nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: swap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swappen (“to swap”), originally meaning "to hurl" or "to strike", the word alludes to striking hands together when making an exchange; probably from Old English *swappian, a secondary form of Old English swāpan (“to swoop”). Cognate with German schwappen (“to slosh, slop”). Compare also Middle English swippen (“to strike, hit”), from Old English swipian (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), Old Norse svipa (“to swoop, flash, whip, look after, look around”). More at swipe. Pronunciation: /ˈswɒp/, /ˈswɑp/ 1. To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else). Labels: transitive Example: In an effort to provide more permanent accommodations, employers may offer employees the opportunity either to swap jobs with a colleague or to transfer to a new position. Example: Chief watched these goings-on without pleasure, and waved them off in disgust when the smarmiest of the two suggested he might wish to swap that elk's tooth for this jug of fine rye whiskey. 2. To hit, to strike. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And he whipped his sword out of its scabbard, and swapped off the pudding from the black knight's nose. Unfortunately (for him) he swapped off a good bit of the nose, too. Example: "Maybe Apes will grow honest, Sister," said Edmund. "But, by the Lion, if he breaks it again, it may be in such time and place that any of us could swap off his head in clean battle." 3. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: swap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb swap. First attested in 1620. Pronunciation: /ˈswɒp/, /ˈswɑp/ 1. An exchange of two comparable things. Example: I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy[…] a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body Example: Flores' nephews were each sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment in 2017 for conspiring to import cocaine, but they were released in 2022 by the Biden Administration as part of a prisoner swap with Venezuela. 2. A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream. 3. Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: How much swap do you need? 4. A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
Word: swap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swap, swappe (“a blow, strike, lash from a whip”), from the verb (see Etymology 1 above). Pronunciation: /ˈswɒp/, /ˈswɑp/ 1. A blow; a stroke. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: swop Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /swɑp/, /swɒp/ 1. Alternative spelling of swap. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Of course. The idea was a straight swop. The girl against his cheque for forty million. Well, he wouldn't play: wouldn't think of playing.
Word: swop Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /swɑp/, /swɒp/ 1. Alternative spelling of swap. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 'We make a pair, by God and by St James! / But, brother, what do you say to swopping names?'
Word: swop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of swing + hip-hop. Pronunciation: /swɑp/, /swɒp/ 1. A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles. Labels: uncountable
Word: polysemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma)lbor. English seme English polyseme Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English polysemic From polyseme + -ic. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪs.ɪ.mɪk/, /pɒ.lɪˈsiː.mɪk/ 1. Having a number of senses (meanings) or understandings. Example: As a series of polysemic and paradoxical sketches, Jackass does not lend itself to one particular theoretical analysis.
Word: trade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”). Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”). Pronunciation: /tɹeɪd/ 1. To engage in trade. Labels: ambitransitive Example: This company trades (in) precious metal. Example: He withdrew money to his bank account after several years of trading stocks on E-Trade. 2. To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. Labels: copulative, intransitive Example: Apple is trading at $200. Example: ExxonMobil trades on the NYSE. 3. To give (something) in exchange (for). Labels: transitive Example: Will you trade your precious watch for my earring? 4. To mutually exchange (something) (with). Labels: transitive Example: The rival schoolboys traded insults and punches. Example: The [Halo effect] strikes our combined fleets. All ships piloted by biologicals are now [adrift]. I can trade Mendicant ship for ship now and still prevail. 5. To use or exploit a particular aspect, such as a name, reputation, or image, to gain advantage or benefit. Labels: transitive, with-on Example: Some musicians try to trade on their past success by playing the same hits over and over again. 6. To give someone a plant and receive a different one in return. Labels: intransitive, transitive 7. To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. Labels: ambitransitive 8. To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with). Labels: intransitive Example: Saucy and over bold, how did you dare / To trade and traffic with Macbeth 9. To recommend and get recommendations. Labels: transitive
Word: trade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”). Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”). Pronunciation: /tɹeɪd/ 1. Of a product, produced for sale in the ordinary bulk retail trade and hence of only the most basic quality. Labels: not-comparable Example: "It is monstrous - grotesque." "But what made him draw such an animal?" "Trade gin, I should think."
Word: quid pro quo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quid prō quō (literally “something for something”). Pronunciation: /ˌkwɪd.pɹəʊˈkwəʊ/, /ˌkwɪd.pɹoʊˈkwoʊ/ 1. Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation. Example: The misunderstanding of the word or the quid pro quo is the unintentional pun, and is related to it exactly as folly is to wit. Example: “Is it simply a wild fantasy, or a mistake on the part of the old man — some impossible quid pro quo?” 2. Substitution of one drug for another. Labels: historical Example: a knave Apothecary that administers the Physick, and makes the medicine, may doe infinite harme, by his old obsolete doses, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, quid pro quo, etc. Example: Nicholas [Praepositus] was also the author of a "Quid pro Quo", that is an alphabetically arranged catalogue of equivalent drugs, capable of replacing each other, when for any reason one or the other drug was wanting 3. Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else. Example: To deny that the arrangement was a quid pro quo would be laughably disingenuous. Example: It was quite obviously a quid pro quo arrangement. 4. A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions. Example: More importantly, the Chrysler bailout produced a quid pro quo wherein Congress agreed to pass bank deregulation legislation if banks agreed to convert substantial amounts of Chrysler's debt to equity. Example: The apparent exception at the Temple of Neith at Sais is likely due to an agreement, a quid pro quo, made with Udjahorresnet, not to a failure to enact the command immediately. 5. A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions. Example: Mr. P. did not consider that branch, strictly and technically speaking, public revenue; at least it did not arise from taxation, because those persons who had paid this money had received a full equivalent for the same; there was a quid pro quo on both sides; and this was not taxation, it was a sale; the parties therefore from whom this money was derived had not been taxed. Example: What we should do, however, is insist that there be a quid pro quo — an equal exchange. 6. Sexual harassment in which a person in a workplace implicitly or explicitly requires sexual favours in exchange for something. Example: A quid pro quo complaint typically is lodged by an employee who has been denied opportunities because he or she refused a perpetrator's sexual advances or by an employee who has been denied opportunities because another employee obtained those opportunities by submitting to a perpetrator's sexual advances. Example: As for a legal remedy to the problem of harassment, the Court found that a proper, well-advertised grievance procedure could be used in a defense where sexual comments and horseplay created a “hostile environment,” but not in the quid pro quo cases that feminist Catharine MacKinnon had dubbed "put out or get out."
Word: verb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old French verbe, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Doublet of verve and word. Pronunciation: /vɜːb/, /vɝb/, /vəɹb/, [vɚ(ɹ)b] 1. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. Example: The word “speak” is an English verb. Example: In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…] 2. Any word; a vocable. Labels: obsolete Example: a Verb of the Singular 3. An action as opposed to a trait or thing. Labels: figuratively Example: Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things. 4. A named command that performs a specific operation on an object. Example: You can invoke the Properties OLE verb in many ways. The easiest way is to move the mouse over the border of the control until it becomes only a four-way pointer and then right-click. Example: The InfiniBand verbs, which are closely modeled in the “Gen2” interface, provide the functional specification for the operations that should be allowed on an InfiniBand compliant adapter.
Word: verb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old French verbe, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Doublet of verve and word. Pronunciation: /vɜːb/, /vɝb/, /vəɹb/, [vɚ(ɹ)b] 1. To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. Labels: colloquial, nonstandard, transitive Example: Haig, in congressional hearings before his confirmatory, paradoxed his auditioners by abnormalling his responds so that verbs were nouned, nouns verbed and adjectives adverbised. He techniqued a new way to vocabulary his thoughts so as to informationally uncertain anybody listening about what he had actually implicationed... . Example: I like to verb words.... I take nouns and adjectives and use them as verbs. Remember when "access" was a thing? Now it's something you DO. It got verbed. Verbing weirds language. 2. Used as a placeholder for any verb. Example: For example, one-part versions of the proposition "The doctor pursued the lawyer" were "The doctor verbed the object," ... Example: Each sentence had the same basic structure: The subject transitive verbed the object who intransitive verbed in the location.
Word: verb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of reverb. Pronunciation: /vɜːb/, /vɝb/, /vəɹb/, [vɚ(ɹ)b] 1. Reverb.
Word: adjective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet. Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɛk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ək.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ə.tɪv/, /əɖˈdʒɛk.ʈɪʋ/ 1. A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent. Example: The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives. Example: "They'll have to invent new adjectives when I come back. You wait!" 2. A dependent; an accessory. Labels: obsolete Example: it must be an adjective of dain
Word: adjective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet. Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɛk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ək.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ə.tɪv/, /əɖˈdʒɛk.ʈɪʋ/ 1. Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective. Labels: not-comparable 2. Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure. Labels: not-comparable Example: The whole English law, substantive and adjective. 3. Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed. Labels: not-comparable 4. Incapable of independent function. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.
Word: adjective Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet. Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɛk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ək.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ə.tɪv/, /əɖˈdʒɛk.ʈɪʋ/ 1. To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective. Labels: transitive Example: Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has […] adjectived all three. Example: In English, instead of adjectiving our own substantives, we have borrowed, in immense numbers, adjectived signs from other languages[…] 2. To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective. Labels: transitive Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjective.
Word: craft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft Inherited from Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure. Cognate with Dutch kracht (“strength, power, force”), German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kraft (“strength, power, force”), Faroese and Icelandic kraftur (“strength”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɑːft/, /ˈkɹäːft/, /ˈkɹɐ̞ːft/, /ˈkɹæft/ 1. To make by hand and with much skill. 2. To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman). Example: state crafting; the process of crafting global policing 3. To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
Word: adjectival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adjective + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.dʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈti.vəl/, /əɖˈdʒɛk.ʈɪ.ʋəl/ 1. Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective. Example: adjectival syntax Example: adjectival noun 2. Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
Word: adjectival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adjective + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.dʒɛkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈtaɪ.vəl/, /ˌæ.d͡ʒəkˈti.vəl/, /əɖˈdʒɛk.ʈɪ.ʋəl/ 1. An adjectival phrase or clause. Example: Within this line of reasoning, then, Tagalog is classified as a language in which adjectivals are essentially neutral between a nouny and a verby interpretation.
Word: substantive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/, /səbˈstæntɪv/ 1. Of the essence or essential element of a thing. Example: substantive information Example: In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest. 2. Of the essence or essential element of a thing. Labels: broadly Example: Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial. Example: substantive changes made by the lawyers 3. Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial. Example: Once more then, strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner; 4. Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right. Example: substantive law Example: So this test, this whole area of substantive due process, is tricky for some of the reasons you say. That’s been a criticism of the doctrine in general and a criticism of the general notion that we can have rights that the Constitution doesn’t specify, precisely because of the kind of inquiry that it invites judges to undertake. 5. Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed. 6. Depending on itself; independent. Example: Hee therefore taking into Conſideration, how ſufficient and ſuſstantiue this Land was, to maintaine it ſelfe without any aid (at all) of the foreigner; […] 7. Of or pertaining to a substantive. 8. Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment.
Word: substantive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/, /səbˈstæntɪv/ 1. Ellipsis of noun substantive or substantive noun, a noun or a group of words (a noun phrase) that act as a noun (in a sentence). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The Dutch verb beelden and substantive beelding signify form-giving, creation, and by extension image—as do gestalten and Gestaltung in German, where Neo-Plastic[ism] is translated as Die neue Gestaltung. 2. Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
Word: substantive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/, /səbˈstæntɪv/ 1. To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun. Labels: rare
Word: trade wind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of trade (“course, path (of running)”, from 14th c.) + wind, because of their consistent linear direction. Associations with transatlantic trade are a later folk etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪd ˈwɪnd/ 1. A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator. Example: They rode the trade winds going west. Example: During the summer months, from November to April, the trade wind is less steady over large parts of the ocean.
Word: patronage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English patronage, from Old French patronage (modern French patronage). Equivalent to patron + -age. Piecewise doublet of patternage. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtɹənɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpætɹənɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives. 2. Customers collectively; clientele; business. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The restaurant had an upper-class patronage. Example: The improved service to and from Taunton is fully justified by the passenger patronage to and from this town, which is a railhead for a large surrounding area. 3. The act or state of being a customer of some business. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The restaurant had "Thank you for your patronage!" printed on its take-out bags. 4. A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs. 6. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. 7. The right of nomination to political office. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Advowson is the right of presentation to a church, or ecclesiastical benefice. Advowson, advocatio, signifies the taking into protection; and therefore is synonymous with patronage 9. Patronising speech or behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
Word: patronage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English patronage, from Old French patronage (modern French patronage). Equivalent to patron + -age. Piecewise doublet of patternage. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtɹənɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpætɹənɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To support by being a patron of. Labels: transitive Example: Mingdi continued the policy of his father who had patronaged Confucian learning. Example: Table 5.4 reveals the role of criminal gangs’ patron under each crime category. From this, we can understand that 74 percent of the mercenaries are patronaged and supported by the politicians either of the ruling or opposition party. 2. To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize Labels: transitive Example: This house is largely patronaged by the professors and students of many of the Educational Institutions of New England and the Middle States; and all perons visiting New York, either for business or pleasure, will find this an excellent place at which to stop. Example: Mr. F. A. Welch, of the Oak View Poultry Farm, Salem, starts an add with us this issue. […] Our readers will be treated well, if they patronage Mr. Welch.
Word: deal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(h₁)-oy-lo- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish, Slovene, and Swedish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːl/, [ˈdɪi̯l], /ˈɖiːl/ 1. A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece. Labels: obsolete Example: We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king. 2. An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good). Labels: often Example: There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency. Example: There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.
Word: deal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ). Pronunciation: /ˈdiːl/, [ˈdɪi̯l], /ˈɖiːl/ 1. To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. Labels: transitive Example: The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory. Example: Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. 2. To administer or give out, as in small portions. Labels: transitive Example: "Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?" Example: Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow. 3. To take action with regard to someone or something. Labels: transitive 4. To distribute cards to the players in a game. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I was dealt four aces. Example: The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt. 5. deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict. Labels: transitive Example: The boxer was dealt a blow to the head. Example: This is a heavy-handed weapon attack that can be made with a two-handed weapon, that will deal damage equal to 4 times your size category 6. To pitch. Example: The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger. 7. To have dealings or business. Labels: intransitive Example: Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would deal as leniently with him as justice would allow. Example: When the spice flow stops, all eyes will turn to Arrakis. The Baron and the Emperor himself will be forced to deal with us. 8. To conduct oneself, to behave. Labels: intransitive Example: In Deheubarth that now South-wales is hight, / What time king Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...]. 9. To take action; to act. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele. 10. To trade professionally (followed by in). Labels: intransitive Example: She deals in gold. 11. To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs. Labels: ambitransitive Example: This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs. 12. To be concerned with. Labels: intransitive Example: Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena. 13. To handle, to manage, to cope. Labels: intransitive Example: Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him. Example: I can't deal with this.
Word: deal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ). Pronunciation: /ˈdiːl/, [ˈdɪi̯l], /ˈɖiːl/ 1. An act of dealing or sharing out. Labels: archaic, broadly 2. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. Example: I didn’t have a good deal all evening. Example: I believe it's your deal. 3. A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction. Example: We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight. Example: recognizing the societal deal between capital and labor regarding retirement savings 4. A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain. Example: You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for. 5. An agreement between parties; an arrangement. Example: California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with the governor Monday night on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap. Example: He made a deal with the devil. 6. A situation, occasion, or event. Labels: informal Example: What's the deal here? Example: Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year. 7. A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. Labels: informal Example: The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork. Example: Everything's invisible, I want to see something. Grace, soul, angels, God, the whole deal's invisible and the Bible could've been made up. Who knows? 8. A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it. Labels: slang Example: What's her deal? Example: His whole deal is, you've got to be for it or against it, and you can't make it better.
Word: deal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of thill. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːl/, [ˈdɪi̯l], /ˈɖiːl/ 1. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). Labels: uncountable Example: 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them, Example: A brisk fire burned in the grate, there were three comfortable chairs, and a deal table with a water carafe, a bucket of coals, and a few other amenities. 2. A plank of softwood (fir or pine board). Labels: countable 3. A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding. Labels: archaic, countable Example: It shall not be lawful for any person to land any timber, planks or board, deals, staves, tar, pitch, turpentine, rozin or other the commodities aforesaid, on any part of the present quays within the city of Bristol, from any vessel coming into the said port... Example: Swedish deals from ports in the Baltic
Word: deal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of thill. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːl/, [ˈdɪi̯l], /ˈɖiːl/ 1. Made of deal. Labels: not-comparable Example: A plain deal table Example: Deal table in the middle, plain chairs all round the walls, on one end a large shining map, marked with all the colours of a rainbow.
Word: merchandise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise English merchandise From Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying; business transaction, deal; merchandise, goods, wares; possessions”), from Anglo-Norman marchaundise and Old French marcheandise (modern French marchandise), from Old French marcheant (“seller, vendor”) (ultimately from Latin mercātus (“buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace”), possibly originally Etruscan) + -ise (suffix forming feminine nouns, often denoting a quality or state). The English word is analysable as merchant + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/, /-daɪz/, /ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ 1. Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Good business depends on having good merchandise. Example: So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […] 2. Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.) Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise. Labels: archaic, countable, usually Example: Would we then see in what sence heavenly things may be called a merchandise, and in what sence not; this is easy to him that will understand. Example: What security was there that she might not be a very unfit person, one who had made a merchandise of her charms, the child itself being the offspring of some accidental connexion? 4. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: merchandise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English marchaundisen English merchandise From Middle English marchaundisen (“to engage in commerce, traffic”), from marchaundise (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːt͡ʃəndaɪz/, /ˈmɝt͡ʃəndaɪz/ 1. To engage in trade; to carry on commerce. Labels: archaic, intransitive 2. To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods. Labels: intransitive Example: He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain. 3. To engage in the trade of. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of. Labels: transitive Example: He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines. 5. To promote as if for sale. Labels: transitive Example: The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.
Word: wares Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɛəz/, /wɛɹz/, /weːz/, /weəz/, /wiəz/ 1. plural of ware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wares Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɛəz/, /wɛɹz/, /weːz/, /weəz/, /wiəz/ 1. Goods or services that are for sale. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The square was filled with booths, with vendors offering their wares. Example: I call on the Minister to ensure good regulation is applied to moneylenders and so-called independent money advisers, many of whom are former bankers peddling their wares
Word: product Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/, /ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt/, /ˈpɹɑ.dəkt/, /ˈpɹɑ.dʌkt/, /ˈpɹɔd.əkt/ 1. Anything that is produced; a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed. Example: To whom thus Michael: These are the product / Of those ill-mated marriages thou sawest; 2. Anything that is produced; a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production. 3. Anything that is produced; a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Skill is the product of hours of practice. His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue. 4. Anything that is produced; a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is a product of lime and nitric acid. 5. Anything that is produced; a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The product of 2 and 3 is 6. The product of 2, 3, and 4 is 24. 6. Anything that is produced; a result. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Anything that is produced; a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Product innovation is needed to meet changes in society and its requirements for particular types of banking product. Example: This sort of relationship can improve quality of transportation and can help in negotiations between transportation providers and transportation product users. 8. A commodity offered for sale. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That store offers a variety of products. We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month. 9. A commodity offered for sale. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: I got some product here — you buying? 10. Ellipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Wash excess product out of your hair. Example: He puts his fingers in Miller’s hair, which is greasy with product.
Word: product Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/, /ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt/, /ˈpɹɑ.dəkt/, /ˈpɹɑ.dʌkt/, /ˈpɹɔd.əkt/ 1. To produce. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]
Word: apples and pears Part of Speech: noun 1. stairs Labels: Cockney, plural, plural-only, slang Example: Get up them apples and pears and into Uncle Ned!
Word: eagle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne. Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡəl/, [ˈɪi̯ɡəl] ~ [ˈɪi̯ɡl̩] 1. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision. Example: I, I go my own way I swim against the stream Forever I will fight the pοwers that be The eagle flies alone 2. A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States. Labels: US, historical 3. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England. Labels: historical 4. A score of two under par for a hole. Example: I got an eagle in the third hole.
Word: eagle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne. Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡəl/, [ˈɪi̯ɡəl] ~ [ˈɪi̯ɡl̩] 1. To score an eagle.
Word: sesquipedalianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Surface form analyzed as sesquipedalian + -ism, from sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedalian (“of the foot”). From Latin sēsquipedālis (“a foot and a half long; in metaphorical use, “of an unnatural length, huge, big””), from sēsqui (“one and a half times as great”) + pedālis (“foot”). Pronunciation: /sɛz.kwɪ.pəˈdɛl.i.ən.ɪsm̩/, /ˌsɛskwəpəˈdeɪli.ənɪzm̩/ 1. The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing. Labels: uncountable Example: His voice here is a marvelous juxtaposition of cool elegance, unaffected hipness, unabashed sesquipedalianism ("the rich bouquet of exuded sebaceousness") and swell conversational slang (...) 2. A very long word. Labels: countable
Word: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn) ▲ Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō)influ. ▲ Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma)influ. Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. German -o- German Pneumono- Proto-Indo-European *ken-der. Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. German -osis German Pneumonokoniosisbor. English pneumonoconiosis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English microscopic English ultramicroscopic Latin silex ▲ Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English silicon ▲ Latin -o-bor. English -o- English silico- Cretan Ancient Greek Ϝέλχανος (Wélkhanos)der.? Latin Vulcānusbor. Italian Vulcano Italian vulcanobor. English volcano English pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Coined by American puzzle designer and newspaper editor Everett Smith, President of the National Puzzlers' League, at their convention in 1935 as a deliberately long word. An extension of the medical term pneumonoconiosis (by surface analysis, pneumono- (“lung”) + coniosis (“disease caused by the inhalation of dust”)) with ultramicroscopic + silico- + volcano inserted between the two elements. Pronunciation: /ˌnjuːmə.nəʊ.ʌl.tɹə.maɪ.kɹəʊˌskɒ.pɪkˌsɪ.lɪ.kəʊ.vɒl.keɪ.nəʊ.kəʊ.niˈəʊ.sɪs/, /nuˌmɑ.noʊ.ʌl.tɹə.maɪ.kɹoʊˈskɑ.pɪkˌsɪ.lɪ.koʊ.vɑl.kæ.noʊ.kä.niˈoʊ.sɪs/, /nuˈmɑ.noʊˌʌl.tɹə.maɪ.kɹoʊˈskɑ.pɪkˈsɪ.lɪ.koʊ.vɑlˌkeɪ.noʊ.koʊ.niˈoʊ.sɪs/ 1. A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano. Labels: nonce-word, uncountable Example: Call it miner's asthma, silicosis, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung—they are all dust diseases with the same symptoms. Example: I say that it must be the silica dust That we breathed through our mouths and our noses That brought pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Word: antidisestablishmentarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Proto-Italic *staðlis? Latin stabilis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin stabilīre Old French establir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French establissementbor. Middle English stablishment English establishment ▲ English dis- ▲ English establish ▲ English -ment English disestablishment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English disestablishmentarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English disestablishmentarianism English antidisestablishmentarianism From anti- + disestablishmentarianism. Pronunciation: /ˌæntiˌdɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəɹi.əˌnɪz(ə)m/, /ˌæntaɪ-/ 1. A political philosophy opposed to the separation of a religious group (church) and a government (state), especially the belief held by those in 19th-century England opposed to separating the Anglican church from the civil government, or the separation of church and state. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Jed Rubenfeld, who actually may not have been recycling a Boerne Court- rejected argument into a law review article,⁴⁵⁰ reasoned that RFRA indeed lacked constitutionality, but because of First Amendment antidisestablishmentarianism, and not the reasons offered by the Court.⁴⁵¹ Example: The establishmentarianism of Hatch's alliance-building strategy undermined by the disestablishmentarianism of Wiglesworth's treachery triggers an antidisestablishmentarianism in Hawk — but the negation of Wiglesworth's 'dis' coupled with the counter-negation of Hawk's 'anti' does not simply generate a synthetic affirmation of Hatch's 'establishmentarianism'. Instead, Hawk's antidisestablishmentarianism, like a cancerous wart on the end of the nose, is perched at the fuzzy border separating ontology from oncology, malignity from malignancy.