nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: run afoul of Part of Speech: verb 1. To become entangled in; to run aground on. 2. To contravene. Labels: idiomatic Example: When quoting others, take care not to run afoul of copyright rules. Example: Facebook ran afoul of Apple because it used this system to distribute its data-collection app to consumers outside the company, which isn’t allowed.
Word: irksome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜɹksəm/, /ˈɜːksəm/ 1. Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition Example: He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily. Example: The young Spaniard had been in many situations of greater difficulty, but in none more irksome.
Word: find a friendly bush Part of Speech: verb 1. To urinate or defecate or to seek relative privacy for that purpose; to relieve oneself, particularly outdoors. Labels: euphemistic Example: You find a friendly bush and take a crap. Example: About two hours into the ride, James stopped and found a friendly bush.
Word: okonomiyaki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese お好み焼き (okonomiyaki, literally “grilling to your liking”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒkənəmɪˈjɑːki/ 1. A Japanese style of savoury pan-fried thick pancake including a mixture of vegetables and beef, pork, or seafood. Example: A primary ingredient in okonomiyaki, a guest-participation dish from Japan, is chopped cabbage.
Word: rattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ratelen, of uncertain origin; perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch ratelen or of native origin related to Old English hratele, hrætele (“a plant known for its rustling or rattling sound”), ultimately imitative. The noun (c. 1500) is from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ.təl/, [ˈɹæ.tɫ̩] 1. To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking. Labels: ergative, transitive Example: to rattle a chain Example: Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy. 2. To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve. Labels: figuratively, informal, transitive Example: “Tut!” said old Bittlesham. “Tut is right”, I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. “But if you haven’t dropped a parcel over the race,” I said, “why are you looking so rattled?” Example: That United were rattled, mentally as well as at times physically – legitimately so – was beyond question. Nick Powell clipped a crisp drive a foot over the bar, but otherwise Milton Keynes had the best of the remainder of the first half. 3. To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking. Labels: intransitive Example: I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling. 4. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Sound but another [drum], and another shall / As loud as thine rattle the welkin’s ear. 5. To scold; to rail at. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: This came to the Bishop's Ear, who presently sent for the Curate, Rattled him to some Tune, with Menaces to the Highest Degree 6. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering. Example: We rattled along for a couple of miles. 7. To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away. Example: She rattled on for an hour. 8. To experience withdrawal from drugs. Labels: UK, slang
Word: rattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ratelen, of uncertain origin; perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch ratelen or of native origin related to Old English hratele, hrætele (“a plant known for its rustling or rattling sound”), ultimately imitative. The noun (c. 1500) is from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ.təl/, [ˈɹæ.tɫ̩] 1. Object that rattles. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Object that rattles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw. 3. Object that rattles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other. 4. Object that rattles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he footpath to Hendon went across hay and corn fields and in summer the sound of rattles used by boys hired to "fray" the birds from the crops was familiar. 5. Object that rattles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints. Example: The majority of snakes were killed on the spot, as a snaker only had to produce the rattles to collect the bounty. 6. Rattling sound. Labels: countable, onomatopoeic, uncountable Example: I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard. Example: The rattle of a drum. 7. Rattling sound. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: All this adoe about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceipt. 8. Rattling sound. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: “And pray where, Lady Honoria,” cried Mrs. Delvile, “do you contrive to pick up all this rattle?” 9. Rattling sound. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘Sir James is a young Man of an amiable disposition, and excellent character;—a little too much of the Rattle perhaps, but a year or two will rectify that […].’ Example: It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering rattle. 10. Rattling sound. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 11. Rattling sound. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic رَطْل (raṭl), variant of classical رِطْل (riṭl), ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra). Doublet of liter. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ.təl/, [ˈɹæ.tɫ̩] 1. Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg). Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical
Word: rattle someone's cage Part of Speech: verb 1. To demand attention from someone; to nag, nudge, or remind someone. Labels: informal Example: Nobody has corrected the problem yet, so it's time to rattle their cage. 2. To anger or to annoy someone. Labels: informal Example: If you really want to rattle his cage, ask him about his family.
Word: get one's wires crossed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the early days of telephony, when touching wires could reroute conversations. 1. To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: We got our wires crossed so I went to the bus station and she headed to the railway station. Example: "TELEPHONE MATCH, 1949. White gets his wires crossed from trying to call on two variations at once and picks the wrong number in Black who cuts him off short."
Word: chalk up to Part of Speech: verb 1. To attribute or account for something; to ascribe. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Chalk it up to fear that he didn't finish. Example: “You can chalk it up maybe to, as one of my friends says, a nautical superstition,” he said. “Maybe I read too many Greek tragedies. I don't believe something’s going to happen like that until it’s happened.
Word: second nature Part of Speech: noun 1. A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: But habit had made the endurance of this load of panoply a second nature, both to the knight and his gallant charger. Example: Ashe Marson had realized that he must forego those morning exercises which had become a second nature to him.
Word: carr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr. Pronunciation: /kɑː/, /kɑɹ/ 1. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland. Example: The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture. Example: The old tales told of these noble animals sighted padding across clodded fields or circling shrinking copses. Stalking the choking carrs. 2. In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)
Word: carr Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɑː/, /kɑɹ/ 1. Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: carr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Northumbrian Old English carr; possibly adopted from a Cumbric *carreg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”). Pronunciation: /kɑː/, /kɑɹ/ 1. Rock.
Word: on the tip of one's tongue Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Known but not quite able to be recalled. Example: Her name is on the tip of my tongue: it's Kathy, or Karen, or something. Example: The feeling that a blocked word or name is on the tip of the tongue appears to be a near-universal experience. The cognitive psychologist Bennett Schwarz surveyed speakers of fifty-one different languages and found that forty-five of them contain expressions using "the tongue" to describe situations […]
Word: camp out Part of Speech: verb 1. To sleep outdoors, often in a tent. Labels: intransitive 2. To wait or queue for something expected to occur, often overnight. Labels: idiomatic
Word: put one's finger on Part of Speech: verb 1. To identify, specify, name or pick out. Labels: idiomatic Example: There’s something wrong, but I can’t put my finger on it. Example: He had the quick witted imagination to put his finger right on the correct method of attacking a problem but no patience to see it through to the bitter end.
Word: nitpick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪt.pɪk/ 1. To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details. Labels: figuratively Example: Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums. Example: But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it. 2. To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. Labels: archaic 3. To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair. Labels: archaic
Word: feral cat Part of Speech: noun 1. A domestic cat that has returned to or was born in a living situation without human care.
Word: domesticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1620; either borrowed from Middle French domestiquer (Modern French domestiquer) or directly from Medieval Latin domesticātus, perfect passive participle of domesticō (“to domesticate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, domestic + -ate. Pronunciation: /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/, /-stə-/ 1. To make domestic. Labels: transitive 2. To make (more) fit for domestic life. Labels: transitive Example: "To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog." 3. To adapt to live with humans. Labels: transitive Example: The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes. 4. To adapt to live with humans. Labels: intransitive Example: Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats. 5. To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created. Labels: transitive 6. To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture. Labels: transitive
Word: domesticate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1860; borrowed from Medieval Latin domesticātus (“domesticated”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.kət/, /-stə-/, /-kɪt/ 1. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.
Word: punt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin. Pronunciation: /pʌnt/, /pʊnt/ 1. A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole. Example: Near-synonym: pontoon
Word: punt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin. Pronunciation: /pʌnt/, /pʊnt/ 1. To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. 2. Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
Word: punt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term. Pronunciation: /pʌnt/ 1. To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance. Example: At the dump he emptied the station wagon quickly and only once punted a bag of refuse, exploding it like a pinata at a Mexican Christmas. Example: He even hated pets—I once saw him punt a cat. 2. To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance. Labels: intransitive, transitive 3. To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance. Example: With five minutes remaining Hennessey was down well to block another Vukcevic shot, while Gunter was smartly in to punt away the dangerous loose ball. 4. To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc). Labels: colloquial, intransitive, transitive Example: The briefer reported it had been terminated on orders from Secretary Schlesinger, but attributed this to a sense Shamrock produced little, not to the fact it had been discovered. The NSA briefer punted on whether Fort Meade had been reading Americans' private messages, ... Example: The federal government has punted bringing forward extraordinary immigration powers that just weeks ago it was saying were so urgent they needed to be rushed through the parliament. 5. To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports. Example: Punting: Using svn revert¶ If you decide that you want to throw out your changes and start your edits again (whether this occurs after a conflict or anytime), just revert your changes 6. To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives. Labels: colloquial, intransitive 7. To eject; to kick out of a place. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access. Example: If you want to join this riot, we urge you to! You wont have to worry about being TOSed or reported because there will be no Guides online! So do whatever you want—punt, scroll, tos, just turn AOL into a war zone!
Word: punt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term. Pronunciation: /pʌnt/ 1. A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
Word: punt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punto. Pronunciation: /pʌnt/ 1. A point in the game of faro. Labels: obsolete 2. The act of playing basset, baccarat, faro, etc. Labels: obsolete 3. A bet or wager. Example: Anyone up for a punt on Randwick? 4. Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. Labels: Australia Example: Did I actually back a winner and finish in front on the punt? Example: Wishing you all happy new year and a prosperous one on the punt. 5. A highly speculative investment or other commitment. Example: “Months ago, copper traders worldwide took a punt that Trump's tariff pitch for their market was real, not bluster.[…]” 6. A wild guess. 7. The indentation in the base of a wine bottle. 8. A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
Word: punt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punto. Pronunciation: /pʌnt/ 1. To play basset, baccara, faro, etc. Example: Here it was that, guarded by double doors, Sir Francis smoked cigars, and read Bell’s Life in London, and went to sleep after dinner, when he was not smoking over the billiard-table at his clubs, or punting at the gambling-houses in Saint James’s. 2. To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Example: She heard […] of his punting at gaming tables. Example: Whether you want to gamble on a horse race, bet on which player will score first in a game of football, have a punt on a particular tennis player winning a grand slam event, you are buying a chance, a chance which is measured in terms of probability, ‘the odds’. 3. To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess. Labels: figuratively
Word: punt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund. Doublet of funt, pfund, pood, and pound. Pronunciation: /pʊnt/ 1. The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
Word: rattle off Part of Speech: verb 1. To list or recite quickly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: When I suggested it, he promptly rattled off a dozen reasons that it wouldn't work. Example: When he was 14, he could name all the Bond girls. Can he still? / He rattles off the names, from Honey Ryder to Pussy Galore to Domino to Kissy Suzuki. He said he toyed with the idea of playing James Bond and had a conversation about it at one point, but he asked if it could be a black-and-white period piece set in the ’50s. 2. To rail at; to scold. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: She that vvould ſometimes rattle off her Servants pretty ſharply, novv if ſhe ſavv them drink, or heard them talk profanely, never took any notice of it.
Word: Vaisakhi Part of Speech: name 1. The Sikh new year festival.
Word: gurdwara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Punjabi ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ (gurduārā), ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ (gurdavārā). 1. A Sikh place of worship.
Word: duology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined based on Latin duo (“two”) + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”). 1. A series comprising two parts, particularly in genre fiction. Labels: nonstandard
Word: cyano- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)der. English cyano- From Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos, “dark blue”). 1. dark blue-green in colour Labels: morpheme 2. derived from cyanogen or a cyanide / nitrile Labels: morpheme
Word: cyan- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of cyano-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: cyanamide Part of Speech: noun 1. A chemical compound, NH₂CN; a white crystalline solid, soluble in water, having many commercial applications including fertilizer Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by an alkyl or aryl group Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adessive case Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "near", "at", or "by". Languages that use the adessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Lezgi and Lithuanian.
Word: cyanate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of cyanic acid.
Word: cyanate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English cyan(ide) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English cyanate From cyan(ide) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To treat or react with cyanide.
Word: inessive case Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun case used to indicate location inside something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "in" or "inside". Languages that use the inessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Ossetian, and Erzya.
Word: cyanic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An unstable, highly volatile, poisonous acid, HOCN, used to prepare cyanates; hydrolyzes in water to give ammonia and carbon dioxide Labels: uncountable
Word: cyanidation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cyanide Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cyanidation From cyanide + -ation. 1. The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process
Word: Gurjit Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used by Sikhs.
Word: cyanide process Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of extracting gold and silver from their ores with a solution of sodium cyanide. 2. A process of case-hardening iron or steel by immersing it in molten cyanide and then quenching in water or oil.
Word: cyanin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cyan Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English cyanin From cyan + -in. 1. Alternative form of cyanine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cyanine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cyan Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English cyanine From cyan + -ine. 1. Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.
Word: cyanogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyano- + -gen; compare French cyanogène. So called because it produced blue dyes. Pronunciation: /saɪˈæn.ə.d͡ʒɪn/ 1. The pseudohalogen (CN)₂; a colorless, poisonous gas used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide and in chemical warfare. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The radical -CN. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cyanose Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪənəʊz/, /ˈsaɪənəʊs/ 1. To turn blue due to cyanosis. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: cyanose Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪənəʊz/, /ˈsaɪənəʊs/ 1. Afflicted with cyanosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cyanosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Afflicted with cyanosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cyanosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyano- + -osis. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪəˈnoʊsɪs/ 1. A blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She has real, real deep cyanosis around the eyes and mouth too.
Word: cyanotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyano- + -type. Pronunciation: /saɪˈænəʊˌtaɪp/, /saɪˈænəˌtaɪp/ 1. An early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide. Labels: uncountable 2. A photographic print produced by means of this process. Labels: countable
Word: temporal case Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun case used to specify a time. In English, this is usually expressed by the preposition "at," as in "at six o’clock," "at midnight," "at Christmas." Hungarian is a language that uses the temporal case.
Word: Kermit Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata and Scots Gaelic McDiarmid (“son of Dermot”). Popularized in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor). The computing sense is named after the Sesame Street character, but later provided with a backronym ("KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY"). Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːmɪt/, /ˈkɝmɪt/ 1. A male given name from Manx. Labels: US 2. The puppet Kermit the Frog, host of The Muppet Show and a frequent character in Sesame Street, originally performed by creator Jim Henson. 3. An asynchronous file transfer protocol, often used for communication between different types of minicomputer or mainframe. 4. A city, the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, named after Kermit Roosevelt. 5. A town in Mingo County, West Virginia, named after Kermit Roosevelt.
Word: sportsman's bet Part of Speech: noun 1. A bet involving no money, only honour
Word: gentleman's agreement Part of Speech: noun 1. A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour. Example: The National League, for instance, adopted a “gentleman's agreement” that effectively excluded black players. Example: It was decided that a further gentleman's agreement was needed between the United States and Mexico to eliminate, in the words of the American ambassador's office in Mexico City, “interference from Mexican broadcasting stations along the Mexican border at Villa Acuña, Nuevo Laredo, and Reynosa.”
Word: mainframe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From main + frame. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪnˌfɹeɪm/ 1. A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital. 2. A computer chassis that hosts and interconnects modules that perform various tasks. 3. The main frame of a vehicle etc., more commonly main frame.
Word: supermarket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American English, super- + market, 1933. Pronunciation: /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, /ˌsuːpəˈmɑːkɪt/ 1. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing. Example: I went to the supermarket to buy some food. Example: Cans of Coca-Cola Original Taste, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, and Sprite Zero sent to cafes and restaurants are being withdrawn as well as 6x250ml Appletiser multipacks sent to UK supermarkets. 2. A chain of such stores. 3. A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services. Labels: figuratively Example: If you know what you want by filtering down the 1,600 or so trusts to a short list and then studying the information on each via online sources, then you can buy your trust and get all or nearly all of the commission back into your bank account via an Internet investment supermarket. Here, you select your fund, decide whether you want it as an Individual Savings Account (ISA), and pay for it with a credit card. Example: Almina grew up in the age of the internet and the infinite supermarket of pornography it provides.
Word: demote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English (pro)mote English demote From de- (“down”) + promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈməʊt/, /dɪˈmoʊt/ 1. To lower the rank or status of. Labels: transitive Example: James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline. Example: In 1036, shortly after arriving at Yi-ling, Ou-yang Hsiu sent a lengthy letter to his friend, Yin Shu, who had been demoted at the same time as Ou-yang Hsiu and sent to Ying-chou (modern Chung-hsiang, Hupeh). 2. To relegate. Labels: transitive
Word: superessive case Part of Speech: noun 1. Noun case used to indicate location on an object. In English, it roughly corresponds to the prepositions "on" or "on top of", as in "on top of the house". Hungarian is a language that uses the superessive case.
Word: groceries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/, /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹɪz/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ 1. Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She carried a sack of groceries in from her car and placed it on the kitchen table. Example: Did not cotton spin itself, beef grow, and groceries and spiceries come in from the East and the West, quite comfortably by the side of shams?
Word: groceries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/, /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹɪz/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ 1. plural of grocery (store) Labels: form-of, plural Example: There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither of them had tasty food.
Word: groceries Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/, /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹɪz/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grocery Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: grocery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃɹi/, /ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈɡɹɐʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ 1. Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. Labels: attributive Example: 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition... 2. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store. Example: 1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...
Word: grocery Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃɹi/, /ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈɡɹɐʉs.(ə.)ɹi/ 1. To go grocery shopping. Labels: intransitive Example: We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start. Example: The thought of grocerying so casually at Seessel's evokes a giggle from Shirley 2. To furnish with groceries. Labels: transitive Example: Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people Example: What freedom to be iced, fueled, and groceried for two weeks and running toward a reef you truly love
Word: grocer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”). Compare gross. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/ 1. A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery. Example: “Cadiz isn't going to become the garbage dump capital of the world,” said Patrick Erbacher, a grocer who is vice president of the Cadiz Jaycees. Example: Control will never again be gained for toleration will become extinct. A husband quarrelling with his wife will not think twice or regret his spent bullet. Hungry children will not spare the grocer. Remorse in all forms will be removed from human thoughts and actions.Freedom will only be available through revolution or death. This system of a down is unavoidable as life on this planet becomes unnecessary. 2. A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.
Word: grocer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”). Compare gross. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/, /ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/ 1. To sell groceries; to act as a grocer. Labels: uncommon
Word: whoever Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever. Pronunciation: /huˈɛvɚ/, /huˈɛvə/ 1. Who ever: an emphatic form of who. Labels: interrogative, nominative Example: Whoever thought up that stupid idea? 2. Any person or persons that. Labels: nominative Example: Whoever breaks the law will be punished. 3. The person that (no matter who). Labels: nominative Example: Whoever robbed that old lady ought to be locked up. Example: I don't know what it is. Ask whoever put it there. 4. Regardless of the person or persons that. Labels: nominative Example: Whoever stole the painting, the police will catch the thief in no time. 5. Any person or persons. Labels: informal, nominative Example: I don't care who gets it; give it to whoever. 6. Misspelling of who ever other than in interrogative use. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, nominative Example: He is the tallest man whoever lived. (incorrect usage) Example: When the gays can claim the toughest bastard whoever pulled on a football boot as one of their own, ...
Word: greengrocer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + grocer. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹinˌɡɹəʊs.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 2. A relatively small shop selling fresh vegetables and fruit. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK 3. A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.
Word: Mervyn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Welsh Merfyn, probably from mer (“marrow”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mer) + myn (“eminent”) (compare Irish mín (“smooth, elegant, courteous”)). Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː.vɪn/, /ˈmɝ.vɪn/ 1. A male given name from Welsh. Example: Mervyn, in the meantime, had had his solitary meal in the famous back parlour of the Phoenix, where the newspapers lay, and all comers were welcome.
Word: wherever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From where + ever. Pronunciation: /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, /wɛəˈɹɛvə/ 1. Where ever; an emphatic form of where. Labels: interrogative, not-comparable Example: Wherever have you been all my life? 2. In, at or to any place that one likes or chooses. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I don't care what you do with it; just put it wherever. Example: Where do you want to have lunch? — Wherever; I don't mind. 3. The place (no matter where) in, at or to which. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's back from wherever he's been hiding. Example: Go home to wherever you belong.
Word: wherever Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From where + ever. Pronunciation: /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, /wɛəˈɹɛvə/ 1. Regardless of the place in, at or to which. Example: Wherever you go, I’ll find you. Example: Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home. 2. In, at or to any place (that); anywhere. Example: You can sit wherever you like. Example: I'd follow you wherever you went. 3. In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere. Example: Add quotations wherever they are needed. Example: I see mistakes wherever I look. 4. Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located. Example: She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.
Word: greengrocer's apostrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the relatively common misusage of apostrophes seen on the placards used at greengroceries. 1. An incorrectly used apostrophe; (especially) one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example: writing the plural of banana as banana's (a possessive) instead of bananas. Example: [A] flashing neon sign advertising the Pari's Hotel is less an early case of greengrocer's apostrophe than a sardonic Pascalian allusion (pari in French meaning 'bet'). Example: It is hardly surprising that these conventions seem to be in rapid collapse, with what has been called "the greengrocer's apostrophe" (apple's 60p, Antique's, linguistic's, and perhaps even mean't, all personally attested) […]
Word: whomever Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English whomever; equivalent to whom + ever. Pronunciation: /humˈɛvɚ/ 1. Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition). Labels: formal Example: The letter is addressed to whomever it may concern. Example: I'll marry whomever I want.
Word: whichever Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English qwichever, whiche ever, whiche evere, which ever, which evere; equivalent to which + ever. Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/, /ʍɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/ 1. Which ever; emphatic form of 'which'. Labels: interrogative Example: Good heavens! Whichever button did you press to make that happen?! 2. Regardless of the ... that; no matter which. Example: It won't work, whichever buttons you press. Example: Whichever book you borrow, be sure to return it to the library on time. 3. Any or either ... that; the ... that. Example: Choose whichever card you like. Example: Borrow whichever books interest you. 4. According to or depending upon which. Example: I'll buy the red shirt or the blue shirt, whichever one is cheaper. Example: If the work is of joint authorship, the copyright expires 50 years after the death of the author who first dies, or upon the death of the author who dies last, whichever period is longer.
Word: whichever Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English qwichever, whiche ever, whiche evere, which ever, which evere; equivalent to which + ever. Pronunciation: /wɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/, /ʍɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/ 1. Which ever; emphatic form of 'which'. Labels: interrogative Example: These chocolates all look delicious. Whichever shall I choose? 2. Irrespective of the one(s) that; no matter which one(s). Example: Whichever you pick, be content with it. 3. Any or either one(s) that; the one(s) that. Example: I have a few books; please borrow whichever interest you. Example: They have lots of shirts, but I'll buy whichever is cheapest. 4. Any or either one(s). Labels: informal Example: I don't mind which you have. Take whichever. 5. According to or depending upon which one(s). Example: I'll buy the red shirt or the blue shirt, whichever is cheaper.
Word: pullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”); polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”), from Vulgar Latin pulla, feminine form of pullus. Doublet of poult. Compare also Middle English pulle. By surface analysis, pull(us) + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊlɪt/ 1. A young hen, especially one less than a year old. Example: They died not because the Pullets would not feed: but because the Devil foresaw their death, he contrived that abstinence in them. Example: The dinner-hour being arrived, Black George carried her up a pullet, the squire himself [...] attending the door. 2. A spineless person; a coward. Labels: slang 3. A girl or young woman. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: fratricide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīdium. 1. The killing of one's brother (or sister). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation. Example: Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew). 2. The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide, the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,'[…] Example: Such a press of arms invites many opportunities for unintentional fratricide. 3. The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: fratricide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fratricide, from Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīda. 1. A person who commits fratricide. Example: Can Signorio was twice a fratricide, the last time when he lay upon his death-bed: his tomb bears upon its gables the images of six virtues, — Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, and (I believe) Justice and Fortitude. Example: The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980–1015) was a fratricide, who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented his canonization as a saint.
Word: macropine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Macropus + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈmækɹəpaɪn/ 1. Of or relating to the kangaroo or the wallaroo. Labels: not-comparable
Word: microtine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scientific Latin Microtinae, a subfamily name, from Microtus + -inae. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹətaɪn/ 1. Of or relating to the subfamily Microtinae, including voles, lemmings and muskrats. Labels: not-comparable
Word: microtine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scientific Latin Microtinae, a subfamily name, from Microtus + -inae. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹətaɪn/ 1. Any rodent of the former subfamily Microtinae (now Arvicolinae)
Word: chthonophagy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chthonophagia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: quoted in 1918, Carolyn Wells, Such Nonsense! An anthology What mad chthonophagy bids slave and chief / Through endless cycles bite the earth like beef, / By turns each cannibal and each the meal?
Word: allative case Part of Speech: noun 1. A case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions to or onto, as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.
Word: geophagia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + -phagia. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiəˈfeɪdʒə/, /d͡ʒiəˈfeɪdʒiə/ 1. Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt. Labels: uncountable Example: In fact, expectant mothers in many sub-Saharan African cultures routinely eat soils (a practice called geophagia).
Word: chthonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios, “in or under the ground”), from χθών (khthṓn, “ground”). Pronunciation: /ˈkθəʊnɪən/, /ˈθəʊnɪən/, /ˈkθoʊni.ən/, /ˈθoʊni.ən/ 1. Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Consus, moreover, is regarded as a god of the lower world, or Chthonian divinity—another circumstance which connects him with Poseidôn, whose character becomes more and more Chthonian the farther his cultus is traced into the East, where also his phase as lord of knowledge and wisdom appears more manifestly. Example: ...I intend to apply the name chthonian to all gods and spirits of the earth, whether their functions are concerned with agriculture or with the grave and the world beyond, or (as often) with both.
Word: chthonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios, “in or under the ground”), from χθών (khthṓn, “ground”). Pronunciation: /ˈkθəʊnɪən/, /ˈθəʊnɪən/, /ˈkθoʊni.ən/, /ˈθoʊni.ən/ 1. A dweller in the mythical underworld.
Word: delative case Part of Speech: noun 1. case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.
Word: inhibit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“to hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/ 1. To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain. Labels: transitive Example: inhibit someone's freedom Example: inhibit someone's education 2. To recuse. Labels: Philippines
Word: abessive case Part of Speech: noun 1. A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less. Example: Languages that use the abessive case include Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Mongolian, and Inari Sámi.
Word: sod off Part of Speech: verb 1. Go away. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Example: Why don't you just sod off and leave me alone? Example: He was here a minute ago but now he's sodded off.
Word: diglossia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin diglōssia. In linguistics introduced 1959 by Charles A. Ferguson, based on French diglossie, from Ancient Greek δίγλωσσος (díglōssos, “bilingual”) + -ία (-ía). Equivalent to di- + -glossia. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/, /ˌdaɪˈɡlɑsi.ə/ 1. The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages. Labels: uncountable Example: To begin with, of the two varieties involved in diglossia, the one serving (H)igh societal functions, unlike that reserved for (L)ow ones, is nobody's mother tongue: it is learned in later life largely by formal education, and is not used for ordinary conversation. Secondly, the diglossic contrast concerns widely divergent varieties, as opposed to stylistic contrasts which tend to be small-scale. Moreover, diglossia occurs within a single language, while bilingualism or multilingualism, involve far more divergent linguistic systems. Example: 2000, Joshua A. Fishman, Chapter 3: Bilingualism with and without diglossia; diglossia with and without bilingualism, Li Wei (editor), The Bilingualism Reader, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 81, It is the purpose of this chapter to relate these two research traditions to each other by tracing the interaction between their two major constructs: bilingualism (on the part of psychologists) and diglossia (on the part of sociologists). 2. The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue. Labels: uncountable
Word: wedlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛd.lɒk/, /ˈwɛd.lɑk/ 1. The state of being married. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man. Example: Nothing Jesus Christ more quemeth (pleaseth) Than love in wedlock where men it yemeth (keepeth); 2. A wife; a married woman. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: that lovely payre, / Enlincked fast in wedlockes loyall bond, / Bold Marinell with Florimell the fayre […] Example: Which of these is thy Wedlock, Menelaus? thy Hellen? thy Lucrece? that we may do her Honour; mad Boy?
Word: matrimony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony. Pronunciation: /ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/, /ˈmæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/ 1. Marriage; the state of being married. Labels: uncountable Example: If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it. Example: […]you can play around with girls without being involved in meshes of sentiment, and you can do anything and be justified—and here am I with the brains to do everything, yet tied to the sinking ship of future matrimony. 2. The ceremony of marriage. Labels: countable 3. A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards. Labels: uncountable 4. A spouse. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: out of wedlock Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of parents not legally married. Labels: idiomatic Example: Some children are born out of wedlock.
Word: caritive case Part of Speech: noun 1. A case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without." The caritive case is found in some Caucasian languages.
Word: weed out Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove (unwanted elements) from a group. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: To weed out problem users, watch new people's behavior. Example: In May get a weed-hook, a crotch and a glove, And weed out such weeds, as the corn doth not love
Word: weedkiller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weed + killer. 1. A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc). Labels: countable, uncountable