nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: marathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance. The toponym itself comes from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”) and refers to the prevalence of the plant in the area. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹəθən/, /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/, /ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/ 1. A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race. 2. Any extended or sustained activity. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over. Example: I learned from the marathon that to finish a race you simply keep running.
Word: marathon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance. The toponym itself comes from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”) and refers to the prevalence of the plant in the area. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹəθən/, /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/, /ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/ 1. To run a marathon. Labels: intransitive Example: In less than two years, they and their family and friends have skydived, marathoned, tray-baked and dinner-danced their way to £130,000 for Duchenne research through their help4harry campaign. 2. To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting. Labels: informal, transitive Example: We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.
Word: net Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”). Pronunciation: /nɛt/ 1. A mesh of string, cord or rope. Example: a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net 2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. Example: Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. 3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something. Example: The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed. 4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device. Example: Petri net 5. A trap. Labels: broadly Example: A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. Example: caught in the prosecuting attorney's net 6. Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron. 7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. 8. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. 9. A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc. Example: Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point. Example: The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0. 10. A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc. 11. The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court). Labels: broadly
Word: net Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”). Pronunciation: /nɛt/ 1. To catch by means of a net. Labels: transitive 2. To catch in a trap, or by stratagem. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: And now I am here, netted and in the toils. 3. To enclose or cover with a net. Example: Net the cherry trees to keep birds out. Example: Old Yew, which graspest at the stones ⁠That name the under-lying dead, ⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. 4. To score (a goal). Labels: transitive Example: Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute. Example: Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross. 5. To hit the ball into the net. Example: Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand. 6. To form a netting or network; to knit. Example: I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse.
Word: net Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid. Pronunciation: /nɛt/ 1. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat. Labels: not-comparable Example: net wine 2. Remaining after expenses or deductions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: take-home Example: net profit; net weight 3. Final; end. Labels: not-comparable Example: net result; net conclusion 4. Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]
Word: net Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid. Pronunciation: /nɛt/ 1. After expenses or deductions. Labels: not-comparable Example: You'll have $5000 net.
Word: net Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid. Pronunciation: /nɛt/ 1. The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted. Example: Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars. Example: The net on that container was only fourteen tons.
Word: net Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid. Pronunciation: /nɛt/ 1. To receive as profit. Labels: transitive Example: The company nets $30 on every sale. 2. To yield as profit for. Labels: transitive Example: The scam netted the criminals $30,000. 3. To fully hedge a position. Example: Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.
Word: net Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nettoyer (“to cleanse”). Pronunciation: /nɛt/ 1. To clean, wash, rinse. Labels: dialectal
Word: net Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of nyet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Or again, the Russian Government may now take a poor view of publicizing rumours of Snowmen being sighted within their own frontiers. They may prefer to say Net to the prospect of dealing with inquiring foreigners who might ask for permission to go rampaging for footprints and sightings all over their mountains. Example: Communist propaganda has created for Russia a reputation of a “peace-loving” power which it values. It cannot, therefore, afford to say net to any and every Western proposal.
Word: navel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (“navel”), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ- (“hub; navel”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian nâle (“navel”), Dutch navel (“navel”), German Nabel (“navel”), Vilamovian nowuł (“navel”), Yiddish נאָפּל (nopl, “navel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk navle (“navel”), Icelandic nafli (“navel”), Swedish navel (“navel”); also Irish imleacán (“navel”), Scottish Gaelic ilmeag, imleag (“navel; nave”), Kashmiri ناب (nāb, “navel”), Latin umbilīcus (“navel”), Greek αφαλός (afalós), ομφαλός (omfalós, “navel”), Old Prussian nabis (“navel”), Armenian անիվ (aniv, “wheel”), Central Kurdish ناوک (nawik, “navel”), Persian ناف (nâf, “navel”), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi, “navel; centre”), Doublet of omphalos. More at nave. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəl/, /ˈneɪbəl/ 1. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. 2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. Example: Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells, Of Bacchus and Circe born, great Comus Example: Sweeter than the muſk of Tatar, the morning breeze from the navel of every flower raviſhed perfume. 3. A navel orange. Example: This contributed to a rapid rise in planted acreage in northern California, especially in navels, which are more suited to growing conditions there. 4. An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. Labels: historical
Word: navel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (“navel”), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ- (“hub; navel”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian nâle (“navel”), Dutch navel (“navel”), German Nabel (“navel”), Vilamovian nowuł (“navel”), Yiddish נאָפּל (nopl, “navel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk navle (“navel”), Icelandic nafli (“navel”), Swedish navel (“navel”); also Irish imleacán (“navel”), Scottish Gaelic ilmeag, imleag (“navel; nave”), Kashmiri ناب (nāb, “navel”), Latin umbilīcus (“navel”), Greek αφαλός (afalós), ομφαλός (omfalós, “navel”), Old Prussian nabis (“navel”), Armenian անիվ (aniv, “wheel”), Central Kurdish ناوک (nawik, “navel”), Persian ناف (nâf, “navel”), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi, “navel; centre”), Doublet of omphalos. More at nave. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəl/, /ˈneɪbəl/ 1. To be in the middle of a landscape. Labels: literary, poetic Example: Lo, Nemi! navelled in the woody hills / So far, that the uprooting wind which tears / The oak from his foundation, and which spills / The ocean o’er its boundary, and bears / Its foam against the skies, reluctant spares / The oval mirror of thy glassy lake; […] Example: Within the shade a ruined temple stands / To sight conspicuous, navelled in the pines, / Speaking of Grecian art, since Vandal hands / Defaced her structures, and despoiled her shrines.
Word: side Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), derived from *sīdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”). The LGBTQ slang sense was coined by sex therapist and author Joe Kort in 2010 and popularized in 2013. The sense was coined by analogy with top and bottom and based on the metaphor of a box which has a top, bottom, and sides. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯d/, [ˈsaɪ̯d], /ˈsɑɪ̯d/, [ˈsɑ̟ɪ̯d], /ˈsɒ̈ɪ̯d/ 1. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral. Example: One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. 2. Indirect; oblique; incidental. Example: a side issue; a side view or remark Example: The law hath no side respect to their persons.
Word: side Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), derived from *sīdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”). The LGBTQ slang sense was coined by sex therapist and author Joe Kort in 2010 and popularized in 2013. The sense was coined by analogy with top and bottom and based on the metaphor of a box which has a top, bottom, and sides. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯d/, [ˈsaɪ̯d], /ˈsɑɪ̯d/, [ˈsɑ̟ɪ̯d], /ˈsɒ̈ɪ̯d/ 1. To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with" Labels: intransitive Example: Which will you side with, good or evil? Example: All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed. 2. To lean on one side. 3. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: His blind eye that syded Paridell. 4. To suit; to pair; to match. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon He had ure read more , and carried more about him , in his excellent Memory , than any Man I ever knew , my Lord Falkland only excepted , who I think ided him 5. To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. Labels: transitive 6. To furnish with a siding. Labels: transitive Example: to side a house 7. To provide with, as a side or accompaniment. Labels: transitive Example: Entrees are sided with a generous portion of vegetables, and some include little surprises […] Example: A chocolate cakelette, caramel percolating from its warm top, is sided with peanut butter chantilly cream.
Word: side Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯d/, [ˈsaɪ̯d], /ˈsɑɪ̯d/, [ˈsɑ̟ɪ̯d], /ˈsɒ̈ɪ̯d/ 1. Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal Example: But when he perceaved that the sayd Pryest could not pourge himself of the foresayd crime he prively payed him his quarters wages before hande and suffered hym to departe without farther tryall of the sayd cryme: and now he jetteth in london wyth side gown and sarcenet typet as good a virgin priest as the best. Example: Hiz gooun had syde sleeuez dooun to midlegge, slit from the shooulder too the hand, & lined with white cotten. 2. Far; distant. Labels: Scotland
Word: side Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯d/, [ˈsaɪ̯d], /ˈsɑɪ̯d/, [ˈsɑ̟ɪ̯d], /ˈsɒ̈ɪ̯d/ 1. Widely; wide; far. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: side Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯d/, [ˈsaɪ̯d], /ˈsɑɪ̯d/, [ˈsɑ̟ɪ̯d], /ˈsɒ̈ɪ̯d/ 1. To clear, tidy or sort. Example: Meanwhile I have plenty to employ me, in siding drawers and locked places, which I left in the disgracefullest confusion ; Example: Now side everything away. The medicines too —put them in the cupboard.
Word: Chichewa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Chichewa chi- Chichewa Chi- Chichewa -cheŵa Chichewa Chicheŵáder. English Chichewa From Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- (“language”) + Cheŵa. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪˈt͡ʃɛwə/ 1. The Bantu language of the Chewa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.
Word: sloop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chalupa and shallop. Pronunciation: /sluːp/ 1. A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail. Example: 1789, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America. Example: And where but from Nantucket, too, did that first adventurous little sloop put forth, partly laden with imported cobblestones—so goes the story—to throw at the whales, in order to discover when they were nigh enough to risk a harpoon from the bowsprit? 2. A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck. 3. A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
Word: mast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad. Pronunciation: /mɑːst/, /mæst/ 1. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). 2. A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
Word: mast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad. Pronunciation: /mɑːst/, /mæst/ 1. To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
Word: mast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat. Pronunciation: /mɑːst/, /mæst/ 1. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She ſhut them ſtraight in ſties; and gaue them meate / Oke-maſt, and beech, and Cornell fruite, they eate, […] Example: The Winter comes, and then the falling Maſt, / For greedy Swine, provides a full repaſt.
Word: mast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat. Pronunciation: /mɑːst/, /mæst/ 1. To feed on forest seed or fruit. 2. To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others. Example: Any individual tree which masted in a generally non-mast year would be subjected to the exclusive attention of the seed predators and so would be selected against. Example: However, if this were true, all or most masting species (e.g., Fagus and Quercus) in a forest would have to mast in synchrony to be effective against generalist herbivores.
Word: mast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Masteron. Pronunciation: /mɑːst/, /mæst/ 1. The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: mast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /mɑːst/, /mæst/ 1. A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball. Labels: obsolete Example: Godfrey thus conquered, pretended to lose his temper, curs'd his own ill luck, swore that the table had a cast, and that the balls did not run true, changed his mast, and with great warmth challenged his enemy to double his sum.
Word: luff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French lof. Collins English Dictionary states that this word is ultimately derived from Middle Dutch loef. Ellert Ekwall's Shakspere's Vocabulary: its etymological elements (1903) related this verb and loof instead to the East Frisian verb lofen, lufen, which would make it cognate to the French term lover. Pronunciation: /lʌf/, /lɐf/, /lʊf/ 1. The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind. Example: By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward. Example: "The man at the helm was watching the luff of the sail and whistling away gently to himself." 2. The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. 3. The roundest part of a ship's bow. 4. The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
Word: luff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French lof. Collins English Dictionary states that this word is ultimately derived from Middle Dutch loef. Ellert Ekwall's Shakspere's Vocabulary: its etymological elements (1903) related this verb and loof instead to the East Frisian verb lofen, lufen, which would make it cognate to the French term lover. Pronunciation: /lʌf/, /lɐf/, /lʊf/ 1. To shake due to being trimmed improperly. Labels: intransitive Example: I thought how my life is like a little boat and I must hold the tiller steady against the buffeting of wind and waves, and how sometimes, like this morning, I lose my hold somehow and the sail luffs helplessly and the little vessel wallows, turning this way and that in the swell. 2. To bring the ship's head up closer to the wind. (Alternatively luff up) Labels: intransitive Example: "Helm there! Luff, luff a point! So; steady, man, steady!" 3. to let out (a sail) so that it luffs. Labels: transitive 4. To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load. Example: The tower is mounted on a slewing platform, which also carries the power plant and the counterweights, while the jib is supported and luffed by fixed pendant ropes.
Word: accustomable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English accustom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English accustomable From accustom + -able. 1. Habitual; customary; wonted. Example: 1538, Hugh Latimer, letter to Cromwell http://books.google.com/books?id=y5nVKvA2KoAC&pg=PA387&dq=accustomable+inauthor:Latimer&hl=en&ei=YvluTfjzN8iatwfw0pnFCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=accustomable%20inauthor%3ALatimer&f=false and the rest I commit to your accustomable goodness
Word: accustomably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accustomable Middle English -ly English -ly English accustomably From accustomable + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌstəməbli/ 1. According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Example: The third principal matter wherewith in his prayers he was occupied was, to pray for the preservation of the queen's Majesty that now is; whom in his prayer accustomably he was wont to name
Word: accustomance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English acustumaunce, from Old French accoustumance (Modern French accoutumance). By surface analysis, accustom + -ance. 1. Custom; habitual use. Labels: obsolete
Word: accustomary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English accustom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English accustomary From accustom + -ary. 1. Usual; customary. Example: Chriſt in the fifth of Matthew forbiddeth not all kind of ſwearing, but the ordinary and accuſtomary ſwearing then in uſe among the Jewes, and allowed by the Scribes and Phariſees, who erroneouſly conceived, that ſwearing by heaven and earth, or Ieruſalem, or any creature, was no taking Gods name in vain, becauſe in ſuch oaths Gods name was not uſed. Example: Of every accomplishment accustomary to my sex, I was Mistress.
Word: accustomed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From accustom + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌs.təmd/ 1. Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person) Example: I am not accustomed to walk(ing) long distances. Example: She is getting more and more accustomed to the cold. 2. Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Example: It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour. Example: Molly had no sooner apparelled herself in her accustomed Rags, than her Sisters began to fall violently upon her […] 3. Frequented by customers. Labels: archaic Example: 1778, Tobias Smollett (translator), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain-René Lesage, London: S. Crowder et al., Volume I, Chapter 7, p. 148, There I got a place on the same terms as at Segovia, in a well accustomed shop, much frequented on account of the neighbourhood of the church of Santa Cruz, and the Prince’s theatre […] Example: 1817, Seth William Stevenson), Journal of a Tour through Part of France, Flanders, and Holland, Norwich: for the author, Chapter 21, p. 283, The pompous hotel is a lone cottage of very mean appearance, on the road side, and I will be sworn, was but an ill-accustomed Inn, until those renowned Generals justly gave it a licence.
Word: accustomed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From accustom + -ed. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌs.təmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of accustom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accustomedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accustomed 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 accustomedness From accustomed + -ness. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌs.təmd.nɪs/ 1. Habituation; the quality of being used to something. Labels: uncountable Example: if we caught the mystery of life and knew the origin of things , should we not have the same feeling of satiety from the accustomedness of knowledge as we have now from the accustomedness of emotion ? Example: Those who do not depend upon reason must grow into feeling by accustomedness
Word: accustomarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accustomary Middle English -ly English -ly English accustomarily From accustomary + -ly. 1. customarily Labels: obsolete
Word: multicultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English multicultural From multiculture + -al or multi- + cultural. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/ 1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures. Example: Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many) Example: Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago. 2. Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races. Labels: euphemistic Example: Bedgood, whose father is African American and mother is Caucasian, says he's struggling to deal with such hatred. He grew up in Santa Clarita and says he could not have imagined something like this happening in a quiet community with many multicultural families. Example: Australia's professional footballers' association is so proud of the squad's multicultural makeup that it made a video with every player listing their place of birth or family heritage to showcase the benefits of immigration.
Word: porthole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From port + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)t.həʊl/ 1. A gunport; an opening in the hull of a ship through which cannons are fired. Labels: archaic 2. A circular window set in the hull of a ship.
Word: gunport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + port. 1. A hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired.
Word: BBL Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /biː biː ˈɛl/ 1. Initialism of be back later Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BBL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /biː biː ˈɛl/ 1. Initialism of Brazilian butt lift. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The estimated death rate from fat embolism may be as high as one in 3,000 for BBLs. A 2015 study of deaths from BBL surgery concluded that they probably occur as a result of gluteal blood vessels becoming damaged during the procedure, allowing fat to enter the bloodstream. Example: At an average cost of £3,000 abroad and £8,000 in the UK, the BBL uses liposuction to extract fat from a patient’s thighs to then inject it into their buttocks, but less invasive treatments proliferate. 2. Alternative letter-case form of bbl (“barrels”) Labels: alt-of
Word: BBL Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /biː biː ˈɛl/ 1. Initialism of British Basketball League. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of Bank Brussels Lambert, now part of the ING Group Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 3. Initialism of Big Bash League. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: switch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), first attested in c. 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is first attested in c. 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden. Pronunciation: /swɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To exchange. Labels: transitive Example: I want to switch this red dress for a green one. Example: A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. 2. To change (something) to the specified state using a switch. Labels: transitive Example: Switch the light on. Example: When switched on, air brakes activate car by car, from the locomotive to the back of the train. 3. To whip or hit with a switch. Labels: transitive Example: They were looking on the ground, absorbed in thought. The manager was switching his leg with a slender twig: his sagacious relative lifted his head. 4. To change places, tasks, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: I want to switch to a different seat. 5. To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged. Labels: intransitive, slang 6. To swing or whisk. Example: to switch a cane 7. To be swung or whisked. Example: The angry cat's tail switched back and forth. 8. To trim. Example: Switch and clip thorn and other deciduous hedges. 9. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc. Example: to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another Example: There was also public praise in the days that followed for the train's driver, Andrew Johnson. It took a cool head to co-ordinate with the signaller at York ROC to have the train switched from fast to slow line, to permit the stop in Huntingdon station. 10. To shift to another circuit. 11. To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance. Labels: intransitive Example: Feel free to ask her to follow, lead, or switch! 12. To move (the ball or equivalent) from one side of the playing area to the other. Labels: transitive Example: After they switched the ball across their back half, Hurley found the hard-running Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, who in turn hit up Stewart. Then the big man produced a moment of inspiration, taking on his defender before chipping the ball to Daniher, who goaled.
Word: switch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), first attested in c. 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is first attested in c. 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden. Pronunciation: /swɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to skiing backwards. Labels: not-comparable
Word: jib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1660s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to jib (“shift or swing around”) (see below). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast. Example: Release the line by pulling down and unfurl the jib by pulling on the two jibsheets. 2. Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast. Labels: usually
Word: jib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 1680s (also spelled jibe and gybe), perhaps from Dutch gijben (a variant of gijpen (“to turn sails suddenly”), whence certainly the form jibe) or else from Danish gibbe (“jib, jibe”), related to Swedish gippa (“jib, jibe, jerk, make jump”). Compare also Middle High German gempeln (“to spring”), Swedish guppa (“to move up and down”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump, spring”). See jump. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
Word: jib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1660s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening of gibbet. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. The projecting arm of a crane. 2. A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera. Labels: metonymically 3. An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park. 4. A person's face. Labels: slang Example: Whipping around I saw Herman with a stunned expression on his jib.
Word: jib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps related to jib (“shift or swing around”) (see above). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse). Example: “Who calls, who calls?” cried Essper; a shout was the only answer. There was no path, but the underwood was low, and Vivian took his horse, an old forester, across it with ease. Essper’s jibbed. Example: Then he got fever, and had to be carried in a hammock slung under a pole. As he weighed sixteen stone I had no end of rows with the carriers. They jibbed, ran away, sneaked off with their loads in the night—quite a mutiny. 2. To express reluctance; to balk. Labels: figuratively Example: “What say you to the young lady herself?” said Craigengelt; “the finest young woman in all Scotland, one that you used to be so fond of when she was cross, and now she consents to have you, and gives up her engagement with Ravenswood, you are for jibbing. I must say, the devil’s in ye, when ye neither know what you would have nor what you would want.” Example: I hadn't much chance of buying a practice or dropping into a partnership worth having and I jibbed at setting up in some God-forsaken backwater and slipping into middle age 'building up a connection.'
Word: jib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps related to jib (“shift or swing around”) (see above). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward. 2. A stationary condition; a standstill.
Word: jib Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. Crystal meth. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: jib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gibbe (“a swelling or protrusion in the body”), from Old French gibbe and/or Medieval Latin gibba (“hump”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. The mouth, sometimes particularly the tongue, underlip, or tooth. Labels: slang Example: They needa’ watch they jibs.
Word: jib Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. A first-year student at the University of Dublin. Labels: Ireland, archaic, slang Example: Forgetting that the jibs, whom they insulted, were afterwards to grow into the influential men […] Example: [I]n a healthy environment, young Mahoney might have taken the risk, both with University and, in part, with entering the Aula for the jibs dance.
Word: address book Part of Speech: noun 1. A small book for keeping other people's addresses and phone numbers. 2. A computerized storage area for contact information such as e-mail addresses.
Word: simultaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/, /ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.njəs/, /ˌsaɪ̯.məlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/, /ˌsaɪ̯.məlˈteɪ̯.njəs/ 1. Happening at the same moment. Labels: not-comparable Example: As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc. 2. To be solved for the same values of variables. Labels: not-comparable
Word: simultaneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English simultaneous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English simultaneously From simultaneous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/ 1. Occurring at the same time. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cradle-rocking and the song would cease simultaneously for a moment, and an exclamation at highest vocal pitch would take the place of the melody. Example: Numa was about to charge—there was little time in which to compare various methods or weigh the probable results of any. And then a number of things happened, almost simultaneously—the lion sprang from his ambush toward the retreating black—Tarzan cried out in warning—and the black turned just in time to see Numa halted in mid-flight by a slender strand of grass rope, the noosed end of which had fallen cleanly about his neck.
Word: simultaneity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From simultane(ous) + -ity. By surface analysis, simult(aneous) + -aneity. Compare French simultanéité. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪməltəˈniːɪti/, /ˌsaɪməltəˈniɪti/ 1. The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. More than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow, and others. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: simultaneousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English simultaneous 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 simultaneousness From simultaneous + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneity. Labels: uncountable
Word: jip Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪp/ 1. Ejaculated semen. Labels: Ireland, colloquial, uncountable
Word: jip Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪp/ 1. Alternative form of gyp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jibe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪb/ 1. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt. Example: He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer. Example: Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne.
Word: jibe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪb/ 1. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. Labels: transitive Example: [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience. Example: We could hardly speak before for fear of our Taskmasters; but we dare now Nose those Villains that used to gibe us. 2. To say in a mocking or taunting manner. Labels: transitive Example: Scarlett felt her heart begin its mad racing again and she clutched her hand against it unconsciously, as if she would squeeze it into submission. "Eavesdroppers often hear highly instructive things," jibed a memory. 3. To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. Labels: intransitive Example: Why thats the way to choake a gibing ſpirrit, / Whoſe influence is begot of that looſe grace, / Which ſhallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […] Example: This ſet the old Gentlevvoman a Laughing at me, as you may be ſure it vvould: VVell, Madam, Forſooth, ſays ſhe, Gibing at me, you vvould be a Gentlevvoman, and hovv vvill you come to be a Gentlevvoman? VVhat vvill you do it by your Fingers Ends?
Word: jibe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps related to chime (“to cause to sound in harmony”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪb/ 1. To accord or agree. Labels: Canada, US, informal, intransitive Example: That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts. Example: [T]here is something wrong with your figures. They do not jibe with experience. They do not jibe with prices. They do not jibe with what we know.
Word: jibe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See gybe. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪb/ 1. Alternative spelling of gybe. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: jibe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See gybe. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪb/ 1. Alternative spelling of gybe. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: requiem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.kwi.əm/, /ˈɹɛ.kwi.ɛm/ 1. A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person. 2. A musical composition for such a mass. 3. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person. 4. Rest; peace. Labels: obsolete
Word: requiem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.kwi.əm/, /ˈɹɛ.kwi.ɛm/ 1. A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae. Example: Any man-eater is called a requiem.
Word: grapes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪps/ 1. plural of grape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grapes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grape Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aceldama Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Aceldama. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric. 1. Not centered; without a centre
Word: acentric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric. 1. A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere
Word: acephal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Compare French acéphale, Late Latin acephalus. Doublet of acephalus. 1. One of the Acephala.
Word: acephalan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acephala + -n Pronunciation: /eɪˈsɛ.fə.lən/ 1. Acephal.
Word: acephalan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Acephala + -n Pronunciation: /eɪˈsɛ.fə.lən/ 1. Belonging to the Acephala. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acephali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin, plural of Latin acephalus. See acephal. Pronunciation: /eɪˈsɛf.ə.laɪ/, /əˈsɛf.ə.laɪ/, /eɪˈsɛf.ə.li/, /əˈsɛf.ə.li/ 1. plural of acephalus Labels: form-of, plural 2. A people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no heads or removable heads. 3. Uncommon form of acephalites Labels: form-of, uncommon 4. Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
Word: acephalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acephal 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 acephalist From acephal + -ist. 1. One who acknowledges no head or superior Labels: obsolete Example: we must not therefore suffer these Acephalists, these circulators and beggars to perswade us[…]
Word: acephalocyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”). Pronunciation: /ɑˈsɛfəloʊsɪst/, /əˈsɛfəloʊsɪst/ 1. A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
Word: acephalocystic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acephalocyst Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acephalocystic From acephalocyst + -ic. Pronunciation: /eɪˌsɛ.fə.loʊˈsɪ.stɪk/ 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts. Labels: not-comparable