nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: singed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of singe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sacrificing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sacrifice Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chasing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of chase Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chasing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋ/ 1. Engraved or embossed decoration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: gold with chasings of silver
Word: enlarging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enlarge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enlarging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who enlarges. Example: They may think to improve the Scripture; but by their ennoblings they debase it, by their enrichings they impoverish it, by their enlargings they contract it.
Word: beaming Part of Speech: adj 1. Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion. Example: The honest Captain, with his Heart's Delight in the house, and Susan tending her, was a beaming and a happy man. As the days flew by, he grew more beaming and more happy, every day. Example: The beaming smile of David Brooks, proudly wearing his yellow Euro 2020 jersey and a bucket hat, instantly raised the spirits of those on the pitch who spotted the 25-year-old's frantic waving.
Word: beaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beaming Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of someone or something that beams. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The auspicious beamings of the Reformation had indeed shed forth a partial light; but the gloomy sternness of Henry, and the arbitrary capriciousness of Elizabeth, were but ill calculated to give due energy to the new state of things […] 2. The use of beams (horizontal bars) to group notes and indicate metric value. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: relieving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From relieve + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈliːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of relieve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: relieving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From relieve + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈliːvɪŋ/ 1. That brings relief. Example: Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.
Word: relieving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relieve + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈliːvɪŋ/ 1. A change in colour, texture, etc. that relieves monotony. Labels: archaic Example: Purple flowers are commonly contrasted with centres or variegations of bright yellow, as blue flowers are with like relievings of orange […] Example: The light—divested of its aching brilliancy, lies sweetly upon the floor, checkered as that old man's life, in its quaint, yet charming relievings of shadow.
Word: withdrawing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of withdraw Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: withdrawing Part of Speech: noun 1. withdrawal Example: The first gold transaction, to four-fifths of its amount, would be by direct withdrawings of coin or bullion from the Bank of England.
Word: jerking Part of Speech: noun 1. A motion that jerks; a jerk. Example: The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
Word: jerking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jerk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recognizing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛk.əɡˌnaɪ.zɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of recognize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quote Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quoting Part of Speech: noun 1. A quoted statement; a quote. Example: Nevertheless, in many variations, quotings, and paraphrasings, gigantic assertions gained currency.
Word: proposing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of propose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pruning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prune Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English pruning From prune + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːnɪŋ/ 1. A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something obtained by pruning, as a twig. Labels: countable 3. A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pruning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of prune Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beckoning Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɛkənɪŋ/ 1. That beckons.
Word: beckoning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛkənɪŋ/ 1. Such a wave or similar action.
Word: beckoning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɛkənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of beckon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb fry. Example: Mr. Pemoulie said the chefs tried various types of flour, multiple fryings, turning the batter into foam, and adding vodka to it (that idea stuck). Example: There were signs of recent roastings and fryings, and Frank explained he’d been eating pretty well, making his way through frozen stocks from the shop.
Word: identifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of identify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: identifying Part of Speech: adj 1. Allowing a person or thing to be easily or uniquely distinguished and identified. Example: identifying characteristic
Word: identifying Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of identification. Example: There are not only these identifyings going on, but also there are distinguishings. For just as in the example above there are identifications of the various extents, there are distinguishings of these extents.
Word: inclining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of incline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inclining Part of Speech: noun 1. inclination Example: The removal of the monarch and his court to the Brazils had tended to make the nobles less loyal in their inclinings[…] Example: 185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit Monsieur Rigaud sometimes stopped, as if he were going to put his case in a new light, or make some irate remonstrance; but Signor Cavalletto continuing to go slowly to and fro at a grotesque kind of jog-trot pace with his eyes turned downward, nothing came of these inclinings.
Word: attaching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtæt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of attach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arresting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈɹɛstɪŋ/ 1. Striking, gripping. Labels: figuratively Example: There's a little of each in "Julien Donkey-Boy," a visually arresting, dramatically blurry portrait of a schizophrenic. Example: This story of how American originality lost its way is arresting and well told. On an alternate timeline without Donald Trump in office dismantling the American scientific establishment and Elon Musk kneecapping the American state, it might have been the manifesto of a new politics.
Word: arresting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈɹɛstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of arrest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appreciating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of appreciate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appreciating Part of Speech: adj 1. Appreciative: having or showing appreciation. Example: Gentle, affectionate, full of those small courtesies so endearing in daily life, generally silent, but such an appreciating listener, so unworldly, so young, and so lovely—Emily attached those with whom she lived, more than themselves suspected.
Word: appreciating Part of Speech: noun 1. appreciation Example: There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.
Word: apologizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of apologize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: apologizing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of making an apology. Example: There were appeals and apologizings and beseechings then, but they were on the other side and he did not respond; something was frozen away inside that never unthawed in the heat of their renewed association.
Word: counteracting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counteract Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: eliminating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of eliminate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of solve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: guarding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/, /ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of guard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: guarding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/, /ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ 1. The duty of one who guards. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A guardrail. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Guardings and balustrades should be designed to minimize the risk of wheelchair users catching their feet between balusters […] 3. Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Crimea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Through Italian Crimea, from Crimean Tatar Qırım. Pronunciation: /kɹaɪˈmiːə/, /kɹaɪˈmɪə/ 1. A geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine Example: Many Russians who had planned to spend their summer vacations in Crimea, a favorite holiday destination, changed their plans. 2. A geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. A geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶ 5. Synonym of Crimean Khanate: A historical country in Crimean Peninsula, Europe. The Crimean Khanate, which for much of its history controlled most of the Crimean peninsula and various adjacent areas of the mainland. Labels: historical Example: According to Zimin, this individual was in the service of Prince Fedor Vasili'evich Riazanskii as early as 1498, two years after his service on the embassy to the Crimea. Example: On its return journey in 1633 the Tatar embassy was arrested by the Muscovite government, which was already at war with the Crimea, and only after several months was it released as a result of an appeal by Sweden[.] 6. Ellipsis of Crimean Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical 7. Ellipsis of Crimean People's Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
Word: foretaste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fortaste, equivalent to fore- + taste (noun). 1. A taste beforehand. 2. A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance. Example: When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her. Example: About two weeks ago I had another foretaste of success and immediately on it a veritable disaster.
Word: foretaste Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fortasten, equivalent to fore- + taste (verb). 1. To taste beforehand. Labels: transitive 2. To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation. Labels: transitive 3. To taste before another. Labels: transitive Example: [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
Word: plunging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈplʌn.d͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of plunge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plunging Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈplʌn.d͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. That descends steeply. Labels: not-comparable 2. Aimed from higher ground, as fire upon an enemy. Labels: not-comparable 3. Very low-cut. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plunging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈplʌn.d͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. An occurrence of putting or sinking under water or other fluid. 2. A headlong violent motion like that of a horse trying to throw its rider. Example: Like one who after a night of drunken revelry hies to his bed, still reeling, but with conscience yet pricking him, as the plungings of the Roman race-horse but so much the more strike his steel tags into him; […]. Example: Then followed a confusion of kicks, cuffs, tramplings and plungings, accompanied by a thunderous intermingling of volleyed curses, and finally a bitter apostrophe to the mule, which must have broken its spirit, for hostilities seemed to cease from that moment.
Word: scraping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing. 1. The sound or action of something being scraped. Example: We explored the basement, wherein she had so often heard heavy footsteps, thuddings, and scrapings. 2. Something removed by being scraped. Example: the scrapings of roads and ditches Example: […] the tables in the refectory would be laid out with plates of bread and scrapings of butter, with bowls ready for the saltless and slightly burned porridge, with the dark wells of golden syrup that served a universal purpose in early Australian cookery. 3. Automated collection of data, data scraping. Example: The practice of scraping the internet is longstanding and was largely disclosed by the companies and nonprofit organizations that did it. But it was not well understood or seen as especially problematic by the companies that owned the data.
Word: scraping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of scrape Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nearing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of near Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: permitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of permit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. Used in an absolute clause to indicate that the statement modified by the clause (typically an expression of intent) will only be fulfilled if not impeded by the noun. Example: We'll come if we can, weather, health, and car permitting.
Word: permitting Part of Speech: noun 1. An act or instance of permitting something. Example: How do we jump over that last hurdle before we start most of the permittings being done? Example: Mr. Manchin has insisted that legislation to streamline the permitting of fossil fuel and energy infrastructure projects, including the West Virginia pipeline, be tied to the spending measure, which is expected to keep the government funded through mid-December.
Word: overpowering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overpower Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overpowering Part of Speech: adj 1. That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming. Example: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement. Example: The fact that approximately 40% of spoken language at the cafeteria was not English, suggests that the effect of the near 100% English signage is far from overpowering.
Word: overpowering Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of something being overpowered. Example: Each of these concepts can be used, and is used, to justify the various overpowerings and abuses that are typical of capitalism as we know it, pace the Enlightenment thinkers and any other ideal model.
Word: unreasoning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reasoning. 1. Lacking or without reason. Example: When we consider the enormous amount of suffering and disease, both of mind and body, arising from the sex-suppression of which I have just spoken, especially among women, we see that mere unreasoning taboos - which possibly had their place and use in the past - can be tolerated no longer.
Word: staggering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstæɡəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stagger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: staggering Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstæɡəɹɪŋ/ 1. Incredible, overwhelming, amazing. Example: The army suffered a staggering defeat. Example: It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe. 2. Lurching, floundering.
Word: staggering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstæɡəɹɪŋ/ 1. The motion of one who staggers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […] 2. The condition of being staggered or amazed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory[…] 3. The spacing out of various actions over time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a result of the recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry into London Transport, a Government-sponsored scheme for the staggering of working hours in London has been announced. 4. In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: smuggling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smuggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: smuggling Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of something being smuggled. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lapping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lappinge, wlappynge, equivalent to lap + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlæpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Attractive cottages look out on a scene so peaceful that lapping wavelets, stirred by the breeze, are often the loudest sound to be heard.
Word: lapping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lapping, lappyng, lappinge, equivalent to lap + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlæpɪŋ/ 1. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the iron roller is previously wound round with from 20 to 30 thicknesses of a strong twilled woollen cloth , which is called by the machine printer the lapping , which protects both the calico and the copper roller 2. The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: locking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking From lock + -ing. 1. gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked. Labels: form-of, gerund Example: She had heard him, more than once, lock something up in one of the rooms—come out, and go into another room—wait there a few minutes—then return to the first room, with his keys in hand—and sharply turn the locks, and turn them again. […] [I]t was just as probable that these comings and goings, these lockings and unlockings, might be attributable to the existence of some private responsibility, which had unexpectedly intruded itself into the old man's easy existence, and which tormented him with a sense of oppression, new to the experience of his later years. 2. The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.
Word: locking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking From lock + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of lock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imagining Part of Speech: noun 1. Something imagined; a figment of the imagination. Example: 1977, Cat Stevens, (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard in Izitso, Dave Kershenbaum & Cat Stevens, Remember the days of the old schoolyard / When we had imaginings and we had / All kinds of things and we laughed / And needed love […] Example: Stories became part of the human existence, and since those first tales, some bathed in firelight, stories have transported listeners from their ordinary concerns into the world created by the storyteller and their own imaginings.
Word: imagining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imagine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of imagin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: robbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rob Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: robbing Part of Speech: noun 1. robbery Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.
Word: hiking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hike Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hiking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/ 1. Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice. Example: Consulting the data provided by ARPS to the county, the county discovers that ARPS has erroneously stated that the parking area too was on solid ground when in fact the earth was ill suited to anything other than hikings. 2. The act by which something is hiked, or raised sharply. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Like in previous years, Government policies with regard to restraining price hikings have been dealing with curtailing credit supplies and bank liquidities […]
Word: puffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of puff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up. Labels: US Example: It's called "puffing," when drivers start their car and then leave it unattended while running.
Word: puffing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who puffs. Example: the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train 2. A puffy ornament. Example: Evening dresses are trimmed in a variety of ways, with puffings of crape, fringes, and ornaments, of the richest patterns[…] 3. An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.
Word: analyzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of analyze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: galloping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gallop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: galloping Part of Speech: noun 1. Movement at a gallop. Example: But the dreams came upon him too: gallopings and shouts through a windy sky, wingbeats, cruel beaks and claws, a feeling of loss unspeakable and unbounded.
Word: contending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: contending Part of Speech: noun 1. contention Labels: countable, uncountable Example: in the midst of some contendings in the Church, about the government of his house
Word: stifling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/ 1. That stifles. Example: The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much. Example: The oppression of the cabin was stifling, and Evelyn had left her; she could not bear his absence, and she followed him.
Word: stifling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stifle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stifling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is stifled. Example: Every man who is destroyed must destroy himself. When a man stifles an admonition of conscience, he may fairly be said to sow the stiflings of conscience. Example: Despite this, Mott McDonald's report says: "Following the loss of employment in mining and manufacturing opportunities across the area, a lack of connectivity and accessibility to new opportunities has led to the stifling of development and inward investment.
Word: offending Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈfɛndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of offend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: offending Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈfɛndɪŋ/ 1. The act of committing an offence. Example: There are, besides, other corporations and individuals more or less connected in the activities of the other defendants, that are alleged to be instruments or accomplices in their activities and offendings[…]
Word: offending Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈfɛndɪŋ/ 1. Responsible; to be blamed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Something in the fridge smelled terrible. The offending article was soon identified and removed. Example: According to Netsafe, scammers send out a bunch of emails, hoping to snag a few gullible people, but simply deleting the offending email won’t do anything to impede the con.
Word: redeeming Part of Speech: adj 1. Compensating for the faults of someone or something. Example: His lack of punctuality was offset by his redeeming sense of humor. Example: There are few redeeming features, if any, about the London Midland Region winter timetable. 2. Able to save people from sin, error or evil.
Word: redeeming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redeem Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redeeming Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of redemption.
Word: punishing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ 1. That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. Example: Upon Amelia's return from the West Coast in October, George presented her with a punishing schedule of lectures and appointments to promote the new book and solidify her position as America's foremost woman aviator. Example: Regardless of the punishing heat and physicality, restaurant cooking is a calling many Chinese chefs cannot deny. 2. Debilitating, harsh. Labels: figuratively Example: 1999, Edward Gonzalez, Richard Nuccio, Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, The Rand Forum on Cuba, Rand Corp Others argued that the worst of all outcomes after 40 years of a punishing embargo would be for the United States to adopt policies that might extend the life of a dictatorial regime. Example: Public debt of this magnitude can provoke punishing tax rates and crowd out private investment.
Word: punishing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ 1. Punishment. Example: We may not be convinced that God is as involved in historical punishings as the prophet claims, and we may have a strong negative reaction to the claims made for how God acts[…]
Word: punishing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of punish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: semblant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French semblant. Doublet of simulant. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmblənt/ 1. One's outward appearance. Labels: obsolete Example: But vnder simple shew and semblant plaine / Lurckt false Duessa secretly vnseene […]
Word: semblant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French semblant. Doublet of simulant. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmblənt/ 1. Like; resembling. Labels: obsolete Example: their eyes survey The semblant shade 2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. Example: [C]ommands ... that there be a just real union [of Scotland and England] as of brother and brother, not a false and merely semblant one as of slave and master.
Word: treading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tredynge, tredyng; equivalent to tread + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of tread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: treading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tredynge, tredyng; equivalent to tread + -ing. 1. The act of one who treads. Example: [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
Word: joking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊkɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of joke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. Kidding, trying to fool. Labels: Ireland, UK, US, colloquial, transitive Example: Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!
Word: joking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊkɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/ 1. The act of telling or engaging in jokes. Example: No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility[…]
Word: guiding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of guide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared. Example: That's far from the promised land set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, that the railways would have a guiding mind that would be in control of the industry's finances. Businesses have what is called a profit and loss account, showing both revenue and costs, but the current situation means that the two sides of the system are in different hands - and neither is (as yet) in the hands of a 'guiding mind'.
Word: guiding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdɪŋ/ 1. Guidance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Butler was ready to consider any proposition which would save her; but it must be a sound one—one not open to her whimsical moods or the guidings or leadings of romance. 2. Girl Guiding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Daisy Gordon Low then established two Girl Guide troops in poor sections of central London. Her belief was growing that guiding could serve many beneficial ends.
Word: moaning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of moan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: moaning Part of Speech: noun 1. The utterance of a moan. Example: the moanings of the wounded men Example: But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]
Word: darkening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of darken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: darkening Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something becoming darker. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast. Example: NEGATIVE FLASHES — Brief darkenings of a light that is otherwise steadily on.
Word: grumbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grumble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grumbling Part of Speech: noun 1. complaining Example: the grumblings of a bad-tempered man Example: The commissions paid on this transaction were high and gave rise to grumblings in Great Britain about a “banker's ramp.” 2. rumbling
Word: grumbling Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: parfum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French parfum. Doublet of perfume. Pronunciation: /pɑɹˈfum/ 1. Fragrance; perfume. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Did you ever dream of a Beauty Shop De Luxe? A charming place of sweet parfums, crystal mirrors, flowered chintzes and soft pastel tints—a lovely salon of beauty, where fresh colors and smart furniture make beauty rites an occasion of pleasure and inspiration? Example: For Christmas, give a jewel-like flacon of this most exclusive and personal of parfums. 2. A solvent containing around 15% to 40% aromatic compounds. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Yarmouth Part of Speech: name Etymology: * From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”). * On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth. * The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts. Pronunciation: /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/ 1. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: pistolet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pistolet. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪstəlɪt/, /pɪstəˈlɛt/ 1. A small pistol. Example: Pistolets are the best artilleree Example: The Pistolet is his own
Word: Wickham Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Wicham, Wikham, from Old English wīċ (“village”) + hām (“homestead”). Doublet of Wycombe. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkəm/ 1. A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3971). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A village and civil parish (served by Wickham and Knowle Parish Council) in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5711). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unbuttoned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʌnˈbʌtənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unbutton Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I unbuttoned my shirt to take it off.
Word: unbuttoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + buttoned. In some instances possibly from unbutton. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈbʌtənd/ 1. Having the buttons undone. Example: Once a white man in an unbuttoned uniform, camping on the path with an armed escort of lank Zanzibaris, very hospitable and festive, not to say drunk. 2. In disarray. 3. Informal, casual.
Word: aphthous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aphtha Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English aphthous From aphtha + -ous. 1. Of, or relating to aphtha.
Word: aphtha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄφθα (áphtha, “mouth ulcer”). 1. Candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Foot-and-mouth disease. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bemud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English mud English bemud From be- + mud. 1. To cover, bespatter, or befoul with mud. Labels: transitive 2. To confuse; muddle. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: channel fever Part of Speech: noun 1. the excitement on board ship as she approaches her destination with the prospect of liberty ashore. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: stop dead Part of Speech: verb 1. To stop suddenly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: At the height of the crisis, according to a retired SAC wing commander, SAC airborne alert bombers deliberately flew past their turnaround points toward Soviet airspace, an unambiguous threat which Soviet radar operators would certainly have recognized and reported. "I knew what my target was," the SAC general adds: "Leningrad." The bombers only turned around when the Soviet freighters carrying missiles to Cuba stopped dead in the Atlantic.
Word: dirty old man Part of Speech: noun 1. An adult male who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner, especially towards people younger than him. Labels: derogatory Example: Always shouts out something obscene / Such a dirty old man Example: You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man / You do your thinking with a one-track mind
Word: girlie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaurā Proto-West Germanic *-ilā Proto-West Germanic *gurilā Old English *gyrele? Middle English girle English girl Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English girlie From girl + -ie. 1. A magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women. Labels: slang Example: When Grandma came to visit, the boy hid the girlies in his dresser so she wouldn't see them. 2. A young girl. Labels: colloquial Example: Near-synonyms: baby girl; see also Thesaurus:girl Example: And then finally to pass on to the rising generation there were Sean's two little girls Rose and Cerise, aged five and four respectively, and these innocent little girlies were bleeders like their papa and mama […] 3. A woman or person with feminine traits. Labels: Internet, endearing Example: Near-synonyms: girlie girl, girly girl Example: K-pop girlie
Word: girlie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaurā Proto-West Germanic *-ilā Proto-West Germanic *gurilā Old English *gyrele? Middle English girle English girl Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English girlie From girl + -ie. 1. Of entertainment, involving attractive women or images thereof, usually nude or wearing skimpy clothing. Labels: slang Example: The [women's] community in Japan is very tiny and very lonely. And the way that the word "lesbian" translates into Japanese, it means "women who perform sexual acts together in girlie shows." So when we defined ourselves as lesbians, there was snickering among the women. 2. Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine. Labels: slang Example: He said he wasn't paying good money for girlie hair — that's what he called it anytime we wanted to go into town to have a real haircut. Example: The debut novelist M. A. Larson hails from the world of “My Little Pony,” where he is a writer on the TV show and a frequent presence at events for ­"Bronies” — boys, teenagers and grown-ups who are into “My Little Pony.” In the way that Bronies co-opted a formerly girlie form and made it unisex, Larson plays here with princesses as rescuers, not rescuees.
Word: chowderhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from a variant of jolterhead. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚhɛd/ 1. An idiot; a dummy. Labels: US, derogatory, informal Example: Did you seriously think that was gonna work? You magnificent chowderhead! I saw that coming miles away! Example: Now when you run the program, you should get output similar to the following: Attempt to access array out of bounds, chowderhead!
Word: chowder-head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chowderhead. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Something has happened to Squadron Air Mail-none has come in for the last two weeks. Some chowder-head sent it to the wrong island.
Word: drive the porcelain bus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Humorous euphemism associating the position of the hands on a toilet seat while vomiting with holding the steering wheel of a bus. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈbʌs/, /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈbʌs/, /ˈdɹaɪv ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈbʌs/ 1. Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”). Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic
Word: ylang-ylang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ylang ylang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: ilang-ilang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ylang ylang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pizza parlor Part of Speech: noun 1. A restaurant or other business establishment whose primary menu item is pizza. Labels: US Example: The gang and I went to the pizza parlor to order some pizza and kill a little time.
Word: concert T-shirt Part of Speech: noun 1. A T-shirt, often sold as a souvenir at musical concerts featuring rock groups, containing images and information about the performing artist or band, the tour the performer(s) may be on, and tour dates and venues. Example: Many bands make more money from selling concert T-shirts than from the sale of tickets.
Word: tenements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛts/ 1. plural of jet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Jets Part of Speech: name 1. An NFL franchise located in New York City.
Word: Jets Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Jet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chowderheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chowderhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inoperable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Latin operābilisbor. English operable English inoperable From in- + operable. 1. Incapable of being successfully operated on. Labels: not-comparable 2. Incapable of operation or function; inoperative. Labels: not-comparable Example: MPower Kernow will clear and repair the currently inoperable turntable - allowing steam locomotives to be turned in Cornwall again and opening up the potential for new charter operations.
Word: chowder head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chowderhead. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "And she called me a chowder head!" The boy's eyes flashed with anger. Mr. Mays held Elizabeth at arm's length. "Is that true? Did you call your brother a chowder head?"
Word: moment of silence Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of silence for quiet meditation, prayer or reflection. Example: The pastor always opened his Sunday service with a moment of silence. Example: I believe children should be allowed to have a moment of silence in schools. But I do not believe an amendment allowing school prayer belongs in the Constitution. 2. A period of silence conducted to honor or provide a gesture of respect to a recently deceased person, as part of the mourning process. May also be conducted following a tragic event or on the anniversary thereof. Example: The principal requested a moment of silence in memory of the two girls who died in a car accident over the weekend. Example: The custom of observing a moment of silence before an athletic event to honor dead people strikes me as meaningless. And arbitrary. Because, if you'll notice, only certain people get this special treatment. It's highly selective. Therefore I've decided that someday, when the time comes that every single person in the world who dies receives a moment of silence, I will begin paying attention. Until then, count me out. It's ridiculous.
Word: neuroscience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English neuroscience From neuro- + science. 1. The scientific study of the nervous system. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Meronym: brain science Example: Near-synonym: neurobiology
Word: Pearl Harbor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Hawaiian Wai Momi (“pearl water”). The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941. Pronunciation: /ˌpɝ˞l ˈhɑɹbɚ/, /ˌpɜːl ˈhɑːbə/ 1. A placename 2. A placename Example: Bluto: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Otter: [to Boon] Germans? Boon: Forget it, he's rolling. 3. A placename Labels: alt-of, alternative 4. The attack on Pearl Harbor. Labels: historical, metonymically Example: Pearl Harbor happened in 1941 and was the direct cause of the United States' entry into World War II. Example: “Casablanca” was completed in 1942, but it’s set in December, 1941, the time of Pearl Harbor.