13062
dura
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Daur, duar
[Noun]
dura (uncountable)
1.(anatomy) The dura mater, the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
dura
1.Third-person singular present indicative form of durar.
2.Second-person singular imperative form of durar.
[[Faroese]]
ipa :[duːra][Noun]
dura f. plural (genitive form of dyr)
1.door, doorway
2.uttan dura
outside the door
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- ardu
[Verb]
dura
1.third-person singular simple future form of durer
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- udrà
[Verb]
dura
1.third-person singular present tense of durare
2.second-person singular imperative of durare
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
dūra
1.nominative feminine singular of dūrus
2.nominative neuter plural of dūrus
3.accusative neuter plural of dūrus
4.vocative feminine singular of dūrus
5.vocative neuter plural of dūrusdūrā
1.ablative feminine singular of dūrus
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology 1]
From Latin dolāre, present active infinitive of dolō.
[Etymology 2]
French durer, from Latin durare
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
dura f. (masculine duro, feminine plural duras, masculine plural duros)
1.feminine form of duro: hard, solid; strict, severe
[Verb]
dura (infinitive durar)
1.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of durar.
2.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of durar.
[[Swahili]]
[Etymology]
From Arabic درة (durra), a variety of parrot (Psittacus alexandri Linnaeus).
[Noun]
dura inv.
1.parrot
[[Tagalog]]
[Verb]
dura
1.to spit
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0
2012/02/07 09:32
13064
zep
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Pez
[Etymology]
Shortened from zeppelin
[Noun]
zep (plural zeps)
1.(US, dialectal) A certain type of submarine sandwich
2.1991, Jerry Spinelli, Dump Days[1], page 10:
Anywhere else, it might be called a hoagie, or a sub, or a hero. In Two Mills it's a zep. And even though at first it might look like the others, it's not. Like, you'll never find lettuce on a zep. Or mayonnaise.
[[Rohingya]]
[Etymology]
From Bengali.
[Noun]
zep
1.pocket
0
0
2012/02/07 09:34
13065
lidar
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- LIDAR
[Anagrams]
- laird
- liard
[Etymology]
Blend of light and radar.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:LIDARWikipedia lidar (plural lidars)
1.The optical analogue of radar which uses intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
lidar
1.To deal.
0
0
2012/02/07 09:37
13066
pouting
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
See pout (verb)
[Etymology 2]
See pout (Etymology 2)
0
0
2012/02/07 20:41
13067
pout
[[English]]
ipa :/paʊt/[Anagrams]
- tupo
- up to
[Etymology 1]
Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute 'pillow, cushion', Swedish dial. puta 'to be puffed out', Danish pude 'pillow, cushion'), from Proto-Germanic *pūto 'swollen' (compare English eelpout, East Frisian püt 'bag, swelling', Dutch puit (Flemish puut) 'frog', Low German puddig 'inflated'), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- 'to swell' (compare Sanskrit budbuda 'bubble').
[Etymology 2]
From Old English pūte as in aelepūte, from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".
[Etymology 3]
0
0
2012/02/07 20:41
13068
leash
[[English]]
ipa :/liːʃ/[Anagrams]
- hales
- halse
- heals
- Sahel
- Selah
- shale
[Antonyms]
- unleash v
[Etymology]
From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), from Latin laxa (“thong, a loose cord”), feminine form of laxus (“loose”); compare lax.
[Noun]
leash (plural leashes)
1.A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
2.A brace and a half; a tierce.
3.A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
4.A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
5.(surfing) A leg rope.
1980: Probably the idea was around before that, but the first photo of the leash in action was published that year — As Years Roll By (1970's Retrospective), Drew Kampion, Surfing magazine, February 1980, page 43. Quoted at surfresearch.com.au glossary[1].
[References]
- leash in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “leash” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
[Verb]
leash (third-person singular simple present leashes, present participle leashing, simple past and past participle leashed)
1.To fasten or secure with a leash.
2.(figuratively) to curb, restrain
3.1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.
0
0
2010/08/10 20:16
2012/02/07 20:41
13070
quaint
[[English]]
ipa :/kweɪnt/[Adjective]
quaint (comparative quainter, superlative quaintest)
1.(obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty. [13th-19th c.]
2.1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2:
But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are.
3.(obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived. [14th-19th c.]
4.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX:
describe races and games, / Or tilting furniture, imblazon'd shields, / Impresses quaint, caparisons and steeds, / Bases and tinsel trappings [...].
5.(now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual. [from 14th c.]
6.1808, Sir Walter Scott, Marmion XX:
Lord Gifford, deep beneath the ground, / Heard Alexander's bugle sound, / And tarried not his garb to change, / But, in his wizard habit strange, / Came forth,—a quaint and fearful sight!
7.1924, Time, 17 Nov 1924:
What none would dispute though many smiled over was the good-humored, necessary, yet quaint omission of the writer's name from the whole consideration.
8.(obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th-19th c.]
9.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i.5:
euerie word did tremble as she spake, / And euerie looke was coy, and wondrous quaint [...].
10.Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. [from 18th c.]
11.1815, Jane Austen, Emma:
I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me.
12.2011, Ian Sample, The Guardian, 31 Jan 2011:
The rock is a haven for rare wildlife, a landscape where pretty hedgerows and quaint villages are bordered by a breathtaking, craggy coastline.
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte et al., Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”).
[Noun]
quaint (plural quaints)
1.(archaic) The vulva. [from 14th c.]
2.c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Tale", Canterbury Tales:
And trewely, as myne housbondes tolde me, / I hadde þe beste queynte þat myghte be.
3.2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, p. 9:
The rest looked on, horrified, as Clarice trussed up her habit and in open view placed her hand within her queynte crying, ‘The first house of Sunday belongs to the sun, and the second to Venus.’
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:fastidious
0
0
2009/11/24 12:40
2012/02/07 20:44
TaN
13071
opulent
[[English]]
[Adjective]
opulent (comparative more opulent, superlative most opulent)
1.luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent
2.rich, sumptuous and extravagant
[[French]]
ipa :ɔ.py.lɑ̃[Adjective]
opulent m. (f. opulente, m. plural opulents, f. plural opulentes)
1.opulent
[Anagrams]
- loupent
0
0
2009/04/07 08:39
2012/02/07 20:46
TaN
13072
bennies
[[English]]
[Noun]
bennies (uncountable) (plural only; not used in singular form)
1.(slang) benefits
0
0
2012/02/07 20:46
13073
benny
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Abbreviated from Benzedrine
[Noun]
benny (plural bennies)
1.(slang) An amphetamine tablet.
2.(UK, slang) A tantrum; a fit of furious or erratic behaviour.
3.2001, "Neil Davey", Sacked Referees (on newsgroup alt.games.champ-man)
BTW, you might like to see what happens to CM00-01 when one of your sticks of memory decides to have a benny:
4.2010, Ian Sansom, The Bad Book Affair
'Like I told the police, I think she's just having a benny.'
5.2011, Kate Morgan, Wicked Games (page 34)
"Stop having a benny, Liam." Gwen was getting agitated. Liam was failing miserably at his attempts to get Casey to back down.
0
0
2012/02/07 20:47
13074
Benny
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɛni/[Etymology 1]
Shortened from the given name Benjamin.
[Etymology 2]
Shortened from the given names Bernice and Bernadette.
[Etymology 3]
From the name of a dull-witted character in the British soap opera Crossroads
[Etymology 4]
From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill
[[Danish]]
[Proper noun]
Benny
1.A male given name borrowed from English; in Scandinavia often associated with Benedict which is traditionally more popular than Benjamin.
[[Swedish]]
[Proper noun]
Benny
1.A male given name borrowed from English.
0
0
2012/02/07 20:47
13075
derision
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪʒən[Anagrams]
- ironised
[Etymology]
From Old French derision, from Latin derisionem (action of deridere).
[Noun]
derision (uncountable)
1.Act of treating with disdain.
2.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, Guardian:
One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.
3.1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:
There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.
0
0
2009/09/08 10:08
2012/02/07 20:51
TaN
13076
twerp
[[English]]
ipa :-ɜː(r)p[Alternative forms]
- twirp
[Etymology]
Of uncertain origin. The Oxford English Dictionary writes that it may have been coined (perhaps by J. R. R. Tolkien) around 1910 from the name of T. W. Earp. However, the Dictionary of American Slang writes that it was in use in 1874. It may be a form of dwarf (compare Middle English dwerf, Low German Twarg). It may derive from the onomatopoeia twirp. The word was used to denote a type of racing pigeon that flew between Antwerp and London c. 1870 [see "The Odd Facts of Life" - Bill Hooper, published in 1965].
[Noun]
twerp (plural twerps)
1.(UK, colloquial) A fool, a twit.
Now you've broken it, you twerp!
2.(US, colloquial) A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
Get out of my way, you little twerp!
3.(US, colloquial) A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
[References]
- See Citations:twerp.
[Synonyms]
- twit
- git
0
0
2012/02/07 21:00
13078
adages
[[English]]
[Noun]
adages
1.Plural form of adage.
0
0
2012/02/07 21:09
13081
ごう
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ごう (romaji gō)
1.業: (Buddhism) karma
2.号: number, issue, edition
3.合: a unit of length or a unit of volume
4.壕, 濠: trench
5.劫: (Buddhism) kalpa
6.剛, 豪: strength
[Proper noun]
ごう (romaji Gō)
1.剛: A male given name
2.豪: A male given name
0
0
2012/02/07 21:42
13082
けっか
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
けっか (romaji kekka)
1.結果: result
2.欠課: cutting class
3.決河: river breaking through
0
0
2012/02/07 21:44
13085
かんげい
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
かんげい (romaji kangei)
1.歓迎: a welcome
0
0
2012/02/07 21:45
13088
ぜんぶ
[[Japanese]]
[Adverb]
ぜんぶ (romaji zenbu)
1.全部: entirely
[Noun]
ぜんぶ (romaji zenbu)
1.全部: everything
2.前部: the front part
3.膳部: dinner
0
0
2011/12/18 18:48
2012/02/08 01:59
13090
stinko
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪŋkəʊ[Adjective]
stinko
1.(slang) drunk
0
0
2012/02/09 16:10
13093
ventilation
[[English]]
[Noun]
ventilation (uncountable)
1.The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
2.1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
3.The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air..
4.An exchange of views during a discussion.
5.The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
0
0
2012/02/09 19:03
13095
happily
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhæp.ə.li/[Adverb]
happily (comparative more happily, superlative most happily)
1.In a happy manner; with happiness.
2.1808, Daniel Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Minerva Press for Lane and Newman, page 311:
And thus I have given the firſt part of a life of fortune and adventure, a life of Providence's chequer-work, and of a variety which the world will ſeldom be able to ſhew the like of: beginning fooliſhly, but cloſing much more happily than any part of it ever gave me leave to much as to hope for.
3.Without fuss.
4.Willingly.
5.Fortunately.
[Etymology]
happy + -ly
0
0
2012/02/09 19:42
13096
愼
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
愼 (radical 61 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心心月金 (PPBC)){{#if:心|[[Category:Han characters}}|心10愼]]
1.act with care, be cautious
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
愼
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
愼 (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune-Reischauer sin, Yale sin)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
愼 (pinyin cǎo (cao3), shèn (shen4), Wade-Giles ts'ao3, shen4)
0
0
2012/02/09 23:44
13097
idiom
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪdɪəm/[Anagrams]
- imido
[Etymology]
From Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idioma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ἰδιοῦσθαι (idiousthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ἴδιος (idios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”).
[Noun]
idiom (plural idioms or idiomata)
1.(now rare) A manner of speaking, a way of expressing oneself.
2.A language or dialect.
3.Specifically, a particular variety of language; a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
4.2010, Christopher Hitchens, "The Other L-Word", Vanity Fair, 13 Jan 2010:
Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of "like" has spread through the idiom of the young.
5.An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
6.An expression peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language, especially when the meaning is illogical or separate from the meanings of its component words.
7.2008, Patricia Hampl, “You’re History”, in Patricia Hampl and Elaine Tyler May (editors), Tell Me True: Memoir, History, and Writing a Life, Minnesota Historical Society, ISBN 9780873516303, page 134:
You’re history, we say […] . Surely it is an American idiom. Impossible to imagine a postwar European saying, “You’re history. . . . That’s history,” meaning fuhgeddaboudit, pal.
8.(programming) A programming construct or phraseology generally held to be the most efficient, elegant or effective means to achieve a particular result or behavior.
9.2005, Magnus Lie Hetland, Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional, ISBN 159059519X, page 100:
I have to use the same assignment and call to raw_input in two places. How can I avoid that? I can use the while True/break idiom: […]
[Synonyms]
- (phrase): expression (loosely), form of words (loosely), phrase (loosely)
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/idǐoːm/[Noun]
idìōm m. (Cyrillic spelling идѝо̄м)
1.idiom
0
0
2012/02/10 12:47
13104
realign
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɹiːjəˈlaɪn/[Anagrams]
- aligner, inlarge
[Verb]
realign (third-person singular simple present realigns, present participle realigning, simple past and past participle realigned)
1.To bring back into alignment.
2.To align again.
0
0
2012/02/11 19:47
13113
shrine
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃraɪn/[Anagrams]
- shiner
[Etymology]
Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn “reliquary, ark of the covenant”, from Latin scrinium “case or chest for books or papers”. Of unknown origin. Compare Old Norse skrin, Old High German skrini
[Noun]
shrine (plural shrines)
1.A holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
[Verb]
shrine (third-person singular simple present shrines, present participle shrining, simple past and past participle shrined)
1.To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.
Shrined in his sanctuary. — Milton.
0
0
2012/02/13 20:14
13114
パッチム
[[Japanese]]
ipa :/pattɕimimu/[Etymology]
From Korean batchim.
[Noun]
パッチム (romaji patchimu)
1.(in reference to Korean) a syllable that ends in a consonant
0
0
2012/02/13 22:00
13115
blamed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
blamed (not comparable)
1.euphemism of bloody (intensifier).
[Anagrams]
- ambled
- bedlam
- beldam
[Verb]
blamed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of blame.
0
0
2012/02/14 04:46
13117
blam
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- balm
- lamb
[Etymology]
By onomatopoeia
[Noun]
blam
1.A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot
He kicked in the door with a blam.
That the last zombie? Here. Let me get that for ya. *BLAM!*
0
0
2012/02/14 04:46
13118
discounted
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- deductions
[Verb]
discounted
1.Simple past tense and past participle of discount.
0
0
2012/02/14 04:48
13123
malfunctioning
[[English]]
[Verb]
malfunctioning
1.Present participle of malfunction.
0
0
2012/02/14 04:53
13124
malfunction
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/[Etymology]
From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function
[Noun]
malfunction (plural malfunctions)
1.Faulty functioning.
2.Failure to function.
[Verb]
malfunction (third-person singular simple present malfunctions, present participle malfunctioning, simple past and past participle malfunctioned)
1.To function improperly
She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned.
2.To fail to function
0
0
2009/10/15 17:07
2012/02/14 04:53
13129
testify
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Middle English testifien, from Old French testifier, from Latin testificari (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”) (see -fy).
[Verb]
testify (third-person singular simple present testifies, present participle testifying, simple past and past participle testified) (intransitive or transitive)
1.to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
2.to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
0
0
2009/11/20 10:30
2012/02/14 08:28
TaN
13131
evil
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːvəl/[Adjective]
evil (comparative eviller, eviler, or more evil, superlative evillest, evilest, or most evil)
1.Intending to harm; malevolent.
2.Morally corrupt.
3.Unpleasant.
[Anagrams]
- Levi
- live
- veil
- vile
- vlei
[Antonyms]
- good
- good
[Etymology]
Old English yfel, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz (compare East Frisian eeuwel, Dutch euvel, German übel), from Proto-Indo-European *h2/3upélos, diminutive of h2/3u̯op 'treat badly' (compare Hittite huwappi 'to mistreat, harass', huwappa 'evil, badness').
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:EvilWikipedia evil (countable and uncountable; plural evils)
1.The forces/behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. Evil generally seeks own benefit at the expense of others and is based on general malevolence.
The evils of society include murder.
2.Any particular individual or state which may follow these forces or behaviors.
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: agreement · ship · third · #692: evil · outside · beside · worth
[Synonyms]
The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. Use the template {{sense|"gloss"}}, substituting a short version of the definition for "gloss".
- nefarious
- malicious
- malevolent
- See also Wikisaurus:evil
0
0
2012/02/14 11:34
13132
condition
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈdɪʃən/[Etymology]
From Latin conditiō, noun of action from perfect passive participle conditus, + noun of action suffix -io.
[Noun]
condition (plural conditions)
1.A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
2.A requirement, term, or requisite.
Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.
What other planets might have the right conditions for life?
The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment.
3.The health status of a medical patient.
My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.
4.The state or quality.
National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.
The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
5.A particular state of being.
Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.
Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.
Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened.
Aging is a condition over which we are powerless.
6.(obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
A man of his condition has no place to make request.
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: generally · ago · easily · #685: condition · sleep · ex · mere
[Verb]
condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)
1.To subject to the process of acclimation.
I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
2.To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
3.To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
4.(transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
[[French]]
[Noun]
condition f. (plural conditions)
1.condition
en bonne condition - In good condition
0
0
2012/02/15 18:53
13133
authentic
[[English]]
ipa :/ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/[Adjective]
authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic)
1.Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
2.Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
The report was completely authentic.
3.(obsolete) Having authority.
[Alternative forms]
- authentick (obsolete)
- authenticke (obsolete)
- authentique (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
- (not of the claimed origin): phony, fake; ingenuine
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikόs, “principal, genuine”).
[Synonyms]
- (of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
- (conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked
0
0
2012/02/15 22:19
13134
tin
[[English]]
ipa :/tɪn/[Adjective]
tin (not comparable)
1.Made of tin.
[Anagrams]
- int , in't
- ITN
- nit
[Etymology]
From Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tinan, from unknown origin. Cognates include German Zinn and Dutch tin, or perhaps from French étain, from Latin stannum
[Noun]
tin (countable and uncountable; plural tins)
1.(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
2.(UK, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
3.(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
muffin tin
roasting tin
4.(countable, squash (sport)) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
[References]
- For etymology and more information refer to: [1] (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author.)
[See also]
[Synonyms]
- (airtight container): can (especially US), tin can
[Verb]
tin (third-person singular simple present tins, present participle tinning, simple past and past participle tinned)
1.(transitive) To place into a tin in order to preserve.
2.(transitive) To cover with tin.
3.(transitive) To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɪn[Etymology]
From Old Dutch *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tinan.
[Noun]
tin n. (uncountable)
1.tin
[[French]]
ipa :/tɛ̃/[Etymology]
From Middle French tin, tind.
[Noun]
tin m. (plural tins)
1.a wooden support, often used on watercraft
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/tʰɪːn/[Noun]
tin n.
1.tin (chemical element)
[[Lojban]]
[Rafsi]
tin
1.Rafsi of tirna.
[[Navajo]]
ipa :[txɪ̀n][Etymology]
From Proto-Athabaskan *tən.Cognates:
- Apachean: Western Apache tįh, Chiricahua tį’, Lipan kįh
- Others: Hupa -tiŋ, Galice tʰɐn, Chilcotin tə̀n, Slavey tę̀, Hare tę̀/-téné’, Dogrib tǫ́, Dene Sųłiné tə̀n, Sekani tə̀n, Dunneza tən, Hän tán, Ahtna ten, Dena’ina tən.
[Noun]
tin
1.ice
[[Picard]]
[Pronoun]
tin m.
1.your
[[Rohingya]]
[Cardinal number]
tin
1.three
[Etymology]
From Bengali.
[[Sranan Tongo]]
[Number]
tin
1.(cardinal) ten
[[Welsh]]
[Noun]
tin f. (plural tinau)
1.(vulgar) The rump, the arse.
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TIN
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- int , in't
- ITN
- nit
[Initialism]
TIN
1.(US, Federal taxation) Taxpayer Identification Number.
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cre
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
cre
1.third-person singular present indicative of crer
2.second-person singular imperative of crer
[[Lojban]]
[Rafsi]
cre
1.Rafsi of certu.
[[Manx]]
[Pronoun]
cre
1.what
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chalet
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃæleɪ/[Alternative forms]
- châlet
[Anagrams]
- letcha, thecal, Thecla
[Etymology]
Swiss French, from Franco-Provençal çhalè ‘herdsman’s hut in the mountains’, from Old Franco-Provençal chaslet, diminutive of chasel ‘farmhouse’, from Late Latin casalis ‘house-like, house-related’, from Latin casa ‘house’.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ChaletWikipedia chalet (plural chalets)
1.an alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- léchât
[Noun]
chalet m. (plural chalets)
1.chalet
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- talché
[Noun]
chalet m. inv.
1.chalet
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
chalet m. (plural chalets)
1.cottage, chalet
[Synonyms]
- chalé
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義
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
義 (radical 123 羊+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹手戈 (TGHQI), four-corner 80553){{#if:羊|[[Category:Han characters}}|羊07義]]
1.right conduct, righteousness, justice, morality
2.meaning
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
義 (simplified 义, Yale yi6)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
義 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Noun]
義 (hiragana ぎ, romaji gi)
1.a situation which has a right and proper reason
2.正義 (せいぎ, seigi, “justice”), 主義 (しゅぎ, shugi, “principle”), 義務 (ぎむ, gimu, “obligation”)
3.a meaning
4.意義 (いぎ, igi), 定義 (ていぎ, teigi, “definition”), 奥義 (おうぎ, ōgi)
5.a relative who has no blood relation
6.義父 (ぎふ, gifu), 義母 (ぎぼ, gibo), 義兄 (ぎけい, gikei)
7.an object which can be used properly instead of a right one
8.義眼 (ぎがん, gigan), 義手 (ぎしゅ, gishu), 義足 (ぎそく, gisoku), 義体 (ぎたい, gitai)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
義 (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
義 (simplified 义, pinyin láng (lang2), yì (yi4), Wade-Giles lang2, i4)
[[Min Nan]]
[Hanzi]
義 (POJ gī)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
義 (nghĩa, nghì, ngửi, ngãi)
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rotgut
[[English]]
[Etymology]
rot + gut
[Noun]
rotgut (uncountable)
1.raw or poor quality alcoholic liquor
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ingress
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- singers
- signers
- resigns
[Antonyms]
- (act of entering): egress
- (door or other means of entering): egress
[Etymology]
- From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredi.
[Noun]
ingress (plural ingresses)
1.The act of entering.
2.Permission to enter.
3.A door or other means of entering.
[Verb]
ingress (third-person singular simple present ingresses, present participle ingressing, simple past and past participle ingressed)
1.(intransitive) To intrude or insert oneself
2.1963, Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift: A Novel[1], page 198:
"Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet
3.2001, Lynda Schor, “My Death”, in Moyra Davey editor, Mother Reader[2], ISBN 1583220720, page 310:
When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body […]
4.(transitive, US, chiefly military) To enter (a specified location or area)
5.1976, The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Aces and Aerial Victories[3], page 108:
"We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.
6.1998, Michael William Donnelly, Falcon's Cry[4], ISBN 0275964620, page 93:
We were ingressing the target area.
7.(intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign
8.1861,, “Almanacs”[5], All the Year Round, volume VI:
The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]
9.(Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
ingress c.
1.a preamble, an opening paragraph (between a newspaper headline and the article)
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cleared
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- creedal, declare, relaced
[Verb]
cleared
1.Simple past tense and past participle of clear.
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piddling
[[English]]
[Adjective]
piddling (not comparable)
1.Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
[Verb]
piddling
1.Present participle of piddle.
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piddle
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪdəl[Derived terms]
- piddling
[Noun]
piddle (plural piddles)
1.(UK, euphemistic, slang) An act of urination.
2.To waste time; often used as a euphemism for piss and followed by away.
He piddled away three hours at the bus station waiting for Gabe to show up.
[Related terms]
- widdle
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:urinate
[Verb]
piddle (third-person singular simple present piddles, present participle piddling, simple past and past participle piddled)
1.(UK, euphemistic, slang) To urinate.
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dictated
[[English]]
[Verb]
dictated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of dictate.
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unendurable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unendurable (comparative more unendurable, superlative most unendurable)
1.Not to be endured; intolerable.
[Alternative forms]
- unindurable
[Etymology]
un- + endurable.
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sophont
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- photons
[Etymology]
First used in the 1966 works by Poul Anderson, coined by his wife Karen Anderson. See σοφός.
[Noun]
sophont (plural sophonts)
1.An intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or greater than that of a human being. The word does not apply to machines unless they have true artificial intelligence, rather than mere processing capacity.
2.1980, David Brin, Sundiver, p50
I'm honored to meet a sophont of the Soro line in person!
3.1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, Tor Books, p406
Evil, they argued, could only have meaning on smaller scales, in the hurt that one sophont does to another.
4.1997, Spider Robinson, Lifehouse, Baen Books, p2
Only one sophont appeared to be involved—and not a sophisticated one.
5.2004, Howard Tayler Schlock Mercenary, Mar. 28, 2004, web-comic / self-published
Like most sensible sophonts, they invented civilization. With civilization came civility, civil service, and of course civil war.
6.2007, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, Dec. 30, 2007, web-comic / self-published
As I understand it, he sought to avoid turning one-point-six trillion terran sophonts into undead, war-mongering super-soldiers.
7.2009, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, Oct. 11, 2009, web-comic / self-published
Reflection on the nature of sapience, and the ubiquity of violence among sophonts?
[References]
Science Fiction Citations
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adequately
[[English]]
[Adverb]
adequately (comparative more adequately, superlative most adequately)
1.In an adequate manner.
2.Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
3.Barely satisfactory or sufficient.
[Alternative forms]
- adæquately (chiefly obsolete)
[Etymology]
adequate + -ly
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laborious
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːriəs[Adjective]
laborious (comparative more laborious, superlative most laborious)
1.Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
2.Mentally difficult; painstaking
3.Industrious.
[Alternative forms]
- labourious
- laborous
- labourous
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nonchalantly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
nonchalantly (comparative more nonchalantly, superlative most nonchalantly)
1.In a nonchalant manner
[Etymology]
nonchalant + -ly
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