nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: recycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English recycle From re- + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈsaɪkəl/, [ˌɹiːˈsaɪkɫ̩], /ˌɹɪˈsaɪkəl/, [ˌɹɪ̝ˈsaɪkɫ̩], /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/ 1. To break down and reuse component materials. Labels: transitive Example: Both paper and plastic can be recycled. Example: Recycling and reusing the material eliminates the need to import aggregate, a strategy which has avoided over 50,000 lorry movements on local roads. 2. To reuse as a whole. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Jokes are recycled so frequently, it’s as if comedy writing was eating a hole in the ozone layer: If the audience had a nickel for every time a character on one side of the frame says something could never happen as it simultaneously happens on the other side of the frame, they’d have enough to pay the surcharge for the movie’s badly implemented 3-D. Example: He [Huw Jones] was hauled down in England’s 22 but, when the ball was quickly recycled, [Finn] Russell’s miss-pass gave Sean Maitland the room to score in the left corner. 3. To collect or place in a bin for recycling. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Most cans, bottles, and jars need to be rinsed, so recycle while you are doing dishes. Example: Recycling is no longer a chore when this convenient recycling center is a fixture in your kitchen. 4. To be recycled. Labels: ergative, intransitive Example: Sulfur recycles in the sulfur cycle. 5. To discard into a recycling bin. Labels: US 6. To put (a person) through a course of training again. Labels: US, transitive Example: Recruits cannot fail this portion of their training and become a Marine. Anyone who fails may be “recycled” through training up to three more times to try again, but will be sent home if success in this program is not achieved. 7. To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action.
Word: recycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English recycle From re- + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈsaɪkəl/, [ˌɹiːˈsaɪkɫ̩], /ˌɹɪˈsaɪkəl/, [ˌɹɪ̝ˈsaɪkɫ̩], /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/ 1. An act of recycling. Example: First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor. Because all soluble concentrations are the same, the recycle of soluble constituents around the system has no impact on system performance. Example: If the agency does not approve recycle of the cadet who failed to qualify, the cadet is sent home and is not hired by the department who sponsored him or her in the academy.
Word: trash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”). Pokorny instead derives it from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Compare Norwegian trask (“lumber, trash, baggage”), Swedish trasa (“rag, cloth, worthless fellow”), Swedish trås (“dry fallen twigs, wood-waste”). Compare also Old English þreax (“rottenness, rubbish”). Pronunciation: /tɹæʃ/ 1. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. 2. A container into which things are discarded. Labels: Canada, US, countable, metonymically, uncountable 3. Something worthless or of poor quality. Labels: Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose. 4. A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning. Labels: Southern, US, countable, uncountable 6. Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades. Labels: uncountable 7. People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.) Labels: Canada, US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable 8. A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks. Labels: Canada, US, humorous, slang, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: stan; see also Thesaurus:fan Example: I am Harry Potter trash. 9. Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Drag the unwanted message to the trash.
Word: trash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”). Pokorny instead derives it from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Compare Norwegian trask (“lumber, trash, baggage”), Swedish trasa (“rag, cloth, worthless fellow”), Swedish trås (“dry fallen twigs, wood-waste”). Compare also Old English þreax (“rottenness, rubbish”). Pronunciation: /tɹæʃ/ 1. To discard. Labels: US Example: Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk. 2. To make into a mess. Labels: US Example: The burglars trashed the house. 3. To beat soundly in a game. Labels: US 4. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or disrespect. Labels: transitive Example: 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along? It is a British tradition for the media to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding by trashing the incoming in-laws, from Diana’s stepmother, Raine Spencer, to Kate Middleton’s Uncle Gary and his memorably named Ibizan villa, Maison de Bang Bang. 5. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop. Example: to trash the rattoons of sugar cane Example: the ancient practice of trashing ratoons i.e. stripping them of their outward leaves 6. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. Example: I fled too; But not so fast , —your jewel had been lost then, Young Hengo there; he trashed ' me
Word: endogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + -gamy; compare inmarriage. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈdɒ.ɡə.mi/, /ɛnˈdɑ.ɡə.mi/ 1. The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In the Suppliant Maidens the heroines seem to protest against endogamy, which prohibits marriage except between persons of the same blood or stock. Example: Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders. 2. The fusion of two related gametes. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: laurel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹ.əl/, /ˈlɔːɹ.əl/, /ˈlɔɹ.əl/ 1. An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise. 2. A crown of laurel. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Honor, distinction, fame. Labels: countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable Example: to win laurels Example: to crown with laurels 4. Any plant of the family Lauraceae. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: laurel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹ.əl/, /ˈlɔːɹ.əl/, /ˈlɔɹ.əl/ 1. To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. Labels: transitive Example: Windows peered from the spaces between the columns, which rose to hold up the large portico laureling the home with chiseled, decorative wreaths and curving spirals. 2. To enwreathe. Labels: transitive Example: It wasn't hot this late in the year, and the sun was low in the southern sky, bracketed by pines and nearly hidden by a tree line laureling a trailer park. 3. To award top honours to. Labels: informal, transitive Example: In this regiment there was a young corporal, a native of Little K . He was laurelled and decorated more than many of his companions, for he excelled them all in courage, coolness, and daring. In one thing more he also excelled them — he was cruel, he was dissipated, and he was vicious in his tastes. Example: Not in any vision of that order did he figure for most of the admirers who laurelled him on his eightieth birthday and the few who go on laurelling him still.
Word: laureation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French lauréation Pronunciation: /ˌlɔːɹiˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
Word: laureateship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English laureate Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English laureateship From laureate + -ship. 1. The state, or office, of a laureate. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before.
Word: laureate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɔː.ɹi.ət/, /ˈlɔ.ɹi.ət/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/ 1. Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes Example: To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. Example: Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
Word: laureate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɔː.ɹi.ət/, /ˈlɔ.ɹi.ət/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/ 1. One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate. Labels: dated Example: a learn'd laureate Example: Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee. 2. A graduate of a university.
Word: laureate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹ.i.eɪt/, /ˈlɔː.ɹi.eɪt/, /ˈlɔ.ɹi.eɪt/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.eɪt/ 1. To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities. Labels: intransitive
Word: laurate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lauric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of lauric acid. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lauraceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lauraceae, from Latin laurus (“laurel”) + -aceous. Pronunciation: /ˌlɔɹˈeɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including laurel, sassafras, cinnamon, true camphor, etc.
Word: launderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English launder Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English launderer From launder + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːndəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. One who engages in the business of laundering. Example: [...] the Westminster City Council has arranged with a large firm of launderers to wash blankets, sheets, pillow cases, and counterpanes, at low standard prices, and to return them the same day.
Word: launder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːndə/, /ˈlɑːndə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɔndɚ/, /ˈlɑndɚ/ 1. A washerwoman or washerman. Labels: obsolete 2. A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore. 3. A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill. 4. A gutter (for rainwater).
Word: launder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːndə/, /ˈlɑːndə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɔndɚ/, /ˈlɑndɚ/ 1. To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. 2. To lave; to wet. Labels: obsolete Example: Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, / Which on it had conceited characters, / Laundering the silken figures in the brine 3. To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means. 4. To obtain a pointer to an object created in storage occupied by an existing object of the same type, even if it has const or reference members. Labels: transitive
Word: laund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English launde, from Old French launde (“wooded area”) (French lande), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Doublet of land. Pronunciation: /lɔːnd/ 1. A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade. Labels: archaic Example: Through this laund anon the deer will come. Example: About them lay long launds of green grass dappled with celandine and anemones,
Word: launch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance. Pronunciation: /lɔːnt͡ʃ/, /loːnt͡ʃ/, /lɔnt͡ʃ/, /lɑnt͡ʃ/, /lɒnt͡ʃ/ 1. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force. Labels: transitive Example: There they were met by four thousand Ha'apa'a warriors, who launched a volley of stones and spears[…] 2. To pierce with, or as with, a lance. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. 3. To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat. Labels: transitive Example: Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Example: 1725–1726, Alexander Pope, Homer's Odyssey (translation), Book V With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, / And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. 4. To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground. Labels: transitive Example: A cheap rocket that could launch military reconnaisance satellites for developing countries has become involved in a tangled web of Nazi rocket scientists, Penthouse magazine, KGB disinformation, and a treaty reminiscent of the height of colonialism in Africa. Example: NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts. 5. To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation Labels: transitive Example: Our business launched a new project. Example: All art is uſed to ſink Epiſcopacy, & lanch Presbytery in England. 6. To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation. Labels: transitive Example: Double-click an icon to launch the associated application. Example: If the game does not automatically launch, select Disney Cory in the House from the DS launch screen. 7. To release; to put onto the market for sale Labels: transitive Example: On September 3rd Bionym, a Canadian firm, launched Nymi, a bracelet which detects the wearer’s heartbeat. 8. Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off. Labels: intransitive 9. To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin. Labels: intransitive, often Example: In our language, Spenſer has not contented himſelf with this ſubmiſſive manner of imitation : he launches out into very flowery paths[…] Example: My class was wearing butter-yellow pique dresses, and Momma launched out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice. 10. To start to operate. Labels: intransitive Example: After clicking the icon, the application will launch.
Word: launch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance. Pronunciation: /lɔːnt͡ʃ/, /loːnt͡ʃ/, /lɔnt͡ʃ/, /lɑnt͡ʃ/, /lɒnt͡ʃ/ 1. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.) 2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). Example: Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. Example: The initial awards will give $316 million to SpaceX for one launch and $337 million to ULA for two launches. […] Military officials did not say exactly how many launches that might enetail^([sic]), nor did they provide a total contract value. 3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party. Example: product launch Example: book launch
Word: launch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese lancha (“barge, launch”), apparently from Malay lancar (“quick, agile”). Spelling influenced by the verb above. Pronunciation: /lɔːnt͡ʃ/, /loːnt͡ʃ/, /lɔnt͡ʃ/, /lɑnt͡ʃ/, /lɒnt͡ʃ/ 1. The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". 2. A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht. 3. An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
Word: launcegaye Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of lancegay. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: googol Part of Speech: num Etymology: Coined by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1920, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, who had asked Milton to think of a name for the 100th power of ten. The word was first published in the book Mathematics and the Imagination (1940). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/, /ˈɡuː.ɡɒl/, /ˈɡu.ɡəl/, /ˈɡu.ɡɑl/ 1. The number 10¹⁰⁰, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale). Example: Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as by scientists. The name "googol" was invented by a child (Dr. Kasner's nine-year-old nephew) who was asked to think up a name for a very big number, namely, 1 with a hundred zeros after it. He was very certain that this number was not infinite, and therefore equally certain that it had to have a name. […] A googolplex is much bigger than a googol, much bigger than a googol times a googol. A googol times a googol would be 1 with 200 zeros, whereas a googolplex is one with a googol of zeros. You will get some idea of the size of this very large but finite number from the fact that there would not be enough room to write it, if you went to the farthest star, touring all the nebulae and putting down zeros every inch of the way. Example: For example, in considering all the finite state grammars that use seven terminal symbols and seven auxiliary symbols (states), [...] he must test over a googol (10^100) candidates.
Word: launce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See lance. Pronunciation: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ 1. Obsolete form of lance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae
Word: launce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See lance. Pronunciation: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ 1. Obsolete form of lance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: launce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance. Pronunciation: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ 1. A balance. Labels: obsolete Example: Fortune all in equall launce doth sway.
Word: whither Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English whider (“to what place?; into or to which; to what place, where; no matter where, to wherever”), from Old English hwider, hwæder (“to what place, where”), from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê (“to what place, where”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“what; which”), from *kʷ- (the primary interrogative root). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðəː/, [ˈwɪðəː], /ˈʍɪðəː/, [ˈʍɪðəː], /ˈwɪðɚ/ 1. Interrogative senses. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer? Example: When as wee duely conſider, whether euery way leadeth, or wiſely ponder with our ſelues to what end we refer each one of our actions, and exact of our ſtraying thoughts a more ſeuere account of their wandering courſe, we ſhal find no victory ſo great, as the ſubduing of vice, nothing ſo hard as to liue well, no ſuch vneſtimable iewell, as an honeſt conuerſation: […] 2. Interrogative senses. Labels: also, figuratively, humorous, not-comparable Example: VVhither at length vvilt thou abuſe our patience? Example: And, if there fall out any preternatural immutations in the elements, any strange concussations of the earth, any direful prodigies in the sky, whither should they be imputed, but to these mighty angels; whom it pleaseth the Most High God to employ in these extraordinary services? 3. Relative senses. Labels: not-comparable Example: [W]e beſche thee, leaue vs not comfortles, but ſende to vs thine holy ghoſt to comfort vs, and exalte vs vnto thy ſame place, whither our ſauiour Chriſte is gone before: […] Example: [T]hou ſhalt diuide the vvhole prouince of thy Land equally into three partes: that he vvhich for murder is a fugitiue, may haue neere at hand, vvhither to eſcape. 4. Relative senses. Labels: not-comparable Example: And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried. 5. Relative senses. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ah foole, goe vvith thy ſoule vvhither it goes, / A borrovved title haſt thou bought too deare. Example: VVhether as He mounted up, the Nevvs He tells / To every Orb and Star; but chiefly to / Th' inquiſitive Spirits, vvhoſe ears and hearts he fils / VVith all the VVonders He had ſeen belovv, […]
Word: whither Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whider (“to what place?; into or to which; to what place, where; no matter where, to wherever”), from Old English hwider, hwæder (“to what place, where”), from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê (“to what place, where”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“what; which”), from *kʷ- (the primary interrogative root). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðəː/, [ˈwɪðəː], /ˈʍɪðəː/, [ˈʍɪðəː], /ˈwɪðɚ/ 1. A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves. Labels: formal Example: To knovv the local beginnings of vvinds, is a thing vvhich requires a deep ſearch and Inquiſition, ſeeing that the VVhence and VVhither of vvinds, are things noted even in Scripture to be abſtruſe and hidden. Example: Mr. [Henry Charles] Carey usually gives his reader a bird's-eye retrospect, from his balloon at the end of each stage, of the where and whither or the zigzags and dark passages of the route gone over from the starting-point, where was the man upon a solitary island picking fruit, down to his present stopping-place.
Word: whither Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is borrowed from Scots whidder, whither (“(of the wind) to bluster; to move quickly”), a frequentative form of whid (“(of wind) to gust; to move quickly”), of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”). Related to Middle English hwiþa, whyȝt (“breeze; wind”), Old English hwiþa, hwiþu, hweoþu (“breeze”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðəː/, [ˈwɪðəː], /ˈʍɪðəː/, [ˈʍɪðəː], /ˈwɪðɚ/ 1. To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, transitive 2. To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, transitive 3. To shake (vigorously); to tremble. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, intransitive 4. To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, intransitive 5. Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, intransitive
Word: whither Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is borrowed from Scots whidder, whither (“(of the wind) to bluster; to move quickly”), a frequentative form of whid (“(of wind) to gust; to move quickly”), of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”). Related to Middle English hwiþa, whyȝt (“breeze; wind”), Old English hwiþa, hwiþu, hweoþu (“breeze”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðəː/, [ˈwɪðəː], /ˈʍɪðəː/, [ˈʍɪðəː], /ˈwɪðɚ/ 1. A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially 2. A forceful blow or hit. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially 3. An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially 4. The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially 5. A gust of wind; a bluster. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially Example: I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.
Word: whence Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s. Pronunciation: /ʍɛns/, /wɛns/ 1. From where; from which place or source. Labels: archaic, formal, literary, not-comparable Example: Whence came I? Example: "Pork" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.
Word: whence Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s. Pronunciation: /ʍɛns/, /wɛns/ 1. Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence Labels: literary, poetic Example: The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs. Example: I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.
Word: laumontite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the discoverer François Pierre Nicholas Gillet de Laumont (1747–1834) as lomonite, renamed as laumonite in 1809 and as laumontite in 1821. + -ite 1. A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster, with the chemical formula CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: laumonite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of laumontite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: laughworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From laugh + -worthy. 1. Deserving to be laughed at. Labels: rare Example: They laugh't, at his laugh-worthy fate.
Word: laughterless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English laughter Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English laughterless From laughter + -less. 1. Not laughing; without laughter.
Word: laughter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laughter, laghter, laȝter, from Old English hleahtor (“laughter, jubilation, derision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Cognate with German Gelächter (“laughter, hilarity, merriment”), Danish and Norwegian latter (“laughter”), Icelandic hlátur (“laughter”). More at laugh. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːftə/, /ˈlæftɚ/ 1. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Their loud laughter betrayed their presence. Example: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. 2. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The act of laughter, which is caused by a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. Example: Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter. 3. A reason for merriment. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: laughsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English laugh Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English laughsome From laugh + -some. 1. Marked by or arousing laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry Labels: rare
Word: laughingstock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laughing + stock. 1. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Nothing had worked the way sheʼd wanted, and now she was the laughingstock of the family.
Word: laughingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English laughynglie, leiȝingly, equivalent to laughing + -ly. 1. With laughter or merriment. 2. With derision.
Word: thence Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne. Pronunciation: /ðɛns/ 1. From there, from that place or from that time. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: I came thence. Example: Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point). 2. Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom. Labels: literary, not-comparable Example: I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains. 3. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: regret Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- + greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹəˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹiˈɡɹɛt/ 1. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. Example: He regretted his words. Example: I don't regret enrolling in law, but I regret not studying some Chinese. 2. To feel sorry about (any thing). Labels: broadly Example: I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice. Example: They said they regretted to inform us that the train would be late. 3. To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family. Example: This [the Cage] was but one of Cluny’s hiding-places; he had caves, besides, and underground chambers in several parts of his country; and following the reports of his scouts, he moved from one to another as the soldiers drew near or moved away. By this manner of living, and thanks to the affection of his clan, he had not only stayed all this time in safety, while so many others had fled or been taken and slain: but stayed four or five years longer, and only went to France at last by the express command of his master. There he soon died; and it is strange to reflect that he may have regretted his Cage upon Ben Alder.
Word: regret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- + greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹəˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹiˈɡɹɛt/ 1. Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe? Example: Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. 2. Dislike; aversion. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Is it a vertue to have some ineffective regrets to damnation, and such a Vertue too, as shall serve to ballance all our vices? 3. The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Under squared errorloss we show that there exists unique minimax regret solution for the problem of selecting the threshold. Example: Each loss then represents this unavoidable loss plus a regret (loss due to ignorance of Ө). Subtracting these unavoidable losses, we obtain the regret table, Table 1.7, and the average regret table, Table 1.8. 4. A person invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ignore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Latin īgnōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnɔː/, /ɪɡˈnoɹ/, /ɪɡˈnoː/, /əɡˈnoː/, /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/ 1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. Labels: transitive Example: A problem ignored is a problem doubled. Example: Ignore these four words. 2. To pretend to not notice someone or something. Labels: transitive 3. Fail to notice. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. Not to know. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: friendly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnd.li/, /ˈfɹɛn.li/ 1. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. Example: Your cat seems very friendly. Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. 2. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness. Example: He gave a friendly smile. 3. Having an easy or accepting relationship with something. Example: a user-friendly software program Example: a dog-friendly café 4. Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun). Labels: in-compounds Example: The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly. Example: Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers. 5. Without any hostility. Example: a friendly competition Example: a friendly power or state 6. Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious. Example: a friendly breeze or gale Example: Coarſe are his Meals, the Fortune of the Chaſe, / Amidſt the running Stream he ſlakes his Thirſt, / Toil's all the Day, and at th' approach of Night / On the firſt friendly Bank he throws him down, / Or reſts his Head upon a Rock 'till Morn: […] 7. Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports. Labels: usually Example: The soldier was killed by friendly fire. Example: It is clear that the firing of very heavy guns, or the enemy's fire in return, would very seriously interfere with an abbatis, or anything of that kind, and it will only be something of the lightest character, or something that is placed at a considerable distance from the friendly fire, the fire of the gun itself, that would remain. 8. Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy. Example: friendly Example: friendly pairs
Word: friendly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnd.li/, /ˈfɹɛn.li/ 1. A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting, etc. Example: This match is merely a friendly, so don't worry too much about it. Example: Brazil provided a different test from Germany and gave England lessons Southgate will store before he gets his squad together again for friendlies against the Netherlands in Amsterdam and at home to Italy in March. 2. A person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict. Example: These were speedily routed by the friendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style. Example: You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).
Word: friendly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English frendly, frendliche, from Old English frēondlīċe (“in a friendly manner”), equivalent to friend + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnd.li/, /ˈfɹɛn.li/ 1. In a friendly manner; like a friend. Example: And looke we friendly on them when they come: But if they offer word or violence, Weele fight fiue hundred men at armes to one, Before we part with our poſſeſſion: […] Example: And we cannot doubt, our Brothers in Physick [...] will friendly accept, if not countenance our endeavours.
Word: halal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Pronunciation: /həˈlɑːl/, /həˈlæl/ 1. Allowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] broadening the demand for halal across all product categories, not just in their consumption of meat products […] 2. Allowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. Labels: not-comparable, specifically 3. In accordance with standards or usual practice; allowable. Labels: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable Example: Is this kosher? I hear you ask. Is it halal? Can this really be viewed as strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the competition?
Word: halal Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Pronunciation: /həˈlɑːl/, /həˈlæl/ 1. In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Just like eating halal is not a choice for our Muslim brothers and sisters, for us, eating kosher is not voluntary; it’s who we are and as necessary as the oxygen we need for sustenance.
Word: halal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Pronunciation: /həˈlɑːl/, /həˈlæl/ 1. To make halal. Labels: transitive 2. to allow Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: free time Part of Speech: noun 1. Time when one is not working. Labels: uncountable Example: I love to play football in my free time. Example: If you have some free time tomorrow, let’s go and watch a film.
Word: pragmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French pragmatique, from Late Latin pragmaticus (“relating to civil affair; in Latin, as a noun, a person versed in the law who furnished arguments and points to advocates and orators, a kind of attorney”), from Ancient Greek πραγματικός (pragmatikós, “active, versed in affairs”), from πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”), in plural πράγματα (prágmata, “affairs, state affairs, public business, etc.”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”) (whence English practical). Pronunciation: /pɹæɡˈmætɪk/ 1. Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory. Example: The sturdy furniture in the student lounge was pragmatic, but unattractive. Example: Nor indeed are these restrictions pragmatic in nature: i.e. the ill-formedness of the heed-sentences in (60) is entirely different in kind from the oddity of sentences like: (61) !That man will eat any car which thinks heʼs stupid which is purely pragmatic (i.e. lies in the fact that (61) describes the kind of bizarre situation which just doesnʼt happen in the world we are familiar with, where cars donʼt think, and people donʼt eat cars). 2. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature. Example: Polybius’s pragmatic history is simply the history of affairs, as distinguished from the descriptive and often poetical character which much history before his time had. Example: […]such objects belonged to the domain of the comic poet, and of the lighter kinds of poetry. For the more serious kinds, for pragmatic poetry, to use an excellent expression of Polybius, they were more difficult and severe in the range of subjects which they permitted. 3. Relating to the field of pragmatics. 4. Interfering in the affairs of others; officious; meddlesome. Labels: obsolete
Word: pragmatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pragmatique, from Late Latin pragmaticus (“relating to civil affair; in Latin, as a noun, a person versed in the law who furnished arguments and points to advocates and orators, a kind of attorney”), from Ancient Greek πραγματικός (pragmatikós, “active, versed in affairs”), from πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”), in plural πράγματα (prágmata, “affairs, state affairs, public business, etc.”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”) (whence English practical). Pronunciation: /pɹæɡˈmætɪk/ 1. A man of business. 2. A busybody. 3. A public decree.
Word: laughing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laughynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/ 1. verbal noun of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh. Labels: countable, form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable
Word: laughing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English laughynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of laugh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: laughing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English laughynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/ 1. verbal adjective of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh. Labels: not-comparable
Word: laugher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lawȝar, lawher(e); equivalent to laugh + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːfə/, /ˈlæfɚ/ 1. One who laughs. Example: Well then—if I must neither stir out of the gate nor look out at window, I will at least see what the inside of the house contains that may help to pass away one’s time—peradventure, I may light on that blue-eyed laugher in some corner or other. Example: He and his companions[…] were exchanging jokes with that sort of ostentatious laughter which implies a desire to prove that the laugher is not mortified though some people might suspect it. 2. A game in which an opponent is defeated by a sizable margin; a blowout. 3. A variety of the domestic pigeon.