nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: coal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kööl (“coal”), Saterland Frisian Koole (“coal”), West Frisian koal (“coal”), Cimbrian kholl (“coal”), Dutch kool (“coal; carbon”), German Kohle (“coal”), Limburgish Kǫe̩l (“coal”), Luxembourgish Kuel (“coal”), Vilamovian köła (“coal”), Yiddish קויל (koyl, “coal”), Danish kul (“coal”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kol (“coal; carbon”), Jamtish kuł (“coal; carbon”), Norwegian Bokmål kol, kull (“coal”). Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic gual (“coal”), Manx geayl (“coal”), Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti (“to glow, twinkle”), Persian زکال (zakâl), زکار (zekâr), زغال (zoġâl, “coal”), Tocharian B śoliye (“hearth”), Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, glow”), all from the same root. Pronunciation: /kəʊl/, [kʰɒʊɫ], /kɒl/, /koʊl/, [kʰoɫ] 1. To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives). Labels: intransitive Example: 1863, Colonial Secretary to Commander Baldwin, USN shortly after that she coaled again at Simon's Bay; and that after remaining in the neighbourhood of our ports for a time, she proceeded to Mauritius, where she coaled again, and then returned to this colony. Example: Our next stopping-place was Newcastle, and here we coaled in earnest, for the steamer was flying light, and was loaded up in every available place. 2. To supply with coal. Labels: transitive Example: to coal a steamer Example: January 1917, National Geographic Magazine, Volume 31 Number 1, One Hundred British Seaports Cruisers may be coaled at sea and provided with ammunition openly. The submarine may not 3. To be converted to charcoal. Labels: intransitive Example: After the initial burn the goal of any good fire should be coaling; that is, creating a bed of solid coals that will sustain the fire. Example: As a result, particles of wood and twigs insufficiently coaled are frequently found at the bottom of such pits. 4. To burn to charcoal; to char. Labels: transitive Example: Char-coal of roots, coaled into great pieces. 5. To mark or delineate with charcoal. Labels: transitive Example: […] marvailing, he coaled out these rithms upon the wall near to the picture
Word: coal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kööl (“coal”), Saterland Frisian Koole (“coal”), West Frisian koal (“coal”), Cimbrian kholl (“coal”), Dutch kool (“coal; carbon”), German Kohle (“coal”), Limburgish Kǫe̩l (“coal”), Luxembourgish Kuel (“coal”), Vilamovian köła (“coal”), Yiddish קויל (koyl, “coal”), Danish kul (“coal”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kol (“coal; carbon”), Jamtish kuł (“coal; carbon”), Norwegian Bokmål kol, kull (“coal”). Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic gual (“coal”), Manx geayl (“coal”), Lithuanian žvi̇̀lti (“to glow, twinkle”), Persian زکال (zakâl), زکار (zekâr), زغال (zoġâl, “coal”), Tocharian B śoliye (“hearth”), Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, glow”), all from the same root. Pronunciation: /kəʊl/, [kʰɒʊɫ], /kɒl/, /koʊl/, [kʰoɫ] 1. Black like coal; coal-black. Labels: no-comparative Example: ... his coal hair / the corners of his warm smile / the blue of his gentle eyes. I wanted to explore him as Sir Francis Drake explored the New World. I wanted to tell my secrets to him as a Roman Catholic does in confession. Example: His coal hair streaked through the gushing of freezing air and the base of the silk robe fluttered splendidly. The Lord of Blood, adorned with glossy armor and atop a stalwart steed, appeared to have the opulence of a king. White hills[…]
Word: little owl Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəl ˌaʊl/ 1. A species of small European owl, Athene noctua.
Word: certain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past participle of cernere (“to separate, perceive, decide”). Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”)) and alternative Middle English spelling sertane (“some, certain”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.tən/, /ˈsɜː.tn̩/, /ˈsɝ.tən/, /ˈsɝ.tn̩/, /ˈsɝ.ʔn̩/ 1. Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something. Example: I was certain of my decision. Example: […] I think, nay, I may say that I'm sartain, we'll have a hurricane afore morning. It's not the first time I've cruised in these latitudes. 2. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. Example: Now that more experiments have been run, the theory is certain and the argument is settled. Example: […]the dreame is certaine, and the interpretation thereof ſure. 3. Sure to happen, inevitable; assured. Example: It is certain that Spain will reach the finals. / Spain is now certain to reach the finals. / Spain is now certain of a place in the finals. Example: Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending. 4. Unfailing; infallible. Example: I have often wished, that I knew so certain a remedy in any other disease 5. Fixed; regular; determinate. Example: at certain intervals Example: Then ſaid the Lord vnto Moſes, Behold, I will raine bread from heauen for you: and the people ſhall goe out, and gather a certaine rate euery day, that I may proue them, whether they will walke in my Law, or no. 6. Particular and definite, but unspecified or unnamed; used to introduce someone or something without going into further detail. Example: Every wine has a certain distinctive character which sets it apart from all others. Example: Each morning, she would see a certain man rush past her window on his way to work. 7. Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent. Labels: euphemistic Example: I would have been here on time, but a certain someone lost the car keys! 8. Named but not previously mentioned. Example: Looking inside the cover, they learned that the book had once belonged to a certain R. Jones. Example: About 140 years ago, for example, a certain Hsü Kuang-ming established an ancestral estate in Wanluan consisting of ten hectares. The trust was specifically set aside to provide for his own worship after death, and access to its profits was to be enjoyed only by his descendants. 9. Used before the name of someone famous that people are expected to know. Example: Since the last British government to make such a proposal was that of a certain Margaret Thatcher, it might not seem unreasonable. 10. Determined; resolved. Labels: obsolete Example: However I with thee have fixt my Lot, Certain to undergoe like doom[…]
Word: certain Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past participle of cernere (“to separate, perceive, decide”). Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”)) and alternative Middle English spelling sertane (“some, certain”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.tən/, /ˈsɜː.tn̩/, /ˈsɝ.tən/, /ˈsɝ.tn̩/, /ˈsɝ.ʔn̩/ 1. Having been determined but not specified. Example: Certain people are good at running. Example: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”
Word: certain Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past participle of cernere (“to separate, perceive, decide”). Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”)) and alternative Middle English spelling sertane (“some, certain”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.tən/, /ˈsɜː.tn̩/, /ˈsɝ.tən/, /ˈsɝ.tn̩/, /ˈsɝ.ʔn̩/ 1. Unnamed or undescribed members (of). Labels: with-of Example: She mentioned a series of contracts, of which certain are not cited. Example: […]certaine of the Jewes banded together[…]
Word: ball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale. Pronunciation: /bɔːl/, /boːl/, /bɔl/, /baːl/, /bɑl/ 1. To form or wind into a ball. Labels: transitive Example: to ball cotton Example: She balled her fists. 2. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. 3. To have sexual intercourse (with). Labels: US, intransitive, transitive, vulgar Example: Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’” Example: Jefferson Fuck Poland wrote of three other anti-free-sex influences: […]heroin use (“Junkies rarely ball, unless for cash to buy junk. Heroin provides an orgasmic feeling of its own while suppressing sexual desire”); […]. 4. To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls. Labels: ambitransitive Example: the horse balls Example: the snow balls 5. To be hip or cool. Labels: participle, present, regional, slang 6. To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball). Example: This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only "balled" but seen as a "faggot" (this is a term directly from the work). Example: All of these things are done by pledges in hopes of not getting 'balled' or kicked out. 7. To play basketball. Labels: slang Example: fuck it, we ball 8. To spend money extravagantly. 9. To punish by affixing a ball and chain. Labels: transitive Example: any man refusing to do police duty will be punished by the sergts by balling him the rest of the day. 10. Of bees: to kill (a wasp) by surrounding it in large numbers so as to raise its body heat. Labels: transitive 11. To operate (a vehicle) at high speed (whether balls-out, balls to the wall, or ballin' the jack, each of which comes ultimately from ball via a different route). Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonym: haul ass Example: Hang back for a bit — that Peterbilt in the left lane is really ballin’ and I'd rather not be real close to him.
Word: ball Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale. Pronunciation: /bɔːl/, /boːl/, /bɔl/, /baːl/, /bɑl/ 1. An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved. 2. An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. Example: A good tackle (and some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd – a plea for a holding the ball free kick.
Word: ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French bal, from Middle French baler (“to dance”), from Old French baller, from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”). Compare baile. Pronunciation: /bɔːl/, /boːl/, /bɔl/, /baːl/, /bɑl/ 1. A formal dance. Example: We still have pictures from the ball we had in August 2008. 2. A very enjoyable time. Labels: informal Example: I had a ball at that concert. 3. A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
Word: brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German brake (“nose ring, curb, flax brake”), which according to Watkins is related to sense 4 and from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. Example: She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car. Example: You’re pressing the brakes too hard—try just squeezing them. 2. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. Example: Give the car a quick brake. 3. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. 4. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. Labels: figuratively 5. An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. 6. An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. Labels: obsolete 7. The handle of a pump. 8. A baker’s kneading trough. Example: You shall kneade[…]first with handes‥lastly with the brake. 9. A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal. 10. A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal. Example: He was shooting, and the field where the [cock-fighting] ring was verged on the shooting-brake where the rabbits were. 11. A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal. 12. A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal. Example: shooting-brake Example: It had been arranged as part of the day’s programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake. 13. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
Word: brake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German brake (“nose ring, curb, flax brake”), which according to Watkins is related to sense 4 and from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. To operate a brake or brakes. Labels: intransitive Example: Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler. 2. To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking. Labels: intransitive
Word: brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently a shortened form of bracken. (Compare chick, chicken.) Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. Certain ferns, including Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Certain ferns, including Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English *bracu, attested in a plural compound form fearnbraca (“thickets of fern”), probably from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”) and influenced by sense 2 (“fern”). Compare Middle Low German brake (“stump, branch”). Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc. Example: Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, / To shelter thee from tempest and from rain. Example: He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone.
Word: brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, from Middle Low German brake, Dutch braak, Old Dutch braeke; possibly related to sense 1. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.) 2. A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag. 3. A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
Word: brake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late Middle English, from Middle Low German brake, Dutch braak, Old Dutch braeke; possibly related to sense 1. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. To bruise and crush; to knead. Labels: transitive Example: The farmer’s son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough 2. To pulverise with a harrow. Labels: transitive
Word: brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. A cage. Labels: obsolete 2. A type of torture instrument. Labels: historical Example: Methods of applying pain were many and ingenious, in particular the ways of twisting, stretching and manipulating the body out of shape, normally falling under the catch-all term of the rack, or the brakes.
Word: brake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inflected forms. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/ 1. simple past of break Labels: archaic, form-of, past Example: And all the people brake off the golden earrings […]
Word: cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry). Pronunciation: /keɪk/, [ˈk̟ʰeɪ̯k̚] 1. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On Monday afternoon, Ronya attends a birthday party and eats cake whenever cake is presented to her. 2. A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an oatmeal cake Example: a johnnycake 3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: buckwheat cakes 4. A block of any various dense materials. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a cake of soap Example: a cake of sand 5. Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable Example: Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake / Those who could relate know the world ain't cake 6. Synonym of money. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 7. Ellipsis of have one's cake and eat it too. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: "It looks like the cake philosophy is still alive." Quote attributed to Donald Tusk. 8. Synonym of buttocks, especially a pair that are exceptionally plump or full. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Since I started doing squats, I've built up some serious cake. 9. A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Synonym of pie, the whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided into parts. Labels: UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: I am aware of the efforts made to contest the relevance of these statistics... But you cannot get away from the fact that a low gdp means a smaller national cake and that there is less wealth to go round. 11. A foolish person. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: "The Lord Mayor can say tart things," said Hobler to a scavenger. "Yes," replied the dustman, "he does say things that are tart, which is not to be wondered at when we know him to be a regular cake."
Word: cake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry). Pronunciation: /keɪk/, [ˈk̟ʰeɪ̯k̚] 1. Coat (something) with a crust of solid material. Labels: transitive Example: His shoes are caked with mud. Example: You will remember that Stranger Things was initially conceived as a one-off, and its success forced the Duffer Brothers to cake on endless new lore to keep the engine running. 2. To form into a cake, or mass. Labels: transitive 3. Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard. Labels: intransitive Example: Once we fell asleep, and, I think, must have slept for some hours, for, when we woke, our limbs were quite stiff, and the blood from our blows and scratches had caked, and was hard and dry upon our skin.
Word: care Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Middle English care English care From Middle English care, from Old English caru, ċearu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with Old Saxon cara, kara (“concern, action”), Middle High German kar (“sorrow, lamentation”), Icelandic kör (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara, “concern, care”). Related also to Dutch karig (“scanty”), German karg (“sparse, meagre, barren”), Latin garriō, Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus). See also chary. Pronunciation: /kɛə/, /kɛɚ/, [kʰe(ə̯)ɹ], [kʰɛ(ə̯)ɹ], /kɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Close attention; concern; responsibility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Care should be taken when holding babies. Example: I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. 2. Worry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I don’t have a care in the world. Example: Yes, heaven, I’m in heaven / And the cares that hung around me through the week / Seem to vanish like a gambler’s lucky streak 3. Maintenance, upkeep. Labels: uncountable Example: dental care Example: Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 4. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession). Labels: uncountable Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. 5. The state of being cared for by others. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: in care 6. The object of watchful attention or anxiety. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. 7. Grief, sorrow. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: More health and happiness betide my liege / Than can my care-tuned tongue deliver him! Example: Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
Word: care Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English caren, carien, from Old English carian (“to sorrow, grieve, be troubled, be anxious, to care for, heed”), from Proto-West Germanic *karōn (“to care”), from Proto-Germanic *karōną (“to care”). Cognate with Old Saxon karōn (“to lament”), Middle High German karen, karn (“to complain, lament, grieve, mourn”), archaic German karen (“to groan, gasp”), Alemannic German karen, kären (“to groan, gasp”), Swedish kära (“to fall in love”), Icelandic kæra (“to care, like”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (karōn, “to be concerned”). Pronunciation: /kɛə/, /kɛɚ/, [kʰe(ə̯)ɹ], [kʰɛ(ə̯)ɹ], /kɪə(ɹ)/ 1. To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She doesn’t care what you think. Example: I don’t care, I’m still going. 2. To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards or interested in. Labels: formal, intransitive, polite Example: Would you care for another slice of cake? Example: Would you care to dance? 3. To be affected by, to treat as relevant for a subsequent course of action. Labels: broadly, informal, intransitive Example: An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn’t care if there are any subscribers. It just fires the event and moves on. 4. (with for) To look after or look out for. Labels: intransitive Example: Young children can learn to care for a pet. Example: He cared for his mother while she was sick. 5. To mind; to object. Labels: Appalachia, intransitive Example: After introducing herself, the therapist then asked the patient if it would be all right to do the exercises which the doctor had ordered for her. The patient would response, "Well, I don't care to." For several days, the therapist immediately left the room and officially recorded that the patient had "refused" therapy. […] It was not until months later that this therapist […] discovered that she should have been interpreting "I don't care to" as "I don't mind" doing those exercises now.
Word: clean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *klainī Old English clǣne Middle English clene English clean From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”). Pronunciation: /kliːn/, [kʰl̥iːn], [kʰl̥ĩːn], /kleːn/, [kʰl̥eːn] 1. A removal of dirt. Example: This place needs a clean. Example: Give the pan a thorough clean. 2. The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders. 3. Of heavy metal, clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams. Labels: in-plural Example: When people complained the songs were too hard, Kyle's clean vocals could bail out the band. Adding cleans would set off a chain reaction though - Kyle's crisp, clear presence could be seen as "betraying" the raw assault that Mike inflicts on the fans with his screams and growls. Example: Vocalist Kaan is impeccable in his performance engaging with the crowd and soulfully executing both searing screams and hauntingly melodic cleans.
Word: clean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *klainī Old English clǣne Middle English clene English clean From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”). Pronunciation: /kliːn/, [kʰl̥iːn], [kʰl̥ĩːn], /kleːn/, [kʰl̥eːn] 1. To remove dirt from a place or object. Labels: transitive Example: Can you clean the windows today? 2. To tidy up, make a place neat. Labels: transitive Example: Clean your room right now! 3. To make things clean in general. Labels: intransitive Example: She just likes to clean. That’s why I married her. 4. To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed. Labels: transitive 5. To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.). Labels: transitive 6. To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep. Labels: intransitive 7. To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast. Labels: slang 8. To lift a weight from the ground to one's shoulders. Labels: transitive Example: Mike Aidala grunts as he cleans and presses 300 pounds up from the floor of his garage. 9. Synonym of clean up. 10. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal. Labels: transitive Example: The fishmonger cleaned the mackerel. 11. To beat, to thrash; to defeat. Labels: slang
Word: clean Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *klainī Old English clǣne Middle English clene English clean From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”). Pronunciation: /kliːn/, [kʰl̥iːn], [kʰl̥ĩːn], /kleːn/, [kʰl̥eːn] 1. Fully and completely. Example: He was stabbed clean through. Example: You must be clean mad.
Word: poetess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poet + -ess. Compare Middle English poetresse (“poetess”). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊ.ɪˈtɛs/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪˌtɛs/ 1. A female poet. Labels: dated Example: The ancient poetess singeth, that Hesperus all things bringeth, / Smoothing the wearied mind: bring me my love, Rosalind.
Word: clear Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, Italian chiaro, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪə/, [ˈkʰlɪə̯], /ˈkliə/, [ˈkʰliə̯], /ˈkliː/ 1. All the way; entirely. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I threw it clear across the river to the other side. 2. Not near something or touching it. Labels: not-comparable Example: Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming. 3. Free (or separate) from others. Labels: not-comparable Example: Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season. 4. In a clear manner; plainly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now clear I understand What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain Example: I want you to know how he spoke: he spoke loud, and he spoke clear.
Word: clear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, Italian chiaro, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro. Pronunciation: /ˈklɪə/, [ˈkʰlɪə̯], /ˈkliə/, [ˈkʰliə̯], /ˈkliː/ 1. Empty or open area. Example: The deer were standing in the clear. 2. Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls. Example: a room ten feet square in the clear 3. The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game. Example: It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC). 4. A person who is free from the influence of engrams. Example: Neither of them had heard of Kelly or Kalki, but then neither of them had heard of Horace, Alexander Pope, [Blaise] Pascal, [Denis] Diderot, [Werner] Heisenberg’s law or entropy. Their lives were spent, successfully, repelling information. They were perfect “clears,” to use Scientologist jargon. Example: Today, clear status can be conferred only by high ranking ministers of the church, and clears are not presented for examination by outsiders.
Word: base Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass. Pronunciation: /beɪs/, /bæɪs/, /beːs/ 1. To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of. Labels: transitive Example: Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. 2. To be located (at a particular place). Labels: transitive Example: Troops have been based in Munich since the end of World War II. Example: Top management decided to base our new Spanish subsidiary in Arévalo (Ávila). 3. To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer. Example: Apart from time taken out during radio- and chemotherapy, Maurs continued to participate in POW. She would base a flyer in a double balance and make the audience laugh with her clowning antics for two more shows. 4. To freebase. Labels: slang Example: You know he started to base at a hell of a pace / And now it's a disgrace, he's got the pipe in his face
Word: base Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)bor.? Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús)bor.? Oscanbor.? Celticbor.? Late Latin bassus Old French basbor. Middle English bas English base From Middle English base, bas, from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus (“low”). Cognate with Spanish bajo, Italian basso and base. Pronunciation: /beɪs/, /bæɪs/, /beːs/ 1. Low in height; short. Labels: obsolete Example: The cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot. 2. Low in place or position. Example: I see thy glory like a shooting star / Fall to the base earth from the firmament. 3. Of low value or degree. Labels: obsolete Example: If thou livest in paine and sorrow, thy base courage is the cause of it, To die there wanteth but will. 4. Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common. Labels: archaic Example: UUhat meanes the mightie Turkiſh Emperor To talke with one ſo baſe as Tamburlaine? Example: Wherefore should I / Stand in the plague of custome, and permit / The curiosity of Nations, to deprive me? For that I am some twelve, or fourteen Moonshines / Lag of a Brother? Why Bastard? Wherefore base? / When my Dimensions are as well compact, My minde as generous, and my shape as true / As honest madams issue? Why brand they us / With Base? With basenes Bastardie? Base, Base? 5. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly. Example: a cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind Example: base ingratitude 6. Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality. Labels: archaic Example: 'Like this horrible film.' 'Horrible?' Lenina was genuinely astonished. 'But I thought it was lovely.' 'It was base,' he said indignantly, 'it was ignoble.' 7. Not considered precious or noble. 8. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased. Example: base coin Example: base bullion 9. Of illegitimate birth; bastard. Labels: obsolete Example: Why bastard? Wherefore base? 10. Not classical or correct. Example: base Latin 11. Obsolete form of bass. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: the base tone of a violin 12. Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage. Example: A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant.
Word: base Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a specific use of Etymology 1, above; perhaps also a development of the plural of bar. Pronunciation: /beɪs/, /bæɪs/, /beːs/ 1. The game of prisoners' bars. Labels: US, historical, uncountable Example: to run the country base Example: So ran they all, as they had bene at bace, / They being chased that did others chase.
Word: base Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant forms. Pronunciation: /beɪs/, /bæɪs/, /beːs/ 1. Alternative form of BASE. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agreement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gʷrātos Latin grātus Latin grātumder. Old French gré Old French agreer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French agrementbor. Middle English agrement English agreement From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹiːmənt/ 1. An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. Labels: countable Example: to enter an agreement Example: The UK and US negotiators were nearing agreement. 2. A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another. Labels: uncountable Example: The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity. 3. A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law. Labels: uncountable 4. Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts. Labels: uncountable Example: Having clarified what we mean by ‘Personʼ and ‘Numberʼ, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement. More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agreeʼ with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number features of I must match those of the Subject. 5. An agreeable quality. Labels: countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable Example: Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...].
Word: cover Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvɚ/, /ˈkʌvə/, /ˈkʊvə/, /ˈkʌvəɹ/, /ˈkʊvəɹ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: collar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlə/, /ˈkɔlə/, /ˈkɑlɚ/, /ˈkɒlɚ/, /ˈkɔləɾ/ 1. Clothes that encircle the neck. Example: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar. Example: Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands. 2. Clothes that encircle the neck. 3. Clothes that encircle the neck. 4. Clothes that encircle the neck. 5. Clothes that encircle the neck. 6. Clothes that encircle the neck. Example: Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag. 7. Clothes that encircle the neck. 8. Clothes that encircle the neck. Labels: archaic 9. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal. Example: a collar of brawn 10. Any encircling device or structure. Example: A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath. Example: In this case, slide the collar of the flapper over the overflow tube until it seats against the bottom of the flush valve. 11. Any encircling device or structure. 12. Any encircling device or structure. 13. Any encircling device or structure. 14. Any encircling device or structure. 15. Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing. Labels: in-compounds 16. The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem 17. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus. 18. An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured. 19. An arrest. Labels: slang Example: The collar was made less than twenty-four hours after the hunky bastards butchered the old man. 20. A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices. 21. A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
Word: collar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlə/, /ˈkɔlə/, /ˈkɑlɚ/, /ˈkɒlɚ/, /ˈkɔləɾ/ 1. To grab or seize by the collar or neck. Labels: transitive 2. To place a collar on, to fit with one. Labels: transitive Example: Collar and leash aggressive dogs. Example: (Follow me, don't follow me.) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush. (Collar me, don't collar me.) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush. 3. To surround or encircle. 4. To seize, capture or detain. Labels: transitive 5. To steal. Labels: transitive Example: "Ho, aboard the Salt Junk Sarah, Rollin" home across the line, The Bo'sun collared the Captain's hat And threw it in the brine. 6. To preempt, control stringently and exclusively. Labels: transitive 7. To arrest. Labels: transitive Example: Britain’s police are especially zealous. Officers spend thousands of hours sifting through potentially offensive posts and arrest 30 people a day. Among those collared were a man who ranted about immigration on Facebook and a couple who criticised their daughter’s primary school. 8. To bind in conversation. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour. Example: They go in and lobby, collar the representatives and ask: are you for or against? 9. To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking. Labels: transitive 10. To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations. Labels: transitive
Word: control Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulus (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”). Partly displaced native Old English wealdan and Old English wieldan, whence their merged reflex English wield. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹəʊl/, [kənˈtɹɒʊl], /kənˈtɹɒl/, /kənˈtɹoʊl/, /kənˈtɹəʉl/ 1. To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. Labels: transitive Example: With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck. Example: This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period. 2. (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated. Labels: transitive 3. To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To call to account, to take to task, to challenge. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I fortuned to come in, Thys rebell to behold, Whereof I hym controld; But he sayde that he wolde Agaynst my mynde and wyll In my church hawke styll. 5. To hold in check, to curb, to restrain. Labels: transitive Example: Because only by the Capette Pellet method of hormonization can growers be assured of controlled dosage and uniform results.