yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
mega
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
birdwatching
mathematics
natural-sciences
ornithology
sciences
Etymology: From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
Inflected forms:
form: more mega
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most mega
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: megas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Very large.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: Follow those in the know to the fifth floor of Sega's Joy Polis, a mega indoor amusement park that's part of the Odaiba Decks Tokyo Bay entertainment complex near Tange's Fuji Television building.
gloss: Great; excellent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg.
It was totally mega. The audience clapped and cheered when Teasel had finally finished. So did I.
July 15, 2011, Liam Gallagher, quoted at the launch of the new Manchester City F.C. kit
I've been a City fan since I was a kid, so to be involved with the launch of a new kit is colossal. Manchester City fans are known for having a lot of style and the new shirt looks mega.
gloss: Extremely.
pos: adv
tags: informal
examples: mega-fun
mega rich
gloss: A megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region).
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: And, speaking of relative banalities, the recurring Semipalmated Plover at the Broom Sewage Works may have inured us slightly to the status of the species as a rare vagrant, but it was an undeniable "mega" when one was discovered on Lord Howe Island on 23 March.
gloss: The Steinhaus-Moser number ②
pos: noun
Related words: mega-
Translations:
micro
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From micro-, typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Inflected forms:
form: more micro
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most micro
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Very small in scale or scope.
pos: adj
examples: At the micro level, he was a good manager. At the macro level, he failed.
Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling.
Translations:
kaj
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Armenian քաջ (kʻaǰ), քաջք (kʻaǰkʻ).
Inflected forms:
form: kaj
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kajk
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A spirit of storm and wind;
pos: noun
tags: Armenian
examples: There existed destructive female demons called parik, whose husbands were known as kaj.
Translations:
multi-billion
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English billion
English multi-billion
From multi- + billion.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range.
pos: adj
tags: UK
not-comparable
Translations:
multicolor
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below.
Base: color
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
form: multicolour
pos: adj
tags: alternative
UK
form: multicolour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
gloss: A display of many colors.
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
examples: a stamp printed in multicolor
Translations:
multimillion
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English million
English multimillion
From multi- + million.
Inflected forms:
form: multi-million
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Edhi lived in a humble, ascetic way, even as his charity became a multimillion-pound enterprise.
A project led by Annie Collier, a clinical psychologist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, to study vaccine hesitancy among Alaska Native and American Indian people and test strategies to promote vaccination was also cut short. Her multimillion NIH grant was terminated on 10 March.
Translations:
multibillion
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English billion
English multibillion
From multi- + billion.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a value of several billion (in general, at least two billion).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: According to a study by me, this generates a multibillion facepalm for the UK economy, making everyone who considers it at least eleventy hundred pounds unhappier.
Translations:
accusingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English accusing
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English accusingly
From accusing + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more accusingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most accusingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an accusing manner.
pos: adv
examples: She looked at him accusingly after the vase broke.
He pointed accusingly at his rival during the debate.
The child stared accusingly at his brother, convinced he took the toy.
Translations:
cauliflower
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From 16th century cole-florye, equivalent to cole (from Latin caulis) + flower, reformed to more closely match the Latin etymon. Cognate with French chou-fleur, Italian cavolfiore.
Inflected forms:
form: cauliflowers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cauliflowers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cauliflowering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cauliflowered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cauliflowered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.
gloss: The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His ears were small (fortunately so, given his dramatic hairstyle) and bore no traditional cauliflowers.
gloss: To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: I noticed his right ear was badly cauliflowered and that explained a number of things. It wasn't a new job of cauliflowering.
Returning to your first point, the cauliflowering of magnesite bricks — we presume that this is due to your using high concentrations of oxygen for blowing the furnace, giving high checker-temperatures.
The soft steel of the back edge by now has cauliflowered over from hammering on it.
Derived words: broccoflower
buffalo cauliflower
cauli
cauliflower cheese
cauliflower coral
cauliflower ear
cauliflowered
cauliflower fungus
cauliflowerlike
cauliflower mushroom
cauliflower rice
cauliflowery
caulini
sea cauliflower
Translations:
enumerate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: enumerates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: enumerating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: enumerated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: enumerated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
pos: verb
gloss: To determine the amount of.
pos: verb
Synonyms: tally
tick off
Related words: enumeration
enumerator
Derived words: afore-enumerated
enumerative
misenumerate
renumerate
Translations:
countdown
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: aerospace
astronautics
broadcasting
business
engineering
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
radio
television
Etymology: From count + down.
Compound parts: count
down
Inflected forms:
form: countdowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: count down
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: count-down
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
pos: noun
gloss: The acts of preparation carried out during this period.
pos: noun
gloss: A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order and ending with the number one song.
pos: noun
Related words: count-off
countout
Translations:
gamble
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From earlier gamel, from Middle English *gamlen, *gamelen, variant of Middle English gamenen, from Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian (“to joke; play”), related to Old English gamen (“joy; mirth; pleasure; entertainment; pastime; sport; game”), equivalent to game + -le. Compare Old Danish gammel, Middle High German gamel (“pleasure; fun”). More at game.
Base: game
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: gambles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gambal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: gambles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gambling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gambled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gambled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: gambal
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A bet or wager.
pos: noun
examples: I had a gamble on the horses last weekend.
gloss: A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
pos: noun
gloss: A risky venture.
pos: noun
examples: The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.
gloss: To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
pos: verb
gloss: To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
pos: verb
examples: Mark won half a million dollars gambling on horses.
gloss: To risk (something) for potential gain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He gambled his reputation on the outcome.
gloss: To interact with equipment at a casino.
pos: verb
Related words: game of chance
Derived words: Pascal's gamble
take a gamble
gambler
gamblesome
outgamble
overgamble
Translations:
vodka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wandō
Proto-Slavic *voda
Old East Slavic вода (voda)
Russian вода́ (vodá)
Proto-Slavic *-ьka
Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ
Proto-Slavic *-ъka
Russian -ка (-ka)
Russian во́дка (vódka)bor.
English vodka
Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), from вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -ка (-ka, “-let: forming diminutives”). The archaic Russian name for vodka was хле́бное вино́ (xlébnoje vinó, “grain wine”); V. Pokhlyobkin's research suggests the present name derived from expressions concerning the dilution of the initial pure distilled spirit such as "vodka of grain wine".
Cognates include Sanskrit उदक (udaka), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) → English hydro-, English whisky and English water.
Inflected forms:
form: vodkas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vodki
pos: noun
tags: alternative
colloquial
nonstandard
form: vodky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
colloquial
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.
At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.
gloss: A serving of the above beverage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: You should mutter sullenly into your glass, cursing the serving woman (Witch! Hag! Poison!) or the vodka (Poison! Bitch!), as the one pours you another glass of the other.
gloss: Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A Russian.
pos: noun
tags: countable
ethnic
slang
slur
gloss: Russian language.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
Derived words: caipivodka
penne alla vodka
Scotchka
vodka beetle
vodka cran
vodkaholic
vodkaless
vodkalike
vodka luge
vodkarita
vodka sauce
vodkatini
vodka tonic
Translations:
hairnet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hair + net. Compare Dutch haarnetje, German Haarnetz, Danish hårnet, Swedish hårnät.
Compound parts: hair
net
Inflected forms:
form: hairnets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hair net
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hair-net
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.
pos: noun
Translations:
mania
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder.
Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai
Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)der.
Latin maniabor.
English mania
Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Inflected forms:
form: manias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: One of the manias of the present day, which especially excites my spleen, is the locomotive rage which seems to possess all ranks—that necessity of going out of town in the summer...
Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
The eugenics mania that swept the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to forced sterilizations and the passage of laws in 27 states designed to limit the numbers of those considered genetically unfit: immigrants, Jews, African-Americans, the mentally ill and those deemed “morally delinquent.”
gloss: The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: -mania
dipsomania
manic
maniac
megalomania
Derived words: antimania
charismania
Cumbermania
dancing mania
gourmania
hypermania
Illyromania
logomania
-mania
mania-like
maniaphobe
maniaphobia
Monkmania
monomania
opiomania
supermania
tulip mania
Wikimania
Translations:
telethon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: A blend of telephone + marathon.
Compound parts: telephone
marathon
Inflected forms:
form: telethons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A televised fundraising event encouraging viewers to make donations via telephone.
pos: noun
Translations:
marathon
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance. The toponym itself comes from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”) and refers to the prevalence of the plant in the area.
Inflected forms:
form: marathons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: marathons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: marathoning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: marathoned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: marathoned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
pos: noun
gloss: Any extended or sustained activity.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
examples: He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.
I learned from the marathon that to finish a race you simply keep running.
After a marathon session that included more than 14 hours of mostly negative public comment, the council agreed 11 to 4 to fund the center, and then gaveled out just before 6 a.m.
gloss: To run a marathon.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: In less than two years, they and their family and friends have skydived, marathoned, tray-baked and dinner-danced their way to £130,000 for Duchenne research through their help4harry campaign.
gloss: To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.
Derived words: -athon
half marathon
marathoner
marathonic
marathonist
marathonlike
megamarathon
minimarathon
nonmarathon
photomarathon
postmarathon
readathon
telethon
ultramarathon
walking marathon
Translations:
sloop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chalupa and shallop.
Inflected forms:
form: sloops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
pos: noun
examples: 1789, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,
I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.
And where but from Nantucket, too, did that first adventurous little sloop put forth, partly laden with imported cobblestones—so goes the story—to throw at the whales, in order to discover when they were nigh enough to risk a harpoon from the bowsprit?
Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.
gloss: A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
pos: noun
gloss: A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
pos: noun
Derived words: Friendship sloop
lobster sloop
masthead sloop
Muscongus Bay sloop
slooplike
sloopman
sloop-of-war
Translations:
mast
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
communication
communications
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
naval
navy
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
Etymology: From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”).
Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.
Inflected forms:
form: masts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: masts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: masting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: masted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: masted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).
pos: noun
gloss: A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
pos: noun
gloss: To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
pos: verb
Derived words: admiral's mast
before the mast
captain's mast
flag mast
foremast
half-mast
jiggermast
jury mast
lash oneself to the mast
mack
mainmast
mast bumping
mast-cell
mast climbing
mast coat
mast foot
masthead
masthouse
mastlike
mastman
mastrope
mastspore
mast step
mastwood
meritorious mast
mizenmast
mizzen-mast
nail one's colors to the mast
nail one's colours to the mast
neuromast
overmast
remast
royal mast
spankermast
supermast
tie oneself to the mast
unmast
mastless
Translations:
lang: Polish
word: maszt
lang: Welsh
word: mast
luff
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
Etymology: From Old French lof. Collins English Dictionary states that this word is ultimately derived from Middle Dutch loef. Ellert Ekwall's Shakspere's Vocabulary: its etymological elements (1903) related this verb and loof instead to the East Frisian verb lofen, lufen, which would make it cognate to the French term lover.
Inflected forms:
form: luffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: luffs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: luffing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: luffed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: luffed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
pos: noun
examples: By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.
"The man at the helm was watching the luff of the sail and whistling away gently to himself."
gloss: The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
pos: noun
gloss: The roundest part of a ship's bow.
pos: noun
gloss: The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
pos: noun
gloss: To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I thought how my life is like a little boat and I must hold the tiller steady against the buffeting of wind and waves, and how sometimes, like this morning, I lose my hold somehow and the sail luffs helplessly and the little vessel wallows, turning this way and that in the swell.
gloss: To bring the ship's head up closer to the wind. (Alternatively luff up)
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: "Helm there! Luff, luff a point! So; steady, man, steady!"
gloss: to let out (a sail) so that it luffs.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
pos: verb
examples: The tower is mounted on a slewing platform, which also carries the power plant and the counterweights, while the jib is supported and luffed by fixed pendant ropes.
Derived words: choke the luff
spring the luff
luff alee
luffing crane
luff round
luff tackle
luff up
luff upon luff
Translations:
multicultural
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin cultūrader.
Middle French cultureder.
English culture
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English multicultural
From multiculture + -al or multi- + cultural.
Base: multiculture
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more multicultural
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most multicultural
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many)
Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago.
The literary landscape of London is as varied as the city itself. According to the 2011 census, 40 percent of residents identified as “Asian, Black, Mixed or Other.” While this is no multi-culti utopia, it is undeniably an intensely multicultural metropolis where more than 300 languages are spoken.
gloss: Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races.
pos: adj
tags: euphemistic
examples: Bedgood, whose father is African American and mother is Caucasian, says he's struggling to deal with such hatred. He grew up in Santa Clarita and says he could not have imagined something like this happening in a quiet community with many multicultural families.
Related words: acultural
aculture
alethocultural
alethoculture
anticultural
anticulture
bicultural
biculture
countercultural
counterculture
demicultural
demiculture
ethnocultural
ethnoculture
intercultural
interculture
intracultural
intraculture
metacultural
metaculture
monocultural
monoculture
multiculture
noncultural
nonculture
pluricultural
pluriculture
polycultural
polyculture
pseudocultural
pseudoculture
quadricultural
quadriculture
quasicultural
quasiculture
religiocultural
religioculture
semicultural
semiculture
sociocultural
socioculture
subcultural
subculture
supercultural
superculture
supracultural
supraculture
technocultural
technoculture
transcultural
transculture
tricultural
triculture
uncultural
unculture
unicultural
uniculture
Derived words: antimulticultural
multicult
multiculti
multicultist
multiculturalise
multiculturalism
multiculturalist
multiculturalistic
multiculturality
multiculturalization
multiculturalize
Multicultural London English
multiculturally
multicultural Marxism
Translations:
porthole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From port + hole.
Compound parts: port
hole
Inflected forms:
form: portholes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A gunport; an opening in the hull of a ship through which cannons are fired.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A circular window set in the hull of a ship.
pos: noun
Derived words: portholed
portholelike
portholing
Translations:
jib
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: Attested since the 1660s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to jib (“shift or swing around”) (see below).
Inflected forms:
form: jibs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jibe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jibs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jibbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jibbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jibbed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
pos: noun
examples: Release the line by pulling down and unfurl the jib by pulling on the two jibsheets.
gloss: Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
pos: noun
tags: usually
gloss: To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
pos: verb
Derived words: cut of one’s jib
flying jib
genoa jib
inner jib
jib boom
jibhead
jib-headed
jib header
jib topsail
outer jib
storm jib
Translations:
simultaneous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Happening at the same moment.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
gloss: To be solved for the same values of variables.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: coincident
coincidental
concomitant
concurrent
homochronous
isochronous
simultaneous
synchronal
synchronical
synchronous
Antonyms: sequential
asynchronous
metachronous
antisynchronous
asynchronic
heterochronous
polychronic
uncoincidental
unconcurrent
noncoincident
noncoincidental
nonconcurrent
nonisochronous
nonsimultaneous
nonsynchronous
Related words: simultaneously
simultaneousness
correspondent
Derived words: nonsimultaneous
simulcast
simultaneity
simultaneous death
simultaneous equations
simultaneous interpretation
simultaneous interpreting
simultaneously
simultaneousness
unsimultaneous
Translations:
simultaneously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English simultaneous
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English simultaneously
From simultaneous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Occurring at the same time.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The cradle-rocking and the song would cease simultaneously for a moment, and an exclamation at highest vocal pitch would take the place of the melody.
Numa was about to charge—there was little time in which to compare various methods or weigh the probable results of any. And then a number of things happened, almost simultaneously—the lion sprang from his ambush toward the retreating black—Tarzan cried out in warning—and the black turned just in time to see Numa halted in mid-flight by a slender strand of grass rope, the noosed end of which had fallen cleanly about his neck.
The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
Antonyms: individually
one at a time
piecemeal
separately
severally
singly
Translations:
simultaneity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From simultane(ous) + -ity. By surface analysis, simult(aneous) + -aneity. Compare French simultanéité.
Base: simultaneous
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: simultaneities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: More than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow, and others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: concurrentness
synchroneity
Related words: simultaneous adj
simultaneously adv
pitch simultaneity noun
Translations:
jip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Ejaculated semen.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
colloquial
uncountable
Translations:
requiem
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).
Inflected forms:
form: requiems
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
pos: noun
gloss: A musical composition for such a mass.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
pos: noun
gloss: Rest; peace.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Related words: requiescat
related terms of quiet
Derived words: requiem mass
Translations:
Daniel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
Inflected forms:
form: Daniels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.
pos: noun
examples: A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!
Derived words: Daniel come to judgement
Translations:
vegan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: food
lifestyle
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English vegetable
English vegetable
English -arian
English vegetarian
English vegan
Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.
Inflected forms:
form: vegans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
pos: adj
tags: especially
not-comparable
examples: He eats a completely vegan diet.
This chocolate cake is vegan.
Is their way of eating healthy and safe? Doctors and nutritionists generally give an almost unqualified “yes” to lacto‐ovo vegetarianism, but express some doubts about vegan diets.
The interest of heavyweight investors is confirmation that vegan food has gone mainstream, but it could also make it harder for Oatly to maintain its anti-establishment image.
gloss: Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: She is not vegan as she eats eggs and wears leather.
gloss: Relating to vegans or veganism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Yesterday I went to a vegan party.
She is interested in vegan philosophy.
gloss: A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
pos: noun
gloss: A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
pos: noun
examples: Our vegan-friendly shaving brush is made with synthetic bristles instead of badger hair.
Related words: vegetarian
vegetarianism
Derived words: unvegan
vegan burger
veganhood
veganic
veganism
veganist
veganite
vegansexual
Veganuary
I'm a vegan
Translations:
textile
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
naturism
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).
Inflected forms:
form: textiles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more textile
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most textile
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: Near-synonym: cloth (not always differentiated)
gloss: A non-nudist.
pos: noun
gloss: Clothing compulsive.
pos: adj
examples: a textile beach
Antonyms: antonym(s) of
Derived words: e-textile
mycotextile
nanotextile
nontextile
textile art
textile banana
textile cone
textilelike
textilism
textilist
textiloma
Translations:
peat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Northern Middle English pete (recorded in Latin text as peta), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”); if so, it would be a doublet of piece.
Inflected forms:
form: peats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: On the return journey the engine ran short of coal, and came to a stand near Penygroes through shortage of steam. Fortunately, there was some peat in a nearby field, which the enginemen dug and the directors helped to carry to the engine. Steam was soon raised and the story had a happy ending!
Translations:
trumpeter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From trumpet + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
Base: trumpet
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: trumpeters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who plays a trumpet.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of three species of bird in the genus Psophia from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").
pos: noun
gloss: One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: These men are good trumpeters.
gloss: An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
pos: noun
examples: The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled.
gloss: A perciform fish of the family Latridae, native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
pos: noun
gloss: One who makes a trumpeting sound.
pos: noun
examples: Booster is not a loud trumpeter as elephants go.
Derived words: Altenburg trumpeter
Columba livia
Arabian trumpeter
bastard trumpeter
Bernburg trumpeter
Bokhara trumpeter
Czech trumpeter
dark-winged trumpeter
Psophia viridis
Dresden trumpeter
English trumpeter
Franconian trumpeter
German beak-crested trumpeter
German double-crested trumpeter
German fork-tailed trumpeter
grey-winged trumpeter
Psophia crepitans
Harzburg trumpeter
pale-winged trumpeter
Psophia leucoptera
Russian trumpeter
Saxon trumpeter
Schmölln trumpeter
Syrian trumpeter
trumpeter crane
trumpeter finch
trumpeter pigeon
trumpeter swan
trumpetress
Vogtland trumpeter
Translations:
Americanism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-
Proto-Germanic *amalą
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos
Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos
Proto-Germanic *haimaz
▲
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.?
Italian Amerigoder.
New Latin Americalbor.
English America
Middle English -n
English -n
English American
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English Americanism
From American + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: Americanisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to American English usage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rhetoric
uncountable
examples: Mrs. Morton was well known for her Americanisms, her swagger dinner parties, and beautiful Paris gowns.
A lot of other supposed Americanisms aren't Americanisms either. It's sometimes thought that "transportation" instead of the good old "transport" is an example of that annoying US habit of bolting on needless extra syllables to perfectly good words, but "transportation" is used in British English from 1540.
There has been much spluttering about the prince’s use of ‘Americanisms’ in a letter to Emmanuel Macron, but the truth is more complicated […] So, where do we get the idea that -ize is an Americanism?
gloss: A preference for the United States and the ideas it represents.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponent is that our plan will put America first," Trump said. "Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."
gloss: A putative current of Catholicism in the United States identified and condemned as heretical by Rome in the late 19th century, chiefly characterized by support for secularism and American institutions above Catholic doctrine.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Moreover, the enthusiasm with which Hecker’s ideas had been received among Catholic liberals in France served to increase Leo XIII’s suspicion that Americanism was yet another attempt, not so very different from the Gallicanisms of the past, to assert the independence of a national church from Rome.
Related words: Americanist
Derived words: Native Americanism
Translations:
Americanize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From American + -ize; first attested in 1797.
Base: American
Affixes: -ize
Inflected forms:
form: Americanizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: Americanizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: Americanized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: Americanized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: Americanise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
pos: verb
tags: Canada
US
gloss: To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.
pos: verb
tags: Canada
US
Antonyms: de-Americanize
un-Americanize
Related words: Americanization
Americanism
Derived words: Americanizable
Americanizer
Translations:
visa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.
Inflected forms:
form: visas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
pos: noun
examples: I came on a six-month tourist visa.
Several Sun MySQLers have been denied short stay business visas to Australia - yes, Australia - as they attempted to attend a Linux conference in Hobart, Tasmania. According to a blog post from Kaj Arno, vice president in charge of "database community" at Sun Microsystems, several employees - many of whom worked with MySQL - have been barred from entering Oz.
However, I couldn't continue by land to Georgia, as I would have liked: Russia still maintains its crazy, Sovietesque visa regulations, which makes getting a transit visa extremely difficult and extremely expensive.
The impact would be smaller in the immediate term given that the Trump proclamation allows existing visa holders to remain in the US, but still, at MSK around 100 new scientific and medical trainees this year would not be allowed to commence their research.
Translations:
smegma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”).
Inflected forms:
form: smegmata
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: smegmas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I saw Mrs St Cloud wander happily through the flower-filled streets, her belly smeared with smegma, breasts bruised by the hands of boys.
Translations:
acerbic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós
Proto-Italic *akris
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁-os
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Proto-Italic *akriðos
Latin acerbusder.
English acerbic
Attested since the 17th century, from Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”).
Inflected forms:
form: more acerbic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most acerbic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tasting sour or bitter.
pos: adj
examples: Those consumers who object to the acerbic taste of garlic can purchase de-odorized garlic or allicin extract.
gloss: Sharp, harsh, biting.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt the Lip."
[H]e is one of the most acerbic people in his field, quick to take offense and not shy about telling people with whom he disagrees how much he thinks they have failed in thought and action.
Derived words: acerbically
acerbicness
nonacerbic
unacerbic
Translations:
jambe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, French jambe. Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jamb.
Inflected forms:
form: jambes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A leg, of an animal or person.
pos: noun
examples: Lion's jambe, erased, grasping a laurel branch.
[Image of a human leg in armor.] Crest - A jambe, unarmed, excepting the spur, quarterly, or and sa.
If couped or erased at the middle joint, it is not a jambe but a paw, as in the example given under Seal, q.v. Or, a lion's jambe inverted and erased in bend gules—Powis. Gules, three lion's jambes erased and inverted argent—Newdigate, Surrey.
Or, a lion's jambe inverted and erased in bend gules. Powis. Gules, three lion's jambes erased and inverted argent.
... by the side of which is a pheasant, and at his feet there is a lion's jambe with the claws retracted.
“Over all, on an escutcheon of the first, a jambe gules.” “A jambe gules erased,” said Sir Nigel, shaking his head solemnly. “Yet it is not amiss for a monkbred man. I trust that you are lowly and serviceable?”
gloss: Synonym of jambeau (“a greave”).
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
often
examples: […] cuissarts or cuisses were used to shield the thigh, and boots of steel called greaves or jambes were worn upon the leg between the ancle^([sic]) and the knee. We have no doubt that the jambes were found to act well as preserves, but we think at times the shin must have been sadly jammed in them.
The spurs are of the goad-form, and the spur-straps are partially covered by the greaves or jambes, which are so formed as to protect the instep and ankle-joints, and are ornamented round the lower edges with a row of studs.
Bainbergs were the precursors of the steel greaves or jambes of the fourteenth century.
Related words: rond de jambe
Translations:
harp
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).
Inflected forms:
form: harps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: harping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: harped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: harped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.
pos: verb
tags: derogatory
usually
with-on
examples: Why do you harp on a single small mistake?
Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?
gloss: To play on (a harp or similar instrument).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To play (a tune) on the harp.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: Thou harped my fear aright.
Synonyms: keep on about
perseverate
Translations:
grapeshot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From grape + shot, named for the resemblance of the bag of shot to a bunch of grapes.
Compound parts: grape
shot
Inflected forms:
form: grapeshot
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: grapeshots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
usually
Translations: