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4200 | word:
civilian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
civilian (plural civilians)
forms:
form:
civilians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
senses_examples:
text:
An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
ref:
1858, Prince George, letter to Sir Colin Campbell
text:
Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
type:
example
text:
I have this vision one day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian.
ref:
2013, Eminem, “The Monster”, in The Marshall Mathers LP 2
type:
quotation
text:
The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it.
type:
example
text:
Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
ref:
1724, Jonathan Swift, “Drapier's Letters”, in 4
type:
quotation
text:
although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more
ref:
1788, Richard Graves, Recollection of Some Particulars in the Life of the Late William Shenstone
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
One skilled in civil law.
A student of civil law at a university or college.
An employee of the civil service.
senses_topics:
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4201 | word:
civilian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
civilian (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
senses_examples:
text:
The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.
type:
example
text:
He worked as a civilian journalist for ten years before being employed by the public broadcaster.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
senses_topics:
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4202 | word:
TO
word_type:
name
expansion:
TO
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Toronto.
senses_topics:
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4203 | word:
TO
word_type:
noun
expansion:
TO (plural TOs)
forms:
form:
TOs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of time-out.
Initialism of turnover.
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4204 | word:
whitewash
word_type:
noun
expansion:
whitewash (countable and uncountable, plural whitewashes)
forms:
form:
whitewashes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
whitewash
etymology_text:
From white + wash.
senses_examples:
text:
For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint.
ref:
1952, L. F. Salzman, Building in England, page 157
type:
quotation
text:
For the first time in a long time, Australia are being threatened with the prospect of a 5-0 whitewash
ref:
2010, Andrew Miller, Cricinfo
type:
quotation
text:
Coordinate term: eyewash
text:
“She has developed an arrogance of power,” Mr. Richardson said by telephone during a layover in Tokyo on his way back to New Mexico from Myanmar. “I’ve known her a long time and am fond of her, but she basically is unwilling to listen to bad news, and I don’t want to be part of a whitewash.”
ref:
2018 January 24, Hannah Beech, Rick Gladstone, “Citing ‘Whitewash,’ Bill Richardson Quits Rohingya Post”, in New York Times
type:
quotation
text:
A report by the City watchdog into the scandal at Royal Bank of Scotland’s turnaround unit has been described as a whitewash after the regulator confirmed it would not punish the bank for mistreating business customers following the financial crash.
ref:
2019 June 13, Kalyeena Makortoff, “FCA report into RBS called a 'complete whitewash' by critics”, in The Guardian
type:
quotation
text:
I have heard a whole Sermon against a White-wash.
ref:
1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian
type:
quotation
text:
The bottles, however, were port bottles, but contained mushroom ketchup; and we can only say with regard to the 15s. sherry, that it would have made an admirable "whitewash," as Sheridan's glass is still sometimes called, […]
ref:
1883, Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery, page lxxxiii
type:
quotation
text:
Sercial was also used as a sort of white-wash after the Port at dinner, those were the days when people had time to drink both Port and a White wash.
ref:
1950, Wine & the Wine Trade, page 28
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.
A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements; (everyday life) pretense.
The most basic type of thickening agent, flour blended with water to make a paste.
Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair.
A glass of sherry as a finale, after drinking port and claret.
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
government
politics
cooking
food
lifestyle
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4205 | word:
whitewash
word_type:
verb
expansion:
whitewash (third-person singular simple present whitewashes, present participle whitewashing, simple past and past participle whitewashed)
forms:
form:
whitewashes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
whitewashing
tags:
participle
present
form:
whitewashed
tags:
participle
past
form:
whitewashed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
whitewash
etymology_text:
From white + wash.
senses_examples:
text:
The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.
type:
example
text:
In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
type:
example
text:
The books have yet to be written. But there is no question that Ms. Park and her Saenuri Party will whitewash the past to bolster the conservative cause at the expense of the education system and South Korea’s international reputation as a democracy, and harm Seoul’s attempt to hold Japan accountable for its wartime conduct.
ref:
2015 November 12, Se-Woong Koo, “South Korea’s Textbook Whitewash”, in New York Times
type:
quotation
text:
Meanwhile, Sam, having been formally introduced to the whitewashed gentleman and his friends, as the offspring of Mr. Weller, of the Belle Savage, was treated with marked distinction, and invited to regale himself with them in honour of the occasion—an invitation which he was by no means backward in accepting.
ref:
1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 43
text:
If you appreciate historical accuracy and fair inclusion, don’t go see this film. If you don’t want to fuel the economy at another Hollywood attempt of whitewashing American history, don’t give any aspect of this film a single dime or promotion.
ref:
2015 June 8, Ernest Owens, “Hollywood, Don't You Dare Whitewash Stonewall”, in HuffPost
type:
quotation
text:
From Scarlett Johansson’s heroine in the remake of the anime classic to Tilda Swinton as a Himalayan high priest in Doctor Strange, the film industry stands accused of whitewashing Asian characters and culture. Does it have a defence?
ref:
2017 March 31, Steve Rose, “Ghost in the Shell’s whitewashing: does Hollywood have an Asian problem?”, in The Guardian
type:
quotation
text:
Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled cuts the book's black characters, whitewashing its tale of the Civil War–era South. At this point, that's hardly a surprise.
ref:
2017 June 20, Corey Atad, “Lost in Adaptation”, in Slate, →ISSN
type:
quotation
text:
The ad, which also features her compatriot Kei Nishikori, drew criticism on social media, with many users accusing Nissin of whitewashing Osaka, whose mother is Japanese.
ref:
2019 January 23, Justin McCurry, “Naomi Osaka sponsor apologises for 'whitewashing' tennis star in ad”, in The Guardian
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
To cover over errors or bad actions.
To repay the financial debts of (another person).
To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.
To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by discounting the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation.
senses_topics:
ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
|
4206 | word:
masquerade
word_type:
noun
expansion:
masquerade (plural masquerades)
forms:
form:
masquerades
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Carnival of Venice
etymology_text:
The noun is borrowed from Middle French mascarade, masquarade, masquerade (modern French mascarade (“masquerade, masque; farce”)), and its etymon Italian mascherata (“masquerade”), from maschera (“mask”) + -ata. Maschera is derived from Medieval Latin masca (“mask”): see further there. The English word is cognate with Late Latin masquarata, Portuguese mascarada, Spanish mascarada.
The verb is derived from the noun.
senses_examples:
text:
I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.
type:
example
text:
Verres in the youth of Cicero, Catiline and Clodius in his middle age, Mark Antony in his old age, have all been left to operate on the modern reader's feelings precisely through that masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome.
ref:
1842 July, [Thomas de Quincey], “Cicero”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume LII, number CCCXXI, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 2, column 1
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
senses_topics:
lifestyle
|
4207 | word:
masquerade
word_type:
verb
expansion:
masquerade (third-person singular simple present masquerades, present participle masquerading, simple past and past participle masqueraded)
forms:
form:
masquerades
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
masquerading
tags:
participle
present
form:
masqueraded
tags:
participle
past
form:
masqueraded
tags:
past
wikipedia:
Carnival of Venice
etymology_text:
The noun is borrowed from Middle French mascarade, masquarade, masquerade (modern French mascarade (“masquerade, masque; farce”)), and its etymon Italian mascherata (“masquerade”), from maschera (“mask”) + -ata. Maschera is derived from Medieval Latin masca (“mask”): see further there. The English word is cognate with Late Latin masquarata, Portuguese mascarada, Spanish mascarada.
The verb is derived from the noun.
senses_examples:
text:
I’m going to masquerade as an old-fashioned pilot. What are you going to dress up as?
type:
example
text:
He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.
type:
example
text:
Ethan Hunt, the human missile of American intelligence that Tom Cruise has been popping back in to play for more than 20 years now, is masquerading as a mysterious terrorist, the perfectly named John Lark, to buy back some plutonium he’s lost to a cabal of doomsday extremists.
ref:
2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-07-31
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
senses_topics:
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4208 | word:
DF
word_type:
name
expansion:
DF
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Distrito Federal, A state of Brazil.
senses_topics:
|
4209 | word:
DF
word_type:
noun
expansion:
DF (plural DFs)
forms:
form:
DFs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of decoupling factor.
Initialism of divorced female.
senses_topics:
government
military
politics
war
|
4210 | word:
DF
word_type:
verb
expansion:
DF
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of disfellowship.
senses_topics:
|
4211 | word:
PI
word_type:
name
expansion:
PI
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
We're going back to the PI for a vacation this summer.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Piauí., a state of Brazil.
Initialism of Prison Industries (the prison-run work program for inmates)
Initialism of The Philippine Islands.
senses_topics:
|
4212 | word:
PI
word_type:
noun
expansion:
PI (countable and uncountable, plural PIs)
forms:
form:
PIs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of processing instruction.
Initialism of partial induction (see AI)
Initialism of personal injury.
Initialism of politically incorrect (see PC)
Initialism of principal investigator (lead researcher on a grant-funded project)
Initialism of private investigator.
Initialism of parallel import.
Abbreviation of phosphatidylinositol (a phospholipid component of eukaryotic cell membranes, also abbreviated in PtdIns)
Initialism of protease inhibitor.
Initialism of polyimide.
Initialism of ponderal index.
Initialism of penile inversion.
Initialism of power integrity.
Abbreviation of prohibited immigrant.
Initialism of pseudoincest.
Initialism of port injection. (fuel injection)
Initialism of paradoxical intention.
Initialism of pro forma invoice.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
informatics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
medicine
sciences
medicine
sciences
surgery
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
automotive
transport
vehicles
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
business |
4213 | word:
ass
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ass (plural asses)
forms:
form:
asses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ass
etymology_text:
From Middle English asse, from Old English assa, back-formed from assen (“she-ass”), from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus. Displaced Old English esol, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, also a loanword from the same Latin word. Sense “stupid person” from the animal's reputation for stubbornness, going back to antiquity (compare Latin asinus (“slow-witted person”)).
senses_examples:
text:
In this section "animal" means any horse, cattle, ass, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog.
ref:
1972, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 20(3)”, in Road Traffic Act 1972, page 14
type:
quotation
text:
That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What an ass.
type:
example
text:
Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are called Asses by the pressmen.]
ref:
[1841, William Savage, Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 24
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
A stupid person.
A compositor.
senses_topics:
media
printing
publishing |
4214 | word:
ass
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ass (countable and uncountable, plural asses)
forms:
form:
asses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Middle English
ass
etymology_text:
Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, Old Frisian ers), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)).
Etymological notes
Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as a pronunciation spelling (of the older form arse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronal consonants (especially /s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from the Middle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as /ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with different meanings) include cuss from curse, gash from garsh, bass (“fish”) from barse, bust from burst, passel from parcel; see :Category:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list.
senses_examples:
text:
That does it! Now listen! Why is it that everything today has involved things either going in or coming out of my ass? I’m sick of it! It’s completely immature!
ref:
1997 Matt Stone & Trey Parker, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe," South Park, Season 1, Episode 1 (aired August 13, 1997), Spoken by Eric Cartman (Trey Parker)
text:
I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass.
type:
example
text:
piece of ass
type:
example
text:
Acid, booze, and ass / Needles, guns, and grass
ref:
1971, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Blue”, in Blue
type:
quotation
text:
I feel like ass today. ― I am feeling very bad today.
type:
example
text:
This room smells like ass. ― This room smells very bad.
type:
example
text:
What a bunch of ass. ― What a bunch of lies/nonsense/disappointment.
type:
example
text:
Get your lazy ass out of bed!
type:
example
text:
We risk our asses out there every day.
type:
example
text:
I'ma get medieval on your ass! (idiomatic sense "on you" (compare go crazy on you), not literally and specifically "on your buttocks")
type:
example
text:
Mess up one more time and it's your ass (i.e. you're fired)
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The buttocks.
The anus.
Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body. By extension, one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
senses_topics:
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4215 | word:
ass
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ass (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Middle English
ass
etymology_text:
Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, Old Frisian ers), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)).
Etymological notes
Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as a pronunciation spelling (of the older form arse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronal consonants (especially /s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from the Middle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as /ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with different meanings) include cuss from curse, gash from garsh, bass (“fish”) from barse, bust from burst, passel from parcel; see :Category:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list.
senses_examples:
text:
On a recent episode of "The Justin Dunning Podcast," Starkel shared his thoughts on Martell, a former Ohio State quarterback, saying "he's ass my dude" in reference to Starkel.
ref:
2019 February 5, Alex Miller, “Former Texas A&M QB Nick Starkel breaks down old Twitter beef with Tate Martell”, in Dallas Morning News
type:
quotation
text:
For some reason, the teenager thought it’d be a good idea to criticize Newton and say he's "ass" and that he’s "about to be poor" because he's a free agent.
ref:
2021 February 21, Thomas Carannante, “Patriots: Cam Newton getting disrespected by a teenager is everything that’s wrong with society”, in Fansided
type:
quotation
text:
"You're so ass," Murray says to another player.
ref:
2021 October 28, Josh Weinfuss, “What we learned about Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray by watching him on Twitch”, in ESPN
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of low quality; bad.
senses_topics:
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4216 | word:
ass
word_type:
particle
expansion:
ass
forms:
wikipedia:
Middle English
ass
etymology_text:
Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, Old Frisian ers), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)).
Etymological notes
Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as a pronunciation spelling (of the older form arse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronal consonants (especially /s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from the Middle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as /ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with different meanings) include cuss from curse, gash from garsh, bass (“fish”) from barse, bust from burst, passel from parcel; see :Category:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list.
senses_examples:
text:
That was one big ass fish!
type:
example
text:
That's an expensive ass car!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Synonym of -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”)
senses_topics:
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4217 | word:
South Australia
word_type:
name
expansion:
South Australia
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One of the six states of Australia, located in the central southern part of the continent, with its capital at Adelaide.
Until 1901, the British colony that is now the state of South Australia.
senses_topics:
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4218 | word:
hut
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hut (plural huts)
forms:
form:
huts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
hut
etymology_text:
From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”).
Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.
senses_examples:
text:
a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut
type:
example
text:
1625, Nicholas Breton, “An Untrained Souldiour” in Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, p. 31,
And in his Hut, when hee to rest doth take him,
Hee sleeps, till Drums or deadlie Pellets wake him.
text:
1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 186, 28 December, 1751, Volume 6, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 108-109,
[…] love, that extends his dominion wherever humanity can be found, perhaps exerts the same power in the Greenlander’s hut, as in the palaces of eastern monarchs.
text:
a groundsman’s hut
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
A small wooden shed.
A small stack of grain.
senses_topics:
agriculture
business
lifestyle |
4219 | word:
hut
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hut (third-person singular simple present huts, present participle hutting, simple past and past participle hutted)
forms:
form:
huts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hutting
tags:
participle
present
form:
hutted
tags:
participle
past
form:
hutted
tags:
past
wikipedia:
hut
etymology_text:
From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”).
Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.
senses_examples:
text:
to hut troops in winter quarters
type:
example
text:
[…] commonly the Captaines, after their souldiers are hutted, build Hutts in the place, where their tents stood,
ref:
1631, Samuel Marolois, translated by Henry Hexham, The Art of Fortification, Amsterdam: John Johnson, Part 2, Figure 124 & 125
type:
quotation
text:
[…] the scite of the New Town, where divisions of the 17th and 20th light dragoons had hutted themselves.
ref:
1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 6, p. 200
type:
quotation
text:
His troops, hutted among the heights of Morristown, were half fed, half clothed, and inferior in number to the garrison of New York.
ref:
1850, Washington Irving, chapter 56, in The Life of Washington, volume 2, New York: John W. Lovell, page 443
type:
quotation
text:
1653, Newsletter sent from London to Edward Nicholas dated 17 June, 1653, in William Dunn Macray (ed.), Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869, Volume 2, p. 219,
Seven boatfuls of Dutch prisoners have been taken to Chelsea College, where they are to hut under the walls.
text:
He removed with the troops, on the 19th, to Valley-forge, where they hutted, about sixteen miles from Philadelphia.
ref:
1778, William Gordon, The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America, London, Volume 3, Letter 1, p. 11
type:
quotation
text:
The method of endeavouring to save corn in bad harvests, by hutting it in the field, is often practised in the north and west of Scotland,
ref:
1796, James Donaldson, Modern Agriculture; or, The Present State of Husbandry in Great Britain, volume 2, Edinburgh, page 417
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
To take shelter in a hut.
To stack (sheaves of grain).
senses_topics:
agriculture
business
lifestyle |
4220 | word:
hut
word_type:
intj
expansion:
forms:
wikipedia:
hut
etymology_text:
A short, sharp sound of command. Compare hey, hup, etc.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.
senses_topics:
American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4221 | word:
RN
word_type:
adv
expansion:
RN (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I'm so tired RN.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of right now.
senses_topics:
|
4222 | word:
RN
word_type:
noun
expansion:
RN (plural RNs)
forms:
form:
RNs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of registered nurse; also R.N.
senses_topics:
government
healthcare |
4223 | word:
RN
word_type:
name
expansion:
RN
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Royal Navy.
Abbreviation of Rio Grande do Norte, a state of Brazil.
senses_topics:
government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
|
4224 | word:
learn
word_type:
verb
expansion:
learn (third-person singular simple present learns, present participle learning, simple past and past participle learned or learnt)
forms:
form:
learns
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
learning
tags:
participle
present
form:
learned
tags:
participle
past
form:
learned
tags:
past
form:
learnt
tags:
participle
past
form:
learnt
tags:
past
form:
no-table-tags
source:
conjugation
tags:
table-tags
form:
en-conj
source:
conjugation
tags:
inflection-template
form:
learn
tags:
infinitive
source:
conjugation
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian, from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).
Cognate with German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore.
senses_examples:
text:
Every day I learn more about this great city.
Audio (US): (file)
ref:
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
text:
learn from one's mistakes
type:
example
text:
I learn medicine.
type:
example
text:
They learn psychology.
type:
example
text:
He just learned that he will be sacked.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
To attend a course or other educational activity.
To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
To study.
To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
senses_topics:
|
4225 | word:
learn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
learn (plural learns)
forms:
form:
learns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian, from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).
Cognate with German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore.
senses_examples:
text:
I did a quick learn of the place by watching the people shuffle in. There was a healthy mix of beautiful and freaky people, who shared a few common denominators[…]
ref:
2003, Gregory A. Raymer, The Woodie Chronicles: My Journey Through America on the road t recovery in a 1949 Woodie Wagon
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The act of learning something
senses_topics:
|
4226 | word:
learn
word_type:
verb
expansion:
learn (third-person singular simple present learns, present participle learning, simple past and past participle learned or learnt)
forms:
form:
learns
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
learning
tags:
participle
present
form:
learned
tags:
participle
past
form:
learned
tags:
past
form:
learnt
tags:
participle
past
form:
learnt
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Possibly related to Middle English leren, from Old English lǣran (“to teach, instruct, indoctrinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną (“to teach”), from *laizō (“lore, teaching", literally, "track, trace”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to track, furrow”).
Cognate with Scots lere, leir, Saterland Frisian leere, West Frisian leare, Dutch leren, German lehren, Danish lære, Swedish lära. See also lear, lore. But normally the Middle English word would give lere, not learn.
senses_examples:
text:
Give him a clip round the ear. That'll learn him!
type:
example
text:
That'll learn him to bust my tomater.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To teach.
1993, The Simpsons, (18 Feb. 1993) Lisa's thoughts
senses_topics:
|
4227 | word:
posh
word_type:
adj
expansion:
posh (comparative posher or more posh, superlative poshest or most posh)
forms:
form:
posher
tags:
comparative
form:
more posh
tags:
comparative
form:
poshest
tags:
superlative
form:
most posh
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Michael Quinion
etymology_text:
Unknown.
Most likely derived from Romani posh (“half”), either because posh-kooroona (“half a crown”) (originally a substantial sum of money) was used metaphorically for anything pricey or upper-class, or because posh-houri (“half-penny”) came to refer to money generally.
A period slang dictionary defines "posh" as a term used by thieves for "money : generic, but specifically, a halfpenny or other small coin". An example is given from James Payn's The Eavesdropper (1888): "They used such funny terms: 'brads,' and 'dibbs,' and 'mopusses,' and 'posh' ... at last it was borne in upon me that they were talking about money."
Evidence exists for a slang sense from the 1890s meaning dandy, which is quite possibly related.
A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for "port out, starboard home", describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no evidence for this claim.
It could also possibly be a clipping of polished.
See also the articles mentioned in the References section below for additional discussion.
senses_examples:
text:
She talks with a posh accent.
type:
example
text:
Near-synonym: plush
text:
After the performance, they went out to a very posh restaurant.
type:
example
text:
We have a right posh git moving in next door.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Associated with the upper classes.
Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.
Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.
senses_topics:
|
4228 | word:
posh
word_type:
intj
expansion:
forms:
wikipedia:
Michael Quinion
etymology_text:
Unknown.
Most likely derived from Romani posh (“half”), either because posh-kooroona (“half a crown”) (originally a substantial sum of money) was used metaphorically for anything pricey or upper-class, or because posh-houri (“half-penny”) came to refer to money generally.
A period slang dictionary defines "posh" as a term used by thieves for "money : generic, but specifically, a halfpenny or other small coin". An example is given from James Payn's The Eavesdropper (1888): "They used such funny terms: 'brads,' and 'dibbs,' and 'mopusses,' and 'posh' ... at last it was borne in upon me that they were talking about money."
Evidence exists for a slang sense from the 1890s meaning dandy, which is quite possibly related.
A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for "port out, starboard home", describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no evidence for this claim.
It could also possibly be a clipping of polished.
See also the articles mentioned in the References section below for additional discussion.
senses_examples:
text:
1889: "The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him." — Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Was
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An exclamation expressing derision.
senses_topics:
|
4229 | word:
posh
word_type:
noun
expansion:
posh (countable and uncountable, plural poshes)
forms:
form:
poshes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Michael Quinion
etymology_text:
Unknown.
Most likely derived from Romani posh (“half”), either because posh-kooroona (“half a crown”) (originally a substantial sum of money) was used metaphorically for anything pricey or upper-class, or because posh-houri (“half-penny”) came to refer to money generally.
A period slang dictionary defines "posh" as a term used by thieves for "money : generic, but specifically, a halfpenny or other small coin". An example is given from James Payn's The Eavesdropper (1888): "They used such funny terms: 'brads,' and 'dibbs,' and 'mopusses,' and 'posh' ... at last it was borne in upon me that they were talking about money."
Evidence exists for a slang sense from the 1890s meaning dandy, which is quite possibly related.
A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for "port out, starboard home", describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no evidence for this claim.
It could also possibly be a clipping of polished.
See also the articles mentioned in the References section below for additional discussion.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
fragments produced by an impact
slush
A halfpenny or other coin of little value.
Money.
senses_topics:
|
4230 | word:
posh
word_type:
verb
expansion:
posh (third-person singular simple present poshes, present participle poshing, simple past and past participle poshed)
forms:
form:
poshes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
poshing
tags:
participle
present
form:
poshed
tags:
participle
past
form:
poshed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
Michael Quinion
etymology_text:
Unknown.
Most likely derived from Romani posh (“half”), either because posh-kooroona (“half a crown”) (originally a substantial sum of money) was used metaphorically for anything pricey or upper-class, or because posh-houri (“half-penny”) came to refer to money generally.
A period slang dictionary defines "posh" as a term used by thieves for "money : generic, but specifically, a halfpenny or other small coin". An example is given from James Payn's The Eavesdropper (1888): "They used such funny terms: 'brads,' and 'dibbs,' and 'mopusses,' and 'posh' ... at last it was borne in upon me that they were talking about money."
Evidence exists for a slang sense from the 1890s meaning dandy, which is quite possibly related.
A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for "port out, starboard home", describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no evidence for this claim.
It could also possibly be a clipping of polished.
See also the articles mentioned in the References section below for additional discussion.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To make posh, or posher.
senses_topics:
|
4231 | word:
ES
word_type:
name
expansion:
ES
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Work is underway, though, on the next generation of ES, appropriately named ES.Next (ECMA-262 Edition 6), but commonly referred to as ES 6. / As consensus is reached on new ES features, they’re added to the existing draft specification. They’re also listed in ES compatibility tables, such as the ones Mozilla incorporates in much of its documentation, and the exceedingly helpful ECMAScript 6 Compatibility Table.
ref:
2015, Shelley Powers, JavaScript Cookbook: Programming the Web, 2nd edition, Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly Media, Inc., page 41
type:
quotation
text:
Several implementations of ES exist, for example, JavaScript, JScript, and Nashorn JavaScript.
ref:
2018, Kishori Sharan, Java APIs, Extensions and Libraries: With JavaFX, JDBC, jmod, jlink, Networking, and the Process API, 2nd edition, Apress, page 652
type:
quotation
text:
If you open the tsconfig.json file in the project root folder, you can check which ES version is used in building your application and which ES version is used to target your browser.
ref:
2019, Jack Xu, Practical Multiple-Page Apps with ASP.NET Core and Angular Elements: Building Modern Multiple-Page Web Applications Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages, Angular Elements, WebPack, RXJS, and Mini-SPAs, New York, N.Y.: UniCAD Publishing, page 31
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Espírito Santo.
Initialism of ECMAScript.
senses_topics:
computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences |
4232 | word:
ES
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ES (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of environmental science.
Initialism of emergency services.
Initialism of engineering sample.
senses_topics:
|
4233 | word:
buff
word_type:
noun
expansion:
buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)
forms:
form:
buffs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
senses_examples:
text:
buff:
text:
1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203,
[…] a Visage rough,
Deform’d, Unfeatur’d, and a Skin of Buff.
text:
His face changed from tan to buff.
ref:
1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 24, in Red Harvest
type:
quotation
text:
He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
type:
example
text:
I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!
type:
example
text:
to strip to the buff
type:
example
text:
To be in buff, is equivalent to being naked.
ref:
1880, Thomas Wright, “buff”, in Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English, containing words from the English writers previous to the nineteenth century which are no longer in use, or are not used in the same sense. And words which are now used only in the provincial dialects, volume 1, London: George Bell and Sons, page 265
type:
quotation
text:
Not to mention, nudity can be just plain convenient. “Laundry is minimal,” Schulte notes. It also doesn’t hurt that being in the buff spices up his workday.
ref:
2021 October 18, Ian Lecklitzner, “The Inevitable Rise of the Work-From-Home Nudist”, in MEL Magazine
type:
quotation
text:
2014, “Aldergrove’s 856 gang busted, $400,000 in drugs seized,” CBC News, 30 July, 2014,
Police say this 20 ton hydraulic jack was used to press mixtures of cocaine and “buff” into brick.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
A brownish yellow colour.
A military coat made of buff leather.
A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
The bare skin.
The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
senses_topics:
video-games
rail-transport
railways
transport
|
4234 | word:
buff
word_type:
adj
expansion:
buff (comparative buffer or more buff, superlative buffest or most buff)
forms:
form:
buffer
tags:
comparative
form:
more buff
tags:
comparative
form:
buffest
tags:
superlative
form:
most buff
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
senses_examples:
text:
The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
type:
example
text:
That's right: I'm taking driver's ed next semester. Hiring an interpreter for CHS and the deaf school outta my own hefty pockets. You're welcome. Oh, and I'm going to get really skinny and buff. All slim like a swimsuit model.
ref:
2011, Josh Berk, The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, Random House Digital, Inc., page 244
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
Unusually muscular.
Physically attractive.
senses_topics:
bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
|
4235 | word:
buff
word_type:
verb
expansion:
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
forms:
form:
buffs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
buffing
tags:
participle
present
form:
buffed
tags:
participle
past
form:
buffed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
senses_examples:
text:
He was already buffing the car's hubs.
type:
example
text:
The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
type:
example
text:
I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.
type:
example
text:
"Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me!" [...] They attempted to transfer her to urology by modifying her chart (buffing it) to request urine tests, but the doctors in urology sent (bounced) her back.
ref:
1996, Jeffrey E. Nash, James M. Calonico, The Meaning of Social Interaction: An Introduction to Social Psychology, page 139
type:
quotation
text:
The implication of such an action is an invitation to buff the chart. The medical records department could have prevented the falsification by sending a copy of the chart to the attorney at the same time that they notified the hospital physician of the attorney's request for the chart.
ref:
2004, Gregory Davis, Pathology and Law, page 121
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
To make a character or an item stronger.
To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
To remove a piece of graffiti by cleaning or removal, especially by a someone who is not a graffiti writer.
senses_topics:
video-games
arts
graffiti
visual-arts |
4236 | word:
buff
word_type:
verb
expansion:
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
forms:
form:
buffs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
buffing
tags:
participle
present
form:
buffed
tags:
participle
past
form:
buffed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”).
senses_examples:
text:
Bravely run Red-hood, / There was a shock, / To have buff’d out the blood / From ought but a block.
ref:
a. 1640, Ben Jonson, The Under-wood, page 277
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To strike.
senses_topics:
|
4237 | word:
buff
word_type:
noun
expansion:
buff (plural buffs)
forms:
form:
buffs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”).
senses_examples:
text:
A man must consider what a blind-man’s-buff is this game of conformity. If I know your sect I anticipate your argument.
ref:
1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, in Essays: First Series
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A strike; a blow.
senses_topics:
|
4238 | word:
buff
word_type:
verb
expansion:
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
forms:
form:
buffs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
buffing
tags:
participle
present
form:
buffed
tags:
participle
past
form:
buffed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
From Middle English buffen (“to stutter, stammer”), from Old English byffan (“to mumble, mutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bubjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to fear, to be afraid”). More at bive (“tremble, shake”) and bever.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To stammer, stutter
senses_topics:
|
4239 | word:
buff
word_type:
noun
expansion:
buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)
forms:
form:
buffs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
Clipping of buffalo.
senses_examples:
text:
[…] diced buff (buffalo) meat, usually heavily spiced […]
ref:
2006, Bradley Mayhew, Joe Bindloss, Stan Armington, Nepal
type:
quotation
text:
You will eat water buffalo meat and drink boiled water buffalo milk: buff burgers at Aunt Jane's restaurant, buff mo-mos which are the Tibetan won-tons, and buff steaks at The Globe.
ref:
1992, Marilyn Stablein, The Census Taker: Stories of a Traveler in India and Nepal, page 62
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
senses_topics:
|
4240 | word:
buff
word_type:
noun
expansion:
buff (plural buffs)
forms:
form:
buffs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
buff
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
For they had helmets on their heads, fashioned like wild beast's necks, and strange beavers or buffs to the same, and wore on their helmets great high plumes of feathers, as they had been wings : […]
ref:
1899, Selected Lives (orig. by Plutarch), page 317
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”)
senses_topics:
|
4241 | word:
PB
word_type:
symbol
expansion:
PB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of petabyte.
Abbreviation of pebibyte.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences |
4242 | word:
PB
word_type:
noun
expansion:
PB (plural PBs)
forms:
form:
PBs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of peanut butter.
Initialism of personal best.
Initialism of plate block.
Initialism of prime broker or prime brokerage.
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
philately
business
finance |
4243 | word:
PB
word_type:
name
expansion:
PB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Paraíba. (Brazilian state)
Abbreviation of Punjab. (Indian state)
senses_topics:
|
4244 | word:
PB
word_type:
verb
expansion:
PB (third-person singular simple present PBs, present participle PBing, simple past and past participle PBed)
forms:
form:
PBs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
PBing
tags:
participle
present
form:
PBed
tags:
participle
past
form:
PBed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Speaking after yesterday's race, Ellie, from Walsall, said: 'I would have loved to get the gold but you can't have everything. ¶ 'I've been PBing every time I swim so I can't ask for any more.'
ref:
2012 September 8, Metrowebukmetro, quoting Ellie Simmonds, “Ellie Simmonds' father: My girl has made the world stop and think”, in Metro, archived from the original on 2015-11-04
type:
quotation
text:
I PBed my go-to twisting descent not once but twice, all the while feeling totally in control, each run thrillingly rapid but never reckless.
ref:
2019 April 18, James Spender, “Argonaut Road Bike review”, in Cyclist, London: Metropolis Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-05
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To set a new personal best.
senses_topics:
|
4245 | word:
DC
word_type:
name
expansion:
DC
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
Initialism of Dreamcast. A home videogaming console from SEGA.
Ellipsis of DC Comics.: Initialism of Detective Comics.
Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; Clipping of DCHP.
senses_topics:
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
|
4246 | word:
DC
word_type:
noun
expansion:
DC (countable and uncountable, plural DCs)
forms:
form:
DCs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC).
ref:
2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour
type:
quotation
text:
I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC.
ref:
2012 February 6, "u n risr@optonline.net IYM", “Re: Random DC to Login since patch”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
The DC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest.
ref:
2011, Emily Boyd, Carl Folke, Adapting Institutions (page 62)
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of district court.
Initialism of direct current.
Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
Initialism of debit card.
Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
Initialism of defined contributions.
Initialism of device context.
Initialism of difficulty class.
Initialism of disconnection.
Initialism of district commissioner.
senses_topics:
law
business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
banking
business
government
law-enforcement
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
|
4247 | word:
DC
word_type:
adv
expansion:
DC
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of da capo.
Initialism of diagonally to the center.
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music
dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4248 | word:
DC
word_type:
adj
expansion:
DC (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of direct coded.
senses_topics:
|
4249 | word:
DC
word_type:
verb
expansion:
DC (third-person singular simple present DCs, present participle DCing, simple past and past participle DCed or DC'd)
forms:
form:
DCs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
DCing
tags:
participle
present
form:
DCed
tags:
participle
past
form:
DCed
tags:
past
form:
DC'd
tags:
participle
past
form:
DC'd
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Since the patch I have been randomly DCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and I DC'd several times within a few minutes.
ref:
2012 February 3, "ToolPackinMama", “Random DC to Login since patch”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
med dc'd
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To become disconnected from a network.
Abbreviation of discontinue.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
medicine
sciences |
4250 | word:
BA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
BA (plural BAs)
forms:
form:
BAs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.
Initialism of Business Analyst.
Initialism of breast augmentation.
Initialism of Basic Authentication.
Abbreviation of bathroom.
Initialism of bongkrek acid.
senses_topics:
|
4251 | word:
BA
word_type:
name
expansion:
BA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of British Airways.
Initialism of Buenos Aires.
Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name).
Abbreviation of Bali, a province of Indonesia.
Abbreviation of Bahia, a state of Brazil.
senses_topics:
|
4252 | word:
BA
word_type:
adj
expansion:
BA (comparative more BA, superlative most BA)
forms:
form:
more BA
tags:
comparative
form:
most BA
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of bad-ass.
senses_topics:
|
4253 | word:
bazil
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bazil (plural bazils)
forms:
form:
bazils
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin)
senses_topics:
|
4254 | word:
MS
word_type:
noun
expansion:
MS (countable and uncountable, plural MSes)
forms:
form:
MSes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of manuscript.
Initialism of mint state, a grading term.
M/S: Initialism of motor ship.
Initialism of morphine sulfate.
Initialism of mitral stenosis.
Initialism of multiple sclerosis.
Initialism of Master of Science.
Initialism of middle school.
Initialism of mini-sheet.
Initialism of murder-suicide.
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
nautical
transport
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
cardiology
medicine
sciences
medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
hobbies
lifestyle
philately
criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences |
4255 | word:
MS
word_type:
name
expansion:
MS
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Mato Grosso do Sul, a state of Brazil.
Initialism of Microsoft: an American multinational technology company founded in 1975.
Abbreviation of Mississippi, a state of the United States of America.
senses_topics:
|
4256 | word:
grito
word_type:
noun
expansion:
grito (plural gritos)
forms:
form:
gritos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Spanish grito.
senses_examples:
text:
During the post-election turmoil, an estimated fifteen thousand people gathered at the Angel of Independence on Independence Day 1988 for a grito organized by the PAN that the party described as an event “that signifies the authentic freedom of Mexico” and that focused on repudiating electoral fraud.
ref:
2016 June 1, Randal Sheppard, A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism, and Politics in Mexico since 1968, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 140
type:
quotation
text:
The night doesn’t begin to end until someone starts pouring tequila, plays this song [“Por Tu Maldito Amor”], and belts out a grito in their best Chente voice — operatic and soaring with a tinge of melancholy.
ref:
2021 December 13, Maira Garcia, “Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2021-12-13
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera.
senses_topics:
|
4257 | word:
PE
word_type:
name
expansion:
PE (usually uncountable, plural PEs)
forms:
form:
PEs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […]
ref:
2016, Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill, Learning Linux Binary Analysis (page 97)
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Prince Edward Island. (A Canadian province)
Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version).
Initialism of Preinstallation Environment.
Initialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows).
Abbreviation of Pernambuco. (a state of Brazil).
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
|
4258 | word:
PE
word_type:
noun
expansion:
PE (countable and uncountable, plural PEs)
forms:
form:
PEs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The PE industry, which runs funds that can invest outside public markets, has trillions of dollars in assets under management.
ref:
2019 October 3, “Everything Is Private Equity Now”, in Bloomberg Businessweek
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of professional engineer.
Initialism of physical education.
Initialism of preliminary examination.
Initialism of protective earthing.
Initialism of polyethylene.
Initialism of polyether.
Initialism of pulmonary embolism.
Initialism of premature ejaculation.
Initialism of private equity.
Initialism of permanent establishment.
senses_topics:
business
education
education
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
medicine
pathology
sciences
medicine
sciences
business
finance
business
law |
4259 | word:
pamphlet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pamphlet (plural pamphlets)
forms:
form:
pamphlets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Aesop
Avianus
Cato
Distichs of Cato
etymology_text:
The noun is derived from Late Middle English pamflet, pamphilet (“short written text; small book; tract”) [and other forms], from Middle French Pamphilet (compare Late Latin (Anglo-Latin) pamfletus, panfletus, paunflettus (“short written text”), Old French Panfilès), a popular shorthand for the 12th-century Latin love poem Pamphilus, seu de amore (Pamphilus, or On Love), which was so widely circulated in pamphlets as to give its name to the whole phenomenon. Pamphilet is derived from Latin Pamphilus, the name of a protagonist of the poem + Middle French -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns); while Pamphilus is from Ancient Greek Πάμφιλος (Pámphilos, literally “beloved by all”), from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all; every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)) + φῐ́λος (phílos, “beloved, dear”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (“decent; friendly; good; harmonious”)).
For the Middle French and Old French use of the suffix -et to form shorthands for the titles of works, compare Middle French Avionet (“the fables of Avianus”) from Avianus; Middle French Catonet, Old French Chatonnet, Chatonez (“the Distichs of Cato”) from Caton (they were formerly believed to be by Cato); and Old French Esopet, Isopet (“Aesop’s Fables”) from Ésope (Aesop).
The verb is derived from the noun.
senses_examples:
text:
The brewing of beer from malt instead of sugar is strongly recommended, and a scale of rewards in grants of land, had been proposed; which however had not been adopted by the Colonial Council, and seems to be objected to by the Governor: but this interesting pamphlet requires to be read to appreciate its value.
ref:
1832 June, “Agricultural and Horticultural Society”, in The Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, number XXX, Calcutta, West Bengal: Samuel Smith and Co. […], →OCLC, page 192, column 1
type:
quotation
text:
The librarian should consider the value of the publication compared to its cost. How far will one resource stretch compared with another of the same price? For example, a pamphlet or booklet series is accessible to more people at one time than a bound volume.
ref:
1980 fall, Gail M. Martin, “A Guide to Setting Up a Career Resource Information Center”, in Melvin C. Fountain, editor, Occupational Outlook Quarterly, volume 24, number 3, Washington, D.C.: Occupational Outlook Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, column 1
type:
quotation
text:
Christ now to Thee I crye of mercy and of grace and graunt of Thy goodnes to every maner reder ful understandyng in this leude pamflet to have, and let no man wene other cause in this werke that is verily the soth.
Christ, now to Thee I cry of mercy and of grace, and grant of Thy goodness to every manner [of?] reader full understanding in this lewed [unlearned] pamphlet to have, and let no man suppose other cause in this work that is verily the sooth [truth].]
ref:
[c. 1385, Thomas Usk, chapter IX, in R. Allen Shoaf, editor, The Testament of Love (Middle English Texts) (in Middle English), Kalamazoo, Mich.: […] [F]or TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) in association with the University of Rochester by Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, published 1998, book III, page 302, lines 1088–1091
type:
quotation
text:
And heere I cast vnto my purpoos / Out of Frenssh a tale to translate, / Which in a paunflet I radde & sauh but late.
And here I cast unto my purpose / Out of French a tale to translate, / Which in a pamphlet I read and saw but late.]
ref:
[a. 1410?, John Lydgate, “The Churl and the Bird”, in Henry Noble MacCracken, editor, The Minor Poems of John Lydgate […] (Original Series; 192), part II (Secular Poems) (in Middle English), London: […] [F]or the Early English Text Society, by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press […], published 1934, →OCLC, stanza 5, lines 33–35, page 469
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover, formerly containing literary compositions, newsletters, and newspapers, but now chiefly informational matter.
Such a work containing political material or discussing matters of controversy.
A brief handwritten work.
senses_topics:
|
4260 | word:
pamphlet
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pamphlet (third-person singular simple present pamphlets, present participle pamphleting or (nonstandard) pamphletting, simple past and past participle pamphleted or (nonstandard) pamphletted)
forms:
form:
pamphlets
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
pamphleting
tags:
participle
present
form:
pamphletting
tags:
nonstandard
participle
present
form:
pamphleted
tags:
participle
past
form:
pamphleted
tags:
past
form:
pamphletted
tags:
nonstandard
participle
past
form:
pamphletted
tags:
nonstandard
past
wikipedia:
Aesop
Avianus
Cato
Distichs of Cato
etymology_text:
The noun is derived from Late Middle English pamflet, pamphilet (“short written text; small book; tract”) [and other forms], from Middle French Pamphilet (compare Late Latin (Anglo-Latin) pamfletus, panfletus, paunflettus (“short written text”), Old French Panfilès), a popular shorthand for the 12th-century Latin love poem Pamphilus, seu de amore (Pamphilus, or On Love), which was so widely circulated in pamphlets as to give its name to the whole phenomenon. Pamphilet is derived from Latin Pamphilus, the name of a protagonist of the poem + Middle French -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns); while Pamphilus is from Ancient Greek Πάμφιλος (Pámphilos, literally “beloved by all”), from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all; every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)) + φῐ́λος (phílos, “beloved, dear”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (“decent; friendly; good; harmonious”)).
For the Middle French and Old French use of the suffix -et to form shorthands for the titles of works, compare Middle French Avionet (“the fables of Avianus”) from Avianus; Middle French Catonet, Old French Chatonnet, Chatonez (“the Distichs of Cato”) from Caton (they were formerly believed to be by Cato); and Old French Esopet, Isopet (“Aesop’s Fables”) from Ésope (Aesop).
The verb is derived from the noun.
senses_examples:
text:
Is not This a Seaſonable and Wholeſome Doctrine, d'ye think, to publiſh to the Multitude at this time of day, when they are Preacht and Pamphletted into Tinder already; And the Leaſt ſpark hazzards the Putting of 'em All in a flame?
ref:
1682 July 15 (Gregorian calendar), Roger L’Estrange, The Observator, number 165, London: […] Joanna Brome […], →OCLC, page [2], column 1
type:
quotation
text:
We are pamphleted on the subject until we are weary.
ref:
1886 June, “Touch and Technic. A Few Stray Thoughts.”, in Theodore Presser, editor, The Etude: A Monthly Publication for Teachers and Students of the Piano-forte, volume IV, number 6, Philadelphia, Pa.: Theodore Presser, →OCLC, page 133, column 1
type:
quotation
text:
Being skilled pickpockets and socially invisible, they slip the propaganda into the pockets of the occupiers. They write letters as the ghosts of dead soldiers. They particularly like pamphletting the funerals of dead German soldiers, writing in the voice of the recently deceased.
ref:
2015, Jessa Crispin, “Jersey Island/Claude Cahun”, in The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats & Ex-countries, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, page 207
type:
quotation
text:
How many Honourable, and Loyall Gentlemen; Nay the Flower of the Nobility, have been Pamphleted up and down the Nation like ſo many Shrewing-Cocks, for every Cur to lift up his Leg and Piſs againſt; as the Betrayers of the Liberties of the Nation, when, Effectually, they were next under God himſelf, the Preſervers of 'em: […]
ref:
1683 October 27 (Gregorian calendar), Roger L’Estrange, The Observator, number 422, London: […] Joanna Brome […], →OCLC, page [2], column 1
type:
quotation
text:
This Diſcourse being Pamphleted about, to Court, City and Country, open'd a door to the Reformation intended, and ſhut out all thoſe prejudices it might lie under from the State, and Religion of Fore-fathers, &c.
ref:
1716, Myles Davies, “Of the Pamphlets Writ by and about the Learned Courtiers and Favourites in King Henry the 8th’s Court and Camp, that Deceas’d in His Reign, not Spoken of in the First Part”, in Athenæ Britannicæ: Or, A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers and Writings, […], part II, London: […] [F]or the author, and sold by his appointment, […], →OCLC, page 42
type:
quotation
text:
[…] I never knew how much in earnest and in sincerity she was my friend till she heard of my infinite frettation upon occasion of being pamphleted; and then she took the trouble to write me a long scolding letter and Dr. [Samuel] Johnson himself came to talk to me about it, and to reason with me; […]
ref:
1779 January, Madame d’Arblay [i.e., Frances Burney], “Miss F. Burney to Mr. Crisp”, in Charlotte Barrett, editor, Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay, new edition, volume I (1778 to 1784), London: Bickers and Son, […], published [1870s], →OCLC, page 103
type:
quotation
text:
You are not exhibiting yourſelves here to become the heroes of a newſpaper; and the converſation that is about to take place between us, is not intended to be pamphleted into the world.
ref:
1801 March 25, “History of Jack Smith”, in [J. B. Colvin], editor, The Baltimore Weekly Magazine, Baltimore, Md.: […] J. B. Colvin, at Pechin’s Printing-Office, […], →OCLC, chapter XXVII, page 238, column 2
type:
quotation
text:
I could wish that this article might be pamphletted, and a large edition struck.
ref:
1839 April 6, L. C. B., “‘Review of the Denomination’”, in P. Price, editor, Universalist Union […], volume IV, number 22-I, New York, N.Y.: Universalist Union Press, […], →OCLC, page 349, column 1
type:
quotation
text:
The story got abroad, and created great laughter throughout the whole country, and, as might be expected, the little Mayor of C., was ere long caricatured, pamphleted, and paragraphed into resigning, and it was only then that he was allowed to live in peace, and to forget his fatal visit to Valengay.
ref:
1844 February 3, “The Late Prince Tallyrand”, in A. D. Paterson, editor, The Anglo American, a Journal of Literature, News, Politics, the Drama, Fine Arts, etc., volume 2, number 15, New York, N.Y.: E. L. Garvin & Co., […], →OCLC, page 340, column 1
type:
quotation
text:
These agreements are matters of record, and I suggest that copies of these agreements be pamphletted so as to be available to city officials.
ref:
1895 December 27, Eugene Foster, “[Eighteenth Annual Report of the Board of Health, of Augusta, Georgia, for the Year 1895.] Report of City Engineer.”, in The Mayor’s Message, Department Reports and Accompanying Documents with Report of Board of Health, for the Year 1895. […], Augusta, Ga.: John M. Weigle, published 1896, →OCLC, page 159
type:
quotation
text:
The honourable member was apparently the friend of a solicitor who was one of the Council of Foreign Bondholders which sent the communication to the colony, which was published in the Press of this colony, and then subsequently pamphleted and disseminated broadcast among certain circles in England, with the idea of leading the people there to the belief that he (Mr. Ward) had in this matter acted with duplicity in not acquainting the members of the Council of Foreign Bondholders with a decision of the Government in regard to this matter—which decision had never been given or sent to him.
ref:
1896 July 28, Joseph George Ward, “Adjournment”, in New Zealand. Parliamentary Debates. Third Session of the Twelfth Parliament. […] (House of Representatives), volume XCIII, Wellington: John Mackay, government printer, →OCLC, page 503, column 1
type:
quotation
text:
The authors were students and ex-students and nonstudents, those who had arrived at the university not to study in any traditional sense (grab the goodies and run); but had come to sit in the harder school of scant survival and pamphleting and writing and demonstrating and resisting the war.
ref:
1987, Daniel Berrigan, “Cornell: Poison in the Ivy”, in To Dwell in Peace: An Autobiography, San Francisco, Calif.: Harper & Row, page 189
type:
quotation
text:
Five Swarthmore students, including Wittman, were arrested and fined thirty-four dollars each for pamphleting in February.
ref:
2007, Wesley C. Hogan, “SNCC Teaches SDS How to Act”, in Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC’s Dream for a New America, [U.S.A.]: ReadHowYouWant.com, published 2011, page 249
type:
quotation
text:
The advent of legislation to protect wild birds owes a considerable debt to those pioneering individuals who pamphletted and lobbied tirelessly at the turn of the century, many of whom were motivated by welfare considerations rather than the conservation of species per se.
ref:
1989, Stuart Housden, “Bird Conservation in Britain”, in L. A. Batten, C. J. Bibby, P. Clement, G. D. Elliott, R. F. Porter, editors, Red Data Birds in Britain, London: T[revor] & A[nna] D. Poyser, published 2010, page 317
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To distribute pamphlets (to someone or some place).
To write about (someone or something) in a pamphlet; to issue (some material) in the form of a pamphlet.
To distribute pamphlets.
To write or produce pamphlets.
senses_topics:
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4261 | word:
HG
word_type:
noun
expansion:
HG (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of hyperemesis gravidarum.
senses_topics:
|
4262 | word:
New South Wales
word_type:
name
expansion:
New South Wales
forms:
wikipedia:
New South Wales
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One of the six states of Australia. Capital: Sydney. Situated in the south-eastern part of the continent.
(1770—1850s) The original name conferred on Australia by Captain James Cook, and used to describe the entire eastern portion of the continent.
(1788—1901) The colony that was founded in 1788, which grew progressively smaller as other colonies were separated from it, and became a state in 1901.
(1631–?) The name of an area of modern Canada stretching from the Nelson River in Manitoba to the James Bay in Ontario.
senses_topics:
|
4263 | word:
RS
word_type:
name
expansion:
RS
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Relief Society.
Initialism of Rio Grande do Sul. (a state of Brazil)
Initialism of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
senses_topics:
lifestyle |
4264 | word:
RS
word_type:
noun
expansion:
RS
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
With yarn in back, slip stitch knitwise on RS[…]
ref:
2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 41
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of recommended standard.
Initialism of right side.
Initialism of recruiting station.
Initialism of relationship.
senses_topics:
business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
government
military
politics
war
|
4265 | word:
RS
word_type:
noun
expansion:
RS pl (plural only)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of religious studies.
senses_topics:
|
4266 | word:
NU
word_type:
name
expansion:
NU
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Nunavut (a territory of Canada)
Abbreviation of Nuoro (Italian city in Sardegna)
senses_topics:
|
4267 | word:
ON
word_type:
name
expansion:
ON
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Old Norse.
Abbreviation of Ontario, a province of Canada.
senses_topics:
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
|
4268 | word:
safari
word_type:
noun
expansion:
safari (plural safaris)
forms:
form:
safaris
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
senses_examples:
text:
We're going on a safari in Kenya.
type:
example
text:
An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home.
ref:
1968, Ruth Stearns Egge, How to Make Something from Nothing
type:
quotation
text:
Come on, boy, move that body/ 'Cause tonight I'm naughty, naughty/ Dance with me like it's my party/ We go wild, we're in safari
ref:
2017, Serena (lyrics and music), “Safari”
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment.
A caravan going on a safari.
Any trip for the purpose of discovering something new or acquiring prizes or trophies.
senses_topics:
|
4269 | word:
safari
word_type:
verb
expansion:
safari (third-person singular simple present safaris, present participle safariing, simple past and past participle safaried)
forms:
form:
safaris
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
safariing
tags:
participle
present
form:
safaried
tags:
participle
past
form:
safaried
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To take part in a safari.
senses_topics:
|
4270 | word:
melancholy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
melancholy (countable and uncountable, plural melancholies)
forms:
form:
melancholies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English malencolie, from Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Compare the Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”). The adjectival use is a Middle English innovation, perhaps influenced by the suffixes -y, -ly. Doublet of melancholia.
senses_examples:
text:
Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, […] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones.
ref:
, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.148
text:
As to Ernest... He is quite as nervously broken down as I am but it manifests itself in different ways. His inclination is towards megalomania and mine towards melancholy.
ref:
1936 Sept. 15, F. Scott Fitzgerald, letter to Beatrice Dance
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
senses_topics:
|
4271 | word:
melancholy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
melancholy (comparative more melancholy, superlative most melancholy)
forms:
form:
more melancholy
tags:
comparative
form:
most melancholy
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English malencolie, from Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Compare the Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”). The adjectival use is a Middle English innovation, perhaps influenced by the suffixes -y, -ly. Doublet of melancholia.
senses_examples:
text:
Melancholy people don't talk much.
type:
example
text:
It was the same old song / With a melancholy sound
ref:
1981, Greg Kihn, Steve Wright, “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)”, in RocKihnRoll, performed by The Greg Kihn Band
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Affected with great sadness or depression.
senses_topics:
|
4272 | word:
MG
word_type:
name
expansion:
MG
forms:
wikipedia:
en:MG
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer.
Initialism of Minas Gerais, a state of Brazil.
senses_topics:
|
4273 | word:
MG
word_type:
noun
expansion:
MG (countable and uncountable, plural MGs)
forms:
form:
MGs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:MG
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Joseph […] walked directly to the driverʼs side of a perfectly beautiful red MG.
ref:
2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 332
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.
Abbreviation of machine gun.
Initialism of myasthenia gravis.
senses_topics:
government
military
politics
war
medicine
pathology
sciences |
4274 | word:
MG
word_type:
adj
expansion:
MG (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
en:MG
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of machine-glazed.
senses_topics:
arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
papermaking |
4275 | word:
helicopter
word_type:
noun
expansion:
helicopter (plural helicopters)
forms:
form:
helicopters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:helicopter
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). Doublet of helicopteron. By surface analysis, helico- + -pter. The dragonfly sense is from a dragonfly's ability to hover and fly in any direction, like the flying machine.
senses_examples:
text:
We flew over the city in a helicopter.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
senses_topics:
biology
botany
natural-sciences
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4276 | word:
helicopter
word_type:
verb
expansion:
helicopter (third-person singular simple present helicopters, present participle helicoptering, simple past and past participle helicoptered)
forms:
form:
helicopters
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
helicoptering
tags:
participle
present
form:
helicoptered
tags:
participle
past
form:
helicoptered
tags:
past
wikipedia:
en:helicopter
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). Doublet of helicopteron. By surface analysis, helico- + -pter. The dragonfly sense is from a dragonfly's ability to hover and fly in any direction, like the flying machine.
senses_examples:
text:
Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets.
ref:
2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40
type:
quotation
text:
helicoptering his jacket, helicoptering his arms
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To transport by helicopter.
To travel by helicopter.
To rotate like a helicopter blade.
To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does.
senses_topics:
|
4277 | word:
JA
word_type:
name
expansion:
JA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Japan. (NATO country code)
Abbreviation of Jamaica.
Abbreviation of Jalisco. (Mexican state)
Abbreviation of Jambi, a province of Indonesia
Abbreviation of Jammu and Kashmir. (Indian union territory)
Abbreviation of judge or justice of a court of appeal.
senses_topics:
law |
4278 | word:
ceasefire
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ceasefire (plural ceasefires)
forms:
form:
ceasefires
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of cease-fire
senses_topics:
|
4279 | word:
QR
word_type:
noun
expansion:
QR (countable and uncountable, plural QRs)
forms:
form:
QRs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
QR code
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
A QR code is a kind of two-dimensional barcode.
type:
example
text:
QR manufacturing fits with ECR logistics.
type:
example
text:
1. Patient will remain in the open quiet room (QR) with 6 possible 30-minute "out-times" per day. 2. Patient may have reading materials, writing materials, and one craft at a time in the QR.
ref:
2013, Steven Wiley Emmett, Theory and Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
type:
quotation
text:
Coordinate term: NPR
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of quick response.
Initialism of quick response.
Ellipsis of QR code.
Initialism of quiet room.
Initialism of Quick Release.
senses_topics:
business
commerce
manufacturing
marketing
retail
business
commerce
manufacturing
marketing
retail
medicine
sciences
|
4280 | word:
handfast
word_type:
noun
expansion:
handfast (plural handfasts)
forms:
form:
handfasts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English hondfast, past participle of Middle English hondfesten (“to betroth”), from Old Norse handfesta (“to strike a bargain, pledge”), itself from hönd (“hand”) + festa (“to fasten, fix, affirm”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *pHst-.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
senses_topics:
|
4281 | word:
handfast
word_type:
verb
expansion:
handfast (third-person singular simple present handfasts, present participle handfasting, simple past and past participle handfasted)
forms:
form:
handfasts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
handfasting
tags:
participle
present
form:
handfasted
tags:
participle
past
form:
handfasted
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English hondfast, past participle of Middle English hondfesten (“to betroth”), from Old Norse handfesta (“to strike a bargain, pledge”), itself from hönd (“hand”) + festa (“to fasten, fix, affirm”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *pHst-.
senses_examples:
text:
Would the lass but consent to go abroad in the unhallowed place at this awful season and hour of the night, she was as firmly handfasted to the Devil as if she had signed a bond with her own blood; […]
ref:
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To pledge; to bind.
To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
senses_topics:
|
4282 | word:
handfast
word_type:
adj
expansion:
handfast
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English hondfast, past participle of Middle English hondfesten (“to betroth”), from Old Norse handfesta (“to strike a bargain, pledge”), itself from hönd (“hand”) + festa (“to fasten, fix, affirm”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *pHst-.
senses_examples:
text:
A vyrgine made handfast to Christ.
ref:
1546, John Bale, The Actes of Englysh Votaries
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
senses_topics:
|
4283 | word:
handfast
word_type:
adj
expansion:
handfast (comparative more handfast, superlative most handfast)
forms:
form:
more handfast
tags:
comparative
form:
most handfast
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Calque of German handfest, itself from Hand (“hand”) + fest (“firm, strong”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Strong; steadfast.
senses_topics:
|
4284 | word:
RR
word_type:
noun
expansion:
RR (countable and uncountable, plural RRs)
forms:
form:
RRs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of railroad.
Initialism of road race.
Abbreviation of rear, where brevity is desired.
Initialism of right rear, a location in a square or rectangular layout such as the tires on an automobile or the heating elements on a stovetop.
Initialism of Rolls-Royce.
Initialism of reverse racism.
Initialism of real reality.
Initialism of relative risk.
Initialism of rural route used when addressing mail.
Initialism of Riva-Roccin, a blood pressure measurer device
Initialism of role reversal.
Initialism of resource record.
senses_topics:
cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
epidemiology
mathematics
medicine
sciences
statistics
computing
engineering
information-technology
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences |
4285 | word:
RR
word_type:
name
expansion:
RR
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Roraima, a state of Brazil.
senses_topics:
|
4286 | word:
RR
word_type:
verb
expansion:
RR
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
(from the status code used in the GDS) reconfirm / reconfirmed.
senses_topics:
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel |
4287 | word:
SC
word_type:
adj
expansion:
SC (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Alternative form: s.c.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of subcutaneous.
senses_topics:
medicine
sciences |
4288 | word:
SC
word_type:
noun
expansion:
SC (countable and uncountable, plural SCs)
forms:
form:
SCs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
This putative SC phenotype may facilitate the identification and isolation of limbal epithelial SCs.
ref:
2004 May 24, Zhuo Chen, Cintia S. de Paiva, Lihui Luo, Francis L. Kretzer, Stephen C. Pflugfelder, “Characterization of Putative Stem Cell Phenotype in Human Limbal Epithelia”, in Stem Cells, volume 22, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 355–366
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of superior court.
Initialism of status conference.
Initialism of settlement conference.
Initialism of small claims.
Initialism of State College.
Initialism of Senior Counsel.
Initialism of shopping centre.
Initialism of Scheduled Caste.
Initialism of supercluster.
Initialism of stem cell.
Initialism of subcutaneous injection.
Initialism of simple cubic.
Initialism of superconductor.
Initialism of supercapacitor.
Initialism of safety car.
Initialism of sports club.
Short for supercentenarian.
senses_topics:
astronomy
natural-sciences
biology
natural-sciences
medicine
sciences
chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
|
4289 | word:
SC
word_type:
name
expansion:
SC
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Supreme Court.
Initialism of Security Council (of the United Nations).
Initialism of South Carolina.
Initialism of Serbo-Croatian.
Initialism of StarCraft.
senses_topics:
video-games |
4290 | word:
tamp
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)
forms:
form:
tamps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tamping
tags:
participle
present
form:
tamped
tags:
participle
past
form:
tamped
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion.
senses_examples:
text:
Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
type:
example
text:
Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.
ref:
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes
senses_topics:
|
4291 | word:
tamp
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)
forms:
form:
tamps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tamping
tags:
participle
present
form:
tamped
tags:
participle
past
form:
tamped
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Perhaps confusion with damp.
senses_examples:
text:
A single thought tamped her outrage: the chance that Meredith wasn't alone in her suspicions.
ref:
2013, Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep
type:
quotation
text:
Whatever doubts she struggled with, they hadn't tamped her hunger for him.
ref:
2014, Christy Carlyle, Scandalous Wager
type:
quotation
text:
A small bit of relief tamped her initial trepidation.
ref:
2017, Ari Thatcher, Loving Her Alphas
type:
quotation
text:
Lucy bit the inside of her cheek and tamped her anger down.
ref:
2020, Jessie Gussman, An Amish Sanctuary
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To reduce the intensity of.
senses_topics:
|
4292 | word:
MA
word_type:
adj
expansion:
MA (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of moving average.
senses_topics:
mathematics
sciences
statistics |
4293 | word:
MA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
MA (countable and uncountable, plural MAs)
forms:
form:
MAs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Master of Arts.
Initialism of mature audience, a television rating.
Initialism of master-at-arms; also MAA.
senses_topics:
broadcasting
media
television
government
military
politics
war |
4294 | word:
MA
word_type:
name
expansion:
MA (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Postal abbreviation of Massachusetts, a state of the United States of America.
Maluku, a province of Indonesia.
Maranhão, a state of Brazil.
senses_topics:
|
4295 | word:
MT
word_type:
adj
expansion:
MT (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of M/T
senses_topics:
|
4296 | word:
MT
word_type:
noun
expansion:
MT (countable and uncountable, plural MTs)
forms:
form:
MTs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the argument may be formalized as follows:
(1) [(p & q) & r] → s Premiss
(2) ~s Premiss
(3) ~[(p & q) & r] 1, 2 MT
(4) ~(p & q) v ~r 3 DM
(5) r Premiss
(6) ~(p & q) 4, 5 DS
(7) ~p v ~q 6 DM
(3) follows from the conjunction of (1) and (2) by modus tollens; De Morgan’s law applied to (3) yields (4); (4) and (5) together lead to (6) by disjunctive syllogism; and another application of De Morgan’s law takes us from (6) to the final conclusion, according to which either God exists or there is free will (but not both).
ref:
2004 August, J. L. Schellenberg, “The Atheist’s Free Will Offence”, in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, volume 56, № 1, pages 11-12
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Acronym of microtubule.
Initialism of machine translation.
Initialism of massage therapist.
Initialism of mechanical transport.
modus tollens
Abbreviation of metric ton.
Alternative form of M/T
senses_topics:
biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
government
military
politics
war
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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4297 | word:
MT
word_type:
name
expansion:
MT
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Mountain Time
Montana, a state of the United States of America.
Mato Grosso, a state of Brazil.
Initialism of Masoretic Text.
senses_topics:
|
4298 | word:
WA
word_type:
name
expansion:
WA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Washington: a state of the United States of America.
Initialism of Western Australia.
Initialism of World Athletics.
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4299 | word:
WA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
WA (plural WAs)
forms:
form:
WAs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of wing attack.
senses_topics:
ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
netball
sports |
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