nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: forsake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forsaken (“to abandon, desert, repudiate, withdraw allegiance from”), from Old English forsacan (“to oppose; to give up, renounce; to decline, refuse”), from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”). By surface analysis, for- + sake. Cognates include Saterland Frisian ferseeke (“to deny, refuse”), West Frisian fersaakje, Dutch verzaken (“to renounce, forsake”), Middle High German versachen (“to deny”), Danish forsage (“to give up”), Swedish försaka (“to be without, give up”), Norwegian forsake (“to give up, renounce”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to quarrel; to rebuke”), . Pronunciation: /fɔːˈseɪk/, /fə-/, /fɔɹˈseɪk/ 1. To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: Doeſt thou forſake the deuill and all his workes? / Aunſwere. I forſake them. Example: Such hazard now muſt doting Tarqvin make, / Pawning his honor to obtaine his luſt, / And for himſelfe, himſelfe he muſt forſake. 2. To decline or refuse (something offered). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The youthful Bull muſt wander in the Wood; / Behind the Mountain, or beyond the Flood: / [...] / With two fair Eyes his Miſtreſs burns his Breaſt; / He looks and languiſhes, and leaves his Reſt; / Forſakes his Food, and pining for the Laſs, / Is joyleſs of the Grove, and ſpurns the growing Graſs. 3. To avoid or shun (someone or something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: This was that Pascall lambe [i.e., Jesus] whose loue for vs so stood, / That on the mount of Caluerie, for vs did shed his blood: / Where hanging on the Crosse, no shame he did forsake, / Till death giuen him by pearcing speare, an ende of life did make. 4. To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Theſe birds, on the continent of America, continue to flutter the year round; as their food, which is the honey of flowers, never forſakes them in thoſe warm latitudes where they are found.
Word: forsook Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔɹˈsʊk/, /fɔːˈsʊk/, /fɔɹˈsʉk/ 1. simple past of forsake Labels: form-of, past
Word: forsaken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically forsake + -n. Pronunciation: /fɔɹˈseɪkən/ 1. Deserted; abandoned. 2. Helpless.
Word: forsaken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically forsake + -n. Pronunciation: /fɔɹˈseɪkən/ 1. past participle of forsake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: freeze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the above verb. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːz/ 1. A period of intensely cold weather. Example: In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily. 2. A halt of a regular operation. Example: Without a freeze it might be possible to proceed with the production and deployment of such destabilizing systems as the MX, Trident II, cruise missiles and SS-18s, -19s and -20s. Example: 1983 October 3, Ted Kennedy, speech, Truth and Tolerance in America, Critics may oppose the nuclear freeze for what they regard as moral reasons. 3. The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs. 4. A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out. Example: The reason I said the guard wasn't the toughest shot in curling is because, in my book, that's a shot called the freeze. A stone thrown as a freeze comes perfectly to rest directly in front of another stone, without moving it (see Figure 10-5). 5. A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc. Example: a hiring freeze; a pay freeze Example: "We need a different understanding of revenues and public expenditure. The 15-year freeze on fuel duty and lack of tax on aviation fuel are effectively a huge subsidy to those forms of travel, but they are not described as subsidy because they are foregone revenue. Yet if you invest to hold rail fares, it's seen as subsidy."
Word: freeze Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːz/ 1. Obsolete form of frieze. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [I]f a plaine fellow well and cleanely apparelled, either in home-ſpun ruſſet or freeze (as the ſeaſon requires) with a five pouch at his girdle, happen to appeare in his ruſticall likenes: there is a Cozen ſaies one, At which word out flies the Taker, and thus giues the onſet vpon my olde Pennyfather.
Word: frozen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹəʊzən/, /ˈfɹoʊzən/ 1. Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form. Example: The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years. Example: frozen pizza 2. Immobilized. Labels: figuratively Example: I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun. 3. Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed. 4. Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase. Example: "Dice" is a frozen plural.
Word: frozen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹəʊzən/, /ˈfɹoʊzən/ 1. past participle of freeze Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.
Word: froze Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹəʊz/, /ˈfɹoʊz/ 1. simple past of freeze Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of freeze Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: I have froze a whole flask full of Water, by gradually pouring it into a Pan; which confirms what Olearius ſays of making huge heaps of Ice to preſerve Bodies. Example: Had the water been fresh our clothes would have froze into coverings of ice.
Word: get Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”). Cognates Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, pillage, plunder; prey; gain, profit”), prehendō, prēndō (“to grab, grasp, seize; to attain, reach”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to comprise, contain, hold”), Albanian gjej (“to find”). Pronunciation: /ɡɛt/, /ɡɪt/, /ɡet/ 1. Offspring, especially illegitimate. Labels: dated Example: At the time when I am making these observations, one of his colts is the first favourite for the Derby; and it will be recollected, that a filly of his get won the Oaks in 1808. Example: You must admit that the bastard get of Paul Atreides would be no more than juicy morsels for those two [tigers]. 2. Lineage. 3. A difficult return or block of a shot. 4. Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition. Labels: informal Example: I had reconnected with the lust of my life while landing a big get for the magazine. 5. A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID. Labels: Internet
Word: get Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of git. Pronunciation: /ɡɛt/, /ɡɪt/, /ɡet/ 1. Synonym of git (“contemptible person”). Labels: Ireland, UK, regional Example: Kylie: Oi, Bono! You lazy get! Have you finished my song yet?
Word: get Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ). Pronunciation: /ɡɛt/, /ɡɪt/, /ɡet/ 1. A Jewish writ of divorce. Labels: Judaism Example: In Israel, rabbinic courts can imprison men until they acquiesce and grant gets to their wives.
Word: got Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɒt/, /ɡɔt/, /ɡɑt/, /ɡaʔ/, /ɡʌt/ 1. Expressing obligation; used with have. Labels: no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams. 2. Must; have/has (to). Labels: colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: I got to go study. Example: We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters! 3. Have/has. Labels: colloquial, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, nonstandard, regional Example: They got a new car. Example: He got a lot of nerve.
Word: got Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɒt/, /ɡɔt/, /ɡɑt/, /ɡaʔ/, /ɡʌt/ 1. simple past of get Labels: form-of, past Example: We got the last bus home. 2. past participle of get Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: By that time we’d got very cold. Example: I’ve got two children.
Word: got Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada. Pronunciation: /ɡɒt/, /ɡɔt/, /ɡɑt/, /ɡaʔ/, /ɡʌt/ 1. Have; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something). Labels: Manglish, Singlish, invariable Example: You got problem is it? Example: Got ants over here. 2. Marks the completive or experiential aspect. Labels: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable Example: You got shower? Example: I got ski. 3. Used as a marker of realis modality. Labels: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable Example: I got go Taiwan next year. 4. Used to emphasize that an action has been done. Labels: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable Example: I got tell them just now. 5. Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense. Labels: Singlish, auxiliary, invariable Example: I got cook meals for them. Example: You got play badminton?
Word: gotten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically got + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒt.n̩/, /ˈɡɑ.tən/, [ˈɡɑ.tn̩], [ˈɡɑ.ʔn̩], [ˈɡɑ.t̚n̩] 1. past participle of get Labels: Canada, Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, US, dialectal, form-of, participle, past Example: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Word: gotten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically got + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒt.n̩/, /ˈɡɑ.tən/, [ˈɡɑ.tn̩], [ˈɡɑ.ʔn̩], [ˈɡɑ.t̚n̩] 1. obtained, acquired Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable
Word: gave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gaf, yaf, ȝaf, from Old English ġæf, ġeaf. Pronunciation: /ɡeɪv/, [ɡeːv], [ɡɛːv] 1. simple past of give Labels: form-of, past Example: I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death. Example: The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain. 2. past participle of give Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: Well I suppose you will wonder what has happened to change my mind and if somebody has gave me a birthday present of $600.00 or something. Example: Mr. Green. No; not to my recollection, Senator. I may have gave Frank Prince some for his wife, or something like that.
Word: given Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically give + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvən/, [ˈɡɪvən] ~ [ˈɡɪvn̩] 1. past participle of give Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: given Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Morphologically give + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvən/, [ˈɡɪvən] ~ [ˈɡɪvn̩] 1. Considering; taking into account. Example: Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.
Word: given Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically give + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvən/, [ˈɡɪvən] ~ [ˈɡɪvn̩] 1. A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation. Example: When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.
Word: given Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically give + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvən/, [ˈɡɪvən] ~ [ˈɡɪvn̩] 1. Already arranged. Example: If eventually we can't make it at the given time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry. 2. Currently discussed. 3. Particular, specific. Example: No more than three people can be in that space at a given time. Example: If, therefore, the amount of the annual importation into Europe can be known, and the relative proportion of the foreign commerce of the several nations by which it can be distributed can be ascertained, they give a rule sufficiently true, to ascertain the quantity of money which ought to be found in any nation, at any given time. 4. Assumed as fact or hypothesis. Example: Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve? Example: Example. Given a Derby Prophet, who has sent 3 different winners to 3 different betting-men, and given that none of the three horses are placed. Find the total Loss incurred by the three men (α) in money, (β) in temper. 5. Prone, disposed. Example: He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.
Word: went Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. While wend is akin to wind, compare typologically Russian смота́ться (smotátʹsja), сма́тываться (smátyvatʹsja), умота́ть (umotátʹ), ума́тывать (umátyvatʹ) (akin to мота́ть (motátʹ)). Pronunciation: /wɛnt/, [wɛnʔ(t̚)], /wɪnt/, /went/ 1. simple past of go Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of go Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: When they arrived whither they were bent, / He made as if he farther would have went. / But they conſtrain'd him, ſaying, Night is near; / Abide with us; and ſo he tarry'd there. Example: I went from Filley's to Fitch's house, to talk of oxen; no one went with me; might have went to the mill; don,t remember whether I rode back to Laycock's or not to dinner. 3. simple past and past participle of wend Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: went Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. While wend is akin to wind, compare typologically Russian смота́ться (smotátʹsja), сма́тываться (smátyvatʹsja), умота́ть (umotátʹ), ума́тывать (umátyvatʹ) (akin to мота́ть (motátʹ)). Pronunciation: /wɛnt/, [wɛnʔ(t̚)], /wɪnt/, /went/ 1. A course; a way, a path; a journey. Labels: obsolete Example: But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.
Word: gone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒn/, /ɡɔːn/, /ɡɔn/, /ɡɑn/ 1. past participle of go Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒn/, /ɡɔːn/, /ɡɔn/, /ɡɑn/ 1. Away, having left. Example: Are they gone already? 2. No longer existing, having passed. Example: The days of my youth are gone. Example: All the little shops that used to be here are now gone. 3. Used up. Example: I'm afraid all the coffee is gone. 4. Broken, failed. Example: The bulb is gone. Can you put a new one in? Example: The car isn't driveable — the steering is gone. 5. Dead. Example: Dust, that a breath could blow aside, yet that was once, like ourselves, animate with hope, passion, and sorrow, is below; around are the vain memorials of human grief and human pride; yet all alike dedicated to the gone. 6. Doomed, done for. Example: Have you seen the company's revenue? It's through the floor. They're gone. 7. Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline. Labels: colloquial Example: Don't bother trying to understand what Grandma says; she's gone. Example: [S]he put on a kind of sing-song voice whenever she was pissed, it was one of the signs that she was really gone[…]. 8. Infatuated; in love (+ on, for, in). Labels: slang Example: I am, of course, ‘gone’ for you. Example: But he was pleased and happy and flattered. She was evidently frightfully gone on him. 9. Excellent, wonderful; crazy. Labels: US, dated, informal Example: It was a group of real gone cats. Example: “All right, all right, don’t drop your gold all over the place. I have found the gonest little girl in the world and I am going straight to the Lion’s Den with her tonight.” 10. Ago (used post-positionally). Labels: archaic Example: Six nights gone, your brother fell upon my uncle Stafford, encamped with his host at a village called Oxcross not three days ride from Casterly Rock. 11. Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness. Labels: US 12. Of an arrow: wide of the mark. 13. Used with a duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; especially, pregnant. Example: She’s three months gone
Word: gone Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”). Pronunciation: /ɡɒn/, /ɡɔːn/, /ɡɔn/, /ɡɑn/ 1. Past, after, later than (a time). Labels: UK, informal Example: You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.
Word: gone Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ɡɒn/, /ɡɔːn/, /ɡɔn/, /ɡɑn/ 1. Alternative spelling of gon /gon': clipping of gonna or going to. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction Example: Take or be taken. Get yours or get got. It was the code of the streets and I'd lived by it. The way things was looking, I was prolly gone die by it too.
Word: held Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɛld/ 1. simple past and past participle of hold Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hidden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically hid + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪd.(ə)n/ 1. past participle of hide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hidden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically hid + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪd.(ə)n/ 1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent. Example: hidden treasure; hidden talents Example: It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. 2. Obscure.
Word: hidden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically hid + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪd.(ə)n/ 1. A hidden answer clue; one in which the letters of the solution appear consecutively in the wordplay. Example: Hiddens are indicated thus; (e.g.) Grow (maraudinG ROWdies). Example: The two types of clue which everyone should aim to solve at first reading are anagrams and hiddens.
Word: forgave Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fə(ɹ)ˈɡeɪv/, /fɔː(ɹ)ˈɡeɪv/, /fɚˈɡeɪv/ 1. simple past of forgive Labels: form-of, past
Word: go Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”). cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots gae, gan, gang, ging, gyang (“to go”), Yola go, goe, goeth, gow (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Alemannic German gaa, go (“to go, walk, step”), Bavarian geh (“to go”), Cimbrian ghéenan, gian (“to go”), Dutch gaan (“to go”), Dutch Low Saxon gan, gaon (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), German Low German gahn (“to go”), Limburgish gaon, goëne (“to go”), Luxembourgish goen (“to go”), Vilamovian gejn, gyjn (“to go”), Yiddish גיין (geyn, “to go, walk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gå (“to go, walk”), Crimean Gothic geen (“to go”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan, “to go”). Compare also Albanian ngah (“to run, drive, go”), Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kikhánō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌 (zazāmi), Sanskrit जहाति (jáhāti, “to shun, avoid, lay aside”). Pronunciation: /ɡəʊ/, /ɡə/, /ɡu/ [ɡʊw], /ɡæn/, /ɡo/ 1. Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: John Glenn reports all systems are go. Example: "Life support system is go," said the earphone.
Word: go Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 碁(ご) (go), shorter variant of Japanese 囲碁(いご) (igo), from Chinese 圍棋 /围棋 (wéiqí, literally “encirclement board game”). Pronunciation: /ɡəʊ/, /ɡə/, /ɡu/ [ɡʊw], /ɡæn/, /ɡo/ 1. A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters. Labels: uncountable
Word: grind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ 1. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. Labels: transitive 2. To shape with the force of friction. Labels: transitive Example: grind a lens; grind an axe 3. To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface. 4. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction. Labels: intransitive Example: This corn grinds well. Example: Steel grinds to a sharp edge. 5. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate. 6. To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing. Labels: intransitive 7. To oppress, hold down or weaken. Labels: transitive 8. To rotate the hips erotically. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: She said, "How'd you like to waste some time?" / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind 9. To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other. Labels: slang 10. To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage. Labels: slang Example: She wanted to grind herself against him, wanted to moan, loud and free, wanted to take his hand and make him touch her more firmly. Example: He ground against her until he was muttering curses, his kiss rougher than before. 11. To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal. Example: These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources. Example: The first level of the game is the best place to grind extra lives. 12. To operate by turning a crank. Labels: transitive Example: to grind an organ 13. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank. 14. To automatically format and indent code. Labels: dated 15. To eat. Labels: Hawaii, slang Example: Eh, brah, let's go grind. 16. To instill through repetitive teaching. Example: Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn. 17. To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: to grind LeetCode Example: One evening, during evening work, Charlie was trying hard to do the verses which had been set to his form. […] Wilton, whose conduct had been more impertinent than that of any one else, said to Charlie— “I say, young Evson, how you are grinding.” “I have these verses to do,” said Charlie simply. 18. To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I need to pontificate on something that really grinds me. So here goes. I am sick and tired of lazy thinkers using the defense of “legislated morality.”
Word: grind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ 1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This bag contains espresso grind. 4. A tedious and laborious task. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This homework is a grind. Example: Running again in more open agricultural country, the Harrogate line encounters a short downgrade before the stiff uphill grind to Harrogate begins. 5. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. One who studies hard. Labels: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable Example: If you are at all bright, don't be a grind. Grinding may make a second-hand genius of you (for all the real things are dead), and if you become a genius you will be sure to smoke dope or swallow laudanum. They all did it. Example: […] I suppose I don't know much about books, compared with you—” “Oh, I was never much of a grind,” the other cut in hastily. 7. Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable 8. Hustle; hard work. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I've been on the grind all week, trying to make ends meet. Example: Everyone has to work, they mourned, and that takes its toll. They weren't glamourising the grind because they knew their effort didn't match the supposed rewards.
Word: grind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Faroese grind (“pilot-whale meat”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪnd/ 1. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
Word: grow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ/, /ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ/, [ˈɡɾoː], /ˈɡɾou̯/, /ˈɡɾoʊ̯/ 1. To become larger, to increase in magnitude. Labels: ergative Example: Children grow quickly. Example: [...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged. 2. To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) Labels: ergative Example: Apples now grow all over the world. 3. To appear or sprout. Labels: intransitive Example: Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring. Example: A long tail began to grow from his backside. 4. To develop, to mature. Labels: intransitive Example: As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature. 5. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. Labels: transitive Example: He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden. Example: Have you ever grown your hair before? 6. To assume a condition or quality over time. Labels: copulative Example: Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, wax Example: The boy grew wise as he matured. 7. To become attached or fixed; to adhere. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
Word: grew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grew, from Old English grēow (first and third person past tense of grōwan), from West Germanic *greu, from Northwest Germanic *grerō, from Proto-Germanic *gegrō (first and third person past tense of *grōaną), reduplication of *grōaną. Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/, /ɡɹuʊ̯/ 1. simple past of grow Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of grow Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: grew Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/, /ɡɹuʊ̯/ 1. Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəʊn/, /ɡɹoʊn/, /ˈɡɹɐʉn/, /ˈɡɹɐʉən/, /ɡɾon/ 1. past participle of grow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: grown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəʊn/, /ɡɹoʊn/, /ˈɡɹɐʉn/, /ˈɡɹɐʉən/, /ɡɾon/ 1. Covered by growth; overgrown. Example: What once was a farm was grown with trees. 2. Of a person: adult. Labels: US Example: grown woman/man/adult Example: Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.
Word: hang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging”, transitive verb) and hangian (“to hang, cause to hang”, intransitive verb), respectively from the transitive verb Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han and the intransitive verb *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“to suspend”) and hanga (“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną and *hangāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”). See also Dutch hangen, Low German hangen and hängen, German hängen, Norwegian Bokmål henge, Norwegian Nynorsk henga; also Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hāhan), Hittite 𒂵𒀀𒀭𒂵 (/⁠kānk-⁠/, “to hang”), Sanskrit शङ्कते (śáṅkate, “is in doubt, hesitates”), Latin cūnctārī (“to delay”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ/, [ˈhæŋ], /ˈhaŋ/, [ˈhaŋ], [ˈhäŋ] 1. The way in which something hangs. Example: This skirt has a nice hang. 2. A mass of hanging material. Example: They advanced in a crouch, dropping to their knees every few yards to pass under a hang of rock. Example: “I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […] 3. A slackening of motion. 4. A sharp or steep declivity or slope. 5. An instance of ceasing to respond to input. Example: We sometimes get system hangs. 6. A grip, understanding. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: On the fatal evening I duly made my way to the theatre—a little late, so as to take my seat unobserved. After I had got the general hang I glanced up occasionally until I caught Stephanie's eye […] 7. A hangout. Labels: colloquial Example: My first day was a fun hang, but I didn't really do too much. Me and stupid Bob just hung around the casino looking at box and losing money. Example: So how can you set up a hang within a 90-minute time-frame for yourself? Be clear with your friends about timing from the get-go, so they, too, can decide if it's worth their time to even meet up. 8. A person that someone hangs out with. Labels: colloquial Example: She might announce something to everyone that makes no sense or tells a story that rambles on and on and makes no point. But for some reason nobody seems to mind. We all just like to listen to The Airhead. She's a fun hang. Example: "I couldn't sit down and play a concert for you or really wow you on any instrument," Mr. Blanco said, estimating that "like 75 percent" of his success comes from being a good hang. "What I can do is meet an artist, know what type of song I think we should make and be their therapist, make everyone feel comfortable."
Word: hang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of ham sandwich. Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ/, [ˈhæŋ], /ˈhaŋ/, [ˈhaŋ], [ˈhäŋ] 1. Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, informal, uncountable
Word: hang Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ/, [ˈhæŋ], /ˈhaŋ/, [ˈhaŋ], [ˈhäŋ] 1. Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of dang, itself a minced oath of damn. Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ/, [ˈhæŋ], /ˈhaŋ/, [ˈhaŋ], [ˈhäŋ] 1. The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn. Labels: colloquial Example: I don't give a hang. Example: They don't seem to care a hang about the consequences.
Word: hung Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋ/, /hʊŋ/, /hʊŋɡ/ 1. simple past and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead) Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of hang (in any sense) Labels: form-of, participle, past, proscribed Example: They fructify a barren, and render barren a very luxurious Soil; and, if you will believe them, they’ll tell you the Tree whereon Judas hung himſelf, and more than the Natives know themſelves, or ever ſaw in their own Country. Example: I am purſuaded, that if even Bradford himſelf, that day, had ventured to check the violence of the people, in any way that was not agreeable to them ; and had betrayed the leaſt partiality for the exciſe law ; or perhaps even a remiſſion of his zeal againſt it, he would have ſunk, in an inſtant, from his power, and they would have hung him on the firſt tree.
Word: hung Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋ/, /hʊŋ/, /hʊŋɡ/ 1. Suspended by hanging. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Having hanging additions or appendages. Labels: not-comparable, usually 3. Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial. Labels: not-comparable, usually 4. Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: hung parliament 5. Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable, usually 6. Having a large penis (often well hung). Labels: colloquial, not-comparable, usually
Word: have Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From have on (“to deceive”). Pronunciation: /ˈhæv/, /ˈhav/, /ˈhɛv/, /ˈheɪ̯v/, /ˈ(h)əv/ 1. A fraud or deception; something misleading. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have. Example: "Open your eyes" is the company's tagline and part of its mission is to wake us up to the area's history, to the fact that New Zealand's '100% pure' marketing is a bit of a have, as well as to share the encouraging conservation efforts under way.
Word: had Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hadde (preterite), yhad (past participle), from Old English hæfde (first and third person singular preterite), ġehæfd (past participle), from Proto-Germanic *habdaz, past and past participle stem of *habjaną (“to have”), equivalent to have + -ed. Cognate with Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, Icelandic hafði. Pronunciation: /hæd/, /həd/, /əd/, /hæt/ 1. simple past and past participle of have Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: This morning I had an egg for breakfast. Example: A good time was had by all. 2. Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past. Labels: auxiliary Example: I felt sure that I had seen him before. Example: When I'd (already) done some exercise, I had a cappuccino. 3. As past subjunctive: would have. Labels: archaic, auxiliary Example: Had I not known you were coming this evening, I'd have left at midday. Example: To holde myne honde, by God, I had grete payne; / For forthwyth there I had him slayne, / But that I drede mordre wolde come oute[…].
Word: heard Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːd/, /hɔːd/, /ˈhɝd/, /hiːɹd/, /hɛrd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: heard Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːd/, /hɔːd/, /ˈhɝd/, /hiːɹd/, /hɛrd/ 1. That has been perceived aurally. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he following are some examples of the types of heard information that can be used to distinguish some of the languages in Singapore, namely Malay and Singapore English.
Word: heard Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːd/, /hɔːd/, /ˈhɝd/, /hiːɹd/, /hɛrd/ 1. I understand; gotcha. Labels: colloquial
Word: heard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːd/, /hɔːd/, /ˈhɝd/, /hiːɹd/, /hɛrd/ 1. Obsolete form of herd. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]
Word: sandbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + box. Pronunciation: /ˈsænd.bɒks/, /ˈsæn(d).bɑks/ 1. A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand. Labels: Canada, US Example: Her children were playing in the sandbox. 2. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting. 3. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper. 4. An animal's litter box. 5. A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping. Example: For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox. 6. An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available. Example: Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system. 7. A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content. 8. The Middle East. Labels: US, slang
Word: sandbox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sand + box. Pronunciation: /ˈsænd.bɒks/, /ˈsæn(d).bɑks/ 1. To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox. Labels: transitive Example: Although you can use standard JavaScript and AJAX in sandboxed iframe pages to your heart's content, the Facebook Platform places restrictions over the amount of scripting capabilities you can add to the more tightly integrated FBML pages. 2. To brainstorm; to prototype. Labels: broadly, intransitive, transitive Example: Their team has been sandboxing some ideas recently.
Word: hide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną (“to hoard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611), both hid and hidden are used for the past participle. Cognates Cognate with Dutch huiden, Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin custōs, Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Sanskrit कुहरम् (kuharam, “cave”). Related to hut and sky. Pronunciation: /haɪd/ 1. To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover. Labels: transitive Example: He hides his magazines under the bed. Example: The father hid the gift behind him. 2. To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find. Labels: intransitive Example: You can run, but you can't hide! Example: The thieves were found hiding in an abandoned building.
Word: hide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hyde, from Old English hȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéw(H)tis (“skin, hide”) (compare Latin cutis (“skin, rind, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew(H)- (“to cover”), ultimately the same root as the above etymology. More at sky. Cognates See also West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut, Danish hud, Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skûtos, “cover, hide”). Pronunciation: /haɪd/ 1. The skin of an animal. Labels: countable 2. The human skin. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide! 3. One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril. Labels: US, informal, metonymically, uncountable, usually Example: to save his own hide Example: better watch his hide 4. (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them. Labels: countable Example: A Forest Trail and wild life hides lie 2 miles to the north-east. Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides. 5. A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway. Labels: countable Example: In the early days of American settlement, hides were built into houses to provide protection from the Indians and to conceal merchandise from the threat of taxation or thievery. 6. A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes. Labels: countable
Word: hide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hyde, from Old English hȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéw(H)tis (“skin, hide”) (compare Latin cutis (“skin, rind, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew(H)- (“to cover”), ultimately the same root as the above etymology. More at sky. Cognates See also West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut, Danish hud, Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skûtos, “cover, hide”). Pronunciation: /haɪd/ 1. To beat with a whip made from hide. Example: He ran last week, and he was hided, and he was out on the day before yesterday, and here he is once more, and he knows he's got to run and to be hided again.
Word: hide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hide, from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), for earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English hīwisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English hīwan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind. Pronunciation: /haɪd/ 1. A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents. Labels: historical Example: The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares.
Word: hid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɪd/ 1. simple past of hide Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of hide Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: Foꝛ nothing is ſecret, that ſhall not be made manifeſt: neither any thing hid, that ſhall not be knowen, and come abꝛoad. Example: Oh! here it is. I was sure it could not be far off; but I had put my huswife upon it, you see, without being aware, and so it was quite hid, but I had it in my hand so very lately that I was almost sure it must be on the table.
Word: hit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti Proto-Germanic *hittijaną Old Norse hittader. Old English hyttan Middle English hitten English hit Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian hitte (“to meet”), Dutch hitten (“to hit, encounter”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish hitta (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk hitta, hitte (“to meet; to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”). Probably also related to Dutch hei (“mallet”), German Heie (“wooden hammer, mallet”). (something very successful): Compare typologically striking, Russian порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj) (<~ порази́ть (porazítʹ) <~ рази́ть (razítʹ)). Pronunciation: /hɪt/ 1. Very successful. Labels: not-comparable Example: The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
Word: hit Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English hit (“it”), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch het (“it”). More at it; also note 'it. Pronunciation: /hɪt/ 1. It. Labels: dialectal Example: But how hit was to come about didn't appear. Example: Now, George, grease it good, an' let hit slide down the hill hits own way.
Word: hold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration (due to hold) of hole. Cognate with Dutch hol (“hole, cave, den, cavity, cargo hold”), Dutch holte (“cavity, hollow, den”). Pronunciation: /həʊld/, [hɒʊɫd], /hɔwld/, [hɔw(ɫ)d], /hɔld/ 1. The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold). Example: We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.
Word: hold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hold, holde, from Old English hold (“gracious, friendly, kind”), from Proto-West Germanic *holþ, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“favourable, gracious, loyal”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tend, incline, bend, tip”). Cognate with German hold (“gracious, friendly, sympathetic, grateful”), Danish and Swedish huld (“fair, kindly, gracious”), Icelandic hollur (“faithful, dedicated, loyal”), German Huld (“grace, favour”). Pronunciation: /həʊld/, [hɒʊɫd], /hɔwld/, [hɔw(ɫ)d], /hɔld/ 1. Gracious; friendly; faithful; true. Labels: obsolete Example: at the proper moment, I stepped forward with a gay heart and a hold one
Word: hurt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hurten, hirten, hertan (“to injure, scathe, knock together”), from Old Northern French hurter ("to ram into, strike, collide with"; > Modern French heurter), perhaps from Frankish *hūrt (“a battering ram”), cognate with Welsh hwrdd (“ram”) and Cornish hordh (“ram”). Compare Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną (“to fall, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to fall, beat, smash, strike, break”); however, the earliest instances of the verb in Middle English are as old as those found in Old French, which leads to the possibility that the Middle English word may instead be a reflex of an unrecorded Old English *hyrtan, which later merged with the Old French verb. Germanic cognates include Dutch horten (“to push against, strike”), Middle Low German hurten (“to run at, collide with”), Middle High German hurten (“to push, bump, attack, storm, invade”), Old Norse hrútr (“battering ram”). Alternate etymology traces Old Northern French hurter rather to Old Norse hrútr (“ram (male sheep)”), lengthened-grade variant of hjǫrtr (“stag”), from Proto-Germanic *herutuz, *herutaz (“hart, male deer”), which would relate it to English hart (“male deer”). See hart. Pronunciation: /hɜːt/, /hɝt/ 1. To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset. Example: This injection might hurt a little. Your arm will be hurting you for a while. 2. To cause (somebody) emotional pain. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He was deeply hurt he hadn’t been invited. Example: The insult hurt. 3. To be painful. Labels: intransitive, stative Example: Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better. 4. To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further. Example: Copying and pasting identical portions of source code hurts maintainability, because the programmer has to keep all those copies synchronized.