yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
resource
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.
Base: source
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: resources
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: resources
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: resourcing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: resourced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: resourced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
pos: noun
examples: Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.
By French-Style Revolution I don't mean a violent overthrow of the ruling elite as much as a tumultuous reset of how resources and power are distributed. Systems become vulnerable to such resets when they become highly asymmetrical in how they distribute resources and power, and rigid in their defense of the extreme inequality of the distribution.
gloss: A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
pos: noun
examples: a man or woman of resource
This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
gloss: Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
pos: noun
gloss: Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
pos: noun
gloss: To supply with resources.
pos: verb
examples: All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.
Related words: source
means
Derived words: bioresource
crew resource management
electronic resource
e-resource
human resource management
human resources
integrating resource
lexical resource
natural resource
resource curse
resource energy
resource fair
resourceful
resource hog
resourceism
resourceless
resourcement
resource officer
resourceome
resource pig
school resource officer
subresource
uniform resource identifier
Translations:
explicitly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English explicit
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English explicitly
From explicit + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more explicitly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most explicitly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an explicit manner.
pos: adv
examples: The fifth amendment to the United States constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property.
Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.
Antonyms: implicitly
ambiguously
equivocally
vaguely
Translations:
respond
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Etymology: From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.
Inflected forms:
form: responds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: responding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: responded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: responded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: responds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: to respond to a question or an argument
gloss: To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
gloss: To correspond with; to suit.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
gloss: To satisfy; to answer.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
gloss: To be liable for payment.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: A response.
pos: noun
gloss: A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
pos: noun
gloss: A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
pos: noun
Synonyms: respond
answer
retort
answer back
react
rejoin
counter
return
reply
snap back
Related words: responsa
response
responsibility
responsible
responsibleness
responsibly
responsive
responsively
responsiveness
react
Derived words: autorespond
counterrespond
hyperrespond
mechanorespond
misrespond
nonresponding
overrespond
respondee
respondence
responder
responding variable
responsive
thrombospondin
underrespond
unresponded
unresponding
Translations:
publisher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English publish
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 publisher
From publish + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: publishers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
pos: noun
examples: All a publisher has to do is write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work.
gloss: A system or component that allows other components (subscribers) to receive notifications of something, such as an event.
pos: noun
gloss: A preacher who is a Jehovah's Witness.
pos: noun
Derived words: copublisher
desktop publisher
e-publisher
micropublisher
nonpublisher
publisheress
publishership
self-publisher
subsidy publisher
telepublisher
traditional publisher
vanity publisher
Translations:
Adrian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.
Inflected forms:
form: more Adrian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Adrian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the Adriatic Sea.
pos: adj
examples: Adrian billows
Translations:
experimentally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English experimental
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English experimentally
From experimental + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more experimentally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most experimentally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In the manner of an experiment.
pos: adv
examples: The end of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium have bore witness to a remarkable revolution in the way parasite/host biological interactions can be conceptually designed and experimentally studied.
However, before most of this was experimentally and observationally discovered, they were perhaps best known for their “almost unique” ability to squirt ink when harangued, creating a smokescreen before jetting off to safety.
Translations:
interstellar
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Latin stēllārisbor.
English stellar
English interstellar
From inter- + stellar.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Between the stars.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It can take centuries for light to travel interstellar distances.
gloss: Among the stars.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Space is littered with interstellar particles.
Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.
Synonyms: intersidereal
Derived words: interstellar cloud
interstellar comet
interstellar extinction
interstellar medium
interstellar planet
interstellar polarization
interstellar ramjet
interstellar space
interstellar wind
Translations:
Gary
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Ellipsis of Gary Glitter.
Inflected forms:
form: Garys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Gary Glitter (“anus”).
pos: noun
examples: He did him up the Gary, he did.
Translations:
interplanetary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English planetary
English interplanetary
From inter- + planetary.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Existing or occurring between planets.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Humans are just beginning to explore interplanetary travel.
"Come, Diana [a dog]," said he; "come, my girl! thou whose destiny will be marked in the cynegetic annals; […] thou who art rushing into interplanetary space, and wilt perhaps be the Eve of all Selenite dogs! come, Diana, come here."
Him and me, we kind of got to toasting each others good health. Just for cordial interplanetary relations you understand.
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft / Calling occupants of interplanetary / Most extraordinary craft / We've been observing your Earth / And one night we'll make a contact with you
This is the return of the space cowboy / Interplanetary good vibe zone
Translations:
ballpark
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.
Compound parts: ball
park
Inflected forms:
form: ballparks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ballparks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ballparking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ballparked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ballparked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.
pos: noun
tags: US
figuratively
examples: Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details.
Some people say a lie is just a lie / But I say the cross is in the ballpark / Why deny the obvious, child?
But touching his wife's feet and sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't the same fucking ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fucking sport.
gloss: Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: These are ballpark prices: you could give or take a little either way.
gloss: To make a rough estimate of.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: If you don’t have the exact expense total, just ballpark it.
Ballpark what you need in each category and average those amounts by 12 months.
8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg
science has deduced the following: that megalodon was the biggest and baddest of all sharks and, less cinematically, that it had a lower intestine not unlike that of some modern shark species. Scientists estimate its length at around 40 to 50 feet, Alten’s novel bumps it up to 65 feet, and the movie ballparks it at “75 to 90 feet.”
Derived words: all over the ballpark
ballpark estimation
ballpark frank
ballparkish
hit one out of the ballpark
in the ballpark
knock it out of the ballpark
knock one out of the ballpark
ballpark estimate
ballpark figure
Translations:
surveying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English survey
English -ing
English surveying
From survey + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: surveyings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
heavy-hearted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more heavy-hearted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most heavy-hearted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: sad, melancholic.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: The mourners left the funeral heavy-hearted and silent.
He gave a heavy-hearted sigh.
Translations:
heavy-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From heavy + hand + -ed, literally “having a heavy hand”. Compare Middle English hevitime, heviteme (“burdensome, grievous, grave”), from Old English hefiġtīme, hefiġtȳme (“grievous, wearisome, tedious, troublesome”).
Base: heavy
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more heavy-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most heavy-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: heavyhanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Clumsy; awkward.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
examples: Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'
gloss: Excessive; overdone.
pos: adj
examples: Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
However, recently I got a little heavy-handed with the red pepper flakes.
gloss: Lacking subtlety or nuance.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
examples: ...punk “music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper sticker rallying calls and oversimplifications of otherwise complex topics."
gloss: Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
examples: “Heavy-handed, huh? Is that by any chance your way of telling me that I'm a bad communicator?" "No, it's my way of telling you that you obviously haven't shaken the take-charge attitude."
I cite how ineffective heavy-handed training methods are due to the physiological state of high arousal and avoidance behaviors they cause in dogs.
Polls suggest, however, that Beijing’s heavy-handed ways might be backfiring and driving voters to embrace Ms. Tsai. Thousands of Taiwan citizens marched last month against “red media,” or local news organizations supposedly influenced by the Chinese government.
Crowther also distanced the BTP from the heavy-handed approach to the lockdown that other police forces have been accused in the national media of taking.
Related words: hard-handed
iron-handed
Derived words: heavy-handedly
heavy-handedness
Translations:
latitude
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
astronomy
geography
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
photography
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide”), from older stlātus. Possibly related with lateral, though this is uncertain.
Inflected forms:
form: latitudes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes.
Far from the center of Shang civilization, Wu-ch'eng is located well south of the Yangtze at approximately the same latitude as Ch'ang-sha in the west and Wen-chou in the east.
gloss: An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: snow showers in the northerly latitudes
gloss: The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: His parents gave him a great deal of latitude.
"Love!" ejaculated the Comtesse; "And so throw away the chances of a life upon a month of honey!—I say a month, which is allowing a latitude tenderness never took...
gloss: The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: northing
zonal
Derived words: ascending latitude
circle of latitude
colatitude
geolatitude
heliolatitude
high latitude
high-latitude
horse latitudes
interlatitudinal
isolatitude
lat/lon
latitude by account
latitudinal
low latitude
low-latitude
middle latitude
mid-latitude
midlatitude
palaeolatitude
paleolatitude
Translations:
propensity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin prōpensitās. By surface analysis, propense (“inclined, disposed”) + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: propensities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He has a propensity for lengthy discussions of certain favorite topics.
I must own they do dearly delight in a judgment; and sorry am I that I cannot gratify this laudable propensity by specifying some peculiar evil incurred by Mr. Delawarr's ambition, or Lady Etheringhame's vanity.
To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, that, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities.
Here their peculiar propensities manifest themselves in making shibboleths of abstractions, in rationalizing and carrying to extremes certain ambitions which spring from the normal intercourse of men.
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving.
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
Translations:
talkative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk + -ative.
Base: talk
Affixes: -ative
Inflected forms:
form: more talkative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most talkative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to talk a lot.
pos: adj
examples: a talkative girl
a talkative TV show
Tarzan nodded his head. He was a man of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man.
gloss: Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.
pos: adj
Synonyms: chattering
chattery
effusive
gobby
motormouth
nattersome
nattery
prolix
talkative
talky
voluble
wordy
yakky
yappy
Antonyms: dour
monosyllabic
sullen
withdrawn
laconic
taciturn
terse
uncommunicative
mute
quiet
silent
curt
reserved
reticent
Related words: full of hot air
talk
chatter
chatterbox
prattle
Derived words: nontalkative
overtalkative
talkatively
talkativeness
talkativity
untalkative
Translations:
bestseller
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From best + seller.
Compound parts: best
seller
Inflected forms:
form: bestsellers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: best seller
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: best-seller
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A book or other product that has sold in large numbers.
pos: noun
Translations:
sanity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English sanite, sanyte, sanytee, from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitās, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). By surface analysis, sane + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: sanities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being sane.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: preserve one's sanity
lose your sanity
decree someone's sanity
The template is [Richard] Nixon’s “madman theory” of diplomatic engagement – shorthand for prompting your adversaries to doubt your sanity and mental instability to the point where they are intimidated into otherwise unlikely concessions.
gloss: Reasonable and rational behaviour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: buttons
lucidity
lucidness
marbles
mind
saneness
sanity
Antonyms: insanity
unsanity
Related words: sane
Derived words: insanity
lose sanity
nonsanity
sanitary
sanitize
sanity check
sanity test
Translations:
all-day
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Germanic *ala-
Proto-West Germanic *ala-
Old English æl-
Middle English all-
English all-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-?
Proto-Germanic *dagaz
Proto-West Germanic *dag
Old English dæġ
Middle English day
English day
English all-day
From all- + day.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lasting throughout the whole day.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an all-day event
gloss: Available throughout the whole day.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: all-day breakfast
Related words: all-dayer
all-night
Translations:
all-night
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Germanic *ala-
Proto-West Germanic *ala-
Old English æl-
Middle English all-
English all-
Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts
Proto-Germanic *nahts
Proto-West Germanic *naht
Proto-West Germanic *nahti
Old English niht
Middle English nyght
English night
English all-night
From all- + night.
Inflected forms:
form: all-nite
pos: adj
tags: alternative
informal
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: Lasting throughout the whole night (or most of it)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an all-night party
Spite of brown-stone trimmings, plate-glass and mosaic vestibule floors, the water does not rise in summer to the second story, while the beer flows unchecked to the all-night picnics on the roof.
The former G.E.R. all-night service between Liverpool Street and Chingford, at hourly intervals, is revived.
Sherpas from the European Union and 19 countries worked through the week to salvage a meaningful joint statement, culminating in an all-night session on Friday.
Translations:
all-nighter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From all-night + -er = all- + night + -er.
Base: all-night
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: all-nighters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: allnighter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: all nighter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
pos: noun
examples: That party was an all-nighter.
gloss: Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
pos: noun
tags: specifically
gloss: A session with a prostitute covering the entire night.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
gloss: A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
gloss: A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Related words: vigil
Derived words: pull an all-nighter
Translations:
lang: Greek
word: ολονυκτία
roman: olonyktía
lang: Greek
word: ολονυχτία
roman: olonychtía
lang: Polish
word: zarwana noc
undesirable
Part of speech: adj
noun
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 desirable
English undesirable
From un- + desirable.
Inflected forms:
form: more undesirable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most undesirable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: undesirables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not desirable, objectionable or not likely to please.
pos: adj
examples: There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.
Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.
[David] Brog spoke movingly of his immigrant grandfather as a triumph of the assimilationist model—a Romanian Jew who emigrated to America, learned English, and became a good patriotic American—but failed to mention that the 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.
gloss: An undesirable person.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
often
examples: Barskiven Road was The Undesirables. Bad corporation tenants (didn't pay their rents, didn't dig their gardens, let their kids smash up windows) were transferred to The Undesirables until they showed they'd improved. His mother called them scum. Barskiven Road houses had all-metal fittings. Only the window panes could be broken, unless you had a blow-torch. McCann said they'd have them, soon. At the dancing blokes always made jokes if they knew a dame was from The Undesirables. It was supposed to be the worst street in the whole of Kilcaddie.
The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.
The Camden Bench is not an anomaly: more and more, our cities are being designed to keep those deemed as ‘undesirables’ out. By its very nature this is ‘hostile architecture’—urban design with a focus on exclusion, design that inhibits community and tells us who is welcome and who is not.
Antonyms: desirable
Translations:
undetected
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 detected
English undetected
From un- + detected.
Inflected forms:
form: more undetected
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most undetected
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not found; undiscovered.
pos: adj
examples: Children are an increasingly attractive target for ID thieves, in part because they're easy prey for smooth-talking predators in chat rooms, and because the crime can go undetected for years.
For example, positive obstacles such as fallen trees directly along the prescribed path would high-center the vehicle and negative obstacles such as culverts near certain intersections in the Urban course went undetected and became hazards for the XUV.
Translations:
all-star
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: all-stars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of which all members or participants are top performers or celebrities.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonym: superstar (sometimes synonymous)
The pantomime features an all-star cast.
This dream team features an all-star roster.
gloss: A member of a team of star players.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: superstar
gloss: An outstanding achiever; someone considered to be among the best in their field.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonyms: superstar, rockstar (figurative sense)
She is an all-star on an otherwise mediocre team.
Derived words: Provo all-star
Translations:
undeterred
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 deterred
English undeterred
From un- + deterred.
Inflected forms:
form: more undeterred
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most undeterred
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not deterred or put off; undiscouraged.
pos: adj
examples: Undeterred, TfL wants to extend the Elizabeth line to Heathrow Airport, both the north and south from Langley and Staines, and also from the present southeastern limit of Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet.
Translations:
undeveloped
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 developed
English undeveloped
From un- + developed.
Inflected forms:
form: undevelopt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not developed or used.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: These developments, most of which have taken place during the past 30 years, are remarkable in view of the low traffic density, except in the neighbourhood of Oslo, and the very extensive undeveloped areas of mountain and virgin forest.
We now also know adding Valančiūnas also yielded a pair of future second-round picks and another young wing (Cissoko) with positional size (and an undeveloped skill set).
gloss: not built on, unbuilt; not ready for building on
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The message from the authorities is straightforward: undeveloped land within city boundaries should no longer be treated as a passive investment, it must be used productively.
gloss: lagging behind others, especially in economic or social matters
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Running as full of enthusiasm as they can, some undeveloped countries are falling farther behind—their needs are growing faster than their achievements.
Translations:
undiluted
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 diluted
English undiluted
From un- + diluted.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not diluted or mixed with other substances.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pure; unadulterated; free from extraneous elements.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
examples: Boyer's try at stinkerdom was his psychopathic persecution of Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight. The closest MacMurray came to undiluted scalawaggery was as the fall guy in Double Indemnity.
Translations:
undiplomatic
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 diplomatic
English undiplomatic
From un- + diplomatic.
Inflected forms:
form: more undiplomatic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most undiplomatic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: not diplomatic or tactful
pos: adj
gloss: lacking sensitivity or the skill of dealing with others
pos: adj
Translations:
undisciplined
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 disciplined
English undisciplined
From un- + disciplined.
Inflected forms:
form: more undisciplined
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most undisciplined
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: not subjected to discipline, control or correction; uncorrected
pos: adj
gloss: lacking in self-control; ungovernable
pos: adj
Translations:
singing
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.
Base: sing
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: singings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more singing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most singing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
usually
gloss: A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
gloss: A ringing sound in the ears.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my Christian name. [...] In the short space it took to cover the road between the path from Hamilton's shop and the first plank of the Combermere Bridge I had thought over half-a-dozen people who might have committed such a solecism, and had eventually decided that it must have been some singing in my ears.
gloss: Smooth and flowing.
pos: adj
gloss: Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
pos: adj
Derived words: cursive singing
folksinging
nonsinging
singingly
singingness
singing saw
unsinging
Translations:
scenic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French scénique, from Latin scēnicus, alternative form of scaenicus (“of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical, scenic”), from Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).
Inflected forms:
form: more scenic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most scenic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: scenick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: scenics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: scenick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: having beautiful scenery; picturesque
pos: adj
examples: We have plenty of time: let's take the scenic route.
Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.
gloss: of or relating to scenery
pos: adj
gloss: dramatic; theatrical
pos: adj
gloss: A depiction of scenery.
pos: noun
gloss: A scenic artist; a person employed to design backgrounds for theatre etc.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Derived words: scenically
scenic design
Scenic Rim
Translations:
hydroxy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
English oxy
English hydroxy
From hydro- + oxy.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
scenery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.
Base: scene
Affixes: -ary
Inflected forms:
form: sceneries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: scenary
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: View, natural features, landscape.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play, and the reaſon is the ſame for both; to guide the Undertaking, and to preſerve the Remembrance of ſuch things, whoſe Natures are difficult to retain.
Related words: scenescape
sceneshifter
Derived words: borrowed scenery
change of scenery
chew on the scenery
chew the scenery
chew up the scenery
scenery-chewer
scenery-chewing
Translations:
acrylic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From acryl + -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).
Base: acryl
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: acrylics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Containing an acrylic resin.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An acrylic resin.
pos: noun
gloss: A paint containing an acrylic resin.
pos: noun
examples: When it comes to painting, I prefer using acrylics as my medium.
gloss: A painting executed using such a paint.
pos: noun
gloss: A thick sheet of plastic.
pos: noun
gloss: A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin.
pos: noun
Derived words: acrylate
acrylic fiber
acrylic fibre
chloroacrylic
diacrylic
hydracrylic acid
methacrylic
nonacrylic
polyacrylic
modacrylic
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 丙烯顏料 /丙烯颜料
roman: bǐngxī yánliào
lang: Dutch
word: acryl
lang: Dutch
word: acrylverf
lang: Finnish
word: akryyliväri
lang: Polish
word: akryl
lang: Polish
word: farba akrylowa
lang: Slovene
word: akril
lang: Welsh
word: acrylig
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 丙烯畫 /丙烯画
lang: Dutch
word: acrylverftekening
lang: Finnish
word: akryylimaalaus
acrylonitrile
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: acrylonitriles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: These simulations suggest that vinyl cyanide (C₂H₃CN; also known as acrylonitrile or propenenitrile) would be the best candidate species for the formation of these hypothesized cell-like membranes, known as “azotosomes” (2).
Translations:
edify
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).
Inflected forms:
form: edifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: edifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: edified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: edified
pos: verb
tags: past
form: ædify
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To build, construct.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde […]
gloss: To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: frustrate the best endeavours in the edifying of the church
January 23, 1783, Edward Gibbon, letter to Dr. Priestley
It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.
That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
Related words: edification
edificator
edifice
edifier
edifying
Derived words: disedify
reedify
Translations:
colourless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English colour
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English colourless
From colour + -less.
Inflected forms:
form: more colourless
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most colourless
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: colorless
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having little or no colour.
pos: adj
tags: UK
examples: The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
Behind him the hills are open, the sun blazes down upon fields so large as to give an unenclosed character to the landscape, the lanes are white, the hedges low and plashed, the atmosphere colourless.
The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.
gloss: Water white.
pos: adj
tags: UK
gloss: Lacking in interest or variety.
pos: adj
tags: UK
gloss: Neutral in opinion or allegiance; centrist
pos: adj
tags: UK
examples: They cannot, of course, assume a colourless position because they cater to the radical rank and file and would be branded renegades.
Derived words: colourlessly
colourlessness
Translations:
carboxylated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more carboxylated
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most carboxylated
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde.
pos: adj
Translations:
groundnut
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.
Compound parts: ground
nut
Inflected forms:
form: groundnuts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ground nut
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
pos: noun
gloss: Any similar plant having underground tubers.
pos: noun
gloss: The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
pos: noun
gloss: A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).
pos: noun
Related words: earthnut
tree nut
Translations:
polyunsaturated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English un-
English saturated
English unsaturated
English polyunsaturated
From poly- + unsaturated.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having a chemical structure that does not easily change into cholesterol (a substance containing a lot of fat thought to be an important cause of heart disease).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: monounsaturated
saturated fat
Derived words: polyunsaturated fat
polyunsaturated fatty acid
unpolyunsaturated
Translations:
collimate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin collimātus, perfect passive participle of collīmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself originating from a misreading of collīniō, collīneō.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: collimates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: collimating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: collimated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: collimated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
pos: verb
examples: Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.
I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.
However, after a bit of experience, the collimating chore can become routine.[…]Of course, if manufacturers made telescopes whose optics did not move around, you would only have to collimate a telescope once.
Binoculars can be collimated by either eccentric rings on the objective lenses or by tilting the prisms with grub screws (set screws).[…]Always collimate binoculars outdoors, or indoors by looking through an open window.
When calculating the size of the spot created on the retina by the lens of the eye when focusing the energy from a collimated source, the eye is generally considered to be ideal and diffraction limited.
Translations:
vicegerent
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin vicegerens.
Inflected forms:
form: vicegerents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
pos: noun
examples: 1644, Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, or The Law and the Prince, 1846, The Presbyterian's Armoury, Volume 3, 211,
But why are not the kings, even Nero, Julian, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar, vicegerents of Christ, as mediator, as priest, as redeemer, as prophet, as advocate, presenting our prayers to God his father?
1876, The Month, volume 25, 139,
In 1574, James, Cardinal Savelli, the Cardinal Vicar, a prelate most exact in sacred and ecclesiastical ceremonies, appointed him his suffragan, or as it would now be termed, Vicegerent.
1944, Raphael Lemkin, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, 2005 (with new introduction), The Lawbook Exchange, page 100,
The Vicegerent was appointed by royal Italian decree of April 22, 1939. He represents in Albania the absent King and exercises in his name the rights of sovereignty.
1994, Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Islam, Economics, and Society, 2013, Taylor & Francis Group (Routledge), page 25,
By virtue of his freedom, man can either realize his theomorphic virtuality of being God's vicegerent on earth or deny himself this exalted niche by making the wrong choice.
gloss: Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But whom ſend I to judge them? whom but thee / Vicegerent Son, to thee I have transferr'd / All Judgement whether in Heav'n, or Earth, or Hell
Translations:
thirty-two
Part of speech: num
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number after thirty-one and before thirty-three.
pos: num
Translations:
thirty-three
Part of speech: num
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: thirty-threes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number after thirty-two and before thirty-four.
pos: num
examples: Now he’s [Hasan Piker] thirty-three—so old, in streamer years, that his fans call him “un.”
gloss: A phonograph record that rotates at 33+¹⁄₃ revolutions per minute; especially an LP
pos: noun
Translations:
cock-up
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A deverbal from cock up.
Inflected forms:
form: cock-ups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mistake.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
mildly
slang
vulgar
examples: If the zodiac was already developed in 2000 BC, it must have been kept as a cult secret or in some non-Babylonian country; this would be a 1500-year conspiracy theory. More likely is the individual cockup theory, viz. the naivety of Eudoxus himself.
And I'm sorry for all the cock-ups, my cabinet are absolute crap. We'll have to do better next year.
In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.
gloss: A superior letter; a lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
obsolete
examples: The first word of every section or chapter is generally put in small capitals, after a small neat cock-up letter.
gloss: A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
obsolete
examples: Cockernonie, a gathering up of the hair of women, after a fashion similar to that of the modern "chignon," and sometimes called a "cock-up." Mr. Kirkton, of Edinburgh, preaching against "cock-ups"—of which chignons were the representatives a quarter of a century ago—said: "I have been all this year preaching against the vanity of women, yet I see my own daughter in the kirk even now with as high a 'cock-up' as any one of you all."
Synonyms: bun
chignon
Related words: cock up
cocked-up
Translations:
thirty-four
Part of speech: num
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-three and preceding thirty-five.
pos: num
Translations:
thirty-five
Part of speech: num
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-four and preceding thirty-six.
pos: num
examples: Scattered around the contemporary city are thirty other plaques with passages from the Comedy , evoking a range of places Dante had known and moments and persons he had known or heard about in his thirty-five years of Florentine life:
Translations:
thirty-six
Part of speech: num
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-five and preceding thirty-seven.
pos: num
Translations:
thirty-seven
Part of speech: num
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number occurring after thirty-six and before thirty-eight.
pos: num
examples: ‘You know [...] when people are asked to choose a number between one and a hundred, most people choose thirty-seven.’
Translations:
thirty-nine
Part of speech: num
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-eight and preceding forty.
pos: num
Translations: