nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: road map Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + map. 1. A map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation. A road map may contain other relevant data, such as terrain or railway lines. 2. A plan of action, laying out the future actions of participants. Labels: figuratively Example: road map for peace Example: On the agenda: a “work-athon” to discuss the road map for improving the main Facebook app, including a revamp that would change how users browse the service. 3. A structured representation of objects to display a development plan, used in business for strategic planning and communications. Example: CPU speeds continue to increase with no end in sight. For instance, Sun's UltraSPARC processor roadmap, shown in Figure 16-2, show CPU speed increasing from 143 MHz in 1995 to 1.5 Ghz in 2002, roughly doubling every year as predicted by Moore's Law. Example: In the software business, a product roadmap gives an overview how a product is going to develop over the strategic timeframe of up to 5 years in terms of new releases or versions, their schedules and major themes.
Word: hangnail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A corruption of agnail (literally “painful (anguished) nail”), by folk-etymological reanalysis as hang + nail; from Middle English agnail, from Old English angnæġl, from ang- (“tight/painful”) + næġl (“nail”). The first part is from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (“narrow, tight”), while the second is from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-. The first component, ang- is also the origin of anguish, anger, and angst, while næġl is the origin of nail. Compare more "pure" Scots angernail, and similarly folk-influenced dialectal variants wrangnail and ragnail, all meaning "hangnail" and from Middle English. Cognate with Old High German ungnagel and Old Frisian angneil, o(n)gneil. Original sense of “loose strip of tissue”; the sense of “pointed corner of nail” is modern, and is connected with the reanalysis, due to stockings catching or “hanging” on the nail. Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋneɪl/, [heɪŋneɪ̯ɫ] 1. A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail. 2. A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes.
Word: pervasive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”). Pronunciation: /pəˈveɪ.sɪv/, /pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/, /pəˈvæɪ.sɪv/, /pəˈvæɪ.səv/ 1. Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything. Example: The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health. Example: Mr Xi is also struggling with issues within his carefully-constructed power structure. The unexplained disappearances of key members of his leadership team and military top brass could be seen as either signs of pervasive corruption or political purges.
Word: Guido Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡwidoʊ/, /ˈɡwiːdəʊ/ 1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Guy.
Word: Guido Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡwidoʊ/, /ˈɡwiːdəʊ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of guido. Labels: alt-of
Word: paedo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of paedophile and paedophilia. Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.dəʊ/ 1. A paedophile. Labels: countable, slang Example: "When I went round he was like ... trying to tell me about the paedo and how he was a great man, like it wasn't national news that the fucker was a paedo." 2. Paedophilia. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: paedo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of paedophile and paedophilia. Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.dəʊ/ 1. Paedophile, paedophiliac. Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang
Word: FFS Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of for fuck's sake. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, vulgar Example: Swisher then looked back at a number of tech CEOs booked for the conference in the past — from Steve Jobs to Elon Musk — and relayed that “we never promised anything or gave them any heads up. We’re journalists FFS.”
Word: FFS Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of free for shipping. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: FFS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of facial feminization surgery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Free French Ship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 3. Initialism of fee-for-service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FFS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Fast File System, developed as part of 4.2BSD. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: moving the deckchairs on the Titanic Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of move the deckchairs on the Titanic Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: robustness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin rōbus Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin rōbustuslbor. English robust Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English robustness From robust + -ness. 1. The quality of being robust. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Robustness was considered to be an essential feature because of the comparatively high starting effort and the generally rough work for which the locomotives are to be used. Example: The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches.
Word: bone-eating snot flower worm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A slight misunderstanding of the taxonomic name Osedax mucofloris, which actually means "snot-flower bone-eater", with mucofloris modifying Osedax rather than the other way around. Pronunciation: /bəʊn iːtɪŋ ˈsnɒt flaʊə wɜːm/, /boʊn itɪŋ ˈsnɑt flaʊɚ wɝm/ 1. A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea. Example: Bone-eating snot flower (Osedax mucofloris) is the unglamorous name given to a species of worm discovered feeding off minke whale carcasses in the North Sea Example: Once all the meat has been stripped away, even the bones provide food for a creature called the "bone-eating snot flower worm" (Osedax mucofloris).
Word: minke whale Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.
Word: sinew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”). The word is cognate with sinnow (“sinew”), Scots senon, sinnon, Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine (“sinew; nerve”), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne (“tendon, sinew; cord”), Icelandic sin (“tendon”), Danish sene (“tendon, sinew”), Swedish sena (“sinew”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “tendon, sinew”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon; nerve; cord”), Latin nervus (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāván, “sinew, tendon; muscle”), Tocharian B ṣñor (“sinew”). Doublet of nerve and neuron. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnjuː/, /ˈsɪny/, /ˈsɪnju/, /ˈsɪnjʉː/ 1. A cord or tendon of the body. 2. A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument. 3. Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength. Labels: figuratively 4. That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay. Labels: figuratively, in-plural, often Example: [S]he loſt a noble and renowned brother, in his loue toward her, euer moſt kinde and naturall: with him the portion and ſinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry: with both, her combynate-husband, this well-ſeeming Angelo. Example: The Bodies of Men, Munition, and Mony may justly be called the ſinews of War, yet of them the two firſt are more neceſſary, for Men and Arms have means to find Mony and Meate: but Mony and Meate cannot ſo eaſily find Soldiers and ſwords. 5. A nerve. Labels: obsolete
Word: sinew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō (“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”), from *(s)neh₁- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”). The word is cognate with sinnow (“sinew”), Scots senon, sinnon, Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine (“sinew; nerve”), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne (“tendon, sinew; cord”), Icelandic sin (“tendon”), Danish sene (“tendon, sinew”), Swedish sena (“sinew”), Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭 (snāuuar, “tendon, sinew”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “tendon; nerve; cord”), Latin nervus (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāván, “sinew, tendon; muscle”), Tocharian B ṣñor (“sinew”). Doublet of nerve and neuron. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnjuː/, /ˈsɪny/, /ˈsɪnju/, /ˈsɪnjʉː/ 1. To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews. Labels: transitive Example: And now to London with Triumphant march, / There to be crowned Englands Royall King: / From whence, ſhall Warwicke cut the Sea to France, / And aske the Ladie Bona for thy Queene: / So ſhalt thou ſinow both theſe Lands together, / And hauing France thy Friend, thou ſhalt not dread / The ſcattred Foe, that hopes to riſe againe: […] Example: [I]t were to be wiſhed that we tried the restrictive arts of government, and made law the protector, but not the tyrant of the people. […] [W]e ſhould then find that wretches, now ſtuck up for long tortures, left luxury ſhould feel a momentary pang, might, if properly treated, ſerve to ſinew the ſtate in times of danger; […]
Word: mainstay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English main stai, equivalent to main + stay (“rope”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪn.steɪ/ 1. A chief support. Example: Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy. Example: At the other extreme, we have that true maid-of-all-work type, the 0-6-0, the mainstay of goods, shunting, and often of passenger work right from the earliest days to the present time. 2. Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution. Example: On the Bishops Stortford line, the crisis now seems to be over; the units designed for this service are the mainstay of the workings once again and although some of the inner suburban sets are still seen, very few L.T.S. Line units are noticeable. Example: Afternoon TV mainstays like Leila Benitez and Bobby Ledesma of Darigold Jamboree gradually gave way to teenage loveteams Vi and Bot and Guy and Pip who had legions of fans watching their shows and movies and listening to their records. 3. A stabilising rope from high on the mainmast to the base of the foremast.
Word: sinewy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English synwy, synewy, synowy (“tendonous”); equivalent to sinew + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnjuːi/ 1. Tough; having strong sinews. Example: I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […] Example: His right hand (which seemed to me somewhat hairy and sinewy, a sign of great strength in its owner) lay on the side of his heart; […] 2. Having or showing nervous strength. Labels: figuratively 3. Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. Example: Worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy swordmen Example: Hawat put a sinewy finger beside his eye.
Word: aglow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English glow English aglow From a- + glow. Pronunciation: /əˈɡloʊ/ 1. glowing; radiant Labels: figuratively, sometimes Example: My prayer is a rapture in blue With a world far away And your lips close to mine Tonight while our hearts are aglow Oh, tell me the words I am longing to know Example: The fall wind stirs and the earth is aglow. Everything is golden.
Word: foto Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of photo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, nonstandard Example: Have your foto Example: Reply with foto and phone to GCN box 719
Word: arched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɑɹt͡ʃt/, /ɑːtʃt/ 1. Curved. Example: His arched back ached from the constant strain. Example: The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
Word: arched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɑɹt͡ʃt/, /ɑːtʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of arch Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He arched his back into a half-moon curve trying to get the stiffness out.
Word: antifriction Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + friction. 1. Reducing or intended to reduce friction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hooked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hook + -ed. Pronunciation: /hʊkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of hook Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hooked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hook + -ed. Pronunciation: /hʊkt/ 1. Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook. Example: a hooked nose 2. Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing. Example: He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies. Example: You only have to try heroin once to become hooked.
Word: fishing hook Part of Speech: noun 1. A (generally barbed) sharp curved implement used to catch fish using a line.
Word: salugi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Saluki. 1. Alternative spelling of Saluki (“a breed of hound originating in the Middle East”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And when the boy had grown up, he went up on the roof of his house and he saw a salūgī (i.e. greyhound or hunting dog) which was following a man who was walking on the highway. Example: He had four Salugis, all hairless ones, of a biscuit colour, very large to my eyes. I measured them and they were from 22-24 inches high, very ugly dogs, of the slinking type
Word: salugi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Attested in print from the 1950s; likely used earlier. 1. A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off. Labels: New-York, US, informal, uncountable Example: They had seized the tan derby of one of their number; three others in sharp suits and silk waistcoats were tossing it around in a wild game of salugi. Example: Then he grabs a hat off Jim, a guy about my age who never says anything, and they all playing saloogie around him with it like a bunch of kids.
Word: grouchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: US 1895. From grouch + -y. Originally US college student slang. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊt͡ʃi/ 1. Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. Example: His boss gets grouchy when deadlines draw near. Example: Not that young Pat had a nasty temper, or was grouchy as his father had feared.
Word: part and parcel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Parcel is used in its archaic sense of an integral or component part. Originally used as a legal term. 1. An integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Regular maintenance is part and parcel of owning a car. Example: Argument structure is thus considered to be part and parcel of the information associated with lexical, syntactically atomic verbs.
Word: tough nut to crack Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hard nut to crack.
Word: Com. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of comrade (as a title). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Com. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of commercial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: nose out of joint Part of Speech: noun 1. An emotional state where someone is in a bad mood because they have been offended by or taken exception (objected) to some action, usually involving being seen in an inferior light to another person. Labels: idiomatic Example: I think he got his nose out of joint when they promoted his friend but not him.
Word: simulant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English simulate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English simulant From simulate + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmjʊlənt/ 1. Something that simulates something else such as a gemstone. Example: Due to its low cost and close visual likeness to diamond, cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important diamond simulant since 1976. Example: He could invent a fictional restaurant for you to bite your burger at but any fictional restaurant would be, like Nomenex, a worthless simulant or inconcinne imitation, a placebic generic.
Word: simulant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English simulate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English simulant From simulate + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmjʊlənt/ 1. Simulating, replacing, or having the form or appearance of something else. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bee in one's bonnet Part of Speech: noun 1. Something of particular interest or concern; an obsession. Labels: idiomatic Example: He has had a bee in his bonnet ever since he heard about the problem. Example: The BBC is well used to being a punchbag for every crank with a bee in their bonnet or a score to settle but some critics are not so easily dismissed.
Word: pass on Part of Speech: verb 1. To go forward. Labels: intransitive Example: Sir Humphrey: There comes a time when one has to accept what fate has in store. When one passes on (pun). / Jim Hacker: (Shocked) Passes on? 2. To convey or communicate. Labels: transitive Example: Can you pass on the information next time you see him? Example: Does he know what I do? / And you'll pass this on, won't you? / And if I ask him once what would he say? / Is he willing? / Can he play? 3. To transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series. Labels: transitive 4. To skip or decline. Labels: transitive Example: I'll pass on dessert, thanks. 5. To die. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive Example: His uncle passed on last year. Example: A very fine woman, Martha’s mother. She passed on—let’s see—sixteen months ago, next June. No, fifteen months ago. […] She was a very fine old lady, and I was glad to do what I could.
Word: Johnny-come-lately Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdʒɒni.kʌmˈleɪtli/, /ˌdʒɑːni.kʌmˈleɪtli/ 1. A newcomer; a novice; an upstart. Labels: also, attributive, idiomatic Example: She might take offense if some Johnny-come-lately thinks he can do a better job. Example: Morris now shared financial decisions with a woman, a female Johnny-come-lately. Imagine the eventuality of Morris's share of their fortune ever falling into such Johnny-come-lately hands. God forbid!
Word: wpm Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of words per minute (“a measure of speed, as of output, typing, reading, or speech”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: So, if you're thinking at 400 and the person you're talking to is speaking at 150, then what you do with that extra 250 wpm capacity is going to determine how good a listener you are.
Word: hillbilly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hill + billy (“fellow”). Compare Scots chapman billie (“travelling salesman”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪlˌbɪli/ 1. Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication. Labels: derogatory, often 2. A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states. Labels: ethnic, slur Example: Thanks to the massive migration from the poorer regions of Appalachia to places like Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, hillbilly values spread widely along with hillbilly people.
Word: hillbilly Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hill + billy (“fellow”). Compare Scots chapman billie (“travelling salesman”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪlˌbɪli/ 1. To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm. Example: Hillbillying troubadors, the bohemians of a new world, not cafe society but more like the poor white origins of an Elvis Presley. Example: Like Ken Lay, [Rebecca] Mark came from a small town in Missouri, one of four children in a farm family with deep fundamentalist beliefs. Her conversational style has been polished in Texas, and she is a master of “hillbillying,” the trick of playing up one’s humble origins. 2. To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool. Example: I think that 20 to 30 years ago nonfundamentalists in America did make a great mistake by typing them, by hillbillying and backwoodsing and holy-rollering them. Example: God damned mother fuckin son of a bitch cock suckin' asshole, who the fuck does he think he is, that dumb ass, half-brained, hillbillied redneck, given me that Jew shit when he's coppin' money and nobody's got the balls to stand up to him and they're gonna let me take the rap? 3. To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions.
Word: make sure Part of Speech: verb 1. To ensure that something specific happens, is done etc., or of something happening. Example: I'm going to make sure that I get to the interview on time. Example: I expected to be able to get to the interview on time, but I left home earlier than usual just to make sure. 2. To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. Example: When you leave, make sure you have locked the door behind you. Example: Make sure of your sources before you publish. 3. To feel certain of something; to be convinced. Labels: archaic Example: “The gun!” said he. “I have thought of that,” said I, for I made sure he was thinking of a bombardment of the fort. “They could never get the gun ashore, and if they did, they could never haul it through the woods.” Example: ‘I put my name to a bill for Fred; it was for a hundred and sixty pounds. He made sure he could meet it himself.’ 4. To betroth. Labels: obsolete Example: […] then his marriage shall be ſolemniz'd, / For wrote you not that I haue made him ſure / Vnto our Coſin, the Earle of Gloſters heire. Example: Women are borne, but to make fooles of men. She that's made sure to him, she loves not well, Her banes are ask'd here, but she wedds in hell; Parents that match their children gainst their will, Teach them not how to live, but how to kill.
Word: polychromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chromatic English polychromatic From poly- + chromatic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/, /ˌpɒlikɹəʊˈmætɪk/ 1. Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours. Labels: not-comparable Example: With our water goggles adjusted we gazed at the fishes displaying their polychromatic scales to the sea world, as, with true Puka-Pukan languor, they finned from coral to coral. Example: As I rounded the corner nearest my hotel the Afrite coachman of the polychromatic, nonpareil coat seized me, swung open the dungeony door of his peripatetic sarcophagus, flirted his feather duster and began his ritual: […] 2. Composed of more than one wavelength. Labels: not-comparable
Word: give someone a hard time Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause difficulty or make trouble for someone. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: During WWII, German troops gave the Allies a hard time in Italy, but eventually the Allies broke through. 2. To tease, kid or rib someone. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: He's usually pretty good-natured when the children give him a hard time about his bald spot.
Word: strike while the iron is hot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adage originates from the common craft of blacksmithing. It appears in Chaucer's The Tale of Melibee, "right so as whil that iren is hoot men sholden smyte". (Harvard) It gained additional meaning when used as a motto by Joseph Paisley - a blacksmith at Gretna Green who married eloping couples at his anvil. (History in the Margins) 1. To strike a hot piece of metal, especially iron, with a mallet or other tool before it cools, while it is still hot enough to be shaped. Labels: literally 2. To act on an opportunity promptly while favorable conditions exist; to avoid waiting. Labels: idiomatic Example: We should strike while the iron is hot and order some immediately, before they change the offer. Example: The Gap thus stopp'd, with her Army she marcheth to the Cage that kept those Birds, whose Wings she would be clipping. She knew if she struck not while the Iron was hot, the heat of a popular Faction would quickly sink and lessen.
Word: hat in hand Part of Speech: adv 1. With humility; in an apologetic or self-effacing fashion. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Hat in hand, the sailors stood deferentially in a semicircle before him. Example: "D'you think the proud English corporations are going to let you inside? Not them. The most you'll get will be the scraps that fall from their table, my poor Lazarus, and for these you'll have to go hat in hand to Dives."
Word: pelf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English pelf, pelfe (“stolen goods, booty, spoil; forfeited property; money, riches; property; valuable object”), possibly from Anglo-Norman pelf (a variant of pelfre (“booty, loot”)) and Old French peufre (“frippery; rubbish”); further etymology uncertain, possibly a metathesis of Old French felpe, ferpe, frepe (“a rag”). The English word is perhaps related to Late Latin pelfa, pelfra, pelfrum (“forfeited or stolen goods”), Middle French peuffe and French peufe, peuffe (“old clothes; rubbish”) (Normandy), and pilfer. Pronunciation: /pɛlf/ 1. Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon. Labels: dated, derogatory, uncountable Example: Raph. Sirra Hammon Hammon, dost thou thinke a shooe-maker is so base, to be a bawd to his own wife for cõmodity! take thy gold, choake with it: were I not lame, I would make thee eate thy words. Firke. A shoomaker sell his flesh and blood, oh indignitie! Hodg. Sirra, take up your pelfe, and be packing. Example: For what greater folly can there be, or madneſſe, then to […] keepe backe from his wife and children, neither letting them, nor other friends uſe or enjoy that which is theirs by right, and which they much need perhaps; like a hog, or dog in the manger, he doth onely keep it, becauſe it ſhall doe no body elſe good, hurting himſelfe and others; and for a little momentary pelfe, damne his owne ſoule. 2. Rubbish, trash; specifically (UK, dialectal) refuse from plants. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Now for women, in ſtead of laborious ſtudies, they have curious, needleworkes, Cut-workes, ſpinning, bone-lace, and many prettie deviſes of their owne making, to adorne their houſes, […] Which to her gueſts ſhe ſhews, with all her pelfe, / Thus far my maides, but this I did my ſelf. 3. Dust; fluff. Labels: uncountable 4. A contemptible or useless person. Labels: Yorkshire, countable, derogatory
Word: Capuchins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Capuchin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”). Compare typologically crowd (see there for more). Pronunciation: /θɹɒŋ/, /θɹɔŋ/, /θɹɑŋ/ 1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. Example: Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng. Example: Perhaps you suppose this throng / Can't keep it up all day long? 2. A group of things; a host or swarm. Example: Bloody corpses, broken bones reveal / A throng of clashes crushed, our nightmare sealed / Amongst the shadows and the stones
Word: throng Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”). Compare typologically crowd (see there for more). Pronunciation: /θɹɒŋ/, /θɹɔŋ/, /θɹɑŋ/ 1. To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. Labels: transitive Example: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. Example: Gay sex remains illegal but is rarely prosecuted, and an estimated 26,000 revelers thronged this year’s annual Pink Dot gay rights rally — one of the largest public gatherings of any sort seen in recent years. 2. To congregate. Labels: intransitive Example: […]I have seen the dumb men throng to see him and / The blind to bear him speak:[…] 3. To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. Labels: transitive Example: Much people followed him, and thronged him. Example: A third is wroth: ‘Is this an hour ⁠For private sorrow’s barren song, ⁠When more and more the people throng The chairs and thrones of civil power?’
Word: throng Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”). Compare typologically crowd (see there for more). Pronunciation: /θɹɒŋ/, /θɹɔŋ/, /θɹɑŋ/ 1. Filled with persons or objects; crowded. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Earth, sweet Earth, sweet landscape, with leavès throng / And louchèd low grass, heaven that dost appeal / To, with no tongue to plead, no heart to feel; / That canst but only be, but dost that long— […] 2. Busy; hurried. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Mr Shaw was very civil; he said he was rather throng just now, but if Ernest did not mind the sound of hammering he should be very glad of a talk with him. Example: [P]eople were having holidays all round the world, though the Glasgow shops and offices and factories were as throng with business as ever.
Word: reactionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French réactionnaire, equivalent to reaction + -ary. Used in the time of the French revolution to refer to a person opposing the revolution; as in favoring a reaction against the revolution. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈækʃən(ə)ɹi/, /ɹiˈæk.ʃəˌnɛɚ.i/, /ɹiˈæk.t͡ʃəˌnɛɚ.i/, /ɹiˈæk.ʃɪˌnɛɚ.i/, /ɹiˈæk.t͡ʃɪˌnɛɚ.i/ 1. Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a "golden age" of the past. Example: There's a fairly simple reason for the embrace of radicalism on the right, and it has to do with the reactionary imperative that lies at the core of conservative doctrine. […] If he is to preserve what he values, the conservative must declare war against the culture as it is. Example: [Jeffrey] Epstein was interested in transhumanism, a theory of human perfection via technological manipulation that—like its predecessor, eugenics—is shot through with racist and reactionary ideas. 2. Of, pertaining to, participating in, or inducing a chemical reaction. Example: Psychiatry extends the theory into biology in the belief that all human behavior is nothing more than a series of reactionary chemical processes in the brain that determine pre-coded genetic responses built up from the conditioning of one’s environment. 3. In reaction to; as a result of. Example: The regulator noted that reduced service levels and passenger numbers helped deliver strong performance, with fewer reactionary delays.
Word: reactionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French réactionnaire, equivalent to reaction + -ary. Used in the time of the French revolution to refer to a person opposing the revolution; as in favoring a reaction against the revolution. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈækʃən(ə)ɹi/, /ɹiˈæk.ʃəˌnɛɚ.i/, /ɹiˈæk.t͡ʃəˌnɛɚ.i/, /ɹiˈæk.ʃɪˌnɛɚ.i/, /ɹiˈæk.t͡ʃɪˌnɛɚ.i/ 1. One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age, often used derogatorily by revolutionaires. Example: Hindu reactionaries, whose conception of a well-ordered society had not moved beyond the laws of Manu, fell into line for the moment with the intellectual products of the modern Indian University. Example: He was not a drunkard, not a chronic bankrupt. For the rest, Mr. Woodward depicts [Thomas] Paine as a highminded controversialist, persecuted by reactionaries on both sides of the Atlantic for no more than liberal political views.
Word: commodities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈmɑdətiz/, /kəˈmɒdətiz/ 1. plural of commodity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: besieged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bəˈsiːd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of besiege Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: illuminated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪˈlumɪneɪtɪd/, /ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪd/ 1. Irradiated by light, lit. Example: A flash of emerald light briefly illuminated the forest, and the stone vanished. 2. Decorated and illustrated. Example: On the table lay an illuminated missal and a silver crucifix. The Abbess herself was seated in the chair—pale, abstracted, and with features whose expression, in repose at least, was severe. Example: From this list are purposely omitted books printed upon vellum, Books of Hours of the Virgin Mary, and illuminated books; for these are rarities within reach of the wealthy only.
Word: illuminated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪˈlumɪneɪtɪd/, /ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of illuminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pick up the tab Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept a bill and pay it, especially at a bar or restaurant. Labels: US, idiomatic, intransitive Example: When the bill came to just 33,000 forints, I did something very out of character: I picked up the tab. It blew the budget for the day, but felt great. Example: Meanwhile, the taxpayer picked up the tab for over 50% of track and train costs at Northern, Merseyrail and the Transport for Wales rail operation.
Word: Sibir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ). 1. Synonym of Siberia. Example: WHEN Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Muscovy, Lord of Novgorod, and of Sibir, died some twenty years before, he left in the world two sons—an elder, Feodor and a lusty youngster Dmitri. Example: Catherine the Great’s rule of thirty-four years was a period of expansion. Russian exploration and colonization spread through Sibir to North America, and the Russians occupied Alaska. […] After the mysterious death of Alexander I (many people believed he hid himself in Sibir for a number of years under the name of Theodore Kuzmitch) his younger brother, Nicholas, became the Emperor of Russia.
Word: saponify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French saponifier, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”). 1. To convert (a fat or oil) into soap. Labels: transitive 2. To be converted into soap. Labels: intransitive 3. To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali. Labels: transitive
Word: antisubmarine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Old French marin Middle French marinbor. Middle English marin English marine English submarine English antisubmarine From anti- + submarine. 1. Intended for use against submarines. Labels: not-comparable Example: A depth charge is an antisubmarine weapon. Example: NATO held extensive wargames to practice antisubmarine warfare.
Word: antitank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank English antitank From anti- + tank. 1. Of weapons or tactics, designed for thwarting or (especially) attacking tanks or other armored fighting vehicles. Labels: not-comparable Example: A TOW missile is an antitank weapon capable of killing everyone in a tank from great distance.
Word: antiship Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English antiship From anti- + ship. 1. Designed to attack a naval ship. Labels: not-comparable Example: A single EXOCET antiship missile can sink a destroyer. Try not to get hit. 2. Pertaining to the activities of anti-shippers Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: antiship Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English antiship From anti- + ship. 1. To participate in the activities of anti-shippers Labels: slang
Word: antimonarchical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English monarchical English antimonarchical From anti- + monarchical. 1. Opposing a particular monarchy. 2. Opposing the concept of monarchy, rule by a single person. Example: Antimonarchical sentiment threatened to sweep away the last vestige of royal prerogative.
Word: antijamming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + jamming. 1. Designed to prevent being jammed (communications interference). Labels: not-comparable Example: Most military radios have some antijamming capability so they can be used in spite of the enemy's efforts to render them inoperative. 2. Designed not to jam (become stuck). Labels: not-comparable Example: The new copier had an antijamming design to keep the paper from getting stuck.
Word: anteorbital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- English orbital English anteorbital From ante- + orbital. 1. Referring to the period before orbit is achieved. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated in front of the eyes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: astronautical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs)bor. English -naut English astronaut Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English astronautical From astronaut + -ical. 1. referring to travel in outer space Labels: not-comparable
Word: anti-lock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + lock. 1. Preventing something from becoming stuck or jammed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Anti-lock brakes are designed to continue rotating for better steering control while slowing the vehicle, rather than locking and causing the car to skid.
Word: epitomise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of epitomize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: The steam locomotive has long epitomised the romance of railways. Example: Yet Hodgson’s men played with wonderful control. Their young full-backs, Luke Shaw and Nathaniel Clyne, epitomised their composure and Fraser Forster had to make only one noteworthy save before Andy Robertson’s goal, seven minutes from the end of time, temporarily threatened a winning position.
Word: annular eclipse Part of Speech: noun 1. a solar eclipse in which the thin outer disk of the sun can be seen as a ring around the moon
Word: come through Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Conflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgh, a verb-adverb/preposition combination. Cf. German durchkommen, where the prefix is separable. Equivalent to come + through. 1. To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway. Example: I can see Mr Smith now. Please ask him to come through. 2. To survive, to endure. Labels: idiomatic Example: He came through the surgery unharmed. 3. To be communicated or expressed successfully. Example: The anger in her song really came through. Example: More information on the scandal is coming through now. 4. To provide information on something; to confess. Labels: intransitive, slang 5. To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The team came through in the end and won the pennant. Example: It was felt Liverpool's potent attack would provide their most severe test - and to come through against Jurgen Klopp's unbeaten side with a point will do wonders for belief and self-confidence. 6. To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something). Example: She really came through for us when the project was in trouble. Example: He really came through with a lawyer when we were in trouble. 7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through. Example: This letter came through the letterbox. Example: As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.
Word: long row to hoe Part of Speech: noun 1. A difficult, arduous task or set of tasks; a lengthy, demanding project. Labels: idiomatic Example: “Don’t you suppose I know all that you’ve been through. . . ? I’ve followed you every step. . . .” “Well, you’ve had a long row to hoe.” Example: Japan's six-year economic slump is far from over. “They have a long row to hoe for recovery,” said Richard Koss.
Word: tone down Part of Speech: verb 1. To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Ask them to tone down that orange and pink color scheme a bit. Example: I hope they’ll tone it down and stop arguing so much. 2. To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: The best method for the purpose in hand was to employ some one of a character and position suited to get possession of their confidence, and then use it to tone down their religious strictness, and, if circumstances should favor, to disturb the ecclesiastical constitution which they had set up. Example: “Well, I posted it, and I wouldn’t have posted it if I didn’t kind of believe it,” said Mr. Prevost, who added that he would “probably tone it down” now that his brother was the Vicar of Jesus Christ. 3. To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: weldment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English weld Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English weldment From weld + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛldmənt/ 1. A part created from an assembly of smaller components that are joined by welding. Example: Postmechanical operations include: (1) removal of excess weld metal, slag, and weld spatter, (2) rough or finish machining to dimensional requirements of the weldment, and (3) metal conditioning processes such as peening or roll planishing to reduce cracking tendencies physically and to increase weld bead strength. Example: A welded assembly is called a weldment.
Word: lay hands on Part of Speech: verb 1. To find, obtain, or procure. Labels: idiomatic Example: If we can lay hands on some chicken wire and a black light, we can make some scary Halloween decorations. Example: After a long trial at which the Crown brought forward every right-wing bigot and crackpot psychiatrist they could lay hands on, The Body Politic was acquitted. 2. To seize or assault. Labels: idiomatic 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, hands.
Word: overpopulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English populate English overpopulate From over- + populate. 1. To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.
Word: overeager Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + eager. 1. Excessively eager. Example: He got a bad haircut from an overeager fellow who had just begun his career as a barber. Example: Olivia’s dress was too formal, her lipstick was too bright, her hair was freshly trimmed, she was slightly too attentive in the way she looked at Jonathan, and the combined effect was overeager.
Word: outpace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English pace English outpace From out- + pace. 1. To go faster than; to exceed the pace of. Labels: transitive Example: The youngster outpaced his grandfather and ran on ahead. Example: Walters outpaced Raio Piiroja from a long ball forward and curled a powerful shot over the crossbar from a tight angle in the 33rd minute.
Word: over and out Part of Speech: intj 1. A fictitious proword used to end a conversation over push-to-talk radio. Labels: idiomatic