nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mushroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosu (“moss”) or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mosa (“moor, swamp”), Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English mēos (“moss”), Old English mōs (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *musą, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin. See Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Doublet of moss and mousse. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, /-ˌɹʊm/, /-ˌɹəm/, /ˈmʌʃˌɹʉwm/, /-ˌɹɵm/ 1. Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood). Example: Some mushrooms are edible whereas others are poisonous, and sometimes they are difficult to tell apart. Example: Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid. 2. A fungus producing such fruiting bodies. 3. Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking. 4. Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards. 5. A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab. 6. One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: upstarts […]call in reproach mushrooms 7. Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly. Labels: figuratively Example: The craze [hula hoops] began in the U.S.A., and in October the boom crossed the Atlantic and 40 firms sprang into being, some being overnight mushrooms. 8. Ellipsis of mushroom cloud. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: mushroom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosu (“moss”) or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mosa (“moor, swamp”), Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English mēos (“moss”), Old English mōs (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *musą, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin. See Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Doublet of moss and mousse. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, /-ˌɹʊm/, /-ˌɹəm/, /ˈmʌʃˌɹʉwm/, /-ˌɹɵm/ 1. Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: mushroom cloud
Word: mushroom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosu (“moss”) or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mosa (“moor, swamp”), Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English mēos (“moss”), Old English mōs (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *musą, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin. See Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Doublet of moss and mousse. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, /-ˌɹʊm/, /-ˌɹəm/, /ˈmʌʃˌɹʉwm/, /-ˌɹɵm/ 1. To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years. Example: In Beilu Village of Liucun Town in Yaodu District, Linfen, abnormal illnesses continued to emerge, as a result of clusters of highly-polluting enterprises mushrooming in the vicinity. 2. To gather mushrooms. Labels: intransitive Example: We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend. 3. To form the shape of a mushroom. Labels: intransitive Example: Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld. 4. To form the shape of a mushroom. Labels: intransitive
Word: Wallonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Wallonie. Pronunciation: /wɒˈləʊ.ni.ə/, /wəˈ-/, /wɑˈloʊ.ni.ə/ 1. A cultural region in the south of Belgium. 2. A region of Belgium. Official name: Walloon Region. 3. A community of Belgium. Official name: French Community. 4. 3198 Wallonia, a stony asteroid and sizable Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt.
Word: Brussels-Capital Region Part of Speech: name 1. The region of Belgium consisting of the capital city, Brussels, and its suburbs.
Word: Antwerp Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Antwerpen. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.twɝp/ 1. A province of Flanders, Belgium. 2. The largest city and provincial capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium. 3. A district of the city of Antwerp, province of Antwerp, Belgium. 4. A locality in the Shire of Hindmarsh, western Victoria, Australia.
Word: East Flanders Part of Speech: name 1. One of the ten provinces of Belgium, with capital city Ghent.
Word: Brabant Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Brabant. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæbənt/, /ˈbɹɑːbənt/, /bɹəˈbænt/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. an express train linking Gare du Nord, with Brussels-South. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 3. A cultural region of Belgium and the Netherlands. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A historical pagus in Western Europe; in full, Pagus of Brabant. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A historical landgraviate in Western Europe; in full, Landgraviate of Brabant. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A historical duchy in the Holy Roman Empire; in full, Duchy of Brabant. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Ellipsis of States' Brabant: a generality land in the Netherlands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 8. A historical department of the Holland; in full, Department of Brabant. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Ellipsis of Batavian Brabant: a historical region of the Batavian Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 10. Ellipsis of North Brabant: a province of the Netherlands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 11. Ellipsis of South Brabant: a historical province in the Netherlands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 12. A historical province of Belgium. Official name: Province of Brabant. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. Ellipsis of Flemish Brabant: a province of Flanders, Belgium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 14. Ellipsis of Walloon Brabant: a province of Wallonia, Belgium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Brabant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch Brabant. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæbənt/, /ˈbɹɑːbənt/, /bɹəˈbænt/ 1. A draft horse of a strong, heavy breed originating from the Brabant region of modern Belgium.
Word: Flemish Brabant Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Dutch Vlaams Brabant. By surface analysis, Flemish + Brabant. 1. A province of Flanders, Belgium.
Word: Hainaut Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Word: Limburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Limburg. Pronunciation: /lɪmbɜːrɡ/, /lɪmbɜːɡ/, /lɪmbɝːɡ/ 1. A province of the Netherlands. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A province of Flanders, Belgium. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Limburg an der Lahn (the capital city of Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Limbourg (a city in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A castle in Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A historical duchy in German Confederation. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A historical province of United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A historical duchy in the Holy Roman Empire. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Namur Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Namur. 1. The capital city of Wallonia, Belgium. 2. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Word: Namur Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Marshallese Nim̧ur. Pronunciation: /nəˈmʊə(ɹ)/ 1. Namur islet, Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands.
Word: Walloon Brabant Part of Speech: name 1. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Word: West Flanders Part of Speech: name 1. The westernmost province of Belgium and Flanders, with capital Bruges. 2. The larger western part of the historic countship of Flanders, also comprising part of French Flanders (in northern France) and retaining a distinctive type of dialects
Word: Bruges Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Bruges, from Old French, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge and Brigg. Pronunciation: /bɹuːʒ/ 1. The capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium. 2. A city and town in Gironde department, Aquitaine, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. 3. A settlement in Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget commune, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Word: Ghent Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle Dutch Ghent (modern spelling: Gent), from Latin Ganda, itself probably of Celtic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛnt/ 1. The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Example: The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency. 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States:
Word: Mechelen Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɛkələn/, /ˈmɛx-/, /-ə/ 1. A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.
Word: Ostend Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Oostende, from oost (“east”) + ende (“end”); in the middle ages the city was on the easter end of an island, Testerep, which is now attached to the main land. Doublet of East End. Pronunciation: /ˈɒstˌɛnd/ 1. A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.
Word: Charleroi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Charleroi, from Charles (“Charles”) roi (“king”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)ləɹwɑː/, /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)ləɹɔɪ/ 1. The largest city of Wallonia, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. 2. A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River, 21 miles south of Pittsburgh. Example: Cities and small towns alike, from Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and Springfield, Ohio, to Whitewater, Wisconsin, have seen significant influxes of migrants. Even major urban centers such as New York City, Chicago, and Denver have sought Federal aid to manage the burden of new arrivals. 3. A locality in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Word: bergen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Bergen rucksack, possibly named after their creator, Norwegian Ole F. Bergan, combined with the name of the Norwegian city of Bergen. 1. A large rucksack. Labels: UK Example: Their bergens were already stuffed almost to bursting point, as were their belt kits, with rations, water, radios and spare batteries, ammunition, personal equipment, sleeping bags, waterproofs, medical packs, survival kits, and much more.
Word: Arlon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Arlon, from Latin Orolaunum. Pronunciation: /ˈɑ(ɹ).lɔːn/, [ˈɑɹ.ɫɔːn], [ˈɑː.ɫɔːn] 1. The largest city and provincial capital of Luxemburg, Wallonia, Belgium
Word: ♥ Part of Speech: verb 1. Stylistic substitution for the word love. Example: I♥NY Example: I♥U
Word: spades Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /speɪdz/ 1. plural of spade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spades Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /speɪdz/ 1. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom.
Word: spades Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /speɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, Low German Klaver, Klever, Dutch klaver, all “clover”. More distantly also related with German Klee. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/, /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/, /ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)/ 1. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers. Example: He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills. 2. The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Word: hearts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɑːts/, /hɑɹts/ 1. plural of heart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hearts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɑːts/, /hɑɹts/ 1. One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: hearts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɑːts/, /hɑɹts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heart Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diamonds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/ 1. plural of diamond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diamonds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/ 1. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The testicles. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: diamonds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diamond Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: club Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”). Pronunciation: /klʌb/, /klɐb/, /kləb/, /klʊb/ 1. To hit with a club. Labels: transitive Example: He clubbed the poor dog. Example: "We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them." 2. To score a victory over by a large margin. Example: [Andy] Murray dropped serve only once in the match, in the 10th game of the third set, and was simply too good for [Stan] Wawrinka, who was left confused by the variety, inventiveness and power hitting of Murray from deep in the court as an opponent who clubbed [Novak] Djokovic in last year's final was simply overwhelmed despite the Parisian crowd attempting to inspire a comeback. Example: Playing with freedom and no fear, Ashleigh Barty has powered into the Australian Open third round without even a coach. Barty clubbed China’s Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday before revealing she had been largely flying solo during her charge to the last 32 for only the second time. 3. To join together to form a group. Labels: intransitive Example: Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream. 4. To combine into a club-shaped mass. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes 5. To go to nightclubs. Labels: intransitive Example: We went clubbing in Ibiza. Example: When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night. 6. To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense. Labels: intransitive Example: The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat. 7. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment. Labels: transitive Example: to club the expense 8. To drift in a current with an anchor out. 9. To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion. Example: To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column. 10. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end. Labels: transitive Example: to club exertions Example: For instance, let us suppose that Homer and Virgil, Aristotle and Cicero, Thucydides and Livy, could have met all together, and have clubbed their several talents to have composed a treatise on the art of dancing: I believe it will be readily agreed they could not have equalled the excellent treatise which Mr Essex hath given us on that subject, entitled, The Rudiments of Genteel Education. 11. To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club. Labels: transitive
Word: in the wake of Part of Speech: prep 1. Following. Labels: idiomatic Example: The city rebuilt in the wake of the earthquake. Example: Economic reforms followed in the wake of political change. 2. As a result of, because of. Labels: idiomatic Example: Increased security was introduced in the wake of the attack. 3. In the noticeable disturbance of water behind (a maritime vessel).
Word: vanish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, from vānus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin vān- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”). Pronunciation: /ˈvænɪʃ/ 1. To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. Labels: intransitive Example: Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly. Example: The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day. 2. To become equal to zero. Example: The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0. 3. To disappear; to kidnap. Labels: transitive Example: And as if to prove it, one of his friends was vanished and was never seen again. The guy got in a taxi one night, and no one ever saw him ever again. Example: It was whispered that men had been “vanished” by the Line and returned everted. Turned inside out.
Word: vanish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, from vānus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin vān- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”). Pronunciation: /ˈvænɪʃ/ 1. The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part. Example: a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill. Example: o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot. 2. A magic trick in which something seems to disappear. Example: The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand. 3. A disappearance; a vanishment.
Word: invisible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ. Morphologically in- + visible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ 1. Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible. Labels: not-comparable Example: Unſpeakable, who ſitſt above theſe Heavens / To us inviſible or dimly ſeen / In theſe thy loweſt works,[…] Example: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible. 2. Not appearing on the surface. Labels: not-comparable Example: The physical covering of this image limited the Christians’ view, rendering the image invisible on all but a few occasions. 3. Apparently, but not actually, offline. Labels: Internet, not-comparable Example: I went invisible so that my ex-girlfriend wouldn't send me instant messages. 4. That is ignored by a person. Labels: not-comparable
Word: invisible Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ. Morphologically in- + visible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ 1. To make invisible, to invisiblize. Example: In the next section I look at some of the factors that contribute to the “invisibling” of people in later life in terms of the marginalization and splitting that occurs in providing decent psychological as well as physical care.
Word: invisible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ. Morphologically in- + visible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ 1. An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being. Labels: obsolete 2. A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft. Labels: obsolete 3. One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church. Labels: obsolete Example: Invisibles. Heretics who denied the visibility of the Church
Word: visible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English visible, from Old French visible, from Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision. Displaced native Old English ġesewenlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/, /ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ 1. Able to be seen. Example: When the sun rises, the world becomes visible. Example: It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.
Word: shiny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English shine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shiny From shine + -y (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/ 1. Reflecting light. Example: He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume. Example: Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing. 2. Emitting light. 3. Excellent; remarkable. Labels: colloquial Example: We're shiny, Okay? 4. Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Labels: obsolete Example: Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Example: When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.
Word: shiny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shine + -y (noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/ 1. Anything that glitters; a trinket. Labels: informal 2. A desirable collectible.
Word: shiny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of "shiny arse", originated during World War II. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717 Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/ 1. A deskworker. Labels: dated, derogatory, slang
Word: Cluj Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Cluj; see below for more. 1. Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania. Labels: historical, informal 2. A county of Romania.
Word: kwukyel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from kwūkyel, the Yale romanization of Korean 구결(口訣) (gugyeol), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (MC khuwX kwet, “mnemonic rhyme”), from 口 (kǒu, “mouth”) + 訣 /诀 (jué, “rhymed saying”). Pronunciation: /ˈkuɡjʌl/ 1. Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text. Labels: uncountable
Word: los Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss. Pronunciation: /lɒs/, /lɑs/ 1. A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx. Labels: obsolete Example: The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States. Example: A beaſt like unto a wolfe having many ſpottes, and being exceeding quicke of ſight: a wolfe like an hart, a Los or Lynx.
Word: los Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English los, from Old English los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą, from Proto-Indo-European *lews-. 1. Obsolete form of loss. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly calculate, that amounts to no ſmall part of our Commerce.
Word: los Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: clubs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klʌbz/, /klʊbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of club Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clubs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klʌbz/, /klʊbz/ 1. plural of club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clubs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klʌbz/, /klʊbz/ 1. Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣. 3. An apparatus, consisting of a set of two clubs. Labels: countable 4. An apparatus, consisting of a set of two clubs. Labels: countable, metonymically
Word: transportability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English transport Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English transportability From transport + -ability. 1. The quality of equipment, devices, systems, and associated hardware that permits their being moved from one location to another to interconnect with locally available complementary equipment, devices, systems, associated hardware, or other complementary facilities. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The capability of materiel to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Sarajevo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland". Pronunciation: /ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/, /ˈsæ.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/, /ˌsɑː.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/, /ˈsɑː.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/ 1. The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river. Example: I had planned a stop in Sarajevo to meet with a multiethnic delegation to hear their ideas about what the United States government and private organizations could do to help heal a society ripped apart by war. The security situation forced me to cancel my trip to Sarajevo, but the people I was to meet were so disappointed that they insisted on braving the journey along fifty miles of treacherous roads to meet me in Tuzla. 2. A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Word: supercompany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English company English supercompany From super- + company. 1. An especially large company with very many divisions.
Word: promo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/ 1. Clipping of promotion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial 2. an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match. Labels: slang 3. A reduction in consumer cost for a limited time for items or services rendered; a special. Labels: Philippines
Word: promo Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/ 1. To promote; to publicize. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: radiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English radiology 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 radiologist From radiology + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˌɹeɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, /ˌɹeɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, /ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, /ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ 1. A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.
Word: Aytos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Айтос (Ajtos), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”). 1. A town in eastern Bulgaria.
Word: Aytos Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Ayto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”). Cognate with Dutch borgen (“to borrow, trust”), German borgen (“to borrow, lend”), Danish borge (“to vouch”). Related to Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at bury. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹəʊ/, /ˈbɒɹə/, /ˈbɔɹo/, /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/, /ˈboɹ.oʊ/ 1. Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This putt has a big left-to right borrow on it. Example: The amount of borrow, as we term it, that must be taken from the side of any particular slope is entirely a matter of mathematical calculation, […] 2. A borrow pit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As previously indicated, slurry used for construction of the slurry cutoff trench at Beaver Creek Dam was produced with natural clays and clay tills from local borrows. 3. In Rust and some other programming languages, the situation where the ownership of a value is temporarily transferred to another region of code. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If we currently have any borrows of a value, we can't mutably borrow it into self, nor can we move it (because that would invalidate the existing borrows).
Word: borrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English borwe, borgh, from Old English borh, borg, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to borrow, lend”) (related to Etymology 1, above). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹəʊ/, /ˈbɒɹə/, /ˈbɔɹo/, /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/, /ˈboɹ.oʊ/ 1. A ransom; a pledge or guarantee. Labels: archaic 2. A surety; someone standing bail. Labels: archaic Example: ”where am I to find such a sum? If I sell the very pyx and candlesticks on the altar at Jorvaulx, I shall scarce raise the half; and it will be necessary for that purpose that I go to Jorvaulx myself; ye may retain as borrows my two priests.”
Word: Blagoevgrad Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Blagoevgrad province, Bulgaria. 2. a province of Bulgaria.
Word: Botevgrad Part of Speech: name 1. A town in western Bulgaria.
Word: Burgas Part of Speech: name Etymology: There are several possible origins for the name of the city, which is similar to Burgos, a city in Spain. When the city was founded, the inhabitants of the surrounding country got into the fortified village, named πύργος (púrgos, “fortress”). By another theory, the city's name comes from Latin burgus (“tower, fortress”), or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs, “consolidated walled village”). Pronunciation: /bʊɚˈɡɑ(ː)s/ 1. A city in eastern Bulgaria. 2. A province in eastern Bulgaria.
Word: Dimitrovgrad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Georgi Dimitrov. 1. A town in Bulgaria. 2. A town and municipality in Pirot district, south-easterm Serbia, near the border with Bulgaria.
Word: Dobrich Part of Speech: name 1. A city in northeastern Bulgaria. 2. A province in northeastern Bulgaria.
Word: Gabrovo Part of Speech: name 1. A town in central Bulgaria.
Word: Kazanlăk Part of Speech: name 1. A town in central Bulgaria.
Word: Khaskovo Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Haskovo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kyustendil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Italic *komstaēō Latin cōnstō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ans Latin cōnstānsder. Latin Cōnstāns /Cōnstantius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin Cōnstantīnusder. Ottoman Turkish كوستن (kösten) Ottoman Turkish ایل (il) Ottoman Turkish كوستندیل (köstendil)bor. Bulgarian Кюстенди́л (Kjustendíl)translit. English Kyustendil Transliteration of Bulgarian Кюстенди́л (Kjustendíl), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوستندیل (köstendil) From كوستن (kösten), the Turkified name of Konstantin Dragaš (a 14th-century Serbian magnate), and ایل (il, “county”). Literally, “Constantine's county”. 1. A town, the capital of Kyustendil Province and administrative center of Kyustendil Municipality, Bulgaria. 2. A municipality of Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria. 3. A province of western Bulgaria.
Word: Kŭrdzhali Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Kardzhali Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lovech Part of Speech: name 1. A town in northern Bulgaria.
Word: Malko Tŭrnovo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bulgarian Малко Търново (Malko Tǎrnovo), ultimately derived from Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ, “small”) and трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), thus "lesser thorn", opposed to Veliko Tŭrnovo. 1. A town in southeastern Bulgaria.
Word: Michurin Part of Speech: name 1. A town in southeastern Bulgaria.
Word: Montana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin montāna * the US state via Spanish montaña (“mountain”) * the surname from Spanish Montaña topographic surname Pronunciation: /mɑnˈtænə/ 1. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. WADE. I move to take up House bill No. 15 to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana. Example: While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles. 5. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A unisex given name transferred from the place name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 'Montana?' I said. 'You can't call a kid Montana'―these friends of mine were going to call their new baby girl Montana and I tried to talk them out of it, because I'm sick of Australians naming their kids after American placenames, I'm sick of all these Montanas and Delawares and Indianas and Dallases. […] 12. A surname from Spanish, equivalent to English Mountain, Mount, or Hill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a woman suspected of trying to kidnap their grandchild Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Word: Petrich Part of Speech: name 1. A town in southwestern Bulgaria.
Word: Pernik Part of Speech: name 1. A town in western Bulgaria.
Word: Pazardzhik Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Пазарджик (Pazardžik), from Ottoman Turkish پازارجق (pazarcık, “diminutive form of bazaar”). 1. A province and town in southern Bulgaria.
Word: Pleven Part of Speech: name 1. A city in northern Bulgaria.
Word: Plovdiv Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Пловдив (Plovdiv). 1. A city in southern Bulgaria.
Word: Razgrad Part of Speech: name 1. A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Word: ruse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rūse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin recūsāre, from recūsō (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”). Doublet of recuse and rouse in the latter case. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above. Pronunciation: /ɹuːz/, /ɹʉwz/, /ɹuz/, /ɹʉːz/, /ɾɪu̯z/ 1. A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs. Labels: archaic, countable, often, rare Example: The boar was evidently most averse to leave the field in which he had spent so may pleasant hours of uninterrupted rest; […] He turned sharply to one flank; he stopped dead, and went away in the opposite direction as he heard the hunters gallop past; every ruse he tried, but tried in vain. 2. An action intended to deceive; a trick. Labels: broadly, countable Example: Near-synonyms: ploy, stratagem, artifice Example: It must be borne in mind that huntsmen sometimes make casts which they know must lose them their fox: […] At the same time, it would be bad policy to explain these little matters: some parties, who are not sufficiently acquainted with the management of hounds, might be discontented, whereas by such a ruse no offence is given, as nine-tenths of the Field are not aware that it is not the most likely cast to recover the scent. 3. Cunning, guile, trickery. Labels: uncountable Example: [H]e [Bertrand du Guesclin] had great natural cunning, that half-savage quality, was full of ruse and trick in war, he was contemptuous towards the high noblesse, but gentle to the poor, and generous to his friends. Example: A French privateer operating under an English commission raided Massacre Island at the mouth of Mobile Bay in 1710, robbing its warehouse of thousands of deerskins and other pelts, as well as of naval stores. They took the small place by ruse.
Word: ruse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rūse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin recūsāre, from recūsō (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”). Doublet of recuse and rouse in the latter case. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above. Pronunciation: /ɹuːz/, /ɹʉwz/, /ɹuz/, /ɹʉːz/, /ɾɪu̯z/ 1. To deceive or trick using a ruse. Labels: intransitive Example: Anyway, no man can escape the woman he considers too much rused for him: tear her down or run away toward her if he can't meet her head-and-hind on. Example: And, in a way, s/he is already told, and what s/he him/herself is telling will not undo the fact that somewhere else s/he is told, but it will "ruse" with this; it will offer a variant in the form and even in the story. 2. Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs. Labels: archaic, intransitive, rare Example: And he [the hart] fleeth then mightily and far from the hounds, that is to say he hath gone a great way from them, then he will go into the stank, and will soil therein once or twice in all the stank and then he will come out again by the same way that he went in, and then he shall ruse again the same way that he came (the length of) a bow shot or more, and then he shall ruse out of the way, for to stall or squatt to rest him, and that he doeth for he knoweth well that the hounds shall come by the fues [footing] into the stank where he was. Example: With these whelps [the hunting dogs] who know the way but are in danger of being baffled by the rusing stag, the hunter sends the reliable old harre (perseverance). He is indispensable, as he has often confronted the stag at bay.
Word: Shumen Part of Speech: name 1. A town and oblast in northeastern Bulgaria.
Word: Silistra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Силистра (Silistra). 1. A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Word: Sliven Part of Speech: name 1. A town in central Bulgaria.
Word: Sofia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant spelling of Sophia and from various other languages' own adaptations of Ancient Greek Σοφία (Sophía, “wisdom, especially divine wisdom”). Sometimes borrowed into English as an anglicization of an accented or closely related form, as with Spanish Sofía, Welsh Soffia, and Hungarian Zsófia. As the capital of Bulgaria, via nonstandard, though now official, romanization of Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófiya), from църква „Света София“ (cǎrkva "Sveta Sofija"), from Byzantine Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, first attested being used as the name for the city in the 14th century and reinforced under Ottoman rule as Ottoman Turkish صوفیه (Sofya). Compare the name of the Hagia Sophia. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊfiə/, /ˈsoʊfijə/, /ˈsəʊfi.ə/, /sɒˈfiːə/ 1. A female given name, variant of Sophia. Example: Every year in California thousands of parents choose names such as José, Andrés and Sofía for their children, often honoring the memory of a deceased grandmother, aunt or sibling. On the state-issued birth certificates, though, those names will be spelled incorrectly. 2. The capital city of Bulgaria.
Word: Sofia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malagasy Sofia of uncertain origin. The region is named for the river. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊfiə/, /ˈsoʊfijə/, /ˈsəʊfi.ə/, /sɒˈfiːə/ 1. A river in northwestern Madagascar. 2. A region of Madagascar around the river.
Word: Smolyan Part of Speech: name 1. A town in southern Bulgaria.
Word: Stara Zagora Part of Speech: name 1. A city in central Bulgaria.
Word: varna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root वृणोति (vṛṇoti, “to choose, select”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːnə/, /ˈvɑːnə/ 1. any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes Labels: Hinduism
Word: Veliko Tărnovo Part of Speech: name 1. A town in northern Bulgaria.
Word: Vidin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Видин (Vidin). 1. A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
Word: Vratsa Part of Speech: name 1. A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
Word: Yambol Part of Speech: name 1. A town in southeastern Bulgaria.
Word: amorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) + -ous. By surface analysis, a- + -morphous. Pronunciation: /əˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/, /eɪˈmɔ(ɹ)fəs/ 1. Lacking a definite form or clear shape. Example: amorphous blob Example: The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap. 2. Being without definite character or nature. Labels: broadly Example: Gudrun, new from her life in Chelsea and Sussex, shrank cruelly from this amorphous ugliness of a small colliery town in the Midlands. Yet forward she went, through the whole sordid gamut of pettiness, the long amorphous, gritty street. Example: And people talking all the time about the AfD is just what it wants: to foster the impression that the others are ganging up against it. The “authentic” voice of “real people” v the amorphous elite. 3. Lacking organization or unity. Labels: broadly 4. In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid. Example: Near-synonym: noncrystalline Example: Glass is an amorphous solid, but some glass is called "crystal" because it looks crystalline and has been called crystal since before humans even understood molecular structure at all. 5. Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Word: foible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1640–50, from Early Modern French foible (“feeble”) (contemporary French faible). Doublet of feeble. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɪbəl/ 1. A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly. Labels: in-plural Example: Try to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath. Example: He knew that this was like the sudden impulse of a madman—incongruous even with his habitual foibles. 2. A weakness or failing of character. Example: Jesus is reverenced as the one man who has lived unspotted by the world, free from human foibles, able to redeem mankind by his example. 3. Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.
Word: foible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1640–50, from Early Modern French foible (“feeble”) (contemporary French faible). Doublet of feeble. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɪbəl/ 1. Weak; feeble. Labels: obsolete Example: The good Fencing-maſters, in France eſpecially, when they preſent a Foyle or Fleuret to their Scholars, tell him it hath two Parts, one of which he calleth the Fort or ſtrong, and the other the Foyble or weak […]