nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: codeshare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From code + share, because of the change in the flight's two-letter airline identity code. One aircraft will have two or more codes and flight numbers. 1. An agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
Word: codeshare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From code + share, because of the change in the flight's two-letter airline identity code. One aircraft will have two or more codes and flight numbers. 1. To buy space on (a flight) in this way. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: pommie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912. Pronunciation: /pɒmi/ 1. An English immigrant; a pom. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, colloquial, pejorative, sometimes Example: “It′ll be a long time before I do that,” the pilot said grimly. “She′s my Queen as well as yours, you know. I′m not a bloody Pommie.”[…]“Too right, it′s difficult,” the Australian said. And then he added, “All Pommies aren′t bloody. I used that as a kind of figure of speech.” Example: A Pommie. They were sending him to England to work with a Pommie. After all that he had done for this country they were shipping him off to a cold, rain-infested, windy little isle to work a case with a Pommie.
Word: pommie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912. Pronunciation: /pɒmi/ 1. English; British. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, not-comparable, sometimes Example: See citations at pommy.
Word: denature Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French dénaturer. By surface analysis, de- + nature. Pronunciation: /diːˈneɪtjə(ɹ)/, /diːˈneɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /diːˈnɛː.t͡ʃɐ/, /diˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/, /diːˈnæɪ̯.t͡ʃə/ 1. To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person). Labels: transitive 2. To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for most other purposes. Labels: transitive Example: While you cannot drink denatured alcohol, you can still use it to remove sticker glue from most surfaces. 3. To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Sugars are wonderfully robust materials! Unlike proteins that easily denature and coagulate, unlike fats that are damaged by air and heat and go rancid, unlike starch chains that break apart into smaller chains of glucose molecules, sugars themselves are small and stable molecules. Example: Because the activity of an enzyme depends on its structure, any change in that structure will destroy its effectiveness. So cooking foods sufficiently will denature and inactivate any enzymes they may contain. 4. Of double-stranded DNA, specifically to split into two single strands. Labels: intransitive, transitive 5. To combine fissile material with nonfissile material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon. Labels: transitive, usually
Word: aril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1785. From New Latin arillus (compare modern French arille and the English doublet arillus), from Medieval Latin arilli. Pronunciation: /ˈærɪl/ 1. A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
Word: plantain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Old French plaintain, from Latin plantāgō, from planta (“sole of the foot”), a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat; to spread”), because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves. Pronunciation: /ˈplæn.tɪn/, /ˈplæn.teɪn/, /ˈplɑːn.teɪn/, /plænˈteɪn/, /ˈplɑːntɪn/ 1. Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium. Example: The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them. Example: The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains.
Word: plantain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish plantano (obsolete variant of plátano), from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Pronunciation: /ˈplæn.tɪn/, /ˈplæn.teɪn/, /ˈplɑːn.teɪn/, /plænˈteɪn/, /ˈplɑːntɪn/ 1. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana. 2. The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes. Example: We were sitting at the tables in the port, eating an unhurried breakfast of delicious mojarra fish from the swamp and slices of fried green plantain, when my mother resumed the offensive in her personal war. Example: She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with lots of garlic.
Word: shelf life Part of Speech: noun 1. The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold. 2. The maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified. 3. The length of time that something is popular or fashionable. Labels: figuratively Example: As earnest and heartfelt as Maynard's plea for the end of Harambe image macros is, his best course of action is probably just to wait a few more weeks until the joke has dried up. Harambe may have a better shelf life than Damn Daniel or whatever, but there's no way its got the legs of "Smooth." Example: When looking at the company’s future challenges this way, Netflix’s big bet on gaming tracks. It creates new ways to extend the shelf life of content and characters that are already resonating with viewers. But what would Netflix games even look like?
Word: correspondence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English correspondence, from Latin correspondentia. By surface analysis, correspond + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/, /ˌkɒɹ.əˈspɒn.dəns/, /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/, /ˌkoɹ.əˈspɑn.dəns/, /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dəns/ 1. Mutual communication or discourse: Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Mutual communication or discourse: Labels: uncountable 3. Mutual communication or discourse: Labels: uncountable 4. Mutual communication or discourse: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'm doing time in Oklahoma and really would appreciate some correspondence. 5. Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc: Labels: countable 6. Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc: Labels: countable 7. Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡəl/ 1. To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. Labels: intransitive Example: I haggled for a better price because the original price was too high. Example: ‘I am pretty useless at haggling. Haggling means asking the seller to sell stuff below the asking price.’ 2. To hack (cut crudely) Labels: transitive Example: Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, / Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped. Example: I catched a catfish and haggled him open with my saw, and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper. Then I set out a line to catch some fish for breakfast. 3. To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. Example: June 30, 1784, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.
Word: succinct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English succinte, succynt (“having one’s waist encircled with something, girdled; brief, concise, succinct”), borrowed from Old French succinct (modern French succinct), or directly from its etymon Latin succīnctus (“belted, girdled; enclosed or tightly wrapped; (figurative) concise, succinct; etc.”), the perfect passive participle of succingō (“to gather or tuck up with a belt, etc.”), from suc- (a variant of sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upó (“from below; up”)) + cingō (“to encircle, surround; to gird”) (further etymology uncertain). The adverb is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/, /sə(k)ˈsɪŋ(k)t/ 1. Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly. Labels: archaic Example: Near-synonyms: bundled up, cinched, engirdled, girdled Example: The Tovvne is moſt beautified, by a vaſt Garden of the Kings, ſuccinct vvith a great tovvred mud-vvall, larger than the Circuit of the Citie. 2. Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly. Labels: archaic, broadly 3. Of clothes: not loose; close-fitting, tight-fitting. Labels: also, archaic, poetic Example: [W]ings he vvore / Of many a colourd plume ſprinkl'd vvith Gold, / His habit fit for ſpeed ſuccinct, and held / Before his decent ſteps a Silver vvand. Example: Four Knaves in garbs ſuccinct, a truſty band, / Caps on their heads, and halberds in their hand; […] 4. Compressed into a small area; compact. Labels: figuratively Example: Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first. Example: The admirable and inimitable feature of Man, ſupplied and adorned vvith the innumerable teſtimonies of a Deitie: inſomuch, that not vvithout great cauſe hee is ſtiled a little and ſuccinct vvorld vvithin himſelfe; in vvhom there is a perſpicuous knovvledge to diſtinguiſh good from euill, vvhich is the rule by vvhich to direct all the neceſſarie actions of humane life: […] 5. Of an action, etc.: lasting a short time; brief, curt. Labels: figuratively Example: Then ſuddenly, and vvith a ſuccinct bovv, bidding them all good bye, he took a haſty leave; […] Example: With the rope round their neck, their destiny may be succinct! 6. Of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise. Labels: figuratively Example: You should give clear, succinct information to the clients. Example: […] Apollo himſelfe loveth brevitie, and is in his oracles verie ſuccinct and pithy; […]
Word: succinct Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English succinte, succynt (“having one’s waist encircled with something, girdled; brief, concise, succinct”), borrowed from Old French succinct (modern French succinct), or directly from its etymon Latin succīnctus (“belted, girdled; enclosed or tightly wrapped; (figurative) concise, succinct; etc.”), the perfect passive participle of succingō (“to gather or tuck up with a belt, etc.”), from suc- (a variant of sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upó (“from below; up”)) + cingō (“to encircle, surround; to gird”) (further etymology uncertain). The adverb is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/, /sə(k)ˈsɪŋ(k)t/ 1. Synonym of succinctly (“briefly, concisely”). Labels: obsolete Example: Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […]
Word: sleepwalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleep + walker or sleepwalk + -er. 1. A somnambulist; one who walks, or is active, while asleep. Example: Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells. Example: Ashley looked dull as a sleepwalker and, as he came to her and put his hand upon her arm, he spoke like a sleepwalker. 2. One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance. Labels: archaic Example: Though the sleepwalker sat with closely bandaged and wadded eyes, and his back to the grimacing part of the company, he described everything they were doing with the most comic humour, and he asked, 'What in the world is that gentleman in the chair making such faces for, and what is he giving himself such trouble about? […]" Example: But the sleepwalker does much that is correct . The magnetic somnambulists are not dreaming ~ such that there is an accidental connection of images;~rather they know of themselves what they are, but as feeling beings they know this through their genius. 3. A person from whom a voodoo practitioner (a bocor) has taken over control of their mind, making them a zombie who must do the bocor's bidding. Example: But don't zombies exist in real life— such as the Haitian zombies called “sleepwalkers" ? Example: These were not the rotting corpses of the modern zombie apocalypse; rather they were laborers and sleepwalkers that served their masters dutifully. 4. One who goes though life in a state of obliviousness. Labels: figuratively Example: Perhaps he should have killed the white man, who, after all, is the dangerous one, the sleepwalker, the blind man . Getting rid of him would have protected " the higher interests of society " on three counts : It would have made this dreamer and sleepwalker "pay the price" for refusing to awaken to the truth of human identity; it would have destroyed the dreamer's "dream world," which excludes blacks; and it would have carried out the narrator's " responsibility," as "invisible victim," for " the fate of all"—for those both within and without the sleepwalker's dream world. Example: These lines, stylistically reminiscent of Dante's guided tour of damned souls in the Inferno and written in a similar terza rima meterical pattern, survey the human condition, seeing hellish lineaments written on the faces of human souls—not because of any particular sin but as the after-effect of a staining caused by submitting to the triumph of life, suggesting the notion of existence as a process of unabating lapse and disfiguration, a hopeless enterprise where human action, bereft of beauteous shape, has not meaning, and all are, or soon will be, sleepwalkers oblivious to poetic truth.
Word: umbrella term Part of Speech: noun 1. A term used to cover a broad category of things rather than a single specific item. Example: “Cryptology” is an umbrella term that encompasses cryptography and cryptanalysis. Example: Today "queer" is an umbrella term for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people.
Word: LD50 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of lethal dose 50%. 1. The amount of a substance required to kill half of a given population; a measure of toxicity.
Word: moiré Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mohairbor. French moire French -é French moirébor. English moiré Borrowed from French moiré (“watered, clouded”). Pronunciation: /mwaˈɹeɪ/ 1. A pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications, such as in weaving, screenprinting, and halftoning. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: moiré Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English mohairbor. French moire French -é French moirébor. English moiré Borrowed from French moiré (“watered, clouded”). Pronunciation: /mwaˈɹeɪ/ 1. To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface). Labels: transitive
Word: drum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag). Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌm/, /ˈdɹʊm/ 1. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. Example: He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums! Example: In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung, is a Hill called Taipe, which if a Drum be beaten upon it, preſently followeth Thunder, Lightning, and ſtormy weather, inſomuch that the Magiſtrates have forbidden all perſons upon pain of death to beat any Drum there. 2. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. Example: Replace the drum unit of your printer. 3. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage. Example: The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums. 4. Synonym of construction barrel. Labels: US 5. The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola. 6. Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar. 7. A drumfish (family Sciaenidae). 8. A tip; a piece of information. Labels: Australia, slang Example: ‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’ 9. The ear. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: drum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag). Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌm/, /ˈdɹʊm/ 1. To beat a drum. Labels: intransitive 2. To beat with a rapid succession of strokes. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The ruffed grouse drums with his wings. Example: drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair 3. To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization. Labels: transitive Example: He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head. Example: Those long ago memories of gnawing sexuality clashing against drummed in prejudice. 4. To throb, as the heart. Example: Now, heart, […]thou shalt drum no more. 5. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for. 6. Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming. Example: "There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction.
Word: drum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌm/, /ˈdɹʊm/ 1. A small hill or ridge of hills. Labels: archaic
Word: drum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌm/, /ˈdɹʊm/ 1. A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. Labels: historical Example: Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum. Example: [H]e was engaged in a partie of cards, at a drum in the house of a certain lady of quality […]. 2. A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. Labels: UK, slang
Word: drum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌm/, /ˈdɹʊm/ 1. A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc). Labels: informal Example: Add, thinly sliced, 1/2 to 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic also sliced, your choice of protein – chicken or turkey breast, or low fat beef, veal, lamb or pork, cut in pieces, or skinless chicken drums, and probably a little water. Then add 1/2 a cup of ... Example: In a large frying pan, add some canola oil and half of the chicken drums and brown them on both sides. Repeat the procedure until all drums are browned. Place them in a medium baking pan. To the browned chicken drums, add sliced onion, ...
Word: scream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate with Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike. Pronunciation: /skɹiːm/ 1. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound. 2. A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear. Example: I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare. 3. A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer. 4. Used as an intensifier. Labels: informal Example: We had a real scream of a time at the beach. Example: Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless 5. An exclamation mark.
Word: scream Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate with Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike. Pronunciation: /skɹiːm/ 1. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive Example: I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Example: When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather." "Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon," said Gubjor; "when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched." 2. To move quickly; to race. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill. Example: Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same, the Japanese aircraft screaming into their attack runs on Hornet about the same time as most of the Wildcats managed to sort themselves out to begin their own attacks on the incoming. 3. To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of. Labels: figuratively, informal, intransitive Example: Do you know what screams "I’m obnoxious"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice. Example: Nothing screams fall like corduroy! I'm loving this deep seafoam green shacket—made of the thick, ribbed material—that'll give a fab pop of color to a muted ensemble.
Word: poser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pose 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 poser From pose + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/, /ˈpoʊzɚ/ 1. A particularly difficult question or puzzle. Labels: UK Example: “Always so energetic, Hastings! And what precisely would you have me do?” This was somewhat of a poser, but I was not going to withdraw from my position. 2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem. Example: Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions. 3. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting. 4. A poseur (one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others); a fake fan. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: "My boyfriend, or I should say, ex-boyfriend, used to be all dark and brooding with long, black hair, but now?!" [...] "Um, I'm pretty sure uniforms don't work that way. I think your ex might just be a big poser." "A fact I would be blissfully unaware of if not for these damn uniforms!" Example: Started hormones and these bitches called me a trans poser / They can kill themselves, I'm turning up like a transposer
Word: conic section Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola.
Word: cone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊn/, /ˈkoʊn/, /ˈkon/, /ˈkoːn/ 1. A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. 2. A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes. 3. A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point. 4. Anything in the general shape of a cone. 5. Anything in the general shape of a cone. 6. Anything in the general shape of a cone. 7. Anything in the general shape of a cone. 8. Anything in the general shape of a cone. Labels: broadly, slang 9. Anything in the general shape of a cone. Labels: slang 10. Anything in the general shape of a cone. 11. Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina. 12. The bowl piece on a bong. Labels: slang 13. The bowl piece on a bong. Labels: slang 14. An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.) Example: A cone is an object (the apex) and a natural transformation from a constant functor (whose image is the apex of the cone and its identity morphism) to a diagram functor. Its components are projections from the apex to the objects of the diagram and it has a “naturality triangle” for each morphism in the diagram. (A “naturality triangle” is just a naturality square which is degenerate at its apex side.) 15. A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
Word: cone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊn/, /ˈkoʊn/, /ˈkon/, /ˈkoːn/ 1. To fashion into the shape of a cone. Labels: transitive 2. To form a cone shape. Labels: intransitive Example: Under the old method the material coned at the bottom of the borehole and as a result it would not go under houses and buildings. 3. To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones. Example: The area occupied by the works should be coned off and the usual advance warning signs should be provided on all approaches
Word: conic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κωνῐκός (kōnĭkós). By surface analysis, cone + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.ɪk/, /ˈkɔn.ɪk/, /ˈkɑ.nɪk/, /ko.nɪk/ 1. Synonym of conical.
Word: conic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κωνῐκός (kōnĭkós). By surface analysis, cone + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.ɪk/, /ˈkɔn.ɪk/, /ˈkɑ.nɪk/, /ko.nɪk/ 1. A conic section.
Word: ellipse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ellipse. Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis). Doublet of ellipsis. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪps/, /əˈlɪps/, /iˈlɪps/, /əˈləps/ 1. A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone. Example: Near-synonym: oval (synonymous in non-technical use) 2. Alternative form of ellipsis: the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ellipse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French ellipse. Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis). Doublet of ellipsis. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪps/, /əˈlɪps/, /iˈlɪps/, /əˈləps/ 1. To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated. Example: In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.
Word: parabola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “to set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹæb.ə.lə/ 1. The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix). Example: And it saves his life. As he's buzzing down a curving, narrow canal, a narrow green parabola appears hanging across the water in front of him, suddenly rising out of the water and snapping into a perfectly straight line at neck level. 2. Synonym of parable. Labels: rhetoric
Word: psyched up Part of Speech: adj 1. In a state of heightened mental preparedness for a difficult or hazardous enterprise, or one where success is particularly sought. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Near-synonyms: girded, steeled Example: I'm getting myself psyched up to cross the rope bridge. 2. Enthusiastic. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Our investors are psyched up about the profitability potential of our new product.
Word: drongo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malagasy drongo. 1. Any bird of the genus Dicrurus.
Word: drongo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bird (specifically, after the spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus). The horse (foaled 1920, retired 1925) never won a race, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo. * Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo (a recruit), similarly after the bird. * Another suggested derivation is the Scottish Gaelic drongair (“drunkard”). 1. A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang Example: In another story, the drongo is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The drongo agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the drongo, ‘there′s barely enough wind to operate the one you already have, so I doubt there′ll be enough to work two of them.’ Example: One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.
Word: Exodus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐξ- (ex-) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos) Ancient Greek Ἔξοδος (Éxodos)bor. Latin Exodusbor. English Exodus Borrowed from Latin Exodus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔξοδος (Éxodos), from ἔξοδος (éxodos, “departure”), from ἐξ- (ex-, “out”) + ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛksədəs/ 1. The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. 2. The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.
Word: standby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from stand by. Pronunciation: /ˈstændˌbaɪ̯/, [ˈstændˌbaɪ̯], /ˈsteə̯ndˌbaɪ̯/, /ˈstɛə̯ndˌbaɪ̯/, /ˈstɛːndˌbɑ̟ɪ̯/ 1. A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The troops were on standby in case of an attack. Example: In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services. 2. A replacement kept on standby. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During three weeks of the run, I was performing with walking pneumonia, but I had no choice other than to perform because we didn't have the budget for stand-bys. 3. Sleep mode. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That recipe is an old standby, and she keeps the ingredients around in case of unexpected guests. Example: The restaurant, Hop Louie, was a Chinatown standby for decades before closing in 2016.
Word: standby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from stand by. Pronunciation: /ˌstændˈbaɪ̯/, [ˌstændˈbaɪ̯], /ˌsteə̯ndˈbaɪ̯/, /ˌstɛə̯ndˈbaɪ̯/, /ˌstɛːndˈbɑ̟ɪ̯/ 1. To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone; alternative form of stand by. Labels: nonstandard, proscribed Example: Standby while I check that for you. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:standby.
Word: Bible basher Part of Speech: noun 1. A fundamentalist Christian preacher, or other fervent Christian, who is seen to take every opportunity to talk about Christianity and attempt to convert those around them. Labels: derogatory Example: I don't ever go to my local church any more: it's become filled with stupid, fuddy-duddy Bible bashers. Example: I was a real Bible basher. I used to rush round asking people if they were saved. 2. A person who finds fault with the Bible, Christianity, or Christian teaching. Example: I'm no bible-basher looking to discredit everything I hear, but there is one point that might be interesting to argue...If the bible is the Word of God, which version or language is the official Word, as the meanings change subtley^([sic]) from one to another? Example: There *are* no "Biblical contradictions". Years ago, I...addressed many, many, many alleged "contradictions". It's a very sad state of affairs, most Bible bashers who claim "contradictions" prefer quantity over quality, and no matter how many *ridiculous* claims they came up with and I demolished, they would continue with others...
Word: contempt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin contemptus (“scorn”), from contemnō (“to scorn, despise”), from com- + temnō (“to despise”). Displaced native Old English forsewennes. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛmpt/ 1. The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain. Labels: uncountable Example: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Example: Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known. 2. The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend charging Mr. [Stephen K.] Bannon with criminal contempt of Congress for defying its subpoena, sending the issue to the House. Example: Justice Merchan has yet to issue a ruling on whether to find Mr. Trump in contempt. 4. Ellipsis of contempt factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: auspice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French auspice, from Latin auspicium, in turn from auspex. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːspɪs/, /ˈɔspɪs/, /ˈɑspɪs/ 1. Patronage or protection. Labels: in-plural Example: This building was built under the auspices of the Friends of the Poor. 2. An omen or a sign. Example: The circle of vultures was not a good auspice. 3. Divination from the actions of birds. Labels: obsolete
Word: auspice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French auspice, from Latin auspicium, in turn from auspex. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːspɪs/, /ˈɔspɪs/, /ˈɑspɪs/ 1. To be patron of; to sponsor. Labels: transitive Example: The music festival was auspiced by a popular radio station.
Word: illustrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from illustration. Pronunciation: /ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪt/, /ɪˈlʌsˌtɹeɪt/, /ˈɪl.jəˌstɹeɪt/, /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/, /ɪˈlasˌtɹæɪt/ 1. To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison. Labels: figuratively Example: We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples. Example: To prove him, and illustrate his high worth. 2. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features. Example: The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs. Example: Michael Thompson said he had been photographing prison buildings on Wednesday, Dec. 3, to illustrate an article by Tom Reeves […] when an unidentified plainclothes employee of the prison approached him. 3. To shed light upon. Labels: obsolete Example: Here, when the morn illustrates all the sky. 4. To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious. Labels: obsolete Example: Matter to me of glory, whom their hate / Illustrates.
Word: mold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /mɔʊld/, /moʊld/ 1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 4. The shape or pattern of a mold. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 5. General shape or form. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: the oval mold of her face Example: Crowned with an architrave of antique mould. 6. Distinctive character or type. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: a leader in the mold of her predecessors 7. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery. 8. A group of moldings. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts 9. A fontanelle. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: mold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /mɔʊld/, /moʊld/ 1. To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to. Labels: US, transitive Example: Not only in formal discourse, but in the ordinary walks of life, a well-modulated, expressive voice is a most valuable asset, whether one’s object be to interest, persuade or convince, to give a command or entreat a favor. The moulding of the voice into finished articulate speech is a mechanism in which the entire oral cavity, including palate, teeth, tongue and lips, take an important part. As a result of either structural defect of these organs, or, as is more often the case, as a consequence of their imperfect innervation, various logopathies may occur, which profoundly affect the social status of the unfortunate individual and seriously embarrass his way to a successful career. Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers. Example: Your hands shaped me and made me … Remember that you molded me like clay. 2. To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence Labels: US, transitive Example: It is you who must mold the minds of your students that they may be wise, farsighted, intelligent, profound in their thinking, devoted to their country and government and fruitful in their work. It is you who must sense as the example. 3. To fit closely by following the contours of. Labels: US, transitive 4. To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting. Labels: US, transitive 5. To ornament with moldings. Labels: US, transitive 6. To be shaped in or as if in a mold. Labels: US, intransitive Example: These shoes gradually molded to my feet.
Word: mold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /mɔʊld/, /moʊld/ 1. A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: She took the cheese out of the refrigerator and inspected it for mold. 2. A fungus that creates such furry growths. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: mold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek. Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /mɔʊld/, /moʊld/ 1. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon. Labels: US, transitive 2. To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold. Labels: US, intransitive
Word: mold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂téh₂ Proto-Germanic *muldō Proto-West Germanic *moldu Old English molde Middle English molde English mold From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay"). Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /mɔʊld/, /moʊld/ 1. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. Earth, ground. Labels: UK, US, countable, dialectal, plural, uncountable
Word: mold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂téh₂ Proto-Germanic *muldō Proto-West Germanic *moldu Old English molde Middle English molde English mold From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay"). Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /mɔʊld/, /moʊld/ 1. To cover with mold or soil. Labels: US
Word: mold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ Proto-Germanic *muldô Proto-West Germanic *moldō Old English molda Middle English molde English mold From Middle English molde (“top of the head”), from Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Germanic *muldô, from a Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ, parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán). Pronunciation: /məʊld/, /mɔʊld/, /moʊld/ 1. The top or crown of the head. Labels: US, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Example: What a while continueth the mould and crowne of our heads to beate and pant, before our braine is well ſetled[…] Example: By reaſon whereof the flaſhing of the Water, and ſharpness of the Air, did ſo pierce the Archbiſhop (being above Threeſcore and thirteen years of Age) that he complained the ſame night of a great cold, which he had then taken in the mould of his Head.
Word: agnail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English agnail, from Old English angnægl, from ang- + nægl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡneɪl/ 1. Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail. Example: […] Corrie bit another atom from off the corner of his nail. He had a troublesome "back-friend" or "agnail," at which he often bit. 2. A corn or sore on the toe or finger. Labels: obsolete
Word: courtesy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie. Equivalent to courteous + -y (abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, court + -esy. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːtəsi/, /ˈkɝɾəsi/ 1. Polite behavior. Labels: uncountable Example: Please extend them the courtesy of your presence. Example: He was always known for his grace, kindness, and courtesy to people of every rank. 2. A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice. Labels: countable Example: I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy. Example: My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you. 3. Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence. Labels: uncountable Example: They call this pond a lake by courtesy only. 4. Willingness or generosity in providing something needed. Labels: uncountable Example: They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper. Example: [on a label, caption, etc.] Courtesy the Smith Foundation: [e.g.] use of this image was allowed through the courtesy of the Smith Foundation. 5. A curtsey. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual. Example: [I]t was her favorite amusement to array herself in the faded brocades, and parade up and down before the long mirror, making stately courtesies, and sweeping her train about, with a rustle which delighted her ears. 6. The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife. Labels: countable, uncountable