nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: landlady Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + lady. Pronunciation: /ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/ 1. A female landlord. Example: In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat. Example: Yet Clacton, like every other station at a big seaside resort, is bedevilled by the traditional insistence of boarding-house landladies that their clients must arrive on Saturday before lunch and leave on Saturday after breakfast.
Word: slighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: His habit of slighting the company chairman was considered to be inappropriate behaviour. 2. The full or partial demolition of a fortification. Example: The argument that is presented here, of course, is that unlike intact feudal castles, slighted castles are the victims of power, not the wielders of it, and that vital clues about this power transfer are still contained in the archaeological record.
Word: slighting Part of Speech: adj 1. In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative
Word: slighting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of giving a slight or snub. Example: […] the rest, who had looked upon him with such disdainful neglect […] now flocked about him, striving who should express most respect, and, by an extraordinary officiousness, redeem their late slightings. 2. An act of ignoring or neglecting someone or something; more broadly neglect. Labels: regional Example: The slighting of children 3. The action of rejecting someone or something; rejection. Labels: regional Example: The slighting of a handshake by Samuel ticked off Judi to no end.
Word: checkbook journalism Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of journalists of paying a person or organization for the receipt of a news story. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: alphabet soup Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: alfabeto Example: Parents have been entertaining their children at mealtime with alphabet soup since the nineteenth century. 2. A cryptic overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The various engineering teams' correspondence on circuit board design was an alphabet soup to outsiders. Example: And particularly in headlines and written materials, gay was used over LGBT. One ambivalent heterosexual ally explained this decision-making: I think there were several people who were sensitive to issues like that about do we use the word lesbian? Do we use the word transgender? And it's not that we didn't use those words, but in general, if you're doing a brochure and you have a headline, you don't include the whole alphabet soup. 3. A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms. Labels: countable, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable Example: too many three-letter agencies, constituting an alphabet soup 4. A physical state in which there is a miscellany of different particles, often designated by letters. Labels: countable, figuratively, particle, uncountable Example: This part of the neutron star has been described as ‘a rich Greek alphabet soup’. Example: The early big bang is an alphabet soup of quarks, W bosons, gluons, and other exotic particles and flavors. In the usual scenario, there is no place for the pion. It dissociates in the alphabet soup of the early universe. 5. The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance to the main event. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: noodles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnuːd(ə)lz/ 1. plural of noodle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noodles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnuːd(ə)lz/ 1. Euphemistic form of nudes (“nude photographs”). Labels: Internet, euphemistic, form-of, plural, plural-only Example: send noodles 2. Redstone circuitry. Labels: humorous, plural, plural-only
Word: noodles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnuːd(ə)lz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of noodle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disciplined Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsɪplɪnd/ 1. Possessing mental discipline. 2. Under control. 3. Relating to a specified kind or number of disciplines. Labels: in-compounds Example: The authors believe the saleman^([sic]) of the 1970s will be a man practicing "consultative selling," a three-disciplined role, in which he acts as a business planner, profit improver, and negotiator for his customers.
Word: disciplined Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsɪplɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of discipline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: acronyms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kɹə.nɪmz/ 1. plural of acronym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acronyms Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kɹə.nɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acronym Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: SSI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Server Side Include. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Supplemental Security Income. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Small Scale Integration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of shoulder sleeve insignia. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of standard settlement instruction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of surgical site infection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: For example, Goal 7 “Reduce the risk of health care associated infections” stipulates, among other things, that hospitals have specific strategies in place to prevent surgical site infection (SSI), that they provide regular feedback about SSI rates to caregivers, with follow-up for 30 days, that they discontinue the use of shaving as a method of preop hair removal, etc.
Word: SSI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Scuba Schools International. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: chequebook journalism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of checkbook journalism. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: inquisitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inquīsītor. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwɪzɪtəː/, [ɪnˈkwɪzɪtʰəː], /ɪŋˈkwɪzɪtəː/, [ɪŋˈkwɪzɪtʰəː], /ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɚ/ 1. A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly. Example: During the meeting, Jake turned into an inquisitor, firing questions at the presenter non-stop. 2. An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition. Labels: historical
Word: ask for Part of Speech: verb 1. To request; to order. Example: I asked for a glass of water. Example: Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness. 2. To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite. Example: If you keep on speeding, you are asking for trouble.
Word: Xerxes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /⁠Xšayāršā⁠/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Ahasuerus. Pronunciation: /ˈzɜːk.siːz/, /ˈzɝksiːz/ 1. Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC. Labels: historical 2. Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated. Labels: historical 3. A male given name from Old Persian mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.
Word: laid down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lay down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wainscoting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/ 1. Alternative spelling of wainscotting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: The floor, the wainscoting, were of mahogany—the walls were hung with the finest tapestry—and there were occasional spaces in which large mirrors had been set: but the mahogany was rough and discoloured, the tapestry rent and faded, and the mirrors either wholly gone, and their places filled by matting, or by fragments smashed and shivered in every direction. Example: MICHAELA: Yes - I talked the poor thing's ear off about the history of the estate. You know how I can get going about antique wood panelling. / SIMONE: Oh cool. Did Michaela show you the original piece of wainscoting in the foyer?
Word: wainscoting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/ 1. Alternative spelling of wainscotting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: worst-case Part of Speech: adj 1. In the least favorable of all possible circumstances. Labels: not-comparable Example: In a worst-case scenario, according to the ILO, 51 million jobs could be lost in 2009. Example: In the summer, the RSSB calculated that passengers stood a 1-in-11,000 chance of catching COVID-19 on a train - a statistic it felt was actually a worst-case figure, with the risk probably even lower.
Word: wreathes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wreathe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bending Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bending Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ 1. A motion or action that bends. Example: a bending of the knees 2. An instance of something being adapted or distorted. Example: bendings of the rules
Word: bending Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ 1. Capable of being bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Word: sinking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sink Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English sinking From sink + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ 1. gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk. Labels: form-of, gerund Example: I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore. Example: We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district[…]
Word: sinking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sink Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English sinking From sink + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wheels Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wiːlz/ 1. plural of wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheels Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wiːlz/ 1. An automobile or other vehicle; a set of wheels. Labels: metonymically, plural, plural-only Example: Like my new wheels? Example: rolling 18 wheels 2. Well-developed thigh muscles. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: Martin: Just for legs, Tom Platz in his heyday has never been approached. OB205: I totally agree with this, even to this day no one can beat those WHEELS! Example: But Mary J. goes all-out during big leg day, and look at her wheels—toned but very feminine.
Word: wheels Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wiːlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wheel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: threatening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛt.nɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of threaten Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: threatening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛt.nɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩.ɪŋ/ 1. Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm. Example: Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior. Example: Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour. 2. Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.
Word: threatening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English thretenyng, thretnynge, þretnynge, equivalent to threaten + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛt.nɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛt.n̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩.ɪŋ/ 1. An act of threatening; a threat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde. Example: In Mr. J. C. Hotten’s Life, and in Mr. A. W. Ward’s admirable monograph in the “English Men of Letters” Series, a paper of mine called “Pincher Astray” is attributed to Dickens.
Word: decennium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin decennium, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns), from deciēs (“ten times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to decennial + -ium. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛnɪəm/ 1. Synonym of decade: a ten year period. Labels: rare Example: G.B. still has to cope with the heritage of approx. 20 years of consecutive Conservative reigns, just as you guys are getting your act together after almost a decennium of Enlightened Ronnie. Example: Christian leaders refused even to *look* through Galileo's telescope (as a matter of fact, the Vatican cleared Galileo's name only as late as in the previous decennium).
Word: unvaried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English varied English unvaried From un- + varied. 1. not varied; monotonous or homogeneous; samely
Word: dazzling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: dazzle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdæz.l̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈdæz.lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dazzle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dazzling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: dazzle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdæz.l̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈdæz.lɪŋ/ 1. Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily; bright to the degree that dazzles. Example: [H]is ſupercilious glances grevv humbled, yea, his dazeling ſplendor (eclipſt in the ſetting [i.e., death] of his Maſter) becomes quickly darkned: […] Example: There is something in intense suffering that seeks concealment, something that is fain to belie itself. In Cooper's novel of the "Bravo," Jacques conceals himself and his boat, by lying where the moonlight fell dazzling on the water. We do the same with any great despair, we shroud it in a glittering atmosphere of smiles and jests; but the smiles are sneers, and the jests are sarcasms. 2. Very brilliant or splendid in display; that dazzles the mind of the observer. Example: Oakland native [Andre] Ward is now unbeaten in 25 fights and can now claim to be one of the top few pound-for-pound fighters on the planet after a technically dazzling display.
Word: dazzling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: dazzle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdæz.l̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈdæz.lɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to dazzle; dazzlement Example: Our organization secures the greatest amount of good unbalanced by accomplished evil of any known system, a good which resembles the sober hue of massive gold, rather than the splendid dazzlings of a baser metal.
Word: worshipped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɝʃɪpt/, /ˈwɜːʃɪpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of worship Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: rubbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rubbinge, rubbynge, equivalent to rub + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbɪŋ/ 1. An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent. Example: He was delighted to come across a little-worn crest of the old Great Eastern Railway, never dreaming that such a relic would still be in use, and was taking a pencil-rubbing to add to his collection.
Word: rubbing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rub + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: confronted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈfɹʌntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of confront Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stained Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /steɪnd/ 1. having a stain 2. coloured by adding a pigment
Word: stained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /steɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of stain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exertions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əɡˈzɝʃən/ 1. plural of exertion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: energies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɚd͡ʒiz/, /ˈɛnəd͡ʒiz/ 1. plural of energy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arctic Circle Part of Speech: name 1. The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice. Example: 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonlie called, the Morals written by the Learned Philosopher Plutarch of Chæronea, London, The Opinions of the Philosophers, Book 3, Chapter 14, p. 825, PYTHAGORAS saith, that the earth is divided into five Zones proportionably to the sphaere of the universall heaven; to wit, the Artick circle, the Tropick of Summer, the Tropick of Winter, the Aequinoctiall and the Antartick. Example: Then he tells us that the Bear, or Stars of the Arctick Circle, never disappear; as an Observation which agrees with no other.
Word: rapier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French rapiere, raspiere, from Spanish raspadera (“poker; raker; scraper”), from Spanish raspar (“to scrape”), of Germanic origin. More at rasp. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪpˌɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling Example: […] In his lawless fit, Behind the arras hearing something stir, Whips out his rapier, cries ‘A rat, a rat!’ And in this brainish apprehension kills The unseen good old man. Example: The man beside him with the earrings and the big black case proceeded to unlock it. He took out of it two long Italian rapiers, with splendid steel hilts and blades, which he planted point downwards in the lawn.
Word: rapier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French rapiere, raspiere, from Spanish raspadera (“poker; raker; scraper”), from Spanish raspar (“to scrape”), of Germanic origin. More at rasp. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪpˌɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Extremely sharp. Labels: not-comparable 2. Cutting; employing keen wit. Labels: not-comparable Example: John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.
Word: rapier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rapey: more rapey Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ingrained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ingrain + -ed. 1. Being an element; present in the essence of a thing Example: But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low. 2. Fixed, established
Word: ingrained Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ingrain + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of ingrain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: androgenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English androgen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English androgenous From androgen + -ous. Pronunciation: /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒ.ən.əs/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic Example: The Leydig cells play a primary role in synthesis of androgenous hormones in gonochoristic fish. 2. Misspelling of androgynous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: anastrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”). Pronunciation: /əˈnæstɹəfi/ 1. Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Anastrophe often, by a pleasing change, Gracefuly puts last the words that first should range. Example: […] thus the foreign-born baby was denounced and welcomed, the circumstances lamented and the mother congratulated, in a breath, all under cover of the happiest misunderstanding, as effective as the cabalism of Prospero's wand among the Neapolitan mariners, by the skilful Irish development on a grand scale of the rhetorical figure anastrophe, or a turning about and about.
Word: secretes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of secrete Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: […] As a balbal, he preys particularly on sick people because their spirits are most vulnerable at that time. He secretes himself under the house, directly beneath the patient. He particularly likes to feed on human liver, which he attacks invisibly; or, also unseen, he sucks the blood of the patient. […]
Word: decubitus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈkjuː.bɪt.əs/ 1. The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining. Example: The initial recesses of the pleural cavity filled with blood effusion are declivitous; they can vary according to the decubitus, whereas, with the progressive filling of the pleural cavity, blood is invariably collected in the lateral pleural spaces over the apex of the lung (apical cap): they are very large pleural effusions, in the order of about 800-1200 cc. 2. Ellipsis of decubitus ulcer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: aids Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪdz/ 1. plural of aid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aids Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /eɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brainstorm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain English storm English brainstorm From brain + storm. In the sense of "problem-solve", devised as a method of group creative problem-solving by advertising executive Alex F. Osborn and his employees, who coined the term based on the image of using "the brain to storm a problem". First use appears c. 1945. In the sense of "seizure, convulsion, brain activity", from the unrelated idea that it resembles a storm in the brain. First use appears c. 1861. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnstɔːm/, /ˈbɹeɪnstɔɹm/ 1. To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming. Labels: intransitive Example: Meanwihle at Winterfell, another overdone scheme designed mainly to surprise the audience. In the black of her chambers, Sansa brainstorms with Littlefinger what Arya could want. “After she murders you, what does she become?” he asks. To which Sansa does everything but gasp and spit-take, widening her eyes and saying like she’s just realizing it for the first time, “Lady of Winterfell.” Example: On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. 2. To participate in a brainstorming session. Labels: intransitive 3. To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively. Labels: transitive Example: I need you to brainstorm some suggestions for next week's activity schedule.
Word: brainstorm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain English storm English brainstorm From brain + storm. In the sense of "problem-solve", devised as a method of group creative problem-solving by advertising executive Alex F. Osborn and his employees, who coined the term based on the image of using "the brain to storm a problem". First use appears c. 1945. In the sense of "seizure, convulsion, brain activity", from the unrelated idea that it resembles a storm in the brain. First use appears c. 1861. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnstɔːm/, /ˈbɹeɪnstɔɹm/ 1. A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem. Labels: US Example: I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy. 2. A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions. 3. An unexpected mental error. Labels: UK Example: 2005 October 5, "Iguchi hit ruins Red Sox's night", BBC Online, 5 October A terrible fielding error from Tony Graffanino proved costly. … Aaron Rowand collected an RBI double to get them off the mark before Graffanino's brainstorm. Juan Uribe hit a roller to the second baseman, who let the potential inning-ending double-play ball roll under his glove, leaving runners at first and third bases. 4. Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: electrical brainstorm
Word: tiresome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tire + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɚsəm/, /ˈtaɪəsəm/ 1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome. Example: Eventually his long stories became tiresome. Example: "My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."
Word: Capulet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Surname of the heroine Juliet's family in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from the Italian Capuleti. 1. A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague. Labels: figuratively Example: It goes without saying that she knew nothing whatever of the bad relations subsisting between her father and her sweetheart. She did not know her Romeo was a Montague still less that to him she was a Capulet. Example: Still, despite Marshall's impression of a kind of Montague-Capulet feud, George Catlett did succeed in marrying Laura Emily, the daughter of Dr. Jonathan Bradford, and his sister, Margaret, married Laura's brother, Thomas.
Word: Montague Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ 1. A surname from Old French, variant of Montagu. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. By analogy with the Shakespearean play, a member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the husband in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or of a group that is feuding with another, similar group identified as Capulet. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: It goes without saying that she knew nothing whatever of the bad relations subsisting between her father and her sweetheart. She did not know her Romeo was a Montague still less that to him she was a Capulet. Example: For seven years she and her father, and her father-in-law, remained estranged, till old Santa-Pia Capulet lay on his death bed, still adamant in his political convictions, recalcitrant against the orders of the state (on emancipation), and unrelenting toward his daughter, the dead Romeo, and old Montague; and so he died, with only a vague gesture of forgiveness toward Fidelia, though Campos (Prince Escalus) had been trying all the while to bring about a reconciliation. 4. A city in Siskiyou County, California. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A city in Michigan. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A town in New York. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A township in Ontario. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A community in Prince Edward Island. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. An unincorporated census-designated place, the county seat of Montague County, Texas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after German neurologists Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931). 1. A rare, progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. It is a prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (e.g. corneal transplants, blood transfusions). Labels: uncountable
Word: CJD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: catfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”). Pronunciation: /ˈkætfɪʃ/, [ˈkʰæt̚fɪʃ] 1. Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “You don’t see catfish that big anymore, except in Chernobyl […] Nobody fishes there anymore, so the catfish thrive. They’ve gotten really enormous, some even twelve or thirteen feet long. They’re bottom-feeders, and apparently the mud still contains a lot of radioactive particles, but the catfish don’t seem to mind.” 2. The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: catfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”). Pronunciation: /ˈkætfɪʃ/, [ˈkʰæt̚fɪʃ] 1. To fish for catfish. Labels: intransitive Example: I only use this rod for catfishing.
Word: catfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the 2010 documentary Catfish, supposedly inspired by the practice of fishermen keeping cod active by storing them with catfish (see sense 1) which nip at their tails. Pronunciation: /ˈkætfɪʃ/, [ˈkʰæt̚fɪʃ] 1. Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people. Labels: Internet Example: Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said. Example: Many online dating users create profiles on these online dating platforms looking for potential partners. However, they might end up meeting with users who have bad intentions, potential catfish. These catfish have begun pushing away potential, innocent users and possibly hindering the success of these online dating platforms. 2. Such a false profile. Labels: Internet
Word: catfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the 2010 documentary Catfish, supposedly inspired by the practice of fishermen keeping cod active by storing them with catfish (see sense 1) which nip at their tails. Pronunciation: /ˈkætfɪʃ/, [ˈkʰæt̚fɪʃ] 1. To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone). Labels: Internet, slang, transitive Example: Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members. Example: [to Abed] You made a profile for a fake dude and lured her into an online relationship. [to Annie] He's catfishing you.
Word: wyrd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English wyrd. Doublet of weird. Pronunciation: /wɪəd/, /wɝd/, /wiɚd/ 1. Fate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wyrd is too vast, too complex for us to comprehend, for we are ourselves part of wyrd and cannot stand back to observe it as if it were a separate force. Example: I had journeyed back to England as part of my research on this book to meet with two Englishmen who were practicing Anglo-Saxon shamans who had been researching and practicing the sounds and ways of wyrd.
Word: plaice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English playce, plays, from Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”). See platy-, plat and flat. Pronunciation: /pleɪs/ 1. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: Example: Plaice, and flat fish of all kinds, are taken from the jetties at Yarmouth; and, by taking a boat, good sport may be had chopsticking for marckerel, whiting, and haddock, large quantities of these fish being caught here by this popular method. 2. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: 3. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: 4. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: 5. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
Word: brainstorming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain English storm English brainstorm Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English brainstorming From brainstorm + -ing. 1. A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brainstorming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain English storm English brainstorm Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English brainstorming From brainstorm + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of brainstorm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: smokable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English smokable From smoke + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈsmoʊkəbl̩/ 1. Capable of or fit for being smoked (as tobacco, etc.).
Word: smokable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English smokable From smoke + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈsmoʊkəbl̩/ 1. Something that can be smoked. Example: On it stood a silver tray of smokables and a burnished spirit-stand, from which and an adjacent siphon my silent host proceeded to charge two high glasses.
Word: vegemite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Vegemite. Labels: alt-of Example: More informally: vegemite and marmite share some property.
Word: LDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Latter-day Saint. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: And that history of persecution is newly relevant after the mass shooting and arson targeting an LDS church in Michigan last Sunday.
Word: LDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of local dive shop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Loeys-Dietz syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Latter-day Saint Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or other Latter-day Saint churches. Example: The early Latter-day Saints used to practice polygamy.
Word: lays Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /leɪz/ 1. plural of lay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lays Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /leɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: formulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English formula Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English formulate From formula + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjʊleɪt/ 1. To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression. Labels: transitive Example: He failed to formulate his ideas more clearly. Example: The Assembly then formulated its demands, which were thirty in number, including the removal of all Huguenot temples built near churches
Word: condo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of condominium. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑndoʊ/, /ˈkɒndəʊ/ 1. Clipping of condominium. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: max out Part of Speech: verb 1. To reach the limit of one's capabilities. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: In the bench press, he has maxed out at 110 kg. 2. To reach the limit of one's capabilities. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: This machine maxes out at a 110 kW output. Example: Nadja had not thought of the word elegant since her mother made her model for no real occasion one sequined monstrosity after another at Denise's Bridal Affair, pretending her daughter was a pageanteer and hadn't maxed out at a B-cup. 3. To reach the limit of one's capabilities. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive Example: to max out one's credit card(s) Example: I've spent all afternoon shopping and maxed out my credit card. 4. To reach the limit of one's capabilities. Labels: US, informal, intransitive, slang 5. To relax. Labels: US, slang
Word: handholding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + holding. 1. The holding of hands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “I want to fuck gender. What does that mean? It means taking gender, a beautiful, wonderful thing and rockin it just right. Most cisfolk, they're stuck holding hands. And that's not to say no cisfolk fuck gender, or that hand holding isn't its own amazing thing. […]” 2. Strong personal support or reassurance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: handholding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hand + holding. 1. Holding hands. Labels: not-comparable 2. Deeply and ostentatiously in love. Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: fluff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier floow (“woolly substance, down, nap, lint”), also spelt flough, flue, and flew, from West Flemish vluwe, of uncertain ultimate origin: * Compare Old English flōh (“that which is flown off, fragment, piece”); see flaw * Possibly representing a blend of flue + puff; compare Middle Dutch vloe, or perhaps onomatopoeic; compare dialectal English floose, flooze, fleeze (“particles of wool or cotton; fluff; loose threads or fibres”), Danish fnug (“down, fluff”), Swedish fnugg (“speck, flake”). * Alternatively, West Flemish vluwe may derive from French velu (“hairy, furry”), from Latin villūtus (“having shaggy hair”), from villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). For words of similar sound and meaning in other languages, compare Japanese フワフワ (fuwafuwa, “lightly, softly”), Hungarian puha (“soft, fluffy”), Polish puchaty (“soft, fluffy”), Romanian puf (“down, peachfuzz, soft hair of some animals, powderpuff”). Pronunciation: /flʌf/, /flɐf/, /flʊf/ 1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [W]hen I walk in my fields I can see, down Berwick way, the little fluffs of white smoke which tell me of this strange new hundred-legged beast, with coals for food and a thousand men in its belly, for ever crawling over the border. 2. Anything inconsequential or superficial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive. 3. A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 4. A cloth diaper. Labels: countable, informal, slang, uncountable 5. Marshmallow creme. Labels: New-England, countable, uncountable Example: That New England-style salami and fluff sandwich sure hit the spot! 6. A passive partner in a lesbian relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A fart. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, countable, euphemistic, uncountable 8. Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: And when something triggers, I can close the window and go read fluff for hours until I calm down. Example: Fans prefer fluff to other types of fic. But angst (dramatic stories where characters have a wide range of emotions, including...angsty ones) comes in close second. 9. A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 10. Short change deliberately given by a railway clerk, to keep back money for himself. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: "What?" cried the counter-man, indignantly. "Been a railwayman all these years, and don't know what fluff is? Why, 'pon me word, you deserve to get the sack!"
Word: fluff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier floow (“woolly substance, down, nap, lint”), also spelt flough, flue, and flew, from West Flemish vluwe, of uncertain ultimate origin: * Compare Old English flōh (“that which is flown off, fragment, piece”); see flaw * Possibly representing a blend of flue + puff; compare Middle Dutch vloe, or perhaps onomatopoeic; compare dialectal English floose, flooze, fleeze (“particles of wool or cotton; fluff; loose threads or fibres”), Danish fnug (“down, fluff”), Swedish fnugg (“speck, flake”). * Alternatively, West Flemish vluwe may derive from French velu (“hairy, furry”), from Latin villūtus (“having shaggy hair”), from villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). For words of similar sound and meaning in other languages, compare Japanese フワフワ (fuwafuwa, “lightly, softly”), Hungarian puha (“soft, fluffy”), Polish puchaty (“soft, fluffy”), Romanian puf (“down, peachfuzz, soft hair of some animals, powderpuff”). Pronunciation: /flʌf/, /flɐf/, /flʊf/ 1. To make something fluffy. Labels: transitive Example: The cat fluffed its tail. 2. To become fluffy, puff up. Labels: intransitive 3. To move lightly like fluff. Labels: intransitive Example: She gave the music-stool a twirl or two and fluffed down on to it like a whirl of soap-suds in a hand-basin. 4. To make a mistake in one's lines. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive 5. To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Either side of Rooney's fluffed chance, it was a tale of Ukrainian domination as they attacked England down both flanks and showed the greater fluidity of the teams. 6. To break wind, to fart. Labels: Australia, euphemistic, intransitive 7. To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming. Labels: slang, transitive Example: To get Lance Bronson hard, Chi Chi, in desperation, called Sharon Kane to come and fluff him on the set. People were always asking me how they could get a job as a fluffer. 8. To bring to a state of excitement. Labels: broadly, slang, transitive Example: The warmup guy — as I now know is common for live audiences in taped television performances — kept fluffing the crowd like they were preschoolers. “Now what are you going to do when we introduce the first comedian?” Wild cheers. “C'mon, that's not good enough! Let's try it again! What are you going to do???” 9. To deliberately shortchange (a railway customer) and keep the money for oneself. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: A genial counter-man told Mr. Manners that, if he played artful, he might even now obtain the position of outside porter; you got no pay there, but you could gain a moderate competency by fluffing.
Word: blenny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin blennius, blendius, from Ancient Greek βλέννα (blénna, “mucus, slime”) (whence Modern Greek βλέννα (vlénna)), because of its slimy coating. From Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft”). Pronunciation: /ˈblɛni/ 1. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families. 2. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families. 3. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families. 4. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families. 5. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families. 6. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families. 7. A number of fish of similar appearance not closely related. 8. A number of fish of similar appearance not closely related. 9. A number of fish of similar appearance not closely related. 10. A number of fish of similar appearance not closely related.
Word: pilchard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier pilcher, adapted to the suffix -ard. Further etymology unknown. Compare Dutch pelser. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪl.tʃəd/, /ˈpɪl.t͡ʃɚd/ 1. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Example: 1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays He longs occasionally for human diet, His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.
Word: sprat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout. Pronunciation: /spɹæt/ 1. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae. 2. Any of various similar fish of other genera. 3. Anything petty or insignificant. Labels: broadly 4. A sixpence. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.