nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: glad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of gladiolus. Pronunciation: /ɡlæd/, /ɡlad/, /ɡlaːd/, /ɡlæːd/, /ɡlɛd/ 1. A gladiolus (plant). Labels: informal, predicative, usually Example: Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.
Word: wort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English wort, wurt, wyrte (“any herb or plant; herb or plant used as food or medicine; (specifically) cabbage or vegetable of the genus Brassica; (chiefly plural) dish of cooked vegetables”) [and other forms], from Old English wyrt (“a plant; vegetable; herb, spice”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wurti (“a root; a spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“a root”). Doublet of root and related to orchard. Cognates * Old Dutch wort (“herb; plant”) (Middle Dutch wort (“herb; root”)) * Old High German wurz (“herb; root; spice”) (Middle High German wurz, modern German Wurz) * Old Norse jurt, urt (“herb”) (Icelandic jurt, Norwegian urt, Old Danish urt (modern Danish urt), Old Swedish yrt (“plant”) (modern Swedish ört)) * Old Saxon wurt (“herb; plant; root”) (Middle Low German wort, wurt) Pronunciation: /wɜːt/, /wɝt/, /wɔːt/, /woɹt/ 1. Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine. Labels: archaic, historical Example: [T]he people of his citye, […] shulde be norysshed with barly brede and cakes of whete, and that the residue of their diete shulde be salte, olyues, chese, and likes, and more ouer wortes that the feldes do brynge furthe, for their potage. Example: [H]e [a poor person] drinks vvater, and liue's of vvort leaues, pulſe, like a hog, or ſcraps like a dog, […] 2. Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea). Labels: historical, specifically Example: VVhy (ſay they in ſcorne and contempt of povertie) here is the ſtem of a vvoort ſo vvell grovvne, here is a cabbage ſo thriven and fed, that a poore mans boord vvill not hold it. Example: I am poore / And may expect a vvorſe; yet digging, pruning, / Mending of broken vvayes, carrying of vvater, / Planting of VVorts, and Onyons, any thing / That's honeſt, and a mans, Ile rather chooſe, […] 3. A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte. Labels: broadly
Word: wort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wort, worte (“infusion of grain (probably malted barley) for brewing ale or beer; unfermented or incompletely fermented beer; infusion of honey and water for making mead; unfermented decoction or infusion of other substances used for food or medicine”) [and other forms], from Old English wurt, wyrt, wyrte (“wort in brewing”), from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju (“wort in brewing; seasoning, spice”) and *wurti (“root; spice”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”): see further at etymology 1. Cognates * Dutch wort (“wort in brewing”) * Middle Low German wert, werte (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”) * Old High German wirz (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”) (Middle High German wirz, modern German Wirz (“juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer”) (obsolete); see also German Würze (“aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness”)) * Old Norse virtr (Danish urt (“wort in brewing”), Icelandic virt, virtur, Norwegian vørter, Swedish vört) Pronunciation: /wɜːt/, /wɔːt/, /wɝt/, /woɹt/ 1. Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nay then tvvo treyes, an if you grovv ſo nice, / Methegline, VVort, and Malmſey; […] Example: VVhen they make drink vvith them, they take 10 or 12 ripe Plantains and maſh them vvell in a Trough: then they put tvvo gallons of VVater among them; and this in tvvo hours time vvill ferment and froth like VVort: In four hours it is fit to drink; and then they bottle it and drink it as they have occaſion: […]
Word: pineapple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnapplu. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the Middle Dutch and Dutch pijnappel (“pinecone", formerly also "pineapple”), Afrikaans pynappel (“pineapple”), Middle Low German pinappel, Old High German pīnapful, Middle High German pīnaphel, and early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”. Compare also the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin and Spanish piña. By surface analysis, pine + apple. Sense "An Australian fifty dollar note": From the yellow colour of a $50 banknote in the first, second, and third series of rice Australian dollar notes. Compare with lobster for a $20 Australian banknote, and watermelon for a $100 Australian banknote. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪnˌæpəl/, /ˈpaɪnəpəl/, /ˌpaɪnˈæpəl/ 1. A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item. Labels: uncountable Example: Spread lightly buttered white bread thinly with cream cheese; sprinkle with pineapple and press together, then cut the sandwiches in thin, slender strips. 4. An Australian fifty dollar note. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 5. A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus) Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow). Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A pinecone; the cone of the fir. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 8. A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.) Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: 'Twenty yards and they stop outside Car 245. Men with the rippers give a double squirt at your window. Open it up for the pineapple. Centre man tosses in the pineapple and all three run back to the car. Two seconds fuse. As they reach the car, BOOM! Fricassee of Compartment H.' 9. A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pineapple Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnapplu. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the Middle Dutch and Dutch pijnappel (“pinecone", formerly also "pineapple”), Afrikaans pynappel (“pineapple”), Middle Low German pinappel, Old High German pīnapful, Middle High German pīnaphel, and early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”. Compare also the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin and Spanish piña. By surface analysis, pine + apple. Sense "An Australian fifty dollar note": From the yellow colour of a $50 banknote in the first, second, and third series of rice Australian dollar notes. Compare with lobster for a $20 Australian banknote, and watermelon for a $100 Australian banknote. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪnˌæpəl/, /ˈpaɪnəpəl/, /ˌpaɪnˈæpəl/ 1. A common safeword.
