nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: -ism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism Ultimately from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine, from the stem of verbs in -ίζειν (-ízein) (whence English -ize). Doublet of -ismus. Many English nouns in -ism are loans of Greek nouns in -ισμός (-ismós), often via Latin and French, such as Judaism, a learned English formation from Latin attested from c. 1500 and ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊσμός (Ioudaïsmós). In Late Latin, the -ismus suffix became the ordinary ending for names of religions and ecclesiastical or philosophical systems or schools of thought, thus chrīstiānismus (whence 16th c. Christianism) in Tertullian, a trend continued in Medieval Latin, with e.g. pāgānismus attested by the 8th century. From the 16th century, such formations became very common in English, until the early 18th century mostly restricted to either root words of Greek or Latin origin (heroism, patriotism) or proper names (Calvinism, Lutheranism). Productivity from root words with evidently non-Latin and non-Greek origin dates to the late 18th century (e.g. blackguardism). Reflecting this productivity, use of ism as a standalone noun is attested in Edward Pettit (1680) and becomes common from the mid-18th century. The narrowed sense of forming terms for ideologies based on the belief of superiority is based on coinages such as racism (1932) or sexism (1936) and productive since the 1970s. Pronunciation: /-ɪz(ə)m/, [ɪzm̩] 1. Alternative form of ism (“ideology or form of discrimination ending in -ism”) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of “LOLs,” insults and spam. Example: “Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they’re not who America is. They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker,” he wrote Tuesday.
Word: hype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of hyperbole. Pronunciation: /haɪp/ 1. Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim. Example: Don't believe the hype, it's a sequel / As an equal can I get this through to you
Word: hype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of hyperbole. Pronunciation: /haɪp/ 1. To promote or advertise heavily. Labels: transitive Example: They started hyping the new magazine months before its release. Example: Hydrogen fuel cells are hugely hyped but have yet to prove themselves in the real world beyond a few limited trials or small fleets on the European mainland.
Word: hype Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /haɪp/ 1. Hyped; excited. Labels: informal 2. Excellent, cool. Labels: slang
Word: hype Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪp/ 1. Clipping of hypodermic needle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: hype kit 2. A drug addict. Labels: dated, metonymically, slang Example: The Mob enforced the No-“H” Law. They tortured pushers. They killed them. Local hypes copped in L.A. Local hypes rode the Heroin Highway.
Word: hype Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪp/ 1. Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hype Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /haɪp/ 1. Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hydrologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hydrology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hydrologist From hydrology + -ist. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ 1. Someone who is skilled in or practises hydrology. Example: Some experts see today’s action as only a short-term fix. While the USBR is “very focused on just getting through this to next year”, any cuts would probably need to be in place far longer, University of Oxford hydrologist Kevin Wheeler said.
Word: question mark Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/, /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑɹk/, /ˈkwɛʃ-/ 1. The punctuation mark "?", used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question. Example: Do you see this curious-looking mark in the margin? It is a little crooked mark with a dot at the bottom of it. It is a question mark. It always comes at the end of questions. Example: When you come to a question mark, you must stop and rest. If the question may be answered by yes or no, your voice must rise on the last word before the question mark. 2. A state of doubt or uncertainty. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: There’s a question mark over whether or not he’ll be fit for the next game. Example: Because I keep answering questions with more questions, and there are question marks between myself and other people and I can no longer keep myself from wondering why that must always be so. 3. An enigmatic, inscrutable, or mysterious person or thing; an enigma, a riddle. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Let us admit that the Platonic dialogue is an enigma—something perplexing and to be wondered at. The Platonic dialogue is one big question mark. Example: Mr. [Richard] Foreman has been the reigning philosopher vaudevillian of the New York avant-garde for three decades now, creating fractured dreamscapes in which life is the banana cream pie that keeps hitting you in the face. His starting point is that the world is unknowable, self is a question mark, and existence is one long chain of frustrations. 4. Polygonia interrogationis, a North American nymphalid butterfly with a silver mark on the underside of its hindwing resembling a question mark (sense 1). Example: Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis). Preferred host plants are elms (Ulmus spp.), hackberry (Celtis spp.), hops (Humulus spp.), nettle (Urtica spp.), and false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica). Example: Commas (Polygonia comma) and Question Marks (Polygonia interrogationis) occur from the Gulf Coast to Canada and west to the Rockies. [...] Question Marks and Commas are handsome butterflies with burnt orange and black markings. [...] On the underside of each hind wing of the Comma is a small, distinctive silver hook that resembles a comma. The Question Mark has a small silver dot just below the hook—a question mark. Any other name just wouldn't do.
Word: question mark Part of Speech: particle Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/, /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑɹk/, /ˈkwɛʃ-/ 1. Final interrogative particle, expressing second-guessing, usually in an exaggerated, rising tone. Labels: colloquial Example: All real discovery comes from the ?, the basic curiosity and acceptance of, “Well, we think subatomic particles might exist, at least they have a tendency to exist, but we really don’t know for sure, you know, question mark?” Example: So I see one movement towards a new kind of society, a new kind of mobility. So am I right, question mark?
Word: dollar sign Part of Speech: noun 1. The symbol $, used to indicate a price in dollars.
Word: equal sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.
Word: underline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English line English underline From under- + line. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/, /ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/, /ˌʌndɚˈlaɪn/, /ˌʌndəˈlaɪn/ 1. A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink. 2. The character _. Labels: uncommon 3. An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one. Labels: dated 4. A caption beneath a photograph (which may have more than one line of text). Labels: dated Example: Several readers [...] write to point out that the ex-Great Eastern 0-6-0s now classified as "J20" in the L.N.E.R. lists, no longer hold the supremacy for power among British 0-6-0 locomotives as suggested in the underline to the photograph of one of them which appeared on p. 100 of the March-April issue.
Word: underline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English line English underline From under- + line. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/, /ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/, /ˌʌndɚˈlaɪn/, /ˌʌndəˈlaɪn/ 1. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis. Example: underline the important words in the text 2. To emphasise or stress something. Labels: figuratively Example: The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men. 3. To influence secretly. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.
Word: underline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English line English underline From under- + line. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/, /ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/, /ˌʌndɚˈlaɪn/, /ˌʌndəˈlaɪn/ 1. Passing under a railway line. Labels: not-comparable Example: Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it. Example: A minute was saved by smart working at Ipswich, but soon after came yet another delay, a 10 m.p.h. slack over an underline bridge being reconstructed between Bramford and Claydon.
Word: tuberculosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: To international scientific vocabulary from New Latin tūberculōsis, from Latin tūberculum (diminutive of tūber (“lump”)) + Latin -ōsis (“diseased condition”); by surface analysis, tubercul(um) + -osis; named for the encapsulated colonies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within the lungs in pulmonary tuberculosis, which can look like small tubers (tubercles) on gross pathology. The disease has existed throughout human experience and had other names for millennia before scientific medicine renamed it with a New Latin term in the mid-19th century (1840s); in English it was called consumption because of the wasting away that consumed health and seemed even to consume flesh in some cases (for example, causing fistulas and tissue breakdown). Pronunciation: /tʃuːˌbɜː(ɹ)kjʊˈləʊsɪs/, /tjuːˌbɜː(ɹ)kjʊˈləʊsɪs/, /tuˌbɝkjʊˈloʊsɪs/, /tʊ-/ 1. An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With smallpox gone, tuberculosis is today the deadliest infectious disease on the planet.
Word: good turn Part of Speech: noun 1. A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act. Labels: idiomatic Example: One good turn deserves another. Example: I am doing you a good turn this year by sending you a friend,[…]
Word: hound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Proto-Germanic *hundaz Proto-West Germanic *hund Old English hund Middle English hound English hound From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Doublet of canine. Cognate with Dutch hond (“dog”), German Hund (“dog”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hund (“dog”), Faroese and Icelandic hundur (“dog”). In 14th-century England, hound was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog (much as the distinction between Hund and Dogge in contemporary German). By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting. Pronunciation: /haʊnd/ 1. A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. 2. Any canine animal. 3. Someone who seeks something. Labels: broadly Example: On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately. Example: I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound, because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna. 4. A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women. Labels: broadly Example: "She had a good many successors, John." "You are such a hound, in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied." 5. A despicable person. Example: Boy! false hound! Example: I turned away and left her to finish her journey in peace, feeling, but only for a moment or two, that I had been an unutterably mean hound. 6. A houndfish.
Word: hound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hounden, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /haʊnd/ 1. To persistently harass doggedly. Labels: transitive Example: He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan. Example: More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having been hounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded. 2. To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it.
Word: hound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hownde, hount, houn, probably from Old Norse húnn, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz. Pronunciation: /haʊnd/ 1. Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop. Labels: in-plural 2. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Word: lathe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lathen, from Old English laþian (“to invite, summon, call upon, ask”), from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn, from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (“to invite”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to want, desire”). Cognate with German laden (“to invite”), Icelandic laða (“to attract”). Pronunciation: /leɪð/ 1. To invite; bid; ask. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: lathe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *lath, leth, from Old English lǣþ (“a division of a county containing several hundreds, a district, lathe”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāþ. Pronunciation: /leɪð/ 1. An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century. Labels: obsolete
Word: lathe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lathe (“turning-lathe; stand”), from Old Norse hlað (“pile, heap”)—compare dialectal Danish lad (“stand, support frame”) (as in drejelad (“turning-lathe”), savelad (“saw bench”)), dialectal Norwegian la, lad (“pile, small wall”), dialectal Swedish lad (“folding table, lay of a loom”)—from hlaða (“to load”). More at lade. Pronunciation: /leɪð/ 1. A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool. Example: He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe. Example: The accidental amputation was due to the guard not being on the lathe. 2. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft. 3. A granary; a barn. Labels: obsolete Example: […]lathe, a barn, is still used in some parts of Yorkshire, but chiefly in local designations, being otherwise obsolescent ; see the Cleveland and Whitby glossaries. ‘The northern man writing to his neighbor may say, “My lathe standeth neer the kirkegarth,” for My barn standeth neere the churchyard’
Word: lathe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lathe (“turning-lathe; stand”), from Old Norse hlað (“pile, heap”)—compare dialectal Danish lad (“stand, support frame”) (as in drejelad (“turning-lathe”), savelad (“saw bench”)), dialectal Norwegian la, lad (“pile, small wall”), dialectal Swedish lad (“folding table, lay of a loom”)—from hlaða (“to load”). More at lade. Pronunciation: /leɪð/ 1. To shape with a lathe. 2. To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.
Word: photograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph From photo- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/, [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf], /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, [ˈfoʊ̯.ɾəˌɡɹ̠æf] 1. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc. Example: The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards. Example: A photograph showing a column of tenodd cars with black registration plates moving along an empty highway on their way to Subotica, […]
Word: photograph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph From photo- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/, [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf], /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, [ˈfoʊ̯.ɾəˌɡɹ̠æf] 1. To take a photograph (of). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood. Example: The boy who made headlines when he was photographed hugging an officer during a 2014 protest against police brutality is missing after his family’s SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, officials said Wednesday. 2. To fix permanently in the memory etc. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: He is photographed on my mind. Example: The scene and its surroundings were photographed on my memory. 3. To appear in a photograph. Labels: intransitive Example: She photographs well. The camera loves her. Example: He told me that he liked Dolls Kill just fine—its clothes photographed well and he always wore them to Coachella—but attending this event was basically work for him.
Word: turn into Part of Speech: verb Etymology: turn + into 1. To become. Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonyms: (intransitive) get, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax; (reflexive) make [oneself], make [oneself] into Example: all things turn into dust 2. To cause (something or someone) to become. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: (transitive) make, make into Example: He turned water into wine. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, into. Example: I was just turning into my driveway when I got your call.
Word: turn in Part of Speech: verb 1. To submit something; to give. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He turned in his paperwork to the main office. Example: The actors turned in a formulaic performance. 2. To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in). Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The thief finally turned himself in at the police station. Example: My nosy next-door neighbor turned me in for building my garage without a permit. 3. To go to bed; to retire to bed. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: I'm tired, so I think I'll turn in early tonight. Example: "Landlord," said I, "tell him to stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him. But I don't fancy having a man smoking in bed with me. It's dangerous. Besides, I aint insured." This being told to Queequeg, he at once complied, and again politely motioned me to get into bed—rolling over to one side as much as to say—I wont touch a leg of ye. "Good night, landlord," said I, "you may go." I turned in, and never slept better in my life. 4. To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body. Example: At that point Leicester were playing with drive and ambition but they were undone by two goals in three minutes. First, Vieira turned in a rebound after the defender Souleymane Bamba had blocked David Silva's shot on the line. 5. To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
Word: turnaround Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from turn around. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːnəˌɹaʊnd/, /ˈtɜɹnəˌɹaʊnd/ 1. The act of turning to face in the other direction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The basketball player made a turnaround jump shot. 2. A reversal of policy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They tried to reduce their turnaround on incoming paperwork. Example: They tried to reduce their turnaround time on incoming paperwork. [noun adjunct form] 4. A turnabout; a reversal of circumstances. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware. 5. A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many media arts companies use turnarounds to ensure that when you draw the character you know what it looks like from the front, the side and the back. 6. A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Synonym of goback. Labels: US, countable, historical, uncountable 9. The scheduled shutdown of an industrial plant, such as an oil rig, for maintenance and testing. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A contractual provision by which, if the studio elects to abandon a film project, the producer has a limited period in which to sell it elsewhere. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Preparations for takeoff, such as loading and servicing. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. The relaying of a satellite signal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A new company […] has been set up to provide satellite turnaround and fiber connectivity facilities between Asia and Europe.
Word: turn over a new leaf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Figurative by the same metaphor as with turn the page. 1. To engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit. Labels: idiomatic Example: Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.
Word: turnout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from turn out. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)naʊt/ 1. The act of coming forth. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Depending on the location of a restaurant, weekdays may equally experience low turnout. Example: A country which has always had an exceptionally good turnout for its elections to the European Parliament is Belgium. Every single election has had a turnout of over 90 per cent. The reason for this is that there is compulsory voting in Belgium. 3. A place to pull off a road. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: When towing a trailer, use the turnouts to let faster traffic pass. Example: This is a location that should not be missed, especially during late afternoons in winter. This field can be photographed from the narrow driveway that leads down to the restaurant or from the turnout south of the restaurant, ... 4. A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: An article published recently in our associated weekly contemporary, The Railway Gazette, dealt at some length with the differences in construction and operation between civil and military railways, and explained that points and crossings are more commonly termed "turnouts" in military parlance. Example: Crossing stations on single lines are laid out so that one line has a straight run through, and is signalled in each direction, avoiding the need to slow down to take the turnout into the loop. 5. A quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 6. A striker. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Meanwhile on the eighteenth a party of soldiers dispersed a crowd in Over Darwen, and the following day a detachment came to protect the Hargreaves' large mill at Accrington, where one of the partners, anticipating a visit from the turnouts, had sworn in several hundred of the workpeople as special constables. 7. That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turnout. Example: "Yes," answered Reynard, "but old Bruin sat on the sledge and drove just as if he had stolen both horse and turn-out." "Bad luck to him, the rascal!" said the farmer. 8. Net quantity of produce yielded. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The act of putting out to pasture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Duties include feeding and turnout of horses. 10. Rotation of the leg at the hips which causes the feet and knees to turn outward, away from the front of the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polish off Part of Speech: verb 1. To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor. Labels: idiomatic Example: They polished off the last of the cake. 2. To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive). Example: White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.
Word: garlic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English garlek, garlik, from Old English gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār ("spear"; in reference to its sharp, tapering leaves) + lēac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlic (“garlic”), Faroese geirleykur (“garlic”), Icelandic geirlaukur (“garlic”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːlɪk/, /ˈɡɑɹlɪk/, /'gɑː(r)lɪk/ 1. A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent. 2. A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient. Labels: uncountable
Word: garlic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English garlek, garlik, from Old English gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār ("spear"; in reference to its sharp, tapering leaves) + lēac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlic (“garlic”), Faroese geirleykur (“garlic”), Icelandic geirlaukur (“garlic”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːlɪk/, /ˈɡɑɹlɪk/, /'gɑː(r)lɪk/ 1. To flavor with garlic. Labels: transitive Example: […]then through the sunned gathering of her marjoram and sweet basil from the herb garden, reading of book reviews in the latest Scientific American, into the layering of a lasagna, garlicking of a bread, tearing up of romaine leaves, eventually, oven on, into the mixing of the twilight's whisky sours against the arrival of her husband, Wendell (“Mucho) Maas from work, she wondered, wondered, shuffling back through a fat deckful of days which seemed (wouldn't she be first to admit it?) more or less identical, or all pointing the same way subtly like a conjurer's deck, any odd one readily clear to a trained eye.
Word: ahem Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /əˈhɛm/ 1. The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat. Labels: onomatopoeic 2. Demanding attention. Example: Ahem! Could we please get started? Example: Enter Nobody, and the Clowne. / Nobody. Ahem boy, Nobody is ſound yet for all his troubles. 3. Expresses disapproval or annoyance. Example: Ahem! In case you didn't notice, I did my share of the work, too. 4. Indicates the speaker does not wish to be perceived as rude, often intimating an impolite meaning to a third party that the speaker is not addressing. Example: I really (ahem!) liked the chocolate broccoli surprise. 5. Indicates the speaker does not wish to be perceived as rude, often intimating an impolite meaning to a third party that the speaker is not addressing. Example: The tone of Fat is casual and ahem, digestible, while also providing a succinct and significant overview of fatness and some of the issues most relevant to the burgeoning field of fat studies.
Word: ahem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /əˈhɛm/ 1. To cough or clear one's throat so as to draw attention. Example: He wouldn't have been suspected of crying for the world, but he coughed and ahemmed, and finally turned away without speaking. Example: A full inspiration, preparatory to hawking, ahemming, or premeditated careful coughing, would excite an explosion of an unusually violent and persistent cough, hurrying the breath out of the poor victims.
Word: achoo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɑːˈt͡ʃuː/, /əˈt͡ʃʰuː/, /ɑːˈt͡ʃʰuː/ 1. The sound of a sneeze. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Achoo—I think I'm coming down with something!
Word: achoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɑːˈt͡ʃuː/, /əˈt͡ʃʰuː/, /ɑːˈt͡ʃʰuː/ 1. The sound of a sneeze.
Word: achoo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɑːˈt͡ʃuː/, /əˈt͡ʃʰuː/, /ɑːˈt͡ʃʰuː/ 1. To sneeze loudly; to make an achoo sound. Labels: colloquial, intransitive
Word: Ibo Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Igbo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He switched over to English for the benefit of Clarke’s steward who came in just then and who did not speak Ibo.
Word: Ibo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Igbo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ibo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano Ibo. 1. A barangay of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.
Word: pliers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ply 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 -s English pliers From ply (“to bend”) + -er + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/ 1. A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.
Word: pliers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of plier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unicycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uni- + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˈjun.ɪˌsaɪ.kəl/, /ˈjun.əˌsaɪ.kəl/ 1. A pedal cycle that only has one wheel. Example: A man rode past on a unicycle, laughing.
Word: unicycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From uni- + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˈjun.ɪˌsaɪ.kəl/, /ˈjun.əˌsaɪ.kəl/ 1. To travel or move around by unicycle.
Word: unicycle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˈjun.ɪˌsaɪ.kəl/, /ˈjun.əˌsaɪ.kəl/ 1. Synonym of unicyclic. Labels: not-comparable Example: unicycle graph (unicyclic graph)
Word: unicyclist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unicycle Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English unicyclist From unicycle + -ist. 1. A person who rides a unicycle.
Word: tricycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tricycle. By surface analysis, tri- + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪsɪkəl/, /ˈtɹaɪˌsɪkəl/ 1. A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children. Example: [S]o I rode home on my brand new tricycle to find the rest of the family parked in front of the box. 2. An autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw (usually a roofed motorcycle with sidecar, often available for hire in the manner of a taxi) Labels: Philippines
Word: tricycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French tricycle. By surface analysis, tri- + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪsɪkəl/, /ˈtɹaɪˌsɪkəl/ 1. To ride a tricycle. Example: The child tricycled around the driveway until dark.
Word: tricyclist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tricycle Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tricyclist From tricycle + -ist. 1. A person who rides a tricycle. 2. A person who drives or rides an autorickshaw. Labels: Philippines, uncommon
Word: thermologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thermology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English thermologist From thermology + -ist. Pronunciation: /θə(ɹ)ˈmɒləd͡ʒɪst/ 1. One who practices thermology.
Word: turn off Part of Speech: verb 1. To dismiss; to fire. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [H]e came to this country in the service of an English gentleman, whom he was obliged to quit through the malice of the valet de chambre, who taking advantage of the young man's being overtaken with liquor on the last St.Andrew's day, turned him off, on the pretext of his being an habitual drunkard. 2. To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave. Example: "Will it ever stop?" Yo, I don't know / Turn off the lights, and I'll glow 3. To become deactivated; to become powered down. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: My computer turned off! 4. To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas. Labels: transitive Example: Remember to turn the tap off once you've finished so you don't waste water. 5. To repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone). Labels: transitive Example: Cigarette smoking really turns me off. Example: Better be a gentleman, or you'll turn me off 6. To leave a road; to exit. Labels: intransitive Example: Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch. 7. To avert. Labels: dated, transitive Example: "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house." 8. To turn out; to produce. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: According to D. A. Wells, one boy and a machine can turn off 9,000 pair of sleeve buttons in a day. 9. To execute by hanging. Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive Example: The fell had not only put its cap on, it was drawn down over its white face as that other white cap, still more terrible to look upon, covers the features of the poor wretch about to be "turned off" on the gallows.
Word: climatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English climatology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English climatologist From climatology + -ist. Pronunciation: /klaɪməˈtɒlədʒɪst/ 1. A person who studies, professes or practices climatology. Example: To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres. Example: “The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating,” said Prof Michael Mann, a climatologist and geophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania in the US.
Word: genealogist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English genealogy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English genealogist From genealogy + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiː.niːˌæl.ə.dʒɪst/ 1. A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy. Example: You may not find Dr. Neil Rosenstein’s new book listed on national best-seller lists, but the noted genealogist — with his tongue halfway in his cheek — compares it to the popular thriller “The Da Vinci Code.” Both books, the noted American genealogist and surgeon said, deal in varying degrees with family trees reaching back 30 centuries to the biblical House of David.
Word: technician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English technic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English technician From technic + -ian. Pronunciation: /tɛkˈnɪʃən/ 1. A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology. Example: The lift technician found the reason the lift wasn't working.
Word: mycologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myco- + -logist. Pronunciation: /maɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/ 1. A person who studies, professes or practices mycology. Example: ‘Iʼm not a mycologist but I believe you only get this formation when the fungus is forming reproductive organs.’
Word: zany Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni. Pronunciation: /ˈzeɪni/ 1. Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish. Example: And I will admit now but never then that, more than once, listening to the Viennese chattering their zany German on the pavements, or taking himself to one of the struggling small theatres that were cropping up in cellars and bombed houses... Example: Press articles emphasized his [Dizzy Gillespie's] ambassadorial role and drew attention to the paradox that he was a shrewd musician and leader despite his zany image. 2. Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
Word: zany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni. Pronunciation: /ˈzeɪni/ 1. A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown. Labels: archaic Example: Then write that I may follow, and so be / Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany. Example: O great restorer of the good old stage, / Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age!
Word: zany Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni. Pronunciation: /ˈzeɪni/ 1. To mimic foolishly. Labels: obsolete
Word: wacky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English whack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wacky From whack (“someone who whacked his head onto something often, hence being weird”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwæk.iː/ 1. Zany; eccentric. Labels: informal, slang Example: Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor. Example: How do artists and curators come up with titles for exhibitions? They seem to get wackier all the time.
Word: wacky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wacke. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: turn on Part of Speech: verb 1. To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve. Labels: transitive Example: Turn on the tap/faucet. 2. To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Please turn the lights on so I can see what I'm reading. Example: Please turn on automatic updates. 3. To start operating; to power up, to become on. Labels: intransitive Example: My computer won't turn on. 4. To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement). Labels: transitive Example: Attractive packaging can turn buyers on to a product. Example: Attractive showroom models can turn buyers on. 5. To sexually arouse. Labels: transitive Example: John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on. Example: You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on / I just need your body, baby, from dusk 'til dawn 6. To take drugs. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: "Well, they seem to always have dope up there, and I like to turn on, too." "You do?" "Sure. Cops is just people. I don't drink, so I gotta do something to get my kicks." 7. To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens. Labels: slang, transitive Example: In fact, many youngsters will not even turn on a close friend if they know he has never used drugs. And it is rare indeed for a youth to actively seek out people to turn on. 8. To aim at. Labels: transitive Example: He turned the searchlight on the passing planes. Example: Cornered by the authorities, the shooter turned the gun on himself. 9. To rebel against; to suddenly attack. Labels: transitive Example: Suddenly all his friends turned on him. Example: She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party. 10. To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else). Labels: ditransitive Example: We need to be thinking about what it means the way they are locking us up, and turning us on each other. We need to start fighting for our rights together. 11. To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject. Labels: intransitive Example: The argument turned on the question of whether or not jobs would be lost.
Word: turn up one's nose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From turn (verb) + up (preposition) + one’s + nose (noun), describing a gesture possibly universally understood as indicating contempt, disgust, or scorn which has existed at least since Ancient Greek times: see Ancient Greek ἐκμυκτηρίζω (ekmuktērízō, “to hold in derision”), from ἐκ- (ek-, prefix expressing completion or totality) and μυκτηρίζω (muktērízō, “to turn up the nose, sneer at”) (from μῠκτήρ (mŭktḗr, “nostril”)). Pronunciation: /ˌtɜːn‿ʌp wʌnz ˈnəʊz/, /ˌtɜɹn‿ʌp wʌnz ˈnoʊz/ 1. To tilt one's face upwards slightly, thus raising one's nose, and often to look downwards at someone, as a sign of contempt, disgust, or scorn. Labels: intransitive Example: When your turn came, you were carefully collared, and led up to the presence, as if even at that awful moment you were mutinously and murderously disposed. The Pasha, looking at you with a vicious sneer, turned up his nose, ejaculated "Ajemi," and prescribed the bastinado. Example: Sir Felix when he read this letter at his club in the afternoon of the Monday, turned up his nose and shook his head. He thought if there were much of that kind of thing to be done, he could not go on with it, even though the marriage was certain, and the money secure. "What an infernal little ass!" he said to himself as he crumpled the letter up. 2. Followed by at. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: I tried to help, but they turned up their noses at my advice. Example: We listened in profound silence until the conclusion of this harangue, when Captain Guy replied by assuring the chief of his eternal friendship and goodwill, concluding what he had to say be a present of several strings of blue beads and a knife. At the former the monarch, much to our surprise, turned up his nose with some expression of contempt; but the knife gave him the most unlimited satisfaction, and he immediately ordered dinner. 3. Followed by at. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: [A] Man muſt be nice indeed, that turns up his Noſe at a VVoman, vvho has no vvorſe Imperfection, than ſetting too great a Value upon her Underſtanding. Example: […] Lord Orville, […] changed the ſubject to Cox's Muſeum, and aſked vvhat he thought of it? "Think!—" ſaid he, "vvhy I think as hovv it i'n't vvorth thinking about. I like no ſuch jem cracks. It is only fit, in my mind, for monkeys,—though, for aught I knovv, they too might turn up their noſes at it."
Word: turn against Part of Speech: verb 1. To rebel or oppose to something formerly supported. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: They turned against their leader. 2. To set against or in opposition to something. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She turned her umbrella against the wind. Example: She turned against the wind. 3. To use to the disadvantage or injury of. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: His argument was turned against him. Example: They turned their arms against their former allies.
Word: bumbershoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from bumber + shoot, modifications of umbr(ella) + (para)chute. Compare umbershoot. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmbəˌʃuːt/, /ˈbʌmbəɹˌʃut/ 1. An umbrella. Labels: humorous, slang Example: It smells like rain. Perhaps we should take along a bumbershoot. Example: Oh! Hang the bumbershoot! [Flings umbrella away, clasps Mrs. Dobbs wildly.]