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4600 | word:
KY
word_type:
name
expansion:
KY
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America.
senses_topics:
|
4601 | word:
Ceará
word_type:
name
expansion:
Ceará
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceará.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Fortaleza
senses_topics:
|
4602 | word:
Rio Grande do Norte
word_type:
name
expansion:
Rio Grande do Norte
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
from Portuguese, lit. "Great Northern River", in reference to the mouth of the Potenji River
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Natal
senses_topics:
|
4603 | word:
SD
word_type:
name
expansion:
SD
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of South Dakota.
Initialism of Secure Digital: a non-volatile memory card format developed for use in portable devices.
senses_topics:
|
4604 | word:
SD
word_type:
noun
expansion:
SD (plural SDs)
forms:
form:
SDs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
We estimated that the following percentage of elements were correctly assembled: 95.4% of alpha satellites; 91.5% of human satellites 2 and 3; 97.7% of segmental duplications (SDs); 94.3% of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs); 94.2% of short tandem repeats (STRs); and 98.8% of all human repeats²⁶.
ref:
2023 May 11, Wen-Wei LiaoMobin AsriJana Ebleret al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI, page 313
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of school district.
Initialism of sheriff's department.
Initialism of standard deviation.
Initialism of self-destruct.
Initialism of segmental duplication.
senses_topics:
government
law-enforcement
mathematics
sciences
video-games
biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences |
4605 | word:
SD
word_type:
noun
expansion:
SD (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: HD
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of standard definition (“typically 640×480 pixels”).
senses_topics:
broadcasting
media
television |
4606 | word:
air
word_type:
noun
expansion:
air (countable and uncountable, plural airs)
forms:
form:
airs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Air (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Displaced native Old English lyft. More at lift, loft.
senses_examples:
text:
I'm going outside to get some air.
type:
example
text:
Open the window and let some air into the room.
type:
example
text:
Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
ref:
1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5
type:
quotation
text:
There was a tension in the air which made me suspect an approaching storm.
type:
example
text:
This drill runs on compressed air.
type:
example
text:
As you ascend, the air gets thinner.
type:
example
text:
The air on Mars is very thin and consists mostly of carbon dioxide.
type:
example
text:
The flock of birds took to the air.
type:
example
text:
putting on airs
type:
example
text:
to give it an air of artistry and sophistication
type:
example
text:
Even at the busiest periods, an air of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness.
ref:
1951 October, H. A. Vallance, “Across Denmark by Lyntog”, in Railway Magazine, page 658
type:
quotation
text:
But the dull, cool, calculating effect given cumulatively through Stalin’s long career, the air of a great glacier moving slowly and by the easiest path to overwhelm some Alpine valley, is only part of the picture. At various times - and especially in his early career - the calm of his general manner was broken, and expression given to the driving emotions that possessed him.
ref:
1968, Robert Conquest, “The Purge Begins”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 77
type:
quotation
text:
November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder.
text:
The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of "Yankee Doodle," "Hail Columbia," "St. Patrick's Day," and "Auld Lang Syne."
ref:
1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 70
type:
quotation
text:
Could you turn on the air?
type:
example
text:
Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation?
type:
example
text:
Ernst gave a list of political activists who had been denied access to the air by private broadcasters, and pointed out that "Secretary Hoover's signature in New York sells for $150,000 to $200,000," thus limiting access to the air on the part of labor unions and other underrepresented groups.
ref:
1996, Thomas Streeter, Selling the Air
type:
quotation
text:
Coming to you live once a month, or whenever I feel like broadcasting a little pirate air.
ref:
2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, page 17
type:
quotation
text:
“These members need air cover in the media.” Paid media is the admission ticket to enter the big-time Washington stage.
ref:
2015, Gary Andres, Paul Hernnson, Lobbying Reconsidered: Politics Under the Influence, page 149
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere, a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere, a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere, a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere, a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
A breeze; a gentle wind.
A feeling or sense.
A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
A feeling or sense.
Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
A feeling or sense.
A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
Nothing; absence of anything.
An air conditioning system.
Any specific gas.
The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
Publicity.
senses_topics:
alchemy
human-sciences
philosophy
pseudoscience
sciences
medicine
sciences
entertainment
lifestyle
music
hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
snowboarding
sports
|
4607 | word:
air
word_type:
verb
expansion:
air (third-person singular simple present airs, present participle airing, simple past and past participle aired)
forms:
form:
airs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
airing
tags:
participle
present
form:
aired
tags:
participle
past
form:
aired
tags:
past
wikipedia:
Air (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Displaced native Old English lyft. More at lift, loft.
senses_examples:
text:
I'll hang these clothes on the rack to air them.
type:
example
text:
It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it.
type:
example
text:
Residents used the public meeting to air their concerns about the poor state of the roads.
type:
example
text:
John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians aired their disapproval.
ref:
2010 February 11, Rosie Swash, “John Mayer apologises after using N-word in Playboy interview”, in The Guardian
type:
quotation
text:
Thus, in spite of all opposition, the rural and urban assemblies retained the germ of local government, and in spite of the dual control, as the result of which much of their influence was nullified, they did have a certain value in airing abuses and suggesting improvements.
ref:
1917, National Geographic, v.31, March 1917
type:
quotation
text:
The BBC decided not to air the controversial episode.
type:
example
text:
This game show first aired in the 1990s and is still going today.
type:
example
text:
Why is this girl airing me?
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc), to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
To broadcast (a television show etc.).
To be broadcast.
To ignore (a person).
senses_topics:
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4608 | word:
air
word_type:
verb
expansion:
air
forms:
wikipedia:
Air (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pronunciation spelling of are.
senses_topics:
|
4609 | word:
Mato Grosso
word_type:
name
expansion:
Mato Grosso
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Mato Grosso.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Center-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Cuiabá
senses_topics:
|
4610 | word:
pyramidic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pyramidic (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pyramid + -ic.
senses_examples:
text:
[1774, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
pyramidical rocks.]
text:
Gold in pyramidic plenty piled.
ref:
1743, William Shenstone, Written in Spring
type:
quotation
text:
In mockery to the enormous gate which rose / O'er them in almost pyramidic pride
ref:
1821, Lord Byron, Don Juan
type:
quotation
text:
all you really need is a little bit of pyramidic help
ref:
1978, “Pyramania”, Eric Woolfson (lyrics), Alan Parsons (music), performed by The Alan Parsons Project
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form or imposing presence of a pyramid; pyramidal.
senses_topics:
|
4611 | word:
MB
word_type:
symbol
expansion:
MB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
MB equals 10⁶ bytes and GB equals 10⁹ bytes
ref:
1989, IBM 3390 Direct Access Storage Reference Summary, IBM, page 7
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of megabyte.
Abbreviation of mebibyte.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences |
4612 | word:
MB
word_type:
noun
expansion:
MB (plural MBs)
forms:
form:
MBs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
moneyboy.
Motherboard.
Initialism of marine barracks.
million baht.
Bachelor of Medicine degree (Latin: Medicinae Baccalaureus).
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
government
military
politics
war
|
4613 | word:
MB
word_type:
name
expansion:
MB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
For example, Jung described one type as being introverted sensing. In
MB terminology, this means that introverted sensing is dominant (ie
ISxJ types). What MB 'adds' is that this function is supported by
extraverted thinking or feeling as the auxiliary. The mapping between
the models is:
ref:
1997 January 21, Steve Myers, “jung's 8 vs MB's 16”, in alt.psychology.personality (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
And
for those of us with less $$$, one of the BMW 3-series or MB C class should
satisfy all needs.
ref:
1994 March 4, Holger Spielmann, “*High* power cars -- Why”, in rec.autos (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
Though I'm not an expert, as a long-term MB owner I have read and been
told that MB coolant is superior because of its buffering properties. It
retains a stable pH for longer than the large commercial brands. I used
to think "propylene glycol is all the same" however others have convinced
me it's cheap insurance to go with original MB coolant.
ref:
1999 November 13, Joseph Vogt, “Only Mercedes antifreeze in MB cars?”, in alt.auto.mercedes (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
Yeah MB still does make inline sixes just low volumes (mainly for
Daewoo). Apart from the Diesel engines they build for trucks and buses.
ref:
2001 July 12, Dan--, “Hyundia S Coupe”, in aus.cars (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
I learned part of the reason (at least in USA) started in early 1980's
(I think 1982) when MB cars started to be built in USA.
ref:
2009 October 4, pheo...@gmail.com, “Poor MB Build Quality -- Why do you guys still buy MB?”, in alt.auto.mercedes (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
Just found a new batch of MB: Green Viper #10, New Viper Hardtop #1, Red
Prowler #38, BMW #25, plus several others. MB has really done well in 1997.
ref:
1997 September 17, SEDLYTZ, “The new MB are great”, in rec.toys.cars (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
I am looking for the following MB cars, please email me if you have any
and the price you are asking:
ref:
1998 March 21, Dave Marino, “WTB:MB Prem, Inaug & Regular Cars”, in rec.toys.misc (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
>Are there any Subaru HW or MB cars, any year???
Nope, nada. I used to own a Subary Legacy myself and was always looking (still
looking) for a diecast of the same. No Hotwheels or Matchbox castings have
been made ... yet
ref:
1998 September 26, Dscdpm, “Are there any Subaru HW or MB cars, any year???”, in rec.toys.cars (Usenet)
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Manitoba, a province of Canada.
Initialism of Myers–Briggs.
Initialism of Mercedes-Benz.
Initialism of Matchbox.
senses_topics:
|
4614 | word:
MB
word_type:
verb
expansion:
MB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Row 1: K2, MB, k1, do not turn.
ref:
2011, Jane Davis, Knitting - The Complete Guide, page 145
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of make bobble.
senses_topics:
business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles |
4615 | word:
MB
word_type:
intj
expansion:
MB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of my bad.
senses_topics:
|
4616 | word:
MB
word_type:
adv
expansion:
MB (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of maybe.
senses_topics:
|
4617 | word:
PR
word_type:
name
expansion:
PR
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Port Republic, New Jersey.
Abbreviation of Paraná. A state of Brazil.
Initialism of Puerto Rico. A territory of the United States.
senses_topics:
|
4618 | word:
PR
word_type:
noun
expansion:
PR (countable and uncountable, plural PRs)
forms:
form:
PRs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR.
ref:
2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, number 923, page 46
type:
quotation
text:
Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin.
ref:
2023 July 21, Rob Ford, “Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?”, in New Statesman
type:
quotation
text:
Coordinate term: CR
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of public relations.
Initialism of proportional representation.
Initialism of permanent residence.
Initialism of police report.
Initialism of personal representative.
Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
Initialism of personal record.
Initialism of pull request.
Initialism of protected ranking.
Initialism of Puerto Rican.
Initialism of progesterone receptor.
Initialism of partial response.
Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
A PR interval.
Abbreviation of preset.
Initialism of Paralympic record.
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
medicine
sciences
hematology
medicine
sciences
medicine
sciences
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4619 | word:
PR
word_type:
adv
expansion:
PR (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of per rectal or per rectum.
senses_topics:
medicine
sciences |
4620 | word:
Sergipe
word_type:
name
expansion:
Sergipe
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Sergipe, from an Old Tupi term meaning "river of the crab".
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Aracaju
senses_topics:
|
4621 | word:
Alagoas
word_type:
name
expansion:
Alagoas
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Alagoas, from alagoas (“lakes”).
The name appears as a competitor with the names of the lagoons of Manguaba, a lagoa do sul ("southern lagoon"), and Mundaú, a lagoa do norte ("northern lagoon"), already in the 16th century, when settlements were founded near the Alagoa do Norte and the Alagoa do Sul, the Alagoas, with the inclusion of the rest of the lagoons in the area.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Maceió
senses_topics:
|
4622 | word:
Goiás
word_type:
name
expansion:
Goiás
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Goiás, from earlier Goyaz of uncertain origin.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of Goias, a state of Brazil.
senses_topics:
|
4623 | word:
ND
word_type:
name
expansion:
ND
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of North Dakota, a state of the United States of America
Initialism of New Democracy, a Greek political party (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία (Néa Dimokratía), ΝΔ (ND)).
senses_topics:
government
politics |
4624 | word:
ND
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ND (plural NDs)
forms:
form:
NDs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of negligent discharge (accidental firing of a weapon).
Initialism of naturopathic doctor (a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, an academic degree and title in naturopathic medicine).
Initialism of navigation display.
Initialism of natural disaster.
senses_topics:
government
military
politics
war
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
|
4625 | word:
ND
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ND (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of neurodivergent.
senses_topics:
|
4626 | word:
ND
word_type:
prep_phrase
expansion:
ND
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of near death.
Initialism of no data (used to indicate where information was not available, especially in tables, rather than leaving a blank).
senses_topics:
academia
scholarly
sciences |
4627 | word:
Distrito Federal
word_type:
name
expansion:
Distrito Federal
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of Federal District
senses_topics:
|
4628 | word:
polycystid
word_type:
noun
expansion:
polycystid (plural polycystids)
forms:
form:
polycystids
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One of the Polycystidea.
One of the Polycystina.
senses_topics:
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology |
4629 | word:
polycystid
word_type:
adj
expansion:
polycystid (comparative more polycystid, superlative most polycystid)
forms:
form:
more polycystid
tags:
comparative
form:
most polycystid
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina.
senses_topics:
|
4630 | word:
tan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tan (plural tans)
forms:
form:
tans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), German Tann (“woods”), Tanne (“fir”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).
senses_examples:
text:
tan:
text:
She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
type:
example
text:
I'm hoping to get a tan this weekend at the beach.
type:
example
text:
In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.
ref:
1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A light, brown-like colour.
A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
senses_topics:
|
4631 | word:
tan
word_type:
adj
expansion:
tan (comparative tanner, superlative tannest)
forms:
form:
tanner
tags:
comparative
form:
tannest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French tan (“tanbark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“green oak”) – compare Breton tann (“red oak”), Old Cornish tannen –, from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Per this hypothesis, related to Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”), Latin femur, genitive feminis (“thigh”), German Tann (“woods”), Tanne (“fir”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Sanskrit धनु (dhánu).
senses_examples:
text:
Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.
type:
example
text:
You’re looking very tan this week.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Yellowish-brown.
Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.
senses_topics:
|
4632 | word:
tan
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)
forms:
form:
tans
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tanning
tags:
participle
present
form:
tanned
tags:
participle
past
form:
tanned
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
As a verb, from Middle English tannen, from late Old English tannian (“to tan a hide”), from Latin tannare.
senses_examples:
text:
No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan, though I do burn.
type:
example
text:
"Well, go 'long and play; but mind you get back some time in a week, or I'll tan you."
ref:
1876, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
To spank or beat.
senses_topics:
|
4633 | word:
tan
word_type:
num
expansion:
tan
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From a Brythonic language; influenced in form by yan (“one”) in the same series.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.
senses_topics:
|
4634 | word:
tan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tan
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Armenian թան (tʻan).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
senses_topics:
|
4635 | word:
tan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tan (usually uncountable, plural tans)
forms:
form:
tans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Cantonese 擔／担 (daam3).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
senses_topics:
|
4636 | word:
tan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tan (plural tans)
forms:
form:
tans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English *tan, from Old English tān (“twig, shoot, switch”), from Proto-West Germanic *tain, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“rod, twig, straw, lot”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A twig or small switch.
senses_topics:
|
4637 | word:
tan
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tan (third-person singular simple present tans, present participle tanning, simple past and past participle tanned)
forms:
form:
tans
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tanning
tags:
participle
present
form:
tanned
tags:
participle
past
form:
tanned
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
It may either be a figurative use of the usual verb tan (“to cause to acquire a brownish colour”) or a Jamaican Creole pronunciation of turn, compare bun (“to kill particularly by gunshot”).
senses_examples:
text:
Step on the wing, see an opp and I'll whack it
Do it like Super Savage
Who's the yute I Jet-Li-rise that dots and tan him (whoosh)
Rise that dots and tan him
ref:
2019 September 29, Moscow17 (lyrics and music), “All For The Cause”
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To kill by gun, to shoot.
senses_topics:
|
4638 | word:
polycystine
word_type:
adj
expansion:
polycystine (comparative more polycystine, superlative most polycystine)
forms:
form:
more polycystine
tags:
comparative
form:
most polycystine
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pertaining to the Polycystina.
senses_topics:
biology
natural-sciences
zoology |
4639 | word:
polycystine
word_type:
noun
expansion:
polycystine (plural polycystines)
forms:
form:
polycystines
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One of the Polycystina
a homopolymer of the amino acid cystine
senses_topics:
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences |
4640 | word:
Minas Gerais
word_type:
name
expansion:
Minas Gerais
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Minas Gerais.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte
senses_topics:
|
4641 | word:
ML
word_type:
name
expansion:
ML
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The Curry and Church approaches to typed lambda calculus correspond to two paradigms in programming. In the first of these a program may be written without typing at all. Then a compiler should check whether a type can be assigned to the program. This will be the case if the program is correct. A well-known example of such a language is ML, see Milner (1984). The style of typing is called 'implicit typing'. The other paradigm in programming is called 'explicit typing' and corresponds to the Church version of typed lambda calculi. Here a program should be written together with its type. For these languages type-checking is usually easier, since no types have to be constructed. Examples of such languages are ALGOL 68 and PASCAL. Some authors designate the Curry systems as 'lambda calculi with type assignment and the Church systems as 'systems of typed lambda calculus'.
ref:
1991 December 20, Henk P. Barendregt, “Lambda Calculi With Types”, in ftp.cs.ru.nl, retrieved 2012-07-15
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Markup Language.
