nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: true Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”). Pronunciation: /tɹuː/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː], /tɹjuː/, /tɹɪʊ̯/ 1. Accurately; in alignment. Labels: not-comparable Example: This gun shoots true. Example: If the tyre doesn't run true (it wobbles as you spin the wheel), re-seat it by letting most of the air out and pulling the tyre away from the bead. 2. Truthfully. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain. Example: What am I to you? Tell me, darling, true.
Word: true Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”). Pronunciation: /tɹuː/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː], /tɹjuː/, /tɹɪʊ̯/ 1. The state of being in alignment. Labels: uncountable Example: Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool. Example: She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true. 2. Truth. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: true Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”). Pronunciation: /tɹuː/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː], /tɹjuː/, /tɹɪʊ̯/ 1. To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight). Example: He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel. Example: Don't attempt to true a wheel until you've a good idea what is causing the buckle. 2. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up). Example: We spent all night truing up the report.
Word: true Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of truce. 1. A pledge or truce. Labels: obsolete
Word: else Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”), Proto-Slavic *olni. Pronunciation: /ɛls/, /ɛlts/ 1. Other; in addition to previously mentioned items. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me? Example: Whatever else she may be, she is not a surgeon.
Word: else Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”), Proto-Slavic *olni. Pronunciation: /ɛls/, /ɛlts/ 1. Otherwise, if not. Labels: not-comparable Example: How else (= in what other way) can it be done? Example: I'm busy Friday; when else (= what other time) works for you?
Word: else Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”), Proto-Slavic *olni. Pronunciation: /ɛls/, /ɛlts/ 1. For otherwise; or else. Example: Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent. Example: He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.
Word: join Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ 1. To connect or combine into one; to put together. Labels: transitive Example: The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe. Example: We joined our efforts to get an even better result. 2. To come together; to meet. Labels: intransitive Example: Parallel lines never join. Example: These two rivers join in about 80 miles. 3. To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose. Labels: intransitive Example: Forſake thy king and do but ioyne with me And we will triumph ouer al the world. Example: […]Nature and Fortune ioyn’d to make thee great. 4. To come into the company of. Labels: transitive Example: I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work. Example: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait. 5. To become a member of. Labels: transitive Example: Many children join a sports club. Example: Most politicians have joined a party. 6. To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables. Labels: transitive Example: By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered. 7. To unite in marriage. Example: Into the whiche holy eſtate theſe two perſones pꝛeſent: come nowe to be ioyned. Example: […]this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a ſhrunke pannell[…] 8. To enjoin upon; to command. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: And they ioyne them penaunce / as they call it / to faſt / to goo pylgremages ⁊ geve ſo moch to make ſatiſfaccion with all. 9. To accept, or engage in, as a contest. Example: to join encounter, battle, or issue Example: Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet, […]
Word: join Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ 1. An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining. Example: We found 217 putative interchromosomal joins. Only one of these joins (in the paternal assembly of HG02080) was located in a euchromatic, non-acrocentric region and was manually confirmed to be a misassembly. 2. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect. 3. An intersection of data in two or more database tables. 4. The act of joining something, such as a network. Example: The offline domain join is a three-step process described subsequently: […] 5. The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨. 6. The smallest linear space containing both of two given linear spaces.
Word: danger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈdæɪn.d͡ʒə/ 1. Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's plenty of danger in the desert. Example: Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. 2. An instance or cause of likely serious harm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe. 3. Mischief. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with. 4. The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger"). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide. 5. Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: You stand within his danger, do you not? Example: Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute. 6. Liability. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll, shalbe in daunger of iudgement. 7. Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: They of Coloyne made grete daunger to lete passe the oost thrughe the Cite at brydge. Example: I made daunger of it a while at first, but afterward beyng persuaded by them..I promised to do as they would haue me. 8. A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill. Labels: UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Pineapple and pizza. ONLY JOKING YOU FUCKING DANGER. Example: Why did the chicken cross the road? "To try and get away from you, you absolute danger. I've heard all about you posh boy Etonians and farmyard animals"
Word: danger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈdæɪn.d͡ʒə/ 1. To claim liability. Labels: obsolete 2. To imperil; to endanger. Labels: obsolete Example: The sides o'th' world may danger. Much is breeding 3. To run the risk. Labels: obsolete
Word: jewel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/, /ˈd͡ʒuːl/, /ˈd͡ʒʊəl/, /d͡ʒul/, /ˈd͡ʒuəl/ 1. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone. 2. A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery. Example: Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great. 3. Anything precious or valuable. Labels: figuratively Example: Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane. Example: Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read: And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure: Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay, Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day. 4. A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone. 5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops. 6. The clitoris. Labels: slang Example: The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel. 7. A jewel box (optical disc container). Labels: informal Example: As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.
Word: jewel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/, /ˈd͡ʒuːl/, /ˈd͡ʒʊəl/, /d͡ʒul/, /ˈd͡ʒuəl/ 1. To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
Word: judge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English juge, jugge, from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex. Displaced native Middle English deme (from Old English dēma (“judge”)) and demere (from Old English dēmere (“judge”)), see also deemer, deemster. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ 1. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice. Example: The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence. 2. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question. 3. A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee. Example: At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final. 4. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion. Example: She is a good judge of wine. Example: They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made. 5. A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel. Labels: historical
Word: judge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre. Doublet of judicate. Partly displaced native deem. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ 1. To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter). Labels: transitive Example: A higher power will judge you after you are dead. 2. To sit in judgment, to act as judge. Labels: intransitive Example: Justices in this country judge without appeal. 3. To judicially rule or determine. Labels: transitive 4. To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He was judged to die for his crimes. 5. To award judicially; to adjudge. Labels: obsolete, transitive 6. To form an opinion on; to appraise. Labels: transitive Example: I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit. Example: Let us be judged for what we attempted rather than what we achieved. 7. To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be, If outward habit Iudge the inward man. 8. To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc. Labels: intransitive Example: We cannot both be right: you must judge between us. 9. To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose. Labels: transitive Example: I judge it safe to leave the house once again. Example: I've been judged to have the best qualifications. 10. To form an opinion; to infer. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I judge from the sky that it might rain later. Example: However I have the mirror positioned, I can't judge where the back of the car is. 11. To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward. Labels: ambitransitive Example: There's something wrong with the world today; the light bulb's getting dim. There's meltdown in the sky. If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, Mister, you're a better man than I 12. To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction). Labels: ambitransitive Example: And after him aroſe Iair a Gileadite, and iudged Iſrael twentie and two yeeres. Example: And after him, Elon, a Zebulonite iudged Israel, and he iudged Israel ten yeeres.
Word: list Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English list, liste (“ability, cleverness, cunning, skill; adroitness, dexterity; strategem, trick; device, design, token”), from Old English list (“art, craft; cleverness, cunning, experience, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *listi, from Proto-Germanic *listiz (“art, craft”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-, *leyǝs- (“furrow, trace, track, trail”). The word is cognate with Dutch list (“artifice, guile, sleight; ruse, strategem”), German List (“cunning, guile; ploy, ruse, trick”), Low German list (“artifice, cunning; prudence, wisdom”), Icelandic list (“art”), Saterland Frisian list (“cunning, knowledge”), Scots list (“art, craft, skill; cunning”), Swedish list (“art; cunning, guile, wile; ruse, trick; stealth”), and possibly Spanish listo (“clever”). It is also related to learn, lore. Pronunciation: /lɪst/ 1. Art; craft; cunning; skill. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: In discussing the Syllabus and the last dogma of 1870, so much must be allowed for Italian list and cunning, or a word-fence. An Englishman, with his matter-of-fact way of putting things, is no match for these gentry. Example: Sophos, fab[le] 40. "The foxes had heard that the fowls were sick, and went to see them decked in peacock's feathers; said of men who speak friendly, but only with list or cunning within."
Word: list Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English listen, from Old English hlystan (“to listen”), from hlyst (“hearing”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlusti, from Proto-Germanic *hlustiz (“hearing”). Pronunciation: /lɪst/ 1. To listen. Labels: intransitive, poetic Example: 2 [Soldier] Peace, what noiſe? / 1 [Soldier] Liſt liſt. / 2 Hearke. / 1 Music i' th' Ayre. Example: We list to the trumpings that herald the storm, / To the roll of the drum, and the order to form! 2. To listen to. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.
Word: list Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English listen, list, liste, leste, lesten (“to choose, desire, wish (to do something)”), from Old English lystan, from Proto-West Germanic *lustijan, from Proto-Germanic *lustijaną, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (“pleasure”). The word is cognate with Saterland Frisian läste (“to wish for, desire, crave”), West Frisian lêste (“to like, desire”), Dutch lusten (“to appreciate, like; to lust”), German lüsten, gelüsten (“to desire, want, crave”), Danish lyste (“to desire, feel like, want”), Faroese lysta (“to desire”). The noun sense is from the verb, or from Middle English list, liste, lest, leste (“desire, wish; craving, longing; enjoyment, joy, pleasure”), which is derived from Middle English listen, list (verb). Pronunciation: /lɪst/ 1. To desire, like, or wish (to do something). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: who liſt to lyue yn quyetnes by me lett hym beware For I by highe dyſdayne ame made withoute redreſſe and vnkyndenes Alas hathe ſlayne my poore trew hart all comfortles Example: If thou beeſt a man, ſhew thy ſelfe in thy likeneſs. If thou beeſt a diuell, take't as thou liſt. 2. To be pleasing to. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Might then I depart, and dwell as listeth me, out of all the world?
Word: list Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English listen, list, liste, leste, lesten (“to choose, desire, wish (to do something)”), from Old English lystan, from Proto-West Germanic *lustijan, from Proto-Germanic *lustijaną, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (“pleasure”). The word is cognate with Saterland Frisian läste (“to wish for, desire, crave”), West Frisian lêste (“to like, desire”), Dutch lusten (“to appreciate, like; to lust”), German lüsten, gelüsten (“to desire, want, crave”), Danish lyste (“to desire, feel like, want”), Faroese lysta (“to desire”). The noun sense is from the verb, or from Middle English list, liste, lest, leste (“desire, wish; craving, longing; enjoyment, joy, pleasure”), which is derived from Middle English listen, list (verb). Pronunciation: /lɪst/ 1. Desire, inclination. Labels: obsolete Example: I know too much: / I finde it, I; for when I ha liſt to ſleepe, / Mary, before your Ladiſhip I grant, / She puts her tongue alittle in her heart, / And chides with thinking.
Word: list Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from tilting on lists in jousts, or from Etymology 4 in the sense of inclining towards what one desires. Pronunciation: /lɪst/ 1. A tilt to a building. 2. A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
Word: list Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from tilting on lists in jousts, or from Etymology 4 in the sense of inclining towards what one desires. Pronunciation: /lɪst/ 1. To cause (something) to tilt to one side. Labels: transitive Example: The steady wind listed the ship. 2. To tilt to one side. Labels: intransitive Example: The ship listed to port. Example: Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.
Word: low Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Proto-Germanic *lēgaz Old Norse lágrbor. Middle English lāh English low From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots laich (“low”), Saterland Frisian läich (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), obsolete German läg (“low”), German Low German leeg, leeg' (“low”), Danish lav (“low”), Faroese, Icelandic lágur (“low”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish låg (“low”). More at lie. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ/, /ˈlo/, /ˈlou/, /ˈlaː/, /ˈloʊ/ 1. A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc). Example: You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank. Example: Economic growth has hit a new low. 2. A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc). Example: Today's low was 32 °F. Example: A cold one out there today, with lows reaching 33 degrees. 3. A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation. Example: He is in a low right now. the highs and lows of bipolar disorder 4. An area of low pressure; a depression. Labels: informal Example: A deep low is centred over the British Isles. 5. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle. Example: Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour. 6. The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. 7. A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price. Labels: slang, usually Example: He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
Word: low Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Proto-Germanic *lēgaz Old Norse lágrbor. Middle English lāh English low From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots laich (“low”), Saterland Frisian läich (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), obsolete German läg (“low”), German Low German leeg, leeg' (“low”), Danish lav (“low”), Faroese, Icelandic lágur (“low”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish låg (“low”). More at lie. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ/, /ˈlo/, /ˈlou/, /ˈlaː/, /ˈloʊ/ 1. Close to the ground. 2. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency. Example: Can sing both high and low. 3. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently. Example: to speak low Example: [T]he amorous, odorous wind, / Breathes low between the sunset and the moon, […] 4. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply. Example: He sold his wheat low. 5. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly. Example: But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low. 6. In a time approaching our own. Example: In that part of the world which was first inhabited, […] even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds. 7. In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution. Example: The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
Word: low Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Proto-Germanic *lēgaz Old Norse lágrbor. Middle English lāh English low From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots laich (“low”), Saterland Frisian läich (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), obsolete German läg (“low”), German Low German leeg, leeg' (“low”), Danish lav (“low”), Faroese, Icelandic lágur (“low”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish låg (“low”). More at lie. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ/, /ˈlo/, /ˈlou/, /ˈlaː/, /ˈloʊ/ 1. To lower; to make low. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I shall only say this, that all the other graces must low the sail to faith, and so it is faith must carry us through, being that last triumphing grace, […] Example: Now to use these as Hypotheseis, as himself in his Word, is pleas'd to low himself to our capacities, is allowable:
Word: low Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lough, from Old English hlōh, first and third person singular preterite of hliehhan (“to laugh”). More at laugh. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ/, /ˈloʊ/ 1. simple past of laugh. Labels: form-of, obsolete, past
Word: low Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lowen (“to low”), from Old English hlōwan (“to low; to bellow; to roar”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōaną (“to call; shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call”). Cognate with Dutch loeien (“to low”), Middle High German lüejen (“to roar”), dialectal Swedish lumma (“to roar”), Latin calō (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Latin clāmō (“to shout, claim”). More at claim. Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/ 1. To moo. Labels: intransitive Example: The cattle were lowing. Example: In peals of thunder now she roars--and now / She gently whimpers like a lowing cow
Word: low Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lowe, loghe, from Old Norse logi (“fire, flame, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Icelandic logi (“flame”), Swedish låga (“flame”), Danish lue (“flame”), German Lohe (“blaze, flames”), North Frisian leag (“fire, flame”), Old English līeġ (“fire, flame, lightning”). More at More at leye and More at light. Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/ 1. A flame; fire; blaze. Labels: Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal Example: She was, as one of them expressed himself, in a light low (bright flame) when they observed a king's ship, with her colours up, heave in sight from behind the cape. The guns of the burning vessel discharged themselves […] Example: A boy fell aff his chair a' in a low, for the discharge had set him on fire […]
Word: low Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lowe, loghe, from Old Norse logi (“fire, flame, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Icelandic logi (“flame”), Swedish låga (“flame”), Danish lue (“flame”), German Lohe (“blaze, flames”), North Frisian leag (“fire, flame”), Old English līeġ (“fire, flame, lightning”). More at More at leye and More at light. Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/ 1. To burn; to blaze. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: Driest wood will eithest low, Example: They scarcely left to co'er their fuds, To quench their lowan drouth.
Word: low Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English hlāw, hlǣw (“burial mound”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw. Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low. Pronunciation: /ləʊ/, /loʊ/ 1. Barrow, mound, tumulus. Labels: archaic, obsolete Example: A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains. 2. A hill. Labels: Scottish, archaic, dialectal Example: And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.
Word: low Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apheretic form of allow. Pronunciation: /laʊ/ 1. Alternative form of 'low. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: long Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), Yola lhaung, long (“long”), North Frisian long, lung, lüng (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), West Frisian lang (“long”), Cimbrian lång (“long”), Dutch, German, and Low German lang (“long”), Luxembourgish laang (“long”), Mòcheno lònk (“long”), Vilamovian łaong (“long”), Yiddish לאַנג (lang, “long”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lang (“long”), Faroese and Icelandic langur (“long”), Swedish lång (“long”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs, “long”); also Latin longus (“long”) (whence French long (“long”), Italian lungo (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”)), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós, “long; wearisome”), Albanian gjatë (“long; tall”), Latvian ilgs (“long”), Lithuanian ilgas (“long”), Belarusian до́ўгі (dówhi, “long”), Bulgarian дъ́лъг (dǎ́lǎg, “long”), Czech dlúhý (“long”), Macedonian долг (dolg, “long”), Polish długi (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj, “lengthy, long”), до́лгий (dólgij, “long”), Serbo-Croatian ду̏г, dȕg (“long”), Slovak dlhý (“long”), Slovene dolg (“long”), Ukrainian до́вгий (dóvhyj, “long”), Ossetian даргъ (darǧ, “late”), Central Kurdish دێر (dêr), درەنگ (dreng, “late”), Northern Kurdish dereng (“late”), Persian دیر (dēr / dir, “late; long”), درنگ (derang, “delay”), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”) (whence Bengali দীর্ঘ (dirgho, “long; tall”), Dhivehi ދިގު (digu, “long, lengthy”), Kalasha driga, dríga (“long; tall”), Kholosi taɽgo (“long”), Khowar درونگ (drung, “long”), Hindi दीर्घ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”), Nepali दिघो (digho, “stable”), Odia ଦୀର୍ଘ (dirgha, “long”), Sinhalese දිග (diga, “long”), Urdu دیرگھ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”)), Kamkata-viri drëgeř, drëgëř, drëŋëň, dërëgeň (“long; tall”), Prasuni jigni (“long; tall”). The word shows the regular historical change of a to o before certain consonant clusters such as ng (compare with other examples in Middle and Modern English such as bond, song, throng, and wrong). The o-form may have also been reinforced by Old French long, from Latin longus, from the same Indo-European word. Doublet of lungo and lunge. Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/, /lɔːŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/, /læŋ/, /lɔŋ/ 1. To take a long position in. Labels: transitive Example: The left panel shows the profile of a portfolio consisting of longing a call and shorting a put.
Word: long Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English longe, lange, from Old English longe, lange, from the adjective (see above). Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/, /lɔːŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/, /læŋ/, /lɔŋ/ 1. Over a great distance in space. Example: Every golfer wants to hit the ball long and straight. 2. Over a great distance in space. Example: She hit her return long and lost the point. 3. For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it). Example: How long is it until the next bus arrives? Example: She has known us as long as you. 4. For a long time. Labels: adjective, adverb, participle Example: Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world. Example: By eight o’clock, the food will be long gone. 5. For a long time. Labels: rare Example: It’s an earth song,— And I’ve been waiting long for an earth song. It’s a spring song,— And I’ve been waiting long for a spring song.[…] I have been waiting long for this spring song. 6. A long time (see usage notes). Example: Will this interview take long? Example: I haven’t got long to live.
Word: long Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to long for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, lengthen, grow longer, summon, belong”), from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary”). Cognate with German langen (“to reach, be sufficient”), Swedish langa (“to push, pass by hand”), Icelandic langa (“to want, desire”), Dutch, German verlangen (“to desire, want, long for”). Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/, /lɔːŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/, /læŋ/, /lɔŋ/ 1. To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true). Labels: intransitive Example: She longed for him to come back. Example: The Rabbit sighed. He thought it would be a long time before this magic called Real happened to him. He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad.
Word: long Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English long, lang, an aphetic form of Middle English ilong, ylong, from Old English ġelong, ġelang (“along, belonging, depending, consequent”); the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong. Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/, /lɔːŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/, /læŋ/, /lɔŋ/ 1. On account of, because of. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: I am of opinion, that in regarde of theſe debauches and lewde actions, fathers may, in ſome ſort, be blamed, and that it is onely long of them.
Word: long Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English long, lang, an aphetic form of Middle English ilong, ylong, from Old English ġelong, ġelang (“along, belonging, depending, consequent”); the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong. Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/, /lɔːŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/, /læŋ/, /lɔŋ/ 1. To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. Labels: archaic Example: A goodly Armour, and full rich aray, / Which long’d to Angela, the Saxon Queene, / All fretted round with gold, and goodly wel beseene. Example: Tis well, and hold your owne in any case / With such austeritie as longeth to a father.
Word: long Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of longitude. Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/, /lɔːŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/, /læŋ/, /lɔŋ/ 1. Abbreviation of longitude. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: long Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to belong, pertain”), from Old English *lang, which is of uncertain origin yet related to Old English ġelang (“dependent, attainable, present, belonging, consequent”), Old Saxon gilang (“ready, available”). Pronunciation: /lɒŋ/, /lɔːŋ/, /lʊŋɡ/, /læŋ/, /lɔŋ/ 1. To belong. Labels: obsolete Example: Now ſend Ambaſſage to thy neighbor Kinges, And let them know the Perſian King is chang’d: From one that knew not what a King ſhould doe, To one that can commaund what longs there to: […]
Word: tall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ġetæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”). Cognate with Scots tal (“high, lofty, tall”), Old Frisian tel (“swift”), Old Saxon gital (“quick”), Old High German gizal (“active, agile”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 (untals, “indocile, disobedient”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [of tall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives expressing estimation, such as buxom, canny, clean, clever, cunning, deft, elegant, handsome, pretty, proper; German klein, as compared with English clean, presents the antithesis to modern tall as compared to tall in early Middle English. It has been conjectured that in the sense 'high of stature' it is a different word, adopted from the Welsh tal in some sense; but the latter is, according to Professor Rhŷs, merely a 16th-century borrowing of the English word (in Owen Pughe's Dictionary erroneously mixed up with the genuine Welsh word tal (“end, brow, forehead”), with which it has no possible connection.)" Pronunciation: /tɔːl/, [tʰoːɫ], /toːl/, /tɔl/, /taːl/ 1. Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).) Example: Being tall is an advantage in basketball. Example: Ostriches are the tallest living birds. 2. Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).) Labels: usually Example: Tall trees, at least about 30m high. Example: To him it seemed that the Bornean rainforests, the tallest on Earth, were places that had: 'remained untouched and unchanged since remote geological epochs[.]' 3. Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).) Labels: US 4. Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale. Example: "That's tall talk." "Not an inch taller than the truth." 5. Old senses that arose before the height-related senses Labels: obsolete 6. Old senses that arose before the height-related senses Labels: obsolete 7. Old senses that arose before the height-related senses Labels: obsolete 8. Old senses that arose before the height-related senses Labels: archaic
Word: tall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ġetæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”). Cognate with Scots tal (“high, lofty, tall”), Old Frisian tel (“swift”), Old Saxon gital (“quick”), Old High German gizal (“active, agile”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 (untals, “indocile, disobedient”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [of tall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives expressing estimation, such as buxom, canny, clean, clever, cunning, deft, elegant, handsome, pretty, proper; German klein, as compared with English clean, presents the antithesis to modern tall as compared to tall in early Middle English. It has been conjectured that in the sense 'high of stature' it is a different word, adopted from the Welsh tal in some sense; but the latter is, according to Professor Rhŷs, merely a 16th-century borrowing of the English word (in Owen Pughe's Dictionary erroneously mixed up with the genuine Welsh word tal (“end, brow, forehead”), with which it has no possible connection.)" Pronunciation: /tɔːl/, [tʰoːɫ], /toːl/, /tɔl/, /taːl/ 1. Someone or something that is tall. Labels: nonstandard, possibly Example: But in the second generation of hybrids (from seed of the first) talls and dwarfs were both present, and in the proportion of twelve talls to four dwarfs. Example: The industries that best accommodate talls are those that have faced personal injury lawsuits. 2. A clothing size for taller people. Example: Do you have this in a tall? 3. A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.
Word: short Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt. Pronunciation: /ʃɔːt/, /ʃɔɹt/, [ʃɔɹʔ] 1. Abruptly, curtly, briefly. Labels: not-comparable Example: They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street. Example: He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting. 2. Unawares. Labels: not-comparable Example: The recent developments at work caught them short. Example: We were caught short by the sudden hailstorm. 3. Without achieving a goal or requirement. Labels: not-comparable Example: His speech fell short of what was expected. 4. Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full. Labels: not-comparable 5. With a negative ownership position. Labels: not-comparable Example: We went short most finance companies in July.
Word: short Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt. Pronunciation: /ʃɔːt/, /ʃɔɹt/, [ʃɔɹʔ] 1. A short circuit. Example: The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring. 2. A short film. Example: Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age. 3. A short film. Labels: Internet 4. A short film. Labels: Internet, broadly Example: long short 5. A short version of a garment in a particular size. Example: 38 short suits fit me right off the rack. Example: Do you have that size in a short? 6. A shortstop. Example: Jones smashes a grounder between third and short. 7. A short seller. Example: The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne. 8. A short sale or short position. Example: He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months. Example: The company’s stock is one of the largest shorts in the market, meaning many investors are betting it could fall even farther. 9. A summary account. Example: For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. 10. A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable. Example: If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in ‘bit’ and ‘beat’, ‘not’ and ‘naught’, we find that the short vowels are generally wide (i, ɔ), the long narrow (i, ɔ), besides being generally diphthongic as well. 11. An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long. 12. An automobile. Labels: US, slang Example: crack shorts Example: For example, one addict would crack shorts (break and enter cars) and usually obtain just enough stolen goods to buy stuff and get off just before getting sick. 13. Ellipsis of short bond paper. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: short Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt. Pronunciation: /ʃɔːt/, /ʃɔɹt/, [ʃɔɹʔ] 1. To cause a short circuit in (something). Labels: transitive Example: You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it. 2. To short circuit. Labels: intransitive 3. To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange. Labels: informal, transitive Example: This is the third time I've caught them shorting us. Example: It's hard now. The NEA, state and city budgets are messed up and it's the small artists like us that are the ones getting shorted. 4. To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short. Labels: transitive 5. To shorten. Labels: obsolete