nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: upside Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From up + side. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/ 1. On the top of. Labels: informal Example: Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.
Word: upsidedown Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of upside down. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Argentinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom Proto-Italic *argentom Latin argentumbor. English Argentin(a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Argentinian From Argentin(a) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˌd͡ʒənˈtɪ.nɪ.ən/, /ɑɹˌd͡ʒənˈtiː.nɪ.ən/ 1. A person from Argentina or of Argentine descent. Example: Fernández acidly notes that the "Malvinas" are 8,700 miles away from London and claims, controversially, that the Royal Navy expelled the Argentinians who originally lived on the remote South Atlantic territory.
Word: Argentinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom Proto-Italic *argentom Latin argentumbor. English Argentin(a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Argentinian From Argentin(a) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˌd͡ʒənˈtɪ.nɪ.ən/, /ɑɹˌd͡ʒənˈtiː.nɪ.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina and the Argentine people. Labels: not-comparable Example: The FCO also disputes Fernández's claim that Britain kicked out the island's original Argentinian inhabitants.
Word: workshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + shop. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/, /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, /ˈwɜːk.ʃɔp/ 1. A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work. Example: A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart. 2. A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving. Example: On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism. 3. An academic conference.
Word: workshop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From work + shop. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/, /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, /ˈwɜːk.ʃɔp/ 1. To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results. Labels: transitive Example: That’s because as well as the film being set in San Francisco and channelling California’s favourite sexologist, the cast workshopped the script for a fortnight with screenwriters Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. 2. To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop. Labels: transitive Example: Some in-class tutorial time was set aside for workshopping the entries. 3. To improve through collaboration. Labels: transitive
Word: funnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”); in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founilh (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnəl/, /ˈfʊnəl/ 1. A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening. 2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like. 3. Ellipsis of purchase funnel (“the process of customer acquisition conceptualized as a series of stages, from initial awareness (top) to sale or conversion (bottom)”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively Example: top of (the) funnel marketing Example: Then there's the funnel. Marketing usually spends most of their time at the top of the funnel with a quantity strategy. On the other hand, Sales spends their time trying to convert, accelerate, or close accounts that are in the middle or bottom of the funnel. 4. Ellipsis of funnel cloud. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: funnel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”); in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founilh (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnəl/, /ˈfʊnəl/ 1. To use a funnel. Labels: transitive 2. To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow. Labels: intransitive Example: Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity. 3. To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives. Example: Like so many others, I was awestruck by the first season, which captured a moment in time and successfully funnelled its rage outwards at a world in which women are indeed silenced, controlled and killed by men. 4. To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party. Labels: transitive Example: The first time he did it was to this freshman Kevin Ryers and we all just burst out laughing, watching Kevin try to funnel a beer.
Word: funnel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnəl/, /ˈfʊnəl/ 1. Alternative form of fummel (“hybrid animal”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: connoisseur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)). Pronunciation: /ˌkɑnəˈsɝ/, /ˌkɑnəˈsʊɹ/, /ˌkɒnəˈsɜː/, /ˌkɒnəˈsʊə/ 1. A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste. Example: beer connoisseur Example: chocolate connoisseur
Word: stir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)twr̥H-yé-ti? Proto-Germanic *sturjaną Proto-West Germanic *sturjan Old English styrian Middle English stiren English stir From Middle English stiren, sturien, steren, from Old English styrian (“to be in motion, move, agitate, stir, disturb, trouble”), from Proto-Germanic *sturiz (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), related to Proto-West Germanic *staurijan (“to destroy, disturb”). Cognate with Old Norse styrr (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), German stören (“to disturb”), Dutch storen (“to disturb”). Pronunciation: /stɜː/, /stɝ/, /stɪr/, /støː/, /steː/ 1. The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Can you give the soup a little stir? 2. agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1668, John Denham, Of Prudence (poem). Why all these words, this clamour, and this stir? Example: Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. 3. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. 4. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Romani stariben (“prison”), nominalisation of (a)star (“seize”), causative of ast (“remain”), probably from Sanskrit आतिष्ठति (ātiṣṭhati, “stand or remain by”), from तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati, “stand”). Pronunciation: /stɜː/, /stɝ/, /stɪr/, /støː/, /steː/ 1. Jail; prison. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: He's going to be spending maybe ten years in stir. Example: The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
Word: pour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem. Pronunciation: /pɔː/, /poɹ/, /po(ː)ɹ/, /poə/, /paʊɹ/ 1. To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. Labels: transitive Example: pour water from a jug Example: pour wine into a decanter 2. To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: My teacher poured scorn on my attempts at writing. Example: How London doth pour out her citizens. 3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly. Labels: transitive Example: Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? 4. To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly. Labels: intransitive Example: the rain poured down. Example: The rain came pouring down When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe 5. To rain hard. Labels: impersonal Example: It's pouring outside. 6. Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers. Labels: intransitive 7. To move in a throng, as a crowd. Labels: intransitive Example: The people poured out of the theater. Example: In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. 8. To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle. Labels: transitive Example: She poured him into a taxi and handed the driver the fare. Example: “Was he really drunk?” I asked. “He was stiff!” Bill Garrison told us from the steps. “We just poured him into the car and Mavis took him home.”
Word: pour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pouren (“to pour”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Northern French purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”), from Latin pūrō (“to purify”), from pūrus (“pure”). Compare Middle Dutch afpuren (“to pour off, drain”). To pour displaced several Middle English verbs: * schenchen, schenken (“to pour”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour out”) and Old Norse skenkja, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Compare dialectal English shink, skink. * yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. * birlen (“to pour, serve drink to”), from Old English byrelian (“to pour, serve drink to”). * hellen (“to pour, pour out”), from Old Norse hella (“to pour out, incline”). * temen (“to pour out, empty”), from Old Norse tœma (“to pour out, empty”). Compare archaic English teem. Pronunciation: /pɔː/, /poɹ/, /po(ː)ɹ/, /poə/, /paʊɹ/ 1. The act of pouring. Example: The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam. 2. Something, or an amount, poured. Example: Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator. Example: HS2 Ltd has completed the first base-slab concrete pour at the western end of Old Oak Common station. 3. A downpour; a flood of precipitation. Labels: colloquial Example: Then, as if to give the lie to the offensive insinuation, he mounted his horse, and rode home ten miles in a pour of rain, without a great coat or umbrella. Example: But then one of Mr. Knott's men would have had to put on his coat and hat and turn out, as likely as not in the pitch dark, and in torrents of rain in all probability, and grope his way in the dark in the pours of rain, with the pot of food in his hand, a wretched and ridiculous figure, to where the dog lay.
Word: pour Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɔː/, /poɹ/, /po(ː)ɹ/, /poə/, /paʊɹ/ 1. Misspelling of pore. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: nanori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 名乗り (nanori, literally “name + riding”). 1. A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.
Word: read-only memory Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: temporarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English temporary Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English temporarily From temporary + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/, /ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)ɪli/, /ˌtɛmp(ə)ˈrɛrɪli/ 1. For a limited period of time; not permanently. Labels: not-comparable Example: Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.] Example: The committee also decided that the remains of President Chiang will be entombed temporarily by Tzu Lake, at Tahsi township of Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan, and will be buried on the mainland after it is recovered.
Word: random access memory Part of Speech: noun 1. Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Ukrainian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns). Pronunciation: /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/, /jʊ-/, /juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/ 1. Relating to Ukraine or its people or language. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Muſcovite, Novogrodian, and Ukrainian dialects, are the moſt uſed in Ruſſia, together with that of Archangel, which greatly reſembles the Siberian. Example: The ukrainian peaſantry ſovv far more ſummer-grain, becauſe the vvinter-ſovving in their vvet and ſnovvleſs vvinters is apt to rot and ſo to render the harveſt doubtful, vvhich in the northern provinces is exactly the reverſe. Inſtead of the light hook-plough, they uſe the large heavy ukrainian plough, and for the horſe vvhich in Ruſſia is almoſt the only beaſt uſed for ploughing, here oxen are put to, of vvhich ſometimes eight are ſeen harneſſed to one plough.
Word: Ukrainian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns). Pronunciation: /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/, /jʊ-/, /juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/ 1. A person of an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe, inhabiting the country of Ukraine. Example: In general, it is permitted the ſubjects to utter their complaints and to make a repreſentation of them. Thus, the nobility may ſend deputies: this the Ukrainians have long been accuſtomed to do, as also the Livonians and Eſthonians: […] Example: Zavadoffsky, a young Ukrainian, was favoured in private with the smiles of the empress [Catherine the Great].
Word: Ukrainian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns). Pronunciation: /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/, /jʊ-/, /juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/ 1. The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine. Example: It [Old Slavonic] is the root of both branches of the living Russian language: of Great Russian, which is the literary and official Russian, as well as of Ukrainian, or Southern Russian. There are, moreover, no popular dialects in our country. The fourteen millions of Ukrainians, settled in the plains of south-west Russia, all speak exactly the same language.
Word: vb. n. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of verbal noun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: verbal noun Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
Word: chem. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of chemistry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: chem. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of chemical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: chemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie 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 -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry First coined 1605, from chemist + -ry. From chemist, chymist, from Latin alchimista, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from article اَل (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛm.ɪ.stɹi/ 1. The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules. Labels: uncountable 2. An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance. Labels: countable Example: Learning the very complicated chemistries necessary to reproduce reality into a picture using light Example: The aquatic chemistries of iron and manganese are similar; this “is reflected geologically in their common association in rocks of all kinds” (Bortleson and Lee, 1974). 3. The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But some microbes manage to move to new organs to get inside tumors. It’s possible that the particular chemistry inside a tumor, such as its level of oxygen, helps determine which microbes will thrive there. 4. The mutual attraction between two people; rapport. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The on-screen chemistry between the lead actors led many viewers to believe they were a couple in real life. Example: The coach attributed their losses to poor team chemistry. 5. A blood test to measure the amount of various components of the serum (such as electrolytes, creatinine, and glucose). Labels: countable, informal, proscribed, sometimes Example: Diagnosis is presumptive by history and physical examination and is confirmed by chemistries.
Word: hyperbole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English iperbole, yperbole, from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-). Doublet of hyperbola. Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɜːbəli/, /haɪˈpɝbəli/ 1. Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable Example: Hyperbole soars too high, or creeps too low, Exceeds the truth, things wonderful to shew. Example: The great staircase, however, may be termed, without much hyperbole, a feature of grandeur and magnificence. 2. An instance or example of such overstatement. Labels: countable Example: […]and when he ſpeakes, / 'Tis like a Chime a mending. With tearmes vnſquar' / Which from the tongue of roaring Typhon dropt, / Would ſeemes Hyperboles Example: The honourable gentleman forces us to hear a good deal of this detestable rhetoric; and then he asks why, if the secretaries of the Nizam and the King of Oude use all these tropes and hyperboles, Lord Ellenborough should not indulge in the same sort of eloquence? 3. A hyperbola. Labels: countable, obsolete
Word: teen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːn/, [ˈtʰɪi̯n] 1. Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive). Example: In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving. Example: Europeans have more success with generational outreach, but they start with younger age groups and provide a greater variety of all-youth activities. Rather than giving up hope, the YCN redirected its focus from teens to twens, particularly ... 2. A black teenager or a young black person. Labels: Internet, derogatory
Word: teen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːn/, [ˈtʰɪi̯n] 1. Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage Labels: not-comparable Example: teen fashion
Word: teen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tene, from Old English tēona, tēone, *tēon, from Proto-West Germanic *teun, from Proto-Germanic *teuną. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːn/, [ˈtʰɪi̯n] 1. Grief; sorrow; trouble. Labels: archaic Example: In which the birds song many a lovely lay / Of Gods high praise, and of their loves sweet teene, / As it an earthly Paradize had beene […] Example: The Soldan changed hue for grief and teen, / On that sad book his shame and loss he lear'd. 2. Vexation; anger; hate. Labels: archaic, obsolete
Word: teen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tenen, from Old English tēonian, tȳnan (“to vex, annoy, provoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *tiunijan, from Proto-Germanic *tiunijaną. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːn/, [ˈtʰɪi̯n] 1. To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To become angry or distressed. Labels: obsolete, reflexive Example: Þenne tened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herde
Word: teen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tenen, tinen, from Old English tȳnan (“to fence, inclose, shut, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”). Doublet of tine. Cognate with Dutch tuinen, German zäunen. Related to English town. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːn/, [ˈtʰɪi̯n] 1. To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in. Labels: Devon, dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: Hie tho' off […] or th' dur may be teen'd. Example: It is still heard in Devon , especially by older dialect speakers, in such expressions as “I'an't a-teen'd my eyes all night”; “Teen the door, will ' e?”
Word: pet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt] 1. An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use. Example: My dog Fido has been a loyal pet for ten years. Example: family pet, pet cat, pet dog, pet store 2. Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. Labels: broadly Example: pet plant, pet rock Example: Papyrus: This is my brother's pet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility. 3. One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment. 4. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling. Example: At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby. Example: the love of cronies, pets, and favourites
Word: pet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt] 1. To stroke or fondle (an animal). Labels: transitive Example: I really love to pet cute puppies. 2. To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive Example: We started petting each other the moment we were alone. Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure We kissed & petted for about 15 mins & he still wasn't hard, altho he acted like he was enjoying himself. 3. To keep or treat (an animal) as a pet. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Deer are often tamed and petted, and their flesh is so much esteemed by all Malays, that it is very natural they should endeavour to introduce them into the remote islands in which they settled, and whose luxuriant forests seem so well adapted for their subsistence. 4. To treat (someone) as a pet; to fondle; to indulge. Labels: dated, transitive Example: His daughter was petted and spoiled. Example: […] the American dramatist has had to waste most of his first act elaborately planting the information that his Mister Quex is rich, petted by Society, and altogether more spectacular than the common run of men. 5. To be a pet. Labels: archaic, intransitive 6. To be peevish; to sulk. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: He sure is queasie stomach't that must pet, and puke, at such a trivial circumstance
Word: pet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt] 1. Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: a pet project Example: a pet child 2. Kept or treated as a pet. Labels: literally, not-comparable Example: pet rock 3. Good; ideal. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: “Now,” said Hands, “look there; there’s a pet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never a cat's paw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship.”
Word: pet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of petulance. Pronunciation: /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt] 1. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted. Example: His genius at this time was of a decidedly gloomy cast. He brought his mother a tragedy, in which, though he killed sixteen people before the second act, it made her laugh so, that he thrust the masterpiece into the fire in a pet. Example: There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.
Word: pet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of petulance. Pronunciation: /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt] 1. To be petulant or upset; to have a problem with. Example: Got suttin' in the glove compartment and I won't pet to use it
Word: pet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of petition. Pronunciation: /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt] 1. Abbreviation of petition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: pet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of petal. Pronunciation: /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt] 1. A term of endearment usually applied to women and children. Labels: Geordie, Ireland
Word: hyperbola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole. Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/ 1. A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
Word: waffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Dutch wafel (“waffle; wafer”), from Middle Dutch wafel, wafele, wavel, from Old Dutch *wāvila, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”) (whence Dutch weven (“to weave”) and English weave; compare, from the same verbal root, German Wabe (“honeycomb”), given that the grid pattern of the traditional Dutch lent and holiday pastry strikingly resembles a honeycomb), and possibly reinforced by German Waffel (“waffle; wafer”). The English word is a doublet of wafer and gauffre. The verb (“to smash”) derives from the manner in which batter is pressed into the shape of a waffle between the two halves of a waffle iron. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒf.əl/, [wɒf.əl] ~ [wɒf.l̩], /ˈwɑf.əl/, [wɑf.əl] ~ [wɑf.l̩], /ˈwɔf.əl/ 1. A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup. Labels: countable Example: The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. Example: This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike. 2. In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern. Labels: UK, countable 3. A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside. Labels: also, attributive Example: Both joists and slab are cast in place to form a monolithic unit, integral with the supporting beams and columns. The joists form a characteristic waffle pattern on the underside. Structural design of joist construction: one-way or waffle flat slab […] Example: The most widely used type of waffle construction is the waffle flat slab, in which solid portions around column supports are […] These beams may be produced as projections below the waffle, as shown […] 4. A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture. Labels: attributive
Word: waffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Dutch wafel (“waffle; wafer”), from Middle Dutch wafel, wafele, wavel, from Old Dutch *wāvila, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”) (whence Dutch weven (“to weave”) and English weave; compare, from the same verbal root, German Wabe (“honeycomb”), given that the grid pattern of the traditional Dutch lent and holiday pastry strikingly resembles a honeycomb), and possibly reinforced by German Waffel (“waffle; wafer”). The English word is a doublet of wafer and gauffre. The verb (“to smash”) derives from the manner in which batter is pressed into the shape of a waffle between the two halves of a waffle iron. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒf.əl/, [wɒf.əl] ~ [wɒf.l̩], /ˈwɑf.əl/, [wɑf.əl] ~ [wɑf.l̩], /ˈwɔf.əl/ 1. To smash (something). Labels: slang, transitive Example: The cab was waffled in between the two, Marsh never having a prayer or even a full comprehension of what happened to him. He was crushed flat, never even hearing the deafening screech of metal. Example: These were not the Cowboys who were waffled, 45–14, here at mid-season. They came prepared to play a championship football game, with an ultra-conservative game plan suited to the horrendous turf conditions, and came close to pulling it off …
Word: waffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is borrowed from Scots waffle (“to waver, flap, flutter”), from waff (“to wag, wave; to flap, flutter”) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix), from Middle Scots waff (“signal; gust of wind; glimpse; a flapping, waving”), from Northern Middle English wafe, waffe, a variant of waven (“to move to and fro, sway; to stray, wander; (figuratively) to follow a weaving course; (figuratively) to vacillate, waver; to move something to and fro, wave”) (whence wave), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to sway; to wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Regarding sense 5 (“to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point”), compare Old English wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to babble, chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- (“to say”) and/or Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely; to mumble”). The Oxford English Dictionary does not derive the English word waffle from this Old English word. Compare also Dutch wauwelen (“to linger, waffle, jabber, gab, chat”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒf.əl/, [wɒf.əl] ~ [wɒf.l̩], /ˈwɑf.əl/, [wɑf.əl] ~ [wɑf.l̩], /ˈwɔf.əl/ 1. (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important waffle.
Word: waffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from waff (“(dialectal) to bark, woof”) (imitative of a dog’s yelp) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒf.əl/, [wɒf.əl] ~ [wɒf.l̩], /ˈwɑf.əl/, [wɑf.əl] ~ [wɑf.l̩], /ˈwɔf.əl/ 1. Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: waffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from waff (“(dialectal) to bark, woof”) (imitative of a dog’s yelp) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒf.əl/, [wɒf.əl] ~ [wɒf.l̩], /ˈwɑf.əl/, [wɑf.əl] ~ [wɑf.l̩], /ˈwɔf.əl/ 1. The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: ebb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off. Pronunciation: /ɛb/ 1. The receding movement of the tide. Example: The boats will go out on the ebb. Example: Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow / Claspest the limits of morality! 2. A gradual decline. Example: Thus all the treasure of our flowing years, / Our ebb of life for ever takes away. Example: This reflection thawed my congealing blood, and again the tide of life and love flowed impetuously onward, again to ebb as my busy thoughts changed. 3. A low state; a state of depression. Labels: especially Example: Painting was then at its lowest ebb. Example: A "lowest ebb" implies something singular and finite, but for many of us, born in the Depression and raised by parents distrustful of fortune, an "ebb" might easily have lasted for years. 4. A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
Word: ebb Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off. Pronunciation: /ɛb/ 1. low, shallow Example: All the sea lying betweene, is verie ebbe, full of shallowes and shelves
Word: ebb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ebben, from Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn (“to ebb”). Pronunciation: /ɛb/ 1. to flow back or recede Labels: intransitive Example: The tides ebbed at noon. 2. to fall away or decline Labels: intransitive Example: The dying man's strength ebbed away. 3. to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb Labels: intransitive 4. To cause to flow back. Labels: transitive Example: Parts of this town do not want a big influx of gay people and are trying to ebb it.
Word: content Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛnt/ 1. Satisfied, pleased, contented. Example: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment. Example: You, Aubrey, are my most complete man. You're brave, compassionate, kind: a content man. That is your secret—contentment; I am 24 and I've never known it. I'm forever in pursuit, and I don't even know what I am chasing.
Word: content Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛnt/ 1. Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure. Labels: uncountable Example: They were in a state of sleepy content after supper. Example: ‘It is very difficult to […] learn to seek content, instead of happiness.’ 2. Acquiescence without examination. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The sense they humbly take upon content. 3. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy. Labels: uncountable Example: So will I in England work your grace's full content. 4. An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote. Labels: UK, uncountable 5. A member who votes in assent. Labels: UK, metonymically, uncountable
Word: content Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛnt/ 1. Alright, agreed. Labels: archaic
Word: content Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛnt/ 1. To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy. Labels: transitive Example: You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have. Example: And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 2. To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.
Word: content Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/, /ˈkɔn.tɛnt/, /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/ 1. Contained. Labels: obsolete
Word: content Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English content (plural contentes, contence), from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre (“to hold in, contain”), as Etymology 1, above. English apparently developed a substantive form of the adjective, which is not mirrored in Romance languages. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/, /ˈkɔn.tɛnt/, /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/ 1. That which is contained. Labels: uncountable 2. Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although eloquently delivered, the content of the speech was objectionable. Example: You can look up the chapter on special relativity in the table of contents. 3. Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Some online video creators upload new content every day. Example: Prolific creators manage their voluminous content with any of various content management systems. 4. Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc. Labels: Internet, broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: He moved to California for the content. 5. The amount of material contained. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer. 6. Capacity for containing. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Strong ships, of great content. 7. The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: American Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American From America + -n. Compare New Latin amerī̆canus. Pronunciation: /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/, /əˈmɛɹ.ə.kən/, /əˈmɛɹ.kən/, /əˈmɝ.ə.kən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture. Example: He married an American woman in order to get an American passport. Example: Thanksgiving is an American tradition. 2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas. Labels: uncommon Example: This is pure American powder from the foothills of Colombia. 3. Of, from, or pertaining to British North America. Labels: historical 4. Of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas. Labels: archaic 5. Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry. Labels: not-comparable Example: All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American. Example: Multi-dimensional option pricing becomes an important topic in financial markets (Franker et al., 2008). Among which, the American-type derivative (e.g. the Bermudan option) pricing is a challenging problem.
Word: American Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American From America + -n. Compare New Latin amerī̆canus. Pronunciation: /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/, /əˈmɛɹ.ə.kən/, /əˈmɛɹ.kən/, /əˈmɝ.ə.kən/ 1. A township in Allen County, Ohio, United States.
Word: attorney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted". Pronunciation: /əˈtɜːni/, /əˈtɜɹni/, /ʔɐˈtoɹ.ni/ 1. A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession. Labels: US Example: If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims. Example: “Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town. 2. An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions. Example: Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative 3. One such who practised in the courts of the common law. Labels: UK, dated 4. A solicitor. Labels: UK, derogatory, rare, usually 5. An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty. Labels: Philippines, US, sometimes 6. An attorney tree (Clusia spp.) 7. A prosecutor.
Word: attorney Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted". Pronunciation: /əˈtɜːni/, /əˈtɜɹni/, /ʔɐˈtoɹ.ni/ 1. To work as a legal attorney. Labels: intransitive, rare 2. To provide with a legal attorney. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: animé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French animé (“animated”), supposedly from the insects entrapped in it. Doublet of animate. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/ 1. The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes. Labels: uncountable
Word: animé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the addition of an accent to anime to denote its pronunciation, or possibly through conflation with the above etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of anime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, informal, uncountable Example: The popularity of Japanese manga and animé in America raises the question of why these forms of Japanese culture appeal to so many Americans. My quick answer is that the characters featured in manga and animé have a cross-cultural[…] Example: Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato (1974–1975) is considered a monumental work of Japanese science fiction, sustaining a solid fan base since its appearance as an animé and manga in late 1974.