nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: PVC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of polyvinyl chloride. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up. 2. Initialism of premature ventricular contraction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of peripheral venous catheter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of permanent virtual circuit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: POW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of prisoner of war. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: After his capture, he was taken to a camp for POWs. 2. Initialism of place of worship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Alternative letter-case form of PoW (“proof of work”). Labels: alt-of
Word: prisoner of war Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French prisonnier de guerre, prisonier de guerre (obsolete). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nə əv ˈwɔː/, /ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nɚ əv ˈwoɹ/ 1. A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Example: As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors. Example: In November 1799 he entered on board the 38-gun frigate Hussar, under the immediate patronage of the first lieutenant, and four years later was serving as midshipman on board the same ship when she was lost on the Saintes, near Brest, on 8 Feb. 1804. Whilst prisoner of war, Mr. Ashworth made several remarkable attempts to recover his freedom; and at last, having escaped from Bitche in December 1808, he succeeded in passing through Germany to Trieste, where he got on board the English frigate L'Unité.
Word: species Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːʃiːz/, /ˈspiːsiːz/, /ˈspiːʃi.ɪz/, /ˈspiːʃi.iːz/ 1. A type or kind. (Compare race.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the male species Example: a new species of war 2. A type or kind. (Compare race.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This species of animal is unique to the area. Example: Louise felt raised above her species; a voice had spoken within her inmost soul, whose revealings were vouchsafed but to the chosen few; and what had been indifference, was now disdain. 3. A type or kind. (Compare race.) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hence, in determining whether a form should be ranked as a species or a variety, the opinion of naturalists having sound judgment and wide experience seems the only guide to follow. Example: Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. 4. A type or kind. (Compare race.) Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A type or kind. (Compare race.) Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A type or kind. (Compare race.) Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An image, an appearance, a spectacle. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope. 8. An image, an appearance, a spectacle. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Wit,[…]the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent. Example: the species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet 9. Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now. 11. A component part of compound medicine; a simple. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: species Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːʃiːz/, /ˈspiːsiːz/, /ˈspiːʃi.ɪz/, /ˈspiːʃi.iːz/ 1. plural of specie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of post exchange, the U.S. Army's Post Exchange. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The prices at the PX are incredibly reduced. Example: Some straight legs caught a trooper at the post exchange (PX) one day and made him unblouse his boots. 2. Abbreviation of peroxidase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BX Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation Pronunciation: /biːˈɛks/ 1. Initialism of base exchange, the U.S. Air Force's Base Exchange. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Despite the reduced price of goods at the BX, everything is of high quality.
Word: BX Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Former trademark of General Electric Company. Pronunciation: /biːˈɛks/ 1. A flexible, metal-armored electrical cable.
Word: MIA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of missing in action. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: When his patrol didn't come back from the front, he and all his buddies were listed as MIA. 2. Absent for a long time. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: My friends have been MIA today.
Word: MIA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Mutual Improvement Association. Labels: Mormonism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of missing in action, a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the field. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: MIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Middle Indo-Aryan. Labels: Indo-Aryan-linguistics, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Miami. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: 56 Michael Jordan, CHI vs. MIA, Apr. 29, 1992. 3. Initialism of Miami International Airport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: West of downtown Miami, MIA is about a 15- to 20-minute drive from most parts of the city.
Word: bird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl). Gradually replaced fowl as the most common term starting in the 14th century. The "booing/jeering" and "vulgar hand gesture" senses derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a goose”, dated in the mid‐18th century. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːd/, [ˈbɜ̝ːd], /ˈbɘːd/, [ˈbɘːd], /ˈbøːd/ 1. To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment. Labels: intransitive 2. To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds. Labels: intransitive 3. To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: MAMMON: These day-owls. SURLY: That are birding in men's purses 4. To transmit via satellite. Labels: transitive Example: Unless the TV crew has its own flyaway, the locals can still defeat a story they couldn't prevent reporters from covering by cutting it off at the pass, when it is being birded through their facilities. Example: After being sent by fast car to Tel Aviv the cassettes would be 'birded' by satellite to the USA and London.
Word: bird Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl). Gradually replaced fowl as the most common term starting in the 14th century. The "booing/jeering" and "vulgar hand gesture" senses derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a goose”, dated in the mid‐18th century. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːd/, [ˈbɜ̝ːd], /ˈbɘːd/, [ˈbɘːd], /ˈbøːd/ 1. Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course. Labels: Canada, colloquial Example: SOC100 isn’t bird at all lol. But ANT101 is super easy & the prof (Dr. Sherry Fukuzawa) is amazing. Example: but admittedly, all the hours spent creating excel sheets optimizing my course plan, all the research finding the absolutely best professors, all the smart friends i made, all the alumni i contacted to collect crowdmarks of past exams, all the research i did finding the birdiest courses of all...... all of it was wayyyyyy more fun to me than just sitting down and studying like a normal kid. it was kind of just like playing a video game.
Word: bird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time". Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːd/, [ˈbɜ̝ːd], /ˈbɘːd/, [ˈbɘːd], /ˈbøːd/ 1. A prison sentence. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: He’s doing bird. Example: Well, I’ll do my bird - I can ‘andle it, bird’s never been no trouble for me - and then I’ll get you.
Word: bird Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time". Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːd/, [ˈbɜ̝ːd], /ˈbɘːd/, [ˈbɘːd], /ˈbøːd/ 1. To bring into prison, to roof. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Free Criminal, he got birded That's a L but I know he’ll firm it I was vexed when I heard that verdict
Word: fish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from to fish (etymology 3). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃ/, /ˈfɪ̝ʃ/, /ˈfɘʃ/ 1. A period of time spent fishing. Example: The fish at the lake didn't prove successful. 2. An instance of seeking something. Example: Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
Word: fish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English fiscian, from Proto-West Germanic *fiskōn, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian fiskje (“to fish”), Dutch vissen (“to fish”), German fischen (“to fish”), Limburgish vésche, vèsse (“to fish”), Luxembourgish fëschen (“to fish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk fiske (“to fish”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish fiska (“to fish”), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (fiskōn, “to fish”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃ/, /ˈfɪ̝ʃ/, /ˈfɘʃ/ 1. To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: We went fishing for crabs by the pier. Example: She went to the river to fish for trout. 2. To search (a body of water) for something other than fish. Labels: transitive Example: They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body. 3. To use as bait when fishing. Labels: transitive Example: `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.' 4. To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects. Labels: intransitive Example: Why are you fishing through my things? Example: He was fishing for the keys in his pocket. 5. To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice. Labels: intransitive Example: The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information. Example: The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments. 6. Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it. Labels: intransitive 7. To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above). Labels: transitive Example: […] the crew were set to replacing and splicing the rigging and fishing the spars. 8. To hoist the flukes of. Labels: transitive Example: Found that the cause of the ship's having drifted on the night of the 19th, was from the bight of the chain span (used to fish the anchor,) having slipped between the shank and upper fluke, thereby preventing the lower fluke from opening […] 9. To draw or guide (a wire or cable) by means of fish tape. Labels: transitive
Word: fish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fiche (“peg, mark”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃ/, /ˈfɪ̝ʃ/, /ˈfɘʃ/ 1. A counter, used in various games. Labels: obsolete
Word: mikado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”). Pronunciation: /mɪˈkɑːdəʊ/ 1. A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any emperor of Japan. Labels: countable, literary Example: The mikados of Japan are its emperors. Example: An interval of eighty years, occupied by two mikado of whose doings nothing is recorded, brings us to the celebrated female sovereign who invaded and conquered Korea. 3. A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A fabric having a stiff twill weave. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quaylen, from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”). Doublet of queal. Pronunciation: /kweɪl/, /ˈkweɪ.əl/ 1. To waste away; to fade, to wither. Labels: intransitive 2. To daunt or frighten (someone). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Death dvvels vvithin vs, and if gentle Peace / Diſcend not ſoone, our ſorrovves to ſurceaſe, / Latium (alreadie quaild) vvill be deſtroyd. Example: But when he meant to quaile and shake the Orbe, / He was as ratling Thunder. 3. To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful. Labels: intransitive Example: Though George had stopped in his sentence, yet, his blood being up, he was not to be cowed by all the generations of Osborne; rallying instantly, he replied to the bullying look of his father, with another so indicative of resolution and defiance, that the elder man quailed in his turn, and looked away. Example: Mr. Utterson had already quailed at the name of Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no longer: broken and battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he had himself presented many years before to Henry Jekyll. 4. Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way. Labels: intransitive Example: Therewith his ſturdie corage ſoone was quayd, / And all his ſences were with ſuddein dread diſmayd. Example: "Sir, if you think your name is shamed by me, we had better part," said Mrs. Trevelyan, rising from her chair, and confronting him with a look before which his own almost quailed.
Word: quail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quayle, quaile, quaille, from Anglo-Norman quaille, from Late Latin quaccola (“quail”). (prostitute): So called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird. Pronunciation: /kweɪl/, /ˈkweɪ.əl/ 1. Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Quail require little water, so there is no point to putting in a guzzler if there is any permanent water within travel range. 2. The meat from this bird eaten as food. Labels: uncountable 3. A prostitute. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]
Word: quail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quaylen, qwaylen, from Old French quaillier, coaillier, from Latin coāgulāre. Doublet of coagulate. Pronunciation: /kweɪl/, /ˈkweɪ.əl/ 1. To curdle or coagulate, as milk does. Labels: obsolete Example: [Laser is given] to such as haue supped off and drunk quailed milke, that is cluttered within their stomack.
Word: Quaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quake + -er; a name given to members of the Religious Society of Friends, supposedly by the magistrates Gervase Bennet and Nathaniel Barton, when George Fox "bade them tremble at the word of the Lord"; the term was previously applied to certain people who trembled or quaked during religious devotions. Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪkə/, /ˈkweɪkəɹ/ 1. A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views. Example: The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, Presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.
Word: Quaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Quake + -er, but likely inspired by the original noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪkə/, /ˈkweɪkəɹ/ 1. A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.
Word: qualm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English qualm, cwalm (“death, sickness, plague”), which is from Old English cwealm (West Saxon: "death, disaster, plague"), ūtcualm (Anglian: "utter destruction"), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm (“killing, death, destruction”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to stick, pierce; pain, injury, death”), whence also quell. Although the sense development is possible, this has the problem that there are no attestations in intermediate senses before the appearance of "pang of apprehension, etc." in the 16th century. The alternative etymology is from Dutch kwalm or German Qualm (“steam, vapor, mist”) earlier “daze, stupefaction”, which is from the root of German quellen (“to stream, well up”). The sense “feeling of faintness” is from 1530; “uneasiness, doubt” from 1553; “scruple of conscience” from 1649. Pronunciation: /kwɑːm/, /kwɔːm/, /kwɑ(l)m/, /kwɔ(l)m/, /kwæm/ 1. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. Example: [W]ho vvould not rather Sleep Quietly upon a Hammock, vvithout either Cares in his Head, or Crudities in his Stomach, then lye Carking upon a Bed of State, vvith the Qualms and Tvvinges that accompany Surfeits and Exceſs? Example: "Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey?" / "Oh, I have a few qualms, all right. Sure … but not too many. Not yet, anyway.[…]" 2. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. 3. A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. Example: This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law. 4. Mortality; plague; pestilence. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal 5. A calamity or disaster. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: qualm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English qualm, cwalm (“death, sickness, plague”), which is from Old English cwealm (West Saxon: "death, disaster, plague"), ūtcualm (Anglian: "utter destruction"), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm (“killing, death, destruction”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to stick, pierce; pain, injury, death”), whence also quell. Although the sense development is possible, this has the problem that there are no attestations in intermediate senses before the appearance of "pang of apprehension, etc." in the 16th century. The alternative etymology is from Dutch kwalm or German Qualm (“steam, vapor, mist”) earlier “daze, stupefaction”, which is from the root of German quellen (“to stream, well up”). The sense “feeling of faintness” is from 1530; “uneasiness, doubt” from 1553; “scruple of conscience” from 1649. Pronunciation: /kwɑːm/, /kwɔːm/, /kwɑ(l)m/, /kwɔ(l)m/, /kwæm/ 1. To have a sickly feeling. Labels: intransitive
Word: quantity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/, /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/, [ˈkʰwɑn(ɾ)ɨɾi], [ˈkʰwɑn(tʰ)ɨtʰi], [ˈkwɑnɾəɾi] 1. A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You have to choose between quantity and quality. Example: A few comments on the words used in the title of the book and on some related expressions are necessary. A "quantity" is here understood in the sense of "a thing that has the property of being measurable in dimensions, amounts, etc., or in extensions of these which can be expressed in numbers and symbols" (Webster's New World Dictionary of [the American Language], Third Edition, 1988), or of "something having magnitude, or size, extent, amount, and the like" (Random House Webster's College Dictionary, 1991; The New Hamlyn Encyclopaedic World Dictionary, 1988). It is interesting that up to the 1950s a "quantity" was defined as what we now describe as "magnitude" (e.g., the unabridged Webster's New International Dictionary, 1948, gives examples of a sphere's surface being a quantity, its area a magnitude, or a yardstick being a quantity, its length a magnitude). This practice is now obsolete and at present length is a quantity, its numerical value its magnitude. 2. An indefinite amount of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small quantity. Example: Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity. 3. A specific measured amount. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This bag would normally cost $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece. Example: Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent. 4. A considerable measure or amount. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps. 5. Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: x plus y quantity squared equals x squared plus 2xy plus y squared. Example: For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. […] 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared 7. Length of sounds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quarantine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin quarentena and quarentīna (“40-day period, Lent”) via Middle English quarentine, Norman quarenteine, French quarenteine, and Italian quarantina, via proposed Late Latin *quaranta + -ēna (forming distributive adjectives), from Latin quadrāgintā (“four tens, 40”). In reference to French politics, calque of French quarantaine after edicts of Louis IX. In reference to a severance of political relations, popularized by the Roosevelt administration's 1937 approach to the Axis powers and the later Kennedy administration's 1962 approach to Cuba during the missile crisis. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkɔɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn/, /ˈkwɒrn̩tiːn/ 1. To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease. Labels: transitive Example: Venice began quarantining incoming ships for 40 days in 1448 to prevent further outbreaks of bubonic plague. Example: We... sent our boat on board a French man of war lying in the bay, with a letter for our consul; captain Murray not wishing to have any communication with the shore, for fear of being quarantined at the next port he went to. 2. To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease. Labels: intransitive Example: International travelers must quarantine themselves at their own expense in a designated hotel for 14 days upon arrival. Example: The Mauretania... is expected to ‘quarantine’ at New York at 10 a.m. tomorrow. 3. To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: It has just been announced that Norfolk, Va., and Holly Springs, Miss., have quarantined against Memphis. 4. Synonym of isolate more generally. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: J.F.K. "quarantined" Cuba rather than blockading it to avoid needless escalation of the conflict. Example: ...where I should be detained, Quarantined, smoaked & vinegard... 5. Synonym of restrict. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Did any moral taint hang about me that quarantined my entrance into its circle? Example: The parliament of the island... quarantined Great Britain against sending any potatoes into the island.
Word: quarantine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin quarentena and quarentīna (“40-day period, Lent”) via Middle English quarentine, Norman quarenteine, French quarenteine, and Italian quarantina, via proposed Late Latin *quaranta + -ēna (forming distributive adjectives), from Latin quadrāgintā (“four tens, 40”). In reference to French politics, calque of French quarantaine after edicts of Louis IX. In reference to a severance of political relations, popularized by the Roosevelt administration's 1937 approach to the Axis powers and the later Kennedy administration's 1962 approach to Cuba during the missile crisis. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkɔɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn/, /ˈkwɒrn̩tiːn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: By yonde ys a wyldernys of quarentyne, Wher Cryst wyth fastyng hys body dyd pyne; In that holy place, as we rede, The deuyl wold had of stonys bred.
Word: quarrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns). querī (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”) comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff; to sigh”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/, /ˈkwɔɹəl/, /ˈkwɑɹəl/ 1. A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal). Labels: countable Example: We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order. Example: And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels. 2. Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this. Labels: countable Example: A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager. Example: I have no quarrel with her; it’s her partner whom I dislike. 3. A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: If I can faſten but one cup vpon him, / With that which he hath drunke to night already, / Hee'll be as full of quarrell and offence, / As my young miſtris dog:— [...] Example: [A]ll beaſts and birds aſſembled; and forgetting their ſeuerall appetites; ſome of pray, ſome of game, ſome of quarrell, ſtood all ſociably together liſtening vnto the ayres and accords of the Harpe; […]
Word: quarrel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English querelen (“to dispute, quarrel; to assert one's claims; to rebel”) [and other forms], from querele (noun); see etymology 1. Compare Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French quereler, quereller (“to argue with, dispute; to criticize; to bring a legal suit”) (modern French quereller (“to quarrel, squabble”)). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/, /ˈkwɔɹəl/, /ˈkwɑɹəl/ 1. To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive Example: [T]here is no doubt but the facture or framing of the inward parts, is as full of difference, as the outward, and in that, is the Cauſe Continent of many diſeaſes, which not be obſerued, they quarrell many times with the humors which are not in fault, the fault being in the very frame and Mechanicke of the parte, which cannot be remoued by medicine alteratiue, but muſt be accomodate and palliate by dyets and medicines familiar. Example: Nay, they [animals] feed quietly together while there is enough for them all: Quarrel onely when it begins to fail; and when 'tis ended, they ſcatter to ſeek out new encounters. Besides, thoſe called ſociable, quarrel in hunger and in luſt, as well as the others; [...] 2. To find fault; to cavil. Labels: intransitive Example: to quarrel with one’s lot Example: Be not too rigidly Cenſorious, / A ſtring may jarr in the beſt Maſters hand, / And the moſt skilfull Archer miſs his aim; / But in a Poem elegantly writ, / I will not quarrel with a ſlight miſtake, / Such as our Natures frailty may excuſe; [...] 3. Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 4. To argue or squabble with (someone). Labels: transitive Example: [T]hey would ſay [...] that I had quarrell'd / My brother purpoſely, thereby to finde / An apt pretext, to baniſh them my houſe.
Word: quarrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *kʷetwóres From Middle English quarrel (“bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman quarel, quarele, quarrel, Middle French quarrel, and Old French quarel, quarrel, carrel (“crossbow bolt; floor tile or paving stone (rectangular- or square-shaped); small glass pane for windows”) (modern French carreau (“crossbow bolt; a tile; windowpane; a square”)), from Late Latin quarellus, quadrellus (“crossbow bolt; paving stone; a tile”), from Latin quadrum (“a square; square section; regular shape or form”) + -ellus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns, indicating small size or youth)). Quadrum is ultimately derived from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”). Doublet of carreau. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/, /ˈkwɔɹəl/, /ˈkwɑɹəl/ 1. An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section. Labels: countable, historical Example: Twanged the ſtring, out flew the quarell long, / And through the ſubtile aire did ſinging pas, / It hit the knight the buckles rich among, / Wherewith his pretious girdle faſt'ned was, / It bruſed them and pearſt his hawberke ſtrong, / Some little blood downe trickled on the gras; [...] Example: Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells—to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain. 2. A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window. Labels: countable 3. A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively. Labels: Northern-England, countable 4. A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare 5. A small square-shaped opening in window tracery. Labels: countable, obsolete
Word: quaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave + -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver. Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪvə(ɹ)/ 1. A trembling shake. 2. A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing. 3. an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail. Example: The crotchets and quavers are dancing up and down the stave like little black boys on a fence.
Word: quaver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave + -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver. Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪvə(ɹ)/ 1. To shake in a trembling manner. 2. To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing. Labels: intransitive Example: "Aw come on, guys!" The woman, clearly overwhelmed by the force of the two friends' personalities, quavered on the point of tears. 3. To utter quaveringly. Labels: transitive Example: We shall hear her quavering them […] to some sprightly airs of the opera.
Word: Quebec Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek. It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city preceded that of the province. Pronunciation: /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kwəˈbɛk/, /kəˈbɛk/, /kɛˈbɛk/, /keɪˈbɛk/ 1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa. 2. The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Other places elsewhere: Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Other places elsewhere: Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Other places elsewhere: Labels: uncountable, usually 6. Other places elsewhere: Labels: uncountable, usually 7. A surname from French. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Montreal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Montréal; from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”) (mont + royal), after the nearby hill by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian Monte Real. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒntɹiˈɔːl/, /ˌmɑntɹiˈɔl/, /ˌmʌntɹiːˈɒl/, /ˌmɔ̃ɹeɪˈæl/ 1. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers Example: This year’s festival will mark 10 years since Unesco designated Dundee a design city, alongside Berlin, Montreal, Istanbul and others. 2. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers 3. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers 5. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers 6. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers Labels: historical 7. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers 8. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers Labels: historical 9. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers Labels: historical 10. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers Labels: historical 11. A river in Algoma and Sudbury districts, Ontario, Canada. 12. A river in Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada. 13. A river in No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada. 14. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, United States. 15. A small city in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. 16. A river on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States. 17. A river in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.
Word: duenna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Spanish duenna or dueña, from Vulgar Latin donna, from Latin domina (“Lady”). Doublet of dame. Pronunciation: /duˈɛ.nə/ 1. A chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman. Example: 'Madam, I have a secret to tell you.' Now the very word secret is enough to rouse any one's curiosity; and, giving a quick glance round to see if her duennas were on the alert, she prepared to listen, and I saw that her eye had caught sight of the letter. Example: Then he placed her in a house and shut her up in a chamber, appointing ten old women as duennas to guard her, and forbade her to go forth to the Seven Palaces. 2. A governess or nanny.
Word: belly dance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: "A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs." Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is. 1. A form of dance originating in the Middle East and characterized by movements of the torso. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: belly dance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: "A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs." Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is. 1. To perform a belly dance.
Word: air Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air From Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Displaced native Old English lyft. More at lift, loft. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə̯/, [ˈɛə̯], /ˈɛː/, [ˈɛː], /ˈɜː/ 1. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. Labels: transitive Example: I'll hang these clothes on the rack to air them. 2. To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate. Labels: transitive Example: It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it. 3. To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion). Labels: transitive Example: Residents used the public meeting to air their concerns about the poor state of the roads. Example: John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians aired their disapproval. 4. To broadcast (a television show etc.). Labels: transitive Example: The BBC decided not to air the controversial episode. 5. To be broadcast. Labels: intransitive Example: This game show first aired in the 1990s and is still going today. 6. To ignore (a person). Labels: Multicultural-London-English, UK, slang, transitive Example: Why is this girl airing me?
Word: air Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛə̯/, [ˈɛə̯], /ˈɛː/, [ˈɛː], /ˈɜː/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of are. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: all Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognates Cognate with Scots a, a', aa, aal, aw (“all”), Yola aal, al, all, aul (“all”), North Frisian aal, aale, ale, ali, åle (“all”), Saterland Frisian al (“already”), aal (“all”), West Frisian alle (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), German and Luxembourgish all (“all”), Vilamovian oły, ołły (“all”), Yiddish אַלע (ale, “all”), Danish al (“all”), Faroese and Icelandic allur (“all”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian Nynorsk aillj, all (“all”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”); also Breton and Welsh holl (“all”), Cornish oll (“all”), Irish alig, eile, uile, uileag, uilig (“all”), Manx ooilley (“all”), Scottish Gaelic uile, uileag (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“every”), Armenian ողջ (oġǰ, “entire, whole”). The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles). Pronunciation: /ɔːl/, [oːɫ], /u(ɫ)/, /aːl/, /aː/ 1. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable). Example: All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all. Example: List all books of which you were the sole or co-author. 2. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). Example: The store is open all day and all night. Example: I’ve been working on this all year. 3. Only; alone; nothing but. Example: He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice. Example: I was born to speak all mirth and no matter. 4. Any. Labels: obsolete Example: without all remedy
Word: all Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognates Cognate with Scots a, a', aa, aal, aw (“all”), Yola aal, al, all, aul (“all”), North Frisian aal, aale, ale, ali, åle (“all”), Saterland Frisian al (“already”), aal (“all”), West Frisian alle (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), German and Luxembourgish all (“all”), Vilamovian oły, ołły (“all”), Yiddish אַלע (ale, “all”), Danish al (“all”), Faroese and Icelandic allur (“all”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian Nynorsk aillj, all (“all”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”); also Breton and Welsh holl (“all”), Cornish oll (“all”), Irish alig, eile, uile, uileag, uilig (“all”), Manx ooilley (“all”), Scottish Gaelic uile, uileag (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“every”), Armenian ողջ (oġǰ, “entire, whole”). The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles). Pronunciation: /ɔːl/, [oːɫ], /u(ɫ)/, /aːl/, /aː/ 1. Everything. Example: Some gave all they had. Example: She knows all and sees all. 2. Everyone. Example: A good time was had by all (of you/us/them). Example: We all enjoyed the movie. 3. The only thing(s). Example: All that was left was a small pile of ash. Example: We ate potatoes and ziti .... that's all. 4. Used after who, what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "Who all attended?" is more than one person. (Some dialects only allow this to follow some words and not others.) Labels: India, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, Southern-US Example: Q. Now, then, when you started to go to stake the claims, who all went along? Example: "I mean, you could have called us—collect, o'course—jes' to let us know how-all it's a-goin'."
Word: all Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognates Cognate with Scots a, a', aa, aal, aw (“all”), Yola aal, al, all, aul (“all”), North Frisian aal, aale, ale, ali, åle (“all”), Saterland Frisian al (“already”), aal (“all”), West Frisian alle (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), German and Luxembourgish all (“all”), Vilamovian oły, ołły (“all”), Yiddish אַלע (ale, “all”), Danish al (“all”), Faroese and Icelandic allur (“all”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian Nynorsk aillj, all (“all”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”); also Breton and Welsh holl (“all”), Cornish oll (“all”), Irish alig, eile, uile, uileag, uilig (“all”), Manx ooilley (“all”), Scottish Gaelic uile, uileag (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“every”), Armenian ողջ (oġǰ, “entire, whole”). The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles). Pronunciation: /ɔːl/, [oːɫ], /u(ɫ)/, /aːl/, /aː/ 1. Wholly; entirely; completely; totally. Labels: childish, emphatic, intensifier, not-comparable, sometimes Example: She was sitting all alone. It suddenly went all quiet. I'm all done, Mommy! I did it all by myself. Example: 'Tis mystery all: th'Immortal dies 2. Apiece; each. Labels: not-comparable Example: The score was 30 all when the rain delay started. 3. So much; used with "the" and a comparative. Labels: not-comparable Example: Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets. Example: If he leave the company, I'll have to work all the harder. 4. Even; just. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, poetic Example: All as his straying flock he fed. Example: A damsel lay deploring / All on a rock reclined. 5. A quotative particle, compare like. Labels: not-comparable Example: She was all, “Whatever.”
Word: all Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognates Cognate with Scots a, a', aa, aal, aw (“all”), Yola aal, al, all, aul (“all”), North Frisian aal, aale, ale, ali, åle (“all”), Saterland Frisian al (“already”), aal (“all”), West Frisian alle (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), German and Luxembourgish all (“all”), Vilamovian oły, ołły (“all”), Yiddish אַלע (ale, “all”), Danish al (“all”), Faroese and Icelandic allur (“all”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian Nynorsk aillj, all (“all”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”); also Breton and Welsh holl (“all”), Cornish oll (“all”), Irish alig, eile, uile, uileag, uilig (“all”), Manx ooilley (“all”), Scottish Gaelic uile, uileag (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“every”), Armenian ողջ (oġǰ, “entire, whole”). The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles). Pronunciation: /ɔːl/, [oːɫ], /u(ɫ)/, /aːl/, /aː/ 1. Everything that one is capable of. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line. 2. The totality of one's possessions. Labels: countable Example: she therefore ordered Jenny to pack up her alls and begone, for that she was determined she should not sleep that night within her walls. […] I packed up my little all as well as I could, and went off. 3. Everything in general; all that matters. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I will die fighting for my people, because my people are all. Example: All are one and one is all.
Word: all Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognates Cognate with Scots a, a', aa, aal, aw (“all”), Yola aal, al, all, aul (“all”), North Frisian aal, aale, ale, ali, åle (“all”), Saterland Frisian al (“already”), aal (“all”), West Frisian alle (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), German and Luxembourgish all (“all”), Vilamovian oły, ołły (“all”), Yiddish אַלע (ale, “all”), Danish al (“all”), Faroese and Icelandic allur (“all”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian Nynorsk aillj, all (“all”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”); also Breton and Welsh holl (“all”), Cornish oll (“all”), Irish alig, eile, uile, uileag, uilig (“all”), Manx ooilley (“all”), Scottish Gaelic uile, uileag (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“every”), Armenian ողջ (oġǰ, “entire, whole”). The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles). Pronunciation: /ɔːl/, [oːɫ], /u(ɫ)/, /aːl/, /aː/ 1. Although. Labels: obsolete Example: And those two froward sisters, their faire loves, / Came with them eke, all they were wondrous loth.