nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: desire line Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈzaɪə laɪn/, /dɪˈzaɪɹ laɪn/, /di-/, /-ˈzaɪɚ/ 1. A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow. Example: The grouping of like trips for all passenger cars, taxi-cabs and trucks resulted in 3580 desire lines, varying in volume from one trip to 5200 trips. It is obvious that if all the desire lines were illustrated graphically on one chart the result would be a maze of lines that would be confusing. Example: Study participants also drew charts of pedestrian traffic to take note of what are delightfully termed "desire lines" – paths actually made by walkers as opposed to those created on the drawing board.
Word: DILLIGAFF Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of does it look like I give a flying fuck?. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang
Word: unbridled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bridled English unbridled From un- + bridled. 1. Not fitted with a bridle. Example: an unbridled horse 2. Without restraint or limit. Labels: broadly Example: unbridled capitalism Example: She jumped into the project with unbridled enthusiasm.
Word: unbridled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bridled English unbridled From un- + bridled. 1. simple past of unbridle Labels: form-of, past
Word: easy street Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From easy (“at ease, comfortable”) + street. Pronunciation: /ˈiːzi ˌstɹiːt/, /ˈizi ˌstɹit/ 1. Chiefly preceded by on: a carefree lifestyle, especially as a result of becoming wealthy, or an easy situation. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Stocks are light, while packers will be able to get financial aid, which will, so far as that is concerned, place them on "easy street." Example: Once after this I asked the "pardners" if Jimsey's mascot was bringing him luck. / "Yes, lady," said Tom, "we walks on de shady side of de street now—don't we, Jimsey?" / "Yes, we lives on Easy street."
Word: epornitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ep- + ornith- + -ic. 1. Attacking many birds in a region at the same time. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to a disease of high morbidity that is occasionally present in a bird population. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epornitic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ep- + ornith- + -ic. 1. An outbreak of disease in a bird population.
Word: equivalent variation Part of Speech: noun 1. The measure of how much money a consumer would pay before a price increase, to avoid the price increase.
Word: pogonotrophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pogono- + -trophy. Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊɡəˈnɑtɹəfi/ 1. The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair. Labels: uncountable
Word: planogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plan + -o- + -gram, originally a company name. 1. A predetermined computer-generated plan for displaying merchandise on the shelves of a supermarket; normally fine-tuned for each store
Word: planogram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From plan + -o- + -gram, originally a company name. 1. To arrange goods in a store according to a planogram.
Word: tall order Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tall (“big, large”) + order (“request”).. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːl ˈɔːdə/, /ˈtɔl ˈɔɹdɚ/, [ˈtɔl ˈɔɹɾɚ] 1. A big job; a difficult challenge. Labels: idiomatic Example: [W]e must come, consequently, to the impressive conclusion that to live on potatoes alone[…], a man must eat at least 30 lbs. of potato a day—which would be rather a tall order, even for an Irishman. Example: Guess they'd find it a pretty tall order trying to interfere with an American citizen.
Word: restraint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/ 1. Something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures. Labels: countable Example: Make sure all the restraints are tight. Example: At the centre of Stalin’s superiority over his competitors was certainly his intense will, just as Napoleon ranked what he called ‘moral fortitude’ higher in a general than genius or experience. When Milovan Djilas said to Stalin during the Yugoslav-Soviet discussions in Moscow during the war that the Serbian politician Gavrilović was ‘a shrewd man’, Stalin commented, as though to himself: ‘Yes, there are politicians who think shrewdness is the main thing in politics. . . .’⁴⁴ His was a will-power taken to a logical extreme. There is something non-human about his almost total lack of normal restraints upon it. 2. Control or caution; reserve. Labels: uncountable Example: Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss. Example: City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
Word: Marianne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Marianne. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɹiˈæn/, /ˌmɛɚiˈæn/, /ˌmæɹiˈæn/ 1. The personification of France, a woman symbolizing liberty and reason and appearing on French coins, stamps, etc. 2. A female given name from French.
Word: solid state Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of solid-state. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: amplification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin amplificō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin amplificātiōlbor. English amplification Learned borrowing from Latin amplificātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Gain. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: punch line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1910s, probably American. It was probably meant to be likened to a quick, sharp punch. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌntʃˌlaɪn/ 1. The final part of a joke; the word, sentence, or exchange of sentences that is intended to be funny and provokes laughter from the listeners. Example: That was quite a build-up for such a puny punch line. Example: While explaining a punchline might initially kill the joke, Roberts claims it can shed light on the use of humour in language and help students remember the gag for future use. 2. The butt of a joke; laughing stock. Labels: broadly Example: The women are a phenomenon; the men are a punchline. Example: (It didn’t help when Microsoft relaunched its Bing search engine with OpenAI’s technology inside, instantly ending Bing’s decade-long run as a punchline.) 3. A final, concluding statement that an explanation has been leading up to; a conclusion. Labels: broadly Example: The final, the Munich-based liberal newspaper writes, was a “fitting punchline” to a great tournament.
Word: listener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English listen 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 listener From listen + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪsənə/, /ˈlɪsnə/, /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ 1. Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast. Example: […] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep[…] Example: And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away. 2. A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler. 3. A person's ear. Labels: slang Example: Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse. 4. A musical anthology. Labels: formal
Word: duck's arse Part of Speech: noun 1. A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back along the sides of the head to meet in a point at the back, thus resembling a duck as seen from behind. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal, vulgar
Word: stabilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English stabilization From stabilize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsteɪ.bəl.aɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌst̪ab.əl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌst̪ab.əl.aɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌstæb-/ 1. The process of stabilizing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable 2. The result of being stabilized. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable Example: The use of solvent stabilizations for individual reagents is analogous to the use of heats of formation to compute heats of reaction. 3. A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable
Word: transistorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English transistor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English transistorize From transistor + -ize. 1. To equip an electronic circuit or device with transistors, especially to convert a device using an older technology to the use of transistors, particularly to make it smaller or more portable. Labels: transitive
Word: foregive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + give. Cognate with German vorgeben (“to pretend”). 1. To give ahead of time; give in advance. Labels: transitive Example: In the case of Allsville, the “software” is still being developed, and is particularly vulnerable to contamination. The jury method of random assignment would help bypass the personal temptation to “run something.” It would “foregive” the gift of lightness to would-be power grabbers.
Word: sild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock. Pronunciation: /sɪld/ 1. Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ducktail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duck + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌkˌteɪl/ 1. A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back. Example: Harold’s heavy hand with the scissors might explain his youngest son George’s taste in hairstyle: a vertiginous pompadour buttressed by head wings and a ducktail.
Word: fuck all Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfʌk ˈɔːl/ 1. Nothing at all or very little. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable, vulgar Example: I've learned fuck all.
Word: fuck all Part of Speech: det Pronunciation: /ˌfʌk ˈɔːl/ 1. Nothing at all or very little. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, vulgar Example: If you can't do this then there's fuck all hope for you. Example: There was fuck all else he could have done.
Word: fuck all Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˌfʌk ˈɔːl/ 1. Synonym of fuck Labels: dated Example: Fuck all! I got the clap. Example: Fuck all! He was going to pass out!
Word: bugger all Part of Speech: noun 1. Nothing. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable, vulgar Example: You may not like paying taxes, but there's bugger all you can do about it.
Word: diddly-squat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang suggests that this term is a variation of doodly-squat from 1934, a phrase that likely traces its earliest usage to Israel before entering American English. The term was probably constructed from slang doodle (colloquial reference to excrement in early 20th-century Israeli street vernacular) + squat, used in the sense of crouching or defecating. Doodly-squat was originally the more common form, but diddly-squat overtook it in the early 1980s, and is now an order of magnitude more common in print. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd(ə)li skwɑt/, /ˈdɪdlɪi.skwɒt/ 1. Nothing; nothing whatsoever. Labels: US, humorous, often, slang, uncountable Example: I didn't know diddly-squat about development; I also didn't know that someone could be an “officer” of major gifts. “Do they wear badges?” my friends had wanted to know, because my friends, like myself, had been completely ignorant of the field of development. Example: Money? Power? Maybe a little prestige? Everything they worked for amounted to diddly-squat; more money, bigger houses, more and more empty air. None of them would ever know the feeling of having a purpose in life.
Word: sweet FA Part of Speech: pron Etymology: See Fanny Adams. Pronunciation: /ˌswiːt ɛf ˈɛɪ/ 1. Nothing. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang
Word: Fanny Adams Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fanny Adams (1859–1867), a young girl brutally murdered and dismembered. Tins of mutton introduced in the British navy after her death were not liked by the sailors and were humorously said to be her butchered remains. Fanny Adams then came to mean any worthless thing, and, eventually, nothing at all ("sweet F A"). Coincidentally, the initials "FA" also fit the vulgar term fuck all, also meaning "nothing at all", leading to later perception of "Fanny Adams", or "FA", being a euphemism for the latter. 1. Tinned meat. Labels: UK, derogatory, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: The Engineer Lieutenant pushed his head inside his neighbour's cabin: “Come along—come along! You'll be late for dinner. Fresh grub to-night: no more ‘Russian Kromeskis’ and ‘Fanny Adams’!” 2. Nothing (now largely perceived as euphemistic for fuck all). Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: tetrode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetr- + -ode. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹəʊd/, /ˈtɛˌtɹoʊd/ 1. A thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to improve the thermionic emission. 2. A dynatron. 3. A dual-gate MOSFET.
Word: dynatron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of dynamo + -tron. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.nəˌtɹɒn/, /ˈdaɪ.nəˌtɹɑn/ 1. A tetrode in which the voltage on the screen grid is higher than that on the control grid, causing the plate current to decrease as plate voltage increases; was used in oscillators.
Word: pentode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pent- + -ode. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn.təʊd/, /ˈpɛnˌtoʊd/ 1. A thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a third grid, the suppressor grid to reduce the secondary emission effect; was/is used in high quality audio and radio products.
Word: hexode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English hex- English -ode English hexode From hex- + -ode (“way”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛk.səʊd/, /ˈhɛkˌsoʊd/ 1. a thermionic valve containing two triodes; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers
Word: heptode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hept- + -ode. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛp.təʊd/, /ˈhɛpˌtoʊd/ 1. A compound thermionic valve containing a triode and tetrode; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers.
Word: pentagrid converter Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound thermionic valve used in superheterodyne radio receivers.
Word: paraffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin paraffinum, from parum (too little) + affinis (related, affinity). Therefore low affinity or being chemically neutral. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹ.ə.fɪn/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn/ 1. A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire. Example: The paper found high levels of phased-out flame retardants like PCBs and PBDEs, as well as allegedly safe, newer replacements chemicals, such as chlorinated paraffins and organophosphates, across the globe. 2. Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Paraffin wax. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paraffin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin paraffinum, from parum (too little) + affinis (related, affinity). Therefore low affinity or being chemically neutral. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹ.ə.fɪn/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn/ 1. To impregnate or treat with paraffin. 2. To embed in paraffin wax.
Word: paraffin wax Part of Speech: noun 1. A waxy white solid hydrocarbon mixture used to make candles, wax paper, lubricants, and sealing materials. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: outdated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From outdate + -ed. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/ 1. Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated. Example: His outdated wordprocessing software could not read the files I sent. Example: For example, by changing the use of existing rooms, removing or replacing unsightly features, clearing obstacles to easy circulation, rearranging direction signs and generally introducing as much order as possible, most outdated station buildings can be made reasonably efficient and attractive. 2. Out of date; not the latest; obsolete. Example: Your version of the document is outdated.
Word: outdated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From outdate + -ed. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of outdate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: malinger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”). Pronunciation: /məˈlɪŋɡə/, /məˈlɪŋɡɚ/ 1. To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves. Example: And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! / Smoothed by long fingers, / Asleep … tired … or it malingers, / Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me. 2. To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: sacré bleu Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A corruption of the French euphemistic oath sacrebleu. 1. An expression of surprise, exasperation, or dismay; good heavens; oh my gosh. Labels: dated, humorous
Word: sacre bleu Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of sacré bleu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: microcosm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French microcosme, from Latin microcosmus, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + κόσμος (kósmos, “universe, order”); micro- + -cosm. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹə(ʊ)ˌkɒz.əm/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌkɑz.əm/ 1. Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. Example: The Christian humanists were emphatic in their demand that a man who wishes to understand himself must realize that he is a little world that reflects on a smaller scale the larger world of the universe. […] On the other hand, the whole idea of man as a microcosm was questioned by those who were not in sympathy with the Christian humanists. 2. The human body; a person. Labels: obsolete Example: If you see this in the Map of my Microcosme, followes it that I am knowne well enough too? 3. A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one. Example: Near-synonyms: epitome, paradigm, model Example: With a few actors at his disposition he created a microcosm of life. 4. A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. Example: The method is relatively labour intensive (24-30 microcosms are run) and more difficult to interpret when compared with other microcosm methods (Shannon et al. 1986; Cairns & Cherry 1993).
Word: nyet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian нет (net, “no”). Pronunciation: /njɛt/ 1. A no; a negative response (in a Russian context). Labels: uncountable
Word: nyet Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Russian нет (net, “no”). Pronunciation: /njɛt/ 1. No (in a Russian context). Example: "Nyet," he said with an impatient wave, and walked into the cold night. Example: Nyet problem, Sarge.
Word: perquisite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/, /ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/ 1. Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary. Labels: in-plural Example: The perquisites of this job include health insurance and a performance bonus. Example: The tithe properly belongs to the Lord who, in turn, assigns it to the Levites as payments for their sanctuary labors. Thus levitical and priestly perquisites are gifts from God. 2. A gratuity. Example: After the wonderful service that evening he didn’t hesitate in laying a substantial perquisite on the table. Example: One voyage, I recollect, I tipped him a live sheep out of the remnant of my sea-stock: not that I wanted him to do anything for me—he couldn’t, you know—but because his childlike belief in the sacred right to perquisites quite touched my heart. 3. A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class. Example: Private jets and motor yachts are perquisites of the rich. Example: Why is progress a perquisite reserved almost exclusively for the activities we call science?
Word: perq Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of perk (a perquisite) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They're protesting changes to prison rules that have removed their POW perqs.
Word: transitional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French transitionbor. English transition English -al English transitional From transition + -al. Pronunciation: /tɹænˈzɪʃənəl/ 1. of, or relating to a transition Labels: not-comparable Example: transitional justice Example: These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women. 2. temporary; pending the implementation of something new Labels: not-comparable Example: XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Word: transitory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French transitoire, from Old French, from Latin trānsitōrius. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæn.zɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ/, /ˈtɹæn.sɪ.t(ə)ɹɪ/, /ˈtɹæn.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/, /ˈtɹæn.sɪˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. Lasting only a short time; temporary. Example: Secondly, That the Materials being very tranſitory, have ſuffered much from Inclemencies of Air, eſpecially in theſe North-Weſt Regions. Example: Quite unconscious of the demonstrations of their amorous neighbour, or their effects upon the susceptible bosom of her mama, Kate Nickleby had, by this time begun to enjoy a settled feeling of tranquillity and happiness, to which, even in occasional and transitory glimpses, she had long been a stranger. 2. Of an action: that may be brought in any county Example: in transitory actions, for injuries that might have happened anywhere
Word: translational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translation + -al. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈleɪʃənəl/ 1. Relating to translation, in its various senses: Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to translation, in its various senses: Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to translation, in its various senses: Labels: not-comparable Example: translational medicine 4. Relating to translation, in its various senses: Labels: not-comparable Example: translational regulation
Word: translative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/, /ˈtɹænzleɪtɪv/, /ˈtɹænzlətɪv/ 1. Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another. 2. Of, or relating to the translation of language. Example: Which suiting the case so well, you’ll forgive me, Sir, for popping down in English metre, as the translative impulse (pardon a new word, and yet we scholars are not fond of authenticating new words) came upon me uncalled for: 3. Of, or relating to the translative case. 4. In the form of a trope; figurative. Labels: obsolete Example: 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, edited by Edward Arber, London: Alexander Murray & Son, 1869, Book 3, Chapter 18, p. 197, But properly and in his principall vertue Allegoria is when we do speake in sence translatiue and wrested from the owne signification, neuerthelesse applied to another not altogether contrary, but hauing much conueniencie with it as before we said of the metaphore: as for example if we should call the common wealth, a shippe; the Prince a Pilot, the Counsellours mariners, the stormes warres, the calme and [hauen] peace, this is spoken in allegorie […]
Word: translative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/, /ˈtɹænzleɪtɪv/, /ˈtɹænzlətɪv/ 1. The translative case. 2. A word in the translative case.
Word: translative case Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of declension that indicates a change in the state of a noun; the Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian languages have such a case
Word: translocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English locate English translocate The verb is derived from trans- (prefix meaning ‘across; to the other side of’) + locate, a back-formation from translocation. The noun is derived from the verb; see -ate. Pronunciation: /tɹænzlə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/, /tɹɑːnz-/, /tɹæn(t)s-/, /tɹɑːn(t)s-/, /ˈtɹænzləʊkeɪt/ 1. To move or transfer (someone or something) from one place to another; to displace, to relocate, to remove. Labels: transitive Example: Unexpectedly, even some of the monoliths are throwing out new shoots. This is great news, as these trees contain ancient woodland DNA, so are a very valuable seedbank. Further along the site, Penny shows me a famous translocated stump … the Cubbington pear tree. […] The stump was translocated, and the trunk used as a monolith – but not before dozens of cuttings had been taken, some of which are growing nearby. And the stump? It's already throwing out dozens of new shoots as it's become re-established. 2. To move or transfer (someone or something) from one place to another; to displace, to relocate, to remove. Labels: transitive 3. To cause (a molecule, substance, etc.) to undergo translocation through a cell membrane or body tissue, usually by an active process. Labels: transitive 4. To cause (a chromosomal segment) to undergo translocation to a different place, especially on a non-homologous chromosome. Labels: transitive 5. To move or travel from one place to another; to relocate. Labels: intransitive 6. Of a molecule, substance, etc.: to undergo translocation through a cell membrane or body tissue, usually by an active process. Labels: intransitive 7. Of a chromosomal segment: to undergo translocation to a different place, especially on a non-homologous chromosome. Labels: intransitive
Word: translocate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English locate English translocate The verb is derived from trans- (prefix meaning ‘across; to the other side of’) + locate, a back-formation from translocation. The noun is derived from the verb; see -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹænzləˌkeɪt/, /tɹɑːnz-/, /tɹæn(t)s-/, /tɹɑːn(t)s-/ 1. A substance which is moved by translocation through a body tissue or cell membrane, especially (botany) through the phloem of a plant.
Word: translucence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English translucence, from Medieval Latin trānslūcentia. 1. the state of being translucent Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: old hat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From old + hat, possibly a reference to something familiar and well-used. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a connection to German alter Hut (“something familiar and hackneyed”, noun, literally “old hat”). Pronunciation: /ˌəʊl(d)ˈhæt/, /ˌoʊl(d)ˈhæt/ 1. Something regarded as very familiar and unoriginal, hackneyed, or out of date. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Oliver. What was the address about, to begin with? / Willie. Oh, the same old hat—Freedom. Example: We curved through the bright mile or two of the Strip, […] past the Georgian-Colonial vogue, now old hat, past the handsome modernistic buildings in which the Hollywood flesh-peddlers never stop talking money, […]
Word: old hat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From old + hat, possibly a reference to something familiar and well-used. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a connection to German alter Hut (“something familiar and hackneyed”, noun, literally “old hat”). Pronunciation: /ˌəʊl(d)ˈhæt/, /ˌoʊl(d)ˈhæt/ 1. Very familiar and unoriginal; common, hackneyed, out of date. Labels: idiomatic Example: [Noël] Coward is such an old hand at this kind of thing that he makes it seem old hat. Example: In fact, monorails are rather old hat.
Word: old hat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From old + hat, the significance being unknown. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊl(d)ˈhæt/, /ˌoʊl(d)ˈhæt/ 1. The female genitalia. Labels: archaic, countable, slang Example: I ſhall conclude this learned Note vvith remarking, that the Term Old Hat, is at preſent uſed by the Vulgar, in no very honourable Senſe. Example: Old hat; a vvoman's privities: becauſe frequently felt. 2. A woman treated as a sexual partner. Labels: archaic, broadly, countable, derogatory, slang Example: VVhy, hovv novv, ye piece of old Hat, vvhat are ye muſty? the Jade's as muſty as a ſtale pot of Marmalade of her ovvn making. Example: Top-diver, a Lover of VVomen. An old Top-diver, one that has Lov'd Old-hat in his time. 3. Sexual intercourse. Labels: archaic, broadly, slang, uncountable Example: [S]he very pertly reply'd, She had done that not vvith a Design to affront but to convince me of the Value ſhe had for my Preſent; for that if the Pedantick Blockhead ſhould come, he ſhould only have a little bit of Old-Hat to ſtay his Stomach, till he got to ſome Harlot of his ovvn Puritanical Flock, […]
Word: translunar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English lunar English translunar From trans- + lunar. 1. Towards the Moon from the Earth or another planet. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated beyond the Moon or its orbit; unworldly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transmigrable Part of Speech: adj 1. able to transmigrate
Word: transmigrant Part of Speech: noun 1. someone who transmigrates Example: The move-in area is one of the last, largely unsettled areas of Qinghai suitable for irrigated agriculture. The economic benefits touted by the WB for the project were largely undisputed. Crop yields near the move-in area were already three to four times higher than those in the move-out area, and the WB estimated that, in a few years, settlers would be able to triple or quadruple their incomes and have better health care and educational facilities than they had in eastern Qinghai.⁵¹⁸ While there were no schools for many settler group children in eastern Qinghai,⁵¹⁹ ten schools that would reflect the ethnic and language background of students were to be built for ethnic minority transmigrants.⁵²⁰ Because the settlers were to live in twenty-four compact villages in a small part of the county, they would have left the rest of it undisturbed.⁵²¹ Tibetans were to live in a separate area, near villages inhabited by fellow Buddhist ethnic Tu people.⁵²² The projected increase in economic activity in the county would likely provide some opportunities for those already living there. As pointed out by the Dalai Lama’s nephew, who lives in his uncle’s hometown in Ping’an County (part of the move-out area), those remaining in the move-out area would also benefit from an increase in available land there and from less strain on resources.⁵²³ 2. someone in transit through a country on the way to a final destination
Word: transmigrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrō. By surface analysis, trans- + migrate. 1. To migrate to another country. Labels: intransitive 2. To pass into another body after death. Labels: intransitive
Word: closed book Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling. Labels: idiomatic Example: Her courteous, sedate, inexorable husband, whose will she could not bend, whom she could not cajole, whose mind was a closed book to her — a book which had lain by her hand for three years, which she had never had the curiosity to open! Example: Like the activities of British Railways Research Department, developing, testing and modifying diesel locomotives before their acceptance for service is another behind-the-scenes activity which is a closed book to most passengers and to many railwaymen.
Word: pipeline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + line. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/ 1. A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc. Example: Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework Example: An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea. 2. A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out). Example: 3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline. 3. A system or process through which something is conducted. Labels: figuratively Example: A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out. Example: April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightvillehttp://www.avclub.com/articles/fightville,72589/ The gym’s proprietor, “Crazy” Tim Credeur, heads up the Gladiator Academy, which serves as a pipeline for amateur MMA fighters to move up the ranks, though few of them do. 4. A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions. Labels: figuratively Example: Many who grew up in foster homes in the county have fallen victim to the foster-care-to-homelessness pipeline. Example: I recently had a peer reviewer demand that I refer to the so-called “Fortnite to alt-right pipeline” as though games automatically turn players into right-wing extremists. 5. A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation. Labels: figuratively 6. The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.
Word: pipeline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pipe + line. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/ 1. To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next. Labels: transitive 2. To convey by a system of pipes. Labels: transitive 3. To lay a system of pipes through. Labels: transitive
Word: conduit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/, /ˈkʌndɪt/, /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/ 1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc. Example: This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond. 2. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc. Example: Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable. 3. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc. 4. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world. Example: Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church. 5. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
Word: transmissible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin trānsmissus + -ible. 1. Able to be transmitted. Labels: not-comparable Example: (but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers) 2. Able to be transmitted. Labels: not-comparable 3. Able to transmit a disease; infectious, contagious. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because I think from a public health perspective, knowing that you are transmissible and going around transmitting, because sometimes that's not your main intention. I don't want to go around to transmit. But I think knowing that you are transmissible and still engaging in possible acts that might transmit the virus is an irresponsible thing to do. Example: 2026 April 23, Duncan Leatherdale, "Rapist who infected men and boys with HIV jailed" (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg98qjrllqo Bindloss said Hall had been "fully and repeatedly" warned about the infection risk he posed, yet chose to keep himself "transmissible" while lying about his status to sexual partners in a "significant degree of premeditation".
Word: transmissive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the transmission of something. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to transmissivity of a material. Labels: not-comparable 3. Allowing something to pass through. Labels: not-comparable Example: a transmissive layer
Word: transport interchange Part of Speech: noun 1. An interchange facility with different modes of transport. Example: Meanwhile, an allocation of £69.6 million to Central Bedfordshire includes funding to create a transport interchange at Biggleswade station.
Word: lay down Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English leyen doun, leien doun (“to lay down”), equivalent to lay + down. 1. To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. Labels: transitive Example: The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon. Example: Lay down your arms. 2. To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed. Example: Two standard types of flat-bottom track were introduced as early as 1949, and some 1,570 miles had been laid down to the end of 1950. Example: He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...]. 3. To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision. Labels: transitive Example: He laid down his brand-new Harley-Davidson to avoid the oncoming bus. 4. To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies). Labels: transitive Example: Let's lay down the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent. Example: You've got to lay down the law with that boy. 5. To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by. 6. To kill (someone). Labels: dated, transitive 7. To euthanize an animal. Labels: euphemistic, transitive 8. To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life." 9. To lie down. Labels: intransitive, proscribed Example: I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go lay down for a while. 10. To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build. Labels: dated 11. To place a sheet in a printing press for printing. Labels: obsolete
Word: lay down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of lie down Labels: form-of, past Example: He lay down in his bed until he felt better.
Word: dude ranch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dude (“a tourist, a dandy”) + ranch. First use appears c. 1899, in the Bismarck Tribune. 1. Synonym of guest ranch. Example: ‘Is this Scott Lawson's dude ranch?’ soberly inquired the rider of the pinto. Example: 1956, P. G. Wodehouse, 'French Leave', Barrie & Jenkins, London: 1974, p 125. ...I didn't get on very well with my stepmother, so I cleared off and went to America. I was there several years, doing various jobs. I was on the waterfront for a time, and I worked on a dude ranch and went prospecting with a friend of mine in the Mojave desert and ... oh, lots of things. When the war broke out, I was a waiter at a New York hotel.
Word: rib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”). (wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible. Pronunciation: /ɹɪb/ 1. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum. Example: On an early winter afternoon, clear but not cold, when the vegetable world was a weird multitude of skeletons through whose ribs the sun shone freely, a gleaming landau came to a pause on the crest of a hill in Wessex. 2. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something. Labels: broadly Example: a broken rib on the umbrella 3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones. 4. Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull. 5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength. 6. A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault 7. A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane. 8. A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth. 9. The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf. 10. A teasing joke. 11. A single strand of hair. Labels: Ireland, colloquial 12. A stalk of celery. 13. A wife or woman. Labels: archaic, humorous, literary Example: 'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'
Word: rib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”). (wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible. Pronunciation: /ɹɪb/ 1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs. 2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way. Example: He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts. Example: Mr. Musk, who wore a suit and tie to Thursday’s meeting instead of his usual T-shirt after Mr. Trump publicly ribbed him about his sloppy appearance, defended himself by saying that he had three companies with a market cap of tens of billions of dollars, and that his results spoke for themselves. 3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in. Example: It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. 4. To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land). Labels: transitive
Word: rib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪb/ 1. Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale). 2. Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita). 3. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
Word: pent-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pent + up. Pronunciation: /pɛnt ʌp/ 1. Not expressed. Example: I remember, particularly, how, in his speech here, he referred to what his family had suffered in Kansas, without ever giving the least vent to his pent-up fire. 2. Repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses. Example: He punched his pillow and screamed at the top of his lungs about all the pent-up frustrations from the day. Example: It was that kind of night, full of anxiety and drama and plenty of danger, until, finally, Steven Gerrard made sure all the pent-up emotion could be released.
Word: pent up Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpɛntˈʌp/ 1. Alternative form of pent-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pent up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌpɛntˈʌp/ 1. simple past and past participle of pen up Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: heist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably pronunciation variation of hoist. Pronunciation: /haɪst/ 1. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months. Example: The furious reaction in Germany after 200,000 protective masks destined for Berlin mysteriously went missing in Thailand and were allegedly redirected to the US is a case in point. There is no solid proof Trump approved the heist. But it’s the sort of thing he would do – or so people believe. 2. A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is a conventional heist play in which the drama is created less through the characters' actions than through the fact of one of them having a gun. Example: The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchie's early heists.
Word: heist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably pronunciation variation of hoist. Pronunciation: /haɪst/ 1. To steal, rob, or hold up (something). Labels: transitive