nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos). Pronunciation: /fɹɒɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/, /fɹɑɡ/, /fɾɔɡ/, [fɹɔ̟ɡ] 1. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop. Example: Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog 2. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop. Labels: often, specifically 3. The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached. 4. Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad. Labels: Cockney, slang 5. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick. 6. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood. 7. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof). 8. The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches. 9. A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog. Example: `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.' 10. Defector: politician who switches to a different political party. Labels: Malaysia, derogatory, slang
Word: frog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos). Pronunciation: /fɹɒɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/, /fɹɑɡ/, /fɾɔɡ/, [fɹɔ̟ɡ] 1. To hunt or trap frogs. 2. To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate. Labels: transitive 3. To spatchcock (a chicken). Labels: transitive 4. To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot. Labels: intransitive
Word: frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare Kraut (“German person”) and French rosbif (“English person”) (from roast beef), with similar food etymologies. Pronunciation: /fɹɒɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/, /fɹɑɡ/, /fɾɔɡ/, [fɹɔ̟ɡ] 1. A French person. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: Yes. Can't trust the frogs. 2. A French-speaking person from Quebec. Labels: Canada, offensive
Word: frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”). Pronunciation: /fɹɒɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/, /fɹɑɡ/, /fɾɔɡ/, [fɹɔ̟ɡ] 1. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt. 2. An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop. Example: The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe. 3. A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
Word: frog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”). Pronunciation: /fɹɒɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/, /fɹɑɡ/, /fɾɔɡ/, [fɹɔ̟ɡ] 1. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
Word: frog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to “rip it”. Pronunciation: /fɹɒɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/, /fɹɑɡ/, /fɾɔɡ/, [fɹɔ̟ɡ] 1. To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: frog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a minced oath alteration of fuck. Pronunciation: /fɹɒɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/, /fɹɑɡ/, /fɾɔɡ/, [fɹɔ̟ɡ] 1. To have sex with; fuck. Labels: ambitransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar Example: If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.
Word: lammergeier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Lämmergeier. Pronunciation: /ˈlæməɡaɪə/, /ˈlæmɚɡaɪɚ/ 1. A long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India. Example: According to the Swiss Journal of Ornithology, the Lammergeier, or Alpine vulture, may be regarded as extinct in Switzerland.
Word: mountain goat Part of Speech: noun 1. A sure-footed goat antelope, of the species Oreamnos americanus, of the North American mountains, having black curved horns and a shaggy coat.
Word: hippogryph Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hippogriff. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chupacabras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”). 1. A legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas dating from the 1990s, supposed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats.
Word: chupacabras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”). 1. plural of chupacabra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puppy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier puppie (“a woman's pet dog”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Middle English *puppee, *poupee, from Old French poupée, popée (“a doll; puppet”). More at puppet. Mostly displaced native Middle English whelp (“puppy”), from Old English hwelp, whence Modern English whelp and whelpie. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰɐpi] 1. A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months). 2. A young rat. 3. A young seal. 4. A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog. 5. A woman’s breast. Labels: plural-normally, slang Example: Unclasp your bra and set those puppies free. 6. A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker. Labels: informal Example: I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home. 7. A conceited and impertinent person, especially a young man. Labels: dated, derogatory Example: I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm. Example: I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]
Word: puppy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier puppie (“a woman's pet dog”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Middle English *puppee, *poupee, from Old French poupée, popée (“a doll; puppet”). More at puppet. Mostly displaced native Middle English whelp (“puppy”), from Old English hwelp, whence Modern English whelp and whelpie. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰɐpi] 1. To bring forth whelps or give birth to pups. Labels: transitive
Word: sow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH-? Proto-Indo-European *suH-der. Proto-Germanic *sugō Proto-West Germanic *sugu Old English sugu Middle English sowe English sow From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”). See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor. Pronunciation: /saʊ/ 1. A female animal 2. A female animal Example: Lucky he wasn't a sow. They've usually just dropped a cub this time of year. A sow would have been cranky as hell. 3. A female animal 4. A contemptible, often fat woman. Labels: derogatory, slang 5. Clipping of sowbug. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 6. A channel that conducts molten metal to molds. 7. A mass of metal solidified in a mold. Example: In England, it was generally termed a 'sow', if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived. 8. A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
Word: sow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Germanic *sēaną Proto-West Germanic *sāan Old English sāwan Middle English sowen English sow From Middle English sowen, from Old English sāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *sāan, from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. Compare Dutch zaaien, German säen, Danish så, Norwegian Bokmål så. Pronunciation: /səʊ/, /soʊ/ 1. To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). Labels: ambitransitive Example: When I had sown the field, the day's work was over. 2. To spread abroad; to propagate. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: as you sow, so shall you reap Example: Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same. 3. To scatter over; to besprinkle. Labels: figuratively Example: The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, […] and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. Example: [He] sowd with Starrs the heav'n. 4. Obsolete spelling of sew. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: tigress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tigresse, corresponding to tiger + -ess. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.ɡɹɪs/, /ˈtaɪ.ɡɹəs/ 1. A female tiger; a she-tiger. Example: So-al was a mighty fine-looking girl, built like a tigress as to strength and sinuosity, but withal sweet and womanly. Example: Indestructibly seductive at 79, this greatest and wittiest of all singing tigresses has lasted even longer on the stage than the original glamorous grandmother, Marlene Dietrich.
Word: cob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of uncertain origin. The word has many disparate senses, which are likely of diverse origin. The specifics of these origins have long been debated, as has the question of which senses arise from which origins. At least the swan sense originated in Middle English cobbe (“male swan; gang leader; bully”). Some other senses likely originated as a variant of cop (“head, top, peak, summit”). In other senses, the word may be related to cub, itself of obscure origin but possibly from Old Norse kobbi (“seal”). However, many alternative etymologies have been proposed to account for some or all senses of cob; various sources have related it, for example, to English cot (“cottage”), Welsh cob (“top, tuft”), or German Kübel (“large container”). All these etymologies are disputed, and the exact origins of cob cannot be known with any certainty. Pronunciation: /kɑb/, /kɒb/ 1. To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent. Example: Windows and other details can be cobbed into place, and niches and reliefs are easy to create. Example: The technique appeals to alternative builders because of its ability to be sculpted, its use of waste materials, and its pest resistant properties. Each course is tamped down, or "cobbed," to impart strength and to aid in curing. 2. To have the heads mature into corncobs. Example: Ninety Day came to maturity very early and cobbed plentifully, but the grain proved shallow and lacking in meal. Example: Corn was a bumper crop and cobbed much above average so that silage will be above average in feeding value. 3. To remove the kernels from a corncob. Example: Darning socks, knitting, fancy work, cooking, housework, cobbing corn. Example: Here are some of the pople who made this yearbook easy to live with: […] David Littlejohn and Martin Munroe for their concessions, All the people who cobbed corn, Sara Perry for her steadfastness and warm smile in the coffee shop, […] 4. To thresh. Example: The price paid for cobbing (separating the seed from the straw) and drawing the seed of red and white clover is from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. the bushel of 5 stone of seed. Example: In the new machine under notice, clover can be "cobbed" and "hulled" or "drawn," and the seed delivered in one operation, the whole being done at the stack side in the open air and in one-thired of the time previously occupied. 5. To break up ground with a hoe. Example: I have in this manner cobbed, with great success, lands that had formerly been in tillage, which would no longer bring corn because they were exhausted, either by consecutive crops or by the great quantity of weeks, which impoverished them: these became as good as my regularly cobbed lands.
Word: cob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, but it has also been suggested that the word could be a continuation of Middle English cobbe (“fight”), a borrowing of Welsh cob (“blow”), or a cognate of Icelandic kubba (“chop”). Pronunciation: /kɑb/, /kɒb/ 1. To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle. Example: […] he pulled off his hat, and said he was going to cob him for breaking the rules and laws of the ship’s company. Example: White prisoners, and sometimes black ones, are put into the dungeon, and ironed; and black prisoners have been “cobbed.” 2. To throw, chuck, lob. Labels: Northern-UK, colloquial Example: Well, sir, I’m sure I’d be rid of it fast enough if I could naut cob it away like a stoan. Example: Each had a stone in his grasp in an instant, and simultaneously they cobbed at Master Bunnie. 3. To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore. Example: A ſhade or ſhelter from the weather, under which the Cobbers cob the Ore. Example: Pyrites with galena, gangue, and a little blende—separately cobbed, with other material of the same nature, by expert workers to minimize the quantity of dust, and then yielding: […]
Word: cob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, but it has also been suggested that the word could be a continuation of Middle English cobbe (“fight”), a borrowing of Welsh cob (“blow”), or a cognate of Icelandic kubba (“chop”). Pronunciation: /kɑb/, /kɒb/ 1. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Example: Such negro so offending shall receive fifteen cobbs or paddles for every such offence.
Word: cob Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɑb/, /kɒb/ 1. Abbreviation of cobble. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Habitats were sand, cobble (cob), sand with macrophytes (s\m) and muck with macrophytes (m\m). Example: List and short characteristics of sampling sites (br = bedrock, cob = cobble, gra = gravel, peb = pebble, sa = sand). 2. Alternative form of COB. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cygnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/ 1. The young of a swan. Example: I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest.
Word: eyrie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea. Pronunciation: /ˈɪə.ɹi/, /ˈaɪ.ɹi/, /ˈɛː.ɹi/, /ˈɪ.ɹi/, /ˈɛ.ɹi/ 1. The nest of a bird of prey. Labels: UK Example: The methods employed to ascend to the nest of a bird of prey depend, in each instance, upon its site. If the nest is in a tree, a man can climb up and, having put the young ones in a basket, carry them home. If, however, the eyrie is built in the fissure of a lofty rock, a man is secured to the end of a rope and descends or is lowered from the rim of the mountain or cliff to the level of the hollow in which the eyrie is built and, entering, lifts the bird from the nest. 2. Any high and remote but commanding place. Labels: UK
Word: eyry Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of eyrie. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: In the bird's-nests of the forest, / In the lodges of the beaver, / In the hoof-prints of the bison, / In the eyry of the eagle!
Word: aerie Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of eyrie. Labels: US, alt-of, standard 2. A local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Word: aery Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of eyrie.
Word: aery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aery, from Latin āerius. 1. Aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. Labels: poetic Example: […] The Bird of Jove, ſtoopt from his aerie tour, / Two Birds of gayeſt plume before him drove: […]
Word: grasshopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass + hopper. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/, /ɡɹæsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/ 1. A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets. Example: Even in my happiest moments, while the grass was crowded with flowers beneath me—the sweet monotony of the running water in mine ear, only broken by the cheerful chant of the grasshopper—the boughs of the chestnut, filled with sunshine, dazzling my eyes, till the golden air seemed thronged with lovely shapes,—even then came pale and mournful shadows, whose white faces looked upon me pityingly. Example: But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels. 2. A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets. 3. A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets. 4. A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao. Example: Does he order Scotch-on-the-rocks in a low, mean voice? No? A Bud? No? A grasshopper, heavy on the creme de menthe? Right! 5. A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent. Labels: figuratively Example: Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia. 6. A frequent user of marijuana. Labels: slang 7. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key. Example: John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano 8. A fairy chess piece which moves orthogonally or diagonally, but must hop over a piece to move or capture, landing one square beyond the hopped piece.
Word: grasshopper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass + hopper. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/, /ɡɹæsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/ 1. Of a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppers. Labels: transitive 2. To move a riverboat over an obstruction, such as a sandbar. Labels: transitive 3. Of an animal, to hunt and eat grasshoppers. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: hop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”). Pronunciation: /hɒp/, /hɑp/, /hɔp/ 1. A short jump. Example: The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops. 2. A jump on one leg. 3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane. Example: My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield. 4. A brief period of development or progress. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television. 5. A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball. Labels: US 6. A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing. Labels: UK, US, dated, slang Example: 1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories One singing-room we had closed, and so damaged a "twopenny hop" that it could not have survived another season had our own prosperity continued unchecked. 7. The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
Word: hop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”). Pronunciation: /hɒp/, /hɑp/, /hɔp/ 1. To jump a short distance. Labels: intransitive Example: When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail. 2. To jump on one foot. Labels: intransitive 3. To be in state of energetic activity. Labels: intransitive Example: Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop. Example: The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping. 4. To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously. Labels: transitive Example: I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news. Example: He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north. 5. To jump onto, or over Labels: transitive Example: They hop the curb and cut their engines. Example: As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it. 6. To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one. Labels: in-compounds, intransitive, usually Example: We were party-hopping all weekend. Example: bar-hopping 7. To go in a quick or sudden manner. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: We hopped on the freeway heading to LA and I looked over at the dashboard and saw the needle back on “E” and I told the guy, “Hey! You going to make it with the gas you got?" Example: Juliet shook her head as she hopped on the computer and greeted a customer who ambled in, blowing on her still wet nails. 8. To dance. Labels: informal 9. To walk lame; to limp. Labels: obsolete Example: The limping smith […]hopping here and there, himself a jest[…]
Word: hop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon. Pronunciation: /hɒp/, /hɑp/, /hɔp/ 1. A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing. 2. The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer. Labels: plural-normally 3. Opium, or some other narcotic drug. Labels: US, slang Example: ‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’ 4. The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
Word: hop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon. Pronunciation: /hɒp/, /hɑp/, /hɔp/ 1. To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer Labels: transitive Example: If you brew in March or October, and have hopped it for long keeping[…] 2. To gather hops. Labels: intransitive
Word: hop Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɒp/, /hɑp/, /hɔp/ 1. Synonym of half-op. Labels: Internet
Word: ethnic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.nɪk/ 1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. Example: The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there. Example: Studies also show that absentee ballots cast by voters who are younger or from racial and ethnic minority groups are rejected at higher rates than other absentee ballots. 2. Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture. Example: I like to eat ethnic food 3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression. Example: Indeed, such ethnic music festivals were probably common throughout the country Example: contemporary artists are victims of the dichotomization of fine art and folk or ethnic art, where the latter must evince standardized techniques of simplicity, naivete, naturalism, and exoticism. 4. Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. Labels: historical
Word: ethnic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.nɪk/ 1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community. 2. A heathen, a pagan. Labels: archaic Example: ..for the learned know that even in St. Jerome's time, the consul of Rome and his wife were both Ethnics, and about the same time the greatest part of the senate also... Example: ...And the people of God, redeemed and washed with Christ's blood, and dignified with so many glorious titles of saints and sons in the Gospel, are now no better reputed than impure ethnics and lay dogs... 3. The demonym of an Ancient Greek city. Example: Coinage with the ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΗΝ survives from the mid-second century A.D.
Word: tom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומאbor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom English tom From generic use of the proper name Tom. Pronunciation: /tɒm/, /tɑm/ 1. The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered. 2. The male of the turkey. 3. The male of the orangutan. 4. The male of certain other animals. 5. A female prostitute. Labels: UK, dated, slang 6. A lesbian. Labels: US, slang 7. Clipping of tom-tom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 8. The jack of trumps in the card game gleek. Labels: obsolete 9. A close-stool. Labels: UK, obsolete, regional
Word: tom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from tomato Pronunciation: /tɒm/, /tɑm/ 1. A tomato (the fruit). Labels: UK Example: Toms 90p a pound Example: “I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon, toms, mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike.
Word: tom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming slang from tomfoolery. Pronunciation: /tɒm/, /tɑm/ 1. jewellery Labels: Cockney, slang, uncountable
Word: tom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Uncle Tom. Pronunciation: /tɒm/, /tɑm/ 1. To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority. Labels: derogatory, intransitive
Word: tom Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɒm/, /tɑm/ 1. To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.
Word: tubular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tubulus + -ar. By surface analysis, tubule + -ar. The sense meaning "cool" or "awesome" is believed to be a figurative extension originating in surfing lingo, from the way that an excellent wave encloses a surfer within tubular walls of water. Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːbjʊlə/, /ˈt͡ʃuː-/, /-bjə-/, /ˈt(j)ubjələɹ/, /-bju-/ 1. Shaped like a tube. Example: tubular bell Example: As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice cross girders. 2. Relating to, or composed of, tubes or tubules. 3. Cool, awesome. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: It was such a tubular party, Journal! But a few minutes later, I walked up to the Hermosa Beach Pier and left the girls with my things, thinking the totally bitchin' party would continue. But when I got back, they were all gone.
Word: tube Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”), related to tuba (“long trumpet; war-trumpet”), of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there. Doublet of tubus. Pronunciation: /tuːb/, /tʃuːb/, /tjuːb/ 1. To supply with, or enclose in, a tube. Labels: transitive Example: She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory. 2. To ride an inner tube. Labels: transitive Example: They tubed down the Colorado River. 3. To intubate. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: The patient was tubed.
Word: birthday boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A man or boy whose birthday it is. Example: The party was to be from two to five o'clock, and Sunny Boy, in his best white flannel suit, and carrying Oliver's present under his arm, started about quarter of two for the birthday boy’s house. Example: The birthday boy was a 65-year-old man who was half-asleep.
Word: birthday girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman or girl whose birthday it is. Example: The climax of the celebration for the birthday girl is her first dance. A symbolic enactment of her departure from childhood takes place: […] Afterward, the birthday girl dances with all of the young chamberlanes, marking her entry into womanhood. Example: When you're photographing the birthday girl, you use a large aperture that has an f/stop of f/3.5, which gives you a very shallow depth of field and draws the viewer's attention to the honored guest.
Word: birthday card Part of Speech: noun 1. A greeting card given to someone to celebrate their birthday. Example: Over one million birthday cards were dropped over major cities on Taiwan by Chinese Air Force planes.
Word: birthday cake Part of Speech: noun 1. A cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “I almost ran away.” / “But you didn’t,” Hallie said seriously. / “We stayed for birthday cake.” Portia sat cross-legged on the bed. “Alfonso’s niece was afraid of the candles and Alfonso helped her blow them out.[…]” Example: We sit around chatting, with plates of birthday cake on our laps that none of us have got the stomach for. 2. Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays. Labels: US, attributive, countable, often, specifically, uncountable Example: Pat crushed up a package of birthday cake Oreos and sprinkled them over birthday cake ice cream. 3. Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays. Labels: US, attributive, countable, often, specifically, uncountable 4. Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays. Labels: US, attributive, countable, often, specifically, uncountable
Word: double Dutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From double (“twice, i.e. more than”) + Dutch. For sense 1: Dutch (which historically had a wider meaning) as a foreign language was not easily understood, so anything completely incomprehensible would be double Dutch, i.e. twice as hard as Dutch. Sense 2 expands on this meaning. Pronunciation: /dʌb.əl ˈdʌtʃ/ 1. Incomprehensible language or speech. Labels: uncountable Example: “Tell him I don’t know what he’s talking about. It’s double Dutch to me.” 2. A language game akin to pig Latin. Labels: uncountable 3. A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers. Labels: uncountable 4. Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: gander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). The meaning "a look" is derived from the image of craning one's neck like a goose. The meaning 'a man apart from his wife' is derived from a concept of a grass widower, and of calling a husband a goose. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gander (“gander”), Low German Gander, Ganner (“gander”), dialectal German Gandert (“gander”), German Ganter (“gander”), Norwegian gasse (“gander”), Icelandic gassi (“gander”). Compare also Lithuanian gañdras (“stork”). Related to goose, gannet. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/, /ˈɡæn.dɚ/ 1. A male goose. Example: Ganders and geese are at their best for stock from two to ten years old. They live to a great age—it is stated to thirty or more years—but after ten years they cannot be reckoned upon as reliable assets on a farm. Two years old is the best age to mate them, making up pens of a gander and two or three geese at the New Year. It is difficult sometimes to distinguish ganders from geese. A practical man is, however, rarely mistaken. Example: Old Mother Goose / When she wanted to wander / Would ride through the air / On a very fine gander. 2. A fool, simpleton. 3. A glance, look. Labels: informal Example: Have a gander at what he’s written. Example: I took a gander and she seemed so familiar. 4. A man living apart from his wife. Labels: US
Word: gander Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). The meaning "a look" is derived from the image of craning one's neck like a goose. The meaning 'a man apart from his wife' is derived from a concept of a grass widower, and of calling a husband a goose. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gander (“gander”), Low German Gander, Ganner (“gander”), dialectal German Gandert (“gander”), German Ganter (“gander”), Norwegian gasse (“gander”), Icelandic gassi (“gander”). Compare also Lithuanian gañdras (“stork”). Related to goose, gannet. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/, /ˈɡæn.dɚ/ 1. to ramble, wander Labels: dialectal, intransitive
Word: wether Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Cognates Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðɚ/, /ˈwɛðə/, /ˈweðə/, /ˈwɛðəɾ/ 1. A castrated goat. 2. A castrated ram. Example: I am a tainted Weather of the flocke, / Meeteſt for death, the weakeſt kinde of fruite
Word: wether Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Cognates Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðɚ/, /ˈwɛðə/, /ˈweðə/, /ˈwɛðəɾ/ 1. To castrate a male sheep or goat. Labels: transitive
Word: wether Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðɚ/, /ˈwɛðə/, /ˈweðə/, /ˈwɛðəɾ/ 1. Archaic spelling of weather. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;
Word: tup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown. Pronunciation: /tʌp/ 1. A male sheep, a ram. Example: ... to tie up rams, which could not be supposed to much used to handling ... having often heard for a proverb, as mad as a tup in an halter 2. The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer. Example: Those familiar with drop forging are accustomed to sizing drop hammers as 1 ton or 5 ton or whatever. This measure of the size is simply the weight of the tup. The total weight of the helve of No 2 is about 6.4 tons. Example: http://www.key-to-steel.com/Articles/Art168.htm This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer. The process can be carried out by open forging where the hammer is replaced by a tup and the metal is manipulated manually on an anvil.
Word: tup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown. Pronunciation: /tʌp/ 1. To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe. Example: Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe. Example: The Langley Chase Flock - explanation of tupping Tupping is the term used for when the rams cover the ewes. For our flock, this takes place in November when the ewes naturally come into season. 2. To have sex with, to bonk, etc. Labels: slang Example: I love her well enough to tup her, I suppose. A dangerous bit of business, that. She is as fertile as a bloody alluvial plain. Example: I was the one who convinced her you would not tup her, and that if you did you would never lie with her against her will. 3. To butt. Labels: English, regional, slang
Word: tup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tuppence (“two pence”). Pronunciation: /tʌp/ 1. Two pence. Labels: uncountable
Word: tender Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. Sensitive or painful to the touch. Example: […]poore Lord, is't I That chaſe thee from thy Countrie, and expoſe Thoſe tender limbes of thine[…] Example: Be careful: that area is tender. 2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate. Example: tender plants Example: tender flesh 3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship. Example: the tender and delicate woman among you 4. Soft and easily chewed. Example: The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy. 5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. Example: Our Bodies are not naturally more Tender than our Faces. 6. Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet. Example: Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children. Example: You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good. 7. Young and inexperienced. Example: I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven. Example: And you of tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by. 8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic. Example: tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain Example: The lesser griefs that may be said, ⁠That breathe a thousand tender vows, ⁠Are but as servants in a house Where lies the master newly dead; […] 9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate. Example: a tender subject Example: Things that are tender and unpleasing. 10. Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel. 11. Exciting kind concern; dear; precious. Labels: obsolete Example: I love Valentine, Whose life's as tender to me as my soul! 12. Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of. Labels: obsolete Example: tender of property Example: The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.
Word: tender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. Care, kind concern, regard. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Stay, and breath awhile. Thou haſt redeem'd thy loſt opinion And ſhew'd thou makeſt ſome tender of my life In this faire reſcue thou haſt brought to mee. 2. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tender Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. tenderly Example: Love me tender, love me sweet Never let me go
Word: tender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. To make tender or delicate; to weaken. Labels: archaic Example: To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […]. Example: Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously. 2. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration. Labels: archaic Example: The angrie king hath banished me the court: And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me, Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres. Example: Firſt, heauen be the record to my ſpeech, In the deuotion of a ſubiects loue, Tendering the precious ſafetie of my Prince, And free from other misbegotten hate, Come I appealant to rhis [sic] Princely preſence.
Word: tender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tend + -er. Compare attender (“one who attends”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water. Example: Half the coal was out of the tender, half the fire out of the box, half the trucks were off the track, so violent was the stopping. Example: Of locomotive interest was "an engine house for spare engines which was about 60 ft. × 51 ft.; on the outside of this was an immense turntable sufficient to turn the engine and tender at once." 2. A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships. Example: submarine tender Example: destroyer tender 3. A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore. Example: The transfer by tender of some 1,300 mail bags was effected smartly, and the "Ocean Mails Special" train was ready at 9.19 a.m. Example: A passenger on Cunard's Queen Elizabeth died this week following an accident while boarding from a tender (the small boats that carry passengers from ship to shore or port when the cruise ship anchors at sea). […] Gangway ramps can, on occasion, break free of either the ship or the tender, causing passengers or crew to fall into the sea. 4. A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater. Example: Now, with scallop populations under pressure, Mr. Sewell is one of only about 30 active scallop divers left in his state. He and his tender, Jason Simmons, have harvested scallops together each winter and early spring for the past seven years. The rest of the year he catches bluefin tuna and dives for sea urchins. Example: The first of two willful violations OSHA found were the diver and dive tender "performing dredging operations in a canal with zero-visibility, did not have the experience and training in the use of tools, equipment, systems, techniques, and emergency procedures which are required to perform these underwater tasks in a safe manner." 5. Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
Word: tender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tend + -er. Compare attender (“one who attends”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. To work on a tender. Example: Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.
Word: tender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply. Example: You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart! Example: Ophe[lia]. He hath my Lord of late made many tenders / Of his affection to me. / Pol[onius]. Affection, puh, you ſpeake like a greene girle / Vnſifted in ſuch perrilous circumſtance, / Do you belieue his tenders as you call them? / Ophe. I doe not knovve my Lord vvhat I ſhould thinke. / Pol. Marry I vvill teach you, thinke your ſelfe a babie / That you haue tane [taken] theſe tenders for true pay / VVhich are not ſterling, tender your ſelfe more dearely […] 2. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card. Example: Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash. Example: legal tender 3. A formal offer to buy or sell something. Example: We will submit our tender to you within the week. 4. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance. Example: [...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.
Word: tender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.dəː/, [ˈtʰɛn.dəː], /ˈtɛn.dɚ/, [ˈtʰɛn.dɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛn.dɹ̩], /ˈtɪn.dɚ/ 1. To offer, to give. Labels: formal Example: to tender one’s resignation Example: You see how all conditions, how all minds, […] tender down Their services to Lord Timon. 2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions; to bid.