yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
mailer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *malhō
Frankish *malhabor.
Medieval Latin malader.
Anglo-Norman malebor.
▲
Old French malebor.
Middle English male
English mail
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 mailer
From mail + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: mailers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who sends mail.
pos: noun
examples: Large and frequent mailers may send material on a monthly basis to their house lists, test acquisitions several times a year to drum up new donors, and perhaps do a few special appeals on top of that.
gloss: A computer program that sends electronic mail.
pos: noun
gloss: A packet or container designed for postal use.
pos: noun
examples: The cassette came in a brown paper mailer.
gloss: A mailshot; advertising sent by mail.
pos: noun
examples: Lasky Co., Newark (N. J.) printer, has been using a direct-mail campaign slanted toward this problem. Latest mailer, an oversized post card, has on the address side a colorful drawing of a bird perched on top of a sign post.
Do they recall your latest mailer? Did you ever sell an armoire through ads on hard-rock radio? Find out with low-cost "intercept" surveys of customers as they leave the store.
Do not delete this mailer as information given within may not be repeated in subsequent mailers.
Related words: bubble mailer
e-mailer
Gmailer
hate mailer
junk mailer
mail
padded mailer
self-mailer
Translations:
trepan
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
manufacturing
medicine
mining
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trephine.
Inflected forms:
form: trepans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trepans
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trepanning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: trepanned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: trepanned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
pos: noun
gloss: A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.
pos: noun
gloss: To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To use a trepan; to trephine.
pos: verb
Related words: hole saw
Derived words: microtrepan
trepanned
trepanner
trepanning
trepanize
trepanation
Translations:
trespasser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English trespass
English -er
English trespasser
From trespass + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: trespassers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who trespasses; an interloper.
pos: noun
examples: Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.
The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.
Translations:
vandalization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vandalize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English vandalization
From vandalize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: vandalizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vandalisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: vandalism
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
triathlete
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
English athlete
English triathlete
From tri- + athlete.
Inflected forms:
form: triathletes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An athlete who competes in the triathlon.
pos: noun
examples: This is how Alzheimer's transforms encyclopedians into vegetables, how Parkinson's immobilizes triatheletes.
Translations:
tribune
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
architecture
Etymology: From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”), from tribus (“tribe”).
Inflected forms:
form: tribunes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A military officer in Ancient Rome ranking below a legate and above a centurion, a military tribune.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A protector of the people; a public figure who appeals to and on behalf of the people through oratory.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: The domed or vaulted apse in a cathedral housing the bishop's throne (see).
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of pulpit, a platform, a place or opportunity to express one's opinion
pos: noun
tags: uncommon
examples: The new magazine's goal is to give a tribune to unmarried mothers.
Related words: tribunate
tribunician
tribunitian
Derived words: tribunary
tribune of the plebs
tribuneship
Tribunite
Translations:
mapped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more mapped
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mapped
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been mapped; (graphic design) having had a map projected onto its surface.
pos: adj
Translations:
triglyceride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
Ancient Greek γλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
French -in
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -am
Old French -e
French -e
French -ine
French glycérine
English glycerine
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English glyceride
English triglyceride
From tri- + glyceride.
Inflected forms:
form: triglycerides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats
pos: noun
Translations:
Fritz
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).
Inflected forms:
form: Fritzes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A German person, usually male.
pos: noun
tags: UK
ethnic
offensive
slur
examples: Someone sent up a shout and word came that oil had begun to show on the water—that meant one less submarine afloat! Again the roar of guns—again the shout! Two Fritzes sunk. . . !
Translations:
trilinear
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
English linear
English trilinear
From tri- + linear.
Inflected forms:
form: trilinears
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having, or bounded by, three lines.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A triple (x, y, z) of the algebraic distances of a point to each side of a surrounding triangle
pos: noun
Translations:
trillionth
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English trillion
English -th
English trillionth
From trillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: trillionths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ordinal form of the number one trillion.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: The person or thing in the trillionth position.
pos: noun
gloss: One of a trillion equal parts of a whole.
pos: noun
Translations:
spackle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula.
Inflected forms:
form: spackles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spackles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spackling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: spackled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: spackled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A paste-like substance that fills a gap.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a spackle of guacamole inside a taco shell
gloss: To fill or repair with a plastic paste.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To fill cracks or holes with a spackle.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle
pos: verb
examples: The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.
Derived words: respackle
spackler
unspackled
Translations:
triplicate
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
Inflected forms:
form: triplicates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: triplicates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: triplicating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: triplicated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: triplicated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: The making of three identical copies of something.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The prime minister is a determined centralist in thrall to a tactless and obsessive aide, Cummings, whose skill seems limited to writing slogans in triplicate.
gloss: Each of a set of three identical objects or copies.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Among the six bottles, three of them were pumped every 30 minutes and the three others every 60 minutes. This provided a triplicate of each condition (30 or 60 minutes idle time between pumping).
gloss: To make three identical copies of something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Suppose we duplicate actual numbers that are out in circulation, and perhaps hold over the originals? We can triplicate, quadruple, multiply by a hundred times if it suits our purpose.
gloss: To triple.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: treble
triplicate
Derived words: triplication
Translations:
provisionally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English provisional
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English provisionally
From provisional + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more provisionally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most provisionally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a provisional way; temporarily.
pos: adv
examples: Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.
Translations:
untruthfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English untruthful
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 untruthfulness
From untruthful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Subtlety may indeed effect a victory at the deadening cost of a sin, but timeservingness can only get transitory advantage, while the damage of its untruthfulness leaves its corroding taint behind for ever.
Translations:
headquarter
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: headquarters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: headquartering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: headquartered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: headquartered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To provide (an organization) with headquarters.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
gloss: To establish headquarters.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
examples: As the AANHPI population of the United States continued to grow and diversify following the elimination of most race-based restrictions on immigration, the Organization of Chinese Americans also changed to reflect that growing diversity. In 2013, it renamed itself “OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates” to reflect its work on behalf of all AANHPIs. OCA is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Translations:
nontoxic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der.
Latin toxicum
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin toxicusbor.
French toxiquebor.
English toxic
English nontoxic
From non- + toxic.
Inflected forms:
form: non-toxic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: nontoxics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: non-toxic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not toxic; not poisonous.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The Try Guys, like everyone making a living online, were inevitably shaped by their audience’s desires: They and their fans all had their hands on the Ouija board, and together they conjured a nontoxic brand of masculinity — until Fulmer flicked the lights on, exposing the fantasy.
gloss: A substance that is not toxic.
pos: noun
examples: I've simplified car cleaning to just the basic nontoxics.
The point is that increasingly we'll have two choices: fight lead bans and lose, or learn what nontoxics work for upland birds.
Translations:
off-limits
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not to be entered or used; restricted.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The pond was off-limits to swimmers.
Irregardless, ex-boyfriends are just off-limits to friends. I mean that's just, like, the rules of feminism.
According to Yang, the six islets have been purely military for more than five decades.
"These islets were completely off-limits to civilians, even to Kinmen residents," Yang said.
To Restricted Area
Directions
The restricted area is off-limits to all unauthorized personnel.
It was truly one of the most horrific filming experiences of my career there, contrasting neatly with some of the best of my career - filming in various off-limits storerooms at LTM's Acton Depot.
Translations:
lime-twig
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lime (“referring to birdlime”) + twig. Used in English around the 15th century.
Compound parts: lime
twig
Inflected forms:
form: lime-twigs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lime twig
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A twig smeared with birdlime, used for catching birds.
pos: noun
gloss: A thief.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
obsolete
slang
Derived words: lime-twigged
Translations:
clinically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti
Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō
Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor.
Late Latin clīnicus
French cliniquebor.
English clinic
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 clinical
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English clinically
From clinical + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more clinically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most clinically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically.
pos: adv
gloss: In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.
pos: adv
examples: clinically apparent
Hypokalemia may manifest clinically as fatigue and muscle cramping.
Mild electrolyte disturbances are usually not clinically apparent, but if they worsen, symptoms begin.
Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer.
gloss: At a person's bedside.
pos: adv
examples: a person baptised clinically
Derived words: clinically dead
clinically depressed
nonclinically
paraclinically
Translations:
untruthful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + truthful. Compare Middle English untreuthfull, untrowþeful, wntreuthtfull (“unbelieving, infidel”).
Base: truthful
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: more untruthful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most untruthful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
pos: adj
examples: Cousin, good night; / And whatsoe’er be told of me henceforth, / A most untruthful annalist were he, / Who said I did not love my cousin Anna.
Upon principle it is his aim to exhibit integrity of dealing, honest and godly sincerity to all men; if he fail, it must be in degree, it cannot be in kind; for a false and untruthful mind can never rightly know God; the more we know of him, the more upright and ingenuous, and liberal, and kind, and humane, and generous, must be our conduct to man.
He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings.
gloss: Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.
pos: adj
examples: But what was our astonishment when the “Seven Letters by Anglicanus” made their appearance amongst us, accompanied by the report that you—one of our brethren—was the author of that untruthful, bitter, and malignant publication!
Antonyms: truthful
Derived words: untruthfully
untruthfulness
Translations:
renunciation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
law
Etymology: From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.
Inflected forms:
form: renunciations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises […].
gloss: The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.
gloss: The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: renouncement
abjurement
repudiation
Derived words: nonrenunciation
self-renunciation
Translations:
dotter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dot
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 dotter
From dot + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: dotters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instrument for drawing dots.
pos: noun
examples: Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient.
These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.
Translations:
balletic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ballet
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English balletic
From ballet + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more balletic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most balletic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to or suitable for ballet.
pos: adj
examples: Federer […]played the game with a balletic grace beyond modern compare. He had balance and coordination in spades; he had an iron forehand with a velvet touch; and the footwork of Muhammad Ali.
Translations:
triumphal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.
Inflected forms:
form: more triumphal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most triumphal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or being a triumph.
pos: adj
gloss: That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.
pos: adj
Derived words: triumphal arch
triumphal entry
triumphalism
triumphalist
triumphalistic
triumphally
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: триумфален
roman: triumfalen
lang: Catalan
word: triomfal
lang: French
word: triomphal
lang: Galician
word: triunfal
lang: Greek
word: θριαμβευτικός
roman: thriamveftikós
lang: Hungarian
word: diadalmi
lang: Polish
word: triumfalny
lang: Portuguese
word: triunfal
lang: Russian
word: триумфальный
roman: triumfalʹnyj
lang: Spanish
word: triunfal
troubadour
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur.
Inflected forms:
form: troubadours
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.
pos: noun
examples: Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
“"Not a human, not yet a vampire," to paraphrase one of your contemporary musical troubadours.”
Translations:
troubleshooter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.
Compound parts: trouble
shooter
Inflected forms:
form: troubleshooters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
pos: noun
gloss: A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.
pos: noun
Related words: shoot trouble
troubleshoot
troubleshooting
Translations:
trucking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
media
Etymology: Etymology tree
English truck
English -ing
English trucking
From truck + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: truckings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Trading, bartering.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: This they were wont to use also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have plentie of the same forme of yron.
gloss: the conveyance of freight by trucks.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: Lateral movement of the camera.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: moving quickly
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Truckin,' he says, means moving along with zest and enjoying it
I could've killed that kid. I mean, I was really truckin'. So I blow out my knee to save his life and I'm on the ground in a swastika, and the mother just grabs his hand and keeps walking.
gloss: walking
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Most backpackers don't realize that on every hike, usually without thinking about it, they walk on their stomach - with Vibram-soled boots. The way Napoleon said an army marches on its tum-tum. The food we drop into our stomach is what keeps us truckin'. Body fuel. It supplies calories to keep our legs moving
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I walked away, you saw me trucking. Trucking means walking.
I walk arm in arm with buddies, stepping together like Mr. Natural, trucking along
Truck - Used as a verb, it means to go somewhere. "Let's truck down to the Cotton Club." The etymology of the word seems obvious enough: to truck is to transport or carry, so the sense here is to transport or carry oneself somewhere.
trucking or truckin' moving along at one's own pace, in one's own, individual way. The walking style performed by Mr. Natural in the Zap Comics, drawn by R. Crumb. A term popularized by the Grateful Dead in their 1971 song "Truckin'."
Much of the race wound steeply through mountain passes, and she passed me with a backward-looking grin during the first hours of the race, so you know she was truckin' along pretty well.
I grab my coat, purse, and keys and hightail it out the front door. "Hey that, Crazy Gracie, Where ya headin'?" I slam back against the door, my feet slipping in fright, but it's not long before Clete's obvious presence makes me realize I don't need to run for my life. Today. "Clete you little cotton picker. You scared the shit out of me!" "Sorry, darlin', was gonna ring tha bell but ya came truckin' out like ya were on fire."
Synonyms: freight
Related words: cattle trucking
Translations:
trustworthiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English trustworthy
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 trustworthiness
From trustworthy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: With worrisome patients, it may be in order to predict or prescribe a relapse followed by a rerecovery, a sequence which gives greater confidence in the trustworthiness of the outcome.
Translations:
trusty
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.
Base: trust
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: trustier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: trustiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: trusties
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Reliable or trustworthy.
pos: adj
examples: She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.
gloss: A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
pos: noun
examples: We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.
Translations:
vulgarity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From vulgar + -ity, from Latin vulgaritas.
Base: vulgar
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: vulgarities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being vulgar.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: You will observe that I have not yet indulged myself in calling her by that name, even to you. Think, then, what I must have endured in hearing it bandied between the Eltons with all the vulgarity of needless repetition, and all the insolence of imaginary superiority
gloss: An offensive or obscene act or expression.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A vulgar or obscene word
pos: noun
tags: countable
specifically
Synonyms: scurrility
Related words: vulgar
Translations:
dinky
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y.
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: dinkier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: dinkiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dinkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
pos: adj
tags: UK
informal
examples: How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky.
Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.
I played in the dirt with a small dinky car as the garage held no fascination for a little girl of five.
“Ooh, well, he is a particularly pretty one. Look at his dinky little nose,” said Raj with a sweet smile.
gloss: Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.
pos: adj
tags: US
informal
examples: They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.
gloss: A dinky thing.
pos: noun
gloss: A dinky thing.
pos: noun
tags: Appalachia
Related words: dinky-di
inky-dinky
rinky-dinky
Derived words: dinkily
dinkiness
Translations:
kayaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ
Proto-Inuit *qayaq
Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)bor.
English kayak
English -ing
English kayaking
From kayak + -ing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A water sport involving racing, or doing tricks in, a kayak.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Turnip Rock is located in a portion of eastern Michigan dubbed the Thumb, where 140 miles of coastline and waterfront towns offer a variety of outdoor activities, including biking, walking and kayaking.
Translations:
disband
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). By surface analysis, dis- + band.
Inflected forms:
form: disbands
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disbanding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disbanded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disbanded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.
Having taken a review of his Army at Ardachan, he disbanded his Army, and he himself continu'd his Journey to Erzirum
The British Transport Commission, which was disbanded under the 1962 Transport Act that created the British Railways Board, had been established by Clement Attlee's Labour government at nationalisation 14 years earlier.
gloss: To loose the bands of; to set free.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To divorce.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded.
Related words: disbandment
Derived words: disbander
undisbanded
Translations:
unmindful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English unmyndefull; equivalent to un- + mindful.
Base: mindful
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: more unmindful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unmindful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking awareness; oblivious.
pos: adj
examples: It agrees that redundant services should not be continued but is not unmindful of the fact that too much retrenchment of rail services now may ultimately prove detrimental to the economy of the country.
gloss: Failing to remember, recognize, or pay attention to something; heedless of.
pos: adj
examples: unmindful of his promise
For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps [i.e., moles] nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, […]
We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.
Related words: unmindfulness
unmindfully
Translations:
keynote
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From key + note.
Compound parts: key
note
Inflected forms:
form: keynotes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: keynotes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keynoting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: keynoted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: keynoted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
pos: noun
examples: She delivered the keynote address at the conference.
Innovation was the keynote of the company’s presentation.
keynote speech
keynote speaker
deliver the keynote
gloss: The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
pos: noun
gloss: The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
pos: noun
gloss: To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: keynoter
keynote speech
prenote
Stevenote
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: основна мисъл
roman: osnovna misǎl
lang: Finnish
word: pääaihe
lang: Georgian
word: ლეიტმოტივი
roman: leiṭmoṭivi
lang: Georgian
word: ძირითადი მოტივი
roman: ʒiritadi moṭivi
lang: German
word: Grundgedanke
lang: German
word: Leitgedanke
lang: German
word: Hauptgedanke
lang: German
word: Tenor
lang: German
word: Kernthema
lang: German
word: Hauptthema
lang: Italian
word: argomento
lang: Manx
word: bun-smooinaght
lang: Polish
word: nić przewodnia
lang: Swedish
word: tema
keynoter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English keynote
English -er
English keynoter
From keynote + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: keynoters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A speaker who delivers the keynote speech of a conference.
pos: noun
gloss: The keynote speech itself.
pos: noun
examples: "I have some good memories of past appearances [at NARM], and I'm looking forward to seeing some of my friends there," he says, adding that his keynoter will address "the relationship between technology and new music."
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: pääpuhuja
lang: French
word: orateur principal
lang: Tagalog
word: tagadiwanpati
kiloton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kilo-
English ton
English kiloton
From kilo- + ton.
Inflected forms:
form: kilotons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kilotonne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronym: ton of TNT
That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.
Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.
gloss: One thousand tons.
pos: noun
gloss: One thousand tons.
pos: noun
gloss: One thousand tons.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: megaton < gigaton
Derived words: kilotonnage
multikiloton
subkiloton
Translations:
polka-mazurka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: polka-mazurkas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dance that is musically similar to a mazurka, but which is danced more like a polka.
pos: noun
gloss: A dance tune in slow triple time, accented on the last beat.
pos: noun
Translations:
polje
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *poľe (“field”).
Inflected forms:
form: poljes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia).
pos: noun
Translations:
megaton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s
Proto-Hellenic *mégas
Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der.
English mega-
English ton
English megaton
From mega- + ton.
Inflected forms:
form: megatons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: megatonne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton
The sins of all our fathers, being dumped on us — the sons
The only choice we're given is: How many megatons?
And I eschew you!
And I say: Screw you!
And I hope you're blue, too.
Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon.
gloss: One million tons.
pos: noun
gloss: One million tons.
pos: noun
gloss: One million tons.
pos: noun
examples: Holonym: gigaton
Meronym: kiloton
Derived words: megatonnage
multimegaton
multimegatons
Translations:
kitty-corner
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A variant of cater-corner influenced by cat and kitty.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Cater-corner: located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection.
pos: adv
tags: Canadian-Prairies
Northern-US
not-comparable
examples: Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […].
Translations:
katydid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating.
*
 katydid song: (file)
Inflected forms:
form: katydids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: I have noticed all these, and some at a much earlier date than the first faint lisping of a timid katydid; and all such sights and sounds are similarly suggestive—the summer is drawing to its close.
In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.
Translations:
Polwarth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Polwarths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sheep of a rather large medium-wooled Australian breed, developed from crosses of Merino and Lincoln sheep and noted for ability to withstand damp and cold.
pos: noun
Translations:
xanthate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English xanth-
English -ate
English xanthate
From xanth- + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Inflected forms:
form: xanthates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.
pos: noun
Translations:
stoplight
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From stop + light.
Compound parts: stop
light
Inflected forms:
form: stoplights
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stop light
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
US
gloss: A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking; a brake light.
pos: noun
examples: The rear lamps are combined with the service stoplights and are contained in stoplight part and blackout marker light assemblies at the rear of the vehicle.
Synonyms: traffic light
traffic signal
robot
Translations:
copal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spanish copal, from Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).
Inflected forms:
form: copals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of certain trees of the genus Bursera, commonly used in wood-carving.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 2013, Brian Belcher, Bruce M. Campbell, Anthony Cunningham, Carving out a Future
Bursera aloexylon belongs to the copals, a group of trees recognized within the ethnotaxonomical Nahuatl system […]
Related words: amber
Derived words: Accra copal
Brazilian copal
Cameroons gum copal
Congo copal
copaliferous
copalite
copal tree
East African copal
East Indian copal
gum-copal
gum copal
jackass copal
kauri copal
Madagascar copal
Manilla copal
Niger copal
Sierra Leone copal
Sudan copal
West African copal
West African gum copal
Zanzibar copal
Translations:
zeaxanthin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From New Latin Zea (genus name of Indian corn) + xanthin.
Inflected forms:
form: zeaxanthins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A yellow crystalline carotenoid alcohol that occurs widely with lutein, with which it is isomeric, and is the chief pigment of maize
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
aplasia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: aplasias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A condition marked by the incomplete development, or entire absence, of an organ or tissue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
ultralight
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ultra-
Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der.
Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz
Proto-West Germanic *leuht
Old English lēoht
Middle English light
English light
English ultralight
From ultra- + light.
Inflected forms:
form: ultralights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Extremely light; weighing very little.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An aircraft that weighs very little.
pos: noun
examples: The last time I was at Victoria Falls, ultralights and hang gliders, small planes and helicopters, hot-air balloons and bungee jumpers, gorge swingers and rappelers and cable sliders were jostling for air space above the falls and the canyons that slice through the black basalt below them.
Translations:
aplastic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to aplasia.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to the inability of the body to create new cells, such that tissue cannot grow or regenerate.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: aplastic anaemia
aplastic anemia
aplastic anæmia
Translations:
skene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent”). Doublet of scene and scena.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.
pos: noun
Translations:
cranial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From cranium + -al. By surface analysis, crani- + -al.
Base: cranium
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Synonym of cephalic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: abdominocranial
acranial
acrocranial
basicranial
brachycranial
caudocranial
cerebrocranial
cervicocranial
chondrocranial
circumcranial
cleidocranial
cranial base
cranial index
cranialization
cranial kinesis
cranially
cranialmost
cranial nerve
cranial orbit
dermatocranial
dolichocranial
dorsocranial
ectocranial
eleventh cranial nerve
endocranial
epicranial
exocranial
extracranial
first cranial nerve
fourth cranial nerve
hemicranial
holocranial
hyperbrachycranial
infracranial
intercranial
intracranial
intrauterine cranial decompression
laterocranial
mediocranial
mesocranial
nasocranial
neurocranial
ninth cranial nerve
noncranial
occipitocranial
osteocranial
otocranial
paracranial
pericranial
postcranial
posterocranial
precranial
proximocranial
pterygocranial
quadratocranial
second cranial nerve
seventh cranial nerve
sixth cranial nerve
splanchnocranial
subcranial
supracranial
third cranial nerve
transcranial
twelfth cranial nerve
ventrocranial
viscerocranial
Translations:
anarchic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)
Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ)
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek ἄναρχος (ánarkhos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (ănărkhĭ́ā)der.
New Latin anarchiader.
English anarchy
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English anarchic
From anarchy + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more anarchic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anarchic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, supporting, or likely to cause anarchy.
pos: adj
gloss: Chaotic, without law or order.
pos: adj
examples: Distinctions must be drawn here: love is anarchic, marriage is not.
The first of these is the potential for Central and Eastern Europe to become a region of unfettered and anarchic free market capitalism.
The Uganda Police Force described the planned protests as “potentially anarchic” in a statement on Monday, warning it “shall not tolerate disorderly conduct.”
gloss: Free-spirited; not bound by the rigors or expectations of society.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
uncommon
examples: Lying is just another word for language at its most anarchic, free from any allegiance, or debt, to things as they are.
Frazer comments on this tendency of his text not only directly, in the preface already quoted, but also indirectly, by taking as one of his principal themes various saturnalian festivals that, in their glorification of "general license, during which the ordinary restraints of society are thrown aside" (ibid., p. 666), in effect bring the principle of free play to its supreme, virtually anarchic expression.
Wharton's anarchic celebration of a particular, “ illegitimate," passionate motherhood allows her to launch a devastating critique of "legitimate" family life within marriage and to reveal the centrality of female, sexual desire to her tales and the lives of her characters.
Revisiting The Wild Wigglers signified how anarchic, original and formative this work had been and how it informed and shaped our subsequent choreographic and performative language.
Previously, jazz had encompassed a continual history of supposed death throes—be it the arrival of "sweet," white big-band music; militant bebop; softer cool jazz; or, finally, anarchic free jazz and rock-influenced fusion.
Istanbul was also a simmering cauldron of urban energy: loud, anarchic and quirky as hell.
Synonyms: anarchial
Derived words: anarchically
antianarchic
Translations: