nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: -ase Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix. Pronunciation: /-ˌeɪs/, /-ˌeɪz/, /-ˌæɪs/, /-ˌæɪz/, /-ˌes/ 1. Used to form the names of enzymes. Labels: morpheme
Word: -gon Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”). 1. Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). Labels: morpheme Example: A pentagon has five sides. Example: a 17-gon
Word: -hedron Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”). 1. Forms the names of solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra). Labels: morpheme
Word: -eth Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -eth, -th, -ith, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ, from Proto-Germanic *-þi, *-di, from Proto-Indo-European *-ti. Pronunciation: /-əθ/, /ɪθ/ 1. Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs. Labels: archaic, morpheme Example: Pride goeth before a fall... The good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away... 2. Used broadly with various verb forms for ironic pseudoarchaic or pseudoecclesiastical effect. Labels: humorous, morpheme Example: Hark, the assistant manager doth emaileth ye... But thou saideth!... Rolling a natural 20, he killedeth the kobolds... Verily, I am shooketh...
Word: -eth Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -th, -eth, -the, -ethe, from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, from Proto-Germanic *-þô, *-tô, *-udô, *-dô, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós. 1. used to create ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers ending in -y, namely the multiples of ten (other than ten itself): 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90; e.g. twentieth, thirtieth. Labels: morpheme
Word: andro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- From Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr). Pronunciation: /ændɹoʊ-/ 1. human Labels: morpheme Example: android 2. man, male Labels: morpheme Example: androgyny
Word: quarto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quartus (“fourth”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔː.təʊ/, /ˈkwɔɹ.toʊ/ 1. A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides). Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 3. A book size, corresponding to the paper size. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one, and at the top was a once-white surplice covered with dust, and beneath was a mass of tracts — Commonwealth Quartos, unbound — a prey to worms and decay.
Word: nono Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of no-no. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: resist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɪst/, /ɹəˈzɪst/ 1. To attempt to counter the actions or effects of. Labels: transitive Example: Shepard: You could have resisted. You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit. Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. 2. To withstand the actions of. Labels: transitive Example: At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […] Example: The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. 3. To oppose; to refuse to accept. Labels: intransitive 4. To be distasteful to. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: These cates resist me,
Word: resist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɪst/, /ɹəˈzɪst/ 1. A protective coating or covering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Keeping the ties loose ensures that the yarn can absorb the dye without creating a resist.
Word: re- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), see there for more. Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-. Pronunciation: /ɹiː/, /ɹɪ/, /ɹə/ 1. again, anew Labels: morpheme Example: re- + new → renew (“to make something new again”) Example: re- + commit → recommit (“to commit an act again”) 2. a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out Labels: morpheme Example: reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: ) 3. back, backward Labels: morpheme Example: reject, reply, resist
Word: -hedral Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”) + -al. Pronunciation: /-ˈhiːdɹəl/, /-ˈhɛdɹəl/ 1. Forms adjectives referring to solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra). Labels: morpheme
Word: -ology Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology From -o- (interconsonantal vowel) + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˈɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme 2. added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study. Labels: humorous, morpheme, often Example: Qell, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology. Example: ...so long as a mere human word-ology is suffered to remain here, clogging all with its deadly impotence...
Word: -phobia Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Pronunciation: /-ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/, /-ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ 1. Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing. Labels: morpheme, uncountable Example: e.g. claustrophobia, chemophobia 2. Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing. Labels: morpheme, uncountable Example: e.g. homophobia, xenophobia
Word: -phobe Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)der. French -phobeder. English -phobe From French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Attic Greek -φόβος (-phóbos), combining form of φόβος (phóbos), ablaut variant of φέβεσθαι (phébesthai), middle infinitive of φέβομαι (phébomai), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ. Cognates include Russian бегать (begatʹ, “run, flee”), Slovak bežať (“run”), Polish biec (“run”), Lithuanian bėgti (“run”), Albanian dëboj (“throw out, drive away, expel, banish”). Compare German -phob. Pronunciation: /-foʊb/ 1. Used to form nouns denoting a person having a fear of a specific thing. Labels: morpheme Example: claustrophobe Example: Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks. 2. Used to form nouns denoting a person who hates or dislikes a type of person, thing, etc. Labels: morpheme Example: homophobe
Word: -phobic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic From -phobia (from Late Latin -phobia, from Koine Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”)) + -ic. Pronunciation: /-ˈfəʊbɪk/, /-ˈfoʊbɪk/ 1. Used to form adjectives indicating a fear of a specific thing. Labels: morpheme Example: claustrophobic 2. Used to form adjectives indicating a dislike or aversion. Labels: morpheme Example: bibliophobic Example: homophobic 3. Used in biology and chemistry to mean a natural repulsion or avoidance. Labels: morpheme Example: oleophobic Example: photophobic 4. Used as a synonym of -phobe to form nouns. Labels: morpheme
Word: bio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”). By surface analysis, bi- (“life”) + -o-. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪˌəʊ/, /ˈbaɪˌoʊ/, [ˈbaɪˌoː], /ˈbɑɪˌəʉ/, /ˈbɑɪɐʉ/ 1. Combining form of life. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme 2. Combining form of biological. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme Example: biochild; biodad; biofamily; biofather; biokid; biomom; biomother; bioparent; biosib; biosibling; bioson
Word: penta- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-, “five”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic. Pronunciation: /pɛntə-/, /pɛntæ-/ 1. Five. Labels: morpheme
Word: SQUID Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skwɪd/ 1. Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magnetic fields. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: hepta- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: PIE word *septḿ̥ Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- From Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛptə-/, /hɛpˈtæ-/ 1. Seven. Labels: morpheme
Word: octa- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ) Ancient Greek ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-) English octa- From Ancient Greek ὀκτα- (okta-, “eight”); compare ὀκτώ (oktṓ). 1. Eight. Labels: morpheme
Word: tetr- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Form of tetra- used before a vowel. Labels: form-of, morpheme
Word: pent- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of penta- used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme 2. Used for the digit five to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name. Labels: morpheme Example: un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + pent- (“5”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbipentium (“element 125”)
Word: hex- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of hexa-, usually used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme 2. Used for the digit six to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name. Labels: morpheme Example: un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + hex- (“6”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbihexium (“element 126”)
Word: hept- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of hepta- used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: oct- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Form of octa- or octo- used before a vowel. Labels: form-of, morpheme 2. Used for the digit eight to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name. Labels: morpheme Example: un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + oct- (“8”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbioctium (“element 128”)
Word: dec- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Form of deca- used before a vowel. Labels: form-of, morpheme
Word: quadri- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin quadri- (“four”), from quattuor (“four”). Doublet of tetra-. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)kwɒdɹɪ/, /(ˌ)kwɑdɹə/ 1. Four. Labels: morpheme
Word: quin- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe Latin quīnqueder. English quin- From one combining form of Latin quīnque (“five”) (see, for example, quindecim), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five; hand”). 1. five Labels: morpheme
Word: octo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and Latin octō (“eight”). 1. eight Labels: morpheme
Word: mucus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcuslbor. English mucus Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Partly displaced Old English slīm, whence modern slime. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːkəs/ 1. A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous. 2. Short for vegetable mucus Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Word: -logist Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist From -logy (“study of”) + -ist (“(agent)”). Pronunciation: /-lədʒɪst/ 1. A person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy. Labels: morpheme
Word: octium Part of Speech: noun 1. The element oxygen. Labels: uncountable
Word: lord Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Proto-West Germanic *ward Old English weard Old English hlāfweard Old English hlāford Middle English lord English lord From Middle English lord and lorde (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century) lourde and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, and lhoaverd; from Old English hlāford < hlāfweard, a compound of hlāf (“bread”) + weard (“guardian”); see loaf and ward. The term was already being applied broadly prior to the literary development of Old English and was influenced by its common use to translate Latin dominus. Compare Scots laird (“lord”), preserving a separate vowel development (from northern/Scottish Middle English lard, laverd), the Old English compound hlāf-ǣta (“servant”, literally “bread-eater”), and modern English lady, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“bread-kneader”). The Middle English word laford was borrowed by Icelandic, where it survives as lávarður. Doublet of hlaford and laird. Pronunciation: /lɔːd/, /loːd/, /loɹd/, /lɔɾd/ 1. To domineer or act like a lord. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, / And loathed paddocks lording on the same. 2. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord. Labels: transitive Example: He being thus lorded / Not only with what my revenue yielded, / But what my power might else exact, […] / he did believe / He was indeed the Duke
Word: orbifold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of orbit + manifold. Named by William Thurston. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹ.bɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈɔː.bɪˌfəʊld/ 1. A topological space in which every small enough neighborhood is homeomorphic to a quotient of real space by the action of a finite group.
Word: orb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit. Pronunciation: /ɔɹb/, /ɔːb/ 1. A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the small orb of one particular tear. Example: Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. 2. Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An orbit of an heavenly body Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. Example: You seem to me as Dian in her orb. 5. The time period of an orbit Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Know none before us, self-begot, self-rais'd / By our own quick'ning power, when fatal course / Had circl'd his full Orbe, the birth mature / Of this our native Heav'n, Ethereal Sons. 6. The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity Labels: countable, poetic, uncountable Example: A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. Example: Painfully, he forced his hot eyelids to unclose, and his distended orbs sought for some object whereon to fix; they met the patch of grass, yet red with the blood of Walter Maynard. 7. Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel Labels: countable, poetic, uncountable Example: The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. 8. A sphere of action. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: By what fatality the orb of my genius […] acts upon these men like the moon upon a certain description of patients, it would be irksome to inquire Example: But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. 9. A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics)) Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect. Labels: uncountable Example: For example, an approaching transitioning aspect (i.e., for 120 degrees) is effective when it remains within 2 degrees of orb on either side of the perfect angle. Example: Astrologers' opinions vary on how many degrees of orb to allow for each aspect.
Word: orb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit. Pronunciation: /ɔɹb/, /ɔːb/ 1. To form into an orb or circle. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: Let each His adamantine coat gird well, and each Fit well his helm, gripe fast his orbed shield Example: a full-orbed sun 2. To become round like an orb. Labels: intransitive, poetic 3. To encircle; to surround; to enclose. Labels: poetic, transitive Example: The wheels were orbed with gold.
Word: orb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French orb (“blind”), from Latin orbus (“destitute”). Pronunciation: /ɔɹb/, /ɔːb/ 1. A blank window or panel. Example: small blank windows or panels, for in later times such panels were called orbs, blind windows
Word: pane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯n/, [ˈpʰeɪ̯n], /ˈpæɪ̯n/, [ˈpæ̝ɪ̯n], /ˈpen/ 1. An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc. Example: We need doubling glazing as this window pane lets out lots of heat. Example: Perspex panes 2. A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position. 3. A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface. 4. A square of a checkered or plaid pattern. 5. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown. 6. A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building. Example: metal panes on an outhouse Example: An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes. 7. A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain. Example: way-panes 8. One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides. Example: wooden panes of an insulation box 9. One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
Word: pane Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯n/, [ˈpʰeɪ̯n], /ˈpæɪ̯n/, [ˈpæ̝ɪ̯n], /ˈpen/ 1. To fit with panes. Labels: transitive Example: pane of stamps Example: These local stamps were all printed in large sheets of 240 stamps, arranged in four panes of sixty stamps each, ten rows of six
Word: pane Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯n/, [ˈpʰeɪ̯n], /ˈpæɪ̯n/, [ˈpæ̝ɪ̯n], /ˈpen/ 1. Alternative spelling of peen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ni/ 1. Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
Word: ani Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪnaɪ/ 1. plural of anus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apportion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. By surface analysis, ap- + portion. Pronunciation: /əˈpɔːʃən/, /əˈpɔɹʃən/ 1. To divide and distribute portions of a whole. Labels: transitive Example: The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election. 2. Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally. Labels: transitive Example: The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them. Example: The Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero.
Word: appreciable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French appréciable. By surface analysis, appreci(ate) + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹiːʃəbl/ 1. Both detectable and at least modestly substantial: large enough to be estimated and to be of practical relevance. Labels: usually Example: For many people, the benefits of exercise in improving mood and preventing achiness are appreciable. Example: A grain of musk will scent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its original weight. 2. Synonym of detectable. Labels: sometimes Example: A small hernia was just barely appreciable upon palpation.
Word: appreciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originated 1645–55; from Medieval Latin appreciātus (“valued or appraised”), later variant of Late Latin appretiātus (“appraised”), the perfect passive participle of appretiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from a(d) (“toward”) + preti(um) (“price”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates; see also precious. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/, /əˈpɹiː.si.eɪt/, /əˈpɹɪʃ.i.eɪt/, /ˈəˈpɹiː.ʃi.æɪt/ 1. To be grateful or thankful for. Labels: transitive Example: I appreciate your efforts. Example: We sincerely appreciate your help. 2. To view as valuable. Labels: transitive Example: You must learn to appreciate time. 3. To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge Example: It is essential for the reader to appreciate how important this argument is. 4. To increase in value. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years. Example: The sanguine, flattering themselves with the delusive hopes of a speedy termination of the war, were often induced to sell lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money, in which case it was sup­po­sed they would lose the present opportunity of sell­ing to great advantage.
Word: appreciation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French appréciation. By surface analysis, appreciate + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /əˌpɹi.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of appreciating. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service. 3. Accurate perception; true estimation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an appreciation of the difficulties before us Example: an appreciation of colors 4. A rise in value. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stainless steel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of steels that resist corrosion; they are all alloys of iron, chromium, and carbon, and most also contain certain other elements as well (such as molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, or others). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: CRES (broadly synonymous) Example: Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings.
Word: ciao Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavus, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Not related to Vietnamese chào (“hello, goodbye”). Doublet of Slav and slave. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaʊ/ 1. Hello, hi. 2. Bye, goodbye.
Word: ciao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavus, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Not related to Vietnamese chào (“hello, goodbye”). Doublet of Slav and slave. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaʊ/ 1. A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao". Example: […] he excused himself, disappearing in a cloud of ciaos and operatic Italian. Example: You hear more ciaos than hellos. Guests play bocce ball on the beach and dine on Italian and some Bahamian cuisine. Because of its strong Continental overlay, the cuisine is better here than at your typical Grand Bahama hotel.
Word: platinumsmith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From platinum + smith. 1. a worker in platinum, who makes platinum jewelry
Word: cheers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪəz/, /t͡ʃɪːz/, /t͡ʃɪjəz/, /t͡ʃɪæz/, /t͡ʃɪɹz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cheer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cheers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪəz/, /t͡ʃɪːz/, /t͡ʃɪjəz/, /t͡ʃɪæz/, /t͡ʃɪɹz/ 1. To say "cheers" as a toast (to someone). Labels: ambitransitive Example: So I just tilted my beer, cheersing him. Example: We cheersed and started drinking.
Word: cheers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪəz/, /t͡ʃɪːz/, /t͡ʃɪjəz/, /t͡ʃɪæz/, /t͡ʃɪɹz/ 1. plural of cheer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheers Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪəz/, /t͡ʃɪːz/, /t͡ʃɪjəz/, /t͡ʃɪæz/, /t͡ʃɪɹz/ 1. A common toast used when drinking in company. 2. goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment. Labels: Commonwealth, informal 3. thank you Labels: Commonwealth, informal
Word: cheer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chere, from Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere (“head, face; appearance; reception, hospitality; meal, dinner, food”) (Modern French chère), from Late Latin cara (“head”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪə/, /t͡ʃɪː/, /t͡ʃɪjə/, /t͡ʃɪɹ/, /t͡ʃiə/ 1. A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood. Labels: uncountable Example: I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have. 2. That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion. Labels: uncountable Example: a table loaded with good cheer Example: "And am I to meet my Mary at Moffat? Come away, little, dear, welcome body, thou blessed of heaven, come away, and taste of an auld shepherd's best cheer, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell you, little, blessed, and welcome crile, come along with me." 3. A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah". Labels: countable Example: Three cheers for the birthday boy! Example: A cheer rose from the crowd. 4. A chant made in support of a team at a sports event. Labels: countable 5. One's facial expression or countenance. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery knyȝt took the way that hym lyked best Example: Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere [translating visage], and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes. 6. One's attitude, mood. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere, it is I, be not afrayed. Example: The parents […] fled away with heavy cheer.
Word: cheer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chere, from Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere (“head, face; appearance; reception, hospitality; meal, dinner, food”) (Modern French chère), from Late Latin cara (“head”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪə/, /t͡ʃɪː/, /t͡ʃɪjə/, /t͡ʃɪɹ/, /t͡ʃiə/ 1. To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up. Labels: transitive Example: We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea. Example: ⁠How often shall her old fireside ⁠Be cheer’d with tidings of the bride, How often she herself return, […] 2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. Labels: transitive Example: The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd. 3. To encourage to do something. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Let’s cheere our ſouldiers to incounter him, […] And burne him in the fury of that flame, That none can quench but blood and Empery. 4. To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The crowd cheered in support of the athletes. Example: The crowd cheered the athletes. 5. To feel or express enthusiasm for (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The finance sector will cheer this decision.
Word: cheer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cheerleading. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪə/, /t͡ʃɪː/, /t͡ʃɪjə/, /t͡ʃɪɹ/, /t͡ʃiə/ 1. Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable Example: Alex participated in cheer all four years of college. Example: I'm going to wear my new cheer shoes at cheer today.