Word: yam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657. Pronunciation: /jæm/, [jeəm] ~ [jɛəm], /jam/, /jæːm/, [jeːm] ~ [jɛːm] 1. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated. 2. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food. Example: Inwardly Okonkwo knew that the boys were still too young to understand fully the difficult art of preparing seed-yams. But he thought that one could not begin too early. Yam stood for manliness, and he who could feed his family on yams from one harvest to another was a very great man indeed. 3. A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas. Labels: US 4. A potato. Labels: Scotland 5. An oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa. Labels: New-Zealand 6. Taro. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore 7. An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
Word: yam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative form of hjem. Likely caused by influence from Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. More at home. Pronunciation: /jæm/, [jeəm] ~ [jɛəm], /jam/, /jæːm/, [jeːm] ~ [jɛːm] 1. Home. Labels: regional
Word: yam Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /jæm/, [jeəm] ~ [jɛəm], /jam/, /jæːm/, [jeːm] ~ [jɛːm] 1. Pronunciation spelling of am. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “Stay, jailer, stay, and hear my woe,” repeating again and again, very softly, the line at the end of each stanza, “I am not mad, I am not mad.” Except she sang it: “I yam not mad, I yam not mad.”
Word: yam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Fula nyaamude (“to eat”) or a cognate Fula-Wolof term. Pronunciation: /jæm/, [jeəm] ~ [jɛəm], /jam/, /jæːm/, [jeːm] ~ [jɛːm] 1. To eat. Labels: UK, slang Example: “If I was that snake I’d just open my jaw and yam that fool up in one bite!”
Word: yam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently a variation of jam (“dunk”, verb). Pronunciation: /jæm/, [jeəm] ~ [jɛəm], /jam/, /jæːm/, [jeːm] ~ [jɛːm] 1. To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly. Labels: especially Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:yam.
Word: maize Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki. Pronunciation: /meɪz/, [meːz] 1. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But alass! these, when they had maize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had bread nor any kind of corne. Example: A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000 B.C.
Word: tobacco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”). Pronunciation: /təˈbækəʊ/, /təˈbakəw/, /təˈbækoʊ/, /təˈbækəʉ/, /təˈbɛkɐʉ/ 1. Any plant of the genus Nicotiana. Labels: uncountable 2. Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing. Labels: uncountable Example: Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination. Example: Tobacco-settlement bonds are a tribute both to the inventiveness of bankers and the childlike impatience of politicians. 3. A variety of tobacco. Labels: countable Example: Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.
Word: tobacco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”). Pronunciation: /təˈbækəʊ/, /təˈbakəw/, /təˈbækoʊ/, /təˈbækəʉ/, /təˈbɛkɐʉ/ 1. To indulge in tobacco; to smoke. Labels: intransitive 2. To treat with tobacco. Labels: transitive Example: The most satisfactory method of tobaccoing houses is that of stitching the leaves on to a piece of cloth like a strip of matting, which is then laid on the floor. Powdered tobacco should be introduced into rat holes, which can then be firmly closed up with bricks and mortar. Experiments carried out in the City of Hyderabad seem to have been very satisfactory.
Word: wayleave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From way + leave (“permission”). 1. A right of way granted by a landowner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our first precise information is contained in a Deed of Mutual Covenants dated October 1, 1863, and made between the Rhosydd Slate Co. Ltd. and H. B. Roberts, whereby the latter granted the company a wayleave under which it constructed a railway and incline from its property to the Croesor Tramway. The original wayleave was 2d. a ton, […]. 2. A right to cross land. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: BBS Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of be back soon. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BBS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Parallel to the emergence of text-based multiplayer games, though, was another kind of virtual community: Bulletin Boards (BBSs). BBSs were modems people could dial up to, connect with, and exchange software and messages with other members of the community. […] These BBSs, early frontier outposts of our virtual worlds, were John Lester’s first experience of a community outside the physical. 2. Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of BIOS boot sequence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of BIOS boot specification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of baby brine shrimp. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: caucus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Often claimed to be from an Algonquian language; transcribed words such as cawaassough and caucauasu meaning "counselor, elder, adviser" appear in early texts. A popular folk etymology attested in Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896 stated: "In the early part of the eighteenth century a number of caulkers connected with the shipping business in the North End of Boston held a meeting for consultation. That meeting was the germ of the political caucuses which have formed so prominent a feature of our government ever since its organization." American Heritage Dictionary states the term is taken from the Caucus Club of Boston in the 1760s, possibly from Medieval Latin caucus (“drinking vessel”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːkəs/, /ˈkoːkəs/, /ˈkɔkəs/, /ˈkɑkəs/ 1. A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy. Labels: Canada, Israel, Pakistan, South-Africa, US, Zimbabwe, archaic Example: He conferred with Mr. Warren of Plymouth upon the necessity of giving into spirited measures, and then said, "Do you keep the committee in play, and I will go and make a caucus against the evening; and do you meet me." 2. A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party. Labels: Canada, Israel, Pakistan, South-Africa, US, Zimbabwe, archaic 3. A political interest group by members of a legislative body. Labels: Canada, Israel, Pakistan, South-Africa, US, Zimbabwe, archaic
Word: caucus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Often claimed to be from an Algonquian language; transcribed words such as cawaassough and caucauasu meaning "counselor, elder, adviser" appear in early texts. A popular folk etymology attested in Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896 stated: "In the early part of the eighteenth century a number of caulkers connected with the shipping business in the North End of Boston held a meeting for consultation. That meeting was the germ of the political caucuses which have formed so prominent a feature of our government ever since its organization." American Heritage Dictionary states the term is taken from the Caucus Club of Boston in the 1760s, possibly from Medieval Latin caucus (“drinking vessel”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːkəs/, /ˈkoːkəs/, /ˈkɔkəs/, /ˈkɑkəs/ 1. To meet and participate in a caucus. Labels: Canada, Israel, Pakistan, South-Africa, US, Zimbabwe, archaic Example: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut said yesterday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats in the new Congress, but he would not rule out switching to the Republican caucus if he starts to feel uncomfortable among Democrats. Example: The diehard Republicans of Kansas caucused today and delivered a big victory for Mike Huckabee, McCain's remaining serious challenger. 2. To confer. Labels: Canada, Israel, Pakistan, South-Africa, US, Zimbabwe, archaic, broadly, informal, intransitive Example: The protesters caucused nearby to discuss demands. 3. To bring into or treat in a caucus. Labels: Canada, Israel, Pakistan, South-Africa, US, Zimbabwe, archaic, transitive Example: Although journalists from the private media were barred from entering the hall, different districts caucused the meeting, discussing the voting centres and other logistics.
Word: heptagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since 16th century, from Ancient Greek ἑπτάγωνον (heptágōnon), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). By surface analysis, hepta- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛp.tə.ɡɒn/, /ˈhɛp.tə.ɡən/ 1. A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
Word: nonagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nona- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑn.ə.ɡɑn/, /ˈnɒn.ə.ɡən/ 1. A polygon with nine sides and nine angles; an enneagon.
Word: enneagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ennea- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.niː.ə.ɡən/ 1. A polygon with nine sides; a nonagon.
Word: decagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deca- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛ.kə.ɡɑn/, /ˈdɛ.kə.ɡən/ 1. A polygon with ten sides and ten angles.
Word: undecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undeca- + -gon. 1. A polygon with eleven sides and eleven angles.
Word: dodecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dodeca- + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˌdəʊ.dɛk.ə.ɡən/, /ˌdoʊˈdɛ.kə.ɡɑn/ 1. A polygon with twelve edges and twelve angles.
Word: quindecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quindec- + -a- + -gon. 1. A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles.
Word: porcine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French [Term?]der. Middle French porcinder. Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin porcīnusder. Middle English porcine English porcine From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”). Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/, /ˈpoʊɹ.sin/, /ˈpoʊɹ.sɪn/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or being a pig. Example: Alas, your delicious sandwich has been slain. Gaius’ blow sent it sprawling from your hand and onto the dusty grass where its saucy, porcine contents splattered forth from its freshly-baked body. 2. Similar to a pig. Example: Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike 3. Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese. Labels: derogatory Example: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:overweight
Word: porcine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French [Term?]der. Middle French porcinder. Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin porcīnusder. Middle English porcine English porcine From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”). Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/, /ˈpoʊɹ.sin/, /ˈpoʊɹ.sɪn/ 1. A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal.
Word: hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Inherited from Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”). Cognate with West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːk/, /ˈhɔk/, /ˈhɑk/, /ˈhɒk/ 1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle. Example: It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world. Example: He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry. 2. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon. 3. Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia. 4. An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions. Example: A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act. Example: “Everybody knows who were the hawks and who were the doves,” Bundy told the ExComm on the morning of October 28, after Khrushchev announced that he was withdrawing his missiles. “Today was the day of the doves.” 5. An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game. 6. Cold, sharp or biting wind. Labels: US, often, with-definite-article Example: […] take-out sandwich from Arnie's on Jackson, then a brisk walk to Michigan Avenue in the face of the "Hawk," blowing newspapers and skirts and the gulls wheeling over the Michigan Avenue Bridge in front of […] Example: […] a hand-fired coal furnace that required little attention and kept the cottage coy in spite of "the hawk" blowing icy blasts outside. So in spite of Thumper's continuing discomfort we enjoyed a fairly merry Christmas. But then the base daily bulletin was published with the roster of OGs (officers of the guard) for the[…]
Word: hawk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Inherited from Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”). Cognate with West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːk/, /ˈhɔk/, /ˈhɑk/, /ˈhɒk/ 1. To hunt with a hawk. Labels: transitive Example: To hawke, or els to hunt From the auter to the funt Example: He rode astride while hawking; she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle. 2. To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk. Labels: intransitive Example: to hawk at flies Example: A falcon, towering in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
Word: hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from Middle English hache (“battle-axe”), or from a variant use of the above, for this compare with Russian со́кол (sókol, “falcon, but also a hawk (plaster's tool), mortarboard”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːk/, /ˈhɔk/, /ˈhɑk/, /ˈhɒk/ 1. A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
Word: hawk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from hawker. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːk/, /ˈhɔk/, /ˈhɑk/, /ˈhɒk/ 1. To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle. Labels: transitive Example: The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square. Example: His works were hawked in every street.
Word: hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːk/, /ˈhɔk/, /ˈhɑk/, /ˈhɒk/ 1. A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat. Example: The man gave a rattling hawk in his throat and spat directly between Bond and Leiter.
Word: hawk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably imitative, like hock (“cough”), hack (“cough”), although see the latter entry for more. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːk/, /ˈhɔk/, /ˈhɑk/, /ˈhɒk/ 1. To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: to hawk a loogie Example: [I]s a trobled with the cough a the Lunges ſtill? does he hawke anights ſtill? 2. To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.
Word: autour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of author. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For truely men be to theym ſelues the autours of ſyn and damnation. God is neyther autour of ſynne, nor the cauſe of damnation. Example: Fyrſt therfore to ſpeake of Spayne, ⁊ by the teſtimonie of oulde autours to declare the commodities therof: Plinie a graue ⁊ faythful autour, in the laſt boke ⁊ laſt chapiture of his natural hiſtory greatly commendynge Italy aboue al other contreys, giueth the ſecond prayſe vnto Spaine, aſwel for al ſuch thynges as in maner the heuen can geue ⁊ the earth brynge furth for the commoditie of this lyfe as alſo for the excellente wittes of men ⁊ Ciuile gouernaunce.
Word: dans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ad banner Part of Speech: noun 1. An advertisement that stretches across (most often the top of) a web site.
Word: ADC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of aide-de-camp and postnominal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Then ‘the ADC in Waiting was commanded by Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Lytton, to invite Mr and Mrs Cusack-Bremmil to Peterhoff on July 26 at 9.30 p.p.’ 2. Initialism of analog-to-digital converter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of aid to dependent children. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Catalent’s SMARTag® technology platform offers ADC and biologics developers a one-step toolkit to develop optimized ADCs and bioconjugates. 7. Initialism of automatic distance control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of after-death communication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ADC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “Exposing companies to such extreme civil penalties would likely force the overpolicing of lawful expression, chill free speech, and distort the online environment in ways that harms all users,” said ADC National Executive Director, Abed Ayoub. “Beyond moral and political concerns, SB 771 also raises serious constitutional issues.”
Word: ADN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ammonium dinitramide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of application delivery network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of auditory disability with normal hearing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ADN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Advanced Digital Network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Alliance Defense Network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ADO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of ActiveX Data Objects. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ADSL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of asymmetric digital subscriber line. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: AGP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of accelerated graphics port, a type of motherboard expansion slot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Abbreviation of aerosol-generating procedure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 3. Initialism of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 4. Initialism of ambulatory glucose profile Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Initialism of arabinogalactan protein. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 6. Initialism of arts, graphics, photography; i.e., the visual arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of autogynephilia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 8. Abbreviation of autogynephile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Example: [quoting another user] w/ androphilic TS like me ¶ LOL. "I blame-ah myself" :-) Please don't start calling yourself AGP ¶ Heike or you'll totally screw up my AGP/wannabe gestalts.
Word: AGP Part of Speech: adj 1. Autogynephilic, or in the manner of an autogynephile.
Word: AIFF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Audio Interchange File Format. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AIF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Audio Interchange File Format. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of alternative investment fund. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ASCII art Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of ASCII + art. 1. A form of computer letter art that uses only ASCII characters. Labels: uncountable 2. Any type of text-based visual art in general, even that which uses non-ASCII characters. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: roman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Roman. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊmən/ 1. Upright, as opposed to italic. Labels: not-comparable Example: In some early printed Bibles quoted text is indicated by changing the font from roman to italic. 2. Of or related to the Latin alphabet or roman numerals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Roman. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊmən/ 1. One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of roman numeral. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 3. A novel. Labels: archaic, countable Example: What raises One Last Waltz far above the usual family roman is not just the gimmick of the ancient fable in modern clothes […] but Mordden's language and his sheer joy at telling a story. Example: 2014, "Novel and Romance: Etymologies". Heyworth, Gregory; Logan, Peter Melville (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 942. →ISBN Samuel Johnson, writing in his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), [defined] "novel [as] a small tale, generally of love." To modern sensibilities, Johnson's novel resembles more closely the novella in dimension and the romance in substance. … [T]he term romance, or roman, once interchangeable with novel in English, retains the meaning of novel in Germany, France, Russia, and most of Europe, while in the anglophone world it has been demoted to frivolity.
Word: achromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀχρωμάτιστος (akhrōmátistos, “uncolored”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), equivalent to a- + chromatic; compare French achromatique. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.ɹəˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌeɪ.kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion. Example: achromatic color scheme Example: achromatic image 2. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion. Example: An achromatic lens reduces color distortion in optical instruments. 3. Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid. 4. Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
Word: achromatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English achromatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English achromatically From achromatic + -ally. 1. In an achromatic manner.
Word: achromaticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English achromatic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English achromaticity From achromatic + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being achromatic. Labels: uncountable
Word: achromatin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă)der. English chromato- English -in English achromatin From a- + chromato- + -in. 1. Tissue that is not stained by fluid dyes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: achromatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French achromatisation. 1. The act or process of achromatizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: achromatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”). 1. To deprive of colour; to make achromatic. Labels: transitive 2. To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system Labels: transitive
Word: achromatopsy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of achromatopsia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pope, popa, from Old English pāpa, from Vulgar Latin papa (title for priests and bishops, esp. and by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome), from early Byzantine Greek παπᾶς (papâs, title for priests and bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from late Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests and bishops, in the sense of spiritual father), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”). Pronunciation: /pəʊp/, /poʊp/, /pəʉp/, /pɐʉp/, /pop/ 1. To act as or like a pope. Labels: intransitive Example: 1537, T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89 Example: Vrban the eight, that now Popeth it. 2. To convert to Roman Catholicism. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: I'm not going to ‘Pope’ until after the war (if I'm alive). Example: A prominent Anglican priest had, to use the term generally employed on these occasions, ‘Poped’—that is, left the Church of England in order to become a Roman Catholic.
Word: pope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with bishop (“mulled and spiced wine”). Pronunciation: /pəʊp/, /poʊp/, /pəʉp/, /pɐʉp/, /pop/ 1. Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop. Example: When made with Burgundy or Bordeaux, the mixture was called Bishop; when with old Rhenish, its name was Cardinal; and when with Tokay, it was dignified with the title of Pope. Example: ‘Pope’, i.e. mulled burgundy, is Antichristian, from no mere Protestant point of view.
Word: pope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian поп (pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Byzantine Greek παπᾶς (papâs) as above. Pronunciation: /pəʊp/, /poʊp/, /pəʉp/, /pɐʉp/, /pop/ 1. Alternative form of pop, a Russian Orthodox priest. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The other Ecclesiastical Orders are distinguish'd into Proto-popes, Popes, (or Priests) and Deacons. Example: Every priest is called pope, which implies father.
Word: pope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of Onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /pəʊp/, /poʊp/, /pəʉp/, /pɐʉp/, /pop/ 1. The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus). Labels: US, dialectal, obsolete Example: The Whipperwill has so named itself by its nocturnal songs. It is also called the pope, by reason of its darting with great swiftness, from the clouds almost to the ground, and bawling out Pope! 2. The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor). Labels: US, dialectal, rare Example: Common Nighthawk... Pope (Conn[ecticut]. From the sound made by its wings while dropping through the air).
Word: identify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō. Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/, /aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/, /aɪˈdɛn.(t)ɪ.faɪ/ 1. To establish the identity of someone or something. Labels: transitive Example: It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image. Example: The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card. 2. To disclose the identity of someone. Labels: transitive Example: The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile. 3. To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism. Labels: transitive Example: A recent biological inventory uncovered 41 species and 2 subspecies of insects new to science and many species not before identified in the State of Washington. 4. To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one. Labels: transitive Example: Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers. Example: 18 February, 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech on Economical Reform Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. 5. To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to. Labels: reflexive Example: Der Traum erhält eine neue Deutung, wenn sie im Traum nicht sich, sondern die Freundin meint, wenn sie sich an die Stelle der Freundin gesetzt oder, wie wir sagen können, sich mit ihr identifiziert hat. Example: Cash endures because his most well-known songs—“I Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire” among them—weave deeply personal narratives with which listeners of all stripes can effortlessly identify. 6. To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way. Labels: intransitive Example: Now, the vast majority of us identify with the second group, the one that believes in trusting the wisdom of the people rather than taking power away from them and concentrating it in the other hands. Example: My lover and I are arguing about time. Specifically how much time I'm devoting to AIDS Action. […] I try not to take her accusations to heart. That is, until she says it. "You're more gay-identified than woman-identified." 7. To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself. Labels: reflexive Example: "The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress," said study first author Yue Zhao.
Word: undermine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English mine English undermine From under- + mine. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.dəˈmaɪn/, /ˌʌn.dɚˈmaɪn/ 1. To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. Example: Martin, for instance, had on one occasion undermined a tree sacred to old gods, then stood in the path of its fall, but forced it to fall elsewhere by making the sign of the Cross. 2. To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. Labels: figuratively Example: The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies. Example: The penile mishaps (one involving a bristled toothbrush), severings (one involves hungry ducks) and surgeries cited by Ms. Roach are nothing if not memorable, but her book consistently undermines its own discoveries. 3. To erode the base or foundation of something, e.g. by the action of water. Example: Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link. 4. To regard an object as the sum of the parts that compose it, in object-oriented ontology. Example: We can even go further: when we consider an object in everyday life we do not usually just undermine or overmine it as if it demanded an either/or approach, but rather we run the two processes in tandem: duomining, as Harman labels it.
Word: exile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/, /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/, /ɪɡˈzaɪl/ 1. The state of being banished from one's home or country. Labels: uncountable Example: He lived in exile. Example: They chose exile rather than assimilation. 2. Someone who is banished from his home or country. Labels: countable Example: She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life. Example: Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.
Word: exile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/, /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/, /ɪɡˈzaɪl/ 1. To send (someone or something) into exile. Labels: transitive Example: Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Example: She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.
Word: two-faced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From two + faced, modelled after earlier English twi-faced. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːˈfeɪst/ 1. Having two faces or plane surfaces. Labels: literally, not-comparable 2. Deceitful, duplicitous. Labels: not-comparable 3. Hypocritical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: double vision Part of Speech: noun 1. A disorder of vision in which a single object is seen as two. Labels: uncountable
Word: double Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌb.əl/, [ˈdʌb.ɫ̩] 1. Made up of two matching or complementary elements. Labels: not-comparable Example: The closet has double doors. Example: “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Such is not the usage of civilized warfare. Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” 2. Of twice the quantity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Give me a double serving of mashed potatoes. Example: Britain's population density used to be double that of China. 3. Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother. 4. Designed for two (people, cars, etc.). Labels: not-comparable Example: a double room Example: a double garage 5. Folded in two; composed of two layers. Labels: not-comparable 6. Stooping; bent over. Labels: not-comparable 7. Having two aspects; ambiguous. Labels: not-comparable Example: a double meaning Example: Assuming the accuracy of his information, the curious fact was established that Mr Rigby Lacksome, ostensibly in England to attend the book sales, had prompted a convenient organization to carry out a raid on a certain historic building, while he himself immediately appeared on the scene with an arrangement to make good the damage. […] Was there, indeed, some double purpose here at work? 8. False, deceitful, or hypocritical. Labels: not-comparable Example: a double life Example: A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write, 9. Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals. Labels: not-comparable 10. Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower. Labels: not-comparable Example: a double bass 11. Of time, twice as fast. Labels: not-comparable
Word: double Part of Speech: adv Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌb.əl/, [ˈdʌb.ɫ̩] 1. Twice over; twofold; doubly. Labels: not-comparable Example: February 7 1736, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I was double their age. 2. Two together; two at a time. Labels: not-comparable Example: When I met the twins, I thought I was seeing double. Example: There are only a few beds, so some of the children will have to sleep double for the night. 3. Into two halves or sections. Labels: not-comparable Example: The old man was bent double under his heavy burden.
Word: hirsute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hirsūtus (“shaggy, hairy”). Pronunciation: /həːˈsjuːt/, /həːˈsuːt/, /hɚˈsut/ 1. Covered in hair or bristles; hairy. Example: A third eminent cause of iealousie may be this, when hee that is deformed hirsute and ragged, and very vertuously giuen, will marry some very faire niec piece, or some light huswife, he begins to misdoubt (as well he may) she doth not affect him. Example: […] there are of Roots, Bulbous Roots, Fibrous Roots, and Hirsute Roots.
Word: hirsute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hirsūtus (“shaggy, hairy”). Pronunciation: /həːˈsjuːt/, /həːˈsuːt/, /hɚˈsut/ 1. Someone or something that is hirsute. Labels: rare Example: Virchow is mentioned as having described the “Russian hairy men” the “hirsutes,” who, although their bodies were covered with a thick growth of hair were nevertheless almost entirely devoid of teeth. Example: Where’s the sockless hirsutes from the grasshopper-bitten wilds of Kansas?
Word: double agent Part of Speech: noun 1. A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other.