nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪm/, [ˈɹʷɪm], /ɹəm/, [ˈɹʷəm], /ɾɪm/ 1. To form a rim on. Labels: transitive 2. To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit. Labels: transitive Example: Palm trees rim the beach. Example: A walking path rims the island. 3. To roll around a rim. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Near-synonym: lip out Example: The golf ball rimmed the cup. 4. To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
Word: rim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a variation of ream. Pronunciation: /ɹɪm/, [ˈɹʷɪm], /ɹəm/, [ˈɹʷəm], /ɾɪm/ 1. To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I had learned to lick their sweaty balls and would know what they wanted if they pulled their pants down and pushed my face in their ass for a rimming out. Example: When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.
Word: rim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō. Pronunciation: /ɹɪm/, [ˈɹʷɪm], /ɹəm/, [ˈɹʷəm], /ɾɪm/ 1. A membrane. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.
Word: rim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ɹɪm/, [ˈɹʷɪm], /ɹəm/, [ˈɹʷəm], /ɾɪm/ 1. A step of a ladder; a rung. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: Rom Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊm/, /ɹoʊm/ 1. The Romani language. Labels: rare
Word: Rom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊm/, /ɹoʊm/ 1. A member of the Romani people. 2. A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.
Word: Rom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊm/, /ɹoʊm/ 1. Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: Rom Part of Speech: name Etymology: Back-formation from Romford. Pronunciation: /ɹɒm/ 1. A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames.
Word: rood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”). Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod. Pronunciation: /ɹuːd/ 1. A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. Labels: archaic Example: The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images. Example: Have you forgot me? No, by the rood, not so. 2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre. Example: Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; (so a fool finds mirth, / Makes a thing and then mars it, till his mood / Changes and off he goes!) within a rood— / Bog, clay and rubble, sand and stark black dearth. Example: […] a bumptious fool whose god was property, not property in vast estates such as a true man might worship, but in paltry roods. 3. An area of sixty-four square yards. Labels: historical 4. A measure of five and a half yards in length. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Thus Satan […] his other parts besides / Prone on the flood, extended long and large, / Lay floating many a rood […] 5. The human face. Labels: archaic Example: Nou goth sonne under wode,— Me reweth, Marie, thi faire Rode. Nou goth sonne under tre,—
Word: sap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sap, from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“sap, juice”) (compare Dutch sap, German Saft, Icelandic safi), from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”) (compare Welsh syb-wydd (“fir”), Latin sapa (“must, new wine”), Russian со́пли (sópli, “snivel”), Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌-𐬱𐬁𐬞𐬀 (vi-šāpa, “having poisonous juices”), Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”)). More at sage. sap (“naive person”) is a clipping of sapskull (literally “person with sap in their skull”). Pronunciation: /sæp/ 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. Labels: uncountable 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. Labels: uncountable 3. Any juice. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Vitality. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: In the preceding centuries the Ashkenazic Synagogue song had been Germanized to a degree that jeopardized not only its distinctive Jewishness but its very existence. In Eastern Europe, on the other hand, the ever-renewed Oriental sap penetrated also into the song. 5. A naive person; a simpleton. Labels: countable, slang Example: Look at the sap mowing our lawn while we pretend our own lawnmower is broken. Example: "Or trying to reproduce it." "The Mafia wouldn't do that." "Don't be a sap," Hiro says. "Of course they would." Y.T. seems miffed at Hiro.
Word: sap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sap, from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“sap, juice”) (compare Dutch sap, German Saft, Icelandic safi), from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”) (compare Welsh syb-wydd (“fir”), Latin sapa (“must, new wine”), Russian со́пли (sópli, “snivel”), Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌-𐬱𐬁𐬞𐬀 (vi-šāpa, “having poisonous juices”), Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”)). More at sage. sap (“naive person”) is a clipping of sapskull (literally “person with sap in their skull”). Pronunciation: /sæp/ 1. To exhaust the vitality of. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Somewhat he knoweth of art magical, yet useth not that art; for it sappeth the life and strength, nor is it held worthy that a Demon should put trust in that art, but rather in his own might and main. Example: While Tuchel will be delighted with the way his players responded, there will be concern at how much the energy-sapping 120 minutes has taken out of them. 2. To drain, suck or absorb sap from (a tree, etc.). Labels: transitive
Word: sap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin sappa (“sort of mattock”). The sense evolution of from “subvert by digging” to “weaken” was influenced by the sense above “drain wood of sap” as trench warfare receded from public conscience. Pronunciation: /sæp/ 1. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken. Labels: transitive Example: Ring out the grief that saps the mind[…] 2. To gradually drain (someone's energy or vitality). Labels: transitive Example: to sap one’s conscience Example: He saps my energy. 3. To pierce with saps. Labels: transitive 4. To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. Labels: transitive Example: Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods, / Their houses fell upon their household gods. 5. To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: sap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin sappa (“sort of mattock”). The sense evolution of from “subvert by digging” to “weaken” was influenced by the sense above “drain wood of sap” as trench warfare receded from public conscience. Pronunciation: /sæp/ 1. A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
Word: sap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from sapling. Pronunciation: /sæp/ 1. A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack. Labels: US, countable, slang Example: I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops and Eddie Mars' gang. I dodge bullets and eat saps.
Word: sap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from sapling. Pronunciation: /sæp/ 1. To strike with a sap (with a blackjack). Labels: slang, transitive Example: [A]s he passes the mouth of a narrow alley two men step out quickly. One of them saps Marlowe expertly — they drag him out of sight. Example: And when he had me up there he would sap me again and I wouldn't remember anything that happened in between the two sappings.
Word: plate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English platen, from Old English platian and Old French plater, both ultimately from Latin plata (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯t/, [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t], /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ 1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal. Example: This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold. 2. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving. Example: After preparation, the chef will plate the dish. Example: I took her for sushi, she wanted to fuck / So we took it to go, told 'em don't even plate it 3. To score a run. Example: The single plated the runner from second base. 4. To arm or defend with metal plates. Labels: transitive 5. To beat into thin plates. Labels: transitive 6. To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of. Example: Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline. 7. to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet. 8. To identify the printing plate used.
Word: plate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, partly from Anglo-Norman plate (“plate, bullion”) and partly from Latin plata (“silver”), from Vulgar Latin *platta (“metal plate”), from feminine of Latin *plattus (“flat”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯t/, [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t], /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ 1. Precious metal, especially silver. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: At every meal—and I have heard the meals at Petleighcote were neither abundant nor succulent—enough plate stood upon the table to pay for the feeding of the poor of the whole county for a month Example: At the northern extremity of this chill province the gold plate of the Groans, pranked across the shining black of the long table, smoulders as though it contains fire[…]
Word: plate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish plata (“silver”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯t/, [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t], /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ 1. Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes. Labels: obsolete Example: […] realms and islands were As plates dropp’d from his pocket. 2. A roundel of silver or argent.
Word: goddess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdɛs/, /-ɪs/, /ˈɡɑdəs/, /-ɛs/ 1. A female deity. Example: […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location. 2. An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence. Labels: figuratively Example: The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleader goddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month. 3. A woman of substantial authority or influence. Labels: figuratively
Word: et Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English et, from Old English ǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ēt. Doublet of ate. Pronunciation: /ɛt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of ate, the simple past and past participle of eat. Labels: alt-of, dialectal, informal, pronunciation-spelling Example: So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast. Example: 'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'
Word: castle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱstrom Proto-Italic *kastrom Latin castrum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin castellumbor. Proto-West Germanic *kastell Old English castel Middle English castel English castle From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château. Parallel borrowings (from Late Latin or Old French) are Scots castel, castell (“castle”), West Frisian kastiel (“castle”), Dutch kasteel (“castle”), German Kastell (“castle”), Danish kastel (“citadel”), Swedish kastell (“citadel”), Icelandic kastali (“castle”), Welsh castell. The late Old English word was borrowed from biblical Latin castellum which has been translated as town or village. With the sense of castle, from Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel (“castle”), itself from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”) (compare modern French château from Old French chastel). If Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”) is from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“hut, shed”), Latin casa (“cottage, hut”) is related. Possibly related also to Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 (hēþjō, “chamber”), Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”). See also casino, cassock. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːsəl/, /kɑːsl̩/, /ˈkæsəl/, /kæsl̩/ 1. A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles. 2. An instance of castling. 3. A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower. Labels: informal 4. A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king. 5. A close helmet. Labels: obsolete Example: The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel, a small or light helmet. 6. Any strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion. Labels: dated 7. A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back. Labels: dated 8. The wicket. Labels: colloquial Example: Nay, he was quite an adept, and was very effective as a change bowler, for in no time he demolished the castle of any batsman.
Word: pawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English paun, pawyn, pawnd, from Old French pan, pant (“pledge for a payment”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *pand (“deposit, security, pledge”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pound (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), West Frisian pân (“pawn”), Dutch pand (“pledge, pawn”), German Low German Pand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), German Pfand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), Swedish pant (“pledge, pawn”), Faroese pantur (“security, lien”), Icelandic pantur (“pledge, security, pawn”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːn/, /ˈpoːn/, /ˈpɔn/, [ˈpoə̯n] ~ [ˈpʊə̯n], [ˈpɑn] ~ [ˈpɒn] 1. The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. Labels: uncountable Example: All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage. 2. An instance of pawning something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. Example: As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […] 3. An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thy enemies. Example: Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet […] I will tolerate some kind of usery. 4. A pawnshop; pawnbroker. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: pawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English paun, pawyn, pawnd, from Old French pan, pant (“pledge for a payment”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *pand (“deposit, security, pledge”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pound (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), West Frisian pân (“pawn”), Dutch pand (“pledge, pawn”), German Low German Pand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), German Pfand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), Swedish pant (“pledge, pawn”), Faroese pantur (“security, lien”), Icelandic pantur (“pledge, security, pawn”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːn/, /ˈpoːn/, /ˈpɔn/, [ˈpoə̯n] ~ [ˈpʊə̯n], [ˈpɑn] ~ [ˈpɒn] 1. To pledge; to stake or wager. Labels: transitive 2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop. Labels: transitive Example: A certain, and probably an appreciable, proportion of his so-called money at call and short notice would consist of fortnightly advances made to members of the Stock Exchange against pawned stocks and shares. Example: But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.
Word: pawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived from Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːn/, /ˈpoːn/, /ˈpɔn/, [ˈpoə̯n] ~ [ˈpʊə̯n], [ˈpɑn] ~ [ˈpɒn] 1. The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant. Example: The pawn may move forward to the square immediately in front of it on the same file, provided that this square is unoccupied […] Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks. 2. A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: chess piece Example: Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.
Word: pawn Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːn/, /ˈpoːn/, /ˈpɔn/, [ˈpoə̯n] ~ [ˈpʊə̯n], [ˈpɑn] ~ [ˈpɒn] 1. Alternative form of paan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: A tray filled with pawns, prepared with the usual ingredients, as lime cuttie (a bitter gum), betel-nut, tobacco, spices, &c. Example: To our English taste, pawn is very offensive; but the natives of India relish it, and regard it as a necessity. It is much eaten by Mohammedans of both sexes, and by the natives of Bengal.
Word: pawn Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːn/, /ˈpoːn/, /ˈpɔn/, [ˈpoə̯n] ~ [ˈpʊə̯n], [ˈpɑn] ~ [ˈpɒn] 1. A gallery.
Word: pawn Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːn/, /ˈpoːn/, /ˈpɔn/, [ˈpoə̯n] ~ [ˈpʊə̯n], [ˈpɑn] ~ [ˈpɒn] 1. Alternative spelling of pwn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dialogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/, /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/, /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/, /ˈdɑeəlɔɡ/, [ˈdɑe̯əlɔ̟ɡ] 1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship. Example: Start up a dialogue 2. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster. Example: In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films." 3. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers. 4. The relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Additionally, juxtaposition introduces the potential for a multivocal approach to academic writing, with juxtaposed texts in dialogue with one another, thus enabling linguistic and modal variety (Lillis, 2011). 5. Nonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”). Labels: alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.
Word: dialogue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/, /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/, /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/, /ˈdɑeəlɔɡ/, [ˈdɑe̯əlɔ̟ɡ] 1. To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding. Labels: informal Example: Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements. 2. To put into dialogue form. Labels: transitive 3. To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. Labels: obsolete Example: Dost [thou] dialogue with thy shadow?
Word: logic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English logike, from Old French and Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογῐκός (logĭkós). Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/, /ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/, /ˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪk/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ək/, [ˈlɔ̟d͡ʒ.ək] 1. Logical.
Word: logic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English logik, from Old French logike, from Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ, “logic”), from feminine of λογικός (logikós, “of or pertaining to speech or reason or reasoning, rational, reasonable”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, reason”). Displaced native Old English flitcræft (literally “art of arguing”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/, /ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/, /ˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪk/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ək/, [ˈlɔ̟d͡ʒ.ək] 1. A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. Labels: uncountable Example: apply logic Example: understand logic 2. The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An old tradition has it that there are two branches of logic: deductive logic and inductive logic. More recently, the differences between these disciplines have become so marked that most people nowadays use "logic" to mean deductive logic, reserving terms like "confirmation theory" for at least some of what used to be called inductive logic. I shall follow the more recent practice, and shall construe "philosophy of logic" as "philosophy of deductive logic". 3. The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. Labels: uncountable 4. A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics. Labels: countable 5. Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person. Labels: countable Example: It's hard to work out his system of logic. Example: This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially. 6. The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit. Labels: uncountable Example: Fred is designing the logic for the new controller. 7. A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice. Labels: countable Example: "We identify four logics of empowerment (political, economic, social, and security) and apply these to understanding empowerment’s historical and contemporary meanings-in-use."
Word: logic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English logik, from Old French logike, from Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ, “logic”), from feminine of λογικός (logikós, “of or pertaining to speech or reason or reasoning, rational, reasonable”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, reason”). Displaced native Old English flitcræft (literally “art of arguing”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/, /ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/, /ˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪk/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ək/, [ˈlɔ̟d͡ʒ.ək] 1. To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic. Labels: derogatory, intransitive Example: Nay, is not the author himself "logicking" against logic, from the beginning of his book to the end ? 2. To apply logical reasoning to. Labels: transitive Example: He logicked that one out. He snuck into Haiti and scored herbs to rev him and calm him. 3. To overcome by logical argument. Labels: transitive Example: If things had gone as usual this night, if Kit had not logicked her into agreement, then she probably would have opened the door tonight.
Word: checkmate Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/ 1. Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game. 2. Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape. Labels: broadly
Word: checkmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/ 1. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7. 2. Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: checkmate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/ 1. To put the king of an opponent into checkmate. Labels: transitive Example: My opponent checkmated me in four moves! Example: The game is won by the player who has checkmated his/her opponent’s king. 2. To place in a losing situation that has no escape. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Where is it? What does SCP-3125 look like? Its motivation, its origins, its modus operandi— how much of that can be known? Does it have to be known, to solve the problem? Does it matter how intelligent the intelligence is, once it's inside the box, once it's checkmated?
Word: capture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.(t)ʃəː/, [ˈkʰæp.(t)ʃəː], /ˈkɛp.(t)ʃɘː/, [ˈkʰɛp.(t)ʃɘː], /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ 1. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: even with regard to captures made at sea 2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the capture of a lover’s heart 3. Something that has been captured; a captive. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The recording or storage of something for later playback. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: video capture 5. A particular match found for a pattern in a text string. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After the match […], the text matched within the named capture is available via the Match object's Groups(name) property.
Word: capture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.(t)ʃəː/, [ˈkʰæp.(t)ʃəː], /ˈkɛp.(t)ʃɘː/, [ˈkʰɛp.(t)ʃɘː], /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ 1. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. Labels: transitive Example: to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal Example: Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians. 2. To take hold of. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The paintings in the gallery really captured my imagination. 3. To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation. Labels: transitive Example: She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape. Example: She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs. 4. To reproduce convincingly. Labels: transitive Example: His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work. Example: In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice. 5. To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers). Labels: transitive Example: My pawn was captured. Example: He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.
Word: expletive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/, /ˈɛksplətɪv/ 1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant. Example: No one entered more fully than Shakespeare into the character of this species of poetry, which admits of no expletive imagery, no merely ornamental line. Example: deprecating being taken for ſerious, or to be underſtood that he meaneth any thing by them; but only that he uſeth them as expletive phraſes ... to plump his ſpeech, and fill up ſentences. 2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
Word: expletive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/, /ˈɛksplətɪv/ 1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath. Example: If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss. 2. A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position. 3. A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it"). 4. An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
Word: dark Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”). Pronunciation: /dɑːk/, /dɑɹk/ 1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. Example: The room was too dark for reading. Example: It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […] 2. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. Example: Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs. 3. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. Example: He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. 4. Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension 5. Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light. Example: My sister’s hair is darker than mine. Example: Her skin grew dark with a suntan. 6. Ambiguously or unclearly expressed. Example: What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? Example: What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. 7. Marked by or conducted with secrecy. Example: The dark side of the moon. Example: dark money 8. Marked by or conducted with secrecy. Example: The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which the careless [Duke of] St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph. 9. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign. Example: a dark villain Example: a dark deed 10. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak. Example: The Great Depression was a dark time. Example: The film was a dark psychological thriller. 11. Lacking progress in science or the arts. Example: The dark ages began after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Example: The Greek Dark Ages began after the Bronze Age collapse. 12. Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event. Example: September 11, 2001, the day when four terrorist attacks destroyed the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, is often referred to as America’s dark day. 13. With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either. Example: The ending of this book is rather dark. Example: This show is full of dark humor. 14. Off the air; not transmitting.
Word: dark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English derk, derke, dirke, dyrke, from the adjective (see above), or possibly from an unrecorded Old English *dierce, *diercu (“dark, darkness”). Pronunciation: /dɑːk/, /dɑɹk/ 1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Dark surrounds us completely. Example: Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. 2. Ignorance. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We kept him in the dark. Example: The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed. 3. Nightfall. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It was after dark before we got to playing baseball. 4. A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights.
Word: dark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-o-s Proto-Germanic *derkaz? Proto-West Germanic *derk Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *derkōn Old English deorcian Middle English derken English dark Inherited from Middle English derken, from Old English deorcian, from Proto-West Germanic *derkōn, from *derk (“dirty, dark”) + *-ōn. Pronunciation: /dɑːk/, /dɑɹk/ 1. To grow or become dark, darken. Labels: intransitive 2. To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed. Labels: intransitive Example: To dark is still used in Swaledale (Yorkshire) in the sense of to lie hid, as, 'Te rattens [rats] mun ha bin darkin whel nu [till now]; we hannot heerd tem tis last fortnith'. 3. To make dark, darken; to obscure. Labels: transitive
Word: dead Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död. Pronunciation: /dɛd/, /diːd/ 1. Exactly. Labels: colloquial, informal, not-comparable Example: dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left Example: He hit the target dead in the centre. 2. Very, absolutely, extremely. Labels: colloquial, informal, not-comparable Example: dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy Example: I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars. 3. Suddenly and completely. Labels: not-comparable Example: He stopped dead. Example: She cut me dead again at the last party. 4. As if dead. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still Example: I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy.
Word: dead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död. Pronunciation: /dɛd/, /diːd/ 1. Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense. Labels: often, uncountable, with-definite-article Example: Near-synonym: nadir Example: the dead of night
Word: dead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död. Pronunciation: /dɛd/, /diːd/ 1. Those who have died: dead people. Labels: plural, plural-only, with-definite-article Example: the quick and the dead Example: Will the dead rise again?
Word: dead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död. Pronunciation: /dɛd/, /diːd/ 1. (usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings. Labels: UK 2. Clipping of deadlift. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
Word: dead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död. Pronunciation: /dɛd/, /diːd/ 1. To prevent by disabling; to stop. Labels: transitive Example: 1826, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich, collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. 227. London: B. Holdsworth. “What a man should do, when finds his natural impotency dead him in spiritual works” 2. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour. Labels: transitive Example: Heaven's stern decree, / With many an ill, hath numb'd and deaded me. 3. To kill. Labels: UK, US, slang, transitive Example: I shoulda deaded it from genesis instead of hittin' the Guinnesses Example: This dude at the club was trying to kill us so I deaded him, and then I had to collect from Spice. 4. To discontinue or put an end to (something). Labels: broadly, slang, transitive Example: "I thought I told you to shut up," said Jesus. "I don't be laying up with chickenheads, so you need to dead that shit before you piss me the fuck off." Example: "This might be kinda beside the point right now," I said carefully, settling into the chair across from him, "but it's probably time to dead all that open-door no-gun shit, huh?"
Word: death Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deth, deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθ/, [ˈdɛθ], /ˈdiːθ/, /ˈdɛːθ/ 1. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My grandfather died a violent death, which saddened the whole family. Example: But foraſmuch as this [the faintneſs of the Heart] is a very bad and heavy diſtemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death. 2. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The serial killer was sentenced to death. Example: Thirty years after Gao Chengyong embarked on a succession of 11 rape-murders of women in northwest China, a court sentenced him to death on Friday, following an investigation that involved sifting through 230,000 fingerprints. 3. The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: When death walked in, a chill spread through the room. Example: And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sat on him was Death" 4. The collapse or end of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all. Example: Buyer (negotiating): You were at two-fifty on that one. Go on, then, what's the death on that? Seller: Two hundred pounds is the absolute death. Buyer: Sold. Thank you. 5. The collapse or end of something. Labels: countable, especially, figuratively, uncountable Example: This bake sale is going to be the death of me! 6. Spiritual lifelessness. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: if Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English if, yif, yef, from Old English ġif (“if”), from Proto-West Germanic *jabu, *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with Scots gif (“if, whether”), Saterland Frisian af, of (“if, whether”), West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef, if, af, of ("if; whether"; > German Low German of), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef (“if”). Pronunciation: /ɪf/, /ɪv/ 1. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false. Example: If crossing the road, make sure you look both ways. Example: If I give you the money would/will you buy it for me? 2. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false. Example: if A then B else C 3. Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive to indicate a counterfactual or hypothetical condition. Example: If she hadn't told me, I wouldn't know. Example: "You would be healthier if you would give up smoking" "Well, if I were rich, I'd go to one of those hypnosis therapies to quit". 4. Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive to indicate a counterfactual or hypothetical condition. Labels: excessive, usually Example: I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth. Example: You're finishing your chowder if you sit there all afernoon! 5. Considering the fact that; given that; introducing a condition that is known to be true. Example: The drain's blocked — and if the drain's blocked, the water won't flow. Example: O what of Gods then boots it to be borne, / If old Aveugles ſonnes ſo euill heare? 6. When; whenever; every time that. Example: If you heat water to 100° C, it boils. Example: If it rains, it pours. 7. Although; used to introduce a concession; may..but. Example: He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar. Example: She won her team's admiration, if not the award, for her performance. 8. Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: I don't know if I want to go or not. Example: Quoth Matthew, “ […] / She doubts if two and two make four, / […] ” 9. Introducing a relevance conditional; in case. Example: I have leftover cake if you want some. Example: If you want to go home, I have the car keys. 10. While; used to introduce a contrast. Labels: rare Example: If his Russian was music, his English was murder. Example: If the outcome of the land war on the Eastern Front is usually seen as decisive, historical views on the importance of the air war are mixed.
Word: if Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English if, yif, yef, from Old English ġif (“if”), from Proto-West Germanic *jabu, *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with Scots gif (“if, whether”), Saterland Frisian af, of (“if, whether”), West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef, if, af, of ("if; whether"; > German Low German of), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef (“if”). Pronunciation: /ɪf/, /ɪv/ 1. An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc. Labels: informal Example: The board can't approve this project; there are too many ifs. Example: 1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body, Act III, in John Bell (ed.), British Theater, J. Bell (1791), page 59, Sir Fran. Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ Miran. Nay, Gardy, no Ifs.——Have I refus'd three northern lords, two British peers, and half a score knights, to have put in your Ifs?