Word: cheer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪə/, /t͡ʃɪː/, /t͡ʃɪjə/, /t͡ʃɪɹ/, /t͡ʃiə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of chair. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Well then, I seed a little junewile get on a cheer and smash— Example: “I’ll just take that there soup-bowl,” he remarked. “Mount up on a cheer, little gal, an’ hand it down to me.”
Word: health Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hailiþō Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu Old English hǣlþ Middle English helthe English health Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from *hailaz + *-iþō. Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlθ/, /ˈhelθ/ 1. The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments. Example: My grampa still enjoys very good health. 2. A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project. 3. Physical condition. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Cure, remedy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 5. A toast to prosperity. Labels: countable, usually Example: Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking 6. The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The enemies on this level have a lot of health. Example: Lose a little health and there's a few seconds in which you'll be able to win it back by ragging on an enemy.
Word: health Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heleð (“man, hero, fighter”), from Old English hæleþ (“man, hero, fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with West Frisian held (“hero”), Dutch held (“hero”), German Held (“hero”), Norwegian Nynorsk hauld (“freeman”). 1. A warrior; hero; man. Labels: obsolete Example: They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view.
Word: toast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tr̥stós Proto-Italic *torstos Latin tostus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin tostō Old French tosterbor. Middle English tostendeverb. Middle English tost English toast From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below). Etymology 1 sense 3 is according to the Oxford English Dictionary a figurative application of etymology 1 sense 1 dating to 1674. It began as an epithet for a lady being supposed to flavour a bumper like a spiced toast placed in that drink. (In this context, a bumper is a drinking vessel filled to the brim.) Pronunciation: /təʊst/, /toʊst/, /təʉst/ 1. Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning). Labels: uncountable Example: I ate a piece of toast for breakfast. Example: This toast and marmalade tastes heavenly. 2. A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol. Labels: countable Example: At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers. Example: The evening meal was "a repast of most recherché description," involving an endless series of toasts to almost everybody (with the notable exception of the other railway already serving Brentford, which came in for some hard knocks from various speakers). 3. A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem. Labels: countable Example: He was the toast of high society. Example: Josephine Baker did not become the toast of Paris by just shaking her booty for some theater gypsies as a party wound down. 4. Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast. 5. Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: to become/be toast Example: If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast! 6. A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap. Labels: Jamaica, countable, slang 7. An old toast ("a lively fellow who drinks excessively"). Labels: countable, obsolete, slang 8. A transient, informational pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar. Labels: countable Example: With the new Windows Push Notification Service, you can remotely send notifications from a cloud-based web service. In Windows 8, the majority of the Toast messages are standard duration toasts. 9. A piece of toast. Labels: countable Example: Go, fetch me a quart of Sacke, put a toſt in't.
Word: toast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tr̥stós Proto-Italic *torstos Latin tostus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin tostō Old French tosterbor. Middle English tosten English toast From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Late Latin tostō, -āre, frequentative of torreō (“to burn, grill”) from its perfect passive participle tostus (“grilled, burnt”). Pronunciation: /təʊst/, /toʊst/, /təʉst/ 1. To cook lightly by browning by means of direct exposure to a fire or other heat source. Labels: transitive Example: We used to enjoy toasting marshmallows around the campfire. 2. To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill. Labels: intransitive, specifically Example: Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes. 3. To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something. Labels: ambitransitive Example: We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening. Example: You all have achieved so much together thus far, so I think that deserves a toast! Let's toast! 4. To warm thoroughly. Labels: transitive Example: I toasted my feet by the fire. 5. To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap. Labels: Jamaica, slang Example: Toasting over a record does more than change the way that record is perceived by the audience: it creates a new piece of music with joint creative authorship, although the law does not support this characterization.
Word: bottom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bottom From Middle English botme, botom, from Old English botm, bodan (“bottom, foundation; ground, abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *butm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz, *budmaz (“bottom; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”). Cognates Cognate with Yola bothom, bottom (“bottom”), Saterland Frisian Boudem (“floor; ground”), West Frisian boaiem (“floor; ground”), Dutch bodem, boom, boôm (“bottom; ground, soil”), German Boden (“floor; ground; soil”), Limburgish baom (“bottom; ground, soil”), Luxembourgish Buedem (“bottom; earth, soil”), Vilamovian bödum (“bottom; ground”), Danish bund (“bottom”), Elfdalian buottn (“bottom”), Faroese botnur (“bottom”), Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk botn (“bottom”), Norwegian Bokmål botn, bunn (“bottom”), Swedish botten (“bottom”); also Irish and Scottish Gaelic bonn (“base, bottom; sole (of foot)”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) (whence fund, via French), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of a cup or jar; the bottom of the sea; butt of a tree”), Albanian buzë (“rocky chasm”), Armenian անդունդ (andund), անդունդք (andundkʻ, “abyss, chasm”), Northern Kurdish bin (“bottom”), Persian بن (bon, “bottom”), Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna, “bottom”). The noun sense “posterior of a person” is first attested in 1794; the verb sense “to reach the bottom of” is first attested in 1808. The term bottom dollar (“the last dollar one has”) is first attested in 1882. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒt.əm/, /ˈbɑ.təm/, [ˈbɑ.ɾəm], /ˈbɔt.əm/, [ˈbɔ̟t.əm] 1. The lowest or last place or position. Labels: not-comparable Example: Those files should go on the bottom shelf. 2. Relating to the genitals. Labels: not-comparable Example: bottom dysphoria Example: bottom surgery
Word: bum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to be a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic. Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”). The anal sex senses (noun and verb), as well as the adjective (esp. the first) sense, are expletive-avoiding (i.e. Bowdlerized) shortenings of bumfuck. Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. The buttocks. Labels: Commonwealth, childish, informal Example: Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum. 2. The anus. Labels: Commonwealth, childish, informal, specifically Example: John said that when he was little he stuck his finger in his bum and tasted his poopies and it was good. Example: What could the man possibly be hiding up his bum anyway? 3. An act of anal sex. Labels: East-Midlands, slang, vulgar Example: Go for a bum
Word: bum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to be a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic. Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”). The anal sex senses (noun and verb), as well as the adjective (esp. the first) sense, are expletive-avoiding (i.e. Bowdlerized) shortenings of bumfuck. Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. To sodomize; to engage in anal sex. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial, transitive Example: Your bars are fake and my bars are real; / Is it true you got bummed on a field?
Word: bum Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to be a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic. Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”). The anal sex senses (noun and verb), as well as the adjective (esp. the first) sense, are expletive-avoiding (i.e. Bowdlerized) shortenings of bumfuck. Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. An expression of annoyance. Labels: Ireland, UK, childish, euphemistic Example: (more vulgar) Example: Maxine tried hers. ‘Oh bum,’ she said crossly. ‘The sugar isn’t sugar. It’s salt.’
Word: bum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1864, back-formation from bummer, from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”). Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. A homeless person, usually a man. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes 2. A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man. Labels: also, broadly, colloquial, derogatory, sometimes Example: Fred is becoming a bum—he’s not even bothering to work more than once a month. Example: That mechanic’s a bum—he couldn’t fix a yo-yo. 3. A player or racer who often performs poorly. Labels: colloquial Example: Trade him to another team, he’s a bum! Example: Seabiscuit, wrote another reporter, “was a hero in California and a pretty fair sort of horse in the midwest. In the east, however, he was just a ‘bumʼ” 4. A drinking spree. Labels: colloquial
Word: bum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1864, back-formation from bummer, from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”). Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. [with off or (nonstandard) off of] To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: Can I bum a cigarette off you? 2. To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: I think I’ll just bum around downtown for a while until dinner. 3. To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff). Labels: UK, colloquial, slang, transitive
Word: bum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1864, back-formation from bummer, from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”). Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. Of poor quality or highly undesirable. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: What kind of bum note was that?? Example: The defensive line made a bum rush on the quarterback. 2. Unfair. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: The union reps gave us a bum deal! 3. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: I can’t play football anymore on account of my bum knee. 4. Unpleasant or unhappy. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
Word: bum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from bum out. Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. To depress; to make unhappy. Labels: colloquial, slang
Word: bum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See boom. Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. A humming noise. Labels: colloquial, dated, slang
Word: bum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See boom. Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. To make a murmuring or humming sound. Labels: colloquial, intransitive, slang Example: English men bum there [Stirling] as thick as bees.
Word: bum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. Pronunciation: /bʌm/ 1. A bumbailiff. Labels: colloquial, obsolete, slang Example: About her Chariot, and behind, / Were Sergeants, Bums of every kind, / Tip-staffs, and all those Officers, / That squeeze a Living out of Tears.