nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: repast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French repast, Middle French, Old French repas (“meal, repast; spiritual nourishment”) (modern French repas), probably from Medieval Latin, Late Latin repastus (“meal”), from repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”), from Latin re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to pasture (an animal); of an animal: to browse, graze; to maintain, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɑːst/, /-ˈpæst/, /ɹɪˈpæst/, /ɹə-/ 1. A meal. Labels: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Example: After evening repaſt, till bed time their thoughts will be beſt taken up in the eaſie grounds of Religion, and the ſtory of Scripture. Example: Forthwith from dance to ſweet repaſt they turn / Deſirous, all in Circles as they ſtood, / Tables are ſet, and on a ſudden pil'd / With Angels Food, and rubied Nectar flows: […] 2. A period of refreshment or rest. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [T]he nobleſt Raptures have been conceiv'd in the Walks and ſhades of Trees, […] the Profound Philoſophers lov'd here to paſſe their lives in repoſe and Contemplation, and the frugal Repaſts—molleſque ſub arbore ſomni [a soft sleep under the tree] were the natural and chaſt delights of our Fore-Fathers. 3. Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I prethee go, and get me ſome repaſt, / I care not what, ſo it be holſome foode. Example: In honour therefore of the Sunne, and for ſuſtenance of his Chariot-beaſts, they carefully waſh the carkaſſes of their dead, and lay them forth in the night, for repaſt vnto the Tigres, wearied with their long and late iourney in the day. 4. Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing. Labels: archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: For nought he car'd his carcas long vnfed; / His mind was full of ſpirituall repaſt, / And pyn'd his fleſh, to keepe his body low and chaſt. Example: Gao[ler]. Come Sir, are you ready for death? / Poſt[humus]. Ouer-roaſted rather: ready long ago. / Gao. Hanging is the word, Sir, if you bee readie for that, you are well Cook'd. / Poſt. So if I proue a good repaſt to the Spectators, the diſh payes the ſhot. 5. The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; (generally) refreshment; rest. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Forthwith he runnes with feigned faithfull haſt / Vnto his gueſt, who after troublous ſights / And dreames gan now to take more ſound repaſt, […] Example: I do dine today at the fathers of a certaine pupill of mine, where if (before repaſt) it ſhall pleaſe you to gratifie the table with a Grace, I will on my priuiledge I haue with the parentes of the foreſaid childe or pupill, vndertake your bien venuto, where I will proue thoſe Verſes to be very vnlearned, neither fauoring of Poetrie, wit, nor inuention.
Word: repast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly: * from Middle English repasten (“(reflexive) to refresh (oneself) with food”) [and other forms], either from repast, repaste (“feast, meal; food, nourishment; the Eucharist; refreshment, rest”) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive forms of verbs); or from Late Latin repāstus, the perfect passive participle of repāscō (“to feed; to feed one after another”) (see further at etymology 1); and * from repast (noun). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɑːst/, /-ˈpæst/, /ɹɪˈpæst/, /ɹə-/ 1. To supply (an animal or person) with food; to feed. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: To his good friends thus wide I'le ope my armes, / And like the kind life-rendring Pelican, / Repaſt them with my blood. Example: The top-leaves and oldeſt would be gathered laſt of all, as being moſt proper to repaſt the worms with towards their laſt change. 2. To provide (a person) with intellectual or spiritual nourishment; to enlighten, to feed. Labels: archaic, figuratively, transitive 3. To refresh (oneself or someone) through eating and drinking. Labels: also, obsolete, reflexive, transitive Example: [A]nd ſoo within a lytil whyle they came to that heremytage ⸝ and there they dranke the wyne ⸝ and ete the veneſon and the foules baken ⸝ And ſo whan they had repaſted hem wel ⸝ the dwarf retorned ageyn with his veſſel vn to the caſtel ageyne ⸝ […] 4. Usually followed by on or upon: to take food and drink; to feast, to feed. Labels: also, figuratively, intransitive, obsolete Example: And now they reach'd the naval Walls, and found / The Guards repaſting, while the Bowls go round; […] Example: [O]n arrival of the dinner-hour, repasteth on domestic fare, (making especial mention of certain fishes, and concluding with cheese,) […]
Word: basically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English basic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English basically From basic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/, /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.koʊ.li/ 1. In a fundamental, essential or basic manner. Example: They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car. 2. Essentially; mostly; pretty much. 3. Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word. Example: I shouldn't have done it, basically. Example: To get your eyes tested, you should basically go to the optician's.
Word: over one's head Part of Speech: adj 1. More complex or confusing than one can understand; beyond one’s comprehension. Labels: idiomatic Example: This is way over my head. Can you explain it more simply? 2. More than one can handle; too much (especially in over one's head). Labels: idiomatic Example: I’m in over my head on this project. Can you help? Example: Fuck Waist Deep, I'm in over my head / But it's cool, I'ma make it, I'm Good like Meagan 3. Performing at a level greatly superior to one's usual level of performance. Labels: idiomatic Example: He just shot a spectacularly over his head round of golf and beat all of us. 4. Directed to someone with authority over the person, so as to avoid requiring the approval of the person himself or herself. Labels: idiomatic Example: [Y]ou suspect that he's building a case to go over your head and talk to your boss about performance in your section. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, head.
Word: reform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/, /ˌɹiːˈfɔːm/, /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/, /ɹəˈfɔɹm/, /ɹɪˈfɔːm/ 1. The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The elections need to undergo a serious reform. Example: Major reform is needed to improve the efficiency in the factory.
Word: reform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/, /ˌɹiːˈfɔːm/, /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/, /ɹəˈfɔɹm/, /ɹɪˈfɔːm/ 1. To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better. Labels: transitive Example: to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal Example: In this interview with Law Editors and Correspondents, he speaks on the gains of reforming the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), efforts to keep underage persons out of jail. 2. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits. Labels: intransitive Example: It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform. 3. To form again or in a new configuration. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: This product contains reformed meat. Example: The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack.
Word: waterlogged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English waterlog Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English waterlogged From waterlog + -ed. 1. Soaked with water. Example: The sudden inundation from the remnants of Ida transformed familiar scenes of life in New York into otherworldly and waterlogged chaos on Wednesday night. Example: On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs. 2. In danger of sinking because of excess water onboard.
Word: comprehension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehēnsiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, /ˌkɔmpɹɪˈhenʃn̩/ 1. A thorough understanding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language. Example: What appeal to him are the broad visions, the specious comprehension of the social order as a whole which a planned system promises. 2. The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Reading comprehension. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: waterlog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log English waterlog From water + log. 1. To saturate with water. Labels: transitive 2. To make (a boat) heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding it with water. Labels: transitive
Word: prepared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prepare + -ed. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛəd/, /pɹɪˈpɛɹd/, /pɹəˈpɛɹd/, /pɹɪˈpeːd/, /pɹɪˈpeəd/ 1. Disposed, willing, ready (to do something). Example: The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity. Example: Are you prepared to testify in court?
Word: prepared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From prepare + -ed. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛəd/, /pɹɪˈpɛɹd/, /pɹəˈpɛɹd/, /pɹɪˈpeːd/, /pɹɪˈpeəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of prepare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deadstick landing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This term does not come from a reference to an aircraft's stick (“control stick”); rather, the stick in this term is, originally, a wooden propeller that has lost its engine power (from circa World War I). The term was extended to any aircraft (even jets) by an obvious extension of the metaphor. This term also does not involve the same metaphor as stick the landing (which see for more), although in some light aircraft, in some conditions, a highly skilled pilot might potentially stick the landing even if it is a deadstick landing. 1. A forced landing without propulsion of an aircraft that normally operates with propulsion. Labels: idiomatic
Word: dash off Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave a place quickly or briefly. Labels: intransitive Example: I have to dash off to the store, but I'll be back soon. 2. To write quickly or informally. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Let me dash off a quick note. Example: In the '50s, she worked as an usherette at the famed Apollo Theater, joined a jazzy trio called the Halos, recorded as the "Dee" half of a short-lived Shirley & Lee-ish Jay & Dee, and dashed off tunes in her spare time.
Word: riches Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich. Pronunciation: /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/ 1. Money, goods, wealth, treasure. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Cal.[…]Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices, That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe, Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd I cri'de to dreame againe. 2. An abundance of anything desirable. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: You will enjoy the riches of this forest.
Word: riches Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rich + -es (plural suffix) by analogy with poors (“poor people”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/ 1. Rich people. Labels: nonstandard, plural, plural-only, rare Example: Mr. Chander Lall Mookerji wrote to me thus: “The youngs and the olds, the highs and the lows, the riches and the poors, all join together in praising Your Honour’s magnanimity.” Example: In Antiquity has also existed social conflicts between the poor men and the riches.
Word: counter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə/, /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/, [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] 1. One who counts. Example: He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100. 2. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator. Example: The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed. 3. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. Example: He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces. 4. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. 5. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count. Example: With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable. 6. A hit counter. Labels: Internet 7. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted. Example: He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till. 8. A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured. 9. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation. 10. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin. 11. Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones. 12. The prison attached to a city court; a compter. Labels: historical Example: He remaynes prisonner in the Counter in Woodstrete in the hole, by the contagiousing wherof he is lyke to perishe 13. A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Word: counter Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə/, /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/, [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] 1. Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: running counter to all the rules of virtue 2. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course. Labels: not-comparable Example: a hound that runs counter Example: She hated being pregnant; it ran counter to everything she wanted from her body
Word: counter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə/, /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/, [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] 1. Something opposite or contrary to something else. 2. A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent. Example: Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent. 3. The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. 4. The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot). Example: Seymour, sitting in an old corduroy armchair across the room, a cigarette going, wearing a blue shirt, gray slacks, moccasins with the counters broken down, a shaving cut on the side of his face […] 5. Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor. Labels: alt-of, alternative 6. The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. 7. The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph. 8. An encounter. Labels: obsolete Example: with kindly counter under mimic shade 9. counterattack Example: Arsenal lacked urgency and penetration in a lazy, lacklustre opening half, sucked in by Forest's strategy of sitting back in blocks of defence waiting to hit them on the counter.
Word: counter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə/, /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/, [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] 1. To contradict, oppose. Example: I don't remember the conversation totally verbatim, yet I remember the tone — increasingly angry on my part, and flippant and snide on his. We countered back and forth at least three times. Example: In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability." 2. To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. Example: His left hand countered provokingly. 3. To take action in response to; to respond. Example: David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats. 4. To encounter. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: counter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.tə/, /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/, [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ], [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ] 1. Contrary or opposing Labels: not-comparable Example: His carrying a knife was counter to my plan. Example: He could not compel Mrs. Proudie to say that the report was untrue; nor could he condescend to make counter hits at her about her own daughter, as his wife would have done.
Word: Darth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Star Wars universe, where it is used as a title for Sith Lords. (There are Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus, Darth Maul etc.) Blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development). Pronunciation: /dɑɹθ/, /dɑːθ/ 1. Used as a title or name for an evil person. Labels: humorous Example: Consider the threat of an evil hacker, Darth, who can not only eavesdrop on your network connection but also alter the messages that are sent. Example: […] glaring malevolently across his desk at me in the manner that had earned him the nickname “Darth” among his elite cadre of audio penetration officers.
Word: mezzo piano Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Italian mezzo (“middle”) + piano (“soft, quiet”) 1. moderately soft Labels: not-comparable
Word: mezzo piano Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Italian mezzo (“middle”) + piano (“soft, quiet”) 1. moderately soft Labels: not-comparable
Word: waveform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave + form. 1. The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable. 2. The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time.
Word: freestyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + style. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/, /fɹiˌstaɪəl/ 1. A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 5. A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the world of hip hop, many freestyle artists have been known to speak, “Check one, check two!” into the microphone. The phrasing serves two purposes: (1) to put the freestyle artist on rhythm with the beat and (2) […] 7. Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way. Labels: attributive, broadly, countable, uncountable Example: (While there are definitely a large number of Japanese cookbooks out there with detailed instructions and measurements, it was this freestyle cooking philosophy I most frequently encountered.) 8. Ellipsis of Latin freestyle, a form of electronic dance music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: A not always visibly but nevertheless significantly Latin music, freestyle originated alongside hip-hop in the Bronx and achieved a quicker yet more fleeting commercial success. The style’s similarities to contemporaneous R&B and hi-NRG endeared it to pop radio programmers, […] Example: Already a veteran DJ-producer on New York’s freestyle scene, 23-year-old Frankie Bones was flown to England for an Energy rave.
Word: freestyle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From free + style. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/, /fɹiˌstaɪəl/ 1. To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib. Labels: especially, intransitive Example: And just hours after the famous golfer died in an airplane accident, I freestyled to a less talented rival, “Stop now before you get hurt / Your whole style should never take flight like Payne Stewart.” 2. To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely. Labels: intransitive 3. To improvise something in an unrestricted way. Labels: intransitive
Word: settlement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English settle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English settlement From settle + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/, [ˈsɛtəɫmənt], [ˈsɛtɫ̩mn̩t] 1. The act of settling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: settlement of debt 2. The state of being settled. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Such anthropophilous behaviour makes it a good candidate for a commensal relationship with humans at the Neolithic settlements of Quanhucun, Wuzhuangguoliang and Xiawanggang, as well as other Middle and Late Neolithic settlements in China […] 4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here, after months of relative inactivity, Russian forces have drastically increased the intensity of their offensive operations targeting the villages of Staromaiorske and Urozhaine. These villages, located south of Velyka Novosilka, hold tactical and symbolic significance, as these are the last settlements that Ukrainian forces recaptured during their counteroffensive in the summer of 2023. 5. A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A disposition of property, or the act of granting it. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A resolution of a dispute. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The family of a^([sic]) Ohio teenager who was crushed to death by the seat of a minivan after emergency responders failed to find him in time has been awarded a $6million settlement […] As part of the settlement, the city has pledged to improve its 911 call centre […] 12. An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators. Labels: India, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: SAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of senior aircraftman. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Initialism of saeculum ante Christum (“era before Christ”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SAC Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Sacramento. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Acronym of Strategic Air Command. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of surface air consumption. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: TAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of tactical air command. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Clipping of tactical officer. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: Darrell S. Mudd, The Boys of Chattahoochee: Sons of the Greatest Generation There were six tactical officers (TACs) in 95th Company, each in charge of a platoon of 40 officer candidates. TACs were not responsible for classroom or field instruction, as their title might suggest, […] Example: The TACs were commissioned officers; most were infantry officers and OCS graduates. They were lieutenants and called “sir.” 3. Abbreviation of tacrolimus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: TAC Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Tacoma. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of The American Conservative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In addition to managing palawa kani’s development, the TAC promotes its use within the aboriginal community and sets rules for who can use the language, and what they can do with it.
Word: instar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstɑː/, /ˈɪnstɑɹ/ 1. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity. 2. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development. Example: In A. orientalis, first and second instars were more susceptible than third instars to H. bacteriophora TF strain, […] 3. A stage in development. Labels: broadly Example: We avoided Tourist Homes, country cousins of Funeral ones, old-fashioned, genteel and showerless, with elaborate dressing tables in depressingly white-and-pink little bedrooms, and photographs of the landlady’s children in all their instars. Example: California spirituality is a late instar of America’s utopian impulse, and corporate meritocracy derives from the Whig dream of the self-made man that entranced young Abraham Lincoln.
Word: instar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star English instar From in- + star. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɑː/, /ɪnˈstɑɹ/ 1. To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Yet mark with shining steps the humbler way; And, as angelic feet instar the sky, Drop the bright sparks along the wilderness. Example: Espey could distinguish through the clear darkness the fringed branches of a pine-tree clinging to the heights above and waving against the instarred sky, and below a vague moving whiteness […] 2. To make a star of; set as a star. Labels: transitive
Word: haematophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) English haemato- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English haematophagous From haemato- + -phagous. Pronunciation: /hɪˌmætəˈfeɪɡəs/ 1. Feeding on blood. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: The leech is a haematophagous creature.
Word: hematophagous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of haematophagous. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: boobie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of booby (“a woman's breast”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of carp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carping Part of Speech: adj 1. complaining excessively. Example: Having thus acknowledged what I owe those who have aided and approved me, I turn to another class; a small one, so far as I know, but not, therefore, to be overlooked. I mean the timorous or carping few who doubt the tendency of such books as "Jane Eyre:" in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong; whose ears detect in each protest against bigotry -- that parent of crime -- an insult to piety, that regent of God on earth. I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths. Example: However, since there are 488 pages in all for a bargain price of a guinea one must not be too carping.
Word: carping Part of Speech: noun 1. Excessive complaining. Example: “Oh, stop your carping, Dawn!” I told myself. “You can't expect charming tones, and Oriental do-dads and apple trees in a German boarding-house.”
Word: serous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French séreux, from Latin serosus, from serum. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːɹəs/ 1. Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.)
Word: Phaedriades Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαιδριάδες (Phaidriádes), from φαιδρός (phaidrós, “bright, beaming”). Pronunciation: /fɪˈdɹiːədiːz/ 1. the plateau on which the city of Delphi sat near Mt. Parnassus.
Word: rock buns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rock bun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rockbun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + bun. 1. A type of pastry with a crusted sugar coating.
Word: radiolyse Part of Speech: noun 1. A product which is created through irradiation of substances. Example: Phenol constituted the main product of the benzene radiolyse.
Word: road case Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + case, from its use to take equipment on the road. 1. A case designed to protect musical instruments during travel.
Word: future perfect Part of Speech: noun 1. A tense that expresses action completed at some time in the future; in English it is formed by use of will have (or shall have) and a past participle.
Word: dono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From donation + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊ.nəʊ/, /ˈdoʊ.noʊ/ 1. A donation. Labels: slang
Word: POTUS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phillips Code abbreviation, 1895. In more common usage since the 1990s. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.təs/, /ˈpoʊ.təs/ 1. Acronym of President of the United States. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The medical history of the principal is extremely important in assessing risk in any given protective detail for a myriad of activities of the protectee [34]. Once again, using the example of the POTUS or former POTUSs (the POTUS has Secret Service protection for life), the range of health status is from extremely healthy and physically active to relatively sedentary with significant medical problems, including endocrine, metabolic, and/or cardiac, with an implantable automatic defibrillator in one protectee. Example: Isumbras does not seem to be returning to the place he came from and Jack Bauer keeps leaving his job and returns to it several times – he always tries to lead a “normal” life and is never given such a possibility. Assuming however, that even partial re-integration carries the force of a closure, Bauer is rewarded with friendships among the high and mighty (successive POTUSs of the series feature, Isumbras fares better than Jack, as he receives “more welthe thenne evere he was” (l. 761)⁴⁸.
Word: put one's foot in one's mouth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from 1887; from earlier put one's foot in it. 1. To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong, or to make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing or offensive. Labels: idiomatic Example: I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview.
Word: born with a silver spoon in one's mouth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * According to some, the original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. The converse was born with a wooden ladle. * However, the phrase is first recorded as a Scottish proverb in the form "Every Man is no born with a Silver Spoon in his Mouth" (1721). 1. Born rich, or into a wealthy family. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: born to the purple, to the manor born Example: He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and probably never had to work a day in his life.
Word: get the picture Part of Speech: verb 1. To understand or comprehend a situation; to interpret things correctly. Labels: informal Example: I hung a "no solicitors" sign by my door. One of these days, I hope they'll get the picture and quit ringing the bell. Example: Get the picture? In one corner Charles Edward Russell, champion muckrake pugilist of the world.
Word: get it Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, it. Example: If you order the pizza, I'll go get it. 2. To understand something; to catch on; to fully appreciate its implications. Example: If they aren't getting it, explain it a different way. Example: I thought it was hilarious, but she didn't get it. 3. To receive a negative thing: to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating; to get what's coming to one; to feel someone's wrath. Labels: idiomatic Example: After the way she spoke to him, she's really going to get it this time. 4. To be struck (as an act of violence). Labels: slang Example: If you don't put away that smug little smile I swear you'll get it right in the teeth. 5. To have sex, especially referring to its possibility or eventuality. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: He could get it if he just had more confidence. Example: How much have you got? / Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
Word: get it Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to encourage someone, especially to indicate that someone is doing something well.
Word: get it Part of Speech: intj 1. Do you understand? Have you heard? (after explaining or giving an order) Labels: colloquial Example: Don't ever touch my computer. Get it? 2. Used to draw attention to a pun or other joke one has made.
Word: get some Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reduced from get (some) action. 1. To have sex. Labels: US, euphemistic, informal Example: So, did you get some with him? Example: I'm going to that new club to get some tonight. 2. To be involved in a fight or assault. Labels: informal Example: The young Marine was spoiling for a fight; he hoped to get some during his next tour of duty. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, some.
Word: getting any Part of Speech: verb 1. Having sex (habitually, not currently). Labels: euphemistic Example: He's just grumpy because he's not getting any. Example: Are you getting any?
Word: do it Part of Speech: verb 1. To be appealing or suitable. Labels: colloquial Example: A green shirt with orange slacks really doesn't do it for me, I’m afraid. 2. To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable. Labels: slang Example: He did it this time! Example: She's really done it now! 3. To have sex; to make it. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: He was upstairs doing it with her. Example: And that's why birds do it, bees do it / Even educated fleas do it 4. To urinate. Labels: euphemistic, rare, slang Example: I'll never do it on a Christmas tree / A Christmas tree is safe from me. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, it. Example: You did it! And in record time! Congratulations!
Word: hang around Part of Speech: verb 1. To stay, linger, or loiter. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast. Example: I would have liked to have hung around in Birmingham, but my connections are tight owing to a points failure, and I make the CrossCountry Class 170 to Derby by the skin of my teeth. 2. To spend time or be friends. (especially to hang around with someone) Labels: idiomatic Example: My daughter likes to hang around with older kids after school. Example: Oh well uh, you might think I'm crazy / To hang around with you / Or maybe you think I'm lucky / To have somethin' to do
Word: linger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to stay, dwell, tarry”), from Old English lenġan (“to lengthen, delay, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (compare West Frisian lingje (“to linger”), Dutch lengen, German längen, Icelandic lengja (“to lengthen”)), related to the root of English long. Equivalent to linge or long + -er (frequentative verb suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋɡɚ/, /ˈliŋɡɚ/, /ˈlɪŋɡə/ 1. To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. Labels: intransitive Example: Still more foole I ſhall appeare / By the time I linger here Example: His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument. 2. To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. Labels: intransitive Example: He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down. Example: During his absence the queen fell ill, and after lingering for some time she died. 3. To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, often Example: Trump doesn't linger on the poll.
Word: wisenheimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wise + the German demonymic ending -enheimer. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪz(ə)nˌhaɪməɹ/ 1. A self-assertive and arrogant person; a wiseacre or smart aleck. Labels: US, informal Example: There was an auto salesman in here yesterday that claimed you could always tell a fellow's class by the car he drove, but I says to him, 'Don't be silly,' I says; 'the wisenheimers grab a look at a fellow's nails when they want to tell if he's a tin-horn or a real gent!"' Example: "It wasn’t until I read Mark Oppenheimer’s charming memoir that I had an apt description of my son: “…a smart aleck is a smart guy gone bad, a boy whose smartness is being used stupidly, while a wisenheimer actually lacks wisdom. He might not be cruel, he might not mean harm, but a wisenheimer is a smart guy you wish had a little less smarts.”
Word: preach to the choir Part of Speech: verb 1. To speak as if to convince a person or group of something they already believe. Labels: idiomatic Example: Jay Branegan says each side will be preaching to the choir. "Democrats will make the argument that's been successful with their base […] [that] Republicans are merely helping the rich." Example: It hardly needs saying that converting a Tory in a swingable “blue wall” constituency is electorally far more valuable than preaching to the choir in a Labour stronghold.
Word: cover letter Part of Speech: noun 1. A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.
Word: stance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English staunce (“place to stand; battle station; position; standing in society; circumstance, situation; stanchion”), from Old French estance (“predicament; situation; sojourn, stay”) (compare modern French stance (“stanza; position one stands in when golfing”)), from Italian stanza (“room, standing place; stanza”), from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”). The word is cognate with Spanish estante (“shelf”) and a doublet of stanza. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare typologically Czech postoj (“stance (the way of holding a body); stance (point of view)”) (cognate via PIE). Also see position, posture. Pronunciation: /stæns/, [stɛəns], [stɛːns], /stɑːns/, /stɐːns/ 1. To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: Rob Roy ſtood watch / On a hill for to catch / The booty for ought that I ſa', man, / For he ne'er advanced, / From the place he was ſtanc'd, / 'Till no more to do there at a' man, […]
Word: ring a bell Part of Speech: verb 1. To seem at least vaguely familiar. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: His face rings a bell. I wonder if I know him from somewhere. Example: Our boy tells me Fring took him there to visit one of the patients, someone Pinkman says you'll definitely remember — Tio Salamanca. Old guy in a wheelchair? Uh... doesn't talk, rings a bell. Huh — I mean, does that ring a bell? I mean, the guy actually has to ring a bell. 2. To spark a previously forgotten memory. Labels: idiomatic, informal 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ring, a, bell.
Word: spod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown; possibly related to English spud, in the sense of a potato. Pronunciation: /spɒd/, /spɑd/ 1. One who uses talkers, an early form of chat room. Labels: Internet 2. One who studies excessively and is disliked by fellow students because of it; a swot. Labels: colloquial 3. One who wastes time on nonproductive activities online. Labels: colloquial 4. A person of clumsy or awkward appearance. Labels: colloquial 5. A container used to distribute a large amount of bait in a single cast.
Word: spod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown; possibly related to English spud, in the sense of a potato. Pronunciation: /spɒd/, /spɑd/ 1. To fish using a spod.
Word: getup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From get + up. 1. Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual. Labels: US, informal Example: When near the buildings I met a white man, in such an unexpected elegance of get–up that in the first moment I took him for a sort of vision. Example: The Schnitzelbank Band, each member attired in an odd getup, received many comments for the manner in which the men marched. 2. A fight or altercation. Labels: informal Example: "A bully. Picked on fellows. He loved to fight. But I never saw him in a getup with a fellow his own size." 3. Layout and production style, as of a magazine. 4. Alternative form of get-up-and-go. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prefrosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English frosh English prefrosh From pre- + frosh. 1. A pre-freshman; a prospective student on a visit.
Word: get-up Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of getup. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable 2. Synonym of get-up-and-go. Labels: uncountable
Word: agog Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English agogge, from Old French en + gogues (“in a merry mood”). See also Italian agognare (“to desire eagerly”). Pronunciation: /əˈɡɑɡ/, /əˈɡɒɡ/ 1. In eager desire, eager, astir, or full of anticipation. Example: Everyone’s agog at the new twist to the royal scandal. Example: all agog 2. Wide open, agape. Example: Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury town, With his eyes agog and his ears set wide, And his marvellous inkhorn at his side; Example: […] and did not move even when the frogs crept out of the water and listened, with their gold-rimmed eyes all agog, and their yellow throats palpitating.
Word: agog Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English agogge, from Old French en + gogues (“in a merry mood”). See also Italian agognare (“to desire eagerly”). Pronunciation: /əˈɡɑɡ/, /əˈɡɒɡ/ 1. In an astonished or excited manner. Example: "Is this Mr. Mifflin?" she said, as he advanced all agog from his smoky corner.
Word: picaresque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From picaro (“adventurer, rogue”) + -esque (suffix meaning ‘in the style or manner of’ forming adjectives), modelled after Spanish picaresco (“in the style or manner of a picaro; picaresque”), from pícaro (“rogue”) + -esco (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relation). Compare French picaresque (attested later than the English word), Italian picaresco, Portuguese picaresco. Pronunciation: /pɪkəˈɹɛsk/ 1. Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues. Example: The blue and white of the Murano background and the frankly picaresque tramp seem to form strange bed-fellows for the supper-party below stairs into which any gentleman's gentleman of the siècle de Dr. [Samuel] Johnson might have walked at any moment. [Describing an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters (1746).] 2. Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero. Example: A mere piece of roguery told in the abstract, without the proper picaresque ornaments, its manifold sinuosities and dexterities, has no interest for the reader; it may recommend the executor of it to the administration of a cat-o-nine-tails, or to an honourable post in the gallies: but there is no music in it without the proper accompaniments. Example: Spain became celebrated about the end of this century for her novels in the picaresque style, of which Lazarillo de Tormes is the oldest extant specimen.