yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
photograph
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.
English photo-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der.
English -graph
English photograph
From photo- + -graph.
Base: photo
Inflected forms:
form: photographs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: photographs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: photographing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: photographed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: photographed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
pos: noun
examples: The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.
A photograph showing a column of tenodd cars with black registration plates moving along an empty highway on their way to Subotica, […]
Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
gloss: To take a photograph (of).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
The boy who made headlines when he was photographed hugging an officer during a 2014 protest against police brutality is missing after his family’s SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, officials said Wednesday.
As the game worlds we explore have become more beautiful, players have become more interested in photographing them and sharing the results.
gloss: To fix permanently in the memory etc.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: He is photographed on my mind.
The scene and its surroundings were photographed on my memory.
gloss: To appear in a photograph.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She photographs well. The camera loves her.
He told me that he liked Dolls Kill just fine—its clothes photographed well and he always wore them to Coachella—but attending this event was basically work for him.
Derived words: outphotograph
overphotographed
photographable
rephotograph
unphotographed
Translations:
turnaround
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
art
arts
aviation
broadcasting
business
engineering
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
television
Etymology: Etymology tree
English turn arounddeverb.
English turnaround
Deverbal from turn around.
Inflected forms:
form: turnarounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: turn-around
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: turn around
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: turnround
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of turning to face in the other direction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The basketball player made a turnaround jump shot.
gloss: A reversal of policy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They tried to reduce their turnaround on incoming paperwork.
They tried to reduce their turnaround time on incoming paperwork. [noun adjunct form]
gloss: A turnabout; a reversal of circumstances.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.
gloss: A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Many media arts companies use turnarounds to ensure that when you draw the character you know what it looks like from the front, the side and the back.
gloss: A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of goback.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
historical
uncountable
gloss: The scheduled shutdown of an industrial plant, such as an oil rig, for maintenance and testing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A contractual provision by which, if the studio elects to abandon a film project, the producer has a limited period in which to sell it elsewhere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Preparations for takeoff, such as loading and servicing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The relaying of a satellite signal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A new company […] has been set up to provide satellite turnaround and fiber connectivity facilities between Asia and Europe.
Related words: overturn
turnover
Derived words: turnaround artist
turnaround time
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: täyskäännös
lang: Finnish
word: suunnanmuutos
lang: Galician
word: volta
lang: German
word: Kehrtwendung
lang: German
word: Richtungsänderung
lang: German
word: Umschwung
lang: German
word: Wende
lang: Portuguese
word: volta
lang: Portuguese
word: giro
lang: Portuguese
word: torneio
lang: Turkish
word: geri dönme
lang: Turkish
word: geri dönüm
garlic
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English garlek, garlik, from Old English gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār ("spear"; in reference to its sharp, tapering leaves) + lēac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlic (“garlic”), Faroese geirleykur (“garlic”), Icelandic geirlaukur (“garlic”).
Inflected forms:
form: garlics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: garlick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: garlicke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: garlics
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: garlicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: garlicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: garlicked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: garlick
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: garlicke
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
gloss: A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To flavor with garlic.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […]then through the sunned gathering of her marjoram and sweet basil from the herb garden, reading of book reviews in the latest Scientific American, into the layering of a lasagna, garlicking of a bread, tearing up of romaine leaves, eventually, oven on, into the mixing of the twilight's whisky sours against the arrival of her husband, Wendell (“Mucho) Maas from work, she wondered, wondered, shuffling back through a fat deckful of days which seemed (wouldn't she be first to admit it?) more or less identical, or all pointing the same way subtly like a conjurer's deck, any odd one readily clear to a trained eye.
Related words: leek
Translations:
ahem
Part of speech: intj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Inflected forms:
form: ehem
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: ahems
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ahemming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ahemmed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ahemmed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: ehem
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat.
pos: intj
tags: onomatopoeic
gloss: Demanding attention.
pos: intj
examples: Ahem! Could we please get started?
Enter Nobody, and the Clowne. / Nobody. Ahem boy, Nobody is ſound yet for all his troubles.
gloss: Expresses disapproval or annoyance.
pos: intj
examples: Ahem! In case you didn't notice, I did my share of the work, too.
gloss: Indicates the speaker does not wish to be perceived as rude, often intimating an impolite meaning to a third party that the speaker is not addressing.
pos: intj
examples: I really (ahem!) liked the chocolate broccoli surprise.
gloss: Indicates the speaker does not wish to be perceived as rude, often intimating an impolite meaning to a third party that the speaker is not addressing.
pos: intj
examples: The tone of Fat is casual and ahem, digestible, while also providing a succinct and significant overview of fatness and some of the issues most relevant to the burgeoning field of fat studies.
gloss: To cough or clear one's throat so as to draw attention.
pos: verb
examples: He wouldn't have been suspected of crying for the world, but he coughed and ahemmed, and finally turned away without speaking.
A full inspiration, preparatory to hawking, ahemming, or premeditated careful coughing, would excite an explosion of an unusually violent and persistent cough, hurrying the breath out of the poor victims.
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: ehm
lang: Finnish
word: kröhöm
lang: Greek
word: γκουχ
roman: gkouch
lang: Greek
word: γκούχου
roman: gkoúchou
lang: Japanese
word: ゴホン
roman: gohon
lang: Japanese
word: コホン
roman: kohon
lang: Japanese
word: げほげほ
roman: gehogeho
lang: Tagalog
word: ehem
lang: Tagalog
word: tikhim
lang: Vietnamese
word: e hèm
achoo
Part of speech: intj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Inflected forms:
form: atchoo
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: ahchoo
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: hachoo
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: ah-choo
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: a-choo
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: atchee
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: achoos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: atchoo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ahchoo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hachoo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ah-choo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: a-choo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: atchee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: achoos
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: achooing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: achooed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: achooed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: atchoo
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: ahchoo
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: hachoo
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: ah-choo
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: a-choo
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: atchee
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The sound of a sneeze.
pos: intj
tags: onomatopoeic
examples: Achoo—I think I'm coming down with something!
gloss: The sound of a sneeze.
pos: noun
gloss: To sneeze loudly; to make an achoo sound.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
Translations:
pliers
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ply
English er
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English pliers
From ply (“to bend”) + er + -s.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.
Translations:
unicycle
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: cycling
graph-theory
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
sciences
sports
Etymology: From uni- + cycle.
Base: cycle
Affixes: uni-
Inflected forms:
form: unicycles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: unicycles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: unicycling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: unicycled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: unicycled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A pedal cycle that only has one wheel.
pos: noun
examples: A man rode past on a unicycle, laughing.
gloss: To travel or move around by unicycle.
pos: verb
gloss: Synonym of unicyclic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: unicycle graph (unicyclic graph)
Translations:
unicyclist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unicycle
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 unicyclist
From unicycle + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: unicyclists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who rides a unicycle.
pos: noun
Translations:
tricycle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French tricycle. By surface analysis, tri- + cycle.
Inflected forms:
form: tricycles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tricycles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tricycling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tricycled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tricycled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.
pos: noun
examples: [S]o I rode home on my brand new tricycle to find the rest of the family parked in front of the box.
gloss: An autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw (usually a roofed motorcycle with sidecar, often available for hire in the manner of a taxi)
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
gloss: To ride a tricycle.
pos: verb
examples: The child tricycled around the driveway until dark.
Derived words: cyclo
freight tricycle
oxatricycle
tricycle gear
tricycle landing gear
tricyclelike
tricycler
tricyclist
Translations:
climatologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English climatology
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 climatologist
From climatology + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: climatologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who studies, professes or practices climatology.
pos: noun
examples: To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.
“The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating,” said Prof Michael Mann, a climatologist and geophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania in the US.
Translations:
genealogist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English genealogy
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 genealogist
From genealogy + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: genealogists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.
pos: noun
examples: You may not find Dr. Neil Rosenstein’s new book listed on national best-seller lists, but the noted genealogist — with his tongue halfway in his cheek — compares it to the popular thriller “The Da Vinci Code.” Both books, the noted American genealogist and surgeon said, deal in varying degrees with family trees reaching back 30 centuries to the biblical House of David.
Translations:
technician
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English technic
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English technician
From technic + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: technicians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.
pos: noun
examples: The lift technician found the reason the lift wasn't working.
Translations:
mycologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From myco- + -logist.
Base: myco
Inflected forms:
form: mycologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.
pos: noun
examples: ‘Iʼm not a mycologist but I believe you only get this formation when the fungus is forming reproductive organs.’
Translations:
zany
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni.
Inflected forms:
form: zanier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: zaniest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
pos: adj
examples: And I will admit now but never then that, more than once, listening to the Viennese chattering their zany German on the pavements, or taking himself to one of the struggling small theatres that were cropping up in cellars and bombed houses...
Press articles emphasized his [Dizzy Gillespie's] ambassadorial role and drew attention to the paradox that he was a shrewd musician and leader despite his zany image.
When playing for Connie Mack, Rube [Waddell]'s pattern after one of his zany outbursts usually involved promises of good behavior and a spurt of excellent pitching.
This runs counter to the play, where Grandpa is always benignly indulgent of all his zany progeny and their equally zany spouses, and is even somewhat zany himself.
The montage goes on to show scenes of Carla singing, dancing, meditating, breaking the tension amongst her co-cheftestants with sing-a-longs and “hootie-hoo” lessons, and ultimately wooing the judges with a combination of her zany personality and solid cooking skills.
gloss: Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
pos: adj
Synonyms: wacky
Related words: ebullient
Derived words: zanily
zaniness
Translations:
wacky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English whack
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English wacky
From whack (“someone who whacked his head onto something often, hence being weird”) + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: wackier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: wackiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: whacky
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Zany; eccentric.
pos: adj
tags: informal
slang
examples: Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.
How do artists and curators come up with titles for exhibitions? They seem to get wackier all the time.
Translations:
bumbershoot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Probably from bumber + shoot, modifications of umbr(ella) + (para)chute. Compare umbershoot.
Compound parts: umbrella
parachute
Inflected forms:
form: bumbershoots
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bumberchute
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bumberschutz
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An umbrella.
pos: noun
tags: humorous
slang
examples: It smells like rain. Perhaps we should take along a bumbershoot.
Oh! Hang the bumbershoot! [Flings umbrella away, clasps Mrs. Dobbs wildly.]
Little drops of water / It is safe to bet / If you have no bumbershoot, / Make you doosid wet.
"It—it belongs in our family," said Button-Bright, beginning to eat and speaking between bites. "This umbrella has been in our family years, an' years, an' years. But it was tucked away up in our attic an' no one ever used it 'cause it wasn't pretty." / "Don't blame 'em much," remarked Cap'n Bill, gazing at it curiously; "it's a pretty old-lookin' bumbershoot."
Two women pickets, Krkossa and Menefee, walked the picket line in front of the Respondent's studio for 1½ hours on 1 day carrying large old-fashioned men's umbrella (perhaps better described by the word "bumbershoots") thereby, according to the Respondent's theory, committing serious strike misconduct by interfering with pedestrian traffic in front of the Respondent's studio, by preventing others on the street or sidewalk from reading advertising material painted on the approximately 50-foot expanse of windows of the Respondent's building facing upon the street, and by reason of the hazard allegedly created of physical damage to passing pedestrians from the ribs of said bumbershoots.
Nick Fury. Hey, Percy! Get that blasted umbrella outta my ribs!! / Percy Pinkerton. I beg your par … Oh! You mean my bumbershoot!
Me ol' bamboo, me ol' bamboo / You'd better never bother with me ol' bamboo. / You can have me hat or me bumbershoot / But you'd better never bother with me ol' bamboo.
Wait a minute! Where's my hat? Where— and somebody stole my bumbershoot!
On the march, it began to rain, I had an umbrella, but at 5:51 we copped out for our dinner-date, when just in sight of the sidestreet leading to the U. N., solid with motionless people under their parapluies and bumbershoots; that’s the way it shone back to us, international.
Drizzles and mizzles. Recruit a bumbershoot.
She was terrified as a pair of footmen—dressed in full sixteenth-century livery, powdered wigs and all—cut through the chaos and ushered them inside the Waldorf, shielding them from the flying debris with bumbershoots.
Translations:
tern
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Via an East Anglian dialect, from some Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, related to Danish terne, Norwegian terne, and Swedish tärna, all from Old Norse þerna (“tern; maidservant”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“handmaid, young girl”). First attested in the 1670s.
Inflected forms:
form: terns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: terne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
pos: noun
Translations:
colonist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Latin colōnus
Latin colōniader.
Middle English colane
English colon(y)
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 colonist
From colon(y) + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: colonists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A founder of a colony.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of a colony.
pos: noun
Derived words: anticolonist
Translations:
banjo
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
government
military
mining
politics
war
Etymology: From the pronunciation of African slaves, of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore (from Spanish bandurria), alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza.
Inflected forms:
form: banjos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: banjoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: banjos
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: banjoing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: banjoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: banjoed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
pos: noun
examples: I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...
For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo.
gloss: Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
pos: noun
gloss: An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A cul-de-sac with a round end.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: They all came back here — we cleared the room and put up tables for the reception — and then we went to another house on the banjo for a "knees-up".
Billy Tower lived in the far left house in the banjo that was Dagenham's version of cul de sacs. The trouble was you could be seen from the house and, in the time it took to walk along the Banjo, drugs could be flushed away.
The banjo format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green […]
gloss: A miner's round-nosed shovel.
pos: noun
gloss: An egg sandwich fried on a flattop and served in a bun as would a burger, ellipsis of egg banjo.
pos: noun
tags: Malaysia
gloss: The frenulum of the penis.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
gloss: To play a banjo.
pos: verb
gloss: To beat, to knock down.
pos: verb
tags: UK
slang
transitive
examples: Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing' but that she had asked for it.
Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
"Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.
gloss: To shell or attack (a target).
pos: verb
tags: UK
slang
transitive
examples: Riding reported that on the day Mayne had asked for DZ coordinates, their base had been banjoed by the Germans.
Derived words: banjitar
banjo bolt
banjo catfish
banjo clock
banjo dulcimer
banjo enclosure
Banjo Eyes
banjo eyes
banjo-eyes
banjo-eyed
banjo fitting
banjo frog
banjo hit
banjo hitter
banjoist
banjolike
banjo-mandolin
banjo mandolin
banjolin
mandolin-banjo
banjo string
banjouke
banjo ukelele
banjo ukulele
banjolele
banjo uke
banjo union
dulcijo
eastern banjo frog
egg banjo
four-string banjo
giant banjo frog
guitjo
Irish banjo
not hit a cow's arse with a banjo
play the cat and banjo with
southern banjo frog
tenor banjo
Translations:
stand-in
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stand indeverb.
English stand-in
Deverbal from stand in.
Inflected forms:
form: stand-ins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stand in
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person of similar size and shape to an actor who substitutes for or replaces that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.
pos: noun
examples: They used a stand-in to set up the lighting so that the actor did not have to be there during the lengthy process.
gloss: A substitute.
pos: noun
examples: France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.
Beans, corn, and even chopped broccoli work not just as stand-ins but can elevate a meal. Each brings its unique texture and flavor profile.
Translations:
standpoint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From stand + point, a calque of German Standpunkt. Similar constructions used in other languages, such as Japanese 立場 (tachiba, literally “standing place”).
Compound parts: stand
point
Inflected forms:
form: standpoints
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stand-point
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A point of view; a perspective.
pos: noun
examples: Bathing once a month may save time, but from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not effective.
Plus, early in a career, bands are typically winging it from a creative standpoint; after awhile, acts figure out what they’re doing right (or wrong), and are more deliberate about songcraft and execution.
From the standpoint of traditional Chinese culture, it is believed that mind and body are the same and diseases stem from wicked thoughts or energy, while kind thoughts and positive energy will bring blessings and healing to a person.
Translations:
standstill
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From stand + still, a deverbal from stand still. Compare Dutch stilstand (“a standstill”), German Stillstand (“a standstill”), Danish stilstand (“a standstill”).
Compound parts: stand
still
Inflected forms:
form: standstills
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A complete immobility; a halt.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.
Despite all these precautions, however, severe storms sometimes caused drifts which brought traffic completely to a standstill.
[...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].
For the caller the advantage relies on a fast solution of his service request, leading to less standstill and non-productive periods for the service customer.
Translations:
crossword
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: games
Etymology: From cross + word. Various word puzzles referred to as "crosswords" date back to the 1860s. The modern crossword puzzle was invented in 1913 by Arthur Wynne, who coined the name word-cross – crossword first appeared a few weeks later as a typographical error or deliberate transposition.
Compound parts: cross
word
Inflected forms:
form: crosswords
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
pos: noun
gloss: The grid of such a puzzle.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
informal
examples: HOW TO ENTER::Fill in the crossword and send it to CROSSWORD No.54, DRUM, 176 Main Street, Johannesburg
I sat on the bed and began to fill in the crossword.
All you have to do is fill in the crossword on this page and write your name and address on the coupon in Block Capitals (those written in longhand will not qualify).
They should be able to fill out the crossword using their knowledge from this chapter.
“You said you wanted me to fill out the crossword for you!”
Flair, the butler, drank.[…]On weekdays when we were alone, he would open The Times and fill in the crossword, each clue no sooner read than solved. At weekends he merely read the crossword, then ironed the paper before giving it to Herbie.
gloss: The words in an acrostic puzzle from which the letters are to be taken.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: DOUBLE ACROSTIC. My primals and finals are the same as the first crossword. Crosswords--(1) A castle in Spain. (2) The quantity contained in a ladle. (3) A convulsive sound which comes from the throat.[…]
CROSSWORDS: I. Not plain. 2. Wandering tribes. 3. To disparage.[…]
gloss: A crossword enigma poem.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: A CROSSWORD. My first is in army but not in fort. My second is in prisoner but not in court.[…]
Synonyms: crossword puzzle
Related words: acrostic
cruciverbalism
cruciverbalist
cryptic crossword
game
puzzle
Derived words: crossword enigma
crossworder
crosswordese
crosswording
crosswordlike
crosswordy
cryptic crossword
two-speed crossword
Translations:
lang: French
word: mot-croisé
lang: French
word: grille de mots croisés
slowly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: manner
Etymology: From Middle English slowly, slowli, slouli, slowliche, from Old English slāwlīċe (“slowly; sluggishly”), equivalent to slow + -ly. Compare Old Norse slæliga, sljóliga.
Base: slow
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: slowlier
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: more slowly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: slowliest
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: most slowly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: At a slow pace.
pos: adv
examples: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.
Antonyms: quickly
rapidly
Translations:
caliph
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).
Inflected forms:
form: caliphs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: khalifa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: khalīfa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: caleef
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: calif
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: kaleefa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: kalif
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: kaliph
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: khalif
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: khaleefeh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
pos: noun
examples: The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.
It carries us to the East, and the stately halls of the caliphs rise on the mind's eye; and we think over the thousand and one stories which made our childhood so happy, and stored up a world of unconscious poetry for our future years:...
Translations:
sabbatical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin sabbaticus + -al.
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: Sabbatic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: sabbatic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Sabbatical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: sabbaticals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Sabbatic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sabbatic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Sabbatical
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the Sabbath.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to a sabbatical.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An extended period of leave from a person's usual pursuits.
pos: noun
examples: Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it’s not just Gen-Z: According to a survey from Side Hustles, 10% of workers are considering taking a micro-retirement and 75% thought employers should offer micro-retirement policies such as unpaid sabbaticals. […] Your employer may offer flexibility or the option to take a sabbatical.
gloss: A sabbatical year (ancient religious observance).
pos: noun
Related words: Sabbatarian
sabbatarian
sabbatarianism
Sabbatarianism
Sabbath
sabbath
Sabbatism
sabbatism
shabbat
Shabbat
Shabbos
shabbos
Derived words: sabbatical leave
sabbatically
Sabbatically
sabbatical officer
sabbatical year
unsabbatical
presabbatical
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: sapatti-
lang: Finnish
word: sapatin
lang: Italian
word: sabbatico
lang: Portuguese
word: sabático
lang: Russian
word: тво́рческий
roman: tvórčeskij
lang: Spanish
word: sabático
sabella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin sabulum (“sand”).
Inflected forms:
form: sabellas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sabellae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A seaworm of the genus Sabella, around 25 cm long, which lives in tubes that it builds itself.
pos: noun
Translations:
upstanding
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English up-
English standing
English upstanding
From up- + standing.
Inflected forms:
form: more upstanding
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most upstanding
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Honest; reputable; respectable.
pos: adj
examples: An upstanding merchant will exchange a faulty product.
I don't even know her
But I feel a responsibility to do what's upstanding and right
It's kinda like a code, yeah
And you've been getting closer and closer, and crossing so many lines
Translations:
standout
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stand outdeverb.
English standout
Deverbal from stand out.
Inflected forms:
form: standouts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Exceptional; noteworthy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The band played well, but the acrobats gave the standout performance.
Despite the quality of entries being high in this year's OPC category, she is a standout winner for all the judges.
Sinner has emerged as the standout player on the ATP Tour over the past 18 months, with a machine-like brand of tennis reminiscent of 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic in his prime.
gloss: An exceptional or noteworthy person or thing.
pos: noun
examples: This building is one of the city's architectural standouts.
An all-around superlative athlete, he was also a standout in track and field […].
gloss: The distance a self-retracting metal tape measure can be extended before collapsing under its own weight.
pos: noun
examples: This tape measure has a standout of 14 feet.
Related words: stand
stand out
Derived words: standoutish
Translations:
perfume
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.
Inflected forms:
form: perfumes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: perfumes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: perfuming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: perfumed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: perfumed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.
gloss: A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She bought a perfume at the airport.
The market for prestige perfumes is pretty much restricted to what industry economists call “gotrocks ladies”—women in households with annual incomes over $40,000 and who are over forty but still young enough to have a sense of smell (Elizabeth Taylor, for instance).
The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.
gloss: To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: parfumerie
parfumier
Derived words: acoustic perfume
Arizona perfume
beperfumed
perfume ball
perfumeless
perfumelike
perfumery
perfumey
perfumy
perfumier
unperfumed
perfumed
perfumer
Translations:
gym
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: gyms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gyming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gymming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gymed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gymed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: gymmed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gymmed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To go to the gym.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
India
South-Africa
intransitive
examples: The only thing that can make you susceptible to this condition pre-marriage is crash dieting or mindless gymming and exercise.)
I have tried everything from yoga to dancing to gymming, but I can't be consistent with anything. Actually, I'm okay without working out.
So just like you go gymming for your body, go gymming with thoughts in order to have a healthier mind.
Translations:
Ilocano
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ilocano, from iloco + -ano, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.
Compound parts: iloco
-ano
Inflected forms:
form: Ilocanos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Ilokano
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Ilokano
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The ethnolinguistic group of the Ilocos Region on the coasts of northwestern Luzon in the Philippines.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Ilocano.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
majesty
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestātem, (literally, "the quality of being greater”). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”) See mega-.
Inflected forms:
form: majesties
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: majestie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: maiesty
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: majty
pos: noun
tags: alternative
contraction
obsolete
form: maᵗⁱᵉ
pos: noun
tags: alternative
contraction
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the majesty of the Great Pyramids
Translations:
judo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).
Inflected forms:
form: jūdō
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: He started doing judo at the age of eight.
Translations:
soju
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Korean 소주(燒酒) (soju).
Compare Mandarin 燒酒 /烧酒 (shāojiǔ), Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū, “shōchū”). Doublet of shaojiu and shochu.
Inflected forms:
form: sojus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I'd also woken up with a raging thirst from the bottle and a half of soju I'd had with dinner, which also meant I was taking longer to come to my senses than usual.
Translations:
technique
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.
Inflected forms:
form: techniques
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Brahms, after realizing that the technique of the piano was developing along mistaken lines, and his own danger of stereotyping his style, keeps away from it for most of his middle age [...].
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
gloss: Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Yet those who packed concert halls to listen to him sing, as Indians did for over six decades, rarely mentioned his technique.
gloss: A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: They said executives were warned about one technique nicknamed "carpet karaoke", which involved bending deportees over in aircraft seats to silence them.
Synonyms: technic
craft
craftsmanship
Related words: technic
technical
technician
techniquing
Derived words: agrotechnique
Alexander technique
Arlberg technique
aseptic technique
Baermann technique
biotechnique
Bowen technique
Champy technique
cryotechnique
cybertechnique
Czochralski technique
door-in-the-face technique
double-pole technique
enhanced interrogation technique
Evans technique
foot-in-the-door technique
Fowler's technique
geotechnique
Gonstead technique
Graham technique
Graston technique
histotechnique
iatrotechnique
immunotechnique
Kyropoulos technique
Lamaze technique
literary technique
Meisner technique
microtechnique
multitechnique
nontechnique
program evaluation and review technique
program evaluation review technique
project evaluation and review technique
project evaluation review technique
raindrop technique
salami technique
techniquewise
teqball
time-of-arrival technique
twelve-tone technique
Translations:
rainfall
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From rain + fall.
Compound parts: rain
fall
Inflected forms:
form: rainfalls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: effective rainfall
excessive rainfall
excess rainfall
initial rainfall
inversion of rainfall
orographic rainfall
palaeorainfall
paleorainfall
point rainfall
rainfall component
rainfall distribution
rainfall duration
rainfall effectiveness
rainfall excess
rainfall frequency
rainfall intensity
rainfall intensity area curve
rainfall intensity-duration curve
rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve
rainfall intensity frequency
rainfall intensity pattern
rainfall intensity return period
rainfall loss
rainfall rate
rainfall regime
rainfall station
rainfallwise
rate-of-rainfall gauge
residual rainfall
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Translations:
altar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English auter, inherited from Old English altar and borrowed from Old French auter, both derived from Latin altāre, probably related to adolere (“burn”); thus "burning place", influenced by altus (“high”). Displaced native Middle English wēved.
Inflected forms:
form: altars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
pos: noun
examples: To hawke, or els to hunt
From the auter to the funt,
Wyth cry unreverent,
Before the sacrament,
Wythin the holy church bowndis,
That of our fayth the grownd is.
Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.
gloss: A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: […]now marking the end of ascetic rationalism, the monadology no longer implied a sacrifice of individuality on the altar of rationality.
Derived words: altarage
altar bell
altar boy
altar bread
altar call
altar card
altar carpet
altar cloth
altar-cloth
altared
altar girl
altar guild
altarist
altarless
altarlet
altarlike
altar of repose
altarpiece
altar poem
altar screen
altar server
altar society
altar stone
altar-stone
altar tomb
altarware
altar wine
altarwise
high altar
Lady altar
lead someone to the altar
leave someone at the altar
superaltar
Translations: