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vehicle
[[English]]
ipa :/viːəkl/[Etymology]
From French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).
[External links]
- vehicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vehicle in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- vehicle at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
vehicle (plural vehicles)
1.A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
2.A medium for expression of talent or views.
3.A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).
4.(Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits
5.An entity to achieve an end.
6.(Buddhism) A yana.
[Synonyms]
- (Hinduism): vahan
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
vehicle m. (plural vehicles)
1.vehicle
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colleague
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Old French collegue, from Latin collega (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + legare (“to send on an embassy”), from lex (“law”).
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ColleagueWikipedia colleague (plural colleagues)
1.A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate
[Synonyms]
- coworker
- workmate
- See also Wikisaurus:associate
0
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16211
うごかす
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
うごかす (godan conjugation, romaji ugokasu)
1.動かす: to move something
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16212
りょこう
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
りょこう (romaji ryokō)
1.旅行: travel
[Verb]
りょこう + する (irregular conjugation, romaji ryokō suru)りょこうする りょこう suru
1.旅行: travel
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16213
すわる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
すわる (godan conjugation, romaji suwaru)
1.座る: to sit, to have a seat.
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0
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16216
intensely
[[English]]
[Adverb]
intensely (comparative more intensely, superlative most intensely)
1.In an intense manner.
He pursued his studies intensely.
2.To an intense degree, extremely.
An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum.
[Etymology]
intense + -ly
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16220
ill-natured
[[English]]
[Adjective]
ill-natured (comparative more ill-natured, superlative most ill-natured)
1.bad-tempered, irritable or malevolent
0
0
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16221
I'll
[[English]]
ipa :/aɪl/[Anagrams]
- Lil, li'l, lil
[Contraction]
I'll
1.I will
2.I shall
[Etymology]
Contraction of I will or I shall
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0
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16222
natured
[[English]]
[Adjective]
natured
1.Having or possessing the specified disposition or temperament.
[Anagrams]
- daunter
- unarted
- unrated
- untared
- untread
[Etymology]
See nature
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0
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16224
Nature
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- tea-urn
[Proper noun]
Nature
1.The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.
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16225
Natur
[[German]]
ipa :[naˈtuːɐ̯][Noun]
Natur f. (genitive Natur, plural Naturen)
1.nature, disposition, constitution, essence
2.temperament, temper, frame of mind
3.natural scenery
0
0
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16227
strode
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈstɻɔʊd/[Anagrams]
- Dorset
- doters
- sorted
- stored
[Verb]
strode
1.Simple past of stride.
2.Past participle of stride
3.2011 The Economist "Obituary: Whitney Houston" 18 February 2012:
an impeccably poised young woman who had strode out in an evening gown
0
0
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16229
heedless
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhiːdləs/[Adjective]
heedless (comparative more heedless, superlative most heedless)
1.unaware, without noticing
Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather
[Etymology]
heed + -less
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16230
imperiled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
imperiled
1.(biological conservation) at risk of becoming extinct
The wildlife management plan was focused on helping the reproductive needs of imperiled species.
[Alternative forms]
- imperilled (UK)
[Etymology]
From imperil.
[Verb]
imperiled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of imperil.
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0
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16236
impoverishment
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. Surface analysis impoverish + -ment.
[Noun]
impoverishment (usually uncountable; plural impoverishments)
1.The action of impoverishing someone.
2.The state of being impoverished.
[Synonyms]
- immiseration
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0
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grabbed
[[English]]
[Verb]
grabbed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of grab.
0
0
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16240
dejectedly
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈdʒɛktədli/[Adverb]
dejectedly
1.In a dejected manner, in a dispirited way.
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0
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16243
spu
[[Lojban]]
[Rafsi]
spu
1.Rafsi of spuda.
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0
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16244
parcel
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɑrsəl/[Anagrams]
- carpel
- placer
[Etymology]
From Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle”), from Medieval Latin particella, contr. parcella (“a parcel”), dim. of Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part, piece”).
[External links]
- parcel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- parcel in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[Noun]
parcel (plural parcels)
1.A package wrapped for shipment.
I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
2.A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
3.(obsolete) A group of birds.
4.A group of people.
5.Herman Melville, Omoo
A parcel of giddy creatures of her own age.
6.A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
[Synonyms]
- (package wrapped for shipment): package
- (division of land bought and sold as a unit): plot
[Verb]
parcel (third-person singular simple present parcels, present participle parceling or parcelling, simple past and past participle parceled or parcelled)
1.To wrap something up into the form of a package.
2.To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
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16245
偏差
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
偏差 (hiragana へんさ, romaji hensa)
1.(statistics) deviation
[[Mandarin]]
ipa :[ pʰiɛn˥˥tʂʰa˥˥ ][Noun]
偏差 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin piānchā)
1.(Advanced Mandarin) deviation; error
[References]
- 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
- 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
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16247
remorse
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- remorce
[Etymology]
First attested circa 14th century, from Old French remors, from Middle Latin remorsum, from Latin remordere "to torment, vex," literally "to bite back," from re- + mordere, "to bite."
[Noun]
remorse (uncountable)
1.A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
2.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:
Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
3.1897, Oscar Wilde, "De Profundis,"
Failure, disgrace, poverty, sorrow, despair, suffering, tears even, the broken words that come from lips in pain, remorse that makes one walk on thorns, conscience that condemns . . . —all these were things of which I was afraid.
4.(obsolete) Sorrow; pity; compassion.
5.1597, William Shakespeare, King John, act 4, sc. 3,
This is the bloodiest shame,
The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
[Synonyms]
- (regret or sadness for doing wrong): agenbite, compunction, contrition, penitence, repentance, self-reproach
- See also Wikisaurus:remorse
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16248
nap
[[English]]
ipa :/nap/[Anagrams]
- NPA
- pan, Pan, PAN
- PNA
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappōnan (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (> Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) > German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English nappe, from Middle Dutch
[Etymology 3]
- From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)
[Etymology 4]
possibly Scandanavian, cognate with nab, see Swedish nappa (“pinch”)
[Etymology 5]
From French napper, from nappe (“nape”).
[[Catalan]]
ipa :-ap[Etymology]
From Latin napus.
[Noun]
nap m. (plural naps)
1.turnip (Brassica rapa)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/nɑp/[Anagrams]
- pan
[Etymology]
From Middle Dutch nap, from Old Dutch nap, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz.
[Noun]
nap m. (plural nappen, diminutive napje)
1.drinking cup
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :/ˈnɒp/[Etymology]
Of unknown origin.
[Noun]
nap (plural napok)
1.day
Egy hét 7 napból áll. - A week consists of 7 days.
2.sun (also written Nap in astronomical context)
Süt a nap. - The sun is shining.
3.sunshine (a location where the sun's rays fall)
Délben nem jó kimenni a napra. - It's not good to go to the sunshine at noon.
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
Latin napus
[Noun]
nap m. (plural naps)
1.turnip (Brassica rapa)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
From Latin nāpus.
[Noun]
nap m. (plural napi)
1.turnip or swede (Brassica napus)
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16249
NAP
[[Italian]]
[Initialism]
NAP
1.Nuclei Armati Proletari
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16251
roust
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- routs
- stour
- torus
- tours, Tours
[Noun]
roust (plural rousts)
1.A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
[Synonyms]
- roost, rost
[Verb]
roust (third-person singular simple present rousts, present participle rousting, simple past and past participle rousted)
1.(transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse
2.1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII
"Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute."
3.(transitive, slang) to arrest
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16252
bracelet
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:BraceletWikipedia bracelet (plural bracelets)
1.a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament
2.the strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist
3.(historical) A piece of defensive armour for the arm.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
[See also]
- armband
- bangle
[[French]]
ipa :/bʁa.slɛ/[Alternative forms]
- brasselet (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- célébrât
[Etymology]
Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
[Noun]
bracelet m. (plural bracelets)
1.bracelet
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
bracelet m. (plural bracelets)
1.bracelet
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16253
abbreviated
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈbriːvieɪtɪd/[Adjective]
abbreviated (comparative more abbreviated, superlative most abbreviated)
1.Shortened; made briefer.
The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.
2.Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
3.Scanty, as in clothing.[1]
[References]
1.^ 1984 [1975], Urdang, Laurence editor, The Random House College Dictionary, New York, NY: Random House, Inc., ISBN 0-394-43600-8, page 1:
[Shorthand]
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - e - v - ia - td
(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - r - e - v - disjoined t
[Verb]
abbreviated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate.
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abbreviate
[[English]]
ipa :/ə.ˈbriː.vi.eɪt/[Etymology 1]
- Probably before 1425.
- Either from Middle English abbreviaten, from Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“to shorten”), formed from ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”) or Back-formation from abbreviation.[1].
- See abridge.
[Etymology 2]
- From Late Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“abbreviate”).
[References]
1.^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 2:
[[Interlingua]]
[Adjective]
abbreviate (comparative plus abbreviate, superlative le plus abbreviate)
1.Being abbreviated.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- abbeverati
[Verb]
abbreviate
1.second-person plural present tense of abbreviare
2.second-person plural imperative of abbreviare
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
abbreviāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of abbreviō
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16255
weeping
[[English]]
ipa :-iːpɪŋ[Noun]
weeping (plural weepings)
1.Action of the verb to weep.
Their constant weepings kept us awake.
[Verb]
weeping
1.Present participle of weep.
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distraught
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/[Adjective]
distraught (comparative more distraught, superlative most distraught)
1.Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.
[Etymology]
From Middle English, merger of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch.
[Synonyms]
- distressed
- pained
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relinquishing
[[English]]
[Verb]
relinquishing
1.Present participle of relinquish.
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0
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16259
yestereve
[[English]]
[Adverb]
yestereve (not comparable)
1.(during) yesterday evening
[Etymology]
From Middle English, alteration of yestereven (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + even (“evening”).
[Noun]
yestereve (uncountable)
1.(archaic) yesterday evening
2.1927, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Outlaw of Torn[1], edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
Only yestereve, you wot, one of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms came limping to us with the news of the awful carnage the foul fiend had wrought on his master's household.
[Related terms]
- yesterevening
- yesterday
- yesteryear
[Synonyms]
- yesterevening
- last night
- yesterevening
- last night
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0
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vouchsafed
[[English]]
[Verb]
vouchsafed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of vouchsafe.
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0
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vouchsafe
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/[Synonyms]
- deign
[Verb]
vouchsafe (third-person singular simple present vouchsafes, present participle vouchsafing, simple past and past participle vouchsafed)
1.To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
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16266
compilation
[[English]]
ipa :/kɒmpɪˈleɪʃən/[Etymology]
Middle English, from Latin stem of compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”)
[Noun]
compilation (countable and uncountable; plural compilations)
1.(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
2.(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
3.(uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
[See also]
- Compilation (Programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Compilation (Programming)
[Synonyms]
- (the act or process of compiling): compilement
- (something compiled):
- (source code translation into object code):
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groceries
[[English]]
[Noun]
groceries pl.
1.The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery.
She carried a sack of groceries in from the car and set it on the kitchen table.
2.Plural form of grocery. Multiple retailers of groceries.
There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither looked very profitable.
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grocery
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹəʊsəɹi/[Etymology]
From French grosserie (“wholesale”).[1] Compare gross.
[Noun]
grocery (plural groceries)
1.Usually groceries; retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
2.1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...
3.1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets, The present time
Did not cotton spin itself, beef grow, and groceries and spiceries come in from the East and the West, quite comfortably by the side of shams?
4.A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
5.1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden
I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...
[Synonyms]
- (retail foodstuffs and household supplies): commodities, general goods, groceries, packaged goods
- (store that sells groceries): general store, grocery store, market, supermarket
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foraged
[[English]]
[Verb]
foraged
1.Simple past tense and past participle of forage.
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forage
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Middle English, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdran (“fodder, feed, sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), *pat- (“to feed”), *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Old High German fuotar (German Futter (“fodder, feed”)), Old English fōdor, fōþor (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), Icelandic fóðr (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food.
[Noun]
forage (plural forages)
1.Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
2.1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:[1]
“The hermit was apparently somewhat moved to compassion by the anxiety as well as address which the stranger displayed in tending his horse; for, muttering something about provender left for the keeper's palfrey, he dragged out of a recess a bundle of forage, which he spread before the knight's charger.
3.An act or instance of foraging. […] ”
4.1860 September, “A Chapter on Rats”, in The Knickerbocker, volume 56, number 3, page 304:
‘My dears,’ he discourses to them — how he licks his gums, long toothless, as he speaks of his forages into the well-stored cellars: […]
[Verb]
forage (third-person singular simple present forages, present participle foraging, simple past and past participle foraged)
1.To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
2.1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer, Chapter 8:
The message said that the party intended to hunt and forage through this region, for a month or two, afore it went back into the Canadas.
3.To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
4.1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1, Scene 2:
And your great-uncle's, Edward the Black Prince, / Who on the French ground play'd a tragedy, / Making defeat on the full power of France, / Whiles his most mighty father on a hill / Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp / Forage in blood of French nobility.
5.To rummage.
6.1898, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Wrecker:
Using the blankets for a basket, we sent up the books, instruments, and clothes to swell our growing midden on the deck; and then Nares, going on hands and knees, began to forage underneath the bed.
[[French]]
ipa :/fɔʁ.aʒ/[Etymology]
From forer + -age
[Noun]
forage m. (plural forages)
1.drilling (act of drilling)
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16280
solace
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɒ.lɪs/[Anagrams]
- acoels
[Etymology]
From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”)
[Noun]
solace (plural solaces)
1.Comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
2.A source of comfort or consolation.
You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace. It is priceless, and highly treasured by many.
[Synonyms]
- comfort
- consolation
- relief
- support
[Verb]
solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)
1.To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
2.To allay or assuage.
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sidhe
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃiː/[Alternative forms]
- Sidhe
[Anagrams]
- deshi
- hides
- shied
[Etymology]
From Irish; see Sidhe.
[Noun]
sidhe (plural sidhe)
1.Supernatural creatures of Irish and Scottish folklore, who live in Sidhe; fairies. [From 1899, Yeats]
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Sidhe
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃiː/[Anagrams]
- deshi
- hides
- shied
[Etymology]
From an ellipsis of Irish aos sídhe (people of the fairy mound).
[Proper noun]
Sidhe
1.Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie. [From 1793]
2.1906, Augusta, Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders, Columcille: The Friend of the Angels of God,
Even Nera from the Sidhe could not do it; he is not made much of now; our learned one is not the light of our life now he is hidden away from us.
3.Alternative capitalization of sidhe.
4.1914, William Butler Yeats, Rosa alchemica,
Their reign has never ceased, but only waned in power a little, for the Sidhe still pass in every wind, and dance and play at hurley, and fight their sudden battles in every hollow and on every hill; but they cannot build their temples again till there have been martyrdoms and victories, and perhaps even that long-foretold battle in the Valley of the Black Pig.
5.2001, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, Spirits White as Lightning, page not numbered,
“‘Fun,’” Ria echoed. “You want to invite me to one of the Sidhe’s High Holy Days—me—and you think it'll be 'fun'?”
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enchantment
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- inchantment
[Noun]
enchantment (countable and uncountable; plural enchantments)
1.The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
2.Something that enchants; a magical spell.
3.Something that is enchanted.
4.1885, John Ormsby, Don Quixote, volume 1, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, chapter XXXV:
"I see now that it's all enchantment in this house; for the last time, on this very spot where I am now, I got ever so many thumps without knowing who gave them to me, or being able to see anybody; and now this head is not to be seen anywhere about, though I saw it cut off with my own eyes and the blood running from the body as if from a fountain."
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scholarly
[[English]]
[Adjective]
scholarly (comparative more scholarly, superlative most scholarly)
1.of or relating to scholars or scholarship
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:learned
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dismember
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
- dismembre (obsolete)
[Etymology]
Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”)
[Verb]
dismember (third-person singular simple present dismembers, present participle dismembering, simple past and past participle dismembered)
1.(transitive) To remove the limbs of.
Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
2.(transitive) To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.
The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.
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glamour
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡlæmə/[Alternative forms]
- glamor (US) (Commonwealth-spelling widely accepted across the states.)
[Etymology]
From Scots gramarye (“magic, enchantment, spell”).The Scottish term may either be from Ancient Greek γραμμάριον (grammárion, “gram”), the weight unit of ingredients used to make magic potions, or an alteration of the English word grammar (“any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning”).A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (poet. “moon,” name of a ghost) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”).
[Noun]
glamour (countable and uncountable; plural glamours)
1.(countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
2.Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
3.A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
4.Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
5.(uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
[[Danish]]
ipa :/ɡlamuːr/[Etymology]
From English glamour.
[Noun]
glamour c. (singular definite glamouren, not used in plural form)
1.glamour
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
glamour
1.glamour (charm)
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/gla.ˈmuɾ/[Etymology]
From English glamour.
[Noun]
glamour m. (usually uncountable)
1.glamour (charm)
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lopsided
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɒp.saɪ.dəd/[Adjective]
lopsided (comparative more lopsided, superlative most lopsided)
1.Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.
Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait.
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buffer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbʌfə(ɹ)/[Adjective]
buffer
1.comparative form of buff: more buff
[Anagrams]
- rebuff
[Etymology]
buff + -erThis definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. A buffer in Electronics is nothing but a circuit designed to meet the impedance matching. This means a circuital module, in order to be connected to other circuital module, both having different impedance is achieved by buffer. Suppose two pieces of pipes both of different diameters are connected the water never flows smooth from one pipe to other. The same happens with the circuit modules having different impedance. It results in attenuation to a great extent causing power losses and distortions. Hence we go for buffering. Here to the output of a high impedance module an impedance matched input side of buffer circuit is connected. within the circuit the impedance is brought down and the output of the buffer which is small is used to connect to the input of a low impedance module( any circuit).
[Noun]
buffer (plural buffers)
1.Someone or something that buffs.
2.(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
3.(computing) A portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
4.(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
5.(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
6.(rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
7.(rail transport) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
8.An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
9.In international relations, a buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
10.This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
11.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, Telegraph:
An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight.
[Related terms]
- bufferize
- buffer lass
- buffer up
- buffer zone
[Verb]
buffer (third-person singular simple present buffers, present participle buffering, simple past and past participle buffered)
1.To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
2.(computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
English
[Noun]
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:Buffer (informatica)Wikipedia itbuffer m. inv.
1.(computing) buffer
[Synonyms]
- memoria tampone
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) buffar
- (Sutsilvan) bufar
- (Vallader) boffar
[Synonyms]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) sufflar
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) zuflar
- (Puter) zufler
- (Vallader) sofflar
[Verb]
buffer
1.(Puter) to blow
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awaiting
[[English]]
[Verb]
awaiting
1.Present participle of await.
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properly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
properly (comparative more properly, superlative most properly)
1.in a proper manner
2.2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, Guardian:
Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
3.(obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
Now herkenyth how I bar me properly. — Chaucer.
[Alternative forms]
- proprely
[Etymology]
proper + -ly
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inherited
[[English]]
[Adjective]
inherited (not comparable)
1.Obtained via an inheritance
[Verb]
inherited
1.Simple past tense and past participle of inherit.
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absorption
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈzɔːp.ʃən/[Anagrams]
- probations
[Etymology]
- First attested in 1597.
- From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”).
[Noun]
absorption (plural absorptions)
1.The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
1.(obsolete) engulfing; swallow up.
2.assimilate.
the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
1.taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
2.(chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy.
the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
1.(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
absorption in some employment(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.The taking on of by a shipping company of special charges by another without price increase.The natural lessening of radio waves due to atmospheric interference.
[References]
- absorption in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- absorption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
absorption
1.Genitive singular form of absorptio.
[[French]]
[Noun]
absorption f. (plural absorptions)
1.absorption
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