nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: PR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of public relations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR. 2. Initialism of proportional representation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin. 3. Initialism of permanent residence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of police report. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of personal representative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of personal recognizance (bond). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of personal record. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of purchase requisition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of pull request. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of protected ranking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of Puerto Rican. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of progesterone receptor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of partial response. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of prothrombin ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. A PR interval. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. Abbreviation of preset. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 17. Initialism of Paralympic record. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PR Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of per-rectal or per rectum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: PR Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform public relations work, such as promoting or managing publicity for something. Labels: ambitransitive, informal, uncommon
Word: RJ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Rio de Janeiro: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Rajasthan: a state of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: RJ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of regional jet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of registered jack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of reproductive justice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of restorative justice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RN Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Abbreviation of right now. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: I'm so tired RN.
Word: RN Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of registered nurse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RN Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Royal Navy. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: John Richards, RN, was a guest at the inn last night. Example: A chart of Singapore, by Mr. John Richards, R.N., has recently been published by the Admiralty on the scale of 12 inches to a mile; it shows at a glance the docks, coal-wharfs, and other accommodation at that flourishing entrepôt of the trade of the East. 2. Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president (1913-1994, served 1969-1974).
Word: RN Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from other languages: * (Brazil): From Portuguese RN, from Rio Grande do Norte, from rio+norte. * (Italy): From Italian RN, from Regia Nave, from regia (“royal”)+nave (“ship”). 1. Initialism of Rio Grande do Norte: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RN Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from other languages: * (Brazil): From Portuguese RN, from Rio Grande do Norte, from rio+norte. * (Italy): From Italian RN, from Regia Nave, from regia (“royal”)+nave (“ship”). 1. Abbreviation of Royal Italian ship, used as a ship prefix. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, uncountable
Word: RO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of reverse osmosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of restraining order. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of receiving office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RO Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Rondônia: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: RR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of railroad. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of road race. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of rear, where brevity is desired. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of right rear, a location in a square or rectangular layout such as the tires on an automobile or the heating elements on a stovetop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Rolls-Royce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of reverse racism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of real reality. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: real life, IRL 8. Initialism of relative risk. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of rural route used when addressing mail. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of Riva-Roccin, a blood pressure measurer device. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of role reversal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of resource record. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RR Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Roraima: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Rocky River: a city in Ohio, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RR Part of Speech: verb 1. (from the status code used in the GDS) reconfirm / reconfirmed. Labels: dated
Word: RS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Relief Society. Labels: Mormonism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Rio Grande do Sul: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: RS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of religious studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of recommended standard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of right side. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: With yarn in back, slip stitch knitwise on RS[…] 4. Initialism of recruiting station. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of relationship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Alternative form of R/S (“research ship”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: SC Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of subcutaneous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: SC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of superior court. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of status conference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of settlement conference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of small claims. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of State College. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of Senior Counsel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of shopping centre. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of Scheduled Caste. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of supercluster. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of stem cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: This putative SC phenotype may facilitate the identification and isolation of limbal epithelial SCs. 11. Initialism of subcutaneous injection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of simple cubic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of superconductor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of supercapacitor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of safety car. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of sports club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 17. Initialism of supercentenarian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Supreme Court. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Security Council (of the United Nations). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of South Carolina: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Serbo-Croatian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of StarCraft. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Santa Catarina: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SE Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of southeast. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of second edition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of special edition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of sound effect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of standard edition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of software engineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of sustainer engine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of secondary electron. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of STM European. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Stack Exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
Word: SE Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Sergipe: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: SE Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of single ended. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of southeast. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: SP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of starting price. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic. Example: It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie. 2. Initialism of selling price. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of shore patrol. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of state police. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of slow play. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of service pack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, or spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Abbreviation of superintendent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 9. Initialism of suppressive person. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of substance P. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of soft point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of state park. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Abbreviation of spur. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 14. Initialism of short program. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of senate president. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of sex partner. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 17. Abbreviation of sub-publishing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: SP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of São Paulo: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TO Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Toronto: the largest city in Ontario and in Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal 2. Abbreviation of Tocantins: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: TO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of time-out. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of turnover. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of tournament organizer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TO Part of Speech: verb 1. to organize a tournament, to be a TO Example: TOing
Word: bam Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /bæm/, /bam/, /bɛm/ 1. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact. Example: The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death. Example: We all looked up from the maps, silent, and listened to the hurried footsteps in the entryway. They padded up the red carpet, bam-bam-bam, and across the landing and then up the next flight at a gallop, bam-bam-bam. 2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence. Example: She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together.
Word: bam Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæm/, /bam/, /bɛm/ 1. A ned; a bampot. Labels: Scotland, slang
Word: bam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from bamboozle. Pronunciation: /bæm/, /bam/, /bɛm/ 1. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. Labels: archaic, slang Example: To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams.
Word: bam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from bamboozle. Pronunciation: /bæm/, /bam/, /bɛm/ 1. To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat. Labels: archaic, slang Example: This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money Example: I’ll break a lamp, bully a constable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster. 2. To jeer or make fun of. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: bam Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæm/, /bam/, /bɛm/ 1. Abbreviation of bare-arse minimum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ban Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”). Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भन॑ति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon. Pronunciation: /ˈbæn/, [ˈbæn], /ˈban/, [ˈban], [ˈbän] 1. To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation. Labels: transitive Example: Bare feet are banned in this establishment. Example: To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned 2. To summon; to call out. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban. Labels: transitive 4. To curse; to execrate. Labels: transitive Example: They will curse and ban[…]even into the deep pit of hell, all that gainsay their appetite. 5. To curse; to utter curses or maledictions. Labels: ambitransitive Example: :“I seldom ban, sir,” said he to the man; “but if you play any of your hound's-foot tricks, and leave puir Berwick before he's sorted, to rin after spuilzie, deil be wi' me if I do not give your craig a thraw”
Word: ban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”). Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भन॑ति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon. Pronunciation: /ˈbæn/, [ˈbæn], /ˈban/, [ˈban], [ˈbän] 1. A prohibition. Example: That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence, Much more to taste it under ban to touch Example: California has been on the forefront of plastic bag bans. In 2007, Mr. Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco, signed a law that made the city the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in grocery stores. 2. A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms. Example: Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any publike notice. 3. The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban. Example: […] he hath sente abroade to assemble his van and arriere van; wherby, and with the reste of his forces, he prepareth him selfe to enter this countrey; […] Example: […] all the Ban and the Arrierban, are met arm’d in the field, to choose a King […] 4. A curse or anathema. Labels: obsolete Example: With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected 5. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
Word: ban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian ban of uncertain origin, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian bân. Pronunciation: /ˈbæn/, [ˈbæn], /ˈban/, [ˈban], [ˈbän] 1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu. 2. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
Word: ban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Banburismus; coined by Alan Turing. Pronunciation: /ˈbæn/, [ˈbæn], /ˈban/, [ˈban], [ˈbän] 1. A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
Word: ban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From South Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian bȃn), from Proto-Slavic *banъ; see there for more. Pronunciation: /ˈbæn/, [ˈbæn], /ˈban/, [ˈban], [ˈbän] 1. A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
Word: baon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun Tagalog baonbor. English baon Borrowed from Tagalog baon. Pronunciation: /ˈbɐ.ʔon/ 1. money, food, or other provisions taken to school, work, or on a journey. Labels: Philippines, uncountable 2. lunch money, pocket money Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: bap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally Scottish English, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /bæp/ 1. A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland. Example: burger bap 2. A woman's breast. Labels: Ireland, UK, in-plural, slang 3. The head. Labels: Ireland, slang Example: He lost the bap. Example: Mrs Dudley came bouncing back, hand swinging, big stain on her right bap like she'd been shot or Da had got at her in an alleyway. 4. A friend or buddy. Labels: humorous
Word: bap Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /bæp/ 1. The sound of a light blow or slap. Labels: informal Example: Damian rolls Mr. McNutt over and beats the tar out of him with a series of punches, glasses on or not. BAP! BAP! SMACK! BAP! BAP! "You and your men are going to get my family killed!" hollers Damian. Example: Elizabeth continued into the living room and saw Velvet napping on the cool linoleum under the dining room table. She stopped to stroke her silky side and the puppy's tail went bap, bap, bap against the floor in greeting.
Word: bap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /bæp/ 1. To hit lightly. Labels: informal, transitive Example: “Actually, I like you growling when we're in our bedchamber. It, um . . . makes me think of all the things we do.” “Oh.” He processed that for a moment, then grinned down at her. “I'll take that as permission to growl at you all the more, then!” “Wolfer!” She bapped him again with the back of her fingers. Example: She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […]
Word: bap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 밥 (bap). Pronunciation: /bæp/ 1. Cooked rice as part of Korean cuisine. Labels: uncountable
Word: basin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Gaulish *baskisder. Latin bacca Vulgar Latin *baccinum Old French bacinbor. Middle English basyn English basin From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”). Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪn/, /-ən/, [-n̩] 1. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall. Example: First, as you know, my house within the city Is richly furnished with plate and gold, Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands; Example: After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 2. A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food. Labels: obsolete Example: […] Mr. John Knightley, ashamed of his ill-humour, was now all kindness and attention; and so particularly solicitous for the comfort of her father, as to seem—if not quite ready to join him in a basin of gruel—perfectly sensible of its being exceedingly wholesome […] Example: They have a good basin of coffee or cocoa for breakfast […] 3. A depression, natural or artificial, containing water. Example: This shortly brought them to a bewitching spring, whose basin was incrusted with a frostwork of glittering crystals […] Example: The fountains were plashing musically into marble and alabaster basins. 4. An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin. Example: Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota. 5. A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion. 6. An enclosed or sheltered area of water where boats are moored, often equipped with piers, wharves, or docks. Example: ‘Wondered if there was any chance of mooring my boat here. Basin’s pretty crowded.’ ‘Nope.’
Word: basin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Gaulish *baskisder. Latin bacca Vulgar Latin *baccinum Old French bacinbor. Middle English basyn English basin From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”). Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsɪn/, /-ən/, [-n̩] 1. To create a concavity or depression in. Example: Then axial subsidence basined the surface of the dome. Example: Basining is the process that gives the faces of the dies their radius, or concavity. Depending on the production method, the planchet metal flows either toward or away from the center of the dies. The minting facilities "basined" the dies after they were delivered from the Philadelphia Mint's Engraving Department. 2. To serve as or become a basin. Example: To what degree this stress field formed in response to eastward movement of the African plate, to northward movement of the African plate relative to Europe, to basinning of the shelf between the eastern Canaries and Africa, or to other causes is as yet unknown. Example: The eastward pinching and thinning were caused by the rapid basining of the plateau over the Pasco-Richland area in south-central Washington. 3. To shelter or enclose in a basin. Example: A moan as of distant wind or thunder portended something at hand, the approach of which, basinned as we were among high broken ridges, patchy-scrubbed heights, and penned in by a maze of steep-sided gullies or gorges — we had no chance of observing, until it cam down in hurricane strength. Example: A row of trees was basined in the latter part of April, and by the latter part of July, a little over three months, there was a remarkable improvement in the appearance of the basined row compared with the check trees.
Word: bat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal variant of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta). Perhaps compare Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”). Compare also Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ. Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous. Example: The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day. Example: As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US. 2. An old woman. Labels: derogatory Example: "Isn't it lovely?" I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat!
Word: bat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (“club, cudgel”) and modern Breton bazh (“swagger stick”), ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to strike, beat, pierce”), similar to the Gaulish source of Latin battuō (“to beat, pound”). Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon 2. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket. 3. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game. Example: You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now? 4. A player rated according to skill in batting. Example: He's a good fielder and a valuable bat. 5. The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them. 6. Shale or bituminous shale. Example: bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat 7. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. 8. A part of a brick with one whole end. 9. A stroke; a sharp blow. 10. A stroke of work. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 11. Rate of motion; speed. Labels: informal Example: On starting, The Nun led at a very slow pace for a quarter of a mile, when the Shrigley colt made running at a good bat. Example: a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea. 12. A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag. Labels: US, dated, slang 13. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 14. A rough walking stick. Labels: Kent Example: So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […]
Word: bat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), from Old French batre (“to beat”), from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Germanic or Celtic origin. In modern English reinterpreted as a verbal derivative of Etymology 2. Compare batter, battery. Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat. Labels: transitive Example: He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack. Example: We batted a few ideas around. 2. To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding. Labels: intransitive 3. To strike or swipe as though with a bat. Labels: intransitive Example: The cat batted at the toy. 4. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: bat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly a variant of bate. Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. To flutter Labels: transitive Example: to bat one’s eyelashes 2. To wink. Labels: UK, US, dialectal 3. To flit quickly from place to place. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: I’ve spent all week batting around the country. Example: The "Star" is batting along at about a mile a minute, chattering away at the chimney and snatching small coal off the shovel.
Word: bat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of *bastāre (“to carry”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, carry”). Doublet of baton and baston. Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. A packsaddle. Labels: obsolete
Word: bat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”). Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: bat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”). Labels: Caribbean, Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: bat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. A child's shoe without a welt. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: The retailer who sells a little girl a pretty pair of shoes today instead of a pair of bats, is bound to sell that girl, when she grows up, a pair of stylish $3 or $4 shoes instead of her buying a pair of $1.98 bargain bats elsewhere. 2. A boot that is badly made or in poor condition. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: bat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæt/, /bat/, /bɛt/ 1. Clipping of battery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: All these things must sell... […] * Motorola Cell phone bat/case/no contract Example: [T]he razor was allways^([sic]) planed^([sic]) to be a thinner PalmIII with Li-Ion bat and a better LCD (i.e. less glare and more contrast)... […] You can replace it in the same way than^([sic]) the Cell Phone bat's...very easy !!!
Word: bazil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat Inherited from Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan (“to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push, strike”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch boten, botten, butten (“to push, strike”), German boßen (“to thrash”), Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*bautan, “to beat, strike”) (whence, probably, Galician and Portuguese botar (“to expel; to throw”)); also Latin fūstis (“club, cudgel, knobbed stick, staff”), *fūtō (“to strike”), Albanian bahe, hobe (“sling”), Armenian բութ (butʻ), բույթ (buytʻ, “thumb”). Pronunciation: /biːt/ 1. A stroke; a blow. Example: He, […]with a careless beat, / Struck out the mute creation at a heat. 2. A pulsation or throb. Example: a beat of the heart Example: the beat of the pulse 3. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece. 4. A rhythm. Example: I love watching her dance to a pretty drum beat with a bouncy rhythm! 5. A rhythm. 6. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music. 7. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency. 8. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect. 9. An area of a person's responsibility, especially Labels: broadly Example: to walk the beat Example: There has been a bad business during the night at 3, Lauriston Gardens, off the Brixton Road. Our man on the beat saw a light there about two in the morning, and as the house was an empty one, suspected that something was amiss. 10. An area of a person's responsibility, especially Labels: broadly Example: As an adult, I became a journalist whose beat is the environment. In a way, I’ve turned my youthful preoccupations into a profession. 11. An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop. Labels: dated Example: It's a beat on the whole country. 12. That which beats, or surpasses, another or others. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: the beat of him 13. A precinct. Labels: Southern-US, dated, obsolete 14. A place of habitual or frequent resort. Labels: dated 15. A place of habitual or frequent resort. Labels: Australia, dated 16. A low cheat or swindler. Labels: archaic Example: a dead beat Example: “If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something. 17. The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. Example: Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. 18. A smart tap on the adversary's blade. 19. A makeup look; compare beat one's face. Labels: slang Example: She made sure to give fans all the details about her beat in the caption.
Word: beat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bet (simple past of beten "to beat"), from Old English bēot (simple past of bēatan "to beat"). Middle English bet would regularly yield *beet; the modern form is influenced by the present stem and the past participle beaten, perhaps by analogy with the Early Modern English paradigm eat:eat (“ate”):eaten. Pronunciations with /ɛ/ (from Middle English bette, alternative simple past of beten) are possibly analogous to read (/ɹɛd/), led, met, etc. Pronunciation: /biːt/, /bɛt/ 1. simple past tense of beat 2. past participle of beat Labels: colloquial, especially, form-of, participle, past
Word: beat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bet (simple past of beten "to beat"), from Old English bēot (simple past of bēatan "to beat"). Middle English bet would regularly yield *beet; the modern form is influenced by the present stem and the past participle beaten, perhaps by analogy with the Early Modern English paradigm eat:eat (“ate”):eaten. Pronunciations with /ɛ/ (from Middle English bette, alternative simple past of beten) are possibly analogous to read (/ɹɛd/), led, met, etc. Pronunciation: /biːt/, /bɛt/ 1. Exhausted. Labels: US, slang Example: After the long day, she was feeling completely beat. Example: I stayed in San Francisco a week and had the beatest time of my life. Marylou and I walked around for miles, looking for food-money. 2. Dilapidated, beat up. Labels: slang Example: Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys. 3. Having impressively attractive makeup. Example: Her face was beat for the gods! 4. Boring. Labels: slang 5. Ugly. Labels: slang
Word: beat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beatnik, or beat generation. Pronunciation: /biːt/ 1. A beatnik. Example: The beats were pioneers with no destination, changing the world one impulse at a time.
Word: beat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beatnik, or beat generation. Pronunciation: /biːt/ 1. Relating to the Beat Generation. Example: beat poetry
Word: bed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”). Cognates Cognate with Scots bed, North Frisian baad, beed, Bēr, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Cimbrian pett, Dutch bed, Dutch Low Saxon bedde, German Bett, Bette, German Low German Bedd, Luxembourgish Bett, Vilamovian bet, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bed, Faroese and Icelandic beð, beður, Norwegian Nynorsk bed, bedd, Swedish bädd, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi), all meaning “bed”. further possible etymology and cognates The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛd/, [ˈbeː], /ˈbed/, /ˈbe̝d/ 1. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. Labels: intransitive Example: I usually listen to music before I bed. 2. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. Labels: transitive Example: For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration 3. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. Labels: transitive 4. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And he who lies with another Man's Wife after she is married, even before her Husband had bedded with her, is guilty of Adultery, […] 5. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. Labels: intransitive 6. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. Labels: transitive Example: 1810/1835, William Wordsworth, Guide to the Lakes Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded. Example: But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before. 7. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. Labels: transitive 8. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. Labels: transitive 9. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. Labels: transitive 10. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. Labels: transitive Example: Your bedded hair like life in excrements 11. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
Word: AB Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈbiː/ 1. Abbreviation of Alberta: a province of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Artium baccalaureus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Aryan Brotherhood, a US white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Anheuser-Busch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Shares of AB InBev (BUD) soared nearly 6% after the Budweiser, Bud Light and Stella Artois owner reported solid sales and earnings.
Word: AB Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈbiː/ 1. Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires— A.B. means an able-bodied seaman […] 2. Initialism of afterburner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of aid to the blind. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of airbase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of alkylbenzene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of antibody. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of artificial breeding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of assembly bill. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: AB-89 would have required that participation in sex-segregated California school programs, athletic teams, and facility use be based on a pupil’s sex, not gender identity. 9. A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB. Labels: countable 11. Initialism of adult baby. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Well, he appears to be an AB. You know, an adult baby. It's a fetish in which the baby is taken care of in every way by a mommy or a daddy. 12. Initialism of asymmetric bars. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. A halal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce. Labels: Australia, countable
Word: AB Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈbiː/ 1. Initialism of airborne. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of antiballistic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 3. Initialism of at bat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: comely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English comly, comli, cumly, cumlich (“of a person: beautiful, handsome, etc.; of noble birth, bearing, or character; of behaviour: appropriate, becoming; of an event: convenient; favourable; of a thing: beautiful, wonderful; fitting, proper”), from Old English cymlīċ, cȳmlīċ (“beautiful, comely; splendid; convenient”), from cȳme (“beautiful, comely; splendid; exquisite, fine”) + -līċ (suffix meaning ‘like; relating to’ forming adjectives). Cȳme is derived from Proto-Germanic *kūmiz (“delicate; feeble”), from *kūmalīkaz (“dear; pitiful”), probably related to *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“pitiful; frail, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, name; to call on, invoke; to cry, cry out”). The word was influenced by come (verb). The verb is derived from the adjective. Cognates Middle Dutch komelick, komlick Middle High German gomelīh, komelīh Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmli/ 1. Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Labels: literary, poetic Example: a comely woman Example: Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, / But boaſt themſelves more comely than before 2. Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Labels: literary, poetic Example: Doth any contumely vvhich vvee ſuſtaine for religions ſake pierce ſo deeply as […] vvhen they […] trample vnder foote almoſt vvhatſoeuer either vvee or the vvhole Church of God by the ſpace of ſo many ages haue beene accuſtomed vnto for the comlier and better exerciſe of our religion according to the ſoundeſt rules that vviſedome directed by the vvord of God and by long experience confirmed hath beene able vvith common aduice, vvith much deliberation and exceeding great diligence to comprehende; […] Example: I neuer tempted her vvith vvord too large, / But as a brother to his ſiſter, ſhevved / Baſhfull ſinceritie, and comelie loue. 3. Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Labels: literary, poetic Example: In ſhootinge at the prickes, haſtye and quicke drawinge is neyther ſure nor yet comely. 4. Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant. Labels: literary, obsolete, poetic Example: Oh hovv comely it is and hovv reviving / To the Spirits of juſt men long oppreſt! / VVhen God into the hands of thir deliverer / Puts invincible might Example: [T]hey said many kind and comely things about the people they had met.
Word: comely Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English comly, comli, cumly, cumlich (“of a person: beautiful, handsome, etc.; of noble birth, bearing, or character; of behaviour: appropriate, becoming; of an event: convenient; favourable; of a thing: beautiful, wonderful; fitting, proper”), from Old English cymlīċ, cȳmlīċ (“beautiful, comely; splendid; convenient”), from cȳme (“beautiful, comely; splendid; exquisite, fine”) + -līċ (suffix meaning ‘like; relating to’ forming adjectives). Cȳme is derived from Proto-Germanic *kūmiz (“delicate; feeble”), from *kūmalīkaz (“dear; pitiful”), probably related to *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“pitiful; frail, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, name; to call on, invoke; to cry, cry out”). The word was influenced by come (verb). The verb is derived from the adjective. Cognates Middle Dutch komelick, komlick Middle High German gomelīh, komelīh Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmli/ 1. To embellish or grace (something). Labels: literary, obsolete, poetic, rare, transitive Example: One diligent seruiture, skilfull to waight, / more comelieth thy table than other some eight, / That stand for to listen, or gasing about, / not minding their dutie, within nor without.
Word: comely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English comli, cumly, cumeliche (“beautifully, handsomely; gracefully; splendidly; fittingly, properly; well”), from Old English cȳme (adjective) (see etymology 1) + Middle English -li (suffix forming adverbs). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmli/ 1. Synonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”). Labels: archaic, literary, poetic Example: So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat [i.e., a walking stick]; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […] Example: T'is very good to vvaſh his hands and face often, to haue faire linnen about him, to be decently and comely attired, for ſordes vitiant, naſtineſſe defiles, & deiects any man that is ſo voluntarily, or compelled by vvant, it dulleth the ſpirits.
Word: MB Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of megabyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, formal Example: MB equals 10⁶ bytes and GB equals 10⁹ bytes Example: “Unlike other platforms, we store your files for as long as you need them, so it is crucial that we manage our storage sustainably. If you need more upload capacity, Nitro Basic offers a 50MB limit, and Nitro gives you up to 500 MB, so you have options that fit your needs,” the company said on its official support page. 2. Abbreviation of mebibyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: MB Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of moneyboy. Labels: China, abbreviation, alt-of, slang 2. Abbreviation of motherboard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of marine barracks. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of million baht. Labels: Thailand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Bachelor of Medicine degree (Latin: Medicinae Baccalaureus).