yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
astern
Part of speech: adv
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: Etymology tree
English a-
English stern
English astern
From a- (“towards”) + stern (“rear part of a vessel”).
Inflected forms:
form: more astern
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most astern
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
pos: adv
examples: After we had row'd, or rather driven about a League and a Half, as we reckon'd it, a raging Wave, Mountain-like, came rowling a-stern of us, and plainly bad us expect the Coup-de-Grace.
gloss: In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
pos: adv
gloss: At or toward the rear of a vessel.
pos: adv
tags: obsolete
rare
gloss: Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.
When we first espied the Dutch fleet sailing towards us, our whole blue squadron was astern much farther from us, so that Prince Rupert thought it absolutely necessary to slacken sail that they might have time to join us.
Every yachtsman knows that if the ballast of a ship be too afore or too astern.
The chief engineer's evidence of the S.S. Lennox was the best given; but, as will be seen, he asserted that from the orders he received the Lennox's course was more astern than ahead.
but when near Cape Palmas the wind will perhaps be more astern
The galley fire was lighted; coffee was boiled; the sun shone brightly, and the ship astern was coming up fast.
The steamer was more than ahead of us, just on our quarter as we say, and the light was more astern.
Antonyms: ahead
Derived words: astern of
drop astern
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: назад
roman: nazad
lang: Bulgarian
word: зад кърмата
roman: zad kǎrmata
lang: Czech
word: dozadu
lang: Finnish
word: taakse
lang: German
word: achtern
lang: Spanish
word: hacia atrás
befitting
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more befitting
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most befitting
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Appropriate, becoming.
pos: adj
examples: He moved with a befitting grace.
At a time when the old have never been more vulnerable and, in many cases, lonely, here is a befitting reminder that the frail souls you see sitting in a semi-circle in a day room on the TV news, their eyes distant and their hair like candy floss, do not necessarily feel as you think they look.
Translations:
offing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From off + -ing. Attested since before 1600. Early texts also spell the term offin and offen.
Base: off
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: offings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
pos: noun
examples: to see (a ship) in the offing
I came to an Anchor in seven fathomes water in the offing to Sea.
September 30, 1659. I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwreck'd during a dreadful Storm, in the offing, came on Shore on this dismal, unfortunate Island, which I call'd the Island of Despair, all the rest of the Ship's Company being drown'd, and my self almost dead.
That's the Grampus's crew. I seed her reported in the offing this morning; a three years' voyage, and a full ship.
In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint […]
gloss: The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
pos: noun
examples: […] till I ſaw the Land tun out a great Length into the Sea, at about the Diſtance of four or five Leagues before me, and the Sea being very calm I kept a large, offing to make this Point; […]
However, what with the help of this Ebb, and our Boats, we by Noon had got an Offing of 1 1/2 or 2 Miles, yet we could hardly flatter ourselves with hopes of getting Clear […]
We beat off shore during the whole of the night, when the weather moderated, and at daybreak we found out that we had not gained much offing, in consequence of the current […]
gloss: The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
Derived words: in the offing
Translations:
heads
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Plural of head.
Inflected forms:
form: heads!
pos: intj
tags: canonical
Senses:
gloss: A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up.
pos: intj
Translations:
economize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English economy
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English economize
From economy + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: economizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: economizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: economized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: economized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: economise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: œconomise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: œconomize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To use frugally.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: eke out
Related words: economic
economically
economics
economist
economy
Derived words: economization
economizer
uneconomizing
Translations:
moisten
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English moist
English -en
English moisten
From moist + -en.
Inflected forms:
form: moistens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: moistening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: moisten
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: moisten
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: moisten
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: moistenest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: moistenedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: moistens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: moisteneth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: moisten
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: moisten
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: moisten
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: moistening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: moistened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To make moist or moister.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She put on some lip balm to moisten her lips.
gloss: To become moist or moister.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: His eyes began to moisten as he held back tears.
Derived words: bemoisten
enmoisten
moistenable
moistener
overmoisten
premoisten
premoistened
remoisten
unmoistened
Translations:
extravagance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French extravagance, from Medieval Latin extra + vagor (“to wander”).
Inflected forms:
form: extravagances
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The visions of romance were over. Catherine was completely awakened. Henry’s address, short as it had been, had more thoroughly opened her eyes to the extravagance of her late fancies than all their several disappointments had done.
A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
At the same time he will need most carefully to avoid anything resembling extravagance or overstatement. While no socialist heorist has ever been known to discredit himself with his fellows even by the silliest of proposals, the old-fashioned liberal will damn himself by an impracticable suggestion.
gloss: Something extravagant; something done out of extravagance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: That luxury car is an extravagance you can't afford.
There were no limos or extravagances at this point, because we all wanted to make as much money as possible. We played it cheap. No huge catering bills, no wild parties, not even upgraded hotel rooms. Whenever we arrived at an airport Robin would be there to meet us in a rented SUV or big sedan, and we'd head to the gig on our own.
Synonyms: excess
irregularity
lavishness
prodigality
profusion
recklessness
unreasonableness
waste
wildness
Antonyms: frugality
economize
moderation
Related words: extravagancies
extravagancy
extravagantly
extravaganza
extravagate
extravagation
Translations:
bloatware
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From bloat + -ware, originally in the sense “unwieldy software”. The sense “pre-installed software” has become predominant since the 2010s.
Base: bloat
Affixes: -ware
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Software that is packed with too many features and therefore slow or unwieldy; software that is inefficiently designed and occupies an excessive amount of memory or disk space.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: Today’s software development cycle does not allow time to optimize and refine products, and that leads to bloatware.
That’s not really a surprise, considering that writing efficient software takes more time than writing wasteful code. “Bloatware” makes economic sense for software developers, if not for consumers!
I’ll bet you think I’m going to write one of those boring articles you see all over the net bemoaning “bloatware.” Whine whine whine, this stuff is so bloated, oh woe is me, edlin and vi are so much better than Word and Emacs because they are svelte, etc.
gloss: Unwanted pre-installed software, especially on a smartphone.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: If consumers didn't like the bloatware that came with their phones, other manufacturers wouldn't include it, the bad actors would lose customers, and everyone would have to adjust.
The problem is especially bad with Android and Windows phones sold through third-party carriers, which like to preinstall all sorts of bloatware.
Bloatware has also introduced numerous security and trust issues in smartphones. […] OEMs, third-party app providers, telecommunication operators, and malicious parties have used bloatware apps to over-collect user data.
Most phones had preinstalled Android stores and bloatware built in by manufacturers, but workers would still choose to install third-party marketplaces like Tencent MyApp, Baidu 91 Mobile Assistance, and Qihoo 360 Mobile Assistants.
“[…] samsung should stop adding crap bloatware […] i never use such app^([sic]) and i dont need it”
Related words: crapware
crudware
fleeceware
pajeetware
software
spyware
Translations:
brothel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lecher; harlot; prostitute”) + house, influenced by bordel. For more on brothel (“a wretch”), see below.
Inflected forms:
form: brothels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A house of prostitution.
pos: noun
examples: Thus, during the last four years, I have visited brothels about every ten days or two weeks. Only seldom does coitus fail; for I have learned my peculiarities, and in the choice of a prostitute know immediately whether she will excite me or have no effect.
Only women already existing in the social margins became actresses.²⁶ For example, celebrated tragedienne Elizabeth Barry was an orphan, Nell Gwynn a barmaid raised in a brothel, Moll Davis the illegitimate daughter of a Colonel. Other actresses were the wives and daughters of male actors, as for example Mary Saunderson (Mrs Betterton) and (in a later period) Mrses Kean, Kemble and Siddons.
Synonyms: bagnio
bawdy house
bawdyhouse
brothel
brothel house
cat house
cat-house
common house
escort agency
fuckhouse
hookshop
leaping-house
prostibule
riding academy
stew
wapping ken
whore-house
Related words: prostitute's client
pimp
love hotel
Translations:
supported
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more supported
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most supported
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Held in position, especially from below.
pos: adj
gloss: Furnished with corroborating evidence.
pos: adj
examples: At first his mother treated his theories as the wild ravings of inexperience. But they were so systematically arranged, and his arguments so well supported, that though still in appearance incredulous, she began to fear him.
gloss: Helped or aided.
pos: adj
gloss: Having supporters.
pos: adj
Antonyms: unsupported
Derived words: nonsupported
self-supported
supportedly
Translations:
snatching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: snatchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is snatched.
pos: noun
examples: Three purse snatchings in the park were reported this week.
Translations:
watershed
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
geography
hydrology
media
natural-sciences
radio
television
Etymology: From water + shed. A calque of German Wasserscheide.
Compound parts: water
shed
Inflected forms:
form: watersheds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Ireland
New-Zealand
UK
examples: After Lesjaverk (23 miles) the eastern end of Lesjaskogsvatn is reached. This lake has the distinction of being a watershed. From the east end flows the Lågen, the great river that runs down Gudbrandsdal to Lake Mjøsa, while from the west end the Rauma River emerges to flow down to the Romsdalfjord.
gloss: A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
gloss: A critical point marking a change in course or development.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: In the minds of many, 1847 was a watershed year during which Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Astraea were reclassified as asteroids.
Coronavirus has been a watershed for the railways. It has accelerated the decline of season tickets and reduced business travel after years of steadily rising passenger numbers.
In a 2,000-word blog post published ahead of the press event, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, called this a “watershed year” and acknowledged the potential downsides, calling for “wide-ranging and deep conversations” on the issues.
gloss: The time during the day in which material of a more adult nature (e.g., violence, swear words, or sex) may be broadcast on television or radio, either one permitted by law or one contrived from convention (e.g. when children are not watching).
pos: noun
tags: Canada
UK
gloss: Serving to mark a significant development, change in direction, etc.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Green's Dictionary of Slang is a watershed publication in the annals of slang lexicography, being, beyond doubt, the most comprehensive scholarly dictionary of slang ever published.
Derived words: air shed
cultureshed
driveshed
fibershed
foodshed
laborshed
megashed
milkshed
problemshed
subwatershed
viewshed
walkshed
watershedding
watershed moment
Translations:
expanse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin expansum, from expandō.
Inflected forms:
form: expanses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
pos: noun
examples: That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.
gloss: An amount of spread or stretch.
pos: noun
Related words: expand
expansion
Derived words: expansed
Translations:
alphabetic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: alphabetick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: alphabetics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alphabetick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
pos: adj
examples: Seycong or his linguistic consultants could use as a model the alphabetic or abugidic scripts of India and Inner Asia […]
gloss: An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet.
pos: noun
examples: Upper case alphabetics can be composed of two characters: (1) a shift character; and (2) the desired alphabetic character.
The natural sequence of alphabetics is A, B, C, ..., X, Y, Z. For some codes, the binary bit patterns of the alphabetics are in the same relative sequence as the alphabetics.
Subparagraphs are identified by lower case alphabetics followed by numerics and alphabetics in parentheses and then underlined numerics and alphabetics.
Translations:
numeric
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *nem-
Proto-Italic *nomezos
Latin numerus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -ique
Middle French -ique
French -ique
French numériquebor.
English numeric
Borrowed from French numérique.
Inflected forms:
form: numerics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.
pos: noun
Translations:
mathematical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English mathematicalle, mathematical, from Medieval Latin mathēmaticālis.
Inflected forms:
form: more mathematical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mathematical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to mathematics
pos: adj
examples: a mathematical problem
[…]he looked up the uninteresting left road to the fortifications. It was new, long, white, regular, tapering to a vanishing point, like a lesson in perspective. […] Smaller and smaller she waned up the rigid mathematical road, still gazing at the soldier aloft, as Pierston gazed at her.
It has been at least an academic tradition, if no more, that mathematical studies militate against amatory inclinations.
Although Galileo had designed a pendulum clock, he never actually constructed one. The first pendulum clock was constructed by the Dutch physicist Christian Huygens (1629–1695) in 1657. He also developed the mathematical theory of the pendulum. Newton also studied the motion of a pendulum and experimented with pendulums made of different materials and of different lengths.
Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!
gloss: Extremely precise and accurate, as though having the exactness of a mathematical equation.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Lucinda Childs got her start with the postmodern Judson Dance Theater and became known for precise, almost mathematical choreographic patterns.
gloss: Possible but highly improbable
pos: adj
examples: The team has a mathematical chance of being promoted, but they need to win the next seven matches.
Derived words: astromathematical
biomathematical
ethnomathematical
geomathematical
iatromathematical
logicomathematical
mathemagical
mathematical analysis
mathematical biology
mathematical economics
mathematical formula
mathematical function
mathematical game
mathematical induction
mathematicalism
mathematicality
mathematical logic
mathematically
mathematical model
mathematical morphology
mathematical realism
mathematical semantics
mathematical sociology
mathematical space
mathematical statistics
mathematical structure
metamathematical
multimathematical
neuromathematical
nonmathematical
philomathematical
physicomathematical
pseudomathematical
quasimathematical
semimathematical
unmathematical
Translations:
alphanumeric
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-
Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor.
Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha)
Proto-Semitic *bayt-
Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor.
Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos)
Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der.
Classical Latin alphabētumbor.
Middle English alphabete
English alphabet
English alpha-
Proto-Indo-European *nem-
Proto-Italic *nomezos
Latin numerus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -ique
Middle French -ique
French -ique
French numériquebor.
English numeric
English alphanumeric
From alpha- + numeric.
Inflected forms:
form: alphameric
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: alphamerical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: alphanumerical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: alphanumerics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alphameric
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: alphamerical
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: alphanumerical
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
pos: adj
tags: nonstandard
not-comparable
rare
examples: Therefore, we need a special code to represent all alphanumeric data (letters, symbols, and numbers).
gloss: An alphanumeric character.
pos: noun
examples: Finally, alphanumerics are digits, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, or accented letters […]
Derived words: alphanumerical
alphanumerically
nonalphanumeric
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: alfanumèric
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 文數 /文数
roman: wénshù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 文數字 /文数字
roman: wénshùzì
lang: Czech
word: alfanumerický
lang: Danish
word: alfanumerisk
lang: Dutch
word: alfanumeriek
lang: Esperanto
word: litercifera
lang: Finnish
word: aakkosnumeerinen
lang: Finnish
word: alfanumeerinen
lang: French
word: alphanumérique
lang: Galician
word: alfanumérico
lang: German
word: alphanumerisch
lang: German
word: alphanummerisch
lang: Greek
word: αλφαριθμητικός
roman: alfarithmitikós
lang: Greek
word: αλφαριθμικός
roman: alfarithmikós
lang: Hebrew
word: אַלְפָא נוּמֶרִי
roman: álfa numéri
lang: Indonesian
word: alfanumerik
lang: Interlingua
word: alphanumeric
lang: Italian
word: alfanumerico
lang: Japanese
word: 英数の
roman: eisū no
lang: Japanese
word: 英数字
roman: eisūji
lang: Macedonian
word: азбучнобро́јчен
roman: azbučnobrójčen
lang: Māori
word: retawhika
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: alfanumerisk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: alfanumerisk
lang: Polish
word: alfanumeryczny
lang: Portuguese
word: alfanumérico
lang: Romanian
word: alfanumeric
lang: Romanian
word: alfanumerică
lang: Romanian
word: alfanumerici
lang: Russian
word: бу́квенно-цифрово́й
roman: búkvenno-cifrovój
lang: Spanish
word: alfanumérico
lang: Swedish
word: alfanumerisk
lang: Turkish
word: alfanümerik
lang: Turkish
word: abecesayısal
lang: Turkish
word: abece-sayısal
lang: Turkish
word: abece sayısal
eyed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.
Base: eye
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having eyes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg.
gloss: Having eye-like spots.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.
gloss: Having the specified kind or number of eyes.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
examples: What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women.
Unseen descending weigh my light wings upon balmy flowers, / And court the fair eyed dew to take me to her shining tent.
That she had all the abstracted and nervous manner of one who is on the eve of some bold and hazardous step, which it has required no common struggle to resolve upon, would have been obvious to the lynx-eyed Fagin […]
Gray and blue-eyed parents will tend to have either gray-eyed children only or an equal number of gray- and of blue-eyed children according as the gray-eyed parent is homozygous or heterozygous.
Three victims in chains—and one of them, the little servant, the sad-eyed angel.
Derived words: archipelago big-eyed treefrog
bare-eyed cockatoo
big-eyed tree frog
bird-eyed
black-eyed bean
black-eyed pea
black eyed susan
black-eyed Susan
bleary-eyed
blue-eyed boy
blue-eyed cormorant
blue-eyed grass
blue-eyed Mary
blue-eyed shag
blue-eyed soul
bright-eyed
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
bright eyed and bushy tailed
brown-eyed soul
brown-eyed Susan
bug-eyed monster
dark-eyed junco
dead-eyed
deepwater big-eyed worm eel
dewy-eyed
eyed ladybug
eyedness
fire-eyed diucon
four-eyed fish
goggle-eyed plover
green big-eyed tree frog
green-eyed monster
Mission golden-eyed treefrog
one eyed jack
one-eyed jack
one-eyed king
one-eyed monster
one-eyed snake
one-eyed trouser snake
pearly-eyed thrasher
side-eyed
stalk-eyed fly
steely-eyed missile man
two-eyed jack
two-eyed steak
uneyed
white-eyed attila
white-eyed gull
yellow-eyed babbler
yellow-eyed grass
yellow-eyed penguin
Translations:
consolidate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin consolidātus, from the verb consolidō, from solidus (“solid”). By surface analysis, con- + solid + -ate.
Inflected forms:
form: consolidates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: consolidating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: consolidated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: consolidated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag.
With large credits borrowed in the name of Charlottenhütte he managed to gain control over the Rhein-Elbe Union, another large steel firm which in 1926 consolidated with one of its subcompanies, the old and respected Gelsenkirchen Mining Company, and assumed the latter’s name.
The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”
It[China] had a buoyant economy outperforming forecasts. Its unemployment rate was among the lowest in years. While consolidating his power for a second term, Mr Xi proudly pointed to China's "flourishing" growth model as something other countries could emulate.
gloss: To make stronger or more solid.
pos: verb
examples: These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰
gloss: With respect to debt, to pay off several debts with a single loan.
pos: verb
Related words: consolidation
consolidator
deconsolidate
Derived words: consolidatable
consolidatory
overconsolidate
preconsolidate
reconsolidate
unconsolidate
Translations:
console
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace).
Inflected forms:
form: consoles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: consoling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: consoled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: consoled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: However, she contained herself as best she might, consoled by the reflection that her reasoning had been justified by events.
1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
"Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
Translations:
solace
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).
Inflected forms:
form: solaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: solaces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: solacing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: solaced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: solaced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.
gloss: A source of comfort or consolation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
gloss: To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To allay or assuage.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To take comfort; to be cheered.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in,
And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.
Related words: console
Derived words: solaceful
solacement
solacer
unsolaced
unsolacing
Translations:
consortium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
law
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.
Proto-Italic *sortis
Latin sors
Latin cōnsors
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin cōnsortiumlbor.
English consortium
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.
Inflected forms:
form: consortia
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: consortiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
pos: noun
gloss: A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
pos: noun
examples: We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities.
gloss: An association or society.
pos: noun
gloss: The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
pos: noun
gloss: A group of symbiotic microbes.
pos: noun
Related words: consort
Derived words: loss of consortium
microconsortium
Translations:
valueless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English value
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English valueless
From value + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having no value; worthless.
pos: adj
examples: The Petition Crown, which had previously been on view for several days and up to the hour of the sale, had disappeared and a comparatively valueless coin of a somewhat similar type occupied its numbered receptacle.
Translations:
vehement
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“lacking, too little”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).
Inflected forms:
form: more vehement
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vehement
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
pos: adj
examples: The man made a vehement display of contempt.
Yet the Fiends ſeemed to come nearer and nearer, but when they were come even almoſt at him, he cried out with a moſt vehement voice, I will walk in the ſtrength of the Lord God; ſo they gave back, and came no further.
Amy shook her head, vehement. "The vine didn't kill them. The Mayans did. They tried to flee and the Mayans shot them. The vine just claimed their bodies once they'd been shot. There's no thought involved in that. No—"
“He’s a 70-year-old childless warmonger and he has no stake in the future of this country,” Dans said. “He is the very reason that MAGA started in the first place, and we only have to look at 2016 when he was a vehement Trump hater. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.”
Translations:
vibrate
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.
Inflected forms:
form: vibrates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: vibrating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: vibrated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: vibrated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When "God save the King!" resounded meow meow through the stately abbey, the banners vibrating with the mighty music, I felt quite enthusiastic in my loyalty.
The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres.
gloss: To resonate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
gloss: To brandish; to swing to and fro.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to vibrate a sword or a staff
gloss: To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: a pendulum vibrating seconds
gloss: To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
Star to star vibrates light: may soul to soul / Strike thro' a finer element of her own?
gloss: To please or impress someone.
pos: verb
tags: dated
slang
transitive
examples: And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
[…] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.
gloss: To use vibrato.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To pleasure someone using a vibrator.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Downstairs in the living-room Jill
Was vibrating herself for a thrill.
gloss: The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Related words: vibrant
vibratile
vibration
vibratiuncle
vibrative
vibrato
vibrator
Translations:
Judy
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Judith.
Inflected forms:
form: Judies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Judie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A girl or woman.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
examples: Then I ring the bell at this door marked Slocum, and who appears but a tall young Judy with black hair who is without doubt beautiful, but who is so skinny we have to look twice to see her […]
To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?
gloss: Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Abisara.
pos: noun
gloss: Aircrew has radar/visual contact on the correct target, has taken control of the intercept, and only requires situation awareness information.
pos: intj
Translations:
forceful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From force + -ful.
Base: force
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: more forceful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most forceful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: forcefull
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
pos: adj
examples: forceful leader
forceful speech
She gave a forceful argument against the proposal.
His forceful personality often dominated discussions.
Antonyms: gentle
Translations:
listing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: listings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: As listed or shown on a listing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: What is this house's listing price?
gloss: The action of the verb to list.
pos: noun
gloss: An entry in a list or directory.
pos: noun
examples: Aardvaark Plumbing is the first listing in Yellow Pages.
gloss: An entry in a list or directory.
pos: noun
examples: The company may even lose its listing on the stock exchange.
gloss: A printout of a program or data set.
pos: noun
examples: Print me a listing of the latest version.
gloss: A physical manifestation of a single item in a list.
pos: noun
examples: Please pass me the second listing for the two-story house, from that stack.
gloss: The act of ploughing with a lister.
pos: noun
Derived words: fanlisting
hatelisting
listingly
nonlisting
silent listing
tracklisting
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: listado
lang: Spanish
word: aviso
lang: Spanish
word: oferta
lang: Spanish
word: anuncio
lang: Spanish
word: publicación
institute
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ecclesiastical
law
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.
Inflected forms:
form: institutes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: institutes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: instituting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: instituted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: instituted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An organization founded to promote a cause
pos: noun
examples: I work in a medical research institute.
gloss: An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
pos: noun
gloss: The building housing such an institution.
pos: noun
gloss: The act of instituting; institution.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: water sanctified by Christ's institute
gloss: That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy.
to make the Stoic institutes thy own
gloss: The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
examples: Substitution is the nomination of substituted heirs, who take place, failing the institute.
gloss: To begin or initiate (something); to found.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
And haply institute / A course of learning and ingenious studies.
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.
gloss: To train, instruct.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels.
If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself.
gloss: To nominate; to appoint.
pos: verb
examples: We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France.
gloss: To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
pos: verb
examples: a writ issued to the bishop, to institute the clerk of that patron
Derived words: academic institute
educational institute
institute of technology
institute professor
institutist
institutive
mechanics' institute
policy institute
religious institute
research institute
instituter
institutor
reinstitute
Translations:
thermonuclear
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der.
Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der.
English thermo-
English nuclear
English thermonuclear
From thermo- + nuclear.
Inflected forms:
form: thermo-nuclear
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: thermonuclears
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thermo-nuclear
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The first thermonuclear reaction was in a star; it was brought about by heat, as the description implies.
gloss: Of, or relating to the use of atomic weapons based on such fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I can't believe you gave me, a ten-year-old boy, a thermonuclear device [...]
gloss: A thermonuclear weapon.
pos: noun
examples: China detonated her first thermonuclear in June 1967.
Derived words: nonthermonuclear
thermonuclear bomb
thermonuclearly
thermonuclear war
thermonuclear weapon
Translations:
morrow
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English morwe, apocopic form of morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen. Doublet of morgen and morn.
Inflected forms:
form: morrows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: morrowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: morrowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: morrowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To dawn
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: […] he did her bidding but hardly touched food; after which he lay at full length on his bed all the night through in cogitation deep until morning morrowed.
Translations:
grange
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English graunge, borrowed from Old French grange (“granary; barn; small farm”), from Vulgar Latin *grānica, from Latin grānum (“grain”).
Inflected forms:
form: granges
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A granary.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: […] the loose unleter'd Hinds, / When for their teeming Flocks, and granges full / In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan.
gloss: A farm, with its associated buildings; a farmhouse, particularly one associated with a monastic order, or manor.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is Venice. My house is not a grange.
gloss: A lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization.
pos: noun
tags: US
Related words: garner
grain
granary
granger
Derived words: Grange Court
Grangegate
Grange Hill
Grange Park
Kembla Grange
Letham Grange
Newgrange
Sutton Grange
Trimdon Grange
Woolley Grange
Translations:
descent
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
Etymology: From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.
Inflected forms:
form: descents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instance of descending; act of coming down.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.
To the north the towering scree-strewn slopes of Saddleback begin to draw nearer as we start the abrupt descent towards Keswick.
The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.
gloss: A way down.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
gloss: A sloping passage or incline.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
gloss: Lineage or hereditary derivation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Our guide was of Welsh descent.
gloss: A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
gloss: A falling upon or invasion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: ascent
Related words: descend
Derived words: bilateral descent
descent group
descent vehicle
double descent
gradient descent
graduate student descent
hyperdescent
hypodescent
identical by descent
infinite descent
maldescent
matrilineal descent
minimum descent altitude
patrilineal descent
recursive descent
redescent
Translations:
irate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin īrātus (“angered, angry”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from īrāscor (“to be angry”), from īra (“anger, wrath”).
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: more irate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: irater
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most irate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: iratest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
pos: adj
examples: feel irate
sound irate
totally irate
Translations:
shaping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.
Base: shape
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: shapings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The action of the verb to shape.
pos: noun
examples: In contrast to the (to be sure, productive) shapings and constrainings of human identities in the sociotechnical network, here we have an expansion of identity.
gloss: The action of the verb to shape.
pos: noun
examples: In general, it's a good idea to know ahead of time what your shaping steps will be and try to get 80% to 100% correct trials during the shaping steps and repeat each step for only 5 to 10 trials in a row.
gloss: The action of the verb to shape.
pos: noun
Derived words: autoshaping
headshaping
traffic shaping
waveshaping
wordshaping
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: оформяне
roman: oformjane
lang: Czech
word: tvarování
lang: Czech
word: formování
lang: German
word: Formung
lang: Latin
word: formātūra