nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: would Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will. The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in should and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two). Pronunciation: /wəd/, /əd/, /(w)ʊ(l)d/, /wʊd/, /wɵd/ 1. Ellipsis of I would, used to denote that the speaker finds another person sexually attractive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, idiomatic, slang
Word: worthwhile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From worth (adjective) + while (noun). Pronunciation: /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/, /ˌwɝθˈwaɪl/, /ˌwɜːθˈwɑel/ 1. Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on. Example: Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile.
Word: worst Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse. Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”). Pronunciation: /wɜːst/, /wɔːst/, /wɜɹst/ 1. superlative form of bad: most bad Example: I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do. 2. superlative form of bad: most bad Example: That's the worst news I've had all day. 3. superlative form of bad: most bad Example: The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines. 4. superlative form of bad: most bad Example: None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.
Word: worst Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse. Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”). Pronunciation: /wɜːst/, /wɔːst/, /wɜɹst/ 1. superlative form of badly: most badly; least well. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: My sore leg hurts worst when it's cold and rainy. Example: This is the worst-written essay I've ever seen.
Word: worst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse. Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”). Pronunciation: /wɜːst/, /wɔːst/, /wɜɹst/ 1. Something or someone that is the worst. Example: The humorist helps people to explore and confront their worsts
Word: worst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse. Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”). Pronunciation: /wɜːst/, /wɔːst/, /wɜɹst/ 1. To make worse. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To grow worse; to deteriorate. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting. 3. To outdo or defeat, especially in battle. Labels: rare Example: The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark. Example: Her joy and pride in the honour paid to her darling son Adam was beginning to be worsted in the conflict with the jealousy and fretfulness which had revived when Adam came to tell her that Captain Donnithorne desired him to join the dancers in the hall.
Word: stone fruit Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed. 2. Any plant in the genus Prunus.
Word: fruit tree Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹu(ː)t tɹiː/ 1. A tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis. Example: The countryside of eastern Bohemia is cultivated intensely. Fruit trees grow thickly alongside the roads instead of the hawthorn hedges common in England.
Word: edible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). Doublet of eatable. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪbəl/, [ˈɛdɪbɫ̩], /ˈɛdəbəl/, [ˈɛdəbɫ̩], /ˈedɪbəl/ 1. Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans. Labels: not-comparable Example: edible fruit 2. Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although stale, the bread was edible. Example: However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible than its model, the Monarch, but initially less edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments. 3. In which edible plants are grown for human consumption. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants. Although edible, these gardens are equally valued for their aesthetic qualities. It is women who collect from edible gardens, […] Example: To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.
Word: edible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). Doublet of eatable. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdɪbəl/, [ˈɛdɪbɫ̩], /ˈɛdəbəl/, [ˈɛdəbɫ̩], /ˈedɪbəl/ 1. Anything edible. 2. Anything edible. 3. A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter or other marijuana.
Word: throne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “a seat, chair”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”). Pronunciation: /θɹəʊ̯n/, /θɹoʊ̯n/, [tɹoʊ̯n], /θɹəʉ̯n/, /θɹɐʉ̯n/ 1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions. Example: He approached the throne reverently. Example: 9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could nūber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, & tongues, ſtood before the throne, & before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands: 10 And cryed with a loude voice, ſaying, Saluation to our God, which ſitteth vpon the Throne, and vnto the Lambe. 11 And all the Angels ſtood round about the Throne, and about the Elders, and the foure beaſts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worſhipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Bleſſing, and glorie, and wiſedome, and thankeſgiuing, and honour, & power, and might be vnto our God for euer & euer, Amen. 2. Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch. Labels: figuratively Example: Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years. Example: The prince's newborn baby is fifth in line to the throne. 3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope. Example: Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all. 4. A toilet. Labels: euphemistic Example: "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly. 5. A kind of stool used by drummers. 6. A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim. Example: 16 For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
Word: throne Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “a seat, chair”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”). Pronunciation: /θɹəʊ̯n/, /θɹoʊ̯n/, [tɹoʊ̯n], /θɹəʉ̯n/, /θɹɐʉ̯n/ 1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light. 3. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: woman Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman From Middle English womman, from earlier wimman, wifman, from Old English wīfmann (“woman”, literally “female person”), a compound of wīf (“woman, female”, whence English wife) + mann (“person, human being”, whence English man). For details on the pronunciation and spelling history, see the usage notes below. Cognate with Scots woman, weman (“woman”), Saterland Frisian Wieuwmoanske (“female person, female human, woman”). Similar constructions can be found in West Frisian frommes (“woman, girl”) (from frou and minske, literally "woman human"). Further information on vocalic development The current pronunciation of the first vowel of the singular began to appear in western England in the 13th century under the rounding influence of the w, though the older pronunciation with /i/ (→ modern /ɪ/) remained in use into the 15th century. Although the vowel of the plural was sometimes also altered to /u/ (→ modern /ʊ/) beginning in the 14th century, the pronunciation with /ɪ/ ultimately won out there, possibly under the influence of pairs like foot–feet. However, some speakers (especially of New Zealand English or South African English) have either retained or reinnovated the pronunciation of the plural with /ʊ/. The modern spelling women for the plural is due to influence of the singular; it is attested from the 15th century. For a time in the 16th and 17th centuries, the pronunciation of the singular sometimes drifted even further back towards /uː/ or /ɔː~oː/ (→ modern /oʊ~əʊ/) and the plural sometimes drifted even further forward towards /iː/, leading to comparisons of the words to "woe man" or "we men".) Pronunciation: /ˈwʊmən/, /ˈwɵmən/, /ˈwʉmən/, /ˈwoʊmən/, [ˈwomɪn] 1. To staff with female labor. Example: […]he should prove, from the testimony of the most experienced seamen, that the vessel was, if not, strictly speaking, sufficiently manned, yet that she was sufficiently manned and womanned. The Gypsey was a vessel of 43 tons burden, and there were on board two able seamen and the Captain’s wife, who was a very good sailor; Example: Apparently the Sixty-ninth Street office of Bagby Answers, Inc., was being womaned for the day from other offices. 2. To make effeminate or womanish. Labels: transitive Example: I have felt so many quirks of joy and grief / That the first face of neither on the start / Can woman me unto't. 3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. Labels: transitive Example: And think it no addition, nor my wish, / To have him see me woman'd. 4. To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion. Labels: transitive
Word: women Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪmɪn/, /ˈwɵmɪn/, /ˈwɪmən/, /ˈwʊmən/, /ˈwəmən/ 1. plural of woman Labels: form-of, plural Example: Three women went for a walk. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:women.
Word: women Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪmɪn/, /ˈwɵmɪn/, /ˈwɪmən/, /ˈwʊmən/, /ˈwəmən/ 1. Misspelling of woman. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: throne room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room with a throne, particularly Example: “Wild-eyed and disheveled, King Hrethel roamed every night through his throne room, which was empty and still.” 2. A room with a throne, particularly Example: The economy of space is a marvel; the studio may seem cluttered, a kind of Middle-earthian junkyard ringed by the stalks of lighting rigs, but one glance into the monitor and there is Théoden’s massive throne room, carved straight out of the pages of Tolkien’s vast antiquity. 3. A room with a throne, particularly Labels: euphemistic, humorous, slang
Word: laugh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *klek- Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan Old English hliehhander. Old English hlæhhan Middle English laughen, laghen English laugh From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. Cognates Germanic: Scots lauch (“to laugh”), Yola leeigh, leigh (“to laugh”), North Frisian laache, lachi, laake, loache, lååke (“to laugh”), Saterland Frisian laachje (“to laugh”), West Frisian laitsje (“to laugh”), Alemannic German lache (“to laugh”), Cimbrian lachan (“to laugh”), Dutch, German, and Low German lachen (“to laugh”), Luxembourgish laachen (“to laugh”), Yiddish לאַכן (lakhn, “to laugh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish le (“to laugh”), Elfdalian läa (“to laugh”), Faroese læa (“to laugh”), Icelandic hlæja (“to laugh”), Norwegian Nynorsk le, læ, læja (“to laugh”), Crimean Gothic lachen (“to laugh”), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan, “to laugh”). Indo-European: Breton kloc'h (“bell”), Irish clog (“bell; clock”), Manx and Scottish Gaelic clag (“bell”), Welsh cloch (“bell”), Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ, “to cluck, cackle”). Pronunciation: /lɐːf/, /lɑːf/, /laf/, /læf/ 1. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. Example: And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. Example: That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh. 2. Something that provokes mirth or scorn. Example: “And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?” ¶ It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars. ¶ “That’s a laugh,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.” Example: Life's a piece of shit / When you look at it / Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true. 3. A fun person. Labels: New-Zealand, UK Example: a good laugh Example: 2010, The Times, March 14, 2010, Tamzin Outhwaite, the unlikely musical star Outhwaite is a good laugh, yes, she knows how to smile: but deep down, she really is strong and stern.
Word: laugh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *klek- Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan Old English hliehhander. Old English hlæhhan Middle English laughen, laghen English laugh From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. Cognates Germanic: Scots lauch (“to laugh”), Yola leeigh, leigh (“to laugh”), North Frisian laache, lachi, laake, loache, lååke (“to laugh”), Saterland Frisian laachje (“to laugh”), West Frisian laitsje (“to laugh”), Alemannic German lache (“to laugh”), Cimbrian lachan (“to laugh”), Dutch, German, and Low German lachen (“to laugh”), Luxembourgish laachen (“to laugh”), Yiddish לאַכן (lakhn, “to laugh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish le (“to laugh”), Elfdalian läa (“to laugh”), Faroese læa (“to laugh”), Icelandic hlæja (“to laugh”), Norwegian Nynorsk le, læ, læja (“to laugh”), Crimean Gothic lachen (“to laugh”), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan, “to laugh”). Indo-European: Breton kloc'h (“bell”), Irish clog (“bell; clock”), Manx and Scottish Gaelic clag (“bell”), Welsh cloch (“bell”), Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ, “to cluck, cackle”). Pronunciation: /lɐːf/, /lɑːf/, /laf/, /læf/ 1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. Labels: intransitive Example: There were many laughing children running on the school grounds. Example: But there was ſuch laughing, Queen Hecuba laught that her eyes ran ore. 2. To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, obsolete Example: The green ſtem grows in ſtature and in ſize, / But only feeds with hope the farmer's eyes; / Then laughs the childiſh year with flow'rets crowned, / And laviſhly prefumes the fields around, / But no ſubſtantial nouriſhment receives, / Infirm the ſtalks, unſolid are the leaves. Example: In Folly’s Cup ſtill laughs the Bubble, Joy; [...] 3. To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock. Labels: intransitive Example: Don't laugh at my new hat, man! Example: No Wit to flatter, left of all his ſtore! / No Fool to laugh at, which he valued more. / There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, / And fame, this lord of uſeleſs, thouſands ends. 4. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. Labels: transitive Example: Will you laugh me aſleepe, for I am very heauy. 5. To express by, or utter with, laughter. Labels: transitive Example: From his deepe cheſt laughes out a lowd applauſe, [...] Example: Fairfax addressed her as "my lady," she laughed her musical laugh, and glanced up at a picture of Gerald with eyes full of exultation.
Word: twig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *twīgą Proto-West Germanic *twīg Old English twiġ Middle English twig English twig From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *dwigʰom, from *dwóh₁. More at two. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian twiich, twiig (“twig”), Saterland Frisian Twiech (“branch, twig”), West Frisian twiich (“twig”), Dutch twijg (“twig”), German Zweig (“branch, twig; section”), German Low German Twieg (“branch, twig”), Luxembourgish Zwäig (“twig”), Yiddish צווײַג (tsvayg, “branch”); also Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”). Pronunciation: /twɪɡ/, [tʰw̥ɪɡ] 1. A small thin branch of a tree or bush. Example: They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire. Example: A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky. 2. Somebody, or one of their body parts, not looking developed. Labels: slang Example: You need to find a source of motivation and play off of that. Whether it be the jock in high school that always called you fat, or the guy who picked on you and called you a twig. Example: Schwarzenegger was long past his professional bodybuilding days when he and Carrere shot the tango scene, but he wasn’t a twig.
Word: twig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *twīgą Proto-West Germanic *twīg Old English twiġ Middle English twig English twig From Middle English twig, twyg, twigge, twygge, from Old English twigg, twicg, from Proto-West Germanic *twiggu (“small twig, shoot”), apparently a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *twig (“branch, twig”) (whence also Old English twiġ and twiġa), from Proto-Germanic *twīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *dwigʰom, from *dwóh₁. More at two. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian twiich, twiig (“twig”), Saterland Frisian Twiech (“branch, twig”), West Frisian twiich (“twig”), Dutch twijg (“twig”), German Zweig (“branch, twig; section”), German Low German Twieg (“branch, twig”), Luxembourgish Zwäig (“twig”), Yiddish צווײַג (tsvayg, “branch”); also Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”). Pronunciation: /twɪɡ/, [tʰw̥ɪɡ] 1. To beat with twigs. Labels: transitive
Word: twig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Irish and Scottish Gaelic tuig (“to understand”). 1. To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something. Labels: colloquial, regional Example: He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him. Example: I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you. 2. To be realized and understood; to click. Labels: intransitive Example: Dries had told us to bring at least twenty litres of water because there was no water in camp and very few tourists stayed there. I knew I wouldn't get a shower for three days, but I wasn't worried about that. It hadn't twigged that the reason we needed to bring our own water was that the camp itself was a warzone. Example: As the photographer took a couple of preliminary photographs of Mandy, Marcus seized the moment. He knelt behind her. When Mandy turned around, she was initially confused. Then it twigged – he was proposing. 3. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend. Example: Do you twig me? 4. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. Example: Now twig him; now mind him: mark how he hawls his muscles about. Example: This excellent man appears to have sunk into himself in a sitting posture, […] while his exceedingly homely and wrinkled face, held a little on one side, twinkles at you with the shrewdest complacency, as if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal from him.
Word: twig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare tweak. 1. To pull Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: Frank shall twig your Nose from your Face 2. To twitch 3. To tweak
Word: kindle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kyndelen, from Old Norse kynda (“to inflame”), from Proto-Germanic *kundijaną. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪn.dəl/ 1. To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: If a person kindle a fire in the house of another person, let him pay for the house to the owner, if it be burned. Example: And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate. 2. To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: He kindled an enthusiasm for the project in his fellow workers. Example: A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: […] 3. To begin to grow or take hold. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum […]
Word: kindle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪn.dəl/ 1. A group of kittens. Labels: collective, rare Example: A kindle of kittens.
Word: kindle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪn.dəl/ 1. To bring forth young; to give birth. Labels: intransitive Example: ORLANDO Are you native of this place? ROSALIND As the cony that you see dwell where she is kindled. Example: The poor beast had but lately kindled.
Word: kindle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪn.dəl/ 1. pregnant Labels: not-comparable
Word: king Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋ/, [ˈkʰɪŋ], /ˈkiŋ/, [ˈkʰiŋ], /ˈkɪŋɡ/ 1. Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: queen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”). Cognate with Scots queen, wheen (“queen”), Old Saxon quān ("wife"; > Middle Low German quene (“elderly woman”)), Dutch kween (“woman past child-bearing age”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kvinne (“woman”), Danish kvinde (“woman”), Icelandic kvon (“wife”), Gothic 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”), Norwegian dialectal kvån (“wife”). Related to and possibly merged with and/or absorbed some senses of English quean, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene (“woman; female serf, quean”), see quean. Generally eclipsed non-native Middle English regina (“queen”), borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”) (see Modern English Regina). Doublet of quean and gyne. In reference to insects, by analogy with the obsolete term king, which it took over from starting in the 1600s, when they were discovered to be female. Pronunciation: /kwiːn/, [kʰw̥iːn] 1. To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen. Labels: transitive Example: This dreame of mine / Being now awake, Ile Queene it no inch farther, / But milke my Ewes, and weepe. 3. To promote a pawn to a queen. Example: Neither King will be able to stop the opponent's pawns from queening, when the game should be a draw. In such cases, which side queens first, or queens with check, can make a crucial difference. In this case, White promotes his pawn first and is able to put this advantage to good use. 4. To be the queen bee of a colony. Example: They have all been queened by imported stock, or the best of home-bred mothers. Example: The nucleus should not be queened by a queen from any of the parent colonies. 5. To provide with a new queen bee. Example: In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding. Example: If such a queen is immediately allowed to run through the entrance of a queenless colony, the queening is usually successful. 6. To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head. Labels: slang, transitive, usually Example: The classic posture, in which you lie on your back while the male serves you, may make him feel arrogant and in charge. Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose). Example: She saw his pink tongue flickering on Clare's exposed nympha as she queened him, her love juices shining on his chin and throat[…]
Word: sausage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsæsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɑːsɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An individual item of this food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "When frying sausages," remarked Cripps, who seemed to regard that occupation as a cult, "it is advisable to perforate the outer skin with a fork." 3. A sausage-shaped thing. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A penis. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar 5. A term of endearment. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: my little sausage Example: “Algernon, you silly sausage. Now you want to marry me? Don't you remember we were already engaged to be married, and then I broke it off with you?” 6. A saucisse. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 7. A dachshund; sausage dog. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable Example: I got fired and I'm back on the sausage again.
Word: sausage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsæsɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsɑːsɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form. Labels: intransitive Example: He leapt to his feet, carefully sausaged his screwdrivers in a roll beneath his arm and turned to reach into the box. 2. To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting. Labels: transitive Example: He is sausaged into several overcoats and wears a brown macintosh under which he holds a roll of parchment. Example: The second Mrs. Teague wore a baby blue tank top and too-tight white shorts that sausaged her hips. 3. To fit snugly into. Labels: transitive, with-on Example: Dressing in a flash, she sausaged on her skinny jeans and sleeveless camo top with peek-a-boo sides for boob aficionados. 4. To make into sausage. Labels: transitive Example: There is no escaping the Limerick pig. In single file, in battalions, as solitary scout, alive or dead, baconed and sausaged, he dominates the town. Example: I mayn’t know much about pigs, but I know a lot about Muckley, and there must be something pretty wrong with any pigs that he wouldn’t risk sausaging. 5. To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin. Labels: transitive Example: Blood and gravity had sausaged her legs and feet, fattening them into white-stocking loaves that dangled eighteen inches above her neatly folded nurse’s uniform on the floor. 6. To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.
Word: Korean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Korea + -an. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹi.ən/, /kəˈɹiːən/ 1. Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea. Example: The show’s stage design features bojagi, traditional Korean patchwork. The audience members are also presented with Korean traditional dance, including buchaechum, or “fan dance,” performed by a group of female dancers using fans painted in different colors. 2. Of or relating to the Korean language.
Word: Korean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Korea + -an. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹi.ən/, /kəˈɹiːən/ 1. Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere. Labels: uncountable
Word: Korean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korea + -an. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹi.ən/, /kəˈɹiːən/ 1. A person of an ethnic group indigenous to the Korean Peninsula. Example: The legacy of the Korean independence movement remains today: nearly two million ethnic Koreans live in China, half of them in the Yenpien Korean Autonomous District in southeast Manchuria. Example: All Koreans to become one or even two years younger under int'l system
Word: dollar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), earlier Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the town where the original dollars were minted. The name means “(Saint) Joachim's valley”, from Joachim + Tal. Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Doublet of taler /thaler and tolar. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒl.ə/, /ˈdɔː.lə/, /ˈdɑ.lɚ/, /ˈdɒl.ɚ/, /ˈdɔl.ə/ 1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $. Example: But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short. Example: Yeah, but why? Lincoln doesn’t need the penny for notoriety. He’s everywhere. We put him on novelty bandages, cup-and-ball games, and creepy Chia Pets. And you know where else we put him? The five-dollar bill! You know, the thing that’s worth 500 times more than the penny! 2. Money generally. Labels: broadly Example: Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent. 3. A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia. Labels: Malaysia, broadly, colloquial 4. A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more. Labels: UK, colloquial, historical 5. Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.) Labels: attributive, historical Example: The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco Example: For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco. 6. A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
Word: colloquial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy English -al English colloquial 1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al. Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/, /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/ 1. Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal. Labels: colloquial, comparative Example: You're using too many colloquial words in this cover letter: I suggest changing "I picked up loads of cool skills" to "I acquired many positive abilities" Example: The colloquial, and at times sarcastic, tone of her books makes her popular with teenagers. 2. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty. Labels: colloquial, comparative
Word: colloquial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy English -al English colloquial 1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al. Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/, /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/ 1. A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism.
Word: Hawaiian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Hawaiian From Hawaii + -an. Pronunciation: /həˈwaɪ.ən/ 1. Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact. 2. Of or pertaining to the Hawaiian race, culture, or language. 3. Of or pertaining to the culture of the US state of Hawaii. 4. Of or pertaining to a resident of the US state of Hawaii.
Word: Hawaiian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Hawaiian From Hawaii + -an. Pronunciation: /həˈwaɪ.ən/ 1. A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact. Labels: countable Example: He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. 2. A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America. Labels: countable, nonstandard, proscribed 3. A pizza topped with ham and pineapple. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "A plain tomato cheese, two Hawaiians and a Coke," I told Greg, finally earning me a brief smile. […] Darrell paused to tear off a bite of ham and pineapple. Example: Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.
Word: Hawaiian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Hawaiian From Hawaii + -an. Pronunciation: /həˈwaɪ.ən/ 1. The Hawaiian language.
Word: cast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast. Pronunciation: /kɑːst/, /kast/, /kæst/ 1. Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own. Labels: not-comparable
Word: see Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Etymology 1 sense 9 is a calque of Latin vidē (“see (thou)”, 2ⁿᵈ person singular imperative), which was also borrowed into academic English (see vide) as well as Portuguese. Cognates Cognate with Scots see, sei (“to see”), Yola sau, ze, zee, zey, zie (“to see”), North Frisian se, si, siin, siine, siinj, sä, säie (“to see”), Saterland Frisian sjo (“to see”), West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Bavarian segn (“to see”), Central Franconian sehn, senn (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn (“to see; to look”), German sehen (“to see”), Limburgish séëne, zeen (“to see”), Luxembourgish gesinn (“to see”), Alemannic German gseh (“to see”), Mòcheno sechen (“to see”), Vilamovian zaon (“to see”), Yiddish זען (zen, “to see”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish se (“to see”), Elfdalian sją̊ (“to see”), Faroese síggja (“to see”), Icelandic sjá (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), sia (“to foretell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (saiƕan, “to see”), and more distantly with Albanian shof, shoh (“to see”), Latin secūtus, sequūtus (“followed”), Ancient Greek ἕπομαι (hépomai, “to follow, obey”), Persian ا (a), از (az), ز (ze, “from, of”), Luwian 𒁕𒀀𒌋𒄿𒅖 (“eye”), Sanskrit सच् (sac, “to be associated with, familiar with, have to do with”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiː/, /ˈsi/ 1. Introducing an explanation Example: See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
Word: see Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English se, see, from Old French sie (“seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”), referring to the bishop's throne or chair (compare seat of power) in the cathedral; related to the Latin verb sedēre (“to sit”). Doublet of sedes. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː/, /ˈsi/ 1. A diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop. 2. The office of a bishop or archbishop. 3. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised. Example: Ioue laught on Venus from his ſouerayne ſee
Word: see Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiː/, /ˈsi/ 1. Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin script letter C/c. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: see, ar, eye, ee, ess, cries Example: They were still shocked if you said “eff you see kay” out loud, though it didn’t stop any of them from doing it.
Word: midnight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/, [ˈmɪd̚naɪt], [ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt], [ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt], [ˈmɪd̚ˌnɐɪt] 1. The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness. Example: And he [Jesus] ſayde vnto thẽ [them]: which of you ſhall have a frende and ſhall goo to hym att mydnyght⸝ and ſaye vnto hym: frende lende me foure loves for a frende of myne is come out off the waye to me⸝ and I have nothynge to ſett before hĩ [him]⸝ And he within ſhall andſwer and ſaye: Trouble me nott⸝ nowe is the doore ſhett⸝ and my ſervaunttꝭ [servaunttis, i.e., servants] are with me in the chamber⸝ I cannot ryſe and geve thẽ to the [them to thee]. I ſaye vnto you: though he woll not aryſe and geve hym⸝ becauſe he is his frende: Yet becauſe of hys importunitie he woll ryſe and geve him as many as he nedeth. 2. Twelve o'clock at night exactly. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! / She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood! / They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years, / Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, / Cold, on the stroke of midnight, / The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers! Example: The police report said that officers, who told CNN they are not currently pursuing criminal charges, arrived to the scene just after midnight and found Gillum and a second person, Aldo Mejias, in the hotel room. 3. Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: midnight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/, [ˈmɪd̚naɪt], [ˈmɪd̚(ˌ)nɑjt], [ˈmɪ̞d̚nʌjt], [ˈmɪd̚ˌnɐɪt] 1. Utterly dark or black. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: Free and falling, his midnight hair flowed out all around us like a silk canopy.
Word: mouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Germanic *mūs Proto-West Germanic *mūs Old English mūs Middle English mous English mouse Inherited from Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs. Cognates Germanic cognates include Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (German Low German Muus), Dutch muis, Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish mus, Faroese and Icelandic mús). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Latin mūs, Spanish mur, Armenian մուկ (muk), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ) (Russian мышь (myšʹ)), Albanian mi, Persian موش (muš), Northern Kurdish mişk, Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ). The computing sense was coined by American engineer Bill English in 1965 and first used publicly in a publication titled "Computer-Aided Display Control", in reference to the similarity with the animal. Pronunciation: /maʊs/, /mʌʊs/ 1. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. Labels: broadly Example: Near-synonyms: murine, murid, vole (all parasynonymous with this broad sense) 2. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. Labels: broadly Example: At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs. Example: A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder. 3. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: She's probably hiding in her room, she always does when we have company. She's our little mouse. 4. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. Labels: broadly, figuratively, obsolete Example: Let the bloat King tempt you again to bed, / Pinch wanton on your cheek, call you his mouse 5. An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display. Example: My mouse needs new batteries. 6. An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display. Labels: broadly Example: Move the mouse over the icon. 7. A facial hematoma or black eye. 8. A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out. 9. A match used in firing guns or blasting. 10. A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context). 11. A small cushion for a woman's hair. Labels: historical 12. Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.