nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: earth Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“dirt, ground, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”). Cognates Cognate with Scots erd, yerd, yird, yirth (“earth, loam, mould, soil; ground”), Yola eard, eart, eord, eorth, erth (“earth”), North Frisian eerd, eerde, iarde, Iart, iir, jard, örd, Öört (“earth; world”), Saterland Frisian Idde, Äid, Äide (“earth; soil; ground”), West Frisian ierde (“earth; soil; ground”), Alemannic German Ëërde (“earth”), Bavarian Erd, Erdn (“world; soil; ground”), Central Franconian Ääd (“earth”), Cimbrian èerda (“earth”), Dutch aard, aarde (“earth”), German Erde (“earth; soil; ground; world”), German Low German Eer (“earth”), Limburgish eerd (“earth”), Luxembourgish Äerd (“earth; soil”), Vilamovian Ād (“earth”), Yiddish ערד (erd, “earth; soil”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish jord (“earth”), Faroese jørð (“earth”), Icelandic jörð (“earth”), Norn yurn (“the earth”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa, “earth”); also Latin ōra (“border, edge, rim”), Breton erv (“ridge between furrows”), Welsh erw (“acre”), Ancient Greek ἔραζε (éraze, “to the ground”), Lithuanian erdvė (“expanse, space”), Albanian varr, vorr (“grave”), Tocharian B āre (“dust, loose earth”), Sanskrit उर्वरा (urvarā, “fertile soil, field yielding crops”), Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “border, boundary, line”). Probably unrelated, but of unknown etymology, is Old Armenian երկիր (erkir, “earth”). Likewise, the phonologically similar Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́- – whence Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ), Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʾereṣ) – is probably unrelated. Pronunciation: /ɜːθ/, /ɝθ/, /ɵːθ/, /ɜθ/, /ɛrθ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Earth; our planet, third out from the Sun. Labels: alt-of Example: The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole. Example: We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!
Word: earth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“dirt, ground, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”). Cognates Cognate with Scots erd, yerd, yird, yirth (“earth, loam, mould, soil; ground”), Yola eard, eart, eord, eorth, erth (“earth”), North Frisian eerd, eerde, iarde, Iart, iir, jard, örd, Öört (“earth; world”), Saterland Frisian Idde, Äid, Äide (“earth; soil; ground”), West Frisian ierde (“earth; soil; ground”), Alemannic German Ëërde (“earth”), Bavarian Erd, Erdn (“world; soil; ground”), Central Franconian Ääd (“earth”), Cimbrian èerda (“earth”), Dutch aard, aarde (“earth”), German Erde (“earth; soil; ground; world”), German Low German Eer (“earth”), Limburgish eerd (“earth”), Luxembourgish Äerd (“earth; soil”), Vilamovian Ād (“earth”), Yiddish ערד (erd, “earth; soil”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish jord (“earth”), Faroese jørð (“earth”), Icelandic jörð (“earth”), Norn yurn (“the earth”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa, “earth”); also Latin ōra (“border, edge, rim”), Breton erv (“ridge between furrows”), Welsh erw (“acre”), Ancient Greek ἔραζε (éraze, “to the ground”), Lithuanian erdvė (“expanse, space”), Albanian varr, vorr (“grave”), Tocharian B āre (“dust, loose earth”), Sanskrit उर्वरा (urvarā, “fertile soil, field yielding crops”), Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “border, boundary, line”). Probably unrelated, but of unknown etymology, is Old Armenian երկիր (erkir, “earth”). Likewise, the phonologically similar Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́- – whence Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ), Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʾereṣ) – is probably unrelated. Pronunciation: /ɜːθ/, /ɝθ/, /ɵːθ/, /ɜθ/, /ɛrθ/ 1. To connect electrically to the earth. Labels: UK, transitive Example: That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed. 2. To bury. Labels: transitive Example: The Miſer earths his Treaſure; and the Thief, / Watching the Mole, half-beggars him ere Morn. 3. To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. Labels: transitive Example: […]the Fox is earth’d,[…] Example: This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set. 4. To burrow. Labels: intransitive Example: foxes earth'd
Word: snake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“slider, snake”), from *snakan (“to creep, slide”), related to Old High German snahhan (“to sneak, slide”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *snēkô (“creeper, crawler”). Cognate with German Low German Snake, Snaak (“snake”), dialectal German Schnake (“adder”), Danish snog (“grass snake”), Swedish snok (“grass snake”), Norwegian Nynorsk snåk (“viper, adder”), Faroese snákur (“grass snake”), Icelandic snákur (“snake”). Pronunciation: /sneɪk/ 1. Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues. Example: The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips. Example: After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves. 2. A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonyms: rat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer Example: Mrs. Kenwigs was horror-stricken to think that she should ever have nourished in her bosom such a snake, adder, viper, serpent, and base crocodile, as Henrietta Petowker. 3. A tool for unclogging plumbing. 4. A tool to aid cable pulling. 5. A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake. Labels: Australia, UK 6. Trouser snake; the penis. Labels: slang 7. A series of Bézier curves. 8. The seventh Lenormand card. 9. An informer; a rat. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man. Example: Yo, bare people and the snakes, yeah, they're just grass / Next minute you're the mate, yeah / Next day stab in the back 10. A person who interferes with another's run or who takes their run out of turn. Labels: slang 11. Ellipsis of snake in the tunnel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical Example: The snake failed to provide an anchor for currency stability and, through it, disinflation. 12. Ellipsis of black snake (“firework that creates a trail of ash”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 13. Ellipsis of snake game. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: snake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English snake, from Old English snaca (“snake, serpent, reptile”), from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“slider, snake”), from *snakan (“to creep, slide”), related to Old High German snahhan (“to sneak, slide”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *snēkô (“creeper, crawler”). Cognate with German Low German Snake, Snaak (“snake”), dialectal German Schnake (“adder”), Danish snog (“grass snake”), Swedish snok (“grass snake”), Norwegian Nynorsk snåk (“viper, adder”), Faroese snákur (“grass snake”), Icelandic snákur (“snake”). Pronunciation: /sneɪk/ 1. To follow or move in a winding route. Labels: intransitive Example: The path snaked through the forest. Example: The river snakes through the valley. 2. To steal slyly. Labels: Australia, slang, transitive Example: He snaked my DVD! Example: Although it wouldn't be the first time some one patented an idea that I'd had a year earlier.[…]Someone already has :)[…]F*CK ME !! Snaked again ! 3. To clean using a plumbing snake. Labels: transitive 4. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out. Labels: US, informal Example: November 27 1835, N.B. St. John, letter to George Thompson his wife and children shall not be forced to flee from the hearth of a friend, lest they should be snaked out by men in civic authority 5. To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. 6. To inform; to rat; often with out. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: He says he didn't snake and I believe him. 7. To interfere with another's run or to take one's run out of turn. Labels: slang Example: Snaking is the number one way to get hurt and/or get rejected by existing scenes at your local skatepark or street spot.
Word: ordinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/ 1. The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes. Example: Coordinate term: abscissa Example: The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate. 2. The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.
Word: ordinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/ 1. To align a series of objects. Labels: transitive 2. To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop. Labels: transitive, uncommon 3. To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination. Labels: transitive 6. past participle of ordinate Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: ordinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/ 1. Observant of order, keeping within set limits; moderate, temperate Labels: rare 2. Conforming to order or rule, ordered, regulated, regular, orderly. Labels: obsolete Example: ordinate power 3. Arranged regularly in a row or rows. Labels: rare 4. Of a figure: having all its sides and angles equal. Labels: obsolete 5. Relating to an ordered series of ratios. Labels: obsolete Example: ordinate proportionality; ordinate proportion
Word: thick Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”). Pronunciation: /θɪk/, /θɘk/ 1. In a thick manner. Example: Snow lay thick on the ground. 2. Frequently or numerously. Example: The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Word: thick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”). Pronunciation: /θɪk/, /θɘk/ 1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. Example: It was mayhem in the thick of battle. Example: He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. 2. A thicket. Example: gloomy thicks Example: Through the thicke they heard one rudely rush. 3. A stupid person; a fool. Labels: slang Example: If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks.
Word: thick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”). Pronunciation: /θɪk/, /θɘk/ 1. To thicken. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: A wicked ambush , which lay hidden long In the close covert of her guilful eyen, Thence breaking forth , did thick about me throng Example: The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Word: thick Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”). Pronunciation: /θɪk/, /θɘk/ 1. Alternative form of thilk (“that same”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: northeast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English northest, from Old English norþēast, equivalent to north + east. Pronunciation: /noːˈθɪjst/ 1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°. Example: The task of discussing priority concerns for this region is complicated by the fact that there are essentially two rural northeasts.
Word: northeast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English northest, from Old English norþēast, equivalent to north + east. Pronunciation: /noːˈθɪjst/ 1. Of, in or pertaining to the northeast; northeastern. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: "PG&E is aware of a power outage initially impacting about 61,000 customers in the area northeast of Sacramento including Auburn, Grass Valley and Loomis. 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the northeast; northeastward; northeasterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: a northeast course Example: Chungshe is one of eleven villages in Liuchia township, Tainan county (see Maps 2 and 3). It lies about 30 kilometers northeast of Tainan city. 3. Coming from the northeast; northeasterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: a northeast wind
Word: northeast Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English northest, from Old English norþēast, equivalent to north + east. Pronunciation: /noːˈθɪjst/ 1. Towards the direction of the northeast; northeastwards. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: We are travelling northeast at the moment.
Word: northwest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English northwest, from Old English norþwest, equivalent to north + west. Pronunciation: /nɔɹθˈwɛst/, /nɔːθˈwɛst/, /noːθˈwɛst/ 1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
Word: northwest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English northwest, from Old English norþwest, equivalent to north + west. Pronunciation: /nɔɹθˈwɛst/, /nɔːθˈwɛst/, /noːθˈwɛst/ 1. Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: a northwest course Example: But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital. 3. Coming from the northwest; northwesterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: a northwest wind
Word: northwest Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English northwest, from Old English norþwest, equivalent to north + west. Pronunciation: /nɔɹθˈwɛst/, /nɔːθˈwɛst/, /noːθˈwɛst/ 1. Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: We are travelling northwest at the moment.
Word: southwest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south + west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst. Pronunciation: /saʊθˈwɛst/, /sawθˈwɛst/, /saʊˈwɛst/ 1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°. Example: So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Word: southwest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south + west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst. Pronunciation: /saʊθˈwɛst/, /sawθˈwɛst/, /saʊˈwɛst/ 1. Of, in or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the southwest; southwestward; southwesterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: A southwest course. 3. Coming from the southwest; southwesterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: A southwest wind.
Word: southwest Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south + west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst. Pronunciation: /saʊθˈwɛst/, /sawθˈwɛst/, /saʊˈwɛst/ 1. Towards or in the direction of the southwest; southwestwards. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: We are travelling southwest at the moment.
Word: southeast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English southest, from Old English sūþēast, equivalent to south + east. Pronunciation: /sawˈθɪjst/ 1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.
Word: southeast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English southest, from Old English sūþēast, equivalent to south + east. Pronunciation: /sawˈθɪjst/ 1. Of, in or pertaining to the southeast; southeastern. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The first rocket exploded on the southeast camp fire perimeter, and the second dropped in to the northwest, a few hundred meters from the center of the workforce complex. Example: On the north side of town, there’s a golf course Colstrip residents can use for free. Castle Rock Lake, just west of town, attracts residents from across southeast Montana. 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the southeast; southeastward; southeasterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: A southeast course. 3. Coming from the southeast; southeasterly. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: A southeast wind.
Word: southeast Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English southest, from Old English sūþēast, equivalent to south + east. Pronunciation: /sawˈθɪjst/ 1. Towards or in the direction of the southeast; southeastwards. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: We are travelling southeast at the moment. Example: Valencia is southeast of Madrid.
Word: was Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- Proto-Germanic *was Old English wæs Middle English was English was From Middle English was, from Old English wæs, from Proto-Germanic *was, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂we-h₂wós-e from *h₂wes- (“to reside”), whence also vestal. See also Scots was, West Frisian was (dated, wie is generally preferred today), Dutch was, Low German was, German war, Swedish var); also Kamkata-viri vos-, Sanskrit उवास (uvā́sa). The paradigm of “to be” has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form be is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become”). The forms is and are are both derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Lastly, the past forms starting with w- such as was and were are from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”). Pronunciation: /wəz/, /wɒz/, /wʌz/, /wɑz/, [wəz] 1. first-person singular simple past indicative of be. Labels: first-person, form-of, indicative, past, singular Example: I was castigated and scorned. 2. third-person singular simple past indicative of be. Labels: form-of, indicative, past, singular, third-person Example: It was a really humongous slice of cake. Example: I killed my poor father, Tuesday was a week, for doing the like of that. 3. Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural. Labels: colloquial Example: There was three of them there. Example: And in the vppermoſt baſket there was of all maner of †bake-meats foꝛ Pharaoh,and the birds did eat them out of the baſket vpon my head. 4. second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were. Labels: colloquial, form-of, indicative, nonstandard, past, second-person, singular Example: You was pleased to cast a favourable eye upon me. Example: "Was you outside the Bank of England, sir?" 5. first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were. Labels: colloquial, first-person, form-of, indicative, nonstandard, past, plural Example: “What happened here, Hadley?” the chief asked. “We was robbed, damn it, we was robbed.” 6. third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were. Labels: colloquial, form-of, indicative, nonstandard, past, plural, third-person Example: When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now baby / Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah Example: Take or be taken. Get yours or get got. It was the code of the streets and I'd lived by it. The way things was looking, I was prolly gone die by it too.
Word: wax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Woaks (“wax”), West Frisian waaks (“wax”), Dutch was (“wax”), German Wachs (“wax”), German Low German Wass (“wax”), Luxembourgish Wuess (“wax”), Vilamovian wāhs (“wax”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk voks (“wax”), Faroese vaks (“wax”), Icelandic, Swedish vax (“wax”); and with Lithuanian vaškas (“wax”), Proto-Slavic *voskъ (“wax”). Pronunciation: /waks/, /wæks/, /wɛks/ 1. Beeswax. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Earwax. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill? 3. Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The phonograph record format for music. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: What really started the corn sprouting on Broadway was a lugubrious tune by Louisiana's Jimmie Davis called It Makes No Difference Now. In the late '30s Decca's Recording Chief David Kapp heard this Texas hit and got it on wax. 6. A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it. Labels: US, countable, dialectal, uncountable 7. Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: He was charged with two felonies, for possession of Xanax and wax.
Word: wax Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Woaks (“wax”), West Frisian waaks (“wax”), Dutch was (“wax”), German Wachs (“wax”), German Low German Wass (“wax”), Luxembourgish Wuess (“wax”), Vilamovian wāhs (“wax”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk voks (“wax”), Faroese vaks (“wax”), Icelandic, Swedish vax (“wax”); and with Lithuanian vaškas (“wax”), Proto-Slavic *voskъ (“wax”). Pronunciation: /waks/, /wæks/, /wɛks/ 1. Made of wax. Labels: not-comparable Example: He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
Word: wax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Woaks (“wax”), West Frisian waaks (“wax”), Dutch was (“wax”), German Wachs (“wax”), German Low German Wass (“wax”), Luxembourgish Wuess (“wax”), Vilamovian wāhs (“wax”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk voks (“wax”), Faroese vaks (“wax”), Icelandic, Swedish vax (“wax”); and with Lithuanian vaškas (“wax”), Proto-Slavic *voskъ (“wax”). Pronunciation: /waks/, /wæks/, /wɛks/ 1. To coat with wax or a similar material. Labels: transitive Example: waxed silk 2. To form a wax (a thick maple syrup). Labels: intransitive Example: The syrup is waxing. Come and help yourselves.
Word: wax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English waxen, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /waks/, /wæks/, /wɛks/ 1. To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. Labels: transitive 2. To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply. Labels: transitive 3. To defeat utterly. Labels: informal, transitive 4. To kill, especially to murder a person. Labels: slang, transitive Example: "I was reassigned over from the 9th when the battalion CO got waxed on the road leading in." Ben kept his dismay to himself. Here was one more officer in the 90th who'd been on the job only hours or days, replacing commanders killed or wounded.... Example: "You telling me you know who really waxed him and your mom?" "Yeah," she lied. "Just who pulled the trigger or who ordered it to be pulled?" 5. To record. Labels: archaic, transitive, usually
Word: wax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan (“to wax, grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful, flourish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with Scots wax (“to grow”), West Frisian waakse (“to greaten”), Low German wassen, Dutch wassen (“to greaten”), German wachsen (“to greaten”), Danish and Norwegian vokse (“to greaten”), Swedish växa (“to greaten”), Icelandic vaxa (“to greaten”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan, “to grow”); and with Ancient Greek ἀέξειν (aéxein), Latin auxilium. It is in its turn cognate with augeo. See eke. Pronunciation: /waks/, /wæks/, /wɛks/ 1. To greaten. Labels: intransitive, literary Example: Holonym: wax and wane Example: And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh, And waxen in their mirth and neeze and swear A merrier hour was never wasted there. 2. To increasingly assume the specified characteristic. Labels: copulative, intransitive, literary Example: Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, grow Example: to wax poetic 3. To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon. Labels: intransitive 4. To move from low tide to high tide. Labels: intransitive
Word: wax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan (“to wax, grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful, flourish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with Scots wax (“to grow”), West Frisian waakse (“to greaten”), Low German wassen, Dutch wassen (“to greaten”), German wachsen (“to greaten”), Danish and Norwegian vokse (“to greaten”), Swedish växa (“to greaten”), Icelandic vaxa (“to greaten”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan, “to grow”); and with Ancient Greek ἀέξειν (aéxein), Latin auxilium. It is in its turn cognate with augeo. See eke. Pronunciation: /waks/, /wæks/, /wɛks/ 1. The process of growing. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: wax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; probably from phrases like to wax angry, wax wode, and similar (see Etymology 2, above). Pronunciation: /waks/, /wæks/, /wɛks/ 1. An outburst of anger, a loss of temper, a fit of rage. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: father Arnall's face looked very black but he was not in a wax: he was laughing. Example: ‘That's him to a T,’ she would murmur; or, ‘Just wait till he reads this’; or, ‘Ah, won't that put him in a wax!’
Word: beeswax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bee + -s- + wax. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːzwæks/ 1. A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The candle was made entirely of natural beeswax. Example: She polished the furniture with beeswax to give it a shine. 2. Business. Labels: Canada, US, humorous, informal, uncountable, usually Example: mind your own beeswax Example: none of your beeswax
Word: beeswax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bee + -s- + wax. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːzwæks/ 1. To polish with beeswax. Labels: transitive
Word: laundry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/, /ˈlɑn.dɹi/, /ˈlɑːn.dɹi/ 1. A laundering; a washing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day. 2. A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place. 3. That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You've left your dirty laundry all over the house. Example: Q. Did you use to do the washing around your house, too? / The Court: She did all the work of the house, I suppose. / Mr. Feltenstein: That's what I want to find out. / A. I gave the laundry to the laundry. / Q. What? / A. I gave the wash to the laundry. 4. A penalty flag. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 5. A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: what Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”). Cognate with Scots what, whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”). Its use as a particle of contradiction or objection in colloquial Singaporean English is analogous to Cantonese 喎 /㖞 (wo³, etymology 2, sense 3). It is possible that this was historically reinforced by the dated use of what as a sentence-final question tag in British English. Pronunciation: /wɒt/, /wɔt/, /wʱɔʈ/, /wɑt/, /wɜt/ 1. Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities. Labels: interrogative Example: What colour are you going to use? Example: What time is it? 2. Which. Labels: indirect, interrogative Example: I wonder what colour he is going to use. Example: I know what colour I am going to use. 3. Any ... that; all ... that; whatever. Labels: relative Example: He seems to have lost what sense he had. Example: What money I earn is soon spent. 4. Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'. Example: This shows what beauty there is in nature. Example: You know what nonsense she talks. 5. Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'. Example: What nonsense! Example: Wow! What a speech.
Word: what Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”). Cognate with Scots what, whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”). Its use as a particle of contradiction or objection in colloquial Singaporean English is analogous to Cantonese 喎 /㖞 (wo³, etymology 2, sense 3). It is possible that this was historically reinforced by the dated use of what as a sentence-final question tag in British English. Pronunciation: /wɒt/, /wɔt/, /wʱɔʈ/, /wɑt/, /wɜt/ 1. Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc. Labels: interrogative Example: Hammer in that nail —What with? I didn't bring my set of tools. Example: What is your name? 2. That which; those that; the thing(s) that. Example: He knows what he wants and what to do to get it. Example: What is amazing is his boundless energy. 3. Anything that; all that; whatever. Example: I will do what I can to help you. Example: What I'll do is, I'll phone you to let you know. 4. That; which; who. Labels: dialectal, nonstandard, relative Example: Look! It's that bloke again what was 'ere yesterday! Example: "I'll tell it ye from the beginning," he said. "My time is from ten at night to six in the morning. At eleven there was a fight at the 'White Hart'; but bar that all was quiet enough on the beat. At one o'clock it began to rain, and I met Harry Murcher—him who has the Holland Grove beat—and we stood together at the corner of Henrietta Street a-talkin'. Presently—maybe about two or a little after—I thought I would take a look round and see that all was right down the Brixton Road. It was precious dirty and lonely. Not a soul did I meet all the way down, though a cab or two went past me. I was a strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house. Now, I knew that them two houses in Lauriston Gardens was empty on account of him that owns them who won't have the drains seen to, though the very last tenant what lived in one of them died o' typhoid fever. I was knocked all in a heap therefore at seeing a light in the window, and I suspected as something was wrong. When I got to the door——"
Word: what Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”). Cognate with Scots what, whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”). Its use as a particle of contradiction or objection in colloquial Singaporean English is analogous to Cantonese 喎 /㖞 (wo³, etymology 2, sense 3). It is possible that this was historically reinforced by the dated use of what as a sentence-final question tag in British English. Pronunciation: /wɒt/, /wɔt/, /wʱɔʈ/, /wɑt/, /wɜt/ 1. In what way; to what extent. Labels: interrogative, not-comparable Example: What does it matter? Example: What do you care? 2. Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see what with), and much less commonly with other prepositions. Labels: not-comparable Example: In short; what by the indiscretion of people here, what by the rebound which came often back from London, what by the private interests and ambitious views of persons in the French court, and what by other causes unnecessary to be examined now, the most private transactions came to light [...] Example: The Chinese of all ranks, and in every place, received my books gladly, and listened with patience to what I had to say about the true God.—So that what from opportunities of attending to the object of my Mission among the Chinese—what from seasons of religious instruction to Dutch and English—what from intercourse with gentlemen of education and knowledge of the world—what from occasions of stating clearly the object of Missions, and of endeavouring to remove prejudices against them—and what from the view of a highly cultivated country, happy under an enlightened and liberal government, I have much reason to be satisfied with this journey …
Word: what Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”). Cognate with Scots what, whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”). Its use as a particle of contradiction or objection in colloquial Singaporean English is analogous to Cantonese 喎 /㖞 (wo³, etymology 2, sense 3). It is possible that this was historically reinforced by the dated use of what as a sentence-final question tag in British English. Pronunciation: /wɒt/, /wɔt/, /wʱɔʈ/, /wɑt/, /wɜt/ 1. An expression of surprise or disbelief. Example: What! That’s amazing! Example: wait this song is so good whattt 2. What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires. Example: What? I'm busy. 3. Clipping of what do you say?, used as a type of tag question to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, dated Example: It’s a nice day, what? Example: “That’s riled them,” said my compaion. “Good work, what?” 4. What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Pardon?" or "Excuse me?" preferred. Example: — Could I have some of those aarrrrrr mmmm ... — What? 5. Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information. Example: I must have been, what, about five years old.
Word: what Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”). Cognate with Scots what, whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”). Its use as a particle of contradiction or objection in colloquial Singaporean English is analogous to Cantonese 喎 /㖞 (wo³, etymology 2, sense 3). It is possible that this was historically reinforced by the dated use of what as a sentence-final question tag in British English. Pronunciation: /wɒt/, /wɔt/, /wʱɔʈ/, /wɑt/, /wɜt/ 1. Something; thing; stuff. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed / Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, / That doth despise the dainties of the towne[…] 2. The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what. Labels: countable Example: The emphasis on the interplay between the hows and whats of interpretive practice is paramount. 3. Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who. Labels: countable Example: 2012, "We Are Both", season 2, episode 2 of Once Upon a Time Regina: What are you? Rumplestiltskin: What? What? What? My, my, what a rude question! I am not a what.
Word: what Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”). Cognate with Scots what, whit (“what”), North Frisian wat (“what”), Saterland Frisian wat (“what”), West Frisian wat (“what”), Dutch wat (“what”), Low German wat (“what”), German was (“what”), Danish hvad (“what”), Norwegian Bokmål hva (“what”), Swedish vad (“what”), Norwegian Nynorsk kva (“what”), Icelandic hvað (“what”), Latin quod (“what, which”). Its use as a particle of contradiction or objection in colloquial Singaporean English is analogous to Cantonese 喎 /㖞 (wo³, etymology 2, sense 3). It is possible that this was historically reinforced by the dated use of what as a sentence-final question tag in British English. Pronunciation: /wɒt/, /wɔt/, /wʱɔʈ/, /wɑt/, /wɜt/ 1. Emphasizes the truth of an assertion made to contradict an evidently false assumption held by the listener. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Pitch contour: low [wʌt˩], low-dipping [wʌt˨˩] Example: — Sian sia, nearby here don’t have library. — The National Library is a five-minute walk from here what, no meh? 2. Used to invite agreement or acknowledgment when something is assumed to be straightforward or already obvious to begin with; similar in function to “right?” and “as you know”. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Pitch contour: low [wʌt˩], low-dipping [wʌt˨˩] Example: If it doesn’t get sunlight, it won’t grow what, so you should consider moving it closer to the window. 3. Used after a direct assertion to reinforce a disagreeing opinion. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Pitch contour: low [wʌt˩], low-dipping [wʌt˨˩] Example: The lava cakes are not that bad what.
Word: contact lens Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.
Word: left Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewp-, *(s)lup- (“hanging limply”). Compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”), obsolete Dutch lucht, leftsch, lefts, lefs (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), archaic Low German lucht (“left”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛft/, /ˈlɛf/, /ˈlɛfʔ/ 1. Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← Example: Near-synonym: port Example: The left side. 2. Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation. Example: The road up ahead contains a left bend. Example: Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it. 3. Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river. Example: The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine. Example: The following dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden, March 22: “Gen. Mitchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the Ching Chong river, opposite Anju, retrenchments made by the enemy. 4. Left-wing; pertaining to the political left. Example: It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order. Example: Who does not know the practical man who in his own field denounces socialism as "pernicious rot" but when he steps outside his subject spouts socialism like any left journalist. 5. Relating to the beginning or earlier part of a phrase. Example: left dislocation