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word: congregation word_type: noun expansion: congregation (countable and uncountable, plural congregations) forms: form: congregations tags: plural wikipedia: New Testament William Tyndale etymology_text: From Middle English congregacioun, from Old French congregacion, from Latin congregātiō, i...
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word: cable word_type: noun expansion: cable (plural cables) forms: form: cables tags: plural wikipedia: cable etymology_text: Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of...
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word: cable word_type: verb expansion: cable (third-person singular simple present cables, present participle cabling, simple past and past participle cabled) forms: form: cables tags: present singular third-person form: cabling tags: participle present form: cabled tag...
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word: strewed word_type: verb expansion: strewed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of strew past participle of strew senses_topics:
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word: let word_type: verb expansion: let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past let or (obsolete) leet, past participle let or (obsolete) letten) forms: form: lets tags: present singular third-person form: letting tags: participle pr...
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word: let word_type: noun expansion: let (plural lets) forms: form: lets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave be...
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word: let word_type: verb expansion: let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past letted, past participle let) forms: form: lets tags: present singular third-person form: letting tags: participle present form: letted tags: ...
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word: let word_type: noun expansion: let (plural lets) forms: form: lets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic...
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word: ye word_type: pron expansion: ye (personal pronoun) forms: wikipedia: ye etymology_text: From Middle English ye, ȝe, from Old English ġē (“ye”), the nominative case of the second-person plural personal pronoun, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, a North-West variant of Proto-Germa...
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word: ye word_type: article expansion: ye forms: wikipedia: ye etymology_text: From Middle English þe. Early press typographies lacked the letter þ (“thorn”), for which the letter y was substituted due to their resemblance in blackletter hand (etymological y was for a while distinguished by a dot, ẏ). Short ...
7010
word: ye word_type: intj expansion: ye forms: wikipedia: ye etymology_text: Shortened from yes or yeah. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Yes, yeah. senses_topics:
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word: ye word_type: noun expansion: ye (plural yes) forms: form: yes tags: plural wikipedia: Ye (Cyrillic) ye etymology_text: From Russian е (je). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Cyrillic letter Е, е, featured in various Slavic and Turkic languages. senses_topics:
7012
word: stridden word_type: verb expansion: stridden forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: past participle of stride senses_topics:
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word: shat word_type: verb expansion: shat forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: A late innovation, apparently by analogy with sit → sat; spit → spat, etc. First recorded in the eighteenth century. Compare Old English sċāt. senses_examples: text: Hey Schlossie [=Jeremy Schloss], I just shat in your shoe. ...
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word: shat word_type: noun expansion: shat (plural shats) forms: form: shats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ); see chott; for the spelling, compare Shatt al-Arab. senses_examples: text: All this region round the shats has been called the “Jerid” from the time ...
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word: shat word_type: noun expansion: shat (plural shats) forms: form: shats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Sometimes said to be a shortening of an obsolete word (*)shattle (“needle”), but more likely a shortening of the synonymous (pine) shatter. senses_examples: text: Dryden used...
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word: emulate word_type: verb expansion: emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated) forms: form: emulates tags: present singular third-person form: emulating tags: participle present form: ...
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word: emulate word_type: adj expansion: emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate) forms: form: more emulate tags: comparative form: most emulate tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”). senses_examples: senses_categorie...
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word: ominous word_type: adj expansion: ominous (comparative more ominous, superlative most ominous) forms: form: more ominous tags: comparative form: most ominous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin ōminōsus (“full of foreboding”), from ōmen (“forbidden fruit, ome...
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word: strode word_type: verb expansion: strode forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: an impeccably poised young woman who had strode out in an evening gown ref: 2011 The Economist "Obituary: Whitney Houston" 18 February 2012 senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past...
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word: capitalism word_type: noun expansion: capitalism (countable and uncountable, plural capitalisms) forms: form: capitalisms tags: plural wikipedia: capitalism etymology_text: Borrowed from French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”); equivalent to capital + -ism. Derived from Proto...
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word: spoon-fed word_type: verb expansion: spoon-fed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of spoon-feed senses_topics:
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word: spoon-fed word_type: adj expansion: spoon-fed (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pampered, as a baby too young to feed themselves. So simplified that one might expect a baby to understand it. senses_topics:
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word: mistake word_type: verb expansion: mistake (third-person singular simple present mistakes, present participle mistaking, simple past mistook, past participle mistaken) forms: form: mistakes tags: present singular third-person form: mistaking tags: participle present for...
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word: mistake word_type: noun expansion: mistake (plural mistakes) forms: form: mistakes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedis...
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word: strove word_type: verb expansion: strove forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: They have not been content with the Simplicity of the Goſpel, which is a plain Rule of living wel, but have ſtrove to out-wit one another in finding out hidden Miſterys;[…] ref: 1687, Andrew...
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word: spun word_type: verb expansion: spun forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of spin senses_topics:
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word: shirt word_type: noun expansion: shirt (plural shirts) forms: form: shirts tags: plural wikipedia: shirt etymology_text: From Middle English sherte, shurte, schirte, from Old English sċyrte (“a short garment; skirt; kirtle”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ ...
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word: shirt word_type: verb expansion: shirt (third-person singular simple present shirts, present participle shirting, simple past and past participle shirted) forms: form: shirts tags: present singular third-person form: shirting tags: participle present form: shirted ...
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word: strived word_type: verb expansion: strived forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of strive senses_topics:
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word: striven word_type: verb expansion: striven forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: past participle of strive senses_topics:
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word: increment word_type: noun expansion: increment (plural increments) forms: form: increments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English encrement, increment, from Latin incrēmentum, from incrēscō (whence increase), from in- + crēscō (“grow”). Equivalent to increase + -ment. s...
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word: increment word_type: verb expansion: increment (third-person singular simple present increments, present participle incrementing, simple past and past participle incremented) forms: form: increments tags: present singular third-person form: incrementing tags: participle p...
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word: struck word_type: verb expansion: struck forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of strike senses_topics:
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word: anachronistic word_type: adj expansion: anachronistic (comparative more anachronistic, superlative most anachronistic) forms: form: more anachronistic tags: comparative form: most anachronistic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From anachronism + -ic. senses_examples:...
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word: sent word_type: verb expansion: sent forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From send + -t. See send. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of send senses_topics:
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word: sent word_type: noun expansion: sent (plural senti) forms: form: senti tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Estonian sent. Doublet of cent. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon. senses_topics:
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word: sent word_type: noun expansion: sent (countable and uncountable, plural sents) forms: form: sents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: See scent. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of scent. senses_topics:
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word: pigeon word_type: noun expansion: pigeon (countable and uncountable, plural pigeons) forms: form: pigeons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), derived from Latin p...
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word: pigeon word_type: verb expansion: pigeon (third-person singular simple present pigeons, present participle pigeoning, simple past and past participle pigeoned) forms: form: pigeons tags: present singular third-person form: pigeoning tags: participle present form: pi...
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word: pigeon word_type: noun expansion: pigeon (countable and uncountable, plural pigeons) forms: form: pigeons tags: plural wikipedia: Far East etymology_text: From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. See pidgin. senses_exa...
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word: quit word_type: adj expansion: quit (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to qu...
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word: quit word_type: verb expansion: quit (third-person singular simple present quits, present participle quitting, simple past and past participle quit or quitted) forms: form: quits tags: present singular third-person form: quitting tags: participle present form: quit ...
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word: quit word_type: noun expansion: quit (plural quits) forms: form: quits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Probably of imitative origin. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America. senses_topics:
7044
word: swelled word_type: verb expansion: swelled forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of swell senses_topics:
7045
word: swam word_type: verb expansion: swam forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of swim senses_topics:
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word: spurious word_type: adj expansion: spurious (comparative more spurious, superlative most spurious) forms: form: more spurious tags: comparative form: most spurious tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly...
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word: sped word_type: verb expansion: sped forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of speed senses_topics:
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word: sped word_type: noun expansion: sped (plural speds) forms: form: speds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From SPED. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A special education student. senses_topics:
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word: swung word_type: verb expansion: swung forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of swing senses_topics:
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word: bra word_type: noun expansion: bra (plural bras) forms: form: bras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”...
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word: bra word_type: noun expansion: bra (plural bras) forms: form: bras tags: plural wikipedia: Bra-ket notation Paul Dirac etymology_text: From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One of the two vectors in...
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word: bra word_type: noun expansion: bra (plural bras) forms: form: bras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”). senses_examples: text: Take it easy, bra! type: example text: “Famalam, I ain't even gon lie to ya man, I a...
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word: swum word_type: verb expansion: swum forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: past participle of swim simple past of swim senses_topics:
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word: strung word_type: verb expansion: strung forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of string senses_topics:
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word: swore word_type: verb expansion: swore forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: "[…]I have 'swore off' smoking. But you shall have your pipe (the old tobacco) or cigars among the books. It will be quite a delight." ref: 1990 [1875], R. H. Super, quoting Anthony Trollope, ...
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word: lean word_type: verb expansion: lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned or (UK) leant) forms: form: leans tags: present singular third-person form: leaning tags: participle present form: le...
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word: lean word_type: noun expansion: lean (plural leans) forms: form: leans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to ...
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word: lean word_type: adj expansion: lean (comparative leaner, superlative leanest) forms: form: leaner tags: comparative form: leanest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perh...
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word: lean word_type: noun expansion: lean (countable and uncountable, plural leans) forms: form: leans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hlǣnan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger...
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word: lean word_type: verb expansion: lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned) forms: form: leans tags: present singular third-person form: leaning tags: participle present form: leaned tags: ...
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word: lean word_type: verb expansion: lean (third-person singular simple present leans, present participle leaning, simple past and past participle leaned) forms: form: leans tags: present singular third-person form: leaning tags: participle present form: leaned tags: ...
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word: lean word_type: noun expansion: lean (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Probably from the verb to lean (see etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to "lean". Alternatively, possibly short for gasoline (“an alcoholic beverage made of vodk...
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word: hair word_type: noun expansion: hair (countable and uncountable, plural hairs) forms: form: hairs tags: plural wikipedia: hair etymology_text: From Middle English her, heer, hær, from Old English hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with Saterland F...
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word: hair word_type: verb expansion: hair (third-person singular simple present hairs, present participle hairing, simple past and past participle haired) forms: form: hairs tags: present singular third-person form: hairing tags: participle present form: haired tags: ...
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word: taught word_type: verb expansion: taught forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of teach senses_topics:
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word: weather word_type: noun expansion: weather (countable and uncountable, plural weathers) forms: form: weathers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-Europea...
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word: weather word_type: adj expansion: weather (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate...
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word: weather word_type: verb expansion: weather (third-person singular simple present weathers, present participle weathering, simple past and past participle weathered) forms: form: weathers tags: present singular third-person form: weathering tags: participle present form:...
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word: sprung word_type: verb expansion: sprung forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of spring senses_topics:
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word: sprung word_type: adj expansion: sprung (comparative more sprung, superlative most sprung) forms: form: more sprung tags: comparative form: most sprung tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Near-synonym: spring-loaded text: a sprung mat...
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word: sprang word_type: verb expansion: sprang forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of spring senses_topics:
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word: took word_type: verb expansion: took forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Linda: It was being there — if you could have took the work home I would have been alright, but being there, people watching over you, you know, you couldn't do anything wrong. ref: 2012 Novembe...
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word: spoon-feed word_type: verb expansion: spoon-feed (third-person singular simple present spoon-feeds, present participle spoon-feeding, simple past and past participle spoon-fed) forms: form: spoon-feeds tags: present singular third-person form: spoon-feeding tags: participle ...
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word: spent word_type: adj expansion: spent (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: a spent cartridge type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned. Of legi...
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word: spent word_type: verb expansion: spent forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of spend senses_topics:
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word: repeal word_type: verb expansion: repeal (third-person singular simple present repeals, present participle repealing, simple past and past participle repealed) forms: form: repeals tags: present singular third-person form: repealing tags: participle present form: re...
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word: repeal word_type: noun expansion: repeal (countable and uncountable, plural repeals) forms: form: repeals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), fr...
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word: brief word_type: adj expansion: brief (comparative briefer or more brief, superlative briefest or most brief) forms: form: briefer tags: comparative form: more brief tags: comparative form: briefest tags: superlative form: most brief tags: superlative wikipedi...
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word: brief word_type: noun expansion: brief (plural briefs) forms: form: briefs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Doublet of merry. senses_e...
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word: brief word_type: verb expansion: brief (third-person singular simple present briefs, present participle briefing, simple past and past participle briefed) forms: form: briefs tags: present singular third-person form: briefing tags: participle present form: briefed ...
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word: brief word_type: adv expansion: brief (comparative more brief, superlative most brief) forms: form: more brief tags: comparative form: most brief tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (...
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word: actor word_type: noun expansion: actor (plural actors, female actress, or (nonstandard) actoress) forms: form: actors tags: plural form: actress tags: feminine form: actoress tags: nonstandard wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English actour, from Angl...
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word: substance word_type: noun expansion: substance (countable and uncountable, plural substances) forms: form: substances tags: plural wikipedia: substance etymology_text: From Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, prese...
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word: substance word_type: verb expansion: substance (third-person singular simple present substances, present participle substancing, simple past and past participle substanced) forms: form: substances tags: present singular third-person form: substancing tags: participle pres...
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word: denigrate word_type: verb expansion: denigrate (third-person singular simple present denigrates, present participle denigrating, simple past and past participle denigrated) forms: form: denigrates tags: present singular third-person form: denigrating tags: participle pres...
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word: threw word_type: verb expansion: threw forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēaw (first and third person past tense of þrāwan), from West Germanic *þreu, from Northwest Germanic *þrerō, from Proto-Germanic *þeþrō (first and third person past tense of *þrēaną),...
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word: underlain word_type: verb expansion: underlain forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Phylles was still smirking at him, but there was a degree of uncertainty behind her expression, that had perhaps underlain her earlier hostility as well. ref: 2011, Adrian Tchaikovsky, ...
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word: sentence word_type: noun expansion: sentence (plural sentences) forms: form: sentences tags: plural wikipedia: sentence etymology_text: Borrowing from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“to feel, ...
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word: sentence word_type: verb expansion: sentence (third-person singular simple present sentences, present participle sentencing, simple past and past participle sentenced) forms: form: sentences tags: present singular third-person form: sentencing tags: participle present f...
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word: said word_type: verb expansion: said forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple...
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word: said word_type: adj expansion: said (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed. senses_examples: text: The said party ha...
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word: said word_type: det expansion: said forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed. senses_examples: text: Said party has denied the charges....
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word: undertook word_type: verb expansion: undertook forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of undertake senses_topics:
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word: underwrote word_type: verb expansion: underwrote forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of underwrite senses_topics:
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word: swept word_type: adj expansion: swept (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Having survived the seemingly-random attacks through the day, and now under the cover of night, the Germans seem to have a clear run to safety. However, back when the route became cle...
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word: swept word_type: verb expansion: swept forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of sweep senses_topics:
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word: blow word_type: verb expansion: blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown) forms: form: blows tags: present singular third-person form: blowing tags: participle present form: blew tags: ...
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word: blow word_type: noun expansion: blow (countable and uncountable, plural blows) forms: form: blows tags: plural wikipedia: Blow etymology_text: From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēan...
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word: blow word_type: intj expansion: blow forms: wikipedia: Blow etymology_text: From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to ...