yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
four-flush
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
poker
Inflected forms:
form: four-flushes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: four flush
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: four-flushes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: four-flushing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: four-flushed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: four-flushed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: four flush
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Four cards of the same suit.
pos: noun
gloss: To attempt to pass off a four-flush as a flush.
pos: verb
gloss: To bluff.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
Translations:
fourfold
Part of speech: adj
adv
verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
Base: four
Affixes: -fold
Inflected forms:
form: four-fold
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: four-fold
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: fourfolds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fourfolding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fourfolded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fourfolded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: four-fold
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: fourfolds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: four-fold
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Four times as great; quadruple.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Comprised of four individual members.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it.
gloss: By a factor of four.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie.
gloss: To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.
pos: verb
gloss: An algebraic variety of degree 4.
pos: noun
examples: Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds.
Synonyms: quadruple
quadruplicate
Derived words: fourfoldness
Translations:
four-footed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having four feet; quadruped.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace [...] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]
Translations:
four-wheel
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having four wheels
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.
gloss: Having a transmission that drives all four wheels.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
four-in-hand
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: four-in-hands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A carriage drawn by four horses controlled by one driver.
pos: noun
examples: ‘I must see him!’ he exclaimed; but at that moment the Duke of Berwick's four-in-hand came between, and when it had left the space clear, the carriage had swept out of the Park.
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
gloss: A slip knot with one end hanging in front of the other; a simple necktie.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: He wore a black frock coat and light trousers, his cravat a gray four-in-hand.
Translations:
fourth-class
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A former class of mail consisting mostly of heavier printed matter.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: Was it once stated that fourth class carriages no longer existed? But I have travelled fourth class in Jugoslavia and also on the C.F.A.E. in Algeria on the line from Oran to Colomb Bechar.
Translations:
redshifted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more redshifted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most redshifted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: (of light and other radiation) Increased in wavelength as a consequence of redshift
pos: adj
Translations:
coxsackievirus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Coxsackie + virus, after the town in New York where they were first isolated.
Compound parts: Coxsackie
virus
Inflected forms:
form: coxsackieviruses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of many enteroviruses that cause disease mostly in children.
pos: noun
Translations:
enterovirus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder.
Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron)der.
New Latin entero-bor.
English entero-
English virus
English enterovirus
From entero- + virus.
Inflected forms:
form: enteroviruses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
pos: noun
Translations:
cryobiology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρῠ́ος (krŭ́os)lbor.
English cryo-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
New Latin -logia
New Latin biologialbor.
English biology
English cryobiology
From cryo- + biology.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The study of the effects of extreme low temperature on living organisms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
destabilise
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English stable
English -ise
English stabilise
English destabilise
From de- + stabilise.
Inflected forms:
form: destabilises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: destabilising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: destabilised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: destabilised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: destabilize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: To make something unstable.
pos: verb
tags: UK
transitive
examples: The route had been closed on December 30 2022, after heavy rain destabilised the foundations beneath more than 40 metres of the railway.
gloss: To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.
pos: verb
tags: UK
transitive
gloss: To become unstable.
pos: verb
tags: UK
intransitive
Translations:
precum
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English cum
English precum
From pre- (“before”) + cum (“ejaculate”).
Inflected forms:
form: precome
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pre-cum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pre cum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: precums
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: precumming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: precame
pos: verb
tags: past
form: precummed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: precum
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: precummed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
uncommon
form: precome
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pre-cum
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pre cum
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Cowper's fluid; pre-ejaculate.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
vulgar
examples: The shaft was fat, long and already half-hard. Ulrich didn't mean to pry, but he understood (as precum slicked his palm) that this was a man who liked to play for hours before he came.
Bert made precum like some kind of instant coffee; it was always available.
[M]y penis was inserted into her vagina without a condom for a short period of time and I never knew if any precum got into her or not, but this is now six months later and her stomach does not look big at all. […]
2005, Russell Kick (ed.), Everything You Know About Sex Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide To The Extremes of Human Sexuality (and everything in between) (page 295), The Disinformation Company
"Looking down at Patrick, at his big, lean body, his hard cock leaking precum on his belly, making him moan with stroke after stroke, then leaning over to kiss him while my condomized cock slides in and out of his yielding hole—it was all more than pornographic.
However, in some men precum will contain sperm so adequate protection should be used to prevent pregnancy.
gloss: To release Cowper's fluid (pre-ejaculate).
pos: verb
tags: slang
vulgar
Translations:
pulsatile
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Medieval Latin pulsātilis, Latin pulsō + -ilis.
Inflected forms:
form: more pulsatile
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pulsatile
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pulsating; that pulses.
pos: adj
examples: The Conglomerate itself was a pulsatile labyrinth of muscle, gelatinous pockets and hanging ganglion.
gloss: Characterized by pulses.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a musical instrument: played by striking or beating.
pos: adj
Derived words: nonpulsatile
pulsatile tinnitus
Translations:
encourager
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English encourage
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English encourager
From encourage + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: encouragers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: incourager
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: One who provides encouragement.
pos: noun
Translations:
semiconscious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
English conscious
English semiconscious
From semi- + conscious.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Neither fully conscious nor unconscious, partially aware but confused or distracted.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: After being hit on the head he was only semiconscious: he could walk, but he tended to go in circles.
Translations:
semisweet
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus
Proto-Germanic *swōtuz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *swōtī
Old English swēte
Middle English swete
English sweet
English semisweet
From semi- + sweet.
Inflected forms:
form: semi-sweet
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Partially sweet or sweetened, but having a distinct bitter component.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: semisweet chocolate
gloss: Containing some residual sugars that complement the acidity and other flavor components but which do not dominate.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
semitransparent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
English transparent
English semitransparent
From semi- + transparent.
Inflected forms:
form: more semitransparent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most semitransparent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Allowing some visibility but partially clouded or obscured; transparent in some portions but not others; translucent.
pos: adj
examples: The fogged window was only semitransparent and I could only dimly make out the figures.
Translations:
haggler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English haggle
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English haggler
From haggle + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: hagglers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who haggles.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who buys vegetables and other produce from farms and then sells them on in a different location; a person who transports farm goods.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: 'Then what might your meaning be in calling me "Sir John" these different times, when I be plain Jack Durbeyfield, the haggler?'
Translations:
heroically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English heroic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English heroically
From heroic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more heroically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most heroically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a heroic manner, like a hero.
pos: adv
examples: […]the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.
They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.
Heroically, the man at the stake now overcame the will of his antenna, spoke rapidly, writhingly.
Charles has failed to follow the example of his mother, the queen, who has heroically kept her mouth shut for more than 50 years.
I was sure to find Honoré at some new trick, standing say, heroically holding onto the back of a chair (oh to think that soon he will walk!) and Charles perhaps playing a pastoral suite on the alpenhorn.
Translations:
self-winding
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English winding
English self-winding
From self- + winding.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a wristwatch: that does not need to be wound but rather gathers energy from being moved while worn.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
self-aggrandizement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English aggrandizement
English self-aggrandizement
From self- + aggrandizement.
Inflected forms:
form: self-aggrandizements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Behaviour which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [W]hat can selfish greed, what can self-aggrandizement and the most pitiless ambition effect against men who own to such discipline as this?
In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit-making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.
As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money.
Belarus was always going to be the most willing partner in Russia’s attempts at self-aggrandizement.
Translations:
hitcher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
mining
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hitch
English -er
English hitcher
From hitch + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: hitchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hitchhiker.
pos: noun
gloss: An onsetter.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
self-effacing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English effacing
English self-effacing
From self- + effacing.
Inflected forms:
form: more self-effacing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most self-effacing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable.
pos: adj
examples: Clark Kent's self-effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him.
[…] When asked about this, Muldoon's self-effacing response is: “I don't think so!”
His personality was also extremely endearing, his interviews were very self-effacing (and), he came over as gentle and was generous in his praise of others.
I'm sorry if I seem self-effacing / Consumed by selfish thoughts / It's only that I still love you deeply / It's all the love I got
Translations:
tactfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tactful
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English tactfulness
From tactful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: tactfulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being tactful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: His tactfulness allowed him to be honest without making enemies.
Translations:
tactlessness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tactless
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English tactlessness
From tactless + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: tactlessnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being tactless.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: His tactlessness combined with his bluntness made him many enemies.
gloss: The result or product of being tactless.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
tailgater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tailgate
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English tailgater
From tailgate + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: tailgaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who tailgates (drives very close to the person ahead).
pos: noun
gloss: One who participates in a tailgate party.
pos: noun
examples: Ms. Hundley’s favorite feature is the automatic reminder, which notifies tailgaters of their responsibilities 24 hours before game time.
Translations:
admeasurement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English admeasure
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English admeasurement
From admeasure + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: admeasurements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Apportionment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1781, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query I
By admeasurements through nearly the whole of this last line, and supplying the unmeasured parts from good data, the Atlantic and Mississipi are found in this latitude to be 758 miles distant, equal to 13° 38′ of longitude, reckoning 55 miles and 3144 feet to the degree.
gloss: Measurement, the act of measuring.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Though the figures are similar, their angles, on admeasurement by a nice instrument, differ very appreciably.
Translations:
tankful
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tank + -ful.
Base: tank
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: tankfuls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tanksful
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The amount (usually of a fluid) that will fill a tank.
pos: noun
examples: Each tankful of leaded gasoline causes an increasingly thick coating of lead to build up on the catalyst.
1988 July, advertisement, Field & Stream, page 57,
Regane^® Premiumᵀᴹ is a gas treatment so superior, it′ll work through eleven tankfuls-not just one.
One driver has kept track of several tankfuls of gasoline by recording the miles driven and gallons used for each tankful.
In 2015, two men drove a car through all 48 contiguous U.S. states on less than $300 of diesel fuel, or just eight tankfuls.
Translations:
pre-ejaculate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ē-
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti
Proto-Italic *jīkjō
Proto-Italic *jakjōder.
Latin iaciō
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin iaculus
Latin iaculum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin iaculor
Latin ēiaculor
Latin ēiaculātusbor.
English ejaculate
English pre-ejaculate
From pre- + ejaculate.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The clear, viscous fluid that is secreted from the penis before ejaculation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
croaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: croakings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The sound of something that croaks.
pos: noun
examples: the croakings of frogs from the nearby pond
We heard the peculiar note of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog[.]
Translations:
outpour
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English pour
English outpour
From out- + pour.
Inflected forms:
form: outpours
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: outpours
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: outpouring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: outpoured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: outpoured
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of pouring out.
pos: noun
gloss: To pour out.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only / That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
I unsealed the vial mystical, / I outpoured the liquid thing, / And while the smoke came wreathing out, / I stood unshuddering.
Translations:
quibbling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: quibblings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: petty argument
pos: noun
examples: Suddenly he perceived that he was sure of God. Not perhaps of the God of Nicaea, but what did these poor little quibblings and definitions of the theologians matter?
Translations:
chur
Part of speech: intj
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Modified from cheers.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.
pos: intj
tags: New-Zealand
informal
examples: "Chur," Sir Howard [Morrison] hooted. "Chur doy, chur", which, translated, means something along the lines of: "Well done, mate".
K[evin] L[ambert]: Got 2 mates; dum as fuk; do nethin 4 me; can drive truks; fly planes, got kidz 2. / T[uhoe] L[ambert]: Cher cuz. Da dumber da better.
Meanwhile, on the crap-to-chur scale, Tron [i.e., Hamilton, New Zealand] weather is explained without any need for isobars or weather systems – who knew rain and snow down south was so simple?
Does Mr [Peter] Thiel (chur, bro, by the way!) gain citizenship because the minister judged it “in the public interest because of exceptional circumstances of a humanitarian or other nature relating to the applicant”?
[Stan] Walker's closing address is probably closer to the show's reality: "More whānau … chur!"
If someone’s made me some food, and it tastes really nice, when someone puts it in front of me, I’d say ‘Oh chur’. […] You always say it with a smile on your face. Every time you hear it, it pretty much gives you a smile, so, chur.
gloss: A parting salutation: bye, see you later.
pos: intj
tags: New-Zealand
informal
examples: Never a dull moment much love to you axe as well. Chur my cuz. [On hearing of the death of Norm Berryman.]
gloss: Overwhelming; demanding; intense.
pos: adj
tags: Hong-Kong
New-Zealand
informal
gloss: To do something overwhelming, demanding, or intense.
pos: verb
tags: Hong-Kong
New-Zealand
informal
Antonyms: hea
Translations:
vicinage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Old French visnage, respelled to more closer match its Latin source vīcīnus (“neighbor”). By surface analysis, vicine + -age.
Inflected forms:
form: vicinages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A surrounding district; a neighbourhood.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: She is the only flower of fragrance that has blown in this vicinage for ten years past, or will for ten years to come […].
but scarce had I drawn back mine arms, strained the outward flexure of my knee-joints, and was fixed in an apt disposure to take the corvetto primo and leap-valiant of the cour, when methought suddenly there came in and did appear before me mine ancient, most reverend and singular good friend, the rector of Saynt Andrew of S—, nearest in neighbourhood, but not of mine own cure, myself being of D— manor house in the same vicinage,—who astonished beyond measure at my so extasied gladness, demanded wherefore I did carry myself on this wise?
It was as still as a church on a week-day: the pattering rain on the forest leaves was the only sound audible in its vicinage.
gloss: The people of a neighbourhood.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of living near something; proximity, closeness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In the few years that she had lived here, a stranger herself, in some sort—not accustomed, as was her husband, to a lifelong vicinage to the pygmy burial-ground—she had developed no receptivity to that uncanny idea of a race of dwarfs.
gloss: The area where a crime was committed, a trial is being held, or the community from which jurors are drawn.
pos: noun
tags: UK
US
countable
uncountable
gloss: A geographical division of the New Jersey Superior Court, covering one or more counties, for judicial administration and the assignment of venue to an action within the Superior Court
pos: noun
tags: New-Jersey
countable
uncountable
gloss: A geographical division of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, covering several counties, for judicial administration and the assignment of venue to an action within the District Court
pos: noun
tags: New-Jersey
countable
uncountable
Related words: vicinity
vicinal
Translations:
juvie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From juvenile + -ie with elision; morphologically analogous to bougie = bourgeoisie + -ie/-y.
Base: juvenile
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: juvies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: juvy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: juvey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of juvenile hall (youth detention centre).
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
gloss: A minor (youth); especially, synonym of juvenile delinquent.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
Translations:
imbecilic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English imbecile
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English imbecilic
From imbecile + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more imbecilic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most imbecilic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: like or as an imbecile; so senseless as to be laughable; absurd, foolish, stupid, idiotic.
pos: adj
Translations:
net-raising
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of net + fundraising.
Compound parts: net
fundraising
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Fundraising, soliciting and gathering resources through or with the use of the internet.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Conducting marketing, advocacy, community organization and other awareness or consensus-building campaigns, through the internet.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Synonyms: networking
social networking
Translations:
Jerusalemite
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Jerusalem
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.
Latin -ītēsbor.
French -iteder.
English -ite
English Jerusalemite
From Jerusalem + -ite.
Inflected forms:
form: Jerusalemites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A native or resident of Jerusalem.
pos: noun
examples: I say this because, according to the old Jerusalemites, the building blocks of the world and its inhabitants were formed of the alphabet at the back of God's tongue when He pronounced the world […].
Thousands of Jerusalemites gathered on the battl4ements to gawp at this show, admiring 'the beauty of their armour and admirable order of the men.'
gloss: A residual mineral of the sands of Jerusalem, as with Trinitite.
pos: noun
Synonyms: Hierosolymitan
Hierosolymite
Qudsi
Maqdisi
Translations:
zigzagging
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: zigzaggings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: winding, twisting, turning or sinuous
pos: adj
examples: I walked down the zigzagging path.
gloss: The movement or layout of something that zigzags.
pos: noun
examples: the many zigzaggings of the staircase
Translations:
retching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: retchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who retches.
pos: noun
examples: Mrs. Green, aged 33 years, had been six weeks pregnant, and suffered exceedingly from retchings in consequence.
Translations:
pastureland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From pasture + land.
Compound parts: pasture
land
Inflected forms:
form: pasturelands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Land used for pasture, on which livestock can graze.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "[The steppe's] eastern borderlands had marched from the mid-eleventh century with the pasturelands of a people known to the Latins and Byzantines as the Cumans"
Translations:
outdrink
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English outdrinken (“to drink more than”), equivalent to out- + drink.
Base: drink
Affixes: out-
Inflected forms:
form: outdrinks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: outdrinking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: outdrank
pos: verb
tags: past
form: outdrunk
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To drink more than (someone else).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
ground-floor
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Situated on the ground floor.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
iced-over
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more iced-over
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most iced-over
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Covered with a layer of ice.
pos: adj
Translations:
inlining
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: inlinings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instance of in-line expansion.
pos: noun
Translations:
der-brain
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: der-brains
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: derr-brain
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: durbrain
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dur-brain
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: durr-brain
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: duh-brain
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A fool.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
Translations:
realignment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English alignment
English realignment
From re- + alignment.
Inflected forms:
form: realignments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of realigning or something realigned.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: London Transport announce that a contract worth nearly £1.2 million has been let for civil engineering work entailed in the realignment of the Circle and Metropolitan Lines and the Widened Lines between Moorgate and Aldersgate stations.
To enable high-speed running to be maximised on the Western specifically, some signals were re-spaced, while track realignments at seven sites between Acton, Box Tunnel and Bristol Parkway enabled line speeds to be raised.
Translations:
horseflesh
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From horse + flesh.
Compound parts: horse
flesh
Inflected forms:
form: horse-flesh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more horseflesh
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most horseflesh
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: horse-flesh
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The flesh of a horse; horsemeat.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Do they take to the cooking of horseflesh in ragoûts, emincés, and cheval à la mode without a tinge of disgust?
gloss: Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: He is a good judge of horseflesh.
gloss: Bahama mahogany, wood from species Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue.
pos: adj
Derived words: horseflesh ore
Translations:
extern
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French externe or its etymon Latin externus.
Inflected forms:
form: externs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
pos: noun
gloss: A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
pos: noun
gloss: Outward form or part; exterior.
pos: noun
Translations:
induration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: dermatology
geography
geology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English induracioun, from Old French induracion (“hardness, obstinacy”) or directly from Medieval Latin induratiō.
Inflected forms:
form: indurations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: enduration
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Hardness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The voice was harder than I had known, and not only in stony reaction to long floods of wholly just selfpity, also roughened with gin and smoke, perhaps also assimilated to New York induration, the hardness of culture as well as of pain.
gloss: An enduring presence; fixity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept, the cryptic induration of the aphrodisiac function.
gloss: The process of becoming hard.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: Both erythema and induration appear to be adequate indices of tuberculin sensitivity.
The erythema had spread to 20 cm, and the central induration had spread to 9 cm.
gloss: The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "Induration is a measure of rock "strength" and is defined as the ratio of the measured frame modulus to the maximum frame modulus allowed by the Gassmann-Biot model." Spratt, R. S.; Goins, N. R. and Fitch, T. J. (1993) "Pseudo-shear — The analysis of AVO." Castagna, John P. and Backus, Milo M. (eds.) Offset-Dependent Reflectivity — Theory and Practice of AVO Analysis. Series: Investigation in Geophysics volume 8. Tulsa : Society of Exploration Geophysicistspp. 37-56, page 37, isbn 978-1-56080-059-0.
gloss: The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "Induration of carbonate rocks proceeds predominately in the early stages (prior to diagenesis) by compaction and expulsion of fluids." Whittaker, Alun (1985) Formation Evaluation: Geological Procedures Dordrecht : Springer Verlag page 104, isbn 978-94-010-8861-9.
"At a given degree of induration, massive rocks of sandstone, siltstone, and limestone are the strongest, while shaly rocks with more or less parallel, closely spaced separation surfaces created during sedimentation in thin layers are the weakest." Committee on Underground Coal Mine Safety (1982) Toward Safer Underground Coal Mines Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, page 32, isbn 978-0-309-03298-8.
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: kovettuma
butt-ugly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more butt-ugly
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most butt-ugly
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: butt ugly
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: buttugly
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely ugly.
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
derogatory
slang
Translations:
tutela
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Inflected forms:
form: tutelas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A constitutional process in Colombia by which an individual can seek immediate protection of his/her rights when those are being violated.
pos: noun
Translations:
metacentric
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)
Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.
English meta-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der.
English -centric
English metacentric
From meta- + -centric.
Inflected forms:
form: metacentrics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a metacenter.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A metacentric chromosome.
pos: noun
Derived words: metacentric height
metacentricity
metacentric stability
submetacentric
Translations:
rightfully
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English ryghtefully, equivalent to rightful + -ly.
Base: rightful
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more rightfully
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most rightfully
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In accordance with what is right or just.
pos: adv
examples: Near-synonym: fairly
[T]he only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.
gloss: Rightly, correctly.
pos: adv
examples: Ne euer will it [King Arthur's sword] breake, ne euer bend. / Wherefore Morddure it rightfully is hight.
Related words: arightly
damn right
righteously
rightly
rightly so
serve someone right
Translations:
tasseled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tassel + -ed.
Base: tassel
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more tasseled
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tasseled
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tasselled
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having tassels.
pos: adj
Translations:
empanel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller.
Inflected forms:
form: empanels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A list of jurors; a panel.
pos: noun
examples: When the Maior of the Citie, the two Dukes, and the two chiefe Juſtices, were ſet in Guyldhall for the performance of their commiſſion, and began to call the empanels for the enquirie, as the vſe and other is, diuers light witted, and leſſe brayned perſons of the citie, priuely armed them, and by the ringing of Bow bell, thought to aſſemble together a great multitude of their minde and opinion, and ſo by force and might to take from the kepers all ſuch priſoners, as were before apprehended, for the late committed robbery and riot, as they were goyng to their triall or arreignment.
Translations:
impanel
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman empaneller.
Inflected forms:
form: impanels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: impaneling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: impanelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: impaneled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: impaneled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: impanelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: impanelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
form: empanel
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: empannel
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: impannel
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
pos: verb
examples: To 'cide this title is impannelled / A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart; / And by their verdict is determined / The clear eye's moiety, and the dear heart's part
Therefore a Jurie was impaneld streight / T'enquire of them, whether by force, or sleight, / Or their owne guilt, they were away conveyd?
We are often driven to empanell and select a jury of twelve men out of a whole countrie to determine of an acre of land[…].
...placed him under the decent and disagreeable necessity of returning at once, before a bet was decided, whether his own cook, or that of Lord Montagle's, would prepare a single dish to the greatest perfection. The jury of taste had been impanelled, and here was he summoned away ten minutes before the dishes came up.
In the courtroom itself they were empaneling a jury.
Translations:
septal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
archaeology
biology
history
human-sciences
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English septum
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English septal
From septum + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a septum.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
relational
gloss: Separating compartments in a burial chamber.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: aliseptal
anteroseptal
aortoseptal
apicoseptal
conoseptal
corticoseptal
episeptal
hippocamposeptal
hyposeptal
inferoseptal
interseptal
intraseptal
medioseptal
midseptal
multiseptal
myoseptal
nasoseptal
nonseptal
pallidoseptal
paraseptal
periseptal
postseptal
preseptal
septally
superoseptal
transseptal
valvuloseptal
Translations:
strutting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: struttings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who struts.
pos: noun
examples: When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.
Translations:
legalisation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From legalise + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalisation.
Base: legalise
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: legalisations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Non-Oxford British spelling of legalization.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
botulinum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin botulus (“sausage”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
dolerite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From French dolérite, from Ancient Greek δολερός (dolerós, “deceitful, deceptive”), because it was easily confounded with diorite, + -ite.
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: dolerites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of fine-grained basaltic rock.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
diabase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From French diabase, from Ancient Greek διάβασις (diábasis).
Inflected forms:
form: diabases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
whities
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of tighty whities.
Inflected forms:
form: whiteys
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.
pos: noun
tags: US
plural
plural-only
slang
examples: “I said they are button fly so be gentle please." He said still grinning. “And as for the boxers or whities well.....I was runnin' low on laundry so lets just say you don't have to mentally picture either one. If you get me drift."
Shifting position, Wade knelt at the end of the bedroll and pulled each of Charlie's boots off, tossing them onto the pile of clothing accumulating on the hay-strewn floor. Then, bending forward, he undid Charlie's pants and slid them down his legs. ¶ Lowering himself, Wade pressed his face against Charlie's package, still encased in his whities.
Translations:
numbnuts
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From numb + nuts.
Compound parts: numb
nuts
Inflected forms:
form: numbnuts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: numbnutses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: numb-nuts
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: numb nut
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).
pos: noun
tags: US
derogatory
humorous
often
slang
sometimes
term-of-address
examples: Tell numbnuts over there to wake up and pay attention to his work.
What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?
And White House officials, using official government accounts, seem to be in a pit-bull contest to be the nastiest on any given day, upbraiding anyone perceived to be an adversary: “Total hack and loser.” “Wrong again, numbnuts.”
Translations:
fullscreen
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From full + screen.
Compound parts: full
screen
Inflected forms:
form: fullscreens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fullscreening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fullscreened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fullscreened
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make a window occupy the entire screen.
pos: verb
Translations: