nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wet oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing. Example: “Looks like she wetted herself, poor child,” the woman said, dabbing at my clothes with a wet towel, […]
Word: piss oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To wet oneself. Labels: literally, mildly, slang, vulgar 2. To be very scared (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bladder). Labels: figuratively, mildly, slang, vulgar 3. To laugh uncontrollably (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bladder). Labels: figuratively, mildly, slang, vulgar
Word: exy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from expensive + -y. 1. Expensive. Labels: Australia, colloquial, slang Example: I am renting my machine, it might be more exy but it gives me time to sus out (with the help of newsgroups like this one), just exactly which machine or brands to focus on + DTS is on the way and despite what some people say, an A-Turn type system would be nice. Example: The BRL Hardy people have two ranges of wines bearing the Tintara name, the more exxy one with the name Tintara etched into the glass, and this cheaper line, Tintara Cellars.
Word: chick pea Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chickpea. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: woof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English wof, oof, owf (“threads in a piece of woven fabric at right angles to the warp, weft, woof; also sometimes the warp; transverse filaments of a spider web”) [and other forms] (the forms beginning with w were influenced by warp and weft), from Old English ōwef, āwef, from ō-, ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; off; out’) + *wef (“web”) (only attested in the form gewef (“woof”); from wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid; to weave”)). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /wuːf/, /wʊf/, /wuf/ 1. To place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom. Labels: rare, transitive Example: And warp well the long threads, / The bright threads, the strong threads; / Woof well the cross threads, / To make the colours shine. Example: After de yarn was spin, it was reeled off de spools into hanks and then took to de warper. Then she woofed it, warped it, and loomed it into cloth. Her make for yards in a day. 2. To interweave (something) with another thing; to weave (several things) together. Labels: figuratively, rare, transitive Example: Here and there, where the land has not been cleared and the tide of dense swamp-forest closes upon the road, one gazes into the fearful tangle of vegetation, warped and woofed together by lianas and creeping plants of every description, and then realises what the work of clearing has been. Example: Many would contest the view (which [Patricia Nelson] Limerick shares with [Gerald D.] Nash) that the '60s generation was forged by some common experience, and warped and woofed into a programmatic consensus of evaluative priorities and analytical strategies.
Word: woof Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The interjection and noun are onomatopoeic. Interjection etymology 2, interjection sense 2 (“used to express strong physical attraction for someone”) probably alludes to the eager barking of a dog. The verb is probably derived from the interjection and the noun. Verb etymology 2, verb sense 1.2 (“to eat (food) voraciously”) may be influenced by or, alternatively, derived from wolf (“to eat (food) voraciously, devour, gobble”). Pronunciation: /wʊf/ 1. Used to indicate the sound of a dog barking, or something resembling it. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Presently, from the depths of the bush behind us, came a loud "woof, woof!" "That's a lion," said I, and we all started up to listen. Example: "Woof" came another [anti-aircraft] shell, and then in quick succession another and another, the last one dead ahead and with such correct elevation that, a second later, the machine flashed through the streaming black smoke of the burst. 2. Used to express strong physical attraction for someone. Labels: humorous, rare, transitive Example: I see a hardworking man, with a smile that lights up a room—very sexy—woof!
Word: woof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The interjection and noun are onomatopoeic. Interjection etymology 2, interjection sense 2 (“used to express strong physical attraction for someone”) probably alludes to the eager barking of a dog. The verb is probably derived from the interjection and the noun. Verb etymology 2, verb sense 1.2 (“to eat (food) voraciously”) may be influenced by or, alternatively, derived from wolf (“to eat (food) voraciously, devour, gobble”). Pronunciation: /wʊf/ 1. The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark. Labels: rare, transitive 2. A sound resembling a dog's bark. Labels: broadly, rare, transitive Example: He looked up and out a moment as there came to his ear, dully but unmistakably above the roar of the engine, the hoarse "woof" of a bursting anti-aircraft shell. Example: Calls [of the mantled howler monkey] include woofs, grunts, barks, and howls. […] A series of loud, low barks or woofs precede the long roar. 3. A sound resembling a dog's bark. Labels: broadly, rare, transitive
Word: woof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The interjection and noun are onomatopoeic. Interjection etymology 2, interjection sense 2 (“used to express strong physical attraction for someone”) probably alludes to the eager barking of a dog. The verb is probably derived from the interjection and the noun. Verb etymology 2, verb sense 1.2 (“to eat (food) voraciously”) may be influenced by or, alternatively, derived from wolf (“to eat (food) voraciously, devour, gobble”). Pronunciation: /wʊf/ 1. To say (something) in an aggressive or boastful manner. Labels: figuratively, rare, transitive 2. To eat (food) voraciously; to devour, to gobble, to wolf. Labels: informal, rare, transitive Example: [N]othing makes me feel better than to see my dog's woofing down their food. Example: The dog doesn't bark, it just stares at Tom. Tom pulls out the steaks. […] Tom throws them over and the dog woofs them down. 3. Of a dog: to bark. Labels: intransitive, rare, transitive Example: A nondescript cur came out from behind the house, stopped in surprise, and started good-naturedly woof-woofing at me, his eyes slit, his shaggy belly all muddy, and then walked about a little and woofed once more. Example: At the same time, Prince and Shep, who were a part of the household, whined and woofed a time or two, then rose from their rag mats to welcome me with dignity, quite unlike the savage malamutes that would have taken a pound of flesh and enjoyed it if their chains had snapped as I came up the lane. 4. Of a person or thing: to make a sound resembling a dog's bark. Labels: intransitive, rare, transitive Example: A few minutes later a new [grizzly] bear came out on the big log upstream— […] Within seconds she knew something was wrong. She woofed, bounded off the log and came raging down toward us through the timber. There, not far away, she smashed back and forth, woofing and growling. Example: An abrupt, loud wuu is occasionally emitted by a startled animal. For example, […] a cub woofed after a lioness slapped it suddenly at a kill. Once a monitor lizard lashed its tail at the face of a lioness and she woofed as she jumped back. 5. To speak in an aggressive or boastful manner. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, rare, transitive Example: "Miss, you know uh heap uh dese hard heads wants to woof at you but dey skeered." / "How come, Mr. Pitts? Do I look like a bear or panther?" / "Naw, but dey say youse rich and dey ain't got de nerve to open dey mouf." Example: Woofing, sometimes called "wolfing," is a communication strategy used to insult or threaten an opponent. […] Generally, woofing takes two forms. It can be an insult game or a demonstration of intimidation. […] Woofing builds esteem and identity, releases tension, and teaches self-control and verbal skill.
Word: woof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From WWOOF, an acronym of World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms which is a network of national organizations that facilitate homestays on organic farms. 1. Alternative form of wwoof. Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive, rare, transitive Example: Our two children are immediately involved in a frantic game of touch rugby orchestrated by Vinny, an Irish backpacker, who is WOOFing his way around New Zealand. Example: One might run off for a few months to work on an organic farm—a habit so common there's actually an acronym for it: to woof (Work on an Organic Farm).
Word: woof Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ʰᵿʰ/ 1. Oof. Labels: rare, transitive 2. Phew. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: hmm Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See hum. Pronunciation: /hm̩/, [m̥m̩˦˨] 1. Indicates thinking or pondering. Example: Hmm... that's an interesting idea. Example: Hmm... I just can't decide between the two. 2. Indicates surprise or cluelessness; especially a response by a person who is questioned or addressed when not expecting it. Example: "You there! Where are you going?" "Hmm? Oh, I just need to get a drink." Example: "Could you pass me the paring knife?" "Hmm? What's a paring knife?" 3. A demand for an answer to a question. Example: Just where were you until 2 a.m.? Hmm?
Word: hmm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See hum. Pronunciation: /hm̩/, [m̥m̩˦˨] 1. To make a thoughtful humming noise. Labels: intransitive
Word: Royal Road Part of Speech: name 1. The longest road in the ancient system of trade routes and roads developed in Achaemenid Persia, which connected the capitals Sardis (in Asia Minor) to Susa (in Mesopotamia) and featured post-stations with service facilities. Labels: historical
Word: routine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French routine. By surface analysis, route + -ine. Further from Latin rupta via. Compare typologically travel << Latin tripālium, whence also travail, note the inverse semantic vector from a subjective state (toil) to an objective action (journey). Also compare Czech běžný (< běžet), Russian обихо́д (obixód), обихо́дный (obixódnyj) (akin to ходи́ть (xodítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈtiːn/, /ɹuˈtin/, /ˌruˈʈin/, /rɵˈʈin/, /rʊˈʈin/ 1. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Connie was completely robotic and emotionless by age 12; her entire life had become one big routine. Example: It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. 3. A set piece of an entertainer's act. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: stand-up comedy routine 4. A performance, execution of gymnastics for one of the apparatus. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: routine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French routine. By surface analysis, route + -ine. Further from Latin rupta via. Compare typologically travel << Latin tripālium, whence also travail, note the inverse semantic vector from a subjective state (toil) to an objective action (journey). Also compare Czech běžný (< běžet), Russian обихо́д (obixód), обихо́дный (obixódnyj) (akin to ходи́ть (xodítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈtiːn/, /ɹuˈtin/, /ˌruˈʈin/, /rɵˈʈin/, /rʊˈʈin/ 1. According to established procedure. Example: "Morning, inspector," affably remarked the cripple—he had not failed to observe the badge—"rather early for your job, eh? Nothing wrong with our supply up here, I hope, eh?" "Nothing at all, sir," said the inspector. "Just an ordinary routine round. We do them regularly." 2. Regular; habitual. Example: Pepper's forgiven me in the quiet, hurt way women sometimes forgive. She doesn't cry. She doesn't smile either. She's being routine. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 3. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others. Example: Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel.
Word: instant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English instant (“infinitely short period of time”), from Old French instant (“assiduous, at hand”, adjective), from Latin īnstāns, īnstantis (“present, pressing, urgent”, literally “standing near”), present active participle of īnstō (“to stand upon, be nearby”), from in- (“after”) + stō (“to stand”). Compare Old English instede (“immediately, on the spot, at once”). More at in, stand. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstənt/ 1. A very short period of time; a moment. Example: She paused for only an instant, which was just enough time for John to change the subject. Example: Thy life is long, Eternity is short. So short that, shouldst thou die and Eternity should pass, and after the passing of Eternity thou shouldst live again, thou wouldst say: ‘I closed mine eyes but for an instant.’ 2. A single, usually precise, point in time. Example: The instant the alarm went off, he fled the building. 3. A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee. 4. Ellipsis of instant camera. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: instant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French instant and Middle English instant, both from Old French, from Latin instans (“standing by, being near, present, also urgent, importunate”), present participle of instō (“to stand upon, press upon, urge, pursue, insist”), from in (“on, upon”) + stō (“to stand”); see state. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstənt/ 1. Impending; imminent. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Impending death is thine, and instant doom. 2. Urgent; pressing; acute. Labels: dated, not-comparable 3. Insistent; persistent. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Example: January 2, 1827, Thomas Carlyle, letter to Mrs. Carlyle, Scotsbrig I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation. 4. Present; current; extant. Labels: not-comparable Example: He received just two disciplinary reports prior to committing the instant offense, one in March 2019 for activating an alarm during a non-emergency situation, and one in May 2019 for failing to provide a urine specimen. 5. Occurring immediately; immediate; present. Labels: not-comparable Example: I ſee no day to To day, the inſtant Time is alvvayes the fitteſt time. Example: No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts. 6. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived. Labels: not-comparable 7. Very quickly and easily prepared. Labels: not-comparable Example: instant coffee; instant noodles; instant mashed potato; instant photo 8. Of the current month. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: I refer to your letter of the 16th instant in regard to traffic disruption. Example: Vice-Admiral Kamimura reports that at dawn of the 14th instant, our squadron found, off Ulsan, the south-eastern coast of Corea, three ships of the Vladivostock squadron steaming southward.
Word: instant Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From French instant and Middle English instant, both from Old French, from Latin instans (“standing by, being near, present, also urgent, importunate”), present participle of instō (“to stand upon, press upon, urge, pursue, insist”), from in (“on, upon”) + stō (“to stand”); see state. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstənt/ 1. At once; immediately. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: He left the room for his relinquished sword, / And Julia instant to the closet flew.
Word: instant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Latin īnstāre; its precise evolution is uncertain. OED hints at (unattested) Middle French *instanter. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstənt/ 1. To urge, press (someone); to insist on, demand (something). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: pâté Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French pâté (“paste”). Doublet of pate (“cheese portion”) and patty. Pronunciation: /ˈpæt.eɪ/, /pæˈteɪ/ 1. A finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables, sometimes with the addition of alcohol. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two waiters brought in kipper pâté and thin toast.
Word: fanfiction Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fan fiction. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Hamilton spurred a movement— suddenly, every other 14 year old girl was writing alternative universe coffee shop fanfiction about the Founding Fathers. The wig-wearing, never bathing, slave-owning Founding Fathers. All of a sudden, it was the dreampolitik of Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson.
Word: catholic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.θ(ə.)lɪk/, /ˈkɑː.θ(ə.)lɪk/ 1. Universal; all-encompassing. Example: The church is catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does, belongs to all. Example: Essentially, and in idea, the empire, in the minds of the Romans, was world-wide. This conception descended to the Church, which was ‘Catholic’ in spite of Buddhists, Confucians, and (later) Muhammadans. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Catholic. Labels: alt-of 3. Common or prevalent; especially universally prevalent. Labels: obsolete 4. All-embracing. Labels: usually Example: […]a knowledge which should not only know at what particular spot in these mounds it should excavate, but, having excavated, would understand how to sift and use these materials properly, with a profoundly pious and reverential mind,—a knowledge not narrow, sectarian, one-sided, but catholic, human, large, one to which Homer and Horace and Goethe and Tennyson should no be more foreign than Church Fathers, and archæologists, palæographers and antiquaries[…] Example: A catholic mind is a continual source of pleasure, a catholic taste continually enjoys it. Narrow-mindedness is a curse wherever it exists, whether in the religions, scientific, literary, or aesthetic sphere, or in the world of social intercourse; whether it dwindles religion into a dogma, or science into a formula, or literature into a style, or art into a school, or morality into a maxim. 5. Universally applicable. Labels: obsolete 6. Of universal human interest or use. Example: And as the whole booke of Psalmes is Oleum efjusum, (as the Spouse speaks of the name of Christ) an Oyntment powred out upon all sorts of sores, A Searcloth that souples all bruises, A Balme that searches all wounds; so are there some certaine Psalmes, that are Imperiall Psalmes, that command over all affections, and spread themselves over all occasions, Catholique, universall Psalmes, that apply themselves to all necessities. Example: And this vast number is but a selection ; the editors chose only out of the mass before them what was most noteworthy and trustworthy, and what was of catholic rather than of national interest.
Word: spacetime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From space + time, as a calque of German Raumzeit, introduced in this sense by Hermann Minkowski. First appears in print c. 1893 in the Philosophical Review. Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪsˌtaɪm/ 1. The four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time. Labels: uncountable Example: An event is a point in spacetime, specified by the coordinates x, y, z, and t. 2. An n-dimensional continuum consisting of dimensions of both space and time. Normally spacetime is considered as having 4 dimensions (x, y, z, t), but higher-dimensional spacetimes are often encountered in theoretical physics, e.g. the 5-dimensional spacetime of Kaluza-Klein theory or the 11 dimensions of spacetime in M-theory. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a Minkowski spacetime Example: a 5-dimensional spacetime 3. A specific region of the universe with mathematically different properties than the surrounding spacetime. Synonymous with "metric" within the context of general relativity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a Schwarzschild spacetime Example: a Reissner-Nordström spacetime
Word: catalyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English catalysis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English catalyst From catalysis + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ɪ.lɪst/, /ˈkæt.ə.lɪst/, [ˈkæɾ.ə.lɪst], /ˈkɛt.ə.ləst/, [ˈkɛɾ.ə.ləst] 1. A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process. Example: Enzymes, the catalysts of biological systems, are remarkable molecular devices that determine the pattern of chemical transformations. 2. Something that encourages progress or change. Labels: figuratively Example: (obsolete) Example: Economic development and integration are working as a catalyst for peace. 3. An inciting incident that sets the successive conflict into motion. Example: The current view by both Labour and Conservative politicians is that the state of the UK railway is unsustainable, and the pandemic acted as a catalyst in exposing its weaknesses. 4. A catalytic converter. 5. An object that facilitates the casting of a spell (such as a magic wand).
Word: problematic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French problématique, from Late Latin problematicus, from Ancient Greek προβληματικός (problēmatikós), from πρόβλημα (próblēma, “outjutting, barrier, problem”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “I throw, place before”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw, place”). By surface analysis, problem + -atic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒb.ləˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s): Example: And the most problematic thing of all is that it is impossible for me even to know and tell you their names, unless one of them happens to be a playwright. Example: However, estimating what consumers will pay in the future is problematic. 2. Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s): Example: The strangeness of hiring undocumented Mexican women as domestics, many of whom were no older than fifteen, seemed strange to me. It was this strangeness that raised the topic of domestic service as a question and made problematic what had previously been taken for granted. Example: a problematic analysis 3. Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s): 4. Only affirming the possibility that a predicate be actualised. Labels: dated
Word: problematic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French problématique, from Late Latin problematicus, from Ancient Greek προβληματικός (problēmatikós), from πρόβλημα (próblēma, “outjutting, barrier, problem”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “I throw, place before”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw, place”). By surface analysis, problem + -atic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒb.ləˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study. Example: The seemingly intractable problematic of essentialism versus antiessentialism and primordialism versus circumstantialism endemic to identity analysis today. Example: However, for those who come to India’s railway history for the first time, perhaps via knowledge of other countries’ railway histories with which they want to make India-based comparisons or in pursuit of a particular problematic—for example the role of railways in economic development—this chapter may prove useful.
Word: BRAS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of broadband remote access server. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: busted flush Part of Speech: noun 1. A potential flush which ultimately was not filled. Labels: UK Example: I thought I'd draw another spade, but I ended up with a busted flush. 2. Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: If this [Tony Blair] is such an utterly busted flush of a leader, why are so many Tories and their outriders so keen to have this Prime Minister gone before he can fight another election? Example: "In November last year, at the annual conference, a decision went against me and I took the view that I couldn't carry on. I was a busted flush as the General Secretary, and in a position where I did not have the support of everyone, so it was best that I moved on.
Word: exempt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ 1. Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: In their country all women are exempt from military service. Example: His income is so small that it is exempt from tax. 2. Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime. Labels: not-comparable 3. Cut off; set apart. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry 4. Extraordinary; exceptional. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval
Word: exempt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ 1. One who has been released from something. 2. A type of French police officer. Labels: historical Example: with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […]. 3. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon. Labels: UK
Word: exempt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ 1. To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from. Labels: transitive Example: Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.
Word: e-commerce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English e- English commerce English e-commerce From e- + commerce. Pronunciation: /iˈkɑmɚs/ 1. Commercial activity conducted via the Internet. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: The last thing you need to do before launching the e-commerce site is enable credit card processing. Example: One of China’s most prominent e-commerce companies is facing intense public backlash over allegations that it overworks its employees.
Word: effective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective From French effectif, from Latin effectīvus (“productive; effective”), from efficiō (“to make; to bring about”), equivalent to effect + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛktɪv/, /əˈfɛktɪv/, /əˈfektɪv/ 1. Having the power to produce a required effect or effects. Example: The pill is an effective method of birth control. Example: "Capital idea; we'll go together and complain: two will be more effective," suggested Mr. Belting. 2. Producing a decided or decisive effect. Example: The president delivered an effective speech! Example: Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his neighbour wrong, is criminal. 3. Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work. Example: How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force? Example: My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month. 4. Actually in effect. Example: effective immediately Example: The curfew is effective at midnight. 5. Having no negative coefficients. 6. Such that no group element acts trivially. 7. approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
Word: effective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective From French effectif, from Latin effectīvus (“productive; effective”), from efficiō (“to make; to bring about”), equivalent to effect + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛktɪv/, /əˈfɛktɪv/, /əˈfektɪv/ 1. a soldier fit for duty Example: The Army of the West reached Corinth sometime after the battle of Shiloh. We were 15,000 effectives, and brought Beauregard's effective force up to 45,000 men.
Word: e-business Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + business. 1. The practice of servicing businesses or employees over the Internet. Labels: uncountable 2. The practice of running a business over the Internet; e-commerce. Labels: uncountable 3. A business that operates partially or primarily over the Internet, usually providing services to other businesses. Labels: countable
Word: MSDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of material safety datasheet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: educator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ēducātor. By surface analysis, educate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɚ/, /ˈɛdʒʊkeɪtə/, /ˈɛdjʊkeɪtə/ 1. A person distinguished for their educational work, a teacher. Example: This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
Word: ASTM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Society for Testing and Materials; former name of ASTM International. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Teams are required to clearly highlight the relevant specification or standard (e.g., ASTM number, VOC content) directly on the PDF for each material to demonstrate compliance. Provide PDFs of basic technical information for materials lacking specific requirements. For example, printouts from store websites or packaging showing material properties are acceptable.
Word: efface Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French effacer (“erase”), from Old French esfacier (“remove the face”). Pronunciation: /əˈfeɪs/, /ɪˈfeɪs/ 1. To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. Labels: transitive Example: Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard. Example: An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting. 2. To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. Labels: transitive Example: Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol. Example: The bright records of the last hour effaced all the darker traces left by long and weary days. 3. To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. Labels: intransitive Example: Many people seem shy, but they really just efface for meekness. 4. Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor. Labels: intransitive 5. Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner. Labels: intransitive Example: Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnancy.
Word: copper phthalocyanine Part of Speech: noun 1. A synthetic chemical used as a colorant in paints and dyes. First used in 1929. In pure form it is an intense blue. It is chlorinated to produce very intense dark green, and brominated and chlorinated copper phthalocyanines are mixed to produce a yellower emerald green. Labels: uncountable
Word: concretism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concrete + -ism. 1. An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Reification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction as a real entity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hiraeth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh hiraeth (“longing, nostalgia”). 1. A feeling of homesickness, longing or yearning for something comfortable or familiar, especially in a Welsh context. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: So this hiraeth is good in some sense , although you feel the evil of it perhaps the moment that I am writing this. Example: Biblical hiraeth - the longing for an idealized biblical home that may have never existed - intersects with authenticity and the hyperreality of the theme park.
Word: saudade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese saudade. Pronunciation: /saʊˈdɑːdə/ 1. A feeling of melancholy and wistful yearning for something that is absent, impossible or lost. Labels: uncountable Example: I have the feeling, from using the word as a first language speaker, that saudade conveys a bit more feeling, a bit more sorrow, a bit more longing than “I miss you”.
Word: delimit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“to mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“to limit, to bound”); see limit. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪmɪt/ 1. To mark or fix the limits of. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain Example: Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
Word: delusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēlūsiō. Pronunciation: /dɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/, /dɪˈl(j)uːzjən/ 1. An adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. 3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hess, always a muddled man though not so doltish as Rosenberg, flew on his own to Britain under the delusion that he could arrange a peace settlement. Example: “Project Greenlight,” however, bore down on the soft underbelly of the movie business, focusing on the delusions and colossal blunders of first-time directors, seemingly selected as much for their unlovability as their talent. 4. A strong belief contrary to evidence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pitchblende Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Pechblende, from Pech (“pitch”) + Blende (“blende”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/ 1. Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Working in Paris in 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie processed thousands of pounds of pitchblende from the same glass-factory tailings in order to isolate two radioactive elements that had hitherto been unknown: radium and polonium.
Word: nuts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nʌts/ 1. plural of nut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nuts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nʌts/ 1. The testicles. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 2. An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: If the board is 237QA, all of spades, the nuts is 45 of spades. Example: If the board is 4444J, the nuts is any hand with an ace.
Word: nuts Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /nʌts/ 1. Insane, mad. Labels: colloquial Example: After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts. Example: Are you nuts? 2. Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered. Labels: colloquial Example: I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts. Example: The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts. 3. Very fond of (on) someone. Labels: colloquial Example: He's been nuts on her since the day they met.
Word: nuts Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /nʌts/ 1. Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment. Example: Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say. 2. Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to. Example: They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!
Word: nuts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /nʌts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: arctic roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A British dessert like a jelly roll, but with ice cream instead of jelly/jam. Labels: UK
Word: validate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/, /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/ 1. To render valid. Labels: transitive Example: Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine. 2. To check or prove the validity of; verify. Labels: transitive 3. To have its validity successfully proven. Labels: ergative Example: The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.
Word: validate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1586; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymolgy 1 for more. 1. Valid, validated. Labels: obsolete
Word: veer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Dutch vieren (“to slacken”). Pronunciation: /vɪə̯/, /vɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out. Labels: obsolete Example: As when a skilfull Marriner doth reed / A storme approching, that doth perill threat, / He will not bide the daunger of such dread, / But strikes his sayles, and vereth his mainsheat, / And lends vnto it leaue the emptie ayre to beat.
Word: veer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French virer. Pronunciation: /vɪə̯/, /vɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. A turn or swerve; an instance of veering. Example: […] there is always a sudden, though small rise in the barometer, and a sudden drop of temperature of several degrees, sometimes as much as ten or fifteen degrees; there is also a sudden veer in the wind direction.
Word: veer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French virer. Pronunciation: /vɪə̯/, /vɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve. Labels: intransitive Example: The car slid on the ice and veered out of control. Example: And as he leads, the following navy veers. 2. To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere). Labels: intransitive Example: 1966, F. K. Hare, The Restless Atmosphere, 4th edition, Hutchinson University Library It is clear that when a front passes the observer, there must be a sudden shift in wind: in the northern hemisphere it will always veer, that is, shift in a clockwise sense. 3. To shift aft. Labels: intransitive 4. To change direction into the wind; to wear ship. Labels: intransitive 5. To turn. Labels: transitive
Word: veer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vɪə̯/, /vɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. A piglet or a heifer. Labels: Cornwall Example: But with us veers are little pigs; and in some parishes heifers are called veers too. So you see it is not such a noble name with us, that I was going to be startled at the idea of a veer eating up my grass.
Word: velvet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛlvɪt/ 1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For the first time since her husband's death, she had thrown off her weeds, and put on attire more suited to the occasion. She was richly, yet plainly dressed, in a purple velvet, with a hood of white point lace. Even her silent handmaids were surprised out of their ordinary propriety by her appearance. Example: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,[…]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […] all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. 2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet, […] 3. A female chinchilla; a sow. Labels: countable, rare 4. The drug dextromethorphan. Labels: slang, uncountable 5. Money acquired by gambling. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: velvet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛlvɪt/ 1. To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture. Example: Penmachno mill is situate where a stream has furrowed a deep channel, and velveted the rocks with the richest mosses […]. Example: Last week the scaffolds were up in the hall once more. This time the back wall is to be velveted in absorbent fiber glass […] 2. To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying. Example: Blanching cut and specially marinated chicken in oil or water prior to stir-frying is a technique common to Chinese restaurant kitchens. The 20-second bath tenderizes the chicken remarkably, hence the process has been dubbed "velveting" in English. Velveted chicken is half-cooked, will not stick to the pan, and needs almost no oil when stir-fried. 3. To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers. Example: 2014, "Top genetic selection produces biggest antlers," NZFarmer.co.nz, 12 July, 2014, http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/agribusiness/10255646/Top-genetic-selection-produces-biggest-antlers Reacting to painkillers when velveted, Sovereign II was too sick to grow antlers last year, but has since recovered. 4. To soften; to mitigate. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: She spoke very gently, full of compassion for the boy, velveting her reproach for me. 5. to retract.
Word: velvet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛlvɪt/ 1. Made of velvet. 2. Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. Example: The fawn then rose up, and creeping gently about the room, touched the cheeks or hands of the slumbering inmates with its velvet tongue, but so softly that none were awakened. Example: the cowslip's velvet head 3. Peaceful; carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia. Example: What at the time of the initial agreement of Yeltsin, Shushkevich and Kravchuk to join together in a new 'Commonwealth of Independent States' had seemed like a reconstitution of the lands of ancient Rus, quickly turned out to be, in the words of the leading Russian-Ukrainian reformer Aleksandr Tsipko, merely a 'velvet disintegration'. Example: The disintegration always took place within internal borders, whether it was velvet, as in the case of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, or bloody, like Yugoslavia's still unfinished break-up.
Word: traunch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *traunche, from Late Anglo-Norman traunche (Old French tranche). Doublet of tranche and trench. Pronunciation: /tɹɔnt͡ʃ/ 1. One of a series of allotments (of funds for a certain purpose). Example: First of all, we provide immediate cash relief to the tune of about $35 million. And then there will be an assessment of the damage, so that the relief is -- the next traunch of relief will be spent wisely. 2. One set or portion of a series.
Word: traunch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *traunche, from Late Anglo-Norman traunche (Old French tranche). Doublet of tranche and trench. Pronunciation: /tɹɔnt͡ʃ/ 1. To divide into parts or portions of a series (especially of allotments of funds).
Word: traunch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *traunche, from Late Anglo-Norman traunche (Old French tranche). Doublet of tranche and trench. Pronunciation: /tɹɔnt͡ʃ/ 1. Divided into portions or parts of a series (especially of allotments of funds).
Word: uranite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uran- + -ite. 1. A dark, lustrous, heavy mineral, a source of uranium and radium. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shlemiel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of schlemiel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unicameral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + cameral. Pronunciation: /juːniːˈkaməɹəl/, /junɪˈkæməɹəl/ 1. Of, or having, a single legislative chamber. Labels: not-comparable Example: Those who criticize bicameralism stress that a unicameral legislature will be more efficient and faster in taking decisions. Example: [W]e could define a national parliament broadly as a Member State's central representative assembly which elects or at least dismisses the national government, and which holds it to account. This seems to be a robust definition comprising the unicameral parliaments, the lower chambers of the bicameral parliaments and the senates with censure powers in the EU Member States. 2. Of a script or typeface: making no distinction between upper and lower case, but rather having only one case. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the ancient world, Greek was written in a script that was unicameral and atonic. It consisted of a single set of forms – the ones we now regard as upper case. There was little or no punctuation, and there were no diacritics. Example: There have been several misunderstandings with regard to Georgian. The Unicode table speaks of "capital" Georgian letters (for example, georgian capital letter an) and of caseless letters (for example, georgian letter an). In fact, the modern Georgian script is unicameral. Two issues gave rise to this confusion. First, the fact that there are two types of Georgian fonts: those for running text and those for titles. […] Second, in the ancient Georgian script, khutsuri, there were indeed two cases.