yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
ape-person
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ape-people
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ape-persons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A non-human australopithecine; an ape-like precursor to modern humans.
pos: noun
examples: The openings of these huts and the branches of the trees were thronged with a dense mob of ape-people, whom from their size I took to be the females and infants of the tribe.
The earliest fossils that can be classified as ape-persons have been found in South Africa and they date back about 5.5 million years.
In England, Grafton Elliot Smith, who had been involved in the Piltdown affair, convinced The Illustrated London News to publish an artist’s rendering of Nebraska Man. The picture, which appeared in a two-page spread and received wide distribution, showed two brutish, naked ape-persons, the male with a club, the female gathering roots. All this from one tooth.
It remains a great mystery as to how these slow locomoting ape-persons survived in relatively open terrestrial environments without the aid of great speed, large canines, large body size, stone tool technology, or other physical adaptations that most mammals possess.
The anthropocentrist who values rationality, and sees it as the essence of being a person, would regard Taylor as having wiped out morally significant beings, since both mutants and ape-persons are clearly rational. Hence the act is a great wrong.
Translations:
double-clutch
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: double-clutches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: double-clutching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: double-clutched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: double-clutched
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To change down gears in a motor vehicle by using the clutch once to move from a gear to neutral, engaging transmission in neutral, and then using the clutch again to move from neutral to the lower gear; to double-declutch.
pos: verb
Translations:
double-shuffle
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: double-shuffles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: double-shuffling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: double-shuffled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: double-shuffled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: double-shuffles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To make a shuffle twice.
pos: verb
gloss: To play a shuffle pattern with both hands.
pos: verb
gloss: To double-clutch.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
colloquial
gloss: A dance move in which the dancer makes a shuffle twice.
pos: noun
examples: Curtis did a piece of double-shuffle tracking to illustrate his point.
gloss: A shuffle pattern played with both hands.
pos: noun
gloss: An instance of double-clutching while changing gears.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
colloquial
Translations:
double-shuffling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: double-shufflings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The action of doing a double-shuffle.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: To describe it is quite impossible, but, though there was a good deal of tossing of legs and double-shuffling, it seemed to our untutored minds to be more of a play than a dance[.]
gloss: Double-dealing; treachery.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Suppose you write a letter now to Scotland Yard, admitting that you've been mistaken, and let me post it. Then there can't be any double shuffling.
Translations:
death-dealing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Causing or inflicting death, or capable of doing so; lethal.
pos: adj
examples: The country was at that time ruled by a death-dealing tyrant.
The aliens were armed with an array of death-dealing weapons.
Busuli, the warrior whom he had stalked to the village, told him many of the tribal legends—how, many years before, his people had come many long marches from the north; how once they had been a great and powerful tribe; and how the slave raiders had wrought such havoc among them with their death-dealing guns that they had been reduced to a mere remnant of their former numbers and power.
gloss: The causing of death; murder or killing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Sad lays were sung about the beset king,
the vicious raids and ravages of Grendel,
[...] how he would never
parley or make peace with any Dane
nor stop his death-dealing nor pay the death-price.
Translations:
rat-trap
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more rat-trap
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rat-trap
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That shuts forcibly or holds tight, like a rat trap.
pos: adj
examples: But above, perched each upon its own stone, tall, gray, and withered, more like dead and dried specimens than actual living creatures, sat the horrible males, absolutely motionless save for the rolling of their red eyes or an occasional snap of their rat-trap beaks as a dragon-fly went past them.
Everyone says he's got a rat trap mind.
gloss: Of the mouth, resembling a rat trap; large and ugly.
pos: adj
examples: He smiled, his wide rat-trap mouth splitting to show bad teeth.
Translations:
plate-carrier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
Inflected forms:
form: plate-carriers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of bulletproof vest.
pos: noun
gloss: A thin black frame used to hold a photographic plate in early cameras.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: The cases of ammunition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunate cameras and plate-carriers, but none of them were missing.
Translations:
hide-rope
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hide-ropes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Rope made from plaited strands of leather.
pos: noun
examples: "Plenty hide rope in Indian village. Indian down below; send him."
Translations:
taxi-cabman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From taxicab + -man.
Base: taxicab
Affixes: -man
Inflected forms:
form: taxi-cabmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A man who runs a taxicab; a cabman.
pos: noun
examples: The whole central traffic of London was held up, and many collisions were reported between the demonstrators upon the one side and the police and taxi-cabmen upon the other.
Translations:
covid-wise
Part of speech: adv
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: covid wise
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: covidwise
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: Covid-wise
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: COVID-wise
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: more covid-wise
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most covid-wise
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: covid wise
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: covidwise
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Covid-wise
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: COVID-wise
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: With reference to or in terms of COVID-19.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Sensible and safe regarding COVID-19.
pos: adj
tags: neologism
Translations:
boarding-master
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: boarding-masters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person employed to find crews for ships, sometimes by illicit practices such as shanghaiing.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
guelaguetza
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: guelaguetzas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An annual indigenous cultural event in Oaxaca, Mexico, and nearby villages, involving costumed dancing, parades, and artisanal crafts.
pos: noun
Translations:
CAGED
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The barre chords C, A, G, E, and D.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Russian-American
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Russian-Americans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An American with Russian ancestry.
pos: noun
gloss: Of such ancestry.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
corona-wise
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: With reference to or in terms of COVID-19.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
sucking-dove
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sucking-doves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A young pigeon or dove that still has downy feathers; symbolically representing gentleness and placidity.
pos: noun
examples: "He'd put up the feathers of a sucking-dove and set up a riot in a Quakers' meeting."
Translations:
tinkle-down
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: economics
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Modification of the term "trickle-down" to criticize what is felt to be the failings of the latter, with implication that what might be passed down from the rich to the poor is minimal or undesirable.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: America has been practicing “tinkle-down” economics for years, and it has failed us.
It’s called “Tinkle Down Economics,” how prosperity gets passed on to the deserving, who should never look up during these troubled times.
Translations:
elastic-sided
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of footwear, having pieces of elastic set into the ankles on both sides.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I had a vision of a cotton stocking and an elastic-sided boot.
Translations:
telephone-bell
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: telephone-bells
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small bell, installed in a telephone, which rings to announce incoming calls.
pos: noun
examples: "Halloa! There's that telephone-bell again." From time to time during and after lunch the high, insistent ring had summoned the Professor.
Translations:
will-force
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Power gained purely from desire or will.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Both Leo and myself rushed to her - she was stone dead - blasted into death by some mysterious electric agency or overwhelming will-force whereof the dread She had command.
His little wife, insensible to all appearance, was slung over his great shoulder, and he blundered and thundered up the stair, scrambling and tripping, but carrying himself and her through sheer will-force through that mephitic atmosphere to the haven of temporary safety.
Translations:
hip-hurrah
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hip-hurrahs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hip-hurrahing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hip-hurrahed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hip-hurrahed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To give forth a hip hip hurrah; to express elation.
pos: verb
Translations:
mid-year
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From mid- + year.
Base: year
Affixes: mid-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Taking place in or relating to the middle of a year.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Its findings are contained in its mid-year report on Network Rail, published in early December.
Translations:
drip-feed
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: drip-feeds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: drip feed
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dripfeed
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: drip-feeds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: drip-feeding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: drip-fed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: drip-fed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: drip feed
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: dripfeed
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A device for dispensing liquids in a slow, regular stream of drops or very small quantities.
pos: noun
gloss: A device for dripping nutrients or drugs directly into a patient's bloodstream.
pos: noun
tags: especially
gloss: To dispense (a liquid) using a drip-feed.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To administer nutrients, drugs, etc. to (a patient) using a drip-feed.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To dispense or dole out in very small portions over a period of time.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: We don't fully know what is going on. Right now we're just being drip-fed information.
Related words: intravenous drip
Derived words: drip feeder
Translations:
self-archiving
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + archiving.
Base: archiving
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The depositing of a free copy of an electronic document online by its author, so as to provide open access to it.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
rond-anchor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: rond-anchors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rond anchor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of anchor with a single fluke used to fasten a boat to a river or canal bank.
pos: noun
tags: Norfolk
examples: A rond-anchor is a stockless anchor with only one fluke for mooring to the rond or bank.
Translations:
loop-window
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: loop-windows
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A long, narrow, vertical opening, usually widening inward, cut in a medieval wall, parapet, or fortification, for use by archers.
pos: noun
Translations:
aimpoint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From aim + point.
Compound parts: aim
point
Inflected forms:
form: aimpoints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The point at which a firearm is aimed, typically identified by a red dot sight.
pos: noun
Translations:
micronet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From micro- + net.
Base: net
Affixes: micro-
Inflected forms:
form: micronets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A very small network, especially a small mesonet
pos: noun
Translations:
Gen-Zer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Gen Z, shortened from Generation Z + -er.
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Gen-Zers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Gen Zedder
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Gen-Zedder
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Gen Zer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Gen Z-er
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: gen Z-er
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Gen Z'er
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A member of Generation Z.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Coordinate term: Gen-Xer
The track makes the 18-year-old Eilish the youngest artist ever to record a Bond theme, the latest in a string of achievements that has made the precocious Gen-Z-er a regular fixture on the Guinness World Records blog.
Another super PAC that supports moderate Republicans, Defending Main Street, has spent over $1.2 million and is running an ad that describes Ms. Leavitt as a “woke Gen-Z’er” and plays a Snapchat video she once posted where she used crude language to refer to her viewers.
Translations:
boomie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: boomies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A barge rigged as a ketch
pos: noun
Translations:
bugeye
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: bugeyes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sailboat once used for oystering out of Chesapeake Bay.
pos: noun
Translations:
Yorker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From York + -er (“inhabitant”).
Base: York
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Yorkers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone from York, England.
pos: noun
Translations:
hair-raiser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From hair-raising + -er.
Base: hair-raising
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: hair-raisers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hair raiser
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Something which scares or causes fear; something hair-raising.
pos: noun
tags: idiomatic
Translations:
gurdy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: Possibly from hurdy-gurdy.
Inflected forms:
form: gurdies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A manual crank used on fishing lines
pos: noun
Translations:
kaep
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: kaeps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of proa native to Palau
pos: noun
Translations:
better-paid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That earns a better wage than others.
pos: adj
gloss: That provides better pay than other employment.
pos: adj
examples: The growth in car ownership obscured from the public mind (and therefore the political agenda) the consequences for people who did not own cars. They suffered growing deprivation as a result of an inability to access better-paid jobs, as the closure of older industries removed employment.
Related words: best-paid
well-paid
Translations:
calcutta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: games
pool
Inflected forms:
form: calcuttas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A form of auction in which people invest in a player's success
pos: noun
Translations:
chesney
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
Inflected forms:
form: chesneys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it
pos: noun
Translations:
cotgrave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
Inflected forms:
form: cotgraves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fluke in which a pot or snooker is obtained by accident
pos: noun
Translations:
marked-up
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having been subjected to a markup; having been marked up.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having had markup coding added.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In order to overcome inconsistencies in the data structure an iterative system of checking output and refining programs in response was instituted and the entire marked-up text was read closely in order to remove any remaining irregularities.
Translations:
discipline-specific
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: education
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more discipline-specific
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most discipline-specific
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, or forming part of, the typical language used in a particular field of study.
pos: adj
examples: The extent of a general academic vocabulary has been questioned by previous research that has found vocabulary and lexical bundles vary so much by discipline that a discipline-specific approach to vocabulary instruction should be adopted.
Translations:
English-medium
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of education, conducted in the English language.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In the wider global context, the growth of international schools means there are now more students studying English-medium curricula where resources informed by the ESL research could be particularly beneficial.
Translations:
branch-decomposition
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: branch-decompositions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An unrooted binary tree that represents the hierarchical clustering of the edges of an undirected graph.
pos: noun
Translations:
Ladakhi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Ladakh + -i.
Base: Ladakh
Affixes: -i
Inflected forms:
form: Ladakhis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Ladakhi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person from Ladakh, or of Ladakhi descent.
pos: noun
Translations:
tri-mode
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From tri- + mode.
Base: mode
Affixes: tri-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a train or locomotive: Designed to operate on electricity on electrified lines, or diesel-electric power (from a diesel generator) or battery power on non-electrified lines.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Testing of a five-car Hitachi Class 802/0 tri-mode unit will begin in 2022, and the train could be in traffic the following year. It is expected the train will save more than 20% of fuel on Great Western Railway's London Paddington-Penzance route. The plan is for the '802' to use battery power in and out of stations, and through urban areas. Of the 305-mile route, only 53 miles as far as Newbury are electrified (17%).
Translations:
powder-bag
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: powder-bags
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bag for gunpowder.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A woman's accessory in the form of a small bag containing cosmetic powder.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: "You have your powder-bag, my dear Enid. If you see a particularly good specimen of ectoplasm in the course of the evening don't forget your father."
Translations:
reading-lamp
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: reading-lamps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small indoor lamp designed to be used for reading at night.
pos: noun
examples: "I value my electric reading-lamp, and that is a product of science."
A bed reading lamp is provided for each passenger; it is so arranged that, in all switching conditions, a blue night light will prevent the berth being placed in complete darkness.
[...] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.
Translations:
problem-solving
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: problem-solvings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act or action of solving of a problem or issue.
pos: noun
examples: Research has increasingly highlighted that autistic individuals often experience executive functioning challenges in the workplace, such as difficulties with self-management, problem-solving, adapting to change, and navigating complex social environments.
Translations:
bedliner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bed + liner.
Compound parts: bed
liner
Inflected forms:
form: bedliners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A plastic shell that lines the bed of a vehicle.
pos: noun
examples: Pickup truck bedliners are durable high-density molded polyethylene inserts that slip over the exposed cargo bed.
Even when you order your late - model pickup with a drop-in plastic bedliner from the factory, you might experience rust buildup between the plastic bedliner and the sheet metal of the truck bed after a few years.
Translations:
old-old
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: old-olds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person aged 75 or older.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Especially the amount and percentage of old-olds is increasing. Care for the elderly is a women's issue from two perspectives: carers are presumably women, and most of those cared-for as well.
The group of 75 and over, the “old-olds,” is the fasting growing age group in our country.
Translations:
brandy-smash
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: brandy-smashes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cocktail made with brandy, sugar, mint, etc.
pos: noun
Translations:
PR-friendly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From PR (“public relations”).
Inflected forms:
form: more PR-friendly
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most PR-friendly
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Willing to be approached by brands in order to endorse goods and services.
pos: adj
tags: Internet
euphemistic
examples: a PR-friendly blog
Translations:
push-penny
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of shove ha'penny.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
push-and-pull
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: push and pull
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: push-and-pulls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: push and pull
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of push-pull.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The trials were conducted to assess the suitability of four-motor power cars on high-speed push-and-pull workings, with a view to possible operation of the electrified Waterloo-Bournemouth services by these methods.
gloss: Synonym of push-pull.
pos: noun
examples: Because of course there were layers here too. Welcome to Qatar 2022, a World Cup so contorted by wider push and pull you can almost feel the political actors at the side of pitch shunting their avatars about the turf with long wooden paddles.
Translations:
methylthio
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: methylthios
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The radical CH₃S- analogous to the methoxy group
pos: noun
Translations:
stone-throwing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The action of throwing one or more stones, often as a form of aggression or assault, or with the intention of causing damage.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Porcelain insulators, though generally successful, have proved vulnerable to malicious stone-throwing and particularly in bad weather they have been liable to fracture in flashover where there are many steam locomotive movements; [...].
Translations:
zazz
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From pizazz.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Energetic charisma; zest; vitality.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: It was as alive as the beasts that walked through it, full of zazz and wonder.
The challenge, of course, is coming up with a moniker that's catchy and unforgettable, so full of zazz that it will go viral like a cold sore at a make-out party.
Translations:
play-acting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From play-act + -ing.
Affixes: play-act
-ing
Inflected forms:
form: play-actings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: playacting
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The acting of a play or plays; the occupation of an actor; dramatic performance.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Despite growing Puritan disapproval of play-acting, vehemently expressed in sermons and pamphlets, Charles's court was famous for its amateur theatricals.
gloss: The act of engaging in pretence or insincere behavior, often in order to mislead someone or gain an advantage.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
examples: Children's games are often play-actings of adult roles and thus inculcate the values and customs of the culture in a way that formal schooling might neglect.
Yes, child care means that the days are longer, working hours broken up and scattered between intervals of dinosaur play-acting. It also means there is almost no time alone.
Translations:
loose-coupled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of older railway wagons, having a chain coupling between them, without the buffers on each wagon touching those of the next wagon when the train was in motion.
pos: adj
tags: UK
historical
not-comparable
examples: It consists exclusively of loose-coupled open mineral wagons and a guard's brake van; owing to the isolation of the branch the last-named is equipped with a first aid box and a jack, to enable any emergency to be dealt with rapidly.
The line here rises in the up direction, for the most part on a 1 in 132 gradient, and three spring-operated catch points—Basildon West, Basildon and Vange—are provided at intervals on the up line between the two stations, to derail any runaway wagons of a loose-coupled freight train.
Translations:
play-actress
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: play-actresses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: playactress
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A female actor who performs on stage.
pos: noun
Translations:
ad-free
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ad + -free.
Base: ad
Affixes: -free
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not containing any advertisements.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
crossrail
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From cross- + rail.
Base: rail
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
form: crossrails
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rail that goes across something.
pos: noun
examples: The stroke of the planer is remarkably uniform, the reverse taking place at the same the same screws which carry the crossrail.
After you have done caveletti for a little bit you should go into small crossrails about 1 foot high.
gloss: A commuter rail line that crosses a major city through a tunnel and which continues for a significant distance into the surrounding areas, generally with relatively high speeds and widely spaced stations compared to an underground or metro.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: A crossrail link to Aberdeen and Stonehaven is planned.
We need to change the name of the Manchester Hub. Crossrail for the north of England is a better term, otherwise people will view it as a Greater Manchester project and will miss out on exactly what it is actually going to do.
The proposal to build a second Crossrail line would create a new high-frequency, high-capacity rail line running south west to north east across London.
Translations:
KMS
Part of speech: intj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Initialism of kill myself, based on KYS (“kill yourself”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Used to express frustration: I am going to kill myself; fucking hell; fuck this.
pos: intj
tags: Internet
examples: i left my wallet at home kms i don't wanna go back and get it
my mom found condoms in my room and now she wants to call me kms
gloss: Kill myself.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
Translations:
retro-noir
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Inflected forms:
form: retro-noirs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subgenre that closely imitates or recreates the aesthetics and tropes of the classical noirs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A work that closely imitates the classical noirs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
falling-off
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fallings-off
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A decrease in something, such as demand.
pos: noun
examples: By and large, there was no great improvement over 1960 and even some falling-off, [...].
Translations:
Cheena
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of China based on Malay Cina.
Inflected forms:
form: Cheenas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mainland Chinese person
pos: noun
tags: Singapore
derogatory
Translations:
Greco-Latin
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Greco- + Latin.
Base: Latin
Affixes: Greco-
Inflected forms:
form: Graeco-Latin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: Derived from or pertaining to the Ancient Greek and Latin languages.
pos: adj
tags: US
examples: In 1781 they framed "Articles of Confederation,” and in 1789 the “Constitution of the United States of America," from which we have an Extract and Table, showing sixty-two per cent. Greco-Latin and thirty-eight Gotho-Germanic; whereas Ethelbert's Anglo-Saxon Code of A.D. 597, which is the oldest English writing, containse six per cent. Greco-Latin and ninety-four Gotho-Germanic; the code of Alfred the Great, A.D. 890, numbers six per cent. Greco-Latin and ninety-four Gotho-Germanic; and the Bill of Rights, 1688, counts sixty-three per cent. Greco-Latin, thirty-six Gotho-Germanic, and one per cent. Celtic.
The Greco-Latin coincidences are presumably due to the independent preservation of elements of the most ancient IE. vocabulary. They do not necessarily imply any intimate relationship between Greek and Latin leading to the postulation of a pre-historic 'Italo-Greek' unity.
The German sense of Geist does not take its measure from the technical philosophical sense of the Greco-Latin spiritus.
The enrichment of the English vocabulary by Greco-Latin words was continuing, and the role of Greco-Latin vocabulary as the language of education was here to stay.
Translations:
three-sheet
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
Inflected forms:
form: three-sheets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: three-sheeting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: three-sheeted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: three-sheeted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To exaggerate, hype up, or show off.
pos: verb
examples: Now I don't think a man ought to be a spendthrift in order to be a good fellow, but a ball player getting four thousand a year shouldn't three-sheet himself every time he lets go of a quarter.
The Ballet Theatre surprised everybody. This top-heavy art trust, three-sheeted as “the greatest collaboration in ballet history,” functioned prodigiously through a long three weeks' sprint.
The leading man often wore a blond wig in some parts, and his entrance through the center door was a studied art, surpassed only by his "three-sheeting" ability in front of the post office at mail time.
[…] where he could afford the best seats in the theater, and where the stories thrilled him to the core, and the sentiments of the characters could be understood and approved by every true-born Englishman, where the actors tore their lungs and three-sheeted their passions for his exclusive benefit.
Translations:
pharmacare
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Public insurance covering all or some of the cost of pharmaceuticals.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
uncountable
examples: As well, the pharmacare and general practitioner studies showed fairly similar distributions by age.
The Canada Health Act does not mandate provincial nonhospital (pharmacare) programs. Each province has the discretion to develop its own pharmacare, and so coverage varies widely, as does the approach to subsidizing and monitoring the delivery of pharmaceuticals for patiens in hospitals, long-term care, and home care.
But there are big things that remain to be explained, such as how much new funding the Liberals might be willing to provide to the provinces for health care — an issue that could involve specific commitments for pharmacare and long-term care.
Translations:
paytech
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of payment technology.
Inflected forms:
form: paytechs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Payment technology, that is, technology (usually information technology) that is focused on processing payments.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A startup company in the finance sector dealing with payments.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: fintech
martech
Translations:
out-and-home
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a journey, to a destination and then returning home.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Most South Western Division workings are on an out-and-home basis and on the shorter runs to Salisbury and Bournemouth, some locomotives manage two return trips in the day.
Translations:
lancang
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: lancangs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of sailing ship from Maritime Southeast Asia.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
weired
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From weir + -ed.
Base: weir
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a weir.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: White shrimp emigrated significantly sooner from the unweired pond than from the weired pond in most experiments, but whether the weir actually delayed emigration was unclear.
Translations:
hashrate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
computing
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From hash + rate.
Compound parts: hash
rate
Inflected forms:
form: hashrates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The number of proof of work hashes that a mining computer can make in a given period of time, usually a second.
pos: noun
examples: Specialized hardware like a GPU is designed to do large numbers of small tasks very quickly, and so excel at hashing: typically a single GPU can produce a hashrate at least ten times faster than that of a single CPU.
gloss: The network hashrate; the estimated number of hashes generated by the entire mining network.
pos: noun
examples: BitCoin hashrate
In August last year, the most recent data available, Kazakhstan accounted for 18% of the global “hashrate” – crypto lingo for the amount of computing power being used by computers hooked up to the bitcoin network.
Related words: megahash
terahash
petahash
exahash
Translations:
Sino-Burmese
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Sino- + Burmese.
Base: Burmese
Affixes: Sino-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining both to China and to Myanmar; being both Chinese and Burmese.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In Hsi-shuang-pan-na T‘ai Autonomous Region of Yunnan Province, near the Burmese border, there are countless small monasteries generally composed of a Buddha hall, monks’ quarters, and one or two pagodas all enclosed by a wall and decorated in the regional Sino-Burmese style.
Translations:
Beary
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit व्यापारी (vyāpārī).
Inflected forms:
form: Bearies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Byari
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who speaks Beary.
pos: noun
Translations:
Lanchester
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Lanchesters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A motor car or armoured car manufactured by the Lanchester Motor Company, founded by the Lanchester brothers, until production ended in 1954.
pos: noun
Translations:
polyphemus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: polyphemuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of polyphemus moth.
pos: noun
Translations:
Maillard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: After Louis Camille Maillard.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Maillard reaction or Maillard browning
pos: noun
tags: attributive
uncountable
examples: Maillard flavour components
Translations:
e-biker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e-bike + -er.
Base: e-bike
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: e-bikers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ebiker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cyclist who rides an e-bike.
pos: noun
Translations:
half-seen
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not fully or clearly seen; with the view obscured in some manner.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Then in a moment they acquired a vacant, terrified stare, as though they were striving to realise some half-seen horror.
Translations:
star-strewn
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more star-strewn
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most star-strewn
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Covered with stars.
pos: adj
examples: What is the purpose of our feeble crying in the awful silences of space? Can our dim intelligence read the secrets of that star-strewn sky? Does any answer come out of it?
Translations:
co-ownership
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From co- + ownership.
Base: ownership
Affixes: co-
Inflected forms:
form: co-ownerships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: joint ownership
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
tonka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Likely from Guyanese Creole English tonka, from a Tupian language, perhaps Kari'na tonka.
Inflected forms:
form: tonca
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tonqua
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tonquin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A flavoring or fragrance used in foodstuffs and perfumes, derived from the tonka bean which contains coumarin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: When grated into desserts or infused into syrups, they impart a flavour so transcendent, tonka has been dubbed the most delicious ingredient you’ve never heard of.
Her favourite combinations involve pine, boletus mushroom and sake, or celery, tonka and amber ale.
The word tonka is taken from the Galibi (Carib) tongue spoken by natives of French Guayana; it also appears in Tupi, another language of the same region, as the name of the tree.
Translations:
T-step
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: T-steps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A shuffling dance move in which the feet are initially placed in an orientation like the letter T.
pos: noun
Translations:
K-point
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
Etymology: From German Konstruktionspunkt.
Inflected forms:
form: K-points
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of construction point.
pos: noun
Translations:
as-told-to
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a phrase often used to introduce such pieces, along the lines of "Alice's story, as told to Bob".
Inflected forms:
form: as-told-tos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An account of something told by one person and written by another, especially a journalist or ghostwriter.
pos: noun
examples: Independent developers began airing longstanding grievances, skeletons in the closet, and as-told-tos about Microsoft tactics over the years.
In their attempts to foreground the agency of the Native speaker, the disclaimers of white authorial interference traditionally opening 'as-told-tos' barely conceal, in fact often signal, an active editorial presence.
Many religious magazines, like Guideposts for Kids, use as-told-tos, and a selection of magazines from almost any market needs as-told-to pieces.
Thanks largely to Straus's navy-era media connections, names such as Stalin and Eisenhower had begun to grace the young list—albeit largely in photo-heavy as-told-tos and diary excerpts.
Translations:
ban-hound
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: ban-hounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).
pos: noun
examples: [T]hose dames were wont to make their appearance, arrayed in green, in the neighbourhood of Llyn Barfog, chiefly at eventide, accompanied by their kine and hounds, and that on quiet summer nights in particular, these ban-hounds were often to be heard in full cry pursuing their prey[.]
`Rash man!' she said; `like Actæon, thou hast had thy will; be careful lest, like Actæon, thou too dost perish miserably, torn to pieces by the ban-hounds of thine own passions.'
Translations:
coil-sprung
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Fitted or cushioned with coil springs.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The coil-sprung bogies are of similar design to those on the S.R. 2,500 h.p. Bo-Bo electric locomotives, [...].
Translations:
awe-inspiringly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From awe-inspiring + -ly.
Affixes: awe-inspiring
-ly
Inflected forms:
form: more awe-inspiringly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most awe-inspiringly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an awe-inspiring manner or way; so as to produce awe.
pos: adv
examples: His stunts got notably more costly, though by no means less stupid (see, for instance, the awe-inspiringly dumb I Filled My Brother’s House With Slime & Bought Him a New One, in which Donaldson fills his brother’s house with slime and buys him a new one)
Translations:
cappo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Modification of French capote.
Inflected forms:
form: cappos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of capote (“coat”).
pos: noun
Translations:
multiple-aspect
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Designating a colour-light railway signal which displays at least three aspects.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The new signalling controls 40 track miles; 31 multiple-aspect signals are operated by the new control panels and a further 31 signals are automatic.
Translations:
multi-aspect
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From multi- + aspect.
Base: aspect
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of multiple-aspect.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A total of 155 route-settings in this area, which has been equipped with multi-aspect colour-light signalling and continuous track circuiting, is available on the new signalbox's console, which is designed for one-man operation.
Translations:
carf
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: carfs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of kerf.
pos: noun
Translations:
carstone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: carstones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A form of sandstone from the Cretaceous age used as a building stone
pos: noun
Translations:
carty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cartier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: cartiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Characteristic of a carthorse
pos: adj
Translations:
castellar
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin castellum + -ar. By surface analysis, castle + -ar.
Affixes: -ar
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Somewhat like a castle.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
short-distance
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: shorter-distance
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: shortest-distance
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to travel between places relatively close together.
pos: adj
examples: I suppose that nowadays the red-faced farmers, whose invariable topic (so a friendly guard who understood Welsh told me) was sheep and their prices, find their own cars or the buses more convenient than a Western Region main line for their short-distance peregrinations to market.
Short-distance rail travel in this district has been a doubtful proposition ever since buses were introduced.
The PM hit the headlines again for taking short-distance air travel rather than rail.
Translations:
photowalk
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From photo + walk.
Base: photo
Inflected forms:
form: photowalks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A walk through a location for the purpose of taking photographs.
pos: noun
examples: That’s why master photographer Mogens Johansen chose the Bassendean Railway Museum for his latest photowalk, which took place on Sunday.
Translations:
ram-don
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of ramen + udon, coined by Darcy Paquet when writing the subtitles for the 2019 South Korean film Parasite.
Compound parts: ramen
udon
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: jjapaguri/chapaguri; a dish made from the combination of two Korean instant noodle brands.
pos: noun
tags: neologism
uncountable
Translations:
stritch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of stretch.
Inflected forms:
form: stritches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Nickname for a type of saxophone.
pos: noun
Translations: