nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost. Pronunciation: /bʌst/, /bʊst/, /bɐst/ 1. To break. Labels: US, colloquial, transitive Example: I busted my cooker while trying to fix it. 2. To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit. 3. To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state. Labels: slang, transitive 4. To debunk, dispel (a belief). Labels: transitive Example: MythBusters 5. An emphatic synonym of do or get. Example: He busted huge air off that jump! 6. To reduce in rank. Labels: US, informal Example: He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination. Example: If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC. 7. To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed. Labels: transitive 8. To lose all of one's chips. 9. To exceed a score of 21. 10. To break in (an animal). Labels: slang, transitive Example: A few weeks later, Richard was killed accidentally while busting a wild mustang […] 11. To have sex with (a woman or girl) for the first time, to take another's virginity. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Smith hears Nancy's protests - "Don't ... no, please don't." - when Hicock menaces her with "You ever had a man?" Finding Hicock rubbing her thigh as she whimpers in fear, Smith confronts him about his intentions, and Hicock says, "First, I'm going to bust that little girl." Smith tells him no, but Hicock replies, "What do you care? You can bust her too." 12. To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt. Labels: intransitive, slang, vulgar Example: I busted a fat one just wackin' it to the selfie she sent me. Example: After ten times we fucked, I think I bust twice He was nice, kept my neck filled with ice 13. For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it. Labels: intransitive Example: The temptation to squeeze in a favourite headline that busts by using the flexibility of new technology is often very strong. Example: If your headline busts (breaks the confines of the layout) you will know straightaway. Similarly, the computer will inform you, in terms of the number of lines, how much longer or shorter the copy is in relation to the space allotted. 14. To refute an established opening. Labels: slang Example: So is the King's Gambit really busted? 15. To shoot (a gun). Labels: slang, transitive Example: He busted his glock. 16. To attack, hit or insult (someone). Labels: intransitive, slang Example: He's always busting on you. 17. To do or perform; to move quickly. Labels: slang Example: Bust a left turn.
Word: bust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost. Pronunciation: /bʌst/, /bʊst/, /bɐst/ 1. The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation. Labels: slang Example: a narcotics bust 2. A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise. Labels: slang 3. A failed enterprise; a bomb. Labels: slang 4. A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis. Labels: slang 5. A disappointment. Labels: slang Example: Paris was a bust. They wouldn't even let us see the Mona Lisa. 6. A player who fails to meet expectations. Labels: derogatory 7. The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession. 8. A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party. Labels: dated, slang
Word: bust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost. Pronunciation: /bʌst/, /bʊst/, /bɐst/ 1. Without any money, broke, bankrupt. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.
Word: bust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin būstum Italian bustobor. French bustebor. English bust Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto (“torso, upper body”), from Latin bustum (“funeral monument, tomb," originally "funeral pyre, place where corpses are burned”). Perhaps shortened from Latin ambustum, neuter of ambustus (“scorched”), past participle of ambūrō (“burn all over, scorch”), from ambi- (“around”) + ūrō (“to burn”). Pronunciation: /bʌst/, /bʊst/, /bɐst/ 1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders. 2. A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
Word: busted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See bust (Etymology 2) Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs.tɪd/, /ˈbʌs.təd/ 1. Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage). Labels: often Example: Some dolls made in Italy had eyes which could follow one about, others made of felt that had their hair dressed and dyed in grey, silver, or blonde, and wore velvet drainpipe trousers and lace brassières over their slightly busted fronts.
Word: busted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bust + -ed. See bust (Etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs.tɪd/, /ˈbʌs.təd/ 1. Broke; having no money. Labels: slang Example: I'd like to help you, but I'm busted. 2. Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do. Labels: slang Example: I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted! Example: Plus, to be honest, the look on his face when he realized how very busted they were was worth far more than the fifty dollars I paid for their dinner. 3. Extremely ugly. Labels: slang Example: She was cute, but all her friends were busted. Example: ok this gals bod is hot but her face is busted 4. Tired. Labels: slang 5. Broken. Labels: slang 6. Extremely overpowered. Labels: slang Example: While not all of his matches went well, the streamer insisted aim assist was busted.
Word: busted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bust + -ed. See bust (Etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs.tɪd/, /ˈbʌs.təd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See buy. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːt/, /ˈbɔt/, /ˈbɑt/, /ˈbɒt/ 1. simple past and past participle of buy. Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: She bought an expensive bag last week. Example: People have bought gas masks.
Word: bought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See buy. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːt/, /ˈbɔt/, /ˈbɑt/, /ˈbɒt/ 1. Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt. Labels: informal Example: Any senators who vote for this bill must be bought. Example: Don't bother filing a complaint, the regulators are bought.
Word: bought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight and bout. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːt/, /ˈbɔt/, /ˈbɑt/, /ˈbɒt/ 1. A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle. Labels: obsolete 2. A bend or hollow in a human or animal body. Labels: obsolete 3. A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature. Labels: obsolete Example: the river it selfe turneth North east and is stil a navigable streame. On the westerne side of this bought is Tauxenent with 40 men. 4. The part of a sling that contains the stone. Labels: obsolete 5. A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc. Labels: obsolete Example: Her huge long taile her den all ouerſpred, / Yet was in knots and many boughtes vpwound, / Pointed with mortall ſting.
Word: caught Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɔːt/, /koːt/, [kʰo̞ːt], [kʰo̞ːʔ], /kɔt/ 1. Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: caught Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɔːt/, /koːt/, [kʰo̞ːt], [kʰo̞ːʔ], /kɔt/ 1. simple past and past participle of catch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: choose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to test; to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti (“to choose, taste”), from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to frighten”), Faroese and Icelandic kjósa (“to vote; to elect; to choose; to prefer”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjosa, kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm; to bewitch”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), French choisir (“to choose”); also Breton diuz (“to choose”), Cornish and Welsh dewis (“to choose”), Latin gustō (“to taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō, “to feed; to taste; to eat; to try; to enjoy”), Czech zkoušet (“to taste; to examine; to rehearse”), Polish kuszać (“to eat”), Russian кушать (kušatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”), Serbo-Croatian ку̏шати, kȕšati (“to taste; to test”), Ukrainian ку́шати (kúšaty, “to taste; to eat”), куштува́ти (kuštuváty, “to taste”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (zaoša, “pleasure”), Baluchi and Pashto دوست (dost, “friend”), Northern Kurdish and Zazaki dost (“friend”), Persian دوسْت (dōst / dust, “friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; loved”), Sanskrit जुषते (juṣate, “to enjoy”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːz/, /t͡ʃuz/, /ʃʉːz/ 1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select. Example: I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl. Example: Secondly, VVhen in exerting any paſſion in action, vve chuſe means inſufficient for the deſign'd end, and deceive ourſelves in our judgment of cauſes and effects. 2. To elect. Example: He was chosen as president in 1990. 3. To decide to act in a certain way. Example: I chose to walk to work today. 4. To prefer; to wish; to desire. Example: The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Example: Choose truth, and find beauty. Choose love, and embrace change.
Word: choose Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to test; to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti (“to choose, taste”), from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to frighten”), Faroese and Icelandic kjósa (“to vote; to elect; to choose; to prefer”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjosa, kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm; to bewitch”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), French choisir (“to choose”); also Breton diuz (“to choose”), Cornish and Welsh dewis (“to choose”), Latin gustō (“to taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō, “to feed; to taste; to eat; to try; to enjoy”), Czech zkoušet (“to taste; to examine; to rehearse”), Polish kuszać (“to eat”), Russian кушать (kušatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”), Serbo-Croatian ку̏шати, kȕšati (“to taste; to test”), Ukrainian ку́шати (kúšaty, “to taste; to eat”), куштува́ти (kuštuváty, “to taste”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (zaoša, “pleasure”), Baluchi and Pashto دوست (dost, “friend”), Northern Kurdish and Zazaki dost (“friend”), Persian دوسْت (dōst / dust, “friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; loved”), Sanskrit जुषते (juṣate, “to enjoy”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːz/, /t͡ʃuz/, /ʃʉːz/ 1. The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number. Example: The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is tbinom nk or "n choose k".
Word: choose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chose, chos, chooce, a Northern dialectal form of Middle English chois (“choice”). Cognate with Scots chose, choose, chuse (“choosing, choice, selection”). Doublet of choice, which see for more. 1. The act of choosing; selection. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete 2. The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
Word: chose Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəʊz/, /t͡ʃoʊz/ 1. simple past of choose Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of choose Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son, Example: I expect you might have chose a somewhat larger fish, but I'll try an' make it do. 3. simple past of chuse Labels: form-of, past
Word: chose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause. 1. A thing; personal property.
Word: chosen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/, /ˈt͡ʃoʊ.zən/ 1. past participle of choose Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. past participle of chuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chosen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/, /ˈt͡ʃoʊ.zən/ 1. picked; selected Example: The chosen candidate accepted the award with pride. Example: Only a few chosen participants were allowed entry. 2. elected
Word: cling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋ/ 1. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Antelope steaks and fried liver to begin on, and venison cutlets with chili con carne and pineapple fritters, and then some sardines and mixed pickles; and top it off with a can of yellow clings and a bottle of beer. 2. Adherence; attachment; devotion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a more tenacious cling to worldly reſpects, 3. An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You can make window clings by using thin transparency sheets, school glue, food coloring, and templates.
Word: cling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋ/ 1. To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. Example: Seaweed clung to the anchor. Example: And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus? 2. To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films. 3. To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing. Labels: transitive Example: I[…] clung my legs as close to his sides as I could. 4. To cause to dry up or wither. Labels: transitive Example: If thou speak'st false, / Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, / Till famine cling thee. 5. To dry up or wither. Labels: intransitive Example: Wood clings. 6. To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on. Labels: figuratively
Word: cling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative; compare clink, clang. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋ/ 1. To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell. Example: The tiny chimes clinged the hours and quarters against his right and Kate's left ear. They counted nine and three-quarters. Example: The latter, armed with the most famous tool of their trade — tiny clinging bells — created a small band of untrained orchestra giving their part of the market a festive outlook […]
Word: cling Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative; compare clink, clang. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋ/ 1. Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.
Word: clung Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klʌŋ/, /klɐŋ/, /klʊŋ/, /klʊŋɡ/, /kləŋ/ 1. simple past and past participle of cling Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clung Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /klʌŋ/, /klɐŋ/, /klʊŋ/, /klʊŋɡ/, /kləŋ/ 1. Shrunken; wasted away. Labels: obsolete
Word: icon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin īcōn, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.kɒn/, /ˈaɪ.kən/, /ˈaɪ.kɑn/ 1. An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion. 2. A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. Labels: especially Example: Last week the Archdiocese sent emmissaries to investigate the icon and decided that the tears were not a hoax, Father Koufos said. 3. A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. Labels: broadly Example: That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense. Example: Only a handful of rock musicians have become genuine icons - larger-than-life symbolic figures whose personal triumphs and vicissitudes seem to mirror the ups and downs of rock as a whole, and sometimes of the society that nurtures it. Often, rock icons become the objects of personality cults that tend to overshadow their musical accomplishments. 4. A small picture that represents something. Example: Click the loudspeaker icon to configure audio settings. Example: The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar. It contains 21 icons, each of which allows the user to perform a specified function with but a few clicks of the mouse. 5. A small picture that represents something. Labels: Internet, informal Example: Is it okay if I use your drawing as my icon? 6. A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. Example: .
Word: come Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt Proto-Germanic *kwemaną Proto-West Germanic *kweman Old English cuman Middle English comen English come From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”). Cognates Cognate from Proto-Germanic with Scots cum (“to come”), Yola come, coome, cum (“to come”), North Frisian kaame, kame, keem, kem, kum, kååme, käme (“to come”), Saterland Frisian kume, kuume (“to come”), West Frisian komme (“to come”), Alemannic German cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme (“to come”), Bavarian ckeman, kemma, kemman, khemen, kumma, kumman, kèmmin (“to come”), Central Franconian komme, kunn, kumme (“to come”), Cimbrian ken, khemmen, khèmman (“to come”), Dutch komen, kommen (“to come”), Dutch Low Saxon kåmen (“to come”), German and Luxembourgish kommen (“to come”), Low German kamen, kuemen (“to come”), Mòcheno kemmen (“to come”), Yiddish קימען (kimen), קומען (kumen, “to come”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål komme (“to come”), Elfdalian kumå (“to come”), Faroese and Icelandic koma (“to come; to arrive”), Jamtish kuma (“to come”), Norwegian Nynorsk koma, komma, komme, kåmmå, kåmå (“to come”), Swedish komma (“to come”), Crimean Gothic kommen (“to come”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman, “to come”). Cognate from Proto-Indo-European with Latin venio (“to come; to approach”), Greek βήμα (víma, “pace, step”), Albanian ngah, ngaj (“to hasten, run”), Latvian dzimt (“to be born”), Lithuanian gimti (“to be born”), Armenian եկ (ek, “the act of coming, arrival; income”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam, “to come, go”), Northern Kurdish gav (“step”), Persian گام (gâm, “step”), Tocharian A kum- (“to come”), Tocharian B käm- (“to come”), Sanskrit गम् (gam, “to come, go, move”). Pronunciation: /kʌm/, [kʰʌm] ~ [kʰɐm], [kʰʌm], [kəm], [km̩] 1. Coming, arrival; approach. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: “If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art, and must go to the women.” 2. Semen. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: When a man uses a condom during sex, he takes all of his come with him, preventing her from getting pregnant. 3. Female ejaculatory discharge. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: come Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt Proto-Germanic *kwemaną Proto-West Germanic *kweman Old English cuman Middle English comen English come From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”). Cognates Cognate from Proto-Germanic with Scots cum (“to come”), Yola come, coome, cum (“to come”), North Frisian kaame, kame, keem, kem, kum, kååme, käme (“to come”), Saterland Frisian kume, kuume (“to come”), West Frisian komme (“to come”), Alemannic German cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme (“to come”), Bavarian ckeman, kemma, kemman, khemen, kumma, kumman, kèmmin (“to come”), Central Franconian komme, kunn, kumme (“to come”), Cimbrian ken, khemmen, khèmman (“to come”), Dutch komen, kommen (“to come”), Dutch Low Saxon kåmen (“to come”), German and Luxembourgish kommen (“to come”), Low German kamen, kuemen (“to come”), Mòcheno kemmen (“to come”), Yiddish קימען (kimen), קומען (kumen, “to come”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål komme (“to come”), Elfdalian kumå (“to come”), Faroese and Icelandic koma (“to come; to arrive”), Jamtish kuma (“to come”), Norwegian Nynorsk koma, komma, komme, kåmmå, kåmå (“to come”), Swedish komma (“to come”), Crimean Gothic kommen (“to come”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman, “to come”). Cognate from Proto-Indo-European with Latin venio (“to come; to approach”), Greek βήμα (víma, “pace, step”), Albanian ngah, ngaj (“to hasten, run”), Latvian dzimt (“to be born”), Lithuanian gimti (“to be born”), Armenian եկ (ek, “the act of coming, arrival; income”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam, “to come, go”), Northern Kurdish gav (“step”), Persian گام (gâm, “step”), Tocharian A kum- (“to come”), Tocharian B käm- (“to come”), Sanskrit गम् (gam, “to come, go, move”). Pronunciation: /kʌm/, [kʰʌm] ~ [kʰɐm], [kʰʌm], [kəm], [km̩] 1. Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs. Example: Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests. Example: Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
Word: come Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt Proto-Germanic *kwemaną Proto-West Germanic *kweman Old English cuman Middle English comen English come From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”). Cognates Cognate from Proto-Germanic with Scots cum (“to come”), Yola come, coome, cum (“to come”), North Frisian kaame, kame, keem, kem, kum, kååme, käme (“to come”), Saterland Frisian kume, kuume (“to come”), West Frisian komme (“to come”), Alemannic German cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme (“to come”), Bavarian ckeman, kemma, kemman, khemen, kumma, kumman, kèmmin (“to come”), Central Franconian komme, kunn, kumme (“to come”), Cimbrian ken, khemmen, khèmman (“to come”), Dutch komen, kommen (“to come”), Dutch Low Saxon kåmen (“to come”), German and Luxembourgish kommen (“to come”), Low German kamen, kuemen (“to come”), Mòcheno kemmen (“to come”), Yiddish קימען (kimen), קומען (kumen, “to come”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål komme (“to come”), Elfdalian kumå (“to come”), Faroese and Icelandic koma (“to come; to arrive”), Jamtish kuma (“to come”), Norwegian Nynorsk koma, komma, komme, kåmmå, kåmå (“to come”), Swedish komma (“to come”), Crimean Gothic kommen (“to come”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman, “to come”). Cognate from Proto-Indo-European with Latin venio (“to come; to approach”), Greek βήμα (víma, “pace, step”), Albanian ngah, ngaj (“to hasten, run”), Latvian dzimt (“to be born”), Lithuanian gimti (“to be born”), Armenian եկ (ek, “the act of coming, arrival; income”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam, “to come, go”), Northern Kurdish gav (“step”), Persian گام (gâm, “step”), Tocharian A kum- (“to come”), Tocharian B käm- (“to come”), Sanskrit गम् (gam, “to come, go, move”). Pronunciation: /kʌm/, [kʰʌm] ~ [kʰɐm], [kʰʌm], [kəm], [km̩] 1. An exclamation to express annoyance. Labels: dated, formal Example: Come, come! Stop crying. Example: Come now! Things could be worse. 2. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request. Labels: dated, formal Example: Come, come! You can do it. Example: Come now! It won't bite you.
Word: come Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See comma. Pronunciation: /kʌm/, [kʰʌm] ~ [kʰɐm], [kʰʌm], [kəm], [km̩] 1. Alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these, virgil,—come,—parenthesis,—plain point,—interrogative. Example: Whoever introduced the several points, it seems that a full-point, a point called come, answering to our colon-point, a point called virgil answering to our comma-point, the parenthesis-points and interrogative-point, were used at the close of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century.
Word: came Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See come. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ̯m/, [ˈkʰeɪ̯m], /ˈkeːm/, [ˈkʰeːm], /ˈkæ̝ɪ̯m/ 1. simple past of come Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of come Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: With that army the British army, in the course of its operations, must have came in contact; and, if that were likely, (may rather if it was impossible to avoid it.) I will ask, whether, under all the circumstances of Europe[…] Example: Thailand's expansion of access to secondary and tertiary education is unlikely to have came at the expense of quality. International achievement test^([sic]) show Thai students consistently outperforming not just Indonesia, whose per capita national income is less than half of Thailand's[…] 3. simple past of cum Labels: form-of, past
Word: came Part of Speech: prep Etymology: See come. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ̯m/, [ˈkʰeɪ̯m], /ˈkeːm/, [ˈkʰeːm], /ˈkæ̝ɪ̯m/ 1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation Example: Came Christmas by which, at the outset, everybody knew it would be over, and it was not over. Came June, 1915, concerning which, at the outset, he had joined with Mr. Fortune, Twyning and Harold in laughter at his own grotesque idea of the war lasting to the dramatic effect of a culminating battle on the centenary of Waterloo, and the war had lasted, and was still lasting.
Word: came Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare Scots came (“comb”), Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), and Middle English camet (“silver”). Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ̯m/, [ˈkʰeɪ̯m], /ˈkeːm/, [ˈkʰeːm], /ˈkæ̝ɪ̯m/ 1. A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.
Word: cost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin cōstō, from Latin cōnstō (“stand together”). Pronunciation: /kɒst/, /kɔst/, /kɑst/ 1. To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. Labels: ditransitive, transitive Example: This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30. Example: It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world. 2. To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. Labels: ditransitive, transitive Example: Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives. Example: the packaging of home-delivered products now accounts for 30% of the solid rubbish the US generates annually, and the cardboard alone costs 1bn trees. 3. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. Example: to do him wanton rites, which cost them woe Example: LUKE: "That little droid is going to cost me a lot of trouble." 4. To calculate or estimate a price. Example: I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand. 5. To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: I can give you the names, but it'll cost you. Example: That's going to cost you!
Word: cost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cost, coust, from costen (“to cost”), from the same source as above. Pronunciation: /kɒst/, /kɔst/, /kɑst/ 1. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million. Example: We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankruptcy. 2. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health. Example: The army won the battle decisively, but at a cost of many lives.
Word: cost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cost, from Old English cost (“option, choice, possibility, manner, way, condition”), from Old Norse kostr (“choice, opportunity, chance, condition, state, quality”), from Proto-Germanic *kustuz (“choice, trial”) (or Proto-Germanic *kustiz (“choice, trial”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with Icelandic kostur, German dialectal Kust (“taste, flavour”), Dutch kust (“choice, choosing”), North Frisian kest (“choice, estimation, virtue”), West Frisian kêst (“article of law, statute”), Old English cyst (“free-will, choice, election, the best of anything, the choicest, picked host, moral excellence, virtue, goodness, generosity, munificence”), Latin gustus (“taste”). Related to choose. Doublet of gusto. Pronunciation: /kɒst/, /kɔst/, /kɑst/ 1. Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance. Labels: obsolete 2. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
Word: cost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coste, from Old French coste, from Latin costa. Doublet of coast and cuesta. Pronunciation: /kɒst/, /kɔst/, /kɑst/ 1. A rib; a side. Labels: obsolete Example: betwixt the costs of a ship 2. A cottise.
Word: creep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian krûpe (“to creep, crawl”), Central Franconian kruffe (“to creep, crawl”), Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Low German krepen, krupen (“to creep, crawl”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Faroese krúpa (“to creep”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to kneel down, to genuflect, to get down on one's knees”), Norwegian Bokmål krype (“to creep”), Norwegian Nynorsk krjupa, krjupe, krypa, krype (“to creep, crawl”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”). The noun is derived from the verb. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen English creep Pronunciation: /kɹiːp/, [kʰɹiːp] 1. To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. Labels: intransitive Example: Lizards and snakes crept over the ground. Example: One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him. 2. To grow across a surface rather than upwards. Labels: intransitive 3. To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. Labels: intransitive Example: He tried to creep past the guard without being seen. Example: Electrification of the Eastern Region main line from Strasbourg, incidentally, is steadily creeping nearer to Paris, and is now complete as far as Château Thierry, 59 miles away; [...]. 4. To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction. Labels: intransitive Example: Prices have been creeping up all year. 5. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to insinuate itself or oneself. Labels: idiomatic Example: Old age creeps upon us. Example: […]guard his understanding from being imposed on by the willful or at least undesigned sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. 6. To slip, or to become slightly displaced. Example: The collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying. Example: The quicksilver on a mirror may creep. 7. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn. Example: A creeping sycophant. Example: To come as humbly as they used to creep / To holy altars. 8. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl. Example: The sight made my flesh creep. 9. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable. 10. To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Honey came in and she caught me red-handed / Creeping with the girl next door / Picture this we were both butt naked / Banging on the bathroom floor Example: I don't wanna know / If you're playin' me, keep it on the low / 'Cause my heart can't take it anymore / And if you're creepin', please don't let it show
Word: crept Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of creep Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Compare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced native Middle English snithen (from Old English snīþan; compare German schneiden), which still survives in some dialects as snithe or snead. See snide. Adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally jocular derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg, to have cut your leg, euphemism for being very drunk. Pronunciation: /kʌt/, /kʊt/ 1. Having been cut. Labels: adjective, error-misspelling, participle Example: The real purpose of building this railway on the part of the Japanese imperialists at that time was to spy on the Mongolian People's Republic and to transport the timber produced in the A-erh-t'ai forest zone.[…]The principal cargo consists of cut timber from the A-erh-t'ai-shan, and the cereal products of Wu-lan-hao-t'e. 2. Reduced. Example: The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch. Example: Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor. 3. Carved into a shape; not raw. 4. Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point. 5. Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles. Example: Or how 'bout Shane DiMora? Could he possibly get rip-roaring cut this time around? Example: That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection. 6. Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation. Labels: informal 7. Upset, angry; emotionally hurt. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: ‘Here y'are,’ says the happy butcher, dragging out a bucket. ‘Good riddance. But me dogs'll be cut tonight, I tell ya. That's their grub.’ 8. Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol. Labels: New-Zealand, slang Example: I was dev’lish cut—uncommon—been dining with some chaps at Greenwich.
Word: cut Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English cutten, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Sometimes instead compared to French couteau, itself from Latin culter (“knife”). Compare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)); also akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced native Middle English snithen (from Old English snīþan; compare German schneiden), which still survives in some dialects as snithe or snead. See snide. Adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally jocular derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg, to have cut your leg, euphemism for being very drunk. Pronunciation: /kʌt/, /kʊt/ 1. An instruction to cease recording. Example: Near-synonym: scene!
Word: dealt Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlt/ 1. simple past and past participle of deal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English diggen (“to dig”, 13th c.), an alteration of dīken, from Old English dīcian (“to dig a ditch, mound up earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīkōn, which see for cognates. This verb is denominal from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool, puddle; dyke, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stab, dig”). The form with g may have been influenced by Old French *diguer, a variant of dikier, itself from the West Germanic verb above. French forms with g are attested only in the 15th c., thus 200 years later than in English. On the other hand, French has according forms also for the underlying noun (cf. digue) and the phonetic development is more plausible in French than in English. Pronunciation: /dɪɡ/ 1. To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: They dug an eight-foot ditch along the side of the road. Example: In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes. 2. To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up. Labels: transitive Example: to dig potatoes Example: to dig up gold 3. To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. 4. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: Peter dug at his books all the harder. 5. To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up. Labels: figuratively Example: to dig up evidence Example: to dig out the facts 6. To thrust; to poke. Example: He dug an elbow into my ribs and guffawed at his own joke. Example: You should have seen children […] dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. 7. To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
Word: dig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English diggen (“to dig”, 13th c.), an alteration of dīken, from Old English dīcian (“to dig a ditch, mound up earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīkōn, which see for cognates. This verb is denominal from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool, puddle; dyke, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stab, dig”). The form with g may have been influenced by Old French *diguer, a variant of dikier, itself from the West Germanic verb above. French forms with g are attested only in the 15th c., thus 200 years later than in English. On the other hand, French has according forms also for the underlying noun (cf. digue) and the phonetic development is more plausible in French than in English. Pronunciation: /dɪɡ/ 1. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place. 2. Any act of digging to find or retrieve something. Example: Iron Springs offers a guided clam dig for first timers or those who are rusty at spotting the clam's show at low tide. It includes a license and all the equipment you'll need to catch your limit on Copalis Beach […] 3. A thrust; a poke. Example: He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke. 4. A hard blow, especially (boxing) a straight left-hander delivered under the opponent's guard. Labels: archaic, slang Example: […] 'let him go, I tell you, or I'll be after breaking your ugly mug,' and with that I gave him a dig that knocked him into smithereens. 5. A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team. 6. An innings. 7. A cutting, sarcastic remark. Example: Buckram ! that's a dig at my trade. Example: Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date. 8. The occupation of digging for gold. Example: Don Quixote told us that Western Australia was the same to him as any other country, except that it possessed the charm of novelty, and he assured us that as soon as he was well enough he would be off on the "dig" once more. 9. A plodding and laborious student. Labels: US, colloquial, dated Example: Between the two extremes of college men the unsocial dig and the flunking swell, lies the majority, who, acknowledging the duty and merit of hard work, see the value in social and recreative line, but are at somewhat of a loss, seemingly, how to proportionize the time given to the different sides of college life, or how far to allow themselves to go on the more attractive side. 10. A tool for digging. Labels: UK, dated, dialectal 11. A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand. Labels: slang Example: a £1 charity shop dig
Word: dig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From African American Vernacular English; due to lack of writing of slave speech, etymology is difficult to trace, but it has been suggested that it is from Wolof dëgg, dëgga (“to understand, to appreciate”). It has also been suggested that it is from Irish dtuig, thus being a doublet of twig. Others do not propose a distinct etymology, instead considering this a semantic shift of the existing English term (compare dig in/dig into). Pronunciation: /dɪɡ/ 1. To understand. Labels: dated, slang Example: You dig? Example: McCord has blown. Mitchell has blown. No tap on my telephone / Halderman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, and Dean / It follows a pattern if you dig what I mean 2. To appreciate, or like. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: Baby, I dig you. Example: «And dig her!» yelled Dean, pointing at another woman. «Oh, I love, love, love women! I think women are wonderful! I love women!»
Word: dig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /dɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Digoxin. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: dig toxicity
Word: dig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Compare Middle English digge. 1. A duck. Labels: obsolete Example: Powltrey, &c, &c. Item ten turkeys … Item three Digs [an old Cheshire word for duck] and a Drake … Item ffower Capons … [The word's gloss has been inserted by Earwaker] Example: dig, or digg, s.—A duck. A gentleman introduced a man to an old lady in America as an inhaitant of Cheshire, her old county. "I'll soon see," said she, "if he is reet Cheshire born. Tell me," said she to the man, "what a dig, a snig, a grig, a peckled poot, and a peannot are?" B. Kennett in his Glossary of the British Museum, has the word "dig." "As fierce as a dig," is a Lancashire and probably a Cheshire proverb, and reminds one of the Cloucestershire name for a sheep, viz.: "A Cotswold lion."
Word: dug Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dʌɡ/, /dɐɡ/, /dʊɡ/ 1. simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe. Compare also doug. Pronunciation: /dʌɡ/, /dɐɡ/, /dʊɡ/ 1. A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts. Labels: in-plural Example: Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […] Example: First Pig. I suck, but no milk will come from the dug. 2. A woman's breast or nipple. Labels: in-plural, vulgar Example: Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape, And vvith a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice. He is my ſonne, I, and therein my ſhame, Yet from my dugges, he drew not this deceit
Word: dug Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʌɡ/, /dɐɡ/, /dʊɡ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of dog. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling