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4700 | word:
saffron
word_type:
verb
expansion:
saffron (third-person singular simple present saffrons, present participle saffroning, simple past and past participle saffroned)
forms:
form:
saffrons
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
saffroning
tags:
participle
present
form:
saffroned
tags:
participle
past
form:
saffroned
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English saffron, from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safrānum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).
senses_examples:
text:
saffroned water, saffroned rice
type:
example
text:
Saffrond wyne bryngeth mirthe, and taketh away Melancholines […]
ref:
1559, Conrad Gesner, “Of certain other Aromatical wynes”, in Peter Morwen, transl., The Treasure of Euonymus, London: John Day, page 407
type:
quotation
text:
Well-saffroned was that barley-soup!
ref:
1884, Robert Browning, “Two Camels”, in Ferishtah’s Fancies, London: Smith, Elder, page 70
type:
quotation
text:
The other part Northern, & ful of mountaines, a very rude and homely kinde of people doth inhabite, which are called the redshankes or wilde Scottes. They be clothed with a mantel and shyrte saffroned, after the Irishe manner, going bare legged to the knée.
ref:
1580, John Stow, “A briefe Description of Englande, Scotlande, Wales, and Cornwall”, in The Chronicles of England, London: Ralph Newberie, page 9
type:
quotation
text:
Thee next day foloing lustring Aurora lay shymring,
ref:
1582, Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis, Leiden: John Pates, Book 4, p. 82
type:
quotation
roman:
Her saffrond mattresse leauing to her bedfelo Tithon.
text:
1638, uncredited translator, Historie Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death by Francis Bacon, London: William Lee and Humphrey Mosley, p. 244,
The same Irish, use to weare Saffroned Linnen, and Shirts; Which though it were, at first, devised to prevent Vermine, yet, howsoever, I take it, to be very usefull for Lengthening of Life […]
text:
His horse was harnished with leaden chaines, hauing the out-side guilt, or at least saffrond in stead of guilt, to decypher a holie or golden pretence of a couetous purpose […]
ref:
1594, Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, London: C. Burby
type:
quotation
text:
And like vile stones lying in saffrond tinne,
ref:
1633, John Donne, “Elegie”, in Poems, London: John Marriot, page 149
type:
quotation
text:
Or warts, or wheales, it hangs upon her skinne.
text:
My dreadful thoughts been drawen vpon my face,
In blotted lines with ages iron pen,
The lothlie morpheu saffroned the place,
ref:
1593, Michael Drayton, Idea the Shepheards Garland, London: Thomas Woodcocke, Second Eglog, page 6
type:
quotation
roman:
Where beuties damaske daz’d the eies of men.
text:
Or like the twifold-twynned Geminy,
In their star-gilded gyrdle strongly tyed,
Chayn’d by their saffrond tresses in the sky,
Standing to guard the sun-coche in his pride.
ref:
c. 1594, Michael Drayton, Peirs Gaueston Earle of Cornwall His Life, Death, and Fortune, London: Nicholas Ling and John Busby
type:
quotation
text:
We accept the perfect stillness of the ground,
And the vision of a sunset-saffroned sea.
ref:
1917, Charles V. H. Roberts, “The Call of the Country”, in Collected Poems, New York: The Torch Press, page 20
type:
quotation
text:
Saffroning the rest of the account are several other regionalisms: agin for against, hit for the expletive it, knowed as a preterite, and no use to say not bin' (a fascinating doubling of the negative).
ref:
1970, Robert Randolph Turner, Tennessee Legends: An Analysis in Terms of Motifs, Structure, and Style
type:
quotation
text:
He saffrons his speech with Latin which he knows all by rote.
ref:
1992, Jerome Mandel, Geoffrey Chaucer: Building the Fragments of the Canterbury Tales
type:
quotation
text:
The Nun's Priest's rhetorical devices, too numerous to catalogue exhaustively, are of two kinds: first, the heroic-historical, beginning with the setting of the occasion in a time sequence that starts with the Creation, saffroning the high points with apostrophes and epic similes, and culminating with a chase in which Chauntecleer's fall proves to have the "cosmic reverberations" required by epic standards […]
ref:
2015, Robert B. Burlin, Chaucerian Fiction, page 231
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc.
To give a saffron colour to (something).
To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye.
To give a saffron colour to (something).
To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron.
To give a saffron colour to (something).
To embellish.
senses_topics:
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4701 | word:
Santa Catarina
word_type:
name
expansion:
Santa Catarina
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Portuguese Santa Catarina, referring to Catherine of Alexandria.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Florianópolis
senses_topics:
|
4702 | word:
Espírito Santo
word_type:
name
expansion:
Espírito Santo
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese Espírito Santo (“Holy Ghost”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Vitória
senses_topics:
|
4703 | word:
bepowder
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bepowder (third-person singular simple present bepowders, present participle bepowdering, simple past and past participle bepowdered)
forms:
form:
bepowders
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bepowdering
tags:
participle
present
form:
bepowdered
tags:
participle
past
form:
bepowdered
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From be- + powder.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
senses_topics:
|
4704 | word:
pyramidoid
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pyramidoid (plural pyramidoids)
forms:
form:
pyramidoids
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pyramid + -oid.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A solid resembling a pyramid.
senses_topics:
geometry
mathematics
sciences |
4705 | word:
unvicar
word_type:
verb
expansion:
unvicar (third-person singular simple present unvicars, present participle unvicaring, simple past and past participle unvicared)
forms:
form:
unvicars
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
unvicaring
tags:
participle
present
form:
unvicared
tags:
participle
past
form:
unvicared
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From un- + vicar.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To deprive of the position or office of a vicar.
senses_topics:
|
4706 | word:
polydactylous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
polydactylous (comparative more polydactylous, superlative most polydactylous)
forms:
form:
more polydactylous
tags:
comparative
form:
most polydactylous
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Coined based on Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos).
senses_examples:
text:
A polydactylous cat may have six or more toes on its paw.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Having more than the normal number of digits.
senses_topics:
|
4707 | word:
pyramoid
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pyramoid (plural pyramoids)
forms:
form:
pyramoids
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of pyramidoid
senses_topics:
geometry
mathematics
sciences |
4708 | word:
wisdom teeth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wisdom teeth
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of wisdom tooth
senses_topics:
|
4709 | word:
hammock
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hammock (plural hammocks)
forms:
form:
hammocks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.”
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
senses_topics:
|
4710 | word:
hammock
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hammock (third-person singular simple present hammocks, present participle hammocking, simple past and past participle hammocked)
forms:
form:
hammocks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hammocking
tags:
participle
present
form:
hammocked
tags:
participle
past
form:
hammocked
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.”
senses_examples:
text:
I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes.
ref:
1901, Yone Noguchi, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl (wiki article)
type:
quotation
text:
She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth.
ref:
2013, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Susan King, Christmas Roses: Love Blooms in Winter
type:
quotation
text:
She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror.
ref:
1960, John D. MacDonald, The Only Girl in the Game
type:
quotation
text:
Coordinate term: tentpole
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To lie in a hammock.
To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
senses_topics:
broadcasting
media |
4711 | word:
positron
word_type:
noun
expansion:
positron (plural positrons)
forms:
form:
positrons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From positive + -tron (electron). Coined by American physicist Carl Anderson in 1932 to replace the earlier term antielectron.
senses_examples:
text:
The notion of a positron weapon remains the stuff of science fiction.
type:
example
text:
If these particles carry unit positive charge the curvatures and ionizations produced require the mass to be less than twenty times the electron mass. These particles will be called positrons.]
ref:
[1933 March 15, Carl D. Anderson, “The Positive Electron”, in Physical Review, volume 43
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge.
senses_topics:
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics |
4712 | word:
yes
word_type:
particle
expansion:
yes
forms:
wikipedia:
yes and no
etymology_text:
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea.
senses_examples:
text:
Yes, you are correct.
type:
example
text:
Yes, you may go play outside now.
type:
example
text:
Yes, sir, we have your package right here.
type:
example
text:
Hi, Jonathan. Are you busy? — Yes, I’m busy.
Audio (US): (file)
ref:
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
text:
It was not my fault we lost the race.
Oh, yes, it was!
type:
example
text:
Do you like cake, or pie?
Yes.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Used to show agreement or acceptance.
Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
senses_topics:
|
4713 | word:
yes
word_type:
intj
expansion:
yes
forms:
wikipedia:
yes and no
etymology_text:
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea.
senses_examples:
text:
Our second goal of the match! Yes!
type:
example
text:
I need some help.
Yes?
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
Used to ask for more information with a request.
senses_topics:
|
4714 | word:
yes
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yes (plural yeses or yesses)
forms:
form:
yeses
tags:
plural
form:
yesses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
yes and no
etymology_text:
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea.
senses_examples:
text:
Was that a yes?
type:
example
text:
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
senses_topics:
|
4715 | word:
yes
word_type:
verb
expansion:
yes (third-person singular simple present yeses or yesses, present participle yessing, simple past and past participle yessed)
forms:
form:
yeses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
yesses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
yessing
tags:
participle
present
form:
yessed
tags:
participle
past
form:
yessed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
yes and no
etymology_text:
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea.
senses_examples:
text:
Did he yes the veto?
type:
example
text:
"That's really what you wanted?" I yessed both; ...
ref:
1972 Oct, John Barth, “Perseid”, in Harper's Magazine, page 79
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To agree with, affirm, approve.
To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
senses_topics:
|
4716 | word:
yes
word_type:
adv
expansion:
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
senses_topics:
|
4717 | word:
upbreed
word_type:
verb
expansion:
upbreed (third-person singular simple present upbreeds, present participle upbreeding, simple past and past participle upbred)
forms:
form:
upbreeds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
upbreeding
tags:
participle
present
form:
upbred
tags:
participle
past
form:
upbred
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From up- + breed.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To rear, or bring up; to nurse.
senses_topics:
|
4718 | word:
salsa
word_type:
noun
expansion:
salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)
forms:
form:
salsas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
salsa
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).
senses_examples:
text:
Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs – topped with every imaginable condiment – hot mustard, sweet mustard, jalapenos, spaghetti sauce, regular relish, corn relish, maple syrup salsa and the secret sauce of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). ("If I told you the recipe," an aide explained, "I'd have to shoot you.")
ref:
1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.
A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
Any of several dances performed to salsa music.
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music
dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4719 | word:
salsa
word_type:
verb
expansion:
salsa (third-person singular simple present salsas, present participle salsaing, simple past and past participle salsaed)
forms:
form:
salsas
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
salsaing
tags:
participle
present
form:
salsaed
tags:
participle
past
form:
salsaed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
salsa
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).
senses_examples:
text:
They salsaed late until the night.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To dance the salsa.
senses_topics:
|
4720 | word:
gripe
word_type:
verb
expansion:
gripe (third-person singular simple present gripes, present participle griping, simple past griped or (obsolete) grope, past participle griped or (obsolete) gripen)
forms:
form:
gripes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
griping
tags:
participle
present
form:
griped
tags:
past
form:
grope
tags:
obsolete
past
form:
griped
tags:
participle
past
form:
gripen
tags:
obsolete
participle
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope.
senses_examples:
text:
In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.
ref:
2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in AV Club
type:
quotation
text:
What's griping you?
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To complain; to whine.
To annoy or bother.
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
To suffer griping pains.
To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
To seize or grasp.
senses_topics:
nautical
transport
|
4721 | word:
gripe
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gripe (plural gripes)
forms:
form:
gripes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope.
senses_examples:
text:
The young peasant […] disengaged himself from Manfred's gripe […].
ref:
1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section I
type:
quotation
text:
I started — I dropped the glass — the fluid flamed and glanced along the floor, while I felt Cornelius's gripe at my throat, as he shrieked aloud, "Wretch! you have destroyed the labour of my life!"
ref:
1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal
type:
quotation
text:
the gripe of a sword
text:
the gripe of poverty
type:
example
text:
'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop.
ref:
1785, William Cowper, “The Garden”, in The Task, a Poem, in Six Books. By William Cowper […] To which are Added, by the Same Author, An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and The History of John Gilpin, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, No. 72 St. Paul's Church-Yard, OCLC 221351486; republished as The Task. A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: or, A Review of Schools, new edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-street, second door above Chestnut-street, 1787, OCLC 23630717, page 87
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
Grasp; clutch; grip.
That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
senses_topics:
nautical
transport
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
nautical
transport
nautical
transport
nautical
transport |
4722 | word:
gripe
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gripe (plural gripes)
forms:
form:
gripes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of grype
senses_topics:
|
4723 | word:
haar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
haar (countable and uncountable, plural haars)
forms:
form:
haars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
haar
etymology_text:
Attested since the late 17th century, alongside Scots haar (“cold easterly wind; misty wind; cold fog or mist”).
Perhaps ultimately from Middle Dutch hare (“cold wind”) or a related Low German word; compare Dutch harig (“windy; foggy, misty”), Saterland Frisian harig (“misty”).
Alternatively, perhaps simply a northern English or Scottish variant of hoar, or a borrowing of Old Norse hárr (“hoary”).
senses_examples:
text:
The traffic noise used to be constant, at times as thick as the haar, the sea fog that sometimes rolls in here from the North Sea.
ref:
2020, David Farrier, “The Insatiable Road”, in Footprints, 4th estate
type:
quotation
text:
[…] westerly haar, which wraps everything up in white wool, and blots out sea and sky, and chokes the depressed wayfarer-not to speak of the penetrating chill which even in June goes down into the marrow of your bones, and makes the[…]
ref:
1873, Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), May. [A Novel.], page 73
type:
quotation
text:
[An] easterly haar was blowing in off the sea, the cold wind bringing with it a thick fog that crawled under the collar and clung to the skin. Ahead, the road disappeared as the fog hid anything on either side of the hedges save for the[…]
ref:
2024 February 29, Samantha SoRelle, The Gentleman's Gentleman, Balcarres Books LLC, page 168
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.
A wind, especially one from the east, which blows in this fog.
senses_topics:
|
4724 | word:
mustard
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mustard (usually uncountable, plural mustards)
forms:
form:
mustards
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
mustard
etymology_text:
From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French: moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Doublet of mostarda.
senses_examples:
text:
When the waitress brought the food, I asked whether she had any Dijon mustard.
type:
example
text:
Mustard and cress sandwiches.
type:
example
text:
mustard:
text:
He's left-handed and in his adulthood didn't have a baseball glove to call his own. He borrowed one of mine and just out of the car, still wearing his lab coat having worked an overnight shift, he taught himself to throw right-handed and put plenty of mustard on it.
ref:
2022 October 20, Scott Russell, “Sport was the great connection for Scott Russell and his father”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2022-10-22
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
Ellipsis of mustard gas.
Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
senses_topics:
ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4725 | word:
mustard
word_type:
adj
expansion:
mustard (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
mustard
etymology_text:
From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French: moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Doublet of mostarda.
senses_examples:
text:
Everything about her year-old restaurant, from the minimalist menu (about a dozen items) with refreshingly drivel-free descriptions to the decor (unadorned warm mustard walls, unclothed bistro tables), reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by bells and whistles.
ref:
2007, Cincinnati Magazine, page 81
type:
quotation
text:
My expectations of public services were nil, so any time within a month was fine by me. They did it in less than a week, which was mustard.
ref:
2005, Bernard Hare, Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew, London: Sceptre, page 168
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of a dark yellow colour.
Very good, or very skilled.
senses_topics:
|
4726 | word:
Pernambuco
word_type:
name
expansion:
Pernambuco
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife
senses_topics:
|
4727 | word:
Pernambuco
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Pernambuco (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
senses_examples:
text:
When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.
ref:
1998 July, Strad
type:
quotation
text:
[P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.
ref:
2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
senses_topics:
|
4728 | word:
khutbah
word_type:
noun
expansion:
khutbah (plural khutbahs)
forms:
form:
khutbahs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Arabic خُطْبَة (ḵuṭba).
senses_examples:
text:
Save your khutbah for another time.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions.
senses_topics:
Islam
lifestyle
religion |
4729 | word:
art
word_type:
noun
expansion:
art (countable and uncountable, plural arts)
forms:
form:
arts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Modern English
etymology_text:
From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.
senses_examples:
text:
There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
type:
example
text:
B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world.
R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it?
B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do.
R. Jeeves: Very good, sir.
ref:
1992 May 3, “Comrade Bingo”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6
type:
quotation
text:
I tell her what Donald Hall says: that the problem with workshops is that they trivialize art by minimizing the terror.
ref:
2005 July, Lynn Freed, Harper's
type:
quotation
text:
Visual art is a subjective understanding or perception of the viewer as well as a deliberate/conscious arrangement or creation of elements like colours, forms, movements, sounds, objects or other elements that produce a graphic or plastic whole that expresses thoughts, ideas or visions of the artist.
ref:
2009, Alexander Brouwer, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
type:
quotation
text:
She's mastered the art of programming.
type:
example
text:
He's at university to study art.
type:
example
text:
Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
type:
example
text:
Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.
type:
example
text:
art collection
type:
example
text:
I'm a great supporter of the arts.
type:
example
text:
Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
ref:
2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
type:
quotation
text:
A physician was immediately sent for; but on the first moment of beholding the corpse, he declared that Elvira's recovery was beyond the power of art.
ref:
1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 217
type:
quotation
text:
The relation of science to art may be summed up in a brief expression: From Science comes Prevision: from Prevision comes Action.
ref:
1855, Harriet Martineau's translation, The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte Vol. 1, Introduction, Ch. 2, page 21, from Auguste Comte, Cours de philosophie positive (1830–1842)
text:
Let's make sandwiches out of colored paper and teach people how to listen. Listening is a social art and we had best hang on to it. A tape recording stuck in your ear won't do.
ref:
1983 December 3, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 21
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
The study and the product of these processes.
Aesthetic value.
Artwork.
A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.
senses_topics:
|
4730 | word:
art
word_type:
verb
expansion:
art
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English art, from Old English eart (“(thou) art”), second-person singular present indicative of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *art (“(thou) art", originally, "(thou) becamest”), second-person singular preterite indicative form of *iraną (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to lift, rise, set in motion”).
Cognate with Faroese ert (“art”), Icelandic ert (“art”), Old English earon (“are”), from the same preterite-present Germanic verb. More at are.
senses_examples:
text:
How great thou art!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
second-person singular simple present indicative of be
senses_topics:
|
4731 | word:
cream
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cream (countable and uncountable, plural creams)
forms:
form:
creams
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cream
etymology_text:
From Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “unguent”)), and Late Latin crāmum (“cream”), from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm (“surface, skin”), Dutch schram (“abrasion”), Lithuanian kramas (“scurf”)). Doublet of crema and crème. Displaced native Old English rēam (“cream”) (> modern ream).
Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).
senses_examples:
text:
You may have noticed that any time that filling is mentioned on Oreo packaging, it's called "creme." This is no typo. Technically, the creamy filling inside an Oreo is not cream at all: The recipe used actually contains no dairy; as such, the FDA prohibits Nabisco from labeling the product as "cream."
ref:
2018 February 13, Rebecca Firsker, "What's Really in Oreo Cream Filling? Well, for One Thing, Not Cream", MyRecipes
text:
I take my coffee with two cream and three sugar.
type:
example
text:
Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…
type:
example
text:
cream:
text:
Hundreds of examples remain, still following the same general pattern—maroon, green or chocolate brown, for example, from ground to waist level, then a stale Cheddar cheese shade of cream above.
ref:
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 253
type:
quotation
text:
Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.
ref:
2004, Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store, Rodale, page 267
type:
quotation
text:
the cream of the crop
type:
example
text:
the cream of a collection of books or pictures
type:
example
text:
Welcome, O flower and cream of Knights-errant.
ref:
1612, Thomas Shelton (translator), Don Quixote (originally by Miguel de Cervantes)
text:
You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream.
type:
example
text:
In vain she tries her paste and creams, / To smooth her skin or hide its seams.
ref:
1756, Oliver Goldsmith, The Double Transformation
type:
quotation
text:
2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!! (novel), Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., →ISBN, page 155,
He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream.
text:
He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.
ref:
2003, Dominique Adair, “Two Days, Three Nights”, in Tied with a Bow, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, page 74
type:
quotation
text:
When he did come, he spurted his cream all over the front of Rosalee’s T-shirt and neck.
ref:
2004, Art Wiederhold, Wild Flowers, iUniverse, page 158
type:
quotation
text:
there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.
ref:
, Book V
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
The best part of something.
A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
Semen.
The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
senses_topics:
medicine
sciences
|
4732 | word:
cream
word_type:
adj
expansion:
cream (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
cream
etymology_text:
From Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “unguent”)), and Late Latin crāmum (“cream”), from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm (“surface, skin”), Dutch schram (“abrasion”), Lithuanian kramas (“scurf”)). Doublet of crema and crème. Displaced native Old English rēam (“cream”) (> modern ream).
Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
senses_topics:
|
4733 | word:
cream
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cream (third-person singular simple present creams, present participle creaming, simple past and past participle creamed)
forms:
form:
creams
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
creaming
tags:
participle
present
form:
creamed
tags:
participle
past
form:
creamed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
cream
etymology_text:
From Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “unguent”)), and Late Latin crāmum (“cream”), from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm (“surface, skin”), Dutch schram (“abrasion”), Lithuanian kramas (“scurf”)). Doublet of crema and crème. Displaced native Old English rēam (“cream”) (> modern ream).
Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).
senses_examples:
text:
Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.
text:
We creamed the opposing team!
type:
example
text:
Danny Zuko: You are supreme / The chicks’ll cream / For grease lightning.
ref:
1971, Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, “Grease Lightnin’”, in Grease
type:
quotation
text:
Please cream these two coffees and leave the others black.
type:
example
text:
creaming the fragrant cups
ref:
1871, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks
type:
quotation
text:
A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain; a close approximation to it will answer, and much traveling is done in a well-enough fashion by its help, but we do not welcome it and applaud it and rejoice in it as we do when the right one blazes out on us. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt: it tingles exquisitely around through the walls of the mouth and tastes as tart and crisp and good as the autumn-butter that creams the sumac-berry.
ref:
1906, Mark Twain, “William Dean Howells”, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 113, number 674, page 221
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.
To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
To ejaculate (used of either gender).
To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
To take off the best or choicest part of.
To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
To gather or form cream.
senses_topics:
cooking
food
lifestyle
|
4734 | word:
benzol
word_type:
noun
expansion:
benzol (plural benzols)
forms:
form:
benzols
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From benzo- + -ol (“oil”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.
benzyl alcohol
Synonym of benzene
senses_topics:
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
|
4735 | word:
pyramis
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pyramis (plural pyramides)
forms:
form:
pyramides
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English piramis, from Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís).
senses_examples:
text:
And from hence also shall be the geodesy of the Icosaedrum. For the finding out of the heighth of the pyramis, there is the semidiagony of the side of the decangle and the halfe ray of the circle: But the side of the decangle is a right line subtending the halfe periphery of the side of the quinquangle, or else the greater segment of the ray proportionally cut.
ref:
1636, Peter Ramus, translated by Peter Bedwell, The Way To Geometry: [Being Necessary and Usefull for Astronomers, Enginees, Geographers,. Architects, Land-meaters, Carpenters, Sea-men & Etc.], pages 277–278
type:
quotation
text:
For as a Pyramis, beginning at a point, by little and little dilateth into all parts[…]
ref:
1838, Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford, Letters on Egypt, Edom, and the Holy Land, volume 1, page 95
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A pyramid.
senses_topics:
|
4736 | word:
avocado
word_type:
noun
expansion:
avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)
forms:
form:
avocados
tags:
plural
form:
avocadoes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Diccionario de la lengua española
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo.
The first mention can be found in the 1696 catalogue of Jamaican plants.
senses_examples:
text:
avocado:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
senses_topics:
|
4737 | word:
avocado
word_type:
adj
expansion:
avocado (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Diccionario de la lengua española
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo.
The first mention can be found in the 1696 catalogue of Jamaican plants.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
senses_topics:
|
4738 | word:
vox humana
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vox humana (plural vox humanas)
forms:
form:
vox humanas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin vōx hūmāna.
senses_examples:
text:
Let me take this other glove off / As the vox humana swells, / And the beauteous fields of Eden / Bask beneath the Abbey bells.
ref:
1940, John Betjeman, “In Westminster Abbey”, in Old Lights for New Chancels
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice.
senses_topics:
|
4739 | word:
cadi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cadi (plural cadis)
forms:
form:
cadis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
[…] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers.
ref:
1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems, page 157
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of qadi
senses_topics:
|
4740 | word:
vox populi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vox populi
forms:
wikipedia:
vox populi
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin vox populi (“voice of the people”).
senses_examples:
text:
“To the extent that the Council passed a local law amending the Charter and the Council represents the people, it may be considered that the vox populi, which secured the initiated legislation, changed its own voice,” Justice Arthur E. Blyn of State Supreme Court wrote in the lower-court decision in 1987.
ref:
2001 February 22, Eric Lipton, “Vox Populi Aside, Power to the City Council”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
voice of the people.
The public comment portion of a public meeting.
senses_topics:
government
politics |
4741 | word:
polydactyl
word_type:
adj
expansion:
polydactyl (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From poly- + dactyl, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Polydactylous.
senses_topics:
|
4742 | word:
polydactyl
word_type:
noun
expansion:
polydactyl (plural polydactyls)
forms:
form:
polydactyls
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From poly- + dactyl, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A polydactylous animal.
senses_topics:
|
4743 | word:
bwana
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bwana (plural bwanas)
forms:
form:
bwanas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot.
senses_examples:
text:
It is Jim C.’s custom always to say “Up Simba” in a fake-deep bwana voice as he hefts the camera to his right shoulder […]
ref:
2005, David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays, New York: Little, Brown and Company, page 208
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Big boss, important person.
senses_topics:
|
4744 | word:
OR
word_type:
conj
expansion:
OR
forms:
wikipedia:
OR
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.
A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
A logical gate to implement inclusive or.
senses_topics:
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics |
4745 | word:
OR
word_type:
noun
expansion:
OR (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
OR
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
senses_topics:
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences |
4746 | word:
OR
word_type:
noun
expansion:
OR (countable and uncountable, plural ORs)
forms:
form:
ORs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
OR
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy. -- Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they?
ref:
1998, Rushmore, 00:27:55
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of operating room.
Initialism of official receipt.
Initialism of operations research.
Initialism of Olympic Record.
Initialism of odorant receptor.
Initialism of olfactory receptor.
Initialism of original research.
Initialism of other ranks.
senses_topics:
government
healthcare
accounting
business
finance
sciences
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
anatomy
medicine
sciences
anatomy
medicine
sciences
government
military
politics
war |
4747 | word:
OR
word_type:
name
expansion:
OR
forms:
wikipedia:
OR
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Oregon, a state of the United States of America.
Orissa, a state of India.
senses_topics:
|
4748 | word:
wood
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wood (countable and uncountable, plural woods)
forms:
form:
woods
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
wood
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”); all from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).
senses_examples:
text:
This table is made of wood.
type:
example
text:
There was lots of wood on the beach.
type:
example
text:
Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
type:
example
text:
A few woods, such as cedar and redwood, are prized for their rugged naturalness and they age so beautifully that they are generally left unfinished.
ref:
1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, page 93
type:
quotation
text:
A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
type:
example
text:
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
type:
example
text:
We need more wood for the fire.
type:
example
text:
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
ref:
2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4
type:
quotation
text:
That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
type:
example
text:
[…] White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.
ref:
1971, Chess Life & Review, volume 26, page 309
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
The wood of a particular species of tree.
A forested or wooded area.
Firewood.
A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
A woodwind instrument.
An erection of the penis.
Chess pieces.
senses_topics:
golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
entertainment
lifestyle
music
board-games
chess
games |
4749 | word:
wood
word_type:
verb
expansion:
wood (third-person singular simple present woods, present participle wooding, simple past and past participle wooded)
forms:
form:
woods
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
wooding
tags:
participle
present
form:
wooded
tags:
participle
past
form:
wooded
tags:
past
wikipedia:
wood
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”); all from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).
senses_examples:
text:
Their be ii good bellys, a chales, and a few veſtments of litil valure, the ſtuff beſide is not worth xl s. lead ther ys non except in ii gutters the which the p’or hath convey’d in to ye town, but that is ſuar yt is metely wodey’d in hege rowys.
ref:
1542, Sir Richard Devereux, letter, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, London: J. Nichols, published 1792, page 155
text:
Immediatly, the other boate lying ready with their shot to skoure the place for our hand weapons to lande upon, which was presently done, although the land was very high and steepe, the Savages forthwith quitted the shoare, and betooke themselves to flight: wee landed, and having faire and easily followed for a smal time after them, who had wooded themselves we know not where […]
ref:
c. 1586, Sir Ralph Lane, “Lane’s Account of the Englishmen Left in Virginia”, in Henry Sweetser Burrage, editor, Early English and French Voyages: Chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534–1608, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1906, page 246
text:
to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
text:
Many passengers would save a little by helping to “wood the boat,” i. e., by carrying wood down the bank and throwing it on the boat, a special ticket being issued on that condition.
ref:
1891 November 24, John Bidwell, “The First Emigrant Train to California”, in Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder, editors, The Century Magazine, volume XLI, number 1, Scribner & Company, page 106
type:
quotation
text:
In this little Iſle of Mevis, more than twenty Years ago, I have remained a great time together, to Wood and Water and refreſh my Men […]
ref:
c. 1629, Captain John Smith, chapter XXVII, in The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith, volume II, London: Awnsham and John Churchill, published 1704, page 409
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To cover or plant with trees.
To hide behind trees.
To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
To take or get a supply of wood.
senses_topics:
|
4750 | word:
wood
word_type:
adj
expansion:
wood (comparative wooder, superlative woodest)
forms:
form:
wooder
tags:
comparative
form:
woodest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
wood
etymology_text:
From Middle English wood, from Old English wōd (“mad, insane”). See the full etymology at wode.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Mad, insane, crazed.
senses_topics:
|
4751 | word:
wood
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wood (plural woods)
forms:
form:
woods
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
wood
etymology_text:
Back-formation from peckerwood.
senses_examples:
text:
He further stated that "I can't remember ever seeing a wood [white inmate] assault a nigger without being provoked".
ref:
1991, Mary E. Pelz, James W. Marquart and Terry Pelz, "Right-Wing Extremism in the Texas Prisons: The Rise and Fall of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas", The Prison Journal, Winter-Fall 1991
text:
Other than shout-outs to fellow "woods," I found no references on their record to racism, and after getting to know the members, I think Woodpile's message is the opposite of what the L.A. Times construed it to be — they want to bring hardcore white guys to rap music, rather than alienating anyone of any race.
ref:
2009, Brendan Joel Kelly, “Pride vs. Power”, in The Phoenix New Times
type:
quotation
text:
The only thing is, even though there are ways to remain neutral, to just be a wood and not get caught up in the white supremacist gang stuff, you do have to take a side if things get bad.
ref:
2011, Christian Workman, Black Boxed: Coming of Age Behind Prison Walls
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A peckerwood.
senses_topics:
|
4752 | word:
chestnut
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chestnut (countable and uncountable, plural chestnuts)
forms:
form:
chestnuts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Formerly chesten nut, from Middle English chesten, Middle English chesteyne, chasteine, from Old English ċisten and reinforced by Old French chastaigne, both from Latin castānea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia). Compare castanet.
senses_examples:
text:
chestnut:
text:
Lord Carington […] led the way with his chestnuts […]
ref:
1871, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 20, page 308
type:
quotation
text:
[…] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish.
ref:
1877, George Nevile, Horses and Riding, page 105
type:
quotation
text:
Yep, this is a dance-leaning cover of the Matthew Wilder '80s pop chestnut. It has already saturated radio airwaves throughout Europe, with a number of programmers here already giving it positive feedback.
ref:
1997 May 10, Larry Flick, “Singles”, in Billboard, →ISSN, page 62
type:
quotation
text:
Take greed. He’s been cited many times for what now has become a chestnut: “The point is, you can’t be too greedy.”
ref:
2015 August 27, Michael Signer, “What Happens When Donald Trump Stirs Up 'Passionate' Supporters”, in The Atlantic
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
A nut of this tree or shrub.
A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
A reddish-brown horse.
Wood of a chestnut tree.
An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
The horse-chestnut.
senses_topics:
|
4753 | word:
chestnut
word_type:
adj
expansion:
chestnut (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Formerly chesten nut, from Middle English chesten, Middle English chesteyne, chasteine, from Old English ċisten and reinforced by Old French chastaigne, both from Latin castānea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia). Compare castanet.
senses_examples:
text:
chestnut hair
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
senses_topics:
|
4754 | word:
hole
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hole (plural holes)
forms:
form:
holes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”), noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”), which is of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to hollow.
senses_examples:
text:
I made a blind hole in the wall for a peg. I dug a hole and planted a tree in it.
type:
example
text:
There’s a hole in my shoe. Her stocking has a hole in it.
type:
example
text:
[…]her palfrey’s footfall shot
Light horrors thro’ her pulses: the blind walls
Were full of chinks and holes; and overhead
Fantastic gables, crowding, stared:[…]
ref:
1840, Alfred Tennyson, Godiva
type:
quotation
text:
I played 18 holes yesterday. The second hole today cost me three strokes over par.
type:
example
text:
The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
type:
example
text:
I have found a hole in your argument.
type:
example
text:
But between the drinks and subtle things / The holes in my apologies, you know / I’m trying hard to take it back
ref:
2011, Fun (lyrics and music), “We Are Young”
type:
quotation
text:
car hole; brain hole
type:
example
text:
Just shut your hole!
type:
example
text:
In late December a Washington State prisoner was involved in a scuffle with a guard who was trying to take him into the hole.
ref:
1988 April 2, Ed Mead, “AIDS hysteria sweeps prison guards' union”, in Gay Community News, page 9
type:
quotation
text:
Disciplinary actions can range from a mere write up to serious time in the hole.
ref:
2011, Ahmariah Jackson, IAtomic Seven, Locked Up but Not Locked Down
type:
quotation
text:
His apartment is a hole!
type:
example
text:
I have often heard people say, "One can't live upon a view," and I have heard some of the most beautiful places called "awful holes," simply because of the monotonous lives led in them.
ref:
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 109
type:
quotation
text:
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
type:
example
text:
We’re supposed to take the hole at Cronk and wait for the Limited to pass.
type:
example
text:
Jackson Hole
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
In games.
A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
In games.
The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
In games.
The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
In games.
A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
In games.
A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
In games.
In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
An excavation pit or trench.
A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
A container or receptacle.
In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
A person's mouth.
Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
Vagina.
Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
An undesirable place to live or visit.
Difficulty, in particular, debt.
A chordless cycle in a graph.
A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
A mountain valley.
senses_topics:
golf
heading
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
golf
heading
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
ball-games
baseball
games
heading
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
board-games
chess
games
heading
heading
heading
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
rail-transport
railways
transport
|
4755 | word:
hole
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hole (third-person singular simple present holes, present participle holing, simple past and past participle holed)
forms:
form:
holes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
holing
tags:
participle
present
form:
holed
tags:
participle
past
form:
holed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”), noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”), which is of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to hollow.
senses_examples:
text:
Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
type:
example
text:
She completely holed the argument.
type:
example
text:
Good master Picklock, with your worming brain,
And wriggling engine-head of maintenance,
Which I shall see you hole with very shortly!
A fine round head, when those two lugs are off,
To trundle through a pillory!
ref:
1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News, act IV, scene ii
type:
quotation
text:
If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls.
ref:
1799, Sporting Magazine, volume 13, page 49
type:
quotation
text:
Woods holed a standard three foot putt
type:
example
text:
to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To make holes in (an object or surface).
To destroy.
To go into a hole.
To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
senses_topics:
|
4756 | word:
hole
word_type:
adj
expansion:
hole (comparative holer or more hole, superlative holest or most hole)
forms:
form:
holer
tags:
comparative
form:
more hole
tags:
comparative
form:
holest
tags:
superlative
form:
most hole
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Such was the arrangement of the alphabet over the hole North.
ref:
1843, Sir George Webbe Dasent (translator), A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue (originally by Rasmus Christian Rask)
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Obsolete spelling of whole.
Misspelling of whole.
senses_topics:
|
4757 | word:
om
word_type:
noun
expansion:
om (plural oms)
forms:
form:
oms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ॐ
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.
senses_examples:
text:
In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.
ref:
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 800
type:
quotation
text:
Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.
ref:
2001 October 20, Hazel Curry, The Guardian
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
senses_topics:
Buddhism
lifestyle
religion |
4758 | word:
om
word_type:
verb
expansion:
om (third-person singular simple present oms, present participle omming, simple past and past participle ommed)
forms:
form:
oms
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
omming
tags:
participle
present
form:
ommed
tags:
participle
past
form:
ommed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
ॐ
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.
senses_examples:
text:
Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.
ref:
1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties Going on Seventies, page 14
type:
quotation
text:
I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.
ref:
2015, Hilary H. Carter, Number Woman
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To chant the sacred syllable om.
senses_topics:
|
4759 | word:
om
word_type:
intj
expansion:
om
forms:
wikipedia:
ॐ
etymology_text:
Clipping.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Clipping of nom.
senses_topics:
|
4760 | word:
pronoun
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pronoun (plural pronouns)
forms:
form:
pronouns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
pronoun
etymology_text:
From pro- + noun, modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (antōnumíā).
senses_examples:
text:
The possessive conjunctive pronoun is always repeated before a substantive, and after a conjunction; as my brothers and sisters, mes frères & mes sœurs; […]
ref:
1789, Jean Baptiste, A grammar of the French tongue, page 193
type:
quotation
text:
Dalia: Why are you playing the pronoun game?
Alyssa: What? What are you talking about? I'm not even.
Dalia: You are. "I met someone." "We have a great time. "They're from my home town." Doesn't this tube of wonderful have a name!
ref:
1997, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy
type:
quotation
text:
As here the possessive pronoun 'our' has inclusive reference in that it a priori includes both the editor and reader, its presence amounts to a kind of pronominal bonding between writer and reader.
ref:
2013, Nicholas Brownless, “Spoken Discourse in Early English Newspapers”, in Joad Raymond, editor, News Networks in Seventeenth Century Britain and Europe, page 72
type:
quotation
text:
My pronouns are she/her.
type:
example
text:
The vast majority (82 percent) of the nonbinary trans students I interviewed used nonbinary pronouns for themselves, and all said that they were rarely given the opportunity to indicate their pronouns.
ref:
2019, Genny Beemyn, editor, Trans People in Higher Education, SUNY Press, page 178
type:
quotation
text:
Then an earnest elaboration: “It’s just nice that other people understand what I’m thinking. I don’t have to explain a million things. I don’t have to be like, Okay, I guess I’ll let you ignore my pronouns. It’s a very good space.”
ref:
2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.
Any of the third-person pronouns by which a person prefers to be described, typically reflecting gender identity.
senses_topics:
grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
|
4761 | word:
brother
word_type:
noun
expansion:
brother (plural brothers or (archaic in most senses) brethren)
forms:
form:
brothers
tags:
plural
form:
brethren
tags:
archaic
plural
raw_tags:
in most senses
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr
Inherited from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of bhai, frater, friar, and pal.
senses_examples:
text:
You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
ref:
1975, New King James Version, Deuteronomy 23:19
text:
Thank you, brother.
type:
example
text:
I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.
type:
example
text:
Brother, can you spare a dime?
type:
example
text:
Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I’m not interested.
type:
example
text:
[Michael Jackson] went on television and said, “I don't have sex because of my religious beliefs”, and the public believed it. I know brothers was like “get the fuck out of here!”. And white people, “Michael's a special kinda guy!”
ref:
1987, Eddie Murphy Raw, spoken by Eddie Murphy
type:
quotation
text:
SPIN: Aren't you both as popular with white people as black people?
L.L.: Oh, no question. But I've always said, that's why when people say, "L.L., hey, like, on the last album, you sold out," I say, "Yo, can I ask you a question, Mike Tyson sell out?" "No, he's a brother." I say, he's a cross-over artist. He went pop. You know what I'm saying? I mean, the rap audience [...] they have to understand that their music is for all people. Me personally, I don't think it's about being black or white, […]
ref:
1991 January, SPIN, volume 6, number 10, page 58
type:
quotation
text:
But damn if they knew when to just leave a brother alone and let him sulk in silence.
ref:
2013, Gwyneth Bolton, Ready for Love
type:
quotation
text:
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.
ref:
1963, Martin Luther King Jr., (Please provide the book title or journal name)
type:
quotation
text:
O, then! To ride upon such glories, Till my time comes nigh, And commune in the city of peaceful slumbers Among my brothers of wind-blown rye.
ref:
2016, William Burkholder, The City of My Brothers
type:
quotation
text:
The eighteenth century text, with its antislavery message and its Adamic figuration, calls implicily for the reconciliation of all peoples as "brothers" (not the reprehensible brothers of Joseph but the cocreated brothers of Adam).
ref:
1995, Theophus H. Smith, Conjuring Culture, page 89
type:
quotation
text:
Oh, my Brothers, five nights ago many of our braves were out upon the buffalo grounds.
ref:
1908 June, Grace Kellogg, “A Keeper of the Door”, in National Magazine, volume 28, page 280
type:
quotation
text:
In the case of the boy, a certain amount of instruction comes from the male members of the mother's clan, such as how to go after game, how to handle horses, how to dress, how to conduct yourself and what to seek in life. They also teach the boy how to treat domestic animals. Even pets understand kindness, and the clan brothers use that as an example.
ref:
2010, Justin B. Richland, Sarah Deer, Introduction to Tribal Legal Studies, page 193
type:
quotation
text:
The carriage that the brothers of the Kai clan rode on had travelled a lot these past few days, and the horses that pulled the carriage were exhausted.
ref:
2020, Xiao Xiao Ma Jia Hao, Three Kingdoms: Super Hegemon
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Son of the same parents as another person.
A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
A form of address to a man.
A fellow black man.
Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
senses_topics:
|
4762 | word:
brother
word_type:
verb
expansion:
brother (third-person singular simple present brothers, present participle brothering, simple past and past participle brothered)
forms:
form:
brothers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
brothering
tags:
participle
present
form:
brothered
tags:
participle
past
form:
brothered
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr
Inherited from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of bhai, frater, friar, and pal.
senses_examples:
text:
Seest thou not we are overreached, and that our proposed mode of communicating with our friends without has been disconcerted by this same motley gentleman thou art so fond to brother?
ref:
1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To treat as a brother.
senses_topics:
|
4763 | word:
brother
word_type:
intj
expansion:
brother
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr
Inherited from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of bhai, frater, friar, and pal.
senses_examples:
text:
We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Expressing exasperation.
senses_topics:
|
4764 | word:
proverb
word_type:
noun
expansion:
proverb (plural proverbs)
forms:
form:
proverbs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.
senses_examples:
text:
Near-synonyms: aphorism, maxim
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
A drama exemplifying a proverb.
senses_topics:
|
4765 | word:
proverb
word_type:
verb
expansion:
proverb (third-person singular simple present proverbs, present participle proverbing, simple past and past participle proverbed)
forms:
form:
proverbs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
proverbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
proverbed
tags:
participle
past
form:
proverbed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.
senses_examples:
text:
Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"
ref:
1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 203–205
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To write or utter proverbs.
To name in, or as, a proverb.
To provide with a proverb.
senses_topics:
|
4766 | word:
acanthophorous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
acanthophorous
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek ἀκανθο- (akantho-, “spine”) + φορός (phorós, “bearing”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Spine-bearing .
senses_topics:
|
4767 | word:
soak
word_type:
verb
expansion:
soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)
forms:
form:
soaks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
soaking
tags:
participle
present
form:
soaked
tags:
participle
past
form:
soaked
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
senses_examples:
text:
I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
type:
example
text:
Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
type:
example
text:
The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
type:
example
text:
A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
type:
example
text:
I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.
type:
example
text:
The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
ref:
1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings
type:
quotation
text:
It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.
ref:
1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston
type:
quotation
text:
Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions.
ref:
2015, P. J. O'Rourke, Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader
type:
quotation
text:
We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
To absorb; to drain.
To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
senses_topics:
engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
|
4768 | word:
soak
word_type:
verb
expansion:
soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)
forms:
form:
soaks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
soaking
tags:
participle
present
form:
soaked
tags:
participle
past
form:
soaked
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
senses_examples:
text:
Wasn't Mr. Sipperley pretty shirty when he came to and found that you had been soaking him with putters?
ref:
1926, [P.G. Wodehouse], The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
(slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
senses_topics:
|
4769 | word:
soak
word_type:
noun
expansion:
soak (plural soaks)
forms:
form:
soaks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
senses_examples:
text:
wildlife tourism has turned Knepp into a successful business that employs more people than it did when it was a farm. Springtime overnighters snuggling down in a luxury treehouse after a soak in the open-air, wood-fired Swedish Hikki bathtub may hear nightingales serenading their consorts
ref:
2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian
type:
quotation
text:
After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.
type:
example
text:
I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it.
ref:
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 38
type:
quotation
text:
Molly and Daisy finished their breakfast and decided to take all their dirty clothes and wash them in the soak further down the river.
ref:
1996, Doris Pinkington, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 170
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An immersion in water etc.
A drunkard.
A carouse; a drinking session.
A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
senses_topics:
|
4770 | word:
city
word_type:
noun
expansion:
city (plural cities)
forms:
form:
cities
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Modern English
etymology_text:
From Middle English cite, from Old French cite, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”), in Classical Latin "citizenry", derived from cīvis (“fellow-citizen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“lie down; settle”). Cognate with Old English hīwan pl (“members of one's household, servants”). See hewe. Doublet of civitas. Mostly displaced native Old English burg, whence Modern English borough.
senses_examples:
text:
São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
type:
example
text:
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
ref:
2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891
type:
quotation
text:
All our stations have changed. We have to constrain numbers. We have to mandate face coverings. These are massive changes in what is a public transport city. This is not a car city.
ref:
2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42
type:
quotation
text:
Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became a city in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into a city by Royal Charter when the new diocese of Liverpool was created in 1880.
ref:
1976, Cornelius P. Darcy, The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press, page 20
type:
quotation
text:
St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
ref:
2014, Graham Rutt, Cycling Britain's Cathedrals Volume 1, Lulu.com, page 307
type:
quotation
text:
I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
type:
example
text:
It’s video game city in here!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
The central business district; downtown.
A large amount of something (used after the noun).
senses_topics:
|
4771 | word:
priest
word_type:
noun
expansion:
priest (plural priests, feminine priestess)
forms:
form:
priests
tags:
plural
form:
priestess
tags:
feminine
wikipedia:
priest (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester.
senses_examples:
text:
The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
type:
example
text:
The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
type:
example
text:
The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
senses_topics:
|
4772 | word:
priest
word_type:
verb
expansion:
priest (third-person singular simple present priests, present participle priesting, simple past and past participle priested)
forms:
form:
priests
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
priesting
tags:
participle
present
form:
priested
tags:
participle
past
form:
priested
tags:
past
wikipedia:
priest (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester.
senses_examples:
text:
If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
ref:
1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To ordain as a priest.
senses_topics:
|
4773 | word:
palace
word_type:
noun
expansion:
palace (plural palaces)
forms:
form:
palaces
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Palatine Hill
Palatine#Derivative_terms
Pales
palace
etymology_text:
From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built large, splendid residences. The name is ultimately either from Etruscan, the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”), or Latin palus (“stake; enclosure”). Doublet of palazzo and Pfalz.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
A large and lavishly ornate residence.
A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
senses_topics:
|
4774 | word:
palace
word_type:
verb
expansion:
palace (third-person singular simple present palaces, present participle palacing, simple past and past participle palaced)
forms:
form:
palaces
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
palacing
tags:
participle
present
form:
palaced
tags:
participle
past
form:
palaced
tags:
past
wikipedia:
Palatine Hill
Palatine#Derivative_terms
Pales
palace
etymology_text:
From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built large, splendid residences. The name is ultimately either from Etruscan, the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”), or Latin palus (“stake; enclosure”). Doublet of palazzo and Pfalz.
senses_examples:
text:
And this Great King was a far-way, tremendous, golden figure, moving in a splendor as of fairy tales; palaced marvelously, so travelers told, in cities compared with which even Athens seemed mean.
ref:
1921, Kenneth Morris, The Crest-Wave of Evolution
type:
quotation
text:
May, with her green lap full of sprouting leaves and bright blossoms, her song-birds making the orchards and meadows vocal, and rippling streams and cultivated gardens; June, with full-blown roses and humming-bees, plenteous meadows and wide cornfields, with embattled lines rising thick and green; August, with reddened orchards and heavy-headed harvests of grain, October, with yellow leaves and swart shadows; December, palaced in snow, and idly whistling through his numb fingers;-all have their various charm; and in the rose-bowers of summer, and as we spread our hands before the torches of winter, we say joyfully, "Thou hast made all things beautiful in their time."
ref:
1874, Benj. N. Martin, Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To decorate or ornate.
senses_topics:
|
4775 | word:
pedantic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pedantic (comparative more pedantic, superlative most pedantic)
forms:
form:
more pedantic
tags:
comparative
form:
most pedantic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pedant + -ic.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
senses_topics:
|
4776 | word:
cicisbeo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cicisbeo (plural cicisbeos or cicisbei)
forms:
form:
cicisbeos
tags:
plural
form:
cicisbei
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian cicisbeo, of onomatopoeic origin.
senses_examples:
text:
My old Cicisbee says it would do: & he is (or was poor fellow!) a famous Scholar.
ref:
1784 December 7, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
type:
quotation
text:
The office of Cicisbeo is however an intolerably expensive one; especially to our countrymen.
ref:
1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, volume II, 19
type:
quotation
text:
Of course a cicisbeo is a normal enough figure in Alexandrian life, but things are going to become socially very boring for you if you go out with those two so much.
ref:
1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine
type:
quotation
text:
He accuses the women of having cicisbei, the girls of having lovers.
ref:
1962, WH Auden, Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 452
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.
senses_topics:
|
4777 | word:
accurateness
word_type:
noun
expansion:
accurateness (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From accurate + -ness.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
senses_topics:
|
4778 | word:
NB
word_type:
phrase
expansion:
NB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
NB: Do not write below this line.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of nota bene; used in written English to introduce something to be noted.
senses_topics:
|
4779 | word:
NB
word_type:
adj
expansion:
NB (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Park Avenue and 42nd Street Prohibit parking on the NB lanes to provide 2 RT / 1 LT lanes; adjust signal timing to provide protected NB movement.
ref:
2001, East Side Access in New York, Queens, and Bronx Counties, New York, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York: Environmental Impact Statement, page 50
type:
quotation
text:
Prior to rubblization, severely distressed joints and / or cracks were documented in the NB lanes.
ref:
2011, Irene K. Battaglia, Investigation of Early Distress in Wisconsin Rubblized Pavements, page 23
type:
quotation
text:
'If I come up with an idea in a meeting, it gets ignored until one of the guys says the exact same thing and then everybody listens to him. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to get promoted.' 'Being an NB person, I get very used to being misgendered.'
ref:
2017, Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker, How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, page 75
type:
quotation
text:
Sexual health for trans/non-binary people / Service provision
It is important for all sexual health services to consider how appropriate their set-up is for trans and NB people who may need to attend for care.
ref:
2019, Laura Mitchell, Bridie Howe, D. Ashley Price, Babiker Elawad, K. Nathan Sankar, Oxford Handbook of GUM and HIV, Oxford University Press, page 46
type:
quotation
text:
1972, Savannah State College (Ga.), Faculty Research Edition of the Savannah State College Bulletin
The number lying to the right of a given income class indicates the probability of a family, Black (B) and non-Black (NB), living in the designated census tract, earning an income within that income class.
text:
Plaintiffs could argue that their position vis-a-vis the non-black (NB) casuals was discriminatory, […]
ref:
1994, Employment Practices Decisions
type:
quotation
text:
Perhaps stress-strain testing appears to be superior to ODC testing in between-lab operations, because it is an older and more established test technique. Part 2 of Table 10.A9 allows a comparison for non-black (NB) and black (B) testing.
ref:
2003, Basic Rubber Testing, ASTM International, page 202
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of northbound.
Initialism of non-binary.
Initialism of nonblack.
senses_topics:
|
4780 | word:
NB
word_type:
adv
expansion:
NB (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of northbound.
senses_topics:
|
4781 | word:
NB
word_type:
noun
expansion:
NB (plural NBs)
forms:
form:
NBs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Newborns (NBs) with a birth weight between […]
An NB is considered large-for-gestational age (LGA) when its weight is greater than the 90th percentile for […]
ref:
2006, Asim Kurjak, Frank A. Chervenak, Textbook of Perinatal Medicine, CRC Press, page 1348
type:
quotation
text:
For quotations using this term, see Citations:NB.
text:
NBs are also seen in newborns and may be detected in the fetus by antenatal imaging, most often associated with favourable prognostic features. Common sites for primary NB are the adrenal glands (48%), extraadrenal retroperitoneum […]
ref:
2014, Andy Adam, Adrian K. Dixon, Jonathan H Gillard, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Ronald G. Grainger, David J. Allison, Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 1972
type:
quotation
text:
[…] instructors could ask students a question Darwin addresses in her research: “how do NBs (nonbinary people) visually convey their gender identity, so as to achieve their desired gender attribution?” […]
ref:
2023, Sergio A. Cabrera, Stephen Sweet, Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Sociology (page 141)
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of NASA research bomber plane. (prefix code in designations)
Initialism of national best.
Abbreviation of newborn.
Abbreviation of neuroblast.
Abbreviation of neuroblastoma.
Initialism of nuclear body.
Initialism of negative binomial.
Abbreviation of non-binary.
senses_topics:
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
medicine
oncology
sciences
biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
mathematics
sciences
statistics
LGBT
lifestyle
sexuality |
4782 | word:
NB
word_type:
name
expansion:
NB
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of New Brunswick, a Canadian province.
Abbreviation of West Nusa Tenggara, a province of Indonesia.
Initialism of Narcotics Bureau.
senses_topics:
|
4783 | word:
car
word_type:
noun
expansion:
car (plural cars)
forms:
form:
cars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
car
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of horse.
senses_examples:
text:
She drove her car to the mall.
type:
example
text:
I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
ref:
2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG
type:
quotation
text:
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
ref:
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
type:
quotation
text:
The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
type:
example
text:
The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
type:
example
text:
From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
type:
example
text:
We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
type:
example
text:
This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn.
ref:
1907, Texas Agricultural, Mechanical College System, Bulletin, volumes 93-117, page 5
type:
quotation
text:
Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
type:
example
text:
The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
type:
example
text:
Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, […]
ref:
1850, John Wise, A System of Aeronautics, page 152
type:
quotation
text:
On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck
ref:
1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, page 201
type:
quotation
text:
Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.
A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal
A cart.
A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal
A chariot.
A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal
A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails
An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails
an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails
A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails
A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails
The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
A floating perforated box for living fish.
A clique or gang.
Deliberate misspelling of cat.
senses_topics:
rail-transport
railways
transport
rail-transport
railways
transport
rail-transport
railways
transport
nautical
sailing
transport
|
4784 | word:
car
word_type:
noun
expansion:
car (plural cars)
forms:
form:
cars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
car
etymology_text:
Acronym of contents of the address part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.
senses_examples:
text:
Holonym: cons
text:
The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.
ref:
2000, Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences |
4785 | word:
boss
word_type:
noun
expansion:
boss (plural bosses)
forms:
form:
bosses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Boss (video games)
Supervisor
etymology_text:
From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”).
Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well.
The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.
senses_examples:
text:
February 18, 2018, Dawn Pine, Strategies for Dealing with a Bad Boss
we have some vindictive people as bosses, and you don’t want to be the target of their wrath.
text:
Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.
type:
example
text:
My boss complains that I'm always late to work.
type:
example
text:
They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.
type:
example
text:
He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.
type:
example
text:
Yes, boss.
type:
example
text:
There's no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
A person in charge of a business or company.
A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
The head of a political party in a given region or district.
A term of address to a man.
An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
Wife.
senses_topics:
video-games
|
4786 | word:
boss
word_type:
verb
expansion:
boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)
forms:
form:
bosses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bossing
tags:
participle
present
form:
bossed
tags:
participle
past
form:
bossed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
Boss (video games)
Supervisor
etymology_text:
From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”).
Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well.
The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.
senses_examples:
text:
By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost.
ref:
1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher)
text:
His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...]
ref:
1932, Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child, page 76
type:
quotation
text:
She bossed him, and he's never gotten over it. She still orders him around, and instead of telling her to go soak her head, he just says 'Yes, ma'am' as weak as a newborn jellyfish [...]
ref:
1967, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight, page 90
type:
quotation
text:
For if, on the one hand, I bossed him and showed him what to do and how to do it, [...]
ref:
1980, Jean Toomer, The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer, page 40
type:
quotation
text:
Clarke was undoubtedly made to change things and for spells, the Czechs bossed the game. Scotland's midfield was nullified, Dykes struggled to hold the ball up while, barring a small handful of forays by Robertson, there was a distinct lack of width from the Scots.
ref:
2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
senses_topics:
|
4787 | word:
boss
word_type:
adj
expansion:
boss (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Boss (video games)
Supervisor
etymology_text:
From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”).
Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well.
The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.
senses_examples:
text:
That is a boss Zefron poster.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of excellent quality, first-rate.
senses_topics:
|
4788 | word:
boss
word_type:
noun
expansion:
boss (plural bosses)
forms:
form:
bosses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Boss (video games)
Supervisor
etymology_text:
From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: tuberosity
text:
Boss, a short trough for holding water, when tiling the roof
ref:
1842, Peter Nicholson, The Mechanic's Companion
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
A head or reservoir of water.
senses_topics:
geography
geology
natural-sciences
engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
architecture
archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
|
4789 | word:
boss
word_type:
verb
expansion:
boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)
forms:
form:
bosses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bossing
tags:
participle
present
form:
bossed
tags:
participle
past
form:
bossed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
Boss (video games)
Supervisor
etymology_text:
From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
senses_topics:
|
4790 | word:
boss
word_type:
noun
expansion:
boss (plural bosses)
forms:
form:
bosses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Boss (video games)
Supervisor
etymology_text:
Apparently a corruption of bass.
senses_examples:
text:
All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss.
ref:
1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, section 36
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
senses_topics:
|
4791 | word:
ray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ray (plural rays)
forms:
form:
rays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ray
etymology_text:
Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”). Doublet of radius.
senses_examples:
text:
I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
type:
example
text:
Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A beam of light or radiation.
A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
A tiny amount.
senses_topics:
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
biology
botany
natural-sciences
mathematics
sciences
|
4792 | word:
ray
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ray (third-person singular simple present rays, present participle raying, simple past and past participle rayed)
forms:
form:
rays
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
raying
tags:
participle
present
form:
rayed
tags:
participle
past
form:
rayed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
ray
etymology_text:
Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”). Doublet of radius.
senses_examples:
text:
I had no particular woman in my mind; certainly never intended to personify wisdom, philosophy, or any other abstraction; and the orb, raying colour out of whiteness, was altogether a fancy of my own.
ref:
1889, Robert Browning, letter to Dr. Furnivall
type:
quotation
text:
Rats' eyes with ulcus serpens were successfully treated; one second of raying stopped the progress of the ulcer, which healed uninterruptedly.
ref:
1928, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, page 219
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To emit something as if in rays.
To radiate as if in rays.
To expose to radiation.
senses_topics:
|
4793 | word:
ray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ray (plural rays)
forms:
form:
rays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ray
etymology_text:
From Middle English raye, rayȝe, from Old French raie, from Latin raia, of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English reyhhe, reihe, reȝge (“ray, skate”), from Old English reohhe (“ray”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
senses_topics:
|
4794 | word:
ray
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ray (third-person singular simple present rays, present participle raying, simple past and past participle rayed)
forms:
form:
rays
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
raying
tags:
participle
present
form:
rayed
tags:
participle
past
form:
rayed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
ray
etymology_text:
Shortened from array.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To arrange.
To dress, array (someone).
To stain or soil; to defile.
senses_topics:
|
4795 | word:
ray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ray (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
ray
etymology_text:
Shortened from array.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Array; order; arrangement; dress.
senses_topics:
|
4796 | word:
ray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ray (plural rays)
forms:
form:
rays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ray
etymology_text:
From its sound, by analogy with the letters chay, jay, gay, kay, which it resembles graphically.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
senses_topics:
|
4797 | word:
ray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ray (plural rays)
forms:
form:
rays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ray
etymology_text:
Alternative forms.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of re
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music |
4798 | word:
room
word_type:
noun
expansion:
room (countable and uncountable, plural rooms)
forms:
form:
rooms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *rūm
Old English rūm
Middle English roum
English room
From Middle English roum, from Old English rūm (“room, space”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁- (“free space”).
Cognate with Low German Ruum, Dutch ruimte (“space”) and Dutch ruim (“cargo load”), German Raum (“space, interior space”), Danish rum (“space, locality”), Norwegian rom (“space”), Swedish rum (“space, location”), and also with Latin rūs (“country, field, farm”) through Indo-European. More at rural.
It is ostensibly an exception to the Great Vowel Shift, which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation /ɹaʊm/, but /aʊ/ does not occur before noncoronal consonants in Modern English native vocabulary.
senses_examples:
text:
He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.
ref:
2010 August 27, Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian
type:
quotation
text:
If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.
ref:
1614, Thomas Overbury, Characters
type:
quotation
text:
There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.
ref:
2010 September 12, Roger Bootle, The Telegraph
type:
quotation
text:
For this purpose I have shown that no acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.
ref:
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
type:
quotation
text:
A ram was accepted as a vicarious sacrifice in room of the royal victim.
ref:
1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, 2nd edition, volume 2, page 37
type:
quotation
text:
Go to your room!
type:
example
text:
The room was on its feet.
type:
example
text:
He was good at reading rooms.
type:
example
text:
It was fun to watch her work the room.
type:
example
text:
Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.
type:
example
text:
Here in the room we are as one / Together you and me, together you and me / Hours connect / As we switch on
ref:
2000, “My Internet Girl”, performed by Aaron Carter
type:
quotation
text:
Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
ref:
1848, William Tyndale, edited by Henry Walter, Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures
type:
quotation
text:
“I understand you need some furniture and can’t get no credit.” I liked to fell over. He say, “I’ll give you all the credit you want, but you got to pay the interest on it.” I told him, “Give me three rooms worth and charge whatever you want.”
ref:
1985, August Wilson, Fences
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Opportunity or scope (to do something).
Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
A particular portion of space.
Sufficient space for or to do something.
A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
Place; stead.
A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
(One's) bedroom.
A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
The people in a room.
An area for working in a coal mine.
A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
An IRC or chat room.
Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
senses_topics:
nautical
transport
business
mining
caving
hobbies
lifestyle
|
4799 | word:
room
word_type:
verb
expansion:
room (third-person singular simple present rooms, present participle rooming, simple past and past participle roomed)
forms:
form:
rooms
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rooming
tags:
participle
present
form:
roomed
tags:
participle
past
form:
roomed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *rūm
Old English rūm
Middle English roum
English room
From Middle English roum, from Old English rūm (“room, space”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁- (“free space”).
Cognate with Low German Ruum, Dutch ruimte (“space”) and Dutch ruim (“cargo load”), German Raum (“space, interior space”), Danish rum (“space, locality”), Norwegian rom (“space”), Swedish rum (“space, location”), and also with Latin rūs (“country, field, farm”) through Indo-European. More at rural.
It is ostensibly an exception to the Great Vowel Shift, which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation /ɹaʊm/, but /aʊ/ does not occur before noncoronal consonants in Modern English native vocabulary.
senses_examples:
text:
Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
type:
example
text:
But, then, running into the guy who rooms across the hall from me—in the Paris Metro?
ref:
1971 June 13, Paul Goldberger, “On the Champs — Elysees: ‘Hey, Aren't You the Girl Who Sits Across From Me in Abnormal Psych?’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
type:
quotation
text:
[…] convinced (with no scientific evidence) that they would contract the dread disease by breathing the same air in which the patient was roomed, by touching the patient or even by changing the sheets of a patient's bed.
ref:
1988, Arthur Frederick Ide, AIDS hysteria, page 12
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
senses_topics:
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