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17300 | word:
alternative
word_type:
adj
expansion:
alternative (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
alternative
etymology_text:
From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). Compare alternate.
senses_examples:
t... |
17301 | word:
alternative
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alternative (plural alternatives)
forms:
form:
alternatives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
alternative
etymology_text:
From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alt... |
17302 | word:
penchant
word_type:
noun
expansion:
penchant (countable and uncountable, plural penchants)
forms:
form:
penchants
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Unadapted borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier... |
17303 | word:
abstract noun
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abstract noun (plural abstract nouns)
forms:
form:
abstract nouns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A noun that denotes an idea, emotion, feeling, quality, generalization, representation ... |
17304 | word:
traveller
word_type:
noun
expansion:
traveller (plural travellers)
forms:
form:
travellers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
traveller
etymology_text:
From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailu... |
17305 | word:
Cracow
word_type:
name
expansion:
Cracow
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Middle English crakou, crawcow.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A city in southern Poland, situated on the Vistula river, and the country's former capital.
senses_topics:
|
17306 | word:
gander
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gander (plural ganders)
forms:
form:
ganders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh... |
17307 | word:
gander
word_type:
verb
expansion:
gander (third-person singular simple present ganders, present participle gandering, simple past and past participle gandered)
forms:
form:
ganders
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
gandering
tags:
participle
present
form:
ga... |
17308 | word:
apophenia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
apophenia (countable and uncountable, plural apophenias)
forms:
form:
apophenias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From German Apophänie, from Ancient Greek ἀποφαίνω (apophaínō, “to appear”), from ἀπο- (apo-) and φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”), coined by... |
17309 | word:
vehicle
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vehicle (plural vehicles)
forms:
form:
vehicles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).
senses_examples:
text:
But electric vehicles and the bat... |
17310 | word:
vehicle
word_type:
verb
expansion:
vehicle (third-person singular simple present vehicles, present participle vehicling, simple past and past participle vehicled)
forms:
form:
vehicles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
vehicling
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
17311 | word:
history
word_type:
noun
expansion:
history (countable and uncountable, plural histories)
forms:
form:
histories
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Confessio Amantis
John Gower
etymology_text:
From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire... |
17312 | word:
history
word_type:
verb
expansion:
history (third-person singular simple present histories, present participle historying, simple past and past participle historied)
forms:
form:
histories
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
historying
tags:
participle
present
for... |
17313 | word:
tigon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tigon (plural tigons)
forms:
form:
tigons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Blend of tiger + lion
senses_examples:
text:
Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.
ref:
1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate... |
17314 | word:
vulcanize
word_type:
verb
expansion:
vulcanize (third-person singular simple present vulcanizes, present participle vulcanizing, simple past and past participle vulcanized)
forms:
form:
vulcanizes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
vulcanizing
tags:
participle
pres... |
17315 | word:
beet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
beet (plural beets)
forms:
form:
beets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.
senses_examples:
text:
The beet is a hardy species.
type:
example
senses_c... |
17316 | word:
beet
word_type:
verb
expansion:
beet
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old English bētan.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To improve; to mend.
To kindle a fire.
To rouse.
senses_topics:
|
17317 | word:
mood
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mood (plural moods)
forms:
form:
moods
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
mood
etymology_text:
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, ... |
17318 | word:
mood
word_type:
intj
expansion:
mood
forms:
wikipedia:
mood
etymology_text:
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *m... |
17319 | word:
mood
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mood (plural moods)
forms:
form:
moods
head_nr:
1
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Grammatical mood
mood
etymology_text:
Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.
senses_examples:
text:
The mood most frequently encountered in English is the indicative, of whi... |
17320 | word:
Tar Heel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Tar Heel (plural Tar Heels)
forms:
form:
Tar Heels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Tar Heel (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
North Carolina was associated with tar (of which it was a major producer) from the 1700s onwards, and residents were (at first derisively) ... |
17321 | word:
Tar Heel
word_type:
name
expansion:
Tar Heel
forms:
wikipedia:
Tar Heel (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
North Carolina was associated with tar (of which it was a major producer) from the 1700s onwards, and residents were (at first derisively) called "Tarboilers" since at least the 1840s; "Tar Heel" is... |
17322 | word:
glasses
word_type:
noun
expansion:
glasses
forms:
wikipedia:
glasses
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of glass
senses_topics:
|
17323 | word:
glasses
word_type:
noun
expansion:
glasses pl (plural only)
forms:
wikipedia:
glasses
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
Field glasses; binoculars.
senses_topics:
|
17324 | word:
glasses
word_type:
verb
expansion:
glasses
forms:
wikipedia:
glasses
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of glass
senses_topics:
|
17325 | word:
cob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cob (countable and uncountable, plural cobs)
forms:
form:
cobs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Of uncertain origin. The word has many disparate senses, which are likely of diverse origin. The specifics of these origins have long been debated, as has th... |
17326 | word:
cob
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cob (third-person singular simple present cobs, present participle cobbing, simple past and past participle cobbed)
forms:
form:
cobs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
cobbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
cobbed
tags:
p... |
17327 | word:
cob
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cob (third-person singular simple present cobs, present participle cobbing, simple past and past participle cobbed)
forms:
form:
cobs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
cobbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
cobbed
tags:
p... |
17328 | word:
cob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cob (plural cobs)
forms:
form:
cobs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, but it has also been suggested that the word could be a continuation of Middle English cobbe (“fight”), a borrowing of Welsh cob (“blow”), or a cognat... |
17329 | word:
cob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cob
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Habitats were sand, cobble (cob), sand with macrophytes (s\m) and muck with macrophytes (m\m).
ref:
1994, Anna M. Hill, David M. Lodge, “Diel Changes in Resource Demand: Competition and Predation i... |
17330 | word:
semiannual
word_type:
adj
expansion:
semiannual (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From semi- + annual.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Biannual: occurring twice a year
senses_topics:
|
17331 | word:
semiannual
word_type:
noun
expansion:
semiannual (plural semiannuals)
forms:
form:
semiannuals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From semi- + annual.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Something occurring twice each year.
senses_topics:
|
17332 | word:
row
word_type:
noun
expansion:
row (plural rows)
forms:
form:
rows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
row
etymology_text:
From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to car... |
17333 | word:
row
word_type:
verb
expansion:
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
forms:
form:
rows
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rowing
tags:
participle
present
form:
rowed
tags:
parti... |
17334 | word:
row
word_type:
noun
expansion:
row (plural rows)
forms:
form:
rows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
row
etymology_text:
From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian ro... |
17335 | word:
row
word_type:
noun
expansion:
row (plural rows)
forms:
form:
rows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
row
etymology_text:
Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
senses_examples:
text:
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
type:
example
text:
As a ... |
17336 | word:
row
word_type:
verb
expansion:
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
forms:
form:
rows
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rowing
tags:
participle
present
form:
rowed
tags:
parti... |
17337 | word:
hiccough
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hiccough (plural hiccoughs)
forms:
form:
hiccoughs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of hiccup
senses_topics:
|
17338 | word:
hiccough
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hiccough (third-person singular simple present hiccoughs, present participle hiccoughing, simple past and past participle hiccoughed)
forms:
form:
hiccoughs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hiccoughing
tags:
participle
present
... |
17339 | word:
ty
word_type:
intj
expansion:
ty
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative letter-case form of TY.
senses_topics:
|
17340 | word:
independent
word_type:
adj
expansion:
independent (comparative more independent, superlative most independent)
forms:
form:
more independent
tags:
comparative
form:
most independent
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French indépendant.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
17341 | word:
independent
word_type:
noun
expansion:
independent (plural independents)
forms:
form:
independents
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French indépendant.
senses_examples:
text:
It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd ... |
17342 | word:
seismology
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seismology (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From seismo- + -logy.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.
senses_topics:... |
17343 | word:
double
word_type:
adj
expansion:
double (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
double
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.
senses_examples:
text:
The closet has double doors.
type:
... |
17344 | word:
double
word_type:
adv
expansion:
double (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
double
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.
senses_examples:
text:
February 7 1736, Jonathan Swift, letter ... |
17345 | word:
double
word_type:
noun
expansion:
double (plural doubles)
forms:
form:
doubles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
double
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
17346 | word:
double
word_type:
verb
expansion:
double (third-person singular simple present doubles, present participle doubling, simple past and past participle doubled)
forms:
form:
doubles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
doubling
tags:
participle
present
form:
doubl... |
17347 | word:
Gdańsk
word_type:
name
expansion:
Gdańsk
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Polish Gdańsk.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A city on the north coast of Poland.
senses_topics:
|
17348 | word:
uncomfortable
word_type:
adj
expansion:
uncomfortable (comparative more uncomfortable, superlative most uncomfortable)
forms:
form:
more uncomfortable
tags:
comparative
form:
most uncomfortable
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From un- + comfortable.
senses_examples:... |
17349 | word:
lion cub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lion cub (plural lion cubs)
forms:
form:
lion cubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A young lion
senses_topics:
|
17350 | word:
think of
word_type:
verb
expansion:
think of (third-person singular simple present thinks of, present participle thinking of, simple past and past participle thought of)
forms:
form:
thinks of
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
thinking of
tags:
participle
present
... |
17351 | word:
rub out
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rub out (third-person singular simple present rubs out, present participle rubbing out, simple past and past participle rubbed out)
forms:
form:
rubs out
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rubbing out
tags:
participle
present
fo... |
17352 | word:
berg
word_type:
noun
expansion:
berg (plural bergs)
forms:
form:
bergs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of iceberg.
senses_examples:
text:
The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.
ref:
1997, David J. Rugh with Kim E... |
17353 | word:
berg
word_type:
noun
expansion:
berg (plural bergs)
forms:
form:
bergs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow.
senses_examples:
text:
There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs a... |
17354 | word:
rapid
word_type:
adj
expansion:
rapid (comparative more rapid, superlative most rapid)
forms:
form:
more rapid
tags:
comparative
form:
most rapid
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French rapide, from Latin rapidus.
senses_examples:
text:
a rapid st... |
17355 | word:
rapid
word_type:
adv
expansion:
rapid (comparative more rapid, superlative most rapid)
forms:
form:
more rapid
tags:
comparative
form:
most rapid
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French rapide, from Latin rapidus.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
s... |
17356 | word:
rapid
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rapid (plural rapids)
forms:
form:
rapids
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French rapide, from Latin rapidus.
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: riffle
text:
In these rapid games we had just twenty-five minutes each to ... |
17357 | word:
piglet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
piglet (plural piglets)
forms:
form:
piglets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pig + -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.
senses_examples:
text:
Very little was this piglet,
And of course was not a big ... |
17358 | word:
veto
word_type:
noun
expansion:
veto (plural vetoes or vetos)
forms:
form:
vetoes
tags:
plural
form:
vetos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
veto
etymology_text:
From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).
senses_examples:
text:
I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural... |
17359 | word:
veto
word_type:
verb
expansion:
veto (third-person singular simple present vetoes, present participle vetoing, simple past and past participle vetoed)
forms:
form:
vetoes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
vetoing
tags:
participle
present
form:
vetoed
tags:... |
17360 | word:
eau
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eau (plural eaus)
forms:
form:
eaus
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowin... |
17361 | word:
trunk
word_type:
noun
expansion:
trunk (plural trunks)
forms:
form:
trunks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English tronke, trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, ma... |
17362 | word:
trunk
word_type:
verb
expansion:
trunk (third-person singular simple present trunks, present participle trunking, simple past and past participle trunked)
forms:
form:
trunks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
trunking
tags:
participle
present
form:
trunked
... |
17363 | word:
estate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
estate (plural estates)
forms:
form:
estates
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
estate
etymology_text:
From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
17364 | word:
estate
word_type:
adj
expansion:
estate (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
estate
etymology_text:
From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.
senses_examples:
text:
an estate diamond; estate jewelry
senses... |
17365 | word:
estate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
estate (third-person singular simple present estates, present participle estating, simple past and past participle estated)
forms:
form:
estates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
estating
tags:
participle
present
form:
estat... |
17366 | word:
colorful
word_type:
adj
expansion:
colorful (comparative more colorful, superlative most colorful)
forms:
form:
more colorful
tags:
comparative
form:
most colorful
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From color + -ful.
senses_examples:
text:
It was a colourful vas... |
17367 | word:
rob
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rob (third-person singular simple present robs, present participle robbing, simple past and past participle robbed)
forms:
form:
robs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
robbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
robbed
tags:
p... |
17368 | word:
rob
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rob (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
rob
etymology_text:
From Medieval Latin rob, from Arabic ربّ (“thickened fruit juice”). Compare French rob, Spanish rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Persian ربودن (present stem: robâ).
senses_examples:
text:
[I]nſ... |
17369 | word:
leveret
word_type:
noun
expansion:
leveret (plural leverets)
forms:
form:
leverets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English leveret(te), from Old French leveret, diminutive of lievre (“hare”), from Latin leporem, of obscure origin.
senses_examples:
text:
[…] Shall I... |
17370 | word:
gar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gar (plural gars)
forms:
form:
gars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of garfish.
senses_examples:
text:
Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies.
ref:
1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zi... |
17371 | word:
gar
word_type:
verb
expansion:
gar (third-person singular simple present gars, present participle garring, simple past and past participle gart)
forms:
form:
gars
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
garring
tags:
participle
present
form:
gart
tags:
parti... |
17372 | word:
rehab
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rehab (countable and uncountable, plural rehabs)
forms:
form:
rehabs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of rehabilitation.
senses_examples:
text:
go into rehab
type:
example
text:
They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, 'no... |
17373 | word:
rehab
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rehab (third-person singular simple present rehabs, present participle rehabbing, simple past and past participle rehabbed)
forms:
form:
rehabs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rehabbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
rehabb... |
17374 | word:
attract
word_type:
verb
expansion:
attract (third-person singular simple present attracts, present participle attracting, simple past and past participle attracted)
forms:
form:
attracts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
attracting
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
17375 | word:
like two peas in a pod
word_type:
prep_phrase
expansion:
like two peas in a pod
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Very similar; a couple made for each other.
senses_topics:
|
17376 | word:
biannual
word_type:
adj
expansion:
biannual (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From bi- + annual.
senses_examples:
text:
The annual values were disaggregated into biannual values. Then the biannual values were disaggregated into quarterly values. Finally the quarterly values were... |
17377 | word:
biannual
word_type:
noun
expansion:
biannual (plural biannuals)
forms:
form:
biannuals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From bi- + annual.
senses_examples:
text:
It was a biannual from April 1970 to October 1977 and has been a quarterly since fall 1978.
ref:
1995, Tamkang... |
17378 | word:
Eskimo
word_type:
name
expansion:
Eskimo
forms:
wikipedia:
Eskimo
Ives Goddard
John Steckley
etymology_text:
Attested since 1584, ultimately from an Old Montagnais term. Ives Goddard's theory, accepted by most linguists today, is that it derives from Montagnais ayaškimew (“snowshoe-netter”). An old... |
17379 | word:
Eskimo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Eskimo (plural Eskimo or Eskimos or Eskimoes)
forms:
form:
Eskimo
tags:
plural
form:
Eskimos
tags:
plural
form:
Eskimoes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Eskimo
Ives Goddard
John Steckley
etymology_text:
Attested since 1584, ultimately fro... |
17380 | word:
Eskimo
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Eskimo (comparative more Eskimo, superlative most Eskimo)
forms:
form:
more Eskimo
tags:
comparative
form:
most Eskimo
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Eskimo
Ives Goddard
John Steckley
etymology_text:
Attested since 1584, ultimately from an Old M... |
17381 | word:
attraction
word_type:
noun
expansion:
attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)
forms:
form:
attractions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō),... |
17382 | word:
last year
word_type:
adv
expansion:
last year (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
senses_topics:
|
17383 | word:
portent
word_type:
noun
expansion:
portent (plural portents)
forms:
form:
portents
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“I predict, I foretell”).
senses_examples:
text:
It was a portent of things to come.
typ... |
17384 | word:
Khmer
word_type:
name
expansion:
Khmer
forms:
wikipedia:
Khmer
etymology_text:
From Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).
Attributed to the Pali term khemara (“one who is wholesome”). The elision form, ក្មេរ (kmera), is found in ancient stone inscriptions, or a borrowing from Northern Khmer เขมร (/khmɛːr/).
senses_ex... |
17385 | word:
Khmer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Khmer (plural Khmers or Khmer)
forms:
form:
Khmers
tags:
plural
form:
Khmer
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Khmer
etymology_text:
From Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).
Attributed to the Pali term khemara (“one who is wholesome”). The elision form, ក្មេរ (kmera), is f... |
17386 | word:
Khmer
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Khmer (comparative more Khmer, superlative most Khmer)
forms:
form:
more Khmer
tags:
comparative
form:
most Khmer
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Khmer
etymology_text:
From Khmer ខ្មែរ (khmae).
Attributed to the Pali term khemara (“one who is wholesom... |
17387 | word:
oppose
word_type:
verb
expansion:
oppose (third-person singular simple present opposes, present participle opposing, simple past and past participle opposed)
forms:
form:
opposes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
opposing
tags:
participle
present
form:
oppos... |
17388 | word:
IBS
word_type:
adj
expansion:
IBS (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of identical by state.
senses_topics:
|
17389 | word:
IBS
word_type:
noun
expansion:
IBS (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
While I don’t have a definitive answer for that, studies suggest that IBS is more common in women than men.
ref:
2023 September 12, Arwa Mahdawi, “The US has such a love affair with l... |
17390 | word:
endeavour
word_type:
noun
expansion:
endeavour (plural endeavours)
forms:
form:
endeavours
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
And these three: 1. the law over them that have sovereign power; 2. their duty; 3. their profit: are one and the same thing contai... |
17391 | word:
endeavour
word_type:
verb
expansion:
endeavour (third-person singular simple present endeavours, present participle endeavouring, simple past and past participle endeavoured)
forms:
form:
endeavours
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
endeavouring
tags:
participle
p... |
17392 | word:
shallow copy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
shallow copy (plural shallow copies)
forms:
form:
shallow copies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
If you modify that, you'll modify all the shallow copies of the header that points to it.
type:
example
senses... |
17393 | word:
bray
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)
forms:
form:
brays
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
braying
tags:
participle
present
form:
brayed
tags:
... |
17394 | word:
bray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bray (plural brays)
forms:
form:
brays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
table
The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal: to vocalize loudly; of the weather: to make a loud sound, howl, roar”), from Old Fr... |
17395 | word:
bray
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)
forms:
form:
brays
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
braying
tags:
participle
present
form:
brayed
tags:
... |
17396 | word:
fingernail
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fingernail (plural fingernails)
forms:
form:
fingernails
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to finger + nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæġl (“fingernail”... |
17397 | word:
vestry
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vestry (plural vestries)
forms:
form:
vestries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.
senses_examples:
t... |
17398 | word:
bare
word_type:
adj
expansion:
bare (comparative barer, superlative barest)
forms:
form:
barer
tags:
comparative
form:
barest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
bare
etymology_text:
From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ... |
17399 | word:
bare
word_type:
adv
expansion:
bare
forms:
wikipedia:
bare
etymology_text:
From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”).
Cognate with... |
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