nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: daylight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪlaɪt/, /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ 1. The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: sunbeams Example: Near-synonyms: sunlight, sunshine 2. A light source that simulates daylight. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight. Labels: countable 4. The period of time between sunrise and sunset. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: burning daylight Example: wasting daylight 5. Daybreak. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We had only two hours to work before daylight. Example: Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction. 6. Exposure to public scrutiny. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight. 7. A clear, open space. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All small running backs instinctively run to daylight. Example: He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork. 8. The space between platens on a press or similar machinery. Labels: countable Example: The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make. 9. Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue. Example: Sometimes hosts are a little saltier when the cameras aren’t rolling, but I don’t recall ever hearing any daylight between the views they express on-air and off. 10. Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: There's not much daylight between saying that the universe is God and saying that God doesn't exist. 11. The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: daylight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪlaɪt/, /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ 1. To expose to daylight Example: […] the Morlocks, subterranean for innumerable generations, had come at last to find the daylit surface intolerable. Example: […] she was not looking at the daylit, sunny world which she so wanted to see. 2. To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows. 3. To allow light in, as by opening drapes. 4. To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally. 5. To gain exposure to the open. Labels: intransitive Example: The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river. Example: Tunnels were enlarged or daylighted and clearances generally greatly improved. 6. To moonlight (work a second, often illicit job) during the daytime. Labels: intransitive Example: But I find that we have a large number of service wives who are daylighting. Some of them are not only working in the evening, but also during the day.
Word: imitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin imitātīvus. 1. Imitating; copying; not original. 2. Modelled after another thing. 3. sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic
Word: cornerback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corner + back. 1. Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes. Example: The cornerback tipped the ball away from the receiver.
Word: decompression sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis. Labels: uncountable Example: The diver suffered underwater decompression sickness after searching for the bodies of the Italians who, according to Italy’s foreign ministry, had “apparently died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 metres (164ft)”.
Word: fag stag Part of Speech: noun 1. A heterosexual man who socializes with or enjoys the company of gay men. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: Handel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a German surname. 1. A surname from German; (music) used specifically of George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), a German-British Baroque composer. Example: Handel's masterpiece, Messiah, is one of the incontrovertible masterpieces of the Western canon, a work whose place in the musical life of the nation looks, with the benefit of hindsight, to have been assured since its first performance in 1742.
Word: crop up Part of Speech: verb 1. To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: We'll finish tonight if no problems crop up. Example: Cares crop up in villas.
Word: saucer pass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In allusion to a flying saucer. 1. A pass which stays flat through the air and lands flat, used to pass over an opponent's stick Example: The winger's perfect saucer pass over the defenseman's stick and onto the center's tape led to the goal.
Word: Proto-Uralic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Uralic English Proto-Uralic From proto- + Uralic. 1. The ancestor language of the Uralic language family, usually written with the UPA-transcription system.
Word: penalty box Part of Speech: noun 1. An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction. Example: Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respective penalty boxes after the fight. 2. The penalty area. Example: At times, Swindon's penalty box resembled a pinball machine. 3. A temporary punishment, or, metaphorically, a similar setback (e.g., loss of control, embarrassment, etc.). Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: A visit to the penalty box occurs when the salesman has relinquished control of the sales call by immediately answering the customer's question. Example: What can land you in this metaphorical holding cell, the penalty box of Catholicism?
Word: ransom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle English ransoun, from the Old French raençon, from stem of Latin redēmptiō. Entered English ca. the 13th century. Doublet of redemption. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæn.səm/ 1. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They were held for two million dollars ransom. Example: They were held to ransom. 2. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: prisoners hopeless of ransom Example: Till the fair slave be rendered to her sire; And ransom-free restored to his abode 3. A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment. Labels: UK, historical, uncountable, usually Example: punished with imprisonment and ransom at the King's will
Word: ransom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Middle English ransoun, from the Old French raençon, from stem of Latin redēmptiō. Entered English ca. the 13th century. Doublet of redemption. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæn.səm/ 1. To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties. Labels: obsolete 2. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment. Example: to ransom prisoners from an enemy Example: And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home. 3. To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of. Example: Terrorists will continue to hold few detainees in undisclosed locations in order to ransom them for money or some other material profit, […]
Word: charwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English char Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English charwoman From char + -woman. 1. A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages. Labels: UK Example: The cloth was laid by an occasional charwoman, who officiated in the capacity of Mr. Bob Sawyer’s housekeeper; […] Example: Through a partly-opened door the noise of a scrubbing-brush led up to the charwoman, Maryann Money, a person who for a face had a circular disc, furrowed less by age than by long gazes of perplexity at distant objects.
Word: prettiest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪt.i.ɪst/ 1. superlative form of pretty: most pretty Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Beyond Merstone, the line rises on easy gradients to the small station of Godshill, serving what is said to be the prettiest village in the Isle of Wight.
Word: hives Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, but frequently connected with heave, even if such a derivation is phonologically difficult. Pronunciation: /haɪvz/ 1. Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope. Example: When she recovers enough to look down at her arms [...] she blinks to see them covered in faint, but rising, puffy welts. Hives. She's breaking out in hives.
Word: hives Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See hive Pronunciation: /haɪvz/ 1. plural of hive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hives Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See hive Pronunciation: /haɪvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: angioedema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon) Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)lbor. English angio- English edema English angioedema From angio- + edema. Pronunciation: /ˌænd͡ʒiəʊ.ɪˈdiːmə/ 1. Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat, which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Angioedema of the throat can cause suffocation and should be treated as a medical emergency.
Word: Jenga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili -jengabor. English Jenga Borrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡə/ 1. A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse. Example: With a soft-pronged gripper, external camera and force-sensing wrist cuff, the robot can both see and feel individual blocks in a Jenga tower, according to an MIT statement. 2. Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure. Labels: figuratively
Word: fornicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1552; borrowed from Latin fornicātus, perfect active participle of fornicor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.nɪˌkeɪt/, /ˈfɔɹ.nɪˌkeɪt/ 1. To engage in fornication. Labels: intransitive
Word: fornicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1828; from fornix + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.nɪ.kət/, /ˈfɔɹ.nɪ.kət/ 1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix. Labels: especially
Word: bodega Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of apothecary, apotheke, and boutique. In New York popularized by the Puerto Rican community. Pronunciation: /boʊˈdeɪɡə/, /boˈde.ɡɐ/ 1. A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery. 2. A store specializing in Hispanic groceries. Labels: US 3. Any convenience store. Labels: New-York, especially, informal Example: He […] finds himself looking across the street, at a little bodega on the corner. Example: The ensemble of (often shirtless) young people spend most of the film drinking malt liquor, taking drugs, robbing bodegas, assaulting skateboarders, and (especially) having and discussing sex. 4. Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. (Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.) Labels: Southwestern, US, informal 5. A warehouse; a storeroom. Labels: Philippines Example: Copra as brought into town from the plantations in bull carts is hauled to the door of his bodega, and the sale is negotiated. Example: They allowed Filipinos to go inside the bodega of the Central and get all the sugar they needed.
Word: refuge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/ 1. A state of safety, protection or shelter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge. 2. A place providing safety, protection or shelter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. 3. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world. 4. An expedient to secure protection or defence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their latest refuge / Was to send him. Example: This is occaſioned by this, that too too often the Teaching of a Grammar School is the ordinary Refuge that deſperate Perſons as to any other Employment in good Learning betake themſelves to; whilﬅ but a few know themſelves ſuited with intellectual and moral Abilities, and fewer have that Encouragement, when they undertake it, their Pains deſerve. 5. A refuge island. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A kind of daily prayer or recitation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: refuge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/ 1. To return to a place of shelter. Labels: intransitive Example: Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic. 2. To shelter; to protect. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: sunk Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sʌŋk/ 1. past participle of sink Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. past of sink Labels: dialectal, form-of, past Example: He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Example: Such violence of affliction indeed could not be supported for ever; it sunk within a few days into a calmer melancholy; […]
Word: har Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”). Pronunciation: /hɑː/, /hɑɹ/ 1. A hinge. Labels: dialectal
Word: har Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /hɑː/, /hɑɹ/ 1. A sound of laughter, sometimes with a sarcastic connotation. Example: I've kidnapped that lumbering fool Donkey Kong and you will never see him again. Har-har-har-har! Example: Armorer: 'THIS BE THE AERIAL ANVIL! NEED AN ARMOR UPGRADE? IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FORGED, I'M YOUR FELLA! HAR HAR!'
Word: har Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ). Pronunciation: /hɑː/, /hɑɹ/ 1. Alternative form of hah (interrogative particle). Labels: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
Word: deeper Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdipɚ/, /ˈdiːpə/ 1. comparative form of deep: more deep Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: nodded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnɑdɪd/, /ˈnɒdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of nod Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gazing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gazing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/ 1. The act by which somebody gazes. Example: There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues. Example: To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.
Word: shaking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shaking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ 1. A movement that shakes.
Word: safely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English savely; equivalent to safe + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪfli/ 1. In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else. Example: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…] Example: Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods. 2. In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting. Example: Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cassock stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells. Example: It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way.
Word: brethren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Early Modern English brethren, plural of brother, from Middle English brethren, from Middle English brethere, brether + -en (plural ending). Ultimately from Old English brōþor, brōþru (“brothers, brethren”), influenced by Old English brēþer, dative singular of brōþor (“brother”). Equivalent to brother + -en (plural ending). Compare German Brüder (“brothers, brethren”). More at brother. The vowel change (from o to e) is called umlaut. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛðɹən/ 1. plural of brother Labels: archaic, form-of, plural Example: The Introit over, the service is interrupted for the feast. Contrary to the festive fashion of the nobles, who all sit with their swords beside them, here, in this feast of brethren, are no arms, not even a knife. 2. kinsmen Labels: poetic
Word: brethren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Early Modern English brethren, plural of brother, from Middle English brethren, from Middle English brethere, brether + -en (plural ending). Ultimately from Old English brōþor, brōþru (“brothers, brethren”), influenced by Old English brēþer, dative singular of brōþor (“brother”). Equivalent to brother + -en (plural ending). Compare German Brüder (“brothers, brethren”). More at brother. The vowel change (from o to e) is called umlaut. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛðɹən/ 1. The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only
Word: brethren Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Early Modern English brethren, plural of brother, from Middle English brethren, from Middle English brethere, brether + -en (plural ending). Ultimately from Old English brōþor, brōþru (“brothers, brethren”), influenced by Old English brēþer, dative singular of brōþor (“brother”). Equivalent to brother + -en (plural ending). Compare German Brüder (“brothers, brethren”). More at brother. The vowel change (from o to e) is called umlaut. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛðɹən/ 1. Of or akin to; related; like Example: The principle still sounds good, but our astronomical knowledge is limited, and we haven't yet discovered any such brethren solar systems.
Word: simplicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English simplicite, from Old French simplicite, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex (“simple”). See simple. Partially displaced native English onefoldness. Pronunciation: /sɪmˈplɪsɪti/ 1. The state or quality of being simple Labels: countable, uncountable Example: simplicity of dress, of style, or of language Example: simplicity of diet 2. The state or quality of being simple Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the simplicity of metals or of earths 3. The state or quality of being simple Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the simplicity of a machine Example: 2. Simplicity, with the least number of working parts, all readily visible and accessible. 4. The state or quality of being simple Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The state or quality of being simple Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The state or quality of being simple Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the simplicity of a doctrine Example: the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration 7. The state or quality of being simple Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 8. An act or instance of foolishness. Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable Example: speaking of the great simplicity we commit, in leaving yong children under the government and charge of their fathers and parents.
Word: intervals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɚvəlz/, /ˈɪntəvəlz/ 1. plural of interval Labels: form-of, plural
Word: earnestly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ernestly, from Old English eornostlīċe (“earnestly, strictly”), equivalent to earnest + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɝnɪstli/, /ˈɜːnɪstli/ 1. In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort. Example: The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness, […] Example: One thing, however, I do most earnestly beg and entreat of you: […]
Word: procession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin prōcessiō (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from prōcēdere, past participle prōcessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsɛʃən/ 1. The act of progressing or proceeding. Example: From whence it came to pass in the primitive times , that the Latin fathers taught expressly the procession of the Spirit from the Father and the Son Example: Yet proof is here of men's unquenched desire / That the procession of their life might be / More equable majestic pure and free; […] 2. A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue. Example: a procession of mourners Example: the Lord Mayor's procession 3. A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time). 4. Litanies said in procession and not kneeling. Labels: in-plural, obsolete Example: In many a form I see thee oft In myriad manners are thy praises told In old processions carved on Grecian urns 5. The rapid dismissal of a series of batsmen. Example: Before he closed and opened his eyes, the bails on the wicket behind Johnny Masih were shattered. That was the beginning of a procession. The second ball clean bowled the batsman. The third ball was a catch for the wicketkeeper. Example: Scotland moved nicely to 45 without loss before I took the first wicket and then it became a procession.
Word: procession Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin prōcessiō (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from prōcēdere, past participle prōcessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsɛʃən/ 1. To take part in a procession. Labels: intransitive 2. To honour with a procession. Labels: dated, transitive 3. To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands). Labels: US, transitive Example: To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.
Word: destined Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɛstɪnd/ 1. Confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain. Example: He is sure he is destined for fame. Example: When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.
Word: destined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɛstɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of destine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Afula Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Israel.
Word: somehow Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From some + how. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmhaʊ/, /ˈsʊmhuː/ 1. In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means Labels: not-comparable Example: This problem has to be tackled somehow. Example: We don't know how he's still alive after the accident, but somehow he is.
Word: bulbous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌlbəs/, /ˈboʊlbəs/ 1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated. 2. Overweight and round in shape. Example: A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts[…] 3. Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
Word: futtock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English futtek, votek, of uncertain origin; perhaps a compound of Old English fōt + hōc, or fut + -uc (foot hook or foot -ock), Old Dutch vot or fuot + hoek; or from timber jargon word butt + -ock (diminutive suffix). Alternatively from Middle Dutch voetkijn, diminutive of voet (“foot”), equivalent to foot + -kin; or Old English *fōtuc, meaning foot + -ock (diminutive suffix). Perhaps came into Old English from Old Norse fótr, or fett / futt (big); + ek (timbr), or øks; giving Old Norse fót'ek, futtek or futtøks; equivalent Norwegian is fot haki, fett eik (tømmer), or fett øks; meaning foot hook, big oak (timber), or bold axe. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌtək/, [ˈfəɾək] 1. Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship. Example: The timbers (called also frames, or floors, first, second and third futtocks, where the lengths of the frames are in two, three, or more pieces) will be "double," that is, two timbers will be placed close together, or nearly close together, and act as one frame.
Word: spooky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spook + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈspuːki/ 1. Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural. Labels: informal 2. Spooked; afraid; frightened. Labels: informal Example: I thought it was nice, though I found it very quiet, and whenever I was alone in it, I felt spooky. 3. Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses). Labels: informal
Word: outfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English field English outfield From out- + field. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtfild/ 1. The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence. Example: He hit a long fly ball to the outfield in the gap to left. Example: Topgolf's newest game, Sonic the Hedgehog™, brings the fun for everyone! Players aim at giant outfield targets to hit springs, collect rings and take down badniks in iconic virtual Sonic environments, designed with all skill levels in mind. 2. The region of the field roughly outside of the infield or the wicket-keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg. 3. The area outside a racetrack or running track. 4. Arable land continually cropped without being manured. Labels: Scotland 5. Any open field at a distance from the farmsteading. Labels: Scotland
Word: outfield Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English field English outfield From out- + field. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtfild/ 1. To perform better in defense (fielding). Example: A special dispatch sent to The Cincinnati Enquirer on the game stated that the Buckeyes outfielded and outplayed the Grays at every point, and that had the Bucks run for first base instead of watching the ball after they hit it, they would have increased the score.
Word: flashing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flash + -ing. * (weatherproofing): From original flashing material of copper or aluminum that reflects flashes of sunlight. Pronunciation: /ˈflæʃɪŋ/ 1. A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The incessant flashing of the neon sign kept the neighborhood awake. Example: There were tremblings, flashings, coruscatings of sparks which were dying as they were born. 5. The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flashing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flash + -ing. * (weatherproofing): From original flashing material of copper or aluminum that reflects flashes of sunlight. Pronunciation: /ˈflæʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of flash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outfielder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From outfield + -er. 1. A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field. Example: The outfielder tracked down the long fly. Example: . I like to think that if I wasn't pitcher I could be an outfielder or a first baseman or something and play major league baseball anyway. 2. An outfield player; any of the players on a team other than the goalkeeper.
Word: infielder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English field English infield Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English infielder From infield + -er. 1. A player who plays in the infield, which is the inner portion of the field. Example: The infielder run in to field the bunt.
Word: home run Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: [hɔʊːm ɹʌn] 1. A four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. Example: The first baseman hit a home run to lead off the ninth. 2. A three-base hit, a legal hit where the batter gets to third base without stopping illegally and without the opposing team attempting to put the batter out on earlier bases, scoring one run immediately. 3. The portion of a journey that ends at home. Labels: figuratively Example: I'm on the home run. 4. A success, especially a popular success. Labels: figuratively Example: The product was a home run. 5. Sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic, figuratively, slang 6. A connection from a central distribution point or circuit breaker to a destination.
Word: purview Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English purveu (“proviso”), from Anglo-Norman purveu est (“it is provided”), or purveu que (“provided that”) (statutory language), from Old French porveü (“provided”), past participle of porveoir (“to provide”), from Latin prōvideō (see provide). Influenced by view and its etymological antecedents. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)vjuː/ 1. The enacting part of a statute. 2. The scope of a statute. 3. Scope or range of interest or control. Example: Will it be said that the fundamental principles of the Confederation were not within the purview of the convention, and ought not to have been varied? Example: Rhetorical relations have truth conditional effects that contribute to meaning but lie outside the purview of compositional semantics. 4. Range of understanding. Example: Our company were noisy, gay, quarrelsome, full of facile theories, with glib explanations of everything, persuaded that there is nothing they could not understand and no human destiny outside the purview of their system.
Word: panoply Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πανοπλία (panoplía, “suit of armour”). Pronunciation: /ˈpænəpli/ 1. A splendid display of something. Example: Even though we cannot affirm that the products of mimesis are invested in the panoply of existence. Example: To the south were the Varden and the men of Surda, entrenched behind multiple layers of defense, where they displayed a fine panoply of woven standards, ranks of proud tents, and the picketed horses of King Orrin's cavalry. 2. A collection or display of weaponry. Labels: broadly, historical 3. Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories. 4. A complete set of armour. Labels: historical 5. Something that covers and protects. Labels: broadly Example: [I]n short, sneering and fleering at him in her cold barren way; all which, however, he, the man he was, could receive on thick enough panoply, or even rebound therefrom, and also go his way. 6. A broad or full range or complete set. Labels: broadly Example: Near-synonyms: plenitude, plentitude, plenty, cornucopia Example: Indeed, for much of the Arab world, the Turkish term Seferberlik, which originally referred to conscription, has come to represent the panoply of civilian suffering in the Great War.
Word: panoply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πανοπλία (panoplía, “suit of armour”). Pronunciation: /ˈpænəpli/ 1. To fit out in a suit of armour 2. To array or bedeck
Word: touchstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From touch + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃstəʊn/ 1. A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace. 2. A standard of comparison or evaluation. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Near-synonym: comparator Example: The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits.
Word: tarried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tarry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fastball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fast (adjective) + ball. 1. A high-speed pitch of a baseball. Example: Cam Smith bounced to shortstop on a 100 mph fastball, and Jacob Melton also grounded out on an 86.9 mph curveball. 2. A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers Labels: specifically Example: The pitcher had a blazing fastball.
Word: fastball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fast (adjective) + ball. 1. To throw (something) at a high speed. Labels: transitive Example: Kevin pushed away from the desk and fastballed it into the other man’s chest. Example: Wyatt spurred his horse to the middle of the stones, reached into the corpse’s chest, yanked out the heart, and fastballed it at a vine-covered tree stump.
Word: croquet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/, /ˈkɹəʊki/, /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/ 1. A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets). Labels: uncountable 2. A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet. Labels: countable
Word: croquet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/, /ˈkɹəʊki/, /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/ 1. To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet. Labels: transitive
Word: croquet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See croquette. 1. Alternative spelling of croquette. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable
Word: slider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slide + -er. The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder". Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor. Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪdɚ/ 1. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 2. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. Example: In the Vista Volume Mixer tool, when you move the speaker volume slider, the program sliders move along with it. 3. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. Example: Woburn-NEW custom build 5 bedroom, 4 baths, lg. living room, lg. formal dining room, see thru fireplace, 2 sliders to two decks, 1 oversized garage […] 4. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. Example: The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable. 5. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 6. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. Example: We ordered five sliders. 7. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 8. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 9. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 10. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 11. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. Example: Catch me up in snowin, in my sliders and my shorts Chicks tryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts 12. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. Labels: US, dialectal 13. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 14. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 15. Agent noun of slide: that which slides. 16. A slideshow on a web page. Labels: Internet
Word: curveball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curve + ball. 1. A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve" Example: He bit on a curveball in the dirt. Example: Caglianone ripped Miles Mikolas’ curveball into the right-field corner for an RBI double that scored Salvador Perez in the fourth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals. 2. An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance; an exception or outlier. Labels: US, broadly Example: Life has thrown him a few curveballs. Example: The season’s first episode, “Bart Gets an F,” got the highest ratings in its history, but “Treehouse of Horror” was the real curveball: a genre-busting effort that proudly punched above the show’s expectations.
Word: curveball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From curve + ball. 1. To throw a curveball. Example: Even though the haughty physics professors at the elite school ridiculed his declaration that he could make a baseball curve, Cummings just laughed it off and said, “I curveballed them to death,” according to Frederick Ivor-Campbell. Example: The news curveballed him. He'd been hamstrung and schizzed all the preceding weeks. He brooded in his den.
Word: passroll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pass + roll. 1. A shot in the game of croquet which consists of moving both the striker ball and the croqueted ball together at about the same distance and possibly having the striker ball move farther than the croqueted ball with the stroke.
Word: in the cards Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Referring to the reading of tarot cards to foresee the future. 1. Destined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't think another child is in the cards for them. Example: You will not sell enough to put in your eye. It is not in the cards.
Word: cut fastball Part of Speech: noun 1. A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball Example: His cut fastball tends to break bats.
Word: inroads Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɹəʊdz/, /ˈɪnˌɹoʊdz/ 1. plural of inroad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of knag. Pronunciation: /nɒɡ/, /nɑɡ/ 1. A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork. Example: Within a wall,[…], we find vertical studs, nogs or blocking, top and bottom plates, perhaps some form of diagonal braces, and many nailed and screwed connections. 2. One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. Labels: archaic Example: nogs and chocks are used to support the roof where waste material can not conveniently be obtained 3. A treenail to fasten the shores.
Word: nog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of knag. Pronunciation: /nɒɡ/, /nɑɡ/ 1. to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork. Labels: transitive 2. to fasten, as shores, with treenails. Labels: transitive
Word: nog Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɒɡ/, /nɑɡ/ 1. Short for noggin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: nog Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɒɡ/, /nɑɡ/ 1. Abbreviation of eggnog. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. A kind of strong ale. Labels: Norfolk, countable, especially, obsolete, uncountable Example: Walpole laid a quart of nog on't He'd either make a hog or dog on't.
Word: nog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from nig-nog. Pronunciation: /nɒɡ/, /nɑɡ/ 1. A dark-skinned person; nig-nog. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur 2. A Vietnamese person. Labels: Australia, dated, ethnic, slur
Word: sah Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of sir. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: The door was opened by a long Negro in a white jacket, who grinned familiarly when Lord Lambeth asked for Mr. Westgate. “He ain’t at home, sah; he’s downtown at his o’fice.”
Word: public health Part of Speech: noun 1. The science and practice of community hygiene, which includes preventive healthcare, health education, sanitation and environmental safety. Labels: uncountable Example: Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status—people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression. No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could free them from congenital defects, various worms, and the diseases indigenous to filthy surroundings. Example: My parents are both in public health now. They both work at the Tucson AIDS Project. I've got a sister who's a nurse, another one who works in a hospital, […]