nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tacit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”). Pronunciation: /ˈtæsɪt/ 1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence. Example: tacit consent Example: Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot, 2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Word: tact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tact, following a semantic shift from earlier tact (“sense of touch; feeling”), borrowed from Latin tāctus (“touched”). The borrowing was likely influenced by earlier English tact (“sense of touch; feeling”), which was a parallel borrowing directly from the Latin. Pronunciation: /tækt/ 1. Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true. Labels: uncountable Example: By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband. Example: I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better. 2. Propriety; manners (etiquette). Labels: uncountable
Word: tact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Directly borrowed from Latin tāctus. Pronunciation: /tækt/ 1. The sense of touch; feeling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight? Example: Now, sight is a very refined tact. 2. The stroke in beating time. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Skinner (1957) saw such tacts as responses that are reinforced socially.
Word: tact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Directly borrowed from Latin tāctus. Pronunciation: /tækt/ 1. To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant).
Word: tact Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tækt/ 1. Clipping of tactic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Wanda "Hey, can you show us?" Karen "No" Brent "We promise not to make fun of you." Karen "No" Lacey "Okay, we promise TO make fun of you." Karen "I'm getting a drink" Lacey "I was trying a different tact." Wanda "Bad tack."
Word: taint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French teint, from Old French teint (past participle of teindre (“to dye, to tinge”)), from Latin tinctum (past participle of tingere); compare tint. Pronunciation: /teɪnt/ 1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food. 2. A tinge, trace or touch. Example: There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies, - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget. 3. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish. 4. Tincture; hue; colour. Labels: obsolete 5. Infection; corruption; deprivation. Labels: obsolete Example: A prison taint was on everything there. The imprisoned air, the imprisoned light, the imprisoned damps, the imprisoned men, were all deteriorated by confinement. Example: He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. 6. A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks. Example: Using Apache version 1.3.29 and Perl version 5.8.2, we tracked the following sequence of taints […]
Word: taint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French teint, from Old French teint (past participle of teindre (“to dye, to tinge”)), from Latin tinctum (past participle of tingere); compare tint. Pronunciation: /teɪnt/ 1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally. Labels: transitive Example: His unkindness may defeat my life, / But never taint my love. 2. To spoil (food) by contamination. Labels: transitive 3. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting. Labels: intransitive Example: I cannot taint with fear. 4. To be affected with incipient putrefaction. Labels: intransitive Example: Meat soon taints in warm weather. 5. To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks. Labels: transitive 6. To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it. Labels: Australia, transitive
Word: taint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English taynt, aphetic form of attaynt, atteynt, from Old French atteinte (“a blow, stroke”). Compare with attaint. Pronunciation: /teɪnt/ 1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. Example: This taint he follow'd with his sword, drawn from a silver sheath, Which lifting high, he struck his helm full where his plume did stand, On which it piecemeal brake, and fell from his unhappy hand. 2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
Word: taint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English taynt, aphetic form of attaynt, atteynt, from Old French atteinte (“a blow, stroke”). Compare with attaint. Pronunciation: /teɪnt/ 1. To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. Labels: transitive Example: Do not fear; I have / A staff to taint, and bravely. 2. To thrust ineffectually with a lance. Labels: intransitive
Word: taint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reportedly from the phrase “'tain't your balls and 'tain't your ass”. Ascribed to E.E. Landy's Underground Dict. (1972) is the following explanation: ‘'taint their ass and 'taint their pussy.’ Pronunciation: /teɪnt/ 1. The perineum. Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: Sorry you feel that way. But since your mother sucks cocks in hell if I go there I won't be rotting.....I'll be on line right behind you hoping to get another good head job from your Mom or Sister....if you can remember which is which.......(Moms the one with the beard on her taint) Example: Even her taint's raw?
Word: taint Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of it + ain't. Pronunciation: /teɪnt/ 1. Alternative spelling of 'taint. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: tally Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of tallyho. Pronunciation: /ˈtæli/ 1. Target sighted. Example: (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet. Example: (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.
Word: tally Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English talie, from Anglo-Norman tallie and Old French taille (“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea (“a cutting, rod, stick”). Doublet of taille and talea. Pronunciation: /ˈtæli/ 1. Abbreviation of tally stick. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. Labels: broadly 3. Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate. Labels: broadly Example: Bulgaria, inevitably, raised the tempo in the opening moments of the second half and keeper Joe Hart was forced into his first meaningful action to block a deflected corner - but England were soon threatening to add to their goal tally. 4. One thing made to suit another; a counterpart or match. Labels: archaic Example: So paired, so suited in their minds and persons, That they were framed the tallies for each other. 5. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game. 6. A tally shop. 7. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong. 8. A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage. Labels: dated, informal, regional Example: But I’d advise thee t’ live tally for o that, if thou con mak it reet wi’ some owd damsel, ut does no’ care what folk say’n about owt o’th’sort. Example: It is used in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, and, I dare say, various other counties. A tally-woman is the mistress of a married man, who is said to live tally with her. 9. Five dozen bunches of turnips. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Then turnips isn't such good sale yet, but they may be soon, for winter's best for them. […] I buy turnips by the 'tally.' A tally's five dozen bunches. Example: A bunch of Turnips, 12 and upwards. A bunch of Leeks, 6 and upwards. Bunches of Greens and of herbs vary much, according to kind, size, and season. Roll of Celery = 6, 8, to 12 heads. A tally = five dozen.
Word: tally Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English talien, from the noun (see above). Also from Medieval Latin taliare. Pronunciation: /ˈtæli/ 1. To count something. Labels: transitive 2. To mathematically calculate a numeric result. Labels: transitive 3. To record something by making marks. Labels: transitive Example: The counter tallied the languages people were conversing in while walking along a set route that wove back and forth through the chairs and tables. 4. To make things correspond or agree with each other. Labels: transitive Example: I am sorry to find they are not so well tallied to the present juncture as I could wish. 5. To keep score. Labels: intransitive 6. To correspond or agree. Labels: intransitive Example: In some I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel, and in others a little wall of bricks Example: Your idea, my dear lord, of the abusive paragraph on you being conceived at Paris, and transmitted hither, tallies exactly with mine. 7. To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. Example: I loaded a cargo of potatoes in Dublin, for Bangor and Caernarvon, all in bags, for three different parties—viz. 13 tons delivered at Bangor, which was tallied in and out; remainder to Caernarvon, and was not tallied in, but tallied out.
Word: tally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English tally, talliche, equivalent to tall + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔli/, /ˈtɔl.li/, /ˈtɑli/, /ˈtɑl.li/ 1. In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit. Labels: obsolete Example: And you, Lodovick, / That stand so tally on your reputation, / You shall be he shall speak it.
Word: tamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tame (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈteɪmɚ/ 1. One who tames or subdues. Example: Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage. Example: On the mantelshelf either side of the clock stood two lacquered bronzes of horse and tamer.
Word: tamer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tame (adjective) + -er (suffix forming comparative adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈteɪmɚ/ 1. comparative form of tame: more tame Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tammy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction). Pronunciation: /ˈtami/ 1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tammy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /ˈtami/ 1. Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: tammy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /ˈtami/ 1. To strain through a tammy. Labels: transitive
Word: tammy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of tammy shanter. Pronunciation: /ˈtami/ 1. A tam o’shanter hat.
Word: tang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”). Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ/, [ˈtʰæŋ], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. Example: a tang of citrus Example: The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath. 2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. Example: a tang of cellar Example: Wine or cider has a tang of the cask. 3. A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Labels: figuratively Example: a tang of pedantry Example: Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. 4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. Example: (archaic) Example: slip the cable over the tang 5. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. Example: full-tang Example: A full-tang knife is strongest against handle breakage, but partial-tang knives are common because of a combination of facts: they are inexpensive, and in some applications any manner of use that would exceed the handle's limit is not an appropriate manner of use. 6. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. Example: I spent the evening collecting the abandoned nests of birds from a rock face a half league distant, and that night I struck fire from the tang of Terminus Est and boiled the coarse meal (which took a long time to cook, because of the altitude) and ate it. 7. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. Example: The rifle carried a vernier sight on the tang[…] 8. A shuffleboard paddle. 9. Obsolete form of tongue. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V, Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth? 10. Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle. Labels: broadly
Word: tang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ/, [ˈtʰæŋ], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
Word: tang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ/, [ˈtʰæŋ], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper. Labels: dated 2. To make a ringing sound; to ring. Example: let thy tongue tang arguments of state
Word: tang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ/, [ˈtʰæŋ], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ/ 1. knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: tang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of poontang. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ/, [ˈtʰæŋ], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ/ 1. The vagina or vulva. Labels: countable, vulgar Example: The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […] 2. Sexual intercourse with a woman Labels: uncountable, vulgar
Word: tang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ/, [ˈtʰæŋ], /ˈteɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈtɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
Word: acologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acologic From acology + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌækəˈlɑdʒɪk/ 1. Pertaining to acology
Word: tanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtænɚ/ 1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. 2. A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin. Example: Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set. 3. A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.
Word: tanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), who designed a sixpence for the Royal Mint during the reign of King George II. Pronunciation: /ˈtænɚ/ 1. A former British coin worth six old pence. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: [A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […] Example: They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner.
Word: tanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from the taxonomic eponym tanneri in the species name Chionoecetes tanneri, named after American naval officer Zera Luther Tanner (1835–1906). Pronunciation: /ˈtænɚ/ 1. Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio. Example: Near-synonym: snow crab Example: The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing.
Word: tanner Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtænɚ/ 1. comparative form of tan: more tan Labels: comparative, form-of Example: He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light.
Word: tart Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Scots tairt (“tart; tartness”), Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”). Pronunciation: /tɑɹt/, /tɑːt/ 1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. Example: I ate a very tart apple. 2. High or too high in acidity. 3. Sharp; keen; severe. Labels: figuratively Example: He gave me a very tart reply. Example: [French president Emmanuel] Macron fired back [at US president Donald Trump] on Thursday with his own tart riposte, telling journalists, “This is not a show. We are talking about war and peace. ... When you want to be serious,” he continued, “you don’t say every day the opposite of what you said the day before.”
Word: tart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tart, tarte, from Old French tarte, tartre (“flat pastry”) (compare Medieval Latin tarta), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Old French torte, tourte, from Latin turta, perhaps from tŏrta f (“twisted”), in which case it would be cognate to torta. Pronunciation: /tɑɹt/, /tɑːt/ 1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings). 2. A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
Word: tart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a rebracketing of sweetheart, or from jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening. Pronunciation: /tɑɹt/, /tɑːt/ 1. A prostitute. Labels: UK, slang 2. Any woman with loose sexual morals. Labels: broadly, derogatory, slang Example: We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at. Example: In the garden I was playing the tart / I kissed your lips and broke your heart
Word: tart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a rebracketing of sweetheart, or from jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening. Pronunciation: /tɑɹt/, /tɑːt/ 1. To practice prostitution. 2. To practice promiscuous sex. 3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.
Word: tasty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪsti/ 1. Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor. Example: You could make this tasty meal for breakfast. Example: Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table. […] Lightly sautéing fresh spinach in a drizzle of olive or avocado oil meets this baseline, and it’s tasty and nutritious as well. 2. Having or showing good taste; tasteful. Labels: obsolete Example: These items will make an attractive and tasty display. Example: we wait until the palace is half-way up, and then we pay some tasty architect to run us up an ornamental mud hovel, right against it 3. Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing. Labels: slang Example: Country fans probably remember Stu best for a tasty tune he wrote and recorded but didn't want released. 4. Skillful; highly competent. Labels: UK, informal 5. Potentially violent. Labels: UK, informal Example: I watched it all unfold live on Sky News. Ed Miliband was there, but so were the usual bunch of troublemakers and I, for one, was expecting it to kick off.¶ Sure enough, it all got a bit tasty in the afternoon at about the time I should have been polishing off my tinned tuna. Only there was no one about to dish out my grub.¶ They were all glued to the telly watching a gang of blokes wearing balaclavas smash the windows of a Porsche showroom in Park Lane. Example: No, I wouldn't take a bullet for him, or any of them,I wasn't paid enough to go that far, but I would break up a scrap if it all got a bit tasty and, yeah, it was a great at the bar that night getting the drinks in.
Word: tasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪsti/ 1. Something tasty; a delicious article of food. Labels: informal Example: The mate had procured other tasties too, olives and such, for later in the evening. Example: Sean then made up the most delicious pâté to have with biscuits and various other tasties. 2. A loaf of bread. Labels: Philippines, dated
Word: teak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku). Pronunciation: /tiːk/ 1. An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.). Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 2. A tree of the species in the genus Tectona. Labels: countable, usually 3. A yellowish brown colour, like that of teakwood. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: teak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku). Pronunciation: /tiːk/ 1. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood. Labels: not-comparable
Word: telegraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + -graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/, /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/ 1. Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code. Labels: uncommon Example: This strict sense of telegraph developed from French usage for Napoleon's overland semaphore network but rather arbitrarily excludes similar Chinese and other signalling networks. 2. The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables. Labels: historical Example: The first message transmitted by telegraph in the United States was WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT. Example: The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her. 3. A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
Word: telegraph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + -graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹɑːf/, /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/, /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/ 1. To use a telegraph; to send a message by telegraph. Example: Whenever this portent occurs, my steward telegraphs to me, that I, as head of the family, be not unsteeled against the shock of a bereavement […] Example: In "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," Sherlock Holmes telegraphs Watson: "Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for from the West of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. […]." 2. To clearly communicate to another nonverbally (whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign), and especially unintentionally. Labels: figuratively Example: Her frown telegraphed her displeasure. Example: He took a jab and telegraphed his punch so loudly that I was able to land a solid right hand to his stomach.
Word: telepathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + -pathy. Pronunciation: /tɛˈlɛp.ə.θi/, /təˈlɛp.ə.θi/, /ˈtɛl.əˌpæθ.i/ 1. The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Gerwin Schalk and Anthony Ritaccio, at the Albany Medical Center, are working under a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. military to design and develop devices that enable soldiers to communicate telepathically. Although this seems like something out of a science fiction story, the Pentagon believes that these so-called telepathy helmets are sufficiently feasible that it is devoting more than $6 million to the project. The target date for completion of the prototype device is 2017.
Word: temperance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman temperance, from Latin temperantia (“moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control”), from temperans, present participle of temperare (“to moderate”). See temper. English equivalent temper + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmpəɹəns/ 1. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: temperance in eating and drinking Example: temperance in the indulgence of joy 2. Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another error, as it seems to me, into which the old reformers fell, was the position that all habitual drunkards were utterly incorrigible, and therefore must be turned adrift and damned without remedy in order that the grace of temperance might abound, to the temperate then, and to all mankind some hundreds of years thereafter. Example: So now the frauds reckoned they was out of danger, and they begun to work the villages again. ¶ First they done a lecture on temperance; but they didn't make enough for them both to get drunk on. 3. Moderation of passion; calmness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] in the verie Torrent, Tempeſt, and (as I may ſay) the Whirle-winde of Paſſion, you muſt acquire and beget a Temperance that may giue it Smoothneſſe. Example: Enough, you stand a traitor by my hearth, / And yet I draw not! Sir, I cannot pledge / This temperance long; the path of safety’s there. 4. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: It [the climate] must needs be of subtle, tender, and delicate temperance.
Word: tenacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās (whence -acity). Pronunciation: /təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/, /təˈnæsəti/ 1. The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like the Cuscus of the Moluccas, the Galeopithecus feeds chiefly on leaves, and possesses a very voluminous stomach and long convoluted intestines. The brain is very small, and the animal possesses such remarkable tenacity of life, that it is exceedingly difficult to kill it by any ordinary means. Example: — Our opponents may be younger, faster and less out of shape than we are, but we have something they’ll never have! — Tenure? — Tenacity! 2. The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tenden, from Middle French tendre, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnd/, /ˈtɪnd/ 1. To make a tender of; to offer or tender. 2. To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. Labels: auxiliary Example: They tend to go out on Saturdays. Example: It tends to snow here in winter. 3. To contribute to or toward some outcome. Labels: intransitive Example: The Lords in 1722 declared that annexing such Clauses tends to the destruction of this government. And yet there are such bills every session and you pass them.
Word: tend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tenden (“to pay attention to”), by apheresis of attenden (“to attend”) or entenden (“to intend”). More at attend and intend. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnd/, /ˈtɪnd/ 1. To look after (e.g. an ill person.) Example: We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess. 2. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard. Example: Shepherds tend their flocks. Example: There's not a sparrow or a wren, / There's not a blade of autumn grain, / Which the four seasons do not tend / And tides of life and increase lend. 3. To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend. Example: Was he not companion with the riotous knights / That tend upon my father? 4. To await; to expect. Labels: obsolete Example: Had I not. Four or five women once that tended me? 5. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to. Labels: obsolete Example: Being to descend / A ladder much in height, I did not tend / My way well down. 6. To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging. Labels: transitive
Word: tend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle, set on fire”) (usually in compounds ātendan, fortendan, ontendan), from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną (“to kindle”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Danish tænde (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to ignite”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tandjan, “to kindle”), Icelandic tendra (“to ignite”), German zünden (“to light, ignite, fire”). Related to tinder. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnd/, /ˈtɪnd/ 1. To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: tent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”). Pronunciation: /tɛnt/, /tɪnt/ 1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. Example: We were camping in a three-man tent. Example: We bought a new tent that can be put up in five seconds, but it took about twenty minutes to take it down and pack it away. 2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing. Labels: archaic 3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. Labels: Scotland Example: A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled. 4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent. Example: […] feeling his erection making a tent in his pants.
Word: tent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”). Pronunciation: /tɛnt/, /tɪnt/ 1. To go camping. Labels: intransitive Example: We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend. 2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven. 3. To form into a tent-like shape. Labels: intransitive Example: The sheet tented over his midsection. 4. Synonym of fumigate.
Word: tent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend Pronunciation: /tɛnt/, /tɪnt/ 1. To attend to; to heed. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal Example: 14th century, anonymous, The Romance of Syr Tryamoure He let hur have wemen at wylle, To tent hur, and that was skylle, And brought hur to bede 2. To guard; to hinder. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal Example: The poor lass was sitting bemoaning herself - "Were it nae for thy girning face, I would knock the big, winnow the corn, and grun the meal," - "Lowse the cradle-band," said the child, "and tent the neighbours, and I'll work yere work."
Word: tent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend Pronunciation: /tɛnt/, /tɪnt/ 1. Attention; regard, care. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal Example: Lo ! lo ! my frend , take tent to this womman 2. Intention; design. Labels: archaic Example: A-pon þe feild his fader went And soght abel wit al his tent
Word: tent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”). Pronunciation: /tɛnt/, /tɪnt/ 1. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges. 2. A probe for searching a wound.
Word: tent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”). Pronunciation: /tɛnt/, /tɪnt/ 1. To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent. Labels: figuratively, sometimes Example: to tent a wound Example: I'll tent him to the quick.
Word: tent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tinto (“deep-colored”), from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingo (“to dye”). More at tinge. Doublet of tint and tinto. Compare claret (“French red wine”), also from color. Pronunciation: /tɛnt/, /tɪnt/ 1. A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain. Labels: archaic
Word: tentative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin tentātīvus (“trying, testing”), from tentō, past participle tentātus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛntətɪv/, /ˈtɛntəʔɪf/, /ˈtɛntəhɪf/ 1. A trial; an experiment; an attempt. 2. A schedule for an event or a programme. Labels: Malaysia
Word: tentative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin tentātīvus (“trying, testing”), from tentō, past participle tentātus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛntətɪv/, /ˈtɛntəʔɪf/, /ˈtɛntəhɪf/ 1. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. 2. Uncertain; subject to future change. Example: He gave a tentative answer, unsure of the final outcome. Example: We have a tentative plan for the weekend, but nothing is confirmed yet. 3. Restrained; polite; feeling one's way, not using full force. Example: Her tentative steps showed her nervousness as she entered the room.
Word: terminology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French terminologie or German Terminologie and their source, New Latin terminologia, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) + -ologia (“study of”), from -o- (“(interconsonantal)”) + -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌtɝ.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌtɜː.məˈnɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/, [ˌtøː.məˈnɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒi] 1. A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ad for advertisement is struggling hard for general recognition; some of its compounds, e. g., ad-writer, want-ad, display-ad, ad-card, ad-rate, column-ad and ad-man, are already accepted in technical terminology. Example: [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.[…]Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, and that in several cases these bacteria were dividing and thus, by the perverse arithmetic of biological terminology, multiplying. 3. The scientific study of such terms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English theyn, thein, þein, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to give birth”); akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon, “child”). Pronunciation: /θeɪn/ 1. A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. Labels: historical Example: Sonnes, Kinsmen, Thanes, / And you whose places are the nearest, know, / We will establish our Estate vpon / Our eldest, Malcolme, whom we name hereafter, / The Prince of Cumberland: […] Example: The Anglo-Saxon thanes were in all respects the predecessors of the Norman barons. The title of thane seems to have supplanted that of gesith, which appears only in the earner Anglo-Saxon laws, a denomination that may originally have designated the attendants or companions of the king, and whose wergild being triple that of the simple freeman, were, therefore, denominated not only gesithcund men, but six-hynde men.
Word: thatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”). Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”), Welsh to (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck. Pronunciation: /θæt͡ʃ/ 1. Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch. This was a prewar place. 2. Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Labels: Caribbean, countable, uncountable 3. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mark Ladd, the venue’s assistant director of operations, notes that the fake greenery looks authentic: the height and colour of the blades are varied, with a few brown ones thrown in to emulate dead thatch. 4. Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Brown was a compact dark-skinned man in his forties, with strong features and a dense thatch of brown hair that sprang from his crown at an angle, though it had been brushed to either side of an indeterminate part. Example: An outgoing, story-telling Irishman from Butte, Montana, with his thatch of red hair and sandpapered face, Matt was the quintessential imp.
Word: thatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þeċċan, þeċċean (“to cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to cover”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“cover, covering”, noun) (see above). Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, German decken, Danish tække, Swedish täcka. Alteration of vowel after Middle English perhaps due to the above noun. Pronunciation: /θæt͡ʃ/ 1. To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
Word: thirst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *þurstu Old English þurst Old English þyrstaninflu. Middle English thirst English thirst From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Faroese tosti, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tørst, Norwegian Nynorsk tørste). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Latin terra, Latin torridus. Pronunciation: /θɜːst/, /θɝst/, /θɪɹst/, /θøːst/, /θeːst/ 1. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We developed a great thirst during our hike. Example: He had quite a thirst on and so headed to his favourite Dublin pub. 2. The condition producing the sensation of thirst. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you go out in the desert for long without water, the thirst can drive you mad. Example: "We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?" 3. A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: She had a real thirst for news and that greatly helped her career. 4. Sexual lust. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: He had a thirst for her and she had the same for him.
Word: thirst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *þurstu Old English þurst Old English þyrstaninflu. Middle English thirst English thirst From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Faroese tosti, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tørst, Norwegian Nynorsk tørste). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Latin terra, Latin torridus. Pronunciation: /θɜːst/, /θɝst/, /θɪɹst/, /θøːst/, /θeːst/ 1. To be thirsty. Labels: intransitive Example: The people thirsted there for water. 2. To desire vehemently. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: I thirst for knowledge and education will sate me. Example: to be thirsted for one's blood
Word: thresh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thrasshen, thresche, threschen, threschyn, threshen, thresshen, tressyn, þreisshe, þresshe, from Old English þerscan, þrexan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh; to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn; to drill, pierce”). Doublet of thrash. Cognates Cognate with Dutch dorsen (“to thresh; to thrash”), German and Luxembourgish dreschen (“to thresh; to thrash”), Yiddish דרעשן (dreshn, “to thresh”), Danish tærske (“to thresh”), Faroese treskja (“to thresh”), Icelandic þreskja (“to thresh”), Norwegian Nynorsk treska, treske, treskja, treskje (“to thrash”), Swedish tröska (“to thresh”), Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan, “to thresh”), Finnish rehkiä (“to drudge; to toil”); also Welsh taradr (“auger, wimble; awl, borer; drill”), Latin terō (“to rub or triturate; to wear away or wear out, consume; to tread; to press with a mill; to pass, spend”), Greek τρίβω (trívo, “to grate; to rub”), Albanian tjerr (“to spin”), Belarusian це́рці (cjérci, “to rub; to polish; to pinch; to grind”), Bulgarian три́я (tríja, “to rub; to chafe; to grind”), Czech třít (“to rub; to spawn”), Polish tarć, treć, trzeć, trzyć (“to rub; to shred; to cut; to chafe; to crush; to spawn”), Russian тере́ть (terétʹ, “to rub; to polish; to grind”), Serbo-Croatian тр̏ти, tȑti (“to rub; to cause friction; to scour; to break, crush”), Slovak trieť (“to rub”), Slovene treti (“to crack open; to rub”), Ukrainian те́рти (térty, “to rub; to scrub”), Armenian թուր (tʻur, “sword”), Sogdian ܕܣܦܪܛܪ (dsprtr, “hand towel”), Hittite 𒋻𒌑𒍣 (tar-ú-zi, “to perform a round dance, to dance in twisting manner”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B tärk- (“to allow, let; to let go”), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarku, “spindle”). Pronunciation: /θɹɛʃ/ 1. To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them. Labels: transitive 2. To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them. Labels: intransitive, transitive 3. To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub. Labels: literary, transitive 4. To violently toss the limbs about. Labels: intransitive, literary Example: The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it. 5. To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument. Labels: literary, transitive, usually 6. To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).