nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Mumbai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”) + आई (āī, “mother”). Pronunciation: /mʊmˈbaɪ/ 1. A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay. Example: The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
Word: Bombay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both. Pronunciation: /bɒmˈbeɪ/ 1. The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India. Labels: dated Example: Have you heard any word Of that bloke in the "Third" - Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim? They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay. But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay, He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way. I wonder what happened to him? 2. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. 3. A settlement south of Auckland, New Zealand. 4. A town in Franklin County, New York, United States. 5. A neighbourhood (Little Bombay) of Marion, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.
Word: Bombay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both. Pronunciation: /bɒmˈbeɪ/ 1. Ellipsis of Bombay cat (“domestic cat of a medium-sized shorthair breed”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Imphal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Manipuri ꯏꯝꯐꯥꯜ (ʼimphāl). Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɑːl/ 1. A city, the state capital of Manipur, India. 2. A river that flows in the central plains of Manipur. 3. A valley that is flooded and drained by the Imphal river and its tributaries. 4. A former district, which consists of Imphal East and Imphal West. 5. A district that consists of areas that are in the eastern side of the Imphal River. 6. A district that consists of areas that are in the western side of the Imphal River. 7. A standard dialect of the official Meitei language, spoken in and around the state capital of Manipur. 8. A stealth guided missile destroyer warship of the Indian navy.
Word: Shillong Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the state capital of Meghalaya, India.
Word: Aizawl Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the state capital of Mizoram, India. 2. A district of Mizoram, India, in which the city is based.
Word: Kohima Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Angami Kewhira (“the land where the kewhi flower grows”). 1. A city, the state capital of Nagaland, India. 2. A district of Nagaland, India, in which the city is based.
Word: Bhubaneshwar Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Bhubaneswar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jaipur Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi जयपुर (jaypur). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪpʊəɹ/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪpʊəɹ/ 1. The state capital of Rajasthan, India. 2. A district of Rajasthan, India, containing the city of the same name.
Word: Gangtok Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: [ˈɡæŋ.tɒk] 1. A city, the state capital of Sikkim, India. 2. A district of Sikkim, India.
Word: Chennai Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil சென்னை (ceṉṉai). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛnaɪ/, /t͡ʃenːaɪ/, [ˈt͡ʃenːai̯], /sɛnːaɪ/, [sɛnːɐɪ̯] 1. The capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Madras. Example: The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects. 2. A district of Tamil Nadu, India, containing most of metro Chennai.
Word: Madras Part of Speech: name Etymology: The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies. Pronunciation: /məˈdɹæs/, /məˈdɹɑːs/ 1. Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India. 2. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
Word: Madras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies. Pronunciation: /məˈdɹæs/, /məˈdɹɑːs/ 1. A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: I’ll have the chicken Madras.
Word: Agartala Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /əˈɡəɹtələ/ 1. A city, the state capital of Tripura, India.
Word: Dehra Dun Part of Speech: name 1. The state capital of Uttaranchal (India).
Word: Lucknow Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani लखनऊ (lakhnaū) / لَکْھنَؤُ (lakhnaū); perhaps either derived from Sanskrit लक्ष्मणपुर (lakṣmaṇapura, “city of Lakshmana”), or perhaps from लक्ष्मणवती (lakṣmaṇavatī, “fortunate”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌknaʊ/ 1. A city, district, and division, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India. Example: ‘Lucknow is not a village. It is a city with a thousand years of civilization. It was the capital of the Awadh kingdom.ʼ 2. A number of other places: 3. A number of other places: 4. A number of other places: 5. A number of other places: 6. A number of other places:
Word: Calcutta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata. Pronunciation: /kælˈkʌtə/ 1. Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India. Example: The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects. 2. A resort in Suriname.
Word: Johor Bahru Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Johor Bahru. 1. The capital city of Johor, Malaysia.
Word: Alor Setar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Alor Setar, see also Alor Star. Pronunciation: /əˈloɹ səˌtɑɹ/, /əˈlɔː sɛˌtɑː/ 1. The capital city of the state of Kedah, Malaysia.
Word: Kota Bharu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kota Bharu. 1. The capital city of Kelantan, Malaysia.
Word: Seremban Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Seremban. 1. The capital city of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. 2. A district (Seremban District) in Negeri Sembilan.
Word: Kuantan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kuantan. 1. The capital city of Pahang, Malaysia.
Word: Georgetown Part of Speech: name Etymology: From George + town, both capitals were named after King George III of the United Kingdom. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒtaʊn/ 1. The capital city of Guyana; named for George III of the United Kingdom. 2. A town in Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 3. The capital city of Ascension Island; named for George III. Example: She comes onto the single road intersecting Georgetown, and notes that every single building, including the Anglican church, has been prefabricated, fitted together like three-dimensional jigsaws from block pieces carried over the sea. 4. Places in the United States of America: 5. Places in the United States of America: 6. Places in the United States of America: 7. Places in the United States of America: 8. Places in the United States of America: 9. Places in the United States of America: 10. Places in the United States of America: 11. Places in the United States of America: 12. Places in the United States of America: 13. Places in the United States of America: 14. Places in the United States of America: 15. Places in the United States of America: 16. Places in the United States of America: 17. Places in the United States of America: 18. Places in the United States of America: 19. Places in the United States of America: 20. Places in the United States of America: 21. Places in the United States of America: 22. Places in the United States of America: 23. Places in the United States of America: 24. Places in the United States of America: 25. Places in the United States of America: 26. Places in the United States of America: Example: Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House. 27. Places in the United States of America: 28. Places in the United States of America: 29. Places in the United States of America: 30. Places in the United States of America: 31. Places in the United States of America: 32. Places in the United States of America: 33. Places in the United States of America: 34. Places in Canada: 35. Places in Canada: 36. Places in Canada: 37. Places in Canada: 38. Places in the United Kingdom: 39. Places in the United Kingdom: 40. Places in the United Kingdom: 41. Places in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia): 42. Places in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia): 43. Places in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia): 44. Places in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia): 45. Georgetown University. Labels: informal
Word: Ipoh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Ipoh, from ipuh (“upas (a tree local to Ipoh)”). 1. The capital city of the state of Perak, Malaysia.
Word: Kangar Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Perlis, Malaysia. 2. A town in Punjab, Pakistan. 3. A street in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Word: Kota Kinabalu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kota Kinabalu. 1. The capital city of Sabah, Malaysia, formerly known as Jesselton.
Word: Kuching Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Kuching, possibly from kucing (“cat”). 1. The capital city of Sarawak, Malaysia.
Word: Shah Alam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Shah Alam. 1. The capital city of Selangor, Malaysia.
Word: Kuala Terengganu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kuala Terengganu. 1. The capital city of Terengganu, Malaysia.
Word: ail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯l/, [ˈeɪ̯l] 1. To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) Labels: transitive Example: Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you. Example: What aileth thee, Hagar? 2. To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. Labels: intransitive Example: When he ails ever so little […] he is so peevish.
Word: ail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯l/, [ˈeɪ̯l] 1. An ailment; trouble; illness. Labels: obsolete
Word: ail Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eyle, eile, from Old English eġle (“hideous, loathsome, hateful, horrid, troublesome, grievous, painful”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃 (aglus, “hard, difficult”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯l/, [ˈeɪ̯l] 1. Painful; troublesome. Labels: obsolete
Word: ail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English eile, eyle, eiȝle, from Old English eġl (“an ail; awn; beard of barley; mote”), from Proto-Germanic *agilō (“awn”), related to *ahaz (“ear (of grain)”). Cognate with German Achel, Egel, Ägel. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯l/, [ˈeɪ̯l] 1. The awn of barley or other types of corn. Labels: West-Country
Word: qigong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 氣功 /气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”). Pronunciation: /tʃiːˈɡɒŋ/, /tʃiːˈkʊŋ/, /tʃiˈɡɔŋ/, /tʃiˈɡʊŋ/ 1. A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Some people may suddenly speak a language and speak it quite fluently. However, it is not a language of human society. What can it be called? It can be called "cosmic language" (宇宙語). Actually it is nothing but a language of subtle beings in a space only a little bit higher than ours. Now quite a few of qigong practitioners in China have had such an experience. Some can even speak several such languages. Example: My patients laud qigong as a stressbuster and cure for pesky chronic symptoms that baffle doctors.
Word: nada Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish nada (“nothing”). Doublet of natal, Natal, née, and Noel. 1. Nothing. Labels: US, colloquial, informal Example: Sketchers lookin' like Balenciaga / Thrift clothes lookin' like the Prada / Whole fit lit, it cost me nada
Word: alas Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English alas, from Old French a las (French hélas), from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”). Compare Dutch helaas, North Frisian ielas, West Frisian eilaas. Pronunciation: /əˈlæs/, /əˈlɑːs/, /ɘˈlɛs/ 1. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment. Example: I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead. Example: Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne The enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne
Word: alas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yakut алаас (alaas). Pronunciation: /əˈlɑːs/, /əˈlæs/ 1. A type of geological depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost. Example: Alternative forms: alass, alaas
Word: opportunity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opportune + -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportūnitās. Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː.-/, /ˌɑ.pɚˈt(j)u.nə.ti/, [-ɾi], /ˌɔp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.ti/ 1. A chance for advancement, progress or profit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: seize the opportunity Example: take an opportunity 2. A favorable circumstance or occasion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Having a holiday is a great opportunity to relax. 3. Opportuneness. Labels: countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.
Word: force Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English force, forz, fors, from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall”). Cognate with Icelandic foss (“waterfall”), Norwegian foss (“waterfall”), Swedish fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of foss. Pronunciation: /fɔːs/, /foːs/, /foɹs/, [fo̞ɹs], /foɾs/ 1. A waterfall or cascade. Labels: Northern-England, countable Example: to see the falls or force of the river Kent
Word: force Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forcen, forsen, a use of force, with confusion of farce (“to stuff”). Pronunciation: /fɔːs/, /foːs/, /foɹs/, [fo̞ɹs], /foɾs/ 1. To stuff; to lard; to farce. Example: Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.
Word: mass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun may be derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”), although this is uncertain. Doublet of masa. The sense of "a large number or quantity" arises circa 1580. The scientific sense is from 1687 (as Latin massa) in the works of Isaac Newton, with the first English use (as mass) occurring in 1704. Pronunciation: /mæs/, /mas/, /mɛs/, /mɑːs/ 1. Matter, material. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […]. Example: […] and because a deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage. 2. Matter, material. Labels: countable, obsolete, physical, uncountable Example: Right in the midst the Goddesse selfe did stand / Upon an altar of some costly masse […]. 3. Matter, material. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable 4. Matter, material. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: blue mass 5. Matter, material. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: lump 6. Matter, material. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: After all, muscle maniacs go "ga ga" over mass no matter how it's presented. 7. A large quantity; a sum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]he hath discovered to me the way to five or six of the richest mines which the Spaniard hath, and whence all the mass of gold that comes into Spain in effect is drawn. Example: For though he had spent a huge mass of treasure in transporting his army, […]. 8. A large quantity; a sum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Witness this army of such mass and charge / Led by a delicate and tender prince, 9. A large quantity; a sum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape. 10. A large quantity; a sum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field. Example: A mass of ships converged on the beaches of Dunkirk. 11. A large quantity; a sum. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: The masses are revolting.
Word: mass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun may be derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”), although this is uncertain. Doublet of masa. The sense of "a large number or quantity" arises circa 1580. The scientific sense is from 1687 (as Latin massa) in the works of Isaac Newton, with the first English use (as mass) occurring in 1704. Pronunciation: /mæs/, /mas/, /mɛs/, /mɑːs/ 1. To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble. Labels: ergative Example: They would unavoidably mix up the whole of these declarations, and mass them together, although the Judge might direct the Jury not to do so. Example: Every bend on the hill had acted like a funnel to mass them together in this peculiar way.
Word: mass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun may be derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”), although this is uncertain. Doublet of masa. The sense of "a large number or quantity" arises circa 1580. The scientific sense is from 1687 (as Latin massa) in the works of Isaac Newton, with the first English use (as mass) occurring in 1704. Pronunciation: /mæs/, /mas/, /mɛs/, /mɑːs/ 1. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past. Example: The national liberation movement had not yet developed to a sufficiently mass scale. 2. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse. Example: Every agency is sold on use of mass media today — or at least, it thinks it is — and what can be "masser" than television?
Word: mass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English messe, masse, from Old English mæsse (“the mass, church festival”) and Old French messe, from Vulgar Latin *messa (“Eucharist, dismissal”), from Late Latin missa, noun use of feminine past participle of classical Latin mittere (“to send”), from ite, missa est (“go, (the assembly) is dismissed”), reanalyzed as "go, [that] is the missa", last words of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. Compare Dutch mis (“mass”), German Messe (“mass”), Danish messe (“mass”), Swedish mässa (“mass; expo”), Icelandic messa (“mass”). More at mission. Pronunciation: /mæs/, /mɑːs/ 1. The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. 2. Celebration of the Eucharist. 3. The main kind of church service, in some denominations. Labels: broadly Example: She went to mass every Sunday for many years, and when she retired, she took to going on some weekdays, too. 4. The sacrament of the Eucharist. Labels: usually 5. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
Word: mass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English messe, masse, from Old English mæsse (“the mass, church festival”) and Old French messe, from Vulgar Latin *messa (“Eucharist, dismissal”), from Late Latin missa, noun use of feminine past participle of classical Latin mittere (“to send”), from ite, missa est (“go, (the assembly) is dismissed”), reanalyzed as "go, [that] is the missa", last words of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. Compare Dutch mis (“mass”), German Messe (“mass”), Danish messe (“mass”), Swedish mässa (“mass; expo”), Icelandic messa (“mass”). More at mission. Pronunciation: /mæs/, /mɑːs/ 1. To celebrate mass. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: massing priests
Word: center of gravity Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌsɛn.təɹ əv ˈɡɹæv.ə.ti/ 1. A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field. Labels: US 2. The most central or important part of something, or around which everything else revolves. Labels: US, figuratively
Word: law Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lagą Old Norse lag Old Norse lǫgbor. Old English lagu Middle English lawe English law From Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), borrowed from Old Norse lǫg (“law”, literally “things laid down or firmly established”), originally the plural of lag (“layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid down”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots law (“law”), Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Faroese lóg (“law”), Norwegian lov (“law”), Swedish lag (“law”), Danish lov (“law”), Finnish laki (“law”). Compare typologically distant cognate Russian уложе́ние (uložénije). Displaced native Old English ǣ and ġesetnes. More at lay. Not related to legal, nor to French loi, Spanish ley, all of which ultimately derive from Latin lēx, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”). Pronunciation: /lɔː/, /laː/, /loː/, /lɔ/, /lɑ/ 1. To work as a lawyer; to practice law. Labels: obsolete Example: That was in 1877 you were lawing with Herdick? Example: J. H. Turner is married and lawing in Milwaukee. 2. To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate. Labels: ambitransitive, dialectal Example: Your husband's … so given to lawing, they say. I doubt he'll leave you poorly off when he dies. Example: "I like folks to be up and down and square," she began saying, as she vigilantly watched the effect of her culinary skill upon the awed little party. "Yes, I've got a regular hotel license; you bet I have. There's been folks lawed in this town for sellin' a meal of victuals and not having one." 3. To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; to govern. Labels: nonstandard Example: At its 1933 session, the Kansas legislature provided for funding outstanding bills and floating debts of those cities which could not make payment by a fixed date. By this stroke of its imagination, the legislature lawed all Kansas cities onto a "cash" basis and admonished them to stay there. Example: Earth lies in the chorus of the stars' congregation in the lawed line of their movement, in the balanced rotation of their light, bound by that lawed line, conceived in the focus of that turning; a vessel fashioned on the wheel of endless time. 4. To enforce the law. Labels: informal Example: De gram jury lawed me all de time an' dat place got too hot. Example: The only time I ever got lawed [arrested] was for the union. Happened three times. 5. To subject to legal restrictions. Example: Insurance may fairly be said to head the list of objects of legislative interference. It has been lawed and lawed until it is nearly outlawed, and the cry for more continues to go up unsatisfied Example: No man knew what his water rights were until they had been lawed over, and lawed over, and lawed over again.
Word: law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northern Middle English lawe, from Old English hlāw (“burial mound”). Also spelled low. See also Scots law. Pronunciation: /lɔː/, /laː/, /loː/, /lɔ/, /lɑ/ 1. A tumulus of stones. Labels: obsolete 2. A hill. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic Example: [Y]ou might climb the Law, where the whale's jawbone stood landmark in the buzzing wind, and behold the face of many counties, and the smoke and spires of many towns, and the sails of distant ships.
Word: law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lagh, from Old Norse lag (“that which is lying or laid, position, price, way, sting, blow”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid”). Cognate with Scots lauch (“one's tavern-reckoning or one's share of the cost, a score; a payment for drink or entertainment”), Middle English lai (“one's share of expenses, one's bill or account”). Pronunciation: /lɔː/, /laː/, /loː/, /lɔ/, /lɑ/ 1. A score; share of expense; legal charge. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: law Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Compare la and Lawd. Pronunciation: /lɔː/, /laː/, /loː/, /lɔ/, /lɑ/ 1. An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks; in interjections, a minced oath for Lord. Labels: dated Example: ‘Do tell me once for all, whether you intend to marry Mr Watts or not?’ ‘Law Mama, how can I tell you what I don't know myself?’ Example: […] and my boots were a leetle 'eavier than they are, law bless my soul! I'd do it myself.
Word: velocity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French vélocité, from Latin vēlōcitās (“speed”), from vēlōx (“fast”), thus a doublet of veloce. Pronunciation: /vəˈlɒsəti/, /vəˈlɑsəti/ 1. A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A car racing in a circle may retain the same speed while continually changing its velocity. Example: Usually, however, confluence is associated with an increase in air velocity and diffluence with a decrease. In the intermediate case, confluence is balanced by an increase in wind velocity and diffluence by a decrease in velocity. 2. A rapidity of motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The train was travelling at a slower velocity than usual. Example: Over the winter-solid Roads, goes a great seething,— of mounted younger Gentlemen riding together by the dozens upon rented horses, Express Messengers in love with pure Velocity, Disgruntl'd Suitors with Pistols stuff'd in their Spatterdashes, seal'd Waggons not even a western Black-Boy would think of detaining. 3. The rate of occurrence. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The value corresponding to how hard a key is struck on a MIDI controller or keyboard. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: friction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French friction and directly from Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪkʃən/, [ˈfɹʷɪkʃən] ~ [ˈfɹʷɪkʃn̩] 1. The rubbing of one object or surface against another. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. 2. A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion. 3. Massage of the body to restore circulation. Labels: countable, obsolete, usually Example: The frictions should at first be very gentle, and performed with a view to restore heat, and not to force the blood towards the heart, which in drowned persons is already too much distended with it. Example: The frictions are made at bedtime, on a limited portion of the body, and on one side only—the calf of the leg by preference, or the thigh, groin, or axilla. It is enough to continue rubbing for from three to five minutes at most. 4. Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: Thais have been watching for signs of friction between the armed forces and the monarchy—the country's two biggest sources of political power—since the death in October of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Vajiralongkorn's long-reigning father. Example: Once finances are stabilised, getting Crossrail finished is Byford's most obvious task. Late and over budget, it is causing unwanted headlines and friction between the London Mayor and the Department for Transport that both sides would rather live without. 5. (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces. Labels: China, historical, uncountable, usually
Word: unit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.nɪt/, /ˈ(j)ɪu̯.nɪt/ 1. For each unit. Labels: not-comparable Example: We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit. 2. Having a size or magnitude of one. Labels: not-comparable Example: Consider the following time sequence Z#95;t#61;A#92;sin(#92;omegat#43;#92;theta), where A is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and #92;theta is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval #91;-#92;pi,#92;pi#93; independent of A.
Word: dimension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension Derived from Latin dīmēnsiō. Pronunciation: /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, [daɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩], /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, [dɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩], /dɪˈmen.ʃən/ 1. A single aspect of a given thing. Example: This film can be enjoyed on many dimensions - the script is great, the acting is realistic, and the special effects will simply take you aback. 2. A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth. Example: However, tubes of the same dimensions also look like solid cylinders, because their ovals are automatically treated as the top or bottom faces of solids. Example: I can tell you that in your universe you move freely in three dimensions that you call space. […] After that it gets a bit complicated, and there's all sort of stuff going on in dimensions thirteen to twenty-two that you really wouldn't want to know about. 3. A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished. 4. The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates. 5. The number of elements of any basis of a vector space. 6. One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time. Example: The dimension of velocity is length divided by time. 7. Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array. 8. A universe or plane of existence. Example: a machine that lets you travel to a parallel dimension. Example: "If a man should wish to be in some other place, it is entirely possible for him to imagine himself in that place and, diving back through the negative dimension, to emerge out of it in that place with instantaneous rapidity. To imagine oneself———"
Word: dimension Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension Derived from Latin dīmēnsiō. Pronunciation: /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, [daɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩], /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, [dɪˈmɛn.ʃn̩], /dɪˈmen.ʃən/ 1. To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions. Labels: transitive Example: Nameless and formless the Spirit within shines forth, unconditioned and everlasting. What name is befitting the soul? How shall Infinite Effulgence be manifested? Too great a light blinds the senses. Too great a truth is too exhilarating for the student. The boundless, infinite Sentience, incomprehensibly dimensioned in Being and Intelligence, rests Unseen and Unthinkable in the shore of His Own omnipresent and superomnipresent consciousness. Example: The mechanical drawing artist almost automatically lays down a triangle in order to draw a line in the desired place. Data entry for AutoCAD, by contrast, requires you to think in terms of coordinate positions rather than in the customary patterns of dimensioning. 2. To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate. Labels: transitive Example: Dimension an array to hold only as much data as you intend to put into it.
Word: transgender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgender The adjective sense is derived from trans- (“extending across, through, or over”) + gender, modelled after transsexual (adjective) and probably modified from transgenderism which was coined by the American psychiatrist John F. Oliven (1915–1975) in 1965; the terms transgender, transgenderal, transgendered, transgenderist, and similar terms arose in the decades after this. By the 1990s, the word transgender had acquired its current senses, and had also largely displaced the earlier term transsexual: see the usage notes. The noun and verb senses are derived from the adjective. Regarding noun sense 2 (“synonym of transgenderism”), compare transsex (noun). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə/, /tɹɑːnz-/, /tɹæns-/, /ˌtɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹ/, /ˌtɹæn(t)s-/ 1. A transgender person Labels: countable, offensive, often, usually Example: "If you understand trans-genders," she [Christine Jorgensen] says, choosing the word she prefers to transsexuals, "then you understand that gender is different than sexual preference. It doesn't have to do with bed partners, it has to do with identity." Jorgensen says she knows of some male-to-female trans-genders who have settled into lesbian relationships. She herself is heterosexual. Example: transgender—an individual who lives as a person of a gender different from the one society defines for that person's sex (e.g., male "transvestites" who wear women's clothing, hair styles and other body accoutrements, use "feminine" speech and body language, and identify with the gender category woman). Also sometimes referred to as "cross-gendered people" (Blackwood 1984). 2. A transgender person Labels: countable, offensive, often, uncountable, usually 3. Synonym of transgenderism (“the state of being transgender”). Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: In spite of not "rootin' and tootin'" as a trans-gender case, in recent years [Christine] Jorgensen has been a staple on the college lecture circuit, speaking – of course – about trans-gender and herself. Example: The Scientific Humanitarian Committee published a yearbook that reported on movement activities. It also documented literary, cross-cultural, cross-historical and scientific studies on same-sex love and transgender.
Word: transgender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgender The adjective sense is derived from trans- (“extending across, through, or over”) + gender, modelled after transsexual (adjective) and probably modified from transgenderism which was coined by the American psychiatrist John F. Oliven (1915–1975) in 1965; the terms transgender, transgenderal, transgendered, transgenderist, and similar terms arose in the decades after this. By the 1990s, the word transgender had acquired its current senses, and had also largely displaced the earlier term transsexual: see the usage notes. The noun and verb senses are derived from the adjective. Regarding noun sense 2 (“synonym of transgenderism”), compare transsex (noun). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə/, /tɹɑːnz-/, /tɹæns-/, /ˌtɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹ/, /ˌtɹæn(t)s-/ 1. To change the gender of (someone). Labels: offensive, often, transitive, uncommon Example: […] and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering, of the Cabinet. […] This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet office, to a gender desegregation or integration of the cabinet. 2. To change the sex of (someone). Labels: broadly, offensive, often, transitive, uncommon
Word: homme de lettres Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French homme de lettres, from homme (“man”) + de (“of”) + lettres (“humanities, arts”). 1. man of letters, a literary man
Word: man of letters Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French homme de lettres. 1. A literary man; a scholar or author. Labels: dated Example: This may be accounted for largely on the ground that Cicero and Petrarch were men of the same temperament and cast of mind. They were both typical men of letters. The man of letters is intellectually alert; sensitive to impressions and able to report them; hospitable to all ideas of his time; […] Example: He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need of letters; […] he had abandoned his real calling, and taken a sub-editorial job on a women's weekly, where fashion-plates and paper patterns alternated with New England love-stories and advertisements of temperance drinks.
Word: man of the world Part of Speech: noun 1. A worldly or sophisticated man, one well versed in the ways and dealings of humankind. Example: I presume that there is no gentleman in Europe that has not heard of the house of Barry of Barryogue, of the kingdom of Ireland, than which a more famous name is not to be found in Gwillim or D’Hozier; and though, as a man of the world, I have learned to despise heartily the claims of some pretenders to high birth who have no more genealogy than the lacquey who cleans my boots, […]
Word: man of war Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of man-of-war. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [W]e cannot be ſecure, vvhile ſuch huge Fleets of Men of VVar, both Spaniſh, French, Dutch, and Dunkirkeers, ſome of them laden vvith Ammunition, Men, Arms, and Armies, do daily ſail on our Seas, and confront the Kings Chambers; […] Example: But there is a Bird they call, a Man of vvar, and he is much bigger than a Heron, and flies out to Sea upon diſcoveries, (for they never light upon the Sea) to ſee vvhat ſhips are comming to the Iland; and vvhen they return the Ilanders look out, and ſay, A ſhip is comming, and finde it true.
Word: businessman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪznəsmən/, /ˈbɪznɪsmən/, /ˈbɪznəsmæn/ 1. A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution. Example: I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man Example: BERTIE Ahern's explanation that he received an envelope stuffed with £8,000 in cash following a whip-around by a group of Manchester-based businessmen was branded untrue by the Mahon Tribunal.
Word: man of God Part of Speech: noun 1. A minister or priest. 2. A prophet. 3. Any godly man.
Word: macadam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), who invented the process of macadamization. Used for describing road surfaces originally constructed using the McAdam method, but now sometimes used for any road or street. Pronunciation: /məˈkædəm/ 1. The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic). Labels: uncountable Example: This narrow-gauge line had suffered the same fate as that between Schull and Skibbereen, with the track taken up except where it runs through one of the town streets and is embedded in the macadam. 2. Any road or street. Labels: US, countable, dated
Word: macadam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Named after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), who invented the process of macadamization. Used for describing road surfaces originally constructed using the McAdam method, but now sometimes used for any road or street. Pronunciation: /məˈkædəm/ 1. To cover or surface with macadam. Labels: transitive
Word: child language Part of Speech: noun 1. The language spoken by a child who is still in the process of developing verbal skills. Labels: uncountable
Word: boke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots bock, attested from the 16th century. Pronunciation: /bəʊk/, /boʊk/ 1. To thrust or push out; butt; poke. Labels: UK, ambitransitive, dialectal 2. To retch or vomit. Labels: intransitive
Word: boke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of book. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Therefore to make complaynt / Of such mysadvysed / Parsons and dysgysed, / Thys boke we have devysed, […] Example: That is / like as the church doth read yͤ bokes of Iudith / Thobias / and the Machabees / but receaveth them not emonge the canonicall ſcriptures / even ſo let it read theſe two bokes (he meaneth yͤ boke of ſapience and eccleſiaſticus) vnto the edefyinge of the people / and not to confirme the doctrine of the church therbye.
Word: dada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad. 1. Father, dad. Labels: childish
Word: dada Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Dada (“cultural movement”). Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: dodo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from obsolete Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”) or Dutch dodaars. First attested in the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊdəʊ/, /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/ 1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. Example: In spite of the most active search, during the last century, no information respecting the dodo was obtained, and some authors have gone so far as to pretend that it never existed; […] Example: Within a very few years after these islands shall have become regularly settled, in all probability this fox will be classed with the dodo, as an animal which has perished from the face of the earth. 2. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt. Labels: figuratively 3. A hole in one. Example: "Most of the aces weren't on holes I would have liked to have made them on," confessed Colk, who dropped his fifth dodo of 1935 on December 29, which was believed at the time to be a record for most aces in a year.
Word: dodo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”). 1. Fried plantain. Labels: Nigeria, uncountable Example: Dodo is everybody's favorite! It is a superb snack, a side dish, a breakfast food or a dessert all rolled into one. The best dodo is made from soft (almost over ripe) plantain which is cut in 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices and fried to a crispy golden brown. Example: Mother had banned it a year or so earlier after Obembe and I stole pieces from Mother's cooler, and lied that we'd seen rats eating the dodos.
Word: man-of-war Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English man of wer, man of werre (“fighting man, soldier”). It has been suggested that sense 2 (“powerful armed naval vessel”) derives from the fact that such vessels were manned by men-of-war (“soldiers”; sense 1). Pronunciation: /ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwɔː/, /ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwoɹ/, /ˈmæn-/, /ˌmɛn.ɘ(v)ˈwoː/ 1. A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior. Example: The LORDE is the right man of warre, LORDE is his name. The charettes of Pharaor his power, hath he caſt in to the ſee. Example: In an hour more, the whole house was awakened by a violent noise of howling, curses, and pots clattering to and fro. […] [T]he landlord was undermost, and the Ensign's arms were working up and down his face and body like the flaps of a paddle-wheel: the man of war had clearly the best of it. 2. A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship. Labels: historical Example: [W]e cannot be ſecure, vvhile ſuch huge Fleets of Men of VVar, both Spaniſh, French, Dutch, and Dunkirkeers, ſome of them laden vvith Ammunition, Men, Arms, and Armies, do daily ſail on our Seas, and confront the Kings Chambers; […] Example: In the lobby I spoke with Mr. George Montagu, and advised about a ship to carry my Lord Hinchingbroke and the rest of the young gentlemen to France, and they have resolved of going in a hired vessell from Rye, and not in a man of war. 3. A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship. Labels: historical, obsolete, rare Example: [H]ee is firſt broken to the Sea in the Herring mans Skiffe or Cockboate, vvhere hauing learned to brooke all vvaters, and drinke as he can out of a tarrie Canne, and eate poore Iohn out of ſvvuttie platters vvhen he may get it vvithout butter or muſtard, there is no ho vvith him but once hartned thus, hee vvill needes be a man of vvarre, or a Tobaco taker, and vveare a ſiluer VVhiſtle. 4. Senses relating to animals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: But there is a Bird they call, a Man of vvar, and he is much bigger than a Heron, and flies out to Sea upon diſcoveries, (for they never light upon the Sea) to ſee vvhat ſhips are comming to the Iland; and vvhen they return the Ilanders look out, and ſay, A ſhip is comming, and finde it true. 5. Senses relating to animals. Labels: archaic, specifically 6. Senses relating to animals. Labels: US, specifically 7. Senses relating to animals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: man-o-war Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of man-o'-war. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: I have a boatswain who pipes, Livesey; so things shall go man-o-war fashion on board the good ship Hispaniola.
Word: Pitjantjatjara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara, from pitjantja + tjara (literally “having (the word) pitjantja”) (as opposed to the word yankunytja). Pronunciation: /pɪt͡ʃənt͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaːrə/ 1. An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily). 2. The Western Desert language group as a whole.
Word: Pitjantjatjara Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara, from pitjantja + tjara (literally “having (the word) pitjantja”) (as opposed to the word yankunytja). Pronunciation: /pɪt͡ʃənt͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaːrə/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Pitjantjatjara language or people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pitjantjara Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Pitjantjatjara. Labels: alt-of, alternative