17310
navy
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪvi[Adjective]
navy (comparative more navy, superlative most navy)
1.Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
2.2006, Samantha Hunt, The Seas: A Novel, page 57:
The cover is as navy as a bruise.
3.2006, Carol Marinelli, Taken for His Pleasure, page 26:
The morning shadow on his chin was almost as navy as his heavy-lidded eyes, his cheekbones exquisitely sculptured in his haughty face.
4.Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
5.1943, Fletcher Pratt, The Navy has wings, page 167:
[...] there are chess ships and checker ships and those where acey-deucey is almost the only game, the sailors' own improved version of backgammon. Fliers from the seacoast of Iowa, anxious to be as navy as the rest, are usually the first to pick it up.
6.1993, Robert A. Frezza, McLendon's Syndrome, page 299:
Lieutenant Lindquist is navy through and through. I know she doesn't want to get out. Now, I know there's no way you can assign her to a navy ship, but there has to be something the navy can give her to keep her in space.
7.1994, Harry Carey, Company of heroes: my life as an actor in the John Ford stock company, page 76:
It was not what you would picture as a typical meeting with a naval officer. In fact, it was about as navy as an Abbott and Costello movie.
8.2003, Jedwin Smith, Fatal treasure: greed and death, emeralds and gold, page 88:
He was navy through and through; no-nonsense, humorless, and all spit and polish—every hair in its place, every thought gleaned from the manual compiled by brilliant sea dogs of long ago.
9.2003, Edwin Palmer Hoyt, Thomas H Moorer, The Men of the Gambier Bay: The Amazing True Story, page 21:
Goodwin was navy through and through.
[Derived terms]
Terms derived from the noun or adjective navy
[Etymology]
- From Latin navis (“ship, boat”) via Anglo-Norman navie, from nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *nau- (boat), possibly, from Tamil நாவாய் (nāvāi). Compare Persian ناو (nâv, “boat, warship”)
[Noun]
navy (plural navies)
1.A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
2.A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
3.A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
[Related terms]
Terms etymologically related to the noun or adjective navy
[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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17311
vigilantism
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- vigilanteism
[Etymology]
vigilante + -ism
[Noun]
vigilantism (plural vigilantisms)
1.the activities of a vigilante
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17312
compatriot
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Latin cum (“with”) + patria (“homeland”)
[Noun]
compatriot (plural compatriots)
1.Somebody from one's own country; a fellow-countryman.
2.2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, BBC Sport:
However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.
[[Romanian]]
[Noun]
compatriot m. (plural compatrioti)
1.compatriot
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17314
sturdier
[[English]]
[Adjective]
sturdier
1.comparative form of sturdy: more sturdy
0
0
2012/10/21 13:37
17315
weathertight
[[English]]
[Adjective]
weathertight (comparative more weathertight, superlative most weathertight)
1.sealed against the wind and rain
[Synonyms]
- weatherproof
0
0
2012/10/21 13:37
17316
hermetic
[[English]]
ipa :/hɜː(ɹ)ˈmɛt.ɪk/[Adjective]
hermetic (comparative more hermetic, superlative most hermetic)
1.Of or pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus.
2.Of or pertaining to alchemy or occult practices.
3.Obscure; secret or unrevealed.
4.Isolated, away from outside influence.
5.Airtight or gas-tight; impervious to air or gases.
[Alternative forms]
- hermetick (obsolete)
[Etymology]
From the Greek god and mythological alchemist Hermes Trismegistus, who was said to possess a magic ability to seal (with spells) treasure chests so that nothing could access their contents.
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17317
pel
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- lep
[Noun]
pel (plural pels)
1.pixel
[[Anglo-Norman]]
[Etymology]
Latin pellis
[Noun]
pel f. (oblique plural pels, nominative singular pel, nominative plural pels)
1.skin
[[Asturian]]
[Contraction]
pel m. (feminine pela, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)
1.by means of the
[Etymology]
From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
[[Catalan]]
[Preposition]
pel
1.Contraction of per and el
[References]
- Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.
[See also]
- pels
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛl[Verb]
pel
1.first-person singular present indicative of pellen.
2.imperative of pellen.
[[Italian]]
[Contraction]
pel
1.contraction of per + il
[[Lojban]]
[Rafsi]
pel
1.rafsi of pelxu.
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
From Latin pellis.
[Noun]
pel f. (oblique plural pels, nominative singular pel, nominative plural pels)
1.skin
[[Romani]]
[Alternative forms]
- pijel
[Verb]
pel
1.to drink
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17321
duress
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛs[Anagrams]
- druses
[Etymology]
Middle English Old French duresse, from Latin duritia (“hardness”), from durus (“hard”)
[Noun]
duress (uncountable)
1.(obsolete) Harsh treatment.
2.Constraint by threat.
[Verb]
duress (third-person singular simple present duresses, present participle duressing, simple past and past participle duressed)
1.To put under duress; to pressure.
Someone was duressing her.
The small nation was duressed into giving up territory.
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17322
capitulated
[[English]]
[Verb]
capitulated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
0
0
2012/10/21 13:37
17324
pollination
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Noun]
pollination (plural pollinations)
1.(botany) the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
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2012/10/21 13:37
17325
cowardice
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkaʊədɪs/[Etymology]
Middle English cowardise, from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French: couardise).
[Noun]
cowardice (countable and uncountable; plural cowardices)
1.Lack of courage.
[Synonyms]
- cowardliness
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17326
restive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
restive (comparative more restive, superlative most restive)
1.Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
2.1914, Bram Stoker, "Dracula's Guest" in Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories:
The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
3.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XV:
“Hullo, Bobbie,” I said. “Hullo, Bertie,” she said. “Hullo, Upjohn,” I said. The correct response to this would have been “Hullo, Wooster”, but he blew up in his lines and merely made a noise like a wolf with its big toe caught in a trap. Seemed a bit restive, I thought, as if wishing he were elsewhere. Bobbie was all girlish animation. “I've been telling Mr Upjohn about that big fish we saw in the lake yesterday, Bertie.” “Ah yes, the big fish.” “It was a whopper, wasn't it?” “Very well-developed.” “I brought him down here to show it to him.” “Quite right. You'll enjoy the big fish, Upjohn.” I had been perfectly correct in supposing him to be restive. He did his wolf impersonation once more. “I shall do nothing of the sort,” he said, and you couldn't find a better word than “testily” to describe the way he spoke. “It is most inconvenient for me to be away from the house at this time. I am expecting a telephone call from my lawyer.”
4.Resistant of control; stubborn.
5.1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part IV, Chapter VIII
Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful.
6.Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
[Anagrams]
- sievert
- veriest
[Synonyms]
- (impatient under duress): anxious, champing at the bit, fidgety, restless, uneasy
- (resistant of control): disobedient, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unruly
- (refusing to move): balky
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17327
conciliatory
[[English]]
[Adjective]
conciliatory (comparative more conciliatory, superlative most conciliatory)
1.willing to conciliate, or to make concessions
[Antonyms]
- unconciliatory
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36138
immune
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈmjuːn/[Adjective]
editimmune (comparative more immune, superlative most immune)
1.(usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
2.1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.
3.2019 September 3, David Karpf, “Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point.”, in Esquire[2]:
Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.
As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.
4.(medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
I am immune to chicken pox.
5.(by extension) Not vulnerable.
Alas, he was immune to my charms.
6.1959 June, “The opening of the Colchester-Walton-Clacton electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 306:
[...] most of the original electrical signalling equipment has had to be replaced by apparatus immune to 50-cycle currents.
7.(medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system.
8.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
We examined the patient's immune response.
[Antonyms]
edit
- susceptible
- vulnerable
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”)
[Noun]
editimmune (plural immunes)
1.(epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
2.1965, Rene J. Dubos & James G. Hirsch, editors, Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man[3], page 742:
Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes.
[Verb]
editimmune (third-person singular simple present immunes, present participle immuning, simple past and past participle immuned)
1.(rare, transitive) To make immune.
2.1917, Thomas Hardy, In the Seventies
In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […]
3.1905, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal (volume 29, page 42)
The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/imˈmu.nə/[Adjective]
editimmune (masculine and feminine plural immunes)
1.immune
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “immune” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editimmune
1.inflection of immun:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
ipa :/imˈmu.ne/[Adjective]
editimmune (plural immuni)
1.immune, exempt, free, unscathed
Synonyms: esente, libero
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”).
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editimmūne
1.nominative neuter singular of immūnis
2.accusative neuter singular of immūnis
3.vocative neuter singular of immūnis
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editimmune
1.definite singular and plural of immun
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editimmune
1.definite singular and plural of immun
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17330
hosteler
[[English]]
[Noun]
hosteler (plural hostelers)
1.A person who keeps a hostel or other place of accomodation, an innkeeper. A person in the hospitality industry.
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17331
hostel
[[English]]
ipa :-ɒstəl[Anagrams]
- helots
- hotels
- Lhotse
- loseth
- tholes
[Etymology]
Middle English, from Old English reinforced by Old French (h)ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”).
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:HostelWikipedia hostel (plural hostels)
1.A budget-oriented overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel
2.(not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food
3.(obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:pub
[[Czech]]
[Noun]
hostel m.
1.hostel
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
hostel m. (plural hostels)
1.hotel; hostel; inn (establishment offering rooms for hire)
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
hostel m. (oblique plural hostels, nominative singular hostels, nominative plural hostel)
1.Alternative form of ostel.
[[Polish]]
[Noun]
hostel m.
1.hostel
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2012/10/21 13:37
17334
subtlety
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsʌtəlti/[Etymology]
From Old French sutilté, from Latin subtīlitās, from subtīlis (“subtle”).
[Noun]
subtlety (countable and uncountable; plural subtleties)
1.(uncountable) The quality or fact of being subtle.
With all his usual subtlety, he quietly fixed the problem before anyone else noticed it.
2.(countable) An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction.
The subtleties of this overture are often overlooked.
3.(countable) An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing but crafted to look like another.
At the king's coronation feast, several subtleties were served between main courses.
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17335
unassailable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unassailable (not comparable)
1.secure against attack; impregnable
2.(by extension) undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible
[Etymology]
un- + assailable
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2012/05/04 18:29
2012/10/21 13:37
17336
meddling
[[English]]
[Adjective]
meddling
1.That meddles.
[Noun]
meddling
1.Action of the verb meddle.
[Synonyms]
- annoying
[Verb]
meddling
1.Present participle of meddle.
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2010/01/26 09:49
2012/10/21 13:37
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17337
meddle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛd.əl/[Anagrams]
- melded
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman medler, variant of Anglo-Norman and Old French mesler, meller, from Late Latin misculare, from Latin miscere (“to mix”).
[Verb]
meddle (third-person singular simple present meddles, present participle meddling, simple past and past participle meddled)
1.(obsolete) To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend. [14th-17th c.]
2.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
he cut a locke of all their heare, / Which medling with their bloud and earth, he threw / Into the graue [...].
3.(intransitive, now US regional) To have sex. [from 14th c.]
4.1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
And in the same tyme that they medled togydirs, Abell was begotyn.
5.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:
Take a ram's head that never meddled with an ewe, cut off at a blow, and the horns only taken away, boil it well, skin and wool together [...].
6.To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly. [from 14th c.]
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2009/12/24 10:44
2012/10/21 13:37
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17338
restiveness
[[English]]
[Noun]
restiveness (uncountable)
1.The characteristic of being restive.
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17340
invalidate
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- validate
[Etymology]
From in- + [[Category:English words prefixed with in-|]] Latin valere (“to be strong”); literally, “to make not strong”.
[Synonyms]
- vitiate
[Verb]
invalidate (third-person singular simple present invalidates, present participle invalidating, simple past and past participle invalidated)
1.To make invalid. Esp. applied to contract law.
The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
invalidate
1.second-person plural present indicative of invalidare
2.second-person plural imperative of invalidare
3.Feminine plural of invalidato
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2012/10/21 13:37
17341
inflexible
[[English]]
[Adjective]
inflexible (comparative more inflexible, superlative most inflexible)
1.Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
2.Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
[Antonyms]
- flexible
[Etymology]
in- + flexible
[References]
- inflexible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:obstinate
- unflexible
[[French]]
[Adjective]
inflexible (masculine and feminine, plural inflexibles)
1.inflexible
[Etymology]
in- + flexible
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
inflexible m. and f. (plural inflexibles)
1.inflexible
[Etymology]
in- + flexible
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17342
substantiation
[[English]]
[Noun]
substantiation (plural substantiations)
1.The act of substantiating
2.Something which substantiates; evidence, proof
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2012/10/21 13:37
17344
unglued
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unglued (comparative more unglued, superlative most unglued)
1.(not comparable) Not secured with glue.
The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact.
2.(comparable, slang) Insane, upset.
He was calm at first, then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it.
[Verb]
unglued
1.Simple past tense and past participle of unglue.
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0
2012/10/21 13:37
17345
unglue
[[English]]
[Etymology]
un- + glue
[Synonyms]
- deglutinate
[Verb]
unglue (third-person singular simple present unglues, present participle ungluing or unglueing, simple past and past participle unglued)
1.To separate that which was held by glue.
We had to use warm water and solvent to unglue all the joints we put in yesterday.
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2012/10/21 13:37
17346
apparatchik
[[English]]
ipa :/apəˈɹatʃɪk/[Etymology]
From Russian аппаратчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппарат (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик.
[Noun]
apparatchik (plural apparatchiks or apparatchiki)
1.(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. [from 20th c.]
2.1965 February 12, “Russia: Borrowing from the Capitalists”[1], Time, volume 85, ISSN 0040-781X:
Whether conservatively toeing their Marx or boldly advocating such heretical Western-style reforms as the primacy of profits, every important planner, apparatchik and economist in Russia is caught up in Communism's greatest debate since Stalin set backward Russia on its cruel-but successful-forced march into the 20th century industrial world.
3.2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro, Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, ISBN 9780801446016, LCCN 2006048845, OL 9776170M, page 34:
In these dire conditions the ambitious Serbo-Croatian Communist Party apparatchik Slobodan Milošević played the national card in Kosovo.
4.A blindly loyal bureaucrat. [from 20th c.]
5.2007 April 20, “Gonzales v. Gonzales”, The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
Mr. Gonzales came across as a dull-witted apparatchik incapable of running one of the most important departments in the executive branch. […] He delegated responsibility for purging their ranks to an inexperienced and incompetent assistant who, if that’s possible, was even more of a plodding apparatchik.
6.2011 February 27, Preston, Peter, “The Unfinished Global Revolution by Mark Malloch Brown – review”, The Observer, ISSN 0029-7712:
He's so outspoken, so little the Labour apparatchik, that Prime Minister Brown decides he can't send this voluble critic of Iraq invasion to sit at a UN occasion alongside George W Bush.
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2012/10/21 13:37
17347
神曲
[[Japanese]]
[Proper noun]
神曲 (hiragana しんきょく, romaji shinkyoku)
1.Japanese title of Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri
[[Mandarin]]
[Noun]
神曲 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shénqǔ)
1.Medicated leaven (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)
[References]
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. ISBN: 7-5357-1656-3.
- http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
- http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis
- http://www1.dict.li
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17351
strip off
[[English]]
[Verb]
strip off
1.(transitive) To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
2.1713, Alexander Pope translation of Homer Odyssey read at Project Gutenberg
Strip off thy garments; Neptune's fury brave /With naked strength, and plunge into the wave.
3.2006, James Mills Hill, I Have Been Blessed!: Hard Work and Happiness
We cut down pine trees and then had to strip off all the bark.
4.2006, James P. Lewis, Project Planning, Scheduling & Control, A Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in on Time and on Budget, fourth edition
In addition, if you strip off the overtime, you can't tell that you have problems, as was shown at the beginning of this chapter.
5.2006, William Scarborough, Baked Alaskan
Victor sat on a rock and tried to strip off his waders, his body shaking so much that he couldn't get a decent grip.
6.(intransitive, UK, idiomatic) To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).
7.1847, John Sanderson, The American in Paris
Your trees of Pine Hill, which persevere in being green the year round, do not please so much as those which strip off in November,and put on their green and flowery robes in April.
8.1871, Clinton Carter Hutchinson, Resources of Kansas: Fifteen Years Experience
A night when you strip off and sit down to gasp and pant for a breath of air; such a night is never experienced in Kansas.
9.2006, Ernest Millington, Was That Really Me?
I cannot remember whose idea it was that we should strip off to our underclothing and go into the coolness of the stream.
10.2006, Mike Edwards, Friendly Fire
The other recruits started to undress where they stood but Ledanseur was too embarrassed to strip off in front of his new comrades. He went into the shower block and undressed there.
11.(intransitive) To be removed by stripping
12.1864, Robert Jennings, Sheep, Swine, and Poultry
The feathers strip off much more easily and cleanly while the bird is yet warm.
13.2005, Chris Baines, How To Make A Wildlife Garden
On an old plant, this tends to strip off in long, tough, stringy lumps, a bit like short lengths of raffia.
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17354
take care of
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
- (look after): care for, nurse
- (handle): attend to
- (kill (slang)): bump off, knock off, wax
[Verb]
to take care of
1.(transitive) To look after, to provide care for.
My elderly mother needs to be taken care of.
2.(transitive) To deal with, handle.
Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?
3.(transitive, slang) To kill.
In the motion picture The Godfather gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.
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17355
take care
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- caretake
[Interjection]
take care
1.(when leaving) good-bye (literally, take care of yourself)
[Verb]
take care (third-person singular simple present takes care, present participle taking care, simple past took care, past participle taken care)
1.(intransitive) To be cautious, careful or prudent.
2.(intransitive) To mind, or be in charge of something.
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compartmentalized
[[English]]
[Adjective]
compartmentalized (comparative more compartmentalized, superlative most compartmentalized)
1.divided into compartments
[Verb]
compartmentalized
1.Simple past tense and past participle of compartmentalize.
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compartmentalize
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- compartmentalise
[Verb]
compartmentalize (third-person singular simple present compartmentalizes, present participle compartmentalizing, simple past and past participle compartmentalized)
1.(transitive) To separate something into different categories or compartments.
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homicidal
[[English]]
[Adjective]
homicidal
1.Of or pertaining to homicide, and particularly to one who commits such a crime as with a homicidal maniac.
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culpability
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/[Noun]
culpability (plural culpabilities)
1.The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
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froid
[[French]]
ipa :/fʁwa/[Adjective]
froid m. (f. froide, m. plural froids, f. plural froides)
1.cold (temperature)
[Antonyms]
- (cold): chaud (“warm, hot”)
[Etymology]
From Old French froit, from Latin frīgidus (“cold”).
[Noun]
froid m. (usually uncountable)
1.(pathology) cold, chill
2.(of a relationship) distance, strain
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sang
[[English]]
ipa :/sæŋ/[Anagrams]
- AGNs gans, nags, snag
[Verb]
sang
1.Simple past of sing.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :-aŋk[Etymology]
From Latin sanguis. Compare French sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.
[Noun]
sang f. (plural sangs)
1.blood
[[Danish]]
ipa :[sɑŋˀ][Etymology]
From Old Norse sǫngr.
[Noun]
sang c. (singular definite sangen, plural indefinite sange)
1.song
2.singing
[Verb]
sang
1.past of synge
[[French]]
ipa :/sɑ̃/[Etymology]
Old French sanc, from Latin sanguis. Compare Catalan sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.
[Noun]
sang m. (plural sangs)
1.blood
[[German]]
[Verb]
sang
1.past tense of singen
[[Jèrriais]]
[Etymology]
From Old French sanc, from Latin sanguis.
[Noun]
sang m. (usually uncountable)
1.blood
[[Low German]]
ipa :/zʌŋk/[Etymology]
From Middle Low German sank, from Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång. Related to singen (“to sing”).
[Noun]
sang m. (Genitive sanges)
1.the act of singing
2.a chant, a song
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
sang
1.Nonstandard spelling of sāng.
2.Nonstandard spelling of sǎng.
3.Nonstandard spelling of sàng.
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
Old French sanc, from Latin sanguis
[Noun]
sang m. (plural sangs)
1.blood
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
sang m. (definite singular sangen; indefinite plural sanger; definite plural sangene)
1.song
[Verb]
sang
1.past tense of synge
[[Occitan]]
[Noun]
sang m. and f. (uncountable)
1.blood
[[Old English]]
ipa :/sɑŋɡ/[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc, Old Norse sǫngr.
[Noun]
sang m.
1.song
[[Romansch]]
[Etymology]
From Latin sanguis.
[Noun]
sang m.
1.blood
[[Vietnamese]]
[Adjective]
sang
1.expensive, luxurious
[Verb]
sang
1.to go over, to come over, to cross
2.to transfer
3.to be noble
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notorious
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːɹiəs[Adjective]
notorious (comparative more notorious, superlative most notorious)
1.Widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.
2.1920, "This is the last straw. In your infatuation for this man — a man who is notorious for his excesses, a man your father would not have allowed to so much as mention your name — you have reflected the demi-monde rather than the circles in which you have presumably grown up." — The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.1999, "The Hempshocks' sheep were notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves." — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 30 (2001 Perennial edition)
[Etymology]
First attested 1548, from Medieval Latin nōtōrius (“widely or fully known”), from Latin nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”). Negative sense appeared in seventeenth century.
[Synonyms]
- ill-famed
- infamous
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Abbey
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Abigail.
[Proper noun]
Abbey
1.A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
2.A British surname.
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angora
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Aragon
[Etymology]
Ancient name of the city now known as Ankara in Turkey, which has given its name to several breeds of animal. From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ankura, “anchor”).
[Noun]
angora (plural angoras)Wikipedia has an article on:AngoraWikipedia
1.An angora cat.
2.An angora goat.
3.An angora rabbit.
4.(uncountable) The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
5.(uncountable) The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
angora
1.angora
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Angora
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From Latin Ancyra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ankura), from ἄγκυρα (ankura, “anchor”).
[Proper noun]
Angora
1.Ankara (capital of Turkey)
[[Spanish]]
ipa :[aŋ.ˈɡo.ɾa][Etymology]
From Latin Ancyra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ankura), from ἄγκυρα (ankura, “anchor”).
[Proper noun]
Angora f.
1.Ankara (capital of Turkey)
[Synonyms]
- Ankara
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hath
[[English]]
ipa :/hæθ/[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: view · although · knowledge · #534: hath · table · daughter · makes
[Verb]
hath
1.(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of have.
Thirty days hath September.
2.... unto every one that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away ... - Luke 19:26
[[Middle English]]
[Alternative forms]
- haþ
[Verb]
hath
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haven.
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厳
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Japanese Simplified from 嚴 (吅 → a component which cannot be displayed independently) (compare 単, from 單).Beware that interior component is 敢 – the left component is 耳 with a top, not a 目 (contrast with 首, 頁).
[Han character]
厳 (radical 27 厂+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火一一十大 (FMMJK), 火一弓十大 (FMNJK))
1.strict, rigorous, rigid
2.stern
[[Japanese]]
[Adjective]
厳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 嚴, hiragana げん, romaji gen)
1.strict, stern
[Adverb]
厳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 嚴, hiragana げん, romaji gen)
1.strictly, sternly
[Kanji]
厳 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
厳 (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune-Reischauer ŏm)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
厳 (pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen2)
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sensitive
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/[Adjective]
sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)
1.Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
2.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.2.i:
The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.
3.Responsive to stimuli.
4.Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.
Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
5.Of an issue, capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
6.Accurate (instrument)
[Antonyms]
- insensitive
- stoic
- uncaring
- resistant
[Etymology]
From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.
[Noun]
sensitive (plural sensitives)
1.One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
2.2003, Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2
Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.
[Synonyms]
- tender
- precise
- compassionate
- caring
- aware
[[French]]
ipa :/sɑ̃.si.tiv/[Adjective]
sensitive f.
1.feminine form of sensitif
[Anagrams]
- investies
[Noun]
sensitive f. (plural sensitives)
1.sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
sensitive f.
1.Feminine plural form of sensitivo
[Anagrams]
- estensivi, intessevi
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
sensitive
1.vocative masculine singular of sensitivus
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diffidence
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɪfɪdəns/[Noun]
diffidence (uncountable)
1.The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
2.1857, Brigham Young, Journal of Discources, Attention and Reflection Necessary to An Increase of Knowledge, etc.
I have the same diffidence in my feelings that most public speakers have, and am apt to think that others can speak better and more edifying than I can.
3.1897, José María de Pereda, translated by William Henry Bishop, Cleto's Proposal to Sotileza (an excerpt from Sotileza)
"I was passing by," he began to stammer, trembling with his diffidence, "I—happened to be passing along this way, and so—er—as I was passing this way, I says to myself, says I, 'I'll just stop into the shop a minute.'
4.(obsolete) Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
5.1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI part I, act 3 scene 3
[Charles, King of France]: We have been guided by thee hitherto,
And of thy cunning had no diffidence:
One sudden foil shall never breed distrust.
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esprit
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- priest
- ripest
- sitrep
- sprite
- stripe
[Etymology]
Borrowed from the French.
[Noun]
esprit (uncountable)
1.Spirit, enthusiasm.
2.A wit.
3.Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.
[References]
- esprit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[Czech]]
[Noun]
esprit m.
1.esprit
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛspʁi/[Anagrams]
- pétris, pister, prîtes, tripes
[Etymology]
Borrowed from Latin spiritus.
[Noun]
esprit m. (plural esprits)
1.spirit, enthusiasm
2.mind
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Esprit
[[German]]
[Etymology]
French.
[Noun]
Esprit m. (genitive Esprits, no plural)
1.esprit
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esprit de corps
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛˌspɹiː də ˈkɔː/[Etymology]
From French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”)
[Noun]
esprit de corps (uncountable)
1.(idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.
[References]
- esprit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- (shared spirit): morale, team spirit
[[French]]
[Etymology]
esprit (spirit) + de (of) + corps (group, body).
[Noun]
esprit de corps
1.literally, the "spirit of the group." The common spirit.
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serpent
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- present
- repents
- respent
[Etymology]
From Latin Latin serpens (“snake”), from the verb serpo (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
[Noun]
serpent (plural serpents)
1.A snake.
2.(music) A musical instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
[See also]
- herpetology
- lizard
- reptile
- snake
[Verb]
serpent (third-person singular simple present serpents, present participle serpenting, simple past and past participle serpented)
1.(obsolete) To wind; to encircle.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Evelyn to this entry?)
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
serpent m. and f. (plural serpents)
1.snake
[Synonyms]
- serp
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
- persten, strepen
[Noun]
serpent n. (??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)
1.snake
2.an unpleasant, spiteful person
[[French]]
ipa :/sɛʁpɑ̃/[Anagrams]
- présent
[Etymology]
Latin serpentem, accusative form of serpens.
[Noun]
serpent m. (plural serpents)
1.snake
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
serpent
1.third-person plural future active indicative of serpō
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
Latin, stem of serpens.
[Noun]
serpent m. (plural serpenz)
1.snake
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
Latin, stem of serpens.
[Noun]
serpent m. (oblique plural serpenz, nominative singular serpenz, nominative plural serpent)
1.snake
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
- (Vallader) serpaint
[Etymology]
From Latin serpēns, serpentem.
[Noun]
serpent m. (plural serpents)
1.(Surmiran) snake
[Synonyms]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) serp
- (Sursilvan) siarp
- (Sutsilvan) zearp
- (Surmiran) zerp
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appearance
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈpɪəɹəns/[Alternative forms]
- appearaunce
[Etymology]
From French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Displaced native Middle Englishwlite (from Middle English wlite (“appearance”)).
[Noun]
appearance (plural appearances)
1.The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
His sudden appearance surprised me.
2.A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
There was a strange appearance in the sky.
3.Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report. – Milton.
4.apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance
There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. – Num. ix. 15.
For man looketh on the outward appearance. – 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
Judge not according to the appearance. – John. vii. 24.
5.The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
David Beckham's first appearance with the LA Galaxy at Giants Stadium against the New York Red Bulls last night drew a crowd of 66237.
Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation? – John Milton.
6.(law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
7.(medicine), chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.
[References]
- appearance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: simple · fresh · noble · #712: appearance · period · William · remain
[Synonyms]
- (act of coming into sight): arrival, manifestation,
- (a thing seen): spectacle, apparition, phenomenon, presence
- (aspect of a person): aspect, air, figure, look, manner, mien
- (outward show): semblance, show, pretense, façade or facade
- (act of appearing in public): debut
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whore
[[English]]
ipa :/hɔː(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
- hower
- how're
[Etymology]
From Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrōn, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro- (“dear”); cognate with Old Norse hóra (“whore”), hórr (“adulterer”), German Hure (“whore”), Middle High German huore, Old High German huora, Dutch hoer. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin cārus (“dear”) and Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”).
[Noun]
whore (plural whores)
1.A prostitute.
2.(pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
3.2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 250
So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
4.A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
5.A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
6.1982, Daniel Hoffman,:
Vidal is at once more detached and more preoccupied with his own view, celebrating an aristocracy of sensibility constantly thwarted and ignored by those mere whores after fame, the statesmen and politicians.
7.1990 June, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 15, page 9:
By that time, Tejeda had already been accused of beating his wife, abandoning his children, living in sin with another woman, being a whore for the insurance lobby, and accepting bribes.
8.1997, John Irving, A Son of the Circus:
a shameless hack—such a whore for the money—that he wouldn't even lend his name to his creations.
9.1999 October, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 44, page 186:
I don't want to be a media whore," says Babydol. "I don't need to 'sell' my record — it will sell because it's good or won't if it's not
10.A contemptible person.
11.1999 August, Rod Garcia y Robertson, “Strongbow”, Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 97, number 2, page 4:
"Begone," Clare shouted. She could not bring herself to kill in cold blood. "Begone, or I'll shoot." # "Idiot whore," he shouted back. "You would not dare."
12.2000 Spring, Pete Hamill, “The Fenian Ram”, World of Hibernia, volume 5, number 4, page 72:
I don't need that Lamont Cranston to tell me. Every Irishman knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. We've known since the time of that rotten ould whore, Elizabeth the Bloody First!
13.2003, Helen Kirkman, “A moment's madness”:
Saxon curses rang in her ears. Dane, they yelled, Viking whore. We will have revenge on you.
[See also]
- attention whore
- concubine
- cute hoor (Hiberno English)
- graphics whore
- hooker
- harlot
- stat whore
- whore out
- whorey
- whorish, whoreish
- AIDS whore, crackwhore
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:prostitute
[Verb]
whore (third-person singular simple present whores, present participle whoring, simple past and past participle whored)
1.(intransitive) To prostitute oneself.
2.(intransitive) To engage the services of a prostitute.
3.(transitive) To pimp; to pander.
4.(intransitive) To pursue false gods.
5.(intransitive) To pursue false goals.
6.1856, Matthew Henry, An exposition of the Old and New Testament, volume 2, page 42:
As for those whose hearts go a whoring after the world, and who set their affections on the things of the earth, they cannot love his appearing
7.1967, Hawaiian Historical Society, The Hawaiian journal of history, volume 1:
Whoring after fame, rushing into print, "scoring a scoop,"— alas! some scientists are too human.
8.1973, Herbert Tarr, A time for loving:
"That Jereboam. He whores after power." "And you, my son, lust more decorously?"
9.1976, Matthew Fox, Whee! We, wee, all the way home:
Is there any distinction between a nation that whores after a golden calf and one that whores after a black Cadillac?
10.1978, Wilfrid Sheed, The good word & other words:
If he whores after the new thing, he will only get it wrong and wind up praising the latest charlatans, the floozies of the New.
11.2010 December 28, Mordechai Beck, “Set apart”, Christian Century, volume 127, number 26, page 22:
For them, God is still in heaven, and we his sinful children are still whoring after the twin idols of modernity and materialism.
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