nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: that Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tód Proto-Germanic *þod Proto-Germanic *þat Proto-West Germanic *þat Old English þæt Middle English that English that From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to. Pronunciation: /ðət/, /ðæt/, [ˈðat], [ˈd̪aʔ], /ðɛt/ 1. The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. Labels: demonstrative Example: That's my car over there. Example: He went home, and after that I never saw him again. 2. The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. Labels: demonstrative Example: They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? Example: They gave me the book about whales. That I've not yet read. 3. The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. Labels: demonstrative Example: The water is so cold! — That it is. Example: Would you like another piece of cake? — That I would! 4. In a relative clause, referring to a previously mentioned noun, as subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition; which, who. Labels: relative Example: I didn't see the car that hit me. Example: The CPR course that she took really came in handy. 5. Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted. Labels: colloquial, relative Example: the place that [= where or to which] I went last year Example: the last time that [= when] I went to Europe
Word: that Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tód Proto-Germanic *þod Proto-Germanic *þat Proto-West Germanic *þat Old English þæt Middle English that English that From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to. Pronunciation: /ðət/, /ðæt/, [ˈðat], [ˈd̪aʔ], /ðɛt/ 1. To a given extent or degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here's the measurement – the ribbon must be that long, no longer and no shorter. 2. To a given extent or degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: She said we waited for three hours, but I'm sure it wasn't that long. Example: It didn't seem like ten miles, but actually it was that far. 3. To a great extent or degree; very, particularly. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was seen quite quickly — I didn't have to wait that long. Example: I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. 4. To such an extent; so. Labels: Australia, UK, informal, not-comparable Example: Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. Example: This was carried with that little noise that for a good space the vigilant Bishop was not awak'd with it.
Word: that Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tód Proto-Germanic *þod Proto-Germanic *þat Proto-West Germanic *þat Old English þæt Middle English that English that From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to. Pronunciation: /ðət/, /ðæt/, [ˈðat], [ˈd̪aʔ], /ðɛt/ 1. Something being indicated that is there; one of those. Example: As such, they do not have the ontological weight of "Being" and "Not-being," but serve simply as an explanatory vocabulary necessary to describe our world of thises and thats.
Word: finger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós, from *pénkʷe (“five”). Cognate with West Frisian finger, German and Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish finger, Faroese and Icelandic fingur; see also Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”). More at five. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəː/, [ˈfɪŋɡəː], /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/, [ˈfɪŋɡɚ] ~ [ˈfɪŋɡɹ̩], /ˈfiŋɡɚ/ 1. To identify or point out; to blame for something. Labels: transitive Example: This makes it quite difficult to finger specific gene variants, since any one variant contributes only tiny effects. Example: I'm rose-tinting my teenage years, for sure, but Twenge isn't the only generational-change researcher to finger the ubiquitous smartphone for contributing to higher rates of teen depression and anxiety. 2. To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on. Labels: transitive 3. To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers. Labels: transitive Example: Goe, get you gone: and let the papers lye: / You would be fingring them, to anger me. Example: "They have done a foolish thing," said I, fingering my wineglass. 4. To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus. Labels: transitive Example: She fingered him, spreading the gel and sliding the tip of her finger inside him. Example: She smiled, a look of amazement on her face, as if thinking that maybe this was the cock that she had been fantasizing about just now, as she fingered herself to a massive, body-engulfing orgasm. 5. To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument. Labels: transitive 6. To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages. Labels: transitive 7. To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: There is also a hot-link to "finger" the guys at id to see what they're working on next (John Carmack, John Cash […] Example: PGP mail welcome (finger me for my key). 8. To steal; to purloin. Labels: obsolete Example: in the dark / Grop'd I to finde out them; had my desire, / Finger'd their Packet, and in fine, withdrew / To mine owne roome againe, 9. To execute, as any delicate work. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: flower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of fleur, flor, flour, bloom, and blossom. Partly displaced native Old English blostma (which is cognate), whence Modern English blossom. Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊ̯.ə/, [ˈflaʊ̯.ə], /ˈflawə/, /ˈfluː.ɐ/, [ˈfluː.ɐ] 1. To put forth blooms. Labels: intransitive Example: This plant flowers in June. 2. To decorate with pictures of flowers. Labels: transitive 3. To reach a state of full development or achievement. Labels: intransitive Example: when flowr'd my youthful spring Example: It only needed watering to take root, to flower and to fructify, and the watering came in due course. 4. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: That beer did flower a little. 5. To come off as flowers by sublimation. Labels: intransitive Example: observations which have flowered off
Word: flower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flow + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfləʊə/, /ˈfloʊɚ/ 1. Something that flows, such as a river. Labels: rare Example: Leaving the weavers’ village behind you, and crossing the sandy bed of the Vengavati or ‘Swift-flower,’ which, however, contained not a drop of water, you reach the ancient Jain temple. Example: Rhŏdănus, i, m. The Rhodanus (now Rhone); a river of Gaul [prob. a northern word, meaning “Swift-flower or Swift-passer”].
Word: good Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit, fit”). Related to gather and together, but not to god/God. Eclipsed non-native Middle English bon, bone, boon, boun (“good”) borrowed from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). Cognates Cognate with Scots gude, guid (“good”), Yola gayde, gooude, gude (“good”), North Frisian goud, gud, guid, gur, gödj, gööd (“good”), Saterland Frisian goud (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Alemannic German guet (“good”), Bavarian guad (“good”), Central Franconian gut, jot, jott (“good”), Cimbrian guat, guut (“good”), Dutch goed (“good”), Dutch Low Saxon good (“good”), German gut (“good”), Limburgish good, gott (“good”), Low German god, goot, got, gued (“good”), Luxembourgish gutt (“good”), Mòcheno guat (“good”), Vilamovian güt (“good”), Yiddish גוט (gut, “good”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish god (“good”), Elfdalian guoð (“good”), Faroese and Icelandic góður (“good”), Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs, “good”), Vandalic *guths (“good”); also Albanian nge (“chance, leisure, opportunity, time”), Latvian gods (“honor”), Lithuanian guõdas (“nobleness, virtue; glory, honour”), Belarusian го́дны (hódny, “worthy”), Bulgarian го́ден (góden, “fit, suitable”), Czech hodný (“good, kind”), Polish godny, godzien (“dignified, worthy”), Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), Ukrainian гі́дний (hídnyj, “deserving, worthy”), го́дний (hódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd/, /ˈɡɵd/, /ˈɡʉd/ 1. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation. Example: Good! I can leave now.
Word: good Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English goode (“good, well”, adverb), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adverb), German gut (“good, well”, adverb), Danish godt (“good, well”, adverb), Swedish gott (“good, well”, adverb), all from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd/, /ˈɡɵd/, /ˈɡʉd/ 1. Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly. Labels: informal, proscribed, sometimes Example: When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it. Example: The boy done good.
Word: good Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English good, god, from Old English gōd (“a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; goods, property, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdą (“goods, belongings”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-, *gʰodʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Compare German Gut (“item of merchandise; estate; property”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd/, /ˈɡɵd/, /ˈɡʉd/ 1. The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence. Labels: uncountable Example: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good. Example: AI engineers hold in their hands the power to do extraordinary good—closing gaps in education, unlocking medical breakthroughs, accelerating climate solutions—or, if they lose sight of the people their creations serve, to cause deep harm. 2. A result that is positive in the view of the speaker. Labels: countable 3. The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: The best is the enemy of the good. Example: He is an influence for good on those girls. 4. An item of merchandise. Labels: countable, plural-normally Example: Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice. 5. An article of personal property (as opposed to real property). Labels: countable, plural-normally
Word: good Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdōn (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, favorable”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd/, /ˈɡɵd/, /ˈɡʉd/ 1. To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 2. To make good; turn to good; improve. Labels: dialectal, transitive 3. To make improvements or repairs. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 4. To benefit; gain. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 5. To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain. Labels: dialectal, transitive 6. To satisfy; indulge; gratify. Labels: dialectal, transitive 7. To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate. Labels: dialectal, reflexive
Word: good Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From English dialectal, from Middle English *goden, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish göda (“to fatten, fertilise, battle”), Danish gøde (“to fertilise, battle”), ultimately from the adjective. See above. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd/, /ˈɡɵd/, /ˈɡʉd/ 1. To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, transitive Example: April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard Nature was like itself , in it , in the world : God hath taken it in from the barren downs , and gooded it : his choice did not find , but make it thus
Word: good Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined in reference to the phrase the only good nigger is a dead nigger, a popular saying among white supremacists. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd/, /ˈɡɵd/, /ˈɡʉd/ 1. Of a black person, dead or killed. Labels: Internet, dialectal, ethnic, not-comparable, offensive, slur Example: Another evil nigger made good. I love a good news story. Example: Sow Sheeboon Savannah Jeanne Walker of Louisville, KY was made good in a shooting at cRap show called 'A Boogie With The Hoodie' Saturday night at the Tim Faulkner Art Gallery. 5 other niggers were shot and are expected to survive. No suspooks have been captured.
Word: men Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man. Pronunciation: /mɛn/, /mɪn/ 1. plural of man Labels: form-of, plural Example: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
Word: men Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man. Pronunciation: /mɛn/, /mɪn/ 1. (The) people, humanity, man(kind). Labels: collective, dated, plural, plural-only Example: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. 2. Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers). Labels: collective, dated, plural, plural-only Example: "Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.
Word: male Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”). Pronunciation: /meɪl/, /meːl/ 1. Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: male writers Example: the leading male and female singers 2. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.) Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: stereotypically male interests Example: an insect with typically male coloration 3. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: the male chromosome Example: like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones 4. Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender. Labels: form-of, masculine, not-comparable, usually Example: The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate. Example: If you are describing a female noun, you must make the adjective feminine by adding an 'e'. If you describe a male noun, you add an 'er'. For neutral nouns you add an 'es'. 5. Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female). Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…] Example: Male bacteria having the sex factor, also known as the F or "fertility" factor, are termed P if the sex factor exists extrachromosomally. F+ bacteria can only conjugate with F, the female counterparts, which do not possess the F [factor]. 6. Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, usually Example: Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;
Word: male Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”). Pronunciation: /meɪl/, /meːl/ 1. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:male. 2. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender. 3. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender. 4. A bacterium which has the F factor. Example: During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. Males also retain a copy of their F factor for themselves (left). When Hfr (or high frequency recombination) males mate[…] Example: In this process, one bacterium designated the male bacterium transfers its DNA into the female bacterium. Bacteria are determined to be male or female by a small piece of DNA, called F-plasmid, or sex factor. Bacteria with this small piece of DNA are labeled as males, and bacteria that do not have this factor are considered females. […] Nevertheless, in addition to a small piece of DNA, male bacteria have some unique characteristics. They can make a special protrusion on their surface, called F-pilus. Pilae (plural for pilus) are hair-like structures that cover the[…] 5. A male connector, pipe fitting, etc. Example: Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males.
Word: female Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English female From Middle English female, an alteration of Middle English femele, from Old French femele, femelle (“female”), from Medieval Latin fēmella (“a female”), from Latin fēmella (“a girl, a young female, a young woman”), diminutive of fēmina (“a woman”). The English spelling and pronunciation were remodelled under the influence of male, which is otherwise not etymologically related. Contrast woman, which is etymologically built on man (as in, “person”). Pronunciation: /ˈfiː.meɪl/ 1. One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. Example: Accumulated data indicate that in all species of sharks, the females grow larger than the males. 2. One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. Example: It would be years sometimes ere he saw the face of a female, and when he did, that face would not be overangelic. Example: XY female patients with gonadal dysgenesis are sometimes referred to as “XY sex-reversed” patients or individuals with “XY sex reversal” (Simpson and Martin, 1981). Although widely used, this terminology is somewhat vague as it does not distinguish XY females with gonadal dysgenesis from XY females with androgen resistance. 3. One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. 4. A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor. Example: During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. 5. A female connector, pipe fitting, etc. Example: These are the most common type, as they join females of the same diameter together. […] For example, you may need an adapter such as a 3-in. pipe thread (a common thread used to join pipes) female to 2 1⁄2 NH male.
Word: thumb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Middle English thombe, thoume, thoumbe (“thumb”), from Old English þūma (“thumb”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō (“thumb”), from Proto-Germanic *þūmô (“thumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to grow”). Cognate with West Frisian tomme (“thumb”), Dutch duim (“thumb”), Low German Duum (“thumb”), German Daumen (“thumb”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk tomme (“inch”), Norn tum (“thumb”), Swedish tumme (“thumb”), tum (“inch”), Russian дюйм (djujm, “inch”), Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “burial mound”). Also compare Welsh tyfu (“to grow”), Latin tumēre (“to swell”), Lithuanian tumėti (“to thicken, clot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬏𐬙 (amūt, “strong”), Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, thick”). The parasitic ‐b has existed since the late 13th century. Doublet of tomb. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌm/, [ˈθʌ̈m] 1. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers. 2. The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider. Example: a scroll-bar thumb 3. A thumbnail picture. Labels: Internet, colloquial 4. A top hatch plate for covering an excavator bucket, used to keep material in the digger bucket after scooping it up, and not letting it spill out.
Word: thumb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from Middle English thombe, thoume, thoumbe (“thumb”), from Old English þūma (“thumb”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō (“thumb”), from Proto-Germanic *þūmô (“thumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to grow”). Cognate with West Frisian tomme (“thumb”), Dutch duim (“thumb”), Low German Duum (“thumb”), German Daumen (“thumb”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk tomme (“inch”), Norn tum (“thumb”), Swedish tumme (“thumb”), tum (“inch”), Russian дюйм (djujm, “inch”), Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “burial mound”). Also compare Welsh tyfu (“to grow”), Latin tumēre (“to swell”), Lithuanian tumėti (“to thicken, clot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬏𐬙 (amūt, “strong”), Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, thick”). The parasitic ‐b has existed since the late 13th century. Doublet of tomb. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌm/, [ˈθʌ̈m] 1. To touch or cover with the thumb. Labels: transitive Example: to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon Example: News agencies reported Lavrov had been sent to hospital for a checkup, only for the Russian foreign ministry to rush out a picture of Lavrov in shorts, sporting an Apple watch and Jean-Michel Basquiat-inspired T-shirt, thumbing his notes for his first address at the summit on Tuesday. 2. To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily. Labels: transitive Example: thumb through Example: I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all. 3. To gesture with the thumb, for example when flagging a ride. Example: Oh, look! There’s a car coming! Thumb-no, wave. They probably don’t understand thumbing. 4. To hitchhike. Example: So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown. Example: Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained. 5. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling. Example: He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs. 6. To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver. Example: Fargo palmed out his own revolver, thumbing back the hammer as the barrel came up. Example: Rainford reached down and found the revolver. Thumbing the cylinder open, he inspected the load. 7. To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed. Example: To thumb a single-action revolver, hold down the trigger and use the thumb on the same hand to fire the gun by manipulating the hammer.
Word: forefinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefynger; equivalent to fore- + finger. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə/, /ˈfɔɹˌfɪŋ.ɡɚ/ 1. The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb. Example: He touched me on the arm with his forefinger twice or thrice giving a ghastly nod each time:- […]
Word: middle finger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English myddel fynger. By surface analysis, middle + finger. 1. The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger. 2. An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand. Example: An Indiana man argues in a federal lawsuit filed last week that he had a First Amendment right to give the middle finger to a state trooper, and that his free speech was violated when the gesture earned him a ticket. 3. An insult directed at someone. Labels: figuratively Example: Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy. Example: Beem called the tactic [paying US$23500 settlement in coins] "petty and a grand waste of time" and said the coin delivery was "a symbolic middle finger."
Word: ring finger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart. 1. The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.) Example: See Thesaurus:ring finger
Word: little finger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English litel fynger, from Old English lȳtel finger. 1. The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
Word: pinky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch pinkenbor. English pink Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pinky From pink + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋki/ 1. Pinkish. Example: In a pinky paper all folded neat, And they fastened it down with a pin.
Word: pinky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch pinkenbor. English pink Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pinky From pink + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋki/ 1. Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals. Labels: Australia, historical, slang, uncountable Example: “Here,” Nigel greeted him, “do try a spot of ‘pinky,’ it's ever so much fun, really.” 2. A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A white person. Labels: countable, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable 4. The Australasian snapper or pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus). Labels: Australia, countable, informal, uncountable Example: You may get some pinkies around the Black Rock area, but the snapper *run* is normally from late October to mid January, although it sounds like the odd adult fish is still lurking.. 5. A kind of fishing schooner of New England. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: pinky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch pinkje, diminutive of Dutch pink (“little finger”). Cognate with West Frisian pinke (“pinky”), dialectal English pink (“something small or tiny”), and perhaps to Old English pinca (“a point”). Compare also German Low German Pink (“penis”), English pintle (“penis”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋki/ 1. The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot. Labels: Australia, Canada, Scotland, US, informal Example: Everyday ^([sic]) as he passes them, the hookers wave at him with their pinkies and say, “Hi there, little boy!”
Word: pinky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pink + -y, from pink (“to wink”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋki/ 1. winking
Word: Norwegian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegia + -n or Old English Norweġ + -ian. Pronunciation: /nɔːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/, /noːˈwɪjd͡ʒn̩/, /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/, /noːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/, /nɔɾˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/ 1. The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk. Example: People don’t tend to use sounds that aren’t in their native language. (citation) So if you’re an English speaker, you’re not going to bust out some Norwegian vowels. This rather lets the air out of the theory that individuals engaged in glossolalia are actually speaking another language. Example: [Kirsten] Gillibrand’s Mandarin can be written off as the résumé-building accomplishment of a striver, while Norwegian, which has no practical value for an American president, is taken as a sign of intellectual curiosity and authenticity — the sort of whimsical surplus achievement that often upstages workaday accomplishments.
Word: Norwegian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Norwegia + -n or Old English Norweġ + -ian. Pronunciation: /nɔːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/, /noːˈwɪjd͡ʒn̩/, /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/, /noːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/, /nɔɾˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/ 1. A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Norway. Example: But despite the President’s offer, it’s unlikely that an influx of Norwegians will begin to settle in the US anytime soon. Example: At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund. 2. A kind of fishing boat on the Great Lakes of North America.
Word: Norwegian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Norwegia + -n or Old English Norweġ + -ian. Pronunciation: /nɔːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/, /noːˈwɪjd͡ʒn̩/, /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/, /noːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/, /nɔɾˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to Norway (the country). Example: Between Kiruna and the Norwegian border, along the chain of lovely lakes, a number of holiday resorts offering every comfort for the visitor have been developed. Example: Since she sprang from the imagination of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1890, this coldhearted antiheroine has maintained a tight grip on the attention of audiences across the globe, outstripping all the many other complicated women in Ibsen’s oeuvre, even the door-slamming Nora of “A Doll’s House”. 2. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people. Example: The line ends at Narvik. Eight years ago the whole town was in ruins, but the industry of the Norwegian people has rebuilt it entirely. 3. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language.
Word: duck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck”). Cognates Related to Scots dulk (“to duck”), Middle Dutch ducken (“to duck”), Low German ducken (“to duck”), German ducken (“to duck”), Danish dukke, dykke (“to dive”). Related also to Scots dook, douk (“to bathe, drench, soak, baptise”), West Frisian dûke (“to plunge, dive”), Dutch duiken (“to dive, plunge, duck”), Low German duken (“to duck, dive, stoop”), German tauchen (“to dive, plunge, immerse, duck”), Swedish dyka (“to dive, submerge”). Pronunciation: /dʌk/, /dʊk/ 1. To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. Labels: transitive Example: As some raw youth in country bred, To arms by thirst of honour led, When at a skirmish first he hears The bullets whistling round his ears, Will duck his head aside Example: Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move. 2. To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. Labels: transitive Example: Adams after ducking the Squire tvvice or thrice leaped out of the Tub, […] 3. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid. Labels: intransitive Example: […]In Tiber ducking thrice, by break of day[…] 4. To bow. Labels: intransitive Example: The Learned pate / Duckes to the Golden Foole. 5. To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Victorian women choosing to duck the demands of domestic life to spend their time doing something they enjoyed is hardly a novel idea. Example: But pressed by Labour's Marsha de Cordov in the House of Commons on June 29, on "whether he plans to reduce the total number of ticket offices", Merriman ducked the question but confirmed that the Government wants to close ticket offices. 6. To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly. Labels: transitive Example: The music is ducked under the voice. 7. To enter a place for a short moment. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute; can you hold my bag?
Word: duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck”). Cognates Related to Scots dulk (“to duck”), Middle Dutch ducken (“to duck”), Low German ducken (“to duck”), German ducken (“to duck”), Danish dukke, dykke (“to dive”). Related also to Scots dook, douk (“to bathe, drench, soak, baptise”), West Frisian dûke (“to plunge, dive”), Dutch duiken (“to dive, plunge, duck”), Low German duken (“to duck, dive, stoop”), German tauchen (“to dive, plunge, immerse, duck”), Swedish dyka (“to dive, submerge”). Pronunciation: /dʌk/, /dʊk/ 1. A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
Word: duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English doke, ducke, dukke, dokke, douke, duke, from Old English duce, dūce (“duck”, literally “dipper, diver, ducker”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dive, bend down”). See verb above. Cognates Cognate with Scots duik, duke, dook (“duck”), Danish dukand, dykand (“sea-duck”), Swedish dykfågel (“a diver, diving bird, plungeon”), Dutch duiker (“diving bird, loon”, literally “diver, dipper, plunger”), German Low German Düker (“diving bird, loon”, literally “diver”), German Taucher (“diving bird, loon, grebe”, literally “diver, plunger”). For the meaning development compare Russian ныро́к (nyrók, “pochard”) (< ныря́ть (nyrjátʹ, “to dive”)). Pronunciation: /dʌk/, /dʊk/ 1. Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and shorter-necked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Matsumoto Castle exhibits the architecture of both war and peace, from its steep wooden stairs, hidden inner levels and archer’s perches to the moon-viewing room added in 1630, which also offers a vantage point for viewing the brocaded carps and ducks residing in the castle moat. Example: The payment processor’s layoffs and the curious incident of the duck were first reported by Business Insider. 2. Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The flesh of a duck used as food. Labels: uncountable 4. A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.) Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A playing card with the rank of two. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. Ellipsis of architectural duck; a building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly. Example: The Big Duck has influenced the world of architecture; any building that is shaped like its product is called a ‘duck’. 7. A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A cairn used to mark a trail. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 9. One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Synonym of lame duck (“one who cannot fulfil their contracts”). Labels: countable, dated, slang, uncountable 11. A long-necked medical urinal for men; a bed urinal. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A faggot; a meatball made from offal. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable 13. Synonym of bitch (“a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison”). Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: The more passive males are subjected to physical violence. I was subjected to being what they call a punk or a duck, which is someone else's power trip, that's all.
Word: duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doeck, doec (“linen cloth”), from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk-. Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth”), Swedish duk (“cloth, canvas”), Icelandic dúkur (“cloth, fabric”). Doublet of doek. Pronunciation: /dʌk/, /dʊk/ 1. A tightly-woven cotton or linen fabric, often used as sailcloth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: sailduck Example: He was dressed in a Jaeger vest—a pair of blue duck trousers, fastened round the waist with a plaited leather belt. 2. Trousers made of such material. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: And they would go up and find old Allington, in white ducks, standing in the fringe of long grasses and cow-parsley on the other edge of the island, looking to his poultry or his rabbits. Example: A native servant emerged, anonymous in his white ducks and red fez, to say My Player was wanted on the telephone.
Word: duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Potteries dialect, Black Country dialect and dialects of the former territory of Mercia (central England). Compare Danish dukke (“doll”), Swedish docka (“baby; doll”), dialectal English doxy (“sweetheart”). Pronunciation: /dʌk/, /dʊk/ 1. A term of endearment; pet; darling. Example: […]and hold-faſt is the onely Dogge: My Ducke[…] 2. Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger). Labels: Midlands Example: Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?
Word: duck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Denominal verb of duck (noun) and ellipsis of rubber duck Pronunciation: /dʌk/, /dʊk/ 1. To surreptitiously leave a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking). Labels: transitive Example: The couple has gotten messages from people they've ducked saying how happy it made them, and even some saying they might also start ducking. Example: She didn't even notice the duck on her vehicles when she first was ducked in spring.
Word: rue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hrēow (“sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance”), from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu (“pain, sadness, regret, repentance”). Cognates include German reuen (“to regret, to repent”) and Dutch rouwen (“to mourn, to grieve”). Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krows-. If so, note the same sense evolution with in this case cognate Russian круши́ть (krušítʹ, “to destroy, to shatter”), Russian сокруша́ться (sokrušátʹsja, “to be distressed, to grieve (for, over)”). Also compare Czech truchlit from Proto-Slavic *truxlъ. Pronunciation: /ɹuː/, /ɹʉw/, /ɹu/, /ɾɪʊ/, /ɾʉ/ 1. Sorrow; repentance; regret. Labels: archaic, dialectal, uncountable Example: When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, / "The heart out of the bosom was never given in vain; / 'Tis paid with sighs aplenty and sold for endless rue." / And I am two-and-twenty, and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true. 2. Pity; compassion. Labels: archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Word: rue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rewen, ruwen, ruen, reowen, from Old English hrēowan (“to rue; make sorry; grieve”), perhaps influenced by Old Norse hryggja (“to distress, grieve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną (“to sadden; repent”). Pronunciation: /ɹuː/, /ɹʉw/, /ɹu/, /ɾɪʊ/, /ɾʉ/ 1. To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place. Labels: transitive Example: to rue the day Example: I rued the day I crossed paths with her. 2. To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To cause to feel sorrow or pity. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To feel compassion or pity; to take pity (on), to have compassion (on). Labels: archaic, intransitive, obsolete Example: […] till our Lord's clouds rue upon the earth, and send down a watring of rain: Truly , I think Christ's misty dew a welcome message from heaven, till my Lord's rain fall : […] Example: 1842, Nicholas Ridley, The Life of Nicholas Ridley which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them 5. To feel sorrow or regret. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.
Word: rue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rue, from Anglo-Norman ruwe, Old French rue, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ). Pronunciation: /ɹuː/, /ɹʉw/, /ɹu/, /ɾɪʊ/, /ɾʉ/ 1. Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But th'aged Nourse, her calling to her bowre, / Had gathered Rew, and Savine, and the flowre / Of Camphora, and Calamint, and Dill [...]. Example: Ophelia: There’s fennel for you, and columbines: there’s rue for you; and here’s some for me: we may call it herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with a difference.
Word: apology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in my defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Doublet of apologia. By surface analysis, apo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). Example: What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him. Example: The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities. 2. A formal justification, defence. Example: the Apology of Socrates 3. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. Example: a poor apology for a hotel room Example: [He] goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.
Word: orang Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɔˈræŋ/, /oʊˈræŋ/, /əˈɹæŋ/ 1. Clipping of orangutan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Three days after I had shot this one and lost it, Charles found three small Orangs feeding together. Example: To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).
Word: vegetable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetus Latin vegetāre, vegetō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from vegetāre (“to enliven”). Displaced Old English wyrt and ofett, whence modern wort and ovest. Related to vigil, vigour, vajra, and waker. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, [ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bɫ̩], /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bəl/, [ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bɫ̩], /ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/ 1. Any plant. Labels: archaic Example: That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable. Example: The first of the tall trees was reached, and by the bearings proved the wrong one. So with the second. The third rose nearly two hundred feet into the air above a clump of underwood — a giant of a vegetable, with a red column as big as a cottage, and a wide shadow around in which a company could have manoeuvred. 2. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. Example: It’s true that agriculture at the time was organic, food was locally produced and there were no ultraprocessed foods. But fresh fruits and vegetables were in short supply because they were difficult to ship and because growing seasons were so short. 3. The edible part of such a plant. 4. A person whose brain (or, infrequently, whose body) has been damaged to the point that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state. Labels: derogatory, figuratively 5. A mine (explosive device). Labels: historical, slang