nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: judging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of judge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of judg Labels: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present
Word: judging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. The act of making a judgment. Example: It is the contrasts between blind and self-evident judgings and between blind and correct affective attitudes which provide Brentano with the beginnings of an account of the dynamics of the mind which involves more than merely causal claims.
Word: thieves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /θiːvz/ 1. plural of thief Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thieves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /θiːvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thieve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: steals Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stiːlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of steal Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: steals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stiːlz/ 1. The number of stolen bases by a baserunner. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: He has 25 steals this year.
Word: confided Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of confide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reared Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪɹd/, /ɹɪəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: statesmen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtsmən/, /-mɛn/ 1. plural of statesman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispersed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɜːst/, /dɪˈspɝst/, /dəˈspøːst/ 1. Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated. Example: One other problem studied relates to the potential impact of human waste disposal from dispersed road recreation -- a matter of concern to many managers we've talked to . Example: Practised in the context of a social movement, dispersed leadership has opened opportunities for women to adopt feminalist styles of leadership that invite and increase the participation of women as a group, while it has also provided the means to advance feminist agendas.
Word: dispersed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɜːst/, /dɪˈspɝst/, /dəˈspøːst/ 1. simple past and past participle of disperse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: richer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃə/, [ˈɹʷɪt͡ʃə], /ˈɹɪt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈɹʷɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷɪt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. comparative form of rich: more rich. Labels: comparative, form-of Example: America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Word: Scripture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). 1. The foundational text of a given religion, or a text considered especially holy.
Word: rejoicing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒoɪ.sɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rejoice Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rejoicing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒoɪ.sɪŋ/ 1. An act of showing joy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was much rejoicing when the good news finally arrived. Example: But what are your foot-ploddings, your ambulating rejoicings, to the free etherealities which our courser's light bound and exultant spurnings of the dull earth bring to the spirit!
Word: consecrated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsəkɹeɪtɪd/, /ˈkɑnsəkɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of consecrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: commissioners Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪʃənɚz/, /kəˈmɪʃənəz/ 1. plural of commissioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stumbled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstʌmbl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of stumble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ascribed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈskɹaɪbd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ascribe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ensuring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈʃʊəɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈʃʊɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈʃɝɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ensure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blamed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bleɪmd/ 1. euphemism of damned (intensifier) Labels: not-comparable Example: “I left in a French steamer, and she called in every blamed port they have out there, for, as far as I could see, the sole purpose of landing soldiers and custom-house officers.” Example: "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold. "That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."
Word: blamed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bleɪmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blame Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pledged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /plɛd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pledge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pledged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /plɛd͡ʒd/ 1. Under the obligation of a promise made. Labels: not-comparable Example: But, you know, Max, I am pledged to carry through the Vandeeming affair here in town.
Word: blushed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blʌʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of blush Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: provoked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvoʊkt/, /pɹəˈvəʊkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of provoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scripture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture From Middle English scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). By surface analysis, script + -ure. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈskɹɪptʃə/ 1. A sacred writing or holy book. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The primary scripture in Zoroastrianism is the Avesta. Example: In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…] 2. An authoritative statement. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. A (short) passage or verse from the Bible. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. a Hindu liturgical text Labels: Hinduism, countable, uncountable
Word: shapely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English schaply, schappely (“well-shaped, beautiful, attractive”), perhaps from Old English *ġesċeaplīċ (“according to design, proper, fit”) (suggested by Old English ġesċeaplīċe (“properly, fitting, well”)), equivalent to shape + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪpli/ 1. Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at. Example: The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face. Example: It used to be, whenever Frank passed a rival butcher’s window (and later the curved glass of a supermarket meat counter), he would peer in unjealously, looking for the subtleties that spoke of talent with a knife. Were their fillets shapely?
Word: interposed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈpəʊzd/, /ˌɪn.tɚˈpoʊzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of interpose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: weaker Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwiːkə/, /ˈwikɚ/ 1. comparative form of weak: more weak Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones. 2. Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.
Word: nobler Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊblɚ/, /ˈnəʊblə/ 1. comparative form of noble: more noble Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: exporting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪksˈpɔɹtɪŋ/, /ɪksˈpɔːtɪŋ/, /ɪksˈpo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/, /ɪksˈpoətɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of export Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embarked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɑɹkt/, /ɛmˈbɑɹkt/, /ɪmˈbɑːkt/, /ɛmˈbɑːkt/, /emˈbaːkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of embark Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enforced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfoɹst/, /ɛn-/, /ɪnˈfɔːst/, /-ˈfo(ː)ɹst/, /-ˈfoəst/ 1. simple past and past participle of enforce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shaveling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shave + -ling. 1. Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; a priest or monk. Labels: derogatory, often Example: “Bonny times,” he said, “I have lived to see, when a lad of Earl Oslac’s blood is sent out of the land, a beggar and a wolf’s head, for playing a boy’s trick or two, and upsetting a shaveling priest.” 2. A shaver, stripling, young man physically mature enough to shave.
Word: imported Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔːtɪd/, /ɪmˈpɔɹtɪd/, /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹtɪd/, /ɪmˈpoətɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of import Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stepping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English steppynge; equivalent to step + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of step Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stepping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English steppynge; equivalent to step + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛpɪŋ/ 1. The act of taking a step. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the steppings of my feet, you are always my mother. 2. A specific iteration of a model of central processing unit, often distinguished by the addition or removal of features compared to earlier examples of the same processor, or the presence, or lack thereof, of specific bugs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The 80386's early steppings have quite a lot of bugs, so some software specifically tests to make sure that the processor isn't one of those old versions. 3. An African-American form of dance in which the performer's entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through footsteps, spoken word, and clapping. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inquiring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of inquire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inquiring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. inquiry Example: What need you trouble with vain inquirings / The surly gods or your own ignorant spirit? Example: […] these are the results of Herodotus' factual inquirings, the accurate information, the right account, which he acquired about some matters of importance to himself and to his audience and about which conflicting accounts have been given.
Word: inquiring Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/, /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. inquisitive Example: When pressed for an explanation, he was inclined to use the word "Symbolic" in a manner extremely confusing to the inquiring lay mind.
Word: escaping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /əsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /ɛsˈkeɪpɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who escapes; an escape. 2. That which escapes or leaks out; an emission. Example: The faint, yet growing escapings of gas were in her nostrils as she slumped into a chair and began painfully to scrawl on the paper. Example: Loud rumblings in the bunkhouse that night awakened the punchers often, with many rude comments made about the gastronomical escapings of certain people.
Word: escaping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /əsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /ɛsˈkeɪpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of escape Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shavelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shaveling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trenches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of trench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trenches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. The front line of any field of endeavor, as the line of scrimmage in American football, patrol duty for a policeman. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Anderson: We've all reviewed your reports, seen the data you collected, but it's all just theory to us. Anderson: You've been there. In the trenches. Fighting them. You know what they're capable of. 2. A difficult or disadvantageous situation; a low point. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only
Word: trenches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trench Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tortured Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/, /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of torture Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tortured Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚd/, /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəd/ 1. Having been subjected to torture, mental or physical. Example: Those who have escaped the dark and terrible aspects of life will find my brutality, my flash of rage in our final tragedy, easy enough to blame; for they know what is wrong as well as any, but not what is possible to tortured men. But those who have been under the shadow, who have gone down at last to elemental things, will have a wider charity. 2. Involving suffering and difficulty. Example: a tortured history 3. Of literature, burdened by unnecessary complexity, obfuscation, abstruseness, etc. Example: tortured prose Example: Language was often tortured to disguise the racial nature of hazardous experimentation.
Word: desiring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈzaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of desire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: desiring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈzaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/ 1. A yearning for; a want. Example: c. 1850-1869', Frederic Henry Hedge, "Easter Hymn" Hath the inhumated Upward aspiring, Hath he consummated All his desiring?
Word: reconciled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkənsaɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of reconcile Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disguised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/, /dɪzˈɡaɪzd/, /dɪˈskaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disguise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disguised Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/, /dɪzˈɡaɪzd/, /dɪˈskaɪzd/ 1. Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity. 2. Made to appear as something other than it is, hidden in outward form. 3. Altered for the sake of fashion; newfangled or showy. Labels: obsolete 4. Serving as a disguise; altered for the sake of concealing one’s identity. Labels: obsolete, usually Example: under a disguised name 5. Concealed, hidden, out of sight. Labels: obsolete 6. Acting inappropriately, badly behaved. Labels: obsolete Example: Therefore to make complaynt Of such mysadvysed Parsons and dysgysed, Thys boke we have devysed, […] Example: And thus the loselles stryves, And lewdely sayes by Chryst Agaynst the sely preest. […] They mought be better advysed Then to be so dysgysed. 7. Drunk. Labels: broadly, obsolete, slang Example: He was never known to be disguised with liquor […]. Example: The saylers and the shipmen all, / Through foul excesse of wine, / Were so disguised that at the sea / They shew'd themselves like swine.
Word: moodle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown 1. To dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away. Example: Over a sonata by Schubert he — well, I suppose I must not say that he moodled, or maundered, or anything of that sort. Example: The Poet moodles (from Brenda Ueland's If You Want to Write). She fools around, meanders, and takes time for feelings and not just ideas.
Word: moodle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Moodle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Better yet, take advantage of shared drives, moodles, and blogs as online resources. Example: We could equally explore the potential of wikis, drupals, moodles and other software for reflecting on performance making.
Word: dystopian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dystopia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English dystopian From dystopia + -an. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to a dystopia. Example: If Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games turns up on middle-school curricula 50 years from now—and as accessible dystopian science fiction with allusions to early-21st-century strife, that isn’t out of the question—the lazy students of the future can be assured that they can watch the movie version and still get better than a passing grade. Example: In my book Britain has actually worked out how it wants to leave and the EU is preparing a new constitution as a result. The real Brexit is actually much more dystopian. 2. Dire; characterized by human suffering or misery.
Word: subsides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subside Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tumults Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tumult Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spinescence Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spaɪˈnɛsəns/ 1. The quality of being spinescent Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spinescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin spīnēscēns, present participle of spīnēscō (“to become thorny”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”). By surface analysis, spine + -escent. Pronunciation: /spaɪ̯ˈnɛs.ənt/, /spʌɪ̯-/, /-ˈnes-/, /spʌi̯-/, /spəi̯-/ 1. Having a spine or spines. Labels: not-comparable 2. Terminating in a spine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clam up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By analogy with a clam closing itself. Compare clamshell (“mouth”), clam (“mouth”). 1. To become silent; to stop talking. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Maybe he … or she … was a witness who refused to clam up … a whistle blower … Example: Teenagers' father. Alright, Matt, I think you've made your point. Matt Foley: Dad, I sincerely wish you'd do everyone a great service, and clam up! 2. To make or become clammy. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: fools Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fuːlz/ 1. plural of fool Labels: form-of, plural Example: I am one of those melodramatic fools / Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
Word: fools Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fuːlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fool Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: awaited Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈweɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of await Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: occasioned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪʒənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of occasion Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exceeding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From exceed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of exceed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exceeding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exceed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. prodigious Labels: archaic 2. exceptional, extraordinary Labels: archaic 3. extreme Labels: archaic
Word: exceeding Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From exceed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. Exceedingly. Labels: archaic Example: Those which write the life of Augustus Cæsar, note this in his military discipline, that he was exceeding liberall and lavish in his gifts to such as were of any desert[…]. Example: 1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Word: exceeding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exceed + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. The situation of being in excess. Example: I have to say it appears to me in the first place, that the exceedings of expenditure beyond estimate appearing upon that account, do not give to the Grand Canal company the slightest legal right to any public money[…]
Word: proofs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹuːfs/ 1. plural of proof. Labels: form-of, plural 2. Samples of the copy and layout of a printed document for review by the author or a proofreader before mass printing.
Word: proofs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹuːfs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of proof Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perturb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English perturben (“to disturb (someone) mentally, disquiet; to cause disorder to (something), confuse; to hinder (something)”), from Old French perturber, and from its etymon Latin perturbāre, the present active infinitive of perturbō (“to confuse; to alarm, disturb, trouble, perturb”), from per- (intensifying prefix) + turbō (“to agitate, disturb, unsettle, perturb; to upset”) (from turba (“disorder, disturbance, turmoil”) (possibly from Ancient Greek τῠ́ρβη (tŭ́rbē, “confusion, disorder, tumult”), either from Pre-Greek, or Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to agitate, stir up; to urge on, propel”)) + -ō (suffix forming infinitives of regular first-conjugation verbs)). Pronunciation: /pəˈtɜːb/, /pəɹˈtɜɹb/ 1. To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion. Labels: transitive Example: Mary therefore the more knaue art thou I ſay / That perturbeſt the worde of god I ſay […] Example: The Nobles ſtandyng by hearyng him thus ſpeake were greatly agreeued with him, notyng in him arrogancy and wilfulneſſe, in perturbyng and refuſyng ſuch an honeſt order of agreement: […] 2. To disturb (someone, their mind, etc.) mentally; to bother, trouble, upset. Labels: transitive Example: […] I have often found / The truth thereof, in my private paſſions: / For I doe never feele my ſelfe perturb'd / VVith any generall vvords 'gainſt my profeſſion, / They doe avvake, and ſtirre me: […] Example: He remembered how, […] his childish imagination was perturbed at a phenomenon, for which he could not account. 3. Of a celestial body: to modify the motion or orbit of (another celestial body) by exerting a gravitational force; hence (physics), to slightly modify (the motion of an object). Labels: transitive 4. To slightly modify (a set of equations or their solutions), producing deviations from a simple, easily solvable problem, in order to find an approximate solution to a problem that is more difficult to solve or otherwise unsolvable. Labels: transitive 5. To influence (a process or system) so that it deviates from its normal state. Labels: transitive 6. To bother, to disturb, to trouble. Labels: intransitive Example: Thy ghoſt O father ſweete, thy greuous ghoſt, / Perturbing in my dremes hath me compeld to ſee this coaſt. Example: This growth original of virgin soil, / By fascination felt in opposites, / Pleases and shocks, entices and perturbs.
Word: naysayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin: 1715–1725, from nay + say + -er, equivalent to naysay + -er. First recorded use: 1721. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪˌseɪ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈneɪˌseɪ.ɚ/ 1. One who consistently denies, criticizes, or doubts; a detractor. Example: He ignored the naysayers and succeeded with his idea. Example: As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
Word: mines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /maɪnz/ 1. plural of mine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mines Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /maɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mines Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Variation of mine, formed with the final -s of the other possessive pronouns: ours, yours, theirs, etc. Pronunciation: /maɪnz/ 1. Alternative form of mine (“belonging to me”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, nonstandard, proscribed
Word: melted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɛltɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of melt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: melted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmɛltɪd/ 1. Being in a liquid state as a result of melting. Example: Melted ice cream just isn't as much fun to eat. 2. Cooked thoroughly enough to break down resulting in a rich, jammy, buttery or similar mouthfeel. Labels: broadly
Word: sends Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɛndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of send Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: weighed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /weɪd/, /weːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of weigh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sullenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sullen Middle English -ly English -ly English sullenly From sullen + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlənli/ 1. In a sullen manner. Example: A grim meaning rose in the vacuous eye of Lovel; Isaacs caressed his diamond pin, smiling in a sickly fashion; McNamara's wandering stare fixed and grew unhumanly bright; Ufert openly dropped his hand on his gun-butt and stood sullenly defiant. Example: Sullenly, jocularly, resentfully, or derisively, names and addresses were extorted from the company, and each member given a jerk of the head to get out of this.
Word: paperwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + work. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/, /ˈpeɪ.pɚ.wɚk/ 1. Routine work involving written documents. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: do paperwork 2. Written documents. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed. 3. Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape. Labels: also, excessive, figuratively, uncountable, usually 4. Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant). Labels: US, slang, uncountable, usually Example: to have bad paperwork 5. A work in paper. Labels: countable, usually Example: Greatly you haue boaſted of, and much threatned theſe two places, (for euery later paperwork of yours is but a Tautology of the former) […] Example: However, except for few experimental paperworks by Jackson Pollock on paper made by Douglass Howell and occasional prints, usually woodcuts or wood engravings on Japanese paper, it is only in the late 1950s and early 1960s that editions of prints on beautiful handmade papers began appearing, published by Tatyana Grosman at the Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island.
Word: bawbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots bawbag (“ballsack”). Doublet of ballbag. 1. The scrotum or ballsack. Labels: Scotland, vulgar Example: "Parker tried to chib me, so I kicked him in the bawbag. Holding his privates, the dobber threatens to kill my family...and my dug [dog]! I dunno what came over me, but I wanted to kill the dirty bastard. Only a bampot would say such a thing." 2. An obnoxious and contemptible person. Labels: Scotland, vulgar Example: I'm gonna find those bawbags and make them pay for what they did to my pal.
Word: lithosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + -sphere. 1. The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates. Example: Holonyms: Earth, earth Example: Meronym: crust 2. Any similar layer of an exoplanet. Example: Holonym: planet Example: Meronym: crust
Word: ecosystems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecosystem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -sphere. 1. All the liquid waters of the Earth or another astronomical body, as distinguished from the land and the gases of the atmosphere.
Word: macronutrients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macronutrient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macronutrient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English nutrient English macronutrient From macro- + nutrient. 1. Any of the elements required in large amounts by all living things. Example: Along with carbohydrates and fat, protein is one of the three main macronutrients that make up our diet. Furthermore, it is the only macronutrient that supplies us with amino acids, making it essential for survival.
Word: border on Part of Speech: verb 1. To share a border with. Labels: transitive Example: The town borders on the forest, so there are often deer on the road. 2. To be almost like some other thing; to verge on. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: His behaviour borders on insanity. Example: If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.
Word: micronutrient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + nutrient. 1. A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism. Example: Broccoli, on the other hand, is loaded with healthy micronutrients and is perfect in any meal, so keep it on your plate.
Word: micronutrients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micronutrient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: put a sock in it Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from a crude means of muffling a record player's speaker. 1. To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth. Labels: derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang Example: He went on and on until I finally told him to put a sock in it. Example: I found out from his mate that he was a Longfellow fan, and the fireman complained bitterly that, not being poetically inclined himself, he often wished that Alfred would "put a sock in it."
Word: temblor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin American Spanish temblor. Pronunciation: /tɛmˈblɔː/, /ˈtɛmbləɹ/, /ˈtɛmˌblɔɹ/ 1. An earthquake. Labels: Philippines, US Example: Ever since the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, scientists have been warning that it is just a matter of time before another major temblor strikes the Bay Area. Example: The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was measured 4 on Taiwan's 7-tiered intensity scale in Yichu, 3 in Chiayi City and Tainan City's Chiali, as well as 2 in Yunlin County's Touliu City and Shuilin.
Word: emasculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ēmasculātus (more at Etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmask.jʊ.lət/, /ɪˈmask.jə.lət/, /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/, /iˈmæs.kjə.lət/ 1. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak. Example: If the Icelander in his native climate ever ſhould experience the impulſe of a painter's genius, the year itſelf would not ſupply many hours in which his fingers could obey its ſummons; and in the other extremity of climate, where every fibre is unſtrung by relaxation, all, who have experienced, know the inaptitude both of mind and body towards any action or employ of either; unfit alike for arts and arms, the emaſculate and ſoft inhabitant ſinks into ſloth and ſlumbers away a life, that ſcarce deſerves a better name than vegetation. Example: Thence as he glanc'd his eye, far other form / And much unfit for war he next eſpied, / Chemos, the ſin of Moab; power obſcene, / Emaſculate and ſoft, in looſe attire / A ſenſual deity; his glory 'twas / In arts of baſe ſeduction to excel, / And leagu'd with harlots to have turn'd the heart, / Of that wife king, and drawn him from his God / To bend his aged knees at idol ſhrines.
Word: denitrification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English nitrification English denitrification From de- + nitrification. 1. The process by which a nitrate becomes molecular nitrogen, especially by the action of bacteria.
Word: Low German Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See low (as in lowland) and German, because northern Germany (Low Germany), where it is spoken, is lower in elevation than southern Germany. See also High German in contrast. 1. A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language. Labels: uncountable
Word: Low German Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See low (as in lowland) and German, because northern Germany (Low Germany), where it is spoken, is lower in elevation than southern Germany. See also High German in contrast. 1. in, of or relating to Low German
Word: dialects Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əˌlɛkts/ 1. plural of dialect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrolic cycle Part of Speech: noun 1. the cycle of water from the oceans to the atmosphere to land and back into the oceans or atmosphere.
Word: oceans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ocean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biodynamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic English biodynamic From bio- + dynamic. 1. Of, or relating to the effects of motion, or other change, on (or in) living things. Example: Near-synonyms: biokinetic, biokinematic 2. Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical and holistic elements, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. Example: This ancient mode of thought exists to this day in the mystical biodynamic gardening practices of Rudolph Steiner, which call for planting only when the moon is in a favorable position for the variety of plant chosen. 3. Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy healing developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s. Labels: New-Age
Word: Plattdeutsch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Plattdeutsch. Pronunciation: /ˈplætˌdɔɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈplɑtˌdɔɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Low German
Word: enigmatical Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to an enigma; enigmatic; mysterious. Example: He saw now clearly that the sole crew of the vessel was these two dead men, and though he could not see their faces, he saw by their outstretched hands, which were all of ragged flesh, that they had been subjected to some strange exceptional process of decay. For a moment his attention concentrated on those two enigmatical bundles of dirty clothes and laxly flung limbs, […]
Word: enigmatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English enigmatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English enigmatically From enigmatic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪkli/ 1. Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma. Example: He hurried out, glad to escape, leaving Cora frowning enigmatically under her hair. 2. Behaving mysteriously or strangely. Example: "Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover." 3. Functioning in a way that is unexplainable.
Word: Julia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. Doublet of Julie. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːli.ə/, /ˈd͡ʒu.ljə/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Salute Philologus & Iulia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the Saints which are with them. Example: "Julia!" when alone he would exclaim; "what a sweet sounding and romantic name: Julia! what music and magic in its sound! 'tis a name worthy only the fairest and purest of creation! 2. 89 Julia, a main belt asteroid; named for Saint Julia of Corsica. 3. A village in central Poland. 4. A French surname. 5. A programming language suited for numerical analysis and scientific computing. Example: And then came Julia, a general purpose programming language designed according to the requirements of scientific and technical computing, providing performance comparable to C/C++, and with an environment productive enough for prototyping like the high-level dynamic language of Python.
Word: staying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: staying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. A stay or visit. Example: The years that follow are chiefly noteworthy for his intercourse with four clever girl cousins called Southall, and sundry stayings at Moseley with a cheery, literary old grandmother[…] Example: But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]
Word: joys Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔɪz/ 1. plural of joy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joys Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of joy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spreading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, spread + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɛdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of spread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon. Example: As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.
Word: spreading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, spread + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɛdɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is spread. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Small numbers [of meadowlarks] remain on farms in the southern counties throughout the winter, usually relying on fresh manure spreadings for food when snow covers the fields.
Word: spreading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of speed + reading. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹiːdɪŋ/ 1. The act of spreading (speedreading). Labels: uncountable Example: Chief among the strategies exploiting this rule was "spreading" (a combination of "speed" and "reading"), where debaters would rattle off arguments at a blistering pace. Their speeches often exceeded 300 words per minute. (A conversational pace is about 60 per minute.) Example: The NSDA currently boasts more than one hundred and fifty thousand student participants (per affiliated team rosters), many of whom compete in Lincoln–Douglas or policy. The activities are distinct in structure—policy is two-on-two—but they operate similarly on the national circuit, and involve spreading and other experimental tactics.
Word: spreading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of speed + reading. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹiːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of spread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shouts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃaʊts/, /ʃuːts/ 1. plural of shout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shouts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃaʊts/, /ʃuːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shout Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: proves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹuːvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prove Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: proves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹuːvz/ 1. plural of prove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 404 Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the HTTP error status code 404, meaning Not Found, returned by a web server responding to a request for a URL at which no resource exists. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːɹəʊˌfɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Not found, especially of a web page on the Internet. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Bill was 404 all morning.
Word: 404 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the HTTP error status code 404, meaning Not Found, returned by a web server responding to a request for a URL at which no resource exists. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːɹəʊˌfɔː(ɹ)/ 1. An error indicating that a web page could not be found. Example: Return 404s for all deleted pages. Some search engine marketers suggest redirecting old products to semantically related products instead of 404ing. This preserves link equity, whereas a 404 does not. 2. Dog meat. Labels: Nigeria, colloquial
Word: 404 Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the HTTP error status code 404, meaning Not Found, returned by a web server responding to a request for a URL at which no resource exists. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːɹəʊˌfɔː(ɹ)/ 1. To return an error indicating that a web page could not be found. Example: Return 404s for all deleted pages. Some search engine marketers suggest redirecting old products to semantically related products instead of 404ing. This preserves link equity, whereas a 404 does not.
Word: farmers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɑɹmɚz/, /ˈfɑːməz/ 1. plural of farmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sticks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɪks/ 1. plural of stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sticks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɪks/ 1. rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region. Labels: derogatory, informal, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article Example: We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer. Example: "How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool baptist from out in the sticks." 2. Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It was a maiden race over the "sticks," and the trainer's instructions were to slip off and make the running throughout. Example: Do they prefer flat or 'over the sticks' (jump races)? Does the group know what the races with jumps are called? 3. crutches Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: sticks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: considerations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˌsɪdəˈɹeɪʃənz/ 1. plural of consideration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorrows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɹoʊz/, /ˈsɑɹoʊz/, /ˈsɒɹəʊz/ 1. plural of sorrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorrows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɹoʊz/, /ˈsɑɹoʊz/, /ˈsɒɹəʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sorrow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sums Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sʌmz/ 1. plural of sum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sums Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sʌmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sum Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dresses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛsɪz/ 1. plural of dress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dresses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rests Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛsts/ 1. plural of rest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rests Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɛsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blessings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈblɛs.ɪŋz/ 1. plural of blessing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /baʊz/, /boʊz/, /bəʊz/ 1. plural of bow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /baʊz/, /boʊz/, /bəʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: carriages Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.ɪdʒɪz/, /ˈkɛɹ.ɪd͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of carriage Labels: form-of, plural 2. Used to specify the time that an event will end (e.g. when people would leave in their carriages) Labels: dated
Word: schemes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skiːmz/, [skiːmz̥] 1. plural of scheme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schemes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skiːmz/, [skiːmz̥] 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scheme Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cups Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kʌps/ 1. plural of cup Labels: form-of, plural 2. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of a cup or chalice.
Word: cups Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kʌps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cup Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reflections Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛkʃənz/ 1. plural of reflection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symptoms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmptəmz/ 1. plural of symptom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɹəlz/, /ˈmɒɹəlz/, /ˈmɑɹəlz/ 1. plural of moral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morals Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɹəlz/, /ˈmɒɹəlz/, /ˈmɑɹəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of moral Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: candles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkændl̩z/ 1. plural of candle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: candles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkændl̩z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of candle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cliffs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klɪfs/ 1. plural of cliff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹuːθs/, /tɹuːðz/ 1. plural of truth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truths Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹuːθs/, /tɹuːðz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of truth Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: keys Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kiːz/ 1. plural of key Labels: form-of, plural 2. keyboard
Word: keys Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of key Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: keys Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /kiːz/ 1. Filter-avoidance spelling of kys (“kill yourself”).
Word: husbands Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌzbəndz/ 1. plural of husband Labels: form-of, plural
Word: husbands Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhʌzbəndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of husband Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tricks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹɪks/ 1. plural of trick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tricks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: compliments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmplɪmənts/, /ˈkɒmplɪmənts/ 1. plural of compliment Labels: form-of, plural 2. Good wishes. Example: Please accept this 2011 calendar with our compliments.
Word: compliments Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmplɪmənts/, /ˈkɒmplɪmənts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of compliment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person