yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
developmental
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English development
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English developmental
From development + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: developmentals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Related to development.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.
gloss: A trainee flight controller.
pos: noun
examples: Mr. Paguaga said: “We do have a pipeline of people that are developmentals coming into the building.
Translations:
triggered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a motion-triggered alarm
gloss: Angered; agitated.
pos: adj
tags: Internet
not-comparable
examples: Mika: Willie, the Meatball is getting to him. He's obsessed with the Meatball. Although he won't stick with that name.
Willie: No, he likes DeSanctimonious. I don't know. It's a mistake, I think. He's got better.
Mika: Triggered.
Derived words: edge-triggered
level-triggered
phototriggered
pretriggered
untriggered
Translations:
taming
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: tamings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
pos: noun
Translations:
utilized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: utilise
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Being used.
pos: adj
Translations:
citable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cite
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English citable
From cite + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more citable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most citable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: citeable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being, or appropriate to be, cited.
pos: adj
examples: We file suggestions to correct the relevant Wikipedia entries, but are denied for lack of citable sources.
Antonyms: uncitable
Translations:
upgraded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having had an upgrade; having been improved or enhanced.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
propositional
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more propositional
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most propositional
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, or limited to, propositions.
pos: adj
Translations:
keycard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From key (“lock opener”) + card (“piece of plastic”).
Compound parts: key
card
Inflected forms:
form: keycards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: key card
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.
pos: noun
Translations:
premenstrual
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English menstrual
English premenstrual
From pre- + menstrual.
Inflected forms:
form: more premenstrual
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most premenstrual
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to the time period in a girl's life prior to her first experience of menstruation; prepubescent.
pos: adj
Related words: premenstrual syndrome
PMS
premenstrual tension
Derived words: premenstrual dysphoria
premenstrual dysphoric disorder
premenstrually
premenstrual stress
premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual tension
Translations:
compassing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
Etymology: From Middle English compassynge; equivalent to compass + -ing.
Base: compass
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: more compassing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most compassing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: curved; bent
pos: adj
examples: compassing timbers
Translations:
forasmuch
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English for-as-moche, vor asemoche, for as miche, equivalent to for + as + much.
Compound parts: for
as
much
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Inasmuch, seeing (that).
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Foraſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet foorth in order a declaration of thoſe things which are moſt ſurely beleeued among vs[…]
gloss: So far as; with regard to so much as.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: Forasmuch as belongs to that eating, we are neither defrauded of any good by not eating, nor enriched with any good by the eating of the sanctified bread, which, forasmuch as it hath of materials, goes into the belly.
Synonyms: forsomuch
Translations:
surnamed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Bearing a surname.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It may have been that this strange yearning of Pierre for a sister, had part of its origin in that still stranger feeling of loneliness he sometimes experienced, as not only the solitary head of his family, but the only surnamed male Glendinning extant.
Translations:
tartly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tart
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English tartly
From tart + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more tartly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most tartly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a tart manner; sourly or bitterly.
pos: adv
examples: 'And have you nothing for me, duckie?'
'O, you! The back of my hand to you!' said Mrs Kernan tartly.
The next day, the deputy chancellor, Robert Habeck, a Green, said tartly, “I’m pleased that France is thinking about how to increase its support for Ukraine, but if I could give it a word of advice — supply more weapons.”
Translations:
blastula
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From New Latin blastula, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but also of animals”).
Inflected forms:
form: blastulas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: blastulae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.
pos: noun
Translations:
blueschist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From blue + schist.
Compound parts: blue
schist
Inflected forms:
form: blueschists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A metamorphic rock containing glaucophane.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
bluetongue
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From blue + tongue.
Compound parts: blue
tongue
Inflected forms:
form: bluetongues
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: blue-tongue
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The blue-tongue lizard.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
countable
examples: “I don't worry about snakes, blue-tongues, spiders. All I worry about is the mutton-bird.”
gloss: Someone who is as sleepy as a lizard; a lazy person.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
colloquial
countable
Translations:
mimicry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From mimic + -ry.
Base: mimic
Affixes: -ry
Inflected forms:
form: mimicries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mimickry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.
When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.
Translations:
rebid
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: bridge
games
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English bid
English rebid
From re- + bid.
Inflected forms:
form: rebids
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rebidding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rebid
pos: verb
tags: past
form: rebid
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rebidden
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rebids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To bid (command or summon) again.
pos: verb
examples: Alicia was surprised that Stefan had rebidden the Count from the shades.
gloss: To bid again on something.
pos: verb
gloss: To require a new set of bids for.
pos: verb
examples: We had to rebid the contract when accusations of fraud by other competitors occurred.
gloss: To bid a higher value of the current suit.
pos: verb
gloss: A second or subsequent (normally higher) bid.
pos: noun
Translations:
rotated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having undergone rotation about an axis.
pos: adj
examples: This is a rotated view that shows the area of interest more clearly.
Translations:
perceptual
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin perceptus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English perceptual
From Latin perceptus + English -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more perceptual
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most perceptual
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to perception.
pos: adj
examples: Perspective taking is a multidimensional ability that includes understanding not only someone’s visual assessment of reality (their viewpoint), but also their perceptual assessment (their understanding).
Translations:
poking
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: pokings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more poking
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most poking
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is poked.
pos: noun
examples: perfunctory proddings and pokings
gloss: drudging; servile
pos: adj
Translations:
reformatting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: reformattings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is reformatted.
pos: noun
examples: Will frequent reformattings harm a floppy disk?
Translations:
reformat
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English format
English reformat
From re- + format.
Inflected forms:
form: reformats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reformatting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reformatted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reformatted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: re-format
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.
pos: verb
examples: We had to reformat the computer's hard disk to get rid of the virus.
Let's reformat that text to make it easier to read.
Translations:
bordetella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: bordetellas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bordetellae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several gram-negative coccobacilli, of the genus Bordetella, many of which are pathogenic; especially Bordatella pertussis which causes whooping cough and kennel cough.
pos: noun
Translations:
self-awareness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From self- + awareness. Also equivalent to self-aware + -ness, though attested earlier.
Base: awareness
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A personal trait regarding someone's ability to persistently and accurately perceive their presence amongst other people, and their own knowledge and abilities.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: As with any good relationship, readers who have experience with ENM say self-awareness and communication are key to keeping things harmonious.
Antonyms: self-unawareness
Translations:
self-confessed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English confessed
English self-confessed
From self- + confessed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: According to a person's own confession or admission.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: American democracy still prefers candidates to go from door to door and picnic to picnic, shaking hands. Trump is going have to conquer his self-confessed germophobia if he’s going to win
A self-confessed novice in transport policy, it didn't take long for Greenwood to become well acquainted with the subject.
Translations:
self-cleaning
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English cleaning
English self-cleaning
From self- + cleaning.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Cleaning itself or requiring minimal cleaning effort.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: After cooking the thanksgiving turkey we appreciate the self-cleaning oven as it gets really hot and burns off the splattered grease.
The letters "SC" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.
A further disadvantage of the Crosti system is that it is impossible to fit a self-cleaning smokebox.
Translations:
self-absorbed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English absorbed
English self-absorbed
From self- + absorbed.
Inflected forms:
form: more self-absorbed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most self-absorbed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.
pos: adj
examples: I don't want to call him self-absorbed but he was more concerned with the scratch on his car than the people in the car he hit.
Translations:
semipro
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From semi- + pro.
Base: pro
Affixes: semi-
Inflected forms:
form: semi-pro
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: semipros
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: semi-pro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Semiprofessional.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
gloss: Semiprofessional.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
semiprofessional
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
English professional
English semiprofessional
From semi- + professional.
Inflected forms:
form: semi-professional
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: semiprofessionals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: semi-professional
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Paid as a professional but on a part-time basis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or pertaining to a semiprofession.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of close to professional standard; prosumer.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A semiprofessional person.
pos: noun
examples: A lot of cameras have optical zoom and high megapixel counts, but Sony ’s new Cyber-shot HX1 has a few features that might even appeal to semiprofessionals.
Derived words: semiprofessionally
Translations:
self-pollination
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 pollination
English self-pollination
From self- + pollination.
Inflected forms:
form: self-pollinations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
self-image
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 image
English self-image
From self- + image.
Inflected forms:
form: self-images
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: self image
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person's own view of themself and their own character and worth.
pos: noun
examples: In other words, there is a discrepancy between her experiences and her self-image.
It’s to realize that Moon Frye, by cheerfully surveilling her own life, and those first Real Worlders, by agreeing to the constant presence of producers and cameras, were the harbingers of today’s culture, in which self-image is shaped in the expectation of a lens and personhood collates with brand identity.
Translations:
bornite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Born + -ite, named after Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Born.
Base: Born
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: bornites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu₅FeS and is an important ore of copper.
pos: noun
Translations:
cuteness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cute
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 cuteness
From cute + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: cutenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being cute (endearingly attractive).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: It is music of great and quiet charm and proves to be a pleasant discovery after the more superficial cutenesses of Chaminade.
The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]
gloss: acuteness; cunning
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
dated
uncountable
usually
Synonyms: cutesiness
kawaiiness
Derived words: overcuteness
Translations:
borrelia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: For Amédée Borrel, French bacteriologist.
Inflected forms:
form: borrelias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: borreliae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various helically coiled spirochetes, of the genus Borrelia, some of which cause relapsing fever
pos: noun
Translations:
drinky
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English drink
English -y
English drinky
From drink + -y (diminutive suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: drinkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: drinkie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: drink
pos: noun
tags: childish
informal
slang
Translations:
cutely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cute
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English cutely
From cute + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more cutely
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most cutely
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a cute manner
pos: adv
Translations:
muncher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English munch
English -er
English muncher
From munch + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: munchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who munches.
pos: noun
Translations:
skivvy
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Inflected forms:
form: skivvies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: skivvie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: skivy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: skivvies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skivvying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: skivvied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: skivvied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: skivvie
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: skivy
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: And then Somerset looked at the boys′ skivvy, and saw a well set up young woman with a red round face, an angry face just then but underneath the anger a pleasant one.
2002, Krzysztof Miklaszewski, George M. Hyde (translator, editor), Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor, page 143,
The common skivvy from the mortuary clings immoveably to the priest′s bed, which is just as immoveably guarded by the grandmother, who drives her off with a chamberpot. The skivvy is the photographer′s widow, trying to take a picture.
“[…]Yes, that was Mac′s Restaurant and I was a kitchen skivvy there, but amazingly, a kitchen skivvy who had actually written a poem. Oh it′s all a very long time ago, Theresa, and so much has happened since then.”
gloss: A prostitute.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A close-fitting, long-sleeved T-shirt with a rolled collar.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
US
examples: Then dark blood squirts from a little hole in Sergeant Gerheim's chest. The red blood blossoms into his white skivvy shirt like a beautiful flower.
I put my wetsuit and skivvy on a tree to dry, and laid out my other gear on some grass.
‘He looks so good. He shouldn′t be allowed to wear a black skivvy. Doesn′t he have the most amazing muscles?’
The button-down shirts and plain coloured skivvies were replaced by beads, fringed shawls and loose fitting Asian-style tops.
gloss: To perform menial work; to do chores, like a servant.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We went out by turns, or sent out the apprentices who skivvied for us, to fetch in roast pork […]
‘My mother was right. “It’ll take the war for the buggers to realize how important we are,” she used to say, “but as soon as Hitler hangs his clogs up we’ll be back skivvying and scurrying like there’s nothing in our heads.”’
He saw no mother but a washerwoman at her skivvying and the dirt-faced children that would be clinging to her skirts.
Related words: polo-neck
Derived words: skivvy house
Translations:
slowdown
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slow downdeverb.
English slowdown
Deverbal from slow down.
Inflected forms:
form: slowdowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slow-down
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production, economic activity, etc.
pos: noun
Translations:
shoeshine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From shoe + shine.
Compound parts: shoe
shine
Inflected forms:
form: shoeshines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of polishing shoes.
pos: noun
examples: Some other interesting, if typically American, developments referred to as 'service enhancements' included, for the sleeping car rider, pillows in the seats for 'daytime comfort', morning tea or coffee, newspaper, and even a shoeshine!
gloss: One who polishes shoes.
pos: noun
examples: Walking back, I passed that crazy shoeshine guy again. On impulse, I did an about-face, climbed up onto his platform, and sat. I was nothing more than a pair of shoes to him, and he went to work without so much as an upward glance. But as it turned out, he hadn't been mumbling to himself, as I'd assumed; he'd been rapping. He rapped under his breath while he shined my shoes. I caught a little of it: Calvin Klein no friend of mine, don't want nobody's name on my behind . . ." When he finished, he rose from his stool. "Five dollar," he said, looking over my shoulder.
I handed him two fives. "One for the shine, the other for the performance," I said, at which point he did look at me. I figured he'd return my smile, but instead he nodded, blank-faced, stuffed the bills into his pocket, and gave me his back.
gloss: The shiny finish on shoes that have been polished.
pos: noun
Related words: shoe brush
shoe-leather
shoe polish
Derived words: shoeshine boy
shoeshine brush
shoeshine girl
Translations:
short-range
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: shortrange
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Intended for use on something close or nearby.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: long-range
Translations:
showiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English showy
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 showiness
From showy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: showinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being showy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
showery
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English shower
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English showery
From shower + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: showerier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: showeriest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.
pos: adj
examples: A gentleman goes forth on a showery and miry day. He returns immaculate in the evening with the gloss still on his hat and his boots.
The sun came out after what had been a showery morning, allowing the celebration to take place in the garden.
gloss: Of or relating to a shower or showers.
pos: adj
examples: Over their heads a crystal firmament, / Whereon a sapphire throne, inlaid with pure / Amber, and colours of the showery arch.
She knew exactly how each of these trees would talk if only she could wake them, and what sort of human form it would put on. She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about her face, and fond of dancing.
Derived words: showeriness
Translations:
shorthorn
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From short + horn.
Compound parts: short
horn
Inflected forms:
form: shorthorns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Describing cattle that have distinctively short horns.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: One of a breed of cattle, originating in England, with distinctively short horns (in contrast to longhorn cattle).
pos: noun
Translations:
singable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sing
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 singable
From sing + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more singable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most singable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being sung.
pos: adj
examples: Alix has a consistent style but she's a fantastic writer of melodies, and every tune stands on its own. What she does best is to take highly verbal, lyric-centered songs and make them musical, catchy, and singable.
Translations:
sit-down
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sit downdeverb.
English sit-down
Deverbal from sit down.
Inflected forms:
form: sit-downs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It's nice to have a proper sit-down meal, rather than just a sandwich on the go.
gloss: An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
pos: noun
examples: I need a sit-down and a nice cup of tea.
Let's have a sit-down and talk about this properly.
gloss: An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
pos: noun
gloss: A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
pos: noun
examples: The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.
I helped organize a sit-down outside an Oxford hairdressers' shop that refused black female customers.
Related words: sit-up
situp
Derived words: sit-downer
Translations:
lang: German
word: Sitzpause
lang: German
word: Beisammensein im Sitzen
lang: German
word: Zusammensitzen
lang: German
word: Zusammenkunft im Sitzen
short-winded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more short-winded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most short-winded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath.
pos: adj
gloss: Hasty, breathless; rushed.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: it is […] what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and shortwinded elations of men.
gloss: Concise and to the point.
pos: adj
Related words: shortness of breath
Derived words: short-windedness
Translations:
shut-in
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English shut indeverb.
English shut-in
Deverbal from shut in.
Inflected forms:
form: shut-ins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
pos: noun
examples: He visited shut-ins as a good deed.
gloss: A narrow river gorge confined by resistant rock layers; a type of rock formation in which a stream is confined to a narrow bed of resistant stone.
pos: noun
examples: A shut-in is a geological feature similar to a gorge that “shuts-in” the river.
Related words: housebound
shutup
Translations:
shutoff
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English shut offdeverb.
English shutoff
Deverbal from shut off.
Inflected forms:
form: shutoffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shut-off
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A valve used to turn something off.
pos: noun
examples: The fire raged for hours because they were unable to reach the shutoff for the gas line.
gloss: The act of turning something off.
pos: noun
examples: The letter warned of an impending shutoff if payment was not made promptly.
Related words: shut down
shut off
Translations:
serviceability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: From serviceable + -ity or service + -ability.
Base: serviceable
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: serviceabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being serviceable, of being useful for some function.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The property of being able to be serviced.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The train had poor serviceability; its mechanical parts were hard to access.
gloss: The ability of an individual to make repayments on a loan.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
uncountable
usually
Derived words: unserviceability
Translations:
step-by-step
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more step-by-step
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most step-by-step
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: step-by-steps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Proceeding from one step to the next in sequence.
pos: adj
examples: The step-by-step directions walked me through the assembly, but identifying the parts was still hard.
Purchasing TON through a CEX is a straightforward process. As of June 2024, TON isn’t supported on other prominent exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance and Kraken. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to buy Toncoin using an example of Gate.io: […]
gloss: A step-by-step guide.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Wiktionary provides great step-by-steps on how to create a complete dictionary entry.
Translations:
derided
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more derided
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most derided
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery.
pos: adj
examples: […] but while they own what G. Fox hath written, and that he writ it with a perfect spirit: I say untill they do make some Recantation or Retractation: or shew the Reasons why they doe not, H. Norton who keeps more plainly to his Principles is to windward of them, and the Foxians do but strip themselves naked to be more derided and scorned as the more notorious Juglers and Dissemblers .
There is nothing more derided than the raptures of a young affection.
Moreover, the legacy of anti-Asian racism has meant that even relatively modest efforts on foreign policy have been, as Paul Watanabe notes, "more discouraged than encouraged, more derided than applauded."
Translations:
standpipe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From stand + pipe.
Compound parts: stand
pipe
Inflected forms:
form: standpipes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.
pos: noun
gloss: A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: The plumbing for a water supply in a building for the use of firefighters; the water supply itself (firewater).
pos: noun
examples: dry standpipe
wet standpipe
gloss: A freestanding pipe fitted with a tap which is installed outdoors to dispense water for everyday use.
pos: noun
Related words: fire hose
hosepipe
Translations:
lang: German
word: Steigleitung
lang: German
word: Steigrohr
lang: Polish
word: wodociąg poziomy
self-deception
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 deception
English self-deception
From self- + deception.
Inflected forms:
form: self-deceptions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
self-fertilization
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 fertilization
English self-fertilization
From self- + fertilization.
Inflected forms:
form: self-fertilizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: self-fertilisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The fertilization of a plant by itself; self-pollination, autogamy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
Translations:
self-explanatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English explanatory
English self-explanatory
From self- + explanatory.
Inflected forms:
form: more self-explanatory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most self-explanatory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself.
pos: adj
Translations:
tinware
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tin
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English tinware
From tin + -ware.
Inflected forms:
form: tinwares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Household items such as utensils, pots, and pans made from tin, generally before the development of metals with other benefits.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
tinman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tin
English -man
English tinman
From tin + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: tinmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A maker of tinware; a tinsmith.
pos: noun
examples: He seemed to feel quite at home at the tinman's, although they were hammering and tapping away there all day, but people said that the gudewife put a dish of porridge up in the garret for him every Thursday evening; and it's no wonder that they got on well and became rich when they had a brownie in the house.
But if there are gipsies or tinmen about we shall have to keep our eyes open after anything they can lay their hands on.
gloss: A dealer in tinware.
pos: noun
Translations:
sentimentalize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sentiment
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English sentimental
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English sentimentalize
From sentimental + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: sentimentalizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sentimentalizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sentimentalized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sentimentalized
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To give a sentimental feel to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump.
gloss: To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: he learnt to sentimentalize over cathedrals and monasteries , pictures and statues , saints and kaisers
Derived words: oversentimentalize
sentimentalizer
unsentimentalized
Translations:
sho
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 笙 (shō).
Inflected forms:
form: shos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.
pos: noun
examples: The arrangement of pipes symbolizes the folded wings of the mythical phoenix, whose cry the shō's sound is said to represent.
Translations:
cumulant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: cumulants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a set of parameters of a one-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form
pos: noun
Translations:
pilaster
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro. Equivalent to pillar + -aster.
Base: pillar
Affixes: -aster
Inflected forms:
form: pilasters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pilastre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
pos: noun
gloss: A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.
pos: noun
Related words: buttress
Derived words: interpilaster
pilastered
pilasterlike
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: որմնասյուն
roman: ormnasyun
lang: Belarusian
word: піля́стра
roman: piljástra
lang: Catalan
word: pilastra
lang: Dutch
word: pilaster
lang: Dutch
word: wandpilaster
lang: Finnish
word: pilasteri
lang: French
word: pilastre
lang: German
word: Pilaster
lang: Hungarian
word: pilaszter
lang: Italian
word: parasta
lang: Persian
word: جرز
roman: jerz
lang: Polish
word: pilaster
lang: Portuguese
word: pilastra
lang: Romanian
word: pilastru
lang: Russian
word: пиля́стра
roman: piljástra
lang: Russian
word: пиля́стр
roman: piljástr
lang: Spanish
word: pilastra
lang: Ukrainian
word: піля́стр
roman: piljástr
lang: Ukrainian
word: піля́стра
roman: piljástra
firebox
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From fire + box. In the sense of a redheaded woman, from box (“vagina”).
Compound parts: fire
box
Inflected forms:
form: fireboxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
pos: noun
examples: The firebox married to Britannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2." […] Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
gloss: The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
pos: noun
gloss: A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
Related words: red cunt hair
Translations:
bullwhip
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bull + whip.
Compound parts: bull
whip
Inflected forms:
form: bullwhips
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bullwhips
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bullwhipping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bullwhipped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bullwhipped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use with livestock.
pos: noun
gloss: To beat with a bullwhip.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
beta-peptide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: beta-peptides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any artificial peptide made from beta-amino acids; used in some antibiotics in an attempt to counter resistance.
pos: noun
Translations:
maximal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From maximum + -al.
Base: maximum
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: max.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: maximals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: max.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
pos: adj
examples: The organification of iodide in the thyroid gland was described using a second order rate constant (KthybindC, /nmol/L*hr/kg thyroid weight) fitted to provide thyroidal iodide stores near the maximal value, which increased with age.
In the dependency graphs above, we can see that the maximal number of incomplete dependencies in each structure is five, while processing the most embedded noun[…].
gloss: Larger than any previous term in the sequence.
pos: adj
examples: In the sequence (1, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6), the fifth term, f(5) = 12, is a maximal term, as each of the first 4 terms are smaller than 12.
gloss: Such that no other element is greater (with respect to the given partial order).
pos: adj
examples: With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the set #92;#123;#92;#123;2#92;#125;,#92;#123;1,2#92;#125;,#92;#123;2,3#92;#125;#92;#125; has two maximal elements: #92;#123;1,2#92;#125; and #92;#123;2,3#92;#125;
gloss: The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
pos: noun
gloss: Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).
pos: noun
gloss: Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula φ, the set contains either φ or ~φ.
pos: noun
Synonyms: maximum
Related words: maximative
Derived words: bimaximal
halfmaximal
maximal ideal
maximalism
maximalist
maximality
maximalize
maximally
maximal munch
multimaximal
nonmaximal
perimaximal
postmaximal
premaximal
submaximal
supermaximal
supramaximal
tribimaximal
trimaximal
ultramaximal
Translations:
booster
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English boost
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 booster
From boost + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: boosters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boostering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boostered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boostered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To give a booster shot to; to boost.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "Hey guys, on the first day of our holiday break I tested positive for Covid. I was vaccinated and boostered which made me lucky enough to only have mild symptoms," he wrote beside a photo that showed him sitting alone inside a testing room wearing a mask.
What I would prefer over hazard pay would be for every one of our patients to get vaccinated and boostered, as we request constantly. That would be what would make me happy.
Translations:
collusive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin collūs- + -ive, from Latin collūdere, from con- + lūdere.
Affixes: -ive
Inflected forms:
form: more collusive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most collusive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose.
pos: adj
examples: Do not trust to what the French papers say about it. All their encomiums are collusive.
For purposes of evaluating monopsony cases from the standpoint of economic efficiency, it makes sense to adopt a "purpose"-oriented classification system. After all, all monopsony cases can be reduced to either a unilateral or collusive use of buying power in order to promote the interests of the buyer.
Depending on whether they are collusive or competitive, oligopolies can be more like monopolies or more like perfect competition, respectively, as a Khan Academy video explains.
Translations:
collared
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
Etymology: From Middle English colered, colleryde; equivalent to collar + -ed.
Base: collar
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of a person, committed to submit to a particular dominant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: blue-collared
collared anteater
collared antshrike
collared aracari
collared carpetshark
collared carpet shark
collared crescentchest
collared crow
collared dove
collared flycatcher
collared lemming
collared lizard
collared peccary
collared pratincole
Eurasian collared dove
golden-collared honeycreeper
golden-collared manakin
radio-collared
red-collared lorikeet
red-collared widowbird
rufous-collared sparrow
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: acollarado