nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of periwinkle. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪŋk/, [ˈwɪŋk] 1. Synonym of periwinkle (“type of mollusk”). Labels: UK, slang Example: “I buy my winks,” said one, “at Billingsgate, at 3s. and 4s. the wash. A wash is about a bushel. […]”
Word: summarise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From summ(ary) + -arise. 1. Alternative form of summarize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women. Example: Before summarising his report, Beeching looks at other factors "influencing the future role of the railways".
Word: revolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/ 1. A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change. Labels: countable Example: The revolution had completely transformed the monarchy into a republic. Example: Una rivoluzione è certamente la cosa più autoritaria che ci sia: è l'atto per il quale una parte della popolazione impone la sua volontà all'altra parte per mezzo di fucili, baionette e cannoni; mezzi autoritari, se ce ne sono; e il partito vittorioso, se non vuole aver combattuto invano, deve continuare questo dominio col terrore che le sue armi inspirano ai reazionari. 2. The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action. Labels: countable Example: For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France. 3. Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ratio between the speeds of revolution of wheel and disc is substantially equal to the reciprocal of the ratio between the diameter of the wheel and the diameter of the mean contact circle on the disc. Example: The Earth has two motions: a daily revolution (or turning around) upon its axis, and a yearly course around the sun. 4. In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It takes 365 days for the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun. 5. A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the AI revolution Example: Ông Kac-Mac là kinh tế học K. M. Ông ấy ngiên kứu rõ ràng tư bản chủ ngĩa, dế quốc chủ ngĩa, zai kấp tranh dấu, vân vân ở dâu mà sinh ra; lịch sử nó thế nào, hiện tượng nó thế nào, và kết quả nó sẽ ra thế nào. 6. A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: philosopher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English philosophre, from Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, literally “lover of wisdom”) + -er. Credited as having been coined by Pythagoras to describe himself. Displaced native Old English ūþwita. Pronunciation: /fɪˈlɒs.ə.fə(ɹ)/, /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/ 1. A lover of wisdom. 2. A student of philosophy. 3. A scholar or expert engaged in or contributing to philosophical inquiry. Example: Not much later—perhaps only two or three weeks later he has discovered meaning in them; he knows that they say "The cat sat on the hat." How this happens no one really knows, despite the efforts of philosophers and psychologists over two and a half millennia to study the phenomenon. Example: Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher. He knows how to sell tickets. 4. A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change. Labels: archaic Example: Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoikes, encountred him Example: This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. 5. A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science. Labels: archaic 6. An alchemist. Labels: obsolete Example: Then thus conclude I, since that God of heaven Will not that these philosophers neven How that a man shall come unto this stone, I rede as for the best to let it gon. Example: No further progress was made in this science until the Mohammedan alchemists embarked upon their search for the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, and a method of transmuting base metals into gold.
Word: asbestos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-der.? Ancient Greek σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ) Ancient Greek σβεστός (sbestós) Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)bor. Latin asbestosbor. Old French abestosder. English asbestos From Old French abestos, from Latin asbestos, itself from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ, “to quench, quell”). Pronunciation: /æsˈbɛs.tɒs/, /æsˈbɛs.təs/, /æzˈbɛs.təs/, /æz-/, /əs-/ 1. Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All types of asbestos are potentially carcinogenic when inhaled. Example: Asbestos insulation was once ubiquitous. 2. Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The supposed material composing part of the body that is impervious to heat, or by extension other unpleasant sensations; especially hot or spicy food. Labels: attributive, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: She sipped the coffee; she always did have asbestos lips. Example: They were exceptionally good and were accompanied by a chili sauce that had to be eaten with great caution unless you had an asbestos tongue but was nonetheless delicious.
Word: asbestos Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-der.? Ancient Greek σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ) Ancient Greek σβεστός (sbestós) Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)bor. Latin asbestosbor. Old French abestosder. English asbestos From Old French abestos, from Latin asbestos, itself from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ, “to quench, quell”). Pronunciation: /æsˈbɛs.tɒs/, /æsˈbɛs.təs/, /æzˈbɛs.təs/, /æz-/, /əs-/ 1. To coat or line with asbestos. Example: “Be sure you have plenty of kindling before you begin. They are rather non-inflammable and well asbestosed, so to speak.” Example: The latter department will be asbestosed without according to the idea of Professor Swain, whose deductions are that you should wear an overcoat in summer for the reason that what will keep out the cold will keep out the heat. 2. To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis. Example: Lungs asbestosed / unable to breath^([sic]) / and so incapable / of producing for profit / sent away without delay / so a fresh lunged / could occupy / the vacant place. 3. To insulate or buffer. Labels: figuratively Example: Is Malcolm J. Miller’s South Carolina Sinking Fund partly immune, partly asbestosed, or what? Example: Whatever air’s asbestosing the prayers / Of this sparse April parlour must splutter / To dust until it dismantles itself.
Word: tease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”). Pronunciation: /tiːz/ 1. To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material). Labels: transitive 2. To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. Labels: transitive 3. To backcomb. Labels: transitive 4. To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way. Labels: transitive Example: The difference between teasing and taunting is like the difference between kissing and spitting. The ingredients are the same; it is the emotion that determines whether it is pleasing or repellent.... Proper teasing says, in effect, "I know all your little oddities and faults, but as they are part of what makes you special, I find them charming." Taunting, in contrast, makes only the harsh statement, "I have noticed what is wrong with you." Example: The beast in the past has done horrible stuff / And his victims were left quite displeased / No one knows what he's so angry about / Maybe once in third grade he was teased 5. To provoke or disturb; to annoy. Labels: transitive Example: Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing. Example: I am myself, the sweetest temper'd man alive, and hate a teasing temper; and so I tell her a hundred Times a day— 6. To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation. Labels: transitive Example: A young woman, if she fall into bad hands, may be teazed, and kept at a distance from those she wants to be with; but one cannot comprehend a young man’s being under such restraint, as not to be able to spend a week with his father, if he likes it. 7. To entice, tempt. Labels: transitive Example: [H]ere comes my Helpmate!—She appears in great good humour——how happy I should be if I could teaze her into loving me tho' but a little—— 8. To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal. Labels: transitive Example: My favorite fantasy is being tied down and teased and teased. 9. To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser. Labels: informal, transitive Example: a less interesting character here than in the previous two films, Caesar glowers through the movie, as though aware that he has been condemned to a script that is rushing to clear the stage for the straightforward Planet Of The Apes remake first teased in Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.
Word: tease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”). Pronunciation: /tiːz/ 1. One who teases. 2. A single act of teasing. 3. One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
Word: benign Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign. Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪn/, /bɪˈnɑen/ 1. Kind; gentle; mild. Example: But though we both entertained these ideas, we differed in their application. Resentment added also a sting to my censure; and I reprobated Raymond's conduct in severe terms. Adrian was more benign, more considerate. Example: I people my world with benign spirits. Everything talks to me and I respond to it. 2. Of a climate or environment, mild and favorable. 3. Not harmful to the environment. Labels: in-compounds Example: an ozone-benign refrigerant 4. Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent. Example: a benign tumor Example: Despite the gruesome way it looks, cottontail rabbit papillomavirus is often benign, and many rabbits end up fighting it off on their own.
Word: helm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English helm, helme (“tiller of a ship”), from Old English helma (“helm, tiller”), from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle; helm, tiller”), either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) or from the same source as haulm and helm (“bentgrass, straw”) (see below), Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂-m(on)- (“reed, hollow stalk”), one form of which then developed a specialized meaning “handle” in Germanic. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * German Holm (“beam”) * Old Norse hjálm Pronunciation: /hɛlm/ 1. The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel. Example: Ye this is both helme & stern of al together: & that which they contended right sore to impugn, but loue of the truth, wherwith in this poynte I reckened me wel fēsed, wold not suffer me to apply & yeld to their wil, thinking, quod sanctū erat veritatē preferre amicitiæ, that the truth ought to be preferred before al frendship & amitye, & also, Si dextra manus scandalizet deberet prescidi & abijci. Example: Nor is this vveather rare about the Æquinoctiall; by Mariners termed the Tornadoes: and tis ſo vncertaine, that novv you ſhall haue a quiet breath and gale, and ſuddenly an vnexpected violent guſt, and ſtorme, ſo fierce, that many times the ſhips vvill feele no helme. 2. The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned. Labels: broadly 3. The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman. Labels: broadly 4. Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve. Labels: broadly Example: A great axe first she gave, that two ways cut, / In which a fair well-polish'd helm was put, / That from an olive bough receiv'd his frame. 5. A position of control or leadership. Labels: figuratively Example: the helm of the Commonwealth Example: Biſhop [William] Laud of London is alſo povverful in his VVay, for he ſits at the Helm of the Church, and doth more than any of the tvvo Archbiſhops, or all the reſt of his tvvo and tvventy Brethren beſides. 6. One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide. Labels: figuratively Example: [Y]ou ſlander / The Helmes o'th State: vvho care for you like Fathers, / VVhen you curſe them, as Enemies.
Word: helm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English helm, helme (“tiller of a ship”), from Old English helma (“helm, tiller”), from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle; helm, tiller”), either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) or from the same source as haulm and helm (“bentgrass, straw”) (see below), Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂-m(on)- (“reed, hollow stalk”), one form of which then developed a specialized meaning “handle” in Germanic. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * German Holm (“beam”) * Old Norse hjálm Pronunciation: /hɛlm/ 1. To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel). Labels: transitive Example: [A] wild wave in the wild North-sea, / […] overbears the bark, / And him that helms it, […] Example: For this light he steered, and soon he saw two tall pillars of flame blazing beside each other, with a narrow space of night between them. He helmed the ship towards these, and when he came near them they were like two mighty mountains of wood burning far into heaven, […] 2. To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Ile ſtriue to be nor great nor ſmale, / To liue nor die, fate helmeth all, / VVhen I can breath no longer, then, / Heauen take all, there put Amen. Example: The very ſtreame of his life, and the buſineſſe he hath helmed, muſt vppon a vvarranted neede, giue him a better proclamation.
Word: helm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English helm (“helmet; crown of thorns of Jesus; warrior; inn or shop sign”) [and other forms], from Old English helm (“helmet”), from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelmos, from the root *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of heaume and related to helmet. Cognates * Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms) * Old Frisian helm (West Frisian helm) * Old High German helm (Middle High German helm, modern German Helm; Italian elmo; Old French helme, modern French heaume; Spanish yelmo) * Old Norse hjalmr (Danish hjelm, Norwegian hjelm, Swedish hjälm) * Old Saxon helm (Low German Helm, Middle Dutch helm, modern Dutch helm) Pronunciation: /hɛlm/ 1. A helmet. Labels: archaic, poetic, transitive Example: Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, / Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes / Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, / In euery part exceding braue and rich. Example: O're Shields and Helmes, and helmed heads he rode / Of Thrones and mighty Seraphim proſtrate, / That vviſh'd the Mountains novv might be again / Throvvn on them as a ſhelter from his ire. 2. Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”). Labels: transitive 3. A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed. Labels: Northern-England, broadly, transitive 4. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Then ancient Skiddaw, stern and proud, / In sullen majesty replying, / Thus spake from out of his helm of cloud […] 5. The crown or top of something. Labels: broadly, dialectal, obsolete, transitive 6. The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort. Labels: broadly, obsolete, transitive Example: The Dragons teeth, Mercurie ſublimate, / That keepes the vvhiteneſſe, hardneſſe and the biting; / And they are gather’d, into Iaſon’s helme, / (Th’Alembeke) and then ſovv’d in Mars his field, / And, thence, ſublim’d ſo often, till they are fix’d.
Word: helm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English helmen, helmi (“to provide with a helmet; (figuratively) to cover; to protect”), from Old English helmian (“to cover”), ġehelmian (“to cover with a helmet; to crown”), from (ġe- (prefix with an intensifying effect, or forming nouns or verbs denoting processes or results) +) helm (“helmet”) (see further at etymology 2) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns). Pronunciation: /hɛlm/ 1. To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet. Labels: archaic, poetic, transitive Example: Oh Noble Conon, / You taught my tender Hands the Trade of VVar; / And novv again you Helm your hoary Head, / And under double vveight of Age and Arms, / Aſſert your Countries Freedom, and my Crovvn. Example: Then from the bank / He sprung, and helm'd his head.
Word: helm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is possibly: * a variant of haulm; or * from its etymon Middle English halm, helm, Early Middle English healm (“straw, stubble; stalk (?); handle of a tool or weapon”) [and other forms], from Old English healm (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw, stubble”) or an unattested variant *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (see Proto-West Germanic *helm) or *halmaz (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₂- (“to prick, stab, stick”). The verb is either derived from the noun, or is possibly a variant of yelm. Cognates Dutch helm (“haulm”); helm, hellem, hellim (“straw”) (dialectal) Low German helm (“haulm”) (hallem (Heligoland), halm (Holstein)) Pronunciation: /hɛlm/ 1. A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs. Labels: countable, transitive 2. Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive, uncountable Example: The sheriff, John Griffith, had prepared green wood to burn him; but one master John Pikes, pitying the man, caused divers to go with him to Ridland, half a mile off, who brought good store of helme-sheaves, which indeed made good dispatch with little pain, in comparison to that he should have suffered with the green wood. 3. Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”) Labels: obsolete, transitive, uncountable Example: The Italians, and Spaniards, call it Sparto, and the ſecond ſort Albardi, The Dutch Halm. And vve in Engliſh, Helme, and Matvveede, but the people all along the Coaſts of Norfolke and Suffolke, call it Marram, and may be called Sea Ruſhes as vvell.
Word: helm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is possibly: * a variant of haulm; or * from its etymon Middle English halm, helm, Early Middle English healm (“straw, stubble; stalk (?); handle of a tool or weapon”) [and other forms], from Old English healm (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw, stubble”) or an unattested variant *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (see Proto-West Germanic *helm) or *halmaz (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₂- (“to prick, stab, stick”). The verb is either derived from the noun, or is possibly a variant of yelm. Cognates Dutch helm (“haulm”); helm, hellem, hellim (“straw”) (dialectal) Low German helm (“haulm”) (hallem (Heligoland), halm (Holstein)) Pronunciation: /hɛlm/ 1. To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm. Labels: transitive
Word: girder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gird Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English girder From gird + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡɝdɚ/ 1. A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure. 2. One who girds; a satirist.
Word: hellbent Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hell-bent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: penes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːniːz/, [ˈpʰiːniːz], /ˈpiniz/, [ˈpʰiniz] 1. plural of penis Labels: form-of, plural Example: The men wore loose loincloths that did little to conceal penes like pendulums on grandfather clocks. 2. plural of pene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpiːniːz/, [ˈpʰiːniːz], /ˈpiniz/, [ˈpʰiniz] 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pene Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bunch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰénǵʰus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite [Term?] (/⁠panku⁠/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)). Alternatively, perhaps from a variant or diminutive of bump (compare hump/hunch, lump/lunch, etc.); or from dialectal Old French bonge (“bundle”) (compare French bongeau, bonjeau, bonjot), from West Flemish bondje, diminutive of West Flemish bond (“bundle”). Pronunciation: /bʌntʃ/, /bʌnʃ/, /bʌnt͡ʃ/ 1. A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. Example: a bunch of grapes Example: a bunch of bananas 2. The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race. 3. An informal body of friends. Example: He still hangs out with the same bunch. Example: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!" 4. A considerable amount. Labels: US, informal Example: a bunch of trouble 5. An unmentioned amount; a number. Labels: informal Example: A bunch of them went down to the field. 6. A group of logs tied together for skidding. 7. An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock. Example: The ore may be disseminated throughout the matrix in minute particles, as gold in quartz; in parallel threads, strings, and plates, as with copper; in irregular pockets or bunches 8. The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle. 9. An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added. Example: Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch. 10. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. Example: They will carry[…]their treasures upon the bunches of camels. 11. A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass, 60 of which constitute a way or web. Labels: obsolete
Word: bunch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰénǵʰus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite [Term?] (/⁠panku⁠/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)). Alternatively, perhaps from a variant or diminutive of bump (compare hump/hunch, lump/lunch, etc.); or from dialectal Old French bonge (“bundle”) (compare French bongeau, bonjeau, bonjot), from West Flemish bondje, diminutive of West Flemish bond (“bundle”). Pronunciation: /bʌntʃ/, /bʌnʃ/, /bʌnt͡ʃ/ 1. To gather into a bunch. Labels: transitive 2. To gather fabric into folds. Labels: transitive 3. To form a bunch. Labels: intransitive Example: "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force. 4. To be gathered together in folds Labels: intransitive 5. To protrude or swell Labels: intransitive Example: A very large ſparry Nodule externally of a brown Colour. It has ſomewhat of the reſemblance of a large Champignon before 'tis open'd, bunching out into a large round Knob at one end, the part proceeding from it being leſs, round, and not unlike a Stalk.
Word: round of applause Part of Speech: noun 1. An outburst of clapping among a group or audience. Labels: idiomatic Example: Please give all of the fantastic performers a big round of applause for their efforts this evening!
Word: fisting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fisting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪstɪŋ/ 1. The act or sexual practice of inserting one or both hands into the vagina or rectum of oneself or one's sexual partner. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: 2003 August 17, Sean O'Hagan, “Sex on the brain”, review in The Observer, page 5, […] and comes to a climax of sorts (sorry) with – and here the more sheltered among you should avert your eyes – a girl-on-girl fisting scene.
Word: fisting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɪstɪŋ/ 1. Relating to or involving the sexual practice of inserting a hand into a partner's body. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːɹə/, /ˈtɛəɹə/, /ˈtæɹə/ 1. An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings. Example: No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells 2. An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings. 3. A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage. Example: Many had already taken out loans and purchased equipment in preparation for the program’s continuation, said Tara Roberts-Turner, general manager of the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), a farmer-led distribution network serving more than 400 farmers and the state’s largest food hub. 4. A male given name. Example: the story of Tara Cochrane, a war veteran, a physician, and a burned-out man who describes himself in terms of a bad cigarette 5. Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill: 6. Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill: 7. Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill: 8. Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill: 9. Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill: 10. Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill:
Word: Tara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”). Doublet of Akhtar and sitara. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːɹə/, /ˈtɛəɹə/, /ˈtæɹə/ 1. A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements. 2. A female given name from Sanskrit.
Word: Tara Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːɹə/, /ˈtɛəɹə/, /ˈtæɹə/ 1. A surname.
Word: Tara Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːɹə/, /ˈtɛəɹə/, /ˈtæɹə/ 1. A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. 2. A barangay of Coron, Palawan, Philippines. 3. A barangay of Sipocot, Camarines Sur, Philippines. 4. A barangay of Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
Word: Tara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Persian تارا (târâ). Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːɹə/, /ˈtɛəɹə/, /ˈtæɹə/ 1. A transliteration of the Persian female given name تارا (târâ).
