nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: biotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”). Equivalent to bio- + -otic. Pronunciation: /baɪˈɒt.ɪk/, /baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ 1. A nutritional substance that improves the health of gastrointestinal microorganisms, especially one that occurs naturally. Example: This is done by manipulating the microflora that reside within the GIT of all living things and this is the point at which all the "biotics" come into play. Example: Thus, there is a principal difference between biotics and synthetic compounds. Biotics possess a number of structural and functional properties that allow them to enter biological molecular structures without too much difficulty and to function with high activity in the composition of these structures and biological cycles. 2. A simple organic organism that is more complex than an organic molecule but simpler than a plant or animal. Example: The biotics constitute an extensive group of organic materials that are simple, living microorganisms and cannot be expressed as chemical formulas. Example: The absence of fusulinids in the Manzanita despite the presence of biotics of similar size suggests that there was not indiscriminate transport of biotics from the shelf.
Word: bisect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bi- (“bi-, two”) + Latin secāre (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /baɪˈsɛkt/ 1. To cut or divide into two parts. Labels: transitive Example: The river bisects the town. Example: The quadrennial period of games and festivals in Greece was probably arrived at by bisecting an older octennial period. 2. To cut or divide into two parts. Labels: transitive 3. To cut or divide into two parts. Labels: transitive
Word: bisect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- (“bi-, two”) + Latin secāre (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /baɪˈsɛkt/ 1. A bisector, which divides into two equal parts. 2. An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.
Word: blat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. First attested in 1846 in the intransitive sense of "bleat". Compare English bleat, Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”). Pronunciation: /blæt/ 1. To cry, as a calf, sheep, or goat. Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonym: baa (sheep or goat) 2. To make a senseless noise. Labels: intransitive Example: A moment later the engine roared into life. Exhaust blatted through the straight-pipes; people stopped on the street to look. 3. To talk inconsiderately; blab. 4. To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba. 5. To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt. Labels: transitive
Word: blat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Blatt (“newspaper”). Doublet of blade. Pronunciation: /blæt/ 1. A newspaper. Labels: US, slang Example: "Of course I warned off the dicks and the FBI, but they're madder'n hell and we've got to get out of town at once. It'll miss the mornings but it'll be splashed all over the afternoon blatts and radio and TV'll have it."
Word: blat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian блат (blat), from Polish blat (“cover, umbrella”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat, “leaf, list”). Doublet of blade. Pronunciation: /blæt/ 1. The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society). Labels: uncountable Example: To open a new business in Russia you need blat. Example: Alena Ledeneva's book is the first to analyse blat in all its historical, socio-economic and cultural aspects, and to explore its implications for post-Soviet society. In a socialist distribution system which resulted in constant shortages, blat developed into an 'economy of favours' which shadowed an overcontrolling centre and represented the reaction of ordinary people to the social constraints they faced.
Word: blats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bloop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /bluːp/ 1. To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water. Labels: especially, onomatopoeic Example: The ducks quack, The birds chirp, The fish bloop. 2. To make a hit just beyond the infield. 3. To produce a low-pitched beeping sound. Labels: informal 4. To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce. Labels: transitive Example: Optical track can be blooped by using blooping tape, which is available from motion picture equipment dealers.
Word: bloop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /bluːp/ 1. The sound of a fish blowing air bubbles in water. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Slowly exhale using short, quick bursts through the mouth, making 'bloop' sounds to mimic a fish each time. 2. The sound of something, especially a fish, sloshing about in water. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: A loud bloop bloop from the fish tank made me jump, the three-year-old Reader’s Digest almost slipping from my grip. Example: Still, it’s a good place to stand and try to catch sight of a heron or to be quiet to hear the bloop, bloop of fish surfacing to eat a water bug. 3. A low-pitched beeping sound. Labels: informal Example: The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem. Example: A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'. 4. Synonym of blooper. Labels: slang
Word: bluets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bluet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History). The scarf was named attributively, for its resemblance to the snake when worn. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ə/, /bɔː/, /ˈboʊ.ə/ 1. Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico. 2. A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck. Example: Do not take up your boa as if it were the rope with which you meant to hang yourself; nor wrap your shawl round you as if it were your shroud.
Word: bobble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix). * (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare bauble. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒbəl/ 1. A furry ball attached on top of a hat. 2. Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie Labels: UK 3. A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes). Labels: informal 4. A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump. Example: From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side. 5. A wobbling motion. Example: My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant […]
Word: bobble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix). * (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare bauble. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒbəl/ 1. To bob up and down. Labels: intransitive 2. To make a mistake in. Labels: US 3. To roll slowly. Labels: intransitive Example: A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas. 4. To mishandle a ball. Labels: US, transitive 5. To use the bobble stitch. Labels: rare Example: You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.
Word: bock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Bockbier. Pronunciation: /bɒk/, /bɔk/, /bɑk/ 1. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bock Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /bɒk/, /bɔk/, /bɑk/ 1. Alternative form of bok (“sound of a chicken”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bock Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɒk/, /bɔk/, /bɑk/ 1. Alternative form of bok (“make the sound of a chicken”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Irish bac (“to hinder”). Pronunciation: /bɒk/, /bɔk/, /bɑk/ 1. to hinder, stop Labels: Ireland Example: Bock that.
Word: bode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived partly from the following: * From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”). * A back-formation from forebode. The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above). Pronunciation: /bəʊd/, /boʊd/ 1. Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend. Labels: transitive Example: But in the thought and ſcope of my opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to the ſtate. Example: O heauen; O earth, beare vvitness to this ſound, / And crovvne vvhat I profeſſe vvith kinde euent / If I ſpeake true: If hollovvly inuert / VVhat beſt is boaded me, to miſchiefe: I, / Beyond all limit of vvhat elſe i'th vvorld, / Do loue, prize, honor you. 2. To declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Augur accurſt! denouncing Miſchief ſtill, / Prophet of Plagues, for ever boding Ill! Example: Forgive my Impatience: But my preſaging Mind bodes horrid Miſchiefs! 3. Often followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of something. Labels: intransitive Example: VVhat ever novv / The Omen prove, it boded vvell to you. Example: "Vile wretch!" the angry chief replied, / "Thou ever bodest ill; / If I had but thee in my power, / Thy heart's blood I would spill."
Word: bode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived partly from the following: * From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”). * A back-formation from forebode. The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above). Pronunciation: /bəʊd/, /boʊd/ 1. A feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a presentiment. 2. An indication, an omen, a sign. Labels: obsolete Example: [A]t Myræ in Lycia, vvas the fountaine of Apollo Curius, vvhere the fiſhes being three times called vvith a Pipe, aſſembled themſelues, and if they deuoured the meats giuen them, it vvas interpreted a good bode and happie preſage: if they ſtrucke avvay the ſame vvith their tailes, it vvas direfull and dreadfull. Example: Ovr Poet […] deſires that yee / VVould not diſtaſte his Muſe, becauſe of late / Tranſplanted, vvhich vvould grovv here, if no fate / Have an unlucky bode […] 3. A message; also, news, tidings. Labels: obsolete Example: I muſt tell you vvhat lovely Jeſus, fair Jeſus, King Jeſus hath done to my ſoul; ſometimes he ſendeth me out a ſtanding drink, and vvhiſpereth a vvord thorovv the vvall; and I am vvell content of kindneſs at the ſecond hand; his bode is ever vvelcome to me, be vvhat it vvill; […] Example: Thorough counsel I shall you answer, / What bode ye shall to your lord bear.
Word: bode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“act of bargaining or offering, or the subject of the bargain or offer; promise; proposal”), the same word stated in etymology 1. Doublet of bid. The verb is probably derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch bod * Faroese boð * German Gebot * Icelandic boð * Norwegian Bokmål bud, Norwegian Nynorsk bod * Old Saxon gibod * Swedish bud Pronunciation: /bəʊd/, /boʊd/ 1. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something; a bid. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Na, na, Captain; ye're ower young and ower free o' your siller [silver]—ye should never tak a fish-wife's first bode; […]
Word: bode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“act of bargaining or offering, or the subject of the bargain or offer; promise; proposal”), the same word stated in etymology 1. Doublet of bid. The verb is probably derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch bod * Faroese boð * German Gebot * Icelandic boð * Norwegian Bokmål bud, Norwegian Nynorsk bod * Old Saxon gibod * Swedish bud Pronunciation: /bəʊd/, /boʊd/ 1. To make a bid or offer for (something); to bid, to offer. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: 52. Bode good, and get it. / 53. Bode a Robe, and wear it; bode a Sack, and bear it. / Speak heartily, and expect Good, and it vvill fall out accordingly.
Word: bode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bode (“emissary, messenger”), from Old English boda (“herald, messenger; prophet”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodō, from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”), from *beudaną (“to bid, offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”) (compare etymology 1). cognates * Dutch bode (“harbinger, messenger”) * German Bote (“messenger”) Pronunciation: /bəʊd/, /boʊd/ 1. A herald; a messenger. Example: [T]he fame of the Duke's coming was sent abroad by the bodes or messengers, despatched to prepare the towns through which he was to pass for an arrival sooner than expected, […]
Word: bode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bod, bode, bade, baide; further etymology uncertain, probably: * an aphetic form of abod (“act of waiting, delay”), probably related to Old English bād (“expectation; waiting”), from Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō; and/or * a variant of bide (“act of delaying; a delay”), from Old English bīd (“act of abiding; delay”), related to bīdan (“to remain, stay; to wait”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to await, wait”) (whence modern English abide, bide), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”). Pronunciation: /bəʊd/, /boʊd/ 1. An act of biding or waiting; a wait; also, a delay. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: [M]ake thou thy boade, / In reſolution to reuenge theſe vvronges, / VVith bloud of thouſands guiltleſſe of this rage, / Flie thou on them amaine: […]
Word: bode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An inflected form of bide. Pronunciation: /bəʊd/, /boʊd/ 1. simple past of bide Labels: form-of, past
Word: bole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bole, from Old Norse bolr, akin to Danish bul and German Bohle (“plank”). See also bulwark (“defensive wall”). Pronunciation: /bol/, /bəʊl/, /bɒʊl/, /bɒl/ 1. The trunk or stem of a tree. Example: Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean / Upon the dusky brushwood underneath / Their broad curved branches, fledged with clearest green, / New from its silken sheath. Example: A fine powder filled the air and caressed the cheek with a tingle in its touch, and the black boles of the trees showed up in a light that seemed to come from below.
Word: bole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod or lump of earth”): compare French bol. Doublet of bolus. Pronunciation: /bol/, /bəʊl/, /bɒʊl/, /bɒl/ 1. Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Good Iznik has strong colours well-contained within their outlines and a very clean, clear white. The red colour, made with Armenian bole (an earthy clay) should be thick and proud of the surface. 2. The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A bolus; a dose. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […]or else[…]the churches were very incurious to swallow such a bole, if no pretension could have been reasonably made for their justification.
Word: bole Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bol/, /bəʊl/, /bɒʊl/, /bɒl/ 1. Alternative form of boll (old unit of measure). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Take then good Barley newly thrashed and well purged from the Chaff, and put thereof eight Boles, that is about ſix English Quarters, in a Stone - trough
Word: bole Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bol/, /bəʊl/, /bɒʊl/, /bɒl/ 1. An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light. Labels: Scotland Example: "Open the bole," said the old woman firmly and hastily to her daughter-in-law, “open the bole wi' speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin[…]. 2. A small closet. Labels: Scotland
Word: bolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Philippine Spanish bolo, from Tagalog bolo. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈboʊ.loʊ/ 1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete. 2. A type of punch; an uppercut. Labels: attributive Example: He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.
Word: bolo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Philippine Spanish bolo, from Tagalog bolo. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈboʊ.loʊ/ 1. To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife. Labels: transitive Example: "In the first place," began Drina, "you are to lie down flat on the floor and creep about and show us how the Moros wriggle through the grass to bolo our sentinels." […] Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
Word: bolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈboʊ.loʊ/ 1. A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
Word: bolo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Supposedly named after Bolo Pascha, a German agent in France during World War I. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈboʊ.loʊ/ 1. To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
Word: bolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈboʊ.loʊ/ 1. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
Word: bolo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Argentine Spanish boleadora (“lariat”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈboʊ.loʊ/ 1. To dress (somebody) in a bolo. Labels: nonce-word, transitive Example: Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
Word: bolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An acronym of be on the lookout. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈboʊ.loʊ/ 1. A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect. Labels: US
Word: bonito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old Spanish bueno Spanish bueno Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Spanish -ito Spanish bonitobor. English bonito Borrowed from Spanish bonito. Pronunciation: /bəˈniːtoʊ/, /bəˈniːtə/ 1. Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller. Example: Mr Scott, the chief mate, being a capital fisherman, the table was almost daily furnished with an albacore, bonito, or dolphin, and not unfrequently with all three, which he struck with a gig. 2. A large tropical fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna), allied to the tunny. Example: Making dashi is simple once you have katsuobushi (shaved, dried bonito flakes) and kombu (sea kelp), which have become increasingly easy to find across the United States. (You can also order them online.) 3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern United States and the West Indies. 4. The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.
Word: bonzer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Entered use 1890s, origin unknown. In 2020 James Lambert reviewed previous theories, and supports derivation from: * boncer (“large marble”) < bouncer (“something prodigiously large”) Lambert also notes as not supported by evidence: * bonanza * French bon (“good”) * "more fanciful" suggestions: ** born star ** Japanese 万歳 (banzai, “long live..., huzzah, hurrah”) ** bonnie Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnzə/ 1. Remarkable; wonderful; excellent; terrific. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: To see their faces brighten and to hear their 'Thanks Cobber, that was bonzer!' was a joy Example: To all the earth she gives the soft glad-eye; She picks no fav′rits in this world o′ men; She peeps in nooks, where ′appy lovers sigh, To make their joy more bonzer still; an′ then, O′er Spadger′s Lane she waves a podgy ′and, An′ turns the scowlin′ slums to Fairyland.
Word: bonzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Entered use 1890s, origin unknown. In 2020 James Lambert reviewed previous theories, and supports derivation from: * boncer (“large marble”) < bouncer (“something prodigiously large”) Lambert also notes as not supported by evidence: * bonanza * French bon (“good”) * "more fanciful" suggestions: ** born star ** Japanese 万歳 (banzai, “long live..., huzzah, hurrah”) ** bonnie Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnzə/ 1. An excellent person or thing. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, obsolete Example: King Ned is a "bonzer".
Word: borax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Persian *bōragbor. Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der. Medieval Latin boraxder. Anglo-Norman boreisbor. Middle English boras English borax From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin borax, baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), which yielded Persian بوره (bure). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹæks/, /ˈbɔɹ.æks/ 1. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “The best way to clean the machine is to put a pound of borax and a gallon of vinegar in the machine and run the longest, hottest cycle you have,” he says. 2. The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design. Labels: attributive, sometimes, uncountable, usually Example: Furniture isn't made to last thirty years or longer because they took a survey and found that young homemakers like to throw their furniture out and bring in all new, color-coded borax every seven years.
Word: borax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Persian *bōragbor. Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der. Medieval Latin boraxder. Anglo-Norman boreisbor. Middle English boras English borax From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin borax, baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), which yielded Persian بوره (bure). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹæks/, /ˈbɔɹ.æks/ 1. To treat with borax. Labels: transitive
Word: boric Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: botfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bot + fly. 1. One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
Word: bourn Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, /boːɹn/, /boən/ 1. Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: My little boat can safely passe this perilous bourne.
Word: bourn Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, /boːɹn/, /boən/ 1. Alternative form of bourne (“destination; limit”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bowfin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bow + fin. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊfɪn/ 1. Any of the two extant elongated fish of the genus Amia, native to North America, previously thought to be the same species. 2. Any of the two extant elongated fish of the genus Amia, native to North America, previously thought to be the same species.
Word: boyar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian боя́ре (bojáre), plural of боя́рин (bojárin). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪɑː/, /ˈbəʊjɑː/, /bəʊˈjɑː/ 1. A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania. Labels: historical Example: Boris had abdicated in 889, leaving the throne to his son Vladimir, who had immediately identified himself with the boyar aristocracy which Boris had done his utmost to crush. Example: A long series of wars was fought in the sixteenth century to keep Polish influence at bay in the West Russian lands, and prevent it from seducing Muscovy's restless boyars, the warrior-barons whose independence the grand dukes were determined to crush.
Word: boyard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of boyar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bractea (“a thin plate of metal; gold leaf”). 1. A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises. Example: In this vegetable monster the bractes, or divisions of the spike, become wonderfully enlarged; and are converted into leaves. Example: A Verticil or Whirl may be[…]Naked; that is without involucre, bracte or brittle. Bracted - or Involucred
Word: brad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod. Pronunciation: /bɹad/, /bɹæd/ 1. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin. Example: Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch. 2. A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet. Labels: US
Word: brad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod. Pronunciation: /bɹad/, /bɹæd/ 1. To attach using a brad. Labels: transitive 2. To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting. Labels: transitive
Word: brad Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹad/, /bɹæd/ 1. A binary radian.
Word: brae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bro, bra (“bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit”), from Old Norse brá (“eyebrow; eyelash”) (probably in the sense of the brow of a hill), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). The English word is cognate with Old English brǣw, brēaw (“eyelid”), Old High German brāwa (Middle High German brā, modern German Braue (“eyebrow”)), Old Saxon brāwa, brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”); and is a doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪ/, /bɹɪə/, /bɹiː/, /bɾe/ 1. The sloping bank of a river valley. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Ye banks, and braes, and ſtreams around / The caſtle of Montgomery, / Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, / Your waters never drumlie! Example: Was it not Wat the Devil, who drove all the year-old hogs off the braes of Lanthorn-side, in the very recent days of my grandfather's father? 2. Any hillside or slope. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: You are directed to the particular part of the brae where the Covenanters stationed themselves, (at the time of my visit it was a field of pasture, on which some cows were quietly feeding,) and the eminence behind, [...] Example: The carcase was flung down the brae at the back of the house, and the bread was sent after it, and there they both lay untouched, for it was observed that neither cat nor dog would put a tooth in either of them.
Word: brant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”). Pronunciation: /bɹænt/ 1. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla. Labels: Canada, US Example: I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will you hunt each other?
Word: brant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English brant, from Old English brant (“high, steep”), from Proto-West Germanic *brant, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz (“steep, towering”). Cognate with Scots brent, Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Swedish brant). Pronunciation: /bɹænt/ 1. steep, precipitous. Labels: dialectal Example: Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. 2. smooth; unwrinkled Labels: Scotland Example: Your bonnie brow was brent.
Word: brassy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑː.si/, /ˈbɹæs.i/ 1. Resembling brass. Example: The cup had a brassy color. 2. Impudent; impudently bold. Labels: informal Example: Don’t get brassy with me, young lady! Example: There's more than one way to declare independence, after all, and whereas Beyoncé announced hers with a brassy single, Ashanti tucks a similar spirit into every not-quite-heartbroken lyric. 3. Unfeeling; pitiless. 4. Harsh in tone. Example: an organ stop with a brassy tone
Word: brassy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brass + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæs.i/ 1. Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brassy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæs.i/ 1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
Word: brayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bray + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪɚ/ 1. A hand printing tool, in the US often a roller, used to spread a thin even layer of ink. Early brayers, consisting of a vertical cylinder with a single handle, were designed to break up thick inks before spreading. 2. One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey. Example: Sound forth my Brayers, and the welkin rend
Word: briard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Briard Labels: alt-of Example: […] effectively reduce or eliminate blindness in briards, […] Example: ... of briards. One of the breeders at the show had a litter of puppies, and a thousand dollars later, we went home with one. Unfortunately, no one told us how protective they are.
Word: bruits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bruit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bruits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bruit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably imitative of the sound of drinking. Pronunciation: /bʌb/, /bɐb/, /bʊb/ 1. An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer. Labels: historical, slang, uncountable Example: Bub is made from ground barley and strong worts, and sometimes from strong small worts from the coolers, properly blended and boiled with some hops, in the proportion of one pound to a barrel of worts. Example: "You can't remember your *name*? Heh. Well, NEXT time you spend a night in this berg, go easy on the bub."
Word: bub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of bubby. Pronunciation: /bʌb/, /bɐb/, /bʊb/ 1. A woman's breast. Labels: slang Example: ‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs.’
Word: bub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a corruption of brother, a modification of bud, or a borrowing from Pennsylvania German Bub or Southern German Bub (as was spoken in various communities in America before the early 20th century), ultimately thought to be derived from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“close [male] relation”) and thus cognate to English boy and babe. Other probable cognates West Frisian bobbe, German Bube (“boy”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”), English babe, baby, and bully, Dutch boef (“mischievous lad, rascal”), Middle Low German bôve, and Icelandic bófi. Pronunciation: /bʌb/, /bɐb/, /bʊb/ 1. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby. Example: So he changed his brusque manner, and inquired, in a tone which was intended to be extremely conciliatory : ‘ What′s your name, bub ? ’ ‘ The last one, Sir ? ’ asked bub, looking up. Example: 1857, Clara Augusta, Mrs. Peter Dame, George R. Graham, Graham′s Illustrated Magazine, Volume 50, page 398, Mrs. Peter filled her pocket with the cherries — “ Victoria and bub are so fond of them!” and we scrambled into the wagon. 2. A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.
Word: bub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from Northern dialectal English bab, from Middle English bab, a variant of babe (“babe, baby”). Pronunciation: /bʌb/, /bɐb/, /bʊb/ 1. A baby. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: bub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from bubble and bubbly. Pronunciation: /bʌb/, /bɐb/, /bʊb/ 1. Clipping of bubble. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of bubbly; champagne. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: You find me in da club, bottle full of bub Example: Out in the club and I'm sippin' that bub / And you're not gonna reach my telephone
Word: bub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from bubble and bubbly. Pronunciation: /bʌb/, /bɐb/, /bʊb/ 1. To throw out in bubbles; to bubble. Labels: obsolete Example: We passed on so far forth till we saw Rude Acheron, a loathsome lake to tell, That boils and bubs up swelth as black as hell
Word: bulger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bulge + -er. 1. Something that has a bulge. 2. Something that has a bulge. 3. Anything very large; a whopper. Labels: dated, slang Example: It's certainly a bulger of a place. There are thousands an' thousands of houses, an' you can't count the sails in the bay.
Word: bulled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʊld/ 1. simple past and past participle of bull Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bulled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bʊld/ 1. Swollen.
Word: bumble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmbəl/, /ˈbʊmbəl/ 1. A confusion; a jumble.
Word: bumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmbəl/, /ˈbʊmbəl/ 1. To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly). Labels: intransitive Example: Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them. 2. To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch. Labels: transitive
Word: bumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum + -le. * Noun: From the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmbəl/, /ˈbʊmbəl/ 1. To boom, as a Eurasian bittern. Labels: intransitive 2. To buzz or bum. Labels: intransitive 3. To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length. Labels: intransitive 4. To grumble at; to blame. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: bumble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum + -le. * Noun: From the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmbəl/, /ˈbʊmbəl/ 1. A bumblebee. 2. A Eurasian bittern. Labels: Ireland, UK, dialectal
Word: bunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt. Pronunciation: /bʌnt/, /bʊnt/ 1. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bunt of the sail was green. 2. A push or shove; a butt. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bunt was fielded cleanly. 4. The act of bunting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The manager will likely call for a bunt here. 5. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 7. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt. Pronunciation: /bʌnt/, /bʊnt/ 1. To push with the horns; to butt. 2. To spring or rear up. 3. To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. Labels: transitive Example: Jones bunted the ball. 4. To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. Labels: intransitive Example: Jones bunted. 5. To perform (the second half of) an outside loop. Labels: intransitive Example: We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the “Bunt Club”, who had successfully bunted their aircraft—that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out. 6. To swell out. Labels: intransitive Example: The sail bunts. 7. To headbutt affectionately. Labels: rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bunt.
Word: bunter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bunt 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 bunter From bunt + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌntɚ/ 1. One who bunts. Example: Glavine was a renowned bunter of the ball.
Word: bunter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌntɚ/ 1. A woman who picks up rags in the streets. Labels: archaic 2. A low, vulgar woman. Labels: archaic, broadly 3. A female prostitute. Labels: archaic
Word: buret Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of burette. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: burl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”). Pronunciation: /bɝl/, /bɜːl/ 1. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A knot or lump in thread or cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: burl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”). Pronunciation: /bɝl/, /bɜːl/ 1. To remove the knots in cloth.
Word: burley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Compare the personal name Burley. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)li/ 1. A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The price received by farmers at the auctions for burley has decreased, other conditions being about average, around 1.45 cents for each 10-million-pound increase in the production of burley 2. Blood and offal used by fishermen to attract fish. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: Fish will swim up your burley trail looking for the source which should be where your baits are placed, instead of dumping a heap of burley at once where the fish will feed on it quickly and move on.
Word: burley Part of Speech: adj 1. Burlesque. Example: Burley shows came to Times Square after vaudeville started its decline, and took over many of the darkened old theaters. The Minsky family had become synonymous with burlesque beginning in its earliest days, was hugely profitable. Example: The Western Vaudeville Managers' Association (WVMA) and the Orpheum soon merged. [...] opined, "that the top all-around artist of today is Jim Barton, who was a burley comic, a skater, a storyteller, a dancer, a singer,[…]"
Word: butane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws IUPAC nomenclature, from but- (“four carbon prefix”) + -ane (“alkane suffix”), the former is derived from the same stem as the foul-smelling carboxylic acid liberated in rancid butter, "butyric acid", hence cognate with butter. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːteɪn/ 1. A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The n-butane isomer only. Labels: uncountable
Word: butene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros)der. English but- English -ene English butene From but- + -ene. 1. Any of several forms of butylene.
Word: butyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros)der. English but- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English butyl From but- + -yl. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːtɪl/, /ˈbjuːtaɪl/ 1. Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. 2. A synthetic rubber made by the polymerization of isobutylene.
Word: cabana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cabaña and Portuguese cabana, both from Late Latin capanna. Doublet of cabane and cabin. Pronunciation: /kəˈbænə/, /kəˈbɑːnə/ 1. A cabin or hut for relaxing. 2. A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool. Labels: Australia, Canada, US Example: “So what's new in the whiskey business?” one of the fat men finally says by way of welcome, and the blonde stands up, arches one foot and dips it into the pool, looking all the while at the cabana where Baby Pignatari is talking on the telephone.
Word: cache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”). Pronunciation: /kæʃ/, /keɪʃ/, /kæɪʃ/ 1. A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly. Example: Near-synonym: stash Example: Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from cache to cache on their return journey. 2. A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly. 3. A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.
Word: cache Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”). Pronunciation: /kæʃ/, /keɪʃ/, /kæɪʃ/ 1. To place in a cache. Labels: transitive Example: And here the adventurers went ashore, unloaded, turned their canoe bottom up in the shelter of thick brush, and cached their supplies temporarily on a pole scaffold, out of reach of prowling depredators. 2. To store data in a cache. Labels: transitive Example: In this case, it would not be ideal to use the full-page caching that the per-site or per-view cache strategies offer, because you wouldn't want to cache the entire result (since some of the data changes often), but you'd still want to cache the results that rarely change. 3. To participate in geocaching. Labels: intransitive 4. To hide or seek a geocache. Labels: transitive 5. to store up, stockpile
Word: cache Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of cachet. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: The prophecies are an attempt to explore the mystery of democracy, to divine its origin in order to capitalize on its political cache, but also to diagnose the cause of its contemporary malaise.
Word: caddis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. See dialect forms caddew, caddy, cad-bait. Pronunciation: /ˈkædɪs/ 1. The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: caddis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French cadis, from Old French cadaz, from Old Occitan, from Old Catalan cadirs, cadins. Pronunciation: /ˈkædɪs/ 1. A rough woolen cloth; caddice. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i’ th Rainebow; Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th’ grosse: Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes: