nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anterior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”). Pronunciation: /anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/, /ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/ 1. Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Transillumination of anterior teeth, using the composite curing light placed labially to shine through the tooth and be viewed using the mouth mirror, shows up any cavities as dark interproximal shadows. Example: Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone. 2. Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal. Labels: not-comparable 3. Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal. Labels: not-comparable 4. Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.
Word: astronaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”). Pronunciation: /ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/, /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/, /ˈæstɹəˌnɑt/ 1. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose. 2. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose. Example: Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings. Example: The American astronauts in the competing Mercury program may have joked about being “Spam in a can,” but it seems clear that Korolev wanted to have plenty of cosmonauts on hand in case another rocket blew up. 3. A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family. Labels: Hong-Kong
Word: crew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscere Old French creistre Old French creuebor. Middle English crue English crew From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”). Pronunciation: /kɹuː/, /kɹʉw/, /kɹu/, /kɹʉː/, /kɾʉ/ 1. To be a member of a vessel's crew. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: We crewed together on a fishing boat last year. Example: The ship was crewed by fifty sailors. 2. To be a member of a work or production crew. Labels: transitive Example: The film was crewed and directed by students. 3. To supply workers or sailors for a crew. Labels: transitive Example: The seafood companies crewed huge trawlers with new fishermen, many of whom were fish-plant workers, since much of the work on board a modern trawler is fish processing. Example: Steele crewed the boat with men from his own regiment and volunteers from John Wood's detachment. 4. To do the proper work of a sailor. Example: The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient. 5. To take on, recruit (new) crew. Example: The two ships will be crewing in the latter half of September.
Word: crew Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹuː/, /kɹʉw/, /kɹu/, /kɹʉː/, /kɾʉ/ 1. simple past of crow (“make the characteristic sound of a rooster”). Labels: UK, archaic, form-of, past Example: It was still dark when the cock crew. Example: And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted — "Open then the Door! You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more."
Word: crew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably of Brythonic/Cumbric origin. Compare Middle Welsh creu (“pigsty, hovel, stockade”). Pronunciation: /kɹuː/, /kɹʉw/, /kɹu/, /kɹʉː/, /kɾʉ/ 1. A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs Labels: East-Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: Between the shippon and the pig-crew, with the wind blowing over from the vegetable ground.
Word: crew Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹuː/, /kɹʉw/, /kɹu/, /kɹʉː/, /kɾʉ/ 1. The Manx shearwater. Labels: dated, dialectal
Word: crew Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹuː/, /kɹʉw/, /kɹu/, /kɹʉː/, /kɾʉ/ 1. simple past and past participle of cry Labels: Internet, form-of, humorous, nonstandard, participle, past Example: the cry I crew
Word: remote Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”). Pronunciation: [ɹɪˈməʊt], [ˌɹiːˈməʊt], [ɹəˈməʊt], [ɹɪˈmoʊt], /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ 1. At a distance; disconnected. Example: A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset. Example: remote workers 2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible. Example: After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost. 3. Slight. Labels: especially Example: There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes. Example: They have a very remote chance of winning. 4. Emotionally detached. Example: After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.
Word: remote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”). Pronunciation: [ɹɪˈməʊt], [ˌɹiːˈməʊt], [ɹəˈməʊt], [ɹɪˈmoʊt], /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ 1. Ellipsis of remote control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote. 2. An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room. 3. A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
Word: remote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”). Pronunciation: [ɹɪˈməʊt], [ˌɹiːˈməʊt], [ɹəˈməʊt], [ɹɪˈmoʊt], /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ 1. To connect to a computer from a remote location. 2. to remove (from something or someone) Example: These requirements are applicable whether you are remoting into a server or locally executing SharePoint cmdlets.
Word: complete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, to complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō (“to fill, to fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”) (English full). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpliːt/, /kɒmˈpliːt/ 1. To finish; to make done; to reach the end. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He completed the assignment on time. Example: The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long. 2. To make whole or entire. Labels: transitive Example: The last chapter completes the book nicely. 3. To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
Word: complete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, to complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō (“to fill, to fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”) (English full). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpliːt/, /kɒmˈpliːt/ 1. With all parts included; with nothing missing; full. Example: My life will be complete once I buy this new television. Example: She offered me complete control of the project. 2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed. Example: When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin. Example: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies. 3. Generic intensifier. Example: He is a complete bastard! Example: It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep. 4. In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space. 5. Complete as a topological group with respect to its m-adic topology, where m is its unique maximal idea. 6. In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound. 7. In which all small limits exist. 8. In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable. 9. That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space). Example: QMA arises naturally in the study of quantum computation, and it also has a complete problem, Local Hamiltonian, which is a generalization of k-SAT. Example: BPP behaves differently in some ways from other classes we have seen. For example, we know of no complete languages for BPP.
Word: complete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, to complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō (“to fill, to fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”) (English full). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpliːt/, /kɒmˈpliːt/ 1. A completed survey. Example: “If SSI says we're going to get two completes an hour, the sample will yield two Qualifieds to do the survey with us.” Example: …our market research professionals continue to advise us that providing the level of detail necessary to customize to each typical customer type would require the survey to be too lengthy and it would be difficult to get enough completes.
Word: project Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/, /ˈpɹəʊ.dʒɛkt/, /ˈpɹɐʊ.d͡ʒekt/, /ˈpɹɔd͡ʒ.ekt/, /ˈpɹɑˌd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages. Example: projects of happiness devised by human reason Example: Rainbow, […]came forward enthusiastically to put its money into the project in sums which ran all the way from one share at ten dollars to ten shares 2. An urban, low-income housing building. Labels: US, plural-normally Example: Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished. Example: Experiments when needles and skin connect / No wonder where we live is called the projects 3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design. Labels: dated Example: a man given to projects 4. A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough. Labels: US Example: Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing. Example: Elway acknowledged at the time that Lynch was a project who needed some seasoning but he expressed hope that Lynch might be a quick study. He wasn't. 5. A projectile. Labels: obsolete 6. A projection. Labels: obsolete
Word: project Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒekt/ 1. To extend beyond a surface. Labels: intransitive 2. To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Labels: transitive Example: Before his feet her selfe she did proiect Example: Behold! th' ascending villas on my side / Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. 3. To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward. Labels: transitive 4. To make plans for; to forecast. Labels: transitive Example: The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007. Example: To form a strict alliance between the cabinets of Paris and London—which meant, that he should influence both,—to induce Charles to marry the loveliest of his nieces, Hortense—thus making a common interest between them, were now the great objects with the Cardinal; and the present visit was of his projecting. 5. To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way. Labels: reflexive, transitive Example: It is difficult to gauge the exact point at which women stop trying to fool men and really begin to deceive themselves, but an objective analyst cannot escape the conclusion (1) that partly from a natural device inherent in the species, women deliberately project upon actual or potential suitors an impression of themselves that is not an accurate picture of their total nature, and (2) that few women ever are privileged to see themselves as they really are. 6. To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality. Labels: transitive 7. To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection. 8. To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure. 9. (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location 10. To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance. Labels: transitive Example: to project one's voice 11. To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance. Labels: intransitive Example: You would think that topic coulda put me to sleep, but HE can really project when HE wants to. 12. To extend to reach a point. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: When a word occurs only in Indo-European languages of northern or western Europe, for instance, projecting that word back to Proto-Indo-European is considered dubious.
Word: visit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”). The noun is from French visite or the verb. Doublet of visite. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪt/ 1. To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) Labels: transitive 2. To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas. 3. Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) Labels: transitive Example: [God] hath visited and redeemed his people. Example: Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 4. To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace. 5. Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone). Labels: transitive Example: There used to be a sharp contest as to where the effigy was to be made, for the people thought that the house from which it was carried forth would not be visited with death that year. 6. To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone. Labels: transitive Example: 05-032 was right about one thing: there is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to visit utter annihilation on it. Example: If this were an Ibsen play, we would be thinking of the sins of one generation being visited upon another, he said. 7. To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) Labels: transitive 8. To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc. Labels: transitive Example: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. Example: Each year, millions of people visit the 4,570-meter-high Baishui Glacier in southern China.
Word: visit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”). The noun is from French visite or the verb. Doublet of visite. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪt/ 1. A single act of visiting. Example: Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit. Example: We paid a quick visit to James on the way up to Scotland. 2. A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
Word: experiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/, /ɛkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/, /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənt/, /ɪkˈspeɹ.ə.mənt/ 1. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Example: conduct an experiment Example: carry out some experiments 2. Experience, practical familiarity with something. Labels: obsolete Example: Pilot [...] Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye, The maisters of his long experiment, And to them does the steddy helme apply [...].
Word: experiment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛnt/, /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛnt/ 1. To conduct an experiment. Labels: intransitive Example: We're going to experiment on rats. Example: As well as demonstrating operating facilities, full-size car body models are used for experimenting with new types of interior finish, systems of lighting, positioning of route diagrams and advertisements, and the best form of windscreens at doorways, and the height and location of handgrips and handrails. 2. To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The Earth, the which may have carried us about perpetually ... without our being ever able to experiment its rest. 3. To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Til they had experimented whiche was trewe, and who knewe most. 4. To try something to observe the results. Labels: intransitive, often Example: I want to experiment with psychedelics.
Word: learn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach"”), from Old English leornian (“to learn", rarely also, "to teach”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). The spelling with ⟨ea⟩ is of Early Modern English origin and reflects a lengthening of /ɛ~e/ to /eː/ before /rn/ in Late Old English or Early Middle English, then later lowering to /ɛː/; the modern pronunciation reflects still later reshortening. Cognate with Old Frisian lernia, lerna (“to learn”), Middle Low German lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”), Middle Dutch leernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”) (whence Dutch lernen (“to study scripture”)), German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore and lear. Pronunciation: /lɜːn/, /lɝn/, /lɑː(ɹ)n/, /lɛːrn/, /lɛrn/ 1. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. Example: It's time Dad learned (how) to change the oil in the car. Example: In my latest job, I've learnt to keep my mouth shut more than in the last one. 2. To attend a course or other educational activity. Example: For, as he took delight to introduce me, I took delight to learn. 3. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve. Example: learn from one's mistakes 4. To study. Example: I learn medicine. Example: They learn psychology. 5. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out. Example: He just learned that he will be sacked. 6. To teach. Example: Give him a clip round the ear. That'll learn him! Example: And whan she had serched hym she fond in the bottome of his wound that therin was poyson And soo she heled hym[…] and therfore Tramtrist cast grete loue to la beale Isoud for she was at that tyme the fairest mayde and lady of the worlde And there Tramtryst lerned her to harpe and she beganne to haue grete fantasye vnto hym
Word: learn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach"”), from Old English leornian (“to learn", rarely also, "to teach”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). The spelling with ⟨ea⟩ is of Early Modern English origin and reflects a lengthening of /ɛ~e/ to /eː/ before /rn/ in Late Old English or Early Middle English, then later lowering to /ɛː/; the modern pronunciation reflects still later reshortening. Cognate with Old Frisian lernia, lerna (“to learn”), Middle Low German lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”), Middle Dutch leernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”) (whence Dutch lernen (“to study scripture”)), German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore and lear. Pronunciation: /lɜːn/, /lɝn/, /lɑː(ɹ)n/, /lɛːrn/, /lɛrn/ 1. The act of learning something. Example: I did a quick learn of the place by watching the people shuffle in. There was a healthy mix of beautiful and freaky people, who shared a few common denominators[…]
Word: bold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”). Cognate with Dutch boud (“bold, courageous, fearless”), Middle High German balt (“bold”) (whence German bald (“soon”)), Swedish båld (“bold, dauntless”). Perhaps related to Albanian ballë (“forehead”) and Old Prussian balo (“forehead”). Compare typologically Italian affrontare (“to face, to deal with”), sfrontato (“bold, daring, insolent”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊld/, [ˈbɒʊɫd], /ˈbɒld/, /boʊld/, /baʉld/ 1. Courageous, daring. Example: Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals. Example: Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. 2. Visually striking; conspicuous. Example: the painter's bold use of colour and outline 3. Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface. Example: Many bold fonts are available on this computer. Example: In HTML, wrapping text in <b> and </b> tags produces bold text. 4. Presumptuous, forward or impudent. Example: […] even the boldeſt and moſt affirmative Philoſophy, which has ever attempted to impoſe its crude Dictates and Principles on Mankind. 5. Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved. Labels: Ireland Example: All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told. 6. Full-bodied. 7. Pornographic; depicting nudity. Labels: Philippines Example: The government warned bus operators against continuing to show bold content on buses. 8. Steep or abrupt. Example: The grounds descend with a bold slope to the water's edge, and rise finely upwards above the mansion, abounding with fine trees, and ornamented by a range of building at a distance, in a corresponding style […]
Word: bold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bolden, balden, from Old English baldian, bealdian, from Proto-Germanic *balþōną, related to *balþaz (see above). Cognate with Old High German irbaldōn (“to become bold, dare”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊld/, [ˈbɒʊɫd], /ˈbɒld/, /boʊld/, /baʉld/ 1. To make (a font or some text) bold. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Please bold all these subheads. 2. To make bold or daring. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] for this buſines, It touches vs, as France inuades our land Not bolds the King, with others whome I feare, Moſt iuſt and heauy cauſes make oppoſe. 3. To become bold or brave. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: bold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bold, from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl (“house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, wax, swell”) or *bʰuH-. Cognate with Old Frisian bold (“house”) (whence North Frisian bol, boel, bøl (“house”)), North Frisian bodel, budel (“property, inheritance”), Middle Low German būdel (“property, real estate”). Related to build. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊld/, [ˈbɒʊɫd], /ˈbɒld/, /boʊld/, /baʉld/ 1. A dwelling; habitation; building. Labels: obsolete
Word: how Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift. Akin to Scots hoo, foo (“how”), North Frisian ho, hü, hur (“how”), Saterland Frisian wo (“how”), West Frisian hoe (“how”), Dutch hoe (“how”), Low German ho, wo, wu (“how”), German wie (“how”), Swedish hur (“how”). See who and compare why. Pronunciation: /haʊ/, /huː/, /hʌʊ/, [həu̯], /hæɔ/ 1. That, the fact that. Labels: informal Example: She told me how her father was a doctor. Example: “There’s this real Al Capone fear that they’re going to get our guys, not on marijuana, but on something else,” Mr. Edson said, referring to how Capone was eventually charged with tax evasion rather than criminal activity.
Word: how Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift. Akin to Scots hoo, foo (“how”), North Frisian ho, hü, hur (“how”), Saterland Frisian wo (“how”), West Frisian hoe (“how”), Dutch hoe (“how”), Low German ho, wo, wu (“how”), German wie (“how”), Swedish hur (“how”). See who and compare why. Pronunciation: /haʊ/, /huː/, /hʌʊ/, [həu̯], /hæɔ/ 1. What?, pardon? Labels: US, dialectal
Word: how Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift. Akin to Scots hoo, foo (“how”), North Frisian ho, hü, hur (“how”), Saterland Frisian wo (“how”), West Frisian hoe (“how”), Dutch hoe (“how”), Low German ho, wo, wu (“how”), German wie (“how”), Swedish hur (“how”). See who and compare why. Pronunciation: /haʊ/, /huː/, /hʌʊ/, [həu̯], /hæɔ/ 1. The means by which something is accomplished. Example: I am not interested in the why, but in the how. Example: It is an a posteriori argument, evincing the fact, but not the how.
Word: how Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English howe, hough, hogh, partly from Old English hōh (“promontory”), and partly from Old Norse haugr (“a how, mound”). Compare Old French höe (“hillock, hill”), from the same Germanic source. Pronunciation: /haʊ/, /huː/, /hʌʊ/, [həu̯], /hæɔ/ 1. An artificial barrow or tumulus; in later folklore, associated with fairies. Labels: dialectal Example: Fianlly, as regards the places in which these rites and mysteries may have been held, certain writers believe them to have been the "Fairy Hills" or "howes" in various parts of Scotland. Example: The fairy feast inside the howe (and this barrow is hill-sized) reminds one of nothing so much as a tale in the Icelandic Eyrbyggia saga, written in the mid thirteenth century. 2. In northern England, a low hill. Labels: dialectal
Word: how Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From a Siouan language; compare Lakota háu. Alternatively from Wyandot haau. Pronunciation: /haʊ/, /huː/, /hʌʊ/, [həu̯], /hæɔ/ 1. A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.
Word: crimson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪmzən/, /ˈkɹɪmsən/ 1. A deep, slightly bluish red. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson.
Word: crimson Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪmzən/, /ˈkɹɪmsən/ 1. Having a deep red colour. Example: Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines. Example: Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener. 2. Immodest.
Word: crimson Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪmzən/, /ˈkɹɪmsən/ 1. To become crimson or deep red; to blush. Labels: intransitive Example: Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned. Example: 1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Ring” in The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, New York and Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Volume 2, p. 662, Father. Why do you look so gravely at the tower? Miram. I never saw it yet so all ablaze With creepers crimsoning to the pinnacles, 2. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Labels: transitive Example: Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand, Sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe. Example: Her face was crimsoned over, and she exclaimed, in a voice of the greatest emotion, “Good God! Willoughby, what is the meaning of this? […]”
Word: Slovio Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsloʊ̯vioʊ̯/ 1. An artificial language based on the Slavic languages and written in either the Latin or Cyrillic script, intended to be readily understandable by speakers of any modern Slavic language.
Word: bisque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye. Pronunciation: /bɪsk/ 1. A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: lobster bisque 2. A pale pinkish brown colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bisque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye. Pronunciation: /bɪsk/ 1. Of a pale pinkish brown colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bisque Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye. Pronunciation: /bɪsk/ 1. To prepare ceramics in the bisque style. Labels: transitive Example: I use an electric kiln strictly for bisquing my pots.
Word: bisque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca (“gambling house, gambling den”). Pronunciation: /bɪsk/ 1. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed. Example: Going round with Angus McTavish carrying your bag, she mused, was equivalent to about four bisques to the opposition. Angus McTavish was the sort of man who, just by going about looking like a frozen asset, takes all the edge and zip out of a girl's game. 2. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed. 3. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed. 4. Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day. Labels: British, historical 5. Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day. Labels: British
Word: azure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan. Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul. Pronunciation: /ˈæʒə/, /ˈæz.jʊə/, /ˈæʒjʊə/, /əˈzjʊə/, /ˈæʒɚ/ 1. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In robes of azure. Example: For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […] 2. A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Berington of Chester (on the authority of Harleian manuscript No. 1535) is said to bear a plain shield of azure. Personally I doubt this coat of arms […] Example: In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items. 3. The unclouded sky; the blue vault above. Labels: countable, poetic, uncountable Example: Not like those steps / On heaven's azure. Example: Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; [...] 4. Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Lapis lazuli. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: azure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan. Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul. Pronunciation: /ˈæʒə/, /ˈæz.jʊə/, /ˈæʒjʊə/, /əˈzjʊə/, /ˈæʒɚ/ 1. Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky. Labels: not-comparable Example: When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main. 2. Cloudless. Labels: not-comparable 3. In blazon, of the colour blue. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’ Example: On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.
Word: azure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English asure, from Old French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Classical Persian لاجورد (lājward, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Badakhshan. Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul. Pronunciation: /ˈæʒə/, /ˈæz.jʊə/, /ˈæʒjʊə/, /əˈzjʊə/, /ˈæʒɚ/ 1. To colour blue. Labels: transitive Example: Our readers are aware that much of the sugar sold in many countries goes through an azuring treatment; blue is added to granulated sugar with the view of making it appear whiter than it actually is.