Initialism of MetaLanguage (the ML programming language)
Initialism of Medieval Latin.
Initialism of Middle Latin.
Initialism of Marxism-Leninism.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
|
4642 | word:
ML
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ML (countable and uncountable, plural MLs)
forms:
form:
MLs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of monolayer.
Initialism of machine learning.
Initialism of mailing list.
Initialism of maximum likelihood.
Initialism of muzzleloader.
Initialism of Marxist-Leninist.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sciences
government
military
politics
war
|
4643 | word:
civil
word_type:
adj
expansion:
civil (comparative more civil or civiler, superlative most civil or civilest)
forms:
form:
more civil
tags:
comparative
form:
civiler
tags:
comparative
form:
most civil
tags:
superlative
form:
civilest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird.
senses_examples:
text:
She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.
type:
example
text:
It was very civil of him to stop the argument.
type:
example
text:
They despise each other, but they are always civil in public.
type:
example
text:
a civil case
type:
example
text:
As if our Saviour had said, No man can enter into heaven except he be born again; so as he speaketh not only of notorious Sinners, as Adulterers, Drunkards, Swearers, & c. but of all who are in their natural condition, tho' they live never so unblameably, free from scandalous sins, if they be not born again, their civil Righteousness will do them little good, for they shall never see the Kingdom of God.
ref:
1680, A Practical Discourse of Regeneration
type:
quotation
text:
The word from which "evil" in Romans 13.4 is translated means "generally opposed to civil goodness or virtue, in a commonwealth, and not to spiritual good, or religion, in the church.
ref:
2008, Jerald Finney, God Betrayed, page 174
type:
quotation
text:
Some grammarians explain this passage as referring to a civil sanctity, in respect of the children being reckoned legitimate, but in this respect the condition of unbelievers is in no degree worse.
ref:
2013, John Calvin, Calvin's Complete Commentary, Volume 7: Acts to Ephesians
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
Secular.
senses_topics:
law
|
4644 | word:
Tocantins
word_type:
name
expansion:
Tocantins
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Tocantins, from Old Tupi tukã (“Toucan”) + tĩ (“beak”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Palmas
senses_topics:
|
4645 | word:
Mato Grosso do Sul
word_type:
name
expansion:
Mato Grosso do Sul
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese, literally meaning "Thick Forest of the South".
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Center-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Campo Grande
senses_topics:
|
4646 | word:
Bahia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Bahia
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Bahia, from bahia, an obsolete spelling of baía (“bay”). Doublet of Bay.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador
senses_topics:
|
4647 | word:
olive
word_type:
noun
expansion:
olive (plural olives)
forms:
form:
olives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
olive
etymology_text:
From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), from Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva) or Proto-Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). Doublet of oliva. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."
senses_examples:
text:
olive:
text:
a beef olive
text:
olives of veal
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
The wood of the olive tree.
A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
senses_topics:
anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
cooking
food
lifestyle
|
4648 | word:
olive
word_type:
adj
expansion:
olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)
forms:
form:
more olive
tags:
comparative
form:
most olive
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
olive
etymology_text:
From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), from Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva) or Proto-Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). Doublet of oliva. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."
senses_examples:
text:
The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶
ref:
2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College, volume 91, number 361, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
senses_topics:
|
4649 | word:
NE
word_type:
name
expansion:
NE
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Nebraska, a state of the United States of America.
Abbreviation of New English.
Initialism of New England, a region of the United States of America.
Initialism of New Executable (executable file format used by early 16-bit versions of Microsoft Windows and IBM OS/2).
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software |
4650 | word:
NE
word_type:
noun
expansion:
NE (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of northeast, a cardinal point of the compass.
Initialism of norepinephrine.
senses_topics:
|
4651 | word:
NE
word_type:
adj
expansion:
NE (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of northeastern.
Initialism of not evaluated.
senses_topics:
|
4652 | word:
chromosomal
word_type:
adj
expansion:
chromosomal (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From chromosome + -al.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of or relating to chromosomes.
senses_topics:
|
4653 | word:
upbreak
word_type:
verb
expansion:
upbreak (third-person singular simple present upbreaks, present participle upbreaking, simple past upbroke, past participle upbroken)
forms:
form:
upbreaks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
upbreaking
tags:
participle
present
form:
upbroke
tags:
past
form:
upbroken
tags:
participle
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From up- + break.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
senses_topics:
|
4654 | word:
upbreak
word_type:
noun
expansion:
upbreak (plural upbreaks)
forms:
form:
upbreaks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From up- + break.
senses_examples:
text:
The most ignorant will be wiser than the wisest now is by the time these words can be published, but we think this anticipation is likely to be realised: the probability of upbreak in the "Church" itself increases as the hour of the meeting of the Council approaches.
ref:
1870, The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, volume 19, page 134
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A break-up or division.
A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
senses_topics:
|
4655 | word:
hamster
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hamster (plural hamsters)
forms:
form:
hamsters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.
senses_examples:
text:
The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
especially of species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) and species of genus Phodopus (dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
Other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).
senses_topics:
|
4656 | word:
hamster
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hamster (third-person singular simple present hamsters, present participle hamstering, simple past and past participle hamstered)
forms:
form:
hamsters
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hamstering
tags:
participle
present
form:
hamstered
tags:
participle
past
form:
hamstered
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.
senses_examples:
text:
Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off. It was in the little stinky one-horse towns that you had all the trouble.
ref:
1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43
type:
quotation
text:
[…] in his bedroom in neat stacks — he always hamstered them away upstairs as soon as the morning was done. This year the gifts sat ignored […]
ref:
2004, Sharon L. Pywell, What Happened to Henry, page 50
type:
quotation
text:
[…] eastern children frequently “hamstered,” smuggled, and begged across the boundary, especially after currency reform […]
ref:
2014, Edith Sheffer, Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
senses_topics:
|
4657 | word:
verts
word_type:
noun
expansion:
verts
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of vert
senses_topics:
|
4658 | word:
Paraíba
word_type:
name
expansion:
Paraíba
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Paraíba, from Old Tupi pa'ra a'íba (“bad for navigation”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa
senses_topics:
|
4659 | word:
NH
word_type:
name
expansion:
NH
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of New Hampshire, a state of the United States of America.
senses_topics:
|
4660 | word:
NH
word_type:
noun
expansion:
NH (plural NHs)
forms:
form:
NHs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of nursing home.
prefix code for NASA research helicopter designations.
Abbreviation of no-height.
senses_topics:
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4661 | word:
NH
word_type:
verb
expansion:
NH (third-person singular simple present NHs, present participle NHing, simple past and past participle NHed)
forms:
form:
NHs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
NHing
tags:
participle
present
form:
NHed
tags:
participle
past
form:
NHed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of no-height.
senses_topics:
athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4662 | word:
NH
word_type:
adj
expansion:
NH (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of never hinged.
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
philately |
4663 | word:
answer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
answer (plural answers)
forms:
form:
answers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
answer
etymology_text:
From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + -swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).
senses_examples:
text:
Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.
type:
example
text:
There is no simple answer to corruption.
type:
example
text:
Violence is not the answer to disagreements.
type:
example
text:
Anti-pornography crusader Mary Whitehouse, who successfully brought London's Gay News to trial recently on charges of "blasphemy," is emerging as England's answer to Anita Bryant.
ref:
1977 December 3, “England's Bryant”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 22, page 2
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
A solution to a problem.
Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
senses_topics:
law |
4664 | word:
answer
word_type:
verb
expansion:
answer (third-person singular simple present answers, present participle answering, simple past and past participle answered)
forms:
form:
answers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
answering
tags:
participle
present
form:
answered
tags:
participle
past
form:
answered
tags:
past
wikipedia:
answer
etymology_text:
From Middle English answeren, andswaren, answerien, from Old English andswarian, answarien (“to answer, to respond, to deny an allegation under oath”), from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną, *andaswarjaną (“to answer, to give a response, to rebut”), from *anda- (“against”) + *swarjaną, *swarōną (“to swear an oath, to answer, to respond”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to swear”) and *h₂ent- (“face, forehead”), equivalent to and- (“against, back”) + swear. Cognate with Old Frisian ondswera (“to answer”), Danish ansvare (“to answer, account for”), Swedish ansvara (“to answer, account for”), Icelandic andsvara (“to answer, reply”).
senses_examples:
text:
He answered the question.
type:
example
text:
to answer a charge or accusation
type:
example
text:
She answered the door.
type:
example
text:
Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.
type:
example
text:
Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — "That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]
ref:
1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas
type:
quotation
text:
Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.
ref:
1871, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, London: Trübner & Co., Part III, Chapter 7, section 1, p. 656, footnote 1
type:
quotation
text:
Theobald spoke as if watches had half-a-dozen purposes besides time-keeping, but he could hardly open his mouth without using one or other of his tags, and "answering every purpose" was one of them.
ref:
1903, Samuel Butler, chapter 41, in The Way of All Flesh
type:
quotation
text:
It answers the need.
type:
example
text:
The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
type:
example
text:
He has a lot to answer for.
type:
example
text:
1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, Dublin: G. Burnet et al., 1794, Act II, Scene 2, p. 25,
Egad, I wish she had answer’d her picture as well.
text:
The use of dunder in the making of rum, answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour.
ref:
1793, Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Dublin: Luke White, Volume II, Book V, Chapter 2, p. 231
type:
quotation
text:
The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon through them […]
ref:
1786, William Gilpin, Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772: on several parts of England; particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland, London: R. Blamire, Volume II, Section 19, p. 85
type:
quotation
text:
He answered my claim upon him.
type:
example
text:
The servant answered the bell.
type:
example
text:
The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she heel much, she won't answer the helm so well.
ref:
1764, John Nourse, Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea, page 65
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To make a reply or response to.
To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
To file a document in response to a complaint.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
To render account to or for.
To atone for; to be punished for.
To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
senses_topics:
law
|
4665 | word:
tout de suite
word_type:
adv
expansion:
tout de suite (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French tout de suite.
senses_examples:
text:
If you want to catch the bus, you'd better leave tout de suite!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Immediately, right away.
senses_topics:
|
4666 | word:
TX
word_type:
name
expansion:
TX
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Alternative forms: TX., Tx., Tx, Tex., Tex, TEX., TEX
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Texas (“a state of the United States”).
senses_topics:
|
4667 | word:
TX
word_type:
verb
expansion:
TX (third-person singular simple present TXes, present participle TXing, simple past and past participle TXed)
forms:
form:
TXes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
TXing
tags:
participle
present
form:
TXed
tags:
participle
past
form:
TXed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of transmit.
senses_topics:
business
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
telecommunications |
4668 | word:
TX
word_type:
noun
expansion:
TX (plural TXs)
forms:
form:
TXs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of transmitter.
Abbreviation of transmission.
senses_topics:
business
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
telecommunications
broadcasting
media |
4669 | word:
TX
word_type:
noun
expansion:
TX
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
tax included (found on receipts; also written as '⿱TX')
senses_topics:
|
4670 | word:
OH
word_type:
name
expansion:
OH
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Ohio.
senses_topics:
|
4671 | word:
OH
word_type:
noun
expansion:
OH (plural OHs)
forms:
form:
OHs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of other half: a husband, wife, partner, etc.
Initialism of observation helicopter.
senses_topics:
aeronautics
aerospace
army
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war |
4672 | word:
OH
word_type:
noun
expansion:
OH pl (plural only)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of office hours.
senses_topics:
|
4673 | word:
OH
word_type:
symbol
expansion:
OH
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.
senses_topics:
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences |
4674 | word:
VA
word_type:
name
expansion:
VA
forms:
wikipedia:
VA
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
He is in a VA hospital.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Veterans Administration, the government department of Veterans Affairs
Abbreviation of Virginia, a state of the United States of America.
senses_topics:
government
|
4675 | word:
VA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
VA (countable and uncountable, plural VAs)
forms:
form:
VAs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
VA
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of value analysis.
Initialism of various artists.
Initialism of voice artist.
Initialism of voice actor.
Initialism of voice actress.
Initialism of volt-ampere.
Initialism of virtual assistant.
Initialism of visual arts.
Initialism of vertical alignment (“LCD screen technology”).
senses_topics:
management
entertainment
lifestyle
music
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics |
4676 | word:
VA
word_type:
adj
expansion:
VA (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
VA
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of voluntary aided.
senses_topics:
education |
4677 | word:
VT
word_type:
name
expansion:
VT
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Vermont, a state of the United States of America.
senses_topics:
|
4678 | word:
VT
word_type:
noun
expansion:
VT (plural VTs)
forms:
form:
VTs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: VF
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of ventricular tachycardia.
Initialism of videotape.
Initialism of video terminal (device that connected to a computer server remotely, which had little computing power of its own; has been uncommon since the mid 1990s).
Initialism of vacuum tube (device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied).
Abbreviation of vault.
Initialism of voice training.
senses_topics:
gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
LGBT
lifestyle
sexuality |
4679 | word:
VT
word_type:
adj
expansion:
VT (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of variable-time (WWII cover designation for the proximity fuse).
senses_topics:
government
military
politics
war |
4680 | word:
VT
word_type:
verb
expansion:
VT (third-person singular simple present VTs, present participle VTing, simple past and past participle VTed)
forms:
form:
VTs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
VTing
tags:
participle
present
form:
VTed
tags:
participle
past
form:
VTed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of voice-train.
senses_topics:
|
4681 | word:
luck
word_type:
noun
expansion:
luck (usually uncountable, plural lucks)
forms:
form:
lucks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (“luck”), West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch geluk (“luck, happiness”), Low German luk (“luck”), German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish lykke (“luck”), Swedish lycka (“luck”), Icelandic lukka (“luck”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock.
A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (“good fortune”), whence Modern Dutch geluk.
Middle Dutch luc, gheluc has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke (Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki. The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to English and Scandinavian in the Late Middle Ages. Its origin seems to have been regional or dialectal, and there were competing German words such as gevelle or schick, or the Latinate fortūne from Latin fortūna. Its etymology is unknown, although there are numerous proposals as to its derivations from a number of roots.
Use as a verb in American English is late (1940s), but there was a Middle English verb lukken (“to chance, to happen by good fortune”) in the 15th century.
senses_examples:
text:
The raffle is just a matter of luck.
type:
example
text:
Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
type:
example
text:
I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
type:
example
text:
Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
type:
example
text:
He blew on the dice for luck.
type:
example
text:
I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
type:
example
text:
Shepard: We better get moving.
Dr. Warren: Good luck, Commander.
Dr. Manuel: Luck won't save you.
ref:
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime
type:
quotation
text:
I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.
type:
example
text:
He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.
type:
example
text:
The creators of tool-assisted speedruns often manipulate luck to get the most favorable results in order to save the most time.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
Success.
The results of a random number generator.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
video-games |
4682 | word:
luck
word_type:
verb
expansion:
luck (third-person singular simple present lucks, present participle lucking, simple past and past participle lucked)
forms:
form:
lucks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
lucking
tags:
participle
present
form:
lucked
tags:
participle
past
form:
lucked
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (“luck”), West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch geluk (“luck, happiness”), Low German luk (“luck”), German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish lykke (“luck”), Swedish lycka (“luck”), Icelandic lukka (“luck”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock.
A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (“good fortune”), whence Modern Dutch geluk.
Middle Dutch luc, gheluc has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke (Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki. The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to English and Scandinavian in the Late Middle Ages. Its origin seems to have been regional or dialectal, and there were competing German words such as gevelle or schick, or the Latinate fortūne from Latin fortūna. Its etymology is unknown, although there are numerous proposals as to its derivations from a number of roots.
Use as a verb in American English is late (1940s), but there was a Middle English verb lukken (“to chance, to happen by good fortune”) in the 15th century.
senses_examples:
text:
I lucked upon a seat, settled in, nodded off and 20 minutes later heard my name being called by the admitting nurse.
ref:
2004 December, The Crisis, volume 111, page 50
type:
quotation
text:
But then I lucked on a backpackers' lodge lying half-hidden behind some trees right next to the road. It was a considerable relief to both my mind and my muscles.
ref:
2010, Riaan Manser, Around Africa On My Bicycle
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon.
senses_topics:
|
4683 | word:
VOX
word_type:
noun
expansion:
VOX
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of voice operated recording.
Alternative spelling of VOx
senses_topics:
|
4684 | word:
Rio Grande do Sul
word_type:
name
expansion:
Rio Grande do Sul
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Rio Grande do Sul, which literally means "Great River of the South". Rio Grande ("Great River") is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos, and the southern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Norte.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre
senses_topics:
|
4685 | word:
CA
word_type:
name
expansion:
CA
forms:
wikipedia:
en:CA
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of California, a state of the United States, North America
Abbreviation of Canada, a country in North America
Initialism of Canadian Alliance, Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, Reform-Conservative Alliance Party
Initialism of Computer Associates, an American software company.
Abbreviation of Cricket Australia, the governing body of cricket in Australia.
Abbreviation of Clark Airbase.
senses_topics:
government
politics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
|
4686 | word:
CA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
CA (countable and uncountable, plural CAs)
forms:
form:
CAs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:CA
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
BTW: Of course the rules were parametrised, so any totalistic 2-dimensional 9-neighbourhood CA could be run.
ref:
1989 March 21, Mark Kramer, “Fast LIFE (was: Re: summing 9-cell neighborhoods)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
The new CA is a modification of Fredkin's earlier SALT architecture in which every cell is identified as either even or odd - as in sodium and chlorine in a salt crystal hence the name. The state of each cell is either up or down and the development rule simple takes account of states of odd and even neighbours. The up-date at each time step simply takes the form of a swap of the states of diagonally related cells. SALT CAs are reversible and capable of universal computation and are conjectured to be capable of universal construction in the sense of Von Neumann.
ref:
2012 July 3, Mike James, “A New Computational Universe - Fredkin's SALT CA”, in www.i-programmer.info, retrieved 2012-10-25
type:
quotation
text:
I assume we are speaking of a single rule CA (one rule for every cell).
ref:
2013 October 31, Shawn LeGrand, “Question about one-dimensional cellular automaton with a finite number of cells”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
type:
quotation
text:
Well-designed CAs will create a trust hierarchy, which consists of a root with a number of subroots, to further enhance protection of the private key.
ref:
2003, Kapil Raina, PKI Security Solutions for the Enterprise, page 30
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of cellular automaton.
Initialism of certificate authority.
Initialism of armored cruiser, a type of warship
Initialism of heavy cruiser, a variant of the cruiser type of warship
Initialism of civil affairs, a military occupational specialty or branch
Abbreviation of cyanoacrylate.
Initialism of chartered accountant.
Initialism of cabin attendant.
Initialism of central authority.
Initialism of Companies Act.
Initialism of communications assistant.
Initialism of closed access, as opposed to open access.
Initialism of conversation analysis.
senses_topics:
cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
nautical
transport
nautical
transport
government
military
politics
war
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
accounting
business
finance
law
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences |
4687 | word:
turtle
word_type:
noun
expansion:
turtle (plural turtles)
forms:
form:
turtles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Medieval Latin tortuca (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling.
senses_examples:
text:
Depending on which version of Logo you have, the turtle may look like an actual animal with a head and four legs or — as in Berkeley Logo — it may be represented as a triangle.
ref:
1997, Brian Harvey, Computer Science Logo Style: Symbolic computing
type:
quotation
text:
Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television
Using an appropriate turtle allows the full range of pan and tilt adjustments on the luminaire and avoids possible heat damage to floor coverings.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
A marine reptile of that order.
An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
A low stand for a lamp etc.
senses_topics:
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
government
military
politics
war
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
media
printing
publishing
computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
broadcasting
media
television |
4688 | word:
turtle
word_type:
verb
expansion:
turtle (third-person singular simple present turtles, present participle turtling, simple past and past participle turtled)
forms:
form:
turtles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
turtling
tags:
participle
present
form:
turtled
tags:
participle
past
form:
turtled
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Medieval Latin tortuca (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling.
senses_examples:
text:
Were speeding when car turtled […] Auto crashed into curb and turtled.
ref:
1919, Iowa Highway Commission, Service Bulletin, Issues 15-32, page 48
text:
We turtled along in Manitoba, back into the heart of the prairies.
ref:
2012, Sophie B. Watson, Cadillac Couches, page 193
type:
quotation
text:
I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again.
ref:
2009, Amy Waeschle, Chasing Waves: A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering, page 149
type:
quotation
text:
Of these, 80 turtled (65%), 26 hunted and turtled (20%), and 18 hunted (15%).
ref:
1973, Bernard Nietschmann, Between Land and Water: The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians, page 153
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
To move along slowly.
To turn and swim upside down.
To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
senses_topics:
video-games |
4689 | word:
turtle
word_type:
noun
expansion:
turtle (plural turtles)
forms:
form:
turtles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English turtle, tortle, turtel, turtul, from Old English turtle, turtla (“turtledove”), ultimately from Latin turtur (“turtledove”), of imitative origin.
senses_examples:
text:
As the turtle, every day has been a black day with her since her husband died, and what should we unruly members make here?
ref:
1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, I.1
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A turtle dove.
senses_topics:
|
4690 | word:
vox angelica
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vox angelica (plural vox angelicas)
forms:
form:
vox angelicas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin vox (“voice”) + angelica (“angelic”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
an organ stop giving a gentle tremolo effect; the voix céleste
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music |
4691 | word:
you're
word_type:
contraction
expansion:
you're
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
You’re smarter than I am!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
You are.
senses_topics:
|
4692 | word:
you're
word_type:
det
expansion:
you're
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
You're ignorance is like a cry of help from the dark - I am multi-tongued and speak five variations of Spanish.
ref:
2004 October 26, Digital Eclipse, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Rockstar Games, Inc., Game Boy Advance, scene: School's Out, level/area: Aspatria
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Misspelling of your.
senses_topics:
|
4693 | word:
Roraima
word_type:
name
expansion:
Roraima
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Roraima, from Pemon Roroimü, from rora (“green, blue, grue”) + -imü (augmentative suffix).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
a large tepui located at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil
A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Boa Vista
senses_topics:
|
4694 | word:
uncle
word_type:
noun
expansion:
uncle (plural uncles)
forms:
form:
uncles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
senses_examples:
text:
December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine
A chain hangs out of the pocket of his velvet waistcoat , by which we may conclude that he has a watch , though we have known many gents whose watches were at their uncle's (as the fashionable term for the pawnbroker goes)
text:
Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, — an immense talker.
ref:
1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
The male cousin of one’s parent.
Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
A pawnbroker.
An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
An older African-American male.
Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.
senses_topics:
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4695 | word:
uncle
word_type:
intj
expansion:
uncle
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A cry used to indicate surrender.
senses_topics:
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4696 | word:
uncle
word_type:
verb
expansion:
uncle (third-person singular simple present uncles, present participle uncling, simple past and past participle uncled)
forms:
form:
uncles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
uncling
tags:
participle
present
form:
uncled
tags:
participle
past
form:
uncled
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)). Displaced native Middle English em (“uncle”) from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, and Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”). Compare Saterland Frisian Unkel (“uncle”), Dutch nonkel (“uncle”), German Low German Unkel (“uncle”), German Onkel (“uncle”), Danish onkel (“uncle”). More at eam and eame.
senses_examples:
text:
Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford
ref:
1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To address somebody by the term uncle.
To act like, or as, an uncle.
senses_topics:
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4697 | word:
familia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
familia (plural familiae)
forms:
form:
familiae
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Latin familia (“family”). Doublet of family.
senses_examples:
text:
Joska's elder brother Phuro was, however, seen as the leader of his familia. As one of the oldest males in the hamlet, with a familia that consisted of sons, bora and sons-in-law, Phuro's position as head of his familia was given by his age and by his authority as father.
ref:
2007, Ada I. Engebrigtsen, Exploring Gypsiness, page 117
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and all slaves belonging to the household.
senses_topics:
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4698 | word:
saffron
word_type:
noun
expansion:
saffron (countable and uncountable, plural saffrons)
forms:
form:
saffrons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English saffron, from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safrānum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).
senses_examples:
text:
2009, D. H. Sanaeinejad, S. N. Hosseini, Regression Models for Saffron Yields in Iran, Daoliang Li, Chunjiang Zhao (editors), Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture II, Volume 1, page 510,
Usually the maximum temperature for October, November and December in the southern parts of Khorassan–the main saffron growing area of the Iran-does not exceed 20°C, while the minimum temperature reaches 0°C.
text:
1658, Thomas Muffet, The Theatre of Insects, [1634, Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum], quoted in 2008, Anna Suranyi, The Genius of the English Nation: Travel Writing and National Identity in Early Modern England, page 117-118,
The Irish and Ireland people (who are frequently troubled with lice, and such as will fly, as they say, in summer) anoint their shirts with saffron, and to very good purpose, to drive away the lice, but after six months they wash their shirts again, putting fresh saffron into the lye.
text:
Saffron is not included in American and British pharmacopoeias, but some Indian medical formulae still include it.
ref:
2002, James A. Duke, editor, CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices, page 129
type:
quotation
text:
Saffron is the stigma of the crocus flower, which is harvested by hand, dried, and sold either in strands or ground to powder.[…]Of all the medieval spices, saffron was the most expensive, which is not surprising given that 70,000 flowers only yield one pound of dried stigmas. In the European cookbooks of the late Middle Ages, nearly all of which which reflect refined upper-class dining, saffron is ubiquitous.
ref:
2004, Melitta Weiss Adamson, Food in Medieval Times, page 15
type:
quotation
text:
Saffron is often called the “golden spice.”
ref:
2011, Mathew Attokaran, Natural Food Flavors and Colorants, unnumbered page
type:
quotation
text:
saffron:
text:
These colours might have been expressly designed—by dissonance as much as harmony—for juxtaposition against those pouring down in brilliant rays of light from the Tiepolo; subtle yet penetrating pinks and greys, light blue turning almost to lavender, rich saffrons and cinnamons melting into bronze and gold.
ref:
1973, Anthony Powell, Temporary Kings, page 82
type:
quotation
text:
The classical shades of Antiquity were the most prevalent, but along with the Venetian reds and Egyptian blues, the saffrons and ochres and indigos, were more delicate hues: of pink and cream and lilac, like shells littered upon the shore.
ref:
2011, Seth Hunter, The Winds of Folly, unnumbered page
type:
quotation
text:
On another occasion, H-pop singer Kanhiya Mittal sang a duet with a BJP lawmaker whose lyrics read “the saffron is getting deeper”, a reference to the colour of Hinduism and the BJP's own party colours, […]
ref:
2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.
A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.
An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
senses_topics:
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4699 | word:
saffron
word_type:
adj
expansion:
saffron
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English saffron, from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safrānum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).
senses_examples:
text:
For ioyfull thoughts, vse funerall deedes
ref:
1624, Thomas Heywood, Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History. Concerninge women inscribed by the names of the nine Muses, London, Book 3, “A Funerall Oade vpon the death of Anna Panareta” p. 123, Now Hymen change thy saffron weedes To roabe and habit sable
roman:
Since nothing’s firme or stable;
text:
1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, London: G.G. & J. Robinson, Volume 1, Chapter 9, p. 256,
The sun was now set; but, under the dark branches of the almond trees, was seen the saffron glow of the west, spreading beyond the twilight of middle air.
text:
The jacket was brown but had turned saffron where it had been soaked by Lal’s sweat.
ref:
1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Part 1, Chapter 2
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Having an orange-yellow colour.
senses_topics:
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