nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: drivel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps a blend of drive + dribble. Pronunciation: /dɹɪv.əl/, /dɹəv.əl/ 1. To move or travel slowly. Labels: obsolete Example: But that is a state of things, which must in time work its own cure. We cannot always go dribbling and drivelling along, government and people alike being the scoff of all onlookers. Example: There was a good deal of bustle and life at the inn; but three or four inebriates drivelling about the premises were 'suffering a recovery,' from the excitement of the previous night's entertainment. 2. To use up or to be used up. Labels: obsolete Example: Instead of drivelling away the precious initiative season of life in the vain labour of teaching tuneable voices to sing[.] Example: It is for the country to say whether we are to keep on in this backward course, whether we are to go on getting deeper and deeper into debt, whether we are to have increased taxation year after year. The bone and sinew of the land is drivelling away.
Word: baloney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic spelling of bologna. Pronunciation: /bəˈləʊni/, /bəˈloʊni/, /bəˈləʉni/ 1. A type of sausage; bologna. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: baloney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unclear. Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from bologna (“sausage”), possibly used as a minced oath for bullshit. 1. Nonsense. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!
Word: hooey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly related to phooey, possibly a euphemism for horseshit, or possibly from Ukrainian or Russian хуй (xuj). Compare hooie (interjection) and German hui. Pronunciation: /ˈhuː.i/ 1. Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s). Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me. Example: Frankly, I cannot imagine that the global political community cares very much how we spell Keelung or Jilong here. Hooey! How Taiwan spells Dunhua or Tunhwa Road does nothing to its national identity, which is and will remain proud and independent. Let us not load what should be practical linguistic matters with such political baggage.
Word: hooey Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhuː.i/ 1. A hog-tie performed in a rodeo show. Labels: slang
Word: prattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From prate + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch pruttelen and Dutch preutelen (“to mutter”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹætəl/ 1. To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And as E. Rushmore Coglan prattled of this little planet I thought with glee of a great almost-cosmopolite who wrote for the whole world and dedicated himself to Bombay. Example: I looked across at Anna, and I noticed that her eyes had grown strangely blank, without expression. I felt instinctively that the subject brought up by Victor was one she would not have chosen. Victor, insensitive to this, went prattling on.
Word: prattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prate + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch pruttelen and Dutch preutelen (“to mutter”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹætəl/ 1. Silly, childish talk; babble. Labels: uncountable Example: Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership. Example: [...] if you fatigue people by haying them always present, if you encourage or repeat their prattle and their sports; [...]
Word: pula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà. Pronunciation: /pʊlə/, /puːlɑː/ 1. Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck. Labels: Southern-Africa, uncountable Example: Given under my hand and the Public Seal at Gaborone this 31st day of March, 2020. / PULA! 2. The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe. Labels: countable
Word: irregular verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation.
Word: lost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose + -t. Pronunciation: /lɒst/, /lɔst/, /lɔsʈ/, /lɔːst/, /lɑst/ 1. simple past and past participle of lose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose + -t. Pronunciation: /lɒst/, /lɔst/, /lɔsʈ/, /lɔːst/, /lɑst/ 1. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way. Example: The children were soon lost in the forest. 2. In an unknown location; unable to be found. Example: Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world. 3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible. Example: an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd 4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed. Example: a lost limb; lost honour 5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered. Example: a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit; no time should be lost 6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope. Example: a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul Example: They struck me also as being of surpassing interest as representing, probably with studious accuracy, the last rites of the dead as practised among an utterly lost people, and even then I thought how envious some antiquarian friends of my own at Cambridge would be if ever I found an opportunity of describing these wonderful remains to them. 7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible. Example: lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour 8. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things. Example: to be lost in thought
Word: reading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/, [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ], /ˈɹidiŋ/, [ˈɹiɾiŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of read Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding (“reading”), equivalent to read + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/, [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ], /ˈɹidiŋ/, [ˈɹiɾiŋ] 1. The process of interpreting written language. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The student is behind in his reading by several chapters. Example: That's my reading of the current situation. 2. The process of interpreting written language. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of interpreting written language. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 4. A value indicated by a measuring device. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading. Example: He noted that fine dust readings have been higher in Seoul than in Beijing recently. 5. An event at which written material is read aloud. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I attended a poetry reading. 6. The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some Chinese characters have numerous readings. Example: Recent reports from Taiwan (Formosa), although fragmentary, begin to give a picture of economic conditions following the conclusion of the war. Now officially referred to as Taiwan Province, the island's former Japanese administration is being replaced by Chinese officials with little change, at least as yet, in the administrative pattern. Although there is no indication that ideographs will be changed, Chinese readings rather than Japanese will be followed for place names. Taihoku, for example, will be read in our alphabet as Taipei. This city presumably will continue to be the capital of Taiwan. 8. Something to read; reading material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. 9. The extent of what one has read. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He's a man of good reading. 10. One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After the homily there will be two readings from the Bible. 12. The content of a reading list. Labels: uncountable 13. The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones. Labels: uncountable
Word: make Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English make, imake, ȝemace, from Old English ġemaca (“a mate, an equal, companion, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô (“companion, comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to knead, oil”). Reinforced by Old Norse maki (“an equal”). Cognate with Icelandic maki (“spouse”), Swedish make (“spouse, husband”), Danish mage (“companion, fellow, mate”). Doublet of match. Pronunciation: /meɪk/, [meɪkʲ], [meːk], /mɛk/, /mæk/ 1. Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female). Labels: slang Example: To me, if I weren't going with someone and was taking pills, it would be like advertising that I'm an easy make. Example: She's your make, not mine. […] It isn't anything short of difficult to entertain someone else's pregnant fiancee. 2. Mate; a spouse or companion; a match. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Th'Elfe therewith astownd, Vpstarted lightly from his looser make, And his vnready weapons gan in hand to take. Example: Where their maids and their makes At dancing and wakes, Had their napkins and posies And the wipers for their noses
Word: make Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Pronunciation: /meɪk/, [meɪkʲ], [meːk], /mɛk/, /mæk/ 1. A halfpenny. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, archaic Example: the last we shall have, I take it; for a make to a million, but we trine to the nubbing cheat to-morrow. Example: Only as he climbed the steps did he mind that he hadn't even a meck upon him, and turned to jump off as the tram with a showd swung grinding down to the Harbour […]
Word: make Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unclear. Pronunciation: /meɪk/, [meɪkʲ], [meːk], /mɛk/, /mæk/ 1. An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares. Labels: East-Anglia, Essex, obsolete Example: Harvest.—When left for seed, they are cut and wadded as pease, with a make. Produce.—From three to six sacks an acre. Example: Harvest. Taken up by a pease-make, and left in small heaps, and turned as often as the weather may make it necessary.
Word: made Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot. Pronunciation: /meɪd/, /med/, /meːd/, /mɛd/ 1. A grub or maggot. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: made Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make. Pronunciation: /meɪd/, /med/, /meːd/, /mɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of make Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of myek Labels: Geordie, form-of, participle, past 3. simple past and past participle of mak Labels: Wearside, form-of, participle, past
Word: meant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ment, mente, from Old English mǣnde, mǣndon, etc. Equivalent to mean + -t. Pronunciation: /mɛnt/, /mɪnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of mean Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: meet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot. Pronunciation: /miːt/, /mit/ 1. A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming. Example: track meet Example: swim meet 2. A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting. 3. A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross. 4. A meeting. Labels: informal Example: OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him. Example: You feel me? You use these phones to set up a meet, go to that meet… and talk face to face, period. 5. The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
Word: meet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mete, imete, from Old English ġemǣte (“suitable, having the same measurements”), from the Proto-Germanic *gamētijaz, *mētiz (“reasonable; estimable”) (cognate with Dutch meten (“measure”), German gemäß (“suitable”) etc.), itself from collective prefix *ga- + Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). Pronunciation: /miːt/, /mit/ 1. Suitable; right; proper. Labels: archaic Example: It ſeemes not meete, nor wholeſome to my place, / To be producted, (as, if I ſtay, I ſhall,) / Againſt the Moore. […] Example: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an helpe meet for him. 2. Submissive; passive. Labels: obsolete
Word: met Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɛt/ 1. simple past and past participle of meet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: met Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɛt/ 1. simple past and past participle of mete (to measure) Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: Then Hector, Priam’s martial son, stepp’d forth, and met the ground, With wise Ulysses, where the blows of combat must resound;
Word: met Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English meten (“to dream”), from Old English mætan (“to dream”). Pronunciation: /mɛt/ 1. To dream; to occur (to one) in a dream. Labels: impersonal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, obsolete Example: All night me met eke that I was at Kirke.
Word: mishear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misheren, from Old English mishȳran, mishīeran (“to hear amiss, not listen to, disobey”), equivalent to mis- + hear. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈhɪə(ɹ)/ 1. To hear wrongly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead. Example: And if any mishear or misutter it, even that also serves, since it warns. 2. To misunderstand.
Word: misheard Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.hɝd/, /ˈmɪs.hɜː(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of mishear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mislay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mysse layen, equivalent to mis- + lay. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈleɪ/ 1. To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it. Labels: transitive Example: He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets. 2. To err in placing something. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [F]ire, if it be well and rightly vſed, burneth in the houſe to the good and pꝛofit of the familie: but if miſlayed oꝛ abuſed, burneth the houſe to the vndoing of the inhabitantes: […] Example: You haue miſ-caſt in your Arithmetike, / Miſ-laid your Counters, groapingly yee ſeeke / In nights blacke darknes for the ſecret things / Seal’d in the Casket of the King of Kings; […]
Word: mislaid Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /mɪsˈleɪd/ 1. That cannot be currently found, put in an obscure place, lost - often temporarily.
Word: mislaid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɪsˈleɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mislay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mislead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈliːd/ 1. To lead astray, in a false direction. Labels: literally, transitive Example: City of the dead / At the end of another lost highway / Signs misleading to nowhere 2. To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression. Labels: transitive 3. To deceptively trick into something wrong. Labels: transitive Example: The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin 4. To accidentally or intentionally confuse. Labels: broadly, transitive
Word: mislead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈliːd/ 1. A wrong or bad lead; a leading in the wrong direction. Labels: countable, transitive, uncountable Example: If all the misleads (incorrect alternatives) are illogical, absurd, or in any way unattractive as possible answers, the student has no difficulty in choosing the correct answer. 2. That which is deceptive or untruthful (e.g. a falsehood, deception, untruth, or ruse). Labels: countable, transitive Example: The skinny body, a mislead to make people think that he was captured by someone and tortured. Even the loud gunshot was a mislead to make them ask questions to common citizens. His long untidy hair, also a mislead.
Word: misled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsˈlɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mislead Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of misle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”). Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɹiːd/, /mɪsˈɹɛd/ 1. To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of. Example: In the circumstances the Inspecting Officer concludes that the electric train motorman, despite his assertions to the contrary, misread the up main relief inner home signal for his own and ran past the up main through inner home signal at danger; he must therefore be held responsible for the accident. Example: Now I'm in / over my head, with something I said. / Completely misread I'm better off dead.
Word: misread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪs.ɹiːd/ 1. An instance of reading wrongly. Example: Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites. Example: To bait the mark, the veteran grifter initially covers one of the three numbers on the clothespin or miscounts the marble tally which serves to award the mark fairbanked points. The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount.
Word: misspell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English spell English misspell From mis- + spell. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈspɛl/ 1. To spell incorrectly. Labels: transitive Example: I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup".
Word: misspelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Not spelled correctly. Labels: not-comparable Example: The ransom letter contained many misspelled words.
Word: misspelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misspell Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Trump misspelled Xi’s first name as “Xinping” in the first version of his tweet about China but later corrected it.
Word: misspelt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English spelt English misspelt From mis- + spelt. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈspɛlt/ 1. simple past and past participle of misspell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mistake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga). The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb. Compare Swedish misstag (“mistake”, noun), Faroese mistak (“mitake”, noun), Icelandic mistak (“mistake”, noun). Pronunciation: /mɪˈstʊk/, /mɪˈstɵk/, /məˈstʊk/, /mɪˈstʉk/ 1. To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. Labels: transitive Example: Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar. Example: Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. 2. To misunderstand (someone). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Miſtake me not, my Lord, ’tis not my meaning / To raze one Title of your Honour out. Example: […] at last she so evidently demonstrated her Affection to him to be much stronger than what she bore her own Son, that it was impossible to mistake her any longer. 3. To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Impoſe me to what penance your inuention / Can lay vpon my ſinne, yet ſinn’d I not / But in miſtaking. Example: 1720, Jonathan Swift, “Letter to a Young Clergyman” in The Works of Jonathan Swift, London: Charles Elliot, 1784, Volume 10, pp. 6-7, No gentleman thinks it is safe or prudent to send a servant with a message, without repeating it more than once, and endeavouring to put it into terms brought down to the capacity of the bearer; yet, after all this care, it is frequent for servants to mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstandings among friends […] 4. To take or choose wrongly. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The better act of purposes mistook / Is to mistake again; though indirect, / Yet indirection thereby grows direct, Example: The Spear with erring Haste mistook its way, But plung’d in Eniopeus’ Bosom lay.
Word: mistake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga). The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb. Compare Swedish misstag (“mistake”, noun), Faroese mistak (“mitake”, noun), Icelandic mistak (“mistake”, noun). Pronunciation: /mɪˈstʊk/, /mɪˈstɵk/, /məˈstʊk/, /mɪˈstʉk/ 1. An error. Example: There were too many mistakes in the test, that unfortunately you failed. Example: He always did mistakes on purpose. 2. A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
Word: mistook Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtʊk/, /mɪsˈtʉk/ 1. simple past of mistake Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of mistake Labels: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: mistaken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Morphologically mistake + -n. Pronunciation: /mɪˈsteɪkn̩/ 1. past participle of mistake Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I'm frequently mistaken for my brother.
Word: mistaken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically mistake + -n. Pronunciation: /mɪˈsteɪkn̩/ 1. Erroneous. Example: A mistaken sense of loyalty. 2. Having an incorrect belief. Labels: often Example: I think you must be (very) much mistaken. Example: He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers.
Word: misunderstand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mys-understanden, equivalent to mis- + understand. Pronunciation: /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, /mɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstænd/ 1. To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly. Labels: transitive Example: We found that teen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.
Word: misunderstood Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstʊd/, /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of misunderstand Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Am I misunderstood?
Word: misunderstood Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstʊd/, /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstʊd/ 1. Not comprehended correctly. Example: a misunderstood message 2. Not viewed with sympathy and understanding despite warranting it. Example: Near-synonym: underappreciated Example: a misunderstood loner who turned to a life of crime
Word: writing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/ 1. Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning. Labels: uncountable Example: Because writing of any kind is no more and no less than a graphic representation of speech[…], to study its nature and history we must often have recourse to the speech, that is, to the language, that the writing writes. Example: Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer. 2. Something written, such as a document, article or book. Labels: countable 3. The process of representing a language with symbols or letters. Labels: uncountable 4. A work of an author. Labels: countable Example: Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing. 5. The style of writing of a person. Labels: countable Example: I can't read your writing. 6. Intended for or used in writing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a writing table
Word: writing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of write Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: What are you doing? ― Um, I’m writing. ― You are writing! You are writing a lot!
Word: handiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English handy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English handiness From handy + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being handy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: All of She Came Too Late is delightfully well-written: one of the most commendable things about it is Wings' handiness with metaphor — she writes of a character who's "a good co-worker, but with as much sense of humor as a cardboard box." Or, "The night came back to me, like a bolt shooting into a lock."
Word: handiwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Old English ġeweorc Old English handġeweorc Middle English hondywerk English handiwork From Middle English hondywerk, handiwerc, from Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), from hand (“hand”) + ġeweorc (“work”). Equivalent to hand + work, though it may now be reinterpreted as handy (“skilful”) + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Hondwierk, Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk. Pronunciation: /ˈhændiˌwɜːk/, /ˈhændiˌwɝk/ 1. Work done by the hands. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A handmade object; a handicraft. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks. 3. Work done personally. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The street names are the handiwork of city planners. Example: The firmament showeth his handiwork. 4. The result of personal efforts. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Brunel's associations with the area have left a few examples of his handiwork or teaching in South Wales. Example: As a primary architect of the draft Constitution that emerged from Philadelphia in 1787, Madison substantially bore the burden of defending his handiwork in his home state.
Word: handkercher Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of handkerchief. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: When your head did but ake, I knit my hand-kercher about your browes.
Word: back Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback. Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”). Pronunciation: /bæk/, [bæk], [bak], [-k̚], [-ˀk] 1. At or near the rear. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Go in the back door of the house. Example: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. 2. Returned or restored to a previous place or condition. Labels: not-comparable, predicative, usually Example: He was on vacation, but now he’s back. Example: The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back. 3. Not current. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine. 4. Situated away from the main or most frequented areas. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: They took a back road. Example: He lives out in the back country. 5. In arrears; overdue. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: They still owe three months’ back rent. Example: Several of the former Hotel York workers have filed with the California Labor Division to collect what they feel is owed them in the way of back overtime. 6. Moving or operating backward. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: back action 7. Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel). Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: The vowel of lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.
Word: back Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback. Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”). Pronunciation: /bæk/, [bæk], [bak], [-k̚], [-ˀk] 1. To or in a previous condition or place. Labels: not-comparable Example: He gave back the money. Example: I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I’ll have to go back and get it. 2. In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing. Example: Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back. Example: The grandfather clock toppled back and crashed to the ground. 3. In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively. Example: Wind the film back a few frames. Example: Don’t forget to put the clocks back by one hour tonight! 4. Towards, into or in the past. Example: These records go back years. Example: He built a time machine and travelled back to 1800. 5. Away from someone or something; at a distance. Example: Keep back! It could explode at any moment! 6. Away from the front or from an edge. Example: Sit all the way back in your chair. Example: Step back from the curb. 7. So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so. Example: This tree is dying back. Example: Clear back all this vegetation. 8. In a manner that impedes. Example: Fear held him back. 9. In a reciprocal manner; in return. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you hurt me, I’ll hurt you back. Example: The light bounces back off the mirror. 10. Earlier, ago. Labels: postpositional Example: We met many years back. Example: I last saw him a day or two back. 11. To a later point in time. See also put back. Example: The meeting has been moved back an hour. It was at 3 o’clock; now it's at 4 o’clock.
Word: back Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback. Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”). Pronunciation: /bæk/, [bæk], [bak], [-k̚], [-ˀk] 1. To go in the reverse direction. Labels: intransitive Example: The train backed into the station. Example: The horse refuses to back. 2. To support. Labels: transitive Example: I back you all the way. Example: Which horse are you backing in this race? 3. To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. 4. To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship. 5. To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power. 6. To stand still behind another dog which has pointed. Labels: UK 7. To push or force backwards. Labels: transitive Example: to back oxen Example: The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet. 8. To get upon the back of; to mount. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I will back him [a horse] straight. Example: The horse was the grey stallion he aye rode, the very beast he had ridden for many a wager with the wild lads of the Cross Keys. No man but himself durst back it, and it had lamed many a hostler lad and broke two necks in its day. 9. To place or seat upon the back. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed, / Appeared to me. 10. To make a back for; to furnish with a back. Example: to back books 11. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. Example: He hath a garden circummured with brick, Whose western side is with a vineyard backed Example: the chalk cliffs which back the beach 12. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement. Example: to back a letter; to back a note or legal document 13. To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender). 14. To row backward with (oars). Example: to back the oars 15. To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out). Labels: Multicultural-London-English, transitive Example: Sticks and Stones may break my bones Not when I back this botty Example: When I back this blade, wallahi The hearts get beat like they just saw jihadi 16. To carry an infant on one’s back. Labels: Nigeria, transitive
Word: back Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bac. Pronunciation: /bæk/, [bæk], [bak], [-k̚], [-ˀk] 1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. 2. A ferryboat.
Word: archaic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaism (“ancient or obsolete phrase or expression”) or from French archaïque, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊκός (arkhaïkós, “old-fashioned”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “from the beginning, antiquated, ancient, old”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to be first”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk/, /ɑɹˈkeɪ.ɪk/, /ɐːˈkæɪ.ɪk/ 1. The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.). Labels: US, capitalized, usually Example: … Archaic Stage … the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present. 2. (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens. Example: [...] prefer the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have had little to say about the post-Erectine archaics from China.
Word: archaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From archaism (“ancient or obsolete phrase or expression”) or from French archaïque, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊκός (arkhaïkós, “old-fashioned”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “from the beginning, antiquated, ancient, old”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to be first”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk/, /ɑɹˈkeɪ.ɪk/, /ɐːˈkæɪ.ɪk/ 1. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated. Example: A person familiar with the dialect of certain portions of Massachusetts will not fail to recognize, in ordinary discourse, many words now noted in English vocabularies as archaic, the greater part of which were in common use about the time of the King James translation of the Bible. Shakespeare stands less in need of a glossary to most New Englanders than to many a native of the Old Country. Example: There is in the best archaic coin work [of the Greeks] ... a strength and a delicacy which are often wanting in the fully developed art of a later age. 2. No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts. Example: The language of the Faerie Queene was made archaic Language:— in order to be in keeping with the chivalry of bygone ages that formed its subject. Example: Almost every writer of power will occasionally use with strong effect an archaic term that he has unearthed from the treasures of the older English vocabulary. This is especially true of poets, who recognize that the unusualness of the archaic word will sometimes heighten the poetic effect. 3. Belonging to the archaic period.
Word: cliché Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French cliché. Pronunciation: /ˈkliː.ʃeɪ/, /kliˈʃeɪ/ 1. Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. Labels: rhetoric Example: The villain kidnapping the love interest is a bit of a cliché. Example: I know it's a bit of a cliché, but love really does conquer all. 2. A stereotype (printing plate).
Word: cliché Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French cliché. Pronunciation: /ˈkliː.ʃeɪ/, /kliˈʃeɪ/ 1. Clichéd; having the characteristics of a cliché. Labels: proscribed, sometimes
Word: cliché Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French cliché. Pronunciation: /ˈkliː.ʃeɪ/, /kliˈʃeɪ/ 1. To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He clichéd at me. He clichéd at me in a perky, condescending tone.
Word: hogwash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog + wash. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/, /ˈhɔɡ.wɑʃ/, /ˈhɑɡ.wɑʃ/ 1. Foolish talk or writing; nonsense. Labels: figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually Example: We have more faith in the average American than that. It’s not true that Americans love hogwash— it’s that hogwash inundates Americans, whether they want it or not! Some Americans want the truth— they just haven’t been able to find it because it is drowned out by hogwash. Example: Diplomatic hogwash aside, ‘efficiency and effectiveness’ have nothing to do with the shutting of the Consulate. The decision is but a continuation of successive US measures aimed at “taking Jerusalem off the table” – as per Trump’s own words - of any future negotiations. 2. A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bull Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *bulô Old English bula ▲ Proto-Germanic *bulô Old Norse bolibor. Middle English bole English bull From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Low German Bull, German Bulle, Swedish bulla; also Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Albanian bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”). Of sense 11, (a man or boy), derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of boy, which is practically a homophone of bull. Pronunciation: /bʊl/, /bʉl/ 1. Large and strong, like a bull. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of large mammals, adult male. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: a bull elephant Example: With the low, guttural snarl of the bull ape he sprang for the Frenchman. 3. Characterized by rising prices or belief that prices will rise. Labels: not-comparable Example: a bull market 4. Stupid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *bulô Old English bula ▲ Proto-Germanic *bulô Old Norse bolibor. Middle English bole English bull From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Low German Bull, German Bulle, Swedish bulla; also Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Albanian bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”). Of sense 11, (a man or boy), derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of boy, which is practically a homophone of bull. Pronunciation: /bʊl/, /bʉl/ 1. To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively. Labels: intransitive, often Example: He bulled his way in. 2. To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull. Labels: intransitive 3. To mate with (a cow or heifer). Labels: transitive 4. To endeavour to raise the market price of. Labels: transitive Example: to bull railroad bonds 5. To endeavour to raise prices in. Labels: transitive Example: to bull the market
Word: bull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bullabor. Old French bullebor. Middle English bulle English bull From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Latin bulla, from Gaulish. Doublet of bull (“bubble”) and bulla. Pronunciation: /bʊl/, /bʉl/ 1. A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope. 2. A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
Word: bull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bullabor. Old French bullebor. Middle English bulle English bull From Middle English bulle, from Old French bulle, from Latin bulla, from Gaulish. Doublet of bull (“bubble”) and bulla. Pronunciation: /bʊl/, /bʉl/ 1. To publish in a papal bull. Labels: dated
Word: bull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Middle Low German bôlenbor. Old French bouler Old French boulbor. Middle English bull English bull From Middle English bull, bul, boule (“falsehood, deceit”), probably from Old French boul, boule, bole (“fraud, deceit, cunning”), from Old French bouler, boler (“to deceive, delude, lure, take in”), from Middle Low German bôlen (“to court, to woo”). Cognate with German buhlen (“to woo”). Doublet of bully. Often reanalyzed by surface analysis to be an expurgated clipping of bullshit. Pronunciation: /bʊl/, /bʉl/ 1. A lie. Labels: uncountable 2. Nonsense. Labels: euphemistic, informal, uncountable
Word: bull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Middle Low German bôlenbor. Old French bouler Old French boulbor. Middle English bull English bull From Middle English bull, bul, boule (“falsehood, deceit”), probably from Old French boul, boule, bole (“fraud, deceit, cunning”), from Old French bouler, boler (“to deceive, delude, lure, take in”), from Middle Low German bôlen (“to court, to woo”). Cognate with German buhlen (“to woo”). Doublet of bully. Often reanalyzed by surface analysis to be an expurgated clipping of bullshit. Pronunciation: /bʊl/, /bʉl/ 1. To mock; to cheat. 2. To lie, to tell untruths. Labels: intransitive 3. To polish (boots) to a high shine. Labels: UK, transitive Example: We were to repeat our normal practise of me bulling his boots and him ironing my kit.
Word: bull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bullabor. Old French bullebor. Middle English bowle English bull From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French bulle, boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“round swelling”), of Gaulish origin. Doublet of bull (“papal bull”) and bulla. Pronunciation: /bʊl/, /bʉl/ 1. A bubble. Labels: obsolete