Word: pwned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əʊnd/, /pəʊnd/, /pəʔˈəʊnd/, /pɔːnd/, /piˈəʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pwn Labels: Internet, Leet, form-of, participle, past
Word: noob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing a pronunciation of newb (a shortened form of newbie). Pronunciation: /n(j)uːb/ 1. A newb or newbie; someone who is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: Noobs are annoying, they never know the forum rules. 2. Someone who is obsessed with something. Labels: Internet, derogatory
Word: pursue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute. Pronunciation: /pəˈsjuː/, /pəˈʃuː/, /pɚˈsu/, /pəˈʃu/, /pɜˈʃuː/ 1. To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. Labels: ambitransitive Example: pursue one's dreams Example: The wicked flee when no man purſueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon. 2. To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Her rival pursued a quite different course. 3. To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). Labels: transitive Example: He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians. 4. To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession). Labels: transitive Example: The Kedarites are depicted as herders of sheep and goats who pursued a seminomadic existence and lived scattered over a wide area of the desert region east of the land of Israel. 5. To act as a legal prosecutor. Labels: intransitive 6. To continue; to carry on. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: 'Allow me, great king,' pursued the Demon, in a dry tone of voice, 'to wish you joy […]
Word: Gabriel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew גבריאלbor. Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl)bor. Latin Gabrielder. English Gabriel From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/ 1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew]. Example: Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality. Example: "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember. 2. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew]. Example: Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. Example: And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: chromophores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromophore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feuilleton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French feuillet French -on French feuilletonbor. English feuilleton Borrowed from French feuilleton. Pronunciation: /ˈfəːɪtɒ̃/, /ˈfʊɪˌtɒn/, /ˌfəɪˈtɑn/, /ˌfəɪˈtɔn/, /ˈfɔɪ.ɪ.tən/ 1. A section of a European newspaper typically dedicated to arts, culture, criticism, and light literature. 2. An article published in such a section. Example: Now and then, when luck had favoured me, I had managed to get five shillings for a feuilleton from some newspaper or other. Example: The feuilleton, like the other serious, trivial, and merely curious stories on the newspaper page, served up an excess of details. For the most part, the feuilleton writer observed, rather than explained.
Word: subacid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English subacid From sub- + acid. 1. Somewhat acidic. Example: Beer may be considered as the wine of grain, for it is the product of the fermentation of malt, just as wine is that of the fermentation of the grape, or other subacid fruits. Example: An excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humour.
Word: subacid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English subacid From sub- + acid. 1. A mild acidic taste. Example: Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit. 2. Any substance that is moderately acid.
Word: toucan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːkən/, /ˈtuːˌkæn/ 1. Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak. Example: The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket;
Word: five-finger discount Part of Speech: noun 1. Theft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: I was a burglary detective for three years before I joined the Speaker's Bureau, and you might say I managed to acquire a few things at a five-finger discount, if you catch my drift. Example: - Hey, guys. Where'd you get all that great stuff? - Five-finger discount, man.
Word: enciclopedia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of encyclopedia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Zion Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)bor. Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōnbor. Old English Syon Middle English Sion Early New High German Zioninflu. English Zion From Middle English Sion, from Old English Syon, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Initial Z- was likely under influence from Early New High German Zion, itself influenced by the Ashkenazi pronunciation /t͡s/. Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪ.ən/ 1. A hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events. Example: Neuertheleſſe, Dauid tooke the ſtrong hold of Zion: the ſame is the citie of Dauid. 2. Jerusalem city proper; or more strictly speaking, the Temple Mount. Labels: poetic 3. The whole nation of Israel. Labels: broadly 4. A male given name from Hebrew. 5. A female given name. 6. An association of the righteous. Labels: Mormonism 7. A city and township in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
Word: virtuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. By surface analysis, virtue + -ous. Doublet of virtuoso and piecewise doublet of virtùous. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/, /ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs/ 1. Full of virtue; having excellent moral character. Example: Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people. Example: Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad.
Word: winded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of wind Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The boxer winded his opponent by striking his solar plexus.
Word: winded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndɪd/ 1. Out of breath. Example: She was winded from her long run.
Word: isobaric heating Part of Speech: noun 1. The heating of something at constant pressure.
Word: antichrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Antichrist. By surface analysis, anti- + Christ. Pronunciation: /ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/, /ˈæntaɪˌkɹaɪst/, /ˈæntiˌkɹaɪst/ 1. One who works against the teachings of Christ. Example: Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time. Example: I am an antichrist / And I am an anarchist / Don't know what I want / But I know how to get it
Word: eschatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos) 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 English eschatology From Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos, “last”) + English -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌɛsk.əˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌɛs.kəˈtɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ 1. A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death. Labels: countable Example: These final pages are as deeply pleasureful as they are moving. Their comic eschatologies are consistent with the spirit that informs all of “Ada,” the spirit that is underscored by the last syllable in Ada's name when it is pronounced correctly in “the Russian way with two deep, dark ‘a’s” — da! 2. The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment. Labels: uncountable Example: Eschatology and proleptics aside, I think this is a really stupid way to read a mystery novel.
Word: end times Part of Speech: noun 1. The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: And I can hear it loud and clear / The world is ending, and what do I care? / She's gone, end times are here Example: Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas, said in an interview that Mr. Van Impe’s premillennial view of the end times paved the way for his own ministry and that of other popular preachers like John Hagee and David Jeremiah. 2. The days leading to the coming of the Mahdi, the Messiah or Judgment Day. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Near-synonym: eschaton Example: Both Islam and Christianity have a strong eschatology (view of the end times) that comes from their worldview. 3. Corresponding periods in other religious traditions. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Near-synonym: eschaton Example: Hellenistic Judaism was familiar with the idea that deceit is characteristic of the end times (see T. Levi 10:2; 16:1).
Word: rabbi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English raby, from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”), from רַב (rav, “master”) + ־ִי (-í, “my”). Compare late Old English rabbi. Doublet of rebbe and related to rav. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ.baɪ/ 1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions. Labels: Judaism, countable Example: Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation. 2. A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation. Labels: Judaism, countable Example: "Elon Musk is spreading the kind of antisemitism that leads to massacres," reads the decree, which was signed by 164 "rabbis, leaders of Jewish organizations, artists, activists, and academics." "And advertisers are funding the platform that allows him to spread his ideology to hundreds of millions [of] people." 3. A senior officer who acts as a mentor. Labels: countable, slang Example: Hoskins? He doesn't have a better rabbi in the department than that? Example: If I'm ever gonna make Captain, I need a good mentor. I need my rabbi.
Word: Most High Part of Speech: name 1. One of the titles of God. Supreme, most magnificent. 2. The 87th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Word: eradicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/, /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/, /iˈræd.əˌkeɪt/ 1. To pull up by the roots. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: delete, erase Example: Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
Word: eradicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. 1. eradicated Labels: obsolete, participle
Word: social engineering Part of Speech: noun 1. Use of numerical data to inform social programs. Labels: uncountable Example: The following discussion will use two examples - namely public housing and the social security scheme, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) - to illustrate the effects of distributing the fruits of economic development via social engineering projects. Example: In 1961, Russell Kirk provided a distillation of these conservative salvos against social engineering in a more public forum. In The New York Times Magazine, the political scientist and regular National Review columnist cited Pitirim Sorkin's call in Fads and Foibles for a balancing of the scientific method with older humanistic modes of inquiry as evidence that mainstream sociologists had become scientistic "true believers," rejecting "humanitarian" models of inquiry in favor of that which could be measured and tabulated. 2. Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population. Labels: uncountable Example: Madness, from this point of view, is not finally a medical phenomenon at all, but a phenomenon of social engineering, manipulation, and coercion, and of the politically motivated labeling of deviant behavior. Example: From one perspective, much of what goes on in every society's day-to-day operations qualifies as social engineering. One can view child rearing, schooling, military indoctrination and any other means of mobilizing bias as social engineering without doing violence to the concept. 3. The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection. Labels: uncountable Example: Meronyms: smishing, phishing, vishing Example: TEISME can teach employees on how to recognise a possible social engineering attack.
Word: social engineering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of social engineer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: irregardless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably a blend of irrespective + regardless. The word may also be analysed as ir- + regardless, as it is possible that the prefix ir- was added to amplify the negative in regardless just as plain negatives often did at the time the word came into use (and still do in dialects). Pronunciation: /ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑːdlɪs/, /-ləs/, /ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑɹdlɪs/, /ˌɪɹəˈɡɑɹdləs/ 1. Irrespective, regardless. Labels: humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes Example: Dear loved ones were unceremoniously hurried off home, irregardless to any previous arrangement, where they could sit down and recount the incidents of the trip to those who had been left behind, and where they were welcomed with the hearty greeting, "Home again." Example: Mr. Mᶜg. [Rob Roy MacGregor], far from being unsusceptable of flatterry,^([sic]) irregardless of his own private interest, readily assented, and had a paper dictated to him to the following purpose: […]