nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: slain Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sleɪ̯n/, /slæɪ̯n/, /slen/, /sleːn/, /slɛjn/ 1. past participle of slay Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:slain.
Word: slain Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sleɪ̯n/, /slæɪ̯n/, /slen/, /sleːn/, /slɛjn/ 1. Those who have been killed. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: […]Morat ! the proud, the patriot field ! where man ¶ May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain, ¶ Nor blush for those who conquered on that plain ; ¶ Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host, ¶ A bony heap, through ages to remain, ¶ Themselves their monument ;— the Stygian coast ¶ Unsepulchred they roam'd, and shriek'd each wandering ghost. Example: While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain, they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help.
Word: slid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /slɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of slide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slynge (noun), slyngen (verb), probably from Old Norse slyngja, slyngva (“to hurl”), from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to worm, twist”) or compare Old English slingan (“to wind, twist”), from the same source. Compare German schlingen (“to swing, wind, twist”), Danish and Norwegian slynge), from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to turn, twist”) (compare Welsh llyngyr (“worms, maggots”), Lithuanian sliñkti (“to crawl like a snake”), Latvian slìkt (“to sink”)). Pronunciation: /ˈslɪŋ/ 1. To throw with a circular or arcing motion. Example: Everyone could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss. Example: slings a broken rock aloft in air 2. To throw with a sling. 3. To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle. 4. To hang or stow (a tool or other equipment or supplies) so that the object is ready to deploy. 5. To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.). Labels: slang Example: You may know a lot about chemistry, man, but you don't know jack about slinging dope.
Word: sling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slynge (noun), slyngen (verb), probably from Old Norse slyngja, slyngva (“to hurl”), from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to worm, twist”) or compare Old English slingan (“to wind, twist”), from the same source. Compare German schlingen (“to swing, wind, twist”), Danish and Norwegian slynge), from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to turn, twist”) (compare Welsh llyngyr (“worms, maggots”), Lithuanian sliñkti (“to crawl like a snake”), Latvian slìkt (“to sink”)). Pronunciation: /ˈslɪŋ/ 1. An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. Example: The Sling is also a weapon of great antiquity, formerly in high estimation among the ancients. 2. A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported. 3. A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load. 4. A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering. 5. A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder. 6. A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast. Labels: in-plural 7. The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke. Example: At one sling Of thy victorious arm, well-pleasing Son. Example: To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them. 8. A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying. 9. A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened. Example: gin sling Example: a Singapore sling
Word: sling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a shortening of spiderling. 1. A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
Word: slung Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslʌŋ/, /slʊŋ/, /slʊŋɡ/ 1. simple past and past participle of sling Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪt/ 1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot. Example: The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…]. 2. The vulva. Labels: vulgar Example: […]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…] 3. A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute. Labels: vulgar
Word: slit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪt/ 1. To cut a narrow opening. Example: He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out. 2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts. 3. To cut; to sever; to divide. Labels: transitive Example: And slits the thin-spun life.
Word: slit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪt/ 1. Having a cut narrow opening. Labels: not-comparable
Word: smelled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛld/ 1. simple past and past participle of smell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike. Pronunciation: /spəʊk/, /spoʊk/ 1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. Example: The wheels were at first copies of a light hand-cart wheel, the wood spokes were brought together by tapering the spoke ends and wedging them together at the nave or hub and inserting the other ends in slots in the felloe or wood rim. 2. A projecting handle of a steering wheel. 3. A rung of a ladder. 4. A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning. 5. One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
Word: spoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike. Pronunciation: /spəʊk/, /spoʊk/ 1. To furnish (a wheel) with spokes. Labels: transitive
Word: spoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English speke, spake, spoke, spak, spek, speken, spoken, from Old English spæc, specen. Pronunciation: /spəʊk/, /spoʊk/ 1. simple past of speak Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of speak Labels: archaic, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: Cleo. Hye thee againe, / I haue ſpoke already, and it is provided. Example: Thoſe who have ſpoke in its Favour have allowed, that it is defective, with regard to the preſent Circumſtances of Europe,[…]
Word: smelt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smelt, from Old English smelt, from Proto-West Germanic *smelt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaz. Pronunciation: /smɛlt/ 1. Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe. 2. A fool; a simpleton. Labels: obsolete Example: These direct Men, they are no Men of fashion, Talk what you will, this is a very Smelt
Word: smelt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From very early Middle English smelte; likely to derive from Old English, but not recorded. Pronunciation: /smɛlt/ 1. simple past and past participle of smell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: smelt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), from Old Dutch *smeltan or Old Saxon smeltan, both from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”). Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen. Pronunciation: /smɛlt/ 1. Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1982, Raymond E. Kirk and Donald F. Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Wiley, →ISBN, page 405, The green liquor, ie, [sic] the solution obtained on dissolving the smelt, contains an insoluble residue called dregs, which gives it a dark green appearance. Example: 1996, Arthur J. Wilson, The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Time and Their Impact on Civilization, When the smelt was complete the crucible could be lifted out and the metal poured directly into the moulds, thus avoiding the need to break it up and remelt […]
Word: smelt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), from Old Dutch *smeltan or Old Saxon smeltan, both from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”). Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen. Pronunciation: /smɛlt/ 1. To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
Word: spoken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically spoke + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/, /ˈspoʊ.kən/ 1. Expressed in speech. 2. Speaking in a specified way. Labels: in-compounds Example: soft-spoken Example: well-spoken 3. Of a language, produced by articulate sounds. Example: Algebra is not a spoken language like French or Spanish, it is a math language.
Word: spoken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically spoke + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/, /ˈspoʊ.kən/ 1. past participle of speak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: speed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English spōwan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”), spērō (“hope”, verb), perhaps also to Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō, “to urge on, hasten, press on”). Pronunciation: /spiːd/ 1. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How does Usain Bolt run at that speed? Example: Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day. 2. The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions. Example: Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed. 3. The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I don’t even like speed. It’s alright if ya wanna stay awake for three days an’ clean yer room, but I’m terrible on no sleep. It just makes me anxious. 8. Luck, success, prosperity. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: St. Francis be my ſpeed, how oft to night / Haue my old feet ſtumbled at graues? Example: O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. 9. Personal preference. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed. Example: I used to dream of throwing on the heritage Burberry coat and teaming it with Hunter wellies (which is admittedly a very cute look), but a few years ago I realized an oversize option is actually my speed. 10. A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price. Labels: uncountable
Word: speed Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English spōwan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”), spērō (“hope”, verb), perhaps also to Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō, “to urge on, hasten, press on”). Pronunciation: /spiːd/ 1. Called by the soundman when the recording equipment has reached running speed and is ready to go. Example: “Speed,” Carlos, the soundman, said. […] “Camera.” “Rolling,” replied Bryce, the cameraman. Example: […] the director called, “Roll 'em,” the sound man said, “Speed,” and Norling stepped in and said, […]
Word: speed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English speden, from Old English spēdan (“to speed, prosper, succeed, have success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan (“to succeed”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“to meet with success, assist, promote, accomplish, speed”), Dutch spoeden (“to hurry, rush”), Low German spoden, spöden (“to hasten, speed”), German sputen, spuden (“to speed”). Pronunciation: /spiːd/ 1. To succeed; to prosper, be lucky. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: And yf I maye fynde suche a knyghte that hath all these vertues / he may drawe oute this swerd oute of the shethe / for I haue ben at kyng Ryons / it was told me ther were passyng good knyghtes / and he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede Example: We have been praying for our husbands' healths, Which speed, we hope, the better for our words. Are they returned? 2. To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: God speed, until we meet again. Example: Fortune speed us! So we set forth to sea 3. To go fast. Labels: intransitive Example: The Ferrari was speeding along the road. Example: I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility. 4. To exceed the speed limit. Labels: intransitive Example: Why do you speed when the road is so icy? Example: It had these very funny, crazy plays in it, and then it had this one story about a traffic cop that falls in love with this very cute girl that’s always speeding. 5. To increase the rate at which something occurs. Labels: transitive Example: It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along. Example: Such interventions can help to speed the process of reducing CBRs and help countries pass through the demographic transition threshold more quickly[…]. 6. To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Jackie is just speeding away / Thought she was James Dean for a day Example: If Hector had not been speeding, it was possible that his next thought would have hurt: he loves his uncle unconditionally, in a way he will never love me. 7. To be expedient. Labels: obsolete 8. To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin. Labels: archaic Example: infected with the fashions, full of wingdalls, sped with spavins, rayed with yellows Example: A dire dilemma! either vvay I'm ſped, / If Foes, they vvrite, if Friends, they read me dead. 9. To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey. Labels: archaic Example: Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. 10. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. Example: He sped him thence, home to his habitation. 11. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite. Example: Judicial acts[…]are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.
Word: sped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /spɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of speed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sped Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From SPED. Pronunciation: /spɛd/ 1. A special education student. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: speeded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of speed Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: speeded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdəd/ 1. Measured in terms of speed. Labels: not-comparable Example: a speeded lexical decision task
Word: spend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend. Cognate with Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”). Pronunciation: /spɛnd/, /spɪnd/, /spend/ 1. To pay out (money). Labels: ambitransitive Example: I've already spent hundreds of dollars buying dog chow. Example: He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper. 2. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon. Example: I […] am never loath / To spend my judgment. 3. To squander. Labels: dated Example: to spend an estate in gambling 4. To exhaust, to wear out. Example: The violence of the waves was spent. Example: their bodies spent with long labour and thirst 5. To consume, to use up (time). Example: My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs. Example: We spent the winter in the south of France. 6. To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually. Labels: ambitransitive, dated Example: The fish spends his semen on eggs which he finds floating and whose mother he has never seen. 7. To waste or wear away; to be consumed. Labels: intransitive Example: Energy spends in the using of it. Example: The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air. 8. To be diffused; to spread. Example: The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes. 9. To break ground; to continue working.
Word: spend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend. Cognate with Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”). Pronunciation: /spɛnd/, /spɪnd/, /spend/ 1. Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month. 2. Expenditures; money or pocket money. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Total January spends by year Example: The spends have been made by our strategic partners […] 3. Discharged semen. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Vaginal discharge. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spent Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spɛnt/ 1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted. Labels: not-comparable Example: a spent cartridge 2. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed. Labels: UK, not-comparable 4. Of a conviction: no longer appearing on a person's criminal record. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: spent Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɛnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of spend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of spinnaker. Pronunciation: /spɪn/ 1. Clipping of spinnaker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: “Frank!” Joe yelled. “Run the spin halyard to the cabin-top winch and pass me the free end!”
Word: spin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of special interest. Pronunciation: /spɪn/ 1. A special interest of an autistic person. Labels: slang Example: berdly if your friends were homestuck characters who would they be. //sorry autism wants me dead, berdlys my fav character and hs is my spin. you will never heard the end of it from me
Word: spun Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spʌn/, /spʊn/ 1. simple past and past participle of spin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which meat is cooked; rod used as a torture instrument; short spear; point of a spear; spine in the fin of a fish; pointed object; dagger symbol; land projecting into the sea”), from Old English spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod; skewer; spike”), *spituz (“rod on which meat is cooked; stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *speyd-, *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”). The English word is cognate with Dutch spit, Low German Spitt (“pike, spear; spike; skewer; spit”), Danish spid, Swedish spett (“skewer; spit; type of crowbar”). The verb is derived from the noun, or from Middle English spiten (“to put on a spit; to impale”), from spit, spite: see above. The English verb is cognate with Middle Dutch speten, spitten (modern Dutch speten), Middle Low German speten (Low German spitten, modern German spießen (“to skewer, to spear”), spissen (now dialectal)) and Danish spidde. Pronunciation: /spɪt/ 1. A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire. Example: They roaſt a fowl, by running a piece of wood through it, by way of ſpit, and holding it over a briſk fire, until the feathers are burnt of, when it is ready for eating, in their taſte. Example: An Engliſh family in the country, [...] would receive you with an unquiet hoſpitality, and an anxious politeneſs; and after waiting for a hurry-ſcurry derangement of cloth, table, plates, ſideboard, pot and ſpit, would give you perhaps ſo good a dinner, that none of the family, between anxiety and fatigue, could ſupply one word of converſation, and you would depart under cordial wiſhes that you might never return.—This folly, ſo common in England, is never met with in France: [...] 2. A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar. Example: Sand-spits are unfinished beaches, and long tongues or points of land, formed of sand and shingle, by the transporting action of currents and the waves. In Coldspring harbor, a sand-spit extends from the west shore, obliquely, nearly across. [...] The materials are transported by the currents and waves, and deposited to form this spit. Example: Or perhaps he may see a group of washerwomen relieved, on a spit of shingle, against the blue sea, [...]
Word: spit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which meat is cooked; rod used as a torture instrument; short spear; point of a spear; spine in the fin of a fish; pointed object; dagger symbol; land projecting into the sea”), from Old English spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod; skewer; spike”), *spituz (“rod on which meat is cooked; stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *speyd-, *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”). The English word is cognate with Dutch spit, Low German Spitt (“pike, spear; spike; skewer; spit”), Danish spid, Swedish spett (“skewer; spit; type of crowbar”). The verb is derived from the noun, or from Middle English spiten (“to put on a spit; to impale”), from spit, spite: see above. The English verb is cognate with Middle Dutch speten, spitten (modern Dutch speten), Middle Low German speten (Low German spitten, modern German spießen (“to skewer, to spear”), spissen (now dialectal)) and Danish spidde. Pronunciation: /spɪt/ 1. To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object. Labels: transitive Example: to spit a loin of veal Example: [W]hy in a moment looke to ſee / The blind and bloody Souldier, with foule hand / Deſire the Locks of your ſhrill-ſhriking Daughters: / Your Fathers taken by the ſiluer Bears, / And their moſt reuerend Heads daſht to the Walls: / Your naked Infants ſpitted vpon Pykes, / Whiles the mad Mothers, with their howles confus'd, / Doe breake the Clouds, [...] / What ſay you? Will you yeeld, and thus auoyd? / Or guiltie in defence, be thus destroy'd. 2. To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit. Labels: transitive Example: She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen. Example: Moll. Ha's my Mother ſeene him yet. / Frail[ty]. O no, ſhee's—ſpitting in the Kitchin.
Word: spit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is from Middle English spē̆ten, spete (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spǣtan (“to spit; to squirt”); or from Middle English spit, spitte, spitten (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spittan, spyttan (“to spit”), both from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(y)ēw, *spyū, ultimately imitative; compare Middle English spitelen (“to spit out, expectorate”) and English spew. The English word is cognate with Danish spytte (“to spit”), North Frisian spütte, Norwegian spytte (“to spit”), Swedish spotta (“to spit”), Old Norse spýta (Faroese spýta (“to spit”), Icelandic spýta (“to spit”)). The noun is derived from the verb; compare Danish spyt (“spit”), Middle English spit, spytte (“saliva, spittle, sputum”), spet (“saliva, spittle”), spē̆tel (“saliva, spittle”), North Frisian spiit. Pronunciation: /spɪt/ 1. To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And they ſpit upon him [Jesus Christ], and tooke the reed, and ſmote him on the head. Example: Aquil[ina]. […] pray vvhat Beast vvill your VVorship pleaſe to be next? / Anto[nio]. Novv I'l be a Senator agen, and thy Lover little Nicky Nacky! [He ſits by her.] Ah toad, toad, toad, toad! ſpit in my Face a little, Nacky—ſpit in my Face prithee, ſpit in my Face, never ſo little: […] 2. To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth. Labels: ambitransitive Example: a hot pan spitting droplets of fat Example: The wag zigzagged across the field, bumping over ruts in the soil and tangled grass as a stream of bullets followed them from the high-mounted railguns, spitting sparks from the metal sides of the wag. 3. To rain or snow slightly. Labels: impersonal Example: "There! now, Strickland, I know all about what you intend to say, and therefore need not be told; but see, it spits with rain, 'tis late, Graham's turned in, let's below; […] Example: It had been "spitting" with rain for the last half-hour, and now it began to pour in good earnest. 4. To utter (something) violently. Labels: ambitransitive Example: "Why, you little emasculated Don Juan— You—" he spat an unmentionable name— "d'you think I'd fight one of your tin-soldier farces with you? Clear out!" Example: "Gentleman? You?" he spat. 5. To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat. Labels: intransitive 6. To rap, to utter. Labels: slang, transitive Example: A group of black guys were spitting rhymes in the corner, slapping hands and egging one another on. Example: Didn't matter if I was out there spittin' on the mic or breaking ankles on the court, the best feeling in the world was performing in front of thousands of fans who couldn't stop screaming my name. 7. (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth. Labels: humorous, intransitive, slang Example: He's spitting for sure.
Word: spit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from Middle English spē̆ten, spete (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spǣtan (“to spit; to squirt”); or from Middle English spit, spitte, spitten (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spittan, spyttan (“to spit”), both from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(y)ēw, *spyū, ultimately imitative; compare Middle English spitelen (“to spit out, expectorate”) and English spew. The English word is cognate with Danish spytte (“to spit”), North Frisian spütte, Norwegian spytte (“to spit”), Swedish spotta (“to spit”), Old Norse spýta (Faroese spýta (“to spit”), Icelandic spýta (“to spit”)). The noun is derived from the verb; compare Danish spyt (“spit”), Middle English spit, spytte (“saliva, spittle, sputum”), spet (“saliva, spittle”), spē̆tel (“saliva, spittle”), North Frisian spiit. Pronunciation: /spɪt/ 1. Saliva, especially when expectorated. Labels: uncountable Example: There was spit all over the washbasin. Example: Sometimes your body doesn't make as much spit as it needs. When you sleep, your salivary glands take a bit of a snooze too. You're still making spit, but not as much. This is why your mouth feels dry when you wake up. 2. An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow. Labels: countable Example: It was early winter in the southern continent, a season of rain and winds and mud, and indeed coals in a nearby brazier hissed with a few spits of rain. 3. Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] according to some of the elders of the village, young Philip was the “very spit” of his father, as they once remembered him […] Example: Lots of people claimed she was the image of her father (about the same number who saw her as the dead spit of her mother), which was a little disconcerting. 4. Synonym of slam (“card game”). Labels: uncountable
Word: spit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch speet, spit, Middle Low German spêdt, spit (Low German spit); the word is cognate with Dutch spit, North Frisian spatt, spet, West Frisian spit. The verb is from Middle English spitten (“to dig”), from Old English spittan (“to dig with a spade”), possibly from spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”); see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch spetten, spitten (modern Dutch spitten), Middle Low German speten, spitten (Low German spitten), North Frisian spat, West Frisian spitte. Pronunciation: /spɪt/ 1. The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade. Example: They [the potatoes] ſtood till October, when they were taken up, and a large pye made of them; which is laying them up in a heap, and covering them with ſtraw and a ſpit of earth. Example: The firſt plantation, containing four thouſand ſix hundred oaks, was formed on part of the ancient Home Park, ſurrounding this Caſtle: the ſoil was dug one full ſpit, and the turf inverted; [...] 2. The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful. Example: Dig your clay with a ſpade in ſpits of ordinary bricks; dig two, three, eight, ten or twenty loads of clay, more or leſs as you pleaſe; [...] then take theſe ſpits of clay, after they are tried in the ſun, ſurround your pile of wood with them, [...]
Word: spit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch speet, spit, Middle Low German spêdt, spit (Low German spit); the word is cognate with Dutch spit, North Frisian spatt, spet, West Frisian spit. The verb is from Middle English spitten (“to dig”), from Old English spittan (“to dig with a spade”), possibly from spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”); see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch spetten, spitten (modern Dutch spitten), Middle Low German speten, spitten (Low German spitten), North Frisian spat, West Frisian spitte. Pronunciation: /spɪt/ 1. To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough. Labels: dialectal, transitive Example: [T]he double plough, by taking faſt hold of the mould, throws all back again; and if the vegetables are not effectually earthed up, which may be the caſe after double ſpitting the intervals, then running the double plough over again, completes the buſineſs, and ſtrangely toſſes about and mellows the mould. 2. To plant (something) using a spade. Labels: dialectal, transitive Example: When the [peach] seed is procured it is either "spitted in" with a spade or planted in rows in the nursery. 3. To dig, to spade. Labels: dialectal, intransitive Example: We left the ground, of field of loam, by ſuppoſition under two ſorts of managements; the one part very rough, and the other made as fine as circumſtances would allow; the former ploughed the uſual depth, the other double ſpitted; [...] Example: Then the ground is "spitted" or spaded in about six or eight inches deep, as a garden is for a crop of vegetables.
Word: spat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English spittan, spætan. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. simple past and past participle of spit Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window. Example: If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.
Word: spat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps related to spit. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As spat-fall often occurs in areas away from environments suitable for oyster growing, the collection, transport and sale of oyster spat has developed into a separate industry. Example: But Orata’s oysters were, like the dormice and fish, collected in the wild, as spat. 2. A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Conditions in pearl oyster hatcheries are optimized for growth and survival of spat. Example: If the spat are allowed to remain attached to the tank bottom for more than two days, they are difficult to remove without damage to the shell.
Word: spat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps related to spit. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. To spawn, used of shellfish as above. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: spat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe. Labels: in-plural, often 2. A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car. Labels: Australia, UK 3. A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
Word: spat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1804. American English, probably imitative. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. A brief argument, falling out, quarrel. Example: get into a trivial spat over punctuality Example: have a vicious spat with the cousins
Word: spat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1804. American English, probably imitative. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. To quarrel or argue pettily briefly. Labels: intransitive
Word: spat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from 1823. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. A light blow with something flat.
Word: spat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from 1823. Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. To strike with a spattering sound. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney. Example: "She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker. 2. To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands. Labels: US, dialectal Example: Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.
Word: spat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spatium (“space”). Pronunciation: /spæt/ 1. An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
Word: split Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”). Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Middle Irish slis (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech půl (“half”), Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”). Pronunciation: /splɪt/ 1. To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line. Labels: ergative, transitive Example: He has split his lip. Example: a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water 2. Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line. Labels: intransitive 3. To share; to divide. Labels: transitive Example: We split the money among three people. Example: Presently the 57-strong Class 378 fleet is split between the East London line and North London line, with 29 units allocated on the east side. 4. To leave. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party. Example: Carlo and Carmen Vidal / just had a child / A lovely girl with a crooked smile / Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit / For a kid to grow up in 5. To separate. Labels: intransitive Example: Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce. 6. To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election. 7. To factor into linear factors. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: In the first case X²-2, the minimum polynomial of #92;sqrt 2, splits completely over #92;Q(#92;sqrt 2); in the second case we see that X³-2, the minimum polynomial of 3#92;sqrt 2, does not split completely over #92;Q(3#92;sqrt 2). 8. To factor into linear factors. Labels: intransitive, transitive 9. To factor into linear factors. Labels: intransitive, transitive 10. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. Example: The ship splits on the rock. 11. To burst out laughing. Labels: intransitive 12. To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. Labels: dated, intransitive, slang Example: "[…]I split, and tell all […]" 13. For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another. Labels: especially Example: Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap. 14. To vote for candidates of opposite parties. Labels: intransitive
Word: split Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”). Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Middle Irish slis (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech půl (“half”), Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”). Pronunciation: /splɪt/ 1. Divided. Labels: not-comparable Example: Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan. Example: With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. 2. Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others. Labels: not-comparable 3. Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso. Labels: not-comparable 4. Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price. Labels: not-comparable, usually 5. Given in sixteenths rather than eighths. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: 10+³⁄₁₆ is a split quotation. 6. Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary. Labels: London, not-comparable
Word: split Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”). Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Middle Irish slis (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech půl (“half”), Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”). Pronunciation: /splɪt/ 1. A crack or longitudinal fissure. 2. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. 3. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. Example: The kernels split in shelling, known as splits, form a fifth grade of shelled Virginia peanuts. 4. One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses. 5. A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position. 6. A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle. 7. A split-finger fastball. Labels: slang Example: He’s got a nasty split. 8. A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down. 9. A split shot or split stroke. 10. A dessert or confection resembling a banana split. 11. A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to ¹⁄₂₀ (US) gallon, which is ¹⁄₂ of a fifth. 12. A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi. 13. The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race or speedrun. Example: In the 3000 m race, his 800 m split was 1:45.32 14. A tear resulting from tensile stresses. 15. A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn. 16. A recording containing songs by multiple artists; a split single or split album. 17. The division of a single taxon into two or more taxa; as opposed to a lump. Example: [I]t would be a rare split in that it would be unlikely to result in an armchair tick for any birders, living or dead.