nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: oh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From o (“zero”), extended use of letter O name based on similar shape of the number 0. Pronunciation: /əʊ/, [ö̞], /oʊ/ 1. The digit 0 (especially in representations of speech) Example: Jenny I've got your number. I need to make you mine. Jenny don't change your number. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Tommy Tutone, "867-5309/Jenny" Example: "Oh-dark-thirty," the first soldier muttered without looking at his watch.
Word: ah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English ah, aa, a (“ah”), of imitative origin, or from Old English ēa, *eah (“oh, alas”), from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”). Earliest recorded use is circa 1175 in the Ormulum: A, Maȝȝstre! icc wat tatt tu full wiss Arrt Godess Sune ("Ah, Master! I know for sure that thou art God's Son"). Some propose that the Middle English is borrowed from Old French a (“ah!, oh!, hey!”) (represented by modern French ah). Compare also West Frisian a, ah (“ah”), Dutch a, ah (“ah”), Middle Low German a (“ah”), Old High German a, aa, ah (“ah, oh”) (whence modern German ah), Faroese áh (“oh, ah, alas”), Icelandic æ, ai (“ah, oh”), Latin ah (“ah”). Pronunciation: /ɑː/ 1. An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection. Example: Ah, I understand now. Example: Ah! It's good to be back home! 2. A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music. Example: Boy don't try to front, uh, I Know just, just, what you are, ah, ah.
Word: ah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ah, aa, a (“ah”), of imitative origin, or from Old English ēa, *eah (“oh, alas”), from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”). Earliest recorded use is circa 1175 in the Ormulum: A, Maȝȝstre! icc wat tatt tu full wiss Arrt Godess Sune ("Ah, Master! I know for sure that thou art God's Son"). Some propose that the Middle English is borrowed from Old French a (“ah!, oh!, hey!”) (represented by modern French ah). Compare also West Frisian a, ah (“ah”), Dutch a, ah (“ah”), Middle Low German a (“ah”), Old High German a, aa, ah (“ah, oh”) (whence modern German ah), Faroese áh (“oh, ah, alas”), Icelandic æ, ai (“ah, oh”), Latin ah (“ah”). Pronunciation: /ɑː/ 1. An instance of the interjection ah. Example: the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks
Word: ah Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ah, aa, a (“ah”), of imitative origin, or from Old English ēa, *eah (“oh, alas”), from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”). Earliest recorded use is circa 1175 in the Ormulum: A, Maȝȝstre! icc wat tatt tu full wiss Arrt Godess Sune ("Ah, Master! I know for sure that thou art God's Son"). Some propose that the Middle English is borrowed from Old French a (“ah!, oh!, hey!”) (represented by modern French ah). Compare also West Frisian a, ah (“ah”), Dutch a, ah (“ah”), Middle Low German a (“ah”), Old High German a, aa, ah (“ah, oh”) (whence modern German ah), Faroese áh (“oh, ah, alas”), Icelandic æ, ai (“ah, oh”), Latin ah (“ah”). Pronunciation: /ɑː/ 1. To give a cry of "ah". Example: Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality.
Word: ah Part of Speech: pron 1. Pronunciation spelling of I, most often indicating that the speaker is using a Scottish or American (particularly Southern) accent or African-American Vernacular English. Labels: alt-of, personal, pronoun, pronunciation-spelling Example: Did ah ever say anything derogatory against ma man Franco? Well, likesay. . . he's no a bad punter.
Word: ah Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Hokkien 啊 (--a, a) and Teochew 啊 (a⁷), reinforced by Tamil -ஆ (-ā, etymology 3, particle sense 1) among Tamil speakers (Baskaran, 1988). Pronunciation: /ɑ(ː)/, [ä(ː)~ɐ(ː)] 1. Marks a yes–no tag question prompting the listener to clarify or confirm something. Labels: interrogative Example: Pitch contour: low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/, [ä˨] Example: You’re dyslexic ah? 2. Reinforces a short, non-rhetorical wh-question. Labels: interrogative Example: Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/ Example: How do you delete this row ah? 3. Emphasizes the need for absolute confirmation, permission or acknowledgment. Example: Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/ Example: Don’t drink and drive ah... 4. A particle indicating the topic of a sentence from its comment. Example: Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/ Example: The drilling upstairs ah, non-stop leh. 5. A confirmative final particle used in the middle of a sentence to ascertain the continued attention of the listener. Example: Pitch contour: rising /ɑ(ː)˨˦/ Example: Near-synonym: right 6. Tagged at the end of non-interrogative sentence to convey a sense of informality or resignation. Example: Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/ Example: I got tell them ah, guys. 7. A vocative particle, now mostly used by Chinese elders for direct address (over telephone calls, or if the addressee is far away). Example: Pitch contour: low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/ Example: Hello? Joey ah? 8. Used as an intensifier in fixed expressions, sometimes exhortative in meaning. Example: Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/, low-mid /ɑ(ː)˨/ Example: Heng ah...
Word: ah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Hokkien 啊 (--a, a) and Teochew 啊 (a⁷), reinforced by Tamil -ஆ (-ā, etymology 3, particle sense 1) among Tamil speakers (Baskaran, 1988). Pronunciation: /ɑ(ː)/, [ä(ː)~ɐ(ː)] 1. Used condescendingly, somewhat like “see?” or “I told you so”. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/, falling /ɑ(ː)˦˨/, sometimes nasalized
Word: ah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative of a person gagging. Pronunciation: /æ/ 1. Yuck.
Word: aha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English a ha, aha, natural expression. Equivalent to ah + ha!. Pronunciation: /ɑːhɑː/, [ɑˈhɑ], [əˈhɑ] 1. An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition. Example: Aha! That will work. 2. An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt. Example: Aha! Now I've got you!
Word: ha Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English habban Middle English havenclip. Middle English ha English ha Pronunciation: /hɑː/, [ha(ː)] 1. Alternative form of a (“have”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: ha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Attested early 14th century, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Danish ha, Dutch ha, Finnish ha, Hungarian ha, Latin ha, Latvian ha, Swedish ha. Pronunciation: /hɑː/, [ha(ː)] 1. A representation of laughter. Example: Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny. 2. An exclamation of triumph or discovery. Example: Ha! Checkmate! 3. An exclamation of grief. Labels: archaic 4. A sound of hesitation: er, um. Labels: dated
Word: ha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /hɑː/, [ha(ː)] 1. Said when making a vigorous attack. Example: "That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!" Example: I hit a cross-court forehand. “Ha ha haa. Great! Say, usin' cross-courts and angles like that is how O'Bramowitts beat Riggs."
Word: ha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian ḥꜥ. Pronunciation: /hɑː/, [ha(ː)] 1. The sum of bodily parts; the physical body. Labels: Egypt
Word: oh no Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /(ˈ)əʊ ˈnəʊ/ 1. An exclamation or expression of alarm about a problem or error. Example: Oh, no! The rug is on fire! Example: Oh, no! Did I leave my keys in the car?
Word: kick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of kick the bucket. Pronunciation: /kɪk/, [kʰɪk] 1. To die. Labels: intransitive Example: Who knows what will happen to his billions when the eighty-five-year-old kicks, but before he leaves the planet, Moon reportedly is hell-bent on creating a holy land in North Korea, dedicated to him.
Word: kick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of kick ass Pronunciation: /kɪk/, [kʰɪk] 1. To be emphatically excellent. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: That band really kicks.
Word: vivisect Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. Labels: transitive
Word: kick out Part of Speech: verb 1. To eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something). Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: They will kick out a disruptive patron. Example: I got kicked out for eating inside. 2. To stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: I was driving and the motor just kicked out. 3. To perform a kickout. 4. To improvise music. Labels: US, slang
Word: vivisection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section. Pronunciation: /ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/ 1. The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vivisectional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vivisection Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English vivisectional From vivisection + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to vivisection.
Word: vivisectionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vivisection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English vivisectionist From vivisection + -ist. 1. One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.
Word: vivisector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vivisect + -or. 1. A practitioner of vivisection.
