nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: secrete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First directly attested in 1728; attested as the past-participial adjective secreted in 1707: from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“to separate”); reinforced by back-formation from secretion; compare secern; cognate with French sécréter and the Spanish secretar. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːt/, /səˈkɹiːt/ 1. To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function. Labels: transitive, usually Example: Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know. Example: Many tumors secrete two or more different hormones. 2. To exude or yield. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: If you won’t believe my great new doctrine (which, by the bye, is as old as the Greeks), that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness. Example: Let me not be misunderstood. I see as clearly as any man possibly can, and rate as highly, the value of wealth, and of hereditary wealth, as the security of refinement, the feeder of all those arts that ennoble and beautify life, and as making a country worth living in. Many an ancestral hall here in England has been a nursery of that culture which has been of example and benefit to all. Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting.
Word: secrete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of secret. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːt/, /səˈkɹiːt/ 1. To conceal. Labels: transitive Example: With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep. Example: Plaintiffs filed an affidavit for an attachment, alleging that defendant was about to assign, secrete, and dispose of his property with intent to delay and defraud his creditors, and was about to convert his property into money to place it beyond the reach of his creditors.
Word: secrete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of secret. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːt/, /səˈkɹiːt/ 1. Archaic form of secret. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: a secrete breach, a secrete bed (Spenser) Example: […] is GOD euerlasting, is this a secrete and hidden thing manifested in the fleshe?
Word: Michelle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Michelle, feminine form of French Michel (“Michael”), Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikhaél, “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michaela. Pronunciation: /mɪˈʃɛl/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s. Example: Michelle ma belle These are words that go together well Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
Word: 0 Part of Speech: noun 1. 0. 2. The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement. Example: The 0 for the Celsius scale is 273.15 Kelvin. 3. The off or low bit state. Example: If the NOT gate input is 1, the output is 0.
Word: 1 Part of Speech: symbol Pronunciation: /wʌn/, /wan/, /wɒn/ 1. Deliberate misspelling of !, imitating someone who is too excited to consistently press the shift key while typing exclamation marks. Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, sarcastic Example: A: someone hlep me pls im always losing!!!1! B: Thats bcuz ur st00pid!!!!!11!!oneone!!1!!eleven!1 2. Abbreviation of one-shot or one-shotted. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, often
Word: 1 Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wʌn/, /wan/, /wɒn/ 1. Clipping of 180 (“180° spin”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: 3 Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of 360 (“360° spin”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Replaces the letter E/e in leetspeak.
Word: 2 Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /tuː/, /tə/, /tʊ/ 1. Abbreviation of to. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: I have 2 go now. Example: Send files 2 him. 2. Abbreviation of to; designating conversion from one format to another. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: pdf2txt, i.e. conversion from PDF to plain text
Word: 2 Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /tuː/, /tə/, /tʊ/ 1. Abbreviation of too. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, informal, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: Can I come 2?
Word: 2 Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tuː/, /tə/, /tʊ/ 1. Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirited. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, alternative
Word: 2 Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tuː/, /tə/, /tʊ/ 1. Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, alternative
Word: 4 Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of for. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, slang Example: this is 4 U Example: “He wrote, ‘Hey, Laurbell! What’s up? How r u & ur roomie? Mom & I miss u x a zillion! We decided 2 turn ur room into storage 4 the antiques we r going 2 buy. Hope u r finding time 2 chillax. Give Wisp a hug. G2G. Write me back! Luv, Dad.’”
Word: 5 Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of 540 (“540° spin”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: 6 Part of Speech: noun 1. MI6; the agency or a particular agent.
Word: 7 Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of 720 (“720° spin”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: 8 Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /eɪt/ 1. Abbreviation of ate. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: i 8 it — I ate it.
Word: 9 Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of 900 (“900° spin”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: ! Part of Speech: symbol 1. In glosses, marks a word as imperative. Example: manĝi, manĝu, manĝis "eat, eat!, ate"
Word: bang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ/, [ˈbæŋ], /ˈbaŋ/, /ˈbaŋɡ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ/ 1. A sudden percussive noise. Example: When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang. Example: A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'. 2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise. 3. An explosion. 4. Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across. Labels: US, archaic Example: Tiffany has long hair and bangs. Example: his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang 5. The symbol !, known as an exclamation point. Labels: US Example: An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path. Example: Incidentally, a useful abbreviation for "Exclamation point" is "Bang." 6. A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n! 7. An act of sexual intercourse. Labels: slang, vulgar 8. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano. 9. An explosive product. Labels: slang Example: Load the bang into the hole. 10. An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug). Labels: slang Example: Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart. Example: As for myself, I take a bang now and then—I know plenty of croakers—but I really couldn't keep up a habit without a lot of running around and bother. 11. An abrupt left turn. Labels: US, slang 12. strong smell (of) Labels: Ireland, colloquial, slang Example: There was a bang of onions off his breath. 13. A thrill. Labels: slang Example: I hate the movies like poison, but I get a bang imitating them. Example: "We all know you give great parties, Mr. Lippincott." "It gives me a bang, even a bigger bang than this," Mr. Lippincott said, indicating his drink and then finishing it.
