yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
carved
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more carved
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most carved
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of an object, made by carving.
pos: adj
examples: a carved ivory statue of the Virgin Mary
Translations:
subdued
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more subdued
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most subdued
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: subdood
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.
pos: adj
examples: He is subdued after the disagreement last night.
I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.
gloss: Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
pos: adj
examples: The colour scheme used for this room is subdued.
gloss: Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.
pos: adj
Derived words: subduedly
subduedness
unsubdued
Translations:
traced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
Translations:
examining
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more examining
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most examining
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: examinings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Tending to examine or engaged in close examination; studiously observant.
pos: adj
examples: How shall we be sure that we have justly quitted REASON, as too high and dangerous, too aspiring or presumptive; if thro' Fear of any kind, or submitting to mere Command we quit our very examining Thought, and in the moment stop short, so as to put an end to further Thinking on the matter?
Those however on whom he wanted to pass, were not of either a very examining strain, or very nice discernment: Besides that, he had such a glow of freshness, health, and vigor, so rare among the parboiled people of quality, as somewhat counterbalanced any suspicion the discordance of his looks from his dress might have created.
He was, as a little girl I know once said of a playfellow, "a very examining boy."
Sarell picked a fern-branch and sat in a meditative fashion, her feet drawn up a little under her and her knees elevated upon which she rested her wrists, while she slowly and carefully drew the separate green fronds through her fingers; turning and scrutinizing them in a very examining way , yet with an unmistakable air of the examination being only illustrative ; the real analysis and deliberation going on within her.
However, Mrs Avely had her eyes fixed upon Elinor in a very examining sort of way.
gloss: examination
pos: noun
examples: The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.
Translations:
redistribute
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English distribute
English redistribute
From re- + distribute.
Inflected forms:
form: redistributes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: redistributing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: redistributed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: redistributed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To distribute again.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Near-synonym: reallocate
And so new friendships were formed, and new enmities, and old friendships preserved, and old enmities. And all was agreement and disagreement and amity and enmity, as before, only redistributed.
The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.
gloss: To distribute differently.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: My medicine also redistributed the fat in my body. I went from a size 6 to a size 12 at the top part of my body in two months.
Related words: redistribution
Derived words: redistributor
Translations:
innumerable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From in- + numerable; from Middle English innumerable, from Latin innumerābilis, from in- + numerābilis.
Base: numerable
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: more innumerable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most innumerable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered.
pos: adj
examples: The casualties of the Second World War were so great that they are innumerable.
Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.
gloss: Of a very high number; extremely numerous.
pos: adj
examples: The wide sandy plain of the valley, some five miles long, which slopes imperceptibly down to Issik Pakhta, is overgrown with minute bushes. All the tiny streams we crossed unite to form the Alessun Gol, which then flows westwards to the pasture grounds of Kala Otlak. We observed dozens of herds of orongo, mainly females, with innumerable young. The landscape looked highly unpromising for agriculture yet I noticed that the folk of Bulaq Bashi planted grain. Four hours’ marching took us to within sight of Issik Pakhta Nor, which the maps also record as Khon Qum Nor.
Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.
Synonyms: countless
numberless
unnumbered
unnumberable
untold
innumerable
uncountable
uncounted
Antonyms: countable
numerable
Related words: innumeracy
innumerate
manifold
count
incalculable
indescribable
Derived words: innumerableness
innumerably
Translations:
solemnly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English solemn
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English solemnly
From solemn + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more solemnly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most solemnly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a solemn manner.
pos: adv
examples: And yet, though the happiness may be unenduring, what heart, though seared by time and worldly care, can fail to sympathise with those emotions of early life? In after years there are none such. They are the high noon of earthly joy. After them, life goes on decayingly and solemnly to its shadowy sunset.
Translations:
supposing
Part of speech: noun
conj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: supposings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of making a supposition.
pos: noun
examples: She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
gloss: if hypothetically (optionally followed by that)
pos: conj
examples: Let’s go swimming in the lake. - Supposing there are/were 'gators.
Supposing our daughter was to marry her sweetheart, and supposing they was to have a son, and supposing he was to grow to man’s estate, and supposing he was to come down to draw cider like as we’re doing, and supposing that there mallet was to fall on his head and kill him, how dreadful it would be!
Translations:
wickedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English wyckedly, wykkedlyche, equivalent to wicked + -ly.
Base: wicked
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more wickedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most wickedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a wicked manner.
pos: adv
examples: [T]he sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily and wickedly down on it, while it nodded and kept time to the cuckoo's song, as if it were counting how many days it had to live.
gloss: very
pos: adv
tags: US
slang
examples: The film was wickedly funny.
This wasn’t the first time I held Isaacson’s judgment in low regard. […] Linda Yaccarino, Musk’s almost comically bumbling CEO of X is “wickedly smart”.
Translations:
bumpy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bump
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English bumpy
From bump + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: bumpier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: bumpiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
pos: adj
examples: a bumpy ride
a bumpy flight
There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel.
The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy.
So, will flights just get bumpier and delays even more common? Not necessarily.
gloss: Covered with or full of bumps.
pos: adj
examples: bumpy road
Derived words: bumpily
bumpiness
bumpy pavement
Translations:
bundler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
government
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bundle
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English bundler
From bundle + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: bundlers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A machine that bundles.
pos: noun
gloss: An employee who bundles things together, such as boards for trimming and stacking.
pos: noun
gloss: One who bundles software, etc. with another product.
pos: noun
gloss: A political fundraiser.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: She [Sandberg] was a reliable and prominent Democratic bundler.
Translations:
lubber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English, perhaps from Old French lobeor (“swindler”), or of Scandinavian origin, compare dialectal Swedish lubber. The grasshopper was likely so called after sense 1 (“a clumsy or lazy person”).
Inflected forms:
form: lubbers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A clumsy or lazy person.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: [T]hree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him [Johnson] to school. […] The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!
gloss: An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.
pos: noun
gloss: An eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera).
pos: noun
tags: Southern-US
gloss: Alteration of rubber.
pos: noun
tags: South-Asia
Derived words: abbey-lubber
landlubber
lubber fiend
lubberland
lubberlike
lubber line
lubberly
lubber's hole
sealubber
Translations:
abb-wool
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
Etymology: From abb + wool.
Compound parts: abb
wool
Inflected forms:
form: abb-wools
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Wool used to make yarn for the warp.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
magnetize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Old French magnetebor.
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs)
Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.
Latin magnēsbor.
Middle English magnete
English magnet
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 magnetize
From magnet + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: magnetizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: magnetizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: magnetized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: magnetized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: magnetise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To make magnetic.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To become magnetic.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To hypnotize using mesmerism.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: c. 1789, Elizabeth Inchbald, Animal Magnetism: A Farce, Dublin, P. Byron, Act III, p. 82,
Lisette let him alone, it is dangerous to push the poor creature to extremities, Doctor, suppose we Magnetize him?
Dr. Bertrand tells us that the first patient he ever magnetized, being attacked by a disease of an hysterical character, became subject to convulsions of so long duration and so violent in character, that he had never, in all his practice, seen the like […]
gloss: To attract, allure or entice; to captivate or entrance.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: As for Dudley Venner, no beauty in all the world could have so soothed and magnetized him as the very repose and subdued gentleness which the Widow had thought would make the best possible background for her own more salient and effective attractions.
Mr. Hamlin’s hand passed carressingly twice or thrice along her sleeve with a peculiar gentleness that seemed to magnetize her.
Subdued and magnetized into submission, Ursula sat turning her tearful eyes from one uncompromising face to the other; but their attention was soon diverted to another weeper.
Drawing his material from the black hole of ghetto life and death, Pryor uses his dramatic power to magnetize his listeners into the fire-flash fear of the moment—even as his skewed comic perspective offers distance, safety, reassurance.
Derived words: demagnetize
electromagnetize
magnetizability
magnetizable
magnetization
magnetizee
magnetizer
remagnetize
Translations:
antiparallel
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
geometry
mathematics
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English parallel
English antiparallel
From anti- + parallel.
Inflected forms:
form: antiparallels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Upon interaction with ss- nucleic acid (NA) targets (deoxyribooligonucleotides (ODNs) or ribooligonucleotides), they form very stable anti-parallel and parallel duplexes [3 ], and the melting temperatures of the antiparallel duplexes are 10 to 15°C higher than those of the parallel duplexes.
gloss: (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.
pos: noun
Derived words: antiparallelly
nonantiparallel
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: antiparal·lel
lang: Dutch
word: antiparallel
lang: Finnish
word: vastakkaissuuntainen
lang: French
word: antiparallèle
lang: German
word: antiparallel
lang: Italian
word: antiparallelo
lang: Portuguese
word: antiparalelo
lang: Spanish
word: antiparalelo
lang: Swedish
word: antiparallell
antiviral
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English virus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English viral
English antiviral
From anti- + viral.
Inflected forms:
form: anti-viral
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: antivirals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An antiviral medication.
pos: noun
Derived words: antivirally
chemoantiviral
nonantiviral
Translations:
airscrew
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From air + screw.
Compound parts: air
screw
Inflected forms:
form: airscrews
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
pos: noun
gloss: Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
pos: noun
examples: The [wind] tunnel will be housed in a separate building close to the Railway Research Laboratory. It will be operated by an airscrew driven by a 50 h.p. motor which will draw air through at varying speeds up to 100 m.p.h.
Translations:
airspeed
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From air + speed.
Compound parts: air
speed
Inflected forms:
form: airspeeds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
pos: noun
examples: Holonym: air data
Translations:
camcorder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of camera + recorder. Appears to be a borrowing from Japanese カムコーダー (kamukōdā), an original registered trademark filed for by Sony in 1981. First use appears c. 1982 in The Economist.
Compound parts: camera
recorder
Inflected forms:
form: camcorders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.
pos: noun
examples: You know where you never see a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring your camcorder? Have a little fun! Zoom in on the corpse's nose hairs. Then pull back, and pan over to the widow's tears. Get a tight shot of that. Do a montage of people wracked with grief. Then go home and put a laugh track on it! Smoke a joint and show it to your friends. That would be a lot of fun.
Translations:
carcinogenic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English carcino-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Hellenic *génos
Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.
French -gènebor.
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -genic
English carcinogenic
From carcino- + -genic.
Inflected forms:
form: more carcinogenic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most carcinogenic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: carcinogenics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Causing or tending to cause cancer.
pos: adj
examples: Although BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) are avoided by some consumers because several studies have suggested they may be toxic or carcinogenic (they are banned in Britain), these antioxidants have also been shown to inhibit the action of cancer-causing chemicals, and BHT has been shown to suppress the growth of harmful viruses.
The disadvantage of the underfired grill is the potential for flareups, which can cause a burned spot or carbonization. Not only do these taste bad, but they are also carcinogenic.
gloss: Synonym of carcinogen.
pos: noun
Translations:
heriot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old English hereġeatwa (“military equipment, army gear”).
Per Etymonline: "An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; sense transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts."
Inflected forms:
form: heriots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The return of military equipment.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A payment made to a lord on the death of a tenant.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A tribute.
pos: noun
tags: dated
Translations:
chanterelle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entertainment
lifestyle
music
mycology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from French chanterelle, from New Latin cantharellus, diminutive of Latin cantharus (“drinking vessel”), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos). Probably of Pre-Greek origin, cognate with Akkadian 𒃶𒁺𒊒𒌑 (/⁠kanduru⁠/, “kind of vessel”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒉡𒌉 (/⁠gannu-tur⁠/, “small vessel; potstand”, literally “little vessel, container, holder”).
Inflected forms:
form: chanterelles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
pos: noun
examples: Even the homely wood blewits, that you cook like tripe, with milk and onions, and the egg-yolk yellow chanterelle with its fan-vaulting and faint smell of apricots, all spring up overnight like bubbles of earth, unsustained by nature, existing in a void.
gloss: The highest string of the violin or similar instrument.
pos: noun
examples: There were hushed moments of complete beauty when the melody moved out and hung above the chanterelle like a hummingbird poised over a flower.
Derived words: black chanterelle
false chanterelle
funnel chanterelle
Translations:
domus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anthropology
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin domus. Doublet of dome and duomo.
Inflected forms:
form: domus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
pos: noun
examples: The domus was a unique and unprecedented concentration of tilled fields, seed and graain stores, people, and domestic animals, all coevolving with consequences no one could possibly have foreseen.
gloss: In the UK a college (or collectively its fellows) in Cambridge or Oxford.
pos: noun
tags: dated
Related words: domus de janas
Translations:
grounded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
physics
transport
Etymology: From Middle English grounded, i-grounded, equivalent to ground + -ed.
Base: ground
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more grounded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most grounded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not allowed to fly.
pos: adj
gloss: Aground.
pos: adj
examples: Courageous went down about an hour ago. Glorious also went down toward the end of the battle, cause unknown. Lion is grounded in the shadows of Terschelling, and will not be recoverable. All of the other battlecruisers have medium to heavy damage of one degree or another, with the exception of Renown, which avoided shell damage but took a torpedo at the last moment and is heading home under tow, and, of course, New Zealand, whose sole casualty is a stoker overcome with heat exhaustion.
gloss: Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
gloss: Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
pos: adj
tags: predicative
examples: "Sam, wait. You're not actually grounded. I just want you to be better about listening when I tell you something."
gloss: With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise; realistic, real; mature; see also Thesaurus:wise
Derived words: deep-grounded
groundedly
grounded narrative inquiry
groundedness
grounded theory
ill-grounded
ungrounded
well-grounded
Translations:
scholarly
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scholar
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English scholarly
From scholar + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more scholarly
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most scholarly
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more scholarly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most scholarly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Characteristic of a scholar.
pos: adj
examples: Here undoubtedly the foundations were laid for the notable research work and the scholarly outlook for which his name is remembered.
“He writes incredible opinions and becomes an advocate for his position. He is a very scholarly man.”
For those of you that are so scholarly and you've been around the Church for so long, you're like, “Clearly, that is a reference to the triune Godhead.”
gloss: Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
pos: adj
gloss: In a scholarly manner
pos: adv
tags: US
Related words: scholastically
Derived words: nonscholarly
scholarliness
scholarly article
scholarly method
semischolarly
unscholarly
Translations:
backlot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From back + lot.
Compound parts: back
lot
Inflected forms:
form: backlots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The farthest section of a parking lot.
pos: noun
gloss: The area of a movie studio where outdoor scenes were filmed. It typically served as a generic "town", for example in westerns.
pos: noun
Derived words: virtual backlot
backlotter
digital backlot
Translations:
crabapple
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From crab (“wild apple”) + apple.
Compound parts: crab
apple
Inflected forms:
form: crabapples
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: crab-apple
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: crab apple
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit of this tree.
pos: noun
gloss: An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.
pos: noun
Derived words: American crabapple
Chinese crabapple
Chinese pearleaf crabapple
cultivated crabapple
European crabapple
garland crabapple
Iowa crabapple
Manchurian crabapple
Oregon crabapple
Pacific crabapple
prairie crabapple
showy crabapple
Siberian crabapple
southern crab apple
sweet crabapple
Texas crabapple
western crabapple
Translations:
lang: Basque
word: sagarmin
lang: Bulgarian
word: дива ябълка
roman: diva jabǎlka
lang: Catalan
word: pomera salvatge
lang: Cheyenne
word: náhkôhemenó'e
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 野蘋果 /野苹果
roman: yěpíngguǒ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 海棠
roman: hǎitáng
lang: Cornish
word: gwedhen krabbys
lang: Faroese
word: apaldur
lang: Finnish
word: villiomenapuu
lang: Galician
word: maceira brava
lang: Georgian
word: მაჟალო
roman: mažalo
lang: German
word: Holzapfel
lang: Ingrian
word: metsäomenapuu
lang: Irish
word: crann fia-úll
lang: Latvian
word: mežābele
lang: Portuguese
word: macieira silvestre
lang: Russian
word: ди́кая я́блоня
roman: díkaja jáblonja
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fiadh-ubhal
lang: Spanish
word: manzano silvestre
lang: Swedish
word: vildapel
lang: Unami
word: tëmpikànakw
lang: Welsh
word: coeden afal bach sur
lang: Albanian
word: mollë e egër
lang: Bulgarian
word: киселица
roman: kiselica
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 野蘋果 /野苹果
roman: yěpíngguǒ
lang: Cornish
word: aval goodh
lang: Danish
word: vildæble
lang: Danish
word: skovæble
lang: Esperanto
word: sovaĝa pomo
lang: Finnish
word: villiomena
lang: Galician
word: mazá brava
lang: Georgian
word: მაჟალო
roman: mažalo
lang: German
word: Holzapfel
lang: Ingrian
word: metsäomena
lang: Irish
word: fia-úll
lang: Irish
word: úll fiáin
lang: Irish
word: goirteog
lang: Manx
word: gartag
lang: Manx
word: ooyl feie
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Paradiessaupel
lang: Portuguese
word: maçã silvestre
lang: Russian
word: ди́кое я́блоко
roman: díkoje jábloko
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fiadh-ubhal
lang: Spanish
word: manzana silvestre
lang: Spanish
word: sagarmín
lang: Tagalog
word: alimangong mansanas
lang: Unami
word: tëmpikàn
lang: Welsh
word: afal bach sur
lang: Welsh
word: crabysyn
lang: Welsh
word: grobosyn
lang: Winnebago
word: kšeesuksik
money-spinner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: money-spinners
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moneyspinner
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: money spinner
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Something that generates a continuous income.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
UK
figuratively
examples: One cannot resist the impression that the doctrine that a person who has been harmed in some way is a victim, and therefore cannot commit any wrong, has been turned into a money-spinner by lawyers.
But on April 13 it 'scrambled' a rake of Mk 2s and dual-braked 'Black 5' 45212 to start its lucrative summer money-spinner two days later.
[…]and then those who, like the city’s mayor, see the £40m extravaganza as a welcome money-spinner and a wonderful showcase for the area’s attractions.
gloss: A money spider.
pos: noun
examples: She never passed a spider or moneyspinner, without throwing it over her shoulder, to the no small annoyance of those who might be near.
Translations:
castell
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan castell. Doublet of cashel, castellum, castle, and château.
Inflected forms:
form: castells
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
pos: noun
Translations:
caterwaul
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English caterwrawen, from cater (“cat”) + wrawen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat”), equivalent to cat + waul. Compare Low German katerwaulen (“to cry like a cat”) and Middle Dutch cater (“tomcat”) (Dutch kater).
Compound parts: cat
waul
Inflected forms:
form: caterwauls
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: caterwauling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: caterwauled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: caterwauled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: caterwauls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To have a noisy argument, like cats.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: A yowling.
pos: noun
gloss: A noisy quarrel.
pos: noun
Derived words: caterwauler
Translations:
cajole
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.
Inflected forms:
form: cajoles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cajoling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cajoled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cajoled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: cajoles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]
If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?
He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.
[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.
Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.
For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole, convince and placate Republicans.
But the wife was visibly unimpressed by Ms. Baskin’s half-furnished home (they had just moved in) and thrown-together spaghetti dinner. “It was basically clear that his wife had been cajoled into attending,” said Ms. Baskin, 33. “She settled on to our rickety Ikea kitchen chairs like she was lowering herself into a coal mine.”
At President Donald Trump’s cajoling, the [Texas] map [for congressional seats] was adopted with the goal of improving the odds that Republicans would gain five more seats in next year’s midterms than they would have if Texas kept the map used since the 2020 census.
gloss: The act of cajoling.
pos: noun
Translations:
rutting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Inflected forms:
form: ruttings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pairing; the period of time when certain ungulates mate.
pos: noun
Translations:
cistern
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English cisterne, from Old French cisterne (Modern French citerne) from Latin cisterna, from cista (“box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). Doublet of cisterna.
Inflected forms:
form: cisterns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cestern
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cesterne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
pos: noun
examples: 1913, A.C. Cotter, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Wells in Scripture",
Their extreme necessity is attested by the countless number of old, unused cisterns with which the Holy Land is literally honeycombed.
On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces.
Cisterns (bôr, bō'r), mentioned frequently in the Bible, are artificial reservoirs, usually cut into bedrock, for collecting and conserving rain runoff from roofs and courtyards.
gloss: In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
pos: noun
examples: It is possible to connect your tank to your toilet cistern and/or garden, so that even if the water is not drinkable it still can be used productively to make major water savings.
gloss: A shallow, typically oval, vessel made of porcelain, pottery, or glass.
pos: noun
gloss: The receptacle that holds the fuel in an oil lamp.
pos: noun
examples: By next winter he was spending every evening poring over the work of Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné on the French Reformation by the light of a little oil lamp, with a tiny cistern the size of an orange and no chimney[.]
gloss: A cisterna.
pos: noun
gloss: The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
pos: noun
Derived words: cerebromedullary cistern
cisternal
cisterned
cistern epiphyte
cisternful
cisternless
cisternography
hog cistern
intracistern
Translations:
lawfully
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English lawefully, lawfulliche, lawefulliche; equivalent to lawful + -ly.
Base: lawful
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more lawfully
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most lawfully
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Conforming to the law; legally.
pos: adv
examples: This grand ceremony was immediately followed by a proclamation expreſsly forbidding the Abyſſine clergy, monks, and prieſts, to perform any prieſtly functions till they were previouſly examined and approved by the patriarch ; there being ſome reaſon to doubt whether they had been lawfully examined.
He was sent to Guantánamo in 2002, and Judge Kollar-Kotelly found that from the beginning of his stay, “there is no evidence in the record that anyone directed any allegations toward al-Rabiah nor any indication that interrogators believed al-Rabiah had engaged in any conduct that made him lawfully detainable.”
Antonyms: unlawfully
Translations:
unlawfully
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From unlawful + -ly or un- + lawfully.
Base: unlawful
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more unlawfully
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unlawfully
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a manner not conforming to the law.
pos: adv
examples: The deceased was unlawfully killed during a riot.
Look here, my body-snatchers, you have unlawfully abridged the liberty of one of the sons of the sovereign State of New York!
The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]
After an inquest's ruling yesterday, it is now official that the newspaper vendor, Ian Tomlinson, was unlawfully killed amid the policing of the G20 protests in 2009. Many who saw the footage the Guardian obtained, which showed PC Simon Harwood striking Mr Tomlinson just before his death, will regard the verdict as a statement of the blindingly obvious.
Antonyms: lawfully
Translations:
widescreen
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: From wide + screen.
Compound parts: wide
screen
Inflected forms:
form: widescreens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
often
gloss: Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Presented in the original aspect ratio; presented in letterbox orientation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: panoramic
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: breedbeeld
lang: Finnish
word: laajakuva-
lang: Finnish
word: panoraama-
lang: French
word: panoramique
lang: Italian
word: panoramico
lang: Japanese
word: ワイドスクリーン
roman: waidosukurīn
lang: Japanese
word: ワイド画面
roman: waido gamen
lang: Japanese
word: ビスタ・サイズ
roman: bisuta saizu
lang: Latin
word: panoramicus
lang: Marathi
word: वाइड्स्क्रीन
roman: vāiḍskrīn
lang: Polish
word: panoramiczny
lang: Romanian
word: panoramic
lang: Romanian
word: pe ecran lat
lang: Spanish
word: panorámico
gunship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
Etymology: From gun + ship.
Compound parts: gun
ship
Inflected forms:
form: gunships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A ship equipped with heavy artillery.
pos: noun
gloss: An armed helicopter tasked to attack the enemy.
pos: noun
examples: I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship.
gloss: A transport airplane equipped with large calibre guns typical of armoured fighting vehicles
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Roger that, Hocus. Friendly gunship, coming in hot!
Translations:
periscope
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Formed in English from peri- + -scope.
Base: peri
Inflected forms:
form: periscopes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: periscopes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: periscoping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: periscoped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: periscoped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.
pos: noun
examples: The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen.
gloss: A general or comprehensive view.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: […] will show it not only enlarging the periscope of knowledge, but contributing to the amelioration of the condition of unfortunate and suffering humanity […]
gloss: To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Thousands of ungainly black-beaked heads would periscope and freeze in the direction of the approaching intruder.
The second summer I had a great deal of interest but weeks passed before I worked up the nerve to approach her, the confidence finally gained when I caught a queen snake that periscoped within reach, one of the last I ever saw swimming in Cross Creek.
Areas of barren sand are likely spots to look for its [the turtle's] periscoping head. Its fondness for the bottom is equally matched by its ability to quickly disappear and tunnel into it.
Her black and white head suddenly popped out from under the covers and periscoped around.
Related words: periscopic
periscopically
circumspect
Derived words: periscopism
Translations:
stop-motion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
Inflected forms:
form: stop-motions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stop motion
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Jan Švankmajer’s stop-motion looks angry, rough, and primal; Henry Selick’s is so polished and smooth that it resembles CGI.
gloss: A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
shrinkage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English shrink
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English shrinkage
From shrink + -age.
Inflected forms:
form: shrinkages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: How far progress has been made in liquidating the locomotive stock of the old companies may be judged from the shrinkage in their numbers, by some 50 per cent. at the end of 1931, to about 35 per cent. in 1938.
An emergency South Western Railway (SWR) timetable came into force on September 5, in response to the shrinkage of clay embankments on the nine miles between Gillingham and Tisbury. The shrinkage has been caused by the driest summer since 1936, with a severe 40mph speed restriction having to be imposed.
gloss: The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: Do women know about shrinkage?
This is why guys experience "shrinkage" after they've been swimming.
That'll get their blood flowing. ... getting the blood flowing coz just the mere thought of jumping into that icy water was starting to get the shrinkage going.
And of course, one of the most important questions of all, especially among male plungers, is, "What about shrinkage?!"
Next, on with his favourite budgie smugglers. His sequined posing pouch. No winky shrinkage for him.
Related words: shrink rate
shrink-wrap
Derived words: antishrinkage
shrinkageproof
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: kutistuminen
lang: German
word: Schrumpfen
lang: Spanish
word: encogimiento
lang: Spanish
word: engurra
lang: Swedish
word: krympning
lang: Swedish
word: minskning
antivirus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English virus
English antivirus
From anti- + virus.
Inflected forms:
form: antiviruses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
pos: noun
Translations:
backstop
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
baseball
cricket
espionage
games
government
hobbies
lifestyle
military
politics
sports
war
Etymology: From back + stop.
Compound parts: back
stop
Inflected forms:
form: backstops
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: back-stop
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: backstops
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: backstopping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: backstopped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: backstopped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: back-stop
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
pos: noun
gloss: A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
pos: noun
examples: Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, this morning, said a time-limited backstop would be unacceptable, and has previously promised to vote down the UK’s Brexit withdrawal deal unless it features a satisfactory backstop.
"The 2½ years since have been about hammering home these points in any European capital that would listen. And in spite of capacity-sapping talks on the first point – Brexit, border and backstop – the Department of Foreign Affairs and other government departments have been working quietly to make good on the second.
gloss: A wall or fence behind home plate.
pos: noun
gloss: A catcher; the position of catcher.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better.
gloss: The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
pos: noun
gloss: The longstop.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: The wicket-keeper.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
pos: noun
examples: […] to be set up in Indonesia with a phony book and school supplies company established in New York City as a backstop.
Closely representing an alibi, creating a backstop could involve such measures as having people available to verify the details of an agent's cover story.
gloss: To serve as backstop for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To bolster, support.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian.
Translations:
harumph
Part of speech: intj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Inflected forms:
form: harrumph
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: harumphs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: harrumph
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: harumphs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: harumphing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: harumphed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: harumphed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: harrumph
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal.
pos: intj
examples: Harumph! She is welcome to try, but I'm not going to bother helping.
"Harumph! Well, now, perhaps I spoke too soon, McManus."
gloss: An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
pos: noun
examples: I didn't get a harumph out of that guy.
Give the governor a harumph.
gloss: To make a huffing or snorting sound of disdain or dismissal; (figurative, by extension) to show one's disdain.
pos: verb
examples: Is it wrong to harumph when the scent of spitting fat drifts towards your washing line?
"An open invitation for beggars," harumphed Migrationwatch. Ever the humanitarians.
Translations: