15389
hermaphrodite
[[English]]
[Adjective]
hermaphrodite (comparative more hermaphrodite, superlative most hermaphrodite)
1.Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads, in one individual or organism.
2.Combining two opposing qualities.
[Etymology]
From Hermaphroditos, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, possessing both male and female qualities.
[Noun]
hermaphrodite (plural hermaphrodites)
1.An individual or organism possessing gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads. [from late 14th c.]
An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
2.A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
3.(nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.
[Synonyms]
- androgyne
- gynandromorph
- morphodite
- androgynous
- hermaphroditic
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛʁ.ma.fʁɔ.dit/[Adjective]
hermaphrodite (masculine and feminine, plural hermaphrodites)
1.hermaphrodite
[Noun]
hermaphrodite m. and f. (plural hermaphrodites)
1.hermaphrodite
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15390
boring
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːrɪŋ[Adjective]
boring (comparative more boring, superlative most boring)
1.That which incites boredom in a person.
[Anagrams]
- orbing
- robing
[Noun]
boring (plural borings)
1.A pit or hole which has been bored.
2.1992, J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications, p. 191:
It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.
[Synonyms]
- dull, mind-numbing (colloquial), tedious
- See also Wikisaurus:boring
[Verb]
boring
1.Present participle of bore.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
From bor (“stem of boren”) + -ing.
[Noun]
boring f. (??? please provide the plural!, diminutive borinkje)
1.drilling
offshoreboring — offshore drilling
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0
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15391
Bor
[[Translingual]]
[Abbreviation]
Bor
1.A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Loftus Bor (1893-1972).
[External links]
- Author query of the International Plant Names Index
[[German]]
ipa :/boːɐ̯/[Noun]
Bor n.
1.boron
[[Luxembourgish]]
[Noun]
Bor (uncountable)
1.boron
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15392
flinched
[[English]]
[Verb]
flinched
1.Simple past tense and past participle of flinch.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:34
15393
flinch
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪntʃ[Etymology]
Compare Gothic 𐍆̷̹̻̰̽ (filhan), Icelandic fela (“to hide”)[1]
[Noun]
flinch (plural flinches)
1.A reflexive jerking away.
My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
[References]
1.^ flinch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Verb]
flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)
1.To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.
0
0
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15394
habituating
[[English]]
[Verb]
habituating
1.Present participle of habituate.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:34
15395
habituate
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
- accustom
- inure
[Verb]
habituate (third-person singular simple present habituates, present participle habituating, simple past and past participle habituated)
1.To turn into a habit, to make habitual.
He would eventually habituate his use of opiates.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:34
15397
cerulean
[[English]]
ipa :/səˈɹuːliən/[Adjective]
cerulean (comparative more cerulean, superlative most cerulean)
1.Of a deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.
[Alternative forms]
- cærulean
[Anagrams]
- Laurence
[Etymology]
From Latin caeruleus (“dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēy(w)-, *ḱyē(w)- (“grey”). Cognate with Old English hār (“grey”). More at hoar.
[Noun]
cerulean (uncountable)
1.A deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.
[See also]
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues) [edit]
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0
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15398
氷
[[Translingual]]
[Alternative forms]
- 冫 (when used as a left Chinese radical)
[Han character]
氷 (radical 85 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈水 (IE))
1.ice, frost, icicles
2.cold
[[Japanese]]
ipa :/koːri/[Etymology 1]
kopori > koɸori > kowori > koori > koːri.
[Etymology 2]
pi > ɸi > hi.
[References]
1.Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
- 1968 June 10 [931-938], Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
氷 (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune-Reischauer ping, Yale ping)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
氷 (pinyin bīng (bing1), Wade-Giles ping1)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
氷 (băn, băng, phăng)
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0
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15400
pretender
[[English]]
[Etymology]
to pretend + -er
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:Pretender (claimant)Wikipedia pretender (plural pretenders)
1.A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
2.A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.
[Synonyms]
- dissembler
- hypocrite
- phoney
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
pretender (first-person sg present pretendo, first-person sg preterite pretendín, past participle pretendido)
1.to pretend
2.first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of pretender
3.first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of pretender
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendí, past participle pretendido)
1.to pretend
Juan pretendió estar muerto para evitar que el oso lo atacara.
Juan pretended to be dead so the bear wouldn't attack him.
2.to intend
Juan pretende tener su casa propia en tres años.
Juan intends to have his own house in three years.
3.to woo, to court
Juan pretende a Fernanda porque él siempre le lleva rosas y chocolates
Juan courts Fernanda, so he always gives her roses and chocolates.
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0
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15403
fumble
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌmbəl[Etymology]
Origin uncertain; perhaps from a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse falma, Swedish fumla, Danish fumle, German fummeln.
[Noun]
fumble (plural fumbles)
1.(sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped
[Verb]
fumble (third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
2.Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie
3.He fumbled the key into the lock
4.2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, BBC:
Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post.
5.(transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
6.He fumbled for his keys
7.He fumbled his way to the light-switch
8.(intransitive) To blunder uncertainly
9.He fumbled through his prepared speech
10.(transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
0
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TaN
15404
surreal
[[English]]
ipa :-iːl[Adjective]
surreal (comparative more surreal, superlative most surreal)
1.Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous
[Etymology]
Back-formation from surrealism.
[[German]]
[Adjective]
surreal (comparative surrealer, superlative am surrealsten)
1.surreal
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0
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2012/06/30 22:34
15405
repetition
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- petitioner
[Etymology]
From Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio).
[Noun]
repetition (plural repetitions)
1.The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
2.(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group of repetitions is a set.
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
repetition c.
1.repetition; the act of repeating
2.rehearsal
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0
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2012/06/30 22:34
15407
grocer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹəʊsə/[Noun]
grocer (plural grocers)
1.A person who sells groceries (foodstuffs and household items) retail from a grocery
0
0
2012/06/30 22:34
15408
morbid
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɔː.bɪd/[Adjective]
morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)
1.(originally) Of, or relating to disease.
2.Unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically: mentally ill
3.Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
4.Grisly or gruesome.
[Etymology]
From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morior (“die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).
[Synonyms]
- (of or relating to disease): pathological
- (unhealthy or unwholesome): sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
- (suggesting the horror of death): black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
- (grisly, gruesome): bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening
0
0
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15409
morbi
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- rombi
[Noun]
morbi m.
1.Plural form of morbo.
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
morbī
1.nominative plural of morbus
2.genitive singular of morbus
3.vocative plural of morbus
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0
2012/06/30 22:34
15410
平
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
平 (radical 51 干+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火十 (MFJ), four-corner 10409, composition ⿻干丷)
1.flat, level, even
2.peaceful
3.A family name, number 95 of the Baijiaxing
4.A given name
5.cheap (Cantonese)Note: The two dots 丷 sometimes appear in inverted form like 八 in some old printings.
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
平 (Yale ping4, peng4)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
平 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Proper noun]
平 (hiragana たいら, romaji Taira)
1.A male given name
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
平 (hangeul 평, 편, revised pyeong, pyeon, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏng, p'yŏn)
1.(평평하다, pyeongpyeong-hada) to be flat, level, plane
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
平 (pinyin bīng (bing1), píng (ping2, Píng (Ping2), Wade-Giles ping1, p'ing2, P'ing2)
[[Middle Chinese]]
[Han character]
平 (*bhiæng)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
平 (bình, bằng, biền)
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0
2012/06/30 22:34
15411
epicycle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛpɪsaɪkəl/[Etymology]
From Latin epicyclus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκυκλος, from ἐπί (“upon”) + κύκλος (“circle”).
[Noun]
epicycle (plural epicycles)
1.(astronomy) A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.
2.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 155:
Is it not [Philosophie], that [...] teacheth miserie, famine and sicknesse to laugh? Not by reason of some imaginarie Epicicles, but by naturall and palpable reasons.
3.(mathematics) Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid.
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0
2012/06/30 22:34
15412
absconded
[[English]]
[Verb]
absconded
1.Simple past tense and past participle of abscond.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:34
15413
abscond
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈskɒnd/[Etymology]
- First attested in 1565.
- Either from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondere, present active infinitive of abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con (“together”) + dō (“put”)[1].
- Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).
[References]
1.^ 2004 [1998], Dobbie, Elliott K.; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 4:
[Verb]
abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded)
1.(intransitive) To hide; to withdraw; to be concealed :
2.The rabbit absconds to avoid detection from predators
3.(intransitive) To depart secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution :
4.1848: Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England, Ch. 13
... that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond at the risk of stripes and of death.
5.1911: Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Spring beckons! All things to the call respond;
The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
6.(intransitive) To withdraw from, to leave from; to hide from :
7.She absconded the feast.
8.The captain absconded his responsibility.
9.(transitive, obsolete) To hide [something], to conceal [something]; to take away [something] :
10.“They try to abscond his wages [...]” — National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc, 15 February 2005 news release [1].
[[French]]
[Verb]
abscond
1.third-person singular present indicative of abscondre
il abscond — he hides
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0
2012/06/30 22:34
15416
depravity
[[English]]
ipa :/dəˈprævɪti/[Noun]
depravity (plural depravities)
1.(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
2.1850, Herman Melville, White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War, ch. 34,
Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
3.(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
4.1914, Julian Hawthorne, The Subterranean Brotherhood, ch. 16,
There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.
5.(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
6.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne,The Scarlet Letter, ch. 8,
Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!
[References]
- “depravity” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- depravity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “depravity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "depravity" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
- "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
- "depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
[Synonyms]
- wickedness
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15419
probity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹəʊbɪti/[Antonyms]
- wickedness
[Etymology]
From French probité, from Latin probitas (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.
[Noun]
probity (plural probities)
1.integrity
2.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 1,
… they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour, …
[Synonyms]
- honesty
- goodness
- decency
- honor
- virtue
- godliness
- saintliness
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0
2012/06/30 22:39
15420
inquired
[[English]]
[Verb]
inquired
1.Simple past tense and past participle of inquire.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:39
15421
inquire
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/[Alternative forms]
- enquire (chiefly British)
[See also]
- inquest
- inquisition
- inquisitive
- inquisitor
[Synonyms]
- frain
[Verb]
inquire (third-person singular simple present inquires, present participle inquiring, simple past and past participle inquired) (intransitive or transitive)
1.(US) To ask (about something).
2.To make an inquiry or an investigation.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
inquīre
1.second-person singular present active imperative of inquīrō
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0
2012/06/30 22:39
15422
apprising
[[English]]
[Verb]
apprising
1.Present participle of apprise.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:39
15423
apprise
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈə.praɪz/[Anagrams]
- sappier
[Etymology]
From French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre, from Latin apprehendere, present active infinitive of apprehendō. Cognate to apprehend.
[See also]
- appraise
[Synonyms]
- keep (someone) abreast, up to date/up-to-date
[Verb]
apprise (third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)
1.(transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform.
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- papiers
[Verb]
apprise f.
1.feminine past participle of apprendre
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0
2012/06/30 22:39
15424
dithering
[[English]]
[Verb]
dithering
1.Present participle of dither.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:39
15425
dither
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪðə(r)[Anagrams]
- drieth
- rideth
[Etymology]
From didder from Middle English didderen, meaning "to tremble".
[Verb]
dither (third-person singular simple present dithers, present participle dithering, simple past and past participle dithered)
1.(obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
2.To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
3.To do something nervously.
4.(computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
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TaN
15430
spotted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
spotted (comparative more spotted, superlative most spotted)
1.Discoloured by spots; stained.
2.(no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
the spotted hyena
[Synonyms]
- (discoloured by spots): blotched, blotchy, stained, spotty
[Verb]
spotted
1.Simple past tense and past participle of spot.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:43
15432
dissatisfied
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈsætəsˌfaɪd/[Adjective]
dissatisfied (comparative more dissatisfied, superlative most dissatisfied)
1.Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
2.Not satisfied (with the quality of something)
[Etymology]
from Latin dis- (apart) + satis (enough) + facere (to make).
[Verb]
dissatisfied
1.Simple past tense and past participle of dissatisfy.
0
0
2012/06/30 22:55
15434
かける
[[Japanese]]
[Conjunction]
かける (kanji 掛ける, romaji kakeru)
1.(mathematics) times
[Verb]
かける (ichidan conjugation, romaji kakeru)
1.掛ける: to lock; to hang, to suspend; to cover; to spend (time, money)
2.賭ける: to gamble
3.欠ける: to be incomplete, to wane (moon)
4.書ける: to be able to write; potential form of 書く
5.描ける: to be able to draw; potential form of 描くかける (godan conjugation, romaji kakeru)
1.駆ける: to run
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0
2012/06/30 23:38
15436
かく
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
かく (romaji kaku)
1.佳句: beautiful passage of literature
2.各: each, every
3.核: nucleus, kernel
4.画: stroke
5.格: status, character, case
6.角: angle, bishop (shogi)
7.劃: divide
[Proper noun]
かく (romaji Kaku)
1.格: A male given name
2.郭: A Chinese surname.
[Verb]
かく (godan conjugation, romaji kaku)
1.書く: to write
2.掻く: to scratch, to perspire
3.描く: to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe
4.欠く: to lack, to break, to crack, to chip
0
0
2012/06/30 23:38
15437
さだまる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
さだまる (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji sadamaru)
1.定まる: settle, become settled
0
0
2012/06/30 23:38
15438
さだめる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
さだめる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, romaji sadameru)
1.定める: establish, determine
0
0
2012/06/30 23:38
15439
ばかり
[[Japanese]]
[Particle]
ばかり (romaji bakari)
1.just (recently completed action) – 〜たばかり
食べたばかりだ。
たべたばかりだ。
Tabeta bakari da.
I just ate.
2.full of – Noun＋ばかり
東京は人ばかりだ。
とうきょうはひとばかりだ。
Tōkyō wa hito bakari da.
Tokyo is just full of people.
3.only, always – 〜てばかり
彼は食べてばかり居る。
かれはたべてばかりいる。
Kare wa tabete bakari iru.
He's always eating.
[Synonyms]
- ばかし
- ばっか (informal, speech)
0
0
2012/06/30 23:38
15440
クラブ
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
From English club.
[Noun]
クラブ (romaji kurabu)
1.倶楽部: a club , a social association
0
0
2012/06/30 23:38
15441
遣
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
遣 (radical 162 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一口 (YLMR), four-corner 35307)
1.send, dispatch
2.send off, exile
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
遣 (Yale hin2)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
遣 (common “Jōyō” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
遣 (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune-Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
遣 (pinyin qiǎn (qian3), Wade-Giles ch'ien3)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
遣 (khiển, khiến)
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0
2012/06/30 23:38
15443
よう
[[Japanese]]
[Interjection]
よう (yō)
1.A very informal greeting similar to yo.
2.よう、元気? - Yo! Howdy?
3.A very informal (rude) interjection similar to hey. Women don't use usually.
4.よう、待てよ - Hey, wait.Women or gentle men generally use ねえ instead of よう. よう is manful but gives a rudish impression at times. ねえ is more graceful.
[Kanji reading]
よう
- 洋: ocean
- 要: the main point
- 幼: juvenile
- 八: eight
[Noun]
よう (romaji yō)
1.用: business, engagement
2.酔う: to become tipsy or drunk
3.陽: positive
[Synonyms]
- やあ
- ねえ
- オッス
[Verb]
よう (yō)
1.(auxiliary) Expressing one's will to do something.
2.そろそろ寝よう - I go to bed before long.
3.そうしよう - I will do so.
4.(auxiliary) Inducing or stimulating other person to do something.
5.さあ、始めよう - Let's get started.
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しん
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
しん (romaji shin)
1.神: gods, mind, soul
2.心: heart
3.森: forest, wood
4.新: new
5.親: parent, kinship
6.真: truth, genuine, veritable
7.芯: core, heart
8.津: water, moist
9.信: trust, faith
[Prefix]
しん (kanji 新, romaji shin-)
1.新: new
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返事
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
返事 (hiragana へんじ, romaji henji)
1.reply, response
2.answer
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みおくる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
みおくる (transitive, godan conjugation, romaji miokuru)
1.見送る: see off
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せいし
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
せいし (romaji seishi)
1.生死: life or death; safety; fate
2.精子: spermatozoa, sperm
3.製紙: paper making
4.正史: correct history
5.姓氏: family name
6.制止: control, restraint
7.整枝: pruning, cutting off undesired branches from a fruit tree or in a garden
8.正視: looking someone straight in the eye
9.世子: heir, successor
10.製糸: silk reeling, spinning
11.誓詞: vow, oath, pledge
12.誓紙: written oath
13.静思: meditation
14.世嗣: heir, successor
15.静止: stillness
16.勢至: Mahasthamaprapta
[Verb]
せいし + する (irregular conjugation, romaji seishi suru)せいしする せいし suru
1.静思: meditate
2.静止: come to a standstill
3.制止: restrain, control
4.正視: look straight at, look straight ahead
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せい
[[Japanese]]
[Counter]
せい (romaji -sei)
1.世: generations
[Kanji reading]
せい
1.声: voice
2.清: pure
3.政: politics
4.西: west
[Noun]
せい (romaji sei)
1.性: sex, gender, state of nature
2.生: life, raw
3.製: made
4.制: system
5.聖: holy
6.世: world
7.星: star
8.姓: surname
9.勢: force
10.所為: reason, fault
[Suffix]
せい (romaji -sei)
1.性: the nature of something
2.製: -made, made in (some country)
3.制: system
4.世: (geology) epoch
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credenza
[[English]]
[Noun]
credenza (plural credenzas)
1.A sideboard or buffet.
2.a horizontal filing cabinet, typically placed behind a desk.
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
From Medieval Latin credentia, from Latin credens.
[Noun]
credenza f. (plural credenze)
1.belief, credit
2.sideboard
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comfy
[[English]]
[Adjective]
comfy (comparative comfier, superlative comfiest)
1.(informal) Comfortable.
The robe and slippers were so warm and comfy she just fell asleep in her chair.
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cobblestone
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Middle English kobilstane, from cobble (probably a diminutive of one of various words cob, presumed to stem from a Proto-Germanic root kubb- "something rounded") + Old English stan (“stone”)
[Noun]
cobblestone (plural cobblestones)
1.A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
[References]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
[Synonyms]
- cobble (as backformation)
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けつろ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
けつろ (romaji ketsuro)
1.結露: (physics) condensation
2.血路: way to escape
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結論
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
結論 (hiragana けつろん, romaji ketsuron)
1.A decision reached after careful thought; conclusion.
[[Mandarin]]
[Noun]
結論 (traditional, Pinyin jiélùn, simplified 结论)
1.(logical) conclusion
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ろん
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ろん (romaji ron)
1.論: theory, argument, view
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定員
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
定員 (hiragana ていいん, romaji teiin)
1.capacity (number of people allowed in an elevator, boat, building, etc)
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pretendership
[[English]]
[Etymology]
pretender + -ship
[Noun]
pretendership (usually uncountable; plural pretenderships)
1.The character or claims of a pretender.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Swift to this entry?)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.
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