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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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) ...
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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...
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word: glasses word_type: noun expansion: glasses forms: wikipedia: glasses etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of glass senses_topics:
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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:
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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:
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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 ...
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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:
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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: ...
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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 ...
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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:...
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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: ...
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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 ...
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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: ...
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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...
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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:
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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:...
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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:
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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),...
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word: last year word_type: adv expansion: last year (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: senses_topics:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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: ...
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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”...
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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...
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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...
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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...