nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: maiden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæġden (“girl”), originally a diminutive of mæġeþ (“girl”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Equivalent to maid + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪdən/, /ˈmæɪdən/, /ˈmedən/, /ˈmeidən/ 1. A girl or an unmarried young woman. Labels: literary 2. A female virgin. Labels: archaic Example: She's unmarried and still a maiden. 3. A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: As for that ſaid ſire Bors I wille be ſhryuen with a good wylle / Soo ſyr Bors was confeſſyd / and for al wymmen ſir Bors was a vyrgyne / ſauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and on her he gat a child that hyghte Elayne / and ſauf for her ſyre Bors was a clene mayden[…] 4. A maidservant. 5. A clothes maiden. 6. An unmarried woman, especially an older woman. Labels: archaic 7. A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record". 8. A horse race in which all starters are maidens. 9. A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine. Labels: historical Example: It had been customary during the whole civil war, to decapitate state criminals by the instrument called the maiden; but Montrose was condemned to a more ignominious death , by a gibbet thirty feet high 10. A maiden over. 11. A machine for washing linen. Labels: obsolete 12. Alternative form of Maiden. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maiden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæġden (“girl”), originally a diminutive of mæġeþ (“girl”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Equivalent to maid + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪdən/, /ˈmæɪdən/, /ˈmedən/, /ˈmeidən/ 1. Virgin. Labels: not-comparable Example: a surprising old maiden lady Example: It was just the middle of October when I moved in with my maiden sister […] 2. Without offspring. Labels: not-comparable 3. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden. Labels: not-comparable Example: Haue you no modeſty, no maiden ſhame, / No touch of baſhfulneſſe? 4. Being a first occurrence or event. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: 1975 was the year when West Indies won their maiden World Cup title. Example: The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. 5. Being an over in which no runs are scored. Labels: not-comparable Example: He bowled a record twelve maiden overs in his spell of 8-33 in 21 overs. 6. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. Labels: not-comparable Example: Come Brother Iohn, full brauely haſt thou fleſht thy Maiden ſword. Example: When I am dead, good Wench, / Let me be vs’d with Honor; ſtrew me ouer / With Maiden Flowers, that all the world may know / I was a chaſte Wife, to my Graue: Embalme me, / Then lay me forth (although vnqueen’d) yet like / A Queene, and Daughter to a King enterre me. 7. Never having been captured or violated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Victorie forsook him for ever since he ransacked the maiden town of Magdenburg Example: But every citizen considered his own honor as bound up with the honor of the maiden fortress. 8. Grown from seed and never pruned. Labels: not-comparable
Word: braid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”). Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”). Pronunciation: /bɹeɪd/ 1. To make a sudden movement with, to jerk. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To start into motion. Labels: archaic, intransitive 3. To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids. Labels: transitive Example: Braid your locks with rosy twine. 4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food. 5. To reproach; to upbraid. Labels: obsolete Example: Great King, / Few loue to heare the ſinnes they loue to act, / T'would brayde your ſelfe too neare for me to tell it […]
Word: braid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”). Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”). Pronunciation: /bɹeɪd/ 1. Crafty, deceitful. Labels: obsolete Example: Since Frenchmen are so braid, / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.
Word: braid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brede, bræd, bred, from Old English bred (“board, plank, tablet, table”), from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą (“board, plank”), e-grade byform of *burdą (“board, plank”). Cognate with Scots bred, braid, brad (“board, plank, wooden tablet”), Saterland Frisian Brääd (“board, plank”), West Frisian bret (“board, plank”), Dutch bred, berd (“plank, table”), German Low German Bredd (“board, plank”), German Brett (“board, plank”), Danish bræt (“board, plank”).. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪd/ 1. A shelf or board for holding objects. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal 2. A board to press curd for cheese. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal 3. A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: ribbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪbən/ 1. A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: / […] / A Cuffe neglectfull, and thereby / Ribbands to flovv confuſedly: / […] / Do more bevvitch me, than vvhen Art / Is too preciſe in every part. 2. An awareness ribbon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With Monday marking the beginning of October’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month observance, supporters will be donning their pink ribbons as a show of support for ongoing research for a cure. 3. An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Late at night, in the typewriter light / Ripped his ribbon to shreds Example: They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon. 4. A narrow strip or shred. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a steel or magnesium ribbon Example: sails torn to ribbons 5. A narrow strip or shred. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Alternative form of ribband. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 7. A painted moulding on the side of a ship. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A watchspring. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A bandsaw. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Reins for a horse. Labels: countable, dated, in-plural, slang, uncountable Example: "Here, sir, hold the ribbons." This to me, throwing me the reins. Jack got down from his perch, and after a little search in the bush was rewarded by the capture of the poor dazed pigeon, who was consigned to safe custody in the boot. 11. A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A sliver. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A subheadline presented above its parent headline. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Office programs are drowning in features—and they're crammed into so many different nooks and crannies that even pros don't know where to look. That's where the new ribbon fits in. 15. An apparatus with a handle and a long narrow strip of fabric. Labels: countable 16. An apparatus with a handle and a long narrow strip of fabric. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable
Word: ribbon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪbən/ 1. To decorate with ribbon. Labels: transitive 2. To stripe or streak. Labels: transitive
Word: meringue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French meringue. Historically, it was believed that meringue was invented in and named for the Swiss village of Meiringen, but the term is now thought to derive instead from Middle Dutch meringue (“light evening meal”), of unclear origin: * perhaps from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”), or * perhaps from Middle Dutch *meren (“to dip or soak bread”), from Old Dutch *meren, itself of unclear origin: ** perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marjaną (“to grind, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pack”). ** perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marhin (“soup of bread and wine or water”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *merk- (“wet”). Compare Middle Low German meringe (from mern (“to dip bread in wine”)), Middle High German merunge (from mëren (“to soak bread in wine or water for dinner”)), Old English merian (“to purify, cleanse, test”). Doublet of merengue. Pronunciation: /məˈɹæŋ/, [məˈɹæŋ], /məˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [məˈɹeɪ̯ŋ], /məˈɹɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The key to a good baked Alaska is the meringue topping. 2. A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Shirley likes to have strawberry with her meringue. Example: It had the same laxness in texture that all organic structures seem to have upon the moon; it tasted rather like a gauffre or a damp meringue, but in no way was it disagreeable.
Word: meringue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French meringue. Historically, it was believed that meringue was invented in and named for the Swiss village of Meiringen, but the term is now thought to derive instead from Middle Dutch meringue (“light evening meal”), of unclear origin: * perhaps from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”), or * perhaps from Middle Dutch *meren (“to dip or soak bread”), from Old Dutch *meren, itself of unclear origin: ** perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marjaną (“to grind, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pack”). ** perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marhin (“soup of bread and wine or water”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *merk- (“wet”). Compare Middle Low German meringe (from mern (“to dip bread in wine”)), Middle High German merunge (from mëren (“to soak bread in wine or water for dinner”)), Old English merian (“to purify, cleanse, test”). Doublet of merengue. Pronunciation: /məˈɹæŋ/, [məˈɹæŋ], /məˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [məˈɹeɪ̯ŋ], /məˈɹɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To prepare as a meringue dish. Labels: transitive
Word: gumdrop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gum + drop. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌm.dɹɒp/, /ˈɡʌm.dɹɑːp/ 1. A small chewy candy made with corn syrup, gelatin, and flavouring.
Word: hither Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪðə/, /ˈhɪðɚ/ 1. To this place, to here. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: He went hither and thither. Example: SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred. 2. over here Labels: not-comparable
Word: hither Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪðə/, /ˈhɪðɚ/ 1. On this side; the nearer. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil.
Word: hither Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪðə/, /ˈhɪðɚ/ 1. only used in the phrase hither and thither
Word: thither Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê. Pronunciation: /ˈðɪðə/, /ˈθɪðə/, /ˈðɪðɚ/, /ˈθɪðɚ/ 1. To that place. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […] Example: […] Eleutherius, who thinking himself concern'd, because he brought me thither […] 2. To that point, end, or result. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The argument tended thither.
Word: thither Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê. Pronunciation: /ˈðɪðə/, /ˈθɪðə/, /ˈðɪðɚ/, /ˈθɪðɚ/ 1. The farther, the other and more distant. Labels: archaic, no-comparative Example: the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife
Word: hitherto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adverb is derived from Middle English hiderto (“to the present time, until now; up to this point”), from hider (“in this direction, to or toward this place; up to the present time, until now”) (from Old English hider (“to here, hither”)) + to (“in the direction of, toward; etc.”). By surface analysis, hither + to. The adjective is derived from the adverb. Pronunciation: /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/, /ˈhɪðətuː/, [ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː], [ˈhɪðətʰuː], /ˈhɪðəɹˌtu/ 1. Up to this or that time. Labels: also, formal, not-comparable Example: All men att the begynnynge⸝ ſett forth goode wyne⸝ And when men be dronke⸝ then thatt which is worſſe: Butt thou haſt kept backe the goode wyne hetherto. Example: [T]he greateſt and moſt active part of Mankind, has never hetherto been vvell contented vvith the preſent. 2. Up to this place. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: Hither to ſhalt thou come, but no further, and here ſhalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes.^([sic – meaning waves]) Example: The Archdeacon hath diuided it / Into three limits very equally: / England from Trent, and Seuerne hitherto, / By South and Eaſt is to my part aſsignd: […] 3. In speech or writing: up to this point; thus far. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: The great man dovvne, you marke his fauourite flyes, / The poore aduanc'd, makes friends of enemies, / And hetherto doth loue on fortune tend, / For vvho not needes, ſhall neuer lacke a friend, / And vvho in vvant a hollovv friend doth try, / Directly ſeaſons him his enemy. Example: "Really, Mr. Collins," cried Elizabeth with some warmth, "you puzzle me exceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as to convince you of its being one." 4. Synonym of hereto (“regarding this subject; to achieve this result; to this end”). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And the eſpeciall intent of this meeting is, to receive our Biſhops directions for the adminiſtration of the Sacraments and Preaching, as his Articles informe us. Hitherto, if I can but hold me by my text, I hope not to fall into impertinencies.
Word: hitherto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adverb is derived from Middle English hiderto (“to the present time, until now; up to this point”), from hider (“in this direction, to or toward this place; up to the present time, until now”) (from Old English hider (“to here, hither”)) + to (“in the direction of, toward; etc.”). By surface analysis, hither + to. The adjective is derived from the adverb. Pronunciation: /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/, /ˈhɪðətuː/, [ˌhɪðəˈtʰuː], [ˈhɪðətʰuː], /ˈhɪðəɹˌtu/ 1. Existing or occurring before now; former, preceding, previous. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: At the same time, then, that the categorical imperative can enjoin nothing without liability to exception but disinterested obedience to itself, it will have no lack of definite content. The particular duties which it enjoins will at least be all those in the practice of which, according to the hitherto experience of men, some progress is made towards the fulfilment of man's capabilities, or some condition necessary to that progress is satisfied.
Word: hoist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of earlier hoise (“to hoist”), apparently based on the past tense forms, from Middle Dutch hisen (“to hoist”). Compare modern Dutch hijsen (“to hoist”), German hissen (“to hoist”), Danish hejse (“to hoist”). Compare also French hisser (“to hoist”), Galician isar (“to hoist”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source. Pronunciation: /hɔɪst/ 1. To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight). Labels: transitive Example: For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his ovvne petar, an't ſhall goe hard / But I vvill delue one yard belovve their mines, / And blovve them at the Moone: […] Example: They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. 2. To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering. 3. To lift someone up to be flogged. Labels: historical, transitive Example: Again Pilatus answered them, What shall I do to the Jew’s king? They again cried out and said, Hoist him! Then said Pilatus, What evil did he? They so much the more cried, Hoist him! 4. To be lifted up. Labels: intransitive 5. To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization. Labels: transitive 6. To steal. Labels: slang, transitive Example: When you’ve reached neutral territory, when you’ve stashed the loot hoisted from the warlord’s mansion – well, he didn't have much use for it any more, did he? 7. To rob. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Why, it was nothing to travel about the country with fifty grand worth of ice on me. Suppose I hadn’t packed a roscoe—hell, I’d of been hoisted once a week!
Word: hoist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier hoise (“to hoist”), apparently based on the past tense forms, from Middle Dutch hisen (“to hoist”). Compare modern Dutch hijsen (“to hoist”), German hissen (“to hoist”), Danish hejse (“to hoist”). Compare also French hisser (“to hoist”), Galician isar (“to hoist”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source. Pronunciation: /hɔɪst/ 1. Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things. 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. Example: Give me a hoist over that wall. 3. The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast. 4. The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level. 5. The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
Word: dish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dǎská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos. Cognates Cognate with Scots disch (“dish; plate”), Dutch dis (“table”), German Low German Disk, Disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish disk (“dish; counter”), Icelandic diskur (“dish; plate”), Finnish tiski (“desk, counter; dish”). Compare the identical meaning expansion (vessel for food, then also content of such a vessel, then also specific type of food): Bulgarian блю́до (bljúdo), Russian блю́до (bljúdo). For the roundness aspect, compare Polish rondel (“pan, saucepan”) (< Latin rotundus (whence also English round)), Slovene krožnik < krog. Also compare typologically Proto-Slavic *misъka << Latin mēnsa; Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax) (several meanings). Pronunciation: /dɪʃ/ 1. To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food. Labels: transitive 2. To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another. Labels: informal, slang 3. To insult, speak ill of. Labels: slang Example: In the car with you I heard Joe's voice ― complaining about how invisible black people still are to whites; praising artists we admire; dishing someone's bad taste; planning future adventures; […] 4. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish. Labels: transitive Example: to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes 5. To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat. Labels: archaic, slang, transitive Example: Have the Tories "dished the Whigs"?
Word: teetotal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834. Pronunciation: /ˌtiːˈtəʊtəl/ 1. Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol. Example: There is absolutely a teetotal society here in the heart of the mountains, and some quarrelsome drunkards have become reformed! 2. Opposed to the drinking of alcohol. 3. Total. Labels: dated, emphatic Example: That's a teetotal lie.
Word: teetotal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834. Pronunciation: /ˌtiːˈtəʊtəl/ 1. One who abstains from drinking alcohol. Example: Hubert is trying to persuade James, a strict Presbyterian and teetotal, to come into the pub.
Word: teetotal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834. Pronunciation: /ˌtiːˈtəʊtəl/ 1. To advocate or practice the total abstinence from alcohol. Labels: intransitive, uncommon
Word: raspberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp (“coarse, rough”), of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɹæzbɹi/, /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/ 1. The plant Rubus idaeus. 2. Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus. 3. The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants. 4. A red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.
Word: raspberry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp (“coarse, rough”), of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɹæzbɹi/, /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/ 1. Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries. Example: It’s a gorgeous ice cream dream…a generous roll of vanilla shaped like a log…sprinkled with toasted pecan nuts…and filled with an egg-shaped center of the raspberriest raspberry ice cream ever! Example: Raspberry Flavor JELL-O® BRAND Gelatin now tastes even raspberrier. 2. Of a dark pinkish red. Example: She wore a raspberry beret / The kind you find in a second hand store
Word: raspberry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp (“coarse, rough”), of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɹæzbɹi/, /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/ 1. To gather or forage for raspberries. Example: […] she stuck burrs in my bed and lead me through the nettle-patch when we were raspberrying, because she knew I did n't know nettles; […] Example: "Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne. "They won't be back before supper time—if then."
Word: raspberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Cockney rhyming slang, from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it). Compare raspberry ripple = cripple. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɹæzbɹi/, /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/ 1. A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision. Labels: colloquial Example: Of the announcement, Osborne said: "They have spent a hundred billion pounds of public money and they've got a massive raspberry from everyone as far as I can see. As a PR exercise, it's been an object lesson in how not to make a government announcement." 2. A physically disabled person. Labels: colloquial, derogatory
Word: raspberry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Cockney rhyming slang, from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it). Compare raspberry ripple = cripple. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɹæzbɹi/, /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/ 1. To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence. Labels: colloquial
Word: fortitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fortitude, from Old French, from Latin fortitūdō (“bravery, strength”), from fortis (“brave, strong”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.tɪˌtjuːd/, /ˈfoɹ.tɪˌtud/, [ˈfoɹ.dəˌtud] 1. Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am able now (me thinkes) / (Out of a Fortitude of Soule, I feele) / To endure more Miſeries, […] Example: I shall soon have need for all my fortitude, as I am on the point of separation from my own daughter. 2. Physical strength. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The Turke with moſt mighty preparation makes for Cipres. Othello, the fortitude of the place, is beſt knowne to you, […] Example: Hey day! VVhat are all the VVomen of my Family abroad? Is not my Wife come home? Nor my Siſter, nor my Daughter? […] Mercy on us, what can be the meaning of it? Sure the Moon is in all her Fortitudes; […]
Word: depleted uranium Part of Speech: noun 1. Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is a byproduct of uranium enrichment; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties (for example, its high density). Labels: uncountable
Word: prime minister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French premier ministre. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹaɪ(m)ˈmɪnɪstə(ɹ)/ 1. The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party. Example: This is a list of all prime ministers since Churchill. Example: Yesterday we had a visit from the Prime Minister / prime minister.
Word: environment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French environnement. Compare French environnement. By surface analysis, environ + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹə.mənt/, /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɹən.mənt/, /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɚn.mənt/, /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɚ.mənt/ 1. The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest. Example: What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation, and that accounts for its often-bizarre behavior. 2. The natural world or ecosystem. Example: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment. 3. All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs. 4. A particular political or social setting, arena or condition. 5. The software or hardware existing on any particular computer system. Example: That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment. 6. The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point. 7. The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.
Word: Hong Kong Part of Speech: name Etymology: An irregular romanization of Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong², “incense harbor”), the former name of a settlement in what is now Aberdeen on the southwest side of Hong Kong Island, where joss stick incense was stored for export, made from agarwood. Pronunciation: /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/, /ˌhɔŋˈkɔŋ/, /ˌhɑŋˈkɑŋ/, [hɔŋ˥ kʰɔŋ˥] 1. A city and special administrative region in southern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; a former British colony. Example: CHINA. A rebellion of more than ordinary importance is in progress in this country. At the departure of the last mail from Hong Kong numerous bands of robbers were plundering and burning throughout the provinces of Kangsi and Canton, and, having captured the city of Kintschan, had advanced to within 120 English miles of Canton. Example: In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong. 2. An island in southeastern China, Hong Kong Island, the site of the city of the same name, lying off Guangdong (Canton) province. Example: Sampans and punts crowded the tight harbors of places like Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island, and these fisherfolk cooked up the day’s catch for their customers on the most minimal of stoves. Example: This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom apartment is in the western section of Mid-Levels, an affluent residential area built into the northern slope of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. 3. A special administrative region of China, which includes the city and island of the same name as well as nearby islands and the Kowloon Peninsula. 4. A former British colony in 1843–1941 and 1945–1981 and then British Dependent Territory in 1981–1997 in modern southern China in the area of modern Hong Kong. Labels: historical
Word: weapons of mass destruction Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weapon of mass destruction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: science Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.əns/ 1. To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct. Labels: dated, transitive Example: I mock'd at all religious Fear, Deep-scienced in the mazy Lore Of mad Philosophy 2. To use science to solve a problem. Labels: colloquial, humorous, transitive
Word: science Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See scion. 1. Obsolete spelling of scion. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: technology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy. Pronunciation: /tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/, /tɛkˈnɑ.lə.dʒi/, /ˈʈek(h).noˈlɔː.dʒiː/, /ʈek(h)ˈnɔː.lə.dʒiː/ 1. The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts Example: Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be. 2. Machines or equipment thus designed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display. 3. Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras). Labels: countable Example: the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age Example: Although it can read data quickly, it is very slow at storing it. That has led the industry on a frantic hunt for alternative storage technologies that might unseat flash. Mr. Parkin’s new approach, referred to as “racetrack memory,” could outpace both solid-state flash memory chips as well as computer hard disks, making it a technology that could transform not only the storage business but the entire computing industry. […] Since the tiny magnetic domains have to travel only submolecular distances, it is possible to read and write magnetic regions with different polarization as quickly as a single nanosecond — far faster than existing storage technologies. 4. Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism. Labels: countable, figuratively Example: Comb jellies lack the most impressive 'technology' of jellyfish - the nematocyst stinging apparatus which is one of the most deadly weapons and fastest cellular processes in nature. 5. The study of or a collection of techniques. Labels: literary, uncountable 6. A discourse or treatise on the arts. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: earthquake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθkweɪk/, /ˈɝθkweɪk/ 1. A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. Example: Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake. Example: I had just awoke at gun-fire (5 A.M.), when suddenly the thatch began to rustle and shake as if an army of cats were galloping over it, and immediately afterwards my bed shook too, so that for an instant I imagined myself back in New Guinea, in my fragile house, which shook when an old cock went to roost on the ridge; but remembering that I was now on a solid earthen floor, I said to myself, "Why, it's an earthquake," and lay still in the pleasing expectation of another shock; but none came, and this was the only earthquake I ever felt in Ternate. 2. Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies. Example: Since the response of some man-made structures to the ground motion near the epicenter is highly dependent on frequency, a significant difference in potential damage to the structures is expected between earthquakes and moonquakes. Example: The wave patterns, too, are strikingly different: The secondary (S) waves and surface waves on lunar seismograms are not generally as clearly defined and distinct as are those of earthquakes. 3. A sudden and intense upheaval; a severely disruptive event. Labels: figuratively Example: As we have seen, economic earthquakes often result in political shockwaves. […] He highlights a correlation between those states with the highest robot density and those states that unexpectedly swung behind Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, namely Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Example: Leo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Ireland’s prime minister and also giving up his role as leader of the Fine Gael party in the ruling coalition, in a surprise move described by pundits as a “political earthquake” for the country.
Word: earthquake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθkweɪk/, /ˈɝθkweɪk/ 1. To undergo an earthquake. Labels: intransitive Example: Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon.
Word: oil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman olie, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Compare Proto-Slavic *lojь. More at olive. Doublet of oleum. Supplanted Middle English ele (“oil”), from Old English ele (“oil”), also from Latin. Pronunciation: /ɔɪl/, [ɔɪʲəɫ], /ɔl/ 1. Liquid fat. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Petroleum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Oil is found in countries such as Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world. Example: The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. 4. An oil painting. Labels: countable Example: Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's. 5. Oil paint. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I prefer to paint in oil
Word: oil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oilen, oylen, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ɔɪl/, [ɔɪʲəɫ], /ɔl/ 1. To lubricate with oil. Labels: transitive Example: Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. Example: Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling the motion. 2. To grease with oil for cooking. Labels: transitive 3. To fuel with oil. Labels: transitive 4. To say in an unctuous manner. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: "Do you need a drink?" oils Robert Ryan to the disinterested Stanwyck in Clash By Night; "Let's say that's what I need," she sneers back.
Word: Lithuanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Lithuania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lithuanian From Lithuania + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /ˌlɪð.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /ˌlɪθ.uˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /lɪθˈweɪ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Lithuania.
Word: Lithuanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Lithuania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lithuanian From Lithuania + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /ˌlɪð.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /ˌlɪθ.uˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /lɪθˈweɪ.ni.ən/ 1. The main language of Lithuania. Labels: uncountable 2. A person living in or coming from Lithuania. Labels: countable
Word: disguise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡaɪz/, /dɪzˈɡaɪz/, /dɪˈskaɪz/ 1. Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A cape and moustache completed his disguise. Example: hiding one's treacherous intentions under the guise of friendship 2. The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: old ideas in a new guise 3. The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies. 4. A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: disguise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡaɪz/, /dɪzˈɡaɪz/, /dɪˈskaɪz/ 1. To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity. Labels: transitive Example: Spies often disguise themselves. Example: Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. 2. To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance. Labels: transitive Example: He disguised his true intentions. 4. To dress in newfangled or showy clothing, to deck out in new fashions. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To dissemble, to talk or act falsely while concealing one’s thoughts. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 6. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the slip. Example: But my lord was angry, and being disguised with liquor too, he would not let him go till they played more; and play they did, and the luck still went the same way; […]
Word: disgust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡʌst/, /dɪsˈkʌst/, /dɪzˈɡʌst/, /dɪsˈɡʊst/, /dɪsˈkʊst/ 1. To cause an intense dislike for something. Example: It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open. Example: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
Word: disgust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”). The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡʌst/, /dɪsˈkʌst/, /dɪzˈɡʌst/, /dɪsˈɡʊst/, /dɪsˈkʊst/ 1. An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty. Labels: uncountable Example: With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.
Word: dismal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), from Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪzməl/ 1. Disastrous, calamitous. 2. Disappointingly inadequate. Example: He received a dismal compensation. Example: Liverpool's efforts thereafter had an air of desperation as their dismal 2012 league form continued. 3. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. Example: The storm made for a dismal weekend 4. Depressing, dreary, cheerless. Example: She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair Example: So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all. It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.
Word: dismal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), from Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪzməl/ 1. A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States. Labels: US, dated, possibly Example: .[…] the proprietors of all the great unimproved tracts of Swamp lands will form themselves into Drainage Companies, by which method alone can we ever hope to witness the complete reclamation of the dismals of the seaboard. No reasonable doubt can be entertained that the clearing and draining of the lands will produce their usual effects in ameliorating the climate and that the tidal portions of No. Caro- lina may thus[…] Example: The term "Dismal" requires some clarification. At one time, all large swamps in eastern North Carolina were commonly referred to as "dismals," probably because they were so gloomy, dreary, and dark, and there are a lot of swamps or "dismals" in eastern North Carolina.
Word: nurse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”). Pronunciation: /nɜːs/, /nɵːs/, /nəːs/, /nɝs/, /nɔːs/ 1. A person involved in providing direct care for the sick: Labels: informal Example: My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery. 2. A person involved in providing direct care for the sick: Example: The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward. Example: Francis Urquhart: Right. Mackenzie. Health. No chance of getting him into a demo at a hospital, I suppose? Tim Stamper: Doesn't go to hospitals any more. Kept getting beaten up by the nurses... I think he has trouble getting insured now. 3. A person involved in providing direct care for the sick: 4. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children. Example: They hired a nurse to care for their young boy. 5. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters. Labels: figuratively Example: Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen". Example: the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise 6. A shrub or tree that protects a young plant. 7. A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place. 8. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. 9. A wet nurse. Labels: archaic