nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: kennel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ḱwṓ From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛn.əl/, [ˈkʰɛn.əl] ~ [ˈkʰɛn.l̩] 1. A house or shelter for a dog. Example: – We want to look at the dog kennels. – That's the pet department, second floor. Example: A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write, Of fals double tunges in the diſpite. 2. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded. Example: The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays. Example: She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel. 3. The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds. Labels: UK, collective Example: A little herd of England's timorous deer, / Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs! Example: A world of mere Patent-Digesters will soon have nothing to digest: such world ends, and by Law of Nature must end, in ‘over-population;’ in howling universal famine, ‘impossibility,’ and suicidal madness, as of endless dog-kennels run rabid. 4. The hole of a fox or other animal.
Word: kennel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ḱwṓ From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛn.əl/, [ˈkʰɛn.əl] ~ [ˈkʰɛn.l̩] 1. To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal). Labels: transitive Example: While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle. 2. To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. Labels: intransitive Example: Truth's a dog must to kennel; Example: The Dog Kennell'd in the Body of a Hollow Tree, and the Cock Roosted at night upon the Boughs. 3. To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole. Labels: transitive Example: This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set.
Word: kennel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Cognate with English channel, canal. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛn.əl/, [ˈkʰɛn.əl] ~ [ˈkʰɛn.l̩] 1. The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain. Labels: obsolete Example: Ay, kennel, puddle, sink, whose filth and dirt / Troubles the silver spring where England drinks […]. Example: [A] scavenger working in the kennel 2. A puddle. Labels: obsolete
Word: kiss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian küsje, Dutch kussen, German Low German küssen, German küssen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål kysse, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kyssa. Compare Proto-Indo-European *ku-, *kus- (probably imitative), with byspels including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kússō), poetic form of κύσω (kúsō, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”). Pronunciation: /kɪs/, [kʰɪs] 1. To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting. Labels: transitive Example: He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed. Example: I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject. 2. To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed. Example: His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket. 3. Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion. Labels: reciprocal Example: We're kissing in the moonlight / Love was shining so bright and true 4. To treat with fondness. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: kiss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kis, kys, kus, forms of cos influenced by kissen, from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Pronunciation: /kɪs/, [kʰɪs] 1. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting. Example: “It was the most absurd kiss. I don't believe he'd ever kissed a woman in his life before. I threw my head back, and it was a sort of slidy, pecking dab, just on the end of the chin — here.” Mrs. Hauksbee tapped her masculine little chin with her fan. 2. An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver. Example: With some satisfaction, Gergory read this through twice, signed it and added kisses[.] 3. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses. 4. The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction. 5. A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.
Word: funkadelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From funk + -adelic. Pronunciation: /ˌfʌŋkəˈdɛlɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to, funkadelia. Example: It's more or less what we call funkadelic. It's a combination of R&B, psychedelic, and funky African-type beat. 2. Having a funky beat. Labels: slang
Word: college Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx 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 lēgō Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin collēgiumbor. Old French college Middle French collegebor. Middle English college English college From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/, /ˈkɑ.lɪdʒ/, /ˈkɔl.ɪdʒ/, [ˈkɔ̟l.ədʒ], /ˈkɔː.le(ː)dʒ/ 1. An academic institution. Example: College of Engineering 2. An academic institution. Labels: US Example: She's still in college Example: These should be his college years, but he joined the Army. 3. An academic institution. Labels: Ireland, Philippines 4. An academic institution. Labels: Canada 5. An academic institution. Labels: UK Example: Pembroke College, Cambridge Example: Balliol College, Oxford 6. An academic institution. Labels: UK 7. An academic institution. Labels: UK 8. An academic institution. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK Example: Eton College 9. An academic institution. Labels: Australia 10. An academic institution. Labels: Australia 11. An academic institution. Labels: Singapore 12. An academic institution. 13. A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues. Example: Near-synonyms: society, association, academy Example: College of Cardinals 14. An electoral college.
Word: public school Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From public + school: originally, “public” in the sense of "communal" and contrasted with personal tutors; later, "state-run" and contrasted with private schools. 1. Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school. Labels: India, Ireland, UK Example: All such School-masters as have charge of Children and do instruct them either in Publick Schools, or Private Houses. Example: No person shall keepe any schoole... except it be in some publike [public] or free Grammer Schoole, or in some such noblemans... or gentlemans... house as are not recusants. 2. A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, South-Africa, US Example: The Court voted for the erecting a Publick Schooll or Colledge in Cambridge. Example: The Governor and Provincial Council shall erect and order all public Schooles. 3. A college or university. Labels: obsolete Example: Thither [to Douai] he went, where after a yeres great diligence and many excercises done booth in house and publike scholes, he proceded bachilier of diuinitie [bachelor of divinity]. Example: ante''' 1593, Christopher Marlowe, Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604), sig. A3v Ile haue them fill the publike schooles with skill. Wherewith the students shal be brauely clad.
Word: fraction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraccion, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (English break). Doublet of frazione. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/ 1. A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. Example: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…] 2. A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar). Example: Gasoline prices show the mill as a fraction, for example $3.59+⁹⁄₁₀. 3. A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation. 4. In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host. Example: […] The bread, when it is consecrated and made sacramental, is the body of our Lord; and the fraction and distribution of it is the communication of that body, which died for us upon the cross. 5. A small amount. Example: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. Example: After kick-off was delayed because of crowd congestion, Torquay went closest to scoring in a cagey opening 30 minutes, when Danny Stevens saw a fierce shot from the edge of the area swerve a fraction wide. 6. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. Labels: archaic Example: Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking.
Word: fraction Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraccion, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (English break). Doublet of frazione. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/ 1. To divide or break into fractions. Labels: transitive 2. To fractionate. Labels: transitive
Word: consume Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume From Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”), from sub- + emō (“to buy, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), possibly related to the root *nem- (“to take or give one's due”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsjuːm/, /kənˈʃuːm/, /kənˈsum/, /kənˈsjʉːm/, /kənˈs(j)uːm/ 1. To use up. Labels: transitive Example: The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour. 2. To eat. Labels: transitive Example: Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day. Example: Concerns were raised around the ability of Milky Way species to consume proteins from Andromeda, so seed banks formed a significant part of the arks' cargo. We now know it is safe to consume food grown or hunted here, though enzyme supplements are recommended and have become a social norm at mealtimes. 3. To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of. Labels: transitive Example: Desire consumed him. 4. To destroy completely. Labels: transitive Example: The building was consumed by fire. Example: If he were putting to my house the brand / That shall consume it. 5. To waste away slowly. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Therefore, let Benedick, like cover'd fire, / Consume away in sighs. Example: But, sir, you see how weak I am. You must see that I have been consuming from day to day […]. 6. To trade money for good or services as an individual. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume. Example: If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax. 7. To absorb information, especially through the mass media. Labels: transitive Example: The Internet has changed the way we consume news. Example: And influencers are identifying the brands, music, and TV shows that Americans consume.
Word: toro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 灯籠 (tōrō). 1. A traditional Japanese lantern.
Word: toro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori toro. 1. Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand.
Word: toro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese トロ (toro). 1. The fatty meat of tuna served as sushi or sashimi. Labels: uncountable
Word: consumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion. Pronunciation: /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/ 1. The act of eating, drinking or using. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England. Example: A Guardia Civil spokesperson said that ayahuasca, San Pedro, toad poison, wild rue and mimosa pudica were prohibited substances in Spain, adding that their consumption was not authorised because, while they were natural substances, they could be highly dangerous to human health. 2. The amount consumed. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: gross national consumption 3. The act of consuming or destroying. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes. Example: Driving methods have a direct bearing on fuel consumption with every type of motive power. 4. The wasting away of the human body through disease. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach. 6. Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes). Labels: dated, euphemistic, uncountable, usually
Word: maximum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via French from Latin maximum. Pronunciation: /ˈmæksɪməm/ 1. The highest limit. Example: This is the fundamental principle of good legislation. It is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness and the minimum of misery 2. The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function. 3. An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set. 4. The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution. 5. A 147 break; the highest possible break. 6. A score of 180 with three darts. Labels: colloquial 7. A scoring shot for 6 runs. Labels: colloquial 8. maximum security Labels: colloquial Example: I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.
Word: maximum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Via French from Latin maximum. Pronunciation: /ˈmæksɪməm/ 1. To the highest degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: Use the proper dose for the maximum effect. Example: Each Piccadilly Line train consists of seven cars, the construction of the stations below ground making this the maximum length.
Word: minimum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪməm/, /ˈmɪnəməm/ 1. The lowest limit. Example: We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field. Example: We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all times. 2. The smallest amount. Example: He always tries to get away with doing the minimum. Example: Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock 3. A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). Example: The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth. 4. A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set. 5. The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Word: minimum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪməm/, /ˈmɪnəməm/ 1. To the lowest degree. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mini Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the prefix mini-. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.i/ 1. Miniature, tiny, small. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbrevations. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.i/ 1. Abbreviation of miniskirt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […] 2. Abbreviation of minicomputer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated Example: Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis. Example: Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini. 3. Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately. 4. A very young dancer. Labels: informal 5. A small bottle of perfume. Example: In addition to decants, minis, and used bottles of vintage, perfume nips are a fun way to try out vintage, and they seem to be all over the Internet.
Word: mega Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/ 1. Very large. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Follow those in the know to the fifth floor of Sega's Joy Polis, a mega indoor amusement park that's part of the Odaiba Decks Tokyo Bay entertainment complex near Tange's Fuji Television building. 2. Great; excellent. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg. Example: It was totally mega. The audience clapped and cheered when Teasel had finally finished. So did I.
Word: mega Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/ 1. Extremely. Labels: informal Example: mega-fun Example: mega rich
Word: mega Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/ 1. A megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region). Labels: informal Example: And, speaking of relative banalities, the recurring Semipalmated Plover at the Broom Sewage Works may have inured us slightly to the status of the species as a rare vagrant, but it was an undeniable "mega" when one was discovered on Lord Howe Island on 23 March. 2. The Steinhaus-Moser number ②
Word: micro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro-, typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/ 1. Very small in scale or scope. Example: At the micro level, he was a good manager. At the macro level, he failed. Example: Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling.
Word: micro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro-, typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/ 1. Clipping of microwave (“microwave oven”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable Example: Just put it in the micro for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat. Example: Yes. A nutritional dinner that will taste so good it’ll knock your socks off and maybe change your world—or at least your way of eating. I’d have to cook it at your place, though—all I have in my cottage is a hot plate, fridgie and a micro. But I’d provide everything. 2. Clipping of microeconomics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable 3. Clipping of microcomputer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, dated Example: If you can possibly afford to spend a few more pounds then you should move up into the next price bracket, where the potential of the home micro starts to be realised. Example: So what sort of hero is this bounding, bomb collecting midget? The answer is an arcade hero - and now he's let loose in your micro courtesy of conversion kings, Elite. 4. Clipping of micromanagement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable 5. Clipping of microphile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable 6. Clipping of microphilia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable 7. In the context of microphilia, one who is abnormally very small. Labels: also, attributive, colloquial, countable
Word: micro Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro-, typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/ 1. Clipping of micromanage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ambitransitive, clipping, slang
Word: -um Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the homographic case endings of the nominative, accusative, and vocative forms of numerous neuter Latin second declension nouns. Pronunciation: /əm/ 1. Denotes singular grammatical number. Labels: morpheme 2. Forms the ends of the names of certain elements (such as molybdenum and platinum). Labels: morpheme
Word: -um Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Possibly from 'em. Pronunciation: /əm/ 1. Denotes transitive verbs in the trade pidgins used between English-speakers and indigenous populations; used derogatorily by extension in English by addition to any verb, transitive or not. Labels: morpheme Example: Having finished her return of deaths, she went on to say "Black fellow sick—white lady fowl sendum—white lady kangaroo sendum—master all self eatum—" but here she paused and made an exception in favour of the matron, expressed by the words " Missis not eatum—missis good fellow." Example: "Givum dinner; smokum pipe," was all that we could get out of Quatchett.
Word: crook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-West Germanic *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“bend, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, bend”). Cognate with Dutch kreuk (“a bend, fold, wrinkle”), Middle Low German kroke, krake (“fold, wrinkle”), Danish krog (“crook, hook”), Swedish krok (“crook, hook”), Icelandic krókur (“hook”). Compare typologically Czech křivák (< křivý < Proto-Slavic *krivъ, whence also *krivьda). Pronunciation: /kɹʊk/, [kɹ̠̊˔ʷʊk], /kɹɵk/, [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɵk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɘk], [kɹ̠̊˔ʷʊk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɵk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɨ̞k] 1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. Example: She held the baby in the crook of her arm. Example: he walks bye lanes, and crooks 2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection. 3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). Example: the crook of a cane Example: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side. 4. A person who steals, lies, cheats, or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal; a scoundrel, scofflaw, lawbreaker, rogue, or miscreant. Example: In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate. Example: 1973 November 17, Richard Nixon, reported 1973 November 18, The Washington Post, Nixon Tells Editors, ‘I'm Not a Crook’, "People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I′m not a crook. I′ve earned everything I′ve got." 5. A lock or curl of hair. Labels: obsolete 6. A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut. Labels: obsolete 7. A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds. Example: Even though I walk through a / valley dark as death / I fear no evil, for thou art with me, / thy staff and thy crook are my / comfort. 8. A bishop's standard staff of office. 9. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance. Example: for all your brags, hooks, and crooks 10. A pothook. 11. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
Word: crook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crooken, croken, crokien, from Old English *crōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *krōkōn (“to bend, wrinkle”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Dutch kreuken (“to crease, rumple”), German Low German kröken (“to bend, offend, suppress”). Pronunciation: /kɹʊk/, [kɹ̠̊˔ʷʊk], /kɹɵk/, [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɵk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɘk], [kɹ̠̊˔ʷʊk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɵk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɨ̞k] 1. To bend, or form into a hook. Labels: transitive Example: He crooked his finger toward me. Example: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, / And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee / Where thrift may follow fawning. 2. To become bent or hooked. Labels: intransitive 3. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. Example: For the foundation of youthe well ſet (as Plato doth ſaye) the whole bodye of the common wealthe ſhall flouriſhe thereafter. If the younge tree growe croked, when it is oulde, a man ſhall rather breake it than ſtreight it. And I thincke there is no one thinge that crokes youthe more then ſuch unlawful games. Example: The referring of all to a man's self, is more tolerable in a sovereign prince; because themselves are not only themselves, but their good and evil is at the peril of the public fortune. But it is a desperate evil, in a servant to a prince, or a citizen in a republic. For whatsoever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends; which must needs be often eccentric to the ends of his master, or state.
Word: crook Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crooked (“dishonestly come by”). Pronunciation: /kɹʊk/, [kɹ̠̊˔ʷʊk], /kɹɵk/, [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɵk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɘk], [kɹ̠̊˔ʷʊk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɵk] ~ [kɹ̠̊˔ʷɨ̞k] 1. Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: That work you did on my car is crook, mate. Example: Not turning up for training was pretty crook. 2. Ill, sick. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: I′m feeling a bit crook. 3. Annoyed, angry; upset. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: be crook at/about; go crook at Example: Ann explained to the teacher what had happened and the nuns went crook at me too.
Word: staff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Danish stav, Swedish stav. Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab. Pronunciation: /stɑːf/, [stɑːf], [stäːf], [stɐːf], /stæf/ 1. To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members. Labels: transitive Example: Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.
Word: staff Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of staph. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: kaj Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armenian քաջ (kʻaǰ), քաջք (kʻaǰkʻ). Pronunciation: /kɑːd͡ʒ/ 1. A spirit of storm and wind; Labels: Armenian Example: There existed destructive female demons called parik, whose husbands were known as kaj.
Word: multi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of multistan. 1. Clipping of multistan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Many K-pop fans of all the groups involved, known as "multis," gave everyone their two cents on the matter.
Word: multi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of multituberculate. 1. A multituberculate. Labels: informal Example: Our Mesozoic antecedents are typified by small size; even the largest of the multis are not larger than a groundhog.
Word: multi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: < multifasciatus 1. Neolamprologus multifasciatus (small shell-dwelling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, popular as aquarium fish) Labels: informal
Word: multi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for "multi two diamonds". 1. A contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows several possible types of hands. Labels: uncountable
Word: multi-billion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English billion English multi-billion From multi- + billion. 1. Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range. Labels: not-comparable 2. more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: multicolor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/ 1. Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: multicolor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/ 1. A display of many colors. Labels: US, uncountable Example: a stamp printed in multicolor
Word: multi-million Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English million English multi-million From multi- + million. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltiˈmɪljən/, /ˌmʌltaɪˈmɪljən/ 1. Alternative spelling of multimillion. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: multimillion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English million English multimillion From multi- + million. 1. Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency. Labels: not-comparable Example: Edhi lived in a humble, ascetic way, even as his charity became a multimillion-pound enterprise. Example: A project led by Annie Collier, a clinical psychologist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, to study vaccine hesitancy among Alaska Native and American Indian people and test strategies to promote vaccination was also cut short. Her multimillion NIH grant was terminated on 10 March.
Word: multicolour Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English colour English multicolour From multi- + colour. 1. Alternative form of multicolor. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: multicolour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English colour English multicolour From multi- + colour. 1. Alternative form of multicolor. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: multibillion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English billion English multibillion From multi- + billion. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltiˈbɪljən/ 1. Having a value of several billion (in general, at least two billion). Labels: not-comparable Example: According to a study by me, this generates a multibillion facepalm for the UK economy, making everyone who considers it at least eleventy hundred pounds unhappier.
Word: accusement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French acusementbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa 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 accūsārelbor. Old French acuserbor. Middle English acusen English accuse Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English accusement From Middle French acusement; later uses reformed from accuse + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzmənt/ 1. An accusation. Labels: archaic Example: He gan t'efforce the evidence anew, / And new accusements to produce in place […].
Word: accusingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accusing Middle English -ly English -ly English accusingly From accusing + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈkju.zɪŋ.li/ 1. In an accusing manner. Example: She looked at him accusingly after the vase broke. Example: He pointed accusingly at his rival during the debate.
Word: cauliflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 16th century cole-florye, equivalent to cole (from Latin caulis) + flower, reformed to more closely match the Latin etymon.By surface analysis, caul(is) + -i- + flower. Cognate with French chou-fleur, Italian cavolfiore. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.i.flaʊ.ə/, /ˈkɒl.ɪ.flaʊ.ə/, /ˈkɔl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/, /ˈkɑl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/ 1. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans. 2. The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The swelling of a cauliflower ear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His ears were small (fortunately so, given his dramatic hairstyle) and bore no traditional cauliflowers.
Word: cauliflower Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From 16th century cole-florye, equivalent to cole (from Latin caulis) + flower, reformed to more closely match the Latin etymon.By surface analysis, caul(is) + -i- + flower. Cognate with French chou-fleur, Italian cavolfiore. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.i.flaʊ.ə/, /ˈkɒl.ɪ.flaʊ.ə/, /ˈkɔl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/, /ˈkɑl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/ 1. To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I noticed his right ear was badly cauliflowered and that explained a number of things. It wasn't a new job of cauliflowering. Example: Returning to your first point, the cauliflowering of magnesite bricks — we presume that this is due to your using high concentrations of oxygen for blowing the furnace, giving high checker-temperatures.
Word: American English Part of Speech: name Etymology: From American + English. First use appears c. 1806, in a dictionary by Noah Webster; as an adjective, c. 1892. Pronunciation: /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ 1. The form of the English language that is chiefly used in the United States, contrasted with British English or Canadian English and that of other places. Example: I’m playing it in French, because I’m that guy, though it’s a shame the voice-acting is only in American English. 2. The form of the English language that is chiefly used in North America, contrasted with Commonwealth English (British English and that of other places).
Word: American English Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From American + English. First use appears c. 1806, in a dictionary by Noah Webster; as an adjective, c. 1892. Pronunciation: /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ 1. Of or relating to, or spoken or written in American English.
Word: enumerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/, /ɪˈn(j)u.məˌɹeɪt/ 1. To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order. 2. To determine the amount of.
Word: enumerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/, /ɪˈn(j)u.məˌɹeɪt/ 1. Enumerated. Labels: obsolete, participle Example: So many scandals as are enumerate in the Ordinance.
Word: countdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From count + down. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn/ 1. A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle. 2. The acts of preparation carried out during this period. 3. A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order and ending with the number one song.
Word: countdown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From count + down. 1. To count down. Labels: nonstandard Example: This was accomplished in the old system by polling a software variable representing the number of prebleach bin and issuing a software command to trigger the AOM once the variable has countdowned to zero. Example: Time measures itself out in a series of diminishing peristaltic ticks, countdowning slowly towards the miracle of Ignition.
Word: gamble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier gamel, from Middle English *gamlen, *gamelen, variant of Middle English gamenen, from Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian (“to joke; play”), related to Old English gamen (“joy; mirth; pleasure; entertainment; pastime; sport; game”), equivalent to game + -le. Compare Old Danish gammel, Middle High German gamel (“pleasure; fun”). More at game. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.bəl/ 1. A bet or wager. Example: I had a gamble on the horses last weekend. 2. A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain. 3. A risky venture. Example: The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.
Word: gamble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier gamel, from Middle English *gamlen, *gamelen, variant of Middle English gamenen, from Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian (“to joke; play”), related to Old English gamen (“joy; mirth; pleasure; entertainment; pastime; sport; game”), equivalent to game + -le. Compare Old Danish gammel, Middle High German gamel (“pleasure; fun”). More at game. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.bəl/ 1. To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome. 2. To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain. Example: Mark won half a million dollars gambling on horses. 3. To risk (something) for potential gain. Labels: transitive Example: He gambled his reputation on the outcome. 4. To interact with equipment at a casino.
Word: vodka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Balto-Slavic *wandō Proto-Slavic *voda Old East Slavic вода (voda) Russian вода́ (vodá) Proto-Slavic *-ьka Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Russian -ка (-ka) Russian во́дка (vódka)bor. English vodka Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), from вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -ка (-ka, “-let: forming diminutives”). The archaic Russian name for vodka was хле́бное вино́ (xlébnoje vinó, “grain wine”); V. Pokhlyobkin's research suggests the present name derived from expressions concerning the dilution of the initial pure distilled spirit such as "vodka of grain wine". Cognates include Sanskrit उदक (udaka), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) → English hydro-, English whisky and English water. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒdkə/, /ˈvɑdkə/ 1. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka. Example: At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro. 2. A serving of the above beverage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You should mutter sullenly into your glass, cursing the serving woman (Witch! Hag! Poison!) or the vodka (Poison! Bitch!), as the one pours you another glass of the other. 3. Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A Russian. Labels: countable, ethnic, slang, slur 5. Russian language. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: octillion Part of Speech: num Etymology: From French octillion. By surface analysis, oct- (“eight”) + -illion. Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtɪl.iː.ən/ 1. A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 10²⁷. Labels: Australia, UK, US, modern Example: Altogether it takes seven billion billion billion (that’s 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or seven octillion) atoms to make you. Example: We humans are so stuck in the middle of the cosmic scales — in average height, one-hundredth of one-septillionth (10^-24) the size of the observable universe, and with typical life spans of a couple octillion attoseconds. And an attosecond is an eternity compared with the lifetime of the elusive Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that exists for one-thousandth of an attosecond before decaying. 2. A trillion quintillion: 1 followed by 48 zeros, 10⁴⁸. Labels: Australia, UK, dated
Word: hairnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + net. Compare Dutch haarnetje, German Haarnetz, Danish hårnet, Swedish hårnät. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹˌnɛt/ 1. A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.
Word: mania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder. Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)der. Latin maniabor. English mania Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ 1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the manias of the present day, which especially excites my spleen, is the locomotive rage which seems to possess all ranks—that necessity of going out of town in the summer... Example: Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. 3. The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: telethon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A blend of telephone + marathon. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛl.əˌθɒn/ 1. A televised fundraising event encouraging viewers to make donations via telephone.
Word: phone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone English phone Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯n/, /ˈfoʊ̯n/, /ˈfɔʊ̯n/, /ˈfəʉn/, /ˈfɐ̝ʉn/ 1. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. Example: Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished. Example: My phone ran out of battery. 2. A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits. Labels: colloquial Example: It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone
Word: phone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone English phone Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯n/, /ˈfoʊ̯n/, /ˈfɔʊ̯n/, /ˈfəʉn/, /ˈfɐ̝ʉn/ 1. To call (someone) using a telephone. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Phone me as soon as you land at the airport. Example: Her father told her to phone him to pick her up in case it started raining heavily.
Word: phone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯n/, /ˈfoʊ̯n/, /ˈfɔʊ̯n/, /ˈfəʉn/, /ˈfɐ̝ʉn/ 1. A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.