nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lexeme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -eme, a suffix indicating a fundamental unit in some aspect of linguistic structure, on the model of phoneme. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛkˌsiːm/ 1. A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form. Example: A lexeme is a unit of lexical meaning, which exists regardless of any inflectional endings it may have or the number of words it may contain. Thus, fibrillate, rain cats and dogs, and come in are all lexemes, as are elephant, jog, cholesterol, happiness, put up with, face the music, and hundreds of thousands of other meaningful items in English. Example: In a typical lexicalist approach (e.g. Koontz-Garboden 2006), the unmarked lexeme is taken as lexically listed, even if its meaning (as it often does) includes templatic entailments, and the derivational morphology is taken to operate on the underived form to yield the derived form. This is the case not only morphologically, but also semantically. 2. A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form. Labels: broadly, metonymically 3. A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form. Labels: broadly, metonymically Example: For the second sense, where “word” means “item that should have its own dictionary entry,” lexicographers sometimes use the term “lemma,” but that has other meanings too, so among linguists the term lexeme is now standard, and I’ll use it. For the different forms or shapes that belong to a lexeme we can use the term word-form. ¶ And as a typographical convention, from now on I’ll always put lexeme names in bold italics with a capital letter. So I’ll say there is a lexeme called Pamper [emphasis in original]. It’s the name of a small collection of word-forms with particular spellings – four of them: pamper, pampered, pampering, and pampers. I will always put word-forms (and all the phrases and clauses I mention as examples) in italics. 4. An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis. Example: Near-synonym: token
Word: nude Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”). Pronunciation: /n(j)uːd/ 1. Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why do you act so prudish whenever you see nude people? Example: 2019 December 19, Elaine McCahill, “I said no to 'Game of Thrones' nude scene, says 'Charlie' actress Sinead Watters”, Irish Independent: Charlie's breakout star Sinead Watters has revealed that she said no to a nude role in Game of Thrones. 2. Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh. Labels: comparable, usually Example: Vanessa always wore the same color on both her hands and feet—Hitchcock Blonde—a barely-there nude color with a dash of pink that was only two shades away from clear topcoat. It was the sort of thing you would imagine Grace Kelly in […] Example: It gave me a lovely, natural, but juicy color. To correct the shape of my mouth, I lined my lips with a nude color like MAC's Spice mixed with Mochaberry Automatic Lip Liner, blending the liner very carefully to make sure there was no hard edge. 3. Not valid; void. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: A void sale is that which can never take effect; in which the articles opposed to each other, or one of them, not bearing any legal value the contract is nude.
Word: nude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”). Pronunciation: /n(j)uːd/ 1. A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress. Example: Michelangelo's David is a well-known standing male nude; Michelangelo also created several other nudes. Example: Lexa sent me a nude last week. 2. The state of total nudity. Example: she caught him in the nude 3. A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color. Example: What eye shadow looks best on my eye color? Brown eyes – Off whites, nudes, peaches, and purples.
Word: putt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots putt (“to put”). Compare Middle Dutch putten (“to dig a pit”). The Old English putian (“to push; thrust; put; place”) derivation is commonly assumed, although no longer valid. In Dutch, the word is instanced in a description of golf in an early seventeenth-century edition of Pieter van Afferden's Tyrocinium linguae latinae. All derive from Proto-Germanic *putōną. Pronunciation: /pʌt/, [pʰat], [pʰʌt], [pʰət], [pʰɐt] 1. The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
Word: putt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Scots putt (“to put”). Compare Middle Dutch putten (“to dig a pit”). The Old English putian (“to push; thrust; put; place”) derivation is commonly assumed, although no longer valid. In Dutch, the word is instanced in a description of golf in an early seventeenth-century edition of Pieter van Afferden's Tyrocinium linguae latinae. All derive from Proto-Germanic *putōną. Pronunciation: /pʌt/, [pʰat], [pʰʌt], [pʰət], [pʰɐt] 1. To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter. Example: There were the golfers. Was it possible that they were going on with their game? Yes, there was a fellow driving off from a tee, and that other group upon the green were surely putting for the hole.
Word: putt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt. Pronunciation: /pʌt/, [pʰat], [pʰʌt], [pʰət], [pʰɐt] 1. A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines. Labels: onomatopoeic 2. A motorcycle. Labels: UK, slang
Word: putt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt. Pronunciation: /pʌt/, [pʰat], [pʰʌt], [pʰət], [pʰɐt] 1. To make a putting sound. 2. To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride. Labels: slang 3. To move along slowly.
Word: putt Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pʌt/, [pʰat], [pʰʌt], [pʰət], [pʰɐt] 1. Obsolete form of put. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
Word: putt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probable variant of pot (“vessel”) or butt (“cask”). Pronunciation: /pʌt/, [pʰat], [pʰʌt], [pʰət], [pʰɐt] 1. Small cart.
Word: lexical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛksɪkəl/ 1. Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language. Labels: not-comparable Example: So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo- gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric- tions concerned are not categorial in nature (i.e. they are not associated with every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are lexical in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items, so that different words belonging to the same category permit a different range of complements). 2. Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary. Labels: not-comparable 3. Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word. Labels: not-comparable Example: a lexical verb 4. Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pabulary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pabulum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English pabulary From pabulum + -ary. 1. Of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder. Labels: rare Example: The remainder of the farm's budget was set aside for pabulary concerns. Example: [headword only present in title]
Word: log Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short. Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. Example: They walked across the stream on a fallen log. 2. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc. Example: Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 3. A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree. 4. Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder. Example: […] it was a thing of sinuous durability, wound around the spirit like a tapeworm around a log of shit. Example: Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla. 5. A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water. Example: 1659, Navigation by the Mariners Plain Scale New Plain'd, by John Collins Every Noon the Master and his Mates take the reckoning off the Log-board, and double the Knots run, and then divide the Product, which is the number of Miles run by three, the quotient is the Leagues run since the former Noon, and according to custom the Log is thrown every two hours, and I never knew the course nearer expressed on the Log-board, then to half a point of the Compass. 6. A blockhead; a very stupid person. Labels: figuratively 7. A heavy longboard. Labels: slang Example: 1999, Neal Miyake https://web.archive.org/web/20060530122555/http://www.iav.com/~sponge/sesh/new2/sesh213.htm I know he hadn’t surfed on a log much in his childhood 8. A rolled cake with filling. Labels: figuratively 9. A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. 10. A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log. Labels: vulgar 11. A penis. Labels: vulgar
Word: log Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short. Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. To cut trees into logs. Labels: transitive 2. To cut down (trees). Labels: transitive Example: Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles. 3. To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood. Labels: intransitive
Word: log Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed. Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress. Example: The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:... Example: The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines. 2. A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc. 3. Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
Word: log Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed. Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook. Labels: transitive Example: to log the miles travelled by a ship 2. To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook. Labels: transitive 3. To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log. Labels: transitive
Word: log Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ellipsis of log out, itself from Etymology 2. Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. To log out; to disconnect from an online video game. Labels: transitive Example: A few times a year, the yeshiva held study competitions to see who could log the most hours learning, and students would study for hours and hours without stopping for anything. Example: You only won that game because your last opponent logged. That's no fair!
Word: log Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. To move to and fro; to rock. Labels: obsolete
Word: log Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew לֹג. Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter). Labels: historical Example: ...and one log of oil... Example: In the Hebrew system the log (Lev. xiv. 10) corresponds to the mina. Since the Hellenistic writers equate the log with the Græco-Roman sextarius, whatever these writers say on the relation of the sextarius to other measures applies also to the relation of these measures to the log. The log and the sextarius, however, are not equal in capacity. The sextarius is estimated at .547 liter, while there is no reason to regard the log as larger than the Babylonian mina, especially as other references of the Greek metrologists support the assumption that the log was equal to the mina. The fact that in the Old Testament the log is mentioned only as a fluid measure may be merely accidental, for the dry measures, which are distinguished in all other cases from the liquid measures, also have the log as their unit. The corresponding dry measure may, however, have been known under a different name.
Word: log Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipping of logarithm. Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/, /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. Synonym of logarithm. Example: To multiply two numbers, add their logs. 2. A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude. Example: During the first 24 hr, however, titers of the lightly piliated organisms in the kidney increased by 4 logs, whereas the heavily piliated P. mirabilis were virtually all eliminated.
Word: pachinko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン. Pronunciation: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ 1. A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two teen-age boys, after selling their personal belongings to play pachinko, sold their blood to "gamble.” Example: The rain kept up, falling along Harajuku, beading on her plastic jacket, the children of Tokyo trooping past the famous boutiques in white loafers and clingwrap capes, until she'd stood with him in the midnight clatter of a pachinko parlor and held his hand like a child.
Word: pachinko Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン. Pronunciation: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ 1. To tumble down through a series of obstacles. Labels: intransitive Example: She drizzled them in slowly and listened to the susurration of the bolts pachinkoing their way through the refrigerators and fax machines, on their way to some illegal dump.
Word: lug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English luggen, possibly from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source, (compare Swedish lugga, Norwegian lugge); also in English dialectal as lig (“to lug”). Noun is via Scots lugge, probably from Old Norse (compare Norwegian and Swedish lugg). Probably related to slug (“lazy, slow-moving”), which may be from similar source(s). Pronunciation: /lʌɡ/, /lɐɡ/, /lʊɡ/ 1. The act of hauling or dragging. Example: a hard lug 2. That which is hauled or dragged. Example: The pack is a heavy lug. 3. Anything that moves slowly. Example: whereof the one is quick of cast, trick, and trim both for pleasure and profit: the other is a lug 4. A lug nut. 5. A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw. 6. A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support. 7. A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool. 8. An ear or ear lobe. Labels: UK Example: While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off. 9. A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables. 10. A request for money, as for political purposes. Labels: slang Example: They put the lug on him at the courthouse. 11. A lugworm. 12. A pull or drag on a cigarette. Labels: informal Example: He took another long lug on his cigarette before continuing quietly, 'I've seen too much and it was seriously screwing me up. […]
Word: lug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English luggen, possibly from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source, (compare Swedish lugga, Norwegian lugge); also in English dialectal as lig (“to lug”). Noun is via Scots lugge, probably from Old Norse (compare Norwegian and Swedish lugg). Probably related to slug (“lazy, slow-moving”), which may be from similar source(s). Pronunciation: /lʌɡ/, /lɐɡ/, /lʊɡ/ 1. To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: Why do you always lug around so many books? Example: They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. 2. To run at too slow a speed. Labels: transitive Example: When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine. 3. To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing. Labels: transitive 4. To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race. Labels: intransitive
Word: lug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lugge (“pole, stick, staff”). Pronunciation: /lʌɡ/, /lɐɡ/, /lʊɡ/ 1. A rod or pole. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: And from the bodies [of pines and oaks] the boughes and loftie lugges they beare. 2. A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: eight lugs of grownd; / Into the which returning backe, he fell 3. A lugsail. 4. The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up. 5. A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge. 6. A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.
Word: luggage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/, /ləˈɡeːdʒ/, /ˈləɡ.ɡeːdʒ/ 1. The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. 2. The contents of such containers. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings. Labels: countable, nonstandard, obsolete, usually Example: I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump. Example: The passengers injured who could not get out were removed out by the railway staff, and then taking part of the luggage the train started back for Burdwan.
Word: baggage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age. The old meaning of "nasty woman" likely derives from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare faggot). Pronunciation: /ˈbæɡɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Please put your baggage in the trunk. Example: As soon as they had determined on their course, Ya-nei slid under the bed, and made himself a place among the baggages. 2. Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: This person has got a lot of emotional baggage. Example: […]How much shall I honour one, who has a stronger propensity to poetry, and has got a greater name in it, if he performs his promise to me of putting away these idle baggages after his sacred espousal. 3. A woman. A female, especially one who is saucy, impudent. Labels: countable, derogatory, obsolete, usually Example: "Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not; reply not; do not answer me." Example: Betty and Molly (they were soft-hearted baggages) felt for their master--pitied their poor master! 4. An army's portable equipment; its baggage train. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Friedrich decides to go down the River; he himself to Lowen, perhaps near twenty miles farther down, but where there is a Bridge and Highway leading over; Prince Leopold, with the heavier divisions and baggages, to Michelau, some miles nearer, and there to build his Pontoons and cross. Example: In Poland, for example, the unknown Bolesław Bierut, who appeared in 1944 in the baggage of the Red Army, and who played a prominent role as a ‘non-party figure’ in the Lublin Committee, turned out to be a Soviet employee formerly working for the Comintern.
Word: paginate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin paginare, from Latin pagina. Pronunciation: /ˈpæd͡ʒəneɪt/ 1. To number the pages of (a book or other document); to foliate. Labels: transitive Example: Each table is now paginated. That makes it straightforward if you wish to print a few pages of a long table by entering the page numbers required into the printer file. 2. To divide (a continuous stream of text) into pages. Labels: transitive Example: Word-processing applications are designed to automatically paginate a continuous flow of text, and this require additional capabilities such as page breaks and image-positioning for some control over page layout. However, this makes tasks such as laying out a double- page magazine spread very difficult. 3. To separate (data) into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests. Labels: transitive
Word: pagination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pagination. Pronunciation: /ˌpæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The separation of data into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: special Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛʃ.əl/, [ˈspɛʃ.ɫ̩], /ˈspeʃ.əl/, [ˈspeʃ.ɫ̩] 1. Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality. Example: a special episode of a television series Example: her special blend of spices 2. Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved. Example: Everyone is special to someone. Example: his special friend of many years, Bill 3. Of or related to unconventional warfare. Example: special forces, special operations 4. Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue. Example: For the few times the U.S. Supreme Court has to actually try a case, they will appoint a special master to do so. Example: After the Watergate break in, a special prosecutor was appointed. 5. Constituting or relating to a species. Example: Having seven dark spots is a special property unique to Coccinella septempunctata. 6. Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: special education, special needs Example: He goes to a special school. 7. Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities. Labels: broadly, comparable, derogatory, euphemistic, not-comparable, offensive, often Example: What do you mean, you don't understand the sign? What are you, special? 8. Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: The parents told the kids not to bother them during special time. Example: The girl said the man had tried to touch her special place. 9. Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: This book will help you to […] • Cook with the confidence that the neighbors won't find out your brownies are 'special' • Never again worry about getting caught growing because someone smelled your garden Example: Then with the rest of the money I use it to pay for the building, maintenance, utilities, up keep, and the special brownies! In addition, I have bongs that the parishioners can use if they forget to bring their own bongs for smoking.
Word: special Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛʃ.əl/, [ˈspɛʃ.ɫ̩], /ˈspeʃ.əl/, [ˈspeʃ.ɫ̩] 1. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold. Example: We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving. Example: I didn't have much money, so I bought the special. 2. A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual. Example: Today's dinner special is wild salmon, which we don't normally get a chance to offer. Example: The Tuesday lunch special is our tuna melt on rye. 3. Unusual or exceptional episode of a series. Example: Did you see the Christmas special? 4. A special constable. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: And you can't trust a "Special" like the old-time copper when you can't find your way home. 5. Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled. Example: Thousands came to see the special that carried the President's coffin. 6. Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient. 7. An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game. 8. A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back. 9. A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent. 10. A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage. Example: In addition to followspots, there will be three frontlight specials on Autoyokes hung on the truss to provide frontlight specials. Example: The first is a special—a single lighting instrument that lights a particular spot on the stage. Specials generally have no color, or a more saturated color, allowing them to stand out through other lighting onstage. 11. One of certain mixed-breed dogs. Example: Singapore Special; Darwin special 12. A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing. Example: "How's your horse going to go Fatty?" My replies included, "It's a special." "Get on. It can't be beaten."
Word: special Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛʃ.əl/, [ˈspɛʃ.ɫ̩], /ˈspeʃ.əl/, [ˈspeʃ.ɫ̩] 1. To supervise a patient one-on-one. Example: We have not sent our pupils out on private duty except a very few times, but they have an unusual amount of specialing to do inside. Example: Participant three described their personal interest in mental health care: “I have an interest in mental health but I have found that other staff on the surgical ward who have been there for a while… often say I hate specialling these patients…”
Word: recent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.sənt/, /ˈɹi.sənt/, [ˈɹɪiː.sənt], [ˈɹɪ̈i.sənt] 1. Having happened a short while ago. Example: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. 2. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated. 3. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called. Example: The cause has several hundred recent donors. Example: I met three recent graduates at the conference. 4. Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago. Example: Finding it now means it was produced in more recent times, in astronomical terms.
Word: recent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.sənt/, /ˈɹi.sənt/, [ˈɹɪiː.sənt], [ˈɹɪ̈i.sənt] 1. A recently viewed or accessed item. Example: Obviously, the first time you launch this app, your Recents list is empty.
Word: congeal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō Latin congelōder. Middle French congelerbor. Middle English congelen English congeal From Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar. Pronunciation: /kənˈd͡ʒiːl/ 1. To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage. Labels: transitive 2. To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly. Labels: transitive 3. To make rigid or immobile. Labels: transitive Example: We must act before opposition to our plans congeals. 4. To become congealed, solidify. Labels: intransitive
Word: noose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nose (“noose, loop”), of unclear origin. Possibly from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”), with a required change in meaning shifting from the "knot" itself to the "loop" created by the knot. If so, then cognate with French nœud (“knot”), Portuguese nó (“knot”) and Spanish nudo (“knot”). Compare node and knot. Alternatively, and perhaps more likely, borrowed from Middle Low German nȫse (“loop, noose, snare”), itself of obscure origin. Perhaps derived from an incorrect division of ēn' ȫse (literally “a loop”), from Middle Low German ȫse, from Old Saxon *ōsia, from Proto-West Germanic *ansiju (“eyelet, loop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Noose, Nouze (“loop, eyelet”) and Saterland Frisian Oose (“eyelet, loop”), potentially created via the same process. Pronunciation: /nuːs/, /ˈnʉs/ 1. An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso. Example: Put someone's head in a noose Example: In its final messages before Adam [Raine] took his life in April, the chatbot offered instructions for how to tie a noose.
Word: noose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English nose (“noose, loop”), of unclear origin. Possibly from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”), with a required change in meaning shifting from the "knot" itself to the "loop" created by the knot. If so, then cognate with French nœud (“knot”), Portuguese nó (“knot”) and Spanish nudo (“knot”). Compare node and knot. Alternatively, and perhaps more likely, borrowed from Middle Low German nȫse (“loop, noose, snare”), itself of obscure origin. Perhaps derived from an incorrect division of ēn' ȫse (literally “a loop”), from Middle Low German ȫse, from Old Saxon *ōsia, from Proto-West Germanic *ansiju (“eyelet, loop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Noose, Nouze (“loop, eyelet”) and Saterland Frisian Oose (“eyelet, loop”), potentially created via the same process. Pronunciation: /nuːs/, /ˈnʉs/ 1. To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare. Labels: transitive
Word: chore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɔː/, /t͡ʃoɹ/, /t͡ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /t͡ʃoə/ 1. A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as cleaning or preparing meals. Example: Before we moved in together, my partner and I divided up the chores: he cooks and vacuums, and I do the dishes and laundry. Example: The children were made to do their daily chores before being allowed to play games. 2. A task that is difficult, unpleasant, or tediously routine. Example: I used to enjoy being self-employed, but it's become a bit of a chore recently. Example: Shorty after his nomination as Chief Justice was announced, it came to light that while on the Court, Fortas, a close friend of Johnson's, had performed a number of personal and political chores for him. This was a clear violation of the principle of separation of powers.
Word: chore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɔː/, /t͡ʃoɹ/, /t͡ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /t͡ʃoə/ 1. To do chores. Labels: US, dated
Word: chore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly derived from Romani ćor (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɔː/, /t͡ʃɔɹ/, /t͡ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /t͡ʃoə/ 1. To steal. Labels: Scotland, dialectal Example: "Graham Reid's the thief. I saw him chore the sweeties. Bit naebody's gaun tae believe a spikkin boolie. ..."
Word: chore Part of Speech: noun 1. A choir or chorus. Labels: obsolete Example: On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chore
Word: whore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂- (“to wish; desire”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, German Hure, Old Norse hóra as well as Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear”), Latin cārus (“dear, expensive”), and Irish cara (“friend”). The unetymological spelling with wh- superficially denotes a formerly standard pronunciation with an excrescent /w/ (such as in whole), but such a form is hardly found in either commentators on Early Modern English pronunciations or records of traditional dialects (which both explicitly mention its rarity or absence), therefore leaving the spelling somewhat inexplicable. However, this may be because such an excrescent /w/ was absorbed by a following /uː/ (as in words with etymological /w/ such as whom, two) after it became established in the spelling but before our earliest orthoepic records. Pronunciation: /hɔː/, /hɔɚ/, /ho(ː)ɚ/, /hoə/, /hoʊ/ 1. Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment. Labels: derogatory, vulgar Example: The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore. Example: I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue 2. A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut. Labels: derogatory, vulgar Example: He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore. Example: So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad. 3. A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain. Labels: derogatory, vulgar Example: You're smart. They're all whores. Example: Dude: Since when did you become a political whore? Phil: I prefer the term political slut, thank you very much! 4. A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired. Labels: derogatory, vulgar Example: Vidal is at once more detached and more preoccupied with his own view, celebrating an aristocracy of sensibility constantly thwarted and ignored by those mere whores after fame, the statesmen and politicians. Example: By that time, Tejeda had already been accused of beating his wife, abandoning his children, living in sin with another woman, being a whore for the insurance lobby, and accepting bribes. 5. A contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, vulgar Example: "Begone," Clare shouted. She could not bring herself to kill in cold blood. "Begone, or I'll shoot." "Idiot whore," he shouted back. "You would not dare." Example: I don't need that Lamont Cranston to tell me. Every Irishman knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. We've known since the time of that rotten ould whore, Elizabeth the Bloody First!
Word: whore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂- (“to wish; desire”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, German Hure, Old Norse hóra as well as Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear”), Latin cārus (“dear, expensive”), and Irish cara (“friend”). The unetymological spelling with wh- superficially denotes a formerly standard pronunciation with an excrescent /w/ (such as in whole), but such a form is hardly found in either commentators on Early Modern English pronunciations or records of traditional dialects (which both explicitly mention its rarity or absence), therefore leaving the spelling somewhat inexplicable. However, this may be because such an excrescent /w/ was absorbed by a following /uː/ (as in words with etymological /w/ such as whom, two) after it became established in the spelling but before our earliest orthoepic records. Pronunciation: /hɔː/, /hɔɚ/, /ho(ː)ɚ/, /hoə/, /hoʊ/ 1. To prostitute oneself. Labels: derogatory, intransitive, vulgar 2. To engage the services of a prostitute. Labels: derogatory, intransitive, vulgar 3. To pimp; to pander. Labels: derogatory, transitive, vulgar 4. To promote shamelessly. Labels: derogatory, transitive, vulgar Example: Did you see him on that chat show, whoring his new book? 5. To pursue false gods. Labels: derogatory, intransitive, vulgar 6. To pursue false goals. Labels: derogatory, intransitive, vulgar Example: As for those whose hearts go a whoring after the world, and who set their affections on the things of the earth, they cannot love his appearing Example: Whoring after fame, rushing into print, "scoring a scoop,"— alas! some scientists are too human. 7. To overuse something. Labels: derogatory, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: BTW, that guy whuz still an asshole - camping the BFG and whoring the quad - I usually leave BFG maps but stuck around on that one and suicided quite a bit (3 times I got to about -10 frags, then came back to 0...).
Word: Jesus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), meaning "the Lord saves". The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs] ~ [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩], /ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯ˌzʌs], /ˈd͡ʒizəs/ 1. Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the Son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one. Example: For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, is Head of the Church; and can the Body doe any thing well, if the Head direct it not? Example: Mohammed always announced his religion as the religion of Abraham, of Moses, and of Jesus. 2. One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth. Labels: historical 3. A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús. Example: Frensham opened the door and called a name that sounded like 'Haysus'. Brandy was brought and various other bottles and decanters. When the manservant had gone, Frensham said, 'Odd, aren't they, the Spanish? Calling a boy Jesus.' Example: But on a November morning in 2007, Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes and about 30 others from Magdalena were making a trek of their own, leaving town in search of opportunities they couldn’t find at home. 4. A male given name from Aramaic. Example: Jesus son of Sirach wrote the "Wisdom of Sirach" 5. Ellipsis of Jesus College, Cambridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal 6. Ellipsis of Jesus College, Oxford. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Word: Jesus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), meaning "the Lord saves". The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs] ~ [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩], /ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯ˌzʌs], /ˈd͡ʒizəs/ 1. The Christian savior. Example: And, says George Eliot, and all who believe in her teaching, it is perfectly true that He is with us now in a dumb, vague, blessed impulse. Is that your Jesus? If I may recall my illustration of the train, I will tell you of my Jesus. Example: ...leading Dom Crossan at times to the witty criticism that modern Jesus books are in a quest for who can say "my Jesus is more Jewish than your Jesus"...
Word: Jesus Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), meaning "the Lord saves". The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs] ~ [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩], /ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯ˌzʌs], /ˈd͡ʒizəs/ 1. An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation. Labels: offensive, possibly Example: Jesus, that was close! Example: Jesus… How many people killed here?
Word: Jesus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), meaning "the Lord saves". The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested in some of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (Ezra–Nehemiah), and translated as Jeshua or Yeshua in some English editions (the former appearing in the King James Version). The Greek texts make no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). In the Wycliffe Bible (Middle English), the forms used are Jhesus and Jhesu. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs] ~ [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩], /ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/, [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯ˌzʌs], /ˈd͡ʒizəs/ 1. To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, humorous, often, transitive Example: From what I gathered, his mother had been heavily Jesused, and his father had been a rough sort of plainsman. Example: "If you don't believe me, ask Jesus!" [...] “Look here,” Papa burst out, “there's no difference between Jews and non-Jews. There can only be a difference between good and bad people.” “And don't start Jesusing me in my own house,” Mama added[.] 2. To exclaim Jesus at someone. Labels: informal, transitive Example: The other man stumbled up, rubbing his temple. “Jesus,” the man said. Frank raised his fist, then saw that the man was Jesusing not him but [the window]. Example: "Jesus, Whit," Will says. [...] "Why are you always Jesusing me?" He doesn't answer, just chews his food, and I take another sip[.]