nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: FDR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32ⁿᵈ US president. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Though FDR had a different message in mind, he unknowingly hit on something else: Phobias run the gamut of life and include everything from spiders to outer space. Example: Over the course of his [Eisenhower's] two terms in office, his administration's expenditures on public works actually exceeded those of FDR and Truman. 2. Ellipsis of FDR Drive. Labels: New-York-City, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: He mounted its stairs and crossed the FDR to find the park transformed since he'd last seen it: There were sculpted bushes and a picturesque little bridge and joggers still out, even at this hour. 3. Initialism of Federal Democratic Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Initialism of Federal Democratic Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Initialism of Federal Democratic Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: FDR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of false transmit format detection ratio (in UMTS). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of flight data recorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of federal democratic republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of false discovery rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of first-degree relative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: HSUPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of High Speed Uplink Packet Access (in UMTS). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: HSCSD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Highspeed Circuit Switched Data (2.5G). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: asymptotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English asymptote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English asymptotic From asymptote + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæsɪm(p)ˈtɒtɪk/, /ˌæsəm(p)ˈtɑtɪk/, /ˌæsəm(p)ˈtɔtɪk/ 1. Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity. Labels: not-comparable Example: F. Skof investigated an interesting asymptotic property of the additive functions (see Theorem 2.34). In fact, she proved that a function f : E₁ → E₂ is additive if and only if ‖f(x + y) − f(x) − f(y)‖ → 0 as ‖x‖ + ‖y‖ → ∞, where E₁ is a normed space and E₂ is a Banach space. Example: More recently, a direction of research initiated by Macpherson and Steinhorn [28] and continued by Elwes [13, 14] and Ryten studies classes of finite structures in which definable sets have a uniform asymptotic behaviour, as the cardinalities of the universes increase. 2. Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because for some transwomen, femininity can feel asymptotic — the closer you get, the more you feel you can never make it. Example: The asymptotic behavior of a function
Word: hindrance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hinderance, hinderaunce, hindraunce, hynderaunce, hynderawnce, hynderawns, hyndrance; equivalent to hinder + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪndɹəns/, [ˈhɪnd͡ɹ̝əns], [hɪnd̠͡ɹ̠˔əns] 1. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else. Example: High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking. Example: The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.] 2. The state or act of hindering something. Example: Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
Word: whitebeam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English witbeam, equivalent to white + beam (“tree”) – see Old English bēam (“tree”). In the name, white refers to the color of the leaves, when emergent and later the undersides. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtˌbiːm/, /ˈwaɪtˌbim/ 1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.
Word: Christmas present Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Christmas + present (“gift”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪsməs ˌpɹɛzənt/ 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Christmas, present. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Children believe that Santa Claus comes down the chimney to bring them Christmas presents.
Word: Christmas present Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Christmas + present (“relating to now, current”). Present is used as a postpositioned adjective. First popularized in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪsməs ˈpɹɛzənt/ 1. A contemporary Christmas. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Christmas past becomes Christmas present. Example: Anita had been relieved to unload the burden of her Christmases Past following her Process but she certainly hasn't told Max any of the details of the Christmases present she'd be spending with John.
Word: splinter party Part of Speech: noun 1. A political party formed by members of an existing one whose views or policies differ from those of the majority.
Word: Christmas carol Part of Speech: noun 1. A carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas. Example: So also when he was born into the World, the holy Angels came down to sing his Christmas Carol, and at once to proclaim and celebrate his Nativity.
Word: Christmas card Part of Speech: noun 1. A greeting card that is decorated in a manner that celebrates Christmas. Example: “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”
Word: mangrove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A modification of earlier mangrowe (obsolete) by the influence of grove (“small forest”) through folk etymology. Mangrowe is probably borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue (whence English mangle) (probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language) + an unknown word ending. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡɹəʊ̯v/, /ˈmaŋɡɹəwv/, /ˈmæŋɡɹoʊ̯v/, /ˈmeɪ̯ŋɡɹoʊ̯v/, /ˈmæŋɡɹəʉv/ 1. Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). Example: The channel by which we went to, and returned from Olinda, was bordered on each side by mangroves, which sprang like a miniature forest out of the greasy mud-banks. The bright green colour of these bushes always reminded me of the rank grass in a churchyard: both are nourished by putrid exhalations; the one speaks of death past, and the other too often of death to come. Example: We called […] in and out of rivers, streams of death in life, whose banks were rotting into mud, whose waters, thickened into slime, invaded the contorted mangroves, that seemed to writhe at us in the extremity of an impotent despair. 2. A forest of such shrubs or trees. Labels: broadly 3. Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat. Labels: broadly 4. Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”). Labels: also, attributive, broadly Example: There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world's seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.
Word: cheddar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/ 1. A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Money, cash, currency. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.
Word: cheddar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/ 1. To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds. Labels: transitive
Word: glogg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish glögg. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒɡ/, /ɡlɜːɡ/, /ɡlʌɡ/, /ɡlʊɡ/ 1. A Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry flavoured with almonds, raisins and orange peel. Labels: uncountable Example: The first celebration takes place on the first Sunday in Advent, when friends and family gather to drink warm glogg - a kind of mulled wine […] Example: Adult Swedes also enjoy their favourite Christmas drink, glogg, which is a spicy mulled wine.
Word: Christmas ham Part of Speech: noun 1. A ham, boiled and then baked in the oven with mustard, served sliced at Christmas as one of the traditionally most important parts of the Scandinavian julbord (special Christmas-time smörgåsbord). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ham prepared in various other ways in various regions at Christmas, such as stuffed ham in parts of the United States, or ham soaked in fruit juices in the Philippines. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf. Pronunciation: /tɹʌmp/, [t͡ʃɹʌmp] 1. The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others. Example: Diamonds were declared trump(s). Example: And now her Heart with Pleasure jumps, She scarce remembers what is Trumps. 2. A playing card of that suit. Example: He played an even higher trump. 3. Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve. Labels: figuratively Example: VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe, And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was, I would lay a ſurer trumpe, Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke. 4. An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg. Labels: archaic, colloquial Example: [W]e permitted no hostile foot to pass over or desecrate his resting place; shall be that which to learn the last trump shall awaken our WASHINGTON. Example: All hands voted Queequeg a noble trump; the captain begged his pardon. 5. An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff. Example: There be many one that breaketh this carde,[…]and playeth there with oftentimes at the blinde trompe, wherby they be no winners but great losers Example: Trionfo,[…]also a trump at cards, or the play called trump or ruff. 6. A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
Word: trump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf. Pronunciation: /tɹʌmp/, [t͡ʃɹʌmp] 1. To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump. Labels: transitive Example: He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped. Example: He lost his money at whist after dinner, and actually trumped his partner’s highest spade. 2. To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump. Labels: intransitive 3. To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor. Labels: transitive Example: to trick or trump mankind Example: Wren, who had hoped to make his name with his discovery, immediately put De Corpore aside, hoping that in silence his failure would disappear. He was forced to think again about his future and resolved to seek new territory within the New Philosophy which he could call his own, rather than face the embarrassment of being trumped for a second time. 4. To impose unfairly; to palm off. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Authors have been trumped upon us. 5. To supersede. Labels: transitive Example: In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues. Example: The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all. 6. To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to. Labels: transitive
Word: trump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”), from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trumpet”), from a common Germanic word of imitative origin. Doublet of tulumba and tromp. Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”). More at trumpet, drum. Pronunciation: /tɹʌmp/, [t͡ʃɹʌmp] 1. A trumpet. Labels: archaic Example: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible Example: Sound, sound the trump of fame, 2. A fart. Labels: UK, colloquial 3. The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
Word: trump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”), from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trumpet”), from a common Germanic word of imitative origin. Doublet of tulumba and tromp. Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”). More at trumpet, drum. Pronunciation: /tɹʌmp/, [t͡ʃɹʌmp] 1. To blow a trumpet. 2. To fart. Labels: UK, colloquial, intransitive Example: And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed. Example: Who trumped?
Word: trump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of Jew's-trump, which may be from French jeu-trompe (literally “toy trumpet”). Pronunciation: /tɹʌmp/, [t͡ʃɹʌmp] 1. Synonym of Jew's harp. Labels: dated
Word: philogynist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English philo- English -gyny English philogyny Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English philogynist From philogyny + -ist. 1. someone who is fond of women collectively. Example: And how about a philogynist (fi-LAHJ-i-nist), a lover of women, or a philandrist (fi-LAN-drist), a lover of men?
Word: peristyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French péristyle, from Classical Latin peristȳlum, from περίστυλον (perístulon), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”). peri- + -style. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹɪstaɪl/, /ˈpɛɹəstaɪl/ 1. A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. Example: One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings. 2. A porch surrounded by columns. 3. A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room. Example: The peristyle is a roofed structure, open at the sides, in which most of the ceremonials and dances take place. Example: Most peristyles in Haiti have hard-packed dirt floors that can soak up libations when they're poured on the ground in honor of the spirits.
Word: precooked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of precook Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: precooked Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pre-cooked. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: precook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cook English precook From pre- + cook. 1. to partially or completely cook in advance Labels: transitive
Word: pre-cooked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cooked English pre-cooked From pre- + cooked. 1. Partially or completely cooked in advance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plectics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλεκτός (plektós, “braided”) + -ics, but invented by Murray Gell-Mann. 1. the study of complexity and its underlying simplicity Labels: uncountable
Word: bristling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪs(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Having bristles. 2. Reacting with anger or indignation. Example: Tottenham had hoped to make a statement of real intent against the title pace-setters and while manager Harry Redknapp did not secure the victory he craved, he at least saw his side match United every stride of the way in a game that fizzled out after a bristling start. 3. Dressed in effective defensive equipment while not seeking a fight. Labels: UK, dated
Word: bristling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪs(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bristle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bristling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪs(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who bristles. Example: When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries. 2. Alternative form of brisling. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poplar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English popler, from Anglo-Norman popler and Old French poplier (compare French peuplier), from Latin pōpulus, with a suffix later added. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɑ.plɚ/ 1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They are gathered under the low-hanging branches of a poplar, its gold and green leaves glittering on the breeze like tinsel. 2. Wood from the poplar tree. Labels: uncountable
Word: privet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/ 1. Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
Word: privet Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Russian приве́т (privét, “hello, hi”). 1. Hello, hi. Labels: informal
Word: redwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + wood. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdwʊd/, /ˈɹɛdwɵd/, /ˈɹedwʊd/, /ˈɾɛdwʊd/, /ˈɾɛdwʉd/ 1. A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a redwood grove Example: This redwood deck will last forever. 2. Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense. Labels: countable Example: I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines, the ocean's Trident submarines, lemons, limes and tangerines. I remember this... Example: The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. 3. Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens. Labels: uncountable Example: This planter is made of redwood. 4. Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable 5. A tree of species Manilkara bidentata harvested for timber and latex. Labels: countable 6. Timber from the Manilkara bidentata tree. Labels: uncountable Example: It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood.
Word: parquet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus Old French parc Middle French parc French parc Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -et French parquetbor. English parquet Borrowed from French parquet. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːkeɪ/, /pɑːɹˈkeɪ/ 1. A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern. Example: That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens. Example: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…]. 2. The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle. 3. In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate. Labels: historical 4. In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market. Labels: historical
Word: parquet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus Old French parc Middle French parc French parc Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -et French parquetbor. English parquet Borrowed from French parquet. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːkeɪ/, /pɑːɹˈkeɪ/ 1. To lay or fit such a floor. Labels: transitive
Word: parlay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from paroli (“cumulative bet in card games”), possibly modified under the influence of French parler (“to speak, talk”). Paroli is derived from French paroli (“double stake”), from Italian paroli, plural of parolo (first-person singular present indicative of parare (“to protect or shield (from); to prepare”), from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō (“to arrange, prepare; to furnish, provide”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”)) + Italian -lo (suffix meaning ‘it; this or that thing’). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːleɪ/, /ˈpɑɹˌleɪ/, /ˈpɑɹli/ 1. To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Shall we parlay the value of our products? 3. To convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: They believe that if [Roy] Harris can maintain his standing among the leading heavyweights, they can parlay this rating with Texas enthusiasm and oil money into enticing Floyd Patterson into coming down and defending his heavyweight title against Roy. Example: K[avalam] M[adhava] Panikkar's concept of Indian Ocean regional security, the Indian-inspired Colombo Plan, [Jawaharlal] Nehru's architectonic role in the creation of the Nasser–Nehru–Tito neutralist axis and the Bandung gambit of legitimizing China's entry into the constraints of the comity of nations were efforts to parlay general Indian weakness into strength, its positions of regional strength into hegemony, and resultant regional hegemony into parity with China in a peace of peers. 4. Alternative spelling of parley (“to have a discussion, especially one between enemies”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive Example: "That is droll. Listen yet one time. You are very spiritual. Can you make a honorable lady of Her?" / "Don't be so malicious," says Mr. Bucket. / "Or a haughty gentleman of Him?" cries Madamoiselle, referring to Sir Leicester with ineffable disdain. "Eh! O then regard him! The poor infant! Ha! ha! ha!" / "Come, come, why this is worse Parlaying than the other," says Mr. Bucket. "Come along!" Example: Jack "parlayed" with them until he had completed his task, and then he closed the gate in their faces.
Word: parlay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from paroli (“cumulative bet in card games”), possibly modified under the influence of French parler (“to speak, talk”). Paroli is derived from French paroli (“double stake”), from Italian paroli, plural of parolo (first-person singular present indicative of parare (“to protect or shield (from); to prepare”), from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō (“to arrange, prepare; to furnish, provide”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”)) + Italian -lo (suffix meaning ‘it; this or that thing’). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːleɪ/, /ˈpɑɹˌleɪ/, /ˈpɑɹli/ 1. A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator. Example: GARNETT. (Sharply.) Would someone mind telling a visitor the details of this Operation Snitch? / DENNIS. Kind of a three-horse-parlay, Cliff: Posenleben, Schweinhafen … (Eyes Prescott and Jenks.) And one other. Example: They heard the placing of bets of $1, $2 and $3 and $5 "round robin parlays" on horses with names such as Ham Bone, Little Colleen, Miss Ellaneous, Fighting Thru, Papa Charlie, Dandy Foot, William Tell, Knot Hole, Betsy Marie, Poocha and Under the Rug.
Word: privatisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English private English -ise English privatise 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 privatisation From privatise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: Some people have argued that it is our membership of the European Union which helped create the messy privatisation and everything that ensued. However, this is not the case. As mentioned above, it was the Conservative government which devised the complex structure of privatisation that emphasised the separation far beyond what was needed to follow EU rules.
Word: privatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Privatisierung (with English -ation), derived from Latin prīvātus (“apart from the state; private”), with reference to post-First World War German economic principles. Popularized by Sidney Merlin in 1943, who was aware of the term reprivatization (used in similar contexts), already attested at the time. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹaɪvɪtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌpɹaɪvətaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: denationalization Example: The party, moreover, facilitates the accumulation of private fortunes and industrial empires by its foremost members and collaborators through ‘privatization’ and other measures, thereby intensifying centralization of economic affairs and government in an increasingly narrow group that may for all practical purposes be termed the national socialist elite. 2. The rendering of a thought or an idea, as private in scope. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Questioning the privilege of biology went hand in hand with a challenge to the privatization of the family and the notion that parents own children and may therefore treat them however they choose.
Word: Apophis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄποφις (Ápophis), a borrowing from Egyptian ꜥꜣpp altered after ὄφις (óphis, “snake”). Pronunciation: /ˈæpəfɪs/, /əˈpɒfɪs/, /ˈæpəfəs/, /əˈpɑfəs/ 1. An evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night. Labels: Egyptian 2. An asteroid that formerly had a high risk of collision with Earth. Example: The spacecraft’s navigators have worked out a trajectory that would take it to the asteroid Apophis in April 2029, just after that object, a bit smaller than Bennu, zips within an uncomfortably close but still safe 20,000 miles from Earth.
Word: electrical discharge machining Part of Speech: noun 1. A manufacturing process that uses electricity discharged from an electrode to quickly erode the conductive material that is being cut to a precise shape and size. Several forms exist, with electrodes that are wires, carbon blocks, or otherwise. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sanjay Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit संजय (saṃjaya). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Example: “People don’t come to therapy until they’re having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack,” psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently.
Word: soi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thai ซอย (sɔɔi). 1. In Thailand, a side-street branching off a major street; an alley or lane. Example: When a motorbike sped too fast down their little side street, … Daeng and Nat would be revisiting many ranting conversations they'd had about motorbikes treating this tiny soi like it was the highway.
Word: outrank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English rank English outrank From out- + rank. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈɹæŋk/, /aʊtˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/ 1. To be of a higher rank than. Labels: transitive 2. To be more important than. Labels: transitive Example: We've been acting on confidentiality, because we feel AIDS outranks the law. Example: More importantly, who could make a quick on-site risk assessment of regulations where the welfare of trapped passengers might out-rank the risk of, say, running a train through flood water over the rail head where it is obvious the track is still there?
Word: teratophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English terato- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English teratophilia From terato- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛ.ɹə.təˈfɪ.li.ə/ 1. A paraphilia characterized by attraction to monsters. Labels: uncountable Example: The paraphilia, or abnormal sexual attraction, to people with disabilities or deformities, has been classified as teratophilia. Example: Chinese memes about Venom, combined with the silliness of Sony’s charm offensive and Venom’s depicted earnestness, seem to have generated huge interest in the movie from Chinese audiences. And before we throw stones at Chinese teratophilia, you have to remember that there are plenty of Americans who want to do bad things with the symbiote too.
Word: sanguinarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sanguis (“blood”, stem sanguin-) + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ən/ 1. A person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture. Example: Some sanguinarians love specific blood types — instead of ‘What’s your star sign?’ they ask ‘What’s your blood type?’ Example: “I've never met a sanguinarian who actually gets any form of sustenance off drinking blood,” he says.
Word: sanguinarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sanguis (“blood”, stem sanguin-) + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of, related to, or belonging to the sanguinarian lifestyle. Example: Most sanguinarian vampires complain of barely controllable cravings. Example: At the same time, many sanguinarian vampyres satisfy their cravings by substituting physical blood with psychic/pranic energy.
Word: paraphillia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of paraphilia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: including Part of Speech: prep Etymology: By surface analysis, include + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈkluːdɪŋ/ 1. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned. Example: All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. Example: All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give. 2. Introducing a finite clause. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: I have always argued that it is one that deserves a thorough-going policy review, which might come to all sorts of conclusions, including it is doing what the Government of the day wants it to.
Word: including Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, include + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈkluːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of include Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leaving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈliːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of leave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
Word: passing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English -ing English passing From pass + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: passing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English -ing English passing From pass + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/ 1. That passes away; ephemeral. Example: And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours […] Example: […]this is just a passing thing But I believe in your sweet loving, loving, babe With every summer falling rain 2. Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme. Labels: archaic, literary Example: her passing deformity Example: It was by dint of passing strength, / That he moved the massy stone at length. 3. Vague, cursory. Example: to make a passing comment Example: to have a passing acquaintance with somebody or something 4. Going past. Example: passing cars 5. That passes in any sense. Example: a passing transsexual
Word: passing Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English -ing English passing From pass + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/ 1. Surpassingly, greatly. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: [...] for she was called a fair lady, and a passing wise, and her name was called Igraine. Example: How wonderful is Death, / Death and his brother Sleep! / One, pale as yonder waning moon / With lips of lurid blue; / The other, rosy as the morn / When throned on ocean's wave / It blushes o'er the world: / Yet both so passing wonderful!
Word: passing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English -ing English passing From pass + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/ 1. Death, dying; the end of something. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either. 3. The act of approving a bill etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash. 4. The act of passing a ball etc. to another player. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When there is a discrepancy between an individual's actual social identity and his virtual one, it is possible for this fact to be known to us before we normals contact him, or to be quite evident when he presents himself before us. He is a discredited person, and it is mainly he I have been dealing with until now. … However, when his differentness is not immediately apparent, and is not known beforehand, … he is a discreditable, not a discredited person …. The issue is … that of managing information about his failing. To display or not to display; to tell or not to tell; to let on or not to let on; to lie or not to lie; and in each case, to whom, how, when, and where. … It is this second general issue, the management of undisclosed discrediting information about self, that I am focusing on in these notes - in brief, 'passing'.
Word: talking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English talkynge. By surface analysis, talk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/, /ˈtɔkɪŋ/, /ˈtɔkɪn/, /ˈtɑkɪŋ/, /ˈtɑkɪn/ 1. The action of the verb talk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. Example: 1864–65, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her? He did not himself care for the loose little talkings, half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.
Word: talking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English talkyng, talkynge. By surface analysis, talk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/, /ˈtɔkɪŋ/, /ˈtɔkɪn/, /ˈtɑkɪŋ/, /ˈtɑkɪn/ 1. present participle and gerund of talk. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward.
Word: lying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. Example: 1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al. But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?
Word: lying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lie (“to intentionally give false information”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lie (“to intentionally give false information”) Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: lie (“to intentionally give false information”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies. Example: [W]hether a man would fain be pleased with sin, or be quiet and fearless when he hath sinned, or continue in it, or persuade others to it, he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools, or such as have made themselves so, or are made so by others. Example: Trump’s lying is no less constant or blatant than in 2016, but by now it feels familiar, already priced in. What more is there to say about the “war on truth” a decade into Trump’s political career?
Word: lying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: lie (“to intentionally give false information”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Gloster: Then, Saunder, sit there, the lyingest knave in Christendom. Example: Sly: Ask Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she know me not: if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale, score me up for the lyingest knave in Christendom.
Word: lying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: lye. (a chemical liquid) Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. simple past and past participle of lye Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: keeping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ 1. Conformity or harmony. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The songs are new but in keeping with tradition. Example: The foreground of this painting is not in keeping. 2. Charge or care. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His happiness is in his own keeping. 3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cattle have good keeping. Example: The work of many hands, which earns my keeping
Word: keeping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of keep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English lǣdende, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijandī, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to lead”), equivalent to lead + -ing. Compare West Frisian liedend, Dutch leidend, German leitend, Swedish ledande, Icelandic leiðandi. Pronunciation: /ˈliːdɪŋ/, /ˈlidɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lead Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
Word: leading Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English lǣdende, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijandī, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to lead”), equivalent to lead + -ing. Compare West Frisian liedend, Dutch leidend, German leitend, Swedish ledande, Icelandic leiðandi. Pronunciation: /ˈliːdɪŋ/, /ˈlidɪŋ/ 1. Providing guidance or direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth. 2. Ranking first. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county. 3. Occurring in advance; preceding. Labels: not-comparable Example: The stock market can be a leading economic indicator. Example: Passengers on the earliest railway services would not even have enjoyed the luxury of a platform, instead having to step up onto the waiting open top wagons, where they would experience a journey that left many choking on the plumes of smoke exhaled by the leading locomotive.
Word: leading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English leding, ledyng, ledinge, ledunge, equivalent to lead + -ing. Cognate with Dutch leiding (“conduit, leading, guidance, leadership”), German Leitung (“line, conduit, cable”). Pronunciation: /ˈliːdɪŋ/, /ˈlidɪŋ/ 1. An act by which one is led or guided. Example: It has been said that we ought not to force our way, but to wait for the openings, and leadings of Providence; but it might with equal propriety be answered in this case, neither ought we to neglect embracing those openings in providence which daily present themselves to us. Example: I do not affirm that what you see beyond is futile, I do not advise you to stop, / I do not say leadings you thought great are not great, / But I say that none lead to greater than these lead to. 2. Command of an army or military unit. Labels: archaic Example: Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe, That by Characters grauen in thy browes, And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect, Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?
Word: leading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English leedynge, equivalent to lead (chemical element) + -ing; so named because in metal typesetting (letterpress and hot metal typesetting), pieces of lead (slugs, strips, blocks, etc) were often the mechanical means of producing the gap. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛdɪŋ/ 1. Vertical space added between lines; line spacing. Labels: uncountable
Word: finding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fyndyng, Old English findincge; equivalent to find + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/ 1. A result of research or an investigation. 2. A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact. 3. That which is found, a find, a discovery. 4. The act of discovering something by chance, an instance of finding something by chance. 5. Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair. Labels: Canada, US Example: Boot and Shoe Findings and Leather Establishments[…] Yocum & Wilson, 225 n 2d st, Shoe Findings, Leather, Last, and Shoe Peg Warehouse 6. A self-contained component of assembled jewellery. Example: They manufacture jewlers’ findings, morocco, plush and velvet jewelry cases, paper boxes, morocco boxes, jewelry cards, tags, etc.
Word: finding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fyndyng, Old English findincge; equivalent to find + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of find Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: walking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/, /ˈwaːk.ɪn/, /ˈwɔ.kɪŋ/, /ˈwɑ.kɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of walk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: walking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/, /ˈwaːk.ɪn/, /ˈwɔ.kɪŋ/, /ˈwɑ.kɪŋ/ 1. Incarnate as a human; living. Labels: not-comparable Example: Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary. Example: Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident. 2. Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness. Labels: not-comparable 3. Characterized by or suitable for walking. Labels: not-comparable Example: a walking tour Example: good walking shoes 4. Heavily characterized by some given quality. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Today, she is a walking miracle from God. She is vibrant, healthy and happy as she continues to battle AIDS. 5. Being a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz, blues and rockabilly, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking. Labels: not-comparable Example: a walking bass, or walking bassline