nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: companionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English companion Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English companionable From companion + -able. 1. Having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable. Example: She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable. Example: I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Word: Norwegia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Norweġ, Norþweġ (“Norway”), from Old Norse *Norðvegr, Norvegr, and later Noregr (“Norway (north way)”), from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”). 1. Synonym of Norway: a country in Northern Europe.
Word: companionably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English companionable Middle English -ly English -ly English companionably From companionable + -ly. 1. In a companionable manner; agreeably, sociably. Example: He had been sitting with her, it appeared, most companionably at home, till her usual hour of exercise — Jane Austen, Emma Volume 2, Chapter 6.
Word: rotatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rotate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English rotatable From rotate + -able. 1. Having the ability to rotate.
Word: Dania Part of Speech: name 1. The former name and present-day synonym of Dania Beach, Florida, renamed in 1998. Example: The Food and Drug Administration earlier this year seized a common food preservative, butylated hydroxytoluene, known simply as BHT, from Life Extension Products in Dania and Hollywood, Fla., after the product had been advertised as a treatment for herpes and AIDS, an agency spokesman said. The agency said the claims had not been proved in scientific tests. 2. A town in Vavoua Department, Haut-Sassandra Region, Ivory Coast.
Word: scuttled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scuttle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: laborshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy from watershed, likening the regional workforce to the catchment of a river system. 1. A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work. Example: Greater Dubuque Development Corp.'s 2006 analysis, conducted by Iowa Workforce Development, surveyed some 600 qualifying working-age residents in the multi-county laborshed area.
Word: fitment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fit Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English fitment From fit + -ment. 1. A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bottles also usually incorporate a fitment, which provides a pouring spout. 2. An item of permanent furniture or equipment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Poor Mole! The Life Adventurous was so new a thing to him, and so thrilling; and this fresh aspect of it was so tempting; and he had fallen in love at first sight with the canary-coloured cart and all its little fitments. Example: There might have been no planking beneath the mould, for all that our feet could feel. It gave under our tread with a spongy, puddingy feel. It covered the deck furniture of the old ship, so that the shape of each article and fitment was often no more than suggested through it. 3. The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Upon such an indictment against the owner, charging him with fitting out the ship with intent to employ her in the illegal voyage, evidence is admissible, that he commanded, authorized, and superintended the fitment, through the instrumentality of his agents, without being personally present. 4. The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He told Sancho to pick up the helmet, and he taking it in his hands said: "By God the basin is a good one, and worth a real of eight if it is worth a maravedis," and handed it to his master, who immediately put it on his head, turning it round, now this way, now that, in search of fitment, and not finding it he said, "Clearly the pagan to whose measure this famous head-piece was first forged must have had a very large head; but the worst of it is half of it is wanting." 5. The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: As already stated, the Wage Board had recommended revised wage scales, revised categories and fitment of workmen in their respective categories on the revised wage scales as from November 1, 1960. 6. Something that suits or fits. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I am, sir, The soldier that did company these three In poor beseeming; 'twas a fitment for The purpose I then follow'd.
Word: strawberry shortcake Part of Speech: noun 1. A dessert made using a sweet biscuit-like cake and topped with strawberries and/or a strawberry-flavored sauce. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jobber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From job + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒb.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈd͡ʒɑ.bɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒɔb.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work. Labels: archaic Example: The deponent, in the course of negotiation for sundry jobs, expressed his curiosity repecting the Habits and Life of the Knights of the Thimble, when the jobber to the Nobility and Gentry kindly volunteered to accompny him on a round to some of the great shops of the west. Example: Every person who shall keep any boat for the purpose aforesaid without having such license, and every owner of, or other person who shall be employed or shall ply for hire in any such boat within the limits aforesaid without having such license or wearing such badge as aforesaid, and every person who shall offer himself as a porter or jobber within the said town of Saint George without having such license or wearing such badge aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding forrty shillings. 2. An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company. Example: Most of the music circuses use jobbers in four to eight of the leading roles for each show. These jobbers are principal actors who are employed for one or two leading roles during the season. There is no difference between a star and a jobber, except that a jobber is not necessarily a "big-name" performer […] Example: Jobbers are used as needed. 3. A promoter or broker of stocks for investment. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers: 8 & 9 Wm. 3, ch. 32 (1697) [legislation of English parliament] 4. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise. Example: We will say "I would rather be an expressman hauling tobacco, cigarettes, et cetera, than be a jobber of such commodities," especially in the city of Boston at the present writing. Example: In considering the reasons for the manufacturer's growing independence of the jobber we must class them under two heads; first the reasons that might apply to the old-fashioned jobber who has not varied his activities from the historic model, and, second, the reasons that apply only to the jobber who has departed from the old model and has undertaken or abandoned certain activities in an attempt to strengthen his position. 5. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise. Labels: US 6. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise. Labels: UK 7. A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent. Labels: slang Example: My argument has ALWAYS been that 99.9% of all wrestlers are jobbers (and I'm 100% correct). Example: I agree, Superstars got a bit dull with the jobber matches at times but it furthered storylines so they didn't have to give away PPV matches on a regular TV show... 8. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall). Labels: slang 9. A job press or platen press.
Word: ring rat Part of Speech: noun 1. A promiscuous person, often a young female, who attends professional wrestling events primarily to seek sexual liaisons with wrestlers and other performers. Labels: slang
Word: ham-and-egger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boxing, where a poor boxer would only win enough money to pay for meals; ham and egg + -er. 1. A worthless or undesirable person. Labels: derogatory 2. A preliminary wrestler; a jobber. Labels: slang 3. An ordinary person; a simpleton. 4. A failed boxer; a tomato can. Example: Well, it's just that, you see, uh, I fight in clubs, you know, and uh, I'm really a ham-and-egger. This guy, he's the best, and uh, it wouldn't be such a good fight.
Word: rulebreaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rule + breaking. 1. The breaking of a rule or rules. Labels: uncountable Example: His flagrant rulebreaking earned him a demotion.
Word: city council Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From city + council. 1. A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents. Example: Near-synonyms: town council, municipal council, common council, select council, consulate (obsolete), capitoulate (historical, Toulouse)
Word: Homecoming King Part of Speech: noun 1. In colleges and high schools, a young man chosen by his peers to "reign" over the traditional activities associated with the Homecoming football game, usually alongside a Homecoming Queen. Labels: US
Word: prom queen Part of Speech: noun 1. In colleges and high schools, a young woman chosen, or sometimes elected by her peers, to have an honored status over the school's prom and related activities. Labels: US
Word: prom king Part of Speech: noun 1. In colleges and high schools, a young man chosen, or sometimes elected by his peers, to have an honored status over the school's prom and related activities. Labels: US
Word: city administrator Part of Speech: noun 1. A person hired by a city to oversee the day-to-day management of city business.
Word: birring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of birr Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: school board Part of Speech: noun 1. A governing body of people elected (a board of directors or board of trustees) to oversee management of a school district and represent the interests of residents.
Word: cassimere Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of cashmere. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A thin, lightweight twilled woolen fabric; kerseymere. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An inexpensive version of this fabric, made with a cotton warp and a wool weft. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kerseymere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of cassimere. Pronunciation: /ˈkəːzɪmɪə/ 1. A fine, twilled woollen cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I became aware of the figure of a youth about my own height, and habited in a white kerseymere morning frock, cut in the novel fashion of the one I myself wore at the moment.
Word: premiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of premier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: premiers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of premier Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chopine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -ine. Doublet of chopin. Pronunciation: /tʃəʊˈpiːn/ 1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle. 2. A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. Labels: historical Example: Byrlady your Ladyſhip is neerer Heauen then when I ſaw you laſt, by the altitude of a Choppine. Example: He creaked to and fro, tiptoing up nearer heaven by the altitude of a chopine […]
Word: rhodonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + -ite. 1. A manganese inosilicate mineral with some substitution by iron and magnesium, of composition (Mn²⁺,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO₃. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
Word: favours Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.vɚz/ 1. plural of favour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: favours Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.vɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of favour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thirds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /θɜːdz/, /θɜɹdz/ 1. plural of third Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thirds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /θɜːdz/, /θɜɹdz/ 1. A third helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink. Labels: uncountable Example: Everybody helped themselves to seconds and Meren even went for thirds. He had always been partial to good food. 2. The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow was entitled to enjoy during her life. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: thirds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /θɜːdz/, /θɜɹdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of third Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: archers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biscuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biscuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biscuits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of biscuit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: afternoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of afternoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: afternoons Part of Speech: adv 1. Every afternoon. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are closed afternoons.
Word: allusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Franks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Frank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Franks Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.
Word: manifestations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manifestation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beards Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beard Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: binds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /baɪndz/ 1. plural of bind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: binds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /baɪndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bind Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: advertisements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advertisement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crews Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹuːz/, /kɹʉwz/, /kɹuz/, /kɹʉːz/, /kɾʉz/ 1. plural of crew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crews Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹuːz/, /kɹʉwz/, /kɹuz/, /kɹʉːz/, /kɾʉz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crew Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bites Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /baɪts/ 1. plural of bite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bites Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /baɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: casts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: casts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diffused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of diffuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diffused Part of Speech: adj 1. Having spread widely.
Word: cornered Part of Speech: adj 1. Having corners. 2. Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation. Labels: figuratively
Word: cornered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of corner Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: certified Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.tɪ.faɪd/, /ˈsɝ.tɪ.faɪd/ 1. Having met an official standard. Labels: not-comparable Example: a certified organization Example: a certified product 2. Authenticated or verified in writing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: certified Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.tɪ.faɪd/, /ˈsɝ.tɪ.faɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of certify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spaced Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: spaced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of space Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been replenished with stock. Labels: not-comparable Example: a well-stocked fridge
Word: bewailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bewail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: angled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of angle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: angled Part of Speech: adj 1. Arranged so as to form an angle. Labels: not-comparable 2. Forming an angle of a particular type. Labels: not-comparable Example: the right-angled corner
Word: billed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of bill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: billed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɪld/ 1. Having a specified kind of bill (beak or beak-like projection). Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: The toucan will not talk in the manner of the parrot, but he (or she) is an admirable listener. I have told the green-billed toucan many stories of bird-scandal without interruption, and, on the whole, the conversation has been most improving.
Word: boarded Part of Speech: adj 1. wooden, built with pieces of wood Labels: usually
Word: boarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of board Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: branded Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked by branding 2. Having a brand
Word: branded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: buzzed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bʌzd/ 1. Slightly intoxicated. Labels: slang Example: But two bottles would alarm and confuse him, would lead to a conversation, so I smashed it merrily into a skip, buzzed and lit with the comforting foreknowledge of the second one on its way. 2. Slightly parted so that they will make a buzzing sound when air (from the lungs) is forced out through them. Example: The jug used as a musical instrument is an empty jug (usually made of glass or stoneware) played with buzzed lips to produce a trombone-like tone.
Word: buzzed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of buzz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: medicated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of medicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contaminated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of contaminate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contaminated Part of Speech: adj 1. adulterated; impure 2. made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements. Example: A "contaminated" runway has over 25% of its surface area covered with standing water or slush (or loose snow) more than 3mm thick, or compressed snow and ice anywhere along the takeoff run or accelerate-stop surface.
Word: congested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of congest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: congested Part of Speech: adj 1. overcrowded Example: congested metro Example: congested roads
Word: tracked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of track Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tracked Part of Speech: adj 1. Mounted on tracks. Labels: not-comparable Example: A tank is a tracked vehicle used in the military.
Word: annexed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈænɛkst/ 1. simple past and past participle of annex Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arrayed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of array Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: burdened Part of Speech: adj 1. encumbered by a literal or figurative burden; having too much to deal with. Example: Caregivers who do not feel burdened are unlikely to perceive a need for services. Example: When my clients describe themselves as the black sheep in their families, they often feel very burdened.
Word: burdened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of burden Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.
Word: debased Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debase Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: debased Part of Speech: adj 1. Brought low; degraded. Example: 8), Azure, a thistle ensigned with an Imperial Crown, all proper; and its use is pretty frequent in the somewhat debased heraldry of the close of the last century and the beginning of the present. Example: 58,) and also a new crest, viz. upon a wreath argent and vert, a demi-dragon erased gules P, gorged about the loins with a ducal coronet ... 59,) are an admirable specimen of the complex and debased heraldry of the day. 1515. 2. Abased, abaissé: (of a charge) borne lower than usual. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:debased.
Word: nailed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /neɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of nail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nailed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /neɪld/ 1. Having nails (of a specified kind). Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable, often Example: a red-nailed finger
Word: enlisted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enlist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enlisted Part of Speech: adj 1. Belonging to the military, but not as a commissioned officer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enlisted Part of Speech: noun 1. Those individuals who have enlisted in the military and who are not commissioned officers. Labels: uncountable
Word: enumerated Part of Speech: adj 1. Specified (especially when fully specified) by an enumeration or list of steps, parts, values, amounts, etc.; Example: Washington sided with Hamilton and the result was that an incidental or "implied" power was created that exceeded in size and scope the very enumerated power it was to implement! Example: The issue I have with H.R. 9 is I just look at it and think to myself, there are a lot of attorney's fees, and crossing T's and dotting I's, and is there going to be a little side litigation about did we fill the complaint out correctly? I mean, it just seems very enumerated. 2. Specified (especially when fully specified) by an enumeration or list of steps, parts, values, amounts, etc.; Example: Enumerated types make your code easy to modify. 3. Having been included or listed in an enumeration of possibilities. Example: Sugar was originally an enumerated commodity which could be exported only to Great Britain. Example: It will be seen that the scope of an enumerated motion is so wide that its determination disposes of the issues; while a nonenumerated motion, under which designation fall all motions other than those included in the enumerated class, concerns merely some matter incidental to the main course of the litigation. 4. Having been included or listed in an enumeration of possibilities. Example: Continuing the analogy, just as the numeric constant Math.PI can be assigned to a variable of its type (i.e., double), an enumerated constant can be assigned to a variable of its type (e.g. Team). 5. Having been specified by a precise numeric value. Example: London, with an enumerated population of 3,814,571, showed the deaths from all causes to be 81,832, being an average of 21.5. Example: Certainly were the Congress through the Appropriations Committee to indicate to us that a certain enumerated amount of funds were to be made available, we would indicate to the committee how in our best judgment those funds should be distributed over the several management aspects of the total national forest system.
Word: enumerated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enumerate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excepted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of except Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exile Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: royally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English royal Middle English -ly English -ly English royally From royal + -ly. 1. In a royal manner; in a manner having to do with royalty. Example: Unless it was decreed royally, it never got done. 2. Excessively; thoroughly. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: Bahira returned his stare, royally annoyed with herself for letting him affect her. Example: Still, it may be too soon to conclude that the Fed has royally screwed up.
Word: neighing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of neigh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: neighing Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound made by a horse: an act or instance of the verb neigh. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And when the earth beneath his tameless tread, Shook with the sullen thunder, he would spread His nostrils to the blast, and joyously Mock the fierce peal with neighings; […] Example: During the night a neighing of horses was heard, and when day broke, they found these three animals had joined those belonging to our party.
Word: blasting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (present participle ending). 1. present participle and gerund of blast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The TV is blasting. Please turn it down!
Word: blasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending). 1. A planned explosion, as in mining. Example: But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced. 2. The act by which something is blasted, or blighted. Example: If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller: if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities, whatsoeuer plague, whatsoeuer sicknes there be; Example: They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk […] 3. Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising. Labels: slang
Word: blossoming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blossom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blossoming Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process by which something blossoms. Example: “The Vagrants” begins on March 21, 1979 — the spring equinox — which is this careful writer’s way of telling us that a long winter of privation and darkness may be giving way, at last, to the blossomings of spring.
Word: boating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English -ing English boating From boat + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/, /ˈboʊtɪŋ/, [ˈboʊ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings. Example: With the old boatmen holding annual re-unions at Rolling Green Park, tales and exciting moments of boatings and fishing in the old canal are told and re-told among veteran boatmen. 2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: boating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English -ing English boating From boat + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/, /ˈboʊtɪŋ/, [ˈboʊ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of boat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bobbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bob Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bobbing Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion of something that bobs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bounding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bounding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/ 1. The use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests. Labels: uncountable 2. A boundary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Without buttings or boundings on any side. 3. The act of one who bounds or leaps. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bounding Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/ 1. Containing all points of a given set within it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dimming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dimming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪmɪŋ/ 1. The process of becoming dim. Example: Then, as also happens, there were slowdowns; dimmings, even blackouts here and there.
Word: planking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plank + -ing. 1. A series of planks; a group of planks. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: First, there was planking. People taking pictures of themselves in a planked position and putting the photos on the Internet. Example: […] but, like planking, horsemanning, Tebowing, Hadoukening, and other viral photography memes, as a genre of public performance, dance in public is greatly facilitated by the channels of distribution that social media offer, […]
Word: planking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From plank + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of plank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of plate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *platynge, from Old English platung (“plate, thin piece of metal”), equivalent to plate + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪtɪŋ/ 1. An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet. 2. A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal. 3. A coating or defensive armour of metal plates. Example: Her fragility and vulnerability lie in the fact that her framework is overlaid with a relatively thin skin of plating, an inch or so in thickness, which, while amply strong to resist the inward pressure of the water, the impact of the seas, and the tensile and compressive stresses due to the motion of the ship in a seaway, etc., is readily fractured by the blow of a collision. Example: The back plating looks vulnerable, light that sucker up! 4. The presentation of food that is ready to be served.
Word: cancelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cancel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ceasing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsiːsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cease Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ceasing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiːsɪŋ/ 1. A cessation. Example: If one can discern the arising and ceasing of the four elements innumerable times in one day alone, the changes, arisings, and ceasings of the derivative material qualities are also discerned.
Word: chafing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/, /ˈtʃeɪfɪnɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of chafe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chafing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/, /ˈtʃeɪfɪnɡ/ 1. The act by which something is chafed. Example: The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move.
Word: chirping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chirp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chirping Part of Speech: noun 1. The act, or an instance of, chirping. Labels: gerund Example: Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings. Example: We heard the peculiar note of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog, followed by a sharp hissing sound, somewhat like the noisy chirping of the wagtail[.]
Word: big old Part of Speech: adj 1. Emphatically or impressively big; really big. Labels: Southern-US, US, idiomatic, informal, not-comparable
Word: strangling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strangle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strangling Part of Speech: noun 1. The crime of killing by strangling. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: circling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of circle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: circling Part of Speech: noun 1. A circular motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] one of these birds came wheeling and screaming round his head in a maze of untrackably swift circlings. 2. The practice of sitting in a circle and taking turns to speak about one's emotions or experiences while the others listen, intended to be therapeutic or to strengthen relations within the group. Labels: uncountable Example: The mentoring curriculum included feminist strategies designed to facilitate egalitarian relationships in the groups, including circling, where each person takes a turn to speak while others in the group listen in situations involving decision making or conflict, […] 3. A class of secretive drinking games, each with an unknown set of rules which new players must learn by immersion, taking place with participants sitting in a circle and drinking upon certain conditions being met. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: forging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of forge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forging Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of shaping by heating and hammering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] repeated forgings and workings of wrought-iron […] 2. A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering). Labels: countable Example: […]one set of 16-inch steel gun forgings[…] Example: Fabrication has been the method used in the construction of many components that would normally be made from steel castings and forgings.
Word: coping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover." 1. The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […] Example: He stood a moment at the coping, looking over a land of hard little bungalows with abnormally large porches, and new apartment-houses, small, but brave with variegated brick walls and terra-cotta trimmings. 2. The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of clipping the beak or talons of a bird. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover." 1. present participle and gerund of cope Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dyeing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dye Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dyeing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is dyed. Example: Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change. Example: In the traditional workshops of Surakarta, where the best quality batik tulis textiles are still created, low-paid women and girls use melted wax to meticulously hand-draw patterns before subsequent dyeings and rewaxings, […]
Word: jutting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jut Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jutting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌtɪŋ/ 1. That which juts or protrudes. Example: By degrees an union takes place between them, and at the same time the osseous substance thickens at its first points of existence, at the juttings representing the grinding tubercles[…] Example: He leaped forward, brandishing his knife, while the Sons of the Egg fell in behind him. The warlocks began to close ranks, falling back to make a stand under the jutting edge of the roof, where they could protect the orrery. Bork and Ser Perth were among them, bloody but hopelessly determined.
Word: corrupting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of corrupt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: courting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of court Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: courting Part of Speech: noun 1. courtship; amorous advances Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flogging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ 1. Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet. Example: However, brutal floggings, increased terms of katorga, starvation diets, permanent chaining to a wheelbarrow and other fearsome sanctions failed to staunch the flow.
Word: flogging Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ 1. A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier. Labels: Australia, colloquial, euphemistic, not-comparable Example: Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late. Example: Cripes, this floggin’ rain’d make you cry, wouldn’t it?
Word: flogging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of flog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: halting Part of Speech: adj 1. Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken. Example: his halting speech Example: her halting steps
Word: halting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of halt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: halting Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy. Example: But alas ! alas ! the faintings, the haltings, the back-slidings of Christians, are enough to make us tremble while we rejoice in the hope set before us.
Word: honkin' Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From honking or honkingly by shortening. 1. Emphatically or impressively big; really big. Labels: US, slang 2. Used as an intensifier. Labels: US, slang Example: But that hasn't stopped U2 from assuming the mantle as the biggest, honkin'-est rock band in the world and running with it.
Word: honkin' Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From honking or honkingly by shortening. 1. Very; tremendously. Labels: US, slang
Word: big ole Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of big old. Labels: Southern-US, alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: dry reach Part of Speech: noun 1. A dry or no longer active branch or reach (i.e. segment) of a river.
Word: come on down Part of Speech: intj 1. An invitation to someone in the upper part of a building to come downstairs. Example: Come on down! Breakfast is ready! Example: I can see no devil on the field / Just many trees and papa's many seeds / I can see no devil in the field / Come on down, come on down 2. An invitation to someone living to the north to come for a visit. 3. A catchphrase used on the game show The Price is Right, inviting a member of the audience to approach the contestant's row in order to play the game. Example: Veronica Johnson, come on down!
Word: toss-up question Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of interactive query in a competitive academic quiz bowl or scholastic bowl format, where any participant from a competing team may attempt to answer by signaling first, often by means of a buzzer system.
Word: Ayya Vaikundar Part of Speech: name 1. The incarnation of Ekam (god) in this world, according to Akilathirattu Ammanai, the primary scripture of the Ayyavazhi religion.
Word: thingo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Middle English thing English thing English -o English thingo From thing + -o. 1. A thingamajig; something the name of which is unknown or cannot be recalled. Labels: Australia Example: Windowsᵀᴹ and Microsoftᵀᴹ®; apparently are registered trademark thingos belonging to Microsoft Corporation. Example: ‘Cup of coffee, Bonnie?’ Tan asked, appearing immediately at her side. ‘Camomile tea, I think,’ she said. ‘And one of those new orange and almond thingos that Fran and Sean were trying out.’
Word: Caitlin Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Irish Caitlín, equivalent to English Catherine. Example: Beautiful, charming, rich, clever Caitlin needs one thing: love. Example: Caitlin is sixteen and a sixth former at The Magna and is under a lot of pressure with exams.
Word: box set Part of Speech: noun 1. Related musical or video recordings that are gathered on multiple items of the same kind of media (compact discs, DVDs, VHS tapes, etc.) and placed in a box to be sold as a unit. 2. A set of such recordings made available to be watched or listened to online or on television, without existing in material box form. 3. A set of related books from a particular author or genre that are marketed as a boxed collection. 4. A set with a proscenium arch stage and three walls, creating the appearance of an enclosed room. 5. A set with three walls, allowing the camera to film in a room-like space.
Word: outlaw country Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Often said to be derived from the Waylon Jennings song "Ladies Love Outlaws." The genre was named in reference to its rebellious attitude compared to the then-prevalent Nashville sound and the growing popularity of country pop. 1. An American subgenre of country music that became popular during the 1970s, fusing older styles (such as honky-tonk) with newer styles including rock and blues, characterized by an outlaw image. Labels: uncountable
Word: kick-off meeting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived by analogy with the kick-off that begins each playing period in soccer, American football, and rugby. 1. The first official meeting of a group of people who will be working together on a project. The agenda will usually include introductions, statement(s) of mission, and organization of teams or working-groups. The implication is that there will be more meetings to follow.
Word: drop a bomb Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, bomb. 2. Alternative form of drop a bombshell. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Example: Three hours after Hussein Kamel left, he called my office and dropped a bomb on me. “President Saddam has asked to see you in person,” he said. 3. To release noxious gas from the bowels: to fart. Labels: UK, euphemistic, slang Example: Let's say you're at school and you accidentally drop a bomb in class. Try coughing or dropping a book to cover up the sound. 4. To release feces into a toilet; to defecate. Labels: US, euphemistic, slang Example: To drop a bomb in the public toilet. Example: I had to drop a bomb! What the hell was I going to do? So I pulled down my bathing suit, lying on my back, with my ass in the water, and shat.
Word: kick off meeting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kick-off meeting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kickoff meeting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kick-off meeting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Cariban term. Pronunciation: /əˈnəʊ.li/, /əˈnoʊ.li/, /əˈnoʊl/ 1. Any of the family Dactyloidae of chiefly arboreal dactyloid lizards native to the Americas, which feature a brightly colored dewlap and the ability to change color.
Word: sex education Part of Speech: noun Etymology: sex + education 1. Education about human sexual anatomy, reproduction, and intercourse and other human sexual behavior. Labels: uncountable
Word: crustie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crusty (“tramp or urban subculture member with poor hygiene”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sugar parent Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who spends money for the benefit of a younger person, typically in exchange for companionship or sexual favors. Labels: slang Example: 1987, Jean Stewart, "Transcendence", in Marsha Saxton and Florence Howe, Eds., With Wings: An Anthology of Literature by and about Women with Disabilities, Feminist Press (1987), p. 131, "[…] Get yourself a Sugar Daddy!—a Sugar Parent—to help you with the daily stuff." Example: 2001, Rhonda Whitton and Sheila Hollingworth, A Decent Proposal: How to Sell Your Book to an Australian Publisher, Common Ground (2001), pp. 105–106, That's why you'll either need a sugar-parent (let's not be gender biased here), or another source of income.
Word: sugar mama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slang sugar (“money”) and colloquial mama (“mother”). 1. An older woman who spends money on a younger person, usually for romantic or sexual reasons. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: 好きな人に貢ぎたくなる人の気持ち分かったかも
Word: unpardonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English pardonable English unpardonable From un- + pardonable. 1. impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify Example: And you will ſee it really may happen in this very happy land, that men who are rich may commit, with impunity, crimes infinitely more unpardonable, becauſe they are committed with leſs temptation, than thoſe for which “little villains” ſuffer every day—crimes which involve in their conſequences the moſt fatal events. Example: "I can understand your being wicked," she said keenly, "but not your being cowardly. That is and was unpardonable."