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Word: radar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English telegraphy English radiotelegraphyclip. English radio Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Latin tegō Latin dētegō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin dētēctiōder. Latin dētēctiōnembor. English detection Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Germanic *andi Old English and Middle English and English and Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengierbor. Middle English rengen English range Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English ranging English RADAR English radar The noun is derived from RADAR by anacronymic evolution. RADAR is an acronym of ra(dio) d(etection) a(nd) r(anging) which was coined by Lieutenant-Commander Samuel M. Tucker and Lieutenant-Commander F. R. Furth of the United States Navy in November 1940. The verb is probably derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdɑː/, /ˈɹeɪˌdɑɹ/ 1. To use a radar apparatus (noun senses 1, 1.1, or 2) on (someone or something); to scan (someone or something) with, or as if with, radar. Labels: transitive Example: This was no ordinary signal for help that Baby-John was radaring to outer space, but a call that had to be heeded, for he had just seen two hard guys go down for the final count— […] Example: I don't think men are born on this planet. I think men are born on the planet Pluto and they have them molecularly disassembled and radar-ed to the earth.
Word: Icelandic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ Old Norse Íslandcalq. Middle English Iseland English Iceland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Icelandic From Iceland + -ic. Pronunciation: /aɪsˈlændɪk/ 1. A North Germanic language, the national tongue of Iceland. Example: Although it's hard for us to imagine, they see the pixels in a raw, uninterpreted fashion, and thus to them a TV screen is as drained of long-ago-and-far-away meaning as is, to you or me, a pile of fall leaves, a Jackson Pollock painting, or a newspaper article in Malagasy (my apologies to you if you speak Malagasy; in that case, please replace it by Icelandic — and don't tell me that you speak that language, too!).
Word: Icelandic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ Old Norse Íslandcalq. Middle English Iseland English Iceland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Icelandic From Iceland + -ic. Pronunciation: /aɪsˈlændɪk/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Iceland; an Icelander. 2. An Icelandic horse.
Word: Icelandic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ Old Norse Íslandcalq. Middle English Iseland English Iceland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Icelandic From Iceland + -ic. Pronunciation: /aɪsˈlændɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the North Germanic language spoken in Iceland. 2. Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland. 3. Of, relating to, or originating from Iceland. Example: Despite of the absence of Shaun Derry and Adel Taarabt because of illness and injury respectively, the home side began superbly. Helguson twice threatened early on with shots from the right-hand corner of the box before Anton Ferdinand spurned a great chance at the back post following the Icelandic striker's header back across goal.
Word: Yiddish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language. Example: As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet? Example: “Many goyim are confused by the large number of Yiddish terms beginning with ‘schl’ or ‘schm’ (schlemiel, schlemazzle, schmeggegge, schlub, schlock, schlep, schmutz, schnook), and use them incorrectly or interchangeably,” he wrote. 2. Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit. Labels: informal Example: Yiddish cooking; Yiddish music
Word: Yiddish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/ 1. A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe. Example: Yiddish is a High German language […] two varieties of Yiddish developed […]
Word: DDT Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, compound originally developed as an insecticide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually Example: After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years. Example: The use of DDT for disinfectation of louse-infested communities is a primary control measure in epidemic situations.
Word: DDT Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various theories; see DDT (professional wrestling). 1. a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor.
Word: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dichloro + diphenyl + trichloro + ethane. 1. A long-lasting synthetic insecticide formerly used to kill mosquitoes and crop pests. It became controversial because it persists in the environment and harms wildlife by building up in food chains. Labels: uncountable
Word: BOF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of beginning of file. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of best of friends. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BOF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of birds of a feather (“group of people with common interests”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: EOF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of end of file. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of end of field. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: EOF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Enterprise Objects Framework. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Elswick Ordnance Factory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: ID Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪˈdiː/ 1. Abbreviation of identification, identifier, or identity document. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Show me your ID. Example: The keys are not as flat and offer more space between them. Better yet, you still maintain a physical row of function keys (including ESC) and the Touch ID sensor is still here. 2. An ident. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If not done at the top of the hour, however, the station ID should come at the next possible break in the programme. 3. Initialism of image description. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of intellectual disability. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of intelligent design. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of industrial design. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of inside diameter, inner diameter, or internal diameter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of industry discount. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of iron deficiency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ID Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /aɪˈdiː/ 1. Abbreviation of Idaho: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ID Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /aɪˈdiː/ 1. To identify (an object, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Police have been unable to ID the body found in the river. Example: I know you’ve already ID’d us as cops, so that’s DC Daniels and I’m Henry Christie. 2. To request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age. Labels: transitive Example: The bartender will have to ID you before serving you a drink. Example: Anyway, Margiotti found the guard and showed him the picture. He ID'ed it. Sort of. It was dark. 3. To identify (as something) Labels: intransitive Example: I have one black grandfather, but I don't ID as mixed race
Word: ID Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /aɪˈdiː/ 1. Initialism of intellectually disabled. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: ID card Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ID + card. 1. Abbreviation of identity card. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: IOC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of interoffice communication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of initial operating capability. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of indicator of compromise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Italian organized crime. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of international oil company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: IOC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of immediate or cancel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: IOC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Olympic Committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The IBA had been stripped of recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over governance failures and therefore it was the IOC which ran – and set the entry criteria for – the Olympic boxing competitions in Paris. 2. Initialism of International Ornithological Committee (now known as International Ornithologists' Union) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: QED Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From q(uantum) e(lectro)d(ynamics). Pronunciation: /ˌkjuːiːˈdiː/, /ˌkjuˌiˈdi/ 1. (Partial) initialism of quantum electrodynamics. Labels: uncountable Example: QCD is a theory of quark interactions much analogous to QED: the interaction is carried by "gluons" (analogous to photons) which couple to the "color" (analogous to charge) of the quarks. Example: By the way, these days QED is considered a relatively simple example of a quantum field theory.
Word: QED Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: See Q.E.D. Pronunciation: /ˌkjuːiːˈdiː/, /ˌkjuˌiˈdi/ 1. Alternative form of Q.E.D.; Initialism of quod erat demonstrandum. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [A]fter the ſame manner S and U are proved to be equal, therefore the ſquare of CB is equal to the ſquare of the 2 other ſides QED. Example: Let me scotch that insidious little rumor implying Dermot’s invitation was my doing, that, oh, yes, Timothy Cavendish knew his author was lusting for a high-profile revenge, QED, the entire tragedy was a publicity stunt. Tosh dreamt up by jealous rivals!
Word: HIV Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌeɪtʃˌaɪˈviː/ 1. Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative. Example: Accordingly, we varied HIV transmission probability per coital act, duration of each HIV stage, frequency of coital acts per HIV stage, duration of partnership, degree of assortativeness, scale parameter in the gamma distribution of the population across the risk groups, and exponent parameter in the power-law function of the distribution of sexual-risk behavior. 2. Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus. Labels: broadly, uncountable 3. Initialism of header isolation valve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of helium isolation valve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of hydraulic isolation valve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: IAAF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Amateur Athletics Federation (1912–2001). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of International Association of Athletics Federations (2001–2019). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: Sheniqua ‘Q’ Ferguson was hoping to make her return to the Bird’s Nest a spectacular one. Instead, she will be leaving the national arena with Team Bahamas with some introspective on how she will need to turn her career around after making her first exit in both the women’s 100 and 200 metres at the 15th IAAF World Championships.
Word: Macedonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine. Pronunciation: /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/, /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/, /ˌmæs.əˈdoʊn.jə/ 1. A geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia. 2. An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings. Labels: historical 3. Former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans. 4. A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. 5. A geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia. 6. A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia. Labels: historical Example: But all this took time and delayed the start of the Communist-led uprising in Macedonia until October 11, 1941, that is, almost three months after it began in other parts of Yugoslavia. The CPY only had a few members in Macedonia at the time […] 7. A former province of the Roman Empire. Labels: historical
Word: Northern Marianas Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of Northern Mariana Islands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Part of Speech: name Etymology: After the island of Saint Vincent (sighted by Columbus on the feast day of St Vincent of Saragossa (22 January) in 1498), and the Grenadines (named after the city of Granada, in Spain). Pronunciation: /seɪnt ˈvɪn(t).sənt ən ðə ˈɡɹɛ.nəˌdiːnz/, /- ˌɡɹɛ.nəˈdiːnz/ 1. An archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines.
Word: US Virgin Islands Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of United States Virgin Islands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: I looked forward to seeing our friends and loved the long, serious conversations at Renaissance. But I needed some rest, and I was eager for the four days we had planned on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands after New Year’s.
Word: Vatican City Part of Speech: name Etymology: A calque of Italian Città del Vaticano, from Latin Cīvitās Vāticāna (“Vatican City”), referring to the Vatican hill, whose further etymology is unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən ˈsɪt.i/ 1. A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State. Example: “The new State, which will be known as the Vatican City, has a tiny territory,” the Pope [Pius XI] said, “but it is the greatest in the world because it contains Bernig’s^([sic]) colonnades, Michelangelo’s dome, treasures of art in the Vatican library, museums and galleries, and because, above all, it contains the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles. No more precious territory exists.” Example: Unlike most other countries in the world, citizenship in Vatican City isn’t solely provided to people that are born in the country. As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there. Instead, Vatican citizenship is provided on a ‘jus officii’ basis.
Word: neologisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neologism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debt-laden Part of Speech: adj 1. having a burden of debt
Word: president Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹez.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹe̝z.ɘ.dɘnt/ 1. The head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government as well, particularly (US politics) the head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States of America. Example: The vast majority of presidents have been male. Example: Well, nobody else can make a decision but me because I was the President and the final decision comes to the President, you know. I used to have a sign on my desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here." The buck stops at the president's desk when he's president of the United States, and he either makes the decisions or he lets them go by default, and you can't afford to do that when you're president. 2. A person presiding over a corporation, usually an executive overseeing daily operations under a chief executive officer but sometimes a separate position held by a CEO. 3. A person presiding over a meeting. Example: The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President,[…] 4. A person presiding over a dinner or similar informal conversation. Example: At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.
Word: president Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹez.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹe̝z.ɘ.dɘnt/ 1. Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: His angels president / In every province.
Word: president Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹez.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹe̝z.ɘ.dɘnt/ 1. To act as president; to do presidential duties. Example: Although in other ways you couldn’t imagine two more dissimilar men, [Scott Wiener's] ferociously active spirit resembles the Bolshevik antsiness of Donald Trump. The current president is attractive to some voters who might not agree with his values, or his language, or even his policies, but who like that the president is, well, presidenting. Last year, Trump bulldozed the East Wing of the White House, one of the most recognizable historic sites in the United States. [In contrast,] In Democratic cities, people demand 38 meetings and three dozen environmental assessments before tearing down a crack den to build a nursery for sad orphans.
Word: president Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹez.ɪ.dənt/, /ˈpɹe̝z.ɘ.dɘnt/ 1. Obsolete form of precedent. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops, To thruſt his doting father from his chaire, And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen, Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate. What better preſident than mightie Ioue?
Word: presidente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish presidente (“president”). 1. A Cuban cocktail made from rum, curaçao, dry vermouth, and grenadine that is stirred or shaken with cracked ice.
Word: security Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From secure + -ity, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité (modern sécurité), from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Similar to Latin sine cūrā (“without care, carefree”), which led to English sinecure. Doublet of surety. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/, /sɪˈkjɔːɹəti/, /sɪˈkjɵːɹɪtɪj/, /sɪˈkjoːɹɪtɪj/, /səˈkjʊɹ.ɪti/ 1. The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially. Labels: uncountable Example: Chad always carries a gun for his own security. Example: The pink blanket gives little Mary lots of security. 2. Something that secures. Labels: countable 3. An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pamela works in security. Example: […] Going through security I held her for so long / She finally looked at me in love and she was gone 4. Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Freedom from apprehension. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock or any of various classes of bond.ᵂ Labels: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable 7. Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: collateral 9. A guarantee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice. Example: Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. 10. Carelessness; negligence. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security, Grows strong and great in substance and in power.
Word: Security Council Part of Speech: name Etymology: security + council 1. Synonym of UN Security Council
Word: fuck Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck From Middle English *fukken, probably of Germanic origin: either from Old English *fuccian or Old Norse *fukka, both from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”). Compare windfucker and its debated etymology. Possibly attested in a 772 CE charter that mentions a place called Fuccerham, which may mean "hām (“home”) of the fucker" or "hamm (“pasture”) of the fucker"; a John le Fucker in a record from 1278 may just be a variant of Fulcher; compare Fucher, Foker, etc. The earliest unambiguous use of the word in a clearly sexual context, in any stage of English, appears to be in court documents from Cheshire, England, which mention a man called Roger Fuckebythenavele (possibly tongue-in-cheek or directly suggestive of a depraved sexual act) on 8 December 1310. It was first listed in a dictionary in 1598. Scots fuk or fuck is attested slightly earlier, probably reinforcing the Northern Germanic/Scandinavian origin theory. From 1500 onward, the word has been in continual use, superseding jape and sard and largely displacing swive. See windfucker and fuckwind for more information. A range of folk-etymological backronyms, such as fornication under consent of the king and for unlawful carnal knowledge, are all demonstrably false. Verb sense 7 from related sense feck. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌk/, [ˈfʌk], /ˈfʌʔ(k)/, [ˈfʌʔ(k)], /ˈfɜk/ 1. A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp. Labels: colloquial, vulgar 2. Expressing dismay or discontent. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: Oh, fuck! We left the back door unlocked. Example: Fuck! Why do you have to be so difficult all the time? 3. Expressing surprise or enjoyment. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: Fuck! That movie was good!
Word: fuck Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck From Middle English *fukken, probably of Germanic origin: either from Old English *fuccian or Old Norse *fukka, both from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”). Compare windfucker and its debated etymology. Possibly attested in a 772 CE charter that mentions a place called Fuccerham, which may mean "hām (“home”) of the fucker" or "hamm (“pasture”) of the fucker"; a John le Fucker in a record from 1278 may just be a variant of Fulcher; compare Fucher, Foker, etc. The earliest unambiguous use of the word in a clearly sexual context, in any stage of English, appears to be in court documents from Cheshire, England, which mention a man called Roger Fuckebythenavele (possibly tongue-in-cheek or directly suggestive of a depraved sexual act) on 8 December 1310. It was first listed in a dictionary in 1598. Scots fuk or fuck is attested slightly earlier, probably reinforcing the Northern Germanic/Scandinavian origin theory. From 1500 onward, the word has been in continual use, superseding jape and sard and largely displacing swive. See windfucker and fuckwind for more information. A range of folk-etymological backronyms, such as fornication under consent of the king and for unlawful carnal knowledge, are all demonstrably false. Verb sense 7 from related sense feck. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌk/, [ˈfʌk], /ˈfʌʔ(k)/, [ˈfʌʔ(k)], /ˈfɜk/ 1. Used as an intensifier for the words "yes" and "no". Labels: colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar Example: Do you censor your swearing? – Fuck no. 2. Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar Example: Do I want to? Do I fuck! Example: They're your friends, aren't they? – Are they fuck my friends.
Word: fuck Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck From Middle English *fukken, probably of Germanic origin: either from Old English *fuccian or Old Norse *fukka, both from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”). Compare windfucker and its debated etymology. Possibly attested in a 772 CE charter that mentions a place called Fuccerham, which may mean "hām (“home”) of the fucker" or "hamm (“pasture”) of the fucker"; a John le Fucker in a record from 1278 may just be a variant of Fulcher; compare Fucher, Foker, etc. The earliest unambiguous use of the word in a clearly sexual context, in any stage of English, appears to be in court documents from Cheshire, England, which mention a man called Roger Fuckebythenavele (possibly tongue-in-cheek or directly suggestive of a depraved sexual act) on 8 December 1310. It was first listed in a dictionary in 1598. Scots fuk or fuck is attested slightly earlier, probably reinforcing the Northern Germanic/Scandinavian origin theory. From 1500 onward, the word has been in continual use, superseding jape and sard and largely displacing swive. See windfucker and fuckwind for more information. A range of folk-etymological backronyms, such as fornication under consent of the king and for unlawful carnal knowledge, are all demonstrably false. Verb sense 7 from related sense feck. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌk/, [ˈfʌk], /ˈfʌʔ(k)/, [ˈfʌʔ(k)], /ˈfɜk/ 1. Used as a shortened form of various common interrogative phrases. Labels: colloquial, slang, vulgar Example: People complainin' "Monday again"... course it's Monday; fuck you thought came after Sunday? Sunday Jr.? Example: Of course it's the mailman. Fuck you thought it was?
Word: web browser Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/ 1. A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks. Labels: Internet Example: A web browser interprets an HTML document to display a web page. Popular web browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
Word: thin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪn/, /ˈθən/, /ˈfɪn/ 1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. Example: thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering Example: It was no mystery at all, or a mystery covered only with the thinnest and most transparent veil, that forced abortion is a common practice among Turkish women. The horrible secret as to the means and the drugs to be employed is pretty generally known, and where ignorance prevails there are "wise women," old hags, professional abortists, who go about the country relieving matrons of their burthens for a few piastres apiece […] 2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions. Example: thin wire; thin string Example: Typically, osteoporosis causes the amount of trabecular bone to be reduced and the bone to become thinner, while the intertrabecular space enlarges and the interconnected structure of trabecular bone is disrupted. 3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt. Example: thin person 4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity. Example: Water is thinner than honey. 5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space. Example: The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin. Example: Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people. 6. Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe. 7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full. Example: a thin, tight-lipped smile Example: thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams 8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering. Example: a thin disguise 9. Of a route: relatively little used. Example: In short, we previously found that thin routes benefit from an increase in competition in the Spanish airline market when considering routes that were monopoly routes in 2001. 10. Poor; scanty; without money or success. Example: Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]
Word: thin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪn/, /ˈθən/, /ˈfɪn/ 1. A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole. 2. Any food produced or served in thin slices. Example: chocolate mint thins Example: potato thins
Word: thin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪn/, /ˈθən/, /ˈfɪn/ 1. To make thin or thinner. Labels: transitive Example: Exhausted fathers thinned the blood, You curse the legacy of pain; Darling of an infected brood, You feel disaster climb the vein. 2. To become thin or thinner. Labels: intransitive Example: The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see. 3. To dilute. 4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains. Example: So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next. Thinning early in the season, while the fruit is small, is ideal.
Word: thin Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪn/, /ˈθən/, /ˈfɪn/ 1. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state. Example: seed sown thin Example: Spain is a nation thin sown of people.
Word: ground Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inflected form of grind. See also milled. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊnd/, /ɡɹʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of grind Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I ground the coffee up nicely.
Word: ground Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inflected form of grind. See also milled. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊnd/, /ɡɹʊnd/ 1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles. Labels: not-comparable Example: ground mustard seed Example: Alike, joy and sorrow, hope and fear, seemed ground to finest dust, and powdered, for the time, in the clamped mortar of Ahab's iron soul. 2. Processed by grinding. Labels: not-comparable Example: lenses of ground glass Example: the traces of wear have the appearance of dull patches that look ground.
Word: data structure Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be accessed efficiently.
Word: the grass is always greener on the other side Part of Speech: proverb Pronunciation: /ðə ˈɡɹæs ɪz ˌɔːlweɪz ˈɡɹiːnə(ɹ)ɒn ði ˌʌðə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/, /- ˈɡɹɑːs -/ 1. The circumstances of others seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.
Word: DNA Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is an initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/, /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/ 1. Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (“a nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Among the various fractions isolated was one presumed to contain only desoxyribosenucleic acid (DNA). Because of certain speculations on the role of nucleic acids in protein synthesis it was necessary to measure and compare the rate of phosphate entry into DNA with that in other fractions of yeast phosphate. Example: We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest. 2. The part of a living thing that carries genetic information. Labels: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable 3. The fundamental nature or values of a person, or an organization or other thing, especially when considered as innate or immutable. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: These ingredients in a company's DNA mean that [the] company will attract and grow leaders with these qualities. Example: The main leadership priority at Level 2 is creating the business's DNA by defining how all the moving parts of the company will work, both independently and together.
Word: DNA Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is an initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/, /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/ 1. To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid. Labels: transitive Example: The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen. Example: The barrister went on to say that his client 'remains persecuted and victimised. He has been DNAed; his hair, his blood and his clothes. Nothing. No charges have ever been brought.'
Word: DNA Part of Speech: name Etymology: An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun etymology 2, phrase sense 7. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/, /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/ 1. Defense Nuclear Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense which existed from 1971 to 1996 and has since been reorganized as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Labels: US, historical
Word: DNA Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun etymology 2, phrase sense 7. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/, /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/ 1. Did not answer. 2. Did not arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment). 3. Did not attend. 4. Do not assume. 5. Does not apply. 6. Drugs 'n' alcohol. 7. Do not arm (that is, do not provide with a firearm). Labels: US
Word: DNA Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun etymology 2, phrase sense 7. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːɛnˈeɪ/, /ˌdiˌɛnˈeɪ/ 1. To place (someone) under a DNA (do not arm) order because of mental illness. Labels: US Example: She had her weapons back. She wasn't DNA'd anymore. But she didn't use a weapon. That's not how she did it.
Word: close Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.), and partly derived from Middle English clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudō (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin clāvis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), clāvus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō), κλείς (kleís, “bar, bolt, key”), Russian заключи́ть (zaključítʹ) (via ключ (ključ)), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Partially replaced Old English lūcan (“to close, lock, enclose”), (whence English lock). Doublet of clause. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊz/, [ˈkʰl̥əʊ̯z], /ˈklɵʊ̯z/, [ˈkʰl̥ɵ̞ʊ̯z], /ˈkloʊ̯z/ 1. An end or conclusion. Example: We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close. Example: His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. 2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. Example: The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. 3. The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy. Example: Regardless of the situation, the minute you feel it's time for the close, try it. 4. A grapple in wrestling. Example: The intestine shocke, And furious cloze of ciuill Butchery. 5. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. Example: At every close she made, the attending throng / Replied, and bore the burden of the song. 6. A double bar marking the end. 7. The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
Word: close Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudō. Pronunciation: /kləʊs/, /kloʊs/ 1. In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely). Example: The car behind was following too close and could not brake in time. Example: Please stay close together. 2. In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely). Example: Look close at the pictures. 3. In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely). Example: close-packed, close-knit, close-fitting
Word: close Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudō. Pronunciation: /kləʊs/, /kloʊs/ 1. A street that ends in a dead end. Labels: UK 2. Private fenced land, such as a paddock, orchard or yard, that, along with the common pasture land and woodland, constituted the inarable component of the open-field system of the medieval manor in England. Labels: historical Example: To be SOLD, At Mr. PACEY's, the WHITE LION in Nottingham, on Thursday the 28th Day of May, between the Hours of three and six in the Afternoon; THE INHERITANCE in Fee Simple of the MANOR of ALSWORTH, otherwise AWSWORTH, in the County of Nottingham, and also several Messuages and Tenements, with the Closes and Parcels of Land, Meadow, and Pasture Ground thereto belonging,... Example: By 1765, rapid enclosure was underway in the surrounding area (open fields replaced by the modern system of private fields). By the time of the 1846 ‘Tithe Map and Award’ very little remained of the original agricultural system other than indications in field names, such as Ginn Close, Straw Close, Crab Tree Close, Noble Close, Tinker Close, Laine Close, Hansack Close, Hansacky, Little Hansacky, The Pringle and Dole Meadow. (Note – ‘Close’ meaning an enclosure). 3. An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building (e.g. a cathedral close). Labels: Yorkshire, archaic 4. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor. Labels: Scotland 5. The common staircase in a tenement. Labels: Scotland Example: The woman nodded at a nearby flight of steps. 'This is my close. We can talk in here. Come on.'. Example: closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. 6. The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
Word: Kropotkinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Kropotkin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Kropotkinist From Kropotkin + -ist. 1. An adherent of Peter Kropotkin's anarchist-communism; an anarcho-communist.
Word: picosecond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *bekkos Gaulish *bekkosbor.? Latin beccus Old Spanish bico Spanish picobor. English pico- English second English picosecond From pico- (“metric prefix”) + second. Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.kəʊˌsɛk.ənd/ 1. An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹² seconds. Symbol: ps Example: Holonyms: nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond
Word: know Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). {{col|en|title=Cognates |from Proto-Germanic: Scots knaw (“to know, recognise”), Icelandic knega (“to know, know how to, be able”), Old High German knājan (“to know, recognise”), Old Norse kná (“to know how”). Remotely related also Dutch and German kennen, West Frisian kenne (see English ken). |from Indo-European: Latin gnoscō, Latin cognoscō (Spanish conocer, French connaître, Romanian cunoaște, Italian conoscere, Portuguese conhecer), Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrízō, “to know”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), Albanian njoh (“to know, recognise”), Russian знать (znatʹ, “to know”), Lithuanian žinoti (“to know”), Persian شناختن (šenâxtan, “to know”) and Hindi जानना (jānnā, “to know,understand”). Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /nou/, /naː/, /noʊ/ 1. Knowledge; the state of knowing. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: That on the view and know of theſe Contents, […] He ſhould the bearers put to […] death, […] 2. Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.) Labels: uncountable
Word: know Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /nou/, /naː/, /noʊ/ 1. Alternative form of knowe (“hill, knoll”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Owing to increasing numbers and consequent want of room for nestage, the old birds drove away the younger ones, who took refuge in their present abode at Fox's Know, where they have been located about six years.
Word: know Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Shortening of you know (sense 4)—Singapore English favours pro-drop constructions (Wee, 2003). Pronunciation: /noʊ/, [noː˨˦], [ˈno(˧˨)], /nəʊ/, /no/ 1. Used at the end of a sentence to draw attention to information one thinks the listener should keep in mind. Labels: Singlish Example: Make sure you water the plants, know… Example: I was a naval diver know!