nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: flea Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plus- (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)). The archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”). Pronunciation: /ˈfliː/, [ˈflɪi̯] 1. To remove fleas from (an animal). Labels: transitive Example: I have seen a Lubra, or native woman, suckling two puppies; and, like monkeys, these ladies have a particular fancy for fleaing their dogs.
Word: flea Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alternative forms. 1. Obsolete spelling of flay. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] he'd flea me alive like another St Bartholomew. Example: In this Thwackum had the advantage; for while Square could only scarify the poor lad's reputation, he could flea his skin […]
Word: crosswalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + walk. 1. A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street. Labels: US Example: Keep together, kids, when we go across the sreet in/at the crosswalk. 2. A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
Word: crosswalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross + walk. 1. To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
Word: well Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”). Cognates Cognate with Yola vella, waal, wel, well, wull (“well”), Cimbrian boll, bóol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), German wohl, wol, woll (“well”), Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vel (“well”), Faroese væl (“well”), Swedish väl, waͤl (“well”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila, “well”). Related to will. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛl/, /ˈwɛʊ̯/, /ˈwel/, /ˈwæl/, /ˈwəl/ 1. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily. Example: He does his job well. Example: My RV runs well on diesel. 2. Completely, fully. Example: I prefer a well done steak. Example: Cook the potatoes well to ensure they aren't tough. 3. To a significant degree. Example: That author is well known. Example: A monument well worth seeing 4. Very (as a general-purpose intensifier). Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: That guy rocks! I think he's called Matthew Lillard or sommat but he is well cool in Scream. Example: Hey Dude / FIFA 2003 is well wicked, I've got FIFA 2002 on PS2, David Beckham on Xbox and Football Manager on Xbox too, out of all pf^([sic]) them FIFA 2003 is easliy^([sic]) the best. 5. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously. Example: I'm glad Joe got fired last week. I think we're well rid of him. Example: Whatever now the omen prove, It boded well to you.
Word: well Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”). Cognates Cognate with Yola vella, waal, wel, well, wull (“well”), Cimbrian boll, bóol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), German wohl, wol, woll (“well”), Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vel (“well”), Faroese væl (“well”), Swedish väl, waͤl (“well”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila, “well”). Related to will. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛl/, /ˈwɛʊ̯/, /ˈwel/, /ˈwæl/, /ˈwəl/ 1. In good health. Example: I've been sick, but now I'm well. Example: I've always been a healthy, fit woman, but right now I really don't feel very well. 2. Highly satisfactory Example: Everything well with you? 3. Good, content. Example: “How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!” Example: Paulina. As she liu'd peerelesse, So her dead likenesse I doe well beleeue Excells what euer yet you look'd vpon, Or hand of Man hath done: therefore I keepe it Louely, apart. But here it is: prepare To see the Life as liuely mock'd, as euer Still Sleepe mock'd Death: behold, and say 'tis well. 4. Prudent; good; well-advised. Labels: uncommon Example: In this respect it would be well for you to depart from the standard format and to indicate why you did what you did. Example: When executing bone scan protocols, it is well for one to be aware of how key deviations from optimal technique can degrade image quality. 5. Good to eat; tasty, delicious. Labels: archaic Example: This wahoo tastes val. Example: Drunk, like, a gallon of orange mindral. Tasted wel.
Word: well Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”). Cognates Cognate with Yola vella, waal, wel, well, wull (“well”), Cimbrian boll, bóol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), German wohl, wol, woll (“well”), Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vel (“well”), Faroese væl (“well”), Swedish väl, waͤl (“well”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila, “well”). Related to will. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛl/, /ˈwɛʊ̯/, /ˈwel/, /ˈwæl/, /ˈwəl/ 1. Used as a discourse marker. Example: “So, what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic; and then it started raining, so we came home early.” Example: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF KINK HISTORY Do we know how kinky practices began? Do we know who the first kinky people were? Well, no. 2. Used as a discourse marker. Example: “The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.” Example: “I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.” 3. Used as a discourse marker. Example: “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity. Example: It was a bit... well, too loud. 4. An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation). Example: Well, well, well, what do we have here? 5. An exclamation of indignance. Example: Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother! 6. Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?" Labels: Ireland Example: Well, lads? How's things? 7. Used as a question to demand an answer from someone. Example: And what do you think you're doing? ... Well?
Word: well Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English welle, from Old English wielle (“well”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ (“well, swirl, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn; wind; roll”). Cognate with West Frisian wel (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), German Low German Well (“well”), German Welle (“wave”), Danish væld (“well; spring”), Swedish väl (“well”), Icelandic vella (“boiling; bubbling; eruption”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛl/, /ˈwɛʊ̯/, /ˈwel/, /ˈwæl/, /ˈwəl/ 1. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids. Example: The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Example: By the end of the tenth century, Edith's humility had inspired a cult of holy wells in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire. 2. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring. Example: Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. 3. A small depression, e.g. suitable for holding liquid or other objects. Example: Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk. Example: Four fixed windows are fitted on the corridor side of the body and nine louvred air intakes on the opposite side. Rubber water drainage pipes are taken from these, and from the pantograph roof well, down the inside of the body. 4. A source of supply. Labels: figuratively Example: Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled Example: A well of serious thought and pure, / Too deep for earthly light. 5. A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate. 6. The cockpit of a sailboat. 7. A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market. 8. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water. 9. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. 10. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. 11. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom. 12. The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. 13. A well drink. Example: They're having a special tonight: $1 wells. 14. The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall. Example: Tetris, the most widely played computer game of all time, is a problem-solving puzzle game. […] The player attempts to lock the falling shape smoothly together with the shapes in the well. 15. In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes. 16. The region of an interface that contains tabs. Example: You can reposition the order of documents in the window by clicking and dragging the tabs, or you can drag a tab out of the well and view a document in its own floating window. Example: You should now have three documents open with their tabs showing in the tab well (this refers to the row of tabs for each open document in the editor), as shown in the following screenshot: […]
Word: well Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wellen, from a merger of Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive), both meaning “to boil.” Further from Proto-Germanic *wallaną and *wallijaną. Doublet of wall. Cognate with German wallen (“boil, seethe”), Danish vælde (“gush”), Norwegian Nynorsk vella and outside Germanic, with Albanian valë (“hot, boiling”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛl/, /ˈwɛʊ̯/, /ˈwel/, /ˈwæl/, /ˈwəl/ 1. To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. Labels: intransitive Example: [Blood] welled from out the wound. Example: [Yon spring] wells softly forth. 2. To have something seep out of the surface. Labels: intransitive Example: Her eyes welled with tears.
Word: accipenser Part of Speech: noun 1. Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
Word: accipitral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English accipiter Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English accipitral From accipiter + -al. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɪp.ɪ.tɹəl/, /əˈsɪp.ɪ.tɹəl/ 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. Example: c. 1860, attributed to James Russell Lowell Yes, it's good; but it hasn't his fine accipitral look.
Word: zoöphaga Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zoophaga. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: zoöphagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoö- + -phagous. 1. Alternative spelling of zoophagous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way.
Word: zoophilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -philist. 1. A person who is fond of animals.
Word: zoöphily Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zoophily. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bonne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bonne. 1. A French nursemaid.
Word: zebra crossing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: zebra + crossing From the similarity of the stripes to those of a zebra. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛbɹə ˌkɹɔsɪŋ/ 1. A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: 'Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing. Example: Do not ride across a pelican, puffin or zebra crossing. Dismount and wheel your cycle across.
Word: co. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of county. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: corp. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of corporation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of corporal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of corpus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Albert Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aþalą Proto-West Germanic *aþal Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s Proto-Germanic *berhtaz Proto-West Germanic *berht Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht Old English Æþelbeorht Latin Albertusder. Old French Albertder. English Albert From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Pronunciation: /ˈælb.ət/, /ˈæl.bɚt/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good. Example: Helena was not flattered. "Albert just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe. 3. A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A constituency in Belize Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A city in Kansas. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of Two Borders. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A town in New South Wales. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A ghost town in Texas. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A locality in the Lachlan council area, central New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A crater on the Moon Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Albert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aþalą Proto-West Germanic *aþal Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s Proto-Germanic *berhtaz Proto-West Germanic *berht Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht Old English Æþelbeorht Latin Albertusder. Old French Albertder. English Albert From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Pronunciation: /ˈælb.ət/, /ˈæl.bɚt/ 1. Synonym of Albert chain.
Word: buss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. First attested in the 1560s. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰus- (“lip, to kiss”) via Proto-Germanic *busaną (compare German bussen), but in any case imitative of kissing. Compare Welsh bus (“kiss, lip”) and Irish bus (“lips, mouth”) (both may have influenced English), Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”), Latvian buča (“kiss”), Latin basium (“kiss”). Mainstream proposals like in The Free Dictionary have suggested it is a blend of old English dialect words bass (related to French baiser) and cuss (akin to kissen); perhaps compare puss. Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/ 1. A kiss. Labels: archaic Example: Here he gave Jones a hearty buss, shook him by the hand, and took his leave.
Word: buss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. First attested in the 1560s. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰus- (“lip, to kiss”) via Proto-Germanic *busaną (compare German bussen), but in any case imitative of kissing. Compare Welsh bus (“kiss, lip”) and Irish bus (“lips, mouth”) (both may have influenced English), Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”), Latvian buča (“kiss”), Latin basium (“kiss”). Mainstream proposals like in The Free Dictionary have suggested it is a blend of old English dialect words bass (related to French baiser) and cuss (akin to kissen); perhaps compare puss. Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/ 1. To kiss (either literally or figuratively). Labels: dialectal, often, poetic, transitive Example: I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife. Example: 'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well. 2. To kiss. Labels: intransitive Example: In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled.
Word: buss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch buis. Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/ 1. A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing. Example: the Dutch whalers and herring busses
Word: buss Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/ 1. Archaic form of bus (“passenger vehicle”). Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: 1838, Charles Dickens, "Omnibuses", Sketches by Boz We will back the machine in which we make our daily peregrination from the top of Oxford-street to the city, against any buss on the road, whether it be for the gaudiness of its exterior, the perfect simplicity of its interior, or the native coolness of its cad.
Word: buss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bussing. Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/ 1. Alternative form of bussing (“enjoyable, delicious”) Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: buss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of blunderbuss. Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/ 1. A blunderbuss. Labels: archaic, slang Example: By the immortal powers, if you had let Rory put a few slugs into the old buss, he'd have settled the baronet's hash altogether.
Word: buss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alternative form of bust (coda-simplification). Pronunciation: /bʌs/, /bʊs/ 1. To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt. Labels: intransitive, slang, vulgar
Word: louse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā). Pronunciation: /laʊs/ 1. A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. 2. A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!" Example: It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. 3. The currency sign ¤. Labels: slang
Word: louse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā). Pronunciation: /laʊs/ 1. To remove lice from; to delouse. Labels: transitive Example: There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pick up scraps.
Word: louse Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of loose. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: To ſome it louſeth the belly verie freelie, but not at the firſt. Others thinks it bindeth them. Yet it ſeemeth to louſe moe then it bindeth.
Word: louse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of loose. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: insect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French insecte, from Latin īnsectum, from īnsectus (“cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body”), from perfect passive participle of īnsecō (“to cut into, to cut up”), from in- + secō (“to cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections (head, thorax, abdomen). Calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”), from ἔντομος (éntomos, “cut into pieces”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sɛkt/ 1. An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. Example: Our shed has several insect infestations, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps. Example: Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. 2. Any small, creeping, crawling, or slithering animal, excluding mammals, birds, and fish. Labels: archaic, broadly Example: Ambroſe Parey has a picture of the ſalamander, with a receipt for her bite; but there is no ſuch creature, the name being now given to a poor harmleſs inſect. 3. Any small, creeping, crawling, or slithering animal, excluding mammals, birds, and fish. Labels: archaic, broadly, specifically Example: The learned zoologiſt of our country concludes his labours in this ſcience by the preſent publication, which contains only cruſtaceous inſects, viz. crabs and lobſters, worms and ſhells. Example: A slimy slow creeping animal, of the genus Helix, and order of Mollusca. The eyes of this insect are in the horns, one at the end of each, which it can retract at pleasure. 4. A contemptible or powerless person. Labels: derogatory Example: The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.
Word: arthropod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Arthropoda, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to arthro- + -pod. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːθɹəpɒd/ 1. An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages. Example: In at least one other arthropod, the Stalk-eyed fly, it is the sheer length of the stalks themselves, which can be longer than the animal's body, which make the male attractive to females. Example: The arthropods of the forest biome can be divided into two ecological groups: the cryptozoic inhabitants of the soil and leaf litter, and the terrestrial and arboreal forms that live in more exposed localities.
Word: japonaise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French japonaise (literally “Japanese”). 1. A kind of almond meringue dessert.
Word: jet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ 1. A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc. Example: In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground. 2. A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid. 3. A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers. Example: One of the other two nations to operate the F-35B, the United Kingdom, has had US versions of the jet operating off its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. Example: “Rather than writing off both jets as a loss … teams made a bold decision in 2022 to remove the nose from AF-27 and put it onto AF-211 to maximize savings and add back an operational aircraft to the fleet,” a report from the F-35 JPO said. 4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion. 5. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion. 6. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air. 7. A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon. 8. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. Labels: dated 9. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold. Labels: dated
Word: jet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ 1. To spray out of a container. Labels: intransitive 2. To spray with liquid from a container. Labels: transitive Example: Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals. 3. To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion Labels: intransitive 4. To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around Labels: intransitive 5. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out. Example: The Town has the outer Branch of the River behind it, and the Harbour before it, jetting into which latter are cloſe Keys for the weighing and receiving of Cuſtomage on Merchandize, and for the meeting and conferring of Merchants and Traders. Example: And last year, at 5:26 a.m. on August 10, a whole mountainside toppled into the tideline of the shrunken Sawyer Glacier, not far from the Alaskan capital, Juneau. The impact jetted a tsunami a staggering 500 meters up the walls of the fjord. 6. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. Example: Why, lords, and think you not how dangerous It is to jet upon a prince’s right? Example: Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him: how he jets under his advanced plumes! 7. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. Example: 1719, Richard Wiseman, Serjeant-Chirurgeon to King Charles II, Eight Chirurgical Treatises, London: B. Tooke et al., 5th edition, Volume 2, Book 5, Chapter 4, p. 78, A Lady was wounded down the whole Length of the Forehead to the Nose […] It happened to her travelling in a Hackney-Coach, upon the jetting whereof she was thrown out of the hinder Seat against a Bar of Iron in the forepart of the Coach. 8. To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet Example: The cure is to jet the carburetor excessively rich so that the mixture will be correct at the top end, but this richens the curve throughout the RPM range. 9. To leave; depart. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Gotta jet. See you tomorrow. Example: Pimp prolly jetted before the girl hit the ground good, and if Smoove was still standing on the porch when his brother got downstairs, he'd taken off with him.
Word: jet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ 1. Propelled by turbine engines. Labels: not-comparable Example: jet airplane
Word: jet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ 1. A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is also a factitious jeat made of glaſs, in imitation of the mineral jeat. 2. The colour of jet coal, deep grey. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ 1. Very dark black in colour. Example: All the direct blacks require working in strong baths to give anything like black shades; they all have, more or less, a bluish tone, which can be changed to a jetter shade by the addition of a yellow or green dye in small proportions, which has been done in one of the recipes given above. Example: She was an ash blonde with greenish eyes, beaded lashes, hair waved smoothly back from ears in which large jet buttons glittered.
Word: jet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin iactus Vulgar Latin *iectus Old French get French jetbor. English jet Borrowed from French jet. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ 1. an operation that takes a differentiable function f and produces a polynomial, the Taylor polynomial (truncated Taylor series) of f, at each point of its domain.
Word: inch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah. Pronunciation: /ɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm. Example: The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth. Example: The term "precision measurement" […] refers to the art of reproducing and controlling dimensions expressed in thousandths of an inch or smaller. 2. Any very short distance. Labels: figuratively Example: Don't move an inch! Example: Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch. 3. Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement. Example: At the time of Augustus, the Roman inch was standardized at a length about 3% shorter than the modern English one. 4. A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall. Example: Let us consider what one inch of rain really means. If an acre of land were covered with water to the depth of only the tenth part of an inch, that layer of water would weigh more than 10 tons: thus 1 inch of rain is ten times that amount—in fact, very nearly 101 tons. Example: Expect around 2 inches of rain on Saturday afternoon. 5. A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages. Example: My partner only drinks about a 1 inch pour with dinner, leaving the rest of the bottle for me.
Word: inch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah. Pronunciation: /ɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction). Labels: intransitive Example: Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge. Example: On reaching the section under construction they must be capable of inching the train forward on rough track up gradients as steep as 1 in 30. 2. To drive by inches, or small degrees. Example: He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master. 3. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Word: inch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots inch, from Scottish Gaelic innis. Pronunciation: /ɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. A small island; an islet. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: The blackening wave is edged with white; / To inch and rock the sea-mews fly. 2. A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: An ivy-clad farmhouse surrounded by trees, it stood on the sunny side of a sloping hill at the foot of which the Darigle river curved its way through gold-furzed inches to disappear under a stone bridge into the woods beyond. Example: As these calves grew older they did not need to return to the farmyard for feeding as they were able to eat sufficient grass for themselves. They were then kept in the fields, known as the inches, along by the river[,] where they grew strong[,] and during the winter cold when grass was scarce[,] hay was carried down to them.
Word: inch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Semantic loan from Cantonese 寸 (cyun³, “inch”), which is an alternative form of 串 (cyun³, “cocky; to provoke; etc.”). Pronunciation: /ɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. cocky and cheeky Labels: Hong-Kong, colloquial Example: I still remember Donald Duck sit next to him after NG dog being 'Done'd to F.2 building... he is still very Inch in Year 1983-4 teaching me RS Example: The service was professional but very "inch". We were served by a Cantonese speaking local. The waiter asked if we wanted water without telling us it costs $75 for just water!!
Word: inch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Semantic loan from Cantonese 寸 (cyun³, “inch”), which is an alternative form of 串 (cyun³, “cocky; to provoke; etc.”). Pronunciation: /ɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. to burn (to insult); to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner Labels: Hong-Kong, colloquial Example: Sorry for changing the intention of the post last time; it was for nothing but the personal joy and satisfaction of "inch"-ing the person who criticized my writing while he/she can't even write. (no hard feelings, alright?!) I'd avoid that in the future. I'll try to make this a constructive discussion and be as objective as possible.
Word: bach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad). Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/, /bɛtʃ/ 1. A bachelor. Labels: US, archaic, slang 2. A small hut, especially for a man living alone. Labels: New-Zealand 3. Now specifically, a holiday home, typically a small, simple house of one or two rooms on the beach. Labels: New-Zealand Example: She stops the car by an ochre-coloured bach at the end of the beachline, by the shelter of a massive thicket of African thorn. Example: Even before he began his chores he sunbathed naked against the east wall of the bach for half an hour.
Word: bach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad). Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/, /bɛtʃ/ 1. To live as a bachelor; (chiefly of a man) to live without women, and do one's own cooking, housekeeping etc. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, archaic Example: I hurried home to the tent—I was batching with a carpenter.
Word: bach Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃ/, /bɛtʃ/ 1. Clipping of bachelorette. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Example: When I ask people how spending money makes them feel, so many of them respond, "Guilty." ¶ They'll give an example of how a rough day at the office led to buying a pair of shoes online or how they got a little carried away at their friend's bach party in Vegas. Example: Bachelorette party captions for Instagram […] Babes, baches, bikinis, and boats.
Word: eponym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin eponymus, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos), from ἐπί (epí, “upon, epi-”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives and nouns). Equivalent to epi- + -nym. Pronunciation: /ˈɛpənɪm/ 1. A person who gave or supposedly gave their name to a people, place, institution, etc. Example: The Greeks and Romans tended to credit nearly every location and ethnicity to a legendary eponym, Hellas to Hellen, Rome to Romulus, Egypt to Aegyptus, etc. Example: Similar to the Greek eponymous archons and Roman consuls, the names of the annually appointed Assyrian limus were used for their years in office and they are accordingly also known as eponyms. 2. Something that is named after a person. 3. A name taken from a person, a namesake toponym, term, etc. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: Alexandria is an eponym, taken from its founder Alexander the Great. Example: [Mesmer] lives on today as the root of the eponym mesmerize. 4. A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc. Labels: broadly, proscribed, sometimes Example: "Tangerine" is an eponym in reference to Tangier... The unflattering eponym "shanghai" derived from the behavior of American shippers, not the Chinese themselves... 5. Synonym of epitome, a person taken as a symbol or quintessential representative of some trait, school, etc. Labels: archaic Example: Rockefeller became the very eponym of wealth. 6. Synonym of epithet, a distinguishing title. Labels: archaic Example: It was only posthumously that Julian was distinguished with the eponym "Apostate".
Word: spade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spadô. Doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée. Pronunciation: /speɪ̯d/, /sped/ 1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials. Example: 'Make your mind easy,' Ratsey said; 'I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade.' Example: "[...] And not a single spade has gone in the ground - not a single mile of track built." 2. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. 3. A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
Word: spade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spadô. Doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée. Pronunciation: /speɪ̯d/, /sped/ 1. To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting. 2. To move with a spade, or as with a spade. Example: ‘Le baccarat,’ intoned the croupier as he spaded the thick chips over the table to Bond.
Word: spade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Italian spade, plural of spada (“the ace of spades”, literally “sword, spade”), from earlier *spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπᾰ́θη (spắthē). Cognate with Etymology 1. So called for the shape, though what the shape was exactly meant to represent has been debated. Pronunciation: /speɪ̯d/, /sped/ 1. A playing card marked with the symbol ♠. Example: I've got only one spade in my hand. 2. A black person. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slur Example: And as for a divorce, I know plenty spades right here in Harlem get married any time they want to. Example: Example: Max was in a hospital in New York and "the night nurse was a groovy spade, and in the afternoon for therapy there was a chick from Israel who was interesting, but there was nothing much to do in the morning, so I left".
Word: spade Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /speɪ̯d/, /sped/ 1. simple past and past participle of spay Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: lexicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Through Middle French or directly from New Latin lexicon, from Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon, a dictionary”), ellipsis from Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Attested at least since 1583 (in William Fulke's A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue) in the sense 'a dictionary of a classical language'. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/, /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɒn/, /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɑn/, /ˈlek.sɪ.kən/, /ˈlek.sɪ.kɔn/ 1. The vocabulary of a language. Example: Formalism seeks to correct this deficiency by translating verbal texts into formal, mathematizable lexicons which are then manipulated into general propositions. 2. A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes. Example: Sluiter examines a tension inherent in such scholarly works as lexica, scholia, epitomai, and commentaries: although the very titles of these works claim no more than secondary status, their authors engage nonetheless in a rhetoric of self-legitimation. 3. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic. 4. The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.) 5. Any dictionary. Labels: rare 6. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.) 7. A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject. Example: the baseball lexicon Example: Turns, twists, walks, runs, falls, and somersaults, along with many other movements, are the specific vocabularic elements which make up the lexicon of dance. 8. A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject. Example: a baseball lexicon
Word: lexicon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Through Middle French or directly from New Latin lexicon, from Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon, a dictionary”), ellipsis from Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Attested at least since 1583 (in William Fulke's A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue) in the sense 'a dictionary of a classical language'. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/, /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɒn/, /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɑn/, /ˈlek.sɪ.kən/, /ˈlek.sɪ.kɔn/ 1. To add to a lexicon. Labels: transitive Example: Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing. 2. To shorten a soundtrack to fit a shortened version of a movie. Example: Mrazek’s legislation would discourage time compression, a technique used to speed up a movie, and “lexiconing,” a process of altering the soundtrack to match the shorter, compressed version.
Word: tool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) + -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning"). Pronunciation: /tuːl/, /tul/, /tʉːl/, /tʉl/ 1. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task. Example: Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig. Example: A screwdriver is a tool that no household should be without. 2. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task. Example: the tools of the trade Example: Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade. 3. Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. Example: Idleness is a tool of the devil. Example: A spreadsheet app and a bookkeeping app are some of the principal tools of a bookkeeper. 4. A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations. Example: The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. Example: a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk 5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn. Example: She was a tool of the pharmaceutical lobby. Example: He was a tool of a foreign influence operation. 6. A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.). Example: a five-tool player Example: When asked what he liked about Youk [Kevin Youkilis], former Boston scout Matt Haas says, "At first glance, not a lot." (Mind you, this is one of the few scouts who actually wanted the kid.) "He was unorthodox," says Haas, who now scouts for the Arizona Diamondbacks. "He had an extreme crouch—his thighs were almost parallel to the ground. And he was heavier than he is now. But the more I watched him, the more I just thought, Throw the tools out the window. This guy can play baseball." 7. A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation. Labels: informal, vulgar Example: Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs? Example: She wanna hang with the goons She wanna party midnight till noon She wanna play with my tool 8. An obnoxious or uptight person. Labels: broadly, derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool. 9. A handgun. Labels: Canada, Multicultural-London-English, US, slang Example: In my city keep a tool Lil nigga you know the rules Example: Three waps up and a couple of shanks (Just in case) But I got faith that these tools won't jam
Word: tool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) + -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning"). Pronunciation: /tuːl/, /tul/, /tʉːl/, /tʉl/ 1. To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather. Labels: transitive 2. To equip with tools. Labels: transitive 3. To work very hard. Labels: intransitive Example: Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all, And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall. 4. To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you. 5. To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds. Labels: transitive 6. To drive (a coach or other vehicle). Labels: UK, dated, slang, transitive 7. To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle. Labels: UK, dated, slang, transitive Example: 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor." 8. To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads Example: These are the guys that tool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers.