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4800 | word:
room
word_type:
adj
expansion:
room (comparative more room, superlative most room)
forms:
form:
more room
tags:
comparative
form:
most room
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English roum, rom, rum, from Old English rūm (“roomy, spacious, ample, extensive, ... |
4801 | word:
room
word_type:
adv
expansion:
room (comparative more room, superlative most room)
forms:
form:
more room
tags:
comparative
form:
most room
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English rome, from Old English rūme (“widely, spaciously, roomily, far and wide, s... |
4802 | word:
room
word_type:
noun
expansion:
room (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of roum (“deep blue dye”)
senses_topics:
|
4803 | word:
beginner
word_type:
noun
expansion:
beginner (plural beginners)
forms:
form:
beginners
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinner (“beginner”), Dutch beginner (“beginner”), Low German begünner (“beginn... |
4804 | word:
banshee
word_type:
noun
expansion:
banshee (plural banshees)
forms:
form:
banshees
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
banshee
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
4805 | word:
cadastre
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cadastre (plural cadastres)
forms:
form:
cadastres
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cadastre
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French cadastre.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and... |
4806 | word:
Yukon Territory
word_type:
name
expansion:
Yukon Territory
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Synonym of Yukon
senses_topics:
|
4807 | word:
very
word_type:
adj
expansion:
very (not generally comparable, comparative verier, superlative veriest)
forms:
form:
verier
tags:
comparative
form:
veriest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
very
etymology_text:
From Middle English verray, from Old French verai (“true”), from Early Med... |
4808 | word:
very
word_type:
adv
expansion:
very (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
very
etymology_text:
From Middle English verray, from Old French verai (“true”), from Early Medieval Latin vērāgus, from Classical Latin vērāx, derived from vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.
Distant... |
4809 | word:
chromosome
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chromosome (plural chromosomes)
forms:
form:
chromosomes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
19th century: from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”) (because they are stained under the micros... |
4810 | word:
amber
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amber (countable and uncountable, plural ambers)
forms:
form:
ambers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
amber
etymology_text:
From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl ... |
4811 | word:
amber
word_type:
adj
expansion:
amber (comparative more amber, superlative most amber)
forms:
form:
more amber
tags:
comparative
form:
most amber
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
amber
etymology_text:
From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْب... |
4812 | word:
amber
word_type:
verb
expansion:
amber (third-person singular simple present ambers, present participle ambering, simple past and past participle ambered)
forms:
form:
ambers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
ambering
tags:
participle
present
form:
ambered
... |
4813 | word:
child
word_type:
noun
expansion:
child (plural children or (dialectal or archaic) childer)
forms:
form:
children
tags:
plural
form:
childer
tags:
archaic
dialectal
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germani... |
4814 | word:
child
word_type:
verb
expansion:
child (third-person singular simple present childs, present participle childing, simple past and past participle childed)
forms:
form:
childs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
childing
tags:
participle
present
form:
childed
... |
4815 | word:
bai
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bai (plural bais)
forms:
form:
bais
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open... |
4816 | word:
bai
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bai (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A people of the Yunnan province of China.
senses_topics:
|
4817 | word:
bai
word_type:
intj
expansion:
bai
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Eye dialect spelling of bye.
senses_topics:
|
4818 | word:
bai
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bai (plural bais)
forms:
form:
bais
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and ... |
4819 | word:
polder
word_type:
noun
expansion:
polder (plural polders)
forms:
form:
polders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.
senses_examples:
text:
The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicola... |
4820 | word:
polder
word_type:
verb
expansion:
polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)
forms:
form:
polders
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
poldering
tags:
participle
present
form:
po... |
4821 | word:
gracias
word_type:
intj
expansion:
gracias
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish gracias (“thank you”).
senses_examples:
text:
Muchos gracias, my friend. —The girls are in the kitchen, Bimbo told Vera.
ref:
1993, Roddy Doyle, The Van, link
type:
quotation
text:
... |
4822 | word:
IMF
word_type:
name
expansion:
IMF
forms:
wikipedia:
en:IMF
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Since 1996 and over six installments, special IMF (The Impossible Missions Force) agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has been spectacularly ‘figuring things right in the face of danger, often without a... |
4823 | word:
who knows
word_type:
phrase
expansion:
who knows?
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows?
text:
Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? – Who knows, you might never marry.
text:
Who knows? Maybe someday he'll... |
4824 | word:
vis comica
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vis comica (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Originating from an inaccurate interpretation of verses attributed to Julius Caesar: “Lenibus atque utinam scriptis adiuncta foret vis, Comica ut aequato virtus polleret honore Cum Graecis …”. An erroneous... |
4825 | word:
Northwest Territories
word_type:
name
expansion:
Northwest Territories
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Yellowknife.
senses_topics:
|
4826 | word:
Desi
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Desi (comparative more Desi, superlative most Desi)
forms:
form:
more Desi
tags:
comparative
form:
most Desi
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Desi
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Hindustani دیسی (desī) / देसी (desī).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
... |
4827 | word:
Desi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Desi (plural Desis)
forms:
form:
Desis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Desi
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Hindustani دیسی (desī) / देसी (desī).
senses_examples:
text:
Desis from the United States have an accent; those from Canada, another.
ref:
2011 August... |
4828 | word:
fellahin
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fellahin
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of fellah
senses_topics:
|
4829 | word:
payment
word_type:
noun
expansion:
payment (countable and uncountable, plural payments)
forms:
form:
payments
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay + -ment.
senses_examples:
text:
In a report published on October 31, Transport Focus said ... |
4830 | word:
benzoline
word_type:
noun
expansion:
benzoline (plural benzolines)
forms:
form:
benzolines
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A benzole.
amarine
senses_topics:
chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sci... |
4831 | word:
de lunatico inquirendo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
de lunatico inquirendo
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin dē lūnāticō inquīrendō.
senses_examples:
text:
But, unless the fact is withheld by the reporters out of delicacy, the ladies who have lectured on Bloomerism are not mad—not, at l... |
4832 | word:
British Columbia
word_type:
name
expansion:
British Columbia
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Province in western Canada which has Victoria as its capital.
senses_topics:
|
4833 | word:
wisdom tooth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wisdom tooth (plural wisdom teeth)
forms:
form:
wisdom teeth
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From wisdom + tooth, calque of Latin dēns sapientiae, which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek σωφρονιστῆρες (sōphronistêres, “prudent or self-contro... |
4834 | word:
cadre
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cadre (plural cadres)
forms:
form:
cadres
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:cadre
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”). The American pronunciations in /eɪ/ may be due ... |
4835 | word:
unvizard
word_type:
verb
expansion:
unvizard (third-person singular simple present unvizards, present participle unvizarding, simple past and past participle unvizarded)
forms:
form:
unvizards
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
unvizarding
tags:
participle
present
... |
4836 | word:
polydactylism
word_type:
noun
expansion:
polydactylism (usually uncountable, plural polydactylisms)
forms:
form:
polydactylisms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”); compare French polydactylisme.
senses_examples:
text... |
4837 | word:
unvisard
word_type:
verb
expansion:
unvisard (third-person singular simple present unvisards, present participle unvisarding, simple past and past participle unvisarded)
forms:
form:
unvisards
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
unvisarding
tags:
participle
present
... |
4838 | word:
gaffer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gaffer (plural gaffers)
forms:
form:
gaffers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From gaff (“hook”) + -er.
* (cinema): The natural lighting on early film sets was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps... |
4839 | word:
gaffer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gaffer (plural gaffers)
forms:
form:
gaffers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Likely a contraction of godfather, but with the vowels influenced by grandfather. Compare French compère, German Gevatter.
senses_examples:
text:
If thou return not, ... |
4840 | word:
minister
word_type:
noun
expansion:
minister (plural ministers)
forms:
form:
ministers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
minister
etymology_text:
From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official... |
4841 | word:
minister
word_type:
verb
expansion:
minister (third-person singular simple present ministers, present participle ministering, simple past and past participle ministered)
forms:
form:
ministers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
ministering
tags:
participle
present
... |
4842 | word:
Victoria
word_type:
name
expansion:
Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)
forms:
form:
Victorias
tags:
plural
form:
Victoriae
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Victoria
en:Queen Victoria
etymology_text:
* From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doubl... |
4843 | word:
Victoria
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Victoria (plural Victorias)
forms:
form:
Victorias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Victoria
en:Queen Victoria
etymology_text:
* From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória.
* feminine of Victor; Victor + -ia
* Named in honour of Queen Vict... |
4844 | word:
cinnamon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cinnamon (countable and uncountable, plural cinnamons)
forms:
form:
cinnamons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cinnamon
etymology_text:
From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōm... |
4845 | word:
cinnamon
word_type:
adj
expansion:
cinnamon (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
cinnamon
etymology_text:
From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), according to Herodotus from Phoenician... |
4846 | word:
pyrargyrite
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pyrargyrite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrargyrites)
forms:
form:
pyrargyrites
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ἄργῠρος (árguros, “silver”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A... |
4847 | word:
jump
word_type:
verb
expansion:
jump (third-person singular simple present jumps, present participle jumping, simple past and past participle jumped)
forms:
form:
jumps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
jumping
tags:
participle
present
form:
jumped
tags:
... |
4848 | word:
jump
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jump (plural jumps)
forms:
form:
jumps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Brill Publishers
hydraulic jump
jump cut
jump discontinuity
jump instruction
etymology_text:
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or Nort... |
4849 | word:
jump
word_type:
adv
expansion:
jump (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Brill Publishers
etymology_text:
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, jump”), an iterat... |
4850 | word:
jump
word_type:
adj
expansion:
jump (comparative more jump, superlative most jump)
forms:
form:
more jump
tags:
comparative
form:
most jump
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Brill Publishers
etymology_text:
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle ... |
4851 | word:
jump
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jump (plural jumps)
forms:
form:
jumps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Compare French jupe (“a long petticoat, a skirt”) and English jupon.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A kind of loose jacket for men.
senses_topics:
|
4852 | word:
polydactyly
word_type:
noun
expansion:
polydactyly (plural polydactylies)
forms:
form:
polydactylies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek πολυδάκτυλος (poludáktulos) + -y, from πολυ- (polu-, “many”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “fingers, toes”), equivalent to poly- + dactyly ... |
4853 | word:
mariposa
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mariposa (plural mariposas)
forms:
form:
mariposas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish mariposa (“butterfly”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A mariposa lily (Calochortus spp.).
senses_topics:
|
4854 | word:
del
word_type:
noun
expansion:
del (plural dels)
forms:
form:
dels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
the symbol ∂, in the cont... |
4855 | word:
del
word_type:
noun
expansion:
del (plural dels)
forms:
form:
dels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See deal
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
a part, portion
senses_topics:
|
4856 | word:
del
word_type:
noun
expansion:
del
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortening
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of delegate.
Abbreviation of delegation.
senses_topics:
|
4857 | word:
del
word_type:
verb
expansion:
del
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortening
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of delete.
senses_topics:
|
4858 | word:
del
word_type:
verb
expansion:
del
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Abbreviation of Latin delineavit
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natur... |
4859 | word:
Uttaranchal
word_type:
name
expansion:
Uttaranchal
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Transliteration of Hindi उत्तराञ्चल (uttarāñcal).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Former name of Uttarakhand (“state in northern India”) from 2000 to 2007.
senses_topics:
|
4860 | word:
Prince Edward Island
word_type:
name
expansion:
Prince Edward Island
forms:
wikipedia:
George III
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Queen Victoria
etymology_text:
Named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820), the son of King George III and father of Queen Victoria.
se... |
4861 | word:
Manitoba
word_type:
name
expansion:
Manitoba
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ojibwe ᒪᓂᑐᐸᐦ or Cree ᒪᓂᑐᐘᐳᐤ (manitowapow, “spirit strait”), referring to the Narrows of Lake Manitoba. Compare English manitou, Ojibwe manidoo.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province in West... |
4862 | word:
Nunavut
word_type:
name
expansion:
Nunavut
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”)/ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot). Compare Greenlandic nunarput (“our country, Greenland”).
senses_examples:
text:
All of the houses in Nunavut must be built on stilts because the permafrost makes it im... |
4863 | word:
Orissa
word_type:
name
expansion:
Orissa
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Former name of Odisha (“state in eastern India”).
senses_topics:
|
4864 | word:
grafter
word_type:
noun
expansion:
grafter (plural grafters)
forms:
form:
grafters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From graft + -er.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting.
An instru... |
4865 | word:
grafter
word_type:
noun
expansion:
grafter (plural grafters)
forms:
form:
grafters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From graft + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
If the people are corrupt; if everybody is a grafter, as our pessimistic friends would have us believe, Roosevelt would b... |
4866 | word:
gaffe
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gaffe (plural gaffes)
forms:
form:
gaffes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.
senses_examples:
text:
make a gaffe
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A foolish and embarrassing e... |
4867 | word:
gray
word_type:
adj
expansion:
gray (comparative grayer or more gray, superlative grayest or most gray)
forms:
form:
grayer
tags:
comparative
form:
more gray
tags:
comparative
form:
grayest
tags:
superlative
form:
most gray
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
gray
... |
4868 | word:
gray
word_type:
verb
expansion:
gray (third-person singular simple present grays, present participle graying, simple past and past participle grayed)
forms:
form:
grays
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
graying
tags:
participle
present
form:
grayed
tags:
... |
4869 | word:
gray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gray (plural grays)
forms:
form:
grays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
gray
etymology_text:
From Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”).
See also ... |
4870 | word:
gray
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gray (plural grays)
forms:
form:
grays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
gray
etymology_text:
Named after English physicist Louis Harold Gray (1905–1965).
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: rad
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
In the International System... |
4871 | word:
salmon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
salmon (countable and uncountable, plural salmon or salmons)
forms:
form:
salmon
tags:
plural
form:
salmons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
salmon
etymology_text:
From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon... |
4872 | word:
salmon
word_type:
adj
expansion:
salmon (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
salmon
etymology_text:
From Middle English samoun, samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”). The unpronounc... |
4873 | word:
salmon
word_type:
verb
expansion:
salmon (third-person singular simple present salmons, present participle salmoning, simple past and past participle salmoned)
forms:
form:
salmons
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
salmoning
tags:
participle
present
form:
sa... |
4874 | word:
dub
word_type:
verb
expansion:
dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
dubbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
dubbed
tags:
p... |
4875 | word:
dub
word_type:
verb
expansion:
dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
dubbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
dubbed
tags:
p... |
4876 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
1505-1515
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A blow, thrust, or poke.
A poorly executed shot.
senses_topics:
golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports |
4877 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
1885-90. Imitative; see also flub, flubdub.
senses_examples:
text:
As I came over the hill, I saw Ernest Plinlimmon and his partner, in whom I recognized a prominent local dub... |
4878 | word:
dub
word_type:
verb
expansion:
dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
dubbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
dubbed
tags:
p... |
4879 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (countable and uncountable, plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
From a shortening of the word double.
senses_examples:
text:
It’s also burnished by intriguing sense of vaguely dub-influenced space. At one point,... |
4880 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
From Celtic; compare Irish dobhar (“water”), Welsh dŵr (“water”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A pool or puddle.
senses_topics:
|
4881 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
From shortening of double dime (“twenty”).
senses_examples:
text:
When I pull up out front, you see the Benz on dubs.
ref:
2003 January 7, “In da Club” (track 5), in Ge... |
4882 | word:
dub
word_type:
verb
expansion:
dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
dubbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
dubbed
tags:
p... |
4883 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
From dup (“to open”), from do + up, from Middle English don up (“to open”).
senses_examples:
text:
[…]going upon the dobbin, is a woman dressed like a servant maid, no hat no... |
4884 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
World Wide Web or WWW
Pronouncing this "dub dub dub" (with no rub-a) will definitely establish you as an insider.
ref:
1997, Nelson Howell, The C... |
4885 | word:
dub
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dub (plural dubs)
forms:
form:
dubs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dub
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A small copper coin once used in India.
senses_topics:
|
4886 | word:
left
word_type:
adj
expansion:
left (comparative more left or lefter, superlative most left or leftmost)
forms:
form:
more left
tags:
comparative
form:
lefter
tags:
comparative
form:
most left
tags:
superlative
form:
leftmost
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Lef... |
4887 | word:
left
word_type:
adv
expansion:
left (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Left
etymology_text:
From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (“to cast... |
4888 | word:
left
word_type:
noun
expansion:
left (plural lefts)
forms:
form:
lefts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Left
etymology_text:
From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germa... |
4889 | word:
left
word_type:
verb
expansion:
left
forms:
wikipedia:
Left
etymology_text:
From Middle English left, variant of laft (“remaining, left”), from Old English lǣfd, ġelǣfd, past participle of lǣfan (“to leave”). More at leave.
senses_examples:
text:
There's not much food left.
type:
example
... |
4890 | word:
left
word_type:
verb
expansion:
left
forms:
wikipedia:
Left
etymology_text:
From Middle English levit, ilevet, y-levyd, from Old English ġelȳfd, ġelȳfed, past participle of Old English ġelȳfan, lȳfan (“to allow, permit”), equivalent to leave (“to give leave to, allow, grant, permit”) + -ed.
senses_exam... |
4891 | word:
New Brunswick
word_type:
name
expansion:
New Brunswick
forms:
wikipedia:
New Brunswick
en:George III of the United Kingdom
etymology_text:
From new + Brunswick (“Braunschweig”), after the German duchy, the ancestral home of George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820).
senses_examples:
text:
Ho... |
4892 | word:
Amazonas
word_type:
name
expansion:
Amazonas
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Portuguese Amazonas and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus
A department of Colombi... |
4893 | word:
handful
word_type:
noun
expansion:
handful (plural handfuls or handsful)
forms:
form:
handfuls
tags:
plural
form:
handsful
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English handful, hondful, from Old English handfull (“handful”), from Proto-Germanic *handufullō, *handu... |
4894 | word:
hammerhead
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hammerhead (plural hammerheads)
forms:
form:
hammerheads
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From hammer + head.
senses_examples:
text:
[The butler] joined us with a telegram for Bobbie on a salver. From her mother, I presumed, calling me... |
4895 | word:
Pondicherry
word_type:
name
expansion:
Pondicherry
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Tamil பாண்டிச்சேரி (pāṇṭiccēri, literally “pandi town”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Former name of Puducherry, a union territory in southern India.
Former name of Puduche... |
4896 | word:
Himachal Pradesh
word_type:
name
expansion:
Himachal Pradesh
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Transliteration of Hindi हिमाचल प्रदेश (himācal pradeś).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A state in northern India. Capital: Shimla.
senses_topics:
|
4897 | word:
fellah
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fellah (plural fellahs or fellahin or fellaheen)
forms:
form:
fellahs
tags:
plural
form:
fellahin
tags:
plural
form:
fellaheen
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚ... |
4898 | word:
fellah
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fellah (plural fellahs)
forms:
form:
fellahs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Representing an eye dialect pronunciation of fellow.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of fella
senses_topics:
|
4899 | word:
Uttar Pradesh
word_type:
name
expansion:
Uttar Pradesh
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Transliteration of Hindi उत्तर प्रदेश (uttar pradeś).
senses_examples:
text:
In the state of Uttar Pradesh, Hindu extremists have battled Muslims for control of the Babri Mosque, leading directly and indirec... |
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