nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: test Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst. The examination sense came via metaphor of the metallurgical sense: the way a metallurgist puts to the test his gold, a teacher may put to the test her students' knowledge. Displaced Old English afandung. Pronunciation: /tɛst/, [tʰɛst], [tʰest] 1. To challenge, to put a strain on (something). Example: Climbing the mountain tested our stamina. 2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation. 3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try. Example: to test the soundness of a principle Example: to test the validity of an argument 4. To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody). 5. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc. Example: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems–[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies. 6. To be shown to be by test. Labels: copulative Example: He tested positive for cancer. Example: It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million. 7. To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent. Example: to test a solution by litmus paper 8. To challenge (someone) to a fight. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: Back then, you couldn't rock any type of jewelry just like that, because someone was going to test you or rob you. If you were wearing a chain, you had to be someone who was known for shooting or cutting or knocking dudes the fuck out. And someone who didn’t know you may still try and test, so you couldn't really rely on your rep to save you every time. Example: I'm feelin' special, I might fly her out to LA, yeah / I got my weapon, it turn violent if you test me, yeah
Word: test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”). Pronunciation: /tɛst/, [tʰɛst], [tʰest] 1. A witness. Labels: obsolete Example: 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.
Word: test Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”). Pronunciation: /tɛst/, [tʰɛst], [tʰest] 1. To attest (a document) legally, and date it. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To make a testament, or will. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: test Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɛst/, [tʰɛst], [tʰest] 1. Clipping of testosterone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, slang, uncountable
Word: cloudlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cloud Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English cloudlet From cloud + -let. 1. A little cloud. Example: 1872, Thomas Durfee, "El Paseo" in The Village Picnic and Other Poems, Providence, RI: George H. Whitney, p. 112, https://books.google.ca/books?id=pIEtAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false I gaze at the beautiful dames that go / In their open volantes up and down; / Bewitchingly floating, by threes and by twos, / In their gauzy cloudlets of silk and of lace, / That seem to have robbed the sky of its hues, / And seem to have robbed the swan of his grace. Example: We drove briskly up the long, sleeping hill, and bowled down the hollow past the farms where the hens were walking with the red gold cocks in the orchard, and the ducks like white cloudlets under the aspen trees revelled in the pond. 2. A small-scale cloud data center deployed at the edge. Example: The idea is to use the cloudlet as a flexible gateway or portal to access the distant cloud. The cloudlet can be implemented on PCs, workstations or low-cost servers.
Word: without Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English withoute, withouten, from Old English wiþūtan (literally “against the outside of”). By surface analysis, with- + out. Compare Dutch buiten (“outside of, without”), Danish uden (“without”), Swedish utan (“without”), Norwegian uten (“without”). Superseded non-native Middle English sauns, sans (“without”), from Old French sans, sanz, senz (“without”). Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *bez (“without”) (<+ Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)). Pronunciation: /wɪðˈaʊt/, /wɪθˈaʊt/, /wɪˈθaʊt/, /wɪˈðaʊt/, [wɪθˈɐʊ̯t] 1. Outside, externally. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: And as each and all of them were warmed without by the sun, so each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, at least some remote and distant hope which, though perhaps starving to nothing, still lived on, as hopes will. Example: Strange silence here: without, the sounding street Heralds the world's swift passage to the fire 2. Lacking something; failing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without. Example: We've run out of bread; you'll have to do without until I can get to the bakeshop. 3. Without a condom being worn. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.”
Word: without Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English withoute, withouten, from Old English wiþūtan (literally “against the outside of”). By surface analysis, with- + out. Compare Dutch buiten (“outside of, without”), Danish uden (“without”), Swedish utan (“without”), Norwegian uten (“without”). Superseded non-native Middle English sauns, sans (“without”), from Old French sans, sanz, senz (“without”). Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *bez (“without”) (<+ Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)). Pronunciation: /wɪðˈaʊt/, /wɪθˈaʊt/, /wɪˈθaʊt/, /wɪˈðaʊt/, [wɪθˈɐʊ̯t] 1. Outside of, beyond. Labels: archaic, literary Example: MACBETH: There's blood upon your face. FIRST MURDERER: 'Tis Banquo's then. MACBETH: 'Tis better thee without than he within. Example: Without the gate / Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. 2. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc. Example: It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat. Example: I was without formal education but was well read and articulate. 3. Not doing or not having done something. Example: He likes to eat everything without sharing. Example: He shot without warning anyone.
Word: without Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English withoute, withouten, from Old English wiþūtan (literally “against the outside of”). By surface analysis, with- + out. Compare Dutch buiten (“outside of, without”), Danish uden (“without”), Swedish utan (“without”), Norwegian uten (“without”). Superseded non-native Middle English sauns, sans (“without”), from Old French sans, sanz, senz (“without”). Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *bez (“without”) (<+ Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)). Pronunciation: /wɪðˈaʊt/, /wɪθˈaʊt/, /wɪˈθaʊt/, /wɪˈðaʊt/, [wɪθˈɐʊ̯t] 1. Unless, except (introducing a clause). Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no matter. Example: ‘Why,’ he blurted, ‘because they say I've no right to come up like this—without we mean to marry—’
Word: glycolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glyco- + -lysis. Pronunciation: /ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪsɪs/ 1. The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: philia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪ.li.ə/, /ˈfiː.li.ə/ 1. friendship Labels: countable, uncountable 2. liking Labels: countable, uncountable 3. a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something Labels: countable
Word: stars Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɑɹz/, /stɑːz/ 1. plural of star Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stars Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɑɹz/, /stɑːz/ 1. Outer space. Labels: plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
Word: stars Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɑɹz/, /stɑːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of star Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: star system Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another. 2. A method of creating, promoting and exploiting movie stars in cinema, emphasizing on their images rather than their acting. Example: Chapters have examined the general structural trends that have defined particular phases in the organisation of the star system, looking at the conditions in which the system emerged, how the studios controlled the ownership of star images, and the power of the star in contemporary Hollywood.
Word: hagseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hag + seed. 1. The offspring of a hag. Labels: obsolete Example: Hag-seed, hence! Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou’rt best, To answer other business.
Word: hagship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hag Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English hagship From hag + -ship. 1. The state or condition of a hag, an ugly woman. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: hag-taper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hag + taper; see taper (“candle”). 1. The great woolly mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
Word: hah Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /hɑː/, [ha(ː)] 1. Alternative form of ha. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of huh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Shut up, buddy, you've forgotten that I can't run. Now you're the wise guy, hah? Example: Isaac Sachs makes a 'Hah?' noise. 'You're not Sixsmith's niece?'
Word: hah Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɑː/, [ha(ː)] 1. Alternative form of heh (“Semitic letter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hah Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ). Pronunciation: /hɑː˨/, [-˧˨], /hɑː˨˦/, [hɑː˨˦˨], /hɑː/ 1. Synonym of ah (sense 1); used to form tag questions prompting the listener to confirm something. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Mother: Just wait awhile, Susan. Jack said he’d be a little late. […] What would you like to drink, some Coca Cola? Susan: That’s alright Aunty. We’re going out to dinner. Mother: Or you prefer Pepsi, hah? We don’t drink Pepsi ourself, I always keep a few bottles just in case. Some people are so fussy. 2. Used to form a tag question, either to invite acknowledgment, or to ascertain the continued attention of the listener. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: So, just make sure you don’t accidentally mix the two together lah, hah? 3. Tagged at the end of a confirmation-seeking sentence to express subtle surprise or realisation. Labels: Manglish, Singlish
Word: hah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ). Pronunciation: /hɑː˨/, [-˧˨], /hɑː˨˦/, [hɑː˨˦˨], /hɑː/ 1. Huh!; used to express subtle surprise or amusement in a conversation. Labels: Manglish, Singlish 2. Expression of discontent when one is faced with a rude awakening. Labels: Manglish, Singlish
Word: delta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), borrowed from a Phoenician word for "door", ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-. Doublet of dalet. * (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ * (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ Pronunciation: /ˈdɛltə/, [ˈdɛɫtə] 1. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ. 2. A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water. Example: Nile Delta 3. Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of 4. The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference". Example: ΔV - "delta vee"(change in velocity, used in rocketry and orbital mechanics) 5. The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price. 6. A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes. 7. The set of differences between two versions of a file. Example: When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas. 8. A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon. Labels: informal Example: This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta. 9. The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc. 10. A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back. 11. The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system. Labels: attributive, often Example: delta winding; delta connection; delta current 12. A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment. Labels: Space-Force, US 13. a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation. 14. one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd) 15. Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: delta Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), borrowed from a Phoenician word for "door", ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-. Doublet of dalet. * (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ * (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta Δ Pronunciation: /ˈdɛltə/, [ˈdɛɫtə] 1. To calculate the differences between the characters in an enciphered text and the characters a fixed number of positions previous. Example: Turingery worked on deltaed key to produce the deltaed contribution of the chi-wheels. Turing's discovery that delta-ing would reveal information otherwise hidden was essential to the developments that followed. 2. To compare two versions of the same file in order to determine where they differ (where a programmer has made edits). Example: The primary function of this command is to delta the product version file (if it has been retrieved for edit). However, prior to deltaing the product version file, the work source tree is searched to verify that no other source files are still waiting to be deltaed.
Word: epsilon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “simple Ε”). Pronunciation: /ɛpˈsaɪ.lən/, /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɒn/, /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɑn/, /ˈɛp.sɪ.lən/, /epˈsɑɪ.lən/ 1. The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An arbitrarily small quantity. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An arbitrarily small quantity. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable 5. Something negligible or insignificant. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Yes, we have to convert all the symbol names to upper case at startup, but that’s epsilon. Example: All right, okay. My interest is epsilon. 6. The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hot chocolate Part of Speech: noun 1. A warm beverage usually made of cocoa and water or milk, often drunk during cold weather. Labels: uncountable Example: My mom drinks hot chocolate before bed. 2. A serving of this beverage. Labels: countable Example: Could I get a hot chocolate with my toast? 3. A powder usually made from cocoa, sugar, and other ingredients, used to prepare this beverage. Labels: uncountable Example: She likes to sprinkle hot chocolate on her ice cream.
Word: hot chocolate Part of Speech: verb 1. To consume hot chocolate. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: […] butter & toast & warm towels after bath & lying in bed in laughter, snuggling & hot chocolating. love. Example: “Well, while you and Denise are hot chocolating, I shall be finalizing next week's arrangements,” said Svetlana haughtily.
Word: zeta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta). Doublet of zed. Pronunciation: /ˈziː.tə/, /ˈzeɪtə/ 1. The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ) 2. A mathematical function, formally known as the Riemann zeta function. Example: Zeta of 3 is irrational
Word: digamma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + gamma, from its shape resembling two stacked capital gammas (Γ). Pronunciation: /daɪˈɡæmə/ 1. An Ancient Greek letter representing /w/: Ϝ, ϝ
Word: phoneme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). By surface analysis, phone (“speech sound”) + -eme (“unit”). Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.niːm/, /ˈfoʊ.nim/ 1. An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones. Example: It is crucial for the phoneme structure of Finnish — traditionally /d/ has not been included in the Finnish phonotax, but it fulfils the criteria of a phoneme (Karlsson, 1983: 66-7).
Word: natural Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Latin nātūrālis, from nātus, the perfect participle of nāscor (“be born”, verb). Displaced native Old English ġecynde. By surface analysis, natur(e) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl/, /ˈnæt.(ə.)ɹəl/, /ˈnatʃ(ʊ)rəl/, /ˈnetʃ(ʊ)rəl/ 1. Naturally; in a natural manner. Labels: colloquial, dialectal Example: Dr. Watson, on the other hand, spoke natural. Example: "If the doctor hadn't been sure she was strangled you'd have sworn she died natural."
Word: fried egg Part of Speech: noun 1. An egg that has been shallow-fried on one or both sides without being beaten or stirred. Labels: literally Example: It's difficult to have a perfectly cooked, cooked-through fried egg because, by the time the yolk has coagulated, or set, the white is overcooked. You'll usually have to settle for either a runny yolk or a tough white. Example: Carefully break the egg into a bowl, […] Cook until the egg white is set, then turn and cook briefly. The yolk should still be runny. […] Top with the fried egg. 2. A golf ball half-buried in sand in a bunker. Labels: slang Example: Ever have a fried egg? Not the breakfast one, a fried egg lie in a bunker. 3. A small female breast. Labels: plural-normally, slang Example: Not only is she keeping Moyles out of the Breakfast slot. We now have to look at her Fried eggs in the newspaper (well The Sun!!!!). Example: Placing his hands on her fried eggs he asked, “Any chance of some action?” 4. A collocation which is not idiomatic; a sum of its parts.
Word: labyrinth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laberynt, laberynthe, from Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæb.ə.ɹɪnθ/, /ˈlæb.ɹɪnθ/ 1. A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur. Labels: Greek Example: Mrs. Churchill liked the interminable labyrinths of the Cyrus and the Cassandra, because she had liked them in the days of her girlhood. Youth identifies itself with the romance; it is the heroic knight, or the lovely lady, of which it reads; it lives amid those fine creations; its sweetest hours are given to dreams which soon "Fade into the light of common day." 2. A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur. Labels: Greek 3. A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur. Labels: Greek 4. A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur. Labels: Greek, broadly Example: Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt. 5. A tortuous anatomical structure: 6. A tortuous anatomical structure: 7. Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
Word: labyrinth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English laberynt, laberynthe, from Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæb.ə.ɹɪnθ/, /ˈlæb.ɹɪnθ/ 1. To enclose in a labyrinth, or as though in a labyrinth. 2. To arrange in the form of a labyrinth. Example: It is said to have been labyrinthed by secret exits and cunning contrivances to facilitate the escape of fugitives from the law. Example: By labyrinthing, close axial running clearances can be increased without reducing efficiency. 3. To twist and wind, following a labyrinthine path. Example: We labyrinthed through it, meeting scores of panty-clad and moccasined Indians and barefoot women and girls toiling marketward under atrocious burdens; for the day was Sunday. Example: Hands clasped together, Linda and Ron walked through the huge doorway leading to the hall that would labyrinth it's^([sic]) way to the parking lot. 4. To become lost and confused, as if in a labyrinth. Example: They arrive at their different destinations long before day, and make their attack about day-break, and seldom fail to kill or make prisoners of the whole family, as the people know nothing of the matter until they are thus labyrinthed. Example: He favored, he said, "a kind of half-sleep where I labyrinthed myself."
Word: lavatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lavatorie, from Late Latin lavātōrium, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”) + -ium (forming places related to an activity). As a place to pan gold, via Spanish lavadero. Doublet of lavatorium and laver. See also lave. Pronunciation: /ˈlæv.ə.tɹi/, /ˈlæv.ə.təɹ.i/, /ˈlæv.ə.t(ɔ)ɹ.i/ 1. A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly Labels: formal Example: Whon he haþ vsed he walkeþ riht To Lauatorie þer hit is diht For to wassche his hende. Example: And thow shalt make a brasun lauatory with his foot to wasshe with. 2. A vessel or fixture for washing Labels: formal 3. A vessel or fixture for washing Labels: archaic, formal 4. A vessel or fixture for washing Labels: formal 5. A vessel or fixture for washing Labels: formal 6. A vessel or fixture for washing Labels: figuratively, formal, usually 7. A vessel or fixture for washing Labels: formal Example: Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath. Example: Lavatories (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles. 8. Handwashing as an act, particularly Labels: formal Example: Wᵗ condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to the people, and exorte theym to pray for ye soules following... 9. Handwashing as an act, particularly Labels: formal 10. Handwashing as an act, particularly Labels: formal 11. A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse. Labels: formal, obsolete Example: They must be wasshed wyth wyne or wyth some other lauatorye. 12. A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands. Labels: dated, formal Example: Even the lavatory, a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle. 13. A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK). Labels: euphemistic, formal Example: Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'. Example: People needing to use the lavatory often ask to use the baño in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply. 14. A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet. Labels: New-England, UK, formal Example: In a traditional German lavatory, the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French lavatory, on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected. 15. A place to wash clothes: a laundry. Labels: dated, formal 16. A place where gold is panned. Labels: formal, obsolete 17. A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid. Labels: formal, obsolete
Word: lavatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lavātōrius. Pronunciation: /ˈlæv.ə.tɹi/, /ˈlæv.ə.təɹ.i/, /ˈlæv.ə.t(ɔ)ɹ.i/ 1. Washing, or cleansing by washing. Labels: dated, formal, not-comparable
Word: huh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Attested from circa 1600. Compare Dutch hè (“huh”). Pronunciation: /hʌ/, [hʌ̃], /hə/, [hə̃] 1. Used to express doubt or confusion. Example: Huh? Where did they go? 2. Used to express amusement or subtle surprise. Example: Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left. 3. Used to reinforce a question. Example: Where were you last night? Huh? 4. Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement. Labels: slang Example: (belittlement) A: "We should go to an amusement park; it would be fun." B: "Huh." Example: (agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!" 5. Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said. Labels: informal Example: Huh? Could you speak up? 6. Used to create a tag question. Labels: informal Example: It's getting kind of late, huh? 7. Representing the sound of heavy breathing. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: He broke into a dogtrot and ran by us. I don't think he saw us. His voice was coming in little puffs, huh, huh, huh, but he probably didn't notice that either. Example: It was up so many flights of stairs that people would arrive for meetings drenched in sweat: "They were like huh huh huh [panting] - where the hell are you?!" 8. Representing a chuckling sound. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Mr. [Lambert] Wilson says this with a soft chuckle, sounding a bit like huh huh huh. Example: Helen starts laughing, properly now. Huh-huh-huh. 9. A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack. Example: Shawn quickly turns around and punches the pale hand, yelling "Huh! Huh! Hi yah'! Huh! Get off me! Yeah!" Example: He gets out of the chair, whips off his jacket, and starts closing in on the camera, punching rapidly as he moves. A left hook, a right jab. "Hey, I'm a boxer and a marine! So don't mess with me, man! Semper fi! Marine Corps! They better not mess with me! My critics better not mess with me, man, 'cause I'm gonna beat you up. Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. Hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmmm, heeeyah, huh, huh. Hmmm, yeah!"
Word: lunar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)uːnə/, /ˈlunɚ/ 1. The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon. Example: The carpal bones are usually described as being capable of being luxated from the lower end of the radius forwards or backwards, inwards or outwards. The case backwards, which has been stated to be the most frequent, is facilitated by the direction of the convex articular surfaces of the scaphoid, lunar, and cuneiform bones, which slope more backwards than forwards. Example: There are two larger bones of the wrist called the scaphoid and lunar; these form a large ball, and this is received into the lower end of the radius. 2. An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea. Example: [Y]oung beginners cannot be too often cautioned that a single lunar is of little or no value until the observer knows the usual difference between his lunars taken on opposite sides of the moon; and these should be taken with the same instrument, using the same screens and telescope, for he must remember that they may be expected to differ. My star lunars differ from three to four minutes, or say fifty miles of longitude; my sun lunars from one to two minutes, or say twenty minutes of longitude. Example: With cheap quartz watches (several, for reliability) we can do all the modern celestial navigation we could want. But learning and practicing lunars gives us deeper insight into celestial navigation; an appreciation for their historical importance and difficulty; and perhaps most significant of all, after conquering lunars we can appreciate the great convenience of St. Hilaire sights and modern quartz watches. Moreover, in the rare event of losing UT, with lunars and only a poor watch we can still be confident of finding our longitude at sea (well, OK, to within 30′).
Word: lune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lūna (“moon”). Pronunciation: /luːn/, /lɪu̯n/ 1. A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. Labels: obsolete Example: Why woman, your husband is in his olde Lunes againe: […] Example: Theſe dangerous, vnſafe Lunes i'th' King, beſhrew them: / He muſt be told on't, and he ſhall[…]
Word: lune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lune, from Latin luna. Pronunciation: /luːn/, /lɪu̯n/ 1. A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles. Example: What he worried about was any eventual convexity, a shrinking, it might be, of the planet itself to some palpable curvature of whatever he would be standing on, so that he would be left sticking out like a projected radius, unsheltered and reeling across the empty lunes of his tiny sphere. 2. Anything crescent-shaped.
Word: lune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of lyon. Pronunciation: /luːn/, /lɪu̯n/ 1. A leash for a hawk. Example: And thenne was he ware of a Faucon came fleynge ouer his hede toward an hyghe elme / and longe lunys aboute her feet / and she flewe vnto the elme to take her perche / the lunys ouer cast aboute a bough / And whanne she wold haue taken her flyghte / she henge by the legges fast / and syre launcelot sawe how he henge
Word: universe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin universum (“all things, as a whole, the universe”), neuter of universus (“all together, whole, entire, collective, general, literally turned or combined into one”), from uni-, combining form of unus (“one”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of vertō (“to turn”). Analyzable as uni- + -verse through backformation of -verse. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/, /ˈjunəˌvɝs/, /ˈjʉːnɪˌvɜːs/, /ˈjʉːnəˌvøːs/, /ˈjʉːnɪˌvɛɾs/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Universe; Our universe. Labels: alt-of
Word: universe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin universum (“all things, as a whole, the universe”), neuter of universus (“all together, whole, entire, collective, general, literally turned or combined into one”), from uni-, combining form of unus (“one”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of vertō (“to turn”). Analyzable as uni- + -verse through backformation of -verse. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/, /ˈjunəˌvɝs/, /ˈjʉːnɪˌvɜːs/, /ˈjʉːnəˌvøːs/, /ˈjʉːnɪˌvɛɾs/ 1. The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos. Example: Do you think that the universe was created by a life force or a deity? 2. The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos. 3. Everything under consideration. Example: In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option. 4. Everything under consideration. 5. Everything under consideration. Example: In general content-related evidence demonstrates the degree to which the sample of items, tasks or questions on a test is representative of some defined universe or domain of content. 6. Everything under consideration. 7. An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting. Example: The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined. 8. An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting. Example: Annabelle Comes Home (the 7th and most recent movie in the Conjuring universe, and the 3rd to focus on Annabelle) is a direct sequel to both previous Annabelle movies, which occurred before the events of The Conjuring – but take place after the events of the 2013 franchise-starter. 9. A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting. Example: That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe. 10. A deity who is equivalent to the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos. Example: The universe wants you to succeed. 11. The Earth, the sphere of the world. Labels: archaic Example: Under our new World may alſo be compriſed thoſe vaſt Southern Coaſts and Streights of Magelan, firſt lighted on by Ferdinandus Magelanus in the year 1520, in his Circumnavigation of the Univerſe ; which forty five years after Sir Francis Drake, and next Sir Thomas Bendiſh, Engliſhmen, made a furhter inſpection into ; and in the Year 1600 Oliver van Noord a Hollander paſt, but of later years a Spaniard, Fedinand de Quier, out-ſhot them all by a more ample Diſcovery then all the former.
Word: downstairs Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s. Pronunciation: /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, /daʊnˈstɛəz/, /daʊnˈsteːz/, /daʊnˈstiəz/, /daʊnˈsteəz/ 1. Located on a lower floor. Example: The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom; we sleep in the upstairs one.
Word: downstairs Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s. Pronunciation: /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, /daʊnˈstɛəz/, /daʊnˈsteːz/, /daʊnˈstiəz/, /daʊnˈsteəz/ 1. Down the stairs. Example: I have to walk downstairs to leave the building. Example: The lodger lives downstairs. 2. In or to hell. Labels: figuratively 3. Regarding the genitalia. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: something wrong downstairs
Word: downstairs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s. Pronunciation: /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, /daʊnˈstɛəz/, /daʊnˈsteːz/, /daʊnˈstiəz/, /daʊnˈsteəz/ 1. The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below. Example: We looked over the house; downstairs was spacious, but upstairs really cramped. 2. The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below. Example: The family tried to ignore gossip from downstairs. Example: Now the two of them rattled around in the old house, even with his office and small clinic sharing the downstairs with the kitchen, parlor, and dining room. 3. The genitalia. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.
Word: upstairs Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English -s English upstairs From up- + stair + -s. Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/, /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/, /ɐpˈsteːz/ 1. Located on a higher floor or level of a building. Example: We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student. 2. Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone. Labels: informal Example: That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
Word: upstairs Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English -s English upstairs From up- + stair + -s. Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/, /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/, /ɐpˈsteːz/ 1. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level. Example: I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs. Example: I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano. 2. In the brain or mind. Labels: informal Example: After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs. Example: I guess I'm just used to sailors / I think they got water on the brain / I think they got more water upstairs / Than they got sugar on a candy cane 3. In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found. Labels: informal
Word: upstairs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English -s English upstairs From up- + stair + -s. Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/, /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/, /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/, /ɐpˈsteːz/ 1. An upper storey. 2. A woman's breasts. Labels: euphemistic, slang
Word: daily Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪli/, /ˈɖeli/, /ˈɖɛjli/, /ˈɖe(j)li/ 1. That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: circadianly, diurnally Example: daily life 2. Diurnal: by daylight. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: daily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪli/, /ˈɖeli/, /ˈɖɛjli/, /ˈɖe(j)li/ 1. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. Example: In the home office these dailies may be filed under one of two methods. Geographically by the territory controlled by an Agency, filing the dailies by their numbers back of the guide indicating the locality. Geographically as above, but filing the dailies by expiration date instead of by their numbers. Example: The dailies, or abstracts of the dailies, of the other companies and other departments are also checked, as has been said, in the Impaired Record department. For these coverages it is necessary to check for honesty or undesirable reputation of any kind. These dailies, and abstracts, are also taken by the "impaired record girls" when they have completed their checking, to the various departments. 2. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. 3. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. Labels: UK 4. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. Labels: UK, slang 5. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. 6. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. Labels: US, colloquial 7. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. Labels: US
Word: daily Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪli/, /ˈɖeli/, /ˈɖɛjli/, /ˈɖe(j)li/ 1. To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks. Labels: US, colloquial 2. To use, especially of a computer or operating system, for everyday tasks. Labels: US, broadly, colloquial
Word: daily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪli/, /ˈɖeli/, /ˈɖɛjli/, /ˈɖe(j)li/ 1. quotidianly, every day Labels: not-comparable 2. diurnally, by daylight Labels: not-comparable
Word: dartboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Proto-Germanic *burdą Proto-West Germanic *bord Old English bord Middle English bord English board English dartboard From dart + board. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːtbɔːd/, /ˈdɑɹtbɔːɹd/ 1. A board used as a target for throwing darts.
Word: dancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnsə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɑːntsə(ɹ)/, /ˈdænsəɹ/, /ˈdæntsəɹ/ 1. A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession. Example: I'm a terrible dancer. 2. A stripper. Labels: euphemistic 3. Synonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”). Labels: obsolete, slang Example: [A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys.
Word: dawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb. Pronunciation: /dɔːn/, /doːn/, /dɔn/, /dɑn/ 1. To begin to brighten with daylight. Labels: intransitive Example: A new day dawns. Example: In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene[…]to see the sepulchre. 2. To start to appear or become obvious. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him. Example: The realization dawned on him that few would pass that final exam. 3. To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: when life awakes, and dawns at every line Example: in dawning youth
Word: dawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb. Pronunciation: /dɔːn/, /doːn/, /dɔn/, /dɑn/ 1. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. Labels: uncountable 2. The rising of the sun. Labels: countable Example: Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. 3. The time when the sun rises. Labels: uncountable Example: She rose before dawn to meet the train. 4. The earliest phase of something. Labels: uncountable Example: The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity. Example: In the Edinburgh area, Leith and neighbouring Granton have only one terminal station where formerly there were four, and the long-established ferry from Granton to Burntisland, the history of which stretches back to the dawn of Scottish railways, is no more.
Word: Athens Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Athens, from Old French Athenes, Atenes, from Latin Athēnae pl (acc. Athēnās), from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι pl (Athênai), the plural form of Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”) (q.v.), the goddess. More at Athena. Doublet of Athina. Pronunciation: /ˈæθənz/, /ˈeɪθənz/ 1. The capital city of Greece. Example: [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon. 2. The Greek government. Labels: metonymically 3. Several places in the United States: 4. Several places in the United States: 5. Several places in the United States: 6. Several places in the United States: 7. Several places in the United States: 8. Several places in the United States: 9. Several places in the United States: 10. Several places in the United States: 11. Several places in the United States: 12. Several places in the United States: 13. Several places in the United States: 14. Several places in the United States: 15. Several places in the United States: 16. Several places in the United States: 17. Several places in the United States: 18. Several places in the United States: 19. Several places in the United States: 20. Several places in the United States: 21. Several places in the United States: 22. Several places in the United States: 23. Several places in the United States: 24. A township in Ontario, Canada.
Word: Athens Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanized form of Greek Αθηναίος (Athinaíos). 1. A surname from Greek.
Word: handcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English handcloth, from Old English handclāþ (“handcloth”), equivalent to hand + cloth. Cognate with Danish håndklæde (“handtowel”), Icelandic handklæði (“handcloth”). Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌklɒθ/ 1. A handkerchief. 2. A washcloth.