nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: disclaimers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkleɪm.ɚz/, /dɪsˈkleɪm.əz/ 1. plural of disclaimer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: men's Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛnz/ 1. possessive case of men: belonging to some or all male humans. 2. Ellipsis of men’s room (“a lavatory intended for use by men”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's". 3. Ellipsis of men's department (“an area selling clothing for adult males in a department store”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: cares Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɛɹz/, /kɛəz/, /keːz/, /keəz/, /kiəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of care Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cares Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɛɹz/, /kɛəz/, /keːz/, /keəz/, /kiəz/ 1. plural of care Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pleɪnz/ 1. plural of plain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plains Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pleɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: DPP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Danish People's Party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Democratic Progressive Party (“political party in Taiwan”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: All of the parties could and did claim victories. The ruling KMT won the governorship and the mayorship of Kaohsiung. Naturally KMT leaders boasted of these wins. In particular, they noted that Kaohsiung had been a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP won the mayorship of Taipei. This was a major triumph. The NP's candidate was second in the Taipei mayoral context and the NP did well in the Taipei City Council race. Taiwan's new political party thus seemed to be off to a good start in winning support at the ballot box. Finally, the cause of democracy won. Example: The old ruling party, the Guomindang (GMD), is interested in closer relations with the no longer socialist Mainland, but it is out of power. The present ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), is no longer talking about independence, though this had been its raison d'être in the past. 3. Initialism of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang 4. Initialism of Democratic Party of the Philippines. Labels: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DPP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of direct participation program/plan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Director of Public Prosecutions. Labels: Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: After months of troubling silence, the DPP Keir Starmer, finally stepped forward and directly and loudly challenged Yates. 3. Initialism of deputy public prosecutor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: assurance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance. Pronunciation: /əˈʃɔːɹəns/, /əˈʃʊəɹəns/, /əˈʃʊɹəns/, /əˈʃɝəns/ 1. The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Example: Assurances of support came pouring in daily. 2. The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Example: The storm took countless lives and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee from their communities with no assurance of returning soon. 3. Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance Example: Conversation, when they come into the world, soon gives them a becoming assurance 4. Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His assurance is intolerable. Example: You confined to the society of the illiterate and vulgar all your life! I wonder how the young man could have the assurance to ask it. He must have a pretty good opinion of himself. 5. Betrothal; affiance. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. 8. Subjective certainty of one's salvation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: expecting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of expect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: expecting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/ 1. Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant. Labels: not-comparable Example: The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare. Example: When is the new couple expecting? 2. Expectant. Example: Dunscomb was in the sanctum, while a single clerk and three or four clients, countryment of decent exterior and very expecting countenances, occupied the outer room . Example: Parma, unwilling to fight an action which might force France into the field, raised the siege; and Alençon, having strengthened the garrison, thrown in supplies, saved his credit with the Low Countries, and at all events, compromised himself, fell back into his expecting attitude, waiting for Elizabeth to reward him .
Word: expecting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/ 1. The process by which somebody expects something. Example: In this process participants become immersed in the dynamic interplay of rememberings, communal extraction, imaginings, expectings, etc., and of singular perceptions of each of these separately and as they come together […]
Word: letting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of let Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: letting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of tenancy. Labels: UK Example: House lettings are holding up despite fears that the buy-to-let boom could be running out of steam, according to specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. 2. The award of a public contract Labels: US, dated Example: Another letting is announced to occur, probably on the 23rd of February, and at both of these lettings, contracts aggregating more than two million dollars are to be awarded.
Word: earthly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”). Pronunciation: /ˈəːθli/ 1. Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens. Example: The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture. Example: (For many walke, of whome I haue told you often, and now tell you euen weeping, that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ: / Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glorie is in their shame, who minde earthly things.) 2. Made of earth; earthy. Labels: obsolete Example: We have this […] treasure in frail, brittle, and earthly vessels. 3. Used in negative contructions for emphasis. Labels: informal Example: There is no earthly way, I mean no way on earth, that I will ever do that. Example: The pressures of politics and war seem remote on this lovely stretch of California coastline, but last week there was no earthly way to avoid them.
Word: earthly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”). Pronunciation: /ˈəːθli/ 1. That which is of the earth or earthly; a terrestrial being. Labels: collective, in-plural Example: He claims that the book directs the believer to let go of the earthly and await God's kingdom in the heavenly. Example: So, let all earthlies and celestials wait / Upon Thy royal state! / Sleep, sleep, my kingly One! 2. A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something). Labels: UK, colloquial Example: He arched his eyebrows over the summons. "The poor devil has not an earthly!" said he. "He's lucky to have a summons. Usually they act on a warrant." Example: You're here, aren't you, if it comes to a bunk but we're there, cut off so to speak, and if anything slips, like what that bloke makes out in his letter, we shan't have half an earthly.
Word: earthly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”). Pronunciation: /ˈəːθli/ 1. in an earthly manner. Example: But earthlyer happy is the roſe diſtild, / Then that, vvhich, vvithering on the virgin thorne, / Grovves, liues, and dies, in ſingle bleſſedneſſe. Example: and dost thou, indeed, revive to existence only to again (even in more attempered blood) design the death of the innocent, helpless, orphaned memorial of a pure, a heaven and earthly-sanctioned flame, whose venial trespass was but the forestalment of your own decree?
Word: weeping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wepynge. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of weep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weeping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wepynge. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːpɪŋ/ 1. Action of the verb to weep. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their constant weepings kept us awake. Example: For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.
Word: sharply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sharply, scharply, from Old English sċearplīċe (“sharply, smartly”), equivalent to sharp + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑɹpli/, /ˈʃɑːpli/ 1. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: The stick was sharply tapered at one end. 2. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: When I touched the snake it recoiled sharply. Example: The economy has slowed to a pale shadow of its growth in recent years; inflation is high, the currency is declining sharply against the dollar — but the expectations of Brazilians have rarely been higher, feeding broad intolerance with corruption, bad schools and other government failings. 3. In a sharp manner, in various senses. 4. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: a sharply focused essay 5. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: Jones, the centre forward, started the game sharply. Example: Walters tried a long range shot in the third minute as he opened the game sharply, linking well with Robbie Keane, but goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko gathered the ball with ease. 6. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: When I asked her about her husband, she replied sharply that she had not seen him for several months. Example: Before long Tinette stuck her head round the door, and said sharply, 'You're to go to the study.' 7. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: He was sharply dressed in an expensive suit. 8. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: Turn sharply to the right. Example: The last 61 miles of the journey, from Kongsberg to Oslo, are through much less mountainous country. The railway curves sharply away from the Lågan^([sic]), and descends steadily, and in places steeply, past the head of Lake Fiskerumvatn to Hokksund, where the connecting line to the Bergen-Oslo Railway at Hønefoss diverges. 9. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: The road descends sharply. 10. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: His old war wound twinged sharply. 11. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist. 12. In a sharp manner, in various senses. Example: The wealth of this small country contrasts sharply with that of its neighbours. Example: Hynes is careful to direct the credit to his paymasters in the Scottish Government, whose ambitions for rail contrast increasingly sharply with those in Westminster.
Word: garrison Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -ison, ultimately of Germanic origin; thus a doublet of warison. Compare guard, ward; the modern meaning is influenced by (now obsolete) garnison. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/, /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.sən/ 1. A permanent military post. 2. The troops stationed at such a post. Example: My Lord the great Commander of the worlde, […] Hath now in armes ten thouſand Ianiſaries, […] And for the expedition of this war, If he thinke good, can from his garriſons, UUithdraw as many more to follow him. Example: For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder. 3. Occupants. Example: “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …” 4. A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment. Labels: Space-Force, US
Word: garrison Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -ison, ultimately of Germanic origin; thus a doublet of warison. Compare guard, ward; the modern meaning is influenced by (now obsolete) garnison. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/, /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.sən/ 1. To assign troops to a military post. Example: Nor was he content with thus strongly garrisoning the fort, but he likewise added exceedingly to its strength by furnishing it with a formidable battery of quaker guns—rearing a stupendous flag-staff in the centre which overtopped the whole city—and moreover by building a great windmill on one of the bastions. 2. To convert into a military fort. 3. To occupy with troops. Example: 'Establishing a land bridge through Mariupol to Crimea would take tens of thousands of troops. So would garrisoning eastern Ukraine.', http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21615605-now-willing-use-russian-troops-more-or-less-openly-eastern-ukraine-vladimir-putin-has
Word: promises Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪz/, /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪz/ 1. plural of promise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: promises Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪz/, /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of promise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whatsoever Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever. Pronunciation: /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/, /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ 1. Whatever. Labels: formal, literary Example: The building may be used for whatsoever purpose the tenant desires. Example: […]In whatſoever ſhape he lurk,[…]
Word: whatsoever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever. Pronunciation: /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/, /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ 1. In any way; at all; whatever. Labels: not-comparable Example: He gave me no answer whatsoever. Example: In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
Word: whatsoever Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever. Pronunciation: /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/, /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ 1. Whatever. Labels: archaic, literary Example: Whatsoever you seek, you will find. Example: Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Word: AVP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of arginine vasopressin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of associate vice president. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of assistant vice president. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AVP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Association of Volleyball Professionals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Auxiliary Voler Provisions, a seaplane tender that launches and retrieves seaplanes. Labels: Navy, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: arginine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Arginin, from Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) and ἀργινόεις (arginóeis, “silvery, brightly shining”) in reference to arginine nitrate crystals' silver-white appearance when first refined from lupin seedlings by Ernst Schulze and Ernst Steiger in 1886. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹɡɪniːn/, /ˈɑːdʒɪniːn/ 1. An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since arginine is a normal component and plays an important role in the glucose transport mechanism, arginates can easily serve as acceptors for glucose.
Word: choses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: BY Part of Speech: name 1. The station code of Byculla railway station in India.
Word: BY Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the preposition by. 1. Abbreviation of attribution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: AT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of assistive technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of auxiliary tugboat. Labels: Navy, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of anaerobic threshold. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of alternate timeline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of aerotriangulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of appropriate technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of air tanker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Initialism of activity theory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Ukrainian initialism of акціонерне товариство (akcionerne tovarystvo, “JSC”) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: AT Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of antitank. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Bachelor of Engineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of breast expansion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BE Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Berlin: a state of Germany. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Bengkulu: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of Black English. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Buddhist Era. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:BE.
Word: BE Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of board-eligible. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: IS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Islamic State. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Interior Salish. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of International Sign. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of information system(s). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of international studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of implementation shortfall. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ruins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹu.ɪnz/, /ˈɹuː.ɪnz/ 1. plural of ruin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruins Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹu.ɪnz/, /ˈɹuː.ɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ruin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Lucy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Lucy, from Old French Lucie (notably after the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse), from Latin Lucia (feminine of Lucius, a Roman praenomen), from lux (“light”). The name of the Australopithecus skeleton came from the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, which was being played repeatedly at the dig site camp at the time of the discovery. The slang term for LSD also derives from the song name, which many believe is essentially a reference to the drug. Pronunciation: /ˈluːsi/, /ˈlʉwsɪj/, /ˈlusi/, /ˈlʉːsi/, /ˈlʉse/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Then did my younger brother Amidas / Love that same other Damzell, Lucy bright, / To whom but little dowre allotted was; / Her vertue was the dowre, that did delight. Example: She liv'd unknown, and few could know / When Lucy ceas'd to be; / But she is in her Grave, and, Oh ! / The difference to me. 2. A surname from Old French derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius. Example: Here is Sir William Lucy, who with me / Set from our o'ermatch'd forces forth for aid. 3. The fossilized partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis discovered in Ethiopia, an early hominin; also, the individual whose skeleton this was. Example: A new analysis of Lucy’s bones suggests that she may have fallen to her death from a tall tree. […] In 1974, scientists working in Ethiopia uncovered an extraordinary female skeleton, whom they called Lucy. She was 3.2 million years old, and belonged to a new species of hominid now known as Australopithecus afarensis. 4. A place name: 5. A place name: 6. A place name: 7. A place name:
Word: Lucy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Lucy, from Old French Lucie (notably after the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse), from Latin Lucia (feminine of Lucius, a Roman praenomen), from lux (“light”). The name of the Australopithecus skeleton came from the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, which was being played repeatedly at the dig site camp at the time of the discovery. The slang term for LSD also derives from the song name, which many believe is essentially a reference to the drug. Pronunciation: /ˈluːsi/, /ˈlʉwsɪj/, /ˈlusi/, /ˈlʉːsi/, /ˈlʉse/ 1. The drug LSD. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Picture yourself in a boat on a river/With tangerine trees and marmalade skies/Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly/A girl with kaleidoscope eyes/Cellophane flowers of yellow and green/Towering over your head/Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes/And she's gone/Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Example: The last time I made moocah, or dug sweet Lucy, was with Janis Joplin, who gave me one that must have been rolled by Montezuma himself. I saw my thoughts in clear letters, and they both felt and looked like a double strike on a coin […].
Word: lovers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvɚz/, /ˈlʌvəz/ 1. plural of lover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lovers Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvɚz/, /ˈlʌvəz/ 1. In a romantic or sexual relationship. Labels: not-comparable Example: It hurts when I am lovers with a white, working class lesbian and she refuses to deal with race and the fact that I am a mother. Example: I am lovers with her sister and we have become sisters through friendship.
Word: trembled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛmbl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of tremble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gladly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English gladly, gladliche, from Old English glædlīċe (“gladly”); equivalent to glad + -ly. Compare Danish glædelig (“joyful”), Icelandic gleðilegur (“delightful”). More at glad, -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlædli/ 1. In a glad manner; happily. Example: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could. Example: 'Find me a job and I'll gladly go to work.' 2. Willingly; certainly. Example: Would you like a beer? ― Gladly, thank you.
Word: chances Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃænsɪz/, /ˈtʃɑːnsɪz/ 1. plural of chance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chances Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃænsɪz/, /ˈtʃɑːnsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: parting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, part + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/, /ˈpɑːtɪŋ/ 1. The act of parting or dividing; division; separation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being parted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The parting of the way. Example: Bridge End is the border station and the scene of many a sad parting between enterprising shoppers and their purchases—for it is a stronghold of the Customs !—and half an hour is allowed in the timetable for examination and shunting. 3. A farewell, the act of departing politely. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And there were sudden partings,such as press / The life from out young hearts. Example: But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades. 4. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Margaret Thatcher’s 80s power suits were scrutinised; David Cameron’s switching of his parting was national news (Cameron later nominated his barber for an MBE); and eyebrows were raised at Theresa May’s favourite and incongruous Frida Kahlo bracelet. 5. The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, part + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/, /ˈpɑːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of part Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Prosser's parting words sum up his views on what the ORR [Office of Rail and Road] really means to the industry,. For him, ORR is not simply a regulator, and HMRI's [His/Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate's] purpose is not just about safety...
Word: flushed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /flʌʃt/ 1. Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc. Example: Archer lay spread out, with one arm striking across the pillow. He was flushed; and when the heavy curtain blew out a little he turned and half-opened his eyes.
Word: flushed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flʌʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of flush Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plunged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /plʌnd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of plunge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: folded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊldɪd/, /ˈfəʊldɪd/ 1. Having a fold or folds; having undergone folding. Example: I got a compartment to myself, and sat with folded arms, looking grayly at the sunlit devastation that flowed past the windows Example: Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor.
Word: folded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊldɪd/, /ˈfəʊldɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fold Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /daɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: columns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑləmz/, /ˈkɒləmz/ 1. plural of column Labels: form-of, plural 2. pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.
Word: contented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of content Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contented Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛntɪd/ 1. Satisfied. Example: I pray you huſband be not ſo diſquiet. / The meate was well, if you were ſo contented. Example: "I shall now die contented," [Boswell] breathed, "since I have lived to see the present day."
Word: wounds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wuːndz/ 1. plural of wound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wounds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wuːndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doubts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daʊts/ 1. plural of doubt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doubts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /daʊts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doubt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clasped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klæspt/, /klɑːspt/ 1. simple past and past participle of clasp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: calmly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English calm Middle English -ly English -ly English calmly From calm + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)m.li/ 1. In a calm manner; coolly. Example: She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ. Example: But in the diamond jubilee state coach – this one comes with both suspension and air conditioning – the queen’s hands were folded calmly in her lap.
Word: dashed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dæʃt/ 1. past participle of dash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dashed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dæʃt/ 1. Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next. 2. Damned. Labels: UK, dated, euphemistic, informal Example: It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford. Example: I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.
Word: drops Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹɑps/, [dɹɑps], [d͡ʒɹɑps], /dɹɒps/ 1. plural of drop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drops Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹɑps/, [dɹɑps], [d͡ʒɹɑps], /dɹɒps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of drop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: faded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪdɪd/ 1. That has lost some of its former vividness and colour. Example: a faded tablecloth Example: The stop line had a faded appearance but remained visible. 2. That has lost some of its former strength or vigour. Labels: figuratively Example: a faded rock star of the 1970s Example: Some clients adjust their instructions as faded memories come into focus. Mr. Li recalled one prospective client who spent most of an hourlong phone call crying as she reminisced about her old home. 3. High on drugs; stoned. Labels: US, slang Example: As I'm walking through the festival entrance, a man casually vomits before continuing on, unfazed. ¶ Twenty-year-old me thinks, "Dope. That guy knows how to get faded like a champ!" ¶ Thirty-year-old me thinks, "I'm concerned for the boy's health and the general sanitation of this festival. Where are the comment cards located?!"
Word: faded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nerves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɝvz/, /nɜːvz/, /nɜɪvz/, /nɛɾvz/ 1. plural of nerve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nerves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /nɝvz/, /nɜːvz/, /nɜɪvz/, /nɛɾvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nerve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: obeyed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əʊˈbeɪd/, /oʊˈbeɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of obey Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rushing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rush Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rushing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/ 1. A rapid surging motion. Example: […] the impediment to the entrance of air into the corresponding portions of the lung is sufficient to produce a succession of interrupted rushings of that fluid during the efforts of respiration […]
Word: rushing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/ 1. Rapidly flowing or surging. 2. Full of activity, busy. Labels: Canada, US, dated Example: “I have been in Chicago.” “Yes, I’ll bet you have,” Bocage mused. “But it is too rushing for my nerves,” Stockbridge continued. Example: There are a few months in the winter when business on the farm is less rushing than during other times […]
Word: commands Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈmændz/, /kəˈmɑːndz/ 1. plural of command Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commands Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈmændz/, /kəˈmɑːndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of command Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: something awful Part of Speech: adv 1. Intensely or extremely; badly; in the worst way. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: He wants to get out of there something awful, but he just doesn't have the money.
Word: steamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steam + -er. The steamer duck or steamer (sense 6.2) is apparently named for its resemblance to a paddle steamer when swimming rapidly. The feces sense comically evokes the idea of steaming hot food and probably reflects that fresh feces sometimes give off visible water vapor in cold outdoor conditions such as those encountered by hunters, campers, and soldiers. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːmə/, /ˈstimɚ/ 1. A device or object that works by the operation of steam. 2. A device or object that works by the operation of steam. 3. A device or object that works by the operation of steam. Labels: obsolete 4. A mode of transportation propelled by steam. 5. A mode of transportation propelled by steam. Example: Her gunboat fleet alone is composed of one hundred and sixty-one small steamers, of the efficiency of which for war purports naval critics have formed a high estimate. Example: Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...] 6. Clipping of steamer trunk. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 7. A babycino (frothy milk drink). 8. A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs. 9. The name of various animals. Labels: Maine 10. The name of various animals. 11. A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it. 12. An act of fellatio. Labels: UK, slang 13. A member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large group). Labels: UK, slang 14. A drinking session. Labels: Scotland, UK, slang 15. A dish made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; specifically such a dish made with kangaroo meat. Labels: Australia, obsolete Example: But of all the dishes ever brought to table, nothing equals that of the "steamer." It is made by mincing the flesh of the kangaroo, and with it some pieces of pork or bacon. The animal has not any fat, or scarcely any, in its best season; when the meat is chopped up, it is thrown into a saucepan and covered over with the lid, and left to stew or steam gently by the fire-side: it is, from this method of cooking, called "steamer." [...] the flesh soon floats in its own rich gravy: it only requires pepper and salt to render it delicious. No one can tell what a steamer is, unless it has been tasted; it indeed affords an excellent repast, and it is surprising that the steamer, preserved in tins, has not yet been exported to England. 16. A steamed clam. Labels: in-plural 17. A lump of fresh feces: a fresh bowel movement. Labels: countable, slang 18. A stolen vehicle. Labels: slang
Word: steamer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From steam + -er. The steamer duck or steamer (sense 6.2) is apparently named for its resemblance to a paddle steamer when swimming rapidly. The feces sense comically evokes the idea of steaming hot food and probably reflects that fresh feces sometimes give off visible water vapor in cold outdoor conditions such as those encountered by hunters, campers, and soldiers. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːmə/, /ˈstimɚ/ 1. To travel by steamer. Labels: intransitive
Word: steamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steam tug, rhyming slang for mug (“a gullible or easily cheated person; a stupid or contemptible person”). Pronunciation: /ˈstiːmə/, /ˈstimɚ/ 1. A mug. Labels: UK, slang 2. A mug. Labels: UK, slang 3. A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners. Labels: UK, slang 4. A prostitute's client. Labels: UK, slang 5. a gambler who increases a wager after losing. Labels: US, slang
Word: disagreeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/, /dɪsəˈɡɹɪbəl/, /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/ 1. Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing. Example: disagreeable weather Example: disagreeable person 2. Not suitable; that does not conform or fit. Labels: archaic Example: The first author I shall cite is Justin Martyr, who is not only silent about infant-baptism, as are all the fathers before him, but says what is inconsistent with it; for the reason he assigns, as what he had received from the apostles themselves, why baptism was instituted, is altogether incompatible and disagreeable thereunto. Example: Now to say, that justice is opposed to forgiveness, when by forgiveness we mean the entire cure of sin and misery; is to say that justice chooses that to remain forever, which is perfectly disagreeable to itself.
Word: disagreeable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English disagreable, from Middle French desagreable, from Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). By surface analysis, dis- + agreeable. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈɡɹiː.əbəl/, /dɪsəˈɡɹɪbəl/, /dɪsəˈɡɹi.əbəl/ 1. Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable. Example: The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.
Word: exercised Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-der. Proto-Italic *arkeō Latin arceō Latin exerceō Latin exercitiumder. Old French exercisebor. Middle English exercise English exercise English -ed English exercised From exercise + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪzd/, /ˈɛk.sə.saɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of exercise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exercised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-der. Proto-Italic *arkeō Latin arceō Latin exerceō Latin exercitiumder. Old French exercisebor. Middle English exercise English exercise English -ed English exercised From exercise + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪzd/, /ˈɛk.sə.saɪzd/ 1. The property of having been exercised, used, acted upon. 2. Experienced, practiced, trained. Example: Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang.
Word: recollection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”). Pronunciation: /ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/ 1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore. 3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: One of his earliest recollections. Example: Now, at almost 90, he is hale and hearty, full of recollections, and retains a keen interest in life—a truly remarkable character and a great gentleman of the footplate. 4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. Example: In a world filled with media and electronic devices, recollection can be difficult. 5. A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: recollection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English collection English recollection From re- + collection. Pronunciation: /ɹiˌkəˈlɛkʃən/ 1. Process of collecting again. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: traces Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪsɪz/ 1. plural of trace Labels: form-of, plural 2. minute remnants Labels: uncountable
Word: traces Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: consented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of consent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: consented Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛntɪd/ 1. To which consent has been given; agreed to. Labels: not-comparable
Word: indemnify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From indemn (“unhurt”) + -ify (forming verbs) Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/ 1. To secure against loss or damage; to insure. Example: The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. 2. To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury. Example: The lender of a thing for use must indemnify the borrower for damage caused by defects or vices in it, which he knew at the time of lending, and concealed from the borrower.
Word: indemnify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- (“into”) + damnify (“to injure; to wrong”), assimilated to indemn and indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/ 1. to hurt, to harm Labels: obsolete, rare Example: 1583, Thomas Stocker's translation of A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, i. 63a He... did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified. Example: 1593, Thomas Lodge, Life & Death of William Long Beard, E ij What harme the Rhodians haue doone thee, that thou so much indemnifiest them?
Word: dost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English do English -st English dost From do + -st. Pronunciation: /dʌst/, /dʊst/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of do Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: Poisson's ratio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician, mechanician and physicist Siméon Denis Poisson. 1. Of a material in tension or compression, the ratio of the strain in the direction of the applied load to the strain normal to the load, abbreviated ν (nu).
Word: Charpy impact test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French scientist Georges Charpy (1865–1945). 1. A test of the impact strength of a material, used to determine its relative ductility or brittleness.
Word: prudent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English prudent, from Old French prudent, from Latin prūdēns, contracted from prōvidēns (“foresight”) (English providence), the present participle of prōvideō (“to forsee; to provide for”). Unrelated to prude. Doublet of provident. Displaced native Old English glēaw. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuː.dənt/, /ˈpɹu.dənt/, /ˈpɹʉː.dənt/, /ˈpɹʉ.dənt/, /ˈpɹʉd.ʌnt/ 1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct. Example: It is prudent to consult a physician before beginning any new exercise regimen. Example: Moſes,[…]eſtabliſht a grave and prudent Law,[…]. 2. Practically wise, judicious, shrewd. Example: His prudent career moves reliably brought him to the top. Example: A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed. 3. Frugal; economical; not extravagant. Example: Only prudent expenditure may provide quality within a restrictive budget.
Word: hideous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hidous, from Anglo-Norman hidous, from Old French hideus, hydus (“that which inspires terror”), from earlier hisdos, from Old French hisda (“horror, fear”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Probably from Proto-West Germanic *agisiþu (“horror, terror”), from Proto-West Germanic *agisōn (“to frighten, terrorise”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to frighten”). Cognate with Old High German egisa, egidī (“horror”), Old English egesa (“fear, dread”), Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis, “fear, terror”). Alternative etymology cites possible derivation from Latin hispidosus (“rugged”), from hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is less plausible. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪd.i.əs/, /ˈhɪd͡ʒəs/ 1. Extremely or shockingly ugly. Example: I’m sorry to break it to you, but your dress looks truly hideous. Example: the Duke's army departed unmolested : but the highway along which he retired presented a piteous and hideous spectacle. 2. Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound. Example: He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most hideous roar that ever I heard. 3. Hateful; shocking. Example: [W]hat may this meane, / That thou, dead corſe, againe in compleate ſteele, / Reuiſſits thus the glimſes of the Moone, / Making night hideous, and vve fooles of nature, / So horridely to ſhake our diſpoſition, / VVith thoughts beyond the reaches of our ſoules? Example: Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver. 4. Morally offensive; shocking; detestable. Example: when the wind is shrieking, and the men are yelling, and every plank thunders with trampling feet right over Jonah’s head; in all this raging tumult, Jonah sleeps his hideous sleep.
Word: durometer Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used to measure the hardness or stiffness of a material, especially of an elastomer, such as rubber. A simple durometer consists of a movable tip on a spring with a dial gauge. Example: She tested the sample with a durometer to verify its consistency. 2. The measurement of the hardness or stiffness of a material, especially of plastic or rubber. Example: They specified a 70 durometer polyurethane.