yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
potch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
gemmology
gemology
geography
geology
jewelry
lifestyle
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
uncountable
examples: 1982, Gemmological Association of Great Britain, The Journal of Gemmology, Volume 18, page 432,
Discusses the difference between potch opal and common opal. The terms are often used synonymously, but this writer shows that potch is found only in association with precious opal and differs from common opal in its structure quite substantially.
She set them down with precision, she set them down with the same kind of care that Bernie took when he and his underlings cut opal, or when they polished the rough stones, or when they bonded opal veneer on to potch.
2006, Michael O'Donoghue, Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification, 6th Edition, Elsevier, UK, page 321,
Likewise, a thin piece of good opal on potch (opal with no play of colour) may be cut so that the potch acts as a backing.
Translations:
unforgettably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unforgettable
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English unforgettably
From unforgettable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more unforgettably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unforgettably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an unforgettable manner; very memorably.
pos: adv
Translations:
tie-dye
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: tie-dyes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tie-dyeing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tie-dying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tie-dyed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tie-dyed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: tie-dyes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To tie strings around (fabric or clothing) and then dye it, in such a manner that the tied parts do not get colored.
pos: verb
examples: Sebastian adds that he’s been living in California, in a tent, where he met a lady who tie-dyes – “a cloth house is all you need if you’ve got love.”
gloss: The use of this dyeing technique.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A shirt that has been tie-dyed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I threw on jeans and a tie-dye and went to the concert.
Translations:
psychosexual
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.
Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.
Proto-Italic *seksus
Latin sexus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin sexuālisbor.
English sexual
English psychosexual
From psycho- + sexual.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The X-Men films have made an explicit connection between the mutants’ powers and pubescent self-discovery, but perhaps it’s necessary to address the last few movies’ psychosexual subtext.
The film's psychosexual turmoil is heightened still further by the director's linkage of these two milieus: gays cruise in cop costumes, and off-duty cops cruise in S-M drag.
Translations:
doorsill
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From door + sill.
Compound parts: door
sill
Inflected forms:
form: doorsills
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
pos: noun
examples: Proud Margaret stept in o'er the door-sill.
Translations:
microenvironment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
Middle French environnementbor.
English environment
English microenvironment
From micro- + environment.
Inflected forms:
form: microenvironments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings; the milieu (set of conditions) within this area.
pos: noun
examples: What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation, and that accounts for its often-bizarre behavior.
gloss: A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings; the milieu (set of conditions) within this area.
pos: noun
gloss: A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings; the milieu (set of conditions) within this area.
pos: noun
examples: As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
Related words: microecology
Translations:
semi-bluff
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: card-games
poker
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
English bluff
English semi-bluff
From semi- + bluff.
Inflected forms:
form: semi-bluffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: semibluff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: semi-bluffs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: semi-bluffing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: semi-bluffed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: semi-bluffed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: semibluff
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of bluff where the bluffer believes that the bluff has some chance of immediate success and also that they have some chance of improving their hand to win at a showdown.
pos: noun
gloss: To attempt a semi-bluff
pos: verb
Translations:
subtend
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Latin subtendere, from sub (“under”) + tendere (“to stretch, extend”), itself a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “to subtend”), from which hypotenuse also derives. See tend.
Inflected forms:
form: subtends
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subtending
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subtended
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subtended
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A 43° angle subtends an arc of about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter.
gloss: To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.
pos: verb
tags: also
transitive
examples: A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle.
An arc measuring about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter subtends an angle of about 43°.
[…] trillions of bacteria, each equally an individual, which are found in a person’s gut, his mouth, his scalp, his skin and all of the crevices and orifices that subtend from his body’s surface.
gloss: To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The points A and B on the circumference form the arc AB, which subtends the central angle θ.
gloss: To stand beneath or close to, as a bract at the base of a flower.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: subtendent
Translations:
Untermensch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Untermensch.
Inflected forms:
form: Untermenschen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: untermensch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A subhuman, especially in Nazi racial hierarchy.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
offensive
examples: His orders are clear and concise – the Scots are viewed as untermenschen and are to be treated accordingly.
Translations:
bibs
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: another name for overalls
pos: noun
Translations:
possibles
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The essential personal equipment carried by an American frontiersman
pos: noun
Derived words: possibles sack
Translations:
trey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
basketball
card-games
dice
dominoes
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.
Inflected forms:
form: treys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A playing card or die with the rank of three.
pos: noun
examples: Before you begin the Game at Picket, you must throw out of the Pack the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play with the rest of the Cards, which are in number thirty and six.
He had been a pretty good guy, straight as ace-deuce-trey-four-five, till he got on the force.
You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Davidson had caught a trey which did not seem to improve his hand, yet he threw three dollars into the pot.
gloss: A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
pos: noun
gloss: A three-pointer.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
informal
obsolete
gloss: A three penny coin; a thrippence.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
informal
gloss: The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: The third branch of a deer's antler.
pos: noun
Related words: tray-trip
Translations:
polarizability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English polarize
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English polarizability
From polarize + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: polarizabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
triumphing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: triumphings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A display of triumph.
pos: noun
examples: The Finn family could not restrain their triumphings at Killaloe, and I do not know that it would have been natural had they done so.
Translations:
balmoral
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Inflected forms:
form: balmorals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume but no brim; a blue bonnet.
pos: noun
gloss: A heavy walking shoe.
pos: noun
examples: A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes with much frequency and an unmistakeable emphasis may prove a fast friend in adversity, but meanwhile your adversity has not arrived and your toes are tender.
gloss: An Oxford shoe.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A figured woollen petticoat.
pos: noun
Translations:
rostering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: rosterings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of forming a roster.
pos: noun
examples: ...talking about the business of ferrying kids to school and other domestic rosterings of the kind.
Translations:
boycotting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: boycottings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of something being boycotted.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fireproofing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fireproofings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of making something resistant to fire.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A fire-resistant coating or substance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
greyhounds
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.
pos: noun
tags: usually
Translations:
rewilding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: rewildings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of restoring a natural area to its former wild state, especially by repopulating it with animals that have been extirpated.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: For rewilding North America, we need to find or restore some of the cogs and wheels we've already tossed into the dust bin.
The beaver was hunted to extinction in Britain more than three centuries ago, but is today the rewilding movement’s pin-up.
There's a colossal amount of tree planting, rewilding and other work going on to ensure that HS2 adds more to the environment than it takes away.
Translations:
unfaithfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unfaithful
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 unfaithfulness
From unfaithful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: unfaithfulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being unfaithful.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For even the enchantresses Circe and Medea could not, by their black arts, prevent the unfaithfulness of Odysseus and Jason.
Translations:
waned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
Inflected forms:
form: more waned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most waned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
pos: adj
Translations:
self-service
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-
Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?
Proto-Italic *serwos
Latin servus
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin -itia
Latin servitiumbor.
Old French servisebor.
Old English serfis
Middle English servise
English service
English self-service
From self- + service.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
often
uncountable
examples: On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.
gloss: Masturbation.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
humorous
uncountable
Related words: self-serve
Translations:
hydromorphone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English (di)hydromorph(ine)
German Ketonbor.
English ketone
English -one
English hydromorphone
From (di)hydromorph(ine) + -one.
Inflected forms:
form: dihydromorphinone
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dimorphone
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: She hadnʼt needed regular doses of hydromorphone in a month.
I had what seemed an unlimited prescription of the almighty hydromorphone. Even the sound of the name of the pill felt like its strength, like some water monster, or like some kind of supernatural disaster.
Translations:
mindfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Buddhism
human-sciences
lifestyle
psychology
religion
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English mindful
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 mindfulness
From mindful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: mindfulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Awareness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Inclination to be mindful or aware.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Inclination to be mindful or aware.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist leader who introduced mindfulness to Westerners (Google got first dibs on him as a guest speaker), once said, “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”
This vogue is in part due to the real benefits of mindfulness, a form of attention and awareness often (but not always) achieved through meditation or yoga. It’s a trend for a reason. But its increasing application to every situation under the sun has some people concerned.
Antonyms: mindlessness
unmindfulness
for more
distraction
distractedness
harriedness
heedlessness
inattentiveness
obliviousness
preoccupation
nonsentience
thoughtlessness
unalertness
unattentiveness
unawareness
unconsciousness
worry
Related words: awareness
conscientiousness
deliberation
deliberateness
deliberativeness
meditation
meditativeness
presence of mind
Derived words: mindfulness bell
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 注意
roman: zhùyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 留意
roman: liúyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 正念
roman: zhèngniàn
lang: Finnish
word: läsnäolevuus
lang: Greek
word: επιμέλεια
roman: epiméleia
lang: Greek
word: φροντίδα
roman: frontída
lang: Hungarian
word: figyelmesség
lang: Hungarian
word: gondosság
lang: Macedonian
word: внима́телност
roman: vnimátelnost
lang: Polish
word: uważność
lang: Russian
word: внима́тельность
roman: vnimátelʹnostʹ
lang: Russian
word: ма́йндфулнес
roman: májndfulnes
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pomnost
lang: Swedish
word: omtänksamhet
lang: Swedish
word: vakenhet
lang: Swedish
word: uppmärksamhet
indiscernible
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From in- + discern + -ible.
Base: in
Inflected forms:
form: indiscernibles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not capable of being discerned or perceived.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The details of the room were indiscernible, lost in yellowish shadow.
gloss: Not capable of being distinguished from something else.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Something which is incapable of being discerned.
pos: noun
Derived words: indiscernibleness
indiscernibility
indiscernibly
Translations:
ecocide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From eco- + -cide. First used in 1969 by the American plant biologist Arthur Galston to refer to the willful destruction of the environment with Agent Orange.
Base: eco
Inflected forms:
form: ecocides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Two common terms used to characterize injuries to the environment include “geocide” and “ecocide,” terms particularly applicable to rain forest damage because it is irreparable.
It has also been suggested that environmental crimes might include the proposed crime of ‘ecocide’ or ‘geocide’, with proponents of this view attempting to draw parallels between destructive acts towards the environment and those against the qualifying groups for genocide. […] [M]any who advocate for the creation of either ecocide or geocide principally argue that the best place to try such crimes is through an apparatus created in a separate and environment-oriented treaty.
The funeral is the culmination of Extinction Rebellion’s actions at London fashion week. They also staged a die-in outside one of the show venues on Friday and a swarm outside Victoria Beckham’s show on Sunday, with protesters holding placards reading “fashion = ecocide” and “the ugly truth about fashion”.
Translations:
crypto-fascist
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)
Ancient Greek κρῠπτός (krŭptós)der.
English crypto-
Italian fascistader.
English fascist
English crypto-fascist
From crypto- + fascist.
Inflected forms:
form: crypto-fascists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cryptofascist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more crypto-fascist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most crypto-fascist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: cryptofascist
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person whose fascist views or motives are kept private or secret.
pos: noun
examples: The American people will no longer retreat from “crypto-fascists” attacking their civil liberties, but will stand and fight for basic democracy, Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, declared yesterday at the closing session of the conference on cultural freedom and civil liberties at the Hotel Commodore.
gloss: Having private or secret fascist views or motives.
pos: adj
examples: He also provides the helpful service of describing the contents of such cryptofascist films as Chuck Norris's “Invasion U.S.A.,” sparing the reader the ordeal of actually having to watch them.
Translations:
crypto-fascism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)
Ancient Greek κρῠπτός (krŭptós)der.
English crypto-
Latin fascis
Italian fascio
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.
Latin -ismus
Italian -ismo
Italian fascismolbor.
English fascism
English crypto-fascism
From crypto- + fascism.
Inflected forms:
form: cryptofascism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The holding of fascist views in private or secret.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
uncountable
gloss: The embracing of cryptocurrency by neo-fascists and the wider far right.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
neologism
uncountable
Translations:
get-rich-quick
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a scheme, claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
idiomatic
not-comparable
often
examples: Five companies offering get-rich-quick schemes to property investors have been shut down.
Get-rich-quick email scams are on the increase.
Private companies have, traditionally, dominated Britain's railway history. The first railways were built by private individuals and groups, and by the late 1830s building a railway was considered the ideal 'get rich quick' scheme.
Translations:
addy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Shortenings + -y.
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: addies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Address (especially e-mail address).
pos: noun
tags: Internet
examples: My e-mail addy is being spammed. I should've kept it private.
gloss: Adderall.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
timbrel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.
Inflected forms:
form: timbrels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: timbrels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: timbreling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: timbrelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: timbreled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: timbreled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: timbrelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: timbrelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
pos: noun
examples: Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe,
The timbrel and arch'd dome and costly feast,
With all th' inventive arts that nurse the soul
To forms of beauty […]
"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"
gloss: To play the timbrel.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To accompany with the sound of the timbrel.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: with timbrelled anthems
Yet there the timbrelled hymn / Rings to Osiris […]
Translations:
tollgate
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English toll
English gate
English tollgate
From toll + gate.
Inflected forms:
form: tollgates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tollgates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tollgating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tollgated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tollgated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
pos: noun
examples: Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.
gloss: To furnish (a road) with a tollgate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To perpetrate a form of corruption in which the recipient of a government contract must donate part of its value to the government.
pos: verb
Translations:
tonearm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From tone + arm.
Compound parts: tone
arm
Inflected forms:
form: tonearms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The pivoting bar that holds the pickup of a record player and conducts the resulting signal to the amplifier.
pos: noun
Translations:
alcazar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر (al-qaṣr). Doublet of castle.
Inflected forms:
form: alcazars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any Moorish fortress in Spain.
pos: noun
examples: But most eloquent of all were the stories passed down to her - highly decorated items which Harriet embellished even further in her resolute myth of the enchanted alcazar, the fairy chateau that never was.
Translations:
go-kart
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: go-karts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: go-karting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: go-karted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: go-karted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To take part in the sport or activity of go-karting.
pos: verb
Translations:
phone-in
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
media
Etymology: Etymology tree
English phone indeverb.
English phone-in
Deverbal from phone in.
Inflected forms:
form: phone-ins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
pos: noun
gloss: A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.
pos: noun
examples: In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.
Translations:
nester
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nest
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 nester
From nest + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: nesters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who nests.
pos: noun
gloss: One who forms a strong attachment to their home.
pos: noun
examples: I suppose, even for a nester, which I most assuredly am, there comes a time for moving on, and the time has finally come for my sother and me to leave Boston's Back Bay for other, not necessarily greener pastures.
I AM A NESTER. I love our house and the things that fill it. My problem is, I am always on the go, rarely getting the opportunity to be there.
gloss: A person who intends to settle in an area without permanent residents; a settler, as distinct from an explorer or pioneer.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
examples: As cow camps were succeeded by the nesters, and towns came to grow at their sites, the springs continued to serve mankind both in an industrial way and as a playground for the ever-increasing population.
Related words: empty nester
Translations:
gambrel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).
Inflected forms:
form: gambrels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gambrels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gambreling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: gambrelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: gambreled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: gambreled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: gambrelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: gambrelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
pos: noun
gloss: A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
pos: noun
tags: dialectal
historical
obsolete
examples: Within two hours the hog - killed, scalded, and scraped of its hair - was hanging pale from a big tree limb by a gambrel stick run through the tendons of its hind feet
gloss: A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
pos: noun
gloss: A gambrel roof.
pos: noun
gloss: To truss or hang up using a gambrel.
pos: verb
examples: They raised him so, gambreled up by the bones in his cheek.
And meet me; or I'll box you while I have you, And carry you gambril'd thither like a mutton
Derived words: gambrel roof
gambrel-roofed
Translations:
unknowingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unknowing
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English unknowingly
From unknowing + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without awareness, without intent.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: An endianness difference can cause problems if a computer unknowingly tries to read binary data written in the opposite format from a shared memory location or file.
Antonyms: knowingly
Translations:
self-love
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 love
English self-love
From self- + love.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Regard for oneself; love of oneself.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Lizzo, who is known for messages of self-love and wider acceptance, has recently said as much as she shared that she is encouraging a stance of body neutrality for herself and others.
gloss: Excessive pride or vanity, overvaluing the self.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Masturbation.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
uncountable
examples: On the question of masturbation, or self-love, once again the tantric principle applies
Related words: narcissism
Translations:
swingle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
Etymology: The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scourge”), equivalent to swing + -le. Related to Middle Dutch swingel, swengel, Dutch zwingel, zwengel. Doublet of swingel.
The verb is from Middle English swingelen, from the noun. Related to Middle Dutch swingelen, swengelen.
Base: swing
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: swingles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: swingles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swingling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: swingled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: swingled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
pos: noun
gloss: The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.
pos: noun
examples: The pole of the Chinese flail is roughly 90 cm. long, the swingle about 30 cm. in length, joined to the pole by a wooden axle projecting at right-angles from the top of the swingle and passing through a loop at the top of the pole[…]
(A flail swingle was a large wooden handle attached to a freeswinging stick, which was used in threshing grain.)
Once cut into the correct size and shape, the handle of the flail, dumb in bendum 'unspeaking in bonds' (6b), is attached to the swingle or swipple, the swinging part of the flail, with a cord, rope, or chain tied through the hole or[…]
gloss: To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Now after you have swingled your Hempe and Flaxe ouer once, you shall take and shake up the refuse stuffe, which you beate from the same seuerally, and not only it, but the tops and knots, and halfe brak't buns which fall from the brake also, and drying them againe cause them to bee very well thresht with flayles, and then mixing them with th refuse which fell from the swingle tree, dresse them all well with threshing and shaking, till the buns be cleane driuen out of them;
The instruments necessary to swingle flax are, a tressel, and a swingle.
The first operation in dressing flax is to swingle or beat it, in order to detach it from the harle or skimps.
Just what he said, they neither of them knew. For hearing is a sense made blunt by fright; But then their ears were flushed, and burned and tingled, As if they'd been by some sharp weapon swingled.
She returned to her swingling and added reflectively : " That's what made me leave in the first place, to keep out of harm's way. […]".
Later she “spread, rotted, broke, swingled, and hacked” the weeds, twisting together several strands of fiber, and she used these strands to weave a frail fabric on a home-built loom.
Derived words: swingletree
Translations:
moneyed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin Monēta
Latin monēta
Old French moneie
Old French monoie
Anglo-Norman muneiebor.
Middle English moneye
English money
English -ed
English moneyed
From money + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more moneyed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most moneyed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: monied
pos: adj
tags: alternative
uncommon
Senses:
gloss: Affluent, rich.
pos: adj
examples: The attacking three have also been allowed to bloom. Liberated from deep defensive duties Eden Hazard has become more expressive, more obviously, flashily complete. Not to mention more saleable too, his role closer to the way Europe’s monied giants in Spain and France allow their stars to function.
Many in these moneyed ranks choose to spend the festival in gas-guzzling luxury RVs.
gloss: Paid for; funded
pos: adj
Related words: new money
old money
Derived words: undermoneyed
unmoneyed
Translations:
puzzler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: video-games
Etymology: Etymology tree
English puzzle
English -er
English puzzler
From puzzle + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: puzzlers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A puzzling situation or problem.
pos: noun
examples: And reason cannot answer that question, because it exists outside of reason. It’s a puzzler, right? A real head-scratcher? Which brings us back to me.
gloss: A puzzling person.
pos: noun
gloss: A puzzling person.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonyms: riddler, quizzer, setter
gloss: A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.
pos: noun
examples: With the exception of certain handheld titles […], puzzlers (such as the countless Tetris iterations), and download-only games […], two-dimensional gaming has largely become a lost art, alienating many of us who grew up in a 2D virtual world.
gloss: A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.
pos: noun
examples: […] he commits what to a hardened puzzler seems an unforgivable sin when he uses a picture of a two-masted ship followed by HTER for the word BRIGHTER.
Mentally stimulating leisure activities, such as doing crossword puzzles, seem to help keep the brain sharp. […] The puzzlers delayed the onset of accelerated memory loss (a sign of dementia) by an average of 2.54 years.
Related words: jigsaw puzzler
Translations:
puzzlement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From puzzle + -ment.
Base: puzzle
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: puzzlements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The puzzlement caused by the complex system led to great anger.
gloss: A puzzle; something baffling.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Or, larger mothers might have not necessarily more progeny but more fit ones, while smaller size might be an advantage to the males, allowing them to get around faster. Finally, for creatures that continue to grow, perhaps more of the females simply live longer, gaining in stature all the time. “'Tis a puzzlement.”
The diary contains plenty of small puzzlements.
Translations:
northwesterly
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From north + westerly. See also northwestern.
Compound parts: north
westerly
Inflected forms:
form: more northwesterly
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most northwesterly
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: north-westerly
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: more northwesterly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most northwesterly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: north-westerly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: northwesterlies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: north-westerly
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
pos: adj
gloss: Coming from the northwest.
pos: adj
gloss: From the northwest.
pos: adv
gloss: A strong wind or storm from the northwest.
pos: noun
Related words: north-northwesterly
west-northwesterly
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: паўно́чна-захо́дні
roman: pawnóčna-zaxódni
lang: Georgian
word: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის
roman: črdilo-dasavletis
lang: Georgian
word: ჩრდილოდასავლეთის
roman: črdilodasavletis
lang: Georgian
word: ჩრდილო-დასავლური
roman: črdilo-dasavluri
lang: Georgian
word: ჩრდილოდასავლური
roman: črdilodasavluri
lang: German
word: nordwestlich
lang: Hungarian
word: északnyugati
lang: Irish
word: thiar thuaidh
lang: Māori
word: kei te marangai-mā-uru
northwestward
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English northwest
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English northwestward
From northwest + -ward.
Inflected forms:
form: more northwestward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most northwestward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more northwestward
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most northwestward
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In or toward the northwest
pos: adj
gloss: Toward the northwest
pos: adv
Translations:
northwards
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *nér
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros
Proto-Germanic *nurþraz
Proto-West Germanic *norþr
Old English norþ
Middle English north
English north
English -wards
English northwards
From north + -wards.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: northward; in a northerly direction
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.
Antonyms: southwards
Translations:
untreated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English treated
English untreated
From un- + treated.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not treated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The volume of the flame given out by the untreated wood was estimated at three times that given out by the best treated wood.
This short list represents but a few items of an extensive and open-ended list of untreated Indian English lexis.
The thrill of eventually finding a job is quickly offset by her untreated depression.
For instance, MICP-enabled [microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation] bacterial mortar repaired cracks 3.5 times faster than untreated samples, significantly improving strength under high loads.
Antonyms: treated
Translations:
northeastwards
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more northeastwards
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most northeastwards
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more northeastwards
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most northeastwards
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: northeastward
pos: adj
gloss: northeastward
pos: adv
Translations:
northeastward
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English northeast
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English northeastward
From northeast + -ward.
Inflected forms:
form: more northeastward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most northeastward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more northeastward
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most northeastward
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In or toward the northeast.
pos: adj
gloss: Toward the northeast.
pos: adv
Translations:
bedroomed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bedroom
English -ed
English bedroomed
From bedroom + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having the specified kind or number of bedrooms.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unbuilt
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unbilt. By surface analysis, un- + built.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not built.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: One side of the road was entirely unbuilt on and afforded the prospect of a level meadow where hay was made and real animals grazed in due season.
Yerkes created the GNP&BR [Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway] in 1901 by merging two underground railway companies with unbuilt lines - the Great Northern & Strand Railway and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway.
Translations:
contactable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English contact
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English contactable
From contact + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more contactable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most contactable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be contacted.
pos: adj
examples: Steve is contactable on his mobile phone and his pager.
Translations:
uncontactable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English contactable
English uncontactable
From un- + contactable.
Inflected forms:
form: more uncontactable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most uncontactable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not contactable, not having a means by which contact can be made.
pos: adj
Translations:
unfavored
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English unfavored; equivalent to un- + favored.
Base: favored
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: more unfavored
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unfavored
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: unfavor'd
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: unfavour'd
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: unfavoured
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not favoured.
pos: adj
Translations:
EDC
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: EDCs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: EDCing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: EDCed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: EDCed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To carry every day; to carry daily.
pos: verb
examples: Many people love EDCing a utility knife in addition to their multitool.
Should you EDC a bit kit? It may depend on your occupation and on what else is competing to earn a place in your sheath.
Translations:
unfound
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English found
English unfound
From un- + found (“discovered”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not found.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
mins
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: minutes; plural of min
pos: noun
Translations:
Mondays
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Monday
Middle English -es
English -s
English Mondays
From Monday + -s (adverb suffix).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: On Monday; each Monday.
pos: adv
tags: Canada
US
not-comparable
examples: Downtown Library will be open Mondays from 10 am to 6 pm starting Jan. 25.
Delicious is open from 9am to 6pm Mondays to Saturdays and from 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
Translations:
Tuesdays
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Tuesday
Middle English -es
English -s
English Tuesdays
From Tuesday + -s (adverb suffix).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: On Tuesday; each Tuesday.
pos: adv
tags: Canada
US
not-comparable
Translations:
Wednesdays
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: On Wednesday; each Wednesday.
pos: adv
tags: Canada
US
not-comparable
examples: We are closed Wednesdays in the Summer.
Wednesdays we would go bowling.
Translations:
Thursdays
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: On Thursday; each Thursday.
pos: adv
tags: Canada
US
Translations:
unorganised
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English organised
English unorganised
From un- + organised.
Inflected forms:
form: more unorganised
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unorganised
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: unorganized
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Poorly organised, lacking the ability to organise.
pos: adj
tags: UK
gloss: Not organised, not having any arrangement.
pos: adj
Translations: