nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: spoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil From Middle English spoilen, spuylen, borrowed from Old French espoillier, espollier, espuler, from Latin spoliō, spoliāre (“pillage, ruin, spoil”). Pronunciation: /spɔɪl/ 1. To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of arms or armour. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To strip or deprive (someone) of possessions; to rob, despoil. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: All that herde hym wer amased and sayde: ys nott this he that spoylled them whych called on this name in Jerusalem? Example: To do her dye (quoth Vna) were despight, / And shame t'auenge so weake an enimy; / But spoile her of her scarlot robe, and let her fly. 3. To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil. 4. To carry off (goods) by force; to steal. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man. Example: They must likewise endeavour to be careful in looking after the rest of the Servants, that every one perform their duty in their several places, that they keep good hours in their up-rising and lying down, and that no Goods be either spoiled or embezelled. 5. To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. Labels: transitive Example: All this sun spoils me for vacations in the far North. Example: Spiritual pride […] spoils so many graces. 6. To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. Labels: transitive 7. To go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay. Labels: intransitive Example: Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge; otherwise it will spoil. 8. To render (a ballot) invalid by deliberately defacing. Labels: transitive Example: Dr Jonathan Grant (Letters, April 22) feels the best way to show his disaffection with political parties over Iraq is to spoil his ballot paper. 9. To prematurely reveal major events or the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing ahead of time as a spoiler. Labels: transitive Example: These include a brief but showstopping (and trailer-revealed) scene where Vanellope crashes a Disney Princess reunion, packed with gags and references that should send both young and old fans into paroxysms of glee. The princess confab also leads into a scene featuring Vanellope and the cast of Slaughter Race that probably shouldn’t be spoiled. 10. To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler. 11. To be very eager (for something). Labels: intransitive Example: Senator Toombs who announced his readiness to whip Great Britain [...] has been spoiling for a fight ever since
Word: spoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil From Middle English spoilen, spuylen, borrowed from Old French espoillier, espollier, espuler, from Latin spoliō, spoliāre (“pillage, ruin, spoil”). Pronunciation: /spɔɪl/ 1. Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. Example: Thoſe thouſand horſe shall ſweat with martiall ſpoyle Of conquered kingdomes, and of Cities ſackt, […] 2. The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim; spoliation, pillage, rapine. Labels: archaic Example: This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine. 3. Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else. Labels: uncountable Example: In view of the decline in freight traffic, it was strange to hear from Mr. Lambert that there is "a continuing problem of supplying, particularly for the civil engineer, the number of wagons required for carrying construction materials and spoil for various works."
Word: spoiled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɔɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of spoil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spoiled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spɔɪld/ 1. That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible. 2. The state of being heavily pampered. Example: The child was spoiled by constant gifts. 3. Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering. Example: Both our cat and the dog are spoiled monsters and beg for food every meal.
Word: spoilt Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spɔɪlt/ 1. Having lost its original value Labels: UK 2. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible. Labels: UK Example: The food went spoilt in the heat and had to be thrown away. 3. Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering Labels: UK Example: The child was so spoilt that she expected everything to be done for her. Example: After years of luxury, he became a spoilt brat.
Word: spoilt Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɔɪlt/ 1. simple past and past participle of spoil Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: spoon-fed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spun ˈfɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of spoon-feed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spoon-fed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spun ˈfɛd/ 1. Pampered, as a baby too young to feed themselves. Labels: not-comparable 2. So simplified that one might expect a baby to understand it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spoon-feed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spoon + feed. Pronunciation: /ˈspunˌfid/, /ˈspuːnfiːd/ 1. To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon. Labels: intransitive 2. To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves. Labels: transitive Example: I can help you with your homework, but you must understand the concept, because I will not spoon-feed you. 3. To give (something) in an overly pampering way, so that the recipients do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves. Labels: transitive Example: What do you mean "I don't know"? I'm practically spoon-feeding you the answer! 4. To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them). Labels: ambitransitive
Word: spread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of speed + read. Pronunciation: /spɹiːd/, /spɹid/ 1. To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: You're assuming that if someone spreads they aren't a good orator. That's flawed logic. Example: In my first year on the circuit, I learned to spread and did decently well. I won most of my rounds, not that I could tell you how I did it.
Word: spread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of speed + read. Pronunciation: /spɹiːd/, /spɹid/ 1. An act or instance of spreading (speedreading). Example: If debate is a game, then the execution of a "spread" is like a well-timed blitz in football. Convincing a judge that your opponents' arguments would cause human extinction is equivalent to a successful Hail Mary pass. Example: It's one L ur chillin just keep practicing read the ballets figure what you did wrong and practice with improvements in mind, get better at spreads and k theory debates.
Word: sprang Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspɹæŋ/, /ˈspɹaŋ/, /ˈspɹaŋɡ/, /ˈspɾaŋ/, /ˈspɹɛŋ/ 1. simple past of spring Labels: form-of, past
Word: sprung Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɹʌŋ/, /spɹʊŋ/, /spɹʊŋɡ/ 1. simple past and past participle of spring Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: “When do you write to Colonel Brandon, ma’am?” was an enquiry which sprung from the impatience of her mind to have something going on.
Word: sprung Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spɹʌŋ/, /spɹʊŋ/, /spɹʊŋɡ/ 1. Fitted or cushioned with springs. Example: Near-synonym: spring-loaded Example: a sprung mattress 2. Worn out such that the springiness has dissipated. Example: My old money clip was sprung, so I replaced it. 3. Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection. Labels: slang Example: I like big butts and I cannot lie. / You other brothers can’t deny / that when a girl walks in / with a itty bitty waist / and a round thing in your face you get sprung. Example: […] / ’Cause your love got the best of me, / And baby, you’re making a fool of me. / You got me sprung and I don’t care who sees, / ’Cause baby, you got me so crazy. 4. Caught doing something illegal or against the rules. Labels: Australia, slang Example: `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 5. drunk. Labels: dated, slang 6. cracked or strained. Labels: obsolete
Word: stood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”). Pronunciation: /stʊd/, /stʉd/ 1. simple past and past participle of stand Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals. Example: The teacher stood her facing the corner.
Word: stole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /stəʊl/, /stoʊl/ 1. simple past of steal Labels: form-of, past Example: TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account. 2. past participle of steal Labels: archaic, colloquial, form-of, participle, past Example: […]when indeed they have ſeen nothing, but have ſtole the word of the Lord from others, and borrowed from their neighbour[…] Example: And glory pointed still the goal / THat fired his lay; / But now revolving time has stole / Those dreams away.
Word: stole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English stole, from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek στολή (stolḗ, “stole, garment, equipment”); akin to stall. Doublet of stola. Pronunciation: /stəʊl/, /stoʊl/ 1. A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress, corresponding to the Eastern epitrachelion. Example: 1994-1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98, Multimedia Edition Certain robes indicate a position in the hierarchy; others correspond to function and may be worn by the same individual at different times. The most important vestment among the insignia [of the clergy] is the stole, the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium. The stole originally was a draped garment, then a folded one with the appearance of a scarf, and, finally, in the 4th century, a scarf. As a symbol of jurisdictionin the Roman Empire, the supreme pontiff (the pope, or bishop of Rome) conferred it upon archbishops and, later, upon bishops, as emblematic of their sharing in the papal authority. Example: With sou'-wester under arm, and oilskin open so that God might see the stole and know that there was no deception, he chanted from a prayer-book in a tone exactly like that of a blackfellow devil-dovvening: […] 2. A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.
Word: stole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stolō. Doublet of stolon. Pronunciation: /stəʊl/, /stoʊl/ 1. A stolon.
Word: stolen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”), equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (“stolen”), Saterland Frisian stäälen (“stolen”), West Frisian stellen (“stolen”), Dutch gestolen (“stolen”), German Low German stohlen (“stolen”), German gestohlen (“stolen”), Swedish stulen (“stolen”). Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/, /ˈstoʊ.ln̩/ 1. past participle of steal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stolen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”), equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (“stolen”), Saterland Frisian stäälen (“stolen”), West Frisian stellen (“stolen”), Dutch gestolen (“stolen”), German Low German stohlen (“stolen”), German gestohlen (“stolen”), Swedish stulen (“stolen”). Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/, /ˈstoʊ.ln̩/ 1. That has been stolen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stolen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”), equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (“stolen”), Saterland Frisian stäälen (“stolen”), West Frisian stellen (“stolen”), Dutch gestolen (“stolen”), German Low German stohlen (“stolen”), German gestohlen (“stolen”), Swedish stulen (“stolen”). Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/, /ˈstoʊ.ln̩/ 1. Something which has been stolen. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, US Example: Oh, a few months back, a detective came by with pictures of identical diamonds. Wanted to know if anybody had come around maybe trying to sell them. I told him I read the pawn sheets regular and I haven't seen them listed. He tells me they don't want the stolens on any sheets. Example: Spinner, shotty, semi These shots ain't no Henny If this Glock holds twenty I make it scream like Dezzie Dilemma like Kelly Before I had a bar like Peggy How many pagans? Many Ask my probation... She knows it's many, many And if I take it there it's edgy You see my stolens come with petty
Word: stick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-Germanic *stikkô Proto-West Germanic *stikkō Old English sticca Middle English stikke English stick From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”), Dutch stek (“spot, place, home”), German Low German Stick (“stick”), German Stecken (“stick”), Danish and Norwegian stikke (“stick”), Swedish sticka (“splinter, needle”). Related to stigma. Pronunciation: /stɪk/ 1. To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint. 2. To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: to stick type 3. To furnish or set with sticks. Labels: transitive 4. To hit with a stick.
Word: stick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn Old English stician Middle English stiken English stick From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka. Cognate with the first etymology (same PIE root, different paths through Germanic and Old English), to stitch, and to etiquette, via French étiquette – see there for further discussion. Pronunciation: /stɪk/ 1. Likely to stick; sticking, sticky. Labels: informal Example: A non-stick pan. A stick plaster. Example: A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.
Word: stick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikaną ▲ Proto-Germanic *stikaną Proto-Germanic *stukkōną Proto-Germanic *stukkiją Proto-West Germanic *stukkī Old Dutch *stukki Middle Dutch sticbor. Middle English stick English stick From Middle English stick, stik, steik, from Middle Dutch stic, stec, stuc (“piece”), from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”). Cognate with German Stück (“piece”), Middle English stucche, sticche (“piece”). Pronunciation: /stɪk/ 1. The customary length (according to the material used) of a piece or roll of textile fabrics imported from Flanders. Labels: obsolete
Word: stuck Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stʌk/, /stʊk/ 1. simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stuck Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stʌk/, /stʊk/ 1. Unable to move. Example: Can you shift this gate? I think it’s stuck. Example: If you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be. 2. Unable to progress with a task. Example: I’m totally stuck on this question in the test. 3. No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen. Example: There are several ways to close a stuck program. 4. In the situation of having no money. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: stuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare stoccado. Pronunciation: /stʌk/, /stʊk/ 1. A thrust, especially with a lance or sword. Labels: obsolete Example: If he by chance escape your venomed stuck, / Our purpose may hold there.
Word: sting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old English sting, stincg (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stingaz; possibly also from Old English stynġ, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪŋ/, /ˈstɪŋɡ/ 1. A bump left on the skin after having been stung. Example: Look at this nasty hornet sting: it's turned blue! 2. A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom. Example: She died from a bee sting. 3. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. 4. A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis. Example: That plant will give a little sting if you touch it. 5. A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles. 6. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. Example: the lurking serpent's mortal sting 7. A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal. Example: The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting. Example: Shepard: I'm taking you in, Jax. Turian Bodyguard: It's a sting. Bastard set us up. Jax: What the hell are you playing at? 8. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show. 9. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station. 10. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow. Example: The balance is mounted externally on top of the wind tunnel test section. A sting connects the balance to the model. 11. The harmful or painful part of something. Labels: figuratively Example: The ſting of death is ſinne, […] Example: Better is 20 R-R5, threatening 21 KR-R1. This action would compel exchanges and reduce the sting of Black's attack. 12. A goad; incitement. Example: O most potential love! vow, bond, nor space, / In thee hath neither sting, knot, nor confine 13. The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Word: sting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stingen, from Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Swedish and Icelandic stinga. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪŋ/, /ˈstɪŋɡ/ 1. To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To puncture with the stinger. Labels: transitive Example: A mosquito stung me on the arm. 3. To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally). Labels: figuratively, intransitive, sometimes Example: My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions. Example: My hand stings after knocking on the door so long. 4. To cause harm or pain to. Labels: figuratively Example: I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!
Word: stung Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stʌŋ/, /stʊŋ/, /stʊŋɡ/ 1. simple past and past participle of sting Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”). Compare typologically Russian рази́ть (razítʹ). Pronunciation: /stɪŋk/ 1. To have a strong bad smell. Labels: intransitive 2. To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. Labels: informal, intransitive, stative Example: That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end. Example: They gave me Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen. I thought it was going to stink, but it didn't. It was a very good book. 3. To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin. Labels: intransitive Example: Something stinks about the politician's excuses. Example: The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot. 4. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink. Labels: transitive
Word: stink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”). Compare typologically Russian рази́ть (razítʹ). Pronunciation: /stɪŋk/ 1. A strong bad smell. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “I’m thankful for this beautiful morning!” He points toward the sky. “See that sunrise? Smell that air—” / “That’s stink from the rendering plant.” 2. A complaint or objection. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done. Example: She's made a big stink about me calling her "Miss", not "Ms".
Word: stink Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”). Compare typologically Russian рази́ть (razítʹ). Pronunciation: /stɪŋk/ 1. Bad; inferior; worthless. Labels: New-Zealand, slang Example: The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert. 2. Bad-smelling, stinky. Labels: Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica Example: 2013, Stabroek News, 19 February 2013, cited by Deborah Jan Osman Backer in a speech delivered in the National Assembly during the Budget Debate, 2013, Everyone is up in arms but it smells stink because it smells of racism… Example: Spending hours in a “stink" morgue, being called “Taliban”, thinking of getting shot in the head by officers—memories of Venezuela that have left Hamza Mohammed, imam of the Montrose mosque, still trembling today.
Word: stank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. simple past of stink Labels: form-of, past
Word: stank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Respelling of stink, representing the thank-think merger. Compare thang. Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable, slang Example: Fishy, pussy funky elevator Pissy, broke ass project elevator Old baby piss, stank ass horse, cat piss smelling funky hot ass elevator I'm not climbing no 17 flights[…] Example: This is why most top-notch women can't stand stank hoes. Classy women have more contempt for these women than men do.
Word: stank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Respelling of stink, representing the thank-think merger. Compare thang. Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. A stink; a foul smell. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: stank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Respelling of stink, representing the thank-think merger. Compare thang. Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable and can be achieved by, among other things, crunchy harmonies, blue notes and groovy rhythm Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: stank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Respelling of stink, representing the thank-think merger. Compare thang. Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. To stink; to smell bad. Example: I just ignored him because he stanked worst than I did. Example: I did not want to ask for her hand in marriage in a hospital room that stanked of chlorine and god knew what else. 2. To cause to smell bad. Example: He was killing me with the jokes and he was killing everybody with his smuggled corned beef samages that stanked up the joint.
Word: stank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French estanc, (French étang), from Latin stagnum (“a pool”). Compare stagnant, stagnate. Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: And he [the hart] fleeth then mightily and far from the hounds, that is to say he hath gone a great way from them, then he will go into the stank, and will soil therein once or twice in all the stank and then he will come out again by the same way that he went in, and then he shall ruse again the same way that he came (the length of) a bow shot or more, and then he shall ruse out of the way, for to stall or squatt to rest him, and that he doeth for he knoweth well that the hounds shall come by the fues [footing] into the stank where he was. 2. A dam or mound to stop water. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: stank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French estanc, (French étang), from Latin stagnum (“a pool”). Compare stagnant, stagnate. Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid. Example: Water-courses are stanked where they take a sharp turn, to prevent the force of the current wearing away the bank at the outside angle. Example: 'Have you ever seen such a mighty river before?' 'No , I answered, 'but I knew him when he was a wee thing, a child like myself, and I have stanked him often at his sylvan source with a few small stones, and the very first vessel he ever floated was a little boat I made of a pea-pod.' 2. To pack in tightly. Labels: broadly Example: They never dreamed of using a float; I doubt if there was such a thing in the whole valley; but they “stanked' their rods in the bank, with the line heavily shotted and arranged so that the hook was just clear of the bottom, the line being at right angles to the point of the rod. Example: Should the depth of water on a vessel's deck be considered too deep for this method, the ship has to be stanked, or raised upon–that is to say, balks of timber have to be bolted or secured to her waterways; thick planks have to be fastened to the balks, so that they come above water, and then they are decked across, and the whole is made watertight with canvas or oakum. 3. To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started. Labels: broadly Example: The writer was obliged, a few months ago, to open out a whole district which had been "stanked off " ( as the phrase of the district is ) for over a year, and on approaching the old air-way the heat became intolerable and the fire was burning as badly as ever. Example: From your experience then, taking into account the fact that you have a fiery and dusty mine to deal with, would you prefer to stank off as soon as there is the slightest evidence of any natural heating, either by smell or vapour or anything else, or would you prefer to run the risk of having to cope with filling out a large quantity of debris to get at the fire?
Word: stank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French estanc, or Italian stanco. See stanch (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. Weak; worn out. Labels: obsolete Example: I am so stiff and so stank, That uneath may I stand any more
Word: stank Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. To surround or guard. Example: This was executed with sch gallantry and spirit by the troops, that, notwithstanding the natural strength of this pos, the abbatis of fruit trees that were made, the batteries of the town of Bommel which stanked the approach, and the considerable number of men who defended it, it was soon carried, and the enemy driven across the river (every where passable on the ice) with considerable loss of men and of four pieces of cannon. Example: upon the south of the garden, by ane easy descent, you come to the great orch-yaird containing sex aikers of ground, includeing a parcell thereof that is woody, all upon one levine, stanked and hedged, about whose back entry from the south leads you first to a triangle haugh surrounded with wood, and then to the river of Clyde for salmond fishing for more nor two mylles, which makes the lenth of the wholl barronie from Garingill to the Miregill mouth.
Word: stank Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. To trample. Labels: Cornwall Example: In the por ( bustle ) I lost my hat ; tell gittin ' cloase to a mait-stannin ' (shambles), to saave myself from bein' stanked ( trampled ) under fut, I got up and set down 'pon the stannin' ; an ' then, aw, I feelt my sawl all a-fire weth love for everybody theere, and sprengin' to my feet, I begun to ex'ort, and then took to pray. Example: And then she took down the cloam from the chimbly and stanked it under her feet, so as no one shouldn't hev it after she war gone. 2. To stumble or lurch. Labels: Cornwall Example: I put on my clean gook to-day, And went to fetch some barm,When I stanked 'pon a slaw-cripple, Down there by Hodge's farm. Example: But she stanked upon a wuilkin one day in the chall, and after that she was always liable to quames.
Word: stank Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋk/, [ˈstæŋk], /ˈsteɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈsteɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈstɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈstɛ̃ŋk] 1. To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking. Example: In cattle auctions, cows are frequently seen with “stanked udders,” when a cow is driven to market several miles along hard roads with a loaded udder, its milk is not improved for human consumption. Example: An old cow, giving rather little milk and perhaps not freshly calved, may be 'stanked' in order to deceive a prospective purchaser, and in this case an accusation of 'cruelty' would not be so ill-founded.
Word: stunk Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stʌŋk/ 1. simple past and past participle of stink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German streuen (“to strew, scatter”), Swedish strö (“to strew”), Icelandic strá (“to strew”), Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”). Pronunciation: /stɹuː/, /stɹu/ 1. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. Labels: dated Example: to strew sand over a floor Example: The files had been strewn all over the floor. 2. To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered. Labels: archaic Example: Leaves strewed the ground. Example: The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. 3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: She may strew dangerous conjectures. 4. To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout. Example: error-strewn
Word: strewed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹuːd/ 1. simple past of strew Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of strew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strewn Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stɹuːn/, /stɹun/ 1. Covered, scattered or overspread with objects.
Word: strewn Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹuːn/, /stɹun/ 1. past participle of strew Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Unwashed dishes and dirty laundry were strewn about the room. Example: The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.
Word: stride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan (“stride”), from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Cognate with Low German striden (“to fight, to stride”), Dutch strijden (“to fight”), German streiten (“to fight, to quarrel”). Pronunciation: /stɹaɪd/ 1. To walk with long steps. Labels: intransitive Example: Mars in the middle of the shining shield / Is grav'd, and strides along the liquid field. 2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. 3. To pass over at a step; to step over. Example: a debtor that not dares to stride a limit Example: For SAC66 is better known as Batty Moss (or Ribblehead) Viaduct - the magnificent, Grade 2-listed, 24-arch structure that strides over the pockmarked ground between Ribblehead station and Blea Moor signal box. 4. To straddle. Example: I mean to stride your steed. Example: The air and manner of the horseman bespoke him of superior order;[…]. The rich housings of the beast he strode, proclaimed its owner of illustrious race; […]
Word: stride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stride, stryde, from Old English stride (“a stride, pace”), from the verb (see above). Doublet of strid. Pronunciation: /stɹaɪd/ 1. A long step in walking. Labels: countable Example: Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride. Example: An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight. 2. The distance covered by a long step. Labels: countable 3. The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc. Labels: countable Example: This stride value is generally equal to the pixel width of the bitmap times the number of bytes per pixel, but for performance reasons it might be rounded […] 4. A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats. Labels: uncountable
Word: strode Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹəʊd/, /stɹoʊd/ 1. simple past of stride Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of stride Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: an impeccably poised young woman who had strode out in an evening gown
Word: stridden Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪdən/ 1. past participle of stride Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: strive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English striven (“to strive”), from Old French estriver (“to compete, quarrel”), from Frankish *strīban (“to exert, make an effort”) from Proto-Germanic *strībaną, or from Frankish *stribēn (“to strive”) from Proto-Germanic *stribāną. As this verb is conjugated as if it were a strong verb (like drive, ride, and write), it is possible this word may instead be inherited from an unattested Old English *strīfan or *strifian, which would itself also be inherited from Proto-Germanic *strībaną. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪv/ 1. To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. Example: He strove to excel. Example: We strive for the truth. 2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest. Example: to strive against fate Example: Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. 3. To vie; to compete as a rival. Example: [Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive.
Word: strive Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪv/ 1. Alternative form of strife. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: strove Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɔʊv/ 1. simple past of strive Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of strive Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: They have not been content with the Simplicity of the Goſpel, which is a plain Rule of living wel, but have ſtrove to out-wit one another in finding out hidden Miſterys;[…] Example: […]while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it.
Word: striven Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪvən/ 1. past participle of strive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 17th century, from Latin impāctus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpækt/ 1. The striking of one body against another; collision. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The force or energy of a collision of two objects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hatchet cut the wood on impact. 3. A forced impinging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg. 4. A significant or strong influence or effect. Labels: countable, figuratively, proscribed, uncountable Example: His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision. Example: Our choice of concrete will have a tremendous impact on the building's mechanical performance.
Word: impact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 17th century, from Latin impāctus. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpækt/ 1. To collide or strike, the act of impinging. Labels: transitive Example: When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends. Example: As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of the cone it creates – determined by later examination of the petals – provides a way to measure how much energy the graphene absorbs before breaking. 2. To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together. Labels: transitive Example: The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do. 3. To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on. Labels: figuratively, proscribed, transitive Example: I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule. 4. To stamp or impress onto something. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Ideas impacted on the mind.
Word: nettle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛtəl/, [ˈnɛɾəɫ] 1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 2. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 3. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 4. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 5. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 6. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 7. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 8. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 9. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 10. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 11. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 12. Certain plants that have spines or prickles: 13. Certain plants that have spines or prickles: 14. Certain plants that have spines or prickles: 15. Certain plants that have spines or prickles: 16. Certain plants that have spines or prickles: 17. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: 18. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: 19. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: 20. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: 21. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: 22. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: 23. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: 24. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
Word: nettle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛtəl/, [ˈnɛɾəɫ] 1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone. Labels: transitive Example: The children were badly nettled after playing in the field. Example: […] I am whipp’d and scourged with rods, / Nettled and stung with pismires, when I hear / Of this vile politician, Bolingbroke. 2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: [T]his is no lavv unto the vvoof of the neat Retiarie Spider, vvhich ſeems to vveave vvithout tranſverſion, and by the union of right lines to make out a continued ſurface, vvhich is beyond the common art of Textury, and may ſtill nettle Minerva the Godeſſe of that myſtery. Example: His Miſtreſs: vvhoſe Miſtreſs, vvhat Miſtreſs; s'life hovv that little vvord has nettled me!
Word: stimulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-? Latin stimulus Latin stimulo Latin stimulatusbor. English stimulate Borrowed from Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“to urge, goad on”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin stimulus (“a sting or prick; a stimulus, goad”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪm.jʊ.leɪt/, /ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt/ 1. To encourage into action. Example: stimulate the economy Example: To most others Lord Allerton's obvious preference for Mary would have been an insuperable obstacle; it only served to stimulate her ladyship. 2. To arouse an organism to functional activity. Example: stimulate my mind Example: He was sexually stimulated by the dancer's moves.
Word: stiffen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stifnen, equivalent to stiff + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪfən/ 1. To make stiff. Labels: transitive Example: As Willis spoke and tried to smile the voices inside him rang together like a bell, stiffening him and hollowing him and emptying him of his troubled song. Example: Criminal prosecutions of abusers are generally the responsibility of local authorities, but the act stiffened sentences for stalking under federal law. 2. To become stiff. Labels: intransitive Example: Bewildered by the unexpected greeting, my son stiffened, but managed a polite answer. Example: He does note that fascia, like most connective tissue in the body, stiffens with age, overuse and injury.
Word: stiffness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stiffenes, styffenesse, styfnesse; equivalent to stiff + -ness. Perhaps merging with Middle English stithnesse, stithnysse, from Old English stīþness (“stiffness”). 1. Rigidity or a measure of rigidity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His stiffness hampered the conversation. Example: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it. 4. Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.