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word: adjunct word_type: verb expansion: adjunct (third-person singular simple present adjuncts, present participle adjuncting, simple past and past participle adjuncted) forms: form: adjuncts tags: present singular third-person form: adjuncting tags: participle present form:...
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word: yeasty word_type: adj expansion: yeasty (comparative yeastier, superlative yeastiest) forms: form: yeastier tags: comparative form: yeastiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From yeast + -y. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having or res...
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word: football word_type: noun expansion: football (countable and uncountable, plural footballs) forms: form: footballs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English fotbal, footbal, equivalent to foot + ball, which may refer to the act of kicking a ball with the feet or to the fact...
2903
word: football word_type: verb expansion: football (third-person singular simple present footballs, present participle footballing, simple past and past participle footballed) forms: form: footballs tags: present singular third-person form: footballing tags: participle present ...
2904
word: but word_type: prep expansion: but forms: wikipedia: BUT etymology_text: From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”...
2905
word: but word_type: adv expansion: but (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: BUT etymology_text: From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outsid...
2906
word: but word_type: conj expansion: but forms: wikipedia: BUT etymology_text: From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”...
2907
word: but word_type: noun expansion: but (plural buts) forms: form: buts tags: plural wikipedia: BUT etymology_text: From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cog...
2908
word: but word_type: verb expansion: but (third-person singular simple present buts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted) forms: form: buts tags: present singular third-person form: butting tags: participle present form: butted tags: p...
2909
word: noon word_type: noun expansion: noon (countable and uncountable, plural noons) forms: form: noons tags: plural wikipedia: noon etymology_text: From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short...
2910
word: noon word_type: verb expansion: noon (third-person singular simple present noons, present participle nooning, simple past and past participle nooned) forms: form: noons tags: present singular third-person form: nooning tags: participle present form: nooned tags: ...
2911
word: noon word_type: noun expansion: noon (plural noons) forms: form: noons tags: plural wikipedia: noon etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The letter ن in the Arabic script. senses_topics:
2912
word: POW word_type: noun expansion: POW (plural POWs) forms: form: POWs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Alternative forms: P.O.W., PoW text: After his capture he was taken to a camp for POWs. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
2913
word: pip word_type: noun expansion: pip (plural pips) forms: form: pips tags: plural wikipedia: pip etymology_text: From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita. senses_examples: text: ...
2914
word: pip word_type: noun expansion: pip (plural pips) forms: form: pips tags: plural wikipedia: pip etymology_text: Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). senses_examples: text: On most of the shores o...
2915
word: pip word_type: verb expansion: pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped) forms: form: pips tags: present singular third-person form: pipping tags: participle present form: pipped tags: p...
2916
word: pip word_type: noun expansion: pip (plural pips) forms: form: pips tags: plural wikipedia: pip etymology_text: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Etymology 2, above. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, ...
2917
word: pip word_type: verb expansion: pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped) forms: form: pips tags: present singular third-person form: pipping tags: participle present form: pipped tags: p...
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word: pip word_type: verb expansion: pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped) forms: form: pips tags: present singular third-person form: pipping tags: participle present form: pipped tags: p...
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word: pip word_type: noun expansion: pip (plural pips) forms: form: pip The sound of the BBC pips tags: canonical form: pips tags: plural wikipedia: pip etymology_text: Imitative. senses_examples: text: I could clearly hear the frequent cataclysms of the upstairs lavatory, and my...
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word: pip word_type: noun expansion: pip (plural pips) forms: form: pips tags: plural wikipedia: pip etymology_text: Abbreviation of percentage in point. senses_examples: text: The set-and-forget trader is playing fundamental direction and is seeking very large moves of 150 to 300 pips. This...
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word: indicative word_type: adj expansion: indicative (comparative more indicative, superlative most indicative) forms: form: more indicative tags: comparative form: most indicative tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus....
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word: indicative word_type: noun expansion: indicative (countable and uncountable, plural indicatives) forms: form: indicatives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. senses_examples: text: The fact that imperative forms were take...
2923
word: quadrupedal word_type: adj expansion: quadrupedal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From quadruped + -al. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Walking on four feet. senses_topics:
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word: PVC word_type: noun expansion: PVC (countable and uncountable, plural PVCs) forms: form: PVCs tags: plural wikipedia: PVC (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of polyvinyl chloride. Initialism of premature ventricular co...
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word: Spaniard word_type: noun expansion: Spaniard (plural Spaniards) forms: form: Spaniards tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Spaignarde, from Old French Espaignard, from Espaigne. Equivalent to Spain + -ard. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A per...
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word: feat word_type: noun expansion: feat (plural feats) forms: form: feats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fet (“action, deed”), from Old French fait, from Latin factum, from facere (“to do, to make”). Doublet of fact. senses_examples: te...
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word: feat word_type: adj expansion: feat (comparative feater, superlative featest) forms: form: feater tags: comparative form: featest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fet (“action, deed”), from Old French fait, from Latin fa...
2928
word: feat word_type: verb expansion: feat (third-person singular simple present feats, present participle feating, simple past and past participle feated) forms: form: feats tags: present singular third-person form: feating tags: participle present form: feated tags: ...
2929
word: feat word_type: verb expansion: feat (third-person singular simple present feats, present participle feating, simple past and past participle feated) forms: form: feats tags: present singular third-person form: feating tags: participle present form: feated tags: ...
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word: second word_type: adj expansion: second (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: second (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“I follow”), from Proto...
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word: second word_type: adv expansion: second (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: second (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“I follow”), from Proto...
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word: second word_type: noun expansion: second (plural seconds) forms: form: seconds tags: plural wikipedia: second (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from ...
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word: second word_type: verb expansion: second (third-person singular simple present seconds, present participle seconding, simple past and past participle seconded) forms: form: seconds tags: present singular third-person form: seconding tags: participle present form: se...
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word: second word_type: noun expansion: second (plural seconds) forms: form: seconds tags: plural wikipedia: second (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English secunde, seconde, borrowed from Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminishe...
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word: second word_type: verb expansion: second (third-person singular simple present seconds, present participle seconding, simple past and past participle seconded) forms: form: seconds tags: present singular third-person form: seconding tags: participle present form: se...
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word: second word_type: noun expansion: second (plural seconds) forms: form: seconds tags: plural wikipedia: second (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle French seconder, from Latin secundō (“assist, make favorable”). senses_examples: text: The dogs however parted, and after a little ...
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word: affirmative word_type: adj expansion: affirmative (comparative more affirmative, superlative most affirmative) forms: form: more affirmative tags: comparative form: most affirmative tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from O...
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word: affirmative word_type: noun expansion: affirmative (plural affirmatives) forms: form: affirmatives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”). senses_examples: text...
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word: affirmative word_type: intj expansion: affirmative forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Yes. Yes; true; correct. sen...
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word: fourth word_type: adj expansion: fourth (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th. cognates...
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word: fourth word_type: noun expansion: fourth (plural fourths) forms: form: fourths tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedu...
2942
word: fourth word_type: verb expansion: fourth (third-person singular simple present fourths, present participle fourthing, simple past and past participle fourthed) forms: form: fourths tags: present singular third-person form: fourthing tags: participle present form: fo...
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word: hander word_type: noun expansion: hander (plural handers) forms: form: handers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hand (verb) + -er. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession senses_topics:
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word: hander word_type: noun expansion: hander (plural handers) forms: form: handers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hand (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix). senses_examples: text: Two-handers generally do not transition to the net as quickly or...
2945
word: pit word_type: noun expansion: pit (plural pits) forms: form: pits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties. senses_exam...
2946
word: pit word_type: verb expansion: pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted) forms: form: pits tags: present singular third-person form: pitting tags: participle present form: pitted tags: p...
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word: pit word_type: noun expansion: pit (plural pits) forms: form: pits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō. Compare pith. sense...
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word: pit word_type: verb expansion: pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted) forms: form: pits tags: present singular third-person form: pitting tags: participle present form: pitted tags: p...
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word: pit word_type: noun expansion: pit (plural pits) forms: form: pits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening. senses_examples: text: I resolved to find all my pits good homes and to get out of the rescue and breeding business. ref: 2012, Shorty Rossi, Four Feet Tall and...
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word: Danish word_type: name expansion: Danish (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Th...
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word: Danish word_type: adj expansion: Danish (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
2952
word: Danish word_type: noun expansion: Danish (plural Danish) forms: form: Danish tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. senses_examples: s...
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word: Danish word_type: noun expansion: Danish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes) forms: form: Danishes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic...
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word: Danish word_type: name expansion: Danish forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Persian دانش (literally “knowledge, science, wisdom”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A male given name. senses_topics:
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word: Danish word_type: adj expansion: Danish (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Dan + -ish. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The nature or characteristics of someone named Dan. senses_topics:
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word: PX word_type: noun expansion: PX (plural PXes) forms: form: PXes tags: plural wikipedia: en:PX etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The prices at the PX are incredibly reduced. text: Some straight legs caught a trooper at the post exchange (PX) one day and made him unblouse hi...
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word: Taiwan word_type: name expansion: Taiwan forms: wikipedia: Anping District Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) Taiwan etymology_text: The specific form "Taiwan" in English emerged from the letters of Wade–Giles Tʻai²-wan¹ romanization of Mandarin 臺灣/台湾 (Táiwān) and also possibly the romaji of Japanese 臺灣(たいわん)...
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word: bank word_type: noun expansion: bank (countable and uncountable, plural banks) forms: form: banks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter...
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word: bank word_type: verb expansion: bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked) forms: form: banks tags: present singular third-person form: banking tags: participle present form: banked tags: ...
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word: bank word_type: noun expansion: bank (plural banks) forms: form: banks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bank, from Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hi...
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word: bank word_type: verb expansion: bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked) forms: form: banks tags: present singular third-person form: banking tags: participle present form: banked tags: ...
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word: bank word_type: noun expansion: bank (plural banks) forms: form: banks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bank (“bank”), banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc (“bench”). senses_examples: text: a bank of switches ...
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word: bank word_type: verb expansion: bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked) forms: form: banks tags: present singular third-person form: banking tags: participle present form: banked tags: ...
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word: bank word_type: noun expansion: bank (plural banks) forms: form: banks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: table Probably from French banc. Of Germanic origin, and akin to English bench. senses_examples: text: Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojans sweep / Neptune's smooth face,...
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word: skew word_type: verb expansion: skew (third-person singular simple present skews, present participle skewing, simple past and past participle skewed) forms: form: skews tags: present singular third-person form: skewing tags: participle present form: skewed tags: ...
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word: skew word_type: adj expansion: skew (not generally comparable, comparative skewer or more skew, superlative skewest or most skew) forms: form: skewer tags: comparative form: more skew tags: comparative form: skewest tags: superlative form: most skew tags: supe...
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word: skew word_type: adv expansion: skew (comparative more skew, superlative most skew) forms: form: more skew tags: comparative form: most skew tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: The verb is derived from Middle English skeuen, skewe, skewen (“to run at an angle or obliquel...
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word: skew word_type: noun expansion: skew (plural skews) forms: form: skews tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The verb is derived from Middle English skeuen, skewe, skewen (“to run at an angle or obliquely; to escape”), from Old Northern French escuer [and other forms], variants of Old Fre...
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word: skew word_type: noun expansion: skew (plural skews) forms: form: skews tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English skeu, skew (“stone with a sloping surface forming the slope of a gable, offset of a buttress, etc.”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman eschu, escuwe, eskeu, ...
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word: bomb word_type: noun expansion: bomb (plural bombs) forms: form: bombs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Double...
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word: bomb word_type: verb expansion: bomb (third-person singular simple present bombs, present participle bombing, simple past and past participle bombed) forms: form: bombs tags: present singular third-person form: bombing tags: participle present form: bombed tags: ...
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word: bomb word_type: adj expansion: bomb (comparative more bomb, superlative most bomb) forms: form: more bomb tags: comparative form: most bomb tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Gre...
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word: Italian word_type: adj expansion: Italian (comparative more Italian, superlative most Italian) forms: form: more Italian tags: comparative form: most Italian tags: superlative wikipedia: Italian etymology_text: From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Lati...
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word: Italian word_type: noun expansion: Italian (countable and uncountable, plural Italians) forms: form: Italians tags: plural wikipedia: Italian etymology_text: From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”). senses_examples: text: As Di Matteo cel...
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word: personal pronoun word_type: noun expansion: personal pronoun (plural personal pronouns) forms: form: personal pronouns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Mondays come with questions of couples Where and with whom did you go? Avoiding the personal pronou...
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word: in word_type: prep expansion: in forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai. Sense 1/2 "in"/"in...
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word: in word_type: verb expansion: in (third-person singular simple present ins, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned) forms: form: ins tags: present singular third-person form: inning tags: participle present form: inned tags: participl...
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word: in word_type: adv expansion: in (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai. Se...
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word: in word_type: noun expansion: in (plural ins) forms: form: ins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne,...
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word: in word_type: adj expansion: in (comparative more in, superlative most in) forms: form: more in tags: comparative form: most in tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in....
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word: in word_type: noun expansion: in (plural ins or in) forms: form: ins tags: plural form: in tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of inch; inches. senses_topics:
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word: head word_type: noun expansion: head (countable and uncountable, plural heads or head) forms: form: heads tags: plural form: head tags: plural wikipedia: Head (disambiguation) head human head etymology_text: From Middle English hed, heed, heved, heaved, from Old English hēafd...
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word: head word_type: adj expansion: head (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Head (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English hed, heed, heved, heaved, from Old English hēafd-, hēafod (“head; top; source, origin; chief, leader; capital”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubud...
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word: head word_type: verb expansion: head (third-person singular simple present heads, present participle heading, simple past and past participle headed) forms: form: heads tags: present singular third-person form: heading tags: participle present form: headed tags: ...
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word: head word_type: adj expansion: head (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Head (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English heed, from Old English hēafod- (“main”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubida-, derived from the noun *haubid (“head”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian hööft-, West Frisian haad-...
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word: Slovene word_type: adj expansion: Slovene (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Slowene, from Slovene Slovenec. Related to Slovak. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or pertaining to Slovenia, the Slovenes or the Slovene language. senses_topics:
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word: Slovene word_type: noun expansion: Slovene (plural Slovenes) forms: form: Slovenes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Slowene, from Slovene Slovenec. Related to Slovak. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Slovenia. senses_topics:
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word: Slovene word_type: name expansion: Slovene forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Slowene, from Slovene Slovenec. Related to Slovak. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The official language of Slovenia. senses_topics:
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word: storm word_type: noun expansion: storm (plural storms) forms: form: storms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English storm (“disturbed state of the atmosphere; heavy precipitation; battle, conflict; attack”) [and other forms], from Old English storm (“tempest, storm; attac...
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word: storm word_type: verb expansion: storm (third-person singular simple present storms, present participle storming, simple past and past participle stormed) forms: form: storms tags: present singular third-person form: storming tags: participle present form: stormed ...
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word: storm word_type: noun expansion: storm (plural storms) forms: form: storms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The verb is derived from Middle English stormen (“of the wind: to blow violently; to cause to roll or toss”), from storm (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infi...
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word: pommy word_type: noun expansion: pommy (plural pommies) forms: form: pommies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912. senses_examples: text: Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in cer...
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word: pommy word_type: adj expansion: pommy (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912. senses_examples: text: A gleam of humour, a moment of beautiful pommy arrogance. ref: 1991, A Stranger's Trust, Emma Richmond type: quot...
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word: pommy word_type: adj expansion: pommy (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of pommee. Semé of (strewn with) pommes (roundels vert). senses_topics: government heraldry hobbies lifestyle monarchy nobi...
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word: your word_type: det expansion: your forms: wikipedia: your etymology_text: From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), Germa...
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word: your word_type: contraction expansion: your forms: wikipedia: your etymology_text: From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”...
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word: nominative case word_type: noun expansion: nominative case (plural nominative cases) forms: form: nominative cases tags: plural wikipedia: nominative case etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Every Verb, except in the Infinitive or the Participle, hath its Nominative Caſe, either e...
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word: kiwi fruit word_type: noun expansion: kiwi fruit (plural kiwi fruit) forms: form: kiwi fruit tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Trade name used by exporters for one of several varieties selectively bred in New Zealand; named after the endemic New Zealand bird, the kiwi, because the fru...
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word: yegg word_type: noun expansion: yegg (plural yeggs) forms: form: yeggs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Origin unknown. senses_examples: text: 1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars text: ‘These racketeers are a new type. We think about them...