Word: Afrikaans Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaans (“African”) itself from earlier Dutch Afrikaansch (“African”). Pronunciation: /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/, /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːns/, /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/ 1. A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia. Example: Some of the most contentious issues included the clear threat the Bill posed for the future of single-medium Afrikaans schools, a minority language in South Africa, and also a language often attacked and targeted by populist politicians.
Word: Afrikaans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaans (“African”) itself from earlier Dutch Afrikaansch (“African”). Pronunciation: /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/, /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːns/, /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/ 1. A person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
Word: Afrikaans Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaans (“African”) itself from earlier Dutch Afrikaansch (“African”). Pronunciation: /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːnz/, /ˌafɹɪˈkɑːns/, /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aquamarine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Latin aqua marīnader. English aquamarine From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”). Pronunciation: /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/, /ˌɑ.kwə.məˈɹiːn/ 1. The bluish-green colour of the sea. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A transparent bluish-green, sometimes yellow-green, variety of beryl. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.
Word: aquamarine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Latin aqua marīnader. English aquamarine From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”). Pronunciation: /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/, /ˌɑ.kwə.məˈɹiːn/ 1. Of a bluish-green colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chartreuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse. Pronunciation: /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/, /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/, /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs/ 1. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him. Example: Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids. 2. A greenish-yellow color. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse microbus. Example: Every scrap of vegetation had been scorched from the parched soil, except for growths of black, orange, and chartreuse lichen that, from the air, gave the earth a scabbed and infected appearance. 3. A kind of enamelled pottery. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.
Word: chartreuse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse. Pronunciation: /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/, /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/, /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːs/ 1. Of a bright yellowish-green colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: endowment policy Part of Speech: noun 1. a life assurance savings scheme designed to pay out a lump sum when the policy matures
Word: collateral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”). By surface analysis, col- + lateral. Pronunciation: /kəˈlætəɹəl/ 1. Parallel, in the same vein, side by side. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone. 2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant. Labels: not-comparable Example: Yet the attempt may give / Collateral interest to this homely tale. 3. Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal. Labels: not-comparable Example: collateral damage Example: Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war. 4. Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency. Labels: not-comparable Example: a collateral descendant Example: Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives. 5. Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security. Labels: not-comparable 6. Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan. Labels: not-comparable 7. Coming or directed along the side. Labels: not-comparable Example: collateral pressure Example: collateral light 8. Acting in an indirect way. Labels: not-comparable Example: If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give […] To you in satisfaction. 9. Having the phloem and xylem adjacent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: collateral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”). By surface analysis, col- + lateral. Pronunciation: /kəˈlætəɹəl/ 1. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The decline in the quality of eligible collateral is a grave problem. The ECB is now buying corporate bonds that are close to junk, and the haircuts can barely deal with a one-notch credit downgrade. The reputational risk of such actions by a central bank would have been unthinkable in the past." Example: In colonial times, when land was not worth much and banks didn’t exist, most lending was based on human property. In the early 1700s, slaves were the dominant collateral in South Carolina. 2. A collateral (not linear) family member. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals. 4. Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A contemporary or rival. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 7. An instance of hitting two or more targets, often enemy players, with a single shot, usually when they are lined up behind each other. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: annuity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”). Cf. annuality. Pronunciation: /əˈn(j)uɪti/ 1. A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
Word: mortage Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of mortgage. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: mortage Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of mortgage. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: life assurance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + assurance. 1. An insurance policy that pays out on death (or on certain other conditions). Labels: uncountable
Word: annually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English annual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English annually From annual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.jʊə.li/, /ˈæn.ju.ə.li/ 1. Once every year without fail, yearly Labels: not-comparable Example: The Sunshine Festival is held annually, at the end of May. Example: The cult of the holiday camp has brought seasonal expresses to fresh destinations such as Penychain, in North Wales; over 250,000 people go by train annually to Butlin's holiday camps alone.