Word: bang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ/, [ˈbæŋ], /ˈbaŋ/, /ˈbaŋɡ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ/ 1. To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something. Labels: intransitive Example: The fireworks banged away all through the night. Example: Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time! 2. To hit hard. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He banged the door shut. Example: David and Mary banged into each other. 3. To engage in sexual intercourse. Labels: ambitransitive, slang, vulgar Example: We can hear the couple banging upstairs. Example: It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang. 4. To hammer or to hit anything hard. Example: Hold the picture while I bang in this nail. 5. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair). Labels: transitive Example: His hair banged even with his eyebrows. 6. To inject intravenously. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it. 7. To depress the prices in (a market). Labels: dated, transitive Example: This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt, i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointly banged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensued to them by their buying on a rising price on the accompt day […] Example: […] the London "Bears" have promptly banged the market again […] 8. To excel or surpass. Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive 9. To be excellent; to be banging Labels: intransitive, slang, stative Example: This song bangs! 10. To fail, especially an exam; to flunk. Labels: Nigeria, slang 11. To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey. Labels: New-England, intransitive, slang Example: Bang a right at the next stoplight. 12. To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity. Labels: US, slang Example: You know I still bang.
Word: bang Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ/, [ˈbæŋ], /ˈbaŋ/, /ˈbaŋɡ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ/ 1. Right, directly. Example: The passenger door was bang against the garage wall. Example: After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar. 2. Precisely. Example: He arrived bang on time. 3. With a sudden impact. Example: Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
Word: bang Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ/, [ˈbæŋ], /ˈbaŋ/, /ˈbaŋɡ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ/ 1. A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc. Example: He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, “Bang!” Example: Bang! Away he goes with a mighty bound. Leo has missed him. Bang! right under him again. Now for a shot. I must have one, though he is going like an arrow, and a hundred yards away and more.
Word: bang Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ/, [ˈbæŋ], /ˈbaŋ/, /ˈbaŋɡ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ/ 1. Archaic spelling of bhang. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: Pennsylvania Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Penn Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.? Latin silva Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin silvānusder. English sylvan Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Pennsylvania From Penn (“William Penn”) + sylvan (“woods”) + -ia (“land”). On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract to William Penn for the area that now includes Pennsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for Quakers, and named it for the Latin sylva, silva (“wood”), thus Pennsylvania (“Penn’s woods”). Some propose that the Penn is derived from William’s more respected father, also named William Penn. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪn.jə/, /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪn.jə/ 1. A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia. Example: The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi. 2. A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state. Labels: historical 3. The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age. 4. An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. 5. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294). 6. A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).
Word: banging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɪŋ/, /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bang Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
Word: banging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɪŋ/, /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɪŋ/ 1. The action or sound of something that bangs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The banging of the hammers could be heard from several streets away. Example: Strange bangings in the old house were ascribed to a poltergeist. 2. A session of sexual intercourse. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: banging Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɪŋ/, /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɪŋ/ 1. Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great. Labels: slang Example: Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific! Example: I was thinking maybe there's this banging burrito place in Brixton we could go to. 2. Attractive; sexually appealing. Labels: slang 3. Huge; great in size. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: I was always considered Homer's account of the Nepenthe as a Banging lie.
Word: mating Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/ 1. Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/ 1. Pairing of organisms for copulation. Example: The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types. 2. Sexual union; copulation. Example: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
Word: mating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mett, mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), from Old Saxon gimato, derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat. Compare typologically Latin compāniō (whence companion) (< con- + panis + -ō), Russian однока́шник (odnokášnik) (< одно- (odno-) + ка́ша (káša) + -ник (-nik)). Pronunciation: /meɪt/, [meɪt], [mɛjt], [meːt], [mæɪt] 1. A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. Example: A "mate" was a "mate" - share and share alike, no matter how bad might be the times, or how long a spell of ill luck had attended them. 2. A breeding partner. Labels: especially Example: Such overt displays of avowed sexual prowess – or at least, desperate availability – are not limited to the countryside. Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nurses find ways of signalling their suitability as a mate. 3. A friend, usually of the same sex. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, colloquial Example: I'm going to the pub with a few mates. Example: He's my best mate. 4. Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, colloquial Example: Excuse me, mate, have you got the time? 5. In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc). 6. A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship. 7. A first mate. 8. A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice. 9. The other member of a matched pair of objects. Example: I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate. 10. A suitable companion; a match; an equal. Example: Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
Word: mate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mett, mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), from Old Saxon gimato, derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat. Compare typologically Latin compāniō (whence companion) (< con- + panis + -ō), Russian однока́шник (odnokášnik) (< одно- (odno-) + ка́ша (káša) + -ник (-nik)). Pronunciation: /meɪt/, [meɪt], [mɛjt], [meːt], [mæɪt] 1. To match, fit together without space between. Labels: intransitive Example: The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly. 2. To copulate. Labels: intransitive Example: “In fact, the apes live with us, and have for many ages. We call them the first men—we speak their language quite as much as we do our own; only in the rituals of the temple do we make any attempt to retain our mother tongue. In time it will be forgotten, and we will speak only the language of the apes; in time we will no longer banish those of our people who mate with apes, and so in time we shall descend to the very beasts from which ages ago our progenitors may have sprung.” 3. To pair in order to raise offspring. Labels: intransitive 4. To arrange in matched pairs. Labels: transitive 5. To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding. Labels: transitive 6. To copulate with. Labels: transitive 7. To marry; to match (a person). Labels: transitive Example: If she be mated with an equal husband. 8. To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death. Example: I, […] in the way of loyalty and truth, […] / Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be. 9. To fit (objects) together without space between. Labels: transitive 10. To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: Indeed, some cases of devotion that were met with were quite touching; and very often to all appearances the pairs were not always mated from the same class of society. 11. To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it. Labels: transitive
Word: mate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English verb maten, from Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât). Pronunciation: /meɪt/, [meɪt], [mɛjt], [meːt], [mæɪt] 1. Clipping of checkmate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: mate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English verb maten, from Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât). Pronunciation: /meɪt/, [meɪt], [mɛjt], [meːt], [mæɪt] 1. Clipping of checkmate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: mate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English maten (“to overpower”), from Old French mater (“to kill”), from Vulgar Latin *mattō, of unclear origin. Pronunciation: /meɪt/, [meɪt], [mɛjt], [meːt], [mæɪt] 1. To confuse; to confound. Labels: obsolete Example: I think you are all mated, or stark mad.
Word: mate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See maté. Pronunciation: /meɪt/, [meɪt], [mɛjt], [meːt], [mæɪt] 1. Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
Word: pinny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of pinafore + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪni/ 1. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes. 2. A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities. Labels: colloquial
Word: apron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.pɹən/, /ˈeɪ.pəɹn/ 1. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. Example: She tied an apron around her waist before cooking dinner. Example: The carpenter wore a leather apron full of tools. 2. The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops. 3. A hard surface bordering a structure or area. Example: The plane was parked on the airport apron. 4. A hard surface bordering a structure or area. 5. A hard surface bordering a structure or area. 6. A hard surface bordering a structure or area. 7. A hard surface bordering a structure or area. 8. A hard surface bordering a structure or area. 9. A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet. 10. The sides of a tree's canopy. 11. The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry. 12. A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
Word: apron Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.pɹən/, /ˈeɪ.pəɹn/ 1. To cover with, or as if with, an apron. Labels: transitive
Word: large intestine Part of Speech: noun 1. The second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum.
Word: cluster fuck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of clusterfuck. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 'Jesus,' Luke said. They'd given up on the famous victory long ago and now they gave a toss for nothing but the regiment. To everybody it was a cluster fuck where nobody wins.
Word: shit on a shingle Part of Speech: noun 1. Creamed chipped beef on toast. Labels: US, slang, vulgar
Word: acetone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acet- from acētum (“vinegar”). The -one was taken from margarone but further etymology is unclear. Doublet of ketone. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.sə.toʊn/ 1. A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You open the salon door and the acetone from yesterday’s manicures immediately stings my nostrils.
Word: acetonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Latin acētumder. English aceto- English acet- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English acetone Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acetonic From acetone + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɛˌtɒnɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone
Word: acetose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See acetous. Pronunciation: /ˈæs.ɪ.təʊs/, /ˈæs.ɪ.toʊs/ 1. Sour like vinegar; acetous.
Word: acetosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: acetous + -ity as -osity; from Late Latin acetositas. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɛˌtɒsɪti/ 1. The quality of being acetous; sourness. Labels: uncountable
Word: acetous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ous, the former from aceō (“to be sour”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.sɪ.təs/, /əˈsiː.təs/ 1. Having a sour taste; sour; acid. Example: an acetous spirit Example: a liquid of an acetous kind 2. Causing, or connected with, acetification Example: acetous fermentation
Word: acetous acid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈsiːtəs ˈæsɪd/ 1. A name formerly given to vinegar. Labels: uncountable
Word: orangeade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange English -ade English orangeade From orange + -ade. Pronunciation: /ˈɒ.ɹɪnˌdʒeɪd/ 1. A soft drink or a soda with an orange flavor. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mixture of soda water and orange juice. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oligarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French oligarchie, from Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) + -archy (“rule, command”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːki/, /ˈɑlɪˌɡɑɹki/, /ˈoʊlɪˌɡɑɹki/ 1. A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Despite the involvement of all classes of society, America's political duopoly and the importance of money to mass-market campaigning has established an oligarchy that is seldom responsive to the citizenry as a whole, when opposed to the wealthy or major interest groups. Example: It's an oligarchy because these families own and run almost everything that makes money in El Salvador. Coffee gave birth to the oligarchy in the late 19th century, and economic growth has revolved around them ever since. 2. A state ruled by such a government. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The 1832 Reform Act aimed to transform the British oligarchy and allow Parliament to represent the interests of a broader range of the population. 3. Those who make up an oligarchic government. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The modern British oligarchy—particularly during periods of Tory rule—has been called a chumocracy.
Word: barratry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 15th century, in sense “sale of offices”, from Old French baraterie (“deceit, trickery”), from barat (“fraud, deceit, trickery”), of unknown origin, perhaps Celtic. In marine sense of “unlawful acts causing loss to owner”, 1620s. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹətɹi/ 1. The act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism. 2. The sale or purchase of religious or political positions of power. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: belt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk belte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”), Faroese and Icelandic belti (“belt”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlt/, [ˈbɛlt] 1. To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt. Labels: transitive Example: Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition. Example: The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue. 2. To encircle; to surround. Labels: transitive Example: The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions. 3. To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood. Labels: transitive 4. To hit with a belt. Labels: transitive Example: The child was misbehaving so he was belted as punishment. 5. To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game. Example: Bobby belting the ball 6. To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run. Labels: transitive Example: He belted that pitch over the grandstand. 7. To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He belted out the national anthem. Example: Céline Dion belted her iconic song "My Heart Will Go On" in a show-stopping performance at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on May 21. The legendary singer gave the throwback performance in honor of the 20th anniversary of the hit song from the Titanic soundtrack. 8. To drink quickly, often in gulps. Labels: transitive Example: He belted down a shot of whisky. 9. To move, run, drive, etc., very fast. Labels: intransitive Example: He was really belting along. Example: I had to be pretty quick once I'd pulled the string and belt down the garden before the tiny tits escaped.
Word: characteristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der. English characteristic From Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/, /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, [ˌkʰæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk], /ˌkɛɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/ 1. Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. Example: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
Word: characteristic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der. English characteristic From Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/, /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, [ˌkʰæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk], /ˌkɛɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/ 1. A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior. 2. The integer part of a logarithm. Example: It is evident, moreover, that as the logarithms of numbers, which are tenfold, the one of the other, do not differ except in their characteristics, it is sufficient that the tables contain the fractional parts only of the logarithms. Example: As the sine and cosine are always proper fractions their logarithms are negative, i.e. have negative characteristics. When we are given an angle, it is impossible to say, from inspection of the angle, what the characteristic of the logarithm of its sine, cosine or tangent may be; so the characteristics have to be printed with the mantissae. 3. The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.). 4. For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0. Example: The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number. Example: 1962 [John Wiley & Sons], Nathan Jacobson, Lie Algebras, 1979, Dover, page 289, In this chapter we study the problem of classifying the finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras over an arbitrary field of characteristic 0.
Word: waist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaxt, *wæhst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle English wacste (“growth, increase, might, power”), Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax. Pronunciation: /weɪst/ 1. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. 2. A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. 3. The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). 4. The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft. 5. That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle. Example: There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist. 6. The middle part of anything. Example: The waist of a bell widens into the lip. Example: In the dead vast and middle of the night
Word: relate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of refer. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prefer and prelate among others. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈleɪt/, /ɹiˈleɪt/ 1. To tell in a descriptive way. Labels: transitive Example: The captain related an old yarn. Example: Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today. 2. To be relevant specifically to. Labels: intransitive Example: These regulations relate only to exported goods. 3. To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another). Labels: transitive Example: The use of video made it possible to relate the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features[…] 4. To have a connection. Labels: intransitive Example: The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played. 5. To interact. Labels: intransitive, jargon Example: Children who find it hard to relate end up being inadequately socialized. Example: 'Men' and 'women' are separate and incomplete identities forced to relate in prescribed patterns. 6. To respond through reaction. Labels: intransitive 7. To identify with; to understand. Labels: intransitive Example: I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted. 8. To bring back; to restore. Labels: obsolete Example: Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again / Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
Word: contain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre (“to hold or keep together, comprise, contain”), combined form of con- (“together”) + teneō (“to hold”). Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪn/ 1. To hold inside. Labels: transitive Example: The brown box contains three stacks of books. Example: a spray bottle containing water. 2. To include as a part. Labels: transitive Example: Most of the meals they offer contain meat. Example: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. 3. To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. Labels: transitive Example: I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself! Example: Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. 4. To have as an element or subset. Labels: transitive Example: A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements. Example: If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning. 5. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: But if they cannot contain, let them marry.
Word: esophagus Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈsɑfəɡəs/, /əˈsɑfəɡəs/ 1. Alternative spelling of oesophagus. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: Bad, the Warhol-produced film directed by Jed Johnson, playing at the Saxon in the esophagus of the Combat Zone, […] Example: They call me the Hiphopopotamus / Flows that glow like phosphorous / Popping off the top of this esophagus / Rocking this metropolis
Word: banal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), from Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”). Equivalent to ban + -al. See also ban, abandon. Pronunciation: /bəˈnɑːl/, /ˈbeɪnəl/, /bəˈnæl/ 1. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. Example: banal clichés Example: banal conversation 2. Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service. Labels: historical, uncommon Example: They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills. Example: French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]
Word: accosted Part of Speech: adj 1. Supported on both sides by other charges. Labels: not-comparable Example: Capadose (Amsterdam, The Hague): Divided, 1, sinople, two small angels proper, affronté in chief, holding together a mantle gules, lined ermine, in point a beehive or, put upon a terrace proper; the beehive accosted by four bees or, and accompanied by two other bees or, brochant upon the terrace underneath the beehive; [...] 2. Side by side. Labels: not-comparable Example: Barrett, impaling, A chevron between six rams accosted, counter-tripping, two, two, and two (Harman of Rendlesham and […] Example: (Gules, two ash trees accosted or, surmounted by a falcon of the same.)
Word: accosted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accost Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accouchement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French accouchement, from French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), from Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), from Latin ad- + collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate. Pronunciation: /əˈkuːʃmənt/ 1. Delivery in childbed; parturition Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses. Example: The prevalence of the reports contradictory to this supposed legitimacy, rendered it necessary to be more minute, than might in common cases have been requisite, in proving the precise time and place of Lady Jane Douglas's alledged accouchement […]
Word: accoucheuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French accoucheuse, female of accoucheur. 1. A midwife. Labels: rare
Word: injure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈɪn.dʒə/ 1. To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature. Labels: transitive Example: The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision. Example: I injured my ankle playing tennis. 2. To damage or impair. Labels: transitive 3. To do injustice to. Labels: transitive
Word: discharge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/, /dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/, /ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ/, /ˈdɪstʃɑɹdʒ/ 1. The act of expelling or letting go. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: care transition after discharge 2. The act of expelling or letting go. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: career transition after discharge 3. The material thus released. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous) Example: a mucopurulent vaginal discharge 4. The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: negligent discharge 5. The process of removing the load borne by something. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The process of flowing out. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The process of flowing out. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous) 8. The act of releasing an accumulated charge. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second). Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come / In yours and my discharge. Example: She [the Queen] was assisted in the discharge of her solemn functions by fourteen sacred women, one for each of the altars of Dionysus. 11. Release from liability, as granted to someone having served in a position of trust, such as to the officers and governors of a corporate body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After having granted discharge from liability, the general meeting of shareholders may not demand for the company compensation for matters which it had knowledge of when granting discharge.
Word: gunshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt/, /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/ 1. The act of discharging a firearm. Labels: countable 2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot. 3. A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun. Labels: countable
Word: walnut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlnʌt/, /ˈwɔlnət/, /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/, /ˈwɑlnət/, /ˈwɑlˌnʌt/ 1. A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A nut of the walnut tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Wood of the walnut tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: walnut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlnʌt/, /ˈwɔlnət/, /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/, /ˈwɑlnət/, /ˈwɑlˌnʌt/ 1. Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood. Labels: not-comparable Example: A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.