nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: straightaway Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌstɹeɪtəˈweɪ/ 1. Alternative form of straight away (“at once; immediately”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: When I have completed a manuscript, if I lay it away in a drawer or pigeon-hole, it lies there quietly enough, and my mind seems wholly discharged of it. But if I mail it, I straightaway find myself tormented with "staircase wit" in the shape of emendations. Example: The Boys Next Door […] were as likely a prospect as the Australian new wave was going to throw up, could have been and in many ways were the next cab off the rank after the Saints and Radio Birdman, Australia's twin prophets of punk.
Word: straightaway Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌstɹeɪtəˈweɪ/ 1. Extending into the distance in a straight line. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ingles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ingle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: civility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin civilitas: compare French civilité. English equivalent civil + -ity. Pronunciation: /sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ti/, [sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.tʰɪi̯], /sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ɾi/, [sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ɾɪi̯] 1. Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majeſty's Commiſſion. Example: December 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. 2. An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Mr Lovelace received from every one those civilities which were due to his birth […] 3. The state or fact of being civilized; civilization. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility, and fallen again to ruin. 4. A civil office; a civil capacity. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: For what an enormity is this in a chriſtian realme to ſerue in a ciuility, hauinge the profyt of a Prouoſtſhip and a Deanrye, and a Perſonage? But I wil tel you what is lyke to come of it. It wil bring the clergy ſhortly into a very ſlauery.
Word: ennuye Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ennuyé. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mint imperial Part of Speech: noun 1. A small round confection having a hard sugar coat and a soft minty centre; sometimes given to customers at the end of a restaurant meal when they pay the bill.
Word: fortunes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).tjuːnz/ 1. plural of fortune Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fortunes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).tjuːnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fortune Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rays Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹeɪz/ 1. plural of ray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rays Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹeɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ray Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shores Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃɔɹz/, /ʃɔːz/, /ʃo(ː)ɹz/, /ʃoəz/ 1. plural of shore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shores Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃɔɹz/, /ʃɔːz/, /ʃo(ː)ɹz/, /ʃoəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sleeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sleper, equivalent to sleep + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who sleeps. Example: I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds. Example: She's a heavy sleeper: it takes a lot to wake her up. 2. That which lies dormant, as a law. Example: Therefore let penal laws, if they have been sleepers of long, or if they be grown unfit for the present time, be by wise judged confined in the execution […] Example: The object of these provisions is to prevent insertion of "jokers" or "sleepers" in bills and securing passage under the false color of the title. 3. A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell. Example: We are up against the pros; and pros who have been involved in this kind of activity for many years. […] The public apathy today is disturbing — few realize, Mr. Chairman, that there are sleepers in this country and we know that they are able to manipulate at will behind the scenes. 4. A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing. Example: His skull earring had been replaced by a small gold sleeper. […] Fiona, who also had pierced ears, remarked on his sleeper. “Doesn’t Wilton allow pierced ears?” she asked. “No way!” said Leslie. “Rules about everything. But I wanted to keep my options open, as you might say. No one’s made me take it out yet. […]” 5. A railway sleeping car. Example: We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna. Example: It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day. 6. A sleeper hold. 7. Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time. Example: A box-office bomb when it first came out, the film was a sleeper, becoming much more popular decades after being released. Example: For example, the [racehorse] trainer may have tipped a betting syndicate that he is about to unleash a sleeper […] 8. Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish. 9. A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae). 10. A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet. Example: Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers. 11. An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police. Labels: slang 12. (pharmacology) A sedative. Labels: slang Example: At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, / Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped. 13. A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler. Labels: slang 14. A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
Word: sleeper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sleper, equivalent to sleep + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/ 1. To mark a calf by cutting its ear. Labels: rare Example: I expect there ain't a trick to maverickin' and sleeperin' and changin' a brand he don't know.
Word: sleeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Norwegian sleip (“a sleeper (a timber); as adjective, slippery, smooth”). See slape. Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/ 1. A railroad tie. Labels: UK Example: "There," she said to herself, looking into the shadow of the carriage, at the sand and coal dust which covered the sleepers— "there, in the very middle, and I will punish him and escape from everyone and from myself." Example: The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates. 2. A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above. 3. A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom. 4. The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
Word: sleeper cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of people (sleepers) who inconspicuously remain dormant in a community until activated, by a prearranged signal, in order to perform acts of espionage, sabotage, or terrorism.
Word: drow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Shetlandic and Orcadian Scots drow, from Norn *drou, *drau (compare 18th c. Norwegian drau, modern drov, drauv), alternatively *drog, from Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”); along the variation trow, intermixed with Norn troll, from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”), a partial synonym to draugr. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so trolly, knolls probably became *trowie, knowes around this time. Pronunciation: /dɹəʊ/, /dɹaʊ/, /dɹoʊ/ 1. A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll. Labels: Orkney, Shetland, countable, dated, uncountable 2. A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll. Labels: Orkney, Shetland, countable, dated, uncountable 3. A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll. Labels: Orkney, Shetland, countable, dated, uncountable 4. A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons. Labels: countable 5. A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow. Labels: uncountable
Word: sleeping car Part of Speech: noun 1. A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight. Example: In August 1859, eighty years ago, a sleeping car appeared on the Chicago & Alton Railroad of the United States, a great advance on the primitive facilities previously available. Example: 'They'd be melted down into gold bars and channelled straight into the black bullion market. Have to sacrifice the rarity value of the coins, but the gold would go straight underground. As it is, someone's using the negroes - porters, sleeping-car attendants, truck-drivers - and getting the money well spread over the States.'
Word: railroad car Part of Speech: noun 1. Any railway vehicle or rolling stock. Labels: US
Word: rolling stock Part of Speech: noun 1. All vehicles that move on a railway, powered or unpowered. Labels: collective, uncountable Example: ... while Grand Union says spare rolling stock could be used to provide additional capacity during events at the Principality Stadium and Celtic Manor Resort. 2. Any such vehicle. Labels: countable, uncommon
Word: war story Part of Speech: noun 1. Any narrative of an event, involving either military or civilian characters, in wartime. 2. A description of a serious or difficult experience or ordeal. Labels: broadly Example: Embedded/Real-Time Systems: Send us your war stories and insights on programming in embedded systems […]
Word: second session Part of Speech: noun 1. the session of a day's play between lunch and tea
Word: third session Part of Speech: noun 1. the session of a day's play between tea and close of play
Word: second slip Part of Speech: noun 1. The fielding position between first slip and third slip. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He positioned his top batsman and brilliant catcher at second slip.
Word: sheet anchor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoot and anchor. 1. A large, spare anchor used in an emergency. Example: The Ship having thus depth of water again, and come into a place of some convenient anchourage, our first anchour not holding us, we let fall our sheet anchour […] Example: By Noon the Sea went very high indeed, and our Ship rid Forecastle in, shipp’d several Seas, and we thought once or twice our Anchor had come home; upon which our Master order’d out the Sheet Anchor; so that we rode with two Anchors a-Head, and the Cables vered out to the better End. 2. A source of help in times of danger; last resort. Labels: broadly Example: 1691, Ezekiel Hopkins, An Exposition of the Ten Commandments, with Other Sermons, London: Nathanael Ranew, “The Ninth Commandment,” p. 62, And doubtless when other Arguments have been baffled by a Temptation, this hath been a Sheet Anchor to the Soul, and hath often held it in the greatest Storms, when the Wind and Waves have beat most furiously against it. Example: “[…] If you are afeard of goblins, brother, put your trust in the Lord, and he’ll prove a sheet-anchor to you.” 3. A batsman who provides dependable defence while a series of other batsmen score rapidly.
Word: shininess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shiny Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shininess From shiny + -ness. 1. The visual property of something shining with reflective light; shine. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The coefficient of specular reflectivity associated with the surface of an object being displayed. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: short leg Part of Speech: noun 1. A fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman. Labels: uncountable Example: When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.] 2. A fielder in this position. Labels: countable
Word: short of a length Part of Speech: adj 1. of a ball that pitches short of a good length; a ball that bounces closer to the bowler than the area of the pitch regarded as the best for dismissing or restricting the scoring of the batsman. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: bur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English burre, of unknown origin but probably from North Germanic (Scandinavian) source or from Old English byrst (“bristle”). See also burr. Compare English bristle, Danish burre (“bur, burdock”), Norwegian borre, Swedish borre, and Old Norse burst (“bristle”). Pronunciation: /bɝ/, /bɜː/, /bʌr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants. 2. Any of several plants having such husks. 3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads. 4. Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: attacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Italian a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikaną Proto-West Germanic *stekander. Old French atachier Old French destachier Middle French destacherbor. Italian distaccare Italian staccare Italian attaccarebor. French attaquerdeverb. French attaquebor. English attack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English attacker From attack + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈtækɚ/ 1. Someone who attacks. Example: […] expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place. Example: In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker. 2. One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Word: shoulder arms Part of Speech: noun 1. a position or command in the manual of arms in which one places a rifle on the either left or right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt. 2. a military command in which one places a rifle in the side of the flank and gripped by either left or right hand. Labels: Commonwealth
Word: shoulder arms Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle on the right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt. Labels: intransitive 2. Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle in the side of the flank and gripped by either left or right hand. Labels: Commonwealth, intransitive 3. To deliberately lift the bat out of the path of the ball when it is judged to be missing the wicket. Labels: intransitive
Word: sightscreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sight + screen. 1. A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air. Example: The batsman swung and thwacked it behind him over the sight-screens.
Word: silky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlki/ 1. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk. Example: silky hair Example: a silky wine 2. Smooth and pleasant; seductive. Example: a silky voice Example: silky skills 3. Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous. 4. Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy. Labels: slang Example: Cribs and formula, strollers and baby food epitomize silky parenting.
Word: silky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlki/ 1. Alternative spelling of silkie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cash cow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to the dairy cow, who once acquired (and having given birth) may be milked on an ongoing basis. 1. A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows. Example: The managers of a cash cow are primarily responsible for the generation of cash, and they should in principle be willing to give cash away to those other businesses in the portfolio which need it most. 2. Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money. Labels: broadly Example: Hollinger International, the owner of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, claimed in the 175-page filing that its former chief executive had treated the company as his "cash cow". Example: Meanwhile, "Mr Spears is keen on protecting his cash cow, um, wife. Brit's bodyguards have been teaching Kev how to shoot a handgun," the New York Post says.
Word: refract Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin refrāctum, neuter form of refrāctus, the past participle of refringō, itself from re- (“again”) + frangō (“to break”). 1. Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena). Labels: transitive 2. To mediate; to alter; to distort. Labels: figuratively, transitive 3. To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium. Labels: transitive 4. To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person). Labels: transitive Example: A prism can refract light.
Word: boodler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English boodle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boodler From boodle + -er. 1. One, especially a politician, who seeks or receives boodle; a political grafter. Example: Boodlers, according to the dealers in boodle, are divided into two categories, the honest and the dishonest boodlers. The honest boodler is the alderman who, when bought, stays bought,' and does not sell out to the other side; the dishonest boodler is perfectly willing to take money from both sides and dispose of his vote, not according to the first bid, but the last. Example: I guess it kept him reminded about his graft whenever he saw the siren voice of the boodler tip him the wink with a bribe in its hand. 2. A person displaying unsportsmanlike behavior. Labels: dated, obsolete, slang
Word: daisy cutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From plowing through a field and flattening and mowing down hypothetical daisies. * (explosive): From flattening vegetation in a round region creating a clearing reminiscent of a daisy flower 1. A fast, grounded shot at goal. 2. A well-struck ground ball. Labels: dated, slang 3. A low ball that bounces more than once before reaching the batsman. 4. A fast-going horse that does not lift its feet high. 5. The BLU-82 bomb, known for its ability to flatten a forest into a helicopter landing zone. Labels: slang
Word: dew drop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dewdrop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: show a little ginger Part of Speech: verb 1. To play harder or smarter. Labels: slang
Word: basetender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From base + tender. 1. A baseman. Labels: obsolete
Word: baseman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From base + man. 1. A player positioned at or near a base: first baseman, second baseman or third baseman.
Word: banjo hit Part of Speech: noun 1. A weakly hit fly ball which goes just over the infielders.
Word: bedouin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛd.(ə.)wɪn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Bedouin Labels: alt-of
Word: blooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bloop + -er, of US origin. Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.pə/, /ˈblu.pɚ/ 1. A blunder, an error. Labels: informal Example: Why do my readers and informants so delight in bloopers and boo-boos, fluffs and flubs, and goofs and gaffes? […] The humor in bloopers lies, in part, in the listener's awareness of the speaker's vulnerability. It is the very artlessness of linguistic lapses that makes them so endearing and makes us feel superior. Example: This chapter describes the most common responsiveness bloopers and explains why developers commit them. It is organized differently from the other bloopers chapters of this book because responsiveness bloopers are all closely related to one another; they are all really variations on the same underlying blooper, with the same underlying reasons and solutions. 2. A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders. Labels: slang Example: Again the blooper wafted up to the plate. Ted waited and waited and then let loose. The ball rose in a high trajectory and sailed deep into the bullpen for a homer. The fans roared. The slugger had killed the blooper. Example: The blooper, delivered with a shot-put motion, floated in an arc that reached twenty-five feet, then suddenly dropped across home plate in the strike zone. 3. A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake. Labels: informal Example: WLK. First radio station. On December 31, 1921, local engineer Francis F. Hamilton's radio station, 9ZJ, signed on with an address from Mayor Samuel (Lew) Shank. Broadcasting from Hamilton's garage at 2011 North Alabama Street, Shank made the city's first radio blooper: "Hamilton, do you mean to tell me that people can actually hear me over that damn' dingus?" Example: The 10th anniversary of the Kermit Schafer Blooper LP's on Jubilee will be marked by a brand-new blooper LP called "Washington Bloopers." Set is the 12th in the blooper series which started in 1953. […] Schafer's blooper packages have become so popular that he has formed a Blooper Snooper Club. Members of the club get prizes for blooper contributions, and it will soon have a monthly newsletter. 4. A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker. Example: Once the blooper is around the spinnaker, let out the blooper sheet completely (which collapses the blooper), race the blooper sheet forward and reset on the other side. 5. A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly). Labels: US, dated Example: Upon close tickler coupling, the detector tube will oscillate, in which condition the tuning of DX will be faciliated. At such times the amount of energy radiated from the antenna is negligible, and does not interfere with reception or neighboring devices. This Roberts set is, therefore, not a "blooper." 6. The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report). Labels: US, slang
Word: plug the runner Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of soak the runner. Labels: slang
Word: soak the runner Part of Speech: verb 1. To throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845). Labels: slang
Word: splurge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from a blend of splash + surge, originally US. According to the OED, onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /splɜːd͡ʒ/, /splɝd͡ʒ/ 1. To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: The tomato sauce was splurged all over the chips. Example: But the steamboats come in their time ; and I am sure that I address a large crowd of sympathizing auditors, now that I come to speak of the magnificent old "Fanny," spluttering and paddling, and splurging up to the little wharf under the lea of Peppers Hill, where the pine wood lay piled in fabulous quantities. 2. To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: They decided to splurge on the biggest banana split for dessert. Example: I could see Schultz think, and revive, and splurge with his bets again. 3. To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: splurge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from a blend of splash + surge, originally US. According to the OED, onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /splɜːd͡ʒ/, /splɝd͡ʒ/ 1. An extravagant or ostentatious display. Labels: informal 2. An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree. Labels: informal
Word: spinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian spinetta. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪn.ɪt/, /spɪˈnɛt/ 1. A short, compact harpsichord or piano. Example: He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
Word: spinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spīnētum. Doublet of spinney Pronunciation: /ˈspɪn.ɪt/ 1. A spinney. Labels: obsolete Example: The invention was to have a Satyr lodged in a little spinet, by which her majesty and the prince were to come
Word: poss Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of poss.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poss Part of Speech: verb 1. To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub. Labels: archaic 2. To push; to dash; to throw. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Piers Plowman A cat […] possed them [the rats] about.
Word: biomimetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English mimetics English biomimetics From bio- + mimetics. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪəʊmɪˈmɛtɪks/ 1. The study of the structure and function of living things as models for the creation of materials or products by reverse engineering. Labels: uncountable
Word: read someone the riot act Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The Riot Act is a historical British Act of Parliament enacted in 1714, which stated that once a statutory warning was read out to rioters and they failed to disperse within one hour, then authorities may use any force to disperse them with impunity. 1. To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand. Labels: figuratively Example: She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit. Example: But Will insisted mildly that it was a rough way to treat friends; whereupon Satanta read the riot act to his high-spirited young men, and bade them return the captured weapons to the scout. 2. To give a formal warning for a riotous assembly to disperse, usually through reading a section of the Riot Act. Labels: Commonwealth, UK, archaic, historical Example: ‘Nothing but vigorous measures will do in these times, Grummer,’ said the magistrate, in a determined manner. ‘If the authority of the king’s officers is set at naught, we must have the riot act read. If the civil power cannot protect these windows, Grummer, the military must protect the civil power, and the windows too. Example: The Riot Act was read with the rapidity with which grace is sometimes said at the head of a public table—a ceremony of which none but the performer and his immediate friends are conscious.
Word: biomimetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English mimetic English biomimetic From bio- + mimetic. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪəʊmɪˈmɛtɪk/ 1. of, related to, or produced by biomimetics
Word: posses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of posse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: posses Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of poss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bionics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + electronics. Coined by US Air Force medical doctor Jack E. Steele in 1958 to refer to the "flow of concepts from biology to engineering and vice versa". Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/ 1. The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on that of biological systems. Labels: uncountable 2. biomimetics Labels: uncountable
Word: possing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of poss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: possed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of poss Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: read the riot act Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of read someone the riot act Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To do things “railroad fashion” is now the by-word; and it is worth the while to be warned so often and so sincerely by any power to get off its track. There is no stopping to read the riot act, no firing over the heads of the mob, in this case.
Word: posser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poss + -er. 1. A tool for possing, or agitating laundry in a tub. It usually takes the form a bell shape or a circular plate with holes and vertical handle attached at the centre. Labels: UK 2. One who posses. Labels: archaic
Word: blustery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bluster Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blustery From bluster + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌstəɹi/ 1. Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts. Example: Currently, there are blustery winds blowing in Patagonia. Example: Fortunately, that May morning was bright and sunny; the breeze blew warm from the southland instead of cold and blustery from the lake, and it was the very best kind of a morning possible for being out of doors. 2. Accompanied by strong wind. Example: Today is such a cold blustery day! Example: […] blustery winters with little snow, when the whole country is stripped bare and gray as sheet-iron. 3. Pompous or arrogant, especially in one's speech; given to outbursts. Example: Duke Wilhelm […] seems to have been of a headlong, blustery, uncertain disposition; much tossed about in the controversies of his day. Example: He talks in a rather loud, blustery way and has a nervous, irritable manner.
Word: coconut palm Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ̯.kə.nʌt ˈpɑːm/, /-nət-/, /ˌkoʊ̯.kə.nʌt ˈpɑm/, /ˌkoʊ̯.kə.nʌt ˈpɒm/, /ˌkɐʉ̯.kə.nɐt ˈpɐːm/ 1. The tropical palm tree Cocos nucifera, having feathery leaves and bearing coconuts.
Word: bluegrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring. 1. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bluegrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956. 1. A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm. Labels: uncountable
Word: blue grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bluegrass. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: countertransferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countertransference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: welcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English welch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English welcher From welch + -er. 1. One who welches (i.e. who fails to repay a debt). 2. A Welshman or person of Welsh descent. Labels: UK, offensive, slang
Word: assuredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English assured Middle English -ly English -ly English assuredly From assured + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈʃʊɹɪdli/, /əˈʃɝɪdli/, /əˈʃʊəɹɪdli/, /əˈʃɔːɹɪdli/ 1. In an assured manner; confidently. Example: The hotel owner strode assuredly into the lobby. 2. For sure; certainly. Example: I soon came to think that […] there was something, assuredly, very strange going on […] Example: My situation, you see, is as follows: this is my first appearance in a court of law, at the age of seventy; and so I am a complete stranger to the language of this place. Now if I were really from another country, you would assuredly excuse me if I spoke in the manner and dialect in which I had been brought up; […]
Word: passionately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English passionate Middle English -ly English -ly English passionately From passionate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpæʃənətli/ 1. In a passionate manner. Example: “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]” Example: And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
Word: respectfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English respectful Middle English -ly English -ly English respectfully From respectful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛkt.fə.li/ 1. In a respectful manner. Example: York got down and said very respectfully, "I beg your pardon, my lady, but these horses have not been reined up for three years, and my lord said it would be safer to bring them to it by degrees; but if your ladyship pleases, I can take them up a little more." Example: There is something wonderful and sad about Ohio around Christmastime — maybe the reasons are the licentious, Yukon sleddog cold and the buildings on the main streets of college towns standing respectfully buttressed with graceful wings...
Word: profoundly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfaʊndli/ 1. With depth, meaningfully. Example: He thought and wrote profoundly. 2. Very importantly. Example: More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions. 3. Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully. Example: From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled. Example: Leo was sleeping profoundly, and on the whole I thought it wise not to wake him.
Word: neatly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English neat Middle English -ly English -ly English neatly From neat + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈniːtli/ 1. In a neat manner. Example: I was delighted to see A Woman's Place take a stand against censorship. But I noted with some cynicism that the exhibit failed to include any of the numerous publications suppressed by institutions of the feminist community. It thus neatly avoided acknowledging the role being played by the women's movement as a force for censorship (and the rather sordid past of A Woman's Place itself).
Word: perpetually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English perpetuelly; equivalent to perpetual + -ly. Pronunciation: /pəˈpɛtʃʊəli/, /pəˈpɛtjʊəli/, /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəli/ 1. Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly. Example: For whiche offence oure holy fader the pope enioyned hym to make hym to be prayed for perpetually / ⁊ lyke as he had done too be taken frome hym his naturall lyfe therfore he ſholde do foũde four tapers to brẽne perpetually about his body yͭ for yͤ extynccõn of his bodely lyf his ſoule may euer be remẽbred ⁊ lyf in heuẽ in ſpyrytuall lyfe Example: Now her work dropped on her knee, and her book fell from her hand; she was perpetually seeking excuses for change of place; and the change brought added discomfort.
Word: coldly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English coldliche, caldeliche, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse kaldliga (“coldly”); equivalent to cold + -ly. Displaced Middle English colde (“coldly”), from Old English cealde (“coldly”). Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊldli/, /ˈkoʊldli/ 1. In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently. Example: 'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly. Example: Fritz Lang in Hollywood has remade the French "La Bête Humaine" story, setting the drama, a little coldly, among the great hooting diesels of the Middle West routes, […].
Word: sweetly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English swetly, swetely, sweteliche, from Old English swētlīċe (“sweetly; pleasantly”), equivalent to sweet + -ly. Cognate with Old High German swuozlīhho (“sweetly”), Icelandic sætlega (“sweetly; with gratitude”), German süßlich (“sweetish; sugary”), Dutch zoetelijk (“sentimental”). Pronunciation: /ˈswiːtli/ 1. With a sweet taste or aroma. 2. In a sweet or pleasant manner. Example: "No, Auntie," said Hardman, sweetly, seriously. Example: "Hey, Sis, do yah want a Hertz Donut?" one of them sweetly said as the other one held out a donut bag. She reached for it. Her step-sister snatched the bag away and socked her hard in the arm instead. "Hurts, Don't it?" they chime, laughing at her pain. 3. Nicely; finely; excellently. Example: Sitting in the seat with the engine off before that day, the gears slid in so sweetly, and double de-clutching was so easy, I had done it a million times.
Word: furiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English furiously; equivalent to furious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/ 1. In a furious manner; angrily. Example: He glared furiously at the offender. Example: Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken. 2. Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed. Example: He tried furiously to get it to work before the deadline. Example: Again we set to and bailed furiously. Fortunately the storm had now quite gone by[.] 3. Intensely, as with embarrassment. Example: Craig, who at twenty was taller than his father, blushed furiously as he practically threw two small boxes on the table in front of the twins. “Happy birthday”, he managed.
Word: cruelly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English cruelly; equivalent to cruel + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːəli/, /ˈkɹuːli/ 1. In a cruel manner; with cruelty. Example: In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruelly murthered. Example: Unfortunately, if certain national leaders have their way and repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the American dreams of hundreds of thousands of young people will be cruelly ripped away. 2. To a degree that is cruel. Labels: rare Example: Robert Audley chafed cruelly at this delay. Half a dozen vessels might sail for Australia while he roamed up and down the long platform, tumbling over trucks and porters, and swearing at his ill-luck.
Word: thoughtfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English thoughtful Middle English -ly English -ly English thoughtfully From thoughtful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːtfʊli/, /ˈθɔːtfəli/, /ˈθɔːtfli/, /ˈθɔtfəli/, /ˈθɑtfəli/ 1. In a thoughtful or pensive manner. Example: I opened my eyes, and the first thing they fell on was the venerable countenance of our old friend Billali, who was seated by the side of the improvised bed upon which I was sleeping, and thoughtfully stroking his long beard. Example: 'That button, it suggests possibilities,' said Poirot thoughtfully. 2. In a way that shows kindness or consideration for others. Example: 'You left your hat in the gorse, sir,' said Parkinson thoughtfully. 'I will get it while you are engaged.'
Word: thickly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English thikly; equivalent to thick + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪkli/ 1. In a thick manner. Example: In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat. Example: These he held aside, ushering her into a dark sanctuary resinously scented and thickly carpeted with pine needles.
Word: forcibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English forceably, equivalent to forcible + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːsəbli/ 1. In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will. Example: And suddenly; where injury of chance / Puts back leave-taking, justles roughly by / All time of pause, rudely beguiles our lips / Of all rejoindure, forcibly prevents / Our lock'd embrasures […] Example: “Now get out of here,” and he grabbed Rokoff and Paulvitch each by the scruff of the neck and thrust them forcibly through the doorway, giving each an added impetus down the corridor with the toe of his boot. 2. In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly. Example: It was now cold, winter weather: forcibly recalling to his mind under what circumstances he had first travelled that road, and how many vicissitudes and changes he had since undergone.
Word: sorely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sorely, from Old English sārlīċ (adjective), sārlīċe (adverb); equivalent to sore + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɹli/, /ˈsɔːli/, /ˈso(ː)ɹli/, /ˈsoəli/ 1. In a sore or desperate manner. Example: But the decision to electrify north of Sheffield just months after the government 'paused' the Midland Main Line electrification scheme from Leicester to Sheffield illustrates the lack of clear vision or decision-making that the railways sorely need. 2. Very, extremely. Example: He said he wanted it [the picture] for his study. I would not let him have it, and he went away sorely puzzled. Example: If Chelsea hoped this blow would have a detrimental effect on Arsenal, they were to be sorely mistaken as the Gunners surged forward after the restart.
Word: lastly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English last Middle English -ly English -ly English lastly From last + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstli/, /ˈlæstli/ 1. Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions. Labels: not-comparable, sequence Example: Firstly, that's illegal; secondly, it has serious disadvantages; thirdly, it's not necessary; and lastly, did I mention that it's illegal? 2. Used to signal that the speaker is about to yield control of the conversation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intent Middle English -ly English -ly English intently From intent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛntli/ 1. In an intent or focused manner. Example: Her back was toward the jungle, and so she did not see the grasses part, or the savage face that peered from between. Little, bloodshot, close-set eyes scanned her intently, roving from time to time about the open beach for indications of the presence of others than herself.
Word: coolly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cool Middle English -ly English -ly English coolly From cool + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkuːl.li/, [ˈkuʷɫ.li], /ˈkuːli/, [ˈkʉː.li] 1. At a moderately low temperature. Example: The wind blew coolly. 2. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner. Example: "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case. Example: Well, she looks at you so coolly / And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea 3. With calm impudence. Example: They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds.
Word: coolly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cool Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English coolly From cool + -ly (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkuːl.li/, [ˈkuʷɫ.li], /ˈkuːli/, [ˈkʉː.li] 1. Coolish; somewhat cool in temperature. Labels: obsolete Example: Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.
Word: sternly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sternly, sternely, sterneliche, sturnely, sturneliche, from Old English stirnlīċe, styrnlīċe, stiernlīċe (“harshly; severely; sternly”), equivalent to stern + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈstɝnli/, /ˈstɜːnli/ 1. In a stern manner. Example: It was a historic night at Wembley Stadium that saw the European champions sternly tested by Copa America winners Brazil, but ended with the familiar sight of captain Leah Williamson lifting a trophy.
Word: eminently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English eminent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English eminently From eminent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪnəntli/ 1. In an eminent or prominent manner. 2. To a great degree; notably; highly. Example: Everyone supported the nominee because she was eminently qualified. Example: Here Mr. Bandparts at once proceeded to put the position as between master and pupil on an eminently sound footing, clearly exulting in this opportunity of exercising some baritone oratory that had suffered a period of disuse.
Word: reluctantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English reluctant Middle English -ly English -ly English reluctantly From reluctant + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/ 1. In a reluctant or hesitant manner. Example: Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.
Word: involuntarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From involuntary + -ly or in- + voluntarily. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/, /ɪnˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/, /ɪnˈvɒlənˌtɛɹɪli/, /ɪnˈvɔləntɹɪli/ 1. In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought. Example: Her leg twitched involuntarily. Example: He involuntarily overheard the conversation.