nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: conflagration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Italic *flagrosder.? Latin flagrō Latin cōnflagrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnflagrātiōder. Middle Frenchbor. English conflagration From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/ 1. A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It took sixty firefighters to put out the conflagration. Example: And back to hell his way did he take, / For the Devil thought by a slight mistake / It was general conflagration. 2. A large-scale conflict. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: This was well brought out in the skillfully conducted campaigns by the various governments in appealing to the masses with their characteristic suggestible subconsciousness, stirring to the very depths the reflex consciousness of gregarious man by all sorts of direct and indirect suggestions of fear of attacks and patriotic reactions of self-defence against such attacks until the evil genie of self-preservation and fear became loose, resulting in a sweeping conflagration of a war of nations with all the horror of diseases, mutilation, and extermination of millions of human lives, over seventeen and a half millions, according to latest accounts, having perished in this world-massacre of the human race. 3. A situation of great passion or emotion. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: I thought it only an amourette when you told me. It was a fire — a conflagration; subdue it.
Word: conflation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin cōnflātiō, from Latin cōnflātus. By surface analysis, conflate + -ion. Pronunciation: /kənˈfleɪʃən/ 1. A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. Labels: countable Example: Facing a backlash over the use of the term “cosmopolitan,” [Josh] Hawley later defended himself against accusations of antisemitism on Twitter as “an ardent advocate of the state of Israel and the Jewish people.” But this conflation of the state of Israel and the Jewish people is the entire point. To today’s far right, Israel is a firm ally against Islam, while “cosmopolitans,” many of whom just happen to be Jewish, are suspect. 2. A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text. Labels: uncountable Example: The conflation of the legitimate and peaceful expression of nationalist beliefs with acts of terrorism and other crimes
Word: conformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin confōrmātiō. By surface analysis, conform + -ation. Pronunciation: /kɑnfɚˈmeɪʃən/, /kɑn.foʊɹˈmeɪʃən/ 1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being conformed; agreement Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was much struck with the gaiety of the creoles , whose exterior told a stranger that education had been doing something among them in these solitudes ; and as all the parties kissed the Bible in conformation with the law of England 3. Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sennertus [Daniel Sennert] alſo, vvhere he vvrites De morbis Figuræ, reckons amongſt other cauſes of the ill conformation of mens heads, That they are novv and then induced after the birth, vvhilſt the tender Heads of Infants are by Midvvives and Nurſes formed after a divers manner, vvhile they are involved in head-bands, & moulded vvith their hands, according to their irregular and varying phanſies. Example: One may see well the advantages of this form from the coach - box of our heavily - loaded public vehicles , where animals of different conformation are yoked together 4. The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: The more stable conformation has the methyl group in an equatorial position , since this minimizes repulsions between axial substituents
Word: confutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnfūtātiō (“refutation”, feminine noun). By surface analysis, confute + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.fjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑn.fjuˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɒn.fjuˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɔn.fjʉːˈtæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɔn.fjʉˈte.ʃən/ 1. The act or process of confuting; refutation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that confutes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: congelation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō Latin congelō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin congelātiōder. Middle French congelationbor. English congelation Borrowed from Middle French congelation (compare modern congélation), from Latin congelatio, congelationem, from congelo. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being congealed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. That which is congealed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: congestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English congestioun, from Old French [Term?], from Latin congestĭō (“heap, accumulation”), from congerō (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root gerō (“to carry”) and the prefix con-. Pronunciation: /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/, /-ˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/, /kʊnˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/ 1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: network congestion 2. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: arterial congestion Example: venous congestion 3. An excess or accumulation of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: traffic congestion Example: The crossing caused serious congestion with long traffic hold-ups, and had been a bone of contention between the local authorities and the railway for over eighty years. It was controlled from Fletton Road Junction Signalbox (removed at the same time) and, until a wheel was installed in 1920, required two gatemen on each turn of duty. 4. An excess or accumulation of something. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An excess or accumulation of something. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conglomeration Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/ 1. That which consists of many previously separate parts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The green-purple conglomeration behaves nearly like a monospecific culture with characteristics halfway between those of the green and the purple, though metamorphosing more slowly than either[…] 2. An instance of conglomerating, a coming together of separate parts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A sallow prisoner has come up, in custody, for the half-dozenth time to make a personal application "to purge himself of his contempt," which, being a solitary surviving executor who has fallen into a state of conglomeration about accounts of which it is not pretended that he had ever any knowledge, he is not at all likely ever to do.
Word: congratulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English congratulacion, from Middle French congratulation or its etymon Latin congrātulātiō, from congrātulor (“to congratulate”). By surface analysis, congratulate + -ion. Pronunciation: /kənˌɡɹæd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of congratulating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: May I present my warmest congratulations?
Word: consecration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós Proto-Italic *sakros Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *sakrāō Latin sacrō Latin cōnsecrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsecrātiō, cōnsecrātiōnembor. English consecration Borrowed from Latin cōnsecrātiō, cōnsecrātiōnem. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnsɪˈkɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.
Word: consequence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English consequence, from Old French consequence, from Latin consequentia. While analysable as con- + sequence, its adjective form has a different origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwɛns/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/, /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwens/, /ˈkɒn.sə.kwens/ 1. An effect; something that follows a cause as a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule. 2. An effect; something that follows a cause as a result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'm warning you. If you don't get me the report on time, there will be consequences. Example: Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand. 3. consecution; chain of causes and effects. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. conclusion, deduction or inference; the thing concluded. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Importance, influence, or significance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My opinions are of no consequence whatsoever to my parents. Example: Thus young Pen, the only son of an estated country gentleman, with a good allowance, and a gentlemanlike bearing and person, looked to be a lad of much more consequence than he was really; and was held by the Oxbridge authorities, tradesmen, and undergraduates, as quite a young buck and member of the aristocracy.
Word: consequence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English consequence, from Old French consequence, from Latin consequentia. While analysable as con- + sequence, its adjective form has a different origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwɛns/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/, /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwens/, /ˈkɒn.sə.kwens/ 1. To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour. Labels: transitive Example: The goal of consequencing is to teach the child a lesson that leads to positive choices and behaviors. The goal of punishment is to inflict pain and seek revenge. Angry parenting is punitive and ineffectual. Example: These behaviours are not acceptable within a classroom setting and often result in the child being consequenced or removed from class.
Word: conservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/ 1. The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Wise use of natural resources. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …” 3. The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts Labels: countable, uncountable 6. lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conspiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conspiracioun, from Middle French conspiration, from Latin cōnspīrātiō, cōnspīrātiōnem. Doublet of conspiracy. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A plot between two or more people against somebody's wishes; conspiracy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: consternation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French consternation, from Latin consternātiō. By surface analysis, consternate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑn.s(t)ɚˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Out!" exclaimed her husband, with something like genuine consternation in his voice. Example: Their audience had been listening in increasing consternation.
Word: constipation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English constipacioun, borrowed from Medieval Latin constīpātiō or its Old French equivalent, from cōnstīpō + -tiō. By surface analysis, constipate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/ 1. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to. Example: Review of systems was positive for unintentional weight gain of 13.5 kilograms in the last eight months, excessive fatigue, fever, difficulty focusing, one episode of painful oral ulcer on the roof of her mouth, change in the hair texture with nonscarring alopecia, shortness of breath with exertion, and constipation. 2. The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: consubstantiation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɔn.sʌbs.tn̩.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1. An identity or union of substance. 2. The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation, as opposed to transubstantiation.
Word: consummation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin summa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cōnsummō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsummātiōbor. English consummation Borrowed from Latin cōnsummātiō. 1. The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I emptied my revolver upon him as he lay, and should have done the same with its mate had not two hunters at that moment come upon the ground and prevented any further consummation of my designs. Example: The opening of the extension from Brentwood to Colchester took place on March 29, 1843, when it was reported that at Colchester "the town had literally turned out its population to witness the consummation of the hopes and the fears of alike friends and opponents." 2. The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The consummation of marriage involves the mightiest issues of life and is the most holy and sacred right recognized by man, and it is the Balm of Gilead for many ills. Masturbation or prostitution soon blight the brightest prospects a young man may have. 3. The achievement of perfection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had no vague false notions of beginning fires in November, and ending them in May; but had arrived at the philosophical conclusion, that there are very few evenings, in all the year, that a fire is not a consummation of domestic felicity in England most devoutly to be wished. 4. Termination; the end (as of the world or of life); an end or resulting state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. Example: It may be supposed that from the spread of information all real danger from ignorance is past. Not so, good reader, that is a consummation as yet "devoutly to be wished." 5. The date at which the mortgagor becomes contractually obligated to the mortgagee in a real estate transaction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contamination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin contāminātiōnem. Pronunciation: /kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/, [kənˌtɛəm.əˈneɪ.ʃən], [kənˌɾ̃æm.əˈneɪ.ʃən], /kənˌtæm.ɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act or process of contaminating. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something which contaminates. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contemplation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English contemplacioun, from Old French contemplation, from Latin contemplatio. By surface analysis, contemplate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃən/, /ˌkɑntəmˈpleɪʃən/ 1. The act of contemplating; being highly concentrated in thought; musing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: meditation, cogitation; see also Thesaurus:attention, Thesaurus:consideration Example: Now, 80 percent is accessible — quickly filling with exhibition spaces, stylish restaurants and cafes, bookstores, and highly profitable gift stores, as well as quiet walkways, shady stands of trees and odd nooks that invite contemplation of bygone dynasties. 2. Holy meditation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: devotions, prayer Example: Whilst he roamed about with his flocks, through ice and snow, communion with his God in prayer, and quiet contemplation, were his portion. 3. The act of looking forward to a future event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: anticipation 4. The state of being considered or planned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: consideration, planning, proposal Example: contemplation of port facility expansion
Word: contestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English contest 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 contestation From contest + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɔn.tesˈtæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɒn.tesˈtæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of contesting; emulation Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of challenging or disputing a claim or idea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Contempt and loathing for body and nature are central to the operations of white male grievance, and any contestation of these politics will require us to challenge the somatophobia and ecophobia with which they are bound up. 3. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contingent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent), from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/ 1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future. 2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share. 3. A quota of troops. Example: Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
Word: contingent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent), from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/ 1. Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur. 2. Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur. Example: The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control. Example: a contingent estate 3. Not logically necessarily true or false. 4. Temporary. Example: contingent labor Example: contingent worker
Word: continuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation. Pronunciation: /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, /kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, /kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/, [kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃn̩] 1. The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is no reason for the continuation of this discrepancy in maximum penalties since the relevant factor here is assault, not the sex of the person assaulted. 2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the continuation of a story Example: The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful. 3. A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point. Labels: countable Example: Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression. 4. A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball. Labels: countable
Word: contradistinction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrābor. English contra- English distinction English contradistinction From contra- + distinction. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹədɪˈstɪŋkʃn̩/, /ˌkɑntɹədɪˈstɪŋkʃən/ 1. Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined. Example: We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food. Example: The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything. 2. The quality of being contradistinctive.
Word: contraindication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrābor. English contra- English indication English contraindication From contra- + indication. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹə.ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.
Word: contrition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French contriciun (French contrition), from Latin contrītiō. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɪʃən/ 1. The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jonathan's mother told Grace on a recent phone call that Jonathan showed no sign of remorse or contrition for his own sister's passing. Example: President Trump on Tuesday showed no contrition or regret for instigating the mob that stormed the Capitol and threatened the lives of members of Congress and his vice president, saying that his remarks to a rally beforehand were “totally appropriate” and that the effort by Congress to impeach and convict him was “causing tremendous anger.” 2. The act of grinding or rubbing to powder. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: crabby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English crab Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crabby From crab + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæb.i/ 1. Relating to or resembling crabs; crablike. 2. Abounding with crabs. Example: As for animal life, this is the "Crabbiest Place in the World," where 20 land and intertidal crabs range from tiny beach dwellers to the chunky robber crabs that crack coconuts with their massive claws. 3. Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way. Example: "You're not crabby, are you?" "No, no, not at all. I think I'll go." 4. Crabbed; difficult or perplexing.
Word: cradle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Related to cart. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪdəl/ 1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. Example: No sooner was I crept out of my cradle / But I was made a king, at nine months old. Example: the cradle that received thee at thy birth 2. The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence. Labels: figuratively Example: a cradle of crime Example: the cradle of liberty 3. Infancy, or very early life. Labels: figuratively Example: from the cradle to the grave Example: from their cradles bred together 4. An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath. 5. A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so as to prepare the ground. 6. A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship. 7. A case for a broken or dislocated limb. 8. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person. 9. A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth. Example: Rough men brought pickle bottles full of nuggets. Mysterious dirty-looking calico bags were opened, disclosing small quantities of water-worn flaky gold, which had been washed out of the beds of rivers with a cradle. 10. A suspended scaffold used in shafts. 11. A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Example: A strong iron bar is fixed at the top of each cradle, to which the suspending chains are attached; the latter pass over the sheaves, and the cradles are kept in a horizontal position, by means of an adjusting rod placed above them 12. A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck. Example: The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives. 13. A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware. Example: He slammed the handset into the cradle. 14. A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand. 15. A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
Word: cradle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Related to cart. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪdəl/ 1. To contain in or as if in a cradle. Labels: transitive 2. To rock (a baby to sleep). Labels: transitive 3. To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively. Labels: transitive Example: cradling the injured man’s head in her arms Example: The little girl was left alone in her tiny bedroom, cradling her dead hamster. 4. To lull or quieten, as if by rocking. 5. To nurse or train in infancy. Example: He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. Example: But are the Jewish people a nation? For two thousand years, they have been rent from the physical homeland that cradled their youth; they have been scattered over the entire earth; they have been influenced by almost every climate, culture, and nation, constituting a small minority in each country. 6. To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force. 7. To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle. 8. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. Example: Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Cradle”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC: “In Lombardy […] boats are cradled and transported over the grade.” 9. To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
Word: crafty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæfti/, /ˈkɹɑːfti/ 1. Skillful at deceiving others. Example: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Example: Glaucon will play devil's advocate (358c-d, thereby showing himself craftier than Thrasymachus, who is so unsly as to declare himself a wolf, openly, before the sheep; […]) 2. Sneaky; surreptitious. Example: I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room. 3. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous, clever. Example: Make magazine, which celebrates “your right to tweak, hack and bend any technology to your own will,” has joined with the New York Hall of Science to gather more than 500 of the craftiest inventors, artists, technology enthusiasts, tinkerers and hobbyists to share their expertise. Example: Can you envision a future Christmas where you print all your gifts instead of shop for them? It could soon be reality in even the most tech-averse household, and it might just end up saving the craftier among us lots of time and money. Why buy a $50 vase when you can print one for $2? 4. Magical or occult, or allegedly so. Labels: dated Example: a crafty science
Word: cram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”). Pronunciation: /kɹæm/ 1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. Labels: transitive Example: to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people Example: But you still need to check in with the Arch Linux community now and then to make sure that none of their crazy shit is going to be crammed down your throat the next update. 2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. Labels: transitive Example: The boy crammed himself with cake 3. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination. Labels: transitive Example: A pupil is crammed by his tutor. 4. To study hard; to swot. Labels: intransitive 5. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself. Labels: intransitive 6. To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth. Labels: British, dated, intransitive, slang 7. To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales. Labels: British, dated, slang, transitive
Word: cram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”). Pronunciation: /kɹæm/ 1. The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But Billy Bunter was only the first in the field. As the news spread, there was a crowd, not to call it a cram, in No. 7 Study: […] 2. Information hastily memorized. Labels: countable, dated, slang, uncountable Example: a cram from an examination 3. A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A lie; a falsehood. Labels: British, countable, dated, slang, uncountable Example: It is awful, an old un like that telling such crams as she do. Example: Shut up, and don't tell crams. 5. A mathematical board game in which players take turns placing dominoes horizontally or vertically until no more can be placed, the loser being the player who cannot continue. Labels: uncountable 6. A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos. Example: Pen pals also make and pass around friendship books, slams and crams. In recent years, pen pal correspondence with prison inmates has gained acceptance on the Internet.
Word: cranky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crank + -y. Compare Middle Low German krankich (“sickly, unwell”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæŋki/, /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋki/, /ˈkɹɛ̃ŋki/ 1. Not in good working condition; defective, faulty. Labels: usually Example: We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good. Example: Margaret Cerullo gave a rousing speech, despite the pesky interruptions of a cranky sound system. 2. Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. Example: He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky. 3. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar. Example: Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be. 4. Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”). Example: a cranky vessel 5. Full of spirit; spirited. Labels: archaic 6. Weak, unwell. Labels: obsolete
Word: cranny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), from Old French cran, cren (“notch, fissure”), a derivative of crener (“to notch, split”), from Medieval Latin crenō (“split”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *crinō (“split, break”, verb), of obscure origin. Despite a spurious use in Pliny, connection to Latin crēna is doubtful. Instead, probably of Germanic or Celtic origin. Compare Old High German chrinna (“notch, groove, crevice”), Alemannic German Krinne (“small crack, channel, groove”), Low German karn (“notch, groove, crevice, cranny”), Old Irish ara-chrinin (“to perish, decay”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæni/ 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. Example: Down thro the Cranies of the living Walls / The Crystal Streams descend in murm'ring Falls Example: [H]e peep'd into every Cranny; ſometimes he admir'd the Beauty of the Architecture, and the vaſt Solidity of the Maſon's VVork; at other Times he commended the Symmetry and Proportion of the Rooms. 2. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
Word: cranny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), from Old French cran, cren (“notch, fissure”), a derivative of crener (“to notch, split”), from Medieval Latin crenō (“split”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *crinō (“split, break”, verb), of obscure origin. Despite a spurious use in Pliny, connection to Latin crēna is doubtful. Instead, probably of Germanic or Celtic origin. Compare Old High German chrinna (“notch, groove, crevice”), Alemannic German Krinne (“small crack, channel, groove”), Low German karn (“notch, groove, crevice, cranny”), Old Irish ara-chrinin (“to perish, decay”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæni/ 1. To break into, or become full of, crannies. Labels: intransitive Example: The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell. 2. To haunt or enter by crannies. Labels: intransitive Example: All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.
Word: cranny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani किरानी (kirānī) / کِرانِی (kirānī). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæni/ 1. A clerk writing English. Labels: India, obsolete 2. A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited. Labels: India, obsolete
Word: crape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of French crepe, from Middle French crespe (“curly”), from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crepe. Pronunciation: /kɹeɪp/ 1. Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of French crepe, from Middle French crespe (“curly”), from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crepe. Pronunciation: /kɹeɪp/ 1. To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp. Labels: transitive Example: a machine for craping silk Example: July 24, 1786, Frances Burney (aka Madame d'Arblay), diary the hour for curling and craping the hair 2. To clothe in crape. Labels: transitive
Word: crapy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English crape Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crapy From crape + -y. 1. Resembling crape.
Word: crass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease. Pronunciation: /kɹæs/, /kɹɑːs/ 1. Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste. Example: You guys would rather be with someone else who’s equal to your status in life. Tiger Woods, or somebody. I comes across as crass, a Neanderthal, a babbling idiot sometimes. I like to show you that person. I like that person. 2. Materialistic. 3. Physically dense or thick. 4. Lacking finesse; crude and obvious. Example: 8. They require that crass stupidities shall not be played upon the reader as “the craft of the woodsman, the delicate art of the forest,” by either the author or the people in the tale. Example: One may very easily fall into mistakes and errors when one is searching into the hidden causes of things, in the absence of real experiments, and this is easily apparent from the crass error of Cardan; who deems himself to have discovered the distances of the centres of the cosmos and of the earth through a variation of the magnetick iron of 9 degrees.
Word: crate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”), from Old Dutch *kratta, *kratto (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kratjô, *krattijô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“plaiting, wicker, basket, cradle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bind, twist, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow”), German Krätze (“basket”), Old English cræt, ceart (“cart, wagon, chariot”), Old Norse kartr (“wagon”), modern English cart. Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”). Alternatively from Latin crātis (“wickerwork”), perhaps from the same PIE root. Pronunciation: /kɹeɪt/ 1. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. 2. A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable. Labels: derogatory, mildly, slang Example: They shook the head of the unconscious pilot and when the latter opened his eyes, blinking wildly, the other members of the family lifted up the tail of the overturned crate sufficiently high enough to enable the dazed pilot, after releasing his belt, to fall out of the cockpit head first and disengage himself from the crack-up. Example: I will make this box of electronics and computer chips fly like no other spaceship has ever flown. Mission Control wanted to see what this crate could do. 3. In the Rust programming language, a binary or library. Example: And Rust never compiles modules separately, even if they're in separate files: when you build a Rust crate, you're recompiling all of its modules.
Word: crate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”), from Old Dutch *kratta, *kratto (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kratjô, *krattijô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“plaiting, wicker, basket, cradle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bind, twist, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow”), German Krätze (“basket”), Old English cræt, ceart (“cart, wagon, chariot”), Old Norse kartr (“wagon”), modern English cart. Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”). Alternatively from Latin crātis (“wickerwork”), perhaps from the same PIE root. Pronunciation: /kɹeɪt/ 1. To put into a crate. Labels: transitive Example: He also testified that the reason he crated the one machine and boxed the other was because one machine was stronger and the other frailer, and that made it dangerous to crate it. Example: Then, in 1941, decision was reached between the Chungking and American authorities to transport these fossils to the United States for safekeeping, and they were crated and moved to a warehouse in Ch’in-huang-tao, a small port city northeast of Peking, into the custody of the U.S. Marines. 2. To keep in a crate. Labels: transitive
Word: crater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (“basin”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɹeɪ.tɚ/ 1. A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. 2. The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 3. The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. Example: But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater. 4. Any large, roughly circular depression or hole. Labels: broadly, informal 5. Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: In it large craters lie, And two-eared pitchers, all of stone, and there Bees build their combs. Example: The people of those parts lived in underground houses - more of dug-outs - along with their goats and sheep and they had great craters full of wine, barley-wine, that they drank through reeds.
Word: crater Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (“basin”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɹeɪ.tɚ/ 1. To form craters in a surface. 2. To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed. Labels: figuratively Example: Yup, John McCain said to me the economy “is about to crater.” You folks worried about the economy? Whoo! Not me. Example: Uber said on Thursday that its ride-hailing business had cratered in the second quarter as people traveled less in the pandemic. 3. To crash or fall. Example: He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson. 4. To die from fall damage.
Word: crater Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeː.təɹ/ 1. Alternative form of creature. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, alt-of, alternative Example: I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately. Example: She is a charming crater; I would venture to say that, if I was not her father.
Word: craze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Scots krass (“to crush, squeeze, wrinkle”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Faroese kras (“small pieces”). Pronunciation: /kɹeɪz/ 1. A strong habitual desire or fancy. 2. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad. Example: Have you heard about the new dance craze? / Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed / Big fun to be had by everyone / It's up to you, it surely can be done Example: Winemaking was a huge craze in the 1970s, when affordable package holidays to the continent gave people a taste for winedrinking, but the recession made it hard to afford off-license prices back home. 3. A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat. 4. Craziness; insanity. Labels: archaic Example: ‘A poor fellow with a craze, sir,’ said Mr. Dick, ‘a simpleton, a weak-minded person […] may do what wonderful people may not do. […]’