nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ryngen, from Old English hrinġan (“to ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *hringijan, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną (“to ring”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch ringen (“to ring”), Danish ringe (“to ring”), Swedish ringa (“to ring”), Faroese ringja (“to ring up, telephone”), Icelandic hringja (“to ring”), West Frisian ringelje (“to ring”), Dutch rinkelen (“to ring, jingle”), Faroese ringla (“to tinkle, jingle”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡ/ 1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. Example: The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley. Example: The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air. 2. A pleasant or correct sound. Labels: figuratively Example: The name has a nice ring to it. 3. A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something. Labels: figuratively Example: Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood. 4. A telephone call. Labels: colloquial Example: I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands. 5. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated. Example: the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears 6. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. Example: St Mary's has a ring of eight bells. Example: as great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world
Word: ring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ryngen, from Old English hrinġan (“to ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *hringijan, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną (“to ring”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch ringen (“to ring”), Danish ringe (“to ring”), Swedish ringa (“to ring”), Faroese ringja (“to ring up, telephone”), Icelandic hringja (“to ring”), West Frisian ringelje (“to ring”), Dutch rinkelen (“to ring, jingle”), Faroese ringla (“to tinkle, jingle”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡ/ 1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. Labels: intransitive Example: The bells were ringing in the town. 2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound. Labels: transitive Example: The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel. Example: The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, / Hath rung night's yawning peal. 3. To produce (a sound) by ringing. Labels: transitive Example: They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells. 4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Whose mobile phone is ringing? 5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: That does not ring true. 6. To telephone (someone). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, transitive Example: I will ring you when we arrive. 7. to resound, reverberate, echo. Labels: intransitive Example: […] And many an old philosophy ⁠On Argive heights divinely sang, ⁠And round us all the thicket rang To many a flute of Arcady. Example: So he spoke, and it seemed there was a little halting at first, as of men not liking to take Blackbeard's name in Blackbeard's place, or raise the Devil by mocking at him. But then some of the bolder shouted 'Blackbeard', and so the more timid chimed in, and in a minute there were a score of voices calling 'Blackbeard, Blackbeard', till the place rang again. 8. To produce music with bells. Labels: intransitive Example: Four Bells admit Twenty-four changes in Ringing 9. To ring up (enter into a cash register or till) Example: The checkout girl rang it into his total, and he paid the bill. Example: On presentation of the item at the checkout the original price sticker was concealed from the checkout assistant and a sticker of $38.88 exhibited on the item. The checkout operator rang on the lesser sum, a mistake known to Dronjak. He was subsequently charged with theft. 10. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. Labels: dated
Word: ring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a shortening of German Zahlring (“ring of numbers”), coined by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1892. Apparently first used in English in 1930, E. T. Bell, “Rings whose elements are ideals,” Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡ/ 1. An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation. Example: The set of integers, #92;mathbb#123;Z#125;, is the prototypical ring. 2. An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element. Example: The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set 2#92;mathbb#123;Z#125; of even integers to be a ring.
Word: ring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋ/, /ˈɹɪŋɡ/ 1. A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences. 2. A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
Word: rang Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋ/, /ˈɹæːŋ/, [ˈɹʷæːŋ] ~ [ˈɹʷeːŋ], /ˈɹaŋ/, /ˈɹaŋɡ/ 1. simple past of ring (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2) Labels: form-of, past
Word: rang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rang. 1. A long strip of rectangular lots of land in Quebec. Labels: historical
Word: rung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Cognate with Dutch rong (“pole, stanchion”), German Runge (“stake, pole, stanchion”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌŋ/, /ˈɹɜŋ/, /ˈɹɐ̞ŋ/, /ˈɹäŋ/, /ˈɹʊŋ/ 1. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. 2. A crosspiece between legs of a chair. Example: One of its arms was a disabled flail which used to be wielded by Goodman Rigby, before his spouse worried him out of this troublesome world; the other, if I mistake not, was composed of the pudding stick and a broken rung of a chair, tied loosely together at the elbow. 3. A position in a hierarchy. Labels: figuratively Example: the lowest rung of the society Example: “I’m very proud that I’ve worked on every rung of the ladder,” Ashley says. “When you go to college, you don’t want to be a senior right away—you want to be a freshman.” 4. A floor timber in a ship. Labels: dated 5. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff. Labels: dated 6. One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel. Labels: dated 7. One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel. Labels: dated
Word: rung Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌŋ/, /ˈɹɜŋ/, /ˈɹɐ̞ŋ/, /ˈɹäŋ/, /ˈɹʊŋ/ 1. past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell) Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past of ring Labels: dialectal, form-of, past Example: With ecchoing Shouts the vaulted Chamber rung, / Belle Chuck was now the TOAST of ev'ry Tongue. Example: Mr. Seibels, in his testimony, said I rung him up to see about labels. He is very much mistaken. I rung him up to see about bottles.
Word: rung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌŋ/, /ˈɹɜŋ/, /ˈɹɐ̞ŋ/, /ˈɹäŋ/, /ˈɹʊŋ/ 1. Of a pig: having a ring through the nose. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] he passed by his gate with a decided scowl on his furrowed brow, and grunting and growling like a newly rung pig. Example: A "rung" pig is comfortable as long as he confines his food hunt to the surface of the ground. Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones.
Word: parasol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/, /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/ 1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun. 2. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails. 3. A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable. 4. A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun. 5. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis. 6. A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
Word: parasol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/, /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/ 1. To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade. Labels: transitive Example: Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […] Example: […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.
Word: rise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą (“twig; shoot”). More at rice. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪz/, /ɹaɪs/ 1. Alternative form of rice (“twig”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: risen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically rise + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪ.zən/ 1. past participle of rise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: risen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically rise + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪ.zən/ 1. Having risen. Labels: not-comparable Example: the scent of newly risen bread
Word: run Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen, yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), archaic Dutch rinnen (“to flow”, still in geronnen), German rinnen (“to flow”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), and Icelandic renna (“to flow”). From the causative Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to make run”) are Dutch rennen, German rennen, Danish rende, Swedish ränna (all “to run”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See also random. Pronunciation: /ɹʌn/, /ɹʊn/, /ɾʌn/ 1. In a liquid state; melted or molten. Labels: not-comparable Example: Put some run butter on the vegetables. Example: Samples of the regular run butter were sealed in 1 pound tins and sent to Washington, where the butter was scored and examined. 2. Cast in a mould. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] the Sides are generally made of Holland's Tiles, or Plates of run Iron, ornamented variously as Fancy dictates, [...] Example: Vast quantities are cast in sand moulds, with that kind of run steel which is so largely used in the production of common table-knives and forks. 3. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out"). Labels: not-comparable 4. Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run. Labels: not-comparable Example: The temperature of the water is consequently much higher than in either England or Scotland, and many newly run salmon will be found in early spring in the upper waters of Irish rivers where obstructions exist. Example: It may be very much a metallic appearance as opposed to the silver freshness of a recently run salmon. 5. Smuggled. Labels: not-comparable Example: run brandy
Word: run Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen, yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), archaic Dutch rinnen (“to flow”, still in geronnen), German rinnen (“to flow”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), and Icelandic renna (“to flow”). From the causative Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to make run”) are Dutch rennen, German rennen, Danish rende, Swedish ränna (all “to run”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See also random. Pronunciation: /ɹʌn/, /ɹʊn/, /ɾʌn/ 1. past participle of rin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ran Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹæn/, /ɹan/, /ɾan/, /ɹɛn/ 1. simple past of run Labels: form-of, past 2. simple past of rin Labels: form-of, past 3. past participle of run Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: […]rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention,[…] Example: " Heretics and schismatics, because they rebel against her, and only belong to the church, as deserters to an army from which they have ran away ;[…]
Word: ran Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹæn/, /ɹan/, /ɾan/, /ɹɛn/ 1. Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch. Labels: uncountable
Word: said Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed. Pronunciation: /sɛd/, [sɛd̥], /seɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of say Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: It´s said to be a good roadhouse.
Word: said Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed. Pronunciation: /sɛd/, [sɛd̥], /seɪd/ 1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid. Labels: not-comparable Example: The said party has denied the charges. Example: How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore...
Word: said Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed. Pronunciation: /sɛd/, [sɛd̥], /seɪd/ 1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid. Example: Said party has denied the charges.
Word: saw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sag (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”). The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above. Pronunciation: /sɔː/, /soː/, /sɑ/, /sɔ/, [sɔɹ] 1. A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal. Labels: usually Example: Meronyms: sawtooth < sawblade 2. A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal. Labels: sometimes 3. A musical saw. 4. A sawtooth wave. 5. The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
Word: saw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sag (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”). The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above. Pronunciation: /sɔː/, /soː/, /sɑ/, /sɔ/, [sɔɹ] 1. To cut (something) with a saw. Labels: transitive Example: They were stoned, they were sawen asunder, were tempted, were slaine with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskinnes, and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented. 2. To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw. Labels: intransitive Example: He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to himself — for, like me, he sawed a good deal on the fiddle; […] 3. To be cut with a saw. Labels: intransitive Example: The timber saws smoothly. 4. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw. Labels: transitive Example: to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks) Example: to saw shingles
Word: saw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Germanic *sagǭ Proto-West Germanic *sagā Old English saga Middle English sawe English saw From Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, saga (“story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē-, from *sekʷ- (“to say”). Cognate with Dutch sage (“saga”), German Sage (“legend, saga, tale, fable”), Danish sagn (“legend”), Norwegian soga (“story”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”). More at saga, say. Doublet of saga. Pronunciation: /sɔː/, /soː/, /sɑ/, /sɔ/, [sɔɹ] 1. Something spoken; speech, discourse. Labels: obsolete Example: And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid[…]. And for your true discourses, and I may live many winters, there was never no knight better rewarded[…]. 2. A saying or proverb. Labels: archaic Example: old saw Example: And then the justice, / In fair round belly with good capon lined, / With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, / Full of wise saws and modern instances. 3. Opinion, idea, belief. Labels: obsolete Example: by thy saw Example: commune saw 4. Proposal, suggestion; possibility. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe. 5. Dictate; command; decree. Labels: obsolete Example: [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.
Word: saw Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɔː/, /soː/, /sɑ/, /sɔ/, [sɔɹ] 1. simple past of see Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of see Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: Mr. Harbaugh. All instances that I have saw. Example: “I think so. He might have saw him already. Shit dude, I don't know. You run the place.”
Word: seen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically see + -n. Pronunciation: /siːn/, /sɪn/ 1. past participle of see Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Justice must be seen to be done. 2. simple past of see; saw. Labels: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, past Example: I seen it with my own eyes. Example: "Tut, tut, Sir Benjimen," said Bill, "stir up your memory, sir; cast your eye over them felons in the dock, and tell the Court how you seen them steal the bag." 3. Understood; comprehended. Labels: Jamaica Example: Everything irie, seen?
Word: seen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سِين (sīn). Pronunciation: /siːn/, /sɪn/ 1. The letter س in the Arabic script.
Word: seek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English seke, seken, from Old English sēċan, sēċean, sœ̄ċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out”), from *seh₂g- (“to follow, trace”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeek (“to seek”), North Frisian schük, sjuk, säke (“to search, seek”), Saterland Frisian säike (“to search, seek”), West Frisian sykje (“to seek”), Alemannic German sueche, süeche (“to search, seek”), Bavarian suacha, suachn (“to search”), Central Franconian söke (“to search”), Cimbrian züuchan (“to seek”), Dutch zoeken (“to seek”), Low German söken (“to seek”), German suchen (“to seek”), Luxembourgish sichen (“to seek; to fetch”), Vilamovian zihia, zihja (“to seek”), Yiddish זוכן (zukhn, “to search, seek”), Danish søge (“to seek; to apply”), Faroese søkja (“to seek”), Icelandic sækja (“to seek”), Norwegian Bokmål søke (“to seek; to apply”), Norwegian Nynorsk søka, søke, søkja, søkje (“to seek; to apply”), Swedish söka (“to search”), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan, “to seek”); also Cornish hedhes (“to reach; to achieve; to manage”), Welsh haeddu (“to deserve, merit”), Latin sāgiō (“to perceive quickly or keenly with the senses”), Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to go before, precede; to lead; to believe, hold”), Albanian gjegj (“to answer; to obey”), Hittite 𒊭𒀀𒆠𒄑𒍣 (ša-a-ki-ez-zi, “to seek out”). The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːk/, [ˈsɪi̯k] 1. To try to find; to look for; to search for. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I seek wisdom. Example: "No, you wait. You're obviously a very sick man. I think you need to seek professional help. I'm sorry, but I can't help you." 2. To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. Labels: transitive Example: I seek forgiveness through repentance. Example: Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. 3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at. Labels: transitive Example: I sought my fortune on the goldfields. Example: But persecution sought the lives of men of this character. 4. To go, move, travel (in a given direction). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes 5. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. Labels: transitive Example: When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic. Example: Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6. To attempt, endeavour, try Labels: intransitive, proscribed, sometimes Example: Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking. 7. To navigate through a data stream. Labels: intransitive Example: Most of the changes made to this control are to accommodate the various constraints that playback of streaming media may impose in broadcast streams, such as the inability to seek through the media.
Word: seek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seke, seken, from Old English sēċan, sēċean, sœ̄ċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out”), from *seh₂g- (“to follow, trace”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeek (“to seek”), North Frisian schük, sjuk, säke (“to search, seek”), Saterland Frisian säike (“to search, seek”), West Frisian sykje (“to seek”), Alemannic German sueche, süeche (“to search, seek”), Bavarian suacha, suachn (“to search”), Central Franconian söke (“to search”), Cimbrian züuchan (“to seek”), Dutch zoeken (“to seek”), Low German söken (“to seek”), German suchen (“to seek”), Luxembourgish sichen (“to seek; to fetch”), Vilamovian zihia, zihja (“to seek”), Yiddish זוכן (zukhn, “to search, seek”), Danish søge (“to seek; to apply”), Faroese søkja (“to seek”), Icelandic sækja (“to seek”), Norwegian Bokmål søke (“to seek; to apply”), Norwegian Nynorsk søka, søke, søkja, søkje (“to seek; to apply”), Swedish söka (“to search”), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan, “to seek”); also Cornish hedhes (“to reach; to achieve; to manage”), Welsh haeddu (“to deserve, merit”), Latin sāgiō (“to perceive quickly or keenly with the senses”), Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to go before, precede; to lead; to believe, hold”), Albanian gjegj (“to answer; to obey”), Hittite 𒊭𒀀𒆠𒄑𒍣 (ša-a-ki-ez-zi, “to seek out”). The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːk/, [ˈsɪi̯k] 1. The operation of navigating through a stream. Example: The number of seeks to retrieve a shot […] depends on the location of those frames on physical blocks.
Word: sought Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɔːt/, /soːt/, /sɔt/, /sɑt/ 1. simple past and past participle of seek Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Scots sell (“to sell”), Danish sælge (“to sell”), Norwegian Bokmål selge (“to sell”), Norwegian Nynorsk selja, selje (“to sell”), Swedish sälja (“to sell”), Faroese and Icelandic selja (“to sell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, make an offer”). Pronunciation: /sɛl/ 1. To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money. Labels: ditransitive, intransitive, transitive Example: She sold her old car very quickly. Example: I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars. 2. To be sold. Labels: ergative Example: This old stock will never sell. Example: The corn sold for a good price. 3. To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all. Labels: transitive Example: Howard: You're gonna feel terrible when I'm in a wheelchair. Which, by the way, would fit easily in the back of this award-winning minivan. Bernadette: Fine, we'll go to the E.R. Just stop selling me on the van. Howard: You're right. It sells itself. 4. To promote (a particular viewpoint). Labels: transitive Example: My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally. 5. To betray for money or other things. Labels: transitive 6. To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Then weaues Other crosse-plots New tricks for safety, are sought; They thriue: When, bold, Each tempt's th'other againe, and all are sold. Example: House was jammed again that night, and we sold this crowd the same way. 7. To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act. Labels: slang, transitive 8. To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: He's selling! Example: He really sold in that match.
Word: sell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Scots sell (“to sell”), Danish sælge (“to sell”), Norwegian Bokmål selge (“to sell”), Norwegian Nynorsk selja, selje (“to sell”), Swedish sälja (“to sell”), Faroese and Icelandic selja (“to sell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, make an offer”). Pronunciation: /sɛl/ 1. An act of selling; sale. Example: Now the easiest sell in traveldom is made even easier. 2. The promotion of an idea for acceptance. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: This is going to be a tough sell. 3. An easy task. 4. An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: "Of course a miracle may happen, and you may be a great painter, but you must confess the chances are a million to one against it. It'll be an awful sell if at the end you have to acknowledge you've made a hash of it." Example: What a sell for Lena!
Word: sell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French selle, from Latin sella. Pronunciation: /sɛl/ 1. A seat or stool. Labels: obsolete Example: The tyrant proud frown’d from his loftie cell, [...]. 2. A saddle. Labels: archaic Example: turning to that place, in which whyleare / He left his loftie steed with golden sell, / And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not theare [...]. Example: Then she gave unto him a horse so good, And therewith a new sell; "And never shalt thou the way inquire, Thy horse will find it well."
Word: sell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Saxon seill or Old Norse seil. Cognate with Dutch zeel (“rope”), German Seil (“rope”). Pronunciation: /sɛl/ 1. A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope). Labels: obsolete, regional Example: He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".
Word: sold Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səʊld/, [sɒʊ(ɫ)d], /sɛlt/, /soʊld/, [soɫd] 1. simple past and past participle of sell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sold Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səʊld/, [sɒʊ(ɫ)d], /sɛlt/, /soʊld/, [soɫd] 1. Convinced, won over. Labels: informal Example: I type ‘high cortisol’ into the search bar and keep scrolling. ‘You’re not ugly, you just have cortisol face,’ declares one video. ‘POV you finally drop the cortisol belly,’ reads another. A third screams in caps lock, ‘HOW TO LOWER CORTISOL’. I’m sold. Cortisol is to blame for everything. But how do I fix it?
Word: sold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English solde, sould, soud, from Middle French solde, Italian soldo. Compare soldier and Danish sold (via Low German). Doublet of sol, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu. Pronunciation: /səʊld/, [sɒʊ(ɫ)d], /sɛlt/, /soʊld/, [soɫd] 1. salary; military pay Labels: obsolete Example: But were your will her sold to entertaine Example: Lying in campe under sold and pay, fighting as souldiers.
Word: matelot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French matelot (“sailor”). Compare Dutch matroos and German Matrose. Doublet of matross. Pronunciation: /ˈmæt.ləʊ/ 1. A sailor. Example: Nor were they long finding what they sought for; first the grub matter was hunted up, and go where you would, you was sure to meet lots of Matelo’s [matelots—sailors] wending their way to their various quarters, loaded to the bends with what they called Belly Timber. Example: “‘Hellow,” says Jimmy, “here’s some dunnage as has belonged to some poor matelo’,” and with that he picks out a wad of somethin’ and begins for to open it. 2. A mate; a boon companion. Example: […] "Among the Brethren of the Coast—we tykes no wimmen save in passing, as it were, they being bothersome, frail and scatterbrained creatures. Instead we tykes a blood-brother, or matelot ... A matelot, 'e fights along side o' yer, nurses yer if yer falls sick. Wots 'is is yours and whats yours is 'is ... Take Klaas yonder, and young Pedro [described earlier as a slender-hipped boy with deep feminine brown eyes]; they shared the same barbacoa six, seven year and ye'll never come on 'em more than a few yards apart." To this explanation [Harry] Morgan listened in growing amazement and began to comprehend why none of these bestial-appearing boucan makers had so much as addressed Kate.
Word: matelot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French matelot (“sailor”). Compare Dutch matroos and German Matrose. Doublet of matross. Pronunciation: /ˈmæt.ləʊ/ 1. Associated with or typical of sailors. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: In minor key, but just as picturesque, were the uniforms of the port labouring staff—white sweat shirt, black matelot trousers and wide-brimmed straw hat with flat crown. Example: A small, dark, ferretlike man in a sailor’s dark coat and a French matelot cap with a red pompom was behind her on the stairs.
Word: sent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From send + -t. See send. Pronunciation: /sɛnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of send Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Estonian sent. Doublet of cent. Pronunciation: /sɛnt/ 1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.
Word: sent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See scent. Pronunciation: /sɛnt/ 1. Obsolete form of scent. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: set Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English set, sette, from Old English set (“seat, place of residence, camp, settlement, entrenchment, stable, pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”), from Proto-Germanic *setą (“seat”). Pronunciation: /sɛt/ 1. A punch for setting nails in wood. Example: nail set 2. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television. Example: television set Example: Say, you can watch 60 Minutes / Even Captain Kangaroo / But there's only one set, so whatever you watch / Well, you know I gotta watch it too 3. Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 4. Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 5. Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 6. A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets. 7. The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf. 8. A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc. Example: the set of a spring Example: The wings were bent or set permanently 2 to 3 inches upward at the wingtips; however, the set was within the manufacturer's allowable tolerances. 9. A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour. 10. A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer. 11. The width of the body of a type. Labels: dated 12. A young oyster when first attached. 13. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality. 14. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun) 15. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit. Labels: colloquial Example: the set of a coat Example: Mr. Joolby lay on the floor beside his special chair, his face doubly terrible in its rigid set, his body writhing this way and that with spasmodic jerks and contortions. 16. The pattern of a tartan, etc. 17. The camber of a curved roofing tile. 18. The full number of eggs set under a hen. 19. That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. Example: That was but civil war, an equal set. 20. A tool for dressing forged iron.
Word: set Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sett, from Old English ġesett, past participle of settan. Pronunciation: /sɛt/ 1. Fixed in position. Example: Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 2. Rigid, solidified. 3. Ready, prepared. Example: on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go! 4. Intent, determined (to do something). Example: set on getting to his destination Example: And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man. 5. Prearranged. Example: a set menu Example: a set book 6. Fixed in one’s opinion. Example: I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them. 7. Fixed in a certain style.
Word: set Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. ) Pronunciation: /sɛt/ 1. To divide a class group in a subject according to ability Labels: UK Example: In setted classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but identical—in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working. Example: At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged.
Word: sew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sewen, sowen, from Old English siwian, seowian, seowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”). Cognate with Scots sew, North Frisian saie, sei, Saterland Frisian säie, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sy, and, more distantly, Polish szyć, Russian шить (šitʹ), Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati). Related to seam. Pronunciation: /səʊ/, /soʊ/, /səʉ/, /sɐʉ/, /so/ 1. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. Labels: transitive Example: I sewed a button on. Example: Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay. 2. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. Labels: intransitive 3. Followed by into: to enclose by sewing. Labels: transitive Example: to sew money into a bag
Word: sew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from sewer (“a drain”). Pronunciation: /sjuː/, /suː/ 1. To drain the water from. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Now geld with the gelder the ram and the bul, / sew ponds, amend dammes, and sel webster thy wul Example: […] accommodated a sluce to clense and sew the Pond, with a grate of wood to let out the wast, as in other stews and Vivaries. 2. Of a ship, to be grounded. Example: The upward reaction of the keel blocks may be considered as a negative weight in a moment calculation, producing a decrease in the ship's stability, and it is most important that the vessel remains stable until she takes the blocks along the full length of her keel, i.e. when she is sewed, for until this moment the side shores cannot be successfully rigged. Example: A ship resting upon the ground, where the water has fallen, so as to afford no hope of floating until lightened, or the return tide floats her, is said to be sewed, by as much as the difference between the surface of the water, and the ship's floating-mark.
Word: sew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sew (“broth”), from Old English sēaw (“sap, juice”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauw. Pronunciation: /sjuː/, /suː/ 1. Broth, gravy. Labels: obsolete Example: And than as for other Potages, ſtued Trypys, yt is dight redy. And than for to make the Numbleis in ſewe[…] Example: At Ewle we wonten gambole, daunce, to carrole, and to ſing, To haue gud ſpiced Sewe, and Roſte, and plum-pies for a King[…]
Word: sewed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊd/, /ˈsəʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of sew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sewed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊd/, /ˈsəʊd/ 1. Having been created through the sewing process. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sewn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically sew + -n. Pronunciation: /səʊn/, /soʊn/ 1. past participle of sew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan (“to shake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, swing, escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg-, *(s)kek- (“to jump, move”). Cognate with Scots schake, schack (“to shake”), West Frisian schaekje (“to shake”), Dutch schaken (“to elope, make clean, shake”), Low German schaken (“to move, shift, push, shake”) and schacken (“to shake, shock”), Old Norse skaka (“to shake”), Norwegian Nynorsk skaka (“to shake”), Swedish skaka (“to shake”), Danish skage (“to shake”), Dutch schokken (“to shake, shock”), Russian скака́ть (skakátʹ, “to jump”). More at shock. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪk/ 1. To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. Labels: ergative, transitive Example: The earthquake shook the building. Example: He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere. 2. To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval. Labels: transitive Example: Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”. Example: I became alſo a reproch vnto them: when they looked vpon me, they ſhaked their heads. 3. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion. Labels: transitive Example: to shake fruit down from a tree Example: […]Shake off the golden ſlumber of repoſe;[…] 4. To disturb emotionally; to shock. Labels: transitive Example: Her father’s death shook her terribly. Example: He was shaken by what had happened. 5. To lose, evade, or get rid of (something). Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I can’t shake the feeling that I forgot something. 6. To move from side to side. Labels: intransitive Example: She shook with grief. Example: The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking. 7. To shake hands. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: OK, let’s shake on it. 8. To dance. Labels: intransitive Example: She was shaking it on the dance floor. 9. To give a tremulous tone to; to trill. Labels: transitive Example: to shake a note in music 10. To threaten to overthrow. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The experience shook my religious belief. Example: The story of Ms. He and her mother began in the early 1960s, shortly before the Cultural Revolution shook China. 11. To be agitated; to lose firmness. Labels: figuratively, intransitive
Word: shook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”). Pronunciation: /ʃʊk/, /ʃɵk/, /ʃʉk/, /ʃuːk/ 1. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood. 2. The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
Word: shook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”). Pronunciation: /ʃʊk/, /ʃɵk/, /ʃʉk/, /ʃuːk/ 1. To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
Word: shook Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃʊk/, /ʃɵk/, /ʃʉk/, /ʃuːk/ 1. simple past of shake. Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of shake Labels: form-of, informal, participle, past Example: Rich. Alack, why am I ſent for to a King, Before I haue ſhooke off the Regall thoughts / Wherewith I reign'd? I hardly yet haue learn'd / To inſinuate,flatter,bowe,and bend my Knee. Example: Pray, assure the empress, from me, that, notwithstanding the councils which have shook the throne of her father and mother, I shall remain here, ready to save the sacred persons of the king and queen, and of her brothers and sisters ;[…]
Word: shook Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ʃʊk/, /ʃɵk/, /ʃʉk/, /ʃuːk/ 1. Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised. Labels: slang Example: Upon hearing this I am really feeling the pressure. I am shook. Example: Immediately, his face flushed: "How could Katy do that to Britney? I'm SHOOK." 2. Emotionally upset or disturbed; scared. Labels: slang Example: Crystal was shook when Mr. Wu discovered she was shopping online for panties and bras to pass the time in class.
Word: shaken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English (i)shaken, from (i- (prefix forming past participle forms of verbs)) + shaken (“to tremble, shake; etc.”) + -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. By surface analysis, shake (verb) + -n (a variant of -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs; and adjectives)). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪk(ə)n/, /ˈʃeɪkən/ 1. Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. Example: [A] chief, / With shout and shaken spear / Stands at the prow, and guides them: […] Example: For the moment she felt like a shaken child—shaken out of its wailings into awe, and she said humbly—"I will try. I will think." 2. Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. Example: The waiter brought the Martinis, shaken and not stirred, as [James] Bond had stipulated, and some slivers of lemon peel in a wine glass. Bond twisted two of them and let them sink to the bottom of his drink. 3. Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force. Example: The earthquake led to many shaken buildings and structures. Example: The trunks [of trees] are crushed and shattered / By the fierce blast's unconquerable stress. / […] / And through the ruins of the shaken mountain / The airs hiss and howl— […] 4. Of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation. Labels: archaic, broadly, obsolete Example: A proportion for the ſetting foorth of a ſhip of 200. tunne, for the killing of the VVhale. […] 800. emptie ſhaken hogſheds, […] 5. Of something mined such as coal or ore: broken into pieces. Labels: broadly 6. Of timber: damaged from being cracked. Labels: broadly Example: [Y]ou muſt chuſe a piece of VVood at leaſt tvvo Inches and a quarter over, leſt you vvant Stuff to vvork on: Nay, if your Stuff prove ſhaken or othervviſe unſound, or your Centers be not very exactly pitcht, you may vvant yet more Stuff; […] 7. Chiefly of a person: having had one's composure or confidence disrupted or upset; in a state of shock or trauma. Labels: figuratively Example: We were left shaken by the revelations of abuse. Example: My mother is tolerably well, I trust; though her spirits are greatly shaken. She is up stairs and will have great satisfaction in seeing you all. She does not yet leave her dressing-room. 8. Weakened by some event. Labels: figuratively Example: Be mov'd vvith pitty at the afflicted ſtate of this our ſhaken Monarchy, that novv lies labouring under the throvves, and ſtruggling againſt the grudges of more dreaded Calamities.
Word: shaken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English (i)shaken, from (i- (prefix forming past participle forms of verbs)) + shaken (“to tremble, shake; etc.”) + -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. By surface analysis, shake (verb) + -n (a variant of -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs; and adjectives)). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪk(ə)n/, /ˈʃeɪkən/ 1. past participle of shake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shaken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 車剣 (しゃけん, shaken), from 車 (しゃ, sha, “vehicle; wheel”) + 剣 (けん, ken, “sword”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːkɛn/, /ˈʃɑkɛn/ 1. A flat shuriken (“dart or throwing blade”) resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.
Word: shear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German, Dutch, and German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Faroese and Icelandic skera, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp. Pronunciation: /ʃɪə/, /ʃɪː/, /ʃɪjə/, /ʃiə/, /ʃɛː/ 1. To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: shear the llamas 2. To cut the hair of (a person). Example: shear the afro off someone's head 3. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears. Example: So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth. Example: the golden tresses […] were shorn away 4. To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions. 5. To change in direction or speed. Labels: intransitive Example: The total along-the-runway wind component sheared from an 8-knot headwind to about a 56-knot tailwind over a 44-second period. 6. To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line. 7. To make a vertical cut in coal. Labels: intransitive 8. (also 'shear off') To break or suddenly separate because of excessive force, eg. a bolt. 9. To reap, as grain. Labels: Scotland Example: Soon as the bending Scythe, And Sickle keen, have shear'd the golden Grain, Array'd in all the Equipage of Death, Forth the stern Sportsman stalks 10. To deprive of property; to fleece. Labels: figuratively