1. To attack a ground target through the use of aircraft or missiles.
Word: APACS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Association for Payment Clearing Services. Labels: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: manges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Beograd Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Бео̀град (Beògrad), from Ekavian Serbo-Croatian бе̏о (“white”) + гра̑д (“city”). Doublet of Belgrade, Berat, and Belgorod. 1. Synonym of Belgrade, The capital of Serbia.
Word: fourth estate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The three (in England) estates were originally the three classes of people who could participate in government, either directly or by electing representatives – originally the clergy, barons/knights, and the commons (though they changed over time). Later the "three estates" were misunderstood as being the three governmental powers necessary for legislation: the Crown, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons; from there, the idea of a "fourth estate" was often used in satirical or jocular expressions, before developing a fixed association with the Press. In the modern sense often attributed to Edmund Burke (1787), popularized by essayist William Hazlitt in the 19th century. 1. A hypothetical fourth class of civic subjects, or fourth body (in Britain, after the Crown, and the two Houses of Parliament) which governed legislation. Labels: obsolete Example: What is more barbarous than to see a nation […] where justice is lawfully denied him, that hath not wherewithall to pay for it; and that this merchandize hath so great credit, that in a politicall government there should be set up a fourth estate [tr. quatriesme estat] of Lawyers, breathsellers and pettifoggers […] 2. Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the press. Labels: idiomatic Example: “Of what profession is Mr. Archer?” “Of the Corporation of the Goosequill—of the Press, my boy,” said Warrington; “of the fourth estate.” Example: The fourth estate is a term to describe the power that journalists and news media have to keep the powers of government in check by informing the citizens. The way citizens have received news and information has always evolved, but throughout that whole time, having an informed audience was seen as a necessity to a functioning democracy. The newspaper itself has been dying for a while, even before social media, all thanks to 24-hour news.
Word: hacking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhækɪŋ/ 1. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky. Example: A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry. Example: “So now everything's fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh. “No,” I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.”
Word: hacking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhækɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhækɪŋ/ 1. Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: . 3. A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A kick in the shins. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. A riding or journey on horseback. Labels: UK, countable, usually 7. The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 8. The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 9. The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 10. The piling of bricks for drying. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: senescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From senescent + -ence. Pronunciation: /sɪˈnɛ.səns/, /səˈnɛ.səns/ 1. The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Organized shuffleboard has always filled me with dread. Everything about it suggests infirm senescence and death: it’s like it’s a game played on the skin of a void and the rasp of the sliding puck is the sound of that skin getting abraded away bit by bit. Example: Over the next 150 years the known age of the Earth expanded a millionfold and lost worlds of the past were found to have overflowed with species now gone. The chain stretched, aged, and eventually succumbed to senescence. 2. Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 2018, University of Edinburgh, "Liver Study Offers Insights into Hard-to-treat Diseases" (9 March 2018), Drug Discovery & Development. Tests in mice found that inducing senescence in bile duct cells - mimicking the process seen in human bile duct disease - led to liver scarring and damage of liver function. 3. Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Condition when the cell ceases to divide. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: jumps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌmps/ 1. plural of jump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jumps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌmps/ 1. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A jumpy or nervous condition. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: Enderleigh looked sharply round, but the girl kept her face averted and quickly went out again. 'There's another who's certainly got the jumps,' said her master.
Word: jumps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌmps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jumping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌm.pɪŋ/ 1. Exuberantly active; in full swing. Labels: colloquial Example: When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo) And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)
Word: jumping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌm.pɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jumping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌm.pɪŋ/ 1. The act of performing a jump. Example: When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.
Word: jumped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌmpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of jump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: loganberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Logan + berry, named for the American lawyer and horticulturist James Harvey Logan (1841-1928). Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ɡənˌbɹi/, /ˈləʊ.ɡənˌbɛ.ɹi/ 1. A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus. Example: Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
Word: senescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin senescens, present participle of senescere (“to grow old”), from senere (“to be old”), from senex (“old”). 1. Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. Example: And now, as the night was senescent / ⁠And star-dials pointed to morn— / ⁠As the star-dials hinted of morn— / At the end of our path a liquescent / ⁠And nebulous lustre was born Example: The history of philosophic opinion itself in interpreted by Dr. Hall in terms of a similar development, in which immature adolescent systems, staid senescent and blasé philosophies have appeared and appealed to their public in direct relation to the status of the culture-periods in which they found origin and favor. 2. Characteristic of old age. 3. That ceases to divide. Example: When such lines and forms of organic development prevail, the individual, as the cell of the body, becomes soon senescent, drifting inevitably into age, decay, and death.
Word: fastened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːsn̩d/, /ˈfæsn̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of fasten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bolted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊltɪd/, /ˈboʊltɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bolt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Aristotle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Via Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs). Pronunciation: /ˈæɹɪˌstɒtəl/, [ˈæɹɪˌstɒtᵊɫ̩], /ˈæɹɪˌstɑtəl/, [ˈæɹɪˌstɑɾɫ̩], /ˈɛɹɪˌstɑtəl/ 1. A male given name. 2. A male given name.
Word: cruise missile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cruise + missile. 1. A missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.
Word: warped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From warp + -ed. Pronunciation: /woɹpt/ 1. Distorted by warping; twisted out of shape 2. Of a person's mind, attitudes, etc, perverse, strange, aberrant or deviant. Labels: figuratively Example: a warped sense of humour
Word: warped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From warp + -ed. Pronunciation: /woɹpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of warp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: becoming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of become Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: becoming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/ 1. The act or process by which something becomes. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: By tracing the turns from U.S. to Japan to China, we can see that becoming American, the classic ethnic American narrative, itself opens to further becomings and unbecomings and rebecomings that address mobility and ethnicization […]
Word: becoming Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /bəˈkʌm.ɪŋ/, /ˈbɪ.kə.mɪŋɡ/ 1. pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful Example: This is our latest, said the salesgirl. Victory Red. Or here I've Carmine, which is very becoming on sallower skin like yours, so it is. If you don't mind me saying. 2. decent, respectable
Word: Fleet Street Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs; see fleet (“arm of the sea; stream”) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈfliːt ˌstɹiːt/ 1. A street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand; formerly the centre of English journalism. Example: And it is to bee ſeene in London, at the red Lyon, in Fleteſtreete. 2. English journalism or journalists as a group. Labels: collective, metonymically Example: "They will say that you are an infernal liar and a scientific charlatan, exactly as you and others said of me." "In the face of photographs?" "Faked, Summerlee! Clumsily faked!" "In the face of specimens?" "Ah, there we may have them! Malone and his filthy Fleet Street crew may be all yelping our praises yet." Example: Whenever I feel really depressed about the stinkingness of politics, I take a dive into Fleet Street and see what stinkingness really is.
Word: kors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ghetto blaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghetto + blaster. First use appears c. 1980, see quotations. 1. A portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boombox. Labels: slang Example: We got tired of him carrying his ghetto blaster down our street every day. Example: “Mr. Johnson, in future I’d like you to leave your ghetto blaster at home, please.” She cast a withering look at the giant radio. 2. A car stereo used in a similar way (loudly and, often, rudely); the hooptie in which it is mounted. Labels: broadly Example: We got tired of him driving his ghetto blaster down our street every day.
Word: HiFi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of hi-fi. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: absolute humidity Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌlut hjuˈmɪd.ɪ.ti/, /ˌæb.səˈljut hjuˈmɪd.ɪ.ti/ 1. In a system of moist air, the ratio of the mass of water vapor present to the volume occupied by the mixture, that is, the density of the water vapor component. Absolute humidity is usually expressed in grams of water vapor per cubic meter or, in engineering practice, in grains per cubic foot. Because this measure of atmospheric humidity is not conservative with respect to adiabatic expansion or compression, it is not commonly used by meteorologists. (Also called vapor concentration and vapor density). See relative humidity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: relative humidity Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of the actual amount of water vapor (absolute humidity) present in the air to the saturation point at the same temperature, usually expressed as a percentage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: specific humidity Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio of the mass of water vapour to mass of air.
Word: jeremiad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French jérémiade, from Jérémie, from Latin Ieremias, from Hebrew ירמיה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”). Named after biblical prophet Jeremiah, who lamented the moral state of Judah and predicted her downfall. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛɹ.əˈmaɪ.əd/ 1. A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall. Example: Near-synonyms: diatribe, tirade, lamentation, lament, litany; see also Thesaurus:diatribe Example: "Father Maguire," he said in the broadest of Cork brogues, without the ghost of a smile on his grave Irish face, "is it a song yez wantin'? Well, thin, it's just a jeremiad I 'd be singin' yez, an' not another song at all, at all."
Word: earlobe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ear lobe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nascent hydrogen Part of Speech: noun 1. monatomic hydrogen that exists transiently after the reduction of a hydrogen ion; generated from zinc and hydrochloric acid; it is a strong reducing agent Labels: uncountable