nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rank Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-grown, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rank, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Dutch rank (“slender, slim”), Low German rank (“slender, projecting, lank”), Danish rank (“straight, erect, slender”), Swedish rank (“slender, shaky, wonky”), Icelandic rakkur (“straight, slender, bold, valiant”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋk/, [ˈɹʷæŋk], /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. Quickly, eagerly, impetuously. Labels: obsolete Example: The seely man seeing him ryde so rancke, / And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare […]. Example: That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.
Word: rank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”). Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋk/, [ˈɹʷæŋk], /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads. Example: The Musketeers being on both flancks, firſt firing let the Ranck ſtand, and fire every Ranck, paſſing through before his leader[…] 2. One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The value of a playing card. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ranks are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace. 4. In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23. Example: The fancy hotel was of the first rank. 6. The level of one's position in a class-based society. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a membership drawn from the ranks of wealthy European businessmen Example: Earlier this month police in Norfolk were called after five hives thought to contain around 60,000 bees and £600 worth of honey were taken. [...] Suspicions among beekeepers that the culprits come from their own ranks were underlined by the fact that a bee smoker was left at the scene by someone who presumably knew that it could be used to calm the insects before taking them. 8. A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Private First Class (PFC) is the second-lowest rank in the Marines. Example: He rose up through the ranks of the company, from mailroom clerk to CEO. 9. A level in a scientific taxonomy system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. 10. The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D). Labels: countable, uncountable 13. The size of any basis of a given matroid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”). Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋk/, [ˈɹʷæŋk], /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. To place abreast or in a line. Labels: transitive Example: She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants. 2. To have a ranking. Labels: intransitive Example: Their defense ranked third in the league. Example: I vex my heart with fancies dim: / ⁠He still outstript me in the race; / ⁠It was but unity of place / That made me dream I rank’d with him. 3. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify. Labels: transitive Example: Ranking all things under general and special heads. Example: Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers. 4. To take the rank of; to outrank. Labels: US, transitive
Word: citron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtəɹn/ 1. A greenish yellow colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The fruit of a citron tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The candied rind of the citron fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: citron Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtəɹn/ 1. Of a greenish yellow colour.
Word: pocket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocket From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Equivalent to poke + -et. Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒk.ɪt/, /ˈpɑ.kɪt/, /ˈpɑ.kət/, /ˈpɔk.ɪt/ 1. To put (something) into a pocket. Labels: transitive Example: [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience. Example: […] I ſtopt ſhort, and, pocketting my ducats in a great hurry, took out ſome rials, approached the hat, that was expoſed for the reception of charity extorted from chriſtians by fear, and dropt them into it, one after another, that the beggar might ſee how nobly I uſed him. 2. To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot. 3. To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own). Labels: informal, transitive Example: Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings. Example: The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond. 4. To put up with; to bear without complaint. Labels: dated, informal, transitive Example: As long as the house suffered the practice to prevail, they must submit to pocket the insult of being told that it existed.
Word: pocket Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocket From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Equivalent to poke + -et. Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒk.ɪt/, /ˈpɑ.kɪt/, /ˈpɑ.kət/, /ˈpɔk.ɪt/ 1. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket. Labels: not-comparable Example: a pocket dictionary 2. Smaller or more compact than usual. Labels: not-comparable Example: pocket battleship Example: pocket beach 3. Belonging to the two initial hole cards. Labels: not-comparable Example: a pocket pair of kings
Word: downstroy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of down + destroy. Compare downpressor. 1. To destroy. Labels: Rastafari, transitive
Word: stoicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stōicismus. By surface analysis, stoic + -ism. First attested in the 1620s. Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊɪsɪzəm/, /ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/ 1. A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core. Example: Although very distant from the lives of her subjects – she never went to school and had only the most fleeting experiences of being on equal terms with anyone – she grew into a much respected figure, admired for her stoicism and diligence
Word: sealed systems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sealed system Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downpressor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of down + oppressor, with down replacing op (which is how up sounds in Jamaican patois). 1. Oppressor. Labels: Rastafari
Word: bastard sword Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the large, straight-bladed European swords used with either one or two hands; a longsword.
Word: tame Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”). Cognate with Scots tam, tame (“tame”), Saterland Frisian tom (“tame”), West Frisian tam (“tame”), Dutch tam (“tame”), Low German Low German tamm, tahm (“tame”), German zahm (“tame”), Danish tam (“tame”), Swedish tam (“tame”), Icelandic tamur (“tame”). The verb is from Middle English tamen, temen, temien, from Old English temian (“to tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (“to tame”). Pronunciation: /teɪm/ 1. Under human control. 2. Docile or tranquil towards humans. Example: The lion was quite tame. 3. Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme. Labels: figuratively Example: What, for example, were Fraunhofer's lines? McArdle had just been studying the matter with the aid of our tame scientist at the office, and he picked from his desk two of those many-coloured spectral bands which bear a general resemblance to the hat-ribbons of some young and ambitious cricket club. 4. Of a non-Westernised person, accustomed to European society. Labels: obsolete Example: The victim was Captain Bickenson, who had gone there from Port Darwin to try the pearling grounds, and for this purpose employed a number of tame blacks about the schooner. 5. Not exciting. Example: This party is too tame for me. Example: For a thriller, that film was really tame. 6. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. Example: tame slaves of the laborious plough 7. Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
Word: tame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”). Cognate with Scots tam, tame (“tame”), Saterland Frisian tom (“tame”), West Frisian tam (“tame”), Dutch tam (“tame”), Low German Low German tamm, tahm (“tame”), German zahm (“tame”), Danish tam (“tame”), Swedish tam (“tame”), Icelandic tamur (“tame”). The verb is from Middle English tamen, temen, temien, from Old English temian (“to tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (“to tame”). Pronunciation: /teɪm/ 1. To make or become tame; to domesticate (an animal). Labels: transitive Example: Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily. Example: None but Adrian could have tamed the motley population of London, which, like a troop of unbitted steeds rushing to their pastures, had thrown aside all minor fears, through the operation of the fear paramount. 2. To make submissive. Labels: transitive Example: The governor tames the engine. 3. To take control of something that is unruly. Example: Police have to tame the riots.
Word: tame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tamen (“to cut into, broach”). Compare French entamer. Pronunciation: /teɪm/ 1. To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.
Word: flamberge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. 1. A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying. Example: The wavy, cutting surface appears in the ‘flamberge,’ to which flame gave a name: it is nowhere better developed than in the beautiful Malay kris (crease). The object seems to be that of increasing the cutting surface.
Word: ok Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/, /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of OK. Labels: alt-of, informal Example: Finally, the word examined can be analyzed as a main verb […] or as a relative clause modifier of defendant[…], and each continuation sounds ok.
Word: selection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Equivalent to select + -ion. Pronunciation: /səˈlɛkʃən/ 1. The process or act of selecting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The large number of good candidates made selection difficult. 2. Something selected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafite. 3. A variety of items taken from a larger collection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine. 4. A musical piece. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor. 5. A set of data obtained from a database using a query. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A list of items on which user operations will take place. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Our selection adjoined a sheep-run on the Darling Downs, and boasted […] a forest of box-trees, a stock-yard, and six acres under barley[.] 10. The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. Labels: Australia, countable, historical, uncountable 11. The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Ellipsis of natural selection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Slow though the process of selection may be, if feeble man can do much by his powers of artificial selection, I can see no limit to the amount of change, to the beauty and infinite complexity of the coadaptations between all organic beings, one with another and with their physical conditions of life, which may be effected in the long course of time by nature’s power of selection.
Word: natural selection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British biologist Charles Darwin in 1859 in his work On the Origin of Species. 1. A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes. Labels: uncountable Example: I believe that a careful consideration of the structure of a species, and of the peculiar physical and organic conditions by which it is surrounded, or has been surrounded in past ages, will often, as in this case, throw much light on the origin of its habits and instincts. These again, combined with changes in external conditions, react upon structure, and by means of "variation" and "natural selection", both are kept in harmony. Example: Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones. 2. A process by which poor individual choices or attributes naturally, or rightfully, lead to poor outcomes, especially death. Labels: colloquial, offensive, sometimes, uncountable Example: Lead singer “Hooch” tries hard to be offensive, telling the crowd he'd like to set some hippies and homeless people on fire, promoting drunk driving as “natural selection at work,’ Example: “He should of looked left or right or at least used the crossing up the road, I have no sympathy it’s natural selection at it’s finest. Let’s hope the parents clear off back to their own country now”
Word: fuzzy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʌzi/, /ˈfʊzi/, /ˈfʌze/, /-zɪ/, /-zi/ 1. Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals. 2. Vague or imprecise. Example: My recollection of that event is fuzzy. Example: In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector. 3. Not clear; unfocused. Example: I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos. 4. Warm and comforting; affectionate. Example: Cooper has a strong sense of Welsh place; she has also a strong sense of the responsibilities of belonging. To belong is not merely a nice, fuzzy feeling; rather it means that there are grave duties to perform and serious moral battles to be fought […]. Example: It had been a long time since anyone had sent her a gift, […]. And it was a long time since anything she'd received from someone had made her feel that fuzzy inside. 5. Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
Word: fuzzy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʌzi/, /ˈfʊzi/, /ˈfʌze/, /-zɪ/, /-zi/ 1. A very small piece of plush material such as lint. Labels: in-plural, often Example: You've got a fuzzy on your coat. 2. Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy. Example: If you don't yet have a ferret, this book can help you decide whether a fuzzy is for you. 3. A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering. Labels: slang Example: A "fuzzy" on the other hand is a "people person," — someone who prefers studying the humanities or social sciences, someone who sees the world in broad contextual terms. Example: If you majored in the humanities or social sciences, you were a fuzzy, and if you majored in engineering or computer science, you were a techie. 4. A soldier with the rank of private. Labels: slang 5. A police officer. Labels: slang
Word: serious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius ? Proto-Indo-European *swer- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *swerjos? Latin sērius Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Medieval Latin sēriōsus Old French serieuxbor. Middle English seryows English serious From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). (If this root is correct, cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer. However, see sērius for an alternative derivation of the Latin.) Pronunciation: /ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /ˈsɪː.ɹi.əs/, /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs/, /ˈsɪɚ.i.əs/, /ˈsiɹ.i.əs/ 1. Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition. Example: deadly serious Example: It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily. 2. Important; weighty; not insignificant. Example: This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts. 3. Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving. Example: After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention. Example: He says he wants to buy the team, but is he serious? 4. Committed.
Word: serious Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius ? Proto-Indo-European *swer- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *swerjos? Latin sērius Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Medieval Latin sēriōsus Old French serieuxbor. Middle English seryows English serious From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). (If this root is correct, cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer. However, see sērius for an alternative derivation of the Latin.) Pronunciation: /ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /ˈsɪː.ɹi.əs/, /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs/, /ˈsɪɚ.i.əs/, /ˈsiɹ.i.əs/ 1. seriously, in a serious manner (most often heard in take or mean serious) Labels: colloquial, dialectal, not-comparable Example: The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious.
Word: shade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃tús Proto-Germanic *skaduz Proto-West Germanic *skadu Old English sċeadu Middle English schade Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English schaden English shade Inherited from Middle English schaden, from schade + -en. Pronunciation: /ʃeɪd/ 1. To shield (someone or something) from light. Labels: transitive Example: The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day. 2. To shield oneself from light. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: We shaded under a huge oak tree. 3. To alter slightly. Labels: transitive Example: You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left. Example: Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them. 4. To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color. Labels: intransitive Example: The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas. Example: This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades. 5. To move slightly from one's normal fielding position. Labels: intransitive Example: Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count. 6. To darken, particularly in drawing. Labels: transitive Example: I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows. 7. To win by a narrow margin. Example: Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it. Example: It was Alexis Mac Allister who lit the touchpaper at the start of the second half, scoring from the penalty spot to cancel out John Stones’s opener for City midway through a first half that the defending champions had shaded. 8. To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible. Labels: transitive 9. To throw shade, to subtly insult someone. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The lyrics have prompted headlines about her “shading” Musk with a “spicy dig”, but I reckon the guy got off lightly. 10. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Ere in our own house I do shade my head. 11. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: His [Osiris’s] wife was Iſis, whom they likewiſe made / A Goddeſſe of great powre and ſouerainty, / And in her perſon cunningly did ſhade / That part of Iuſtice, which is Equity, […]
Word: shame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-West Germanic *skamu Old English sċamu Middle English schame English shame From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō. Cognates *German Scham (“shame”) *German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”) *Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”) *Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”) *Icelandic skömm (“shame”) *Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ̯m/, [ˈʃeɪ̯m], /ˈʃæɪ̯m/, [ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯m] 1. An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame. Example: The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents. 2. Something to regret. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way. Example: Nor can thy ſhame giue phiſicke to my griefe, 3. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen, Example: Honour and shame from no condition rise. 4. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: guides who are the shame of religion Example: Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move. Waiting for him to leap forward and rip off his flimsy flightsuit, exposing his shame: his illustrated body, Rimmer's cheating frame. 5. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame. Example: She turns to lift her robe, and lays it across her as though she were revealing her shame, as though she were naked. 6. The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Don't you have any shame?
Word: shame Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-West Germanic *skamu Old English sċamu Middle English schame English shame From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō. Cognates *German Scham (“shame”) *German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”) *Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”) *Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”) *Icelandic skömm (“shame”) *Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ̯m/, [ˈʃeɪ̯m], /ˈʃæɪ̯m/, [ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯m] 1. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates. Example: Mr John Golding: One would not realise that it came from the same Government, because in that letter the Under-Secretary states: "The future of BT's pension scheme is a commercial matter between BT, its workforce, and the trustees of the pensions scheme, and the Government cannot give any guarantees about future pension arrangements." #*: Mr. Charles R. Morris: Shame. Example: […] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever — (Much tumult, and cries of "shame" and "doust the liars") 2. Ellipsis of what a shame; expressing disappointment or sympathy Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!
Word: shame Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-West Germanic *skamu Old English sċamu Middle English schame English shame From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō. Cognates *German Scham (“shame”) *German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”) *Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”) *Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”) *Icelandic skömm (“shame”) *Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ̯m/, [ˈʃeɪ̯m], /ˈʃæɪ̯m/, [ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯m] 1. Embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention. Labels: Australian Example: She says that she doesn't touch them, this is important, sometimes maybe a handshake may make them more shame, that is shy or embarrassed. Example: Int.[:] What types of things have you learnt about at AIME, like about yourselves or about others? Deon[:] To be confident. Greg[:] Yeah be confident. And not be shame… 2. Causing embarrassment or shyness. Labels: Australian Example: "A lot of the time when we want to do stuff we'll be like, 'Oh no, that's shame — I don't want to do that because I'll be on my own'," Headland told NIT.
Word: shame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną. Cognates *Dutch schamen (“to be ashamed”) *German schämen (“to be ashamed or embarrassed, bashful”) *Danish, Norwegian Bokmål skamme (“to be ashamed”) *Icelandic skamma (“to scold”) *Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽 (skaman, “to be ashamed”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ̯m/, [ˈʃeɪ̯m], /ˈʃæɪ̯m/, [ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯m] 1. To cause to feel shame. Labels: transitive Example: I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval. Example: Were there but one righteous in the world, he would[…]shame the world, and not the world him. 2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. Labels: transitive Example: And with fowle cowardize his carcas ſhame, 3. To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame. Labels: transitive Example: Stop shaming others about their food choices. Example: It is disgraceful that you should be used by adults for the purpose of trying to shame us because our extraction of timber from our forests. 4. To drive or compel by shame. Labels: transitive Example: The politician was shamed into resigning. 5. To feel shame, be ashamed. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Broder she said I can not telle yow For it was not done by me nor by myn assente For he is my lord and I am his and he must be myn husband therfore my broder I wille that ye wete I shame me not to be with hym nor to doo hym alle the pleasyr that I can Example: I do ſhame to thinke of what a noble ſtraine you are, and of how coward a ſpirit. 6. To mock at; to deride. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
Word: fever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːvə/, /ˈfivɚ/ 1. A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu. Example: Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds. […] As Abramson explained, when we are sick, whether we have a fever or not, our metabolic rates skyrocket, and our bodies need more calories to support that high metabolic rate. 2. Any of various diseases. Labels: countable, in-compounds, uncountable, usually Example: scarlet fever 3. A state of excitement or anxiety. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an envious fever Example: There is little doubt that while war fever has not gripped Taipei, its economic foundations are being shaken. The stock market rose yesterday, but only because the Government has pumped $1.5 billion (£1 billion) into it after $370 million was drained from banks, and stocks were sold by investors who are worried by the Chinese manoeuvres. 4. A group of stingrays. Labels: countable, neologism, uncountable Example: On the way back to the mainland the boat passed over a fever of stingrays, and the sight of them through the glass was enough to colour everything else, and outstrip it. Example: They move like thoughts, like memory, like a Wes Anderson diorama of earthly delights: lionfish, an albacore, a fever of stingrays—and then like a wound, a sea turtle at eye level. 5. Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people. Labels: countable, derogatory, in-compounds, often, slang, uncountable Example: Asian fever Example: clown fever
Word: fever Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːvə/, /ˈfivɚ/ 1. To put into a fever; to affect with fever. Example: a fevered lip Example: the white hand of a lady fever thee 2. To become fevered.
Word: room temperature Part of Speech: noun 1. A normal temperature of a room in which people live; typically 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F); neither heated nor cooled. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Water freezes at 0°C, which is below typical room temperature.
Word: shades Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃeɪdz/ 1. plural of shade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shades Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃeɪdz/ 1. Sunglasses. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: His shades are by some famous designer. Example: “Everyone needs one pair of shades with a print.”
Word: shades Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃeɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sunglasses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der. Proto-Germanic *sunnô Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ Proto-West Germanic *sunnā Old English sunne Middle English sonne English sun English glasses English sunglasses From sun + glasses. 1. Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses. 2. A person wearing sunglasses Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar
Word: sunglasses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sunglass + -es. 1. plural of sunglass (“type of lens”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sunnies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sunglasses + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), retaining the plural form. 1. Sunglasses. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, plural, plural-only Example: She took off her sunnies and polished them, a little vigorously. Example: With Heath wearing a black beanie and his trademark sunnies, the couple arrived in Perth at 12.20 p.m. after flying in from the US via Sydney.
Word: sunnies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of sunny (sunfish or sunperch) Labels: US, colloquial, form-of, plural Example: As a kid, he used to catch sunnies with a cane pole and garden worms in the stream behind the house.
Word: contact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). Used in English since the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑntækt/, /ˈkɒntækt/ 1. The act of touching physically; being in close association. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill. 2. The establishment of communication (with). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I haven't been in contact with her for years. Example: In the old days, […] he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity. 3. The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the pilot […] cannot establish visual contact with the ground, he must immediately execute a missed-approach procedure […] 4. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Touch the contact to ground and read the number again. 5. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Who is the company's contact for sales queries? Example: The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients. 6. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 7. A contact lens. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 8. A device designed for repetitive connections. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Contact juggling. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: I bought myself a new contact ball last week 10. The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). Used in English since the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑntækt/, /kənˈtækt/, /ˈkɒntækt/ 1. To touch; to come into physical contact with. Labels: transitive Example: The side of the car contacted the pedestrian. 2. To establish communication with (something or someone). Labels: transitive Example: I am trying to contact my sister.
Word: cooked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the past tense of the verb cook. Pronunciation: /kʊkt/ 1. Prepared by cooking. 2. Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable. Labels: slang Example: Select this button only if you’re 200 percent sure that the files are cooked and that you want to overwrite the originals with the uncooked versions. Example: Another cause of poor MP3 playback—especially when the sound is “gurgly”—is a “cooked” file. This means that at some point, the MP3 file has been transferred over the Web as an ASCII text file rather than a binary file. 3. Partially or wholly fabricated, falsified. Example: But the Commanding Officer obviously has no say whatever as to which place he is likely to go, and the result is that, as regards rent, the figures have had to be “cooked,” if I may use such an expression. The figures have had to be cooked. 4. Done in, exhausted, pooped. Labels: slang 5. In trouble; in a hopeless situation. Labels: predicative, slang Example: If they killed men as they did this fall the Allies would be cooked in another year. He said we were all cooked but we were all right as long as we did not know it. We were all cooked. Example: Everybody could see Hillary Clinton was cooked in Iowa. 6. Inebriated: drunk, high, or stoned. Labels: Australia, especially, slang 7. Hungover. 8. Brain-damaged from drug use. Example: Don't bother talking to that guy—he's cooked from all the coke he used to do. 9. Of a person: crazy, insane. Labels: Australia, derogatory, figuratively, slang
Word: cooked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the past tense of the verb cook. Pronunciation: /kʊkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of cook Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ingenue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (“guileless”), originally from the Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑnʒənu/, /ˌænʒeɪˈnjuː/ 1. An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman. Example: Near-synonym: girl next door Example: She was seen as a gifted pop-country ingenue when, in a now infamous moment, Kanye West interrupted Swift onstage at the 2009 VMAs while she was accepting an award. The incident set in motion a chain of events that would shape the next decade of both artists’ lives. 2. A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role. Example: The intelligent and talented blonde who was fluent in English, French and Spanish was interested in art and joined a local theater group to work on set designs but wound up on stage playing an ingenue in Liliom and was spotted by director Vincente Minnelli. 3. Misspelling of ingenu. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, rare Example: Mr. Acheson's failure as Secretary of State ... has been an inability to understand people or to be understood by them. Example: I cannot resist citing, slightly out of context, another bit of Baudelaire: "Satan s'est fait ingénu" (Satan has made himself into an ingenue [Oeuvres Completes 640])
Word: WAFL Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɒfl/, /ˈdʌbl̩.juː eɪ ɛf ɛl/ 1. Initialism of West Australian Football League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Write Anywhere File Layout, a patented file system designed to optimize write performance in storage applications. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Workshop on Altaic in Formal Linguistics, a yearly international linguistic conference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cooked mode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a humorous opposite to raw mode. 1. The mode of a device driver in which input data is processed or preprocessed. Labels: uncountable
Word: wrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe. Pronunciation: /ɹɪst/ 1. The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. Example: With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate. 2. A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Word: wrist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe. Pronunciation: /ɹɪst/ 1. To hit a wrist shot.
Word: fudge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”. Pronunciation: /fʌd͡ʒ/, /fʊd͡ʒ/ 1. A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Labels: uncountable Example: Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious! 2. A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. Light or frothy nonsense. Labels: uncountable 4. A deliberately misleading or vague answer. Labels: countable 5. A made-up story. Labels: dated, uncountable 6. The stop press portion of a newspaper. Labels: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable Example: 'That is all, sir—no, here is something more about it in the "fudge".' Greatorex rearranged the paper to display the 'Stop Press' space and read on. 7. A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact. Labels: countable 8. Fecal matter; feces. Labels: countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable Example: Here comes the fudge!
Word: fudge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”. Pronunciation: /fʌd͡ʒ/, /fʊd͡ʒ/ 1. To try to avoid giving a direct answer. Labels: intransitive Example: When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged. 2. To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally. Labels: transitive Example: The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged. Example: I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good. 3. To botch or bungle something. Labels: ambitransitive, dated 4. To cheat, especially in the game of marbles. 5. Used in place of fuck. Labels: colloquial Example: Check yo' ass, or I'll fudge you up, mach schnell! Example: I thought so. And they say I have a bad memory.... Fudge em.
Word: fudge Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”. Pronunciation: /fʌd͡ʒ/, /fʊd͡ʒ/ 1. Used in place of fuck. Labels: colloquial Example: Fudge! if you had such a fine instinct, why did you let us go to Transome Court and make fools of ourselves? Example: Pearl had to go home. Mike was one of the last of the good guys, so he said he'd run her on home. All Robert could say was, "Ah, fudge." 2. Nonsense; tommyrot. Labels: archaic, colloquial Example: Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me.