nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pas, pase, pace, from passen (“to pass”). Pronunciation: /pɑːs/, [pʰɑːs], [pʰäːs], [pʰɐːs], [pʰaːs] 1. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford. Example: mountain pass Example: "Try not the Pass!" the old man said; / "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, / The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" / And loud that clarion voice replied / Excelsior! 2. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river. Example: the passes of the Mississippi 3. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything. Example: [The bear] made a pass at the dog, but he swung out and above him […] 4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool. 5. An attempt. Example: My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful. 6. An attempt. Example: The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife. 7. Success in an examination or similar test. Example: I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature. 8. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. 9. A thrust; a sally of wit. Labels: figuratively 10. The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another. Example: Everyone in the football stadium expected a pass play on third down. 11. A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it. 12. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come. Example: A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. 13. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission Example: a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass 14. An intentional walk. Example: Smith was given a pass after Jones' double. 15. The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre. Example: Albon made hard work of the result. Starting fourth, he dropped back to seventh at the second start and had to fight his way back up, which he did with some excellent passes. 16. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse. Example: England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late, That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate. Example: What, have his daughters brought him to this pass? 17. Estimation; character. Labels: obsolete Example: This passes, Master Ford. 18. The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff. Example: The finished dishes are placed on the pass ready to be collected by the waiter. 19. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass". Example: A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place. 20. A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process. Example: Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.
Word: pass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of password. Pronunciation: /pɑːs/, [pʰɑːs], [pʰäːs], [pʰɐːs], [pʰaːs] 1. A password (especially one for a restricted-access website). Labels: slang Example: Anyone want to trade passes? Example: If you don't have your password set within a week I'll remove you from the userlist and I'll add you again next time I see you in the chan and make sure you set a pass.
Word: dew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dew, from Old English dēaw (“dew”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou. Doublet of dag. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuː/, /djuː/, /duː/, /dɪu̯/ 1. Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces. Labels: uncountable 2. Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops. Labels: uncountable Example: And Gideon said vnto God, If thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Beholde, I will put a fleece of wooll in the floore: and if the deaw be on the fleece onely, and it bee drie vpon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt saue Israel by my hande, as thou hast said. And it was so: for he rose vp early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the deaw out of the fleece, a bowle full of water. And Gideon said vnto God, Let not thine anger be hote against me, and I will speake but this once: Let mee prooue, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece. Let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and vpon all the ground let there be deaw. And God did so that night: for it was drie vpon the fleece onely, and there was deaw on all the ground. Example: As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […] 3. An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc. Labels: countable Example: There was a heavy dew this morning. Example: On their entrance, Aylmer was greeted by a new surprise—his daughter Lucy, whom he very naturally supposed was quietly in her bed, lay on the window-seat, the casement open, and herself asleep; but the traces of tears were upon her cheek, and her long fair hair loose, and yet saturated with the dews of the night. 4. Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the golden dew of sleep 5. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Thy people ſhalbe willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holineſſe from the wombe of the morning: thou haſt the dew of thy youth. Example: the dew of his youth
Word: dew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dewe, dewen, from Old English *dēawian, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwēn, from Proto-Germanic *dawwāną. Cognates include Saterland Frisian daue, German tauen and Dutch dauwen. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuː/, /djuː/, /duː/, /dɪu̯/ 1. To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten. Labels: transitive Example: The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so. 2. To deposit dew. Labels: intransitive Example: The former [substances extremely attentuated, or in a filamentous and downly state] collect dew copiously, while the latter [solids] so rarely indicate its presence, even when it is dewing freely on contiguous substances, that some observers have doubted whether it ever happened, and have been disposed to believe that they repel it. Example: Yesterday she tied Kenneth to a tree and left him there for hours when it was dewing.
Word: blower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊ.ə/, /ˈbloʊ.ɚ/ 1. A person who blows. 2. A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years. Example: The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are blowers or fissures from which currents of this inflammable gas issue in considerable quantities and for a long series of years 3. Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger. Example: The locomotive […] was quietly "blowing off" on one Ross "pop" valve, whilst the rhythmic clanging of the fireman's shovel, the black smoke pouring from her chimney, and the harsh sound of the blower told of the proximity of departure time. 4. Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger. Example: The three motors on each bogie are force ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end of the motor. 5. Telephone. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: Get on the blower and call headquarters right away! Example: I got off the blower oozing no confidence at all. 6. Telephone. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, historical, slang 7. A braggart, or loud talker. Labels: dated Example: There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and blowers among these old-young American militaires. 8. The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water. 9. A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer. 10. A gun. Labels: US, slang
Word: muffler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English muffle 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 muffler From muffle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌflɚ/ 1. Something or someone that muffles. Labels: US Example: Holonym: exhaust system 2. Something or someone that muffles. 3. Something or someone that muffles. Example: The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler. His nose was pointed and red. Example: He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold. Abruptly, and rather absently, he took his right hand out of his coat pocket and started to adjust the muffler, but before it was adjusted, he changed his mind […] 4. Something or someone that muffles. Labels: World-War-I, rare, slang
Word: green-backed firecrown Part of Speech: noun 1. A South American hummingbird, Sephanoides sephaniodes.
Word: exhaust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɔːst/, /ɪɡˈzɔst/, /ɪɡˈzɑst/, /ɪɡˈzɒst/ 1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. Labels: transitive Example: The water was exhausted out of the well. Example: Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. 2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents. Labels: transitive Example: to exhaust a well Example: to exhaust a treasury 3. To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end. Labels: figuratively, literally, transitive Example: My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes. Example: to exhaust one's resources 4. To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy. Labels: transitive Example: The marathon exhausted me. Example: It is a branch that climbs for 11½ miles into the picturesque Wealden hills until, apparently exhausted by the effort, it terminates a mile short of the village of Hawkhurst. 5. To discuss thoroughly or completely. Labels: transitive Example: That subject has already been exhausted. 6. To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives. Labels: transitive Example: to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether 7. To expel (as exhaust). Labels: transitive Example: Infections can be reduced further if outside air is exhausted after a single use, rather than re-circulated. Example: They [the doors between two clean rooms] get connected, and then high-pressure air blasts out anything in between: all the outside atmosphere is exhausted by fresh, clean air. 8. To discharge or escape (as exhaust). Labels: intransitive Example: Steam from both high pressure cylinders exhausts through the respective receiver pipes into cylinders. Example: Figure 7.13e shows a 4/2 valve that normally has the pressure applied to output 4 while output 3 exhausts through the exhaust port. When activated, the pressure switches to output 3 while output 4 exhausts through the exhaust port.
Word: exhaust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɔːst/, /ɪɡˈzɔst/, /ɪɡˈzɑst/, /ɪɡˈzɒst/ 1. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system. 2. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there. Example: A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time. Example: Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions. 3. The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose. Example: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates. 4. An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle. 5. Exhaust gas.
Word: exhaust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɔːst/, /ɪɡˈzɔst/, /ɪɡˈzɑst/, /ɪɡˈzɒst/ 1. Exhausted; used up. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: droplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drop Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English droplet From drop + -let. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɒplət/, /ˈdɹɑplət/ 1. A very small drop.
Word: hammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion. (declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet. Pronunciation: /ˈhæmə/, /ˈhamə/, /ˈhæmɚ/, /ˈhaməɾ/ 1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. Example: Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together. Example: Men shove statues off pedestals, and use hammers and drills to destroy what’s left. 2. The act of using a hammer to hit something. Example: The nail is too loose—give it a hammer. 3. The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear. 4. In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string. Example: The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings 5. A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing. 6. The last stone in an end. 7. A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head. 8. Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour. 9. One who, or that which, smites or shatters. Example: St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies. Example: He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the massive iron hammers of the whole earth. 10. Ellipsis of hammer headline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Hammers are, in essence, reverse kickers. Instead of being set in smaller type like kickers, hammers are set in larger type than headlines. 11. The accelerator pedal. Example: We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh 'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town. I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck And I'm about to put the hammer down." 12. A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun. Example: But the Englishman was close to him—so close that his hand reached the leveled barrel a fraction of a second before the hammer fell upon the cartridge, and the bullet that was intended for Tarzan’s heart whirred harmlessly above his head. Example: Nonstop hammer cock, violent mannered shots land a lot 13. A handgun. Labels: broadly, slang Example: Another one of my peoples came to me with a plan. "Yo, man, I need to get some money. I need to borrow that hammer." So I gave him my nickel-plated .357 with a wooden handle, and off he went to stand by the weed spot.
Word: hammer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion. (declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet. Pronunciation: /ˈhæmə/, /ˈhamə/, /ˈhæmɚ/, /ˈhaməɾ/ 1. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc. Example: Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open. Example: Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick. 2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. Example: hammered money 3. To emphasize a point repeatedly. Labels: figuratively 4. To hit particularly hard. Labels: usually Example: This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd. Example: "My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard." 5. To ride very fast. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Fifteen minutes later, leaving a vapour trail of kitchen smells, I hammered into Obterre. Example: Running at line-speed, well over 100mph, it hammers through Doncaster on its way south to London. 6. To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer. Labels: intransitive Example: I could hear the engine’s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown. 7. To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly. Labels: figuratively, slang, transitive Example: We hammered them 5-0! 8. To make high demands on (a system or service). Labels: slang, transitive Example: So we'll be hammering the server in an unrealistic manner, but we'll see how the additional clients affect overall performance. We'll add two, three, four, and then five clients, […] 9. To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange. Labels: transitive 10. To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market). Labels: transitive 11. To have hard sex with. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: A short time later I’ve got Lissie in bed. I’m really going after it, really hammering her. 12. To overcook (something).
Word: ewe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Cognates See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue; also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá). Pronunciation: /juː/, /jʊ̯u/, /ɪʊ̯/, /joʊ̯/, /joː/ 1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram. Example: This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy ſhee goates haue not caſt their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
Word: femme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French femme (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra. Pronunciation: /fɛm/ 1. A woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl. Example: Then I turned to him and said, "O my lord, I have that to propose to thee wherein thou must not cross me; and this it is that, when we reach Baghdad, my native city, I offer thee my life as thy handmaiden in holy matrimony, and thou shalt be to me baron and I will be femme to thee." Example: Theodore J. Flicker and George Kirgo have penned a good script in which Elvis is played off against four femmes […]. 2. A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch. Example: Near-synonym: lipstick lesbian (sometimes differentiated) Example: Some of the most political dykes in town had already converted, tossing out their Levi's and Birkenstocks in favor of poodle skirts and heels. It was no longer a question of butch vs. femme, liberations vs. oppression. Clothes did not unmake the woman; clothes were just clothes. 3. A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person. Labels: uncommon Example: The same is true of Goddess Spirituality spaces which are predicated on Radical Feminist rhetorics about Nature and the embodied experience – even those spaces which are open to trans women and nonbinary femmes may still fall back on language about the womb … Example: […] there is no story of Black pain deeper than that of Black fat women and femmes. […] ¹ Gender expansive for women, femmes, and nonbinary folks.
Word: femme Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French femme (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra. Pronunciation: /fɛm/ 1. Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female. Labels: Canada, US Example: Admittedly, Kiedis was concerned about the lack of femme rockers on the bill: the only women featured were in British band Lush, who would open each day's festivities before a few hundred curious onlookers. Example: High heels are something like neckties for women, in that it can be harder to look both formal and femme without them. 2. Effeminate (of a man). Labels: derogatory 3. Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman. Example: Her style was more femme than butch. Example: "We want to base our relationships on who we are now, not who we once were" says radical femme bisexual Linda Moore.
Word: solenoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French solénoïde, from Ancient Greek σωληνοειδής (sōlēnoeidḗs) (from σωλήν (sōlḗn, “channel, pipe”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs); see -oid). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒlɪnɔɪd/, /ˈsoʊlɪnɔɪd/ 1. A coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it. 2. A coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it. 3. An electromechanical switch controlled by a solenoid; solenoid switch, relay. 4. The region of intersection between isobaric and isopycnal surfaces.
Word: humanoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English humanoid From human (from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective)) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/ 1. Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.). Example: That's how I came to be down there, Captain, pursuing the devil's own spawn, a thing I've chased across the universe. He's humanoid outside, but inside, he's a hideous, murdering monster. I'll get him, Captain. I swear it. Example: About 56% of the humanoid robot supply chain companies are based in China, according to a Morgan Stanley research report last month.
Word: humanoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English humanoid From human (from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective)) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/ 1. A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human. Example: Lowering prices for humanoids would mark a major step to their eventual commercialization and wider adoption.
Word: investigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since circa 1510, a back-formation from investigation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin investīgātiō (“a searching into”), from investīgātus, the perfect passive participle of investīgō, equivalent to in- + vestigate. Displaced native Old English undersēċan (literally “to search under or between”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, [ɪnˈvɛs.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t], [ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪ̯ʔ] 1. To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. Labels: transitive Example: to investigate the causes of natural phenomena Example: He was asked to investigate a robbery. 2. To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret. Labels: transitive Example: to investigate an unsolved murder 3. To conduct an inquiry or examination. Labels: intransitive Example: "Why don't you investigate?" he demanded. And investigate I did.
Word: defeat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet (“disfigured”, past participle) and defet (“defect”, noun), see Etymology 2 below. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfiːt/ 1. To overcome in battle or contest. Labels: transitive Example: Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Example: The Japanese defeated the Ming general Tsu Chʻeng-hsün 祖承訓 at Pʻing jang 平壤 in 1592, the first year of Bunroku 文祿 of Japan, and the fighting continued for some years; but at Hideyoshi's death the Japanese troops left Korea. 2. To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. Labels: transitive Example: He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. Example: In one instance he defeated his own purpose. 3. To nullify Labels: transitive Example: The escheators […] defeated the right heir of his succession. 4. To prevent (something) from being achieved. Example: The last active L.Y.R. 0-6-0ST (apart from works shunters), No. 51408, has been moved from Bolton to Agecroft for use in New Bailey Yard, Salford, where a sharp 1 in 27 curve is said to have defeated all attempts so far to employ diesel shunters; an ex-L.Y.R. 0-4-0ST also works here.
Word: defeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfiːt/ 1. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move. Example: Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989. 2. The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war. 3. Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ... is subsequently issued to him, in accordance with his perfect equity thus acquired, by a legal fiction which the law creates for the protection, but not for the defeat, of his title. Example: She could see no justice in being forced into a position that promised to end in further humiliation and defeat of her hopes. 4. Destruction, ruin. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: and made defeat of her virginity
Word: ductile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French, from Latin ductilis (“easily led”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌk.taɪl/, /ˈdʌk.təl/ 1. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking. Example: ductile material Example: ductile shape 2. Molded easily into a new form. Example: their organisation was, by hereditary culture, much more ductile and more readily capable of acquiring knowledge than mine. 3. Led easily; prone to follow. Labels: rare
Word: x-axis Part of Speech: noun 1. The axis on a graph that is usually drawn left to right and usually shows the range of values of an independent variable. Labels: analytic
Word: zilch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Joe Zilch, a placeholder name (compare John Doe) used by Nunnally Johnson in his column in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1923; in turn from Joe Zilch, an unseen character referenced in comedian Frank Tinney's stage routine. Compare the rare German surname Zilch. Pronunciation: /zɪlt͡ʃ/ 1. A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character. Labels: archaic, countable, informal Example: President Henry P. Zilch. Chairman of the Board Charles D. Zilch. Treasurer Otto Zilch. Example: Bernarr MacZilch [for Bernarr Macfadden] and His Dynamic-Hooey System... The WEAKLING Who Became 'The World's Most Perfect Ass!' 2. Nothing, zero. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Her search for decent home-made winter clothes came up with zilch, so she had to get imported stuff. Example: "If the homeless wind up with zilch," James retorted, veiling his indignation behind a malevolent smile, "it's because they deserve zilch."
Word: zilch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from Joe Zilch, a placeholder name (compare John Doe) used by Nunnally Johnson in his column in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1923; in turn from Joe Zilch, an unseen character referenced in comedian Frank Tinney's stage routine. Compare the rare German surname Zilch. Pronunciation: /zɪlt͡ʃ/ 1. No, zero, non-existent. Labels: US, informal, not-comparable Example: Zilch, adj. Nothing, zero... Example: ...gorgeous faces but zilch talent...
Word: zilch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Joe Zilch, a placeholder name (compare John Doe) used by Nunnally Johnson in his column in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1923; in turn from Joe Zilch, an unseen character referenced in comedian Frank Tinney's stage routine. Compare the rare German surname Zilch. Pronunciation: /zɪlt͡ʃ/ 1. To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat. Labels: US, informal Example: We zilched them on that rubber. Example: My favorite film of 1989 got zilched... That would be Field of Dreams.
Word: unbinilium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + bi- + nil- + -ium. 1. The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 120 (symbol Ubn). Labels: uncountable Example: Our question at the beginning of this essay was "are there more elements to be discovered?" The next elements would be ununennium (atomic number 119) and unbinilium (atomic number 120). The problems in trying to produce these elements by accelerating an ion beam into a target are the short half-lives of possible target elements and the extended times required for a successful observation of a new element. So far, elements 119 and 120 have eluded discovery. But you can expect that scientists will continue to search for new elements.
Word: array Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Vulgar Latin *arrēdō (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *rēdum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish *raid or *raidā (“preparation, order”) or Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Compare Old English rād (“condition, stipulation”), Old High German antreitī (“order, rank”). Doublet of ready. Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪ/, /əˈɹæɪ/, /ˈə.reː/, /əˈreː/, /ˈæː.reː/ 1. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire. Example: He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels. Example: In a long purple pall, whose ſkirt with gold, / Was fretted all about, ſhe was arayd, […] 2. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal. Example: It is a noble ambition, and the forces arrayed against it are mighty. 3. To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time. Example: Alſo, though there be no perſonal objection againſt the ſheriff, yet if he arrays the panel at the nomination, or under the direction of either party, this is good cauſe of challenge to the array.
Word: haustorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin haustor (“drainer”) + -ium. Pronunciation: /hɔˈstɔ.ɹi.əm/, /hɔːˈstɔː.ɹi.əm/ 1. A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host. Example: In the substomatal chamber all the signals that regulate the interaction between fungus and host are present along the entire structure of the rust fungus, from the vesicle to the first haustorium which, in the dikaryotic stage, is the first intracellular structure (Mendgen et al., 1988; Heath, 1989, 1995). 2. A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon.
Word: worship Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/, /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/, /ˈwɔɹ.ʃɪp/ 1. To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of. Labels: transitive Example: […] well ſaid yfaith neighbour Verges, God's a good man, and two men ride of a horſe, one muſt ride behinde, an honeſt ſoule yfaith ſir, by my troth he is, as euer broke bread, but God is to bee worſhipt, all men are not alike, alas good neighbour. Example: When all our Fathers worſhip't Stocks and Stones, […] 2. To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. Labels: transitive Example: With bended knees I daily worship her, / Yet she consumes her own Idolater. Example: “[…] And she would sit in the car and pretend to hold the wheel. All the household worshipped her! Even the police came to understand that. Ah, the beautiful little one!” 3. To participate in religious ceremonies. Labels: intransitive Example: We worship at the church down the road. 4. To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way. Example: The kiss is heady and passionate. I show him how far we are from being over by worshipping him with my lips. Example: He moves lower to worship my breasts with his mouth, his teeth raking lightly over my nipple with the perfect amount of friction to build the pleasure coiling tight within me.
Word: prostitute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Italic *statujō Proto-Italic *statuō Latin statuō Latin prōstituō Latin prōstitūtusder. English prostitute From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒstɪˌtjuːt/, [ˈpɹɒstɪtʰjuːt], /ˈpɹɒstɪˌt͡ʃuːt/, [ˈpɹɒstɪˌt͡ʃuːt], /ˈpɹɑstɪˌtu(ː)t/ 1. Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means. Labels: obsolete Example: [H]e speaks a languages that merits not reply, and which can only excite contempt for his prostitute principles, or pity for his ignorance. 2. Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute. Example: They rightly say that attacks against prostitute women are common and that it's only when five are murdered in one place that it starts to provoke debate. 3. Exposed, subjected (to something shameful). Labels: obsolete Example: [A]nd novv at length all men of all Nations, not only Philoſophers, but even the vulgar, have, and doe ſtill deale vvith this [the subject of the book] as a matter of eaſe, expoſed and proſtitute to every Mother-vvit, and to be attained vvithout any great care or ſtudy, […]
Word: prostitute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Italic *statujō Proto-Italic *statuō Latin statuō Latin prōstituō Latin prōstitūtusder. English prostitute From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒstɪˌtjuːt/, [ˈpɹɒstɪtʰjuːt], /ˈpɹɒstɪˌt͡ʃuːt/, [ˈpɹɒstɪˌt͡ʃuːt], /ˈpɹɑstɪˌtu(ː)t/ 1. Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. 2. A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. Example: Unfortunately, there is to my knowledge no visual evidence for the dress of the Roman prostitute, but the literary sources present us with a range of prostitute clothing (from rich accoutrements all the way down to nothing), […] 3. A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. Example: Kai Wen: Why not? You're nothing but a prostitute. / Vicky: How dare you call me a prostitute! Example: Madonna would do anything for money, you know, she's a total prostitute. And I've got nothing against prostitutes.
Word: prostitute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Italic *statujō Proto-Italic *statuō Latin statuō Latin prōstituō Latin prōstitūtusder. English prostitute From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒstɪˌtjuːt/, [ˈpɹɒstɪtʰjuːt], /ˈpɹɒstɪˌt͡ʃuːt/, [ˈpɹɒstɪˌt͡ʃuːt], /ˈpɹɑstɪˌtu(ː)t/ 1. To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. Labels: reflexive, transitive Example: Do not prostitute thy daughter. 2. To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes. Labels: derogatory, transitive Example: [T]heſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom.
Word: rational number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rational + number, ultimately from Latin rationalis + numerus. Compare analogous logarithm, from Ancient Greek. 1. A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers.
Word: integer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and entire. Related to English tact, thack, and thwack. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/, [ˈɪn.tʰə.d͡ʒɚ], [ˈɪn.ɾ̃ə.d͡ʒɚ] 1. A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}. Example: God made the integers; all else is the work of man
Word: annotation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). Equivalent to annotate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˈæː.noːˈʈeː.ʃən/, /əˈnoː.ʈeː.ʃən/ 1. A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She added an annotation in the margin to clarify the text. 2. A comment added to a text. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: make an annotation Example: The manuscript was filled with helpful annotations. 3. The process of writing such comment or commentary. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Metadata added to a document or program. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dingus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch dinges (“thingamajig, thingy; whatshisname, whatshername”), ding (“thing”). Probably also partly a borrowing from Afrikaans in view of its South African occurrence. The spelling dingus is remodeled to look like a Latin word ending in -us. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋɡəs/ 1. A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor. Labels: Canada, South-Africa, US, informal Example: "If anybody should come in, and catch you with your breeches, as it were, down on the floor, all you have to do is to drink the water, wrap the rubber dingus around you, and tell them to “lay on Macduff.” Example: WLK. First radio station. On December 31, 1921, local engineer Francis F. Hamilton's radio station, 9ZJ, signed on with an address from Mayor Samuel (Lew) Shank. Broadcasting from Hamilton's garage at 2011 North Alabama Street, Shank made the city's first radio blooper: "Hamilton, do you mean to tell me that people can actually hear me over that damn' dingus?" 2. A foolish, incompetent, or silly person. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, endearing, humorous, informal, sometimes Example: I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus. 3. The penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: "He got mad at me because his dingus wouldn’t come up for him — too drunk, I guess. […] Example: And Chester Charles Smithers sucked on that warm black dingus for as long as he could.
Word: celestial Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂i-lom Proto-Italic *kailom? Latin caelum Latin terrestris Latin -estris Latin caelestis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin caelestiālislbor. Old French celestialbor. Middle English celestial English celestial The adjective is derived from Late Middle English celestial (“relating to the heavens or sky; (Christianity) relating to heaven, divine, heavenly”), borrowed from Old French celestial (modern French céleste), from Medieval Latin caelestiālis (“celestial”), or directly from its etymon Latin caelestis (“of or in the heavens, heavenly; (figurative) of the gods, divine; etc.”), from caelum (“heaven; sky”) (ultimate etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilom (“whole”)) + -estris (suffix meaning ‘dwelling or located in’ forming adjectives from nouns). The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective. Adjective sense 2.2 (“of or relating to China”) and noun sense 3 (“native of China”) refer to Celestial Empire (a calque of Mandarin 天朝 (Tiāncháo, “(literary) the Chinese Empire, China”), from 天 (tiān, “heaven; sky”) + 朝 (cháo, “dynasty; emperor’s reign; imperial court; etc.”)), a dated name for China when it was subject to imperial rule. Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɛs.ti.əl/, /sɪˈlɛs.t͡ʃəl/, /səˈlɛs.t͡ʃ(ə)l/, /səˈlɛs.ti.əl/ 1. Synonym of celestially (“in a celestial manner (adjective senses)”). Example: There young Telemachus, his bloomy face / Glovving cæleſtial-ſvveet vvith godlike grace, / Amid the Circle ſhines: but hope and fear / (Painful viciſſitude!) his boſom tear.
Word: potable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin pōtāre (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”). The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊtəbəl/, /ˈpɒt-/, /ˈpoʊtəbəl/, /ˈpɑt-/, /poː.ʈə.bᵻl/ 1. Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning. Labels: formal Example: potable water Example: The water from this river should not be considered potable without disinfection: you may be OK if you drink it raw, but you're gambling if you do so.
Word: potable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin pōtāre (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”). The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊtəbəl/, /ˈpɒt-/, /ˈpoʊtəbəl/, /ˈpɑt-/, /poː.ʈə.bᵻl/ 1. Any drinkable liquid; a beverage. Example: When solar beams / Parch thirsty human veins, the damask'd meads, / Unforc'd display ten thousand painted flow'rs / Useful in potables.
Word: meer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mere. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A boundary. 2. Obsolete form of mere (“lake”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: meer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Obsolete form of mere. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For, is this more contrary to Scripture […] than 'tis to say, that our blessed Saviour is a meer Man[…] Example: And ſo vve may have an ever-grovving Idea of infinite Number as vvell as infinite Space or Emptineſs, yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Exiſtence vvithout us.
Word: meer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mayor. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Obsolete form of mayor. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete form of mair. Labels: alt-of, obsolete