nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”), Latin feriō (“strike, cut”) and Albanian birë (“hole”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare German drillen. Pronunciation: /bɔː(ɹ)/, /boɹ/, /bo(ː)ɹ/, /boə/ 1. A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something. Example: the bore of a cannon Example: the bores of wind-instruments 2. The diameter of such a hole. 3. The diameter of such a hole. Labels: especially Example: The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement. 4. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter. 5. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring. 6. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. 7. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. 8. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person. Example: My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection. 9. Something dull or uninteresting. Example: What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative. Example: It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses. 10. Calibre; importance. Example: Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter.
Word: bore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”), from Proto-Germanic *bērō (“that which bears or carries”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Icelandic bára (“billow, wave”), Faroese bára (“billow, wave”). Doublet of bier. Pronunciation: /bɔː(ɹ)/, /boɹ/, /bo(ː)ɹ/, /boə/ 1. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave. Example: In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.
Word: bore Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɔː(ɹ)/, /boɹ/, /bo(ː)ɹ/, /boə/ 1. simple past of bear Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of bear Labels: colloquial, form-of, participle, past Example: Q. When the Fireſhip appeared to be going down towards the Real, do you think that the Dorſetſhire could have bore down in Time, to have covered and aſſiſted her? Example: […] by altering their course a very little, and easily have bore down abreast of our settlement, without incurring the smallest risk! 3. simple past of bare Labels: form-of, past, proscribed
Word: born Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”). Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /bɔːɹn/ 1. past participle of bear; given birth to. Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents. Example: Born in 1937, I spent my early childhood in Spain. 2. past participle of bear in other senses. Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born. Example: If I had not persuaded Harriet into liking the man, I could have born any thing.
Word: born Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”). Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /bɔːɹn/ 1. Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret. Example: a born leader
Word: born Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal variant of burn. Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /bɔːɹn/ 1. Alternative spelling of burn (a stream) Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: born Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Dialectal variant of burn. Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /bɔːɹn/ 1. Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.) Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: borne Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English boren, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, past participle of Old English beran (“to carry, bear”). Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /boːɹn/, /boən/ 1. past participle of bear Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Miranda: I ſhould ſinne / To thinke but Noblie of my Grand-mother, / Good wombes haue borne bad ſonnes. Example: “Can't you understand that love without confidence is a worthless thing—and that had you trusted me I would have borne any obloquy with you.[…]”
Word: borne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English boren, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, past participle of Old English beran (“to carry, bear”). Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn], /boːɹn/, /boən/ 1. carried, supported. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the last rays of the setting sun, you could pick out far away down the reach his beard borne high up on the white structure, foaming up stream to anchor for the night. Example: When, bright with purple and with gold, Come priest and holy Cardinal, And borne above the heads of all The gentle Shepherd of the Fold.
Word: wabbit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈwæ.bɪt/ 1. Exhausted; tired. Labels: Scotland
Word: wabbit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of rabbit representing the pronunciation of children and some adults who have trouble saying the English /r/ (the cartoon character Elmer Fudd is a caricature of the latter). Computing sense refers to the ability of rabbits to multiply quickly. Pronunciation: /ˈwæ.bɪt/ 1. A rabbit. Labels: childish, humorous 2. A self-replicating computer process that (unlike a virus or worm) does not infect host programs or documents and remains on the local computer rather than spreading across networks of computers. Example: For example, a hacker might write a quine virus program that generates complete copies of itself as part of its output, a worm virus program that reproduces itself across a network, or a wabbit virus program designed to perpetually duplicate itself, at least until the system crashes. In contrast to the wabbit's slow growth, a fork bomb quickly generates multiple copies itself^([sic]).
Word: acanthopteri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via taxonomic name Acanthopteri, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather”). 1. A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: beaten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat English -en English beaten From beat + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.tən/, [ˈbiː.tn̩], [ˈbiː.ʔn̩] 1. Defeated. 2. Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows. Example: a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack 3. Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement. 4. Trite; hackneyed. Labels: dated
Word: beaten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat English -en English beaten From beat + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.tən/, [ˈbiː.tn̩], [ˈbiː.ʔn̩] 1. past participle of beat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: become Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A compound of the sources of be- + come. From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem. Displaced Old English weorþan. Pronunciation: /bɪˈkʌm/, /bəˈkʌm/, /bɪˈkʊm/, /bəˈkʊm/, /biˈkʌm/ 1. begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states). Labels: copulative Example: Near-synonyms: get, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax Example: She became a doctor when she was 25. 2. To come about; happen; come into being; arise. Labels: intransitive Example: What became of him after he was let go? Example: It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve. 3. To be appropriate for. Labels: transitive Example: It doesn’t become a true gentleman to speak in such a manner. Example: Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave brood. 4. Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone). Labels: transitive Example: That dress really becomes you. 5. To arrive, come (to a place). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: & thenne the noble knyghte sire Launcelot departed with ryghte heuy chere sodenly / that none erthely creature wyste of hym / nor where he was become / but sir Bors Example: But, madam, where is Warwick then become? 6. To get, receive. Example: The "Buddy Mode" is an option you can use if you are playing against a friend on your computer. Then both human players become help by another, randomly choosed computer controlled wrestler.^([sic]) Example: Hallo, this is my favorite URL. You can surfing and become cash.^([sic])
Word: became Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈkeɪm/ 1. simple past of become Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of become Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: […]and had the outlawry been confirmed, he muſt not only have remained ſo, but all his eſtate and effects (if any there were) would have became forfeited to the crown. Example: […] In this very city, the jury box has became so corrupted that it is impossible to convict men of the gross outrages they inflicted on voters at the polls last election day.”
Word: befall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną; equivalent to be- + fall. Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɔːl/, /bɪˈfɔl/, /bɪˈfɑl/ 1. To fall upon; fall all over; overtake. Labels: transitive Example: At dusk an unusual calm befalls the wetlands. 2. To happen. Labels: intransitive Example: It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon [...] that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. 3. To happen to. Labels: transitive Example: Temptation befell me. Example: But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…] 4. To fall. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: With a thought I tooke for Maudline & a cruse of cockle pottage. with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all: I befell into this dotage.
Word: befall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną; equivalent to be- + fall. Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɔːl/, /bɪˈfɔl/, /bɪˈfɑl/ 1. Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident. Example: Or he had tolde al his befall. Example: This is proposed to be done by moving necessary amendment in this befall to the Finance Bill.
Word: befell Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɛl/ 1. simple past of befall Labels: form-of, past
Word: befallen Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɔlən/ 1. past participle of befall Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: LRRP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɝp/ 1. Initialism of long-range reconnaissance patrol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: began Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡæn/ 1. simple past of begin Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of begin Labels: colloquial, form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: He had no sooner been free from the horror and remorse attending the first few days of Louisa’s accident, no sooner begun to feel himself alive again, than he had began to feel himself, though alive, not at liberty.
Word: behold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈhəʊld/, /bɪˈhoʊld/, /biˈhoʊld/ 1. To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon. Labels: transitive Example: There's not the ſmalleſt orbe [in the sky] vvhich thou beholdſt, / But in his motion like an Angell ſings, / Still quiring to the young eide Cherubins; / Such harmony is in immortall ſoules, / But vvhilſt this muddy veſture of decay [i.e., the human body] / Doth groſſely cloſe in it, vve cannot heare it. Example: […] Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, "Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle; […] 2. To contemplate (someone or something). Labels: transitive 3. To look. Labels: intransitive Example: Lo and behold.
Word: behold Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈhəʊld/, /bɪˈhoʊld/, /biˈhoʊld/ 1. look, a call of attention to something 2. lo!
Word: beheld Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈhɛld/ 1. simple past and past participle of behold Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *bandijaną Proto-West Germanic *bandijan Old English bendan Middle English benden English bend From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). Related to bind, band, bond. Pronunciation: /bɛnd/, /bɪnd/ 1. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. Labels: transitive Example: If you bend the pipe too far, it will break. Example: Don’t bend your knees. 2. To become curved. Labels: intransitive Example: Look at the trees bending in the wind. 3. To cause to change direction. Labels: transitive Example: Bend thine ear to supplication. Example: Towards Coventry bend we our course. 4. To change direction. Labels: intransitive Example: The road bends to the right. 5. To be inclined; to direct itself. Labels: intransitive Example: to whom our vows and wishes bend 6. To stoop. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: He bent down to pick up the pieces. 7. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. Labels: intransitive Example: Each to his great Father bends. 8. To force to submit. Labels: transitive Example: They bent me to their will. Example: Of liegers for her sweet, and which she after Except she bend her humour, shall be assured To taste of too. 9. To submit. Labels: intransitive Example: I am bending to my desire to eat junk food. 10. To apply to a task or purpose. Labels: transitive Example: He bent the company's resources to gaining market share. Example: And I remember one great Miniſter that confeſt to me, when he fell into one of his uſual Fits of the Gout, He was no longer able to bend his mind or thoughts to any Publick Buſineſs, [...] 11. To apply oneself to a task or purpose. Labels: intransitive Example: He bent to the goal of gaining market share. 12. To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary. Labels: transitive Example: Palladius did not lie, although he might have bent the facts a bit and even passed over in silence whatever might not have benefited his client's cause. 13. To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast. Labels: transitive Example: Bend the sail to the yard. 14. To smoothly change the pitch of a note. Labels: transitive Example: You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure. 15. To swing the body when rowing. Labels: intransitive
Word: bend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *bandijaną Proto-West Germanic *bandijan Old English bendan Middle English benden English bend From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). Related to bind, band, bond. Pronunciation: /bɛnd/, /bɪnd/ 1. A curve. Example: There's a sharp bend in the road ahead. Example: I hear the train a comin'/It's rolling round the bend 2. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines. Example: A simpler version of the common bend with its ends in the same direction is used to join binder twine in a hay baling machine. 3. A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness. Labels: in-plural Example: A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends. 4. One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third. Example: Perhaps the most celebrated coat of arms is that of Scrope, which is Azure a bend Or. This is the coat over which, from 1385 to 1390, Sir Robert le Grosvenor and Sir Richard le Scrope invoked the High Court of Chivalry to decide which of them had the right to bear these arms. Chaucer gave evidence before the court. In the end the arms were awarded to Scrope, and Grosvenor was ordered to difference with a bordure Argent. This he disdained to do, and being highly dissatisfied with the verdict he appealed to Richard II who altered the decision of the court by refusing to allow the bend to Grosvenor at all! Grosvenor then adopted a garb, or sheaf of corn. 5. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. Labels: obsolete Example: Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend. 6. In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise. 7. Hard, indurated clay; bind. 8. The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them. Labels: in-plural 9. The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides. Labels: in-plural Example: the midship bends 10. A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
Word: bent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t. Pronunciation: /bɛnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of bend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t. Pronunciation: /bɛnt/ 1. Folded or dented out of its usual shape. 2. Corrupt, dishonest. Labels: UK, colloquial 3. Homosexual. Labels: UK, colloquial, derogatory Example: Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […]” 4. Determined or insistent; inclined, set. Labels: with-on Example: He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why. Example: They were bent on mischief. 5. Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet. Example: Near-synonym: butthurt Example: She was bent about "certain kinds of people" having civil rights; she wanted to roll those back. 6. leading a life of crime. 7. Inaccurately aimed. Labels: slang Example: That shot was so bent it left the pitch. 8. Suffering from the bends. Labels: US, colloquial 9. High from both marijuana and alcohol. Labels: slang Example: Man, I am so bent right now!
Word: bent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t. Pronunciation: /bɛnt/ 1. An inclination or talent. Example: He had a natural bent for painting. Example: the top of one's bent 2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way. Example: His mind was of a technical bent. 3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity. Example: the bent of a bow Example: the force they have in the discharge , according to several bents 4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. Example: Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, / The temple stood of Mars armipotent 5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. Example: bents and turns of the matter 6. A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing. 7. A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing. 8. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. Example: the full bent and stress of the soul
Word: bent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /bɛnt/ 1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. Example: Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...]. 2. Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A grassy area, grassland. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase Bowmen bickered upon the bent. 4. Old dried stalks of grasses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛt/ 1. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event). Example: Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet. 2. A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports). Labels: Philippines, figuratively, informal 3. Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon. Example: It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow. Example: There's a decent bet that we'll be able to reach the top of that hill in an hour.
Word: bet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛt/ 1. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager. Labels: ditransitive, transitive Example: I('ll) bet I can run faster than you. Example: I bet you dinner at the Ritz that you can't run faster than me. 2. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something. Labels: transitive Example: Fancy going for a drink after work? / You bet I do! 3. To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
Word: bet Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛt/ 1. Expression of general agreement or acceptance. Example: Let me bust a freestyle then (Alright, bet) Example: He asked if KRS could come by and meet up with a few of us there on Monday night, as he wanted to show him the church and have me build with him. Aight, bet. 2. Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal. Example: What you may not have stopped to consider is that Big Clit Energy (here referred to as B.C.E.) has been around since... BCE! Eve? She looked sin in the eye and said, “Bet.” Example: “(Drummer Brenden Accettura) texted me that and was like, ‘Should we name our band The Hot Mess Express?’ and I said, ‘Bet.’ So now that’s our name,” Abbie said, getting words out between laughs. 3. Exclamation of joy at good fortune. Example: I started making jokes about him feeling like tough sh*t after that presentation haha. Everyone at school geeked his head up [inflated his ego]. He probably got two fruit cups from the lunch lady that day and said, “Bet! I’m gonna keep doing this!”
Word: bet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew בית (bēt). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛt/ 1. Alternative form of beth (“Semitic letter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bet Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Abbreviation. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛt/ 1. between Example: insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
Word: betted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɛtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bet Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: bid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below). Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be. Pronunciation: /bɪd/ 1. To issue a command; to tell. Labels: transitive Example: He bade me come in. Example: Shylock: [...] Why Jessica, I say! Launcelot: Why, Jessica! Shylock: Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call. Launcelot: Your worship was wont to tell me that I could do nothing without bidding. 2. To invite; to summon. Labels: transitive Example: She was bidden to the wedding. Example: Jessica: Call you? What is your will? Shylock: I am bid forth to supper, Jessica: / [...] But wherefore should I go? / I am not bid for love; they flatter me; 3. To utter a greeting or salutation. Labels: transitive Example: Portia: If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach; […] Example: The last train—a three-coach A.E.C. unit—from Belfast to Crumlin and back, was bade farewell with fog signals as it carried a capacity crowd of last-trip travellers. 4. To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray. Labels: obsolete Example: All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes.
Word: bid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German bieden, beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede. Pronunciation: /bɪd/ 1. To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price. Labels: intransitive Example: Have you ever bid in an auction? 2. To offer as a price; to tender. Labels: transitive Example: She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet. 3. To make an attempt. Labels: intransitive Example: He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again. 4. To announce (one's goal), before starting play. Labels: ambitransitive 5. To take a particular route regularly. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I can’t believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!
Word: bid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German bieden, beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede. Pronunciation: /bɪd/ 1. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work. Example: His bid was $35,000. Example: The company tendered a bid for a lucrative transport contract. 2. A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass. Example: Nice bid! 3. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal). Example: Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success. Example: She put in her bid for the presidency. 4. A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile. Example: I can’t stand this new bid I’m on, even if the mileage is better. 5. A prison sentence. Labels: slang Example: So we ‘lawyered up’. That’s how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid.
Word: bind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-West Germanic *bindan Old English bindan Middle English binden English bind From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). See also West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, binden, German binden, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk binde, Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish binda; also Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian بستن (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit बन्धति (bándhati). Doublet of bandana. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, /ˈbaɪ̯n/ 1. That which binds or ties. Labels: countable 2. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. Labels: countable 3. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A ligature or tie for grouping notes. Labels: countable 5. A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break. Labels: countable Example: the Maróczy Bind 6. The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/, /ˈbæʊ̯nd/, /ˈbaːnd/, /ˈbʊnd/, /ˈbuːnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bind Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I bound the splint to my leg. Example: I had bound the splint with duct tape.
Word: bound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/, /ˈbæʊ̯nd/, /ˈbaːnd/, /ˈbʊnd/, /ˈbuːnd/ 1. Obliged (to). Labels: not-comparable, with-infinitive Example: You are not legally bound to reply. Example: Well, it isn't for me to say. I'm an employee of the firm and bound to stand by it. 2. That cannot stand alone as a free word. Labels: not-comparable 3. Constrained by a quantifier. Labels: not-comparable 4. Constipated; costive. Labels: dated, not-comparable 5. Confined or restricted to a certain place. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: railbound 6. Unable to move in certain conditions. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: snowbound
Word: bound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bownde, alternation (with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1 above) of Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/, /ˈbæʊ̯nd/, /ˈbaːnd/, /ˈbʊnd/, /ˈbuːnd/ 1. Ready, prepared. Labels: obsolete Example: This certain,—that a band of war / Has for two days been ready boune, / At prompt command to march from Doune […]. 2. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). Example: Which way are you bound? —I'm already homeward bound. Example: Is that message bound for me? 3. Very likely (to), certain to Labels: with-infinitive Example: They were bound to come into conflict eventually. Example: When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
Word: bound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina (“a bound, limit”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/, /ˈbæʊ̯nd/, /ˈbaːnd/, /ˈbʊnd/, /ˈbuːnd/ 1. A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. Labels: often Example: I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on. Example: Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure. 2. A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
Word: bound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bounden, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/, /ˈbæʊ̯nd/, /ˈbaːnd/, /ˈbʊnd/, /ˈbuːnd/ 1. To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of. Labels: transitive Example: grounds bounded on three sides by a river. Example: France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain. 2. To be the bound of. Labels: transitive
Word: bound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombitāre (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/, /ˈbæʊ̯nd/, /ˈbaːnd/, /ˈbʊnd/, /ˈbuːnd/ 1. A sizeable jump, great leap. Example: The deer crossed the stream in a single bound. 2. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing. 3. A bounce; a rebound. Labels: dated Example: Balzo, a bound of a ball
Word: bound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombitāre (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ̯nd/, /ˈbæʊ̯nd/, /ˈbaːnd/, /ˈbʊnd/, /ˈbuːnd/ 1. To leap, move by jumping. Labels: intransitive Example: The rabbit bounded down the lane. Example: But when I turn away, / Thou, willing me to stay, / Wooest not, nor vainly wranglest; / But, looking fixedly the while, / All my bounding heart entanglest, / In a golden-netted smile; […] 2. To cause to leap. Labels: transitive Example: to bound a horse Example: […] Or if I might buffet for my Loue, or bound my Horſe for her fauours, I could lay on like a Butcher, and fit like a Iack an Apes, neuer off. 3. To rebound; to bounce. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: A rubber ball bounds on the floor. 4. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to bound a ball on the floor
Word: bitten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically bit + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt.ən/, [ˈbɪt.n̩], [ˈbɪʔ.n̩] 1. past participle of bite Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: My dog has never bitten anyone before.
Word: bitten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically bit + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt.ən/, [ˈbɪt.n̩], [ˈbɪʔ.n̩] 1. That has received a bite. Labels: not-comparable Example: the postman's bitten leg 2. Abruptly cut off, as roots or leaves may be. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bleed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”). Pronunciation: /ˈbliːd/, [ˈblɪi̯d] 1. To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. Labels: intransitive Example: If her nose bleeds, try to use ice. 2. To menstruate. Labels: intransitive Example: You haven't bled. It's been over a month since your arrival, and you haven't bled. 3. To let or draw blood from. Labels: transitive Example: "What did they die of?" I asked. "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." "He bled and purged babies?" "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they ... they died anyway." 4. To take large amounts of money from. Labels: transitive 5. To steadily lose (something vital). Labels: transitive Example: The company was bleeding talent. 6. To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper. Labels: intransitive Example: Ink traps counteract bleeding. Example: The ink bled only a little; if one raised the index card to one’s eye, it was possible to see the microscopic wisps and flicks seep out from the intended lines and curves out into the paper’s grain. 7. To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids. Labels: transitive 8. To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose. Labels: transitive Example: At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging. Example: High-pressure air bled from the APU is used to spin up the engines and run the APU generator and hydraulic pump, and can also be used to pressurise the cabin if necessary. 9. To bleed on; to make bloody. Labels: obsolete, transitive 10. To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood. Labels: copulative, figuratively, intransitive Example: He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple. 11. To lose sap, gum, or juice. Example: A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded. 12. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision. Example: For me the balm shall bleed. 13. To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied. Labels: transitive Example: Labialization bleeds palatalization. 14. To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Full-page and double-page colour advertisements in the Sunday colour magazines usually bleed off the page' (or are 'bled to the margin'), […] Example: Too, bleeding beyond margins provides editors with several picas of space for more layout. 15. To lose money. Labels: intransitive Example: Most of the sectors are bleeding, particularly the resources sector.
Word: bleed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”). Pronunciation: /ˈbliːd/, [ˈblɪi̯d] 1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable Example: When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, the bleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat. 3. A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game. Labels: uncountable
Word: bled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See bleed. Pronunciation: /ˈblɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bleed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bled Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād). Pronunciation: /ˈblɛd/ 1. Hinterland, field.
Word: blow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)). Pronunciation: /bləʊ/, /blaː/, /bloʊ/ 1. A strong wind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We’re having a bit of a blow this afternoon. Example: Now they were faced with the problem of a northerly blow, which could soon send a heavy swell clean into the bay. 2. A chance to catch one's breath. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout. 3. Powder cocaine. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: Hi there, you're a pretty cute chick, want to snort some blow? Example: Hey man, you wanna cop some blow? / Sure, what you got, dust, flakes or rocks? 4. Cannabis. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable 5. Heroin. Labels: slang, uncountable 6. A blowjob; fellatio. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable, vulgar Example: His girlfriend gave him a blow. 7. An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sounding of the alarm was the signal to begin the emergency blow maneuver. At this time, witnesses reported, the guest at the high-pressure air controls operated the levers under close supervision of Navy personnel, and the submarine started to rise at a sharp angle.
Word: blow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)). Pronunciation: /bləʊ/, /blaː/, /bloʊ/ 1. Used to express displeasure or frustration. Example: Blow the expense! Example: [H]e suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said 'Bother!' and 'Oh blow!' and also 'Hang spring-cleaning!' and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat.
Word: blow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English blāw (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue, grey, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with Latin flavus (“yellow”). Doublet of blue. Pronunciation: /bləʊ/, /blaː/, /bloʊ/ 1. Blue.