Word: kick the bucket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: There are many theories as to where this idiom comes from, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) suggests the following: * A person standing on a pail or bucket with their head in a slip noose would kick the bucket so as to commit suicide. The OED, however, says that this is mainly speculative; * An archaic use of bucket was a beam from which a pig is hung by its feet prior to being slaughtered, and to kick the bucket originally signified the pig's death throes. The OED finds this a more plausible theory. Another theory is given by Roman Catholic Bishop Abbot Horne: After death, when a body had been laid out, […] the holy-water bucket was brought from the church and put at the feet of the corpse. When friends came to pray […] they would sprinkle the body with holy water […] it is easy to see how such a saying as "kicking the bucket" came about. Many other explanations of this saying have been given by persons who are unacquainted with Catholic custom […] Pronunciation: /ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt/ 1. To die. Labels: colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Example: The old horse finally kicked the bucket. Example: My posthumous book Allegorizings, which will go to press in London and New York the minute I kick the bucket, is loosely governed by my growing conviction that almost nothing in life is only what it seems. It contains nothing revelatory at all. 2. To break down such that it cannot be repaired. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: I think my sewing machine has kicked the bucket.
Word: uh huh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of uh-huh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unh-uh Part of Speech: intj 1. no; disagreement; negative reply Example: Unh-uh. No way!
Word: kick wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot.
Word: can it Part of Speech: verb 1. To shut up, to be quiet; to quit doing something; to put an end to something. Labels: idiomatic, imperative Example: Can it, you two! I'm trying to work. Example: I told him to can it, 'cause he was getting to be annoying.
Word: talk through one's hat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from the late 19th century in the United States in the sense of “bluff”; the sense “speak without authority or knowledge” developed later. Although some people speculate a connection to a former requirement that British Members of Parliament wear hats, the connection is implausible. 1. To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Mr. Pride said to me a moment ago that they spoke better English in Boston than any other place in the world." "Did he, though, Lady Lawless? That's good. Well, I guess he was only talking through his hat." 2. To assert something as true or valid; to bluff. Labels: idiomatic Example: No, sir, she yust standing pat, / And vonce more she tal her father, / “Yu ban talking tru yure hat!” Example: He's conceited and opinionative and argues all the time, even when he knows perfectly well that he's talking through his hat.
Word: lift a finger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Matthew 23:4. 1. To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible. Labels: figuratively Example: She lets me do all the work and never lifts a finger to help. Example: They weep when they see the country being so much exploited and yet nobody lifts a finger. 2. To take actual retaliatory or punitive action, as opposed to just complaining. Labels: figuratively Example: I think living conditions need to get a lot worse before voters start to lift a finger. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lift, finger. Example: So if your next note involves lifting''' a finger, you need to plan to lift the finger promptly to above its spot on the string so that it's ready to play again at any time.
Word: minutiae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(ɪ)ˌiː/, /maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(ɪ)ˌaɪ/, /məˈn(j)uːʃ(ɪ)ˌiː/, /məˈn(j)uːʃ(ɪ)ˌaɪ/, /mɪˈnjuːʃieɪ/ 1. plural of minutia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rein, reyne, from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne. Displaced native Old English brīdel (“bridle, rein”), Old English wealdleþer, ġewealdleþer (“rein, bridle”, literally “control strap”), Old English sāl (“cord, rein”), Old English tiġel (“rein”), and Old English lāttēh, lāttēh (“leash, rein”). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪn/ 1. A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child. 2. An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing. Labels: figuratively Example: The government is attempting to keep a rein on rising prices. Example: Let their eyes rove without rein.
Word: rein Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rein, reyne, from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne. Displaced native Old English brīdel (“bridle, rein”), Old English wealdleþer, ġewealdleþer (“rein, bridle”, literally “control strap”), Old English sāl (“cord, rein”), Old English tiġel (“rein”), and Old English lāttēh, lāttēh (“leash, rein”). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪn/ 1. To direct or stop a horse by using reins. Labels: transitive Example: He mounts and reins his horse. 2. To restrain; to control; to check. Labels: transitive Example: Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance. Example: After an interval that he judged to have lasted twenty minutes, the bed began to shake with poorly reined sobs. 3. To obey directions given with the reins. Labels: intransitive Example: She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly.
Word: rein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs. Doublet of ren. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪn/ 1. A kidney. Labels: archaic, plural Example: a man subject to these like imaginations[…]hath often the stone imaginarily, before he have it in his reines[…]. Example: He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys. Example: My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Example: I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
Word: fier Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of fire. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: They have also divers conjurations: one they made at what tyme they had taken Captain Smyth prisoner, to know, as they reported, if any more of his countrymen would arrive there, and what they intended; the manner of yt Captain Smyth observed to be as followeth : first, soe some as daie was shut in, they kindled a faire great fier in a lone howse, about which assembled seven priests, takinge Captain Smyth by the hand, and appointing him his seat; about the fier they made a kynd of enchanted circle of meale; that done, the chifest priest, attyred as is expressed, gravely began to sing and shake his rattle, solemly rownding and marching about the fier, the rest followed him silently untill his song was done, which they all shutt up with a groane. Example: The salvadges perceiving so much, subtilely devised how they might put out the fier in the shallop, by which meanes they sawe they should be free from the danger of our men's pieces.
Word: mice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse. Pronunciation: /maɪs/ 1. plural of mouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse. Pronunciation: /maɪs/ 1. To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse). Example: That cat's mysin, he doesn't see the dog coming. Example: A breakfast diner might describe an incident with someone who was "not too tightly wrapped". Or not wanting to waste time on someone who was always "micin". Another breakfast guest might explode with "what'chu mean?", only to be told half-jokingly, “Bie ... shut yor mouth”.
Word: loophole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loupe (“opening in a wall”) + hole, from a Germanic source. By surface analysis, loop + hole. Compare Medieval Latin loupa, lobia and Middle Dutch lupen (“to watch”). Pronunciation: /ˈluːphəʊl/, /ˈluphoʊl/ 1. A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light. Labels: historical Example: […] and having a fair loophole, as it were, from a broken hole in the tree, he took a sure aim, without being seen, waiting till they were within about thirty yards of the tree, so that he could not miss. Example: There was a loophole in this wall, to let the light in, just at the height of a person's head, who was sitting near the chimney. 2. A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect. Labels: figuratively Example: Coupling the poor girl's intelligence with my previous knowledge, and the result of our good friend's inquiries on the spot, I left him no loophole of escape, and laid bare the whole villany which by these lights became plain as day. Example: You have a contract that says you will work until Island Towers is finalized, which I interpret as completion of construction, or I can stop you working elsewhere. And there's no loopholes, because you drafted it and you're the best.
Word: loophole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English loupe (“opening in a wall”) + hole, from a Germanic source. By surface analysis, loop + hole. Compare Medieval Latin loupa, lobia and Middle Dutch lupen (“to watch”). Pronunciation: /ˈluːphəʊl/, /ˈluphoʊl/ 1. To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers Labels: transitive Example: The lower windows were barricaded, and the whole building loopholed for musketry fire. Example: The doors were barricaded, the shutters closed upon the windows and loopholed, and provisions were brought in from the outhouses. 2. To exploit (a law, etc.) by means of loopholes. Labels: transitive Example: Abroad they had developed loopholing the law into an art; in Israel they jettisoned loopholing for ignoring the law wherever possible. Obeying laws was for naive fools. Example: De-moralizing the subject can be, quite simply, demoralizing, as stirring statements of ideals turn into persnickety rules with exceptions crying out to be loopholed.
Word: Abrahamitical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Abrahamitic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Abram-man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Abraham man. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Come, princes of the ragged regiment; / You 'o the blood, Prig, my most Upright-lord, / and these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Crank, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all. Example: There is a trick for you to find out an Abram-man, and save sixpence when he begs of you as a disbanded seaman.
Word: SW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Star Wars. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of southwest. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: PAOTING (Ch’ing-Yüan, Tsingyuan), capital of Hopeh province, China, is 90 mi. (145 km.) S.W. of Peking on the Peking-Hankow railway. 2. Initialism of search warrant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of sex work. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of sex worker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of short wave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of social work. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of software. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Initialism of start weight. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of street workout. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SW Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of southwestern. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of single white. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SW Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of swing: to play the bell in a normal position, swing it down to the waist, then bring it back up. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: gallicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Gallic + -ize, from Latin Gallicus (“of or relating to Gaul”) and used archaically in English in reference to modern France. Pronunciation: /ˈɡælɪsaɪz/ 1. Synonym of frenchify, to make French or more French-like. Labels: transitive 2. Synonym of frenchify, to become French or more French-like. Labels: intransitive 3. To translate into the French language. Labels: transitive
Word: sango Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced sangwich) + -o (colloquialising suffix). Australian from 1940s. Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋəʊ/ 1. A sandwich. Labels: Australia, colloquial, dated, informal
Word: sango Part of Speech: noun 1. A rudimentary wooden bridge in India. Labels: UK Example: 1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: April—October, page 219, We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos, and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp. Example: Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join the Ganges from the left bank, and have to be crossed by sangos.
Word: tare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tare (“vetch”), from Old English *taru, from Proto-West Germanic *taru. Pronunciation: /tɛə/, /tɛ(ə)ɹ/, /teː/, /teə/, /tiə/ 1. A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa). Labels: rare 2. Any of the tufted grasses of the genus Lolium; darnel. 3. A damaging weed growing in fields of grain. Labels: figuratively, rare Example: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Example: I saw as I thought an uncle and guardian who has led a sober, industrious and Christian life and finds himself obliged to look on the tares of folly in his own close kin.
Word: tare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tare, from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”). Pronunciation: /tɛə/, /tɛ(ə)ɹ/, /teː/, /teə/ 1. The empty weight of a container; unladen weight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What is the neat weight of 4 hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing 10cwt. 3qrs. 10lb. gross; — tare 100lb. per hdd.?
Word: tare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tare, from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”). Pronunciation: /tɛə/, /tɛ(ə)ɹ/, /teː/, /teə/ 1. To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise. Example: he is […] to tare such number of bales as may be deemed necessary to settle the net weight for duty. Example: Without question, I think, the exploit of "Jubilee" No. 45737 Atlas [...] was the finest [...], for the train was made up to eleven bogies taring the maximum of 350 tons for an engine of this class, notwithstanding which 7 min. was gained on schedule. 2. To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point. Example: 2003, Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math, CSHL Press, p. 63, Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing.
Word: tare Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɛə/, /tɛɹ/, /teː/, /teə/ 1. simple past of tear Labels: form-of, obsolete, past
Word: tare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 垂(た)れ (tare, “sauce, gravy”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːɹeɪ/ 1. Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: tare Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: please Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plesen, plaisen, borrowed from Old French plaise, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness, permission”). In this sense, displaced native Old English līcian, whence Modern English like. Pronunciation: /pliːz/, /pliz/ 1. To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Her presentation pleased the executives. Example: I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself. 2. To desire; to will; to be pleased by. Labels: ergative, intransitive Example: Just do as you please. Example: He doesn't think, he just says whatever he pleases.
Word: please Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you which is a calque of French s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray. If it please you is a present subjunctive form, but most current uses of please are not parsed that way. Pronunciation: /pliːz/, /pliz/ 1. Used to make a polite request. Labels: not-comparable Example: Please, pass the bread. Example: Would you please sign this form?
Word: please Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you which is a calque of French s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray. If it please you is a present subjunctive form, but most current uses of please are not parsed that way. Pronunciation: /pliːz/, /pliz/ 1. Used as an affirmative to an offer. Labels: often Example: Near-synonym: thank you Example: May I help you? —(Yes,) please. 2. An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation. Example: Oh, please, do we have to hear that again? Example: So it's safe to let a 10-year-old use a gun? Please. 3. An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation. Example: Near-synonyms: enough, enough already, that's enough, no more, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU Example: Please with that damn harmonica!
Word: please Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Semantic loan from German bitte (“please; excuse me”). Pronunciation: /pliːz/, /pliz/ 1. Said as a request to repeat information. Labels: Cincinnati Example: Customer while ordering: Can I get a [unintelligible]? Restaurant employee: Please? Example: Fellow: May I have a few days off to get married? Reply, in the Cincinnati idiom by a boss who had heard the sound but not the sense: Boss: Please?
Word: get a kick out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To be delighted by; to be amused by. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: I really got a kick out of that clown's juggling act. Example: Some get a kick from cocaine / I'm sure that if I took even one sniff / That would bore me terrifically too / Yet I get a kick out of you
Word: kick around Part of Speech: noun 1. An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports.
Word: kick around Part of Speech: verb 1. To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with. Example: Don't be afraid to kick it around a little. It is sturdy. Example: I leave you gentlemen now, and you will write it. You will interpret. That’s your right. But as I leave you I want you to know—just think how much you’re going to be missing. You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because gentlemen, this is my last press conference, and it will be the one in which I have welcomed the opportunity to test wits with you. […] 2. To wander loose; to float around; to hang around; to exist; to remain unexploited or unused. Labels: continuative, present, usually Example: Is this your pen I found kicking around in my drawer? Example: Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown 3. To discuss informally; to consider or distribute. Example: to kick around ideas Example: They kicked around some ideas for doing their own thing, like moonlighting as music video producers, but they never followed through.
Word: kick off Part of Speech: verb 1. To make the first kick in a game or part of a game. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The players kick off for the third quarter and the clock starts. 2. To start; to launch; to set in motion. Labels: ambitransitive, idiomatic Example: Let's kick off this project with a planning meeting. Example: The project kicked off with an energy-sapping meeting. 3. To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position. Labels: transitive Example: I got kicked off the team after a string of poor performances 4. To die or quit permanently. Labels: US, colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive Example: It's a wonder that old dog hasn't kicked off yet. 5. To shut down or turn off suddenly. Labels: US, idiomatic, intransitive Example: The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle. Example: The circuit breaker, a power failure, and the e-stop button are the only things we can think of that might have caused that pump to kick off when it did. 6. To suddenly become more active. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The party kicked off when the third bottle of wine was opened. Example: I understood that I was missing out on a lot of his life and if the war really kicked off I was going to be gone for an even longer amount of time. 7. To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method. Labels: US, idiomatic, slang, transitive Example: A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling. 8. To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively. Labels: UK, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive Example: When she called him a drunk, it was the last straw. He just kicked off. Example: The chap opposite seems to be trying to pull a fast one, and having seen the guard is trying to buy a ticket online... but doesn't succeed. The guard helpfully sells him one, but not quite at the price of one purchased in advance. In fairness he doesn't kick off, nor does the guard treat him like some common criminal. It's a fair cop - or should that be a fare cop? 9. To have a fight or argument start; to fight or argue. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, impersonal, intransitive Example: It really kicked off in town when the team lost. Example: Suddenly it all kicked off on the terraces as horrendous violence and disgraceful scenes were picked up by television cameras.
Word: kick in Part of Speech: verb 1. To kick; to collapse or break by kicking. Labels: transitive Example: Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerby kicked in the front door and yelled to those inside. Example: You touch me again, I swear I’ll kick your teeth in. 2. To kick; to collapse or break by kicking. Labels: slang, transitive 3. To begin, contribute or join in on. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in. Example: I took my medication an hour ago, and it hasn't kicked in yet. 4. To begin, contribute or join in on. Labels: slang Example: You should kick in on the work. Example: The rhythm section will kick in after that point. 5. To begin, contribute or join in on. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars. Example: This is a worthy charity, so everyone should kick in. 6. To die; to give up on something. Labels: idiomatic Example: The business is going to kick in most likely.
Word: kick in the pants Part of Speech: noun 1. A forceful reminder to start or get going. Labels: informal Example: That kid needs a kick in the pants to get his homework done today.
Word: light a fire under Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Referring to a time when, if chimney sweeps were afraid to ascend a chimney, the fire would be lit under them in order to motivate them to climb to the top. 1. To motivate or encourage (someone) to start sooner or move faster. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Let me see if I can light a fire under the waiter to get our order sooner.
Word: kick start Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kick + start. Compare push-start. 1. A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine. 2. An act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot. Example: The motorcycle requires a kick start. 3. A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well. Labels: figuratively Example: As a kick start for the group, let's write up some ideas. 4. An impetus that starts or restarts some process.
Word: kick start Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kick + start. Compare push-start. 1. To start a motorcycle. Labels: transitive Example: He kick started the motorcycle and took off. 2. To start or begin strongly or quickly. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: To kick start your learning, let's summarize the basics. Example: Kick start your day with a hearty breakfast. 3. To make (something) active, functional, or productive again; to reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: To kick start the economy with a large construction project. Example: The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted that global consumption of coal power[…] would reach record levels in 2021 driven by a surge in demand for energy to kickstart global economies following the coronavirus pandemic.
Word: hold up Part of Speech: verb 1. To wait or delay. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Hold up a minute. I want to check something. 2. To impede; detain. Labels: transitive Example: I've got to get to work now. Why are you holding me up? Example: What is holding up traffic? 3. To impede; detain. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The guy tried to hold up a bank. Example: "Down, Dom!" he cried, "throw yourself down! Break in, Guido. Break in the door. We are held up!" 4. To support or lift. Labels: transitive Example: Hold up the table while I slide this underneath. Example: In order to accommodate the new platform 4 and the reversibly signalled slow line, a deep cutting had to be cut back and held up in places with a concrete retaining wall. 5. To support or lift. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: His lectures held up Napoleon as an example of the phenomenon. Example: held up for public ridicule 6. To support or lift. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I don't think he's holding up his end of the bargain. 7. To persist. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: hold up to scrutiny Example: hold up to heavy use 8. To persist. Labels: intransitive Example: For what will the World say; Why could not he hold up? What made him come on so heavily, but that he wanted either Management or Metal 9. To persist. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: how're you holdin up? 10. To persist. Labels: intransitive Example: Bride of Frankenstein is an old film, but it holds up.
Word: hold on Part of Speech: verb 1. To grasp or grip firmly. Example: Hold on tightly to the railing. 2. To keep; to store something for someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: Hold on to my umbrella while I ride the roller coaster. 3. To retain an advantage. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'm holding on to my trump cards until I really need them. 4. Wait a short while. Labels: idiomatic Example: Hold on while I get my coat. Example: The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.” 5. To remain loyal. Labels: idiomatic Example: He didn't give up his fandom when others did; he held on. 6. To persist. Labels: idiomatic Example: This trade held on for many years. Example: That scare aside, Wolves had little trouble in holding on for their first league away win of the season and their first over the Reds since little-known striker Steve Mardenborough gave them a victory at Anfield in January 1984.
Word: hang on Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌhæŋ ˈɒn/ 1. To wait a moment. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, imperative Example: Hang on. Let me check. 2. To hold, grasp, or grip. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Hang on to the handle so you don't drop it. Example: "If you'll come along, then hang on!" said Hans, and the man had to hang on and limp along on one leg, whether he would or no; and when he tried to tear himself loose, he made it still worse for himself, for he was very nearly falling on his back whenever he struggled to get free. 3. To keep; to store something for someone. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Hang on to my jacket until I get back. 4. To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: The audience hangs on his every word. Example: I'm stuck on your heart / I hang on every word you say 5. To continually believe in something; to have faith in. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: He's got a philosophy he hangs on to. 6. To persevere. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Just hang on and keep going; this pain won't last forever. Example: It's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spend it with you / Such a perfect day you just keep me hanging on / You just keep me hanging on 7. To depend upon. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Everything hangs on whether the boss agrees. Example: Medically, autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder, hanging on a set of observed and reported behavioral characteristics. 8. To weigh down or oppress. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic 9. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic
Word: hold out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hold and out. 1. To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. Labels: literally, transitive Example: He held out his hand, and I grabbed it. Example: I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm. 2. To offer, present (a hope, possibility, opportunity etc.) Labels: figuratively Example: The prospectus held out the promise of enormous profits to be made. Example: Mr Baxter did not hold out much encouragement in the circumstances. "You can scarcely expect to find anyone at business now," he remarked. 3. To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) Labels: idiomatic, often Example: I am holding out for more money. Example: How long has he been holding out? 4. To survive, endure. Labels: idiomatic Example: How long can they hold out without water? Example: Stevan Jovetic gave Montenegro hope when he unleashed a pile-driver but Wales held out for a much-needed win. 5. To withhold something. Labels: idiomatic, usually, with-on Example: You've got a key! Why have you been holding out on me? 6. To set aside something or save it for later. Labels: transitive Example: Pack the boxes, but hold out a few blue ones for later.
Word: hold out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hold and out. 1. Alternative spelling of holdout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hold off Part of Speech: verb 1. To delay (someone or something) temporarily; to keep at bay. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them. Example: The breakthrough came after 63 minutes as United’s unorthodox defence desperately tried to hold off a spell of sustained pressure. 2. To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: Hold off (on) the decision one more day so I can answer your question. Example: Hold off (on) baking until I get there.
Word: on hold Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Delayed; postponed; suspended. Labels: idiomatic Example: This project is on hold until we can get more information. Example: Plans to build a western rail route into Heathrow Airport have been put on hold, with Network Rail saying that staff working on the scheme have been moved to other projects. 2. Waiting on a telephone call. Example: I have been on hold for 45 minutes listening to a recording about how important my call is to them. 3. On reserve; being held for someone. Example: I have a book on hold for me at the library. 4. Pertaining to a telephone hold state. Example: Now James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, reports that the sexes respond differently to onhold^([sic]) music.
Word: ham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-West Germanic *hammu, from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Cognate with Dutch ham (“ham”), dialectal German Hamme (“hind part of the knee, ham”), dialectal Swedish ham (“the hind part of the knee”), Icelandic höm (“the ham or haunch of a horse”), Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “shinbone”). Compare gammon and gam. Pronunciation: /ˈhæm/, [ˈhæm] ~ [ˈham], /ˈham/, [ˈham], [ˈham] ~ [ˈhäm] 1. The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal. Labels: countable Example: "I'll have you so your hams will stand out like horse's shanks!" de declared. 3. Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food. Labels: uncountable Example: a little piece of ham for the cat Example: She put some ham in the beans and cut up some sweet potatoes to boil. 4. The back of the thigh of humans or certain other animals. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Electronic mail that is wanted; email that is not spam or junk mail. Labels: Internet, countable, informal, uncommon, uncountable
Word: ham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ham, from Old English hām. 1. Obsolete form of home. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, though it is generally agreed upon that it first appeared in print around the 1880s. At least four theories persist: * It came naturally from the word amateur. Deemed likely by Hendrickson (1997), but then the question would be why it took so long to pop up. He rejects the folk etymology of Cockney slang hamateur because it originated in American English. * From the play Hamlet, where the title character was often played poorly and/or in an exaggerated manner. Also deemed likely by Hendrickson, though he raises the issue that the term would have likely been around earlier if this were case. * From the minstrel's practice of using ham fat to remove heavy black makeup used during performances. * Shortened from hamfatter (“inferior actor”), said to derive from the 1863 minstrel show song The Ham-fat Man. William and Mary Morris (1988) argue that it's not known whether the song inspired the term or the term inspired the song, but that they believe the latter is the case. 1. An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style. Example: Writing in The New Yorker in 2005, James Wood praised Mr. McCarthy as “a colossally gifted writer” and “one of the great hams of American prose, who delights in producing a histrionic rhetoric that brilliantly ventriloquizes the King James Bible, Shakespearean and Jacobean tragedy, Melville, Conrad, and Faulkner.” 2. An amateur radio operator.
Word: ham Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, though it is generally agreed upon that it first appeared in print around the 1880s. At least four theories persist: * It came naturally from the word amateur. Deemed likely by Hendrickson (1997), but then the question would be why it took so long to pop up. He rejects the folk etymology of Cockney slang hamateur because it originated in American English. * From the play Hamlet, where the title character was often played poorly and/or in an exaggerated manner. Also deemed likely by Hendrickson, though he raises the issue that the term would have likely been around earlier if this were case. * From the minstrel's practice of using ham fat to remove heavy black makeup used during performances. * Shortened from hamfatter (“inferior actor”), said to derive from the 1863 minstrel show song The Ham-fat Man. William and Mary Morris (1988) argue that it's not known whether the song inspired the term or the term inspired the song, but that they believe the latter is the case. 1. To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions. Example: Near-synonym: camp it up