nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mudslide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + slide. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌdˌslaɪd/ 1. A geological event in which viscous mud flows down an incline. Example: A mudslide in the south-western province of Guizhou has resulted in 15 deaths. Thirty people are still missing as the search continues. Example: Flooding occurs in areas where the ground is unable to absorb all of the water, according to forecasters, who explained that flash flooding can also be caused by mudslides or breaks in dams or levees. 2. A mixed drink consisting of vodka, Kahlúa and Baileys. Example: […] and seem able to function during A.M. drills even after several parasolled Mudslides or the House-Specialty Blue Flame cognac-based things you have to blow out before sipping from their huge blue-rimmed snifters.
Word: headquarters Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English quarters English headquarters From head + quarters. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛdˈk(w)ɔː.təz/, /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/ 1. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff. 2. The center of an organization's operations or administration. Example: As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities. Example: The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano. 3. A place of concentrated activity or influence. Example: The head-quarters of the rebellion in the East were at a little town called Hui-lung.
Word: headquarters Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English quarters English headquarters From head + quarters. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛdˈk(w)ɔː.təz/, /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of headquarter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: charges Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of charge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charges Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of charge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: discussions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈskʌʃənz/ 1. plural of discussion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ligne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ligne. Doublet of linea. 1. Synonym of line (“ill-defined unit of length”). 2. Synonym of line (“ill-defined unit of length”).
Word: mots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Irukandji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Djabugay Yirrganydji "the Yirrgay people", a derivative of Yirrgay "the Yirrgay dialect of Djabugay", itself a comitative form of a root yirrga- of unidentified meaning. Perhaps compare also Djabugay Gulunydji "the Guluy dialect of Djabugay", of identical derivation, perhaps based upon gulu "here". Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹəˌkænd͡ʒi/ 1. An Aboriginal tribe of northeastern Australia, also known as the Yirrganydji Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Irukandji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Djabugay Yirrganydji "the Yirrgay people", a derivative of Yirrgay "the Yirrgay dialect of Djabugay", itself a comitative form of a root yirrga- of unidentified meaning. Perhaps compare also Djabugay Gulunydji "the Guluy dialect of Djabugay", of identical derivation, perhaps based upon gulu "here". Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹəˌkænd͡ʒi/ 1. A deadly jellyfish found in northern Australia, Carukia barnesi. 2. Any box jellyfish with a sting that produces Irukandji syndrome.
Word: Angie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Angela + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.d͡ʒi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Angela.
Word: butler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌt.lɚ/ 1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. 2. The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services. Example: “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …" 3. A valet, a male personal attendant.
Word: butler Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌt.lɚ/ 1. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
Word: jurisdiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iūrisdictiō. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/, /d͡ʒɝɪsˈdɪkʃən/, /d͡ʒʊɹɪz-/, /d͡ʒɝɪz-/, /d͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/ 1. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: legal jurisdiction Example: The case falls outside the court’s jurisdiction. 2. The power or right to exercise authority. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: outside the jurisdiction of 3. The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Police officers have no jurisdiction in that district. Example: The Fife County Council, and other objectors, were successful in July [1950] in obtaining an interim interdict against this decision, but the Court of Session withdrew the interdict in January, and it was then stated that a civil court had no jurisdiction in the matter. 4. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus fell that glorious Minion of Edward the Second, who for a time appeared liked [sic.] a blazing Comet, and sway'd the jurisdiction of the state of England, and her Confederates. 5. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The United Kingdom consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Example: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
Word: petition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”). Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ 1. A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance. Example: We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection. 2. A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. Labels: broadly 3. A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority. Example: a petition to aid Example: a petition to God for courage and strength
Word: petition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”). Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ 1. To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority). Labels: transitive Example: The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building. Example: The company, appreciating the crippling affect ^([sic]) that this scheme will have on its activities unless the railway is diverted, has petitioned against the North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Bill at present before the House of Lords.
Word: plume Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der. Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂ Proto-Italic *plouksmā Latin plūma Anglo-Norman plumebor. Middle English plume English plume From Late Middle English plum, plume (“feather; plumage”), from Anglo-Norman plum, plume, from Old French plume, plome (“feather, plumage”), from Latin plūma (“feather, plumage”) (compare Late Latin plūma (“pen, quill”)), from Proto-Italic *plouksmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”). Doublet of pluma. Pronunciation: /ˈpluːm/, /ˈpljuːm/, /ˈplum/ 1. A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration. Labels: archaic, literary, poetic Example: Near-synonym: aigrette Example: Under a Coronet his flowing haire / In curles on either cheek plaid, wings he wore / Of many a colourd plume ſprinkl'd with Gold, / His habit fit for ſpeed ſuccinct, and held / Before his decent ſteps a Silver wand. 2. A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle. Labels: archaic, literary, poetic Example: Near-synonym: aigrette Example: The fearful infant turn'd his head away, / And on his nurſe's neck reclining lay, / His unknown father ſhunning with affright, / And looking back on ſo uncouth a ſight; / Daunted to ſee a face with ſteel o'er-ſpread, / And his high plume that nodded o'er his head. 3. A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward. Labels: figuratively Example: But well thou comſt / Before thy fellows, ambitious to win / From me ſom Plume, that thy ſucceſs may ſhow / Deſtruction to the reſt: […] 4. The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow. 5. Ellipsis of plume moth (“a small, slender moth of the family Pterophoridae”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. Things resembling a feather. Example: Tidal gravitational effects cause plumes of sodium silicate to erupt from Elaaden's core, depositing unusually pure silicon sand across the surface—invaluable for manufacturing high-performance computer hardware. 7. Things resembling a feather. Example: After the explosion, a plume of smoke could be seen in the sky for miles around. Example: The pollutant creates a contaminant plume within an aquifer. 8. Things resembling a feather. 9. Things resembling a feather. 10. Things resembling a feather. 11. Things resembling a feather. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 12. Things resembling a feather. 13. Things resembling a feather.
Word: plume Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Sense 1 (“to adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes”) is derived from Anglo-Norman plumer (“to cover with or provide with feathers”), or its etymon Latin plūmāre, the present active infinitive of plūmō (“to grow feathers, to fledge; to cover with feathers, to feather; to embroider with a feathery pattern”) (and compare Late Latin plūmō (“to attach feathers to arrows; of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey; (figurative) to celebrate, praise”)), from plūma (“feather; plumage; down”) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Senses 2–4 (“to arrange and preen the feathers of; to congratulate (oneself) proudly; to strip of feathers”) are from Late Middle English plumen (“to remove the feathers from a bird; of a hawk: to pluck the feathers or the head from prey”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plumer (“to remove the feathers from a bird; to pull out (hairs, especially from a moustache); to rob”), from plūma (see etymology 1). Sense 5 (“to fan out or spread in a cloud”) is derived from plume (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈpluːm/, /ˈpljuːm/, /ˈplum/ 1. To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes. Labels: also, figuratively, transitive 2. Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something). Labels: reflexive, transitive Example: I make no doubt she has made the best of her way back to the hospitable hall of Sir Watkyn Williams Wynne; and may very possibly be pluming her wings, at this present writing, among the breezy bowers of Wynnstay. Example: I bless thee that thy angel-presence still infolds me here! / Forgive me, ere thy spirit plumest for the heavenly sphere. 3. To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate; to preen. Labels: broadly, reflexive, transitive Example: He plumes himself on his skill. Example: pride and plume himself in his Deformities 4. To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: the king cared not to plume his nobility Example: They wou'd have plum'd his eagles on the field 5. To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck. Labels: archaic, broadly, transitive 6. To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck. Labels: archaic, obsolete, transitive Example: The hauke proineth when ſhe fetcheth oyle with her beake over the taile, and anointeth her feet and her fethers. She plumeth when ſhe pulleth fethers of anie foule and caſteth them from her. 7. Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud. Labels: intransitive Example: Smoke plumed from his pipe, then slowly settled towards the floor.
Word: Frenchify Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of frenchify, to make or become more French. Labels: alt-of
Word: xenogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, xeno- + -gamy. 1. The transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination. Labels: uncountable 2. Cross-cultural marriage. Labels: uncountable
Word: wattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒtl̩/, /ˈwɑtl̩/, [ˈwɑ.ɾl̩] 1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And there the heathen Prince, Arviragus, / Gave him an isle of marsh whereon to build; / And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore, […] 2. A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A barbel of a fish. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun. 7. Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark. 8. An ear (organ of hearing). Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: "Tip me your wattles, my pal, and touch my whids, or I'll make you whindle like a kinchin," give me your ears and take my words, or I'll make you snivel like a child. Example: Wat. A hare, from his wattles, i. e. long ears.
Word: wattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒtl̩/, /ˈwɑtl̩/, [ˈwɑ.ɾl̩] 1. To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles. Labels: transitive 2. To bind with wattles or twigs. Labels: transitive
Word: wattle and daub Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall Labels: uncountable
Word: wend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *windaną (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn”), German wenden (“to turn, reverse”), Danish vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Bokmål vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Nynorsk venda (“to turn”), Swedish vända (“to turn, turn over, veer, direct”), Icelandic venda (“to wend, turn, change”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2). Pronunciation: /wɛnd/, /wɪ̟nd/ 1. To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. Labels: transitive Example: We wended our weary way westward. Example: And ſtill her thought that ſhe was left alone / Uncompanied great viages to wende. 2. To turn; change, to adapt. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: with the prowe at both ends, so as they need not to wend or hold water 4. To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: wend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *windaną (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn”), German wenden (“to turn, reverse”), Danish vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Bokmål vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Nynorsk venda (“to turn”), Swedish vända (“to turn, turn over, veer, direct”), Icelandic venda (“to wend, turn, change”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2). Pronunciation: /wɛnd/, /wɪ̟nd/ 1. A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: wet-nurse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wet nurse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, representing the sound of an object being slammed against something. Pronunciation: /wæm/, /hwæm/ 1. A forceful blow. Example: Roger was given a violent wham by his boxing opponent. Example: Might be a good idea to have a wham at it, anyway. Stop it getting away. Knock it out so that we can have a proper look at it. 2. The sound of such a blow; a thud. Example: We heard a wham as the hammer struck the wall. 3. An attempt. Labels: figuratively 4. A great success. Labels: figuratively
Word: wham Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic, representing the sound of an object being slammed against something. Pronunciation: /wæm/, /hwæm/ 1. Used to indicate the sound of a forceful blow, an explosion, etc. Example: Wham! The truck hit the wall. Example: "Come here, kid, I got something for you." Then wham and he lit on his hands and knees beside the track. Nick rubbed his eye. There was a big bump coming up. 2. Used to indicate something dramatic, sudden, and unanticipated has occurred. Example: Our relationship was going smoothly and then wham! Out of nowhere he told me he was leaving me for another woman. Example: Wham! Overnight he [Dwight D. Eisenhower] became a warmonger.
Word: wham Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic, representing the sound of an object being slammed against something. Pronunciation: /wæm/, /hwæm/ 1. To smash or strike (someone or something) with great force or impact; to slam, to whack. Labels: informal, transitive Example: My Wobblie worker buddies taught me to wham anybody who bothered me hard and fast in the crotch with my knee or my elbow. Example: I picked one of the logs up and just whammed him over the shoulder as hard as I could. Then I said to him, "I want to tell you something. If you want to come up here to school and behave, I want to see you back; otherwise, I don't want you on this school ground." 2. To propel (something) with great force by kicking, striking, throwing, etc. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Though you may never have heard of Wham-O before, you doubtless are already acquainted with Super Ball, their latest sensation. It's about the size of a handball, and has such extraordinary bounce that it makes every other ball seem tired. […] Kids from seven to 70 can be seen dribbling it or whamming it over the rooftops almost anywhere you go these days. 3. To smash or strike with great force or impact. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: She takes her foot off the skateboard. It keeps going without her and whams into the garage door. 4. To move quickly or loudly. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: aptitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude. Pronunciation: /ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/, [ˈæptʰɪˌtʰjʊu̯d], [ˈæptʰɪˌt͡ʃʊu̯d], [ˈæptʰɪˌtʰʊu̯d] 1. A natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She showed an early aptitude for mathematics. Example: The test measures a student’s aptitude for language learning. 2. The condition of being suitable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whammy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wham Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English whammy From wham + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wæmi/ 1. a serious or devastating setback 2. an evil spell; a curse or hex 3. The vibrato system of an electric guitar, or just its lever (whammy bar) Labels: colloquial
Word: appropriateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From appropriate + -ness. 1. The quality or condition of being appropriate. Labels: uncountable
Word: bleeding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, bleed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bleed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bleeding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, bleed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ 1. Losing blood. Labels: not-comparable Example: The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital. 2. extreme, outright; bloody, blasted. Labels: UK, emphatic, intensifier, not-comparable, slang Example: You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all. Example: "You are a bleeding idiot sometimes, but I love you and", Harry hands him the first gift Severus ever gave him and says, "One hundred and sixteen."
Word: bleeding Part of Speech: adv Etymology: By surface analysis, bleed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ 1. used as an intensifier: Extremely. Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang Example: His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway. Example: It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.
Word: bleeding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, bleed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ 1. The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time. Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic […] real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time. 2. Bloodletting. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Notwithstanding the employ of general and local bleeding, blisters, &c., the patient died on the fourth day after entrance. 3. Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the bleeding of the budget Example: the bleeding of the treasury 4. Menstruation. Labels: colloquial, countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: Owing to the prudery of Victorian times, people hardly dared talk about bleeding at all — even privately, let alone publicly. 5. The migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Printing past the edge of the leaf (past the trim). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: groin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/ 1. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region. Example: The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick. 2. The area adjoining this fold or depression. Example: He pulled a muscle in his groin. 3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults 4. The surface formed by two such vaults. 5. The genitals. Labels: euphemistic Example: He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain. Example: My friend […] discovered in his early teen years a passion for both men and opera. He frequented the Met to satisfy his ear but had little knowledge or experience of where to find partners and satisfy his groin.
Word: groin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/ 1. To deliver a blow to the genitals of. Example: In the scrum he somehow got groined. Example: She groined him and ran to the car. 2. To build or furnish with a groin or groins. Example: The part of the village in which I resided was a grove of cocoa-nut trees, and at night, when the dead leaves were sometimes collected together and burnt, the effect was most magnificent - the tall stems, the fine crowns of foliage, and the immense fruit-clusters, being brilliantly illuminated against a dark sky, and appearing like a fairy palace supported on a hundred columns, and groined over with leafy arches. 3. To hollow out; to excavate. Labels: literary, transitive Example: Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.
Word: groin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English groynen, from a mixture of Old French groignier, grougnier (from Latin grunniō) and Old English grunnian (from Proto-Germanic *grunnōną). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/ 1. To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur. Example: Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes, Example: Beares, that groynd continually
Word: groin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/ 1. US standard spelling of groyne. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: atavism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin at- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os Latin avus Latin atavus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French atavismebor. English atavism Borrowed from French atavisme.. By surface analysis, at- (“to”) + Latin av(us) (“grandfather, ancestor”) + -ism. Compare ancestorism. Pronunciation: /ˈætəˌvɪzəm/, [ˈæɾəˌvɪzəm] 1. The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was a magnificent atavism, a man so purely primitive that he was of the type that came into the world before the development of the moral nature. He was not immoral, but merely unmoral. Example: Hence on false premises was built up that belief in spirits or invisible beings outside ourselves, which by some curious atavism was re-emerging in modern days among the less educated strata of mankind. 2. The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had lost the power to care about his faults. Strange, sweet, poisonous indifference! She was drugged. And she knew it. Would she ever wake out of her dark, warm coma? She shuddered, and hoped not. Mrs Tuke would say atavism. Atavism! The word recurred curiously. Example: Upon the death of Theodoric in 526, Ibidus retired from public life to compose his celebrated work (whose pure Ciceronian style is as remarkable a case of classic atavism as is the verse of Claudius Claudianus, who flourished a century before Ibidus); but he was later recalled to scenes of pomp to act as court rhetorician for Theodatus, nephew of Theodoric. 3. A reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have even read in a book of criminology that the tramp is an atavism, a throw-back to the nomadic stage of humanity. Example: "...he traces the roots of objectless imperialism to three sources, each an atavism. Modern imperialism, according to Schumpeter, resulted from the combined impact of a "war machine", warlike instincts, and export monopolism".
Word: reappearance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + appearance or reappear + -ance. 1. The act of appearing again following absence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Afrika Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Africa: the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: bodily Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑdɪli/, /ˈbɒdɪli/ 1. Of, relating to, or concerning the body. Example: His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him. 2. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal. Example: You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. 3. Real; actual; put into execution. Example: Be brought to bodily act.
Word: bodily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑdɪli/, /ˈbɒdɪli/ 1. In bodily form; physically, corporally. Labels: not-comparable Example: For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily. Example: In I got bodily into the apple barrel, and found there was scarce an apple left; but sitting down there in the dark, what with the sound of the waters and the rocking movement of the ship, I had either fallen asleep or was on the point of doing so when a heavy man sat down with rather a clash close by. 2. Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly. Labels: not-comparable Example: The papering of one side of the room had dropped down bodily, with fragments of plaster adhering to it, and almost blocked up the door. Example: It is true that in adopting the short view many of the younger economists have not merely taken over the lay notions bodily. 3. Forcefully, vigorously. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was thrown bodily out of the house.
Word: incompleteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incomplete Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English incompleteness From incomplete + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being not complete. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Its incompleteness in this respect makes the timetable of less value than some of its Continental counterparts, such as the French Horaires Mayeux; nevertheless, it is fair value at 5s. Example: This low number points to the incompleteness and, with respect, haphazardness of the two selections.
Word: completeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English complete Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English completeness From complete + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being complete. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is valid then it must also be a theorem. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊨ϕ is true, then T⊢ϕ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: THEOREM 37°. (Gödel's completeness theorem 1930.) In the predicate calculus H: (a) If #92;vDashF [or even if #92;aleph#95;0-#92;vDashF], then #92;vdashF. If E#95;1,...,E#95;k#92;vDashF [or even if E#95;1,...,E#95;k#92;#92;aleph#95;0-#92;vDashF], then E#95;1,...,E#95;k#92;vdashF. (b) […]
Word: titanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Titanic. Pronunciation: /taɪˈtænɪk/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Titanic. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Alternative letter-case form of Titanic. Labels: broadly, comparable, not-comparable, usually 3. Alternative letter-case form of Titanic. Labels: broadly, not-comparable, usually
Word: titanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From titan(ium) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns), in the case of sense 1 (“of or relating to titanium”) modelled after French titanique. Pronunciation: /taɪˈtænɪk/ 1. Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a mineral, especially iron ore: containing titanium, or from which titanium may be extracted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: convince Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin convincō (“to refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“to conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɪns/, [kʰənˈvɪns], /kənˈvəns/ 1. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. Example: I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good. Example: Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. 2. To persuade. 3. To overcome, conquer, vanquish. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […]his two Chamberlaines / Will I with Wine, and Waſſell, ſo conuince, / That Memorie, the Warder of the Braine, / Shall be a Fume,[…] 4. To behave believably in a role; to make someone perceive oneself as the character being portrayed. 5. To confute; to prove wrong. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: For hee mightily conuinced the Iewes, and that publikely, shewing by the scriptures, that Iesus was Christ. Example: And therfore, God neuer wrought Miracle, to conuince Atheiſme, becauſe his Ordinary Works conuince it. 6. To prove guilty; to convict. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Which of you conuinceth mee of ſinne? Example: O ſeek not to convince me of a Crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor can you pardon.
Word: sinner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnəː/, [ˈsɪnəː], /ˈsɪnɚ/, [ˈsɪnɚ] ~ [ˈsɪnɹ̩] 1. A person who sins or has sinned. Example: Some Christians believe the Bible tells us that homosexuals are sinners. The current trend of increased acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community is distressing to these Christians who sincerely want to follow the Bible. 2. A person who sins or has sinned. 3. A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things. Labels: broadly, figuratively 4. A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Are you a sinner or a saint?
Word: Charlotte Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑː.lət/, /ˈʃɑɹ.lət/, /ˈʃaː.lət/, /ˈʃaɹ.lət/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: My Charlotte conquers with a smile, / And reigneth queen of love. In the home-circle and among her companions, Charlotte lays aside her queenship and becomes a gentle Lottie. Example: "Here's Totty! By-and-by, what's her other name? She wasn't christened Totty." "Oh, sir, we call her sadly out of name. Charlotte's her christened name. It's a name i' Mr. Poyser's family; his grandmother was named Charlotte. But we began calling her Lotty, and now it's got to Totty. To be sure it's more like a name for a dog than a Christian child." 2. Numerous places: 3. Numerous places: 4. Numerous places: 5. Numerous places: Example: The past three decades have been a roller-coaster ride for the Charlotte, N.C., company, aiming to keep investors on a sugar high as it works out how to expand while remaining true to its heritage of serving fresh doughnuts. Example: Local, state and national Republicans have accused Lyles and other Democrats who lead Charlotte of installing criminal justice policies at the expense of public safety. 6. Numerous places: 7. Numerous places:
Word: Charlotte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑː.lət/, /ˈʃɑɹ.lət/, /ˈʃaː.lət/, /ˈʃaɹ.lət/ 1. A type of women's bonnet popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Labels: attributive, historical, often Example: The Charlotte bonnet, form'd to please, / And Strelitz coif she wore with ease. Example: the Charlotte bonnet, from the Sorrows of Werther, was the most becoming and elegantly retired bonnet ever yet sported for walking.
Word: Gödel's incompleteness theorem Part of Speech: name 1. Either of the two theorems in mathematical logic that demonstrate the inherent limitations of every formal axiomatic system containing basic arithmetic.
Word: skipping rope Part of Speech: noun 1. An item for play or physical exercise consisting of a length of rope with a handle attached to each end, intended to be swung over and under a person jumping in a continual rhythm.
Word: skipping rope Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skip rope Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tug of war Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔː/, /ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔɹ/ 1. A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams. Example: [Gordon Burn:] You told me you had tugs-of-war with your sisters over small, common-or-garden, apparently insignificant household things, things that you felt meant more to you than the others. 2. A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute. Labels: idiomatic Example: To sum up, the dynamics of a "tug-of-war" between the supporters and opponents of the powerful and independent constitutional court dispel the traditional version of judicial empowerment as a struggle between “prostrong Court” reformers and antistrong Court” reactionaries.
Word: Navajo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahúuˀu (“field adjoining an arroyo”). Pronunciation: /ˈnæ.və.həʊ/, /ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/, /ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/, /ˈnæ.voʊ/ 1. A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America. Example: As a code talker, Newman was one of a group of Navajos who learned a secret, unbreakable language that was used to send information on tactics, troop movements and orders over the radio and telephone during WWII.
Word: Navajo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahúuˀu (“field adjoining an arroyo”). Pronunciation: /ˈnæ.və.həʊ/, /ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/, /ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/, /ˈnæ.voʊ/ 1. An Apachean (Southern Athabaskan) language of the Athabascan language family belonging to the Na-Dené phylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado). Example: Endangered language communities would be thrilled with and proud of that kind of exposure for their language, like when Star Wars was dubbed into Navajo and Ojibwe. 2. An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language. Example: One of the last remaining members of the Navajo Code Talkers, who used their difficult-to-learn language to form an indecipherable code that helped the Allies win World War II, has died. 3. A surname.
Word: tug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tow. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɡ/, [ˈtʰʌɡ], /ˈtɐɡ/, [ˈtʰɐ̞ɡ], /ˈtəɡ/ 1. To pull or drag with great effort. Labels: transitive Example: The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub. 2. To pull hard repeatedly. Labels: transitive Example: He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter. 3. To tow by tugboat. Labels: transitive 4. To masturbate. Labels: ambitransitive, slang
Word: tug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tow. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɡ/, [ˈtʰʌɡ], /ˈtɐɡ/, [ˈtʰɐ̞ɡ], /ˈtəɡ/ 1. A sudden powerful pull. Example: At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. Example: Even though the authors note that they have not "exhausted the subject of San Francisco's queer history," the hope is that enough of "us" outside the Bay Area will find something of ourselves represented in the book and will feel that tug of connection to and solidarity with the gay capital's community. 2. A tugboat. Example: Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions. 3. A type of tractor used for moving trailers. Example: Trailers are delivered by road to Poole, Portsmouth, or Rosslare in Ireland. They are then loaded onto ferries by dockyard tractors called "tugs". After crossing the Channel, the driverless loads are disembarked by tug and taken to the specially constructed freight terminal in Cherbourg port. Each rail wagon holds two lorry trailers and features a new 'pivoting pocket' which moves through 45° to allow the tug to push the trailer onto the wagon from alongside. 4. A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. Labels: obsolete Example: Cattiwi came down the steep lane with his five-horse timber-tug 5. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 6. A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 7. An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 8. An act of male masturbation. Labels: slang Example: He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
Word: tug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to toga. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɡ/, [ˈtʰʌɡ], /ˈtɐɡ/, [ˈtʰɐ̞ɡ], /ˈtəɡ/ 1. A foundationer or colleger at Eton. Labels: UK, slang
Word: repeatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English repeated Middle English -ly English -ly English repeatedly From repeated + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpiːtɪdli/ 1. Done several times or in repetition. Example: He repeatedly violated the court order, and shall now be punished. Example: Scotland had the territory and the momentum, forcing England into almost twice as many tackles and rattling them repeatedly at set-pieces.
Word: ware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, keep guard”), whence also ward. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Were (“an item for exchange, barter, or sale; ware”), Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use; ware”), German Ware (“ware”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk vare (“ware”), Faroese vøra (“ware”), Icelandic and Swedish vara (“ware”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable, usually Example: Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders. Example: On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora. 2. See wares. Labels: in-plural, uncountable, usually 3. Pottery or metal goods. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: damascene ware, tole ware 4. A style or genre of artifact. Labels: countable, usually 5. Crockery. Labels: Ireland, uncountable, usually
Word: ware Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə/, /ˈwɛɹ/, /ˈweː/, /ˈwe̝ə/, /ˈwiə/ 1. Aware. Labels: poetic Example: And in like wise as she said so they departed, that neither the king nor none of his council were ware of their departing. Example: But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse. For thou and I walk here impalpable and invisible, as it were two dreams walking.