nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: squash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash). Pronunciation: /skwɒʃ/, /skwɔʃ/, /skwɑʃ/, /skwɔɹʃ/ 1. A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets. Labels: uncountable Example: She plays squash every Saturday. Example: Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall. 2. A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sure. I pour hot squash all over myself and we all have a good chuckle. Everyone except Muggins here. Example: When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water. 3. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's a bit of a squash in this small room. 4. A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas. Labels: countable, obsolete 6. Something unripe or soft. Labels: countable, derogatory, obsolete 7. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. Labels: countable, obsolete 8. An extremely one-sided, usually short, match. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: It was one of the most shocking WWE title matches ever witnessed, and effectively a 20-minute squash match as Brock Lesnar "conquered" his opponent.
Word: squash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash). Pronunciation: /skwɒʃ/, /skwɔʃ/, /skwɑʃ/, /skwɔɹʃ/ 1. To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush. Labels: transitive 2. To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry. Example: We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car. 3. To suppress; to force into submission. Labels: transitive Example: A somewhat popular myth about the Whiskey Rebellion is that Washington personally led the troops into western Pennsylvania and squashed the rebellion.
Word: squash Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash). Pronunciation: /skwɒʃ/, /skwɔʃ/, /skwɑʃ/, /skwɔɹʃ/ 1. The sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water. Labels: obsolete Example: […] rain, too, had lately fallen, and had decidedly not evaporated, since, at every step, I went squash! squash! up to the tops of my boots, and many times very extent, stretching to the eastward, […] Example: […] to catch all the rain […]; my boots went squash, squash, as I turned on to the high road, […]
Word: squash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) + asquash (“eaten”). Pronunciation: /skwɒʃ/, /skwɔʃ/, /skwɑʃ/, /skwɔɹʃ/ 1. A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any other similar-looking plant of other genera. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Any other similar-looking plant of other genera. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We ate squash and green beans.
Word: squash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of musquash. Pronunciation: /skwɒʃ/, /skwɔʃ/, /skwɑʃ/, /skwɔɹʃ/ 1. Muskrat. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.
Word: obsolete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsolēscere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce. Pronunciation: /ˈɒbsəliːt/, /ˈɑbsəlit/, /ɑbsəˈlit/, /ˈɒbsəlit/, /ˈɔbsəliːt/ 1. No longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded. Labels: usually Example: Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete. Example: Horses became obsolete means of transportation in cities in the first half of the twentieth century. 2. Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. Example: These two birds somewhat closely resemble each other, but the Sedge Warbler is russet-brown above, the feathers with dark centres, the pale buff eyestripe is very clearly defined, and the underparts are buffish white; the Reed Warbler is more olive on the upper parts, the feathers having no dark centres, the underparts are more inclined to buff, and the eyestripe is nearly obsolete.
Word: obsolete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsolēscere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce. Pronunciation: /ˈɒbsəliːt/, /ˈɑbsəlit/, /ɑbsəˈlit/, /ˈɒbsəlit/, /ˈɔbsəliːt/ 1. To cause to become obsolete. Labels: transitive Example: This software component has been obsoleted. Example: We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
Word: obsolete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsolēscere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce. Pronunciation: /ˈɒbsəliːt/, /ˈɑbsəlit/, /ɑbsəˈlit/, /ˈɒbsəlit/, /ˈɔbsəliːt/ 1. An obsolete thing or person.
Word: zoology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology. Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/, /zuːˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /zəwˈɔlədʒɪj/, /zʉwˈɔlədʒɪj/, /zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: ethology 2. A treatise on this science. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pl. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of plural. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of plates, often used to indicate the number of plate-based illustrations in a book. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: American Samoan Part of Speech: noun 1. A person from American Samoa or of American Samoan descent.
Word: American Samoan Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from, or pertaining to American Samoa or its people.
Word: tangled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/ 1. Mixed up, interlaced. Example: tangled knot Example: Troubled, 'wilder'd, and forlorn, / Dark, benighted, travel-worn, / Over many a tangled spray, / All heart-broke I heard her say 2. Intricate. Labels: broadly
Word: tangled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of tangle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈtæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈteɪ̯ŋɡəl/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋɡl̩], /ˈtɛ̃ŋɡəl/ 1. To mix together or intertwine. Labels: transitive 2. To become mixed together or intertwined. Labels: intransitive Example: Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind. Example: By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines. 3. To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Don't tangle with someone three times your size. Example: He tangled with the law. 4. To catch and hold. Labels: transitive Example: tangled in amorous nets Example: When my simple weakness strays, / Tangled in forbidden ways.
Word: tangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈtæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈteɪ̯ŋɡəl/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋɡl̩], /ˈtɛ̃ŋɡəl/ 1. A tangled twisted mass. 2. A complicated or confused state or condition. Example: I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere. Example: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. 4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times. 5. A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease. 6. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
Word: tangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang. See also Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic þöngull. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈtæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈteɪ̯ŋɡəl/, [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰeɪ̯ŋɡl̩], /ˈtɛ̃ŋɡəl/ 1. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] if with thee the roaring wells ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine, Should toss with tangle and with shells. Example: You've never smelled the tangle o' the Isles. 2. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 3. Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: gourmet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom. Pronunciation: /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/, /ˈɡʊɹmeɪ/, /ˈɡʊəmeɪ/, /ˈɡɔːmeɪ/ 1. Fine; of superior quality. Labels: not-comparable Example: We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe. Example: The restaurant offered gourmet coffee and cigars after the meal.
Word: gourmet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom. Pronunciation: /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/, /ˈɡʊɹmeɪ/, /ˈɡʊəmeɪ/, /ˈɡɔːmeɪ/ 1. A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously. Example: The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.
Word: grooming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of groom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grooming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/ 1. Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I believe in good grooming. 2. The practice of primates picking through the hair of others, looking for insects etc. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The act of teaching someone, often for advancement at work. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The act of gaining the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. In agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ripen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *ripenen, extended form of ripen, from Old English rīpian. In the modern form, equivalent to ripe + -en (inchoative and factitive suffix). As in several other verbs, the alteration seems to have occurred during the time when the infinitive and plural ending -en was in the process of being lost (and was thus open to reinterpretation). The earliest attestation is deverbal Middle English ripening (“causing ripeness, ripening”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪpən/ 1. Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature. Labels: intransitive Example: Grapes ripen in the sun. Example: […] the desert soil of the Great Basin is as rich in the elements that in rainy regions rise and ripen into food as that of any other State in the Union. 2. To approach or come to perfection. Labels: intransitive Example: The acquaintance soon ripened into a warm attachment. 3. To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe. Labels: transitive Example: The warm sun ripened the corn. 4. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection. Labels: transitive Example: ripen the judgment Example: When Faith and Love which parted from thee never Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God
Word: slimy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slymy, slimi, either derived from the Old English noun slīm or an unattested *slīmiġ, replacing Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy”). Equivalent to slime + -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig (“slimy”), German schleimig (“slimy; smarmy”), Swedish slemmig (“slimy”). Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪ.mi/, /ˈslɑe.mi/, [ˈslɑe̯.mi] 1. Of or pertaining to slime. 2. Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime. Example: The frog's body was all slimy. Example: Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. 3. Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy. Labels: figuratively, slang Example: "I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile." 4. Filthy; disgusting; unclean. Labels: figuratively, slang Example: Act two: A social scientist has the student watch either a neutral film, nonviolent porn, or some slimy concoction that shows a woman being raped violently (and apparently enjoying it).
Word: slimy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slymy, slimi, either derived from the Old English noun slīm or an unattested *slīmiġ, replacing Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy”). Equivalent to slime + -y. Cognate with Dutch slijmig, slijmerig (“slimy”), German schleimig (“slimy; smarmy”), Swedish slemmig (“slimy”). Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪ.mi/, /ˈslɑe.mi/, [ˈslɑe̯.mi] 1. A ponyfish.
Word: compar. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of comparative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: compar. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of comparative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: awakened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈweɪkənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of awaken Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
Word: awakened Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈweɪkənd/ 1. Having been woken up. Example: The awakened baby began to cry. 2. Aroused; alerted; activated; enlightened. Example: an awakened interest in ballet Example: Lined against them are more progressive and populist leaning opposition parties campaigning for democratic reforms that have a history of attracting […] a new generation of politically awakened young people.
Word: simple past Part of Speech: noun Etymology: “Simple” because the tense is formed without any auxiliary verb. 1. A tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.
Word: mildew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪl.djuː/, /ˈmɪl.d(j)u/ 1. A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mildew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪl.djuː/, /ˈmɪl.d(j)u/ 1. To taint with mildew. Labels: transitive Example: Hee giues the Web and the Pin, ſquints the eye, and makes the Hare‐lippe; Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of earth. 2. To become tainted with mildew. Labels: intransitive Example: His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.
Word: press out Part of Speech: verb 1. Extinguish by crushing, as a cigar. 2. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action. Example: Italians press out coffee rather than filter it. 3. Press from plastic, as of records. 4. Break (a pre-cut piece) out of a larger form, as of die-cut cardboard shapes.
Word: conge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French conge, from Latin congius. Only attested in English in the obsolete plural form congys. 1. Alternative form of congy, congius, ancient Roman units of liquid measure and mass. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical, obsolete
Word: conge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Accentless form of congé. 1. Alternative form of congé: an apophyge or cavetto. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of congee: a leavetaking, a farewell. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: conge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Accentless form of congé. 1. Synonym of congee: to take leave, to bid farewell, in various senses; to bow, to curtsey, etc. Example: So giving to the Houſe content, We Conge'd, and away we went.
Word: molding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English moldynge; equivalent to mold + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊl.dɪŋ/, /ˈmoʊl.dɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: A fine-scale denticulated molding in the cornice, repeated elsewhere in the exterior wood trim, lends an air of exceptional richness and refinement. 4. A planing machine for making moldings. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 5. A machine to assist in making molds for castings. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 6. A mill for shaping timber. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 7. A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: molding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English moldynge; equivalent to mold + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊl.dɪŋ/, /ˈmoʊl.dɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mold Labels: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Tibet Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of unclear origin, but probably from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇𐱅 (Töpüt) ('hilly, mountainous place') via Classical Persian تبت (tabbat, tubbat). In one proposed etymology the ultimate origin is Tibetan བོད (Bod), used in the compound name Tibetan སྟོད་བོད (stod bod, “Upper Tibet”), pronounced Tö-pöt, from སྟོད (stod, “upper, higher”) + བོད (bod, “Tibet”). In another proposal, the name comes via Classical Mongolian [script needed] (Töpüt) from an alteration of Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇 (töpü, “height, summit”). Bialek instead derives the name from Old Tibetan དཔོན (dpon, “leader, ruler”) + Old Turkic -𐱅 (-t²) plural suffix and a epenthetic vowel to break up the non-Turkic initial consonant cluster [tp]; according to her, Middle Chinese 吐蕃 (thu^X bjon) comes from the same source. Pronunciation: /tɪˈbɛt/, /təˈbɛt/ 1. A geographic region in Central Asia (mostly in China), the homeland of the Tibetan people, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau. Example: The Province of Xenſi extends to the Kingdom of Preſter John. Caſcar and Thebet, which the Chineſes in a general Name call Sifan it is a large Province, and is divided into eight Counties, having one hundred and eighty Cities: Sigan is the Metropolis of the whole, ſeated on the River Guei, in a moſt pleaſant and delightful place, of a noble Proſpect, and good Trade. Example: A giant rally on Formosa reflects the worldwide concern for Tibet's heroic rebels. Speaking to sixty-thousand people in Taipei, President Chiang Kai-shek says Tibet's resistance foreshadows a vast anti-communist uprising on the mainland of China. 2. A former country in East Asia that existed from 1912 until its annexation by China in 1951. Labels: historical Example: The estimated population of the Chinese Empire (exclusive of Tibet) is given, on the basis of this census, as 329,542,000, while the population of Tibet is estimated at 1,500,000. Example: Third, we should open up two new international broadcasting stations—Radio Free China and Radio Free Tibet— to provide these nations with independent information and commentary.[...]The people of Tibet represent a separate case. Conquered by the Chinese in 1950, occupied brutally by troops who killed thousands, desecrated local cultural and religious sites, and denied reasonable demands for autonomy, Tibetans have elicited much sympathy but little support from the outside world. The outrage over the brutal killings of peaceful demonstrators in Lhasa in March 1989 quickly faded after the massacres in Beijing in June. While there is a limit to what we can do, we should do more than we have done. In addition to raising the issue of Tibet in bilateral talks, we should establish Radio Free Tibet so that its people, though isolated, will no longer feel abandoned. 3. An autonomous region of China. Official name: Tibet Autonomous Region. Capital: Lhasa.
Word: scouring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈskaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈskaʊɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water. 2. Diarrhea. (Now used only of livestock, though also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.) Example: Another for a violent scouring. Take the Entrails of a Pullet, or great Chicken, all but the Gizzard, and mix with tbem of Spikenard one Ounce, ' and make him swallow it, and this will infallibly stay his Scouring, yea, though it be a Bloody-Flux. Example: For that kind of lax and scouring called bloody flux, see the article BLOODY FLUX. 3. Erosion by water, especially in watercourses. Example: It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers.
Word: scouring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈskaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈskaʊɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of scour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Scouring the entire area revealed nothing.
Word: lifting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/ 1. The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For some moments he stood there contemplating the little fellows as they went about their work in their business-like way, taking no notice of his presence other than the liftings of their heads now and then, as if to ascertain if he were still there. 2. Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew. 3. Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Theft. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself. 5. A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Synonym of heavy lifting (“the most effort etc.”) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The word "might" is certainly doing some lifting there!
Word: lifting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abyme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of abysm. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: abye Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of aby. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity. Example: We doubt thee not; / Thy tale seems true, nor dost thou glorify / Thyself herein—certes thou wouldst abye / A heavy fate if thou shouldst lie herein— […]
Word: hallux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin hallux, from Latin allus, hallus. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləks/ 1. A big toe. Example: His left foot winced. The hallux nail, ill-cut, / Assailed its neighbour toe with a shrewd nip.
Word: hallucinatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hallucinate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English hallucinatory From hallucinate + -ory. Pronunciation: /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tər.i/, /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tɔːr.i/ 1. Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination. Example: hallucinatory drug Example: hallucinatory image
Word: halm Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɔːm/, /hɔm/ 1. Alternative spelling of haulm. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: halma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “leap”). Pronunciation: /ˈhalmə/ 1. A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares. Labels: uncountable Example: As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk chocolate for prizes. 2. In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands. Labels: countable, historical
Word: poor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-? Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o- Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-? Latin dīvesinflu. Latin pauper Old French povrebor. Middle English povre English poor Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)) and almost fully arm. Pronunciation: /pʊɚ/, /pʊɹ/, /pɔɹ/, /pɔː/, /pʊə/ 1. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. Example: We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes. Example: England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late, That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate. 2. Of low quality. Example: That was a poor performance. Example: He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own. 3. Worthy of pity. Labels: attributive Example: Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched! Example: This poor little puppy got a nasty snake bite. 4. Deficient in a specified way. Example: Cow's milk is poor in iron. 5. Inadequate, insufficient. Example: I received a poor reward for all my hard work. Example: Business is poor right now. 6. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. Example: Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Word: poor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-? Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o- Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-? Latin dīvesinflu. Latin pauper Old French povrebor. Middle English povre English poor Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)) and almost fully arm. Pronunciation: /pʊɚ/, /pʊɹ/, /pɔɹ/, /pɔː/, /pʊə/ 1. The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: ...when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might haue bin sold for much, and giuen to the poore. When Iesus vnderstood it, he said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me. For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me ye haue not alwayes. Example: Harry Truman used to say that 13 or 14 million Americans had their interests represented in Washington, but that the rest of the people had to depend on the President of the United States. That is how I felt about the 35 million American poor. They had no voice and no champion. Whatever the cost, I was determined to represent them. Through me they would have an advocate and, I believed, new hope. 2. the second-to-last placer in Tycoon Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: poor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-? Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o- Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-? Latin dīvesinflu. Latin pauper Old French povrebor. Middle English povre English poor Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)) and almost fully arm. Pronunciation: /pʊɚ/, /pʊɹ/, /pɔɹ/, /pɔː/, /pʊə/ 1. A poor person. Labels: countable Example: The poors are at it again. Example: ...me vint of ane king to huam a poure acsede ane peny... 2. Synonym of poor cod. Labels: obsolete
Word: poor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-? Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o- Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-? Latin dīvesinflu. Latin pauper Old French povrebor. Middle English povre English poor Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)) and almost fully arm. Pronunciation: /pʊɚ/, /pʊɹ/, /pɔɹ/, /pɔː/, /pʊə/ 1. Synonym of impoverish, to make poor. Labels: rare, transitive Example: It is very evident that Americans are being ‘poored down’ to suit the world socialist agenda, and to maximize profits for the international corporations. 2. To become poor. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The mone of this realme is born out in gret quantite and the realme puryt of the sammyn. 3. To call someone poor. Labels: obsolete Example: Miss Lavinia... put in that she didn't want to be ‘poored by pa,’ or anybody else.
Word: burglary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin burglaria. Equivalent to burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/, /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ 1. The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Essentially, Jarden makes anything that you’d find left behind after a burglary. Example: It’s hard to say whether Corona was actually playing pickleball or was just nowhere near Slowjamastan at the time of the burglary and thinks it’s funny to say he was playing pickleball. 2. The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: breaking and entering Part of Speech: noun 1. The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.) Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: break-in, housebreaking, shopbreaking
Word: breaking and entering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of break and enter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Near-synonym: breaking in
Word: W3C Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Wide Web Consortium. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: significant other Part of Speech: noun 1. One's exclusive romantic partner. Example: Almost half of working women who are married or live with a partner are seeing their significant other only in passing because the two work different shifts, an AFL-CIO poll found. Example: More than half (57 percent) of consumers think it would be wonderfully romantic if their significant other booked tickets for a surprise international trip. 2. A person with whom one has an important bond of some kind. Example: Dr. Nogueira said it was always preferable to have coaches drawn from a school's staff because a coach "is a significant other" to a student. Example: As in the rest of the hospital, a family member or "significant other" such as a lover or close friend, is allowed to spend the night in a patient's room on a cot.
Word: acacine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of acacin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pyrena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin pyrēna, from Ancient Greek πῡρήν (pūrḗn, “fruit-stone”). Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹiːnə/ 1. A nutlet resembling a seed, or the stone of a drupe, comprising the endocarp and the kernel. Example: Holonyms: pericarp < drupe, stone fruit Example: Meronyms: endocarp, seed
Word: pyrene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyr- + -ene. 1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
Word: pyrene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πῡρήν (pūrḗn, “fruit-stone”). 1. Alternative form of pyrena. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pyrenean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Pȳrēnaeus + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹəˈniːən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a mountain range separating France and Spain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Pierre held his berret ^([sic]) in his hand, and the boldness of the Pyrenean hunter was strangely overcome in the absence of all apparent danger: he really knew not what he did or what he said. Example: During the Hundred Days he was in command of an army defending the Pyrenean frontier.
Word: Pyrenean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Pȳrēnaeus + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹəˈniːən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the Pyrenees.
Word: pyrenoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyrene + -oid. 1. any of several transparent structures found in the chloroplast of certain algae etc.; they are responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of starch
Word: academical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Latin acadēmicus English -al English academical From Latin acadēmicus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪ.kl̩/ 1. Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical . Labels: rare 2. Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education. Example: This faithfull deputy of his maker and Maſter, entended no prepoſterous courſe againſt you. His breſt like the hart of a good Magiſtrate, is the Ocean whereinto all the cares of our Academicall causes empty themſelues, which hee ever ſendeth forth againe in a wiſe conveyance by the ſtreames of iuſtice
Word: academical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Latin acadēmicus English -al English academical From Latin acadēmicus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪ.kl̩/ 1. Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: academicals Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Medieval Latin acadēmicusder. ▲ Latin acadēmicusbor. French académiqueder. English academic English al Middle English -es English -s English academicals From academic + al + -s. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪ.kl̩z/ 1. The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only
Word: upcast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpkæst/, /ˈʌpkɑːst/ 1. Cast up; thrown upward. Example: Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies
Word: upcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpkæst/, /ˈʌpkɑːst/ 1. A cast; a throw. Example: When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away 2. The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine. 3. A current of air passed along such a shaft. 4. An upset, as from a carriage. Labels: Scotland 5. A taunt; a reproach. Labels: Scotland Example: for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already. 6. A cast from subtype to supertype. 7. A message transmitted via upcasting.
Word: upcast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈkæst/, /ʌpˈkɑːst/ 1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. Labels: Scotland, transitive 3. To cast from subtype to supertype. Labels: transitive 4. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft
Word: upclimb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + climb. Pronunciation: /ʌpˈklaɪm/ 1. To climb up; to ascend. Labels: archaic
Word: upcoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + coil. 1. To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil. Labels: rare
Word: upcountry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country. 1. Living or situated remote from the seacoast. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: inland Example: an upcountry residence
Word: upcountry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country. 1. The interior of a country. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland Example: To further this end, the speculators also distributed subshares to other prominent Georgians, particularly those whose actions might carry weight in the upcountry. 2. The part of the country that is at high elevation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: high country, highlands, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa Example: Within the focus on the colonial South, there are works that detail regional differences in social organization between the backcountry (frontier), upcountry (Appalachia, Piedmont), and lowcountry (plantation).
Word: upcountry Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Possibly a calque of French Pays d'en Haut, a designation from 1610 referring to the area of New France west of Montreal. By surface analysis, up + country. 1. Towards the interior of the country and away from the seacoast. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Near-synonym: inland Example: They went upcountry to visit their extended family.
Word: upcurl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + curl. 1. To curl up. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Thus truth was multiplied on truth, the world / Like one great garden show'd, / And thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, / Rare sunrise flow'd.
Word: upcurl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + curl. 1. An upward curl. Example: She notes an upcurl on the bottom stroke of the paraphs by 'a', and the absence of a bottom stroke in those of 'b'; […]
Word: zymurgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zym- (prefix meaning ‘fermentation’) + -urgy (suffix denoting a technique for working with something), modelled after metallurgy. Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪˌmɜːd͡ʒi/, /ˈzaɪˌmɜɹd͡ʒi/ 1. Synonym of zymology (“the chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beermaking and winemaking”). Labels: no-plural, uncountable, usually Example: ZYMURGY. A name applied to that department of technological chemistry which treats of the scientific principles of wine-making, brewing, distilling, and the preparation of yeast and vinegar,—processes in which fermentation plays the principal part. Example: With great interest I learn from a pamphlet by Mr. Georg Barth, expert in zymurgy at Munich, which I have received lately, that the author, in his essay on "The Best Method of Storing Hops," arrives at the same conclusions which I have drawn in this article. 2. The practice of using fermentation to produce alcoholic beverages. Labels: no-plural, uncountable, usually Example: Of Zymurgy I little know, / Perhaps because I little knead, / And can but make a sorry show / In singing liaisons of feed, / Flour, fodder,— […] Example: Of course, tastes in brewing have changed (and diversified) since zymurgy’s early days. For example, hops are now considered a staple beer ingredient, but their use was considered illegal by the Brewer’s Guild in England until the late fifteenth century.
Word: orient Part of Speech: name Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”). The adjective is derived from Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), from Middle English orient (noun); see above. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/, /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.ənt/, /ˈɔɹ.i.ənt/ 1. Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”) Example: I, from the orient to the drooping weſt, / Making the wind my poſthorſe, ſtill unfold / The acts commenced on this ball of earth: […] Example: God planted Paradise in Eden, in the orients; and placed there the man whom he had formed.