nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: by Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”). Pronunciation: /baɪ/ 1. Along a path which runs past someone or something. Labels: not-comparable Example: I watched the parade as it passed by. 2. In the vicinity, near. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was a shepherd close by. Example: [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […] 3. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'll stop by on my way home from work. Example: We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. 4. Aside, away. Labels: not-comparable Example: The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. 5. Beyond or past a certain point. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'll somehow manage to get by.
Word: by Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”). Pronunciation: /baɪ/ 1. Out of the way, off to one side. Labels: not-comparable Example: a by path; a by room 2. Subsidiary, incidental. Labels: not-comparable Example: by catch; a by issue
Word: by Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”). Pronunciation: /baɪ/ 1. Alternative form of bye. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: by Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”). Pronunciation: /baɪ/ 1. Dated form of bye (“goodbye”). Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: box Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin buxusbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhs Old English box Middle English box English box From Middle English box (“box tree; boxwood”), from Old English box (“box tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhs (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), from Latin buxus (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), buxum (“box tree; boxwood”), possibly from πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Pronunciation: /bɒks/, /bɑks/ 1. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary. Example: And no maruell. For, the leaues of Boxe be deletorious, poiſonous, deadlie, and to the bodie of man very noiſome, dangerous and peſtilent[…] Example: He strayed down a walk edged with box; with apple trees, pear trees, and cherry trees on one side, and a border on the other, full of all sorts of old-fashioned flowers, stocks, sweet-williams, primroses, pansies, mingled with southernwood, sweet-briar, and various fragrant herbs. 2. The wood from a box tree: boxwood. Example: Nevertheless, the application of woods other than box for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for box, and thus might have an effect in lowering its price. 3. A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood. Labels: slang Example: Evenin’, folks. Thought y’all might lak uh lil music this evenin’ so Ah brought long mah box. 4. An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus). Labels: Australia 5. Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees. Labels: Australia Example: The name "Black Box" seems to be most generally in use for this species, Eucalyptus boormani; the even better name of "Ironbark Box" (which certainly indicates its affinities) is nearly as frequently in use.
Word: box Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping. The verb is from Middle English boxen (“to beat or whip (an animal)”), which is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /bɒks/, /bɑks/ 1. A blow with the fist. Example: That he hath a neighbourly charitie in him, for he borrowed a boxe of the eare of the Engliſhman, and ſwore he would pay him againe when hee was able : I thinke the Frenchman became his ſuretie, and ſeald vnder for another. Example: And then he whispered something to the girl which made her laugh, and give him a good-humoured box on the ear.
Word: box Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping. The verb is from Middle English boxen (“to beat or whip (an animal)”), which is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /bɒks/, /bɑks/ 1. To strike with the fists; to punch. Labels: transitive Example: to box someone’s ears Example: Leave this place before I box you! 2. To fight against (a person) in a boxing match. Labels: transitive 3. To participate in boxing; to be a boxer. Labels: intransitive, stative
Word: box Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ (bôx, “box (marine fish)”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”), a reference to the large size of the fish's eyes relative to its body. Pronunciation: /bɒks/, /bɑks/ 1. A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye. Labels: dated Example: BOX. Box (Boops), […] In both jaws a single anterior series of broad incisors, notched at the cutting margin; no molars. Example: The Bogue. […] Box or Boops. Generic Character.—Body elongated, rounded, the dorsal and ventral profiles alike, and the general aspect peculiarly trim.
Word: cloud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd (“mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, *klutaz (“lump, mass, conglomeration”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, clench”). Cognate with Scots clood, clud (“cloud”), Dutch kluit (“lump, mass, clod”), German Low German Kluut, Kluute (“lump, mass, ball”), German Kloß (“lump, ball, dumpling”), Danish klode (“sphere, orb, planet”), Swedish klot (“sphere, orb, ball, globe”), Icelandic klót (“knob on a sword's hilt”). Related to English clod, clot, clump, club. Largely replaced Middle English wolken, from Old English wolcn (whence Modern English welkin), the commonest Germanic word (compare Dutch wolk, German Wolke). Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊ̯d/, [ˈkʰl̥aʊ̯d], /ˈklæʊ̯d/, [ˈkʰl̥æʊ̯d], /ˈklaːd/ 1. To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight. Labels: intransitive Example: The glass clouds when you breathe on it. 2. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds. Labels: transitive Example: The sky is clouded. 3. Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist. Example: The horses stamping Their warm breath clouding In the sharp and frosty morning Of the day. 4. To make obscure. Labels: transitive Example: All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue. 5. To make less acute or perceptive. Labels: transitive Example: Your emotions are clouding your judgement. Example: The tears began to well up and cloud my vision. 6. To make gloomy or sullen. Labels: transitive Example: One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. Example: Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. 7. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character). Labels: transitive Example: I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. 8. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors. Labels: transitive Example: to cloud yarn Example: The nice conduct of a clouded cane 9. To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way. Labels: intransitive
Word: brain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain Inherited from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną, from Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s, from *mregʰ- + *-n̥. Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein, Brain (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge, Bräienge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek βρεχμός (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/, /ˈbɹæ̝ɪ̯n/, /ˈbɾen/, /ˈbɾein/ 1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull. Labels: transitive 2. To strike (someone) on the head. Labels: transitive Example: Lambdon would require medical attention for a fractured skull. It seemed that Fen had passed his wife a couple of telling pictures, whereupon the drab Mrs. Lambdon had brained her husband with a table lamp. 3. To destroy; to put an end to. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: There thou maiſt braine him, Example: It was the ſwift celeritie of his death / […] That brain'd my purpoſe: 4. To conceive in the mind; to understand. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 'Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen / Tongue, and brain not. 5. To think effectively. Labels: humorous, intransitive, nonstandard Example: My brain isn't braining right now.
Word: goshawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English goshauk, from Old English gōshafoc (“goose hawk”), from gōs (“goose”) and hafoc (“hawk”). Compare also Old Norse gáshaukr and Late Middle English gosling. The bird gets its name from the fact that the birds of the species are hawks that were alleged to prey on geese. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒshɔːk/, /ˈɡɑshɑk/ 1. Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter. Example: But you heed me no more than a goss-hawk minds a yellow yoldring.
Word: sparrowhawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sparhauk, sperhauk, from Old English spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk”), from Proto-West Germanic *sparwahabuk, from Proto-Germanic *sparwahabukaz, equivalent to sparrow + hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”). 1. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds. 2. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds. 3. Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus. 4. Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic. Pronunciation: /lɑːk/, /lɑɹk/ 1. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. 2. Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark. 3. One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks. Labels: broadly 4. A jolly or peppy person. Example: Charles Randolph Grean is married to pop lark and multi-hit artist Betty Johnson.
Word: lark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic. Pronunciation: /lɑːk/, /lɑɹk/ 1. To catch larks (a type of bird). Labels: intransitive Example: to go larking
Word: lark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, either * from a northern English dialectal term lake /laik (“to play”) (around 1300, from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)), with an intrusive -r- as is common in southern British dialects; or * a shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in speelvogel (“playbird, a person of markedly playful nature”). Pronunciation: /lɑːk/, /lɑɹk/ 1. A frolic or romp, some fun. Example: ‘Ha! ha!’ laughed Master Bates, ‘what a lark that would be, wouldn’t it, Fagin? I say, how the Artful would bother ’em wouldn’t he?’ Example: “Oh, dear, no,” said the young Englishman; “my cousin was coming over on some business, so I just came across, at an hour’s notice, for the lark.” 2. A prank. Example: doolittle. […] [T]hanks to your silly joking, he leaves me a share in his Pre-digested Cheese Trust worth three thousand a year on condition that I lecture for his Wannafeller Moral Reform World League as often as they ask me up to six times a year. / higgins. The devil he does! Whew! [Brightening suddenly] What a lark!
Word: lark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, either * from a northern English dialectal term lake /laik (“to play”) (around 1300, from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)), with an intrusive -r- as is common in southern British dialects; or * a shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in speelvogel (“playbird, a person of markedly playful nature”). Pronunciation: /lɑːk/, /lɑɹk/ 1. To sport, engage in harmless pranking. Example: [T]hey laugh at us old boys,” thought old Pendennis. And he was not far wrong; the times and manners which he admired were pretty nearly gone—the gay young men “larked” him irreverently […] Example: […] the porter at the rail-road had seen a scuffle; or when he found it was likely to bring him in as a witness, then it might not have been a scuffle, only a little larking […] 2. To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
Word: skylark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details. Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪlɑːk/, /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/ 1. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.
Word: skylark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details. Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪlɑːk/, /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/ 1. To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks. Labels: dated Example: I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.
Word: phonetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phonetic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English phonetics From phonetic + -s. Pronunciation: /fəˈnɛt.ɪks/, [fəˈnɛʔəks], [fəˈnɛhəks], /foˈnɛ.ʈɪks/, /ˈfɵ.nᵻ.ʈɪks/ 1. The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols. Labels: uncountable Example: This dictionary shows the phonetics of the words.
Word: analyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French analyste. Pronunciation: /ˈænəlɪst/ 1. Someone who analyzes. 2. Someone who is an analytical thinker. 3. A mathematician who studies real analysis. 4. A systems analyst. 5. A practitioner of psychoanalysis. Example: “I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off.” 6. A financial analyst; a business analyst. Example: The Shanghai-based company reported Wednesday that net profit soared 246% to 28 billion yuan ($3.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, more than double the average analyst estimate of 12.62 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), according to LSEG data.
Word: analysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unravel, investigate”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “thoroughly”) + λύω (lúō, “to loosen”). Pronunciation: /əˈnæləsɪs/, /əˈnælɪsɪs/, /əˈnaləsɪs/, /əˈnalɪsɪs/, /əˈnɛləsəs/ 1. Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.). Labels: countable Example: comparative analysis Example: Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer. 2. The result of such a process. Labels: countable Example: Thus, in a sequence such as [French English teacher], since English is closer to the Head Noun teacher, it must be a Complement; and since French is further away from teacher, it must be an Attribute. Hence, we correctly predict that the only possible interpretation for [a French English teacher] is ‘a person who teaches English who is Frenchʼ. So our analysis not only has semantic plausi- bility; but in addition it has independent syntactic support. 3. A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more. Labels: uncountable 4. Proof by deduction from known truths. Labels: countable 5. The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process. Labels: countable, physical 6. The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises. Labels: uncountable 7. Psychoanalysis. Labels: countable Example: The "Homosexuals" chapter gets off to a brisk start with a declaration from a man identified as "Nick August" ― a "self-proclaimed homosexual" ― that "homosexuals are men who are so terrified of their sexual feelings for their mothers, that they have spent their whole lives proving they don't have any feelings at all for women." We are not surprised to learn, later on, that he is in analysis; may I suggest that his analyst is a very old-fashioned one?
Word: anchovy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish anchoa, from Genoese Ligurian anciôa or related Corsican anchjuva, anciua. The term's ultimate origin is unclear; some suggest it may have derived from an unattested Vulgar Latin term *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, apua, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē) (which may be formed like Sanskrit अभ्व (ábhva-, “monster”)); others suggest it comes from Basque antxu, anchu (“dried fish”), from anchuva (“dry”), if that Basque term is not itself derived from Latin via some intermediary. None of these hypotheses is satisfactory because of the phonetic irregularities. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi/, /ˈæn.t͡ʃəʊ.vi/, /ænˈt͡ʃəʊ.vi/, /ˈænˌt͡ʃoʊ.vi/, /ænˈt͡ʃoʊ.vi/ 1. Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food. Example: [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.
Word: anchor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English anchoren, ankeren, either from the noun or perhaps (via Old French ancrer) from a Medieval Latin verb ancorare, from the same Latin word ancora. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.kəː/, [ˈæŋ.kəː], /ˈæŋ.kɚ/, [ˈæŋ.kɚ] ~ [ˈæŋ.kɹ̩], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.kɚ/ 1. To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point. 2. To cast anchor; to come to anchor. Example: Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. 3. To stop; to fix or rest. Example: My invention […] anchors on Isabel. 4. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress. 5. To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman. 6. To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position. Example: It is an incredible tale and one that makes no sense on so many levels. Only two years ago Leicester were anchored to the foot of the Premier League and staring at the prospect of relegation to the Championship under Nigel Pearson.
Word: anchor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ankre, ancre, from Old English ancer, ancra, from Latin anachōrēta, anachōrīta, either with significant shortening of the word within Old English or via an unattested Old Irish form. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.kəː/, [ˈæŋ.kəː], /ˈæŋ.kɚ/, [ˈæŋ.kɚ] ~ [ˈæŋ.kɹ̩], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.kɚ/ 1. An anchorite or anchoress. Labels: obsolete Example: Nor earth to me giue foode, nor heauen light, / Sport and repoſe lock from me day and night, / To deſperation turn my truſt and hope, / And Anchors cheere in priſon be my ſcope, […]
Word: anchor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.kəː/, [ˈæŋ.kəː], /ˈæŋ.kɚ/, [ˈæŋ.kɚ] ~ [ˈæŋ.kɹ̩], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.kɚ/ 1. Alternative form of anker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: benefit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/, /ˈbɛn.ɪˌfɪt/, /ˈbɛn.əˌfɪt/, /ˈben.ə.fɪt/, /ˈben.ə.fət/ 1. An advantage; help or aid from something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She can't read, so the voice recording was made for her benefit. Example: Exposure to cutting-edge technologies is one of the benefits of the job. 2. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gore Vidal […] will be sharing his wit and wisdom at the Arlington Street Church on Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00. The appearance is a benefit for the Boston/Boise Committee and the tickets are priced at $5. 4. beneficence; liberality Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Birds, that liue i'th field / On the vvilde Benefit of nature, liue / Happier then vve; for they may chooſe their Mates, / And carroll their ſvveet pleaſures to the Spring: […] 5. Intended audience (as for the benefit of). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The whole scene was staged for his benefit, and it completely fooled him. Example: Since my wife is Canadian, whenever we have dinner with my family, they keep bringing up anything they've heard about Canada lately for her benefit.
Word: benefit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/, /ˈbɛn.ɪˌfɪt/, /ˈbɛn.əˌfɪt/, /ˈben.ə.fɪt/, /ˈben.ə.fət/ 1. To be or to provide a benefit to. Labels: transitive Example: […] I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them. Example: The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level. 2. To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary. Labels: intransitive Example: Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...]. Example: Although some apeirophobics have benefitted from treatments like medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, others have found no way to mitigate the existential terror.
Word: cement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum. Pronunciation: /səˈmɛnt/, /ˈsi.mɛnt/ 1. A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time. Example: Indigenous bacteria, which naturally exist in specific environments, are being increasingly utilized in self-healing cement to promote calcite precipitation, a process that fills cracks and restores the material’s structural integrity [4,5]. 2. The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries. Labels: uncountable 3. Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout. Labels: uncountable 4. A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the cement of our love 5. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cement Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum. Pronunciation: /səˈmɛnt/, /ˈsi.mɛnt/ 1. To affix with cement. Labels: transitive 2. To overlay or coat with cement. Labels: transitive Example: to cement a cellar floor 3. To unite firmly or closely. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: For they have entertained cause enough To draw their swords: but how the fear of us May cement their divisions and bind up The petty difference, we yet not know. Example: Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual. 4. To repair. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: When neibors anger at a plea, / An' just as wud as wud can be, / How easy can the barley-bree / Cement the quarrel! 5. To make permanent. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: But friendſhip is a calm and ſedate affection, conducted by reaſon and cemented by habit; ſpringing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations; without jealouſies or fears; and without thoſe feveriſh fits of heat and cold, which cauſe ſuch an agreeable torment in the amorous paſſion. Example: [Dele] Alli’s ability to break forward from midfield was a prominent feature and the 19-year-old must have gone a long way to cementing his place in the team.
Word: cemetery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/, /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/, /ˈsem.ɘˌtʃɹi/ 1. A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park. Example: The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees... Example: They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.
Word: mallard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus. Pronunciation: /ˈmælˌɑːd/, [ˈmælˌɑːd], /ˈmælɚd/, [ˈmælɚd] ~ [ˈmælɹ̩d] 1. Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head. Labels: countable 2. The meat of this bird, eaten as food. Labels: uncountable
Word: syllable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/, [ˈsɪl.ə.bɫ̩] 1. A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants. Example: I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth. 2. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable. 3. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle. Example: Then let them caſt backe their eyes vnto former generations of men, and marke what was done in the prime of the world. Seth, Enoch, Noah, Sem, Abraham, Iob, and the reſt that liued before any ſyllable of the law of God was written, did they not ſinne as much as wee doe in euery action not commanded? Example: Th'Archbyſhop Is the Kings hand, and tongue, and who dare ſpeak One ſyllable againſt him?
Word: syllable Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/, [ˈsɪl.ə.bɫ̩] 1. To utter in syllables. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: [A] thouſand fantaſies Begin to throng into my memorie Of calling ſhapes, and beckning ſhadows dire, And ayrie tongues, that ſyllable mens names On Sands, and Shoars, and deſert Wilderneſſes.
Word: greylag goose Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹeɪlæɡ ˈɡuːs/ 1. Anser anser, a goose that breads in northern Eurasia and winters in semitropical Asia.
Word: golden eagle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From golden + eagle. Likely a calque of Ancient Greek χρῡσᾱ́ετος m (khrūsā́etos, “golden eagle”, a compound of Ancient Greek χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊl.dən ˈiː.ɡəl/ 1. A large bird of prey, Aquila chrysaetos, that hunts while soaring.
Word: grey heron Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪ ˈhɛɹ.ən/ 1. Ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.
Word: heron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger and Danish hejre), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”). Compare also egret from the same Germanic etymon. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹən/ 1. Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
Word: long-eared owl Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌlɒŋɪədˈaʊl/ 1. Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range.
Word: International Phonetic Alphabet Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)nəl fəˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt/, [ˌɪntəˈnæʃ(ə)nəɫ fəˈnɛtɪk ˈæɫfəˌbɛt], /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l fəˈnɛɾɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt/, [ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ɫ fəˈnɛɾɪk ˈæɫfəˌbɛt], [ˌɪɾ̃ɚ-] 1. A standardized set of symbols for representing the sounds of human speech. Example: The International Phonetic Alphabet is commonly used in books about Shanghainese because none of the existing romanizations are very popular.
Word: act Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act From Middle English acte, from Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Compare German Akte (“file”). Partially displaced deed, from Old English dǣd (“act, deed”). Pronunciation: /ækt/, [ækt], [akt], /æk/ 1. Something done, a deed. Labels: countable Example: an act of goodwill Example: That best portion of a good man's life, / His little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love. 2. Actuality. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. 3. Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A product of a legislative body, a statute. Labels: countable Example: But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. 5. (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law. Labels: countable Example: Under current law, employers can drag out the union election process... Under the PRO Act, workers and the NLRB set union election procedures. The employer is not involved. 6. The process of doing something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was caught in the act of stealing. 7. A formal or official record of something done. Labels: countable 8. A division of a theatrical performance. Labels: countable Example: “H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]” Example: The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act. 9. A performer or performers in a show. Labels: countable Example: Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band? 10. Any organized activity. Labels: countable Example: The minute you let it be known you're planning a sales campaign everybody wants to get into the act. 11. A display of behaviour. Labels: countable 12. A display of behaviour. Labels: countable Example: to put on an act Example: He said, "I'm just curious, is this for real or just an act? / Can't tell if you love or hate me, never met someone like that" 13. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. Ellipsis of act of parliament. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 15. a regulation (see Usage notes) Labels: European-Union, countable, uncountable
Word: act Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act From Middle English acte, from Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Compare German Akte (“file”). Partially displaced deed, from Old English dǣd (“act, deed”). Pronunciation: /ækt/, [ækt], [akt], /æk/ 1. To do something. Labels: intransitive Example: If you don’t act soon, you will be in trouble. 2. To do (something); to perform. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: that we act our temporal affairs with a deſire no greater than our neceſſity Example: Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. 3. To perform a theatrical role. Labels: intransitive Example: I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre. 4. Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly). Labels: intransitive Example: But whatever types he assumes, the need to have a good play which acts delightfully well before the audience, and to their delectation, is the dominant thrust. If the play acts well, the director gets the credits. 5. To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time. Labels: intransitive Example: A dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite. Example: I believe that Bill’s stuck-up because of the way that he acts. 6. To convey an appearance of being. Labels: copulative Example: He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn’t worry. 7. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer. Labels: intransitive Example: act on behalf of John 8. To have an effect (on). Labels: intransitive Example: High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death. Example: Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies. 9. To play (a role). Labels: transitive Example: He’s been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve. 10. To feign. Labels: transitive Example: He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused. Example: With acted fear the villain thus pursued. 11. To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter. Labels: intransitive Example: A lawyer cannot act until they have been formally instructed by their client. 12. To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation. Labels: intransitive Example: This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable! 13. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. 14. To enact; to decree. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, transitive
Word: act Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Clipping of actually. Pronunciation: /ækt/, [ækt], [akt], /æk/ 1. Clipping of actually. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: james did u act enjoy that juice? looked like u were gagging icl
Word: balance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance From Middle English balaunce, from Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”), from bi- + lanx (“plate, scale”). Displaced the word — Old English wǣġ akin to Modern English: wey from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæləns/ 1. A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium. Labels: uncountable Example: But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things. 2. Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed. Labels: uncountable 3. Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight. Labels: countable, figuratively, literally, uncountable Example: These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah. Example: Blair thought he could provide a useful balance to Bush's policies. 4. A pair of scales. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity. Labels: uncountable 6. The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others. Labels: uncountable Example: The balance of power finally lay with the Royalist forces. Example: I think the balance of opinion is that we should get out while we're ahead. 7. Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.). Labels: uncountable 8. A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I just need to nip to a bank and check my balance. 10. A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The remainder. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The balance of the agreement remains in effect. Example: The invoice said he had only paid $50. The balance was $220. 12. Libra. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: balance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance From Middle English balaunce, from Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”), from bi- + lanx (“plate, scale”). Displaced the word — Old English wǣġ akin to Modern English: wey from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæləns/ 1. To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights. Labels: transitive 2. To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights. Labels: intransitive, reflexive, transitive Example: She balanced along the wire while the crowd watched in rapt attention. Example: They must balance themselves down the fence until they reach the end. 3. To make (concepts) agree. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: the Proteus Principle helps to qualify and balance the concepts of narrators and of narrative situations as previously developed in classical studies by G erard Genette and Franz Stanzel. 4. To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling. Labels: transitive Example: I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee. Example: The circus performer balances a plate on the end of a baton. 5. To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate. Labels: transitive Example: Ballance the Good and Evil of Things. Example: Mr. Morrison's ruling to reopen the station as a shelter was given after he had balanced the relative dangers of flooding and bombing. 6. To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally. Labels: transitive Example: to balance partners 7. To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass. Labels: transitive Example: to balance the boom mainsail 8. To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond. Labels: transitive Example: to balance a set of books Example: This final payment, or credit, balances the account. 9. To be in equilibrium. Labels: intransitive 10. To have matching credits and debits. Labels: intransitive 11. To weigh in a balance. Labels: obsolete, transitive 12. To hesitate or fluctuate. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: coal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kööl (“coal”), Saterland Frisian Koole (“coal”), West Frisian koal (“coal”), Cimbrian kholl (“coal”), Dutch kool (“coal; carbon”), German Kohle (“coal”), Limburgish Kǫe̩l (“coal”), Luxembourgish Kuel (“coal”), Vilamovian köła (“coal”), Yiddish קויל (koyl, “coal”), Danish kul (“coal”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kol (“coal; carbon”), Jamtish kuł (“coal; carbon”), Norwegian Bokmål kol, kull (“coal”). Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic gual (“coal”), Manx geayl (“coal”), Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti (“to glow, twinkle”), Persian زکال (zakâl), زکار (zekâr), زغال (zoġâl, “coal”), Tocharian B śoliye (“hearth”), Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, glow”), all from the same root. Pronunciation: /kəʊl/, [kʰɒʊɫ], /kɒl/, /koʊl/, [kʰoɫ] 1. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. Labels: uncountable Example: The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted. Example: Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed. 2. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. Labels: countable Example: Put some coal on the fire. Example: Order some coal from the coalyard. 3. A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English) Labels: countable Example: Put some coals on the fire. 4. A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel. Labels: countable Example: hot coals Example: glowing coals 5. Charcoal. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Content of low quality. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable Example: I'm so sick of seeing this coal online. 7. Bombs emitting black smoke on impact. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 8. Money. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable