nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: STFU Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of shut the fuck up. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar
Word: STFU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: WTF Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: (programming slang): Originated on The Daily WTF, a humorous blog dealing with real-world examples of bad programming. 1. Initialism of what the fuck. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, vulgar Example: I've READ them; I know what all the words are. I still say, "WTF, over?" Someone's playing with our heads on this one, but what's all the word stew? Example: Now, please, explain WTF did you mean by this text? 2. Where the fuck, why the fuck, when the fuck, or who the fuck. Labels: rare, vulgar
Word: WTF Part of Speech: name Etymology: (programming slang): Originated on The Daily WTF, a humorous blog dealing with real-world examples of bad programming. 1. Initialism of World Taekwondo Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism Example: Likewise the WTF says they are the official Tae Kwon Do organization because […] Example: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognizes WTF at its 83rd […]
Word: WTF Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (programming slang): Originated on The Daily WTF, a humorous blog dealing with real-world examples of bad programming. 1. Initialism of White's tree frog. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. A bafflingly bad or unwise design decision. Labels: slang Example: I think coercing numbers to booleans is a WTF - 0 should not be evaluatable as a boolean, it should be a type mismatch. Example: React attempts to wrap the browser DOM API and it's conventions in a way that's (for people who use it) easier to reason about, that's kind of like saying Anvil is a WTF because it wraps Vulcan
Word: contribute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“to bring together; to unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“to bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Pronunciation: /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/, /ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/, /kənˈt͡ʃɹɪbjʉwt/, /ˈkɔnt͡ʃɹɪbjʉwt/, /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/ 1. To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. Labels: ambitransitive Example: to contribute money to a church fund Example: to contribute articles to a journal
Word: saxophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone (“something that makes a sound”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs (“Saxon”). Analyzable as Sax + -o- + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈsæksəˌfəʊ̯n/, /ˈsæksəˌfoʊ̯n/ 1. A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards. Example: I played the saxophone in high school. 2. Someone who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist. Example: The saxophones typically sit behind the flutes in a concert band.
Word: saxophone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone (“something that makes a sound”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs (“Saxon”). Analyzable as Sax + -o- + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈsæksəˌfəʊ̯n/, /ˈsæksəˌfoʊ̯n/ 1. To play the saxophone.
Word: honeycomb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English honycomb, from Old English huniġcamb, from huniġ (“honey”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (“honey”)) + camb (“comb”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“peg; tooth; row of teeth”)). The English word is analysable as honey + comb. The Oxford English Dictionary posits that the arrangement of several plates of wax “hanging parallel to each other from the roof of the hive suggests a comb with its teeth”. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Saterland Frisian Hunichmoarte (“honeycomb”), West Frisian huningskiif (“honeycomb”), Dutch honingraat (“honeycomb”), German Honigwabe (“honeycomb”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌnikəʊm/, /ˈhʌniˌkoʊm/ 1. To riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb (noun sense 1); also, to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way. Labels: transitive Example: The ordinary tourist who visits the Boulak museum and the Necropolis of Sakkara, and then runs up to the First or the Second Cataract, is apt to think that the subject must be wellnigh exhausted; and is scarcely conscious of the fact that the banks of the Nile from Cairo to Thebes, between which he glides so rapidly in a Cook's steamer, or, more tranquilly, journeys in a dahabeeya, are strewn with the mounds of ancient cities, especially on the eastern shore, and that its cliffs are honeycombed with tombs. 2. To bore cavities or tunnels inside (something). Labels: transitive Example: Termites will honeycomb a porch made of untreated pine. Example: [M]any of the pillars of the temple of Serapis at Puteoli vvere penetrated by theſe animals. […] [T]he pholas muſt have pierced into them ſince they vvere erected; for no vvorkmen vvould have laboured a pillar into form, if it had been honey-combed by vvorms in the quarry. 3. To decorate (something) with a honeycomb pattern. Labels: transitive 4. To make way deeply into (something) so as to weaken it; to undermine. Labels: figuratively, transitive 5. To ornament (a ceiling) with honeycomb work (see noun sense 2.4). Labels: transitive 6. To become riddled with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb; also, to become hollow or weakened in this way. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively, intransitive
Word: Cheerios Part of Speech: name Etymology: Introduced on May 2, 1941, as “Cheerioats”: cheery + oats. The name was shortened to “Cheerios” on December 2, 1945, after a competing cereal manufacturer, Quaker Oats, claimed to hold the rights to use the term oats. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊz/, /ˈt͡ʃɪɹ.i.oʊz/ 1. A toroidal toasted oat cereal made by General Mills.
Word: Cheerios Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced on May 2, 1941, as “Cheerioats”: cheery + oats. The name was shortened to “Cheerios” on December 2, 1945, after a competing cereal manufacturer, Quaker Oats, claimed to hold the rights to use the term oats. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊz/, /ˈt͡ʃɪɹ.i.oʊz/ 1. plural of Cheerio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rice Krispies Part of Speech: name Etymology: Marketing coinage, from crispy. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪsˈkɹɪs.piz/ 1. A cereal manufactured by Kellogg Company that consists of puffed rice.
Word: blueberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English blue Middle English berye English berry English blueberry From blue + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ 1. An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. Labels: countable Example: Meronym: anthocyanin Example: Applesaucey Tricks Galore / Looks elaborate but isn’t: Take bakers sponge cake shells. In each one put a big spoonful of canned apple sauce, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream and top all with blueberry sauce, or with the fresh berries. 2. The shrub of the above-mentioned berry. Labels: countable 3. A dark blue colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars. Labels: countable, informal Example: On sol 46 (March 11, 2004 on Earth), Opportunity gathered data on a cluster of blueberries and confirmed the team's suspicions that this area of Mars once contained liquid water.
Word: blueberry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English blue Middle English berye English berry English blueberry From blue + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ 1. Of a dark blue colour. Example: > > > > > > The color choice in the shop was Plum, Orange Peel, Periwinkle, or > > > > > > Lime. […] > > > Periwinkle, now renamed blueberry. Second choice, orange peel. > > > It looks to my eye that "blueberry" is, uh, bluer than "periwinkle." […] On-site, Blueberry looked blueberrier than Periwinkle, but it does follow the Fruit Names theme more closely. 2. Resembling or characteristic of blueberries. Labels: rare Example: Breyers finds the sweetest, sunniest blueberries. Gently presses their just-picked flavor into a smooth puree. Then mixes lavishly with Breyers famous Vanilla Ice Cream. The result—the tastiest blueberriest flavor ever! Example: The blueberry muffin with the blueberriest flavor. / More blueberry flavor than any other mix. […] If you like more blueberry flavor in your muffins, this is the one. 3. Containing blueberries. Labels: rare Example: Down leaped Ron and milked the frothiest, fruitiest, blueberriest milkshake anybody had ever tasted. Example: The idea of a bagel had whetted my appetite so I made my way to Amy’s place near the park. / “Tommy! Good to see you, honey! Fresh blueberry, today.” / “You always know what I want. That’s great! Thanks.” / “Where’s Gussy?” she asked as she picked though the assortment. “I’ll find you the largest, blueberriest, one of the lot.” / “Blueberriest?” came Gus’s amused voice from behind me.” / “I understood,” I said. / It seemed that both Amy’s dictionary and mine were significantly different from his.
Word: blueberry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English blue Middle English berye English berry English blueberry From blue + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/, /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ 1. To gather or forage for blueberries. Example: We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine. Example: The "white longlegged, long-necked bird" seen by your Ayer reader while she was blueberrying on the shore of a pond was either the Little Blue Heron in white phase or immature, […]
Word: cornflakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːnfleɪks/, /ˈkɔɹnfleɪks/ 1. A breakfast cereal made from toasted flakes of maize. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: poo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See pooh. Pronunciation: /puː/, /pu/ 1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo". Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Feces. Labels: childish, uncountable Example: Poo... feces. Example: Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings. 3. A piece of feces or an act of defecation. Labels: UK, childish, countable Example: That doggy's doing a poo. Example: 2025 (viewed), "Bowel Dysfunction", Midlands Partnership University (NHS Foundation Trust) https://web.archive.org/web/20241203211740/https://www.mpft.nhs.uk/services/specialist-pelvic-health-team/bowel-dysfunction Chronic Constipation – Symptoms can be: You have to strain a lot to poo; Your poos are hard and lumpy; You feel unfinished after having a poo. 4. Cannabis resin. Labels: slang, uncountable 5. A person of South Asian ancestry. Labels: Internet, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable
Word: poo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See pooh. Pronunciation: /puː/, /pu/ 1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo". Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. To defecate. Labels: childish, intransitive Example: The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch. Example: People had to poo in bags, you see. Jan had to get on the public address system and explain to thousands of disbelieving passengers that “number ones” could be done in the shower but “number twos” must be done in the red biohazard bags being distributed, then placed in corridors for collection by unnamed staff, none of whom chose to appear in this documentary. 3. To dirty something with feces. Labels: childish, transitive Example: Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants. Example: We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.
Word: poo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See pooh. Pronunciation: /puː/, /pu/ 1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'. Labels: euphemistic Example: Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’
Word: poo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of shampoo. Pronunciation: /puː/, /pu/ 1. Clipping of shampoo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable, usually Example: Why I Cut Down on the “Poo”: A Note from Melissa […] People are saying no to “poo”—shampoo, that is. A very famous hairstylist to the stars (who has gorgeous hair himself) admits that he never washes his hair with shampoo. He’s not the only one to swear by the no-poo approach. 2. Champagne. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: Who wants another glass of poo?
Word: poo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poodle. Pronunciation: /puː/, /pu/ 1. A poodle crossbreed. Example: To date, the only Poos who have received any serious attention from the AKC are the Labradoodle (Labrador Retriever and Poodle) and the Cockapoo (Cocker Spaniel and Poodle). Example: There’s no club for Maltipoo breeders yet, so your best bet is to look for a breeder of other Poo dogs.
Word: bes Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bes. Pronunciation: /biːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of be Labels: dialectal, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares. Example: "An' he bes free times as old as herself," he wailed, " an' ugly as a squid ! But he bes rich — rich as any marchant — an' for the bread an' the fixin's an' the gold she bes takin' 'im." 2. Present tense inflected form of be: am or are. Labels: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, present Example: She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares. Example: And she bes white. Now, I bes what they use to call a house nigra. I don't work in no fields. And you know, I likes my color. Sho' not real fair, and not real dark either. I bes just who I be.
Word: bes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bes. 1. A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as. Labels: historical
Word: bes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of be (“Cyrillic letter”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beth (“Semitic letter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English poke 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 poker From poke + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkɚ/, /ˈpəʊkə/, /ˈpəʉkə/, /ˈpɐʉkə/, /ˈpokəɾ/ 1. A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. 2. A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. Labels: historical 3. One who pokes. Example: The guy next to him poked him in the ribs and said, “Check out the bazongas on this one!” Lee pivoted toward the rib poker and found himself looking straight into the face of Romeo Bouchard. 4. A kind of duck, the pochard. 5. A knife. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Key sense with the super-soaker Longest poker, leave man stressed like yoga Example: There is that guy that does with the pokings I step with my poker Play, cuz right, you might get folded 6. A bedel (who carries a silver mace). Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: On seats with velvet lined, / Sat Heads of Houses in a row, / And Deans and College Dons below, / With a Poker or two behind.
Word: poker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English poke 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 poker From poke + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkɚ/, /ˈpəʊkə/, /ˈpəʉkə/, /ˈpɐʉkə/, /ˈpokəɾ/ 1. To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle. Labels: transitive Example: The King continued pokering the fire with his back to the door, and took no notice of Lord Chesterfield. Example: The lids have very pleasant designs pokered on with a hot needle.
Word: poker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkɚ/, /ˈpəʊkə/, /ˈpəʉkə/, /ˈpɐʉkə/, /ˈpokəɾ/ 1. Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg. 2. All the four cards of the same rank. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The scoring of four goals by a player in one match. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Greaves hit three hat-tricks, two pokers and five goals against West Brom on his way to a record-setting 41 league goals. Example: Poker Face: Taty Castellanos strikes FOUR times for NYCFC vs. RSL
Word: poker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkɚ/, /ˈpəʊkə/, /ˈpəʉkə/, /ˈpɐʉkə/, /ˈpokəɾ/ 1. To play poker. Example: Then we went to Mead's and pokered until morning. Example: Papa liked nothing better than a game of poker . His pokering habits caused Mama grave anxiety.
Word: poker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkɚ/, /ˈpəʊkə/, /ˈpəʉkə/, /ˈpɐʉkə/, /ˈpokəɾ/ 1. Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. Labels: US, colloquial Example: The very leaves on the horse-chesnuts[…]cling to the bough as if old poker was coming to take them away.
Word: decompose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French décomposer. Equivalent to de- + compose. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/, /ˌdikəmˈpoʊz/, /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʉz/, [ˌdiːkəmˈpɐʉz], /ˌdiːkəmˈpɐʉz/ 1. To separate or break down (something) into its components. Labels: transitive Example: Various fungi can decompose wood. Example: Our team decomposed this task into several subtasks that could be successfully distributed. 2. To rot, decay or putrefy. Labels: intransitive Example: Plastics can take centuries to decompose. Example: Nor had the post mortem on Newson's body revealed any illness or other physical condition that might have prevented him from applying the brake, although after four days in the oven-like heat of the wreckage, the body was so badly decomposed as to make any reliable post mortem results unlikely.
Word: compose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpəʊz/, /kəmˈpoʊz/, /kəmˈpəʉz/, [kəmˈpɐʉz], /kəmˈpɐʉz/ 1. To make something by merging parts. Labels: transitive Example: The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters. Example: December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. 2. To make up the whole; to constitute. Labels: transitive Example: A church is composed of its members. Example: A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions. 3. To comprise. Labels: nonstandard, transitive 4. To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The orator composed his speech over the week prior. Example: Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven. 5. To calm; to free from agitation. Labels: reflexive, sometimes Example: Try to compose your thoughts. Example: The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt. 6. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture. 7. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement. Example: By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […] 8. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition. Example: In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. Example: How in safety best we may / Compose our present evils. 9. To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset. Labels: dated
Word: once upon a time Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈwʌns.əˈpɑn.əˈtaɪ̯m/ 1. A long time ago; at some time in the past (a traditional beginning of children's stories, especially fairy tales). Labels: not-comparable Example: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a beautiful princess. Example: There was once upon a time a charcoal-burner who had a son, and he was also a charcoal-burner. 2. Formerly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Long before popular music evolved its many genres and subgenres, the industry was driven by a simple one-size-fits-all philosophy […] Songwriters, once upon a time, wrote songs for the masses.
Word: informatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962. Pronunciation: /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/, /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/, [ˌɪnfɚˈmæɾɪks] 1. Synonym of computer science. Labels: uncountable 2. A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data. Labels: uncountable
Word: informatician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English informatic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English informatician From informatic + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnfəməˈtɪʃən/, /ˌɪnfəɹməˈtɪʃən/ 1. Someone who practices informatics.
Word: compress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + premō (“press”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹɛs/ 1. To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume. Labels: transitive Example: The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement. Example: events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life 2. To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format. Labels: intransitive Example: Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel 3. To condense into a more economic, easier format. Labels: transitive Example: This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram. 4. To abridge. Labels: transitive Example: If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information. 5. To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits. Labels: transitive Example: The command-line tool gzip allows you to compress files in a few different ways. First, gzip can compress results from standard input. 6. To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it. Labels: transitive Example: Diffraction gratings are by far the most common elements used to stretch and compress pulses because of their substantial angular dispersion, […] 7. To embrace sexually. Labels: obsolete Example: This nymph compreſs'd by him vvho rules the day, / VVhom Delphi and the Delian iſle obey, / Andræmon lov'd; and, bleſs'd in all thoſe charms / That pleas'd a God, ſucceeded to her arms.
Word: compress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + premō (“press”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɹɛs/, /ˈkɑmpɹɛs/ 1. A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury. Example: He held a cold compress over the sprain. 2. A machine for compressing.
Word: Gelderland Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛldəˌlænd/, /ˈɡɛldərˌlænd/ 1. A province of The Netherlands with Arnhem as capital.
Word: Groningen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Groningen. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊnɪŋən/ 1. A city and capital of Groningen, Netherlands. 2. A municipality of Groningen, Netherlands. 3. A province of the Netherlands. 4. A village and resort in Saramacca, Suriname.
Word: North Brabant Part of Speech: name 1. A province of the Netherlands.
Word: North Holland Part of Speech: name 1. A province of the Netherlands.
Word: Overijssel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Overijssel, meaning “[land] across the IJssel”, from the perspective of the bishopric of Utrecht by which it was held until 1528. 1. A province of the Netherlands, with Zwolle as capital city and Enschede the largest city.
Word: South Holland Part of Speech: name 1. A province of the Netherlands. 2. A local government district in Lincolnshire, England. 3. A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Word: Utrecht Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”). Pronunciation: /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/, /ˈjuˌtɹɛxt/, /juːˈtɹɛxt/ 1. A city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands. Example: The Treaty of Utrecht (11 April 1713) recognized Anne as the rightful queen of England and yielded St Kitts and much of Canada to the English. 2. A province of the Netherlands. Example: E.g. muug 'tired' in the Utrecht dialect (Ponelis 1990: 36). Utrechtian, which does not delete intervocalic [χ/ɣ], belongs to the group of Hollandic dialects, which is the Dutch dialect group most closely related to Afrikaans.
Word: Zeeland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Zeeland. 1. A province of the Netherlands. 2. A village in North Brabant, Netherlands. 3. A city in Ottawa County, Michigan. 4. A city in McIntosh County, North Dakota.
Word: lore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leys- Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e Proto-Germanic *lizaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laizijaną Proto-Germanic *laizō Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu Old English lār Middle English lore English lore From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn. Pronunciation: /lɔː/, /loɹ/, /lo(ː)ɹ/, /loə/ 1. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the recondite lore of the Ancient Egyptians Example: He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles; / They heare him not, they have forgot his lore / But go which way they list; their guide they have forelore. 2. The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Lore documents reveal that she was backstabbed by her subordinate, who wanted to become king, and she feels vengeful about it. Example: You might have stumbled upon discussions of Bloodborne's lore - there are plenty of discussions about Bloodborne's lore - which can be more than a little dense and, to the outsider, off-putting. 3. The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe. Labels: Internet, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable Example: It's Ashot lore that I used to have a priv where I posted pictures of weird animals I found on the street. Example: Most new followers don't know about my marching band lore. 4. Workmanship. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore, / About the which two serpents weren wound; / Entrayled mutually in lovely lore, / And by the tailes together firmely bound […]
Word: lore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”). Pronunciation: /lɔː/, /loɹ/, /lo(ː)ɹ/, /loə/ 1. The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Example: He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding. 2. The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
Word: lore Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɔː/, /loɹ/, /lo(ː)ɹ/, /loə/ 1. simple past and past participle of lose Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left" Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: Neither of them she found where she them lore. 3. simple past and past participle of lese Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: ersatz Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Proto-West Germanic *uʀsattjan Old High German irsezzen Middle High German ersetzen German ersetzenbf. German Ersatzbor. English ersatz Borrowed from German Ersatz (“replacement, substitute”), a back-formation from ersetzen (“to replace, to substitute”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛəzæts/, /ˈɜːsæts/, /ˈɛəɹsɑts/, /ˈɛəɹzɑts/, /ɛəɹˈsɑːts/ 1. An inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation. Example: Back then, we could only get ersatz coffee. Example: In these days of “rolled” gold, electro-plate, and undetectable pearls, it is curious that almost the only honest Ersatz material known to the goldsmith's art should be utterly forgotten.
Word: ersatz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Proto-West Germanic *uʀsattjan Old High German irsezzen Middle High German ersetzen German ersetzenbf. German Ersatzbor. English ersatz Borrowed from German Ersatz (“replacement, substitute”), a back-formation from ersetzen (“to replace, to substitute”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛəzæts/, /ˈɜːsæts/, /ˈɛəɹsɑts/, /ˈɛəɹzɑts/, /ɛəɹˈsɑːts/ 1. Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute. Example: The important point I want to emphasize here is that, regardless of a Government agency's conception of what a consumer expects of a food item, by and large the consumer detests the use of chemicals in foods as substitutes for nutritious, wholesome natural ingredients which improve flavor and quality. The consumer has little to gain in purchasing a product containing questionable ersatzes if his life is to be endangered or he will suffer ill effects. Example: What intrigues us is what will happen when the ersatzes for the ersatzes come along. Will characters start substituting for actors, bona fide dogs for barking ladies; will people start looking at people again instead of television and at nature instead of at documentaries?
Word: kissa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 喫茶 (kissa, “tea house”). 1. Synonym of kissaten, a type of Japanese café. Example: jazz kissa Example: Jazz kissa are niche Japanese cafes stacked with whisky, vinyl and high-end audio systems.
Word: seas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siːz/ 1. plural of sea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sees Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /siːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of see Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siːz/ 1. plural of see Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sans Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English saunz, sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”). Compare French sans, Italian senza, Portuguese sem, and Spanish sin. Pronunciation: /sænz/, /sɑ̃/ 1. Without; lacking; especially with regard to something expected or with precedent. Labels: defective, humorous, literary, often Example: Bero[wne]. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law, My loue to thee is ſound, ſance cracke or flaw. Roſa[line]. Sans, ſans, I pray you. Example: Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.
Word: sans Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English saunz, sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”). Compare French sans, Italian senza, Portuguese sem, and Spanish sin. Pronunciation: /sænz/, /sɑ̃/ 1. Ellipsis of sans serif. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable
Word: sans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of san Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red violet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + violet. 1. A purplish red colour, like that of a red violet flower.
Word: red violet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From red + violet. 1. Of a purplish red colour, like that of a red violet flower. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Murrinh-Patha Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmʊrɪn-paːtaː/ 1. A small tribe of Australian Aboriginal people living in Australia's Northern Territory. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Murrinh-Patha Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmʊrɪn-paːtaː/ 1. The language spoken by these people; Murinypata.
Word: horsepower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + power: the unit was originally defined as the amount of power that a horse could provide. Both non-metric and metric units of power were derived from effectively identical measurements of the power a draught horse could sustain over several hours, with the difference in watts solely due to different rounding errors to express that power in round numbers in the original non-SI units (ft·lbf/min and kgf⋅m/s respectively). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɹsˌpaʊɚ/, /ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə/ 1. Power derived from the motion of a horse. Labels: literally, uncountable Example: Shillibeer's bus came in 1829 drawn by three horses. Later two horses were found sufficient to pull these closed wagonettes, which eventually had outside seats, and later on the substitution of a motor for horsepower. Example: The Sun Inn is an attractive black-and-white building, and has an old mounting block outside as a reminder of the days when horsepower meant four legs and a saddle. 2. A nonmetric unit of power with various definitions, commonly the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings. Example: As Quincy recovered from our one-block adrenaline burst, I gunned all 700 horsepower once more. Even with the pedal to the metal, the Exelero's sheer bulk caused a multisecond lag from the twin-turbo-charged V12's wind-up to actual launch. 3. Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Strength, performance capability, specs, or similar. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: political horsepower Example: My patron who sent this to me to do a whole video on, you know, Convergence or whatever, being able to use this as a desktop, uh, replacement, or at least a desktop type thing, it’s impossible for me, I can’t do it, this device just doesn’t have that type of horsepower even to run itself, let alone actually run desktop Linux, it just can’t do it, I haven’t figured out how to do it.
Word: horseshoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calks (identified by the letter "C" on the shown horseshoe) consist of spur-point and a shank to form an antislipping device. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho Middle English horsscho English horseshoe Inherited from Middle English horsscho, from hors + scho. By surface analysis, horse + shoe. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː/, /ˈhɔː.ʃuː/, /ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː/, /ˈhɔːɹ.ʃuː/ 1. The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc. Example: And what has been thus affirmed of other leading commodities; the blacksmith, for example, no longer making, but buying his horseshoes, nails, nuts, and bolts; Example: The ancient Romans [...] used leather horseshoes; the Chinese made straw sandals for their mounts; and American Indians used leather moccasins, which they tied around their horses ' ankles. In days of old, people took their horses to the smithy to be shod. 2. The U shape of a horseshoe. Example: the horseshoe of the Carpathians Example: If there are no missing teeth and tooth alignment is good, two opposing well-defined horseshoes are seen. If, however, your denitition is mal-aligned or is missing anterior teeth, this pattern too should be reflected in the bite mark. 3. A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles. Labels: slang Example: The lateral head of your triceps forms the outside of the horseshoe, the long head forms the inside, the medial head lies beneath the long head, and the tendon occupies the flat space in the middle. 4. The symbol ⊃. 5. An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce. 6. A U-shaped life buoy.
Word: horseshoe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calks (identified by the letter "C" on the shown horseshoe) consist of spur-point and a shank to form an antislipping device. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho Middle English horsscho English horseshoe Inherited from Middle English horsscho, from hors + scho. By surface analysis, horse + shoe. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː/, /ˈhɔː.ʃuː/, /ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː/, /ˈhɔːɹ.ʃuː/ 1. To apply horseshoes to (a horse). Labels: transitive
Word: horse race Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)sɹeɪs/ 1. A competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting 2. An exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign).
Word: horse racing Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport where horses and their jockeys compete to race around a track the fastest. Labels: uncountable
Word: racetrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From race + track. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪsˌtɹæk/ 1. A course over which any type of races are run. Example: During the 2018-2019 season, a staggering 56 horses died at one of the most glamorous racetracks in the country, Santa Anita Park, once home to the famous 1940s thoroughbred Seabiscuit. […] Most of the horse deaths Battuello has identified are based on state records, although a handful are based on news reports or verbal confirmation he received from racetrack officials. 2. A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes.
Word: speedway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speed + way. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdweɪ/ 1. A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears. Labels: uncountable 2. A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks. Labels: uncountable 3. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A road for high speed traffic; an expressway. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: spaceport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From space + port; compare airport. Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪs.pɔːt/ 1. A site for launching spacecraft. Example: Ashley: You're Dr. Warren, the one in charge of the excavation. Do you know what happened to the beacon? Dr. Warren: It was moved to the spaceport this morning. Manuel and I stayed behind to help pack up the camp.
Word: skater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skate + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who skates. 2. A skateboarder. 3. A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains. 4. A player who is not a goaltender. 5. Synonym of water strider.
Word: tea cosy Part of Speech: noun 1. An insulating cloth covering, shaped to fit over a teapot to maintain warmth. Labels: UK Example: She had just finished knitting a tea cosy decorated with a floral pattern.
Word: puce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). Pronunciation: /pjuːs/, /ˈpjʉs/ 1. A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For blacks, browns, puces, and violets, the acetate or tartrate of iron must be employed.
Word: puce Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). Pronunciation: /pjuːs/, /ˈpjʉs/ 1. Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
Word: turf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English turf, torf, from Old English turf (“turf, sod, soil, piece of grass-covered earth, greensward”), from Proto-West Germanic *turb (“turf, peat”), from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“tuft, grass”). Cognates Cognate with Scots turr, truff (“turf, peat”), Dutch turf (“turf”), Middle Low German torf (“peat, turf”) (whence German Torf and German Low German Torf), Danish tørv (“peat”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish torv (“turf”), Norn *torv (“peat”), French tourbe (“peat”), Finnish turve (“turf”), Lithuanian darbas (“bunch of leaves”), durpės (“peat”), Sanskrit दर्भ (darbhá, “a type of grass”), दूर्वा (dū́rvā, “bent grass”). Not cognate with Danish torv (“square, market, marketplace”), which is instead inherited from Old Norse torg (“marketplace”), from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “trade, trading, commerce, trade square”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *tъ̑rgъ (“merchandise, commodity, wares”). Pronunciation: /tɝf/, /tɜːf/, /tʌɾf/, /tøːf/, /teːf/ 1. To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs. 2. To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release. 3. To fire from a job or dismiss from a task. Example: Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies. 4. To cancel a project or product. Example: The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly. 5. To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He has the mistaken idea that he is a lap dog, and loves to be nursed, especially by ladies, but eighty-five pounds on your lap is no joke, and he can never understand why he gets turfed off. Example: At the same time as College was being unceremoniously turfed from their premises, a similar process was affecting the Estcourt School. 6. To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for. Labels: transitive Example: "Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me!" […] They want to transfer responsibility for her to another branch of the hospital (turf her).
Word: clitoris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post-classical New Latin clītoris (16th century), from Koine Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís), probably from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, “to sheathe, shut”), in reference to it being covered by the labia minora. The related noun form κλείς (kleís) has a second meaning of "a key, a latch or hook (to close a door)." Wooden pegs were the original keys; a connection also revealed in Latin clavis (“nail”) and claudere (“to shut”) (see close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb κλειτοριάζω (kleitoriázō, “touch or titillate lasciviously, tickle”) literally "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (compare German Kitzler (“clitoris”, literally “tickler”), related to Greek κλειτύς (kleitús, “shut, closed”), a variant of κλιτύς (klitús, “hillside”), related to κλίνω (klínō, “to slope”), from the same root as κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder”). But many sources take κλειτορίς (kleitorís) literally as Ancient Greek "little hill". Pronunciation: /ˈklɪtəɹɪs/, /klɪˈtɔːɹɪs/ 1. A sensitive and delicious elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. Example: stimulate the clitoris Example: She complains that her boyfriend can't find her clitoris. 2. A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.
Word: HK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Hong Kong. Example: Meronyms: HK (“Hong Kong Island”), Kln (“Kowloon”), NT (“New Territories”) Example: An investigation is underway after some HK$800,000 in valuables was stolen from a detached house in Pok Fu Lam. 2. Initialism of Hong Kong. Example: Holonyms: HK, HKSAR 3. Initialism of Heckler and Koch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Hoover-killer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism