nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: whisker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wisker, whisk (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ʍɪskə(ɹ)/, /wɪskə(ɹ)/ 1. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both. 2. A hair of the beard. 3. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. 4. The (very small) distance between two things. Labels: colloquial Example: It missed falling on your foot by a whisker. Example: Boosted by their reward, Wolves continued to push forward and Jamie O'Hara came within a whisker of doubling the lead, smashing a 25-yard effort on to the bar. 5. Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds. 6. A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot. 7. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. 8. A small tendril that forms on metal.
Word: vitriolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vitriol + -ic; or from French vitriolique (cognate with Italian vetriolico, Portuguese vitriolico, Spanish vitriólico). Pronunciation: /vɪtɹɪˈɒlɪk/, /ˌvɪt.riˈɑ.lɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol. Labels: dated Example: a vitriolic taste Example: No one, who uſes his Senses, can possibly doubt, but there is ſomewhat of a vitriolic Nature found in Mineral Waters: for not only the Taſte, but the Sight confirms it, by their turning inky with Galls, &c. 2. Bitterly scathing, caustic. Labels: figuratively Example: vitriolic criticism Example: You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light / Feeling pretty psyched
Word: ETLA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of extended three-letter acronym: a four-letter acronym. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism
Word: Thalia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”). Pronunciation: /θəˈlaɪ.ə/, /ˈθɑːliə/ 1. The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry. Labels: Greek 2. One of the three Graces/Charites. Labels: Greek 3. 23 Thalia, a main belt asteroid. 4. The comedy mask. 5. Socks, as a symbol of comedy. 6. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: rare 7. A locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
Word: forth Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford. Pronunciation: /fɔːθ/, /fəθ/, /fɔɹθ/, /fɚθ/, /fo(ː)ɹθ/ 1. Forward in time, place or degree. Labels: archaic, formal, not-comparable Example: From this time forth, I never will speak word. Example: say forth 2. Out into view; from a particular place or position. Labels: archaic, formal, not-comparable Example: The plants in spring put forth leaves. Example: The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment. 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. Example: At the clashing of the cymbals the King sprang at Goldry as the panther springeth, and with the rush bare him backward and well nigh forth of the wrastling ground.
Word: forth Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford. Pronunciation: /fɔːθ/, /fəθ/, /fɔɹθ/, /fɚθ/, /fo(ː)ɹθ/ 1. Forth from; out of. Labels: obsolete Example: Some forth their cabins peepe.
Word: forth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fourth; compare forty. Pronunciation: /fɔːθ/, /fəθ/, /fɔɹθ/, /fɚθ/, /fo(ː)ɹθ/ 1. Misspelling of fourth. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: forth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fourth; compare forty. Pronunciation: /fɔːθ/, /fəθ/, /fɔɹθ/, /fɚθ/, /fo(ː)ɹθ/ 1. Misspelling of fourth. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: wringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ 1. One who wrings. Example: We wringers of hands don't really want a step to take! We want to continue our hand-wringing and feel hostile toward anyone who acts as if there's something simple to do about any problem. 2. One who wrings. 3. A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung). 4. Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal. Labels: figuratively Example: Reynders brushed a messy lock of orange hair out of her eyes for the dozenth time. Her body didn't change in the ADDC, actively resisted and eventually reverted any changes being consciously made to it, but in her constant state of nervous paranoia she was doing a bang-up job of making herself look like she'd been through several sequential wringers. "I know there's a better way to describe this, but it's very hard to focus. Bear with it. I hate being like this a lot more than you hate hearing it, trust me."
Word: cordon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, from Old French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/ 1. A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. Labels: archaic 2. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. 3. The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully. 4. A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
Word: cordon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, from Old French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/ 1. Synonym of cordon off. Labels: transitive Example: Strong detachments of infantry instead of gendarmes cordoned the streets leading to the Lycée.
Word: SAIC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Science Applications International Corporation, a defense contractor, one of the largest employee-owned companies in the USA. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: trilemma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word is modelled on dilemma, with di- (“two, twice, double”) replaced by tri- (“three”), equivalent to tri- + lemma. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈlɛmə/ 1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable. Example: With all these dilemmas and trilemmas crowding the mind, if one did not know better, one might be tempted to doubt whether any such versions were ever made at all. 2. A situation in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time. Example: At the most general level, policymakers in open economies face a macroeconomic trilemma: 1. to stabilize the exchange rate; 2. to enjoy free international capital mobility; 3. to engage in a monetary policy oriented toward domestic goals. Because only two out of the three objectives can be mutually consistent, policymakers must decide which one to give up. Example: The UK government has forced itself into a trilemma in which it has adopted three positions, only two of which can be achieved at any one time: to avoid a hard border within the island of Ireland; for the UK as whole to leave both the customs union and the single market; and to rule out any special arrangements for Northern Ireland in relation to a customs union and single market. 3. An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion. Example: It has been remarked as a characteristic of the late Sir Robert Peel, that in introducing his measures to the House of Commons, he often used the trilemma. "Three courses are before us—to go backward, to stand still, to go forward. We cannot go backward; we cannot stand still; we must, then, go forward." Example: And in anticipation of it, while he [Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger] declares at one moment that it would be profane to limit Divine Providence to an alternative, he affirms in the next that there can be no harm whatever in shutting it up to a supposed exhaustive trilemma.
Word: corridor of uncertainty Part of Speech: noun 1. The area near the batsman's off stump where, if a ball passes, the batsman is unsure whether to play it (and risk an edge) or leave it (and risk being bowled).
Word: corridor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/, /-də/, /ˈkɔɹɪdoː/, /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/, /ˈkɔɹədɚ/ 1. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage. Example: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Example: Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. 2. A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places. Example: In addition, there are two up and two down korridorzug ^([sic]) [Korridorzüge] of the O.B.B. which run through from Innsbruck to Reutte via the Mittenwald line, but which are "sealed" between Scharnitz through Garmisch-Partenkirchen as far as Ehrwald, carrying passengers only from Austria to Austria; the korridor thus refers to the corridor through Germany and not through the train. 3. The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. Labels: historical, rare 4. Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft. 5. The land near an important road, river, railway line. Example: Main Street corridor Example: Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle
Word: uncertainty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, /ʌnˈsɝtənti/, /ɐnˈsɜːtənti/, /ɐnˈsøːtənti/ 1. Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction. Labels: uncountable Example: “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity. Example: After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage 2. Something uncertain or ambiguous. Labels: countable Example: Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified. 3. A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values. Labels: uncountable
Word: cover drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of shot played by the batsman bringing the bat down vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of cover. Example: With 8 required from 2 balls, Forde hit two back to back cover drives and sealed the game for his team.
Word: cover drive Part of Speech: verb 1. To play a cover drive shot. Labels: intransitive
Word: cover point Part of Speech: noun 1. a fielding position between cover and point, about 15° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
Word: covers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvɚz/, /ˈkʌvəz/ 1. plural of cover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: covers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvɚz/, /ˈkʌvəz/ 1. The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It's time to get under the covers! 2. The area of the field near cover and extra cover. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: covers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvɚz/, /ˈkʌvəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cover Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Sami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Samic *sāmē Northern Sami sápmi Northern Sami Sápmider. English Sami From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːmi/, /ˈsæmi/ 1. A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
Word: Sami Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Samic *sāmē Northern Sami sápmi Northern Sami Sápmider. English Sami From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːmi/, /ˈsæmi/ 1. The Sami people, collectively. 2. Any of the languages of the Sami people. Labels: countable
Word: Sami Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Samic *sāmē Northern Sami sápmi Northern Sami Sápmider. English Sami From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːmi/, /ˈsæmi/ 1. Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sami Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī), from the informal pronunciation of سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, exalted”). 1. A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.
Word: Sami Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Samantha. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
Word: Sami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil சாமி (cāmi). 1. Alternative form of swami. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cow corner Part of Speech: noun 1. A region of the field, roughly between deep midwicket and long on. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: cross bat Part of Speech: noun 1. The bat, when swung in a horizontal arc.
Word: cross bat Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a shot: played with a cross bat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtɚ/, /ˈkʌtə/ 1. A person or device that cuts (in various senses). Example: a stone cutter; a die cutter Example: In some CNC programs, the diameter of the cutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes. 2. A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop. 3. A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose Example: a coastguard cutter. 4. A foretooth; an incisor. Example: the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root 5. A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore. 6. A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut. 7. A cut fastball. 8. A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon. Labels: slang 9. A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh. Labels: informal Example: After I got out of the mental institution I was looking at t.v. show I was looking it a teenage girl who was a cutter her arm look just like my arm. 10. A surgeon. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, humorous, slang 11. An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling. Example: Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners […] 12. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid. Labels: obsolete 13. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. Labels: obsolete Example: Martin Parker, A True Tale of Robin Hood So being outlaw'd (as 'tis told), / He with a crew went forth / Of lusty cutters, bold and strong, / And robbed in the north. Example: He's out of cash, and thou know'st by cutter's law, / We are bound to relieve one another. 14. A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework. Labels: obsolete 15. A light sleigh drawn by one horse. Example: Throughout much of the winter, the sled or the cutter was the vehicle of choice. Emily and Joseph had a cutter, for traveling in style in snow. 16. A flag or similar instrument for blocking light. Example: Flags and other cutters allow the DP or gaffer to throw large controlled shadows on parts of the scene. 17. A knife. Labels: Multicultural-London-English 18. An active child. Labels: Maine Example: Late night, take a flow, tryna find the rats Twelve inch cutter in and out, then Imma ride them back Example: Hop out the ride with things and stuff Back the longest cutter, watch him cut him, [grate their neek trips?] up 19. A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist. Labels: derogatory 20. A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
Word: halo Part of Speech: noun 1. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. 2. A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies. 3. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs. 4. nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings. 5. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity. Example: her halo slipped Example: O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell! 6. The bias caused by the halo effect. Example: In both cases, they found that […] there was a halo effect (e.g., when a "low cholesterol" claim was made, consumers perceived other nutrients, such as fat, also to be at low levels when they were actually high). Andrews reported that these misleading halos were reduced only when the claims were accompanied by an evaluative disclosure […] 7. a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head 8. A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position. 9. A roll bar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar. 10. Ellipsis of halo headlight. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: halo Part of Speech: verb 1. To encircle with a halo. Labels: transitive
Word: halo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Halotestin. 1. The anabolic steroid fluoxymesterone, also known as Halotestin. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: Sidney Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪdni/ 1. An English habitational surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male or female given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A locale in Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locale in Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A sheriff in Sidney, a town 40 miles (64km) north-west of Springfield that is home to several dozen Haitian immigrants, allegedly told local police in September to “get a hold of these people and arrest them”. 17. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. Clipping of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: auxiliary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”). Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi/, /ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ɹi/, /ɔːkˈsɪl-/, /ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/, /ɔɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/ 1. Helping; giving assistance or support. Labels: not-comparable Example: auxiliary troops 2. Supplementary or subsidiary. Labels: not-comparable 3. Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of a ship, having both sails and an engine. Labels: not-comparable 5. Relating to an auxiliary verb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: auxiliary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”). Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi/, /ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ɹi/, /ɔːkˈsɪl-/, /ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/, /ɔɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/ 1. A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner. Example: Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler. Example: A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, […]. 2. A sailing vessel equipped with an engine. 3. Ellipsis of auxiliary verb. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries are the per- fective Auxiliary have, the progressive Auxiliary be, and the passive Auxiliary be. Perfective have is so-called because it marks the completion (hence, perfec- tion) of an action; it is followed by a VP headed by a perfective -n participle, as in: (121) The referee has [_(VP) shown him the red card] 4. A marching band color guard.
Word: shmuck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of schmuck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus. Pronunciation: /tjuːn/, /tʃuːn/, /tuːn/, /tɪu̯n/ 1. A melody. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums. 2. A song, or short musical composition. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of tuning or maintenance. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Your engine needs a good tune. 4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your engine is now in tune. Example: This piano is not in tune. 5. Temper; frame of mind. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. A sound; a note; a tone. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Pray you now, if it may the ſtand with the tune of your voices, that I may bee Conſull, I haue heere the Cuſtomarie Gowne. 7. Order; harmony; concord. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
Word: tune Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus. Pronunciation: /tjuːn/, /tʃuːn/, /tuːn/, /tɪu̯n/ 1. Used to show appreciation or approval of a song. Labels: UK, slang Example: You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!
Word: tune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus. Pronunciation: /tjuːn/, /tʃuːn/, /tuːn/, /tɪu̯n/ 1. To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches. Example: to tune a piano or a violin Example: The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge 2. To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally. Example: Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower. Example: Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible. 3. To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel. Example: Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows. 4. Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target. Example: My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest. 5. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition. Example: [H]ee hath incurred the euerlaſting diſpleaſure of the King, who had euen tun'd his bounty to ſing happineſſe to him. 6. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition. Labels: slang Example: […] Those who are highly skilled in manipulating the Vocaloid technology—e.g., tuning Miku's singing voices—arrange existing[…] Example: LOLA's voice is used simply to render basic notes and words with no pitch or expression tuning applied. 7. To adjust the frequency of a transmitter or receiver, such as on a radio or TV transmitter or receiver, so as to send or receive an electromagnetic signal through a desired frequency band or channel. 8. To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. Example: For now to ſorrow must I tune my ſong, / And ſet my Harpe to notes of ſaddeſt wo, […] 9. To give a certain tone or character to. Labels: transitive 10. To set (lyrics) to music. Labels: transitive Example: Ginsberg sang some poems from William Blake which he had "tuned". 11. To sing with melody or harmony. Labels: obsolete Example: To ſee great Hercules whipping a Gigge, / And profound Sallomon to tune a Iigge. Example: Fountains and yee, that warble, as ye flow, / Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praiſe. 12. To be impudent towards; to cheek. Labels: South-Africa, slang, transitive Example: Are you tuning me?
Word: tuner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tune Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tuner From tune (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtuː.nɚ/, /ˈtjuː.nə/, /ˈtʃuː.nə/ 1. A person who tunes a piano or organ. 2. A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch. 3. On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string. 4. The component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts. 5. One who sings or makes music. Labels: archaic
Word: tuner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tune Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tuner From tune (noun) + -er (“Variety -er”). Pronunciation: /ˈtuː.nɚ/, /ˈtjuː.nə/, /ˈtʃuː.nə/ 1. A musical. Labels: informal
Word: wash up Part of Speech: verb 1. To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal. Labels: UK, ambitransitive Example: You wash up tonight and I'll dry. Example: I'm not washing up all these dishes. 2. To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes. Labels: US, intransitive Example: Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up. 3. To carry (an object) to land. Labels: transitive Example: The tide washes up a lot of driftwood. Example: The whale was washed up on the beach. 4. To be carried by water to land. Labels: intransitive Example: Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach. 5. To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere. Labels: broadly, intransitive Example: Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight. 6. To beat up (someone). Labels: slang, transitive
Word: recherche Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of recherché. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: astride Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English stride English astride From a- + stride. Pronunciation: /əˈstɹaɪ̯d/, [əˈstɹ̝̊ʷaɪ̯d], [əˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪ̯d] 1. With one’s legs on either side. Labels: not-comparable Example: The men ride their horses astride.
Word: astride Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English stride English astride From a- + stride. Pronunciation: /əˈstɹaɪ̯d/, [əˈstɹ̝̊ʷaɪ̯d], [əˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪ̯d] 1. With one’s legs on either side of. Example: The boy sat astride his father’s knee. 2. Extending across (something). Example: Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base. Example: The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.
Word: humvee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Humvee. Labels: alt-of
Word: utensil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English utensyl, from Old French utensile, from Latin ūtēnsilis (“useful, usable”). Pronunciation: /juˈtɛn.səl/, /ˈju.tɛn.sɪl/ 1. An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen. Example: We have convenient storage for all the kitchen/eating utensils. 2. Specifically, a eating utensil (fork, table knife, or spoon); a piece of flatware or cutlery. Labels: often, plural 3. A useful small tool, implement, or vessel. Example: He stocked up on old-style writing utensils. Example: Relations, sparing no expense'll/Send some useless old utensil,/Or a matching pen and pencil./"just the thing I need! how nice!"
Word: washed up Part of Speech: adj 1. Well past their prime and no longer successful; having no future in a particular role. Labels: informal Example: Pavarotti's washed up as a singer, in my view. Example: It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.
Word: washed up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wash up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: idempotent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin roots idem (“same”) + potent (“having power”), thus “having the same power”. Coined in 1870 by American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in the context of algebra, later generalized to computer science. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/, /ˌɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/, /aɪˈdɛm.pə.tənt/ 1. (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed. Labels: not-comparable Example: A projection operator is idempotent. Example: An HTTP request using the PUT verb should be idempotent, so that it can be sent to the server any number of times with the same end result. 2. (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself. Labels: not-comparable Example: Every finite semigroup has an idempotent element. Example: Every group has a unique idempotent element: namely, its identity element. 3. (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above). Labels: not-comparable Example: Since the AND logical operator is commutative, associative, and idempotent, it distributes with respect to itself. 4. (said of an algebraic structure) Having an idempotent operation (in the sense given above). Labels: not-comparable
Word: idempotent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin roots idem (“same”) + potent (“having power”), thus “having the same power”. Coined in 1870 by American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in the context of algebra, later generalized to computer science. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/, /ˌɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/, /aɪˈdɛm.pə.tənt/ 1. An idempotent element. 2. An idempotent structure.
Word: idiopathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idio- + -pathic. First appears c. 1669, in the publications of William Simpson. Pronunciation: /ˌɪdioʊˈpæθɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause. Labels: not-comparable Example: So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope. Example: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
Word: radiant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/ 1. Radiating light and/or heat. Example: the radiant sun Example: They in ranks / Sat all, where ſtood the fiery ſteeds of each, / And where his radiant arms lay on the field. 2. Emitted as radiation. 3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness. Labels: figuratively Example: a radiant face Example: His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands. 4. Strikingly beautiful. Labels: figuratively Example: And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false. 5. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center. 6. Giving off rays. Example: the sun radiant Example: a crown radiant 7. Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Word: radiant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/ 1. A point source from which radiation is emitted. 2. The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower. 3. A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
Word: clerisy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros) + -isy. Introduced by Coleridge, based on German Clerisei (modern Klerisei), from Late Latin clēricus. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪsi/ 1. An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2003: By the nineteenth-century clerisy […] Christianity itself, yoked to material civilization, came to be questioned as gross and vulgar. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 432) Example: 2016: Only the highly educated write so badly. Indeed, the point of such ludicrous prose is to signal membership in a closed clerisy that possesses a private language. — George F. Will, Washington Post, 18 Nov, 2016 2. The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Few men have ever had a stronger conviction of their clerisy, of their belonging to the clerkly caste of the responsibles.
Word: incompossible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English compossible English incompossible From in- + compossible. 1. Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: database transaction Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of interaction in a database management system. Example: Technically, a database transaction is sequence of operations that is treated as a single unit (an atomic unit). All of the operations in a transaction have to be completed before the database changes are made permanent.
Word: database management system Part of Speech: noun 1. A suite of interrelated computer programs designed to manage message processing and database update in a tightly controlled manner.
Word: DBMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of database management system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Aside from the functional DBMS components described above, the logfile is a vital element in transaction management and recovery.
Word: morning glory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The flowers are so named because they open early in the morning, and the clouds are so called because they typically occur in the morning. 1. Any of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An involuntary erection present upon waking. Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: What's the story morning glory? Well? / You need a little time to wake up wake up Example: Morning Glory (Penis) Would appear to refer to one that stands tall and erect on waking. 3. A morning bout of love-making. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A rolling cloud in the shape of a cylinder; a roll cloud. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oscillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatio, from Latin oscillo. By surface analysis, oscillate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɒ.sɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The trial running tests which were made with the vehicles showed that they ride very steadily laterally, with almost complete absence of oscillation at all speeds. Example: In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance. 2. a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean Labels: countable, uncountable 3. a single such cycle Labels: countable, uncountable 4. (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: query Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”); perhaps suffixed with -y (“abstract noun”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/, /ˈkwɪː.ɹi/, /ˈkwɪɹ.i/, /ˈkwɛɹ.i/, /ˈkwiə.ɹi/ 1. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK). Example: The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis. Example: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. 2. A question mark. Example: His Glossary has ‘bouchen, to stop people's mouths,’; but this is followed by a query, to show that it was but a guess. I have shown, from the MSS. and other sources, that it should be bonched, i.e. bunched, bumped, knocked, smote. Example: She had written in her diary: "I don't think I am in a concentration-camp??????", the queries growing larger and more numerous till they covered the entire page […] 3. A set of instructions passed to a database. Example: The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes. 4. Ellipsis of query letter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Although many agents accept email queries, check to see if they prefer mailed query letters.
Word: query Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”); perhaps suffixed with -y (“abstract noun”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/, /ˈkwɪː.ɹi/, /ˈkwɪɹ.i/, /ˈkwɛɹ.i/, /ˈkwiə.ɹi/ 1. To ask a question. Labels: intransitive 2. To ask, inquire. Labels: transitive Example: It’s queried whether there be any Science in the ſenſe of the Dogmatiſts: […] Example: “You must have had an active life,” queried the shopkeeper, “before you retired?” 3. To question or call into doubt. Labels: transitive Example: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad. 4. To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it. Example: Linked tables can be accessed, queried, combined and reorganised much more flexibly and in a number of ways that may not be immediately predictable when the database is under construction. 5. To send a private message to (a user on IRC). Labels: Internet, transitive Example: if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key. 6. To send out a query letter. Labels: intransitive
Word: quorum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English quorum (c. 1426), from Anglo-Norman quorum, clipped from the Anglo-Latin wording of commissions in which certain persons were specially designated as members of a body by the words quorum vos unum esse volumus ad etc. (“of whom we want you to be one assigned to etc.”). Latin quōrum is the masculine genitive plural of the relative pronoun quī (“who”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/, /ˈkwɔːɹəm/ 1. A select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body. Later more generally: all justices collectively. Labels: historical 2. The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority. Example: We can discuss the issue tonight but cannot vote until we have a quorum. Example: Texas House Democrats’ historic quorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats returned to the floor, paving the way for state Republicans to pass restrictive voting legislation. The surprise turn of events quickly led to public accusations of betrayal among Democrats, as the House now has the required two-thirds of members necessary for a quorum. 3. Distinguished or essential members of any body; a select company. Labels: archaic 4. The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.
Word: fender-bender Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor accident involving at least one motor vehicle. Labels: US, slang Example: My insurance went up even though all my accidents were just fender-benders.
Word: gynocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyno- + -centrism. 1. An ideological focus on females, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-females. Labels: uncountable Example: We Americans have not so much need to take his admonitions to heart as Continental Europeans, seeing that captious critics are prone to regard us as suffering rather from gynocentrism than anthropocentrism.
Word: androcentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- English -centrism English androcentrism From andro- + -centrism. 1. An ideological focus on males, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-males. Labels: uncountable
Word: gynocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gyno- + -centric. 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting gynocentrism; focused on females.
Word: androcentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English androcentric From andro- + -centric. 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting androcentrism; focused on males.
Word: prayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead). Pronunciation: /pɹɛə/, /pɹɛɚ/, /ˈpɹɛɹ/, /ˈpɹeɪ.ɚ/, /ˈpɾe.jə(ɾ)/ 1. A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. Labels: uncountable Example: Through prayer I ask for God's guidance. Example: In many cultures, prayer involves singing. 2. An act of praying. Labels: countable Example: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer. Example: In that spirit, we’ll close with the wish we always offer at the end of our annual review, although this time it’s more of a prayer: Happy new year. 3. The specific words or methods used for praying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Christians recite the Lord's Prayer. Example: For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers. 4. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer. 5. A request; a petition. Labels: countable Example: This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free. 6. The remotest hope or chance. Labels: countable, singular, uncountable Example: That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.