nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”) or Middle Dutch doten (“to be silly”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English). The noun in the sense of "imbecile" is derived from Middle English dote (“simpleton”), itself from doten (see above). The noun in the sense of "darling" and "decay" is derived from the modern verb. Pronunciation: /dəʊt/, /doʊt/ 1. A darling, a cutie. Labels: Ireland, countable Example: But to be sure baby Boardman was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib. 2. An imbecile; a dotard. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: How did his death-bed make him a doate! 3. Decay in a tree. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: dote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dote (“endowment”) (c. 1450), from Middle French dote (modern dot), from Latin dos. Pronunciation: /dəʊt/, /doʊt/ 1. Dowry. Labels: obsolete
Word: dote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French doter, Latin dōtāre. Pronunciation: /dəʊt/, /doʊt/ 1. To endow, donate. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: doter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dote Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English doter From dote + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊtə(ɹ)/ 1. Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”). Example: “Hold thy tongue! old doter; how should my daughter resemble thy son?” 2. Synonym of dotard (“one who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness”).
Word: dourer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of dour: more dour Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: dow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. Pronunciation: /daʊ/ 1. To be worth. Labels: Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete 2. To thrive, prosper. Labels: Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete
Word: dow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō. Pronunciation: /daʊ/ 1. To furnish with a dower; to endow.
Word: dow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daʊ/ 1. Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daʊ/ 1. Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she [his hawk] wold not bow.
Word: dow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daʊ/ 1. Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daʊ/ 1. Obsolete form of dough Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: This day my Julia thou must make For Mistresse Bride, the wedding Cake: Knead but the Dow, and it will be To paste of Almonds turn’d by thee: Or kisse it thou, but once, or twice, And for the Bride-Cake ther’l be Spice.
Word: dow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daʊ/ 1. Initialism of day of the week Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dragme /dramme, from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme. Pronunciation: /dɹæm/ 1. A small unit of weight, variously: Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A small unit of weight, variously: Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. A small unit of weight, variously: Labels: uncommon Example: Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔). 4. A small unit of weight, variously: Labels: obsolete 5. Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison. Labels: broadly Example: a dram of brandy Example: Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing. 6. A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines. Labels: historical Example: The rolling stock, consisting entirely of four-wheel open trucks, or drams, was broken up at Bonvilles Court Colliery. 7. Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins. Labels: obsolete Example: They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]
Word: dram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dragme /dramme, from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme. Pronunciation: /dɹæm/ 1. To drink drams. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: What I contend against is, this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of the day. There are some men who take a glass at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and at four in the afternoon. 2. To ply with drams of drink. Labels: dated, transitive Example: The parents[…]are getting ready their daughter for sale[…]praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her.
Word: dram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (ZWZN /⁠drahm⁠/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to hold, seize”). Pronunciation: /dɹæm/, /dɹɑm/ 1. The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
Word: drib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dialectal English drib (compare also drub), a variant from Middle English drepen (“to hit, strike, slay”), from Old English drepan (“to strike, kill, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪb/ 1. To cut off; chop off. Labels: transitive 2. To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin. Labels: transitive 3. To entice step by step. Labels: transitive Example: With daily Lies ſhe dribs thee into Coſt; / That Ear-ring dropt a Stone, that Ring is loſt: / They often borrow what they never pay; / What e'er you lend her think it thrown away. 4. To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle. Example: He who drives their bargains dribs a part. 5. To shoot directly at short range. Labels: transitive 6. To shoot at a mark at short range. Labels: intransitive 7. To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. Labels: transitive Example: Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […] 8. To beat; thrash; drub. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive 9. To scold. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive 10. To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: drib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a variant of drip. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪb/ 1. A drop. Labels: obsolete Example: squandering his money in dribs to the poor
Word: druid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally either “oak-knower” or “firm knower, great sage”), from either Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) or *drew- (“solid, firm, hard”) and *weyd- (“to see, to have knowledge”) (whence also English wizard; Proto-Slavic *vědьma (> Russian ве́дьма (védʹma))). The earliest record of the term in Latin is by Julius Caesar in the first century B.C. in his De Bello Gallico. The native Celtic word for "druid" is first attested in Latin texts as druides (plural) and other texts also employ the form druidae (akin to the Greek form). Cognate with the later insular Celtic words, Old Irish druí (“druid, sorcerer”) and early Welsh dryw (“seer”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹuːɪd/, /ˈdɹʉwɪd/, /ˈdɹu.ɪd/, /ˈdɹʉːɪd/, /ˈdɾʉ.ɪd/ 1. One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions. Labels: historical 2. A priest or mage who uses magic based on nature or trees.
Word: dubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dub + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbə/, /ˈdʌbɚ/, /ˈdʊbə/, /ˈdʊbəɹ/, /ˈdʌbəɹ/ 1. One who dubs, or gives a name. Example: […]thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber. 2. A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film. 3. A person's mouth or tongue. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly." Example: "Shut your dubber. Think you're a regular duchess, you do, eh? I ain't answering no more questions."
Word: dubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic دُبَّاء (dubbāʔ, “bottle gourd”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbə/, /ˈdʌbɚ/, /ˈdʊbə/, /ˈdʊbəɹ/, /ˈdʌbəɹ/ 1. A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.
Word: ducker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duck + -er. Piecewise doublet of duiker. 1. One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
Word: ducker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of doucker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: duff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing a northern England and Scots pronunciation of dough. Pronunciation: /dʌf/, /dɐf/, /dʊf/ 1. Dough. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable 2. A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Later on, all the tinned meat came to an end, likewise the potatoes, and we lived on salt meat, biscuit, and duff; this fare was served out to all the messes on board, and we, I was going to say, saloon-folk, fared no better than the fo'castle hands. Example: The storekeeper had sent them an unbroken case of canned plum pudding, and probably by this time he was wondering what had become of that blanky case of duff. 3. A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums or (in the Bahamas) guavas. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They must live on sea food—a deal more of salt beef, pork, beans, and hard tack is than of any thing else, but of the food at sea well as in port it may here be said that it is ample in quantity and good enough anybody, though by no means all strawberry shortcake and cream or plum duff. Example: With Christmas well on its way let's take a look at a modern version of an old favourite dessert more often than not reserved for the day we celebrate the birth of Christ: plum duff. It is just as well Christmas falls during the summer school holidays as a nipper this allowed me to be at my grandmother's home when the true traditional plum duff was made.
Word: duff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; probably related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Pronunciation: /dʌf/, /dɐf/, /dʊf/ 1. Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor. Labels: British-Columbia, Northwestern, Scotland, US, countable, uncountable Example: Forest fires have often been started from wantonness; for the sake of making a big blaze, fires will be carelessly left by guides, or will be smouldering in the duff,* where it will burn for weeks. I have seen the smoke from fires in the duff even after the snow has fallen. * Local term for the vegetable growth covering the forest ground of the Adirondacks. under the spruce trees, the falling needles accumulate to considerable depth, forming the "spruce duff," a peculiar and interesting variety of forest humus. Example: These methods also make it possible for the forest officer to describe and to record his observations in precise terms such as “6% percent duff moisture” rather than in generalities such as “pretty dry duff.” 2. Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The great bulk of the coal burnt under our boilers is duff of a very small size, and a mixed coal of duff, peas, and small nuts. 4. A mixture of coal and rock. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 5. The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit; a worthless thing; a defective thing. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An error. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: duff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain; probably related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Pronunciation: /dʌf/, /dɐf/, /dʊf/ 1. Worthless; not working properly, defective. Labels: UK Example: Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels? Example: From its surface, he insisted, plain food became ambrosia, water nectar, and the duffest dope would blow your mind.
Word: duff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps the same as Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /dʌf/, /dɐf/, /dʊf/ 1. The buttocks. Labels: US, slang
Word: duff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally thieves' slang; probably a back-formation from duffer. Pronunciation: /dʌf/, /dɐf/, /dʊf/ 1. To disguise something to make it look new. Labels: obsolete, slang 2. To sell spurious goods, often under pretence of their being stolen or smuggled. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: A person once taken-in by smuggled handkerchiefs, or anything, won’t deal with a hawker again, even though there’s no deception. But ‘duffing,’ and all that is going down fast, and I wish it was gone altogether. 3. To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle. Labels: Australia 4. To hit the ground behind the ball. Labels: US
Word: duff Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʌf/, /dɐf/, /dʊf/ 1. Alternative form of daf (“type of drum”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: duffel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch duffel, named after Duffel, a town in Belgium, itself ultimately from Latin Dubrolocus, the first particle from Gaulish dubrum. Pronunciation: /dʌfəl/ 1. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, uncountable
Word: dulse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish duileasc, Scottish Gaelic duileasg; compare Welsh delysg. Pronunciation: /dʌls/ 1. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’ Example: They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.
Word: duma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian ду́ма (dúma, “elective legislative assembly”, originally: “thought”), from Proto-Slavic *duma (“breath, spirit; word; mind, thought; advice”). The drink is named after the legislative assembly. Pronunciation: /ˈdumə/ 1. A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament). Example: Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees a “Gosudarstvennaia Duma,” or State Council. The elections for this Duma will cover the whole territory of the Empire, ... 2. A drink mixing wine and vodka.
Word: dun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dun, donn, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-colored, brownish black”), from Proto-West Germanic *duʀn, from Proto-Germanic *duznaz, *dusnaz (“brown, yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Old Saxon dun (“brown, dark”), Old High German tusin (“ash-gray, dull brown, pale yellow, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard; duck”). Alternative etymology derives the Old English word from Brythonic (compare Middle Welsh dwnn (“dark (red)”)), from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (compare Old Irish donn and Scottish Gaelic donn (“brown”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (compare Old Saxon dosan (“chestnut brown”)). More at dusk. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. A brownish grey colour. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dun, donn, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-colored, brownish black”), from Proto-West Germanic *duʀn, from Proto-Germanic *duznaz, *dusnaz (“brown, yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Old Saxon dun (“brown, dark”), Old High German tusin (“ash-gray, dull brown, pale yellow, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard; duck”). Alternative etymology derives the Old English word from Brythonic (compare Middle Welsh dwnn (“dark (red)”)), from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (compare Old Irish donn and Scottish Gaelic donn (“brown”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (compare Old Saxon dosan (“chestnut brown”)). More at dusk. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. Of a brownish grey colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: Come, thick Night, And pall thee in the dunneſt ſmoake of Hell, That my keene Knife ſee not the Wound it makes, Nor Heauen peepe through the Blanket of the darke, To cry, hold, hold. Example: My Miſtres eyes are nothing like the Sunne, Currall is farre more red, then her lips red, If ſnow be white, why then her breſts are dun: If hairs be wiers, black wiers grow on her head: [...]
Word: dun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown; perhaps a variant of din. Several sources suggest origin from Joe Dun, the name of a bailiff known for arresting debtors, but this is controversial. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding. Labels: countable Example: "The truth is, Mr. Curl, I cannot write when I am plagued about trifles; and a tiresome dun this morning put to flight every idea that I had in the world." "Mr. Maynard," said the bookseller, in a solemn tone, "it is very wrong to run in debt." Example: Look ye, gentlemen, I have lived with credit in the world, and it grieves my heart never to stir out of my doors but to be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun or other. 2. An urgent request or demand of payment. Example: Miss Hoppin received a dun for volume 9 1840–1 which Mr. James McConnell, (who now pays the above) is sure was paid.
Word: dun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown; perhaps a variant of din. Several sources suggest origin from Joe Dun, the name of a bailiff known for arresting debtors, but this is controversial. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. To ask or beset a debtor for payment. Labels: transitive Example: And hath she sent so soon to dun? Example: Of all he had received from Lady Bellaston, not above five guineas remained and that very morning he had been dunned by a tradesman for twice that sum. 2. To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request. Labels: transitive Example: Rich bitches who had to be dunned for their milk bills would pay him right now.
Word: dun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; likely from the color. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago. Labels: countable Example: Also, duns are dull and generally sober colored, whilst spinners are more brightly colored and shining and their wings are clear and transparent. 2. A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago. Labels: countable Example: We have besides for this Month a little Dun call'd a whirling Dun (though it is not the whirling Dun indeed, which is one of the best Flies we have) and for this the dubbing must be of the bottom fur of a Squirrels tail and the wing of the grey feather of a Drake.
Word: dun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish dún or Scottish Gaelic dùn, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortress”). Cognate with Welsh dinas (“city”). Doublet of town. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland. Example: Pampedun, or Pandon, was probably a place of residence from the earliest times; its sheltered situation for boats, and proximity to the ancient way over the river, protected perhaps by a dun or camp, on the height above [...] possibly gave origin to the ancient name of the place, Pampedun, from the British pant, a hollow, and dun, a fort or camp, Pant-y-dun. 2. A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch. Example: Smaller than the broch was the dun, another type of stone-built 'roundhouse'.
Word: dun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See do. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do. Labels: alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Now, ya dun it! Example: ...a wise old lady exclaimed, "Why Mrs. M. warn't you orful skeerd wunst when you seed a dog fight? [...] an that ere big yaller dog bit orf your baby's hand that minit; in cors he dun it, so now that settles it." 2. Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not. Labels: alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Fwhere's he come from, I dun'no'. French or English, I dun'no'. But a gintleman born, I know.
Word: dun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely from the color of fish so prepared. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Dun-fish are of a superior quality for the table, and are cured in such a manner as to give them a dun or brownish color. Fish for dunning are caught early in spring, and sometimes February, at the Isle of Shoals.
Word: dun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See dune. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. A mound or small hill.
Word: dun Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music. Example: How would you deal with that power? (Dun, dun, DUN! Insert dramatic music here.) Example: Dun, dun! Dun, dun! As the music continues, the long shot of Griff's walk is broken down into repeating tight shots of his face, his legs, and his shifting point of view of Brockie.
Word: dun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani दून (dūn) / دُون (dūn). False cognate of dun (sense 4) / doon, and dun (sense 7) / dune Pronunciation: /dʌn/, /dʊn/ 1. Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dunker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix). 1. Someone who dunks. 2. A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks. 3. A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea. 4. Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce. 5. A kind of sonobuoy. Example: Active sonar, for aircraft purposes still largely associated with dunking, suffers less variability but often has less range. […] Development of both dunkers and sonobuoys continues towards lower frequencies, implying bigger arrays, and deeper deployments. Example: Then they drop the dunker into the water and spin it around a few times so you end up upside-down.
Word: dunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dun + -er. 1. One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.
Word: dyadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dyad + -ic. The mathematics sense was coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis. Pronunciation: /daɪˈæ.dɪk/, [daɪˈæ.ɾɪk] 1. Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements. Example: Up to now, all the expressions we have called predicates have stood for properties which it makes sense to attribute to a single individual. Such predicates are known as monadic, or one-place, predicates. There are, however, many expressions which we cannot meaningfully apply to single objects, but only to groups of two, three or more objects. We cannot e.g. sensibly say 'x is greater than', but only 'x is greater than y'. Nor can we say 'x is between', or even 'x is between y', but only 'x is between y and z'. We shall say that an expression such as 'greater than' or 'between' stands not for a property of an individual, but for a relation between individuals. Since 'greater than' stands for a relation between two individuals, we shall say that the relation in question is a dyadic or a two-place relation. Similarly, 'between' stands for a triadic or three-place relation; and we can also have four-place, five-place, etc., relations. . . . A dyadic relation holds not simply between a pair of objects, but between those objects in a certain order. It is one thing to say that Bill is father of Tom, and another thing to say that Tom is father of Bill. . . . There are, it is true, certain dyadic relations whose direction is unimportant, in the sense that whenever they hold between x and y, they also hold between y and x; 'parallel to' and 'cousin of' are examples. 2. Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements. Labels: obsolete Example: The dyadic arithmetic proposes to express all numbers by two characters, 1 and 0. The value of 1 is to double at every remove into a preceding column. Thus, 1 is represented by 1, 2 by 10, 4 by 100, and 8 by 1000; 3 is represented by 11, 5 by 101, 6 by 110, 7 by 111, 9 by 1001, and 10 by 1010. Thus far nothing seems to be gained but simplicity and there is a grievous loss of brevity. But in the huge numbers of the mathematicians this inconvenience was to fall away and the complex operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, were to sink into mere transcription. 3. Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex. Example: Although dyadic bodies may be more common, they are no more or less "normal" than intersex bodies.
Word: dyadic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dyad + -ic. The mathematics sense was coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis. Pronunciation: /daɪˈæ.dɪk/, [daɪˈæ.ɾɪk] 1. The sum of two or more dyads
Word: dyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dye + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪɚ/, /ˈdaɪə/ 1. One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation. Example: Natural dyers commonly coax a rainbow of color from plants, fungi, flowers, and minerals; however, some of the most vibrant and colorfast reds come from insects.
Word: dynamo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/ 1. An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine. Example: "As usual, it isn't telling the truth about it or you. But your body is. I can feel its vitality like the pulse of a dynamo." 2. The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field. 3. An energetic person. Labels: figuratively Example: That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.
Word: dynast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin dynastēs, from Ancient Greek δυνάστης (dunástēs, “lord, ruler”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “to be powerful”). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪnæst/ 1. A ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty. Example: Now the dynasts who rule each country are cementing political ties.
Word: dyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”). Pronunciation: /dʌɪn/, /daɪn/ 1. A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.
Word: earing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff. 2. A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard. Example: You've forgot to pass the tack-earing, but wid time and help ye'll larn. There's good and just reason for ivry rope aboard, or else 'twould be overboard. D'ye follow me? 3. A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions. 4. A manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing. 5. A ploughing of land. Labels: archaic Example: For these two yeeres hath the famine bene in the land: and yet there are fiue yeeres, in the which there shall neither be earing nor haruest. Example: Sixe dayes thou shalt worke, but on the seuenth day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in haruest thou shalt rest. 6. An earring. Labels: archaic, rare Example: Gustave. (Gets up.) What? I believe you are wearing my earings yet!
Word: earing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: eclat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French éclat. More at éclat. 1. Alternative spelling of éclat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: There is an elegy of Propertius which paints better than any other writing of antiquity, this dignity of females among the Romans, more imposing, more pure than the eclat which they enjoyed during the age of chivalry.
Word: eddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éti Proto-Germanic *idi- Proto-West Germanic *id- Old English ed- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *ahwō Proto-West Germanic *ahu Old English ēa Old English edēa Middle English eddy English eddy From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.i/ 1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. Example: In the bow old Dobbs fought the stream cunningly, twisting the nose into eddies and backwaters, taking advantage when he could of set of current, and when he could not, paddling doggedly, not so powerfully, perhaps, as his partner, but with equal steadiness. 2. A circular current; a whirlpool. Example: And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Example: Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.
Word: eddy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éti Proto-Germanic *idi- Proto-West Germanic *id- Old English ed- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *ahwō Proto-West Germanic *ahu Old English ēa Old English edēa Middle English eddy English eddy From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.i/ 1. To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle. Labels: intransitive Example: He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs. Example: Eddying round and round they sink.
Word: eddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of edible. Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.i/ 1. A marijuana edible. Labels: slang Example: I never really was into weed until recently. On my "Chrissy Chaos" podcast on Patreon, I do a segment every Friday called the "Chris and Eddy Show" 'cause I call edibles "eddys,' so I take an eddy and I do a show. Example: These eddies are made with both fruits and veggies, and weed of course, with cozy flavor profiles like honey lemon and apple pie.
Word: eft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ɛft/ 1. A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe. Example: Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […]. Example: How did he like it when the live creatures Tickled and toused and browsed him all over, And worm, slug, eft, with serious features Came in, each one, for his right of trover?
Word: eft Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English eft, from Old English eft, æft, from Proto-West Germanic *afti, from Proto-Germanic *afti. Cognate with Old Saxon eft, aft, eht (“again, afterwards”), Middle Low German echt (“again, afterward”). Compare English after, aft. Pronunciation: /ɛft/ 1. Again; afterwards Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,[…]
Word: egger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English egger From egg + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡə/ 1. One who gathers eggs.
Word: egger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡə/ 1. An eggar moth; any of various species of family Lasiocampidae, especially the oak eggar-moth, Lasiocampa quercus.
Word: eider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪdə/, /ˈaɪdɚ/ 1. Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).
Word: elan Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncommon spelling of élan. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: eland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, see German Elen for more. Doublet of elk. Pronunciation: /ˈiːlənd/ 1. A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. Example: As a matter of fact, however, I had never seen an eland in a wild state before. Example: You almost forget you're in Africa. But suddenly you remember when a big eland goes trudging off from beside the road.
Word: elate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈleɪt/ 1. To make joyful or proud. Labels: transitive Example: That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […] 2. To lift up; raise; elevate. Labels: transitive
Word: elate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪˈleɪt/ 1. Elated; exultant. Example: Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Example: Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. 2. Lifted up; raised; elevated. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate Example: a. 1794, William Jones, an ode in imitation of Alcaeus And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Word: elegy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/ 1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. Example: funeral elegy Example: pastoral elegy 2. A composition of mournful character. 3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter
Word: elfin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English elven, from Old English elfen, ælfen (“nymph, spirit, fairy”), feminine of elf, ælf (“elf”), equivalent to elf + -in. Cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“a fairy, nymph”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛlfɪn/ 1. An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. Example: It was quite an expedition that Ida met, a kind of elfin's rout it looked in the moonlight, children and animals and a fairy-like presence with a face like a moon-lily, all scampering and squealing and whoofing and miauling in a merry game they were making of their progress. 2. A little urchin or child. 3. Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
Word: elfin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Partly from attributive use of Etymology 1, but reanalysed by Edmund Spenser as if equivalent to elf + -in. Compare elven (adjective), elvan. Pronunciation: /ˈɛlfɪn/ 1. Of or relating to elves. Example: The Elf-bolt is associated with many rustic fancies not yet altogether eradicated from the popular mind. It occupied no unimportant part among the paraphernalia of Scottish witches of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and the occurrence of any sudden disease amongst cattle was ascribed until a comparatively recent period, to their having been shot by the fairies with Elfin arrows. Example: If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or they had to repeat the Paternoster backwards, which came to the same thing, or do something else contrariwise. 2. Resembling an elf or elves, especially in tiny size or features. Example: She was one of those elfin, rather precocious little girls, quick coloured, with dark hair, naturally curling dusky hair that was sometimes astray over her eyes, and eyes that were sometimes impishly dark, and sometimes a clear brown yellow. Example: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Word: elide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlaɪd/ 1. To leave out or omit (something). Example: Graham Hough's apparently objective assertion that 'Ozymandias' is 'extremely clear and direct', for example, elides the question of 'to whom?'. 2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable. 3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between. Example: As Ms Shafak summarises, “the state is privileged, all-powerful and yet paradoxically safeguarded as if it were a fragile entity in need of protection.” Between it and its citizens a gulf looms; conversely, officials elide its interests with their own.
Word: ell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *alinu, from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”). Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl/ 1. A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm. Labels: historical Example: At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep. Example: A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.
Word: ell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the letter L (late 18th century). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el) Example: I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time. 2. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building. Example: I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell. 3. Something that is L-shaped.
Word: eluate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ēluō + -ate (noun-forming suffix, of participial origin). On the other hand, elute has been borrowed directly from the perfect passive participle of ēluō, ēlūtus. 1. A liquid solution that results from elution. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eluate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēluō + -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin), see etymology 1. 1. To subject or be subjected to elution.
Word: embank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English bank English embank From en- + bank. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæŋk/, [ɪmˈbæŋk], /ɪmˈbeɪ̯ŋk/, [ɪmˈbeɪ̯ŋk], /ɪmˈbɛ̃ŋk/ 1. to put up a bank so as to confine or to defend 2. to protect by a bank of earth or stone
Word: emmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn). Pronunciation: /ˈɛmə/, /ˈɛmɚ/ 1. Any of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro.
Word: enol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of alkenol. Pronunciation: /ˈiːn.ɒl/ 1. An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom. Example: 1996, Ludvik Labler, August Rüttimann, Alfred Giger, Chapter 2: Coupling Reactions: Part I: Enol Ether and Aldol Condensations, George Britton, Synnove Liaaen-Jensen, Hanspeter Pfander (editors), Carotenoids, Volume 2: Synthesis, Springer (Birkhäuser), page 27, Since research on the total synthesis of carotenoids began, the enol ether and the aldol condensations have been frequently used for the formation of carbon-carbon double bonds. Example: A solution to the use of the thermodynamic ketone enolate lies in the selective formation and reaction of silyl enol ethers.
Word: epoxy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ep- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen English -oxy English epoxy From ep- + -oxy. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɒk.si/, /ɪˈpɑk.si/, /əˈpɑːk.si/ 1. Derived from an epoxide. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epoxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ep- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen English -oxy English epoxy From ep- + -oxy. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɒk.si/, /ɪˈpɑk.si/, /əˈpɑːk.si/ 1. A thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strong adhesives, coatings and laminates; epoxy resin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The largest epoxy sales values were into Germany, Denmark, Spain and Austria. […] Across Europe, the sector accounts for turnover of €4 billion and employs around 25,000 people, with epoxies being present in many different products across the sector.
Word: epoxy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ep- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen English -oxy English epoxy From ep- + -oxy. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɒk.si/, /ɪˈpɑk.si/, /əˈpɑːk.si/ 1. To glue with epoxy.
Word: ere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”). Pronunciation: /ɛə/, /ɛː/, /ɛɚ/, /eː/, /eə/ 1. At an earlier time. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Thys is he of whome I ſpake / he that cõmeth after me / was befoꝛe me be cauſe he was yer thẽ I.
Word: ere Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”). Pronunciation: /ɛə/, /ɛː/, /ɛɚ/, /eː/, /eə/ 1. Before; sooner than. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: My ſelfe was ſtirring ere the breake of day, […] Example: The hill-tops rejoicing will ere long be at their ruddiest, and blush Good-night.
Word: ere Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”). Pronunciation: /ɛə/, /ɛː/, /ɛɚ/, /eː/, /eə/ 1. before. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: Syꝛ, come downe ere my child die.
Word: ere Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Obsolete form of ear. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.
Word: ere Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Formed from is + there + a/an. Pronunciation: /eːɹə/ 1. A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions. Labels: Ireland, contraction, informal Example: 'Ere bit o' bacon in it, Kathleen?
Word: erg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of ergon and work. Pronunciation: /ɜːɡ/, /ɝɡ/ 1. A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.
Word: erg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French erg, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq). Pronunciation: /ɜːɡ/, /ɝɡ/ 1. A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
Word: erg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ɜːɡ/, /ɝɡ/ 1. An ergometer. Labels: slang
Word: erg Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ɜːɡ/, /ɝɡ/ 1. To use an ergometer. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: I erg every morning. Example: She erged a steady state piece.