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word: cuckoo word_type: adj expansion: cuckoo (comparative more cuckoo, superlative most cuckoo) forms: form: more cuckoo tags: comparative form: most cuckoo tags: superlative wikipedia: cuckoo etymology_text: From Middle English cokkou, probably from Old French cucu (whence French cou...
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word: longsword word_type: noun expansion: longsword (plural longswords) forms: form: longswords tags: plural wikipedia: longsword etymology_text: From long + sword. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any type of sword that is comparatively long; depending on context, applie...
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word: countess word_type: noun expansion: countess (plural countesses) forms: form: countesses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitessa; equivalent to count + -ess. Doublet of contessa. senses_examples: text: Elizabeth Mi...
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word: rim word_type: noun expansion: rim (plural rims) forms: form: rims tags: plural wikipedia: rim etymology_text: From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *re...
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word: rim word_type: verb expansion: rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed) forms: form: rims tags: present singular third-person form: rimming tags: participle present form: rimmed tags: p...
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word: rim word_type: verb expansion: rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed) forms: form: rims tags: present singular third-person form: rimming tags: participle present form: rimmed tags: p...
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word: rim word_type: noun expansion: rim (plural rims) forms: form: rims tags: plural wikipedia: rim etymology_text: From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō. senses_examples: text: Moy shall not serve; I will h...
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word: rim word_type: noun expansion: rim (plural rims) forms: form: rims tags: plural wikipedia: rim etymology_text: Unknown. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A step of a ladder; a rung. senses_topics:
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word: rain word_type: noun expansion: rain (usually uncountable, plural rains) forms: form: rains tags: plural wikipedia: pre-Germanic etymology_text: From Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną (compare West Frisian rein, Dutch...
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word: rain word_type: verb expansion: rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained) forms: form: rains tags: present singular third-person form: raining tags: participle present form: rained tags: ...
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word: rain word_type: verb expansion: rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained) forms: form: rains tags: present singular third-person form: raining tags: participle present form: rained tags: ...
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word: bible word_type: noun expansion: bible (plural bibles) forms: form: bibles tags: plural wikipedia: bible etymology_text: From Middle English bible, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (b...
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word: nit word_type: noun expansion: nit (plural nits) forms: form: nits tags: plural wikipedia: Head_louse#Eggs/Nits etymology_text: From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (com...
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word: nit word_type: verb expansion: nit (third-person singular simple present nits, present participle nitting, simple past and past participle nitted) forms: form: nits tags: present singular third-person form: nitting tags: participle present form: nitted tags: p...
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word: nit word_type: noun expansion: nit (plural nits) forms: form: nits tags: plural wikipedia: Head_louse#Eggs/Nits etymology_text: From Latin nitēre (“to shine”). senses_examples: text: This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits. type: example senses_categories:...
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word: nit word_type: noun expansion: nit (plural nits) forms: form: nits tags: plural wikipedia: Head_louse#Eggs/Nits etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”) senses_topics:
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word: nit word_type: noun expansion: nit (plural nits) forms: form: nits tags: plural wikipedia: Head_louse#Eggs/Nits etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style. senses_topics: card-games poker
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word: laser word_type: noun expansion: laser (countable and uncountable, plural lasers) forms: form: lasers tags: plural wikipedia: laser etymology_text: From LASER, acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Coined by American physicist Gordon Gould in 1957. Originally ca...
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word: laser word_type: verb expansion: laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered) forms: form: lasers tags: present singular third-person form: lasering tags: participle present form: lasered ...
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word: laser word_type: noun expansion: laser (plural lasers) forms: form: lasers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin laser. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants. Such a plant. senses_topics:
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word: ice word_type: noun expansion: ice (usually uncountable, plural ices) forms: form: ices tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”)...
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word: ice word_type: verb expansion: ice (third-person singular simple present ices, present participle icing, simple past and past participle iced) forms: form: ices tags: present singular third-person form: icing tags: participle present form: iced tags: participl...
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word: living word_type: verb expansion: living forms: wikipedia: living etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of live senses_topics:
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word: living word_type: adj expansion: living (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: living etymology_text: senses_examples: text: a living, breathing child type: example text: Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living. type: example text: Hunanese is a living l...
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word: living word_type: noun expansion: living (countable and uncountable, plural livings) forms: form: livings tags: plural wikipedia: living etymology_text: senses_examples: text: it's a living type: example text: What do you do for a living? type: example text: C...
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word: blanket word_type: noun expansion: blanket (plural blankets) forms: form: blankets tags: plural wikipedia: Blanket (disambiguation) blanket etymology_text: From Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket, from Old Northern French blanket, blancet (“white horse", also "white woollen cloth or...
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word: blanket word_type: adj expansion: blanket (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Blanket (disambiguation) blanket etymology_text: From Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket, from Old Northern French blanket, blancet (“white horse", also "white woollen cloth or flannel; a type of jacket”, literally “t...
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word: blanket word_type: verb expansion: blanket (third-person singular simple present blankets, present participle blanketing or blanketting, simple past and past participle blanketed or blanketted) forms: form: blankets tags: present singular third-person form: blanketing tags: p...
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word: cute word_type: adj expansion: cute (comparative cuter, superlative cutest) forms: form: cuter tags: comparative form: cutest tags: superlative wikipedia: Cuteness etymology_text: Aphetic form of acute, originally “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd” (1731). Meaning transfer...
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word: decrease word_type: verb expansion: decrease (third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased) forms: form: decreases tags: present singular third-person form: decreasing tags: participle present f...
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word: decrease word_type: noun expansion: decrease (countable and uncountable, plural decreases) forms: form: decreases tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decresce...
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word: generalissimo word_type: noun expansion: generalissimo (plural generalissimos or generalissimi) forms: form: generalissimos tags: plural form: generalissimi tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian generalissimo, superlative of generale. senses_examples: t...
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word: peacock word_type: noun expansion: peacock (plural peacocks) forms: form: peacocks tags: plural wikipedia: peacock etymology_text: From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, equivalent to pea (“peafowl; peacock”) + cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “pea-fowl”), and En...
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word: peacock word_type: verb expansion: peacock (third-person singular simple present peacocks, present participle peacocking, simple past and past participle peacocked) forms: form: peacocks tags: present singular third-person form: peacocking tags: participle present form:...
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word: somebody word_type: pron expansion: somebody forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From some + body. senses_examples: text: Somebody has to clean this mess up. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Some unspecified person. senses_topics:
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word: somebody word_type: noun expansion: somebody (plural somebodys or somebodies) forms: form: somebodys tags: plural form: somebodies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From some + body. senses_examples: text: So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys ...
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word: bottle word_type: noun expansion: bottle (plural bottles) forms: form: bottles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija. Displaced nati...
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word: bottle word_type: verb expansion: bottle (third-person singular simple present bottles, present participle bottling, simple past and past participle bottled) forms: form: bottles tags: present singular third-person form: bottling tags: participle present form: bottl...
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word: bottle word_type: noun expansion: bottle (plural bottles) forms: form: bottles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bottle, botel, buttle, from Old English botl (“building, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōþl, from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dw...
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word: bottle word_type: noun expansion: bottle (plural bottles) forms: form: bottles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English botel (“bundle (of hay)”), from Old French botel, ultimately related to modern French botte (“bundle”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glo...
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word: earl word_type: noun expansion: earl (plural earls) forms: form: earls tags: plural wikipedia: earl etymology_text: From Middle English erl, erle, from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Saxon erl, Old Norse jarl), from Proto-Germanic *er...
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word: -sama word_type: suffix expansion: -sama forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Japanese さま (sama). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Appended to a person's name or nickname to convey honour and respect. senses_topics:
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word: augment word_type: verb expansion: augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented) forms: form: augments tags: present singular third-person form: augmenting tags: participle present form:...
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word: augment word_type: noun expansion: augment (plural augments) forms: form: augments tags: plural wikipedia: augment etymology_text: From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an inc...
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word: guts word_type: noun expansion: guts forms: wikipedia: guts etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of gut senses_topics:
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word: guts word_type: noun expansion: guts pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: guts etymology_text: senses_examples: text: It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience. type: example text: She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts. type: example te...
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word: guts word_type: verb expansion: guts forms: wikipedia: guts etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gut senses_topics:
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word: guts word_type: verb expansion: guts (third-person singular simple present gutses, present participle gutsing, simple past and past participle gutsed) forms: form: gutses tags: present singular third-person form: gutsing tags: participle present form: gutsed tags:...
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word: -kun word_type: suffix expansion: -kun forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Japanese くん (kun). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Appended to a young man's name or nickname to indicate familiarity. senses_topics:
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word: commander in chief word_type: noun expansion: commander in chief (plural commanders in chief) forms: form: commanders in chief tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: For, [Scipio] being Commaunder in chiefe, ouer an Armie; (Latin original: praeesse autem suo n...
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word: vulture word_type: noun expansion: vulture (plural vultures) forms: form: vultures tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. senses_examples: text: Within ten minutes of t...
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word: vulture word_type: verb expansion: vulture (third-person singular simple present vultures, present participle vulturing, simple past and past participle vultured) forms: form: vultures tags: present singular third-person form: vulturing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: vulture word_type: adj expansion: vulture forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ravenous; rapacious senses_topics:
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word: Oceania word_type: name expansion: Oceania forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From French Océanie, coined circa 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, from the Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A geographical region or continent composed ...
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word: Oceania word_type: noun expansion: forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: senses_topics:
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word: donkey word_type: noun expansion: donkey (plural donkeys) forms: form: donkeys tags: plural wikipedia: donkey etymology_text: The origin is uncertain. Originally a slang term from the late eighteenth century. Perhaps from Middle English *donekie (“a miniature dun horse”), a double diminutive...
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word: body word_type: noun expansion: body (countable and uncountable, plural bodies) forms: form: bodies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”)...
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word: body word_type: verb expansion: body (third-person singular simple present bodies, present participle bodying, simple past and past participle bodied) forms: form: bodies tags: present singular third-person form: bodying tags: participle present form: bodied tags:...
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word: join word_type: verb expansion: join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined) forms: form: joins tags: present singular third-person form: joining tags: participle present form: joined tags: ...
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word: join word_type: noun expansion: join (plural joins) forms: form: joins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Co...
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word: covenant word_type: noun expansion: covenant (plural covenants) forms: form: covenants tags: plural wikipedia: Covenant (biblical) Covenant (law) Covenant (religion) Covenant marriage Covenant theology Covenantal nomism Mosaic covenant New Covenant theology Old Covenant coven...
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word: covenant word_type: verb expansion: covenant (third-person singular simple present covenants, present participle covenanting, simple past and past participle covenanted) forms: form: covenants tags: present singular third-person form: covenanting tags: participle present ...
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word: electron word_type: noun expansion: electron (plural electrons) forms: form: electrons tags: plural wikipedia: electron etymology_text: Blend of electric + ion, coined by Anglo-Irish scientist George Stoney in 1891, changed by him multiple times from an earlier electrolion and original elect...
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word: samurai word_type: noun expansion: samurai (plural samurai or samurais) forms: form: samurai tags: plural form: samurais tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In feudal Japan, a soldier...
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word: vacuum word_type: noun expansion: vacuum (plural vacuums or (rare, formal) vacua) forms: form: vacuums tags: plural form: vacua tags: formal plural rare wikipedia: Vacuum exercise vacuum etymology_text: From Latin vacuum (“an empty space, void”), noun use of neuter of v...
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word: vacuum word_type: verb expansion: vacuum (third-person singular simple present vacuums, present participle vacuuming, simple past and past participle vacuumed) forms: form: vacuums tags: present singular third-person form: vacuuming tags: participle present form: va...
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word: -chan word_type: suffix expansion: -chan forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the Japanese honorific ちゃん (-chan). senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: -kun senses_categories: senses_glosses: Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add poli...
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word: -chan word_type: suffix expansion: -chan forms: wikipedia: 4chan Futaba Channel etymology_text: In reference to 4chan, in turn from Futaba Channel (cf. its URL, www.2chan.net, or its alternate names ふたばちゃん and 双葉ちゃん found on its homepage); hence, derived from Japanese チャンネル (channeru), from English c...
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word: -san word_type: suffix expansion: -san forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Japanese さん (san). senses_examples: text: August 1, 1983, Time Tanaka-San’s Decline and Rise text: December 16, 2008 , Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122938932478509075.html Barack Obama-san...
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word: European Union word_type: name expansion: the European Union forms: form: the European Union tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: Formed as European + Union, in the sense of the resistance group, after the German Europäische Union. senses_examples: text: ...IN VIEW of further st...
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word: stab word_type: noun expansion: stab (plural stabs) forms: form: stabs tags: plural wikipedia: stab etymology_text: First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or stake; a thrust with a pointed weapon”)), from Middle English stabbe (“a stab”), prob...
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word: stab word_type: verb expansion: stab (third-person singular simple present stabs, present participle stabbing, simple past and past participle stabbed) forms: form: stabs tags: present singular third-person form: stabbing tags: participle present form: stabbed tag...
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word: stab word_type: noun expansion: stab (plural stabs) forms: form: stabs tags: plural wikipedia: stab etymology_text: Clipping of stabilizer or stabiliser. senses_examples: text: If the pilots used electric pitch trim, it would only pause MCAS for 5s; to deactivate it you have to switch ...
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word: stab word_type: adj expansion: stab (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: stab etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Do you know whether any country offices pay their men by the thousand, or whether they are on stab wages? — I do not know. Some are paid stab wages, but I do not know whether there ...
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word: stab word_type: noun expansion: stab (plural not attested) forms: wikipedia: stab etymology_text: senses_examples: text: […] there were 286 overseers and 210 readers occupied in the 501 offices; 2,691 compositors were paid on the stab […] ref: 1892, The British Printer, volume 5, page 42 ...
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word: dull word_type: adj expansion: dull (comparative duller, superlative dullest) forms: form: duller tags: comparative form: dullest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dull, dul (also dyll, dill, dwal), from Old English dol (“dull, foolish, erring, her...
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word: dull word_type: verb expansion: dull (third-person singular simple present dulls, present participle dulling, simple past and past participle dulled) forms: form: dulls tags: present singular third-person form: dulling tags: participle present form: dulled tags: ...
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word: sin word_type: noun expansion: sin (countable and uncountable, plural sins) forms: form: sins tags: plural wikipedia: sin etymology_text: From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”...
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word: sin word_type: verb expansion: sin (third-person singular simple present sins, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned) forms: form: sins tags: present singular third-person form: sinning tags: participle present form: sinned tags: p...
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word: sin word_type: noun expansion: sin (plural sins) forms: form: sins tags: plural wikipedia: sin etymology_text: Modification of shin. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س senses_topics:
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word: sin word_type: noun expansion: sin (plural sins) forms: form: sins tags: plural wikipedia: sin etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”) senses_topics:
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word: South America word_type: name expansion: South America forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The continent that is the southern part of the Americas. It is east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, south of North America and north of An...
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word: dumbwaiter word_type: noun expansion: dumbwaiter (plural dumbwaiters) forms: form: dumbwaiters tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From dumb (“unable to speak”) + waiter, originally separate words and describing the portable table's inability to relate gossip after the meal. By the use ...
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word: penis word_type: noun expansion: penis (plural penises or penes) forms: form: penises tags: plural form: penes tags: plural wikipedia: human penis penis etymology_text: From late 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes- (“...
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word: shogun word_type: noun expansion: shogun (plural shoguns or shogun) forms: form: shoguns tags: plural form: shogun tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”)...
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word: empress word_type: noun expansion: empress (plural empresses) forms: form: empresses tags: plural wikipedia: Emperor etymology_text: From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix...
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word: empress word_type: verb expansion: empress (third-person singular simple present empresses, present participle empressing, simple past and past participle empressed) forms: form: empresses tags: present singular third-person form: empressing tags: participle present for...
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word: monarchy word_type: noun expansion: monarchy (countable and uncountable, plural monarchies) forms: form: monarchies tags: plural wikipedia: monarchy etymology_text: From Old French monarchie, from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχ...
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word: wildcat word_type: noun expansion: wildcat (plural wildcats) forms: form: wildcats tags: plural wikipedia: John Audubon bobcat wildcat wildcat (disambiguation) wildcat cartridge etymology_text: From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle c...
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word: wildcat word_type: adj expansion: wildcat (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: John Audubon bobcat wildcat wildcat (disambiguation) wildcat cartridge etymology_text: From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat. Cognate...
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word: wildcat word_type: verb expansion: wildcat (third-person singular simple present wildcats, present participle wildcatting, simple past and past participle wildcatted) forms: form: wildcats tags: present singular third-person form: wildcatting tags: participle present fo...
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word: blade word_type: noun expansion: blade (plural blades) forms: form: blades tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m, from *bʰle...
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word: blade word_type: verb expansion: blade (third-person singular simple present blades, present participle blading, simple past and past participle bladed) forms: form: blades tags: present singular third-person form: blading tags: participle present form: bladed tag...
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word: someone word_type: pron expansion: someone forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one. senses_examples: text: Can someone help me, please? type: example text: Can you get me someone more knowledgeable? type: example ...
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word: someone word_type: noun expansion: someone (plural someones) forms: form: someones tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one. senses_examples: text: Do you need a gift for that special someone? text: His ultima...
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word: dictatorship word_type: noun expansion: dictatorship (plural dictatorships) forms: form: dictatorships tags: plural wikipedia: dictatorship etymology_text: From dictator + -ship. senses_examples: text: There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship. type: example senses_c...
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word: bridge word_type: noun expansion: bridge (plural bridges) forms: form: bridges tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring,...
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word: bridge word_type: verb expansion: bridge (third-person singular simple present bridges, present participle bridging, simple past and past participle bridged) forms: form: bridges tags: present singular third-person form: bridging tags: participle present form: bridg...
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word: bridge word_type: noun expansion: bridge (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: en:Contract bridge etymology_text: From the earlier game biritch, probably from Russian бирю́ч (birjúč) or бири́ч (biríč); else from Turkish bir-üç (“one-three”). senses_examples: text: Bidding is an essential element of the...
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word: hedgehog word_type: noun expansion: hedgehog (plural hedgehogs) forms: form: hedgehogs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English heyghoge; equivalent to hedge + hog. Eclipsed non-native Middle English yrchoun, irchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French hirchoun, herichon (“hedg...