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word: decline word_type: verb expansion: decline (third-person singular simple present declines, present participle declining, simple past and past participle declined) forms: form: declines tags: present singular third-person form: declining tags: participle present form: ...
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word: partridge word_type: noun expansion: partridge (plural partridges or partridge) forms: form: partridges tags: plural form: partridge tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin ...
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word: thought word_type: noun expansion: thought (countable and uncountable, plural thoughts) forms: form: thoughts tags: plural wikipedia: thought etymology_text: From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *ga...
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word: thought word_type: verb expansion: thought forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht...
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word: marten word_type: noun expansion: marten (plural martens) forms: form: martens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced Old English m...
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word: marten word_type: noun expansion: marten (plural martens) forms: form: martens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Towards the end of the month, swallows and house martens congregate, and are often seen resting on the ridges or sloping roofs of buildings. ...
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word: shape word_type: noun expansion: shape (countable and uncountable, plural shapes) forms: form: shapes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English shap, schape, from Old English ġesceap (“shape, form, created being, creature, creation, dispensation, fate, condition, sex, gend...
8007
word: shape word_type: verb expansion: shape (third-person singular simple present shapes, present participle shaping, simple past shaped or (obsolete) shope, past participle shaped or (archaic) shapen) forms: form: shapes tags: present singular third-person form: shaping tags: par...
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word: journey word_type: noun expansion: journey (plural journeys) forms: form: journeys tags: plural wikipedia: journey etymology_text: From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native...
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word: journey word_type: verb expansion: journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed) forms: form: journeys tags: present singular third-person form: journeying tags: participle present form:...
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word: journey word_type: noun expansion: journey (plural journeys) forms: form: journeys tags: plural wikipedia: journey etymology_text: Reborrowing from French journée (day's activities), originally an unadapted borrowing from French journée, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta. s...
8011
word: nightingale word_type: noun expansion: nightingale (plural nightingales) forms: form: nightingales tags: plural wikipedia: nightingale etymology_text: From Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala,...
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word: nightingale word_type: noun expansion: nightingale (plural nightingales) forms: form: nightingales tags: plural wikipedia: Florence Nightingale nightingale etymology_text: Named after Florence Nightingale. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A kind of flannel scarf with...
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word: jay word_type: noun expansion: jay (plural jays) forms: form: jays tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English jay, from Old French jai ("jay"; Modern French geai), either from Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or from Old French gai (“gay, merry”), so named due to its plumage, from...
8014
word: jay word_type: noun expansion: jay (plural jays) forms: form: jays tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Respelling of the letter jy (which see), by analogy with the following letter kay. senses_examples: text: Although sympathetic, my main reaction was to think: “Some people can h...
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word: swim word_type: verb expansion: swim (third-person singular simple present swims, present participle swimming, simple past swam or (archaic) swum, past participle swum) forms: form: swims tags: present singular third-person form: swimming tags: participle present form: ...
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word: swim word_type: noun expansion: swim (plural swims) forms: form: swims tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (“to swim, float”) (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle geswummen), from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, fr...
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word: swim word_type: noun expansion: swim (plural swims) forms: form: swims tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English swime, sweme, swaime (“a dizziness, swoon, trance”), from Old English swīma (“a swoon, swimming in the head”). Cognate with Swedish svimma (“to swoon, faint”) a...
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word: swim word_type: verb expansion: swim (third-person singular simple present swims, present participle swimming, simple past swam or (archaic) swum, past participle swum) forms: form: swims tags: present singular third-person form: swimming tags: participle present form: ...
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word: swim word_type: noun expansion: swim (plural not attested) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Abbreviation of someone who isn't me. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of someone who isn't me. used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in ...
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word: anchor word_type: noun expansion: anchor (plural anchors) forms: form: anchors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, ancra, from Latin ancora, from (or cognate with) Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). The modern form is a sixteenth-century mo...
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word: anchor word_type: verb expansion: anchor (third-person singular simple present anchors, present participle anchoring, simple past and past participle anchored) forms: form: anchors tags: present singular third-person form: anchoring tags: participle present form: an...
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word: anchor word_type: noun expansion: anchor (plural anchors) forms: form: anchors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Alternative forms. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of anker senses_topics:
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word: between word_type: prep expansion: between forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English betwene, from Old English betwēonum (“between, among”, dative plural, literally “by the two, near both”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *twīhnaz (“two each”), corresponding to be- + t...
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word: between word_type: noun expansion: between (plural betweens) forms: form: betweens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English betwene, from Old English betwēonum (“between, among”, dative plural, literally “by the two, near both”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- ...
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word: evaporate word_type: verb expansion: evaporate (third-person singular simple present evaporates, present participle evaporating, simple past and past participle evaporated) forms: form: evaporates tags: present singular third-person form: evaporating tags: participle pres...
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word: ferret word_type: noun expansion: ferret (plural ferrets) forms: form: ferrets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English furet, ferret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *furittum (“weasel, ferret”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). senses_examples: text: ...
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word: ferret word_type: verb expansion: ferret (third-person singular simple present ferrets, present participle ferreting, simple past and past participle ferreted) forms: form: ferrets tags: present singular third-person form: ferreting tags: participle present form: fe...
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word: ferret word_type: noun expansion: ferret forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian fioretto. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric. senses_topics:
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word: ashes word_type: noun expansion: ashes forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of ash senses_topics:
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word: ashes word_type: verb expansion: ashes forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ash senses_topics:
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word: testicle word_type: noun expansion: testicle (plural testicles) forms: form: testicles tags: plural wikipedia: testicle etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis. senses_examples: text: Despite your jogging and the hairiness of your legs, the shoe of aging is...
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word: cement word_type: noun expansion: cement (countable and uncountable, plural cements) forms: form: cements tags: plural wikipedia: cement etymology_text: From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caed...
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word: cement word_type: verb expansion: cement (third-person singular simple present cements, present participle cementing, simple past and past participle cemented) forms: form: cements tags: present singular third-person form: cementing tags: participle present form: ce...
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word: simple word_type: adj expansion: simple (comparative simpler or more simple, superlative simplest or most simple) forms: form: simpler tags: comparative form: more simple tags: comparative form: simplest tags: superlative form: most simple tags: superlative wi...
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word: simple word_type: noun expansion: simple (plural simples) forms: form: simples tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English symple, simple, from Old French and French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofol...
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word: simple word_type: verb expansion: simple (third-person singular simple present simples, present participle simpling, simple past and past participle simpled) forms: form: simples tags: present singular third-person form: simpling tags: participle present form: simpl...
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word: vole word_type: noun expansion: vole (plural voles) forms: form: voles tags: plural wikipedia: Orkney etymology_text: Borrowed from Norn vollj, from Old Norse vǫllr (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”). The Orkney dialectal term vole mouse, lit. “field mouse”, was introduced to ...
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word: vole word_type: noun expansion: vole (plural voles) forms: form: voles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French vole. senses_examples: text: Ladies, I'll venture for the vole. ref: 1731, Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift type: quotation ...
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word: vole word_type: verb expansion: vole (third-person singular simple present voles, present participle voling, simple past and past participle voled) forms: form: voles tags: present singular third-person form: voling tags: participle present form: voled tags: p...
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word: cushion word_type: noun expansion: cushion (countable and uncountable, plural cushions) forms: form: cushions tags: plural wikipedia: cushion etymology_text: From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from La...
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word: cushion word_type: verb expansion: cushion (third-person singular simple present cushions, present participle cushioning, simple past and past participle cushioned) forms: form: cushions tags: present singular third-person form: cushioning tags: participle present form:...
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word: woodpecker word_type: noun expansion: woodpecker (plural woodpeckers) forms: form: woodpeckers tags: plural wikipedia: woodpecker etymology_text: From wood + pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”)...
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word: tomorrow word_type: adv expansion: tomorrow (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Pro...
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word: tomorrow word_type: noun expansion: tomorrow (countable and uncountable, plural tomorrows) forms: form: tomorrows tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“m...
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word: condense word_type: verb expansion: condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed) forms: form: condenses tags: present singular third-person form: condensing tags: participle present f...
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word: condense word_type: adj expansion: condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense) forms: form: more condense tags: comparative form: most condense tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare. senses_e...
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word: era word_type: noun expansion: era (plural eras) forms: form: eras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Late Latin aera. senses_examples: text: In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific rese...
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word: boat word_type: noun expansion: boat (plural boats) forms: form: boats tags: plural wikipedia: boat etymology_text: From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *baitą (“boat, small ship”), fro...
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word: boat word_type: verb expansion: boat (third-person singular simple present boats, present participle boating, simple past and past participle boated) forms: form: boats tags: present singular third-person form: boating tags: participle present form: boated tags: ...
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word: electric word_type: adj expansion: electric (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: De Magnete Thomas Browne William Gilbert (physician) etymology_text: First appears c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne, from New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”), from ēlectrum (“amber”) + -icus (“adjectiv...
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word: electric word_type: noun expansion: electric (plural electrics) forms: form: electrics tags: plural wikipedia: De Magnete Thomas Browne William Gilbert (physician) etymology_text: First appears c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne, from New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”),...
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word: brake word_type: noun expansion: brake (plural brakes) forms: form: brakes tags: plural wikipedia: brake etymology_text: table Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German brake (“nose ring, curb, flax brake”), which according to Watkins is related to sense 4 and from Pr...
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word: brake word_type: verb expansion: brake (third-person singular simple present brakes, present participle braking, simple past and past participle braked) forms: form: brakes tags: present singular third-person form: braking tags: participle present form: braked tag...
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word: brake word_type: noun expansion: brake (plural brakes) forms: form: brakes tags: plural wikipedia: brake etymology_text: table Apparently a shortened form of bracken. (Compare chick, chicken.) senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A fern; bracken (Pteridium). Any fern i...
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word: brake word_type: noun expansion: brake (plural brakes) forms: form: brakes tags: plural wikipedia: brake etymology_text: table From Old English bracu, first attested in plural form fearnbraca (“thickets of fern”), probably from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”) and influenced by sense 2 (...
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word: brake word_type: noun expansion: brake (plural brakes) forms: form: brakes tags: plural wikipedia: brake etymology_text: table Late Middle English, from Middle Low German brake, Dutch braak, Old Dutch braeke; possibly related to sense 1. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_gloss...
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word: brake word_type: verb expansion: brake (third-person singular simple present brakes, present participle braking, simple past and past participle braked) forms: form: brakes tags: present singular third-person form: braking tags: participle present form: braked tag...
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word: brake word_type: noun expansion: brake (plural brakes) forms: form: brakes tags: plural wikipedia: brake etymology_text: table Uncertain. senses_examples: text: Methods of applying pain were many and ingenious, in particular the ways of twisting, stretching and manipulating the body o...
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word: brake word_type: verb expansion: brake forms: wikipedia: brake etymology_text: table Inflected forms. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of break senses_topics:
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word: cheap word_type: noun expansion: cheap (countable and uncountable, plural cheaps) forms: form: cheaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English cheep, chepe/chepen, chep, cheap/cheapien, chapien, from Old English cēap (“cattle, purchase, sale”), ċēapian (“to barg...
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word: cheap word_type: adj expansion: cheap (comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest) forms: form: cheaper tags: comparative form: cheapest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English cheep, chepe/chepen, chep, cheap/cheapien, chapien, from Old English...
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word: cheap word_type: verb expansion: cheap (third-person singular simple present cheaps, present participle cheaping, simple past and past participle cheaped) forms: form: cheaps tags: present singular third-person form: cheaping tags: participle present form: cheaped ...
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word: cheap word_type: adv expansion: cheap (comparative more cheap, superlative most cheap) forms: form: more cheap tags: comparative form: most cheap tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English cheep, chepe/chepen, chep, cheap/cheapien, chapien, from O...
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word: before word_type: prep expansion: before forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English before/bifore, from Old English beforan, from be- + foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“front”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian befoar (“before...
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word: before word_type: adv expansion: before (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English before/bifore, from Old English beforan, from be- + foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“front”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian...
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word: before word_type: conj expansion: before forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English before/bifore, from Old English beforan, from be- + foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“front”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian befoar (“before...
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word: thing word_type: noun expansion: thing (plural things) forms: form: things tags: plural wikipedia: thing etymology_text: From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Compare West Frisian ding, Low German Ding, Dutch ding, Germa...
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word: thing word_type: verb expansion: thing (third-person singular simple present things, present participle thinging, simple past and past participle thinged) forms: form: things tags: present singular third-person form: thinging tags: participle present form: thinged ...
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word: whooping crane word_type: noun expansion: whooping crane (plural whooping cranes) forms: form: whooping cranes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Grus americana, a species of crane native to North America. senses_topics:
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word: sandhill crane word_type: noun expansion: sandhill crane (plural sandhill cranes) forms: form: sandhill cranes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Compound of sandhill + crane. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A crane native to North America and parts of Siberia (...
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word: ice floe word_type: noun expansion: ice floe (plural ice floes) forms: form: ice floes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From ice + floe. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice. An ice dam (ice jam), a blocka...
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word: street word_type: noun expansion: street (plural streets) forms: form: streets tags: plural wikipedia: Great Vowel Shift street etymology_text: From Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon form strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Lat...
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word: street word_type: noun expansion: forms: wikipedia: Great Vowel Shift street etymology_text: From Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon form strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, pa...
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word: street word_type: verb expansion: forms: wikipedia: Great Vowel Shift street etymology_text: From Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon form strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, pa...
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word: street word_type: adj expansion: forms: wikipedia: Great Vowel Shift street etymology_text: From Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon form strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, pas...
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word: street word_type: adv expansion: forms: wikipedia: Great Vowel Shift street etymology_text: From Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West Saxon form strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, pas...
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word: street word_type: adj expansion: street (comparative more street, superlative most street) forms: form: more street tags: comparative form: most street tags: superlative wikipedia: Great Vowel Shift street etymology_text: From Anglian Old English strēt (“street”) (cognate West ...
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word: street word_type: verb expansion: street (third-person singular simple present streets, present participle streeting, simple past and past participle streeted) forms: form: streets tags: present singular third-person form: streeting tags: participle present form: st...
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word: sublimate word_type: verb expansion: sublimate (third-person singular simple present sublimates, present participle sublimating, simple past and past participle sublimated) forms: form: sublimates tags: present singular third-person form: sublimating tags: participle pres...
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word: sublimate word_type: noun expansion: sublimate (plural sublimates) forms: form: sublimates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English sublymate, from Latin sublīmātus, past participle of sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: bil word_type: num expansion: bil forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of billion. senses_topics:
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word: there word_type: adv expansion: there (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-Europ...
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word: there word_type: intj expansion: there forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“ther...
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word: there word_type: noun expansion: there (plural theres) forms: form: theres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that ...
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word: there word_type: pron expansion: there forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“ther...
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word: there word_type: contraction expansion: there forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r...
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word: there word_type: det expansion: there forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there...
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word: following word_type: adj expansion: following (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: See the following section. type: example text: Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be see...
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word: following word_type: prep expansion: following forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Following the meeting, we all had a chat. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: After, subsequent to. senses_topics:
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word: following word_type: noun expansion: following (plural followings) forms: form: followings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: He had a loyal following. type: example text: And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes aft...
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word: following word_type: verb expansion: following forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of follow senses_topics:
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word: rumor word_type: noun expansion: rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors) forms: form: rumors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roa...
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word: rumor word_type: verb expansion: rumor (third-person singular simple present rumors, present participle rumoring, simple past and past participle rumored) forms: form: rumors tags: present singular third-person form: rumoring tags: participle present form: rumored ...
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word: goddess word_type: noun expansion: goddess (plural goddesses) forms: form: goddesses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced O...
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word: drawer word_type: noun expansion: drawer (plural drawers) forms: form: drawers tags: plural wikipedia: drawer etymology_text: From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century. senses_examples: text: The step-ins are of two sorts; the knick...
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word: drawer word_type: noun expansion: drawer (plural drawers) forms: form: drawers tags: plural wikipedia: drawer etymology_text: table Middle English drawer, from draw + -er (agent noun suffix). Attested from the 14th century. senses_examples: text: Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the ...
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word: sparrow word_type: noun expansion: sparrow (plural sparrows) forms: form: sparrows tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English sparwe, sparowe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”)...
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word: modem word_type: noun expansion: modem (plural modems) forms: form: modems tags: plural wikipedia: modem etymology_text: Clipping of modulator-demodulator senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and ...
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word: modem word_type: verb expansion: modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming or modemming, simple past and past participle modemed or modemmed) forms: form: modems tags: present singular third-person form: modeming tags: participle pres...