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美
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Ideogram (指事): 羊 ("goat, sheep") + 人 ("person") – a person with a goat headdress.
[Han character]
美 (radical 123 羊+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿土大 (TGK), four-corner 80431)
1.beautiful, pretty
2.pleasing
3.last name (female)
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
美 (Yale mei5)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
美 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
美 (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
[[Mandarin]]
[Adjective]
美 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin měi)
1.beautiful
2.delicious
[Hanzi]
美 (pinyin měi (mei3), xì (xi4), Wade-Giles mei3, hsi4)
[Verb]
美 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin měi)
1.Praise
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
美 (mỹ, mĩ, mẻ, mỉ)
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髪
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Japanese Simplified from 髮.
[Han character]
髪 (radical 190 髟+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹大水 (SHKE))
1.hair
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
髪 (common “Jōyō” kanji)
[Noun]
髪 (hiragana かみ, romaji kami)
1.hair
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
髪 (pinyin fà (fa4), Wade-Giles fa4)
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絶対
[[Japanese]]
[Adjectival noun]
絶対 (shinjitai kanji, な-na declension, kyūjitai 絕對, hiragana ぜったい, romaji zettai)
1.absolute
[Noun]
絶対 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 絕對, hiragana ぜったい, romaji zettai)
1.absoluteness
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逆
прощаться прощаться
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軽視
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
軽視 (hiragana けいし, romaji keishi)
1.underestimation, disdain
国会軽視もはなはだしい。
こっかいけいしもはなはだしい。
kokkai keishi mo hanahada shii.
This is a disdain for Parliament.
[Verb]
軽視 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana けいしする, romaji keishi suru)軽視する 軽視 suru
1.despise
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17653
screech
[[English]]
ipa :/skriːtʃ/[Anagrams]
- creches, crèches
[Noun]
screech (countable and uncountable; plural screeches)
1.A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
2.A loud harsh sound resembling a human cry.
3.(Newfoundlander, uncountable) Newfoundland rum.
4.A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
[Verb]
screech (third-person singular simple present screeches, present participle screeching, simple past and past participle screeched)
1.To make such a sound.
2.2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, The Scotsman:
AS THE residents of the quiet Midlothian housing estate prepared for the day ahead, the early-morning stillness was disturbed by the sound of screeching brakes and slamming doors.
3.(intransitive, figuratively) to travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released
4.2011 December 12, Sid Lowe, “Víctor Valdés epitomises Barcelona's bravery as Real Madrid falter”, the Guardian:
You've got to admire their balls. Real Madrid screeched after them: an entire herd, powerful and co-ordinated, salivating