nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: catacomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English catacombe, from Old English catacumbe, catacumbas pl, from Late Latin catacumbae pl, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, of unclear origin. Perhaps a dissimilation (influenced by *cumbō (“to lie, recline”)) of Late Latin cata tumbās (literally “among the tombs”) (from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “under”) and τύμβος (túmbos, “tomb”)). Some sources suggest Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “drinking vessel”) as an alternative etymon, but the semantic link is unclear. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəkuːm/, /ˈkætəkəʊm/, /ˈkætəkoʊm/, /ˈkætəkum/ 1. An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome. Labels: often, plural Example: Meronyms: crypt, ossuary
Word: tunnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French tonnelle (“net”) or tonel (“cask”), diminutive of Old French tonne (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation. Related to Old English tunne (“tun; cask; barrel”). More at tun. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ 1. An underground or underwater passage. Example: In 1865 an outfit called the East London Railway Company bought the Brunel tunnel for £800,000, and in 1869 they opened a railway through it. 2. A passage through or under some obstacle. Example: But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in. Example: Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world." 3. A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow. 4. A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure. 5. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel. 6. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue. Example: And one great chimney, whose long tonnell thence, / The smoke forth threw 7. A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel. 8. Anything that resembles a tunnel. Labels: figuratively Example: Especially in the Eden Valley, trees create what is almost a green tunnel (particularly in summer).
Word: tunnel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French tonnelle (“net”) or tonel (“cask”), diminutive of Old French tonne (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation. Related to Old English tunne (“tun; cask; barrel”). More at tun. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ 1. To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow. Labels: transitive Example: The 1955 Act gave powers for compulsory acquisition of "easements", or permission to tunnel beneath dwelling houses instead of, as had previously been necessary, following approximately the course of surface roads. Example: The 6.5km route is agreed from a junction with the relief lines of the Great Western main line to the west of Slough, the new link would tunnel under the M25 to reach Heathrow's Terminal 5 station, where space has been set aside to accommodate services from the west. 2. To dig a tunnel. Labels: intransitive 3. To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol). 4. To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use. Labels: transitive 5. To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
Word: precision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French precision. Equivalent to precise + -ion. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, [pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩], /pɹəˈsəʒ.ən/, [pɹəˈsəʒ.n̩] 1. The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: exactitude, exactness; accuracy 2. The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: repeatability; reproducibility Example: The classic example of the difference between precision and accuracy is that in target practice, if the grouping is tight but the group is off-center, your precision is good but your accuracy needs calibration. 3. The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: precision Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French precision. Equivalent to precise + -ion. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, [pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩], /pɹəˈsəʒ.ən/, [pɹəˈsəʒ.n̩] 1. Used for exact or precise measurement. Labels: not-comparable Example: precision instruments 2. Made, or characterized by accuracy. Labels: not-comparable Example: But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.
Word: Wierzbowski Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Wierzbowski. 1. A surname from Polish.
Word: zecchino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian zecchino. Doublet of zecchin. 1. An old gold coin of Italy; a sequin. Labels: historical Example: [T]he modern Philosophy holds the Eternity of the Earth, or at least an Antiquity of 50,000 Years; & Mr. Byers gets thirty Zecchines apiece for his Infidel Lectures from all the English who travel thro' Rome […].
Word: zephyr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin zephyrus (“west wind”), from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros). Doublet of zefir, zéphire, Zephyr, and Zephyrus. The confectionery sense is a semantic loan from Russian зефи́р (zefír). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛfə(ɹ)/, /ˈzɛfɚ/ 1. A light wind from the west. Example: The Western [winds] have been Counted the mildest, & most Auspicious of all others; and were so highly in favour with the Poets, that they thought them worthy of the Golden Age, and to refresh the Elysian groves. [...] But though the Breathing Zephyrs are so much celebrated in Poems and Romances, and happily were kinder to the delicious countries of Italy, & Greece, yet wee find no lesse malignity in their natures from particular accidents and climats, then what wee have observ’d of other Winds. 2. Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze. Example: O thou Goddeſſe, / Thou diuine Nature; thou^([sic – meaning how]) thy ſelfe thou blazon'ſt / In theſe two Princely Boyes: they are as gentle / As Zephires blowing below the Violet, / Not wagging his ſweet head; [...] Example: The eaſterly or trade winds, which generally blow between the Tropics, are extremely refreſhing to the coaſt of Guiana, between the hours of eight or ten in the morning, and ſix o'clock in the evening, when they ceaſe to operate, and a zephyr is ſcarcely ever heard to whiſper during the night. 3. Anything of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric. Example: The world hummed and spun about him. There was a whirling of zephyr skirts, four impassioned faces sweeping towards the open door of the passage that ran through the vicarage. He felt his position went with them. 4. A type of soft confectionery made by whipping fruit and berry purée (mostly apple purée) with sugar and egg whites with subsequent addition of a gelling agent like pectin, carrageenan, agar, or gelatine. Example: In 1953 the Russian Republic Ministry of the Food Products Industry increased confectionery output 10% above 1952, including wrapped and packaged confectionery 46%, chocolates 57%, toffee 65%, fruit preserves, pastilles and Zephyrs 20% and halva—by 36%. Example: The French not only vastly expanded the Russian repertory of sauces, but they also introduced an entirely new range of light, airy desserts including creams, zephyrs, and mousses.
Word: zephyr Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin zephyrus (“west wind”), from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros). Doublet of zefir, zéphire, Zephyr, and Zephyrus. The confectionery sense is a semantic loan from Russian зефи́р (zefír). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛfə(ɹ)/, /ˈzɛfɚ/ 1. To blow or move like a zephyr, or light breeze. Labels: intransitive, poetic Example: There was a time When the soft zephyring spring came joyfully, Like a young bride, with bloom upon her cheek— Example: There was a sudden scrambling and thumping overhead and hot exclamations zephyred down to them. 2. To blow or blow on gently like a zephyr; to cool or refresh with a gentle breeze. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: 1849, letter from Leonidas Lent Hamline dated 15 December, 1849, in Walter Clark Palmer, Life and Letters of Leonidas L. Hamline, D.D., New York: Carlton & Porter, 1866, Chapter 15, p. 361, He was a fragrant poison, a zephyred pestilence spread through all the city. Example: 1914, Leonard Lanson Cline, untitled sonnet in Poems, Boston: The Poet Lore Company, p. 76, Ah, but the skies are joyous in the spring, From dawn to dusk exuberantly blue; White-tufted oftentimes with clouds that do But wanton in heaven’s zephyred merrying!
Word: zigzag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word. Sense “drunk” from the zigzag movements of a drunk person. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ], /ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ] 1. A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions. Example: She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: […]. Example: And still, high in front, arose the precipitous barrier of the mountain, greened over where it seemed that scarce a harebell could find root, barred with the zigzags of a human road where it seemed that not a goat could scramble. 2. One of these sharp turns.
Word: zigzag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word. Sense “drunk” from the zigzag movements of a drunk person. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ], /ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ] 1. Moving in, or having a zigzag. Labels: not-comparable Example: The entrance to this ancient place of devotion was under a very low round arch, ornamented by several courses of that zig-zag moulding, resembling shark's teeth, which appears so often in the more ancient Saxon churches. Example: His thoughts were fixed on one subject, and it was an effort to him to follow the zigzag remarks of his children—an effort which he did not make. 2. Drunk. Labels: US, World-War-I, not-comparable, slang
Word: zigzag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word. Sense “drunk” from the zigzag movements of a drunk person. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ], /ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ] 1. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner. Example: […] she saw them as we see the throngs which cover the canvases of Sallaert, Van Alsloot, and others of that school—vast masses of beings, jostling, zigzagging, and processioning in definite directions, but whose features are indistinguishable by the very comprehensiveness of the view. Example: At the base this vent was dark, cool, and smelled of dry, musty dust. It zigzagged so that he could not see ahead more than a few yards at a time.
Word: zigzag Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word. Sense “drunk” from the zigzag movements of a drunk person. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ], /ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈzɪɡ.zeɪ̯ɡ] 1. In a zigzag manner or pattern.
Word: baro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Hellenic *gʷarus Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús) Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρος (bắros) English baro- From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”). 1. pressure Labels: morpheme 2. weight Labels: morpheme 3. blood pressure Labels: morpheme
Word: zimarra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zimarra. Doublet of simar. 1. a cassock with a small cape attached
Word: zinco Part of Speech: noun 1. A line or half-tone block etched on zinc plate, used in zincography. Labels: dated, informal
Word: zingaro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian. Doublet of tzigane. 1. A Gypsy. Labels: archaic Example: Sporting a woolly cardigan with four buttons on top of an Oxford smock without a collar, our man has a faintly folksy look about him, calling to mind a zingaro or a gypsy, a carny or a Mongol, but also (switching to a wholly distinct mythology and iconography) a hippy strumming his guitar in a barroom in Haight-Ashbury or at Big Sur or in Katmandu.
Word: improbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + probable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/, /ɪmˈpɹɒbəbl̩/ 1. Not likely to be true. Example: It's highly improbable that aliens abducted you. Example: Improbabile, that cannot be prooued, improbable. 2. Not likely to happen. Example: Due to the loss of power, it is improbable that we will begin on time.
Word: amino acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See amine and acid. Likely a calque of German Aminosäure, which is attested earlier. Pronunciation: /əˈminoʊ ˈæsɪd/ 1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group. 2. Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.
Word: essential amino acid Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.
Word: nonessential amino acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Those of the naturally occurring amino acids that the human body can synthesize for itself, and so need not be provided by dietary protein.
Word: biochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English biochemistry From bio- + chemistry. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstɹi/ 1. The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism; the study of such chemistry. Labels: uncountable Example: My aunt has a degree in biochemistry. 2. The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism. Labels: countable Example: The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct. Example: They [viruses] use more varied biochemistry than cellular life, storing their genetic information as both single- and double-stranded DNA as well as RNA. 3. The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition. Labels: countable Example: Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's. Example: The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO₂.
Word: organic chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond). Labels: uncountable
Word: inorganic chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.
Word: carbonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French carbonate, equivalent of carbon + -ate (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ic”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.neɪt/, /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.nət/, /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/, /ˈkɑɹbənət/ 1. Any salt or ester of carbonic acid. Example: A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023. Example: McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life.
Word: carbonate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English carbonate From carbon + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.neɪt/, /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/ 1. To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide. Labels: transitive
Word: intransitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English transitive English intransitive From in- + transitive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/, /ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/ 1. Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object. Labels: not-comparable Example: The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often." 2. Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. 3. Of a set of dice: containing three dice A, B, and C, with the property that A rolls higher than B more than half the time, and B rolls higher than C more than half the time, but lacking the property that A rolls higher than C more than half the time. See intransitive dice and intransitive game. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intransitive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English transitive English intransitive From in- + transitive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/, /ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/ 1. An intransitive verb. Example: This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object).
Word: silicone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/ 1. Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.
Word: silicone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/ 1. To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product. Labels: transitive Example: silicone the bathtub to the tile Example: Structural glazing or siliconing of window units is, according to Donald F. Kelly, Jr., president of AMPAT, the bonding of glass to a metal frame. 2. To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone. Labels: informal, transitive Example: The next girl, with huge, perfectly spherical, siliconed breasts perched high on her slender chest, got the loudest roar. ‘Oh, there are two things I like about her!’ shouted the DJ. ‘How about you, boys?’
Word: silicone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/ 1. Having had cosmetic surgery, especially breast enlargement. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Besides, the bevy of silicone beauties surrounding him would have been difficult, not to mention ego-crushing, to wade through. Example: They want to see men covered in sweat, lying in bed with some unknown, blank, silicone actresses — they want sculpted bodies, they don't give a shit about performance.
Word: reperfusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European *-né-? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰunédti ~ ǵʰundénti Proto-Italic *hundō Latin fundō Latin perfundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin perfūsiō Middle French perfusion English perfusion English reperfusion From re- + perfusion. 1. The restoration of blood flow to an organ, after it was cut off (e.g. in an operation). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: social marginality Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the larger world and the place of human society within it. Labels: uncountable
Word: social conflict paradigm Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory according to which society is based on conflict and change arising from inequality.
Word: macro-level orientation Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of sociology that characterizes society as a whole
Word: micro-level orientation Part of Speech: noun 1. That part of sociology that studies specific situations.
Word: nonmaterial culture Part of Speech: noun 1. A component of culture that consists of the abstract or intangible human creations of society (such as attitudes, beliefs, and values) that influence people’s behavior.
Word: ladino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ladino (“Latinized; crafty”). Pronunciation: /ləˈdiːnəʊ/, /ləˈdinoʊ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”). Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: In the production of the ladino the white element has almost always been represented by the father […] Example: Yolanda's fluctuation between mestizo and ladino is symptomatic of this analytical dilemma. Her inclination to embrace mestizaje signals a deep process of social change underway, in which critical ladino / mestizo self-making has played [a part...] 2. A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanageable horse. Labels: Southeastern, US, countable
Word: ladino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ladino (“Ladin”), because the clover grows in Ladin-speaking areas. Pronunciation: /ləˈdiːnəʊ/, /ləˈdinoʊ/ 1. Trifolium repens (white clover). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brujo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbruˌhoʊ/ 1. A male practitioner of brujería.
Word: inert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɜːt/, /ɪˈnɜːt/, /ɪnˈɝt/, /ənˈɝt/, /ɪˈnɝt/ 1. Unable to move or act; inanimate. Example: "As for the other forms of magic, previous systems of magic are now accessible if one knows how to do so, though no human alive should know how. This does mean some magical objects and wands rendered inert by previous changes will work again." 2. Sluggish or lethargic. 3. Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds. 4. Having no therapeutic action.
Word: inert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɜːt/, /ɪˈnɜːt/, /ɪnˈɝt/, /ənˈɝt/, /ɪˈnɝt/ 1. A substance that does not react chemically.
Word: inert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɜːt/, /ɪˈnɜːt/, /ɪnˈɝt/, /ənˈɝt/, /ɪˈnɝt/ 1. To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.
Word: c-word Part of Speech: noun 1. The word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word. Labels: euphemistic Example: The c-word (cunt) is delivered here with a kind of despairing calm, as if the cuntishness of the British c-words (cunts) was just a sad matter of fact. 2. The word crap, often considered mildly vulgar. Labels: euphemistic 3. Less frequently, a word like cock or cock-sucker, camel-jockey, Chink, ching chong, or cracker, regarded as taboo or offensive. Labels: euphemistic 4. Any word beginning with c that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, like clitoris, condom, cancer, or communism. Example: Nor can federal AIDS educators bring themselves to mention the c''' word, condom, a strange reticence not shared by any other Western government except that of Catholic Ireland. The CDC has gone through bizarre contortions to avoid naming the, uh, latex device. Example: So, the term craft is now tainted. It’s association with weird beer imbibed by stuck up people is going to be hard one to shake. Anyone with that connection in their mind is instantly going to shut down when the c-word is mentioned.
Word: s-word Part of Speech: noun 1. The word shit, regarded as vulgar. Labels: euphemistic 2. The word slut, regarded as vulgar. Labels: euphemistic 3. The word Sambo, regarded as offensive and racist. Labels: euphemistic 4. The word spastic, regarded as offensive. Labels: Ireland, UK, euphemistic 5. The word spic, regarded as an ethnic slur. Labels: US, euphemistic 6. Any word beginning with s that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context; for example, socialism.
Word: depression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. Equivalent to depress + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹɛʃən/, [dɪˈpʰɹʷɛʃən] ~ [dɪˈpʰɹʷɛʃn̩], /dəˈpɹɛʃən/, [dəˈpʰɹʷɛʃən] ~ [dəˈpʰɹʷɛʃn̩] 1. A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life. Example: It is that Mr. Levi's death could not be dissociated from the major depression with which he was afflicted, and that indeed his suicide proceeded directly from that illness. 2. A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide. Labels: countable Example: […] your illness reflects the textbook description of bipolar disorder (euphoric, grandiose, manic highs followed by deep depressions,[…] Example: His first major breakdown occurred when his son was five years old; he continued to go to pieces periodically, with a particularly deep depression that lasted from the time Bill was in sixth grade until the time he finished junior high[…] 3. An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. Example: These large [mazes] led to smaller ones which were constructed to hold in the hand, usually in the form of a circular tray. In these a marble was contained which had to be manipulated to roll into a depression in the centre. 4. An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A period of major economic contraction. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A period of major economic contraction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history. 7. The act of lowering or pressing something down. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Depression of the lever starts the machine. 8. A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: noble gas Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic, usually inert (with very limited exceptions), and gaseous at familiar temperatures.
Word: inert gas Part of Speech: noun 1. A gas which does not undergo chemical reactions or does so only under rare circumstances. 2. A gas which does not undergo chemical reactions or does so only under rare circumstances. Labels: specifically
Word: monatomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mon- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic English monatomic From mon- + atomic. 1. Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: molecule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Borrowed from French molécule, from New Latin molecula (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒl.ɪ.kjuːl/, /ˈmɒl.ə.kjuːl/, /ˈmɑ.lɪ.kjul/, /ˈmɑ.lə.kjul/, /ˈmɒl.ɪ.kjul/ 1. The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. Example: Hydrogen chloride is a diatomic molecule, consisting of a hydrogen atom and a chlorine atom. Example: The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. This system splits water molecules and delivers some of their electrons to other molecules that help build up carbohydrates. 2. A tiny amount.
Word: smaller Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsmɔː.lə/, /ˈsmɔ.lɚ/, /ˈsmɑ.lɚ/, /smoː.lə/ 1. comparative form of small: more small Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The worse things get, the smaller your focus should be. Example: At the partition of Ireland in 1920, the railway mileage of the whole country stood at its maximum figure of 3,442, of which 2,668 miles were in the South, and 754 in the much smaller North.
Word: smaller Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈsmɔː.lə/, /ˈsmɔ.lɚ/, /ˈsmɑ.lɚ/, /smoː.lə/ 1. comparative form of small: more small Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: smallest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsmɔː.lɪst/, /ˈsmɔ.lɪst/, /ˈsmɑ.lɪst/, /smoː.lɪst/ 1. superlative form of small: most small Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: smallest Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈsmɔː.lɪst/, /ˈsmɔ.lɪst/, /ˈsmɑ.lɪst/, /smoː.lɪst/ 1. superlative form of small: most small Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: smallest room Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of small room (“lavatory”). 1. The lavatory: the room intended for urination and defecation. Labels: euphemistic, with-definite-article Example: "Aliens used up our bog roll?" "Just because they're aliens, it doesn't mean they don't have to visit the smallest room. Only, they probably do something weird and alienesque; like it comes out of the top of their heads, or something."
Word: lesser Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From less + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛsɚ/, /ˈlɛsə/ 1. Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: lesser panda Example: lesser yellowlegs
Word: lesser Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From less + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛsɚ/, /ˈlɛsə/ 1. that which is of lesser size, quality, degree, or significance; of lower status, importance, or rank Example: The larger Sand Hill Cranes increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lesser ones do. Example: Between the two men, he was clearly the lesser one.
Word: surly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 16th-century alteration of sirly, from sir + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːli/, /ˈsɝli/ 1. Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly. 2. Threatening, menacing, gloomy. Example: The surly weather put us all in a bad mood. 3. Lordly, arrogant, supercilious. Labels: obsolete
Word: surly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: 16th-century alteration of sirly, from sir + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːli/, /ˈsɝli/ 1. In an arrogant or supercilious manner. Labels: obsolete Example: Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly by / Without annoying me […]
Word: Krishna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *kers- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥šnás Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)bor. English Krishna Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪʃnə/ 1. A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism. Labels: Hinduism, countable, uncountable Example: The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sistier Subhadra. Example: She also built a temple at Turintra under Balipatna police station. In this temple three deities Balabhadra (Ananta), Jagannath (Krishna) and Subhadra were carved separately in three chlonite stones. 2. A river in southern India. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A male given name from Sanskrit. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A surname from Sanskrit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019.
Word: offensive foul Part of Speech: noun 1. A foul committed by a member of the team with possession of the ball.
Word: charging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of charge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: charging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. An act or process of charging (as of a battery). Labels: countable 2. An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. Labels: uncountable Example: Smith is called for charging, and the Nimrods will get the ball.
Word: forsooth Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English forsothe, forsoþe, for sothe, from Old English for sōþ (“truly, for certain, forsooth”), equivalent to for (“for, by”) + sooth (“truth”). Pronunciation: /fɔɹˈsuθ/ 1. Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, poetic Example: Near-synonyms: true that, facts Example: A fit man, forsooth, to governe a realme!
Word: brass rat Part of Speech: noun 1. A class ring bearing the image of a beaver, worn by graduates of MIT. Labels: slang
Word: MIT Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of monoiodotyrosine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: MIT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Second, Kaczynski attended Harvard University and the University of Michigan, not MIT. An MIT spokesperson said in a Wednesday email: “We have no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT.” 2. Initialism of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Initialism of Manukau Institute of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MIT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of market if touched. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: seduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēdūcō (“to lead apart or astray”), from sē- (“aside, away, astray”) + dūcō (“to lead”); see duct. Compare adduce, conduce, deduce, etc. and Middle English seduct. Pronunciation: /sɪˈdjuːs/, /sɪˈd(j)uːs/ 1. To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. Labels: transitive Example: […] they alledged, That becauſe I had ſome Rudiments of Reaſon, added to the natural pravity of thoſe Animals, it was to be feared, I might be able to ſeduce them into the woody and mountainous parts of the Country, and bring them in Troops by night to deſtroy the Houyhnhnms Cattle, as being naturally of the ravenous kind, and averſe from Labour. Example: As a parish priest in England he had dabbled in the black arts, seduced a number of his congregation from their faith and finally celebrated the Black Mass. 2. To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship. Labels: transitive Example: She also approaches the fires, and seeks to seduce young men. Example: "Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?" "Do you want me to seduce you?" 3. To have sexual intercourse with. Labels: broadly, euphemistic, transitive Example: He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home. 4. To win over or attract. Labels: transitive Example: He was seduced by the bright lights and glamour of the city.
Word: peddler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdlə/, /ˈpɛdlɚ/ 1. An itinerant seller of small goods. 2. A drug dealer. Example: Here's a cure for all your troubles Here's an end to all distress It's the old dope peddler With his powdered happiness 3. A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator. Labels: figuratively
Word: continue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre. Displaced native Middle English thurghwonen, from Old English þurhwunian. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪn.juː/, /kənˈtɪn.jʉu/, /kənˈtɪn juː/, /kənˈtɪn.ju/ 1. To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). Labels: transitive Example: Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again? Example: Do you want me to continue to unload these? 2. To make last; to prolong. Labels: transitive Example: Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it? Example: Gino was distracted. She knew why; he wanted a son. He could talk and think of nothing else. His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue." 3. To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc. Labels: transitive Example: […] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […] Example: The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […]. 4. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Labels: intransitive Example: Here to continue, and build up here / A growing empire. Example: They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. 5. To resume. Labels: intransitive Example: When will the concert continue? 6. To adjourn, prorogue, put off. Labels: transitive Example: This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July. 7. To make a continuation bet. Labels: slang
Word: continue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre. Displaced native Middle English thurghwonen, from Old English þurhwunian. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪn.juː/, /kənˈtɪn.jʉu/, /kənˈtɪn juː/, /kənˈtɪn.ju/ 1. An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress. Example: So if you died battling the green monster inside the cave—and you had run out of lives—maybe a continue would be available. Example: Moreover, where three lives and a sparse availability of extra life-giving '1-Ups' marked the 1991 experience, the iPod player is offered an unlimited number of continues with which to progress through the gameworld.
Word: Inuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnjuːɪt/, /ˈɪnuːɪt/, /ˈɪnʊɪt/, /ˈɪnjuːɛt/ 1. A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.
Word: Inuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnjuːɪt/, /ˈɪnuːɪt/, /ˈɪnʊɪt/, /ˈɪnjuːɛt/ 1. plural of Inuk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Inuit Part of Speech: name Etymology: First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnjuːɪt/, /ˈɪnuːɪt/, /ˈɪnʊɪt/, /ˈɪnjuːɛt/ 1. Synonym of Inuktitut, the Inuit language.
Word: Inuit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnjuːɪt/, /ˈɪnuːɪt/, /ˈɪnʊɪt/, /ˈɪnjuːɛt/ 1. Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.
Word: Thule Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Latin Thūlē, Thȳlē, from Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), Θῡ́λη (Thū́lē), of unknown origin, cognate with Middle English Tīle, Tȳle, from Old English Thȳle, Thīla, Thīle (variants of Þȳle) and Medieval Latin Tīle. Pronunciation: /ˈθjuːliː/, /ˈtuːliː/, /θuːl/, /θjuːl/ 1. The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene). Example: I have reached these lands but newly // From an ultimate dim Thule. Example: For distant India tremble may // Beneath your mighty rule, // And Thulé⁵ bow beneath your sway // Far in the Northern sea, // But if to care and want you’re prey, // No king are you, but slave. 2. A nationalist and occultist group in Germany in the early 20th century, which included some of the founding members of the Nazi Party. Labels: historical 3. The historical Eskimo culture extending from Alaska to Greenland between the 6th and 14th centuries. 4. A settlement in northwestern Greenland established in 1910 by the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen. 5. An air base built on the site in the 1940s. 6. A locality in the Murray River council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Thule Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Ultima Thule. Coined in January 2019 by the NASA team investigators of the New Horizons program (see quotations below). 1. The smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object. Example: For the purposes of discussion, MU₆₉’s larger and smaller lobes have been informally designated “Ultima” and “Thule,” respectively, by the New Horizons team. Ultima and Thule have best-fit measured diameters of ~19.5 and ~14.2km, respectively, with errors of only a few percent at this time. Example: Ultima and Thule have similar colors with measured albedos ∼0.06, indicating that UT is a typical member of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt class of objects.
Word: Kapampangan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Kapampangan Kapampangan. 1. A language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages; it is one of the major languages of the Philippines and the primary language in the province of Pampanga, as well as southern Tarlac. 2. The people of Pampanga or people with Kapampangan heritage.
Word: Kapampangan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Kapampangan Kapampangan. 1. A native speaker of the Kapampangan language.
Word: Kapampangan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Kapampangan Kapampangan. 1. Pertaining to the Kapampangan language or its speakers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ilokano Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Ilocano. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ilokano Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Ilocano. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ilokano Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Ilocano. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gaum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention”). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native Middle English yemen, from Old English ġīeman (“to care for, heed”), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. Heed; attention. Labels: UK, dialectal, rare, uncountable Example: "S'cat! s'cat! — set that cat off that barns knee — it al puzzum it!" "Ah've tel'd 'em awal abart that tu monny a hunderd times, bud thuh tak no moar gaum o' muh then a stoop." Example: "Good-night, Uncle Nat," he called. Uncle Nat walked on in grim silence, never turning his head, for quite half a dozen paces. Then he came back to the gate to which Adam had also returned. "Tak' no gaum o' my gruntlin', Addy," asked Uncle.
Word: gaum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention”). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native Middle English yemen, from Old English ġīeman (“to care for, heed”), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːm/ 1. To understand; comprehend; consider. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: "We said nowt on 't. Ther' no 'casion to stir up trouble. But we all gaumed 'at when he heerd t' sounds o' them 'at com to lowse us he'd crawled off into t' workin's an' brayed his head agean a shou'der o' quartz." Example: 'Nobody gaums where we are now,' I said.