nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, estaie (“a prop, a stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade ("a prop, stay, help, aid"; compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Old Dutch *stad (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). See above. Pronunciation: /steɪ/, /ste/, /stei/ 1. A prop; a support. Example: My onely strength and stay. Example: The trees themselves serve, at the same time, as so many stays for their Vines 2. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing. Example: Where are the stays for my collar? 3. A corset. Labels: in-plural Example: Her figure was tall, yet not too tall; comely and well-developed, yet not fat; her head set on her shoulders with an easy, pliant firmness; her waist, perfection in the eyes of a man, for it occupied its natural place, it filled out its natural circle, it was visibly and delightfully undeformed by stays. Example: When Jenny's stays are newly laced. 4. A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on. Labels: archaic
Word: stay Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, estaie (“a prop, a stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade ("a prop, stay, help, aid"; compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Old Dutch *stad (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). See above. Pronunciation: /steɪ/, /ste/, /stei/ 1. Aspect marker indicating frequency or permanence. Example: He stay fighting.
Word: stay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stay, from Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *stag, from Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *stek-, *stāk- (“stand, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Dutch stag (“stay”), German Stag (“stay”), Swedish stag (“stay”), Icelandic stag (“stay”). Pronunciation: /steɪ/, /ste/, /stei/ 1. A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel. 2. A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element. Example: The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding. 3. The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
Word: stay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stay, from Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *stag, from Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *stek-, *stāk- (“stand, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Dutch stag (“stay”), German Stag (“stay”), Swedish stag (“stay”), Icelandic stag (“stay”). Pronunciation: /steɪ/, /ste/, /stei/ 1. To brace or support with a stay or stays Example: stay a mast 2. To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays. Labels: transitive 3. To tack; put on the other tack. Labels: transitive Example: to stay ship 4. To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship. Labels: intransitive
Word: stay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steep, abrupt”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”), see sty. Pronunciation: /steɪ/, /ste/, /stei/ 1. Steep; ascending. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: The Castle of Edr. is naturally a great strenth situate upon the top of a high Rock perpendicular on all sides, except on the entry from the burgh, which is a stay ascent and is well fortified with strong Walls, three gates each one within another, with Drawbridges, and all necessary fortifications. 2. (of a roof) Steeply pitched. Labels: UK, dialectal 3. Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer. Labels: UK, dialectal 4. Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: stay Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steep, abrupt”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”), see sty. Pronunciation: /steɪ/, /ste/, /stei/ 1. Steeply. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: rebind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-West Germanic *bindan Old English bindan Middle English binden English bind English rebind From re- + bind. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbaɪnd/ 1. To bind again. 2. To associate a command with a different key.
Word: rebound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French rebondir. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈbaʊnd/, /ˈɹi.baʊnd/ 1. The recoil of an object bouncing off another. 2. A return to health or well-being; a recovery. Example: I am on the rebound. 3. An effort to recover from a setback. 4. The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship. Labels: colloquial Example: "I get it. Girl caught him on the rebound when he was vulnerable." 5. A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship. Labels: colloquial Example: What if she was a rebound after all and he didn't feel the same way for her anymore? Example: Nika was dealt a terrible blow in finding she was a rebound and that Steve was still madly in love with his ex and that their love affair was sparked out of retaliation[.] 6. The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost. Example: The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar. 7. An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player. Example: Wemby’s 50-point game was much milder, if that’s even a thing statistically. This season, he has already had a 5×5 (25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and five blocks), a near triple-double (24 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks) and this 50-burger. […] Just that measly 35-point, 14-assist and 12-rebound game from LeBron James as the Lakers got a little revenge on the Grizzlies.
Word: rebound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French rebondir. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈbaʊnd/ 1. To bound or spring back from a force. Example: Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. Example: Martin Kelly fired in a dangerous cross and the Hearts defender looked on in horror as the ball rebounded off him and into the net. 2. To give back an echo. Example: each cave and echoing rock rebounds 3. To jump up or get back up again. Labels: figuratively Example: “Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version.” 4. To send back; to reverberate. Labels: transitive Example: Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound. 5. To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team. Example: By the mid-19605, the top small forwards in the game were Rick Barry and Iohn Havlicek, both of whom excelled as defenders and passers, rebounded well, and provided their respective teams with exceptional scoring. Example: I knew for sure if Griffin blocked shots and rebounded the basketball my Ravens would become champions.
Word: rebound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: see rebind Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.baʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rebind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rebuild Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build English rebuild From re- + build. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɪld/ 1. To build again or anew. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme. Example: We cannot forget the hurts and pain which have been dealt by the two opposing forces, but we must seek to heal the wounds and go forward. Are we going to allow the wounds to fester until we die, or are we big enough, collectively and individually, to write it off as a bad experience and begin to rebuild? 2. To attempt to improve one's performance during a period of struggling. Labels: figuratively Example: After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild.
Word: rebuild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build English rebuild From re- + build. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɪld/, /ˈɹiːbɪld/ 1. A process or result of rebuilding. Example: Although the new features of the rebuilds were mainly the application of successful standard principles, the retention of the outside admission cylinders with their necessary high-pressure valve rod glands, of which the Southern lacked previous experience with an engine of this size, caused some unexpected teething troubles. Example: Doc's spirits lifted at the suggestion that Cochrane was already thinking about painting the finished rebuild. 2. (said of sports teams) A period during which an attempt is made to improve during a period of struggling. Labels: figuratively Example: Since they failed to make it to the playoffs after five consecutive seasons, the team has gone through a lengthy rebuild.
Word: rebuilt Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɪlt/ 1. simple past and past participle of rebuild Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rebuilt Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɪlt/ 1. Which has been rebuilt Labels: not-comparable Example: rebuilt engine
Word: recast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English recast From re- + cast. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈkɑːst/, /ɹiːˈkæst/ 1. To cast or throw again. Example: the Roman gentlemen armed at all assayes, in the middest of their running-race, would cast and recast themselves from one to another horse. 2. To mould again. Example: The whole bell had to be recast although it had only one tiny, hardly visible crack. 3. To reproduce in a new form. Example: Our conception of the world rises in us as our intellect recasts [translating umgiesst] the impressions it receives from without into the forms of time, space, and causality. Example: ScotRail is seeking the views of the public before recasting its Edinburgh/Perth/Dundee passenger timetable in 2025, once the reopened Levenmouth line has bedded in. 4. To assign (roles in a play or performance) to different actors. Labels: transitive Example: According to As the World Turns producer, Michael Laibson, the decision was made to recast the role, because the producers and writers felt it would annoy the audience to have Betsy discontinued so soon after her long-delayed marriage […] 5. To assign (actors) to different roles. Labels: transitive Example: She was recast as the villain.
Word: recast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English recast From re- + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːkɑːst/, /ˈɹiːkæst/ 1. The act or process of recasting. 2. An utterance translated into another grammatical form. Example: Adults may use recasts to suggest corrections to mistakes in children's speech.
Word: redo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English redo From re- + do. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈduː/ 1. To do again.
Word: redo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English redo From re- + do. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdu/ 1. A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc. Example: Eight years ago, the apartment cost $292,000, and the three redos totaled $48,000, but though he has no plans to sell, he thinks he could get $600,000 for the place today.
Word: redid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈdɪd/ 1. simple past of redo Labels: form-of, past
Word: redone Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈdʌn/ 1. past participle of redo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: capitalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”); equivalent to capital + -ism. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. First used in English by novelist William Thackeray in The Newcomes [1854-1855]. Pronunciation: /ˈkapɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m/, /kəˈpɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m/, /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/, /-ˌɪz.əm/, /ˌkæp.təl-/ 1. A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What this war has demonstrated is that private capitalism—that is, an economic system in which land, factories, mines and transport are owned privately and operated solely for profit—does not work. It cannot deliver the goods. This fact had been known to millions of people for years past, but nothing ever came of it, because there was no real urge from below to alter the system, and those at the top had trained themselves to be impenetrably stupid on just this point. Argument and propaganda got one nowhere. The lords of property simply sat on their bottoms and proclaimed that all was for the best. Hitler's conquest of Europe, however, was a physical debunking of capitalism. War, for all its evil, is at any rate an unanswerable test of strength, like a try-your-grip machine. Great strength returns the penny, and there is no way of faking the result. Example: The peasantry have long since disappeared, the independent shopkeeper is being destroyed, the small business-man is diminishing in numbers. But at the same time modern industry is so complicated that it cannot get along without great numbers of managers, salesmen, engineers, chemists and technicians of all kinds, drawing fairly large salaries. And these in turn call into being a professional class of doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, etc., etc. The tendency of advanced capitalism has therefore been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out as it once seemed likely to do. 2. A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit. Labels: Marxism, countable, uncountable 3. A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: democracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā). By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/, /dɪˈmɑ.kɹə.si/, /dɪˈmɔk.ɹə.si/, /dəˈmɒk.ɹə.si/, [dəˈmɔ̟k.ɹə.si] 1. Rule by the people, especially as a form of government, such as Labels: uncountable Example: And the essential value and power of Democracy consists in this,—that it combines, as far as possible, power and organization ; THE SPIRIT, MANHOOD, is at one with THE BODY, ORGANIZATION. [....] Democracy is Government by the People. Example: The period, that is, which marks the transition from absolutism or aristocracy to democracy will mark also the transition from absolutist or autocratic methods of nomination to democratic methods. 2. Rule by the people, especially as a form of government, such as: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Rule by the people, especially as a form of government, such as: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction. Labels: countable Example: Of course, the Russians think it is something else because they say the Russians have a democracy and it is plain that their government is not what the Americans regard as a democracy. Example: Since the wisest and most moral would not necessarily be the choice of the majority of people, Plato's Republic is not a democracy. 5. A state with a democratic system of government. Labels: countable Example: Some countries which were originally monarchies, like the UK, have maintained their status as monarchies whilst also becoming democracies in the modern era; others, like France, completely disposed of their monarchies when they became democracies. Example: After almost four decades of authoritarian rule, South Africa became a democracy in April 1994. 6. Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy". Labels: uncountable Example: As states of the human spirit democracy, righteousness, and faith have much in common and may be cultivated by the same means... Example: It must further be admitted that he provided a successful interpretation of democracy in its philosophic aspects when he conceived democracy as a general outlook on the universe... In Bakunin's conception of democracy as religious in character we trace the influence of French socialism.
Word: re-lay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English lay English re-lay From re- + lay. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈleɪ/, /ˌɹiˈleɪ/ 1. To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again. Labels: transitive Example: relay the pitch Example: He had to re-lay the tiles because the cement was too dry.
Word: politics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītĭkā́, “affairs of state”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/, /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪks/, /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/, /ˈpɑ.lə.tɪks/, /ˈpɔl.ə.tɪks/ 1. A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement. Labels: countable Example: local politics Example: national politics 2. The profession of conducting political affairs. Labels: countable Example: He made a career out of politics. 3. One's political stands and opinions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars. 4. Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, standing, influence or conflict. Labels: uncountable Example: There is no stability; only politics. The Republic is not what it once was. The Senate is full of greedy, squabbling delegates. There is no interest in the common good. 5. Real-world beliefs and social issues irrelevant to the topic at hand. Labels: countable, informal, singular, uncountable Example: We're trying to talk about comic books, don't mention politics.
Word: politics Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītĭkā́, “affairs of state”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/, /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪks/, /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/, /ˈpɑ.lə.tɪks/, /ˈpɔl.ə.tɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of politic Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: re-laid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹileɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of re-lay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deflation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English deflation From deflate + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfleɪʃən/ 1. An act or instance of deflating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The loss caused utter deflation and disappointment among the fans. 2. A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An economic contraction. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: Beyond that, there is the hope that deflation of the US economy which the administration has in mind will, overtime; stem the import flood. Example: It also must be acknowledged that Britain's problems won't be solved by an abrupt deflation of the economy. 4. The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to complete (something unfinished); to free (someone or something); to relieve (someone); etc.”), probably from Old English *ryddan (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear”) (the past participle form ġeryd is attested), from Proto-Germanic *riudijaną (“to clear”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ- (“to clear land”), or possibly from *Hrew- (“to dig out, tear out; to open; to acquire”). The verb was probably also influenced by the following: * Middle English redden (“to rescue (someone), deliver, save; to rid (someone) of a burden; to free (someone)”) (from which redd (obsolete except Northern England, Scotland) is partly derived), from Old English hreddan (“to deliver, rescue, save; to free; to recover; to take away”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan (“to rescue, save”), from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to rescue, save; to free; to loosen”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“to move quickly; to rattle; to shake”); and * Middle English reden (“to arrange; to get ready, prepare; to put in order, tidy; to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to unblock; etc.”) (whence rede (chiefly Scotland, archaic)), from Old English rǣdan, Early Old English rēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *raidijan (“to arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to arrange”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to arrange; to count, count out”). The adjective is derived from rid, the past participle of the verb. The noun is derived from the verb. As regards noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 (“progress which has been made; speed”), compare verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4.5 (“to complete or get through (a task, or work)”). cognates * Dutch redden (“to save, deliver”) * German retten (“to save, deliver”), reuten (“to clear”), roden (“to clear”) * Old Frisian hredda (“to save”) * Old Norse hrōðja (“to clear, strip”), Old Norse ryðja (“to clear, empty”) Pronunciation: /ɹɪd/ 1. Chiefly of a place: which has been ridded (etymology 1, verb sense 1.4.1) or cleared; rid-up. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, obsolete Example: We will make room for you! We will make a rid road from here to Winchester!
Word: rid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to complete (something unfinished); to free (someone or something); to relieve (someone); etc.”), probably from Old English *ryddan (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear”) (the past participle form ġeryd is attested), from Proto-Germanic *riudijaną (“to clear”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ- (“to clear land”), or possibly from *Hrew- (“to dig out, tear out; to open; to acquire”). The verb was probably also influenced by the following: * Middle English redden (“to rescue (someone), deliver, save; to rid (someone) of a burden; to free (someone)”) (from which redd (obsolete except Northern England, Scotland) is partly derived), from Old English hreddan (“to deliver, rescue, save; to free; to recover; to take away”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan (“to rescue, save”), from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to rescue, save; to free; to loosen”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“to move quickly; to rattle; to shake”); and * Middle English reden (“to arrange; to get ready, prepare; to put in order, tidy; to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to unblock; etc.”) (whence rede (chiefly Scotland, archaic)), from Old English rǣdan, Early Old English rēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *raidijan (“to arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to arrange”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to arrange; to count, count out”). The adjective is derived from rid, the past participle of the verb. The noun is derived from the verb. As regards noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 (“progress which has been made; speed”), compare verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4.5 (“to complete or get through (a task, or work)”). cognates * Dutch redden (“to save, deliver”) * German retten (“to save, deliver”), reuten (“to clear”), roden (“to clear”) * Old Frisian hredda (“to save”) * Old Norse hrōðja (“to clear, strip”), Old Norse ryðja (“to clear, empty”) Pronunciation: /ɹɪd/ 1. Progress which has been made; also, speed. Labels: Northern-England, archaic, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Forkers are to bee foretolde that they give upp goode forkefulls [of hay], because the winde hath not soe much force and power to blowe it away, and likewise (by this meanes) it is sooner layde, and the loader comes more ridde. 2. Loose earth, rubble, etc., on the surface of a quarry which must be removed before digging can begin; rid-work. Labels: Northern-England, archaic, obsolete, uncountable
Word: rid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from rid, the obsolete past participle form of ride. Pronunciation: /ɹɪd/ 1. As the second word in a compound: synonym of ridden (“full of; also, dominated, oppressed, or plagued by”). Labels: Northern-England, archaic, not-comparable, obsolete Example: So Cupids faire mother be thy midvvife: out and alas I am mare rid, vvhat Somners Ghoſt or limme of Lucifer, puts poore Bordello in minde of pennance before he hath treſpaſſed? 2. Only in well-rid: of a horse: ridden. Labels: Northern-England, archaic, not-comparable, obsolete, postpositional Example: [F]ull ten thouſand horſe / Freſh and vvell rid ſtrong Maſſiniſſa leades / As vvinges to Roman legions that march ſvvift / Led by that man of conqueſt, Scipio.
Word: rid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is derived from rid, the obsolete past participle form of ride. Pronunciation: /ɹɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ride Labels: Northern-England, archaic, form-of, nonstandard, obsolete, participle, past
Word: remake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English make English remake From re- + make. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈmeɪk/, /ˈɹiːmeɪk/ 1. To make again. Labels: transitive Example: You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned. 2. To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: The director wanted to remake some of his favourite films from the Golden Age of Hollywood. 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: remake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English make English remake From re- + make. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈmeɪk/, /ˈɹiːmeɪk/ 1. A new version of something. 2. A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc. Example: I haven't seen the original film, but the remake was great. Example: The thing I like most about the Total Recall remake is the—I have to presume ironic—name of its production company. The first words that appear on screen are “Original Film”.
Word: remade Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈmeɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of remake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remade Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈmeɪd/ 1. A golf ball made from reclaimed materials. Example: While it is, unfortunately, true that a certain proportion of new balls crack—and a larger percentage of remades, doubtless incidental to the shell of the latter being made somewhat thinner in the remoulding process, […] Example: George Fernie's nephew, Willie, testified that at least two dozen balls were made in 1893 and sold to players as 'remades' at 8d each.
Word: repay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French repaier (“to pay back”), from re- + paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācāre (“to settle, to make peaceful”), from pāx (“peace”) + -ō (forming verbs). Equivalent to re- + pay. Cognate with repacify and French repayer (“to pay again”). Pronunciation: /ɹiˈpeɪ/ 1. Synonym of pay back in all senses. Example: I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college. Example: I'll repay this wrong asap. 2. To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off. Labels: transitive Example: The possible importance of excessive androgen secretion and the ingestion of agents such as the fluorenamines may repay further investigation. 3. To give in return; requite. Labels: transitive
Word: repay Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiˈpeɪ/ 1. To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
Word: repaid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpeɪd/, /ɹiːˈpeɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of repay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rerun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English run English rerun From re- + run. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːɹʌn/, /ˈɹiɹʌn/ 1. An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition. Example: Even some strong supporters of leaving the UK worry that an early re-run would be doomed to failure. Example: The central concern that runs through The Technology Trap is that, unless we are very careful, our latest technological revolution may well turn out to be a tumultuous rerun of the Industrial Revolution, with dire social and political consequences. 2. A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat. Labels: US Example: I'm not a fan of the new Simpsons episodes, but the old reruns have me in stitches, although I've seen them countless times. 3. Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc. 4. A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office. 5. A second or subsequent run of a computer program. Example: Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.
Word: rerun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English run English rerun From re- + run. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹʌn/, /ɹiˈɹʌn/ 1. To run again; to repeat. Labels: transitive Example: Ms. Hill has rerun those questions in her mind. “If the girls told me they want to stay where they are, I would have to leave them,” she said. 2. To broadcast (a television program etc.) again. Labels: transitive Example: They're still rerunning The Flintstones on this channel. Example: Earlier Sunday, MTV ran and reran a compilation of Ms. Spears’s previous appearances on the show, including her high-school hottie debut in 1999 and her on-the-lips kiss with Madonna in 2003, glossing over her lethargic dance number last year. 3. To be broadcast again. Labels: intransitive Example: Everyone is talking about Lemonade, Beyoncé's new visual album that immediately became a sensation when it debuted on HBO on Saturday night. For those who missed it (and those without a loved one's HBO Go password), Lemonade even reran just before the Game of Thrones' highly anticipated season six premiere on April 24. 4. To run (a race or other contest) again. Labels: transitive Example: rerun the election Example: Thursday night, running in Lane 2 on an otherwise empty eight-lane track, at a half-empty Olympic Stadium, the United States women’s 4x100-meter relay team reran a qualifying round all by itself. 5. To run (a computer program) again. Labels: transitive Example: Restart the computer and rerun the installation.
Word: reran Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈɹæn/ 1. simple past of rerun Labels: form-of, past
Word: resell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sell English resell From re- + sell. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈsɛl/ 1. To sell again.
Word: resold Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈsəʊld/, /ˌɹiˈsoʊld/ 1. simple past and past participle of resell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + set. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈsɛt/ 1. To set back to the initial state. Example: Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. Example: The next section explains how to reset the administrator password with the help of this challenge question. 2. To set to zero. 3. To adjust; to set or position differently. Labels: transitive Example: He turned and steered his course toward some lights clustered at the end of the street. They proved farther away than he had anticipated, and after a long quest he came to the conclusion that his eyes had been mysteriously removed from their proper places and had been reset on either side of his head like those of a bird. Example: The advantage of the Monotype machine over the Linotype one was that corrections could be made using precast sorts. This was especially useful for book production. With the Linotype method, the whole line had to be reset and replaced.
Word: reset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + set. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.sɛt/ 1. The act of resetting to the initial state. Labels: also, figuratively Example: A reset halts whatever is taking place on the bus and prepares devices for the beginning of a new communication cycle. A reset begins when the master pulls the bus low for a period greater than 480 μs. Example: That is why I have called for a ‘reset’ in relations between the United States and Russia. This must be more than a fresh start between the Kremlin and the White House, though that is important. 2. The act of setting to zero. 3. A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something. 4. That which is reset; printed matter set up again. 5. The cleaning and tidying of one's home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy69x9wl2no
Word: reset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots resett, from Early Scots reset, from Anglo-Norman recet (noun), recetter (verb), from Latin receptus (noun), receptāre (verb). Compare receipt. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɛt/, /ɹəˈsɛt/ 1. The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw. Example: In early times it was common to charge the reset of property taken by robbery as reset of theft. But in later practice reset of property taken by robbery has been frequently libelled and found relevant (1).
Word: reset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots resett, from Early Scots reset, from Anglo-Norman recet (noun), recetter (verb), from Latin receptus (noun), receptāre (verb). Compare receipt. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɛt/, /ɹəˈsɛt/ 1. To receive and hide (stolen goods, or a criminal, etc.) Example: Criminal resetting of property shall not be limited to the receiving of property taken by theft or robbery, but shall extend to the receiving of property appropriated by breach of trust and embezzlement and by falsehood, fraud and wilful imposition.
Word: rethink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think English rethink From re- + think. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈθɪŋk/, [ɹʷɪi̯ˈθɪŋk] 1. To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it. Example: Disability rights advocates are encouraging people to rethink the words "crazy" and "insane" as they stigmatize mental health. Example: There's a myth that incest survivors are an extremely small percentage of the gay male community. But that belief is something that needs to be rethought. One in six men (gay and straight) polled in a 1985 Los Angeles Times survey reported being sexually abused before the age of 18.
Word: rethink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think English rethink From re- + think. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːθɪŋk/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯θɪŋk] 1. The act of thinking again about something. Example: This business plan of yours looks risky. It needs a rethink. Example: Guardiola needed a rethink and his hand was forced when De Bruyne was forced off in the 58th minute after a check by Rüdiger.
Word: rethought Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈθɔːt/, /ɹiˈθɔt/, /ɹiˈθɑt/ 1. simple past and past participle of rethink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rewind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English wind English rewind From re- + wind. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈwaɪnd/ 1. To wind (something) again. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: A Myrish crossbowman poked his head out a different window, got off a bolt, and ducked down to rewind. Example: […] she was winding and rewinding bandages that were dripping in blood, smiling strangely at her as the plasma spilled from buckets all over the floor. 2. To wind back, of something clocklike or recordlike, like a cassette, tape, film; especially to then replay or relive. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Let's rewind the clock to an earlier time. Example: Rewind the tape to the first chapter. 3. To regress the state of playback of a recording. Labels: figuratively Example: I've rewound the audiobook to the start of the chapter. Example: This video player can rewind smoothly. 4. To go back or think back to a previous moment or place, or a previous point in a discourse. Labels: figuratively Example: If I had a time machine / And if life was a movie scene / I'd rewind, and I'd tell me / "Ru-u-u-u-u-u-u-un" Example: To understand Russia, you have to dive deep into its history — boyars and czars, Pushkin and Pasternak, Stalin and Stalingrad. To understand the perils of underestimating Russia, you don't have to go back that far. Just rewind to 2001, when George W. Bush naively sized up Vladimir Putin as a leader he could work with, a conclusion Bush reached when he looked into the Russian leader's eyes and "found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy.
Word: rewind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English wind English rewind From re- + wind. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈwaɪnd/ 1. The act of rewinding. 2. A button or other mechanism for rewinding. Example: I meant to pause the picture, but hit the rewind by mistake.
Word: rewound Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈwaʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rewind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rewrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English write English rewrite From re- + write. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/, /ˈɹi.ɹaɪt/ 1. The act of writing again or anew. Example: The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market. Example: After a month of writing and another month for rehearsals and re-writes, the three planned a one-night-only performance billed as a work in progress at Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint in San Francisco. 2. Something that has been written again. 3. The replacement of subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
Word: rewrite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English write English rewrite From re- + write. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹaɪt/, /ɹiˈɹaɪt/ 1. To write again, differently; to modify; to revise. Labels: transitive Example: The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience. Example: If we are going to rewrite all of those diagrams and change the duties of all of those staff, it will take a few weeks. 2. To write again (without changes). Labels: transitive 3. To replace subterms of a formula with other terms, according to certain rules, by way of transformation.
Word: rewrote Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹəʊt/, /ɹiˈɹoʊt/ 1. simple past of rewrite Labels: form-of, past
Word: rewritten Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹɪt.ən/, /ɹiˈɹɪt.ən/ 1. past participle of rewrite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: South China Sea Part of Speech: name 1. A marginal sea of the Western Pacific, on the East coast of Asia. The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines. Example: The Philippine Islands are an archipelago southeast of Asia. They extend almost due north and south from Formosa to Borneo, and they separate the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean. Example: Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.
Word: rode Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹəʊd/, /ɹoʊd/, /rod/ 1. simple past of ride Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of ride Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…] Example: We dined at Martin's, and then came on to father Low's: we have rode but eight miles this day.
Word: rode Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹəʊd/, /ɹoʊd/, /rod/ 1. Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland while calling; to perform its, typically crepuscular, mating flight. Example: "When the sun rises we shall have some splendid play. Only hear the woodcock, how he is roading; he expects fine weather."
Word: rode Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹəʊd/, /ɹoʊd/, /rod/ 1. The line from a vessel to its anchor.
Word: rode Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹəʊd/, /ɹoʊd/, /rod/ 1. Obsolete form of road. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Thomas Carlysle, &c. rode a Forrey to Dunglas, and there seased and brought away 80 Nolt, 200 Shepe, 22 Naggs. A Rode made to a Stede called the Hayrebed, and there they gate 30 Nolt, 3 or 4 Naggs. Example: There dwelt a ſaluage nation, which did liue / Of ſtealth and ſpoile, and making nightly rode / Into their neighbours borders[…]
Word: ridden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically ride + -en. See ride (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪd.n̩/, [ˈɹʷɪ.dn̩], [ˈɹʷɪ.d̚n̩] 1. past participle of ride Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ridden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically ride + -en. See ride (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪd.n̩/, [ˈɹʷɪ.dn̩], [ˈɹʷɪ.d̚n̩] 1. Full of. Labels: in-compounds 2. Oppressed, dominated or plagued by. Labels: in-compounds
Word: ridden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically rid + -en. See rid. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪd.n̩/, [ˈɹʷɪ.dn̩], [ˈɹʷɪ.d̚n̩] 1. past participle of rid Labels: archaic, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare Example: As the New York traders to reach the Miami country passed through that of the Iroquois, the French devised a plan, which, if successful, would soon have ridden them of the English encroachments.
Word: ring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range. Cognates * West Frisian ring * Low German Ring * Dutch ring * German Ring * Swedish ring * Finnish rengas More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)). Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡ/ 1. To enclose or surround. Labels: transitive Example: The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas. Example: Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that's ringed with a variety of facilities. 2. To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year. Example: The ironbark trees are "rung" at a certain height top and bottom, and the bark detached in one sheet; it is then wetted, and laid out flat on the ground, huge stones being placed to keep it from rolling up again. 3. To attach a ring to, especially for identification. Labels: transitive Example: We managed to ring 22 birds this morning. Example: Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones. 4. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring. Labels: transitive Example: to ring a pig’s snout Example: Ring these fingers with thy household worms. 5. To rise in the air spirally. Example: […] how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing / In his ecstacy! 6. To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them. Labels: transitive Example: A. Woodley, Trio: 3 short stories Gabe said that as Derry had only caught part of the conversation, it's possible that they were discussing a film, it was bad enough that they'd unwittingly been brought into ringing cars, adding drugs into it was far more than either of them could ever be comfortable with. Example: They used two bases in Digbeth to break down luxury motors, some of which were carjacked or stolen after keys were taken in house raids. The parts were then fitted to salvaged cars bought online. […] Jailing the quartet, a judge at Birmingham Crown Court said it was a "car ringing on a commercial and substantial scale". 7. To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle. Labels: Australia, transitive Example: ‘I was ringing for your dad out there at Haddon Hill the year you was born. It was a good year for calves.’