nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), itself from English line. Likely generalized via hyung line, maknae line, etc. Pronunciation: /laɪn/, /lɑɪn/, [lɑe̯n], /lʌɪn/ 1. A group of people born in a certain year (liners). Example: maknae line; hyung line; 97 line
Word: line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen. Pronunciation: /laɪn/, /lɑɪn/, [lɑe̯n], /lʌɪn/ 1. Flax, linen. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. The longer fiber(s) of flax. Labels: uncountable
Word: line Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen. Pronunciation: /laɪn/, /lɑɪn/, [lɑe̯n], /lʌɪn/ 1. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen. Labels: transitive Example: to line a cloak with silk or fur Example: to line a box with paper or tin 2. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money. Labels: transitive Example: to line the shelves Example: because the charge amounteth mostly very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto
Word: line Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ligner. Pronunciation: /laɪn/, /lɑɪn/, [lɑe̯n], /lʌɪn/ 1. To copulate with, to impregnate. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: sphere Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere From Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Late Latin sphēra, earlier Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), of unknown origin. Not related to superficially similar Persian سپهر (sepehr, “sky”) . Displaced Old English cliewen, þoþor, and æppel. Pronunciation: /sfɪə/, /sfɪː/, /ˈsfɪj.ə/, /sfɪɚ/, /sfiɾ/ 1. To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere. Labels: transitive Example: The glorious planet Sol / In noble eminence enthroned and sphered / Amidst the other. Example: Sphere all your lights around, above; ⁠Sleep, gentle heavens, before the prow; ⁠Sleep, gentle winds, as he sleeps now, My friend, the brother of my love. 2. To make round or spherical; to perfect. Labels: transitive Example: sphered Whole
Word: polyhedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin polyedron, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρος (polúedros, “having many seats”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”); compare French polyèdre. By surface analysis, poly- + -hedron. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdɹən/, /ˌpɒliːˈhiːdɹən/, /ˌpɒliːˈhiːdɹɒn/, /ˌpɒlɪˈhɛdɹən/, /ˌpɒliːˈhɛdɹən/ 1. A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges. Example: Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids. 2. A polyscope, or multiplying glass. 3. A stage in the growth of Hydrodictyon, when the resting spore breaks up into several megazoospores that put out horn-like appendages; these polyhedra break up into zoospores.
Word: graph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of graphic formula. From 1878; verb from 1889. Pronunciation: /ɡɹæf/, /ɡɹɑːf/, /ɡɹaf/ 1. To draw a graph, to record graphically. Labels: transitive Example: When the doctor took the picture that was to be graphed onto Johnny’s balloon head, he suggested that Johnny make a normal face, without expressing any emotion. But Johnny didn’t like that idea. He’d rather look eternally cheerful than express nothing but apathy for the rest of his life. 2. To draw a graph of a function. Labels: transitive
Word: bishop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bischop, bishop, bisshop, biscop, from Old English bisċop (“bishop”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Vulgar Latin (e)biscopus, from classical Latin episcopus (“overseer, supervisor”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), used in Greek and Latin both generally and as a title of civil officers. Cognate with all European terms for the position in various Christian churches; compare also Middle English bisp (“bishop”). * The Tyndale Bible uses native English overseer instead. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪʃəp/ 1. To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church. Example: Se bisceop biþ gesett... to bisceopgenne cild. Example: Wanne the bisschop, bisschopeth the Tokene of marke he set on the. 2. To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: Why sent they it by Felton to be bishoped at Paules? Example: He... chose to bear The Name of Fool confirm'd, and Bishop'd by the Fair. 3. To make a bishop. Example: 1549, H. Latimer, 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie, 5th Serm. sig. Pviv Thys hathe bene often tymes... sene in preachers before they were byshoppyd or benificed. Example: There may be other... matters to occupy the thoughts of one about to be bishopped. 4. To provide with bishops. Labels: rare Example: Italy would be well bishoped if her episcopacy... did not exceed fifty-nine. 5. To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses). Labels: UK, dialectal Example: If the porage be burned to, or the meate ouer rosted, we say the bishop hath put his foote in the potte or the bishop hath played the cooke, because the bishops burn who they lust and whosoever displeaseth them. Example: It will be as bad as the Bishops foot in the broth. 6. To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth. Labels: broadly Example: 1727, R. Bradley, Family Dict. at "Horse" This way of making a Horse look young is... called Bishoping. Example: Bishopped, or To bishop. A term among horſe dealers, for burning the mark into a horſe's tooth, after he has loſt it by age... It is a common ſaying of milk that is burnt to, that the biſhop has fet his foot in it. Formerly, when a biſhop paſſed through a village, all the inhabitants ran out of their houſes to ſolicit his bleſſing, even leaving their milk, &c. on the fire, to take its chance; which, when burnt to, was ſaid to be biſhopped.
Word: bishop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Eponymous, from the surname Bishop. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪʃəp/ 1. To murder by drowning. Labels: UK, colloquial, obsolete Example: I Burked the papa, now I'll Bishop the son. Example: There were no more Burking murders until 1831, when two men, named Bishop and Williams, drowned a poor [14-year-old] Italian boy in Bethnal Green, and sold his body to the surgeons.
Word: rook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Old Norse hrókr, Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “crow”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝 (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”). * (parson): Probably from the resemblance in plumage to a parson's garments. Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/, /ɹɵk/, /ɹuːk/, /ɾʉk/, /ɻʉk/ 1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But what distinguishes the rook from the crow is the bill; the nostrils, chin, and sides of that and the mouth being in old birds white and bared of feathers, by often thrusting the bill into the ground in search of the erucæ of the Dor-beetle*; the rook then, instead of being proscribed, should be treated as the farmer's friend; as it clears his ground from caterpillars, that do incredible damage by eating the roots of the corn. Example: To-night the winds begin to rise ⁠And roar from yonder dropping day: ⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; […] 2. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So I am (like an old rook, who is ruined by gaming) forced to live on the good fortune of the pushing young men, whose fancies are so vigorous that they ensure their success in their adventures with Muses, by their strength and imagination. 3. A bad deal; a rip-off. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 5. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Labels: uncountable Example: Adventists still do not really know how to play cards, apart from the sanitized version of bridge, Rook. 6. A parson. Labels: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: rook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Old Norse hrókr, Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “crow”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝 (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”). * (parson): Probably from the resemblance in plumage to a parson's garments. Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/, /ɹɵk/, /ɹuːk/, /ɾʉk/, /ɻʉk/ 1. To cheat or swindle. Labels: transitive Example: They rook one shockingly at these places. Example: Some had spent a week in Jersey before coming to Guernsey; and, from what Paddy had heard, they really do know how to rook the visitors over there.
Word: rook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English rook, rooke, roke, rok, from Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”). Compare roc. Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/, /ɹɵk/, /ɹuːk/, /ɾʉk/, /ɻʉk/ 1. A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling. 2. A castle or other fortification. Labels: rare
Word: rook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rookie. Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/, /ɹɵk/, /ɹuːk/, /ɾʉk/, /ɻʉk/ 1. A rookie. Labels: slang
Word: rook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English roke, rock, rok (“mist; vapour; drizzle; smoke; fumes”), from Old Norse *rauk, related to Icelandic rok, roka (“whirlwind; seafoam; seaspray”), Middle Dutch rooc, rok, Modern Dutch rook (“smoke; fog”). Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/, /ɹɵk/, /ɹuːk/, /ɾʉk/, /ɻʉk/ 1. mist; fog; roke Labels: uncountable
Word: rook Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/, /ɹɵk/, /ɹuːk/, /ɾʉk/, /ɻʉk/ 1. To squat; to ruck. Labels: obsolete Example: The raven rook'd her on the chimney's top
Word: rook Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/, /ɹɵk/, /ɹuːk/, /ɾʉk/, /ɻʉk/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of look, mimicking Asian speech. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: beverage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈbɛvɚɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈbɛvɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: carbonated beverage Example: alcoholic beverage 2. (A gift of) drink money. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: bicycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycle Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“two”) + cycle (“cycle”). By surface analysis, bi- + cycle. First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847. (promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/, /ˈbʌɪsɪkəl/, /baj.sajkɪl/ 1. A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals. Example: In most English villages, as we are informed, bicycles are not allowed on the sidewalks; and the hand-books issued by English manufacturers of bicycles caution their customers that it is a forbidden practice, while in many places bells have to be attached to the bicycles even when ridden in the streets. 2. Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels. Labels: broadly, proscribed, sometimes Example: The small, three-wheeled bicycle-type vehicle is probably the lowest-cost set of wheels for routine, in-park patrol use. 3. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs. 4. The best possible hand in lowball. 5. A motorbike. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK 6. A slut; a promiscuous woman. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: ‘What sort of bullying does this sergeant go in for?’ ‘Character assassination,’ she said in a matter-of-fact tone that belied the very real difficulties it was causing her. ‘There’s a lot of whispering about slags and tarts behind my back and sniggers whenever I appear. Half of the men seem to think I’m a dyke who needs curing, the other half think I’m the platoon bicycle. [...]’ 7. A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up. 8. The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker. Labels: slang 9. A bicyclic molecule. 10. Two interconnected metabolic cycles. Example: The fumarate produced in the argininosuccinase reaction is also an intermediate of the citric acid cycle. Thus, the cycles are, in principle, interconnected — in a process dubbed the “Krebs bicycle”.
Word: bicycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycle Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“two”) + cycle (“cycle”). By surface analysis, bi- + cycle. First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847. (promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/, /ˈbʌɪsɪkəl/, /baj.sajkɪl/ 1. To travel or exercise using a bicycle. Labels: ambitransitive Example: “At least it cannot be your health," said he, as his keen eyes darted over her; "so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy.” […] “Yes, I bicycle a good deal, Mr. Holmes, and that has something to do with my visit to you to-day.” 2. To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity. Labels: historical, transitive Example: “Bicycling” defeated the possibility of topicality, a prime production habit of the network-trained production executives staffing the new entity. Example: In turn, two-inch tapes of these could be “bicycled” from one place to another across the country, thereby altering and improving production economies.
Word: bike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycleclip. English bike Clipping of bicycle. First attested in 1882. One explanation for the form with /k/ is that bicycle was parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that it was parsed to bic(ycle) but since speakers are aware of a general /k/~/s/ alternation (as in electric ~ electricity etc.), the softened /s/ was restored to a default /k/ when the “ending” -ycle was dropped. Similar cases are merc /mɜɹk/, spec /spɛk/ for mercenary, specify. It seems unlikely, however, that this process is purely phonological and not at least partially based on the spelling ⟨c⟩. Pronunciation: /baɪk/, /bɐɪk/, /bɑɪ̯k/ 1. Clipping of bicycle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: It's called a gravel bike, and seems to combine the advantages of both road and mountain bikes – with a similar ability to lap up the miles on tarmac as a road bike, while still being very capable off-road. Example: Some of the bikes parked outside Granite Oaks Middle School are the Class Two e-bikes the district is banning. 2. Clipping of motorbike. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle. Example: He warmed up the engine; the bike hovered off the ground despite his weight and the extra equipment. Example: In 2017, Amsterdam banned beer bikes from the center of the Dutch city. About 6,000 locals signed a petition, calling on the council to outlaw the vehicles, referring to them as a “terrible phenomenon.” 4. Ellipsis of village bike. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, ellipsis, slang
Word: bike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycleclip. English bike Clipping of bicycle. First attested in 1882. One explanation for the form with /k/ is that bicycle was parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that it was parsed to bic(ycle) but since speakers are aware of a general /k/~/s/ alternation (as in electric ~ electricity etc.), the softened /s/ was restored to a default /k/ when the “ending” -ycle was dropped. Similar cases are merc /mɜɹk/, spec /spɛk/ for mercenary, specify. It seems unlikely, however, that this process is purely phonological and not at least partially based on the spelling ⟨c⟩. Pronunciation: /baɪk/, /bɐɪk/, /bɑɪ̯k/ 1. To ride a bike. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: I biked so much yesterday that I'm very sore today. Example: In the 1890’s “women were behind the stove,” he relates. But they cycled, too. “And they had difficulty pedalling bicycles with ankle-length skirts. “At the time,” Taylor said, “the most sinful thing a woman could do was to show light between her legs. “The original culotte was designed by a LAW member’s wife. The churches (in the East) termed this bepantsed female activity of biking “sinful bicycling,” he noted. 2. To travel by bike. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: It was such a nice day I decided to bike to the store, though it's far enough I usually take my car. Example: He saw me catch a trap and leave the house of a drug dealer. That's why he targeted me. He could have easily blown my ass off right then and there for lying, but for some reason he didn't. He just left. I biked back to my plug's spot and told him […] 3. To transport by bicycle. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I biked them the letters. Example: Frank, a teenager, arrived at his grandfather’s shop to begin work as a butcher’s boy. The job would be to bike parcels of meat around Dronfield and the surrounding countryside between the cities of Sheffield and Chesterfield, right on the county border of Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
Word: bike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bike, byke (“a nest of wild bees or wasps; also, honeycomb”), of unknown origin. Perhaps a back-formation of Middle English *bykere (“beekeeper”), from Old English bēocere (“beekeeper”); or from Old English *bȳc, a byform of Old English būc (“belly; vessel; container”). Compare also Scots byke (“beehive, anthill; home, dwelling”), Old Norse bý (“bee”). Pronunciation: /baɪk/, /bɐɪk/, /bɑɪ̯k/ 1. A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, informal Example: like blue bottle flees in a blink of sunshine, […]A bonny bike there’s o’ them! Example: he stood for a minute talking to them about their job of gathering cones, and telling them a story about a tree he’d once climbed which had a wasp’s byke in it unbeknown to him. 2. A crowd of people. Labels: Scotland, broadly, collective, informal
Word: binary code Part of Speech: noun 1. A code that uses the binary digits (1 and 0), usually in groups of eight, to represent characters, machine instructions or other data. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tibetan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Tibet Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tibetan From Tibet + -an. Pronunciation: /tɪˈbɛtən/, [tʰɪˈbɛtʰn̩], [tʰɪˈbɛʔn̩] 1. Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language. Labels: not-comparable Example: A fantastic legend was told about the first Gyalwai Odzer. This legend, believed to be authentic, had no fixed origin in time because the nomads of the region, the Tibetan province Tsinghai, could not, not even vaguely, indicate a date. The legend, however, was clear enough, so well known that it was no longer discussed, for everybody had been told the tale during childhood. It had become a dogma, to be believed passively without even trying to ascertain its probability or validity. Example: After many years, Buddhism touched every aspect of Tibetan life, including how to treat the earth and plants and animals.
Word: Tibetan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Tibet Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tibetan From Tibet + -an. Pronunciation: /tɪˈbɛtən/, [tʰɪˈbɛtʰn̩], [tʰɪˈbɛʔn̩] 1. A native of Tibet Labels: countable 2. A language of Tibet Labels: uncountable
Word: Naples Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Naples, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”) after the relocation of the original Greek settlement in the area. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Napoli, Neapoli, and Neapolis. Compare Newton. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.pəlz/ 1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy. 2. A metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples. 3. A former province of Campania. Labels: historical 4. Synonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom that controlled southern Italy in the early modern period. Labels: historical 5. Synonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom that controlled southern Italy and Sicily in the 19th century. Labels: historical 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States:
Word: melody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English melodie, melodye, from Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā, “singing, chanting”), from μέλος (mélos, “musical phrase”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”), contracted form ᾠδή (ōidḗ). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛl.ə.di/ 1. A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase. Example: Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums. Example: There is a melody upon the Earth as though ten thousand streams all sang together for their homes that they had forsaken in the hills.
Word: laryngitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1822 C.E. Learned borrowing from New Latin laryngitis, from larynx + -itis. By surface analysis, laryng- + -itis. Pronunciation: /lɛɹɪnˈd͡ʒaɪtɪs/, /læɹɪnˈd͡ʒaɪtɪs/ 1. An inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The moment had come for the honeyed word. I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur, but on her inquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again.
Word: bepinch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + pinch. Pronunciation: /bɪˈpɪnt͡ʃ/ 1. To pinch, or mark with pinches. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: shoulders , all bepinch'd 2. To pinch all over. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: beplumed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English plumed English beplumed From be- + plumed. 1. Decked with feathers. Example: The beplumed and beribboned equipages were designed to harmonize with and en­hance the appearances of the performers.
Word: bepommel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English pommel English bepommel From be- + pommel. 1. To pommel; to beat, as with a stick. Labels: transitive 2. To assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: bepraise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English praise English bepraise From be- + praise. 1. To praise greatly or extravagantly. Labels: transitive
Word: beprose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English prose English beprose From be- + prose. Pronunciation: /bɪˈpɹəʊz/ 1. To reduce to prose. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Such was his doom impos'd by Heaven's decree, / With ears that hear not, eyes that shall not see, / The low to raise, to level the Sublime, / To blast all Beauty, and beprose all Rhyme.
Word: motorcycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/, /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, [ˈmoʊɾɚˌsaɪkl̩], /ˈmoʊtɚsɪk(ə)l/ 1. An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels. Example: Her big mission is to recover the precious Blue Star (a glowing rock in a box), which leads to a Western shoot-out, a space-age motorcycle gang, and an unamusing Darth Vader-esque villain. Example: That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets. Her husband, Francis Steegmuller, the critic, translator and biographer who died in 1994, had a bag snatched, and while he lost only a guidebook, he was badly injured as he held on to it and was dragged behind the attacking motorcycle.
Word: motorcycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/, /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, [ˈmoʊɾɚˌsaɪkl̩], /ˈmoʊtɚsɪk(ə)l/ 1. To ride a motorcycle. Labels: intransitive
Word: polygyny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, wife”). By surface analysis, poly- + -gyny. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ 1. The state or practice of a man having more than one wife at a time; plurality of wives; marriage between one man and multiple wives. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We may infer that in most cases where polygyny exists, monogamy co-exists to a greater extent, and in all other cases to a considerable extent. 2. The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of polygamy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polygynist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English polygyny Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English polygynist From polygyny + -ist. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪd͡ʒɪnɪst/ 1. One who practices or advocates polygyny
Word: polyhedrous Part of Speech: adj 1. polyhedral; having multiple faces or facets.
Word: tentacle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛntəkəl/, /ˈtɛntɪkəl/ 1. An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid. Example: With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle, that slid wriggling down the ladder. Example: 1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth. 2. One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants. 3. An insidious reach or influence. Labels: figuratively Example: the tentacles of the criminal underworld Example: New extensions into the outer London dormitory areas also have been constructed, and at the present moment the tentacles of London's Underground are slowly but surely extending eastwards into Essex to relieve congestion on the suburban lines of the former Great Eastern Railway. 4. Something like a zoological limb. Labels: figuratively 5. An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link. Labels: UK, historical Example: A joint RAF/Army staffed Air Support Control (ASC) headquarters was established at each army corps and each armoured division, linked to the forward brigades by a 'tentacle' equipped with two-way wireless telegraphy.
Word: tentacle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛntəkəl/, /ˈtɛntɪkəl/ 1. To move like a tentacle
Word: mollusc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒləsk/, /ˈmɑləsk/ 1. A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces. Example: bivalve molluscs Example: For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp. 2. A weak-willed person. Labels: figuratively
Word: Peruvian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Peru + -v- + -ian, or from Latin Peruvia. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹuː.vi.ən/ 1. A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent. Example: After a raucous two weeks of power plays at the highest levels of government that saw three different men pass through Peru’s presidency, thousands of young Peruvians have reinvigorated protest and politics.
Word: Peruvian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Peru + -v- + -ian, or from Latin Peruvia. Pronunciation: /pəˈɹuː.vi.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people. Labels: not-comparable Example: My favorite was the simplest: alfajor, a double-deck Peruvian cookie, spread with a layer of caramel.
Word: arity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From -ary (taken from unary/binary/ternary [function/operator]) + -ity. Compare adicity and adinity. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹɪti/, /ˈeəɹɪti/ 1. The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The maximum number of child nodes that any node in a given tree (data structure) may have. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. the number of arguments (in Lojban grammar called sumti) specified in the definition of a selbri. (the selbri combined with the sumti make up a bridi). Labels: Lojban, countable, uncountable
Word: mer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English polymerclip. English mer Clipping of polymer. 1. A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a polymer. Example: A polymer is a compound formed of repeating structural units called mers, whose atoms share electrons to form very large molecules.
Word: mer Part of Speech: noun 1. merpeople Labels: plural, plural-only Example: There are mermaids and mermen everywhere. They swim above us and linger in nooks and arched doorways. It's impossible not to stare. The mer are as diverse as humans—all ages, size, shape, and color.
Word: mer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mayor. 1. Alternative form of mayor and mair. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: kilometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + meter. Pronunciation: /kɪˈlɒm.ɪ.tə/, /ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.tə/, /kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/, /ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/, [-ɾɚ] 1. US spelling of kilometre. Labels: US, alt-of Example: When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing. Example: At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.
Word: decameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French décamètre. Equivalent to deca- + meter. 1. US spelling of decametre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: CBC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In an email to CNN, Gariépy denied a CBC news article’s characterization of him as supporting “ideas of white superiority and white ‘ethnostates,’” saying, “no proper context was provided by the journalist to understand the circumstances in which I discussed these subjects in the past.” 2. Initialism of Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Company. Labels: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Congressional Black Caucus. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CBC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Canadian-born Chinese. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Like many Canadian-born Chinese (CBCs), Yao's parents are from Hong Kong. Brought up in multicultural Toronto, she, like other young CBCs, is stuck between two cultures. Example: According to most CBC students, Hong Kong Chinese were considered to be FOBs because they continued to partake in Hong Kong popular culture, and they were physically distinctive in terms of their Hong Kong styles of fashion. 2. Initialism of complete blood count. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CBC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of childless/child-free by choice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: CBS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Columbia Broadcasting System: a U.S. television and radio network, now officially known as CBS Broadcasting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: President Trump sued CBS in a federal court alleging that the interview was deceptively “doctored” to help Harris beat Trump. CBS insisted that it was not doctored. 2. Initialism of Christian Brothers School. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Component-Based Servicing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CBS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Charles Bonnet syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of combined braking system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of corticobasal syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of community benefit society. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NBC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Broadcasting Company: U.S. television and radio network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Investigators probing gunman Omar Mateen’s massacre at least 49 people at a popular gay nightclub in Florida are trying to determine whether terrorism, homophobia or both pushed him over the edge. […] There's no indication that Mateen was in touch with terrorists overseas or that the attack was directed by someone else, a law enforcement officials told NBC News. Example: Bailey told CNN that he only spoke with [Arthur] Engoron about his September summary judgment decision “because that’s the only thing I discussed with reporters.” NBC said it stood by its story. 2. Initialism of National Biscuit Company: U.S. food company, now Nabisco. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: NBC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of nuclear weapon, biological weapon and chemical weapon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: NBC Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of nuclear, biological, chemical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: SRC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Short Range Certificate (certificate that entitles the holder to operate a maritime VHF radio). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UPN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United Paramount Network. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of user principal name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CTV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Canadian Television, a Canadian national television network. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Canterbury Television, a Canterbury Region television station located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of China Television, a television network in Taiwan. Labels: Taiwan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CTV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of clinical target volume, a part of the human body with malignant tumour and some volume surrounding it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ERT Part of Speech: name 1. Ellenikí/Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Hellenic (Greek) Broadcasting television), Greece
Word: ERT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of emergency response team. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of enzyme replacement therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nickname. Pronunciation: /nɪk/ 1. Clipping of nickname. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: a user’s reserved nick on an IRC network Example: /nick Changes your nickname—the name by which other IRCers see and refer to you—to anything you'd like (but remember that nine characters is the maximum nick length).
Word: nick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of nickname. Pronunciation: /nɪk/ 1. To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: For Warbecke as you nicke him, came to me / Commended by the States of Chriſtendome.
Word: nick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of nix or nixie. Pronunciation: /nɪk/ 1. A nix or nixie (“water spirit”). Labels: archaic Example: [A]midst Ahriman and his hosts who had now established themselves in the Occident, and as heirs to the horns and tails of Pans and fauns, a crowd of native spirits moved; imps, giants, trolls, forest-spirits, elves and hobgoblins in and on the earth; nicks, river-sprites in the water, fiends in the air, and salamanders in the fire.
Word: NHL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Historic Landmark. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Nenets Herding Laika. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NHL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Hockey League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.
Word: CFL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Canadian Football League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Scenarios were floated that the CFL and WLAF would merge or that the CFL would revert to a fall schedule and become a farm league for the NFL.
Word: CFL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of compact fluorescent lamp. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “Now is the right time to transition from CFL to LED,” said John Strainic, chief operating officer of consumer and conventional lighting at GE Lighting. […] Halogen dominates standard bulb shipments, the association reported, representing almost half of the total, followed by CFLs at about 27 percent, a share that is on the decline. 2. Initialism of context-free language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of color–flavor locking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PPV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pay-per-view. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of positive predictive value. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of purchase price variance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Porcine parvovirus, a virus causing reproductive failure of swine. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of positive-pressure ventilation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. A positive-pressure ventilation machine: a PPV device. Labels: broadly, countable 8. Initialism of police pursuit vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of peritoneal pull-through vaginoplasty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of plum pox virus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: TV Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation, from television. Pronunciation: /ˌtiːˈviː/, /ˈti.vi/ 1. Abbreviation of television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: I saw an ad for that on TV. Example: Believe me, the sun always shines on TV 2. Initialism of tricuspid valve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She spoke of her male side as her "brother" as do older, more conventional TVs. Example: I am in isolation and am lonely and would like to correspond with TVs, TSs and queens. 3. Initialism of tidal volume. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of tax value. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Taylor's Version. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Abbreviation of transvestite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated
Word: MTV Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television. 1. A television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content. Example: I want my, I want my MTV / Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it / You play the guitar on the MTV / That ain't workin', that's the way you do it / Money for nothin', and chicks for free Example: We won the race, got out of the place / Went back home, got a brand new face for the boys on MTV
Word: dino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of dinosaur. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪnoʊ/, /ˈdiːnəʊ/ 1. A dinosaur (type of animal). Labels: informal Example: So whereas attempts to single out a dino killer may have failed, for now, they do point to a conspiracy of culprits. Example: So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids. 2. A long-time participant in a multi-user dungeon. Labels: slang
Word: TSN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of The Sports Network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: HBO Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌeɪtʃ ˌbiː ˈoʊ/ 1. Initialism of Home Box Office, a premium movie and entertainment channel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Most Chinese users watch HBO through virtual private networks, or VPNs.
Word: HBO Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˌeɪtʃ ˌbiː ˈoʊ/ 1. Initialism of hand baggage only (fare type). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: inc. Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪŋk/ 1. Alternative form of Inc. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Ltd. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of limited. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: The project was co-created by Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd., a German Consortium consisting of Siemens AG, Thyssen Transrapid GMBH and Transrapid International GMBH.
Word: Ltd. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of limited liability company. Labels: Canada, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: assoc. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of associate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: NZ Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛn zɛd/ 1. Initialism of new zaïre. Labels: New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural
Word: NZ Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɛn zɛd/ 1. Initialism of New Zealand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: However, a National-Act coalition would only have a slim majority, meaning Mr Luxon may need to secure the support of NZ First, whose leader Winston Peters has been kingmaker in previous Labour and National-led coalitions.
Word: disemploy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English employ English disemploy From dis- + employ. 1. To deprive of employment. Labels: transitive
Word: res ipsa loquitur Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin rēs ipsa loquitur (“the thing speaks for itself”, literally “the thing itself speaks”). 1. The import of a thing or situation is obvious. 2. A maxim where the very improbable facts of an accident imply the negligence of the defendant. It effectively shifts the burden of proof to the defendant. Example: The court in that case established three criteria that must be shown for res ipsa loquitur to apply: The injury must be the kind that ordinarily doesn't occur in the absence of some type of negligence. Example: Res ipsa loquitur was frequently applied in cases involving foreign bodies in foodstuffs.