nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier sag, sagg, sack, from Middle English saggen, probably from Middle Low German sacken (“to sink, drift”), ultimately of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse søkkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”). Cognate with Scots seg (“to sink”), Danish sakke (“to lag behind”), Swedish sacka (“to lag”), Icelandic sakka (“to sink”), Faroese søkka (“to sink, drop down, descend, set”), Dutch zakken (“to fall, drop, sink”), German Low German sacken (“to sink”), and German sacken (“to sink”) (from Low German). Compare also Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“to walk or move heavily and slowly”). Pronunciation: /sæɡ/, /saɡ/, /sæːɡ/, /sɛɡ/, /seɪ̯ɡ/ 1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane. Example: A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn. Example: The floor of a room sags. 2. To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position. Labels: broadly Example: A building may sag one way or another. Example: The door sags on its hinges. 3. To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced. Labels: figuratively Example: The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. 4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. 5. To cause to bend or give way; to load. Labels: transitive 6. To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist. Labels: informal 7. To pull down someone else's pants as a prank. Labels: Canada, informal
Word: sag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of saag. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.
Word: sailor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier sailer, from Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -or. Cognate with German Segler (“sailor”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel (“sailor”). See mariner. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.lɚ/, /ˈseɪ.lə/ 1. A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. Example: He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea. 2. A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. Example: Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. Example: Mary is a sailor dreaming of northern shores lost galleons on the sea Mary ever on her way 3. A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. 4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding. 5. A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown. Example: Straw Sailors. Children's large-leaf straw sailors, in new shapes, smooth or rough straw . Sizes 6 to 64. 80c, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. Milan sailors in new, large shapes, with white or cream ribbon. Example: […]the trade that was done for some year in sailors for ladies. […] Developments of a fancifu nature in the brim formation in the direction of what is known as a "Breton" sailor, of which the characteristic is a slightly upturned edge, were the first to be made, […] But to-day, with the exception of straw sailors for girls and young ladies at school, there is very little demand for hats of this description. 6. A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), with its widest face facing the outside of the wall.
Word: saliva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle English salive, salve (“saliva”), from the same Latin source. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow. Displaced Middle English slaver, slavere ("saliva"; whence Modern English slaver); and Middle English spyttle, spetel, spatel, spotel ("saliva"; whence Modern English spittle, spettle, spattle). Pronunciation: /səˈlaɪvə/ 1. A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saliva Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle English salive, salve (“saliva”), from the same Latin source. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow. Displaced Middle English slaver, slavere ("saliva"; whence Modern English slaver); and Middle English spyttle, spetel, spatel, spotel ("saliva"; whence Modern English spittle, spettle, spattle). Pronunciation: /səˈlaɪvə/ 1. to salivate Labels: nonstandard
Word: sane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound. Pronunciation: /seɪn/ 1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally. Example: a sane mind 2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner. Example: a sane person Example: Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant? Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin. Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left! Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack. 3. Rational; reasonable; sensible. Example: Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
Word: sanguine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. The obsolete medical sense is in reference to the humour (blood) which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with cheerfulness, optimism, confidence, liveliness, and spiritedness. Doublet of sanguineous. Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/, /ˈseɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪn/ 1. Having the colour of blood; blood red. Labels: literary 2. Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters. Labels: obsolete Example: What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys! Example: I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh. 3. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood. Example: a sanguine bodily temperament Example: Eleonore Lemindre, aged 34, tailoress, of a sanguine lymphatic temperament, having suffered great depression of spirits, experienced, in the course of 1820, symptoms of what is called disease of the heart. 4. Warm; ardent. Example: a sanguine temper 5. Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. Example: I'm sanguine about the eventual success of the project. Example: Mrs. Weston was exceedingly disappointed—much more disappointed, in fact, than her husband, though her dependence on seeing the young man had been so much more sober: but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. It soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again. 6. Full of blood; bloody. Labels: archaic 7. Bloodthirsty. Labels: archaic
Word: sanguine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. The obsolete medical sense is in reference to the humour (blood) which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with cheerfulness, optimism, confidence, liveliness, and spiritedness. Doublet of sanguineous. Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/, /ˈseɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪn/ 1. Blood colour; red. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Bloodstone. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Red crayon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sanguine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. The obsolete medical sense is in reference to the humour (blood) which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with cheerfulness, optimism, confidence, liveliness, and spiritedness. Doublet of sanguineous. Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/, /ˈseɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪn/ 1. To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
Word: sapling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English saplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈsæplɪŋ/ 1. A young tree, larger than a seedling. 2. A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity. Labels: figuratively
Word: sarcasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós)der. Late Latin sarcasmus English sarcasm From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from σαρκάζω (sarkázō, “to gnash the teeth (in anger)”, literally “to strip off the flesh”), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/, /ˈsɑːˌkæzəm/ 1. Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering. Labels: uncountable Example: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited. Example: 2015, Alex Kozinski, Demuth v. County of Los Angeles, 798 F.3d 837, 839 (9th Cir. 2015). While challenging someone equipped with a badge, handcuffs and a gun to “arrest me” was unwise on Demuth’s part, we fail to see what legal difference her statement makes. Demuth certainly could not authorize her own arrest and, in any event, Li could not reasonably have believed that Demuth was volunteering for handcuffs. Demuth was obviously employing “a literary device known as sarcasm.” [Citation omitted.] Her statement was a snide way of refusing; no reasonable officer could have thought otherwise. 2. An individual act of the above. Labels: countable
Word: sard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sarde, borrowed from Old French sarde, from Latin sarda, sardius. Doublet of sardius. Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English serden, from Old English seorþan (“to violate, rape”), from Proto-Germanic *serþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sert- (“to hit”). Pronunciation: /sɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. To have sexual intercourse with (a woman). Labels: obsolete Example: Quhilk will, for purging of thir neirs: / Sard up the ta raw, and doun the uther. Example: Foltere. To iape, to sard, to fucke, to swive, to occupye.
Word: saturate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsatjʊɹeɪt/, /ˈsæt͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/ 1. To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid). Labels: transitive Example: Rain saturated their clothes. Example: After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated. 2. To fill thoroughly or to excess. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Modern television is saturated with violence. 3. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold. Labels: transitive Example: One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine. 4. To render pure, or of a colour free from white light. Labels: transitive
Word: saturate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsatjʊɹət/, /ˈsæt͡ʃəɹət/ 1. Something saturated, especially a saturated fat. Example: Through formation of a double bond, stearic acid (18:0), a saturate, is converted to acid (18:1), a monounsaturate. Example: We estimate from Table 4 that the average deuterium content in the saturate is approximately 1.1 when palladium is the catalyst, 1.6 when platinum is the catalyst, and 1.7 when rhodium is the catalyst. If there were only deuterium on the surface, the saturate would average 2 deuteriums.
Word: saturate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsatjʊɹət/, /ˈsæt͡ʃəɹət/ 1. Saturated, wet, soaked. Example: The innocent are gay—the lark is gay, / That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, / Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams / Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest. 2. Saturated, wet, soaked. Labels: broadly, poetic Example: There she lay, […] Wax-white, seraphic, saturate with the sun O' the morning that now flooded from the front And filled the window with a light like blood. 3. Very intense. Example: saturate green 4. Satisfied, satiated. Labels: obsolete 5. Complete, perfect. Labels: obsolete 6. Saturated. Labels: obsolete
Word: scabby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby. Pronunciation: /ˈskæb.i/ 1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs. Example: Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind. 2. Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy. 3. Having a blotched, uneven appearance. 4. Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell. 5. Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line). Example: The police, the governor, and the "scabby" Hearst Examiner "received a tremendous razzing," according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march "the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]" Example: [They're a] scabby right-to-work company and they don't care how much the sharp edges on that dust screw up a guy's lungs. 6. stingy; scrounging. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today. Example: I lent you a fiver last week and you still haven’t paid me back, you scabby bastard!
Word: scaly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪli/ 1. Covered or abounding with scales. Example: a scaly fish a scaly stem Example: If the lids of the eyes become inflamed and scaly, do not seek to remove the scales roughly, for they will bring the lashes with them. 2. Composed of scales lying over each other. Example: a scaly bulb 3. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. 4. low, mean. Labels: South-Africa, dated, vulgar Example: a scaly fellow Example: This done, he removed the hat; and having touched his forehead lightly with a silk handkerchief, for the afternoon sun was warm, gazed about him with a grave distaste. “A scaly neighbourhood!” he murmured. The young man’s judgment was one at which few people with an eye for beauty would have cavilled.
Word: scaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪli/ 1. The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis). Labels: South-Africa
Word: scan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From late Middle English scanne (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scandō (“to climb, rise, mount”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”). Pronunciation: /skæn/, /skan/, /skɛn/ 1. To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. Labels: transitive Example: She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for. Example: He scanned the horizon. 2. To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. Labels: transitive Example: to scan the hard drive for errors 3. To look about for; to look over quickly. Labels: transitive 4. To look about for; to look over quickly. Labels: transitive 5. To create an image of something with the use of a scanner. Labels: transitive Example: to scan a photograph Example: to scan internal organs by means of computed tomography 6. To read with an electronic device. Labels: transitive Example: to scan a barcode Example: to scan a QR code 7. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: But ere these matchless heights I dare to scan, / There is a spot should not be pass'd in vain,— / Morat ! the proud, the patriot field ! where man / May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain,[…] 8. To read or mark so as to show a specific metre. Labels: transitive Example: In such cases as these, almost any one with a good ear will "scan" the verse correctly enough without instruction. It is not proposed to give here a list of Shakspere's slurred and contracted words; […] 9. To conform to a metrical structure. Labels: intransitive Example: You're right, sir, it doesn't scan very well in the English, but in the Gaelic it's sheer poetry. Have you the Gaelic?
Word: scan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English scanne (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scandō (“to climb, rise, mount”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”). Pronunciation: /skæn/, /skan/, /skɛn/ 1. A close investigation. 2. A close investigation. 3. An instance of scanning. Example: The operators vacated the room during the scan. Example: In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility. 4. The result or output of a scanning process. Example: The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis. 5. A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
Word: scene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene. Pronunciation: /siːn/ 1. The location of an event that attracts attention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the scene of the crime Example: Lily was pronounced dead at the scene. 2. The stage. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: They stood in the centre of the scene. 3. The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to paint scenes Example: to change the scenes 4. A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes. Example: The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life. 5. The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Troy, there lies the scene. Example: The world is a vast scene of strife. 6. A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe. Example: They saw an angry scene outside the pub. 7. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, / Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. Example: He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site. 8. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene. Example: The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store. 9. An element of fiction writing. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She got into the emo scene at an early age. Example: Indie just isn't my scene. 11. (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s. Labels: uncountable 12. (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A fantasy that is acted out. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scene Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene. Pronunciation: /siːn/ 1. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. Labels: transitive 2. To roleplay. Labels: intransitive 3. Short for demoscene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, intransitive
Word: scene Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene. Pronunciation: /siːn/ 1. A notice to actors that their performance has ended. Example: Near-synonym: cut!
Word: scoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph. Pronunciation: /skɒf/, /skɔːf/, /skɑːf/ 1. A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. Example: VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo. Example: "I believe you've killed that constable in the exercise of his duty, sir; the man's dead;" said Lowe, sternly. / "Another gloss on my text; why invade me like house-breakers?" said Dangerfield, with a grim scoff. 2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. Example: [T]he scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth […]
Word: scoff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph. Pronunciation: /skɒf/, /skɔːf/, /skɑːf/ 1. To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. Labels: intransitive Example: Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. 2. To mock; to treat with scorn. Labels: transitive
Word: scoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”). Pronunciation: /skɒf/, /skɔːf/, /skɑːf/ 1. Food. Labels: British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, countable, slang, uncountable 2. The act of eating. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]
Word: scoff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”). Pronunciation: /skɒf/, /skɔːf/, /skɑːf/ 1. To eat food quickly. Labels: Newfoundland, UK, slang Example: The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone. 2. To eat. Labels: British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, slang
Word: scoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle. Pronunciation: /skuːt/ 1. A swift movement or trip Example: a quick scoot to the supermarket 2. A sideways shuffling or sliding motion. Example: Instinctively, he lifted the chair a fraction, and gave it a little scoot away from her. 3. A dollar. Labels: slang
Word: scoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle. Pronunciation: /skuːt/ 1. To walk or travel fast; to go quickly. Labels: intransitive 2. To run away hastily; scram. Labels: intransitive Example: You'd better scoot before my mother gets home and sees that broken window! 3. To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end. Example: The dog was scooting all over our new carpet. Example: If you ever see your dog scooting its hind end along the floor, chances are that anal sac irritation or impaction exists. 4. To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.). Labels: intransitive, often Example: Do you mind scooting a bit to the left? Example: Would you mind scooting over for me? 5. To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo. Labels: transitive Example: He scooted us out of the study and turned off the light […]
Word: scoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of scooter. Pronunciation: /skuːt/ 1. To ride on a scooter. Labels: intransitive
Word: scoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of scooter. Pronunciation: /skuːt/ 1. A scooter. Labels: slang Example: When you meet with your club, park in front of the café or bar so the world can see your scoots.
Word: scoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of shoot. Pronunciation: /skuːt/ 1. To squirt. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: scoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of shoot. Pronunciation: /skuːt/ 1. A sudden flow of water; a squirt. Labels: Scotland
Word: scout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”). The verb comes from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊ̯t/, /ˈskɐʊ̯t/, /ˈskʌʊ̯t/, /ˈskəʊ̯t/, /ˈskɜʊ̯t/ 1. To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: An hundred horeſmen of my companie Scowting abroad vpon theſe champion plaines, Haue view’d the army of the Scythians, Which make report it far exceeds the Kings. 2. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout. Labels: transitive Example: Take more men, and scout him round.
Word: scout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skúta, skúti (“taunt”), Middle English scoute (“a wretch, rascal, rogue”); thus may be related to English shout. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊ̯t/, /ˈskɐʊ̯t/, /ˈskʌʊ̯t/, /ˈskəʊ̯t/, /ˈskɜʊ̯t/ 1. To reject with contempt. Labels: transitive Example: to scout an idea or an apology Example: Flout 'em and scout 'em; and scout 'em and flout 'em: / Thought is free. 2. To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person). Labels: transitive Example: Two months ago I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like. 3. To scoff. Labels: intransitive Example: So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory.
Word: scout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scoute, skoute (also schoute, shoute, schuyt), from Middle Low German schûte or Middle Dutch schute; or possibly from Old Norse skúta (“a small craft or cutter”). Compare shout (“flat-bottomed boat”), schuit. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊ̯t/, /ˈskɐʊ̯t/, /ˈskʌʊ̯t/, /ˈskəʊ̯t/, /ˈskɜʊ̯t/ 1. A swift sailing boat. Labels: dated Example: So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.
Word: scout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) groups the verb scout, scoot (/skut/, regionally /skʌut/) "cause liquid to gush" with a noun scout "sudden gush or flow of water, as from a spout or over rock", and considers the pair to be of Scandinavian origin, perhaps related to Old Norse skjóta (“shoot”); however, scout (or scut) was formerly also found as a word for "flow of water over rocks, waterfall; ridge or overhang of rocks" in various northern and central English dialects, and there suggested to have a different Norse origin, Old Norse skúti (“cave formed by jutting rocks”); it is possible that noun and the verb are unrelated. It is also unclear whether the noun meaning "guillemot" is related (the DSL gives it as a separate word, with separate spellings scout, scowt, skout, pronounced /skut/, of uncertain origin), but it might derive from their habit of pouring forth excrement. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊ̯t/, /ˈskɐʊ̯t/, /ˈskʌʊ̯t/, /ˈskəʊ̯t/, /ˈskɜʊ̯t/ 1. To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush. Labels: Scotland
Word: scout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) groups the verb scout, scoot (/skut/, regionally /skʌut/) "cause liquid to gush" with a noun scout "sudden gush or flow of water, as from a spout or over rock", and considers the pair to be of Scandinavian origin, perhaps related to Old Norse skjóta (“shoot”); however, scout (or scut) was formerly also found as a word for "flow of water over rocks, waterfall; ridge or overhang of rocks" in various northern and central English dialects, and there suggested to have a different Norse origin, Old Norse skúti (“cave formed by jutting rocks”); it is possible that noun and the verb are unrelated. It is also unclear whether the noun meaning "guillemot" is related (the DSL gives it as a separate word, with separate spellings scout, scowt, skout, pronounced /skut/, of uncertain origin), but it might derive from their habit of pouring forth excrement. Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊ̯t/, /ˈskɐʊ̯t/, /ˈskʌʊ̯t/, /ˈskəʊ̯t/, /ˈskɜʊ̯t/ 1. The guillemot.
Word: scow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch schouw. Pronunciation: /skaʊ/ 1. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends. Example: This steamboat was exactly like a decked scow.
Word: scow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch schouw. Pronunciation: /skaʊ/ 1. To transport in a scow. Labels: transitive
Word: scowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”). Pronunciation: /skaʊl/ 1. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. Example: She made a scowl. 2. Gloom; dark or threatening aspect. Labels: broadly Example: Mr. Pynsent, who had asked Miss Amory to dance, came up on one occasion to claim her hand, but scowls of recognition having already passed between him and Mr. Arthur Pendennis in the dancing-room, Arthur suddenly rose up and claimed Miss Amory as his partner for the present dance […]
Word: scowl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”). Pronunciation: /skaʊl/ 1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. Labels: intransitive Example: She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce 2. To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. Labels: broadly, intransitive Example: The scowling heavens. 3. To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. Labels: transitive Example: to scowl a rival into submission 4. To express by a scowl. Labels: transitive Example: to scowl defiance
Word: scowl Part of Speech: noun 1. Old workings of iron ore. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: scraggy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæɡi/ 1. Rough and irregular; jagged. Example: Her tender arms the angry sharpness rue Of many a scraggy thorn and envious brier; Example: [H]e grasped the rock. It was scraggy, and though it tore and bruised him he clung to it. 2. Lean or thin, scrawny. Example: On one of these occasions, he presented for the first time to Mannering his tall, gaunt, awkward, bony figure, attired in a threadbare suit of black, with a coloured handkerchief, not over clean, about his sinewy, scraggy neck. Example: He is twenty years younger, but has something of the same spare, scraggy physique.
Word: scraper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrape + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹeɪpɚ/, /ˈskɹeɪpə/ 1. An instrument with which anything is scraped. Example: and that in trying to scrape the mud off a very unsteady little shoe, he generally got his leg over the scraper. Example: There is a scraper as well as a mat, and Mrs. Challenger is most particular. 2. An instrument with which anything is scraped. Example: A scraper is a large scoop, mounted on pneumatic-tyre wheels, in which earth is collected by a steel cutting-blade at the front, and from which the earth is dumped wherever required. It is operated by the driver of the caterpillar tractor which hauls it. 3. An instrument with which anything is scraped. 4. An instrument with which anything is scraped. 5. An instrument with which anything is scraped. 6. An instrument with which anything is scraped. 7. An instrument with which anything is scraped. Example: Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers. 8. An instrument with which anything is scraped. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 9. One who scrapes horns. 10. One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds. 11. One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously. 12. A cocked hat. Labels: archaic, colloquial 13. A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper. 14. A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta. 15. A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims. Labels: slang
Word: scrappy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scrap Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English scrappy From scrap + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæpi/ 1. Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency. Example: That was a scrappy lecture. 2. Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive. Labels: informal Example: He's a scrappy dog and will charge at you if you taunt him. Example: In those days PGS [Portsmouth Grammar School] was full of sadistic staff and scrappy boys called things like Smudger, Muzz and Titch. 3. (Of a fight) characterised by lots of ungainly or wild punches, grabs, wrestling, etc. Labels: informal 4. (Of a sports match) characterised by awkward or clumsy play. Labels: informal
Word: scratchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English scratch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English scratchy From scratch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæt͡ʃi/ 1. Characterized by scratches. Example: An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’. 2. Irritating; itchy. 3. Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions. Labels: informal Example: The FM station two hundred miles away was receivable, but the audio was too scratchy to positively identify. 4. Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks. Example: Once he almost fell asleep, and then the little record player started up in his mother and father's bedroom. Mom was playing her scratchy Elvis 45s again. 5. Irritable; tetchy. Labels: informal Example: 'Now, now, don't get scratchy,' said Casali. 'You've got enough troubles of your own. […]
Word: scribble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scriblen, from (1) scrīben + -le and/or (2) Latin scrībillō (found in conscrībillō), from cōnscrībō, from scrībō (“write”), equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪbəl/ 1. To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I suddenly remembered I needed to buy bleach, so scribbled it down on my shopping list. 2. To doodle. 3. To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.
Word: scribble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scriblen, from (1) scrīben + -le and/or (2) Latin scrībillō (found in conscrībillō), from cōnscrībō, from scrībō (“write”), equivalent to scribe + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪbəl/ 1. Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scribble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch schribbelen (“to scratch”), from Middle Dutch schrobben (“to scrub, scrape, scratch”), variant of schrapen, schrappen. Related to scrub. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪbəl/ 1. To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: scribe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scrība (“secretary”) (used in the Vulgate Bible translation to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”), which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר (“writer, scholar”)) from scrībere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”). Pronunciation: /skɹaɪb/, [skɹaɪ̯b], [skɹɑɪ̯b], [skɹəjb], [skɹɑe̯b] 1. Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. Example: [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD. 2. Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read. 3. A journalist. Labels: informal 4. A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people. Labels: archaic 5. A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
Word: scribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scryben (“to write”), from Latin scrībō (“to write”). Doublet of shrive. The carpentry sense comes from the way a workman uses a compass to mark a line before cutting. Pronunciation: /skɹaɪb/, [skɹaɪ̯b], [skɹɑɪ̯b], [skɹəjb], [skɹɑe̯b] 1. To write. 2. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Example: There—at Ioue wexed wroth, and in his ſpright / Did inly grudge, yet did it well conceale; / And bade Dan Phœbus Scribe her Appellation ſeale. Example: he scribed his name on the mould, and wrote it on the two pieces of pasteboard 3. To record, as a scribe. 4. To write or draw with a scribe. 5. To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc. 6. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Word: scrimp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim. Pronunciation: /skɹɪmp/ 1. A pinching miser; a niggard.
Word: scrimp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim. Pronunciation: /skɹɪmp/ 1. To make too small or short; to shortchange. Labels: sometimes, transitive, with-on Example: to scrimp the pattern of a coat Example: The company scrimped on the design so badly that it ended up defective. 2. To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance. Labels: transitive Example: For, as a general thing, the English merchant-ship scrimps her crew; but not so the English whaler. Example: There the Master scrimps his haggard sempstress of her daily bread, / There a single sordid attic holds the living and the dead. 3. To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent. Labels: intransitive Example: “Oh, Electra, jewel of women, darling of my heart, we are free at last, we roll in wealth, we need never scrimp again. It's a case for Veuve Cliquot!” Example: They had to scrimp each month to afford it out of pocket.
Word: scrimp Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim. Pronunciation: /skɹɪmp/ 1. Short; scanty; curtailed.
Word: Scylla Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlə/ 1. A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand. Example: I have never yet been able to steer my lovers through the Scylla of presence, or the Charybdis of absence. 2. A personification of said rock as a ravenous monster. Labels: Greek 3. A princess, daughter of King Nisos of Megara, who fell in love with King Minos and betrayed her city to him. Labels: Greek Example: Ah cease rash Youth! desist e'er 'tis too late, / Fear the just Gods, and think of Scylla′s Fate! 4. The main belt asteroid 155 Scylla.
Word: scythe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sythe, sithe, from Old English sīþe, sīgþe, sigdi (“sickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *sigiþi, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz, *sigiþō, derived from *seg- (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Immediate Germanic cognates include Middle Low German sēgede, Dutch zicht, Icelandic sigð (all “sickle”). More distantly related with Dutch zeis, German Sense (both “scythe”). Also akin to English saw, which see. The silent c crept in during the early 15th century owing to folk-etymological association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor, carver”), from Latin scindō (“to cut, rend, split”). The verb, which was first used in the intransitive sense, is from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪð/, /ˈsaɪθ/ 1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. Example: And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence. Example: Early next morning the gudewife took a scythe on her shoulder, and went out in the fields with the hay-mowers to mow. 2. A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. Labels: historical 3. The tenth Lenormand card.