nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stonen, stanen, from Old English *stānian (“to stone”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainōn, from Proto-Germanic *stainōną (“to stone”). Cognate with Scots stane (“to stone”), German Low German stenen (“to stone”), Danish stene (“to stone”), Swedish stena (“to stone”), Faroese steina (“to stone”). Compare also Saterland Frisian stenigje (“to stone”), West Frisian stiennigje (“to stone”), Dutch stenigen (“to stone”), German steinigen (“to stone”). Pronunciation: /stəʊ̯n/, /stoʊ̯n/, /stɐʉ̯n/, /ston/, /stoːn/ 1. To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones. Labels: transitive Example: stoned to death Example: She got stoned to death after they found her. 2. To wall or wall up with stones. Labels: transitive Example: […] and since it was a rule of the French troops not to be a burden on the people along their route it could be that the advance guard dug and stoned the well for the troop's own special use. 3. To remove a stone from (fruit etc.). Labels: transitive 4. To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc. Labels: intransitive 5. Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive) Labels: slang, transitive 6. To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored. Labels: Singapore, intransitive, slang Example: I was stoning the whole of today. Example: Resume writing class lesson 2, stoning. 7. To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities. Labels: transitive Example: Before they did the setup on the machining center, they stoned the table to knock down any nicked burrs.
Word: fog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin. Probably either a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall grass; thick, marshy”), from the earlier-attested fog (“tall grass”) (see below), or from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), from *pew-, *pow- (“to blow, drift, billow”), in which case related to German fauchen (“to hiss, spit, spray”). Pronunciation: /fɒɡ/, /fɔɡ/, /fɑɡ/, [fɔ̟ɡ] 1. A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. Labels: uncountable Example: a bank of fog Example: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…]. 2. A mist or film clouding a surface. Labels: uncountable 3. A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox. Example: I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore. 4. A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Distance fog. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin. Probably either a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall grass; thick, marshy”), from the earlier-attested fog (“tall grass”) (see below), or from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm”), related to Icelandic fok (“spray, any light thing tossed by the wind, snowdrift”), Icelandic fjúka (“to blow, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to whisk, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (“billow, bulge, drift”), from *pew-, *pow- (“to blow, drift, billow”), in which case related to German fauchen (“to hiss, spit, spray”). Pronunciation: /fɒɡ/, /fɔɡ/, /fɑɡ/, [fɔ̟ɡ] 1. To become covered with or as if with fog. Labels: intransitive 2. To become obscured in condensation or water. Labels: intransitive Example: The mirror fogged every time he showered. 3. To become dim or obscure. Labels: intransitive 4. To make dim or obscure. Labels: transitive 5. To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph. Labels: transitive 6. To cover with or as if with fog. Labels: transitive Example: Fogging for adult mosquito control began on June 4th in residential areas. Until September 25th, the Metro area was fogged eleven times, using nine truck-mounted foggers, eight hand swing foggers, and two boats. 7. To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms. Labels: transitive 8. To obscure in condensation or water. Labels: transitive Example: Unfortunately, the pendulum has swung way too far to the other end where the saying in the industry is is^([sic]) that if you could fog a mirror, you could get a loan. 9. To make confusing or obscure. Labels: transitive
Word: fog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fogge (“tall grass”), probably from Norwegian fogg (“tall, worthless grass”); compare Scots fog (“moss; lichen”). Pronunciation: /fɒɡ/, /fɔɡ/, /fɑɡ/, [fɔ̟ɡ] 1. A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed. Labels: uncountable Example: The inclosures of fog, or aftergrass, reserved for spring-feed, are now supposed to be shut up, also the burnet, which is never to be fed in autumn ... 2. Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: […] and they generally leave a great deal of Fog to rot on the Ground, which, with the Help of his well turned Dung-hill, dress his Ground […] 3. Moss. Labels: Scotland, uncountable
Word: fog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fogge (“tall grass”), probably from Norwegian fogg (“tall, worthless grass”); compare Scots fog (“moss; lichen”). Pronunciation: /fɒɡ/, /fɔɡ/, /fɑɡ/, [fɔ̟ɡ] 1. To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field). Labels: transitive 2. To become covered with the kind of grass called fog. Labels: intransitive
Word: fog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Old Dutch focker. Pronunciation: /fɒɡ/, /fɔɡ/, /fɑɡ/, [fɔ̟ɡ] 1. To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?
Word: flame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Old English līeġ. Pronunciation: /fleɪm/ 1. The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth[…]. Example: The flames will then be joined together next week at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Paralympics, and the united flame will make its final journey to London for the opening of the 14th Paralympic Games next Wednesday. 2. A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I could copy out yards of rhapsody to Lord George Poynings, her old flame, in which she addressed him by the most affectionate names. 3. An aggressively insulting criticism or remark. Labels: Internet, countable, dated, uncountable Example: Flames are, unfortunately, a fact of USENET life. It's a rare USENET regular who hasn't been shaken to the foundations with anger at something some jerk has posted. 4. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [M]arked by myriad clouds of every sunset-colour - flame, purple, pink, green, violet, and all the tints of gold. 5. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. flame: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame. 7. Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: in a flame of zeal severe Example: where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow 8. A variety of carnation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Gardeners divide it into Five Claſſes, which they diſtinguiſh by the Name of Picketees, Painted Ladies, Beazarts, Flakes, and Flames: […] the Flames have a red Ground always ſtrip’d with black or very dark Colours. Example: Sic flow’rs o’ sorts ane seldom sees, / Flecks, flames, bussards an’ picketees, / Wi’ strong carnations, like young trees, / To face the entry; […]
Word: flame Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Old English līeġ. Pronunciation: /fleɪm/ 1. Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flawmen, from Old French flamber, flammer. Pronunciation: /fleɪm/ 1. To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze. Example: The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. 2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour. Example: He flamed with indignation. 3. To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody). Labels: Internet, ambitransitive Example: I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup. Example: I wish you had the nerve to put your own name on that article, rather than logging into a public account to do it. I would have prefered^([sic]) to respond to you personally, rather than burden the net with my flaming, particularly since opinions like yours are best left ignored. But I feel I must respond to this one.
Word: ash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.? Proto-Germanic *askǭ Proto-West Germanic *askā Old English æsce Middle English asshe English ash From Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċe, axe, axse, æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to burn; hearth; ashes”). Cognates Cognate with Yola ashen, oaskean (“ashes”), Saterland Frisian Ääske (“ash”), West Frisian jiske (“ash”), Alemannic German Äsche (“ash”), Cimbrian èssa (“ash”), Dutch as, asch (“ash”), German Asche (“ash”), Limburgish Aïsch, Aïsche, Äsch (“ash; grayling”), Luxembourgish Äsch (“ash”), Vilamovian oś, oš (“ash”), Yiddish אַש (ash, “ash”), Danish aske (“ash”), Faroese øska (“ash, ashes”), Icelandic and Swedish aska (“ash”), Norwegian Bokmål aske (“ash”), Norwegian Nynorsk oske (“ash”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō, “ash; cinder”); Breton and Cornish ster (“stars”), Welsh sêr (“stars”), Latin āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), Greek αστέρας (astéras), αστέρι (astéri), άστρο (ástro, “star”), Armenian աստուճ (astuč), աշտուճ (aštuč, “dry (of bread)”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (star, “star”), Baluchi استار (astár / istár), استال (istál, “star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Pashto ستوری (stóray, “star”), Persian سِتَارَه (setāra / sitâre, “star; destiny, fate; spark”), Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒊭𒀀𒀸 (ḫa-aš-ša-a-aš, “fireplace, hearth”), Ashkun istã́ (“star”), Tocharian A āştär (“pure”), Tocharian B astare (“pure”), Sanskrit आस (āsa, “ashes; dust”). The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, asċan (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æsċe (“ash”)). Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ/, [ˈæʃ] 1. Solid remains of a fire. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words. Example: Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil. 2. The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Human (or animal) remains after cremation. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet. 5. Mortal remains in general. Labels: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Napoleon’s ashes are not yet extinguished, and we’re breathing in their sparks. 6. What remains after a catastrophe. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Now, it's Haiti that needs help to rebuild and rise from the ashes [of an earthquake]. 7. A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aissh, asch, asche, ashe, assche, assh, asshe, esch, haish, from Old English æsċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s- (“ash”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aish (“ash”), North Frisian eskebuum (“ash”), West Frisian esk (“ash”), Cimbrian ess (“ash”), Dutch es (“ash”), German Esche (“ash”), Limburgish èsj (“ash”), Luxembourgish Esch (“ash”), Yiddish אַשבוים (ashboym, “ash”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ask (“ash”), Faroese ask, askur (“ash”), Icelandic askur (“ash”); also Welsh onn, ynn (“ash”), Latin ornus (“rowan”), Greek οξιά (oxiá, “beech; wood”), Albanian ah (“beech”), Latgalian ūss (“ash”), Latvian osis (“ash”), Lithuanian uosis (“ash”), Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian я́сень (jásenʹ, “ash”), Bulgarian я́сен (jásen, “ash”), Czech jasan (“ash”), Macedonian јасен (jasen, “ash”), Polish jasion, jesion (“ash”), Serbo-Croatian ја̏се̄н, jȁsēn (“ash”), Slovak jaseň (“ash”), Slovene jésen (“ash”), Armenian հացի (hacʻi, “ash”). Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ/, [ˈæʃ] 1. A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer. Example: The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species. 2. Any tree of certain species of other genera. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The wood of this tree. Labels: uncountable Example: English soldiers handled sturdy bows of yew, ash, or elm, which could propel an iron-tipped arrow as far as a hundred yards. 4. The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Persian آش. Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ/, [ˈæʃ] 1. Alternative form of aush. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ash Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviation. Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ/, [ˈæʃ] 1. Abbreviation of as hell or as heck. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: ashes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ.ɪz/, /ˈæʃ.əz/ 1. plural of ash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ashes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæʃ.ɪz/, /ˈæʃ.əz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: full Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages. Pronunciation: /fʊl/, [fʊɫ], /fʉl/ 1. Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Prospero: I have done nothing but in care of thee, Of thee, my dear one, thee, my daughter, who Art ignorant of what thou art; naught knowing Of whence I am, nor that I am more better Than Prospero, master of a full poor cell, And thy no greater father. Example: […] full in the centre of the sacred wood
Word: full Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill. Pronunciation: /fʊl/, [fʊɫ], /fʉl/ 1. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill. Example: The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide. Example: Sicilian tortures and the brazen bull, Are emblems, rather than express the full Of what he feels. 2. The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon. Example: It is like, that the brain of man waxeth moister and fuller upon the full of the moon: … Example: a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (editor), Works, Volume VII: Practical Works, Revised edition, 1808 page 219, This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses, while the shadow of this sinful mass hides her beauty from the world. 3. A flip involving a complete turn in midair. 4. An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
Word: full Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill. Pronunciation: /fʊl/, [fʊɫ], /fʉl/ 1. To become full or wholly illuminated. Example: The September moon fulls on the 20th at 24 minutes past midnight, and is called the harvest moon. Example: "By the black cave of Atropos, when the moon fulls, keep thy tryst!"
Word: full Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fullen, fulwen (“to baptise”), from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon (“to make holy”)). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”). Pronunciation: /fʊl/, [fʊɫ], /fʉl/ 1. To baptise. Labels: transitive Example: And thy diſciples fulleden men in thy name, in forgiueneſſe of her ſinnes.
Word: full Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fullen (“to full”), from Anglo-Norman fuller, fuler, Middle French foller, fouler, from Old French foler, fouler (“to tread, stamp, full”), from Medieval Latin fullāre, from Latin fullō (“a fuller”). Compare Old English fullian (“to full”). Pronunciation: /fʊl/, [fʊɫ], /fʉl/ 1. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
Word: decrease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹiːs/, /ˈdiːkɹiːs/ 1. Of a quantity, to become smaller. Labels: intransitive Example: The quality of our products has decreased since the main designer left. 2. To make (a quantity) smaller. Labels: transitive Example: Let's decrease the volume a little so we can hear each other talking.
Word: decrease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹiːs/, /ˈdiːkɹiːs/ 1. An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After six years of constant growth, the company reported a slight decrease in sales last year. Example: One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years. 2. A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: space Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space From Middle English space, from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace, espas, et al.; and spaze, variant of espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to stretch, to pull”). Partially displaced native Old English rum, whence Modern English room. Pronunciation: /speɪs/ 1. To roam, walk, wander. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: But she as Fayes are wont, in priuie place / Did spend her dayes, and lov'd in forests wyld to space. 2. To set some distance apart. Labels: transitive Example: Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill. Example: The cities are evenly spaced. 3. To insert or utilise spaces in a written text. Example: This paragraph seems badly spaced. 4. To space out (become distracted, lose focus). Example: My sprout, like I'm totally spaced over you and besides I like older women (arh-arh). I love you... 5. To kill (someone) by ejection into outer space, usually without a space suit. Labels: transitive Example: The captain spaced the traitors. Example: Sound effect of blow with blunt instrument, groan, and the unmistakable cycling of an air lock—Castor: "Sorry, folks. My assistant has just spaced Mr. Rudolf. […]" 6. To travel into and through outer space. Labels: intransitive Example: He well remembered, when he was a junior officer, how the sight of a well dressed, impeccably neat commanding officer, no matter how long they had been spacing, maintained the enthusiasm, confidence and morale of the officers and men.
Word: vacuum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin vacuum (“vacuum”), a subsense of Classical Latin vacuum (“empty space”), a substantivised form of vacuus (“empty”); related to vacāre (“to be empty”). The exercise sense comes from analogy to the sucking action of a vacuum cleaner. Pronunciation: /ˈvæ.kjuːm/, /ˈvæ.kjuː.əm/ 1. A region of space that contains no matter. Example: The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields. 2. The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc. Example: a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch 3. Ellipsis of vacuum cleaner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis 4. A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude. 5. A ground state of a quantum field or of local spacetime, or more abstractly the lowest-energy state of a system. 6. A ground state of a quantum field or of local spacetime, or more abstractly the lowest-energy state of a system. 7. An emptiness in life created by a loss of a person who was close, or of an occupation. Example: Henrietta soon found a terrible vacuum left, by the letters in which she used to pour forth every feeling and thought to her uncle. 8. An exercise in which one draws their abdomen towards the spine. Example: Abs show up in a most-muscular shot, a vacuum shot, the hands-behind-head compulsory ab shot, twisting poses, and so on. Example: Right I'm off to practice my vacuum - suck in those stomachs now!
Word: vacuum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin vacuum (“vacuum”), a subsense of Classical Latin vacuum (“empty space”), a substantivised form of vacuus (“empty”); related to vacāre (“to be empty”). The exercise sense comes from analogy to the sucking action of a vacuum cleaner. Pronunciation: /ˈvæ.kjuːm/, /ˈvæ.kjuː.əm/ 1. To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner. Labels: transitive Example: “Who in the world cleans an attic? That's like vacuuming a shed.” 2. To use a vacuum cleaner. Labels: intransitive 3. To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples. Labels: transitive Example: But the advantage of an auto-vacuumed database is that when B-tree pages are no longer needed, they are moved to the end of the database file and then the database file is truncated, thus returning the unused pages back to the filesystem.
Word: plenum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plēnum n (“space filled with matter”), from plēnus (“full”). The sense of "legislative meeting" is a semantic loan from Russian пле́нум (plénum, “plenary session”), from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːnəm/, /ˈplɛnəm/, /ˈplinəm/ 1. A space that is completely filled with matter. Example: The idea was that a thing could only move into an empty place, and that, in a plenum, there are no empty places. Example: The key to understanding medieval interpretations of motion in hypothetically void space is to realize that medieval natural philosophers analyzed the same bodies in the void that they discussed in the plenum of their ordinary world. 2. A state of fullness, a great quantity (of something). Labels: figuratively Example: He lay on the long stone slant down to the slapping waves, his denim shorts, sneakers, and socks under his head for a pillow, feeling the splendour of distance in all directions, the liquid silence, the plenum of aloneness. 3. A legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present. 4. An enclosed space having greater than atmospheric pressure. 5. The space above a false ceiling used for cables, ducts etc. 6. A type of network cabling which satisfies a given plenum rating for the purpose of fire safety.
Word: matter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother. Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”). Pronunciation: /ˈmætə/, /ˈmatə/, /ˈmatəɾ/, /ˈmætɚ/, [ˈmæɾɚ] 1. Material; substance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Material; substance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Material; substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: vegetable matter 4. Material; substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He always took some reading matter with him on the plane. 5. Material; substance. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Something is the matter with him. Example: The diplomats met to discuss state matters. 7. An approximate amount or extent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I stayed for a matter of months. Example: No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before. 8. Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue. Labels: countable Example: Please find attached an invoice for three outstanding matters. 9. Essence; pith; embodiment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He is the matter of virtue. 10. (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife. 11. Pus. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 12. Importance. Labels: uncountable Example: What matter if we unrewarded must strive, / If Wall Street and gamblers around it may thrive? / What matter if we doubly pay for our food / To support the monopolist kings of the road?
Word: matter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother. Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”). Pronunciation: /ˈmætə/, /ˈmatə/, /ˈmatəɾ/, /ˈmætɚ/, [ˈmæɾɚ] 1. To be important. Labels: intransitive, stative Example: The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich. Example: Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter. 2. To care about, to mind; to find important. Labels: Caribbean, England, regional, transitive Example: Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […] Example: He matter'd not that, he said; coy maids made the fondest wives […]. 3. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Each slight sore mattereth.
Word: volume Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɒl.juːm/, /ˈvɒl.jʊm/, /ˈvɔljʉwm/, /ˈvɑl.jum/, /ˈvɑl.jəm/ 1. A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The room is 9×12×8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet. Example: The proper products can improve your hair's volume. 2. Strength of sound: how loud it is. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Please turn down the volume on the stereo. Example: Volume can be measured in decibels. 3. The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45. 4. A bound book. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence. 5. A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The letter "G" was found in volume 4. 6. A great amount (of meaning) about something. Labels: broadly, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Ayesha wheeled round, and, pointing to the girl Ustane, said one word, and one only, but it was quite enough, for the tone in which it was said meant volumes. 7. A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 8. Quantity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The volume of ticket sales decreased this week. 9. A rounded mass or convolution. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: (key muscle growth stimuli) 13. A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices. Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: volume Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɒl.juːm/, /ˈvɒl.jʊm/, /ˈvɔljʉwm/, /ˈvɑl.jum/, /ˈvɑl.jəm/ 1. To be conveyed through the air, waft. Labels: intransitive Example: […] thumping guns and pattering musket-shots, the long big boom of surgent hosts, and the muffled voluming and crash of storm-bells, proclaimed that the insurrection was hot. Example: […] the Colonel, before he sat down, went about shutting the registers, through which a welding heat came voluming up from the furnace. 2. To cause to move through the air, waft. Labels: transitive Example: We lay leaning over the bows, now looking up at the mist blown in never-ending volumed sheets, now at the sail swelling in the wind before which it fled, and again down at the water through which our boat was ploughing its evanescent furrow. Example: The censer, voluming upwards its ash-gray smoke, was now passed from hand to hand three times round the patient, and finally deposited on the floor at his feet. 3. To swell. Labels: intransitive
Word: no one Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ wʌn/, /ˈnoʊ ˌwʌn/ 1. Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody. Example: We went to the store but no one was there. Example: Sundrie greate perſonages bothe learned and well acquainted with affaires, haue both learnedly, and wiſely written of Politique matters, [...] howbeit there is no one among them all, that hath once buſied himſelfe about the ruling, or direction of the Publique eſtate, in that point, that apperteineth to the vocation of men, [...] 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, one. Example: No one athlete could pull off such a stunt! Example: No one solution on its own can generate successful change.
Word: everyone Part of Speech: pron Etymology: An alteration of earlier everychone after every, from Middle English everichon. By surface analysis, every + one. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv.ɹi.wʌn/ 1. Every person. Example: She was really hungry, so the chicken and tarts served to divert her attention for a time. It was well I secured this forage; or both she, I and Sophie, to whom I conveyed a share of our repast, would have run a chance of getting no dinner at all: every one down stairs was too much engaged to think of us. Example: Everyone’s heart palpitated as Leo Dillon handed up the paper and everyone assumed an innocent face.
Word: someone Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmwʌn/ 1. One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity. Example: Can someone help me, please? Example: Can you get me someone more knowledgeable?
Word: someone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmwʌn/ 1. A partially specified but unnamed person. Example: Do you need a gift for that special someone? Example: His ultimate concern is with being and beings, with saying something about something and not with the someones who say it and hear it—and not even with the someones whose beings are in conflict about beings in their being. 2. An important person. Example: He thinks he has become someone.
Word: none Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”). Pronunciation: /nʌn/, /nʊn/, /nɐn/, /nɔn/ 1. Not any of a given number or group. Example: None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable. Example: None of this meat tastes right. 2. Not any of a given number or group. Example: None of those people is my father. 3. Not any of a given number or group. Example: None of those people are my parents. None shall pass. Example: Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
Word: none Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”). Pronunciation: /nʌn/, /nʊn/, /nɐn/, /nɔn/ 1. Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h) Labels: West-Country Example: Thou shalt have none other gods but me. Example: the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
Word: none Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”). Pronunciation: /nʌn/, /nʊn/, /nɐn/, /nɔn/ 1. To no extent, in no way. Labels: not-comparable Example: I felt none the worse for my recent illness. Example: my lack of education hasn't hurt me none 2. Not at all, not very. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy. Example: We could hear none too well from the back. 3. No, not. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: none Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play on words on nun. Pronunciation: /nʌn/, /nɒn/ 1. A person without religious affiliation. Labels: US Example: Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences. Example: Stable nones, that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious
Word: none Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”). Pronunciation: /nəʊn/, /noʊn/ 1. Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones. Labels: obsolete Example: None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting. Example: The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None, because it began at the Ninth Hour.
Word: somebody Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/, /ˈsʌmˌbədi/, /ˈsʌmbˌʌdi/, /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi/ 1. Some unspecified person. Example: Somebody has to clean this mess up. 2. Synonym of someone; an important person. Example: He could have been somebody!
Word: somebody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/, /ˈsʌmˌbədi/, /ˈsʌmbˌʌdi/, /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi/ 1. Any person. Example: In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before. Example: So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with. 2. A recognised or important person, a celebrity. Example: I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.
Word: nobody Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/, /ˈnəʊ.bə.di/, /ˈnoʊˌbʌd.i/, /ˈnoʊ.bɑ.di/, /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/ 1. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody. Example: I asked several people, but nobody knew how. Example: As nobody who is not blind can have failed to notice, I had my hair cut just yesterday.
Word: nobody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/, /ˈnəʊ.bə.di/, /ˈnoʊˌbʌd.i/, /ˈnoʊ.bɑ.di/, /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/ 1. A person dismissed as unimportant. Labels: informal Example: “‘The nobody you once thought me!’ I repeated, and my face grew a little hot; but I would not be angry: of what importance was a school-girl’s crude use of the terms nobody and somebody?” 2. Something that has no body or an especially small one.
Word: wow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow; ultimately a natural exclamation. Pronunciation: /waʊ/, /ʋɑʋ/ 1. An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure. Example: Wow, I sure was surprised! Example: Out on thir wanderand spiritis, wow! thow cryis. 2. An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration. Example: Wow! How do they do that? 3. Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something. Example: Wow… good job using all of our supplies on the first day.
Word: wow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow; ultimately a natural exclamation. Pronunciation: /waʊ/, /ʋəʋ/ 1. To amaze or awe. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He really wowed the audience. Example: If all of us can remember how great it felt to be wowed, why don't we make it a habit to do it more often for others? People remember you when you wow them, so to differentiate yourself with your clients and customers, think of doing something that would make them remember you.
Word: wow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow; ultimately a natural exclamation. Pronunciation: /waʊ/, /ʋəʋ/ 1. Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc. Labels: informal Example: ‘And say, Jimmy, wait till you see me in my new outfit...It’s a wow, kid.’ Example: ‘Jesus suffering fuck,’ said Adrian. ‘It’s not half a thought.’ ‘Face it, it’s a wow.’ 2. An utterance of "wow". Labels: informal Example: On this trip, we talked with fellow cruisers about their travels and boats, and many were curious about the Beneteau Swift Trawler. Gow graciously gave tours, during which we heard many wows, oohs and aahs. Example: One woman took a seat nearer the front for a closer look at my maps. Several people exhaled loudly. I heard a wow now and then.
Word: wow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. 1. A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I often hear flutter and wows spoken of. Example: Sound films have to be loaded so that the sound is 5 seconds before the sound drum so a wow does not result when the film is punched up on the air.
Word: many Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danish mangen (“many”), Faroese mangur (“many”), Icelandic margur (“many”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mang, mange (“many”), Swedish mången (“many”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags, “many; much”), French maint (“many”); also Cornish menowgh (“frequent, often”), Irish minic (“frequently, often”), Manx mennick (“frequent, often”), Scottish Gaelic minig (“frequent”), Welsh mynych (“frequent, often”), Belarusian мно́га (mnóha, “many; much”), Bulgarian and Russian мно́го (mnógo, “many; much”), Czech mnohý (“many, numerous”), Macedonian мно́гу (mnógu, “very; many; much”), Polish mnogi (“numerous; plural”), Serbo-Croatian мно̏гӣ, mnȍgī (“many; much, long; large, numerous”), Ukrainian мно́гий (mnóhyj, “many, multiple”). The noun is from Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-West Germanic *managu, *managī, from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”), from the same root as the determiner. Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”), Russian много (mnogo), Serbo-Croatian mnogo. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛni/, /ˈmɪni/, /ˈmæni/ 1. before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of. Example: Not many such people enjoyed playing chess. Example: There are very many different ways to cook a meal. 2. before a countable noun: (in combinations such as 'as many', 'so many', 'this many') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the number of people or things. Example: We don't need this many bananas. Put some back. Example: There may be as many as ten million species of insect.