nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bog (originally chiefly in Ireland and Scotland), from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach (“soft, boggy ground”), from Old Irish bog (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos (“soft, tender”) + Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. The frequent use to form compounds regarding the animals and plants in such areas mimics Irish compositions such as bog-luachair (“bulrush, bogrush”). Its use for toilets is now often derived from the resemblance of latrines and outhouse cesspools to bogholes, but the noun sense appears to be a clipped form of boghouse (“outhouse, privy”), which derived (possibly via boggard) from the verb to bog, still used in Australian English. The derivation and its connection to other senses of "bog" remains uncertain, however, owing to an extreme lack of early citations due to its perceived vulgarity. Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking. Example: Near-synonyms: fen, slough, moor Example: They that ride so... fall into foule Boggs. 2. An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking. Labels: specifically Example: Bogs are acidic, nutrient poor, and have a low species diversity, whereas fens are less acidic and have higher nutrient levels and species diversity. Typically, the herbaceous layer in bogs is dominated by sphagnum moss, whereas[…] Example: Bogs are acidic peatlands, characteristic of boreal forests and mountainous regions (Figures 9.3 and 9.4). Their hydrology is precipitation driven as bogs do not receive floodwaters from neighboring rivers and streams[…] 3. An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking. Labels: uncountable Example: He laughed each time a camel sank down, and he laughed as they strained and pulled and struggled to get the beast on to its clumsy feet again. So sure on sand, so clumsy in bog! 4. Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas. Labels: figuratively Example: ...quagmires and bogges of Romish superstition... Example: Last day my mind was in a bog. 5. A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: I'm on the bog Example: I'm in the bog 6. An act or instance of defecation. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang 7. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. Labels: US, dialectal 8. Chicken bog. Labels: US Example: Damon does emphasize that great red rice should always be fluffy and never mushy like a rice bog. Example: I love Chicken Bog because it's one of those very regional recipes that has survived […] Don't skim or otherwise remove the fat from the stock though—it will help flavor the bog. Let the chicken cool and then pick the meat, setting it aside for the bog recipe that follows. The broth will[…]
Word: bog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bog (originally chiefly in Ireland and Scotland), from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach (“soft, boggy ground”), from Old Irish bog (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos (“soft, tender”) + Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. The frequent use to form compounds regarding the animals and plants in such areas mimics Irish compositions such as bog-luachair (“bulrush, bogrush”). Its use for toilets is now often derived from the resemblance of latrines and outhouse cesspools to bogholes, but the noun sense appears to be a clipped form of boghouse (“outhouse, privy”), which derived (possibly via boggard) from the verb to bog, still used in Australian English. The derivation and its connection to other senses of "bog" remains uncertain, however, owing to an extreme lack of early citations due to its perceived vulgarity. Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland. Labels: often, transitive Example: To be 'bogged down' or 'mired down' is to be mired, generally in the 'wet valleys' in the spring. 2. To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress. Labels: figuratively Example: […] Bogg'd in his filthy Lusts […] Example: […] whose profession to forsake the World... bogs them deeper into the world. 3. To sink and stick in bogland. Labels: intransitive, often Example: Duncan Graham in Gartmore his horse bogged; that the deponent helped some others to take the horse out of the bogg. 4. To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck. Labels: figuratively 5. To defecate, to void one's bowels. Labels: Australia, intransitive 6. To cover or spray with excrement. Labels: Australia, transitive 7. To make a mess of something. Labels: UK, informal, transitive
Word: bog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bug Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. Alternative form of bug: a bugbear, monster, or terror. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: bog Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain, although possibly related to bug in its original senses of "big" and "puffed up". Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. Bold; boastful; proud. Labels: obsolete Example: The Cuckooe, seeing him so bog, waxt also wondrous wroth. Example: Bogge, bold, forward, sawcy. So we say, a very bog Fellow.
Word: bog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, although possibly related to bug in its original senses of "big" and "puffed up". Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. Puffery, boastfulness. Labels: obsolete Example: Their bog it nuver ceases.
Word: bog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, although possibly related to bug in its original senses of "big" and "puffed up". Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. To provoke, to bug. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: If you had not written to me... we had broke now, the Frenchmen bogged us so often with departing. Example: A Frencheman: whom he [Manlius Torquatus] slew, being bogged [Latin: provocatus] by hym.
Word: bog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bug off, a clipping of bugger off, likely under the influence of bog (coarse British slang for "toilet[s]"). Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. To go away. Labels: UK, euphemistic, slang, usually
Word: bog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From an abbreviation of Bogdanoff, in reference to Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff. Pronunciation: /bɔɡ/, /bɑɡ/, /bɒɡ/ 1. To perform excessive cosmetic surgery that results in a bizarre or obviously artificial facial appearance. Labels: Internet, transitive 2. To have excessive cosmetic surgery performed on oneself, often with a poor or conspicuously unnatural result. Labels: Internet, reflexive Example: My nose is already pretty good and I don't want to bog myself.
Word: means Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel. Pronunciation: /miːnz/, /minz/ 1. plural of mean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: means Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel. Pronunciation: /miːnz/, /minz/ 1. An instrument or condition to achieve a result. Example: She treated him as a means to an end. Example: A car is a means of transport.
Word: means Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel. Pronunciation: /miːnz/, /minz/ 1. Financial resources; wealth. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncountable Example: a person of means; independent means Example: He was living beyond his means. 2. Financial resources; wealth. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncountable Example: She is a woman of means. Example: Hotels that are so priced that only people of means can stay.
Word: means Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel. Pronunciation: /miːnz/, /minz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mean Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tomorrow Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- + morrow. Compare French demain, Dutch morgen, German morgen, Swedish imorgon or Danish i morgen. Pronunciation: /təˈmɒɹəʊ/, /təˈmɔɹəw/, /ðəˈmɒɹæ/, /təˈmɔɹo/, /təˈmɒɹou/ 1. On the day after the present day. Labels: not-comparable Example: He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow. Example: It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers. 2. At some point in the future; later on Labels: not-comparable Example: If you don’t get your life on track today, you’re going to be very sorry tomorrow. 3. On next (period of time other than a day, such as a week or a month), following the present (period of time). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, possibly Example: Resolved, &c. That the House be Called over again on Tomorrow Month, being the Six-and-twentieth Day of April next. Example: 'You shall go to it on to-morrow week, so make haste and get well!' 4. On the next day (following some date in the past). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: To prevent this, a committee for peace was proposed for to-morrow, who heard the ministers and Mr. Anderson upon the heads of the affair, but in vain; when their complaint was given in in Synod, and referred to the next Synod […] Example: […] after he hade drunk liberally in the Advocate's house that same day, went to bed in health, but was taken up stark dead to-morrow morning; and such was the testimony of honour heaven was pleased to allow Montrose's pompuous funerals.
Word: tomorrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- + morrow. Compare French demain, Dutch morgen, German morgen, Swedish imorgon or Danish i morgen. Pronunciation: /təˈmɒɹəʊ/, /təˈmɔɹəw/, /ðəˈmɒɹæ/, /təˈmɔɹo/, /təˈmɒɹou/ 1. The day after the present day. Labels: uncountable Example: Tomorrow will be sunny. Example: 'Go home, Nilghai,' said Dick; 'go home to your lonely little bed, and leave me in peace. I am about to turn in till to-morrow.' 2. A future period or time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Live for what tomorrow has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away. Example: It’s 1965 and we certainly welcome this new year with hopes that all of our tomorrows will bring happiness.
Word: trousers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1610s, from the earlier form trouzes (attested since the 1580s), extended from trouse (1570s), with plural ending typical of things in pairs, from Middle Irish triubus (“close-fitting shorts”), from Old Irish tribus, of uncertain origin. The unexplained intrusive second -r- is perhaps due to the influence of drawers. Doublet of trews (“trousers”). Old Irish tribus is probably a borrowing of Anglo-Norman tribuz, trebuz, from Old French trebus, from Old Occitan trebucs, trabucs, from Late Latin trabrugi, tribuces, tubruci (“leg-coverings”), from an early Germanic language, likely Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks), from Proto-Germanic *þeuhabrōks (“loincloth, trousers”), from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą (“thigh”) + *brōks (“leggings, trousers”), thus making it by surface analysis, thigh + breeches. Cognate with Old High German diohbruoh (“loincloth, trousers”), whence obsolete German Diechbruch (“short legwear, knee breeches, loincloth”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaʊzəz/, /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/ 1. An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The trousers need to be shortened. Example: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
Word: paint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pictus Vulgar Latin *pinctus French peint Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French peintierder. Middle English peynten English paint From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”). Pronunciation: /peɪnt/, /pɛjɳʈ/, /peɳʈ/ 1. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: fresh coat of paint 2. A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired. 3. The free-throw lane, construed with the. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint. Example: Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess. 4. Paintballs. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I am running low on paint for my marker. 5. Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack). Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features. Example: Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials. 7. Makeup. Labels: uncountable Example: They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face. 8. Tattoo work. Labels: slang, uncountable 9. Any substance fixed with latex to harden it. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 10. The appearance of an object on a radar screen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI.
Word: paint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pictus Vulgar Latin *pinctus French peint Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French peintierder. Middle English peynten English paint From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”). Pronunciation: /peɪnt/, /pɛjɳʈ/, /peɳʈ/ 1. To apply paint to. Labels: transitive Example: I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white. Example: The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise. 2. To apply in the manner that paint is applied. Labels: transitive 3. To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part. Labels: transitive 4. To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint. Labels: transitive Example: not painted with the crimson spots of blood Example: Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight. 5. To create (an image) with paints. Labels: transitive Example: to paint a portrait or a landscape 6. To practise the art of painting pictures. Labels: intransitive Example: I've been painting since I was a young child. 7. To draw an element in a graphical user interface. Labels: transitive Example: Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted. 8. To depict or portray. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud. Example: Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. 9. To color one's face by way of beautifying it. Labels: intransitive Example: Let her paint an inch thick. 10. To detect (something) with radar. Labels: slang, transitive Example: "We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said. Example: The Albuquerque radar “painted” just one object whenever the light was on, none when it was off. 11. To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: machine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu. Pronunciation: /məˈʃiːn/, /məˈʃin/ 1. To make by machinery. 2. To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths. Example: Engineering materials have been recently developed whose hardness and strength are considerably increased, such that the cutting speed and the MRR tend to fall when machining such materials using traditional methods like turning, milling, grinding, and so on.
Word: sheep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English schep, schepe, from Anglian Old English sċēp (West Saxon sċēap), from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, of unknown origin. Perhaps from the same Scythian word (compare Ossetian цӕу (cæw, “goat”), Persian چپش (čapiš, “yearling goat”)) which was borrowed into Albanian as cjap, sqap (“buck”) and into Slavic (compare Polish cap). After Kroonen, *skēpą is instead from the root of Proto-Germanic *skabaną (“to scratch”) via Kluge's law. Cognates Cognate with Scots sheep (“sheep”), Yola sheep, zheep (“sheep”), North Frisian schep, schäip, Sjip (“sheep”), Saterland Frisian Schäip, Skäip (“sheep”), West Frisian skiep (“sheep”), Alemannic German Schaf, Schooff (“sheep”), Bavarian Schof, Schouf, Schåf (“sheep”), Dutch schaap (“sheep”), German Schaf (“sheep”), German Low German Schaap (“sheep”), Limburgish Schoëp, sjaop (“sheep”), Luxembourgish Schof (“sheep”), Vilamovian siöf (“sheep”), Yiddish שאָף (shof, “sheep”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːp/, [ˈʃɪi̯p] 1. A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. Labels: countable Example: There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly. 2. A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis. Labels: countable 3. A timid, shy person who is easily led by others. Labels: countable 4. A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock). Labels: countable, plural Example: 1990, Dave Mustaine, "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due", Megadeth, Rust in Peace. And fools like me, who cross the sea and come to foreign lands / Ask the sheep, for their beliefs do you kill on God's command? 5. Sheepskin leather. Labels: uncountable 6. A person who is easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with goat. Labels: countable 7. A gullible person. Labels: countable
Word: sheep Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːp/, [ˈʃɪi̯p] 1. plural of shoop Labels: form-of, humorous, plural
Word: rod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old English *rodd Middle English rodde English rod From Middle English rodde, from Old English *rodd or *rodde (attested in dative plural roddum (“rod, pole”)), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Germanic *rudd- (“stick, club”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewdʰ- (“to clear land”). Compare Old Norse rudda (“club”). For the root, compare English rid. Presumably unrelated to Proto-Germanic *rōdō (“rod, pole”). Pronunciation: /ɹɒd/, /ɹɑd/ 1. To reinforce concrete with metal rods. 2. To furnish with rods, especially lightning rods. Labels: transitive 3. To penetrate sexually. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: On impulse he moved around to the opposite side of the couple, in the direction which Grace's broad buttocks were pointed, for a full view of the big boned woman's back side. Now Grace wouldn't mind one iota if he rodded her from the rear. 4. To hot rod. Labels: slang Example: There were three clear sets, more than what you might expect at Heartbreak Point, given all the juvies rodding in and out of there with their girlfriends.
Word: mal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mal (“illness”). Doublet of malus. Pronunciation: /mæl/ 1. illness, affliction. Example: a grand mal seizure
Word: mal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of malibu. Pronunciation: /mæl/ 1. A longboard (type of surfboard).
Word: mal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of malleolus. Pronunciation: /mæl/ 1. A malleolus. Labels: informal Example: lateral mal
Word: pommes frites Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pommes frites. 1. french fries; plural of pomme frite
Word: sic Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sīc (“thus, so”). Pronunciation: /sɪk/ 1. Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source. Labels: not-comparable Example: When it is all over they merge and go in a body to visit [...] the Telegraph Office – with plausible expressions of regret and excuses for the mob ‘which’ they say ‘is deplorably ignorant and will not be restrained when its feelings are strongly moved’ – sic, the fact being that the mob’s feelings will never be ‘moved’ unless it is by one of them. Example: Bolinger, Dwight (1977) ‘Pronoun and repeated nouns.’ Lingua18:1-34 [Quoted sic in Toolan 1990. Neither in Lingua 18, nor in the 1977 volume of that journal.] 2. Used in the manner of scare quotes Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: In the past few months, we in Upstate N.Y. have been subjected to fire bombings, firings, verbal and physical harassment, etc. The list goes on and on. These (sic) Christians are calling for a million marchers and may very well get that many.
Word: sic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sīc (“thus, so”). Pronunciation: /sɪk/ 1. To mark with a bracketed sic. Example: The fact is, of course, that the modern reviewer’s taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates, but he must find something to say and above all make a slow of purism.
Word: sic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of seek. Pronunciation: /sɪk/ 1. To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. Labels: transitive Example: He sicced his dog on me! Example: Phreaks can max-out 911 systems just by siccing a bunch of computer-modems on them in tandem, dialling them over and over until they clog. 2. To set upon; to chase; to attack. Labels: transitive Example: Sic ’em, Mitzi.
Word: oar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár. Pronunciation: /ɔː/, /oɹ/, /oə/, /o(ː)ɹ/ 1. A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat. Example: The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile... 2. An oarsman; a rower. Example: He is a good oar. 3. An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
Word: oar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár. Pronunciation: /ɔː/, /oɹ/, /oə/, /o(ː)ɹ/ 1. To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars. Labels: literary Example: The weather was fine, and whilst oaring along I would fain have landed on the islands between; but fearful of a change, and already half worn-out by my previous trail, I let them go by with the comforting resolve of turning them up on some future occasion. Example: Turning the long tables upside down — and there were twelve of them — they seated themselves, one behind another, within the upturned table tops as though they were boats and were about to oar their way into some fabulous ocean.
Word: with Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English with, from Old English wiþ (“against, opposite, toward, with”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). In Middle English, the word shifted to denote association rather than opposition, displacing Middle English mid (“with”), from Old English mid (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi; an earlier model of this meaning shift exists in cognate Old Norse við; elsewhere, the converse meaning shift is exemplified by Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬 (byn, “between, amid”) spawning Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “against”) and even likewise frequent reverse meaning 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “from”). The adverb sense is probably a semantic loan from various other Germanic languages, such as German mit, Norwegian med, and Swedish med. Pronunciation: /wɪð/, /wɪθ/, /wɪ/, /wɪv/, /wɪt/ 1. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. Labels: US, informal, not-comparable, regional Example: Do you want to come with?
Word: with Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English withe, wiþþe, from Old English wiþþe. More at withe. 1. Alternative form of withe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Word: wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-West Germanic *wīn Old English wīn Middle English wyn English wine From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino. Cognate with Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯n/, [ˈwaɪ̯n] 1. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wine is usually stronger than beer. Example: "Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table. 2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine... 3. A serving of wine. Labels: countable Example: I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same. 4. The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple. Labels: uncountable
Word: wine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-West Germanic *wīn Old English wīn Middle English wyn English wine From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino. Cognate with Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯n/, [ˈwaɪ̯n] 1. To entertain (someone) with wine. Labels: transitive Example: Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure; 2. To drink wine. Labels: intransitive Example: I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.
Word: wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯n/, [ˈwaɪ̯n] 1. Wind. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: Vor voices rawze upon tha wine Example: Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens / When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine.
Word: wine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯n/, [ˈwaɪ̯n] 1. To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine. Labels: intransitive Example: Carolina come wine 'pon me / Oh watch how di gyal groove Example: Even when there are positive comments, as in the responses to “white boy wines to dancehall,” the origin of the white boy's ability to dance is attributed to skills derived from others: […].
Word: wool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ull, Danish uld; also Welsh gwlân, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vi̇̀lna, Russian во́лос (vólos), Slovak vlna, Bulgarian влас (vlas), Albanian lesh (“wool, hair, fleece”). Doublet of lana. The vowel development u → o → oo is purely graphical. Modern English generally avoids the string ⟨wu⟩ in favour of ⟨wo⟩, and the resulting woll was then altered to wool (as supposedly better representing the pronunciation). Pronunciation: /wʊl/, [wʊ̠ɫ], [wəl], [wul], /wʉl/ 1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut the wool from the sheep's back. 2. A cloth or yarn made from such hair. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Spielvogel said wet cleaning also has limitations; while it is fine for cottons and fabrics worn in warm climates, he said, it can damage heavy wools or structured clothes like suit jackets. 3. Anything with a fibrous texture like that of sheep's wool. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The groundsels have leaves covered in wool for insulation[… 4. A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: wool of bat and tongue of dog 6. Yarn, including that made from synthetic fibers. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually 7. A woolly back; a resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually 8. A marijuana cigarette or cigar laced with crack cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: The object of your affection is the treetop connection / Where basically you love to smoke your wools Example: He rocked Caesar's chains, he pushed Caesar's Range / Smokin' mad wools all day, with Caesar's change
Word: pull the wool over someone's eyes Part of Speech: verb 1. To deceive someone. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: rake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rake [and other forms], from Old English raca, racu, ræce (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Danish rage (chiefly regional), Middle Dutch rāke, rēke (modern Dutch raak, reek (both regional), riek (“pitchfork, rake”)), Middle Low German rāke, racke (modern German Low German Raak (“rake; poker”)), Old High German rehho, rech (Middle High German reche, modern German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel”) (modern Icelandic reka (“shovel”)), Old Saxon recho, Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“rake; (long) straight section of a road”)). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor. Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […] Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft. 2. A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes. Labels: broadly 3. A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes. Labels: broadly 4. A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves. Example: I've been dealing primarily with rake and spaceship interactions for ease of experimentation (a rake will invariably escape before being eaten by even its most hellish progeny, and a spaceship is easy to redraw on the spot). Example: That would mean building rake guns or glider gun arrays to construct moving walls.
Word: rake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is partly derived from rake (“tool with a row of pointed teeth”) (see etymology 1) and from Middle English raken (“to rake; to gather by raking; to rake away (debris); to cover with something; (figurative) to conceal, hide; to destroy”) [and other forms], from Old Norse raka (“to scrape”), from Proto-Germanic *raką, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (modern Dutch raken (“to rake”) (regional)), Middle Low German rāken, Old Danish raghæ, rakæ (modern Danish rage (“to shave”)), Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“to rake; to shave”)). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Example: She is raking the gravel path to keep it even. Example: We raked all the leaves into a pile. 2. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive Example: The casino is just raking in the cash; it’s like a licence to print money. 3. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: transitive 4. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: The cat’s sharp claws raked the side of my face. Example: Pas could not stay, but over him did rake, / And crown'd the earth with his first touching crowne: [...] 5. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively 6. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: [...] I have added to both of them [language and poetry] in the choice of Words, and Harmony of Numbers which were wanting, [...] One is for raking in [Geoffrey] Chaucer (our Engliſh Ennius) for antiquated Words, which are never to be reviv'd, but when Sound or Significancy is wanting in the preſent Language. Example: The statesman rakes the town to find a plot, / And dreams of forfeitures by treason got. 7. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: also, ambitransitive, figuratively Example: The enemy machine guns raked the roadway. Example: George took the glass again and raked the vessel. "How she does pitch!" he said. 8. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: also, ambitransitive, figuratively 9. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, also, figuratively, transitive 10. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
Word: rake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is partly derived from rake (“tool with a row of pointed teeth”) (see etymology 1) and from Middle English raken (“to rake; to gather by raking; to rake away (debris); to cover with something; (figurative) to conceal, hide; to destroy”) [and other forms], from Old Norse raka (“to scrape”), from Proto-Germanic *raką, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (modern Dutch raken (“to rake”) (regional)), Middle Low German rāken, Old Danish raghæ, rakæ (modern Danish rage (“to shave”)), Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“to rake; to shave”)). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. The act of raking. 2. Something that is raked. 3. Something that is raked. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, slang Example: Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
Word: rake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rake, rakke (“pass, path, track; type of fencing thrust; pasture land (?)”), and then partly: * probably from Old English racu (“bed of a stream; path; account, narrative; explanation; argument, reasoning; reason”) (compare Old English hrace, hraca, hracu (“gorge”)), from Proto-Germanic *rakō (“path, track; course, direction; an unfolding, unwinding; account, narrative; argument, reasoning”) [and other forms], from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”); and * from Old Norse rák (“strip; stripe; furrow; small mountain ravine”), further etymology uncertain but probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rakō, as above. Cognates The English word is cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, stripe; notch in a rock; vein in stone or wood”), Norwegian råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail”), Norwegian Nynorsk råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail; furrow; stripe”), Swedish råk (“crack or channel in ice; river valley”); and probably cognate with Old Danish rag (modern Danish rag (“stiff; taut”) (regional)), Old Norse rakr (“straight”), Swedish rak (“straight”). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside. Labels: Northern-England, also, figuratively 2. A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so. 3. A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons. Labels: Scotland, UK Example: The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches. Example: On February 21 Class "O4/1" 2-8-0 No. 63635 passed through Manchester (Victoria) heading in the Rochdale direction with a rake of empty wagons. 4. Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”). Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, alt-of, alternative
Word: rake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rake, rakke (“pass, path, track; type of fencing thrust; pasture land (?)”), and then partly: * probably from Old English racu (“bed of a stream; path; account, narrative; explanation; argument, reasoning; reason”) (compare Old English hrace, hraca, hracu (“gorge”)), from Proto-Germanic *rakō (“path, track; course, direction; an unfolding, unwinding; account, narrative; argument, reasoning”) [and other forms], from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”); and * from Old Norse rák (“strip; stripe; furrow; small mountain ravine”), further etymology uncertain but probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rakō, as above. Cognates The English word is cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, stripe; notch in a rock; vein in stone or wood”), Norwegian råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail”), Norwegian Nynorsk råk (“channel (in ice); cow path; trail; furrow; stripe”), Swedish råk (“crack or channel in ice; river valley”); and probably cognate with Old Danish rag (modern Danish rag (“stiff; taut”) (regional)), Old Norse rakr (“straight”), Swedish rak (“straight”). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English raken (“to go, proceed; to move quickly, hasten, rush; to roam, wander”) [and other forms], from Old English racian (“to go forward, move, run; to hasten; to take a course or direction; to control, direct, govern, rule”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn (“to take a course or direction; to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to direct oneself”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), Old High German rahhōn (“to narrate, speak”), and probably Swedish raka (“to rush off”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly. Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive 2. Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued. Labels: intransitive
Word: rake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English raken (“to go, proceed; to move quickly, hasten, rush; to roam, wander”) [and other forms], from Old English racian (“to go forward, move, run; to hasten; to take a course or direction; to control, direct, govern, rule”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn (“to take a course or direction; to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to direct oneself”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), Old High German rahhōn (“to narrate, speak”), and probably Swedish raka (“to rush off”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. Rate of progress; pace, speed. Labels: Scotland
Word: rake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain. The noun is probably derived from the verb. possibly related terms * German ragen (“to rise up out of; to jut or stick out”), from Middle High German ragen (compare Middle Dutch rāgen, Middle Low German rāgen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erǵʰ- (“to go up, rise”); and * Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), from Proto-Germanic *rakōną (“to take a course or direction; to run”) (see further at etymology 4). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction. Labels: ambitransitive Example: A mast rakes aft. 2. Senses relating to watercraft. Labels: transitive 3. Senses relating to watercraft. Labels: intransitive, rare
Word: rake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain. The noun is probably derived from the verb. possibly related terms * German ragen (“to rise up out of; to jut or stick out”), from Middle High German ragen (compare Middle Dutch rāgen, Middle Low German rāgen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erǵʰ- (“to go up, rise”); and * Middle Dutch rāken (“to acquire; to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”) (modern Dutch raken (“to hit (not miss); to touch; to become”)), Middle Low German rāken, rōken (“to hit (not miss); to reach; to touch”), from Proto-Germanic *rakōną (“to take a course or direction; to run”) (see further at etymology 4). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope. 2. In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to). Labels: specifically 3. The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane. 4. Senses relating to watercraft. 5. Senses relating to watercraft. 6. The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
Word: rake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a clipping of rakehell (“(archaic) lewd or wanton person, debauchee, rake”), from to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct. Example: We have now and then rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of rakes. The misfortune of the thing is, that people dress themselves in what they have a mind to be, and not what they are fit for. Example: For honest men delight will take, / To shew you favour for his sake, / Will flatter you; and Fool and Rake / Your steps pursue: / And of your Father's name will make / A snare for you.
Word: rake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is a clipping of rakehell (“(archaic) lewd or wanton person, debauchee, rake”), from to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/ 1. To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life. Labels: dated, intransitive, rare Example: When women hid their necks , and veil'd their faces , Nor romp'd , nor raked , nor stared at public places
Word: zas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of za Labels: form-of, plural