yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
wabbit
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain.
Inflected forms:
form: more wabbit
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most wabbit
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: wabbits
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Exhausted; tired.
pos: adj
tags: Scotland
gloss: A rabbit.
pos: noun
tags: childish
humorous
gloss: A self-replicating computer process that (unlike a virus or worm) does not infect host programs or documents and remains on the local computer rather than spreading across networks of computers.
pos: noun
examples: For example, a hacker might write a quine virus program that generates complete copies of itself as part of its output, a worm virus program that reproduces itself across a network, or a wabbit virus program designed to perpetually duplicate itself, at least until the system crashes. In contrast to the wabbit's slow growth, a fork bomb quickly generates multiple copies itself^([sic]).
Translations:
beaten
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bautaną
Proto-West Germanic *bautan
Old English bēatan
Middle English beten
English beat
English en
English beaten
From beat + en.
Inflected forms:
form: more beaten
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most beaten
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Defeated.
pos: adj
gloss: Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows.
pos: adj
examples: a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack
gloss: Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
pos: adj
gloss: Trite; hackneyed.
pos: adj
tags: dated
Derived words: beatenness
beaten rice
beaten track
beaten up
browbeaten
off the beaten path
off the beaten track
sunbeaten
unbeaten
weather-beaten
well-beaten
windbeaten
Translations:
befall
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną; equivalent to be- + fall.
Base: fall
Affixes: be-
Inflected forms:
form: befalls
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: befalling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: befell
pos: verb
tags: past
form: befallen
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: befalls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To fall upon; fall all over; overtake.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: At dusk an unusual calm befalls the wetlands.
gloss: To happen.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon [...] that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time.
gloss: To happen to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Temptation befell me.
But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…]
I beseech your grace that I may know / The worst that may befall me.
As we’ve said before, with the exception of communism itself, the euro has been the biggest economic catastrophe to befall the continent (and the world) since the 1930s.
This wasn't the last tragedy to befall Reading. There were fatal accidents involving trains in 1855 and 1914, while on a lesser scale T E Lawrence (of Arabia) lost his precious manuscript of Seven Pillars of Wisdom when changing trains in 1919.
gloss: To fall.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: With a thought I tooke for Maudline
& a cruse of cockle pottage.
with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all:
I befell into this dotage.
gloss: Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident.
pos: noun
examples: Or he had tolde al his befall.
This is proposed to be done by moving necessary amendment in this befall to the Finance Bill.
He said "I would advise people to cultivate frugal habits. I will not commit the crime of making them helpless by saying that they have no responsibility whatever in the befall of calamities like old age, illness, accident, etc. …"
[...], the word "care" asserting itself subliminally in somewhat the same way that "fall" does in the "befall" of "Infant Joy."
Synonyms: occur
transpire
Derived words: befalling
misbefall
Translations:
bound
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.
Inflected forms:
form: bownd
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: bounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bownd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: Obliged (to).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
with-infinitive
examples: You are not legally bound to reply.
Well, it isn't for me to say. I'm an employee of the firm and bound to stand by it.
Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.
gloss: That cannot stand alone as a free word.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Constrained by a quantifier.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Constipated; costive.
pos: adj
tags: dated
not-comparable
gloss: Confined or restricted to a certain place.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
examples: railbound
gloss: Unable to move in certain conditions.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
examples: snowbound
gloss: A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
pos: noun
tags: often
examples: I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
Wyth cry unreverent,
Before the sacrament,
Wythin the holy church bowndis,
That of our fayth the grownd is.
It was sung from the top of the oldest house in the burgh every June at the Common riding, which served both for a perambulation of the bounds of the common pastures or Haughs and to commemorate the young men of Harwick[.]
gloss: A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
pos: noun
Antonyms: free
Related words: data-bound
early-bound
Derived words: airbound
antibound
awebound
barkbound
bedbound
boatbound
boundation
bound bailiff
bound form
bound morpheme
boundness
bound property
bound state
boundstone
bound termineme
bound up
bound water
brassbound
browbound
calfbound
casebound
cellbound
chairbound
cliffbound
clothbound
cobound
colourbound
couchbound
cropbound
deathbound
deskbound
dreambound
firbound
flexibound
footbound
frostbound
full-bound
half-bound
handbound
hardbound
hidebound
homebound
hoofbound
horsebound
housebound
icebound
imbound
ironbound
kneebound
landbound
leaps and bounds
leatherbound
mossbound
musclebound
nonbound
oathbound
paperbound
perfect-bound
platebound
prebound
printbound
quasibound
rainbound
rangebound
rockbound
scalebound
screenbound
seabound
shipbound
skinbound
skybound
sleepbound
softbound
spellbound
spiralbound
stagebound
stormbound
traditionbound
treebound
upbound
windbound
wirebound
Translations:
bitten
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Morphologically bit + -en.
Base: bit
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That has received a bite.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the postman's bitten leg
gloss: Abruptly cut off, as roots or leaves may be.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bled
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).
Inflected forms:
form: bleds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Hinterland, field.
pos: noun
Translations:
blown
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: automotive
medicine
sciences
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan.
Morphologically blow + -n.
Base: blow
Affixes: -n
Inflected forms:
form: blowne
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Distended, swollen, or inflated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.
gloss: Panting and out of breath.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Formed by blowing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Stale; worthless.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: [T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight.
gloss: Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Given a hot rod blower.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having failed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a blown head gasket
Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.
gloss: Of a vein, ruptured or punctured as a result of an injection or cannula, causing fluid (blood, medication, or saline) to leak into the surrounding tissue.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
Derived words: ale-blown
blown flap
blown glass
blown-in-the-bottle
blown-off
blown out
endblown
freeblown
full-blown
glassblown
handblown
inblown
mindblown
mouthblown
outblown
sideblown
unblown
windblown
Translations:
broke
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
crafts
government
hobbies
lifestyle
military
naval
navy
papermaking
politics
war
Etymology: Ablauted form of break.
Inflected forms:
form: broker
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more broke
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: brokest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most broke
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: brokes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Financially ruined, bankrupt.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
usually
examples: He was broke after spending all his money into video games.
It seems some of his Creditors have taken notice of it, and he was like to be broke yesterday in his absence.
gloss: Without any money, penniless.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
usually
examples: dead broke; flat broke
gloss: Broken.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
informal
not-comparable
usually
examples: If it ain’t broke, don't fix it.
If the farmer is seriously injured by the depressed state of the markets, his spirit is broke, and there must ensue a very general discredit with regard to the farming business;
I can't get used to living here / While my heart is broke, my tears I cry for you
Watkins notified the shop foreman immediately, whereupon the car was inspected and found to have a broke axle.
A broke horse tries to do anything I want, and that is expected of any horse.
gloss: Demoted, deprived of a commission.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.
gloss: Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
pos: noun
examples: If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient.
Presumably, most of the brokes and waste were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour.
These mills purchase broke from other paper mills through middlemen and use it to make paper.
gloss: A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Why dost though linger, then, / To hear the flatteries of these men of rags? / These bankrupt beggar-men, / Whose riches are the broke meat in their bags?
Derived words: broke as a joke
broke-ass
brokeass
brokeness
broker than the Ten Commandments
go for broke
go woke, go broke
greenbroke
gunbroke
heartbroke
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people
stone broke
stony broke
Translations:
poop
Part of speech: verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end.
Inflected forms:
form: poops
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pooping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pooped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pooped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make a short blast on a horn.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To break wind.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To defecate.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: His horse pooped right in the middle of the parade.
gloss: To defecate.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
transitive
examples: You might want a spare change of underwear in case you poop your pants.
gloss: To defecate.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
reflexive
examples: You'll poop yourself if you have to walk all five miles home without stopping.
gloss: Expressing annoyed disappointment.
pos: intj
tags: childish
euphemistic
examples: Poop. The copier's broken again.
I don't need him for a friend. I can have fun by myself! ... Poop.
Derived words: does a bear poop in the woods
poop in one's pants
poop on
poop oneself
poop one's pants
poop out
poop water
Translations:
dissociative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dissociate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English dissociative
From dissociate + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: dissociatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Removing or separating from some association.
pos: adj
examples: It was a lonely, dissociative time in my life, when I stayed holed up in my apartment for weeks on end.
gloss: Causing dissociation.
pos: adj
examples: The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.
gloss: Related to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders.
pos: adj
examples: He had to take a few weeks off school after a dissociative episode.
gloss: A dissociative drug.
pos: noun
Antonyms: associative
Related words: dissociate
dissociation
Derived words: dissociatively
nondissociative
photodissociative
Translations:
kibitzer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From kibitz + -er.
Base: kibitz
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: kibitzers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kibbitzer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.
pos: noun
examples: Did I ask you what you thought about my cards, you kibitzer?
"Don't be a kibitzer!" Grampa snapped. "When I need help, I'll ask for it. No dad-blamed machine is gonna outthink Grampa!" He snorted indignantly.
Neither good nor evil exactly, he is the ultimate catalyst or kibitzer, a blue-note howl of pain and laughter such as Charlie Parker might have blown.
Translations:
browbeat
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From brow + beat.
Compound parts: brow
beat
Inflected forms:
form: browbeats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: browbeating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: browbeat
pos: verb
tags: past
form: browbeaten
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: brow-beat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
Beware lest thy mind be swayed by the brow-beating of the Demons.
Dudley Fitts reared far back, pronouncing her [Laura Riding] with “few equals” when it came to “browbeating an audience into conviction by sheer force of arrogance, among any poets living or dead.”
Autistics don’t need cognitive behavioral training to help us not be rules by our emotions. In fact, most of us have been browbeaten into ignoring our feelings too much.
Translations:
built
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: well-built, muscular or toned.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: Wow! Your new boyfriend's really built.
Antonyms: unbuilt
Translations:
burnt
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.
Inflected forms:
form: more burnt
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most burnt
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: burned
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: brent
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: burned
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: brent
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
pos: adj
examples: The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
gloss: Carbonised.
pos: adj
examples: The toast was too burnt to eat.
gloss: Having a sunburn.
pos: adj
gloss: Being darker than standard, especially browner.
pos: adj
gloss: Char.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: You might also try 5star PBX organic cleaner. This stuff is amazing. Found at your local beer and wine brewers supply store, this stuff will clean the "burnt" off the bottom of your pans.
Derived words: a burnt child dreads the fire
better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick
Burnt Bridge
burnt cream
burnt ear
burnt ends
burnt knight
burnt lime
burntness
Burnt Oak
burnt offering
burnt orange
burnt out
Burnt Pine
burnt run
burnt sienna
burnt-tailed barb
burnt toast theory
burnt umber
Burnt Yards
Burnt Yates
inburnt
mowburnt
over-burnt
overburnt
sunburnt
the burnt child dreads the fire
the burnt child fears the fire
unburnt
windburnt
Translations:
burned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: The past tense is inherited from Middle English burnede. The past participle (from which the adjective is also derived) is inherited from Middle English burned. Synchronically, both forms are equivalent to burn + -ed.
Base: burn
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more burned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most burned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: burnt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
pos: adj
examples: Creating more burned range, which is not available in severe winters, would be of no use.
It burned around her face, around her breast and arm and face—she was very burned. And her hair was burned, and ... oh God.
That's when the doctors found out that my throat was very burned and swollen, and that I was not lying.
Few photos were even taken of the inner side of the closet door, so that only witness memories—police and firefighter witness memories—can attest to which side was more burned.
Translations:
busted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See bust (Etymology 2)
Inflected forms:
form: more busted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most busted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
pos: adj
tags: often
examples: Some dolls made in Italy had eyes which could follow one about, others made of felt that had their hair dressed and dyed in grey, silver, or blonde, and wore velvet drainpipe trousers and lace brassières over their slightly busted fronts.
Derived words: unbusted
Translations:
bought
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: See buy.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: Any senators who vote for this bill must be bought.
Don't bother filing a complaint, the regulators are bought.
If union leadership is bought, why should we even pay dues?
Translations:
caught
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
chose
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.
Inflected forms:
form: choses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thing; personal property.
pos: noun
Translations:
chosen
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending).
Base: choose
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
form: more chosen
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most chosen
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: picked; selected
pos: adj
examples: The chosen candidate accepted the award with pride.
Only a few chosen participants were allowed entry.
gloss: elected
pos: adj
Derived words: chosen-ciphertext attack
chosen family
chosenhood
chosen instrument
chosen name
chosenness
chosen one
chosen people
chosen-plaintext attack
chosen race
forechosen
ill-chosen
nonchosen
prechosen
unchosen
Translations:
cling
Part of speech: noun
verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.
Inflected forms:
form: clings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: clings
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clinging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: clung
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: clung
pos: verb
tags: past
form: clinged
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: clinged
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
past
form: clong
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: clong
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
Senses:
gloss: Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Antelope steaks and fried liver to begin on, and venison cutlets with chili con carne and pineapple fritters, and then some sardines and mixed pickles; and top it off with a can of yellow clings and a bottle of beer.
gloss: Adherence; attachment; devotion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a more tenacious cling to worldly reſpects,
gloss: An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: You can make window clings by using thin transparency sheets, school glue, food coloring, and templates.
gloss: To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
pos: verb
examples: Seaweed clung to the anchor.
And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus?
Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.
2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/
Cartoonish, wide-eyed infants cling to their mothers or play together low to the ground.
gloss: To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
pos: verb
gloss: To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I[…] clung my legs as close to his sides as I could.
gloss: To cause to dry up or wither.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If thou speak'st false, / Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, / Till famine cling thee.
gloss: To dry up or wither.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Wood clings.
gloss: To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
gloss: Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.
pos: intj
Derived words: cling peach
clingstone
static cling
anticling
clinger
cling film
clingfilm
clingfish
clinging vine
cling on
clingsome
cling to
cling to the skirts of
cling-wrap
cling wrap
clingwrap
clingy
noncling
uncling
Translations:
came
Part of speech: prep
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See come.
Inflected forms:
form: cames
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
pos: prep
examples: Came Christmas by which, at the outset, everybody knew it would be over, and it was not over. Came June, 1915, concerning which, at the outset, he had joined with Mr. Fortune, Twyning and Harold in laughter at his own grotesque idea of the war lasting to the dramatic effect of a culminating battle on the centenary of Waterloo, and the war had lasted, and was still lasting.
gloss: A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.
pos: noun
Translations:
dug
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe.
Compare also doug.
Inflected forms:
form: dugs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head.
Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]
First Pig.
I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.
gloss: A woman's breast or nipple.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
vulgar
examples: Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape,
And vvith a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice.
He is my ſonne, I, and therein my ſhame,
Yet from my dugges, he drew not this deceit
Translations:
lech
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from lecher.
Inflected forms:
form: leches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: letch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: leches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: leching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: leched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: leched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: letch
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A lecher.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: To behave lecherously.
pos: verb
tags: slang
Derived words: lechfest
lechy
Translations:
ductility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ductile
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English ductility
From ductile + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: ductilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
exeat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.
Inflected forms:
form: exeats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).
pos: noun
gloss: A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.
pos: noun
gloss: Leave of absence from a public school or college.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
South-Africa
UK
dated
examples: [I]t was impossible to imagine her doing anything except eating ice-cream and smoking, like a child on an exeat from school.
gloss: A stage direction to leave the stage.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Related words: ne exeat
Translations:
drawn
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Morphologically draw + -n.
Base: draw
Affixes: -n
Inflected forms:
form: more drawn
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most drawn
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Depleted.
pos: adj
gloss: Depleted.
pos: adj
examples: The lean, drawn starvelings in their dream-stupefied state were jealous of my well filled out, prosperous form.
gloss: Undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.
pos: adj
gloss: Pulled, towed, or extracted in the specified fashion.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
examples: tractor-drawn implement
Related words: drafted
draughted
Derived words: airdrawn
drawn butter
drawnness
finedrawn
hand-drawn
indrawn
outdrawn
roughdrawn
undrawn
Translations:
dreamt
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-
Proto-West Germanic *draum
Old English drēam
Middle English drem
English dream
English -t
English dreamt
From dream + -t.
Inflected forms:
form: dreamed
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Imagined or only extant in a dream or dreams.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
drank
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of drink.
Inflected forms:
form: dranks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Dextromethorphan.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: A drink, usually alcoholic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: You leave your drink around me, believe your drank going to get drunk up.
Derived words: purple drank
Translations:
drove
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English drove, drof, draf, from Old English drāf (“action of driving; a driving out, expulsion; drove, herd, band; company, band; road along which cattle are driven”), from Proto-Germanic *draibō (“a drive, push, movement, drove”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Scots drave, dreef (“drove, crowd”), Dutch dreef (“a walkway, wide road with trees, drove”), Middle High German treip (“a drove”), Swedish drev (“a drive, drove”), Icelandic dreif (“a scattering, distribution”). More at drive.
Inflected forms:
form: droves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
pos: noun
gloss: A large number of people on the move.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
plural-normally
examples: in droves
gloss: A group of hares.
pos: noun
tags: collective
gloss: A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
pos: noun
gloss: A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
pos: noun
gloss: A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
pos: noun
gloss: The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
pos: noun
Derived words: drover
drove road
droveway
in droves
Parson Drove
Translations:
driven
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *drībaną
Proto-West Germanic *drīban
Old English drīfan
Middle English driven
English drive
English -en
English driven
From drive + -en.
Inflected forms:
form: more driven
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most driven
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
pos: adj
examples: highly driven
driven person
gloss: Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)
pos: adj
Antonyms: non-driven
nondriven
Derived words: domain-driven design
drivenness
indriven
keyword-driven testing
message-driven architecture
model-driven architecture
model-driven testing
overdriven
resume-driven development
test-driven development
undriven
white as driven snow
white as the driven snow
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: impulsado
lang: Spanish
word: propulsado
lang: Spanish
word: propelido
lang: Spanish
word: impelido
lang: Spanish
word: conducido
eaten
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English eten, from Old English eten, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etanaz; morphologically eat + -en.
Base: eat
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
form: more eaten
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most eaten
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: etten
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having been consumed by eating.
pos: adj
tags: especially
in-compounds
Translations:
fallen
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Morphologically fall + -en.
Base: fall
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
form: more fallen
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fallen
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: fallenest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
uncommon
form: fallen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having dropped by the force of gravity.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: fallen raindrops
gloss: Killed, especially in battle.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers
the disposal of fallen livestock
We will face the problems of peace with the same courage that we have faced and mastered the problems of war. In the memory of those that have made the supreme sacrifice, in the memory of our fallen president, we shall not fail.
gloss: Having lost one's chastity.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: a fallen woman
Madam Julia was the town's ranking prostitute; virtuous female society demanded that they not suffer the unbearable pain of looking at, and being in company with, a fallen woman— one of the happiest, fallenest women in history, by the way.
"You make yourself out to be the fallenest of fallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman[…]
gloss: Having collapsed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: a fallen building
gloss: Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]
gloss: The dead.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
gloss: Casualties of battle or war.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
gloss: One who has fallen, as from grace.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.
Antonyms: arisen
Derived words: chap-fallen
chapfallen
chop-fallen
chopfallen
crest-fallen
crestfallen
down-fallen
downfallen
fallen angel
fallen arch
fallen building clause
fallen flag
fallen fleece
fallen-in
fallen instep
fallenness
fallen-off
fallen star
fallen woman
heaven-fallen
how are the mighty fallen
infallen
jawfallen
jaw-fallen
new-fallen
root-fallen
sick-fallen
stitchfallen
trade-fallen
tradefallen
unfallen
wind-fallen
windfallen
Translations:
fed
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of federal.
Inflected forms:
form: feds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A federal government officer or official.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
A person is saying that the protester shot in the head by the feds with non lethals is in the hospital, doctors saying they don’t think they will make it.
Holy fuck, I’m speechless.
Hi. I should have made this clearer earlier. I will now. I have worked with feds. I have worked with foreign special forces who may well have been trained by the guys shooting at you from the courthouse.
These are not cops. They are not even similar.
gloss: A police officer.
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
examples: Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.
gloss: The federal government of the nation one resides in.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.
Derived words: fedpost
fedslop
Translations:
felt
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: card-games
poker
Etymology: From Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (compare Dutch vilt, German Filz, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish filt, French feutre), from Proto-Indo-European *pilto, *pilso 'felt' (compare Latin pilleus (“felt”, adjective), Old Church Slavonic плъсть (plŭstĭ), Albanian plis, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos)), from *pel- 'to beat'. More at anvil.
Base: feel
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: felts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: felte
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: felts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: felting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: felted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: felted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: felte
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: more felt
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most felt
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: felte
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It were a delicate stratagem to shoe
 A troop of horse with felt.
gloss: A hat made of felt.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A felt-tip pen.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: You'll notice that all the illustrations are done in different media: some with pencil crayons, some with felts, some with paint, some with chalk pastels.
gloss: A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.
gloss: To make into felt or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: the same Wool , for instance , one Men felts it into a Hat, another weaves it into Cloth , another weaves it into Kersey or Serge
gloss: To cover with, or as if with, felt.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to felt the cylinder of a steam engine
gloss: To cause (a player) to lose all their chips.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To thoroughly defeat or humiliate (someone).
pos: verb
tags: Internet
broadly
transitive
gloss: That has been experienced or perceived.
pos: adj
tags: transitive
examples: Conversions to Islam can therefore be a deeply felt aesthetic experience that rarely occurs in Christian accounts of conversion, which are generally the source rather than the result of a Christian experience of beauty.
Derived words: antifelt
coated felt sheet
felt grain
feltless
feltlike
feltmaker
feltmaking
feltmonger
feltness
felt scale
felt-tip pen
feltwork
feltwort
felty
glass felt
needlefelt
saturated felt
refelt
Translations:
blond
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, blund, (> Medieval Latin blondus), from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”). Compare Old English blondenfeax (“grey-haired”), Old English blandan (“to mix”). More at blend.
Alternative etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“blond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (“blond, red-haired”). If so, then it would be cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, “ruddy, pale red, yellowish”).
Inflected forms:
form: blonds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: blonde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
especially
form: blonds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blonding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blonded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blonded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: blonde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
especially
Senses:
gloss: A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A person with this hair color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A beer of a pale golden color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: To color or dye blond.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: flaxen
Traditional terms for light hair are fair(-haired)
fairheaded
tow-haired
yellow-haired
and towhead(ed)
Translations:
flaxen
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.
Base: flax
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Made of or resembling flax fibers.
pos: adj
gloss: A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.
pos: adj
examples: The couple and their children have flaxen hair.
Related words: blond
linen
tow
towhead
Derived words: flaxenish
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: ленен
roman: lenen
lang: Danish
word: hørfarvet
lang: Dutch
word: vlassen
lang: Finnish
word: pellavainen
lang: German
word: flachsen
lang: Ingrian
word: pellovain
lang: Japanese
word: 亜麻製の
roman: amasei no
lang: Latin
word: līneus
lang: Middle English
word: flaxen
lang: Polish
word: lniany
lang: Russian
word: льняно́й
roman: lʹnjanój
lang: Russian
word: льно́вый
roman: lʹnóvyj
found
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See find.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Food and lodging; board.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And—what?" / "Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.
He moves north through small settlements and farms, working for day wages and found.
Translations:
fitted
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fitteds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Tailored to the shape of a person's body.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A fitted cap.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: For niggas plottin, I might blow it at your fitted
Get your bitch-ass slimed out, it ain't no kiddin
Ain't no kiddin, got that semi
Late night, on a drill, aimin for his fitted
gloss: A fitted diaper.
pos: noun
examples: Fitteds have elastic around the back of the diaper and the legs of the diaper to get a better fit and sometimes they also have snap closures so that you don't have to use a diaper fastener.
Pocket diapers are my favorite because they're a little easier to use than fitteds, flats, and prefolds, and they're cheaper than all-in-twos and all-in-ones.
Many natural fibres wear down with use. This is called edge wear. Depending on the wash routine (detergent strength, agitation, water pH, and more factors) edge wear happens quicker for some people. This happens with fitteds too.
Translations:
flee
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.
Inflected forms:
form: flees
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fleeing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: fleed
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: fleed
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
past
Senses:
gloss: To run away; to escape.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
When, however, the plant spirits were not strong enough in themselves, then the family called in the Medicine Man. He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee.
Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others.
gloss: To escape from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Many people fled the country as war loomed.
Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.
gloss: To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.
Synonyms: abscond
absquatulate
amscray
beat a retreat
beat it
beat feet
blow this popsicle stand
bolt
book it
dine and dash
do a bunk
do a flit
do a moonlight flit
do a runner
flee
fly the coop
jump
gas and dash
get lost
get out
gnash
head for the hills
hightail
hightail it
hit the road
kick rocks
leg it
make a break for it
make a run for it
make tracks
namous
peg it
rabbit
run a mile
run away
run for the hills
run off
scamper
scat
scarper
shemozzle
scram
skedaddle
smash and dash
take a powder
take flight
take off
take to one's heels
take to the hills
tear off
turn tail
vamoose
Related words: flight
flow
fly
abandon
Derived words: beflee
everfleeing
fill and flee
fleeable
fleer
outflee
unfleeing
Translations:
flew
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown.
Inflected forms:
form: flews
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip.
pos: noun
tags: plural
examples: The raging hound's flews were twisted upwards in an angry snarl.
He petted the dog. 'These little guys are pretty expensive and this one looks like a good specimen.' He lifted a flew. 'Well cared for, too - these teeth have been scaled pretty recently and his ears are clean - these upright ears can be receptacles for all kinds of stuff […].' anyway, what seems to be your problem with him?'
During the recitation, Eltie remained on her haunches, as she looked into Ralph's eyes, pulled down an eyelid, flipped up a flew, felt around his ribcage.
Gently go over your dog's face with the washcloth until it's clean. Be sure to wash the flews, or the hanging skin around the mouth.
In the case of the Gordon Sette, the flews are not pendulous. The lip line from the nose to the flews shows a sharp, well-defined, square contour.
Translations:
flown
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
Etymology: From Middle English flowen, floȝen, from Old English flogen, ġeflogen, past participle of Old English flēogan (“to fly”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Suspended in the flies.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: flown scenery
Translations: