yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
tomfoolery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Tom (a common man) + foolery.
Compound parts: Tom
foolery
Inflected forms:
form: tomfooleries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Foolish behaviour or speech.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "Do not think THAT," I put in. "It was not so at all. I grant you that my behaviour was bad—I fully confess that it was so, and make no secret of the fact. I would even go so far as to grant you that my behaviour might well be called stupid and indecent tomfoolery; but, MORE than that it was not.
gloss: Jewellery.
pos: noun
tags: Cockney
countable
slang
uncountable
Derived words: bumfoolery
tomfoolerous
Translations:
chisel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedō (“cut”). Doublet of scissors.
Inflected forms:
form: chisels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chisels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chiseling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: chiselling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: chiseled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: chiseled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: chiselled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: chiselled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
pos: noun
gloss: A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
pos: noun
gloss: A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: plough, plow < implement
gloss: To use a chisel.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To work something with a chisel.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.
gloss: To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).
pos: verb
tags: dated
transitive
gloss: To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: Laws that protect the environment are being chiseled away.
gloss: To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
informal
examples: He's managed to chisel a couple dollars from somewhere.
She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.
She's always either chiseling or groveling, it seems.
Related words: burin
gouge
graver
Derived words: bog chisel
butt chisel
chisellike
chiselmouth
cold chisel
cope chisel
enchisel
framing chisel
hot chisel
set chisel
skew chisel
chiseler
chiseller
chisel in
chisel out
chisel up
rechisel
Translations:
half-mast
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
Inflected forms:
form: half mast
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: half-masts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: half-masting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: half-masted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: half-masted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: half mast
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when mourning, especially expressing respect for the deceased.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Any other UK national flags flown alongside the Union Flag when it is at half-mast should also be at half-mast.
He is to be cremated later Thursday at a ceremony likely to be attended by the country's top leadership.
Flags were seen flying at half-mast in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. China's state news agency Xinhua reported that flags would be lowered at government buildings across mainland China, semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and in consulates abroad.
gloss: The lowered position of anything.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
gloss: An unfashionably short length of a pair of trousers.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
uncountable
examples: I looked around. Ari in a green jacket with four inches of fore arm showing and trousers at half mast, Penny and I in mismatched padded jackets and ski trousers which were way too long; and all wearing the silver moon boots that had been the rage in the early eighties.
gloss: The state of having a partially erect penis.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
uncountable
examples: Finally, he was at half-mast, hanging out over the toilet seat, barely erect.
gloss: To fly a flag in this position.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
shiver
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
nautical
sciences
transport
Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.
Inflected forms:
form: shivers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shivering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shivered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shivered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: shivers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
pos: verb
examples: They stood outside for hours, shivering in the frosty air.
The man that shivered on the brink of sin, / Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in.
Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, stopped near Mr. Eshton's chair, and said something to him in a low voice, of which I heard only the words, "old woman,"—"quite troublesome."
He was shivering a little, for he had always been used to sleeping in a proper bed, and by this time his coat had worn so thin and threadbare from hugging that it was no longer any protection to him.
Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
gloss: To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: The act of shivering.
pos: noun
examples: A shiver went up my spine.
But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
gloss: A bodily response to early hypothermia.
pos: noun
Related words: frisson
Derived words: ashiver
beshiver
nonshivering
shiverer
shiveringly
shivering owl
shiver my sides
shiver my soul
shiversome
shivery
shivvy
toshiver
unshivered
unshivering
shiver my timbers
send shivers down someone's spine
send a shiver down someone's spine
shiver me timbers
Translations:
blackmail
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: BDSM
law
lifestyle
sexuality
Etymology: From black + mail (“a piece of money”). Compare Middle English blak rente (“a type of blackmail levied by Irish chieftains”).
The word is variously derived from the tribute paid by English and Scottish border dwellers to border reivers in return for immunity from raids and other harassment. This tribute was paid in goods or labour, in Latin reditus nigri (“black mail”); the opposite is blanche firmes or reditus albi (“white rent”), denoting payment by silver.
McKay derives it from two Scottish Gaelic words blàthaich, pronounced (the th silent) bl-aich, "to protect" and màl (“tribute, payment”). He notes that the practice was common in the Scottish Highlands as well as the Borders.
More likely, from black + Middle English mal, male, maile (“a payment, rent, tribute”), from Old English māl (“speech, contract, agreement, lawsuit, terms, bargaining”), from Old Norse mál (“agreement, speech, lawsuit”); related to Old English mæðel (“meeting, council”), mæl (“speech”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl, “meeting place”), from Proto-Germanic *maþlą (“gathering, agreement”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to give advice, measure”). From the practice of freebooting clan chieftains who ran protection rackets against Scottish farmers. Black from the evil of the practice.
Expanded c. 1826 to any type of extortion money. Compare silver mail (“rent paid in money”) (1590s); buttock mail (“fine imposed for fornication”) (1530s, Scottish).
Compound parts: black
Inflected forms:
form: blackmails
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blackmailing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blackmailed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blackmailed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Compromising material that can be used to extort someone.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
gloss: Compromising material that can be used to extort someone.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
gloss: A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
gloss: Black rent; rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver.
pos: noun
tags: England
historical
uncountable
gloss: To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.
gloss: To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
pos: verb
tags: Kenya
Related words: graymail
greenmail
whitemail
extortion
hush money
protection racket
Derived words: emotional blackmail
postattack blackmail
blackmailable
blackmailee
blackmailer
blackmaily
cyberblackmail
unblackmailed
Translations:
postpone
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.
Inflected forms:
form: postpones
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: postponing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: postponed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: postponed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
pos: verb
examples: “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances – in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.
gloss: To place after in order; to deem less important.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Why should the See of Antioch, that most ancient and truly Apostolical Church, where the Christian name began […] be postponed to Alexandria?
Antonyms: advance
bring forward
prepone
Related words: postponement
postponence
postponer
Derived words: postponable
repostpone
Translations:
sequin
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fashion
lifestyle
Etymology: Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of zecchin.
Inflected forms:
form: sequins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sequins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sequining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sequined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sequined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: ‘Let him receive as many robes of honour and thousands of sequins of gold as he hath spoken words.’
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...
gloss: A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
pos: noun
examples: His ideas of music-hall costumes had never gone beyond short skirts, a swirl of lace, and glittering sequins; but Miss Antonia had expressed herself on that subject in no uncertain terms.
Neer imagined Jane in tulle and leather and sequins and knew the answer.
gloss: To decorate with sequins.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: sequined
Translations:
cloche
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”). Doublet of cloak and clock.
Inflected forms:
form: cloches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
pos: noun
examples: Old window screens were shade cloth; flattened cardboard and carpet offcuts were weed matting; plastic bottles, when sliced in half, became little cloches to fit over seedlings to keep them warm.
gloss: A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
pos: noun
examples: Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies.
gloss: A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
pos: noun
examples: Pistachio and date-filled cakes glisten under a glass cloche as customers drinking cardamom tea settle into brightly tapestried pouf chairs at the Pouya café and cultural center in Paris.
gloss: An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Related words: bell jar
Translations:
isolate
Part of speech: verb
noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulatus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Inflected forms:
form: isolates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: isolating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: isolated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: isolated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: isolates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To set apart or cut off from others.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.
Iran could not be happier. The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel’s colonialism rather than Iran’s nuclear enrichment, the more people call for a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine.
gloss: To place in quarantine or isolation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To isolate the petroline the condensed oil is distilled again until fifty per cent. of oil has been obtained, and what is left in the still is petroline.
gloss: To insulate, or make free of external influence.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
gloss: To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To self-isolate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: Something that has been isolated.
pos: noun
examples: We used electropherotypes in order to differentiate the original parental strains or isolates from the finally tumor cell-adapted isolates.
gloss: isolated.
pos: adj
tags: literary
not-comparable
examples: He said in his heart, the day his beard was shaven he was beaten, lost. He identified it with his isolate manhood.
Its snaky acid kiss.
It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults
That kill, that kill, that kill.
Narrow Yung-ch'ung streets quiet, / temple gardens all isolate mystery, / no one visits.
Derived words: coisolate
deisolate
immunoisolate
isolant
isolatee
nonisolate
oligoisolating
preisolate
reisolate
subisolate
Translations:
sip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen (“to sip”). Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (“to drink, sip”) (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian (“to take in moisture, soak, macerate”), from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (“to drip, trickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, trickle, leak out”). Compare also Old High German supfen (“to drink, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (“to sip, intake”).
Inflected forms:
form: sips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small mouthful of drink.
pos: noun
examples: So order one more coffee / Have another sip of wine / We can go on talking / Until it's disco closing time
gloss: An event at which people drink alcohol in small, usually subintoxicating amounts.
pos: noun
examples: Earl is always a good time. His appearance at parties, whether it's a smart cocktail sip or a basement gig, is mandatory.
Derived words: sipful
Translations:
snuggle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English snug
English -le
English snuggle
From snug + -le (frequentative suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: snuggles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: snuggles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snuggling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: snuggled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: snuggled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An affectionate hug.
pos: noun
examples: Let's have a snuggle on the sofa.
gloss: The final remnant left in a liquor bottle.
pos: noun
gloss: To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: My girlfriend and I love to snuggle.
The last drop of jager snuggled the corner of the pint.
The surrounding buildings snuggled each other.
And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
I certainly was not prepared for the cosy nestling valleys that snuggled against the shoulders of the hills; a land where the graystone cottages and farmsteads still prevailed, but where they had taken on something of the softness of their kind in Gloucester and the Cotswolds, and seemed almost like growths of the soil; […].
gloss: To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position.
pos: verb
examples: Tired but satisfied, the children snuggled into their sleeping bags.
The pet dog snuggles into its new bed.
Synonyms: snug
Translations:
dosh
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly a combination of dough and cash.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Money.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
slang
uncountable
examples: I'd like to buy a new car, but I'm short on dosh.
But left undiscussed is the core question of why Virgin is whoring itself out like this; the law doesn't require it, and passing on letters from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) won't make an ISP more dosh. Or will it?
So all that remains is for me to sell this to Eve for as much extra dosh as I can guilt-trip out of her.
Translations:
energetic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From New Latin energeticus (16th c.), or its source, Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός (energētikós), from ἐνεργέω (energéō, “to be active”), from ἐνεργός (energós, “active”). By surface analysis, energy + -etic.
Inflected forms:
form: more energetic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most energetic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: energetick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: energetics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: energetick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Possessing or pertaining to energy.
pos: adj
examples: Cosmic rays are energetic particles from outer space.
energetic laws
Now lift the inverted jar so that the air can get at the outside of the “porous cup” and instantly the energetic illuminating gas which is now inside the “porous cup” begins to come out, and the water rises in the glass tube to take its place.
gloss: Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous, furious.
pos: adj
examples: Those kids are so energetic: they want to run around playing all day.
They are even now insulted with all the arguments which have been used in favor of energetic governments, ever since the days of Pharaoh: but every one knew, long before our revolution, that an energetic government could be supported […]
gloss: Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: At these energetic sounds, the sun hid himself beneath a gloomy cloud; and the waters of two little lakes, that were naturally clearer than crystal, became of a colour like blood.
gloss: Of or relating to certain Arabic verb forms that emphasize or intensify the meaning.
pos: adj
gloss: Any material used for its release of energy, either as an explosive, propellant, or for pyrotechnic effects.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: Unfortunately, conventional nanoporous energetics can have poor long-term storage stability, and can be dangerously unstable, severely limiting their usefulness.
Improved energetics can help the Department of Defense build smaller munitions that still pack a punch.
Where I will say there is something that we all have to watch is the underlying suppliers, the suppliers of solid rockets motors, of batteries, of energetics.
Related words: energetical
Derived words: bioenergetic
endoenergetic
energetically
energetic disassembly
energetic event
energeticism
energeticist
equienergetic
exoenergetic
hyperenergetic
hypoenergetic
inergetic
isoenergetic
mechanoenergetic
monoenergetic
musculoenergetic
neuroenergetic
nonenergetic
overenergetic
polyenergetic
pseudoenergetic
psychoenergetic
solar energetic particle
superenergetic
thermoenergetic
ultraenergetic
unenergetic
Translations:
androgen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr
Proto-Hellenic *anḗr
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der.
English andro-
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.
English -gen
English androgen
From andro- + -gen.
Inflected forms:
form: androgens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
pos: noun
examples: It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450ₐᵣₒ), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).
However, high levels of the nonaromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone and of sex-hormone binding globulin that inhibit fat accumulation in the abdomen might also contribute to reducing the waist.
Indeed, one popular thread on looksmax.org is devoted to “pubertymaxxing,” complete with “an introduction into androgens and growth factors, and how to apply them.”
Translations:
gelid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gel-
Latin gelū̆
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin gelidus
English gelid
First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).
Inflected forms:
form: more gelid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gelid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
pos: adj
tags: literary
examples: Of Cassandra-Marat we have spoken often; yet the most surprising truth remains to be spoken: that he actually does not want sense; but, with croaking gelid throat, croaks out masses of the truth, on several things.
Above the gelid source of mountain springs,
⁠A solitary eagle, circling, flies.
In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close.
For a while he stares out of the window. It is twilight - cold, deepening twilight. Over the roofs of the opposite house-backs, two garden lengths away, the sky is gelid, luminous, sad. A quiet albescent yellow. Everything is very still.
Translations:
perish
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French perir (via the stem periss- used in various conjugations), from Latin perīre (“pass away, perish”), from per (“through”) + īre (“pass, go”).
Inflected forms:
form: perishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: perishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: perished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: perished
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 1881, Tarafa, translated by W. A. Clouston, The Poem of Tarafa
I consider time as a treasure decreasing every night; and that which every day diminishes soon perishes for ever.
gloss: To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The difficulty is that fresh foods perish due to the multiplication in them of harmful bacteria.
gloss: To die; to cease to live.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When it goeth well with the righteous, the citie reioyceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
[…]the ship struck upon a sand, and […] the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.
gloss: To cause to perish.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: that closeness did impair and a little perish his understanding
"Leggo my shou'der, I tell you! Leggo!" He struggled with her, and the customers came forward. "Chrise! I'll perish you, if you ain't careful!" He turned suddenly,...
Related words: perishable
Derived words: do a perish
nonperishing
perishability
perisher
perishingly
perishless
perish the thought
publish or perish
unperished
unperishing
Translations:
warble
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Perhaps onomatopoeic.
Inflected forms:
form: warbles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: warbling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: warbled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: warbled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: warbles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To modulate a tone's frequency.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Her voice more sweet than warbling sound,
Tho’ sung by nightingale or lark,
Her eyes such lustre dart around,
Compar’d to them the sun is dark.
In the swamp in secluded recesses, / A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song.
gloss: To cause to quaver or vibrate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: touch the warbled string
gloss: To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The wailings of a maiden I recite, / A maiden fair, that Sparabella hight. / Such ſtrains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat, / Nor the gay goldfinch chaunts ſo ſweet a note, [...]
gloss: The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The blackbirds and robins and and^([sic]) tits and finches shout at each other, chups and warbles and chirrups that, loosely translated, mean “Fancy a shag?”, “Get OFF my land” or “I’ve got a great big tonker.”
gloss: In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: warble fly
warblefly
warbler
warbly
Translations:
daredevil
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dare + devil; an exocentric compound, "one who dares the devil".
Base: dare
Inflected forms:
form: daredevils
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more daredevil
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most daredevil
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: daredevils
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: daredeviling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: daredevilling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: daredeviled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: daredeviled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: daredevilled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: daredevilled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention.
pos: noun
examples: Even as a youngster, Steven was a bit of a daredevil riding up homemade wooden ramps on his BMX.
gloss: Recklessly bold; adventurous.
pos: adj
examples: The climactic scene of “Rebel without a Cause” is the group of very daredevil teens playing chicken.
Not only do they glide gracefully with burdens on their heads, they bend to pick money that has been flung at them; dash across roads with cars zooming by and the most daredevil do all this with a child strapped to their back.
gloss: To behave in a reckless, adventurous, or physically risky manner.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Translations:
narcissism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From obsolete German Narzissismus (now Narzissmus by haplology), from Narziss (“Narcissus”) + -ism. By surface analysis, Narciss(us) (“character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ism.
Base: Narziss
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: narcissisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A self-centered personality trait in which the person is infatuated with their own characteristics and image that are idealized while others and their differences are devalued in comparison (unless sameness kindles spectacular affinity that forms a rerouting of one's self-love, i.e. the person can see themselves in the other).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Although the researchers found that, on average, narcissism gradually declined as people aged, “the results show that this decline is not as large as one might hope,” said Ulrich Orth, the lead author of the paper and a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
gloss: Sexual desire for one's own body.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: egoism
egocentrism
self-love
self-flattery
autosexuality
Derived words: narcissist
narcissistic
narcissize
narcossism
Translations:
lang: Hindi
word: आत्ममोह
roman: ātmamoh
lang: Hindi
word: आत्मरति
roman: ātmarti
lang: Indonesian
word: narsisisme
lang: Russian
word: нарцисси́зм
roman: narcissízm
lang: Russian
word: аутоэроти́зм
roman: autoerotízm
lang: Russian
word: аутофили́я
roman: autofilíja
lang: Russian
word: аутоэра́стия
roman: autoerástija
lang: Russian
word: аутосексуа́льность
roman: autoseksuálʹnostʹ
chou
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: baking
cooking
fashion
food
lifestyle
Etymology: From French chou (“cabbage”); compare French pâte à choux (“choux pastry”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.
Inflected forms:
form: chous
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: choux
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
pos: noun
gloss: A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's clothing.
pos: noun
examples: Medium sized chous, or rosettes of the ribbon finish the trimming at bottom of chest opening, and at the waist points back and front.
Related words: chou chou
Derived words: chou pastry
Translations:
handshake
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From hand + shake. See the appendix for the history of the gesture itself.
Compound parts: hand
shake
Inflected forms:
form: handshakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: handshakes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: handshaking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: handshaked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: handshaked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: handshook
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: handshook
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
pos: noun
examples: Eccles' handshake, eager and practiced and hard, seems to symbolize for him an embrace. For an instant Rabbit fears he will never let go.
gloss: An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
pos: noun
gloss: To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To perform a handshake with another device.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: shake on it
Derived words: golden handshake
green handshake
handshake deal
manshake
secret handshake
silver handshake
Translations:
lang: Polish
word: uściskać dłoń
lang: Polish
word: uścisnąć dłoń
lang: Spanish
word: darse la mano
lang: Spanish
word: estrecharse la mano
lang: Spanish
word: apretarse la mano
lang: Spanish
word: diñarse la mano
lang: Unami
word: ànkunsi
lang: Polish
word: wymieniać potwierdzenia
lang: Polish
word: wymienić potwierdzenia
lang: Spanish
word: establecer comunicación
pillow
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
geography
geology
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
Etymology: From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peel (“pillow”), Alemannic German Pfulme (“pillow”), Dutch peluw (“a long, narrow pillow”), German Pfühl (“a big and soft pillow”), German Low German Pöhl (“pad, pillow, cushion”).
Inflected forms:
form: pillows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pillows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pillowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pillowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pillowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The appearance of the entire tomb is as if the warrior had seen the vision of Christ in his dying moments, and had fallen back peacefully upon his pillow, with his eyes still turned to it, and his hands clasped in prayer.
gloss: Any similar head support used for sleep, such as a neck pillow or a hard porcelain pillow. Example: She slept with her head on the pillow.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A pillow lava.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The socket of a pivot.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To rest as on a pillow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: ...but Lucy was too thoroughly exhausted to awaken. There she lay, her head pillowed upon her arm, like a child that had cried itself to rest; while Francesca bent over her,...
As we stop in front of a tenement to watch one of these groups, a dirty baby in a single brief garment—yet a sweet, human little baby despite its dirt and tatters—tumbles off the lowest step, rolls over once, clutches my leg with unconscious grip, and goes to sleep on the flagstones, its curly head pillowed on my boot.
She had pillowed her head on her arm.
Derived words: a good conscience is a soft pillow
ball-and-pillow structure
body pillow
boomerang pillow
dirty pillow
high pillow
hotdog pillow
husband pillow
lace pillow
lap pillow
lip pillow
love pillow
maternity pillow
neck pillow
opium pillow
pillow bag
pillow basalt
pillowbeer
pillow-biter
pillow block
pillowbook
pillow box
pillow case
pillowcase
pillow-case
pillow dictionary
pillow fight
pillow fort
pillowful
pillowing
pillow lace
pillow lava
pillowless
pillowlike
pillow menu
pillow pouch
pillow princess
pillow queen
pillow shading
pillowside
pillowslip
pillow talk
pillow-top
pillowtop
pillow word
pillowy
pregnancy pillow
pretzel pillow
quillow
sauna pillow
sex pillow
snow pillow
spicy pillow
throw pillow
toss pillow
waifu pillow
Translations:
beginning
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
Base: begin
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: beginnings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: begynnynge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: begynnynge
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: What was the beginning of the dispute?
gloss: The initial portion of some extended thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The author describes the main character’s youth at the beginning of the story.
That house is at the beginning of the street.
To mark this absolutism of change over the works of man is both pleasing and profitable, for what is more emotional than to observe the hoarness, the mellowness, and the natural final decay of objects whose beginnings date almost from the immemorial […] ?
Basic skills are introduced at this time, such as the use of context or meaning clues and the beginning sounds of words.
“Is anything the matter?” Lady Lindstrom asked anxiously.
“No,” Megan told her. “I’m merely trying to decide where the beginning is.”
“Perhaps at the beginning,” the Chief Constable prompted, rather stupidly, Megan thought.
“Which beginning?” she asked.
gloss: Being the first portion of some extended thing.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
in the beginning section of the course
Synonyms: beginning
birth
font
fount
inauguration
initiation
launch
spring
springtime
onset
origination
youth
Antonyms: conclusion
end
completion
finish
Related words: cause
Derived words: a good beginning makes a good ending
begincement
beginningless
beginning of day
beginning of the end
beginning to end
unbeginning
Translations:
giggle
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: giggles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giggling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: giggled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: giggled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: giggles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
pos: verb
examples: The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.
I couldn't resist to giggle a little tee hee.
gloss: A high-pitched, silly laugh.
pos: noun
examples: My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!
gloss: Fun; an amusing episode.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.
The women thought it would be quite a giggle to have a strippergram at the bride's hen party.
For my first English breakfast I had kippers and pink champagne - what a combination, still it was a bit of a giggle and I know I've really arrived.
Derived words: church giggle
giggle academy
giggle berries
giggle bin
giggle box
giggledom
giggle dust
giggle factory
gigglefest
giggle gas
giggle hat
giggle house
giggle juice
gigglement
giggle soup
giggle stick
giggle suit
giggle test
giggle water
giggle waterfor shits and giggles
grins and giggles
hit and giggle
kicks and giggles
shits and giggles
Translations:
Atlantic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor.
Latin ā̆tlanticusbor.
Middle English Atlantyke
English Atlantic
From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Inflected forms:
form: Atlantick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: Atlantics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Atlantick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Descended from the legendary Atlas.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.
gloss: A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
pos: noun
examples: It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic.
Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern.
A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years.
Derived words: Atlantic diet
Atlantic surf clam
Translations:
seaweed
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sea
Proto-West Germanic *weud
Old English wēod
Middle English weed
English weed
English seaweed
From sea + weed.
Inflected forms:
form: seaweeds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.
There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.
gloss: Any of various fresh water plants and algae.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
usually
examples: With light penetrating to the lake bottom, beds of seaweed flourished where little had grown before.
Derived words: brown seaweed
crispy seaweed
green seaweed
nanoseaweed
red seaweed
seaweed dermatitis
seaweeded
seaweedless
seaweedlike
seaweed marquetry
seaweedy
Translations: