yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
back-countersink
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: engineering
machining
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From back- + countersink.
Base: countersink
Affixes: back-
Inflected forms:
form: back-countersinks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: back-countersinking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: back-countersank
pos: verb
tags: past
form: back-countersunk
pos: verb
tags: past
form: back-countersunk
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: back-countersinks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To countersink from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), countersinks the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).
pos: verb
examples: We won't need any second operation on these parts. We're going to back-counterbore and back-countersink all of these features on the backside.
gloss: A countersink that is so made.
pos: noun
examples: There's no second operation on these parts. The backside features are all back-counterbores and back-countersinks.
Translations:
Belgo-British
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Belgo- + British.
Base: British
Affixes: Belgo-
Inflected forms:
form: Belgo-Britishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, belonging to, or involving both Belgium, and England (or Britain).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An Belgian-English; an English of Belgian heritage.
pos: noun
Translations:
Godzilla-ish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Godzilla + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Godzillaesque.
Base: Godzilla
Affixes: -ish
Inflected forms:
form: more Godzilla-ish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Godzilla-ish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Godzillaish
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional monster Godzilla; massive; powerful, etc.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: Ingredients the second time around include eight phony ghosts and one real, Godzilla-ish ghost, all of which haunt the Righteous Villa—the real ghost (or "giant corpse" or "huge creature") has a touch also, [...]
Once, Mama's headpiece features a snake-like (well, it wasn't really that snake-like but it definitely wasn't Godzilla-ish) thing on her head and Maro-chan is just clinging to the side of her head, frightened.
Honestly I don't like the Japanese music either, too Godzilla-ish alot of the time but that's my opinion.
There's another huge explosion and a mechanical Godzilla-ish roar, fireballs (and a car) flying through the air, followed by the head of the Statue of Liberty rolling down the street.
They include a Native American, a caveman, an undead soldier, a samurai, and a rubbery Godzilla-ish creature with one eye.
My stomach made a remarkably Godzilla-ish noise and I rolled over to try and muffle it.
I countered that SimCity had included a robust variety of natural disasters, including tornadoes, earthquakes, and non-copyrighted Godzilla-ish monsters who stomped through buildings with abandon.
Translations:
card-battler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: video-games
Inflected forms:
form: card-battlers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: card battler
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A genre of tabletop and video games in which the goal is to defeat one's opponent with a constructed deck of cards.
pos: noun
examples: Like its PSone predecessor, Roses is a card-battler based on the cartoon and trading-card franchise–but this time we're promised an all-new dueling system, which should be a relief to anyone who played the awful first game.
The turn-based card-battler is set in the expansive PSO universe, and the action will take place both online and offline.
Magic Duels is the first official mobile adaptation of the popular Magic: The Gathering card battler.
Translations:
Greektown
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Greek + town.
Compound parts: Greek
town
Inflected forms:
form: Greektowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A district of a city or town (in a country other than Greece) in which there is a large concentration of Greeks or people of Greek ancestry.
pos: noun
Translations:
med-peds
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Med-Peds
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Syllabic abbreviation of internal medicine–pediatrics: a residency program and medical specialty in the United States that encompasses training in both internal medicine and pediatrics.
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
Translations:
meta-irony
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From meta- + irony.
Base: irony
Affixes: meta-
Inflected forms:
form: meta-ironies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Irony about irony; something which is ironic about its being ironic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A variant of post-irony where something nominally earnest is presented as if it were ironic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An instance of irony that doesn't allow deciphering the actual state of affairs being its object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
character-assassinate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from character assassination.
Inflected forms:
form: character-assassinates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: character-assassinating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: character-assassinated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: character-assassinated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: character assassinate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To damage the reputation of (someone) by malicious discourse.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Michelle Phillips is a writer who character-assassinates herself—and occasionally others—in passing. Reading her view of herself in the rear-view mirror is like witnessing that most casual of car accidents, so common on the California freeways, the side swipe.
“He was murdered twice.” First he was targeted (while en route to testify to a grand jury) by mob hit men and shot in that stairwell. Then he was character-assassinated as the Arizona real estate crime wave drew intense scrutiny.
Anything more ambitious than an interesting collar is wasted on a video call, and, anyway, no one is looking at you, they’re too busy character-assassinating you based on the bookshelves behind you.
Translations:
counter-apologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From counter- + apologist.
Base: apologist
Affixes: counter-
Inflected forms:
form: counter-apologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: counterapologist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Someone who engages in counter-apologetics.
pos: noun
Translations:
NWOT
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Initialism of new without tags.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of an item, brand new, but lacking its original tags or retail packaging.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
cross-correlate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cross-correlates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cross-correlating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cross-correlated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cross-correlated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To produce or exhibit a cross-correlation.
pos: verb
Translations:
cool-skink
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cool-skinks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various skinks that live in relatively cool climates.
pos: noun
Translations:
short-grain
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Inflected forms:
form: shorter-grain
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: shortest-grain
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: short-grained
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of rice, characterized by its small, plump and rounded grains, typically shorter than 5.5 mm.
pos: adj
Translations:
neo-royalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: political-science
social-sciences
Etymology: Described by political scientists Stacie E. Goddard and Abraham Newman.
Inflected forms:
form: neoroyalism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A modern form of royalism where politics serve narrow personalist interests rather than national objectives.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: To resist neo-royalism the first step is to “name the reality,” as Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada warned at Davos.
Translations:
neo-royalist
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more neo-royalist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most neo-royalist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: neoroyalist
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to neo-royalism.
pos: adj
examples: Mr. Trump’s approach is not just chaos or, as many people have commented, an updated version of 19th-century great-power competition. He is pursuing something more out of the 16th-century, what we call neoroyalist international politics.
In a neo-royalist system, sovereigns do not recognise these types of limits to their power.
Translations:
off-script
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
Inflected forms:
form: more off-script
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most off-script
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: off script
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Saying words that are different than those that are written on a script.
pos: adj
tags: attributive
Translations:
Pocono
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the Poconos (mountain range of Pennsylvania).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the Pocono district
Translations:
thumb-sized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more thumb-sized
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most thumb-sized
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: miniature
pos: adj
examples: His 1,200 closest friends immediately concurred. Maybe these thumb-sized shows remain one-offs in-between world tour legs, or maybe they get a long run of their own dates, in non-coastal cities.
Translations:
pair-oar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: pair-oars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A boat rowed with two oars.
pos: noun
examples: That evening he went out with a man in a pair oar, and was rowed to a standstill.
Translations:
young-lady-like
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From young lady + -like.
Base: young lady
Affixes: -like
Inflected forms:
form: more young-lady-like
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most young-lady-like
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: young ladylike
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: young-ladylike
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of a young lady.
pos: adj
examples: You, who do not love writing, cannot think that any one else does: but I am sorry to say that I have a very young-lady-like partiality to writing to those that I love……
This is not a very novel incident, but young ladies like stories of love and murder, and Miss Fidler’s tastes were peculiarly young-lady-like.
In that post-war moment of class mobility and a burgeoning popular youth culture, she was able to represent modernity and liberation, while remaining respectably 'young-lady-like'.
Related words: ladylike
Translations:
close-grained
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From close + grained.
Compound parts: close
grained
Inflected forms:
form: more close-grained
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most close-grained
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of material, especially wood or stone, having a dense, compact structure featuring fine texture and narrow growth rings or small cells.
pos: adj
Translations:
bulk-add
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: bulk-adds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bulk-adding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bulk-added
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bulk-added
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bulk add
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To add or input many items at once, instead of entering or creating them one by one.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
B-field
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: B-fields
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of magnetic field
pos: noun
Translations:
H-field
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
form: H-fields
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An auxiliary vector field that describes the driving magnetic influence produced by free currents, independent of the material's response.
pos: noun
Translations:
non-nondescript
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + nondescript.
Base: nondescript
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: nonnondescript
pos: adj
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: Not nondescript.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
weird-looking
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compound of weird + looking.
Inflected forms:
form: more weird-looking
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most weird-looking
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: weird looking
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: weirdlooking
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having an odd appearance.
pos: adj
Translations:
zero-tillage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of no-till.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
zero-till
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of no-till.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
zero-tilled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of no-tilled
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
work-harden
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: work-hardens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: work-hardening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: work-hardened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: work-hardened
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To harden (a material) by work hardening.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
flower-smoke
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The smoking of opium, in the context of China.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
historical
uncountable
examples: flower-smoke room
flower-smoke house
flower-smoke brothel
Translations:
prock
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: procks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An imaginary creature similar to the guyascutus or the sidehill gouger.
pos: noun
Translations:
quick-firer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: quick-firers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A gun able to fire many shots in rapid succession.
pos: noun
Translations:
whoo-hah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: whoo-hahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thing or person, especially genitals.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
euphemistic
examples: I ignored all the whoo-hahs asking dumb questions.
He took my dog to get his whoo-hahs cut off.
Translations:
rhyme-tag
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: literature
media
publishing
Inflected forms:
form: rhyme-tags
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A word or short phrase chosen to rhyme with a preceding line.
pos: noun
Translations:
bandy-bandy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From an indigenous dialect of Kattang, from the Taree region, New South Wales.
Inflected forms:
form: bandy-bandies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the genus Vermicella of venomous elapid snakes.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of the genus Vermicella of venomous elapid snakes.
pos: noun
tags: especially
Translations:
push-to-pass
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A mechanism on a race car allowing the driver to increase the car's power for short periods, usually via a button on the steering wheel.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
non-licentious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + licentious.
Base: licentious
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: nonlicentious
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not licentious.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Slavish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Slav + -ish, probably after German slawisch.
Base: Slav
Affixes: -ish
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Any of various Slavic languages, especially Old Church Slavonic.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
arbitary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to arbitration; possessing the authority of an arbiter.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But if Prometheus is guilty, Zeus is also guilty. […] Tyrant-like, he keeps justice in his own hands, and his arbitary pleasure takes the place of law.
Translations:
rope-jump
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: rope-jumps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of jump rope (“a single jump in game or activity of jumping rope, counted as a measure of achievement”)
pos: noun
Translations:
hill-holder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hill-holders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device in a motor vehicle that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier for a stationary vehicle to start uphill.
pos: noun
Translations:
half-remember
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From half- + remember.
Base: remember
Affixes: half-
Inflected forms:
form: half-remembers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: half-remembering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: half-remembered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: half-remembered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To vaguely or unclearly remember.
pos: verb
examples: Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me. I so often wondered how she could be Atticus’s and Uncle Jack’s sister that I revived half-remembered tales of changelings and mandrake roots that Jem had spun long ago.
Translations:
gaba-gaba
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The leaf stems of the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The houses were mostly well built, of wooden framework filled in with gaba-gaba (leaf-stems of the sago-palm), but as they had no whitewash, and the floors were of bare black earth like the roads, and generally on the same level, they were extremely damp and gloomy.
Translations:
pepperoni-less
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pepperoni + -less.
Base: pepperoni
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
form: pepperoniless
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Without pepperoni.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: “A lot of people are mad at me and ask me when I’m going to open,” he [Dominic Giansanti] said recently, maybe only half-jokingly. After all, it’s been a long, spiceless, pepperoni-less summer for his customers.
“What’s in pizza?” The concept had taken hold — pizza was the missing link in the chain of life, and the gravity of safeguarding world ecology began to weigh on those small, dirty shoulders. Meanwhile, I was laughing shamelessly and trying to formulate an intelligent warning about a future with cheese-less and pepperoni-less pizzas.
“The pepperoni is moldy so you’ll need to bring home other meat if you want it.” Other meat? As if I’d have any other meat besides Hormel pepperoni on my pizza. But I had had a hard day, so I skipped a trip to the store and opted to eat a pepperoni-less pizza, just this once.
Translations:
quarter-hearted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From quarter + hearted, by analogy with halfhearted.
Compound parts: quarter
hearted
Inflected forms:
form: more quarter-hearted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most quarter-hearted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Less than half-hearted.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: […]complete with a back flap featuring a few curiously damning remarks of endorsement, as solicited and acquired from those 'name' poets and writers who have no compunction about commenting in public on their fellow-artists' works (customarily reserving their more deeply quarter-hearted commendations for their friends, suspected inferiors, foreigners, fly-by-night oddities, and toilers in another field), […].
The trouble lay, it concluded, in a lack of institutional reforms, or rather, in the breakdown of quarter-hearted reforms, causing the price of rice, in spite of surpluses, to triple in three years.
She gave a halfhearted wave. He returned a quarter-hearted wave and went back to whatever he'd been doing before he spotted her.
Translations:
quarter-heartedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From quarter + heartedly, by analogy with halfheartedly.
Compound parts: quarter
heartedly
Inflected forms:
form: more quarter-heartedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most quarter-heartedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a quarter-hearted manner.
pos: adv
tags: idiomatic
examples: I tried to play the game—whole-heartedly at first, then half-heartedly, then quarter-heartedly.
Alfonso despises Annetta, Annetta despises Alfonso, and they continue to court each other quarter-heartedly.
My ex, Nick, an introvert, danced with me once in five years: quarter-heartedly, for thirty-eight seconds, at his best friend's wedding, and only after I'd threatened to embarrass him by dancing on my own if he didn't.
Translations:
self-survival
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + survival.
Base: survival
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of self-preservation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: PirateSoftware's behavior is being labeled as "roaching out" online, that is, partaking in a conservative and passive playstyle that focuses on self-survival rather than taking an assertive and engaged role.
Translations:
sub-sub-sub-subbasement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sub-sub-sub-subbasements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A basement located beneath a sub-sub-subbasement.
pos: noun
Translations:
RY
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
sea-sickening
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of seasickness
pos: noun
Translations:
Weirdo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: lifestyle
Etymology: Blend of Weir + weirdo
Compound parts: Weir
weirdo
Inflected forms:
form: Weirdos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A superfan of American science-fiction author Andy Weir.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
first-rater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From first-rate + -er.
Base: first-rate
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: first-raters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or thing that is first-rate; a fine example of its kind.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
Translations:
e-cyclist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: e- + cyclist
Base: cyclist
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
form: e-cyclists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who rides an e-bike.
pos: noun
Translations:
e-rental
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + rental
Base: rental
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The rental of goods by means of an electronic transaction.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
e-hire
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + hire
Base: hire
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of e-rental.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
soft-brick
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: soft-bricks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: soft-bricking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: soft-bricked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: soft-bricked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause (an electronic device) to fail to operate while still showing signs of life, for example a computer switching on but failing to boot.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
hard-brick
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hard-bricks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hard-bricking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hard-bricked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hard-bricked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause (an electronic device) to fail to operate completely.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
Suisun
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Suisuns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Suisun
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Suisune
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Patwin band of Wintun people who lived in the Suisun Bay and Suisun Marsh regions of Solano County in northern California.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
embiid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
form: embiids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the webspinners of the family Embiidae.
pos: noun
Translations:
floodwood
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: flood + wood
Compound parts: flood
wood
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Driftwood carried by a flood.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Besides bridges are swept away, fences destroyed and fields covered with masses of floodwood.
Translations:
F-algebra
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: F-algebras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of generalization of the notion of algebraic structure.
pos: noun
Translations:
snap-on
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Denoting a cover or attachment that is attached or secured with a snap; able to be attached or detached quickly and easily.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The tin is 6½ in. high and 4 in. in diameter, and has a domed snap-on lid with knob; it will hold 1 lb. of toffees.
Translations:
kettleman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: kettle + -man
Base: kettle
Affixes: -man
Inflected forms:
form: kettlemen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A foreman in charge of the kettles in which textile dyes are prepared.
pos: noun
Translations:
ten-tenths
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Maximum effort or potential.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
hill-people
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Supernatural beings, such as a dwarves, that live beneath hills.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: The hill-people are excessively frightened during thunder. When, therefore, they see bad weather coming on, they lose no time in getting to the shelter of their hills.
Translations:
mei-hua
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of plum blossom
pos: noun
Translations:
Moomin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Moomins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A white, hippo-like character created by Finnish author Tove Jansson.
pos: noun
Translations:
high-intensity
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: higher-intensity
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: highest-intensity
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of an elevated level of energy, effort, or force.
pos: adj
Translations:
chop-chop-chop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The sound of helicopter blades.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
care-worthy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From care + -worthy.
Base: care
Affixes: -worthy
Inflected forms:
form: more care-worthy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most care-worthy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: careworthy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Worthy or deserving of care.
pos: adj
examples: I am on the edge of manhood and you should know it. I have been child to you long enough. If I find my uncle care-worthy I have a right to care for him.
These styles or dimensions reflect characteristic patterns of how people view themselves as love- or care-worthy and whether they believe their partners to be available, consistent, and responsive.
If children come to think of themselves as care-worthy, other people as supportive and responsive, and relationships as positive experiences, as a result of having sensitive mothers, [John] Bowlby suggested that this positive model will influence their later relationships in a healthy way.
Translations:
cross-specialty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross- + specialty.
Base: specialty
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Spanning several specialties.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonym: multispecialty
Translations:
end-of-the-world
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Denominal adjective of end of the world.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the end of the world or the end times.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Intriguing (and extremely good-looking) end-of-the-world saga; not entirely successful but well worth a look.
Translations:
peg-a-lantern
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of jack-o'-lantern (“a will o' the wisp”)
pos: noun
Translations:
anti-football
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: From anti- + football.
Base: football
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: parking the bus, catenaccio
Translations:
chasen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of tea whisk
pos: noun
Translations:
nasal-ingressive
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
Etymology: nasal + ingressive
Compound parts: nasal
ingressive
Inflected forms:
form: more nasal-ingressive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nasal-ingressive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: nasal-ingressives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Uttered by drawing air inward through the nose.
pos: adj
gloss: A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the nose.
pos: noun
Translations:
root-hardy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more root-hardy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most root-hardy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: root hardy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a plant, whose roots can survive freezing temperatures and harsh winter conditions.
pos: adj
Translations:
munier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From muni (“municycle”) + -er.
Base: muni
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: muniers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: MUnier
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of mountain unicyclist.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: The course, which I've ridden as part of a triathlon, is a four-mile fire-road climb with some too-steep-for-me-to-ride sections (I had to push my MTB in the triathlong a couple times), followed by a four-mile singletrack downhill that was a blast to bomb down. It should be a lot of fun, and it'd be great to be joined by some other NorCal muniers!
Translations:
unfortunate-looking
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more unfortunate-looking
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unfortunate-looking
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: unfortunate looking
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Ugly; unattractive.
pos: adj
tags: euphemistic
Translations:
non-wired
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + wired
Base: wired
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: nonwired
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of unwired.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: ROG said that operationally, a single Class 93 is about 30% cheaper to run than a pair of Class 90s, which date from 1988, as it uses less electrical supply and can also work directly into non-wired yards.
Translations:
step-porn
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: step- + porn
Base: porn
Affixes: step-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A genre of pornography depicting sexual activity between (alleged) stepsiblings, or stepparent and stepchild.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: 2025, Jo Bartosch, Robert Jessel, Pornocracy
In 2019, a research report by New Zealand's Office of Film and Literature Classification highlighted the popularity of 'step-porn', with nearly half of the videos analysed indicating family 'step' relationship sex.
Translations:
pest-free
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pest + -free.
Base: pest
Affixes: -free
Inflected forms:
form: more pest-free
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pest-free
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pestfree
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Free from pests.
pos: adj
Translations:
man-catching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The act or practice of catching or trapping men.
pos: noun
Translations:
night-watching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: night-watchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nightwatching
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or practice of keeping watch at night; night vigil.
pos: noun
Translations:
word-painting
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That creates visual images verbally.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: These vessels are handsome to look at, good sailers, and admirable sea-boats, and will make long voyages with perfect safety, traversing the whole Archipelago from New Guinea to Singapore in seas which, as every one who has sailed much in them can testify, are not so smooth and tempest-free as word-painting travellers love to represent them.
Translations:
re-queer
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From re- + queer.
Base: queer
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: re-queers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: re-queering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: re-queered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: re-queered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: requeer
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To restore queerness that has previously been hidden or rejected.
pos: verb
examples: A landmark in the inclusion of overt LGBTQ material in musical film was 1972's Cabaret, in which Bob Fosse and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen reinserted the bisexuality of Christopher Isherwood’s hero into the film (the original Broadway musical had thoroughly heterosexualized him, though recent revivals have re-queered him to varying degrees).
The author's second aspiration is to utilize the writings of Fanon in order to contribute to a growing body of literature referred to as "a renewed queer studies," to the "queers of color" activism in Toronto, and also to re-queer queer space and other spaces by interrogating the ways in which queer or LGBT(Q) practices might be contingently engaged or complicit with normalized aestheticised codifications of whiteness, gender and sexuality on the body.
In other words, I wish to re-queer the lives and experiences of lesbians in Singapore to tell the story of a different sort of non-Western queer, which speaks in a transformative way to existing conceptualisations of the asymmetric relations in the global gay domain.
Translations:
de-queering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From de- + queering or dequeer + -ing.
Base: queering
Affixes: de-
Inflected forms:
form: de-queerings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dequeering
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of hiding, diminishing, or rejecting queerness.
pos: noun
examples: In other words, the de-queering of Shakespeare suggests that a queer Shakespeare may be lurking uneasily beneath the surface.
Finally, Auerbach's attention to the transformation of vampire narratives into more conventionally heterosexual stories, a "de-queering" of sorts, is reminiscent of what I shall call re-queerings that take place in BtVS.
As Sophie Lewis describes in her article "Can the Sireniform Speak?," the de-queering and de-sexualizing of octopus villain Ursula in The Little Mermaid (2023) takes away what pleasures and queer imaginations were present in the original, while the girlbossification of Ariel and the post-racial casting only deepens the colonial clash-of-cultures fantasy at the heart of the mermaid tale.
Translations:
de-queer
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From de- + queer.
Base: queer
Affixes: de-
Inflected forms:
form: de-queers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: de-queering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: de-queered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: de-queered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dequeer
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To hide, diminish, or reject queerness.
pos: verb
examples: The queer movement is dequeered and presented as if it were entirely white, middle-class, and family-oriented.
Joan Acocella's polemic against this body of scholarship has had the effect of de-queering Cather for a general readership.
In edition after edition, the Kamasutra has been deliberately dequeered.
Translations:
Independent
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Inflected forms:
form: Independents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An individual, group, or church that operates outside the authority, structure, or dogma of established, hierarchical, or denominational bodies.
pos: noun
gloss: An individual governed by spiritual independence; self-governed under divine guidance rather than swayed by human opinions, mortal beliefs, or external influences.
pos: noun
Translations:
PETA-phile
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Blend of PETA + pedophile, equivalent to PETA + -phile.
Base: PETA
Affixes: -phile
Inflected forms:
form: PETA-philes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A supporter of PETA, an American animal rights organization.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: Regurgitated would be OK. By the wayside, are there any decent alternatives to leather jackets? (Not that I'm a Petaphile, mind yall.)
There seems little point, moreover, in trying to marginalize PETA-philes by faulting their rejection of the animal kingdom's remorseless food chain paradigm — that the big fish eat the little fish — or repudiation of the worldwide acceptance of meat eating as a proper option for descendants of hunters and gatherers.
These are not the ravings of some PETA-phile but the purportedly honest conclusions of a, by his own lights, fellow sportsman.
Translations:
tobacco-free
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tobacco + -free.
Base: tobacco
Affixes: -free
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without tobacco.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The move, which was initiated by the president, Mohamed Muizzu, earlier this year and came into effect on 1 November, will “protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation”, the ministry said.
Translations:
volun-told
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Blend of voluntary + told
Compound parts: voluntary
told
Inflected forms:
form: more volun-told
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most volun-told
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Nominally voluntary but understood to be an order.
pos: adj
tags: US
slang
examples: Yet military life includes times when requests, though not explicit, are understood as orders, says Michael Weinstein, a former U.S. military lawyer and founder of MRFF. The U.S. military word for it, he notes, is “volun-told.”
Antonyms: voluntary
Translations:
Indo-Russian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Indo- + Russian.
Base: Russian
Affixes: Indo-
Inflected forms:
form: Indo-Russians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or between India and Russia.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A person of mixed Indian and Russian ancestry.
pos: noun
gloss: A Russian person living in India, or an Indian person living in Russia.
pos: noun
Translations:
Mountaineer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From mountaineer
Inflected forms:
form: Mountaineers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person from or resident of West Virginia.
pos: noun
Translations:
low-density
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: sciences
Inflected forms:
form: lower-density
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: lowest-density
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of a substance, having a small amount of mass per unit of volume.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a residential area, not densely populated.
pos: adj
Translations:
Afro-Asian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more Afro-Asian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Afro-Asian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Afro-Asians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Afrasian
pos: adj
gloss: Synonym of Afrasian
pos: noun
Translations:
triple-negative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
Etymology: First attested in 2004.
Inflected forms:
form: triple negative
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a breast cancer: characterized by the lack of expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Multiple BrCa [breast cancer] microarray datasets (Sorlie et al PNAS 2003; van't Veer et al, Nature 2002; Sotiriou et al, PNAS 2003) suggest that 90% of BBT [basal breast tumor] are ER-negative, PR-negative, and HER-2 nonamplified (Perou C, unpublished). Thus, this “triple negative” phenotype may be used to identify and determine the frequency of BBT.
Translations:
de-lovely
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of delicious + lovely
Compound parts: delicious
lovely
Inflected forms:
form: more de-lovely
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most de-lovely
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: delovely
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Very delicious.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Translations:
knob-rash
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See knob (“penis”).
Inflected forms:
form: knob-rashes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Term of abuse.
pos: noun
tags: UK
derogatory
slang
vulgar
examples: Oi, knobrash, table fourteen is waiting for his Carbonarrrrraaaaa.
Tommo (to Shayne) Oy, get the fuck out of my bag!
Shayne I need a pen, knob-rash!
Translations:
table-ender
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: table-enders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of sexual intercourse performed on or against a table.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
examples: […] a table-ender at supper-time.' Dod nodded thoughtfully: 'Providing there wasn't any castors on the table, like. I used to know a deckie in Hull that got a double rupture because he forgot to saw the castors off […]
a table-ender threesome with Emeril Lagasse and Jamie Oliver
Banging my balls on your bum, / A table-ender is much better, for sure, / You can breathe, for a start, plus you're not squashed, / And I love it, because I can see more, / Than if I'm on top, with you flattened beneath, […]
Translations:
B-stage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: B-stages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A smaller, secondary stage typically featured at pop and rock concerts held in a stadium or arena, usually located in the middle of the concert floor.
pos: noun
examples: When she emerges on a B-stage for a handful of tunes, her excitement at being able to have dual stages is clear. “I’ve never done this before, but I thought let me get in the mix!” she grins between poignant renditions of ‘Loud’ and ‘A Couple Minutes’[.]
Translations:
reed-roofed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a building or structure, covered with a roof made from reeds, typically layered as thatch for waterproofing and insulation.
pos: adj
tags: also
not-comparable
poetic
examples: What is this homespun comedy of Love, / Rank with the furrow-cleaving herdsman's toil? / What is this vineyard lodge, this red alcove, / Reed-roofed among the orchards of the oil?
Opening the wall to the reed-roofed patio was like adding a new room to small house.
All the reed-roofed temples were decorated with "mixcoas," or "cloud-serpents," representing the Chichimec deity, Mixcoatl.
Translations:
J-man
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: J-mans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Jesus Christ
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
T-spacer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: T-spacers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A T-shaped, plastic tool used in tiling to ensure consistent, straight grout lines, specifically for brick, subway, or offset patterns.
pos: noun
Translations:
jumped-start
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: jumped-starts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jumped start
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of jump-start
pos: noun
Translations:
miracle-working
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: miracle-workings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or performance of extraordinary, supernatural acts that defy the known laws of nature.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act or skill of achieving highly impressive or effective results in a difficult situation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
Related words: miracle worker
Translations:
tuxedo-clad
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: clad in a tuxedo.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Then [Donald Trump] announced that law enforcement insisted he return to the White House, where the tuxedo-clad president held a late-night press conference.
Translations: