nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: colonists Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlənɪsts/, /ˈkɑlənɪsts/ 1. plural of colonist Labels: form-of, plural Example: While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Word: sovereigns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɒv.ɹɪnz/, /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹɪnz/ 1. plural of sovereign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slipping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of slip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slipping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslɪpɪŋ/ 1. The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion. Example: slippings and slidings Example: Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads.
Word: antinode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + node. 1. A region of maximum amplitude situated between adjacent nodes of a vibrating body, such as a string.
Word: contortion 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 *terkʷ- Proto-Italic *torkʷeō Latin torqueō Latin contorqueō Latin contortus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contortiōder. Middle French contortionder. English contortion Derived from Middle French contortion, from Latin contortiō. 1. The act or result of contorting; the state of being contorted: the twisting of something, especially oneself. Labels: countable 2. A performance art involving the dramatic bending and flexing of the body, showcasing extreme physical flexibility. Labels: uncountable
Word: deform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English deforme (“out of shape, deformed”) [and other forms], from Middle French deforme (modern French difforme (“misshapen, deformed”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmis (“departing physically from the correct shape, deformed, malformed, misshapen, ugly; (figuratively) departing morally from the correct quality, base, disgraceful, shameful, unbecoming”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrma (“form, appearance, figure, shape; fine form, beauty; design, outline, plan; model, pattern; mould, stamp; (figuratively) kind, manner, sort”) (further etymology unknown; perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape; appearance; outline; kind, type”), probably from Pre-Greek, but there is no consensus) + -is (suffix forming adjectives of the third declension). Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɔːm/, /dəˈfɔɹm/ 1. Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly. Example: […] I did proclame, / That vvho ſo kild that monſter moſt deforme, / And him in hardy battayle ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame, and of my kingdome heyre apparaunt bee: […] Example: Sight ſo deform what heart of Rock could long / Drie-ey’d behold?
Word: deform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English deformen (“to disfigure, distort, or mar; (figuratively) to disfigure morally; to defame; to dishonour”) [and other forms], equivalent to de- + form, from Old French deformer [and other forms] (modern French déformer (“to contort, distort, twist out of shape; (figuratively) to pervert”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmāre (whence Medieval Latin difformāre), the present active infinitive of dēfōrmō (“to fashion, form; to delineate, describe; to design; to deform, disfigure; to mar, spoil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, shape; to format”) (from fōrma (noun); see further at etymology 1). Cognates * Catalan deformar (“to deform”) * Italian deformare (“to deform; to distort, warp”) * Occitan deformar * Portuguese deformar (“to deform”) * Spanish deformar, desformar (“to deform, disfigure”) Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɔːm/, /dəˈfɔɹm/ 1. To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape. Labels: transitive Example: I that am curtaild of this faire proportion / Cheated of feature by diſſembling nature, / Deformd, vnfinisht, ſent before my time / Into this breathing vvorld ſcarce halfe made vp, / And that ſo lamely and vnfaſhionable, / That dogs barke at me as I halt by them: […] Example: They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: / Darke vvorking Sorcerers that change the minde: / Soule-killing VVitches, that deforme the bodie: […] 2. To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape. Labels: transitive 3. To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: a face deformed by bitterness Example: Shortly vnto the vvaſtefull vvoods ſhe came, / VVhereas ſhe found the Goddeſſe vvith her crevv, / […] / Some of them vvaſhing vvith the liquid devv / From of their dainty limbs the duſty ſvveat, / And ſoyle vvhich did deforme their liuely hevv, […] 4. To mar the character or quality of (something). Labels: transitive Example: a marriage deformed by jealousy Example: [Y]our beautie Ladies / Hath much deformed vs, faſhioning our humours / Euen to the oppoſed ende of our ententes. 5. To become changed in shape or misshapen. Labels: intransitive Example: If I answer that metal’s hard and shiny and cold to the touch and deforms without breaking under blows from a harder material, [David] Hume says those are all sights and sounds and touch. There’s no substance. Tell me what metal is apart from these sensations. Then, of course, I’m stuck.
Word: vocalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic Borrowed from French vocalique, from vocal + -ique. Pronunciation: /vəʊˈkælɪk/, /voʊˈkælɪk/, /vəʉˈkælɪk/, /vɐʉˈkælək/ 1. Pertaining to a vowel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Griko Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Greko dialect Greek Γκρίκο (Gkríko) and Γρῆκος (Grîkos). 1. An ethnically Greek people of southern Italy and Sicily, descended from Byzantine and ancient Greek colonies. 2. The dialect of Greek used by these people, combining Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek, and various Italian dialects.
Word: Salento Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Salento, from Salentino dialect Salentu, of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin salum (“(surrounded by) sea”). 1. A small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.
Word: chickenshit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chicken + shit. 1. Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.) Labels: slang, vulgar 2. Cowardly. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing. Example: "How chickenshit do you have to be to go after an old man in a wheelchair?"
Word: chickenshit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chicken + shit. 1. A petty and contemptible thing or things. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: Don't waste your time on that chickenshit. Example: I went to see Lyndon Johnson, and I was telling him I wanted to run for Senate. And he said, "The difference between the Senate and the House is the difference between chicken salad and chicken shit." Johnson was amazing. 2. A coward. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit. 3. A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny. 4. Chicken manure. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable, vulgar
Word: monomyth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + myth. Borrowed by Joseph Campbell from Finnegans Wake. 1. A cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero. Example: Most male epics follow Joseph Campbell's monomyth pretty neatly; can we expect Barrett Browning to do the same? Is the monomyth a male construct, the “male-myth” rather than the unified myth that speaks for all, […]
Word: wines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /waɪnz/ 1. plural of wine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wines Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /waɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: after all Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point. Labels: idiomatic Example: After all, they never come home for Christmas. Example: Of course he won't give you credit. After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin. 2. in the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted. Labels: idiomatic Example: They won't be coming home for Christmas after all. Example: Then the idea returned to her that, after all, her son might not be innocent in the Ellen matter—and this was so interesting that she felt bound to get as near the truth as she could. 3. Introduces information that supports the preceding statement. Example: Of course he's coming to the party. After all, he did promise.
Word: well, well Part of Speech: intj 1. Synonym of well, well, well. Example: Well, well. What have we here? Example: (with sarcasm) Well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.
Word: claim to fame Part of Speech: noun 1. That for which one has bragging rights; one’s reason for being well-known or famous. Labels: idiomatic Example: Her only claim to fame is being married to a socialite. Example: It seems to me that "grass seed capital of the world" is a fairly shaky claim to fame.
Word: yoohoo Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈjuːˌhuː/ 1. Used to get attention. Example: Yoohoo! I think you dropped this. Example: Xavier's Father: Son, it was you who killed me. Xavier (Vernon Chatman): What kind of stupid name is "Yoohoo"? Well, when I find that demon, I shall slay him -- to death! Yoohoo! Yoohoo!
Word: yoohoo Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈjuːˌhuː/ 1. To give a cry of "yoohoo". Labels: intransitive
Word: run-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the verb run into. For the meaning "end-phase", it presumably comes a marathon race, where in the final part the runners run into the stadium and complete a lap. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnˌɪn/ 1. An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty. Example: During that time he had two more run-ins with the law. One involved the sale of stolen property. The other was for a series of hot checks. 2. The end-phase of a competition etc. Example: Yahoo Sport's Leicester City blogger Helen Nutter gets ready for the Premier League run-in knowing her side - incredibly - still have a great chance of being crowned champions Example: But despite its plague of tunnels, the run-in on this route is of unusual interest to the locomotive enthusiast: besides the hordes of self-important saddle-tanks shunting in the extensive yards, there was at one time the chance of seeing those slender little North London engines, with their large outside cylinders and no visible storage place for coal, and also an occasional South Eastern locomotive sporting a lot of polished brass. 3. A sudden compression between two coupled railcars when the hinder one is moving faster than the fore one. Example: Brake pipe pressure reduction rates of over 30 psi/sec lasting for about 15 milliseconds were created by harsh slack run-ins. Example: Researchers noted no unusual events (e.g., knuckle breaks) or notable instances of significant slack action or run-ins/run-outs at the lead locomotive during the test.
Word: run-in Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from the verb run in. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnˌɪn/ 1. (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text. Labels: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually Example: These headings are of the run-in type because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches. 2. (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts. Labels: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually Example: A well run-in engine is likelier to consume less crankcase oil over the course of its working life.
Word: old-timer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience. Example: A: Hey, how's it going, old-timer? B: Ha ha, nice try — you're even older than I am! A: It takes one to know one, after all. 2. One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience. Example: Some of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began. Example: It’s plain that older Americans have become a more important and reliable part of the audience that goes to movie theatres. Yet a few years ago, the Academy gave up on honouring old-timers in the show – because they wanted kids to be watching?
Word: timer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time 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 timer From time (verb) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmɚ/ 1. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. Example: start the timer when you hear the gunshot 2. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. 3. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
Word: timer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmɚ/ 1. One who has done something a certain number of times. Labels: in-compounds Example: third-timer 2. One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours. Labels: in-compounds
Word: old-time Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English old Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English old-time From old + time. 1. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned. Example: He likes to listen to old-time music. 2. Ancient; persisting since ancient times. Example: Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.
Word: cover one's bases Part of Speech: verb 1. To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely. Labels: idiomatic Example: She eats a balanced diet, but takes vitamin pills anyway, to cover her bases.
Word: break up Part of Speech: verb 1. To break or separate into pieces. Labels: transitive Example: Break up the cheese and put it in the salad. 2. To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart. Labels: intransitive Example: It broke up when it hit the ground. Example: So, subject to the salvaging of serviceable parts, all five were withdrawn for breaking up in 1936-7, and thus ended one of the shortest histories of an important locomotive class on record. 3. To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in. Labels: transitive Example: "I remember his wail at the meeting, which began: 'In fifty years experience of scientific intercourse----' It quite broke the old man up." 4. To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: She broke up with her boyfriend last week. 5. To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other. Labels: intransitive, reciprocal Example: Jane and Stephen broke up. 6. To dissolve; to part. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The meeting finally broke up after a three-hour discussion. Example: At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […] 7. Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Once the schools break up for the holidays, children across the country are at a loose end and instances of kids doing stupid things on the railway become far too common. 8. Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate. Labels: intransitive Example: You're breaking up. Can you repeat that? Well, it got cut off. Example: what did you say? you're breaking up on me 9. To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The police came in to break up the disturbance. 10. To become disorganised. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive Example: England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out. 11. To cut or take to pieces for scrap. Labels: transitive Example: Ex-Brighton "I4" 4-4-2 tank No. 2034, the last of its class, and "02" 0-4-4 tank No. 214 have been broken up. Example: It may not be known generally that the tenders of the scrapped engines of this class were found to be in too good a condition to be broken up, and are now attached to Class "J15" 0-6-0 goods. 12. To be or cause to be overcome with laughter. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, transitive
Word: break up Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of breakup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: puzzles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puzzle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puzzles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of puzzle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: patriate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriate. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪtɹi.eɪt/ 1. To assume control of (a governmental power) from a former mother country. Labels: Canada, transitive Example: Canada moved to patriate its constitution from the United Kingdom in 1982.
Word: prophetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/ 1. Having the ability to prophesize; prescient. Labels: not-comparable Example: [Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle! 2. Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet. Labels: not-comparable 3. Predicted, as by a prophecy. Labels: not-comparable Example: And fears are oft prophetic of the event.
Word: all-powerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Middle English all- English all- English powerful English all-powerful From all- + powerful. 1. Having unlimited power; omnipotent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Imagination is faithful when it is all-powerful. Example: The friendless Italian was a much safer person than the niece of the all-powerful minister, whose ambition would not stop but at the throne. Francesca might be allowed to detach him from Mademoiselle Mancini, and could then be easily flung aside.
Word: glowworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glouworm; equivalent to glow + worm. Compare cognate German Glühwurm; compare also firefly, lightning bug, and lanternfly. 1. The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen. Example: The glowworm shows the matin to be near And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire. Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me. Example: 1604, William Alexander, The Alexandraean Tragedie, Act V, Scene 2, in The Monarchicke Tragedies, London: Ed. Blount, 1607, Some things afarre doe like the Glow-worme shine, That lookt to neere haue of that light no signe. 2. A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: glow-worm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of glowworm. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One device obtained great admiration: small lights were scattered on the ground, in some of the winding paths of turf, to emulate glow-worms.
Word: deathwatch beetle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of death + watch + beetle. The sound the beetles make is said to resemble a ticking watch, and is sometimes believed to herald death. Attested (as death watch) from the late 17th century. 1. Any of various beetles of the family Anobiidae, now usually included in family Ptinidae, especially Xestobium rufovillosum, that bore into wood and make a tapping sound. Example: And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch: Because like a watch it always cries click; Then woe to those in the house who are sick, Example: A very deadly enemy to woodwork in churches and other buildings is the creature known as the Death Watch beetle (anobium tessellatum, or rufovillosum).
Word: detestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French détestation. 1. Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …” 2. Something detested. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Neckties are a real detestation for them.
Word: ring pull Part of Speech: noun 1. A ring-shaped extension on the top of a can or tin, which one pulls to open it. Example: When I tried to open a tin of soup, the ring pull broke off, and I had to use a tin opener instead. Example: A steward tackles the ring pull on a can of Carlsberg Pilsner in 1966.
Word: DOG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of digital on-screen graphic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of digitally originated graphic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cooey Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of cooee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cooey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cooee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cooey Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of cooee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fantom Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of phantom. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: fantom Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of phantom. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: shoarma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shawarma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: shwarma Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃwɑɹmə/ 1. Alternative form of shawarma. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blue-on-blue Part of Speech: noun 1. Friendly fire. Labels: uncountable
Word: anapestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin anapaesticus. By surface analysis, anapest + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.nəˈpiː.stɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or composed of, anapests. 2. Of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human) heartbeat pattern. 3. Of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry; see also limeric or limerick. 4. Of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum.
Word: anapestic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin anapaesticus. By surface analysis, anapest + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.nəˈpiː.stɪk/ 1. A verse that contains anapestic feet.
Word: anapest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “to strike”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/ 1. In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed. 2. In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long. 3. A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.
Word: froghopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frog + hopper. 1. Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
Word: cuckoo spit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From appearing on plants at around the time that cuckoo birds return in the spring. 1. A frothy mass of white liquid that is secreted onto plants by froghopper larvae and serves as a protective covering. Labels: uncountable
Word: KCR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Kowloon-Canton Railway. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: KCRC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Tsim Sha Tsui. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism 2. The station code of Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong.
Word: TST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tunnel seismic tomography: a tunnel geological prediction technique. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of tuberculin skin test: a test for tuberculosis infection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of ternary search tree: a type of trie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of total story time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: pilgrim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/ 1. One who travels to visit a site of religious significance. Labels: literary Example: strangers and pilgrims on the earth 2. One who travels to visit a site of religious significance. Labels: broadly 3. A newcomer. Labels: slang Example: "I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first." 4. A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck. Labels: historical
Word: pilgrim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/ 1. To make a pilgrimage Labels: intransitive Example: [T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.] Example: The tzadikim founded residences, called "courts" by their adherents, whereto the chassidim […] used to pilgrim in order to receive inspiration and salvation 2. To wander; to ramble. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants
Word: intervention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French intervention, from Latin interventiō. Morphologically intervene + -tion. Pronunciation: /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/, /ɪntəˈvɛnʃən/ 1. The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors. 2. A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An action taken or procedure performed; an operation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings. Example: “It goes with my mantra of there is ‘no magic pill’ to prevent cognitive decline,” said Isaacson, who was not involved in the new study. “At my clinic, we check nutritional blood measures and personally tailor interventions, and in doing so we don’t tend to recommend multivitamins since we address the individual deficiencies.”
Word: coincidence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, /koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, /kəʉˈɪnsɪdəns/ 1. Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That the two writers were born and died on the same day is just a coincidence, although there are many conspiracy theories about it. Example: It is sheer coincidence that the cartoon resembles the local politician. 3. A coincidence point. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quenchless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English quench 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 quenchless From quench + -less. 1. That cannot be quenched; unquenchable. Example: To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!
Word: frog march Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of frogmarch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: frog march Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of frogmarch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tone-deaf Part of Speech: adj 1. Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes. Example: Although he was tone-deaf, he was a great lyricist. Example: This is a distinction unavailable to the tone-deaf. 2. Having little or a shallow or banal appreciation of music, whether or not as a result of tone deafness. Labels: colloquial 3. Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: a politician's tone-deaf remarks about the price of bread Example: The elected official's tone-deaf remarks about the operations of the clerk’s office were disappointing. 4. Insensitive and offensive as a result of not noticing the current social context. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: Otherwise, saying “N-word” is plenty accurate; I knew exactly what you meant. And arguing for your need to use an explosive term, when a common euphemism will do, makes you seem defensive and tone-deaf. Example: The campaign – which Fast Company described as “eyebrow-raising”, “controversial” and “tone-deaf” – did not land well.
Word: mockup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mock-up. 1. Alternative form of mock-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: well-dressed Part of Speech: adj 1. Clothed or outfitted in fashionable or attractive personal apparel and attire. Example: The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.
Word: togetherness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English together Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English togetherness From together + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being together. Labels: uncountable Example: My hope is that the fair will not only raise money for the drama club, but also - kind of - foster a spirit of togetherness among the multicultural community here at Roxbury. Example: Iceland played with courage, skill and togetherness and might also fancy their chances against France in Sunday’s quarter-final. 2. The result or product of being together. Labels: countable
Word: underfoot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”). Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəˈfɵt/, /ʌndɚˈfʊt/, /ʊndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəɾˈfʉt/ 1. Situated under one's foot or feet. Labels: not-comparable 2. In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder. Labels: not-comparable Example: We'd go to the Downbeat Club, on Fifty-second Street, and I'd be so underfoot that Billie couldn't miss me. Example: You ask a lot of questions, Morty. Not very charismatic. It makes you kind of an [belch] under [belch] underfoot figure. 3. Downtrodden; abject. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underfoot Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”). Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəˈfɵt/, /ʌndɚˈfʊt/, /ʊndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəɾˈfʉt/ 1. Under one's foot or feet. Labels: not-comparable Example: The workers were all big, burly, hard-hearted men, tromping through the marsh in their heavy boots without sparing so much as a single thought for the masses of tiny frogs they crushed underfoot. Example: The green turf was velvet underfoot. 2. In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder. Labels: not-comparable Example: It would be easier to do a big project like that someday when we don't have a bunch of newcomers underfoot. Example: If you're not going to help, at least get out from underfoot.
Word: underfoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”). Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəˈfɵt/, /ʌndɚˈfʊt/, /ʊndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəɾˈfʉt/ 1. A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat. Example: In the early stages of fishing, storage space for wet fish was extremely limited, as three pounds on either side, and most of the staging and underfoots, contained ice, leaving only two empty pounds for stowage. Example: All too often saithe are put away with an inadequate amount of ice on them, or stowed in deep shelves or underfoots, where they become badly squashed and spoil more rapidly.
Word: underfoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”). Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəˈfɵt/, /ʌndɚˈfʊt/, /ʊndəˈfʊt/, /ʌndəɾˈfʉt/ 1. To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin. Labels: transitive Example: A builder was employed to underfoot a tenement, but the work having been improperly executed, damage was caused to adjoining houses. Example: The two courses which were open to them were, — on the one hand, to underfoot the building ; and, on the other, to take it down, with the view of its being re-erected on the same site, or elsewhere ; if they should have the means of doing so. 2. To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column. Example: Another device is to underfoot the accounts receivable column and the net cash column in the record of cash receipts and to underfoot the debit or overfoot the credit side of one or more accounts in the customer's ledger by equal amounts. Example: Stay away from the client or taxpayer who conceals, pads, overstates or understates, alters, duplicates, overfoots or underfoots, diverts, manipulates, omits, falsifies and flagrantly disregards the IRS regulations.
Word: courtliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English courtly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English courtliness From courtly + -ness. 1. The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rotunda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda, from rotundus (“round”). In the architectural sense, from Sancta Maria Rotunda (the name for a church in the Pantheon). Pronunciation: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/, /ɹoʊˈtʌndə/ 1. A round building, usually small, often with a dome. Example: The rotunda begun but never completed by Abbot Wulfric (1047–59) at St Augustine’s Abbey as a link between the church of St Mary and that of St Peter and St Paul is an unusual and ambitious example of mid-eleventh-century English architecture which partly survives (fig. 4.6, top). […] Many of these rotundae are known to have had a special funerary function (as was the case at Canterbury). Example: The purely Greek character of the temple is revealed in the fact that there is no portico aligning the structure; Roman tholoi and rotundae are usually distinguished by a portico. 2. A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based. 3. Alternative spelling of rotonda. Labels: Philippines, alt-of, alternative Example: TPLEX Rotunda is a roundabout located in Rosario, La Union. 4. A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.
Word: decency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin decentia, from decens. Equivalent to decent + -cy. Compare French décence. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːsənsi/ 1. The quality of being decent; propriety. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense. Example: Indeed it is for the moſt part in our ſkill in manners, and in the obſervances of time and place, and of decency in general, which is only to be learned in thoſe ſchools to which Horace recommends us, that what is called Taſte by way of diſtinction, conſiſts; and which is in reality no other than a more refined judgment. 2. That which is proper or becoming. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Those thousand decencies, that daily flow / From all her words and actions. Example: 'Tis in the Civil Government, as in the Offices of Religion; which, were they ſtript of all the External Decencies of Worſhip, would not make a due Impreſſion on the Minds of thoſe who aſſiſt at them.
Word: modernise Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdənaɪz/ 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of modernize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: The principal locomotive workshops now in use are those of the former Rhymney Railway at Caerphilly, modernised and re-equipped to meet the requirements of the new regime. Example: The same applies to the toilets. Simply the ability to remove those labels that read "do not flush while the train is at a station" (a sticker that dates a train as 'old') modernises them no end.
Word: modernisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French modernisation. 1. Alternative spelling of modernization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: underlined Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: underlined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: moderniser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From modernise + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of modernizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: ordinariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ordinary Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ordinariness From ordinary + -ness. 1. The quality or condition of being ordinary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The only extraordinary thing in fact about his recreations was their ordinariness. Example: What links the kids in most of these games is their relative ordinariness, forcing us to face their perils without special powers.
Word: parenthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parent Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English parenthood From parent + -hood. 1. The state of being a parent Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: meat-eating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound of meat + eating. 1. That eats meat; carnivorous. Labels: not-comparable Example: Once again, we see the anthropological bias against women (perhaps related to the fact that meat-eating Europeans and Americans cannot take grains seriously as a source of complete nourishment and so feel a need to stress meat eating and hunting).
Word: candidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English candid Middle English -ly English -ly English candidly From candid + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkændɪdli/, /ˈkeə̯ndɪdli/, /ˈkɛə̯ndɪdli/ 1. in a candid manner; frankly. Example: Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness." Example: First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face.
Word: improperly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English improprelich, impropreliche, impropurly, inproperlye; equivalent to improper + -ly or im- + properly. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li/ 1. In an improper manner; not properly. Example: Prosecutors also said Wednesday their side “does not intend to reference allegations that the defendant violated FARA or improperly coordinated with the Obama Administration,” referring to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires people who lobby on behalf of foreign clients to register beforehand with the US government.
Word: unexplored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + explored. 1. Which has not been explored.
Word: loquacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French loquacité, from Latin loquācitās (whence -acity), from loquor (“to say, speak, tell, talk, utter”). Pronunciation: /loʊˈkwæsɪti/ 1. Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A man that were ſo diſpoſed, may ſeeme in reaſon to reproove […] the loquacity of Euripides, […] Example: Neither is eloquence or rhetoric unclaimed by him: he perſuaded with Stentorian loquacity, and convinces by the irreſiſtible powers of a bellowing horſe laugh.
Word: modernize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From modern + -ize or French moderniser. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdənaɪz/, /ˈmɑdɚnaɪz/ 1. To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc. Labels: transitive 2. To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways Labels: intransitive
Word: quadrangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English quadrangle, borrowed from Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈkwɒd.ɹaŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈkwɔd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈkwɑd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/, /ˈkwɒd.ɹɛŋ.ɡəl/ 1. A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon. 2. A courtyard which is quadrangular. Example: I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns. 3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard. Example: The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.
Word: insecurity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnsēcūritās. By surface analysis, insecure + -ity. 1. A lack of security; uncertainty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They are also more likely to be on freelance or short-term contracts, which can contribute to feelings of financial insecurity and therefore a greater tendency for people to attend work even they are unwell. Example: Jealousy: It's all the feelings that come over you when you think you're being overlooked by others. It comes from inside, from your insecurities and fears—fear of loss, fear of betrayal, and fear of hurt. 2. A lack of security; uncertainty. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A lack of security; uncertainty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: economic insecurity
Word: modernization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From modernize + -ation or French modernisation. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒdənɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, /ˌmɒdənaɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, /ˌmɑdɚnɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, /ˌmɑdɚnaɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, [ˌmɑɾɚ-] 1. The act, process, or result of modernizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: halation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English halo 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 halation From halo + -ation. Pronunciation: /həˈleɪʃən/ 1. The action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was, as you know, to the west-ward of us, and the sunset was making a great flame of red light to the back of her, so that she showed a little blurred and indistinct by reason of the halation of the light, which almost defeated the eye in any attempt to see her rotting spars and standing rigging, submerged, as they were, in the fiery glory of the sunset. 2. The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As the result of a series of experiments on halation carried out with backed and unbacked plates, ordinary film and stripping film, Ernest Marriage concludes that there are two varieties of halation, one due to reflection from the support and the other due to spreading of the light in the film. Example: Halation, properly speaking, is the reflection and diffusion, within the film, from the lighter areas to the adjacent darker ones.
Word: jumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jumbelen, alteration of jumbren, jombren, a variant of jumpren, frequentative of jumpen (“to jump”), equal to jump + -le. More at jumber, jump, jumper. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəl/, /ˈd͡ʒʊmbəl/ 1. To mix or confuse. Labels: transitive Example: Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together? Example: Every clime and age jumbled together. 2. To meet or unite in a confused way. Labels: intransitive Example: I tried to study, but in my half-awake state, all of the concepts seemed to jumble together.