nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bristle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bristil, bristel, brustel, from Old English bristl, byrst, *brystl, *byrstel, from Proto-West Germanic *burstilu, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (compare Dutch borstel, German Borste (“boar's bristle”), Icelandic burst), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís (compare Middle Irish brostaid (“to goad, spur”), Latin fastīgium (“top”), Polish barszcz (“hogweed”)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪsəl/, /ˈbɹʌsəl/, /ˈbɹɪstəl/ 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. Labels: intransitive Example: His hair began to bristle with anger when the subject was mentioned. Example: The cat’s fur bristled when the dog approached. 2. To abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: the hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets Example: ports bristling with thousands of masts 3. To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays. Example: Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty / Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. 4. To make (something) rise or stand erect, like bristles. Labels: archaic, obsolete, transitive Example: The lion is let looſe inthe night, and the Earle hauing a night-gowne caſt ouer his ſhirt, with his girdle and ſword, and ſo comming downe the ſtaires into the court, meeteth with the lion briſtling his haire, and roaring. Example: As for the Icnumon, hee hath but onely chāged his name;now called the Rat of Nilus.A beaſt particular to Ægypt,about the bigneſſe of a Cat, and as cleanly: ſnowted like a Ferret , but that blacke and without long haire,ſharpe tootht,round eard,ſhort legd,long taild (being thicke where it ioynes to the body,and ſpinie at the end)his haire ſharpe, hard,and branded, briſtling it vp when angry, and then will flye vpon a maſtiffe. 5. To cause (someone) to be on one's guard or raise one's defenses. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: Your blatant attitude always bristles me. Example: Mr. Berman, you know me well enough to know that I—and it just bristles me when I hear agriculture thrown into one lump basket, that we’re a bunch of crooks and treat our workers bad, because that is not the case. I have—I wish you could talk to some of my farm workers. 6. To fix a bristle or bristles to. Labels: rare Example: to bristle a thread Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bristle.
Word: brow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva (“eyebrow”), Russian бровь (brovʹ, “brow”), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū, “eyebrow”)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú, “eyebrow”). Pronunciation: /bɹaʊ/ 1. The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located. 2. The eyebrow. Example: ’Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship. Example: And his arch’d brow, pulled o’er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise. 3. The forehead. Example: Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war, And thus hath so bestirr’d thee in thy sleep, That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow Like bubbles in a late-disturb’d stream,[…] Example: Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow. 4. Aspect; appearance; facial expression. Labels: figuratively Example: Take it away; I'm frightened! / But she, with placid brow, / Cries: "This is our Kitty-witty! / Why don't you love her now?" 5. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill. Example: the brow of a precipice 6. The first tine of an antler's beam. 7. A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal. 8. The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay. 9. The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
Word: brow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva (“eyebrow”), Russian бровь (brovʹ, “brow”), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū, “eyebrow”)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú, “eyebrow”). Pronunciation: /bɹaʊ/ 1. To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. Example: Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.
Word: brag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”). Pronunciation: /bɹæɡ/, /bɹaɡ/, /bɾaɡ/, /bɹæːɡ/, /bɹɛɡ/ 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Caesar […] made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame". 2. The thing which is boasted of. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Beauty is Nature's brag. Example: You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf. 3. Short for three card brag. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: our mixed companies here, which, if they happen to rise above bragg and whist, infallibly stop short of every thing either pleasing or instructive
Word: brag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”). Pronunciation: /bɹæɡ/, /bɹaɡ/, /bɾaɡ/, /bɹæːɡ/, /bɹɛɡ/ 1. To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself. Labels: intransitive, often, with-of Example: to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money Example: Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament. / Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade 2. To act in an arrogant or boastful manner. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The dead mans corps hath made ſome Serpents weépe, / Such rewth may ryſe in beaſts of bloudy race: / And yet can man (which bragges aboue the reſt) / Uſe wracke for rewth? can murder like him beſt?
Word: brag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”). Pronunciation: /bɹæɡ/, /bɹaɡ/, /bɾaɡ/, /bɹæːɡ/, /bɹɛɡ/ 1. Excellent; first-rate. 2. Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. Labels: archaic Example: a woundy, brag young fellow
Word: brag Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”). Pronunciation: /bɹæɡ/, /bɹaɡ/, /bɾaɡ/, /bɹæːɡ/, /bɹɛɡ/ 1. Proudly; boastfully. Labels: obsolete Example: Seest how brag yond bullock beare […]his pricked eares?
Word: blind Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blind, Faroese and Icelandic blindur. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪ̯nd/, [ˈblaɪ̯nd], /ˈblaːnd/, [ˈblaːnd] 1. Unable to see, or only partially able to see. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn. Example: Braille is a writing system for the blind. 2. Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive. Labels: comparable Example: The lovers were blind to each other’s faults. Example: Authors are blind to their own defects. 3. Having little or no visibility. Labels: not-comparable Example: a blind path Example: a blind ditch 4. Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless. Labels: not-comparable Example: a blind alley Example: a blind fistula 5. Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless. Labels: not-comparable Example: a blind wall Example: a blind alley 6. Able to be fixed without access to one end. Labels: not-comparable Example: a blind rivet 7. Smallest or slightest. Labels: in-certain-phrases Example: I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice. Example: We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference. 8. Without any prior knowledge. Labels: not-comparable Example: He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport. Example: I went into the meeting totally blind, so I really didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. 9. Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: blind deference Example: blind justice 10. Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias. Example: a blind trial 11. Unintelligible or illegible. Example: a blind passage in a book; blind writing 12. not having a well-defined head. Example: There it was, right in the middle of my forehead - the biggest, blindest, reddest pimple I'd ever seen, just hanging there like a limpet mine. 13. Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit. Example: blind buds Example: blind flowers 14. Uncircumcised.
Word: blind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blind, Faroese and Icelandic blindur. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪ̯nd/, [ˈblaɪ̯nd], /ˈblaːnd/, [ˈblaːnd] 1. A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass. Example: It is a piece of wood furnished with two parallel rows of plates, folding over each other, so as to resemble, in some degree, the laths of a blind. Example: A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway. 2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc. 3. A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife. Example: a duck blind Example: Field biologists use blinds, and so do hunters. 4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception. 5. A blindage. 6. A hiding place. Example: So, when the watchful shepherd, from the blind, Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind 7. The blindside. Labels: colloquial 8. No score. Labels: slang 9. A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind. Example: The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1. 10. A player who is forced to pay such a bet. Example: The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.
Word: blind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blind, Faroese and Icelandic blindur. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪ̯nd/, [ˈblaɪ̯nd], /ˈblaːnd/, [ˈblaːnd] 1. To make temporarily or permanently blind. Labels: transitive Example: The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded. Example: Don’t wave that pencil in my face—do you want to blind me? 2. To curse, swear, use foul language Labels: informal Example: If you’re cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don’t grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it’s beer for the young British soldier. Example: I could see the unfortunate man felt his position deeply, and I was surprised that he contented himself with a mere ‘Ouch !’ But I suppose these solid citizens have to learn to curb the tongue. Creates a bad impression, I mean, if they start blinding and stiffing as those more happily placed would be. 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal. Example: He ſought, but in the dark tempeſtuous Night He knew not whither to direct his Sight. So whirl the Seas, ſuch Darkneſs blinds the Sky, That the black Night receives a deeper Dye. Example: The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. 4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Word: blind Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blind, Faroese and Icelandic blindur. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪ̯nd/, [ˈblaɪ̯nd], /ˈblaːnd/, [ˈblaːnd] 1. Without seeing; unseeingly. Example: It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. 2. Absolutely, totally. Labels: colloquial Example: to swear blind Example: It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. 3. Without looking at the cards dealt. 4. As a pastry case only, without any filling. Labels: especially, in-compounds Example: Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a “soggy bottom”. Example: If the shell is going to be baked without a filling, “baking the crust blind,” prick the bottom and sides of the crust to allow the steam to escape. Another variation: line the bottom of the crust with parchment paper […]
Word: lazy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”). Akin to Dutch leuzig (“lazy”), German lässig (“casual, nonchalant, laid-back, easy-going”), Old Norse lasinn (“limpy, tired, weak”), Old English lesu, lysu (“false, evil, base”). More at lush. An alternative etymology traces lazy to Early Modern English laysy, a derivative of lay (plural lays + -y) in the same way that tipsy is derived from tip. See lay. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/, [ˈleɪ̯zɪi̯], /ˈlæɪziː/, [ˈlæ̝ɪ̯zɪi̯] 1. Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion. Example: Get out of bed, you lazy lout! Example: If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is. 2. Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely. Example: I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday. 3. Showing a lack of effort or care. Example: lazy writing Example: So it was this beautiful young woman Rokoff had been persecuting. Tarzan wondered in a lazy sort of way whom she might be, and what relations one so lovely could have with the surly, bearded Russian. 4. Sluggish; slow-moving. Example: We strolled along beside a lazy stream. 5. Lax: Example: a lazy-eared rabbit 6. Lax: 7. Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical. Example: There was probably more cattle bearing the Lazy S brand marketed than those of any other ranch in the world. Example: The Zuliagas branded a Lazy B. In order to distinguish his cows from theirs for the drive back to Arizona, Mr. Day added a britchen brand across their butts, under their tails. 8. Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required. Example: a lazy algorithm 9. Wicked; vicious. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: The swilland dropsy enter in The lazy cuke , and swell his skin
Word: lazy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”). Akin to Dutch leuzig (“lazy”), German lässig (“casual, nonchalant, laid-back, easy-going”), Old Norse lasinn (“limpy, tired, weak”), Old English lesu, lysu (“false, evil, base”). More at lush. An alternative etymology traces lazy to Early Modern English laysy, a derivative of lay (plural lays + -y) in the same way that tipsy is derived from tip. See lay. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/, [ˈleɪ̯zɪi̯], /ˈlæɪziː/, [ˈlæ̝ɪ̯zɪi̯] 1. To laze, act in a lazy manner. Labels: informal Example: “Go to sea,” muttered Mr. Unity Peach. “Work for your living—don’t lazy away your time here!” Example: You’d see a muddy sow and a litter of pigs come lazying along the street and whollop herself right down in the way, where folks had to walk around her […]
Word: lazy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”). Akin to Dutch leuzig (“lazy”), German lässig (“casual, nonchalant, laid-back, easy-going”), Old Norse lasinn (“limpy, tired, weak”), Old English lesu, lysu (“false, evil, base”). More at lush. An alternative etymology traces lazy to Early Modern English laysy, a derivative of lay (plural lays + -y) in the same way that tipsy is derived from tip. See lay. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/, [ˈleɪ̯zɪi̯], /ˈlæɪziː/, [ˈlæ̝ɪ̯zɪi̯] 1. A lazy person. Example: The “lazies” of the party seized the opportunity of remaining behind—wandering, as they said, though all the cross paths were marked. Example: 1898, Jason E. Hammond, “Work and Reward” in Suggestive Programs for Special Day Exercises, Lansing, Michigan: Department of Public Instruction for District Schools, p. , The dudes and noodles, cads and snobs, had better move away, This busy land can’t spare the room for lazies, such as they, To foreign climate let them go and there forever stay. Ours is a land for busy workers. 2. Sloth (animal). Labels: obsolete Example: To strenuous minds there is an inquietude in overquietness, and no laboriousness in labour; and to tread a mile after the slow pace of a snail, or the heavy measures of the lazy of Brazilia, were a most tiring pennance, and worse than a race of some furlongs at the Olympicks.
Word: amputee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French amputée, (past participle of amputer (“to amputate”)), from Latin amputatus, perfect passive participle of amputare (“to amputate”). Pronunciation: /ampjʊˈtiː/ 1. A person who has had one or more limbs removed.
Word: postie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pōnō Latin posita Italian postader. Middle French postebor. English post English -ie English postie From post + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊsti/ 1. Diminutive of postman or postwoman. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, diminutive, form-of Example: Did the postie come this morning? Example: Thank you, postie. 2. Diminutive of postal worker. Labels: Canada, colloquial, diminutive, form-of, rare
Word: postie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin postbor. English post Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English postie From post + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊsti/ 1. A post-leftist (an adherent of post-left anarchism). Labels: Internet Example: There's the "armchair" critique, which borrows from the "lifestyle anarchist" angle. Basically that posties just spend their time writing essays and polemics and don't do any praxis. This is just a generalization which can often turn out to be false if you step away from the sphere of internet anarchism and actually get to know some posties in person.
Word: jo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots jo (“joy”), from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of joy and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoː/ 1. Darling, sweetheart. Labels: Scotland Example: On Old long syne my Jo, on Old long syne, That thou canst never once reflect, on Old long syne. Example: Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet; There ye'll see your bonnie sel', My jo, Janet.
Word: jo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 杖. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoː/ 1. The staff used in the Japanese martial art of jodo or jojutsu.
Word: Satnami Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sat (truth) + Nami (named by follower), "follower of truth". 1. Any of several Hindu sects.
Word: Satnami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sat (truth) + Nami (named by follower), "follower of truth". 1. A member of one of these sects.
Word: Estland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Estlond, from Old English Ēstland, equivalent to Est + -land. 1. Synonym of Estonia Labels: rare Example: Thus, by the middle of the 19th century the Russian Empire had expanded to include extensive parts of Poland, a large part of Livonia and Estland (Estonia). Example: One summer, he brought out his army, went to Estland, and harried there during the summer in a spot called Stein.
Word: caff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cafeteria. Pronunciation: /kæf/ 1. Synonym of café. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: No one in Mariposa had ever seen anything like the caff. All down the side of it were the grill fires, with great pewter dish covers that went up and down on a chain, […]; you could watch a buckwheat pancake whirled into existence under your eyes and see fowls' legs devilled, peppered, grilled, and tormented till they lost all semblance of the original Mariposa chicken. Example: After working his way up in restaurant kitchens, Nick's father bought a caff off the Walworth Road, and named it The Bosphorus in homage to a cultural homeland elsewhere.
Word: bounds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /baʊndz/ 1. plural of bound Labels: form-of, plural Example: “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]”
Word: bounds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /baʊndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cannot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English can not, cannot, cannouȝt, etc. (compare Old English ne cann), equivalent to can + not. Pronunciation: /ˈkænɒt/, /ˌkænˈɒt/, /ˈkænɑt/, [ˈkʰænɑt], /ˈkeə̯nɑt/ 1. Can not; be unable to (whether due to physical inability, logical impossibility, etc.). Example: I cannot open the window. It is stuck. Example: The butler cannot be the murderer, he cannot have killed her, because he was in another city at the time. 2. Be forbidden or not permitted to. Example: The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt. Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
Word: cannot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English can not, cannot, cannouȝt, etc. (compare Old English ne cann), equivalent to can + not. Pronunciation: /ˈkænɒt/, /ˌkænˈɒt/, /ˈkænɑt/, [ˈkʰænɑt], /ˈkeə̯nɑt/ 1. Something that cannot be done. Example: the cans and cannots 2. A person who cannot do (something).
Word: cheater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/ 1. Someone who cheats; something that cheats. Example: The Old Viper's an old cheater, an old hornswoggler. Example: Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner. 2. Someone who cheats; something that cheats. 3. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating). 4. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).
Word: cheater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/ 1. An escheater. Labels: obsolete
Word: superman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of German Übermensch; super- + man. The German word was introduced by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) in his work Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883), and rendered in English as superman by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) in the play Man and Superman (1903) and by Thomas Common (1850–1919) in his 1909 translation of Nietzsche’s work. Some scholars regard this word as not properly conveying the meaning of Übermensch, and prefer to use the German word or overman. The “person of extraordinary powers” sense was reinforced by the DC Comics’ character Superman, who first appeared in Action Comics #1 dated June 1938. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːpəmæn/, /ˈsupɚmæn/ 1. An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. Example: Nietzsche wrote of the coming of the superman. Example: Man does desire an ideal Superman with such energy as he can spare from his nutrition, and has in every age magnified the best living substitute for it he can find. His least incompetent general is set up as an Alexander; his King is the first gentleman in the world; his Pope is a saint. He is never without an array of human idols who are all nothing but sham Supermen. 2. A man of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers. Example: [page 113] The idea of superman is as old as the world. Through all the centuries, through hundreds of centuries of its history, humanity has lived with the idea of superman. Sayings and legends of all ancient peoples are full of images of a superman. Heroes of myths, Titans, demi-gods, Prometheus, who brought fire from heaven; prophets, messiahs and saints of all religions; heroes of fairy tales and epic songs, knights who rescue captive princesses, awake sleeping beauties, vanquish dragons, and fight giants and ogres—all these are images of a superman. [...] [page 114] People dreamt of, or remembered times long past when their life was governed by supermen, who struggled against evil, upheld justice and acted as mediators between men and the Deity, governing them according to the will of the Deity, giving them laws, bringing them commandments. Example: By the latter part of 1848, the throne of Hudson the Railway King who had been called in in 1845 as a superman to save the Eastern Counties Railway, was tottering to its fall, [...].
Word: overseas Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier oversea, equivalent to oversea + -s. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzees, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/, /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/ 1. Abroad, especially across the sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: Overseas branches of the company are doing well. 2. Used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations: living (being resident) in a foreign country. Labels: not-comparable Example: Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America. Example: The reputations of our universities and our research base are already under threat because of the fallout from the EU referendum result, which is making the UK an unfriendlier place for overseas scholars and students, as well as cutting off access to an important stream of research funding and to a vibrant and well-developed ecosystem for collaborative work. 3. Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her overseas trip went well.
Word: overseas Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From earlier oversea, equivalent to oversea + -s. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzees, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/, /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/ 1. Abroad. Labels: not-comparable Example: He emigrated and now lives overseas. 2. Across a sea; to an area across a sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: She travelled overseas. Example: (We are agents of the free.) I've had my fun, and now it's time to serve your conscience overseas. Coming in fast, over me...
Word: climb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue. Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ̯m/, [ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯m] 1. An act of climbing. Example: Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout the climb. 2. The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. Example: The Mur de Péguère is a savage little climb, its last four kilometres a narrow tunnel of trees and excited spectators urging on the straining riders. Example: I guess the room wasn't so bad, except for the climb to get there. The stairs were destined to be a serious health hazard. 3. An effort of moving upward. Example: After a decade of prosperity, millions of Asians are likely to be pushed into poverty, and the climb out of poverty will stall for millions of others. Example: This memorial dedicated to those / Who persished on the climb
Word: cloak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock. Pronunciation: /kləʊk/, /kloʊk/, /kləʉk/, /klɐʉk/ 1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood. Example: ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’ 2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical. Example: Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness. 3. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext. Labels: figuratively Example: For neither at any time vſed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetouſneſſe, God is witneſſe: […] Example: And no Man is eſteemed any ways conſiderable for Policy, who wears Religion otherwiſe than as a Cloak; that is, as ſuch a Garment as may both cover and keep him warm, and yet hang looſe upon him too. 4. A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable. Labels: Internet
Word: cloak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock. Pronunciation: /kləʊk/, /kloʊk/, /kləʉk/, /klɐʉk/ 1. To cover as with or like a cloak. Labels: transitive Example: He would hold her, just hold her, while his hands soothed the bare skin of her arms and the delicate fabric that cloaked her shoulders and her back. 2. To cover up, hide or conceal. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body. 3. To render or become invisible via futuristic technology. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.
Word: comment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɛnt/, /ˈkɔmɛnt/, /ˈkɑmɛnt/, /ˈkɔment/, /ˈkɒment/ 1. A spoken or written remark. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have no comment on that. Example: Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay. 2. The act of commenting. Labels: uncountable Example: People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent. 3. The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: comment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English commenten, comenten, from Latin commentārī (“to consider thoroughly, think over, discuss, write upon”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɛnt/, /ˈkɔmɛnt/, /ˈkɑmɛnt/, /ˈkɔment/, /ˈkɒment/ 1. To remark. Labels: transitive Example: “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.” Example: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]." 2. To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding. Labels: intransitive Example: He commented about your proposal. Example: The movie comments on race relations. 3. To comment or remark on. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […]who have expounded Scripture out of its Senses, and have so Commented the Laws thereof 4. To insert comments into (source code). Labels: transitive Example: I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked. 5. To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment. Labels: transitive
Word: concord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnkɔːd/, /ˈkɒŋkɔːd/, /ˈkɑnkɔɹd/, /ˈkɑŋkɔɹd/ 1. A state of agreement; harmony; union. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Love-quarrels oft in pleaſing concord end, / Not wedlock-treachery endangering life. 2. An agreement by stipulation; a compact; a covenant; a treaty or league. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: the concord made between King Henry II and Roderick O'Connor 3. Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The concord or agreement may be made of an estate and fee-simple, fee-tail, or life or for years; it may be also of divers remainders, and that to them that are no parties but strangers to the fine; it may be also single or double, with a render back again of some estate of the same land or some rent out of it; so a concord may have in it reservation of rent, a clause of distress or nomine poenae and a warranty. Example: And in all these, and such like cases, as before, where the concord is not formal, the judges ought not to receive the fine nor suffer it to pass; but if they do, and the fine be finished, it cannot afterwards be avoided by writ of error, or otherwise, for these faults. 5. An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; a consonance; a harmony. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the true concord of well tuned ſounds, / By vnions married to offend thine eare, / They do but ſweetly chide thee, who confounds / In ſingleneſſe the parts that thou ſhould'ſt beare.
Word: concord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Concord, Massachusetts, where the variety was developed. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnkəːd/, /ˈkɒŋkəːd/, /ˈkɑnkɚd/, /ˈkɑŋkɚd/ 1. A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
Word: concord Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French concorder, from Latin concordō. Pronunciation: /kənˈkɔːd/, /kəŋˈkɔːd/, /kənˈkɔɹd/, /kəŋˈkɔɹd/ 1. To agree; to act together. Labels: intransitive Example: 1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon too many of their old Friends and Associates, ready to concord with them in any desperate Measures
Word: roger Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "Roger" for "received" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/ 1. Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood) Example: Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT.
Word: roger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "Roger" for "received" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/ 1. To acknowledge by saying "roger". Labels: transitive Example: The Explorer radio operator rogered receipt of the War Room's signal.
Word: roger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/ 1. Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner. Labels: UK, slang, transitive, vulgar 2. To have sexual intercourse. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar Example: Should not a Half-pay Officer roger for sixpence?
Word: roger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/, /ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/ 1. An act of sexual intercourse. Labels: UK, slang, vulgar Example: ALAN: Lynn, if I have to put back my roger with Sonja one more time, I'll be fit to burst.
Word: lodger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -er English lodger From lodge + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒə/ 1. A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). Example: paying lodger Example: family lodger
Word: costly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English costly, costely, costeley, equivalent to cost + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒst.li/ 1. Of high cost; expensive. Example: a costly activity Example: a costly error
Word: costly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English costly, costely, costeley, equivalent to cost + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒst.li/ 1. Short for costly colours. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: Costly is a simpler game than cribbage.
Word: coward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal "turning tail", or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog. Compare the expression tail between one's legs. Displaced native Old English earg (surviving in northern dialect English argh). Unrelated to cower, which is of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊəd/, /ˈkaʊɚd/, /ˈkawə(ɾ)d/ 1. A person who lacks courage. Example: Near-synonyms: big baby, baby Example: Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: […]
Word: coward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal "turning tail", or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog. Compare the expression tail between one's legs. Displaced native Old English earg (surviving in northern dialect English argh). Unrelated to cower, which is of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊəd/, /ˈkaʊɚd/, /ˈkawə(ɾ)d/ 1. Cowardly. Example: It is a coward and servile humour, for a man to disguise and hide himselfe under a maske, and not dare to shew himselfe as he is. Example: c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 4, He rais’d the house with loud and coward cries. 2. Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
Word: coward Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal "turning tail", or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog. Compare the expression tail between one's legs. Displaced native Old English earg (surviving in northern dialect English argh). Unrelated to cower, which is of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊəd/, /ˈkaʊɚd/, /ˈkawə(ɾ)d/ 1. To intimidate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The first he coped with was their captain, whom / His sword sent headless to seek out a tomb. / This cowarded the valour of the rest, […]
Word: lodge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby. Pronunciation: /lɒd͡ʒ/, /lɑd͡ʒ/ 1. A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. 2. Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: [H]e walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge. […] At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole. 3. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons. 4. A local chapter of a trade union. Labels: US 5. A rural hotel or resort, an inn. 6. A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake. 7. A den or cave. 8. The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. 9. The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt. 10. A collection of objects lodged together. Example: the Maldives, a famous lodge of islands 11. A Native American home, such as tipi or wigwam. Labels: broadly 12. A Native American home, such as tipi or wigwam. Labels: historical Example: The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.
Word: lodge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby. Pronunciation: /lɒd͡ʒ/, /lɑd͡ʒ/ 1. To be firmly fixed in a specified position. Labels: intransitive Example: The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree. 2. To firmly fix in a specified position. Labels: transitive Example: I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth. 3. To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. Labels: intransitive Example: The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street. 4. To stay in any place or shelter. Labels: intransitive Example: Stay and lodge by me this night. Example: Something holy lodges in that breast. 5. To drive (an animal) to covert. Labels: transitive Example: This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set. When you find and rouse up the stag and buck, they are said to be imprimed: […] 6. To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time. Labels: transitive 7. To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety. Labels: transitive 8. To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: to lodge a complaint Example: Powers that are lodged with the cabinet. 9. To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. Labels: intransitive Example: The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge. 10. To cause to flatten, as grass or grain. Labels: transitive