yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
paragraph
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
journalism
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English paragraf, from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). Doublet of paragraphos.
Inflected forms:
form: paragraphs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: paragraphs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: paragraphing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: paragraphed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: paragraphed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
pos: noun
examples: opening paragraph
final paragraph
paragraph heading
Divide the writing into paragraphs.
All which land, and all other that shall be possessed in the said Province, are to be held on the same terms and conditions as is before mentioned, and as hereafter in the following paragraphs is more at large express'd.
She glanced over a story very rapidly, and if it had too many solid, page-long paragraphs—reflections, descriptions, etc.—she put it sadly but steadfastly aside. If, on the contrary, it was well broken up into conversations, which always impart an air of sprightliness to a book, she said she was sure she would like it, and carried it off in triumph.
After you plan your writing, you are ready to write your paragraph for the first time. The first time you write a paragraph, it is called the first draft.
gloss: A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
pos: noun
gloss: A brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
pos: noun
examples: Much of its earliest foreign news came direct from the minister, and not seldom in his own hand. Louis XIII. took a keen, perhaps a somewhat childish, interest in the progress of the infant Gazette, and was a frequent contributor, now and then taking his little paragraphs to the printing office himself, and seeing them put into type.
gloss: An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
pos: noun
gloss: To sort text into paragraphs.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To publish a brief article, notice, or announcement, as in a newspaper.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: ¶
Derived words: hanging paragraph
interparagraph
lead paragraph
multiparagraph
paragraph break
paragraph character
paragrapher
paragraphic
paragraphism
paragraphist
paragraphize
paragraphless
paragraphlet
paragraph mark
paragraph marker
paragraph sign
reparagraph
sentegraph
sub-paragraph
subparagraph
Translations:
centimetre
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: metrology
Etymology: Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.
Base: metre
Affixes: centi-
Inflected forms:
form: centimetres
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: centimeter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre
It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second).
Translations:
millimetre
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French millimètre, equivalent to milli- + metre.
Base: metre
Affixes: milli-
Inflected forms:
form: millimetres
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: millimeter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
form: millimètre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre
It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second).
Translations:
kappa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”). Doublet of kaph.
Inflected forms:
form: kappas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: Fleiss' kappa
kappacism
kappa effect
Translations:
mike
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
Inflected forms:
form: mikes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mikes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: miking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: miked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: miked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: mic
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A microphone.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, →ISBN, page 28,
"Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […]
1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, pages 118–119,
Obviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike.
2007, John Sellers, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 85,
When the haggard bartender informed us that there would be an open-mike event later in the evening, I got my first sense that not everyone in Manchester cared about the music the city has produced.
gloss: To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
pos: verb
examples: 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), →ISBN, page 81,
“And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”
1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, →ISBN, page 72,
He knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use.
2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus, Lulu, →ISBN, page 108,
“Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront.
gloss: To measure using a micrometer.
pos: verb
examples: 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98,
Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.
Derived words: hot mike
mike off
overmike
remike
Translations:
mela
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Urdu میلہ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).
Inflected forms:
form: melas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Hindu religious festival.
pos: noun
gloss: A South Asian fair.
pos: noun
examples: Kalua was a man of unusual height and powerful build: in any fair, festival or mela, he could always be spotted towering above the crowd—even the jugglers on stilts were usually not so tall as he.
Every year there was a mela in the small village where Jutimala lived and Khitish would send three workers to set up a stall there.
Translations:
appel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
Etymology: Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal.
Inflected forms:
form: appels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
pos: noun
Translations:
manzana
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: manzanas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A unit of area used in Argentina and many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square varas.
pos: noun
Translations:
prom
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of promenade.
Inflected forms:
form: proms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: proms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: promming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: prommed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: prommed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A promenade concert.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: A promenade.
pos: noun
tags: UK
abbreviation
gloss: A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Would you like to be my prom date?
The greatest moment in my life was the junior/senior prom that we had back in April 2009.
Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
gloss: To attend a prom.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: : If I read this correctly, Pop Clifton graduated from high school
: at the age of 15. Awesome. Probably took a cheerleader to the prom.
: Whatta stud.
Stud indeed. I'm glad to be married to a man of such talent and experience -- though so far as I know, his experiences do not include promming with cheerleaders.
> > my prom is in about 3 weeks, which isn't much in prom time. […]
but his boss treats him like shit, which really makes the money not worth it. regardless of promming or not promming, tom should really start looking for another job.
However once I'd had the chance to actually start attending proms I realised the BBC were doing a decent job or letting you hear what it was like in the hall! If anything, they were giving a clearer result than you could get when promming. :-)
Derived words: high school prom
high-school prom
highschool prom
JS prom
off like a prom dress
promgoer
prom-goer
prom king
prom queen
promlike
prommer
promposal
prompose
promwear
promzilla
Translations:
uva
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ūva (“grape”).
Inflected forms:
form: uvas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: uvae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Grape, raisin, grape-like fruit.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
metre
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether.
Inflected forms:
form: metres
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: meter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre
The measures of length above the metre are ten times ... greater than the metre.
A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome features.
It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second).
Translations:
stein
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). Doublet of stone. More at stean.
Inflected forms:
form: steins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
pos: noun
examples: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein—coloring and all. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
[…] those 50 grams of resin-soaked dope, which had been so potent that on the second day it had given him an anxiety attack so paralyzing that he had gone to the bathroom in a Tufts University commemorative ceramic stein to avoid leaving his bedroom,[…]
Translations:
mu
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), derived from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mem⁠/, “water”). Doublet of mem.
Inflected forms:
form: mus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Neither yes nor no.
pos: intj
examples: Mu means "no thing." Like "Quality" it points outside the process of dualistic discrimination. Mu simply says, "No class; not one, not zero, not yes, not no."[…]It's a great mistake, a kind of dishonesty, to sweep nature's mu answers under the carpet.
[p. 233]
Achilles: Oh, but ‘MU’ is Jōshū’s answer. By saying ‘MU’, Jōshū let the other monk know that only by not asking such questions can one know the answer to them.
Tortoise: Jōshū “unasked” the question.
[p. 312]
Achilles:[…]And the answer of “MU” here rejects the premises of the question, which are that one or the other must be chosen.
"Mu," said Kelly Dahl.
On one level mu means only yes, but on a deeper level of Zen it was often used by the master when the acolyte asked a stupid, unanswerable or wrongheaded question such as "Does a dog have the Buddha-nature?" The Master would answer only, "Mu," meaning—I say "yes" but mean "no," but the actual answer is: Unask the question.
The Fifth Patriarch's utterance You say mu [Buddha-nature] because Buddha-nature is emptiness articulates clearly and distinctly the truth that emptiness is not "no". In uttering Buddha-nature-emptiness one does not say "half a pound." One does not say "eight ounces." One says "mu."
A monk once asked Master Joshu, 'Has a dog the Buddha Nature or not?' Joshu said, 'Mu!'
Translations:
centimeter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: centimeters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
grue
Part of speech: verb
noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Low German gruwen or Middle Dutch gruwen (compare Dutch gruwen), both from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”).
Compound parts: green
blue
Inflected forms:
form: grues
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gruing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: grueing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: grued
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: grued
pos: verb
tags: past
form: grues
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
intransitive
examples: ["]I would have done Mr. Mordaunt's bidding too," he added, relaxing from his note of defiance, into the deferential whining tone with which he cajoled his customers, "if he hadna made use of profane oaths which made my very flesh grue, and caused me, in some sort, to forget myself."
gloss: A shiver, a shudder.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
examples: Upon all others the sight of Alison, were it but for a moment, cast a cold grue, not to be remembered without terror.
A Grue of Ice
A cold grue went through me—I was unable to touch such a hand.
gloss: Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The grue property is defined as: x is grue if and only if x is green and is observed before the year 2000, or x is blue and is not observed before the year 2000.
The unexamined emeralds cannot be both green and grue, since if they are grue and unexamined they are blue.
gloss: Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that did not always distinguish between green and blue.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: grue jay
Translations:
XXX
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18.
Inflected forms:
form: more XXX
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most XXX
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extreme or hardcore pornography; or, less strictly, any pornographic content.
pos: adj
examples: Pornography—or "porno," to use the hip term—is intended primarily to sexually arouse the viewer, or reader, or maybe listener. Porno films enjoy graphic realism. These are the XXX films.
The pornography industry, like all industries, is in the business of making money. Pornography makes a lot of money-from Playboy magazine to XXX videos. This industry would obviously produce, and capitalize upon, pornography for women as well, if a demand existed.
Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.
Translations:
petroleum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin petroleum. Doublet of petrol.
Inflected forms:
form: petroleums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: petrolea
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: petrolaeum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: petrolæum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: petroleum-based products
Coal and petroleum do not occur hap-hazard in nature, but the aggregate occurrence of each product in any region forms a definite, limited horizon, which, in its continuance, is independent of the bedding plane.
Translations:
Ashkenazi
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי ('ashk'nazí), from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז (ʾaškənaz). The biblical Ashkenaz was the son of Gomer, the grandson of Japheth, and the great-grandson of Noah. Ashkenaz's descendants were identified with the Germans by medieval Jewish tradition. Ashkenaz was also the name used for the Rhine river, which was the starting point of central and eastern European settlement by Jews, who are thought to have arrived in the region from Italy, and then spread east as they fled violent oppression and followed more favorable ownership laws. By surface analysis, Ashkenaz + -i.
Inflected forms:
form: more Ashkenazi
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Ashkenazi
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Ashkenazim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Ashkenazis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Ashkenazi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to Jews of German origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals. Their traditional vernacular is Yiddish, and they historically dominated Jewish life in Europe north of the Mediterranean, in contrast to the Sephardim.
pos: adj
examples: The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.
gloss: An Ashkenazi Jew.
pos: noun
Translations:
subway
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sub- + way.
Base: way
Affixes: sub-
Inflected forms:
form: subways
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: subways
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subwaying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subwayed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subwayed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Scotland
South-Africa
US
examples: He is going to Westminster by subway.
In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.
gloss: A train that runs on such an underground railway.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Scotland
South-Africa
US
examples: Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.
gloss: A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
gloss: An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.
Heading beneath the tracks via the subway to the immediate north of the station takes us to the Didcot Railway Centre.
gloss: An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).
pos: noun
gloss: To travel by underground railway.
pos: verb
tags: US
informal
intransitive
examples: I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops.
Synonyms: metro
Métro
tube
Tube
underground
underground railway
rapid transit
underpass
Derived words: subwayless
Translations:
dag
Part of speech: noun
verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh. The sense "dangling lock of wool, matted with dung" (originally from the dialect of Kent) is also termed "daglock" (derived from the "hanging end" sense of "dag") or "daggle-lock" and some sources consider the sense a shortening of that longer word rather than a mere evolution of the "hanging end" sense.
Inflected forms:
form: dags
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dags
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dagging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dagged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dagged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
pos: noun
gloss: A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
pos: noun
examples: To see the dunged folds of dag-tayled sheepe.
1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology
Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
He was one of the first significant private buyers of wool in New Zealand, playing a major part in bringing respectability to what at first was a very diverse group. He pioneered the pelletising of dag waste.
The development of dags first requires some faeces to adhere to wool, but this is only the initial step in accumulation.
[…] and the use of tanniferous forages may affect faecal consistency, reducing the formation of dag (faeces-coated wool).
[Researchers] note that free pellets are characteristic of healthy sheep and that if sheep consistently produced free pellets, wool staining and dag formation would not occur.
gloss: To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
pos: verb
examples: Blade shearers could shear, crutch, mules or dag sheep anywhere they were needed.
After learning how to crutch at 13, he could dag 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money.
gloss: To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To sully; to make dirty; to bemire.
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
obsolete
examples: Vexing the baths with his dagg'd rout.
gloss: Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.
pos: intj
tags: US
informal
examples: Dag, yo.
Synonyms: daglock
taglock
dagging
dung tag
Derived words: daggy
dag out
Translations:
dam
Part of speech: noun
verb
intj
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Inflected forms:
form: dams
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dams
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: damming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dammed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dammed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dam'
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: dam'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
pos: noun
examples: A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins[…]
Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.
gloss: The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
pos: noun
examples: Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam.
gloss: A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
pos: noun
gloss: A reservoir.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
South-Africa
gloss: A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
pos: noun
gloss: To block the flow of water.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
gloss: Damn.
pos: intj
tags: historical
pronunciation-spelling
slang
gloss: Damn.
pos: adj
tags: historical
not-comparable
pronunciation-spelling
slang
examples: Do not get too caught up in individual campism. The Most-High sent your spirits back on earth to fix yourselves, come together and wake up our people, so do your dam job and stop letting your fleshly desires control you.
Derived words: antidam
bear-trap dam
beaver dam
Beaver Dam
Broken Dam
check dam
coffer-dam
coffer dam
cofferdam
dambreak
dam break
damburst
dambuster
dambusting
dam failure
damlike
dammable
dam plate
damside
damsire
dental dam
earthquake dam
gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
ice dam
ice dam membrane
mill dam
sand dam
shutter dam
splash dam
water over the dam
Yellow Dam
Translations:
hm
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A shorter variant of hmm.
pos: intj
Translations:
xi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).
Inflected forms:
form: xis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
pos: noun
gloss: Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion.
pos: noun
tags: particle
Derived words: xi baryon
Translations:
dl
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: dls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dls
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: DL
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: d/l
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: D/L
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Download; Alternative form of DL.
pos: noun
gloss: Download; Alternative form of DL.
pos: verb
Antonyms: ul
Translations:
dal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl) or Bengali ডাল (ḍal).
Inflected forms:
form: dals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dahl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dhal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: daal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dholl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: doll
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.
gloss: A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: legume
pulse
Related words: dal segno
Derived words: chana dal
dal bhat
dal tarka
masoor dal
urad dal
Translations:
micrometre
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
English metre
English micrometre
From micro- + metre.
Inflected forms:
form: micrometres
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An SI and mks unit of measure, the length of one-millionth of a metre. Symbol: μm, um, μ.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre
Translations:
kilometre
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: metrology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-
Proto-Indo-European *-lom
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy
Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi
Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi)der.
French kilo-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.
Latin metrumbor.
French mètre
French kilomètrebor.
English kilometre
From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.
Base: metre
Affixes: kilo-
Inflected forms:
form: kilometres
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chiliometre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: chilometer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: chilometre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kilometer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre
When you fly over an undammed river like the Fraser I grew up with, the plume of silt spewed into the ocean is astonishing, a good three kilometres of brown refusing to mix with the green of the ocean.
The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.
Translations:
cigarette
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin cicādader.
Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a
Spanish cigarra?
Spanish cigarrobor.
French cigare
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Middle French -et
French -etder.
French -ette
French cigarettebor.
English cigarette
Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.
Inflected forms:
form: cigarettes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cigaret
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
rare
Senses:
gloss: A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
pos: noun
examples: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.
Tobacconist: Right. I want to try you on a course of these: one twenty times a day. Have you taken them before?
Patient: Um, what is it?
Tobacconist: It's a simple nicotinal arsenous monoxid preparation taken bronchially as an infumation.
Patient: Infumation?
Tobacconist: Yes, you just light the end and breathe it.
Patient: What, like cigarettes?
Tobacconist: You know them then. Actually, it's a bit hard to admit but they're basically an herbal remedy... A leaf originally from the Americas, I believe, called tobacco.
Patient: But medicated?
Tobacconist: Medicated? No.
Patient: These are ordinary cigarettes?
Tobacconist: That's right.
Patient: But they're terribly bad for you, aren't they?
Tobacconist: I hardly think I would be prescribing them if they were bad for you.
Patient: Twenty a day?
Tobacconist: Yes, ideally moving on to about thirty or forty.
Grandma has an occasional cigarette, as well as Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Julie, and our kids give them crap about it.
Translations:
nucleus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
anatomy
beekeeping
biology
business
chemistry
cytology
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
medicine
natural-sciences
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
phonetics
phonology
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *knuks
Latin nux
Latin nucleuslbor.
English nucleus
Learned borrowing from Latin nucleus (“kernel, core”). The earliest uses refer to the head of a comet and the kernel of a seed, both recorded in Lexicon Technicum in 1704. The sense in atomic physics was coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1844 in a theoretical meaning.
Inflected forms:
form: nuclei
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nucleuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.
pos: noun
examples: Situated in the centre of the largest agricultural basin in northern Formosa, T’ai-pei (population in 1964 was estimated to be 1,117,000) forms the nucleus of a major industrial area. The T’ai-pei industrial complex includes light and heavy industies within the urbanized area and also in several industrial suburbs, including Pan-ch’iao and Nan-chiang.
gloss: An initial part or version that will receive additions.
pos: noun
examples: This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.
This publishing project and the experience Power gained from wartime activities formed the nucleus for the development of the giant enterprise that today is University Microfilms, subsidiary of the Xerox Education Group, Xerox Corporation.
gloss: The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
pos: noun
gloss: A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
pos: noun
gloss: A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
pos: noun
gloss: The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.
pos: noun
gloss: A small bee-hive used to create a colony from a larger existing one.
pos: noun
Derived words: active galactic nucleus
antinucleus
atomic nucleus
binucleus
Borromean nucleus
caudate nucleus
cell nucleus
dentate nucleus
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
emboliform nucleus
endonucleus
gameto-nucleus
geniculate nucleus
halo nucleus
hypernucleus
ice nucleus
intermediolateral nucleus
lateral geniculate nucleus
lenticular nucleus
lentiform nucleus
macronucleus
medial geniculate nucleus
meganucleus
micronucleus
Monakow's nucleus
myonucleus
nucle-
nuclear
nuclease
nucleate, anucleate
nucleic acid
nuclein
nucleo-
nucleolar
nucleon
nucleotide
nucleus accumbens
nucleus ambiguus
nucleus cowry, nucleus cowrie
nucleus globosus
nucleuslike
nucleus pulposus
nucleus ruber
nuclide
paranucleus
perinucleus
planetary nebula nucleus
prenucleus
pronucleus
red nucleus
rejection nucleus
retrotrapezoid nucleus
sentence nucleus
subnucleus
syllable nucleus
vestibular nucleus
Translations:
pressure
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin pressūra.
Inflected forms:
form: pressures
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pressuring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pressured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pressured
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.
Translations:
decibel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English deci-
English bel
English decibel
From deci- + bel.
Inflected forms:
form: decibels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A common measure of intensity ratio (e.g. for sound) that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log₁₀(P₁ / P₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the relative intensities.
pos: noun
Translations:
wok
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: Etymology tree
Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶)bor.
English wok
Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶).
Inflected forms:
form: woks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: woks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: woking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wokking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: woked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: woked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: wokked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wokked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.
pos: noun
examples: The 'wok' is an efficient, all-purpose metal cooking vessel used by every housewife in China. It has two handles and is shaped like a shallow cone.
gloss: Any dish prepared using such a pan.
pos: noun
tags: Europe
gloss: To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.
pos: verb
Related words: wok hei
Derived words: wok race
wok racing
Translations:
archduke
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French archeduc (modern French archiduc), from Latin archidux. Equivalent to arch- + duke.
Base: duke
Affixes: arch-
Inflected forms:
form: archdukes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.
gloss: The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Related words: archduchess
duke
emperor
grand duke
imperial
noble
prince
royal
Derived words: archdukedom
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: aartshertog
lang: Arabic
word: أَرْشِيدُوق
roman: ʔaršīdūq
lang: Armenian
word: արքիդուքս
roman: arkʻidukʻs
lang: Armenian
word: էրցհերցոգ
roman: ērcʻhercʻog
lang: Catalan
word: arxiduc
lang: Czech
word: arcivévoda
lang: Danish
word: ærkehertug
lang: Dutch
word: aartshertog
lang: Esperanto
word: arkiduko
lang: Esperanto
word: ĉefduko
lang: Finnish
word: arkkiherttua
lang: French
word: archiduc
lang: Galician
word: arquiduque
lang: Georgian
word: ერისთავთ-ერისთავი
roman: eristavt-eristavi
lang: German
word: Erzherzog
lang: Bavarian German
word: Erzherzog
lang: Greek
word: αρχιδούκας
roman: archidoúkas
lang: Hungarian
word: főherceg
lang: Icelandic
word: erkihertogi
lang: Ido
word: arkiduko
lang: Indonesian
word: adipati utama
lang: Irish
word: ard-diúc
lang: Italian
word: arciduca
lang: Japanese
word: 大公
roman: taikō
lang: Khmer
word: សម្ដេចព្រះបរមរាជឱរសាធិរាជ
roman: sɑmdach preah bɑrom riech aorɑh a’tʰi’riech
lang: Latin
word: archidux
lang: Latvian
word: erchercogs
lang: Macedonian
word: надвојвода
roman: nadvojvoda
lang: Papiamentu
word: archiduke
lang: Persian
word: آرشیدوک
roman: âršiduk
lang: Polish
word: arcyksiążę
lang: Portuguese
word: arquiduque
lang: Russian
word: эрцге́рцог
roman: ercgércog
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на̏двојвода
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nȁdvojvoda
lang: Spanish
word: archiduque
lang: Swedish
word: ärkehertig
lang: Tagalog
word: artsiduke
lang: Thai
word: อาร์ชดุ๊ก
lang: Thai
word: อาร์ชดยุก
lang: Turkish
word: arşidük
lang: Turkish
word: arşiduka
lang: Volapük
word: daledük
lang: Volapük
word: hidaledük
lang: Welsh
word: arch-ddug
archduchess
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French archiduchesse, feminine of archiduc, corresponding to archduke + -ess or arch- + duchess.
Base: archduke
Affixes: -ess
Inflected forms:
form: archduchesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: archdutchess
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
pos: noun
examples: If that weren’t enough, in 1993 she married Karl von Habsburg, otherwise known as Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and the couple set up home in Salzburg, producing two archduchesses and an archduke.
Translations:
mayoress
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English meyresse, mayresse, mairasse; equivalent to mayor + -ess.
Base: mayor
Affixes: -ess
Inflected forms:
form: mayoresses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: maioress
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: maioresse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: majoresse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: mayoresse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A female mayor.
pos: noun
examples: The blonde mayoress was apparently a member of the MPLA and there were indications that spies in the town were sending radio messages to the enemy. Life was monotonous and the troops took to fishing to supplement their rations.
With the Spanish port of Cadiz doubling for the Cuban capital Havana, its striking blonde Mayoress Teofila Martinez was offered a small role as a nurse, but she politely declined.
gloss: The wife of a (male) mayor.
pos: noun
examples: To a Lady Majoress.
WHen I behold your head and limbs all shaking
Much like a Custard newly come from baking,
Your Velvet hood on tipto rais’d upright
As if your Hinch boy challenge would to fight.
Your pretty mouth, like Oyster gaping wide,
As if it did expect ere long the tyde;
Your Chin like Aple, both so red and shrivel’d,
So scalded by a hot rhume hourly drivel’d.
Prophets wives were anciently called Prophetesses; like as Bishops wives (saith à Lapide the Jesuit) were also called Bishoppesses, Presbyters wives Presbyteresses, Deacons wives Deaconesses: Jesuits have still their Jesuitesses, as Majors their Majoresses, &c.
No Roman-Empress ever did out-shine,
A Lady Majoress when she would be fine.
gloss: A daughter or female friend of a male mayor chosen by him to hold the title mayoress.
pos: noun
Synonyms: mayor
lady mayor
Antonyms: lord mayor
Translations:
echo
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bridge
computing
engineering
games
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́
Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ)
Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor.
Latin ēchō
Medieval Latin ēccōbor.
Middle English eccho
English echo
From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.
Inflected forms:
form: echoes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: echoing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: echoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: echoed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: echoe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: eccho
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: With each clap of thunder echoing from one high building to another the noise was terrific.
gloss: Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: The sense that it takes outrageous fortune to get inoculated echoes here in the Bay Area, where pharmacies have canceled flu-shot clinics, doctors turn away pleading patients and health officials are reduced to telling panicked callers that they should practice good personal hygiene.
gloss: To reflect back (a sound).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng.
The wondrous sound / Is echoed on forever.
gloss: To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: Sid echoed his father’s point of view.
‘I want nothing.’
‘Nor I,’ echoed Sydney.
Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
His views were echoed by The Economist, which feared that the effects of modernisation would be no more than “chromium-plated” inefficiency caused by unimaginative railway management and adverse union reaction.
gloss: To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.
gloss: To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: reecho
echoable
echoingly
nonechoing
outecho
unechoed
unechoing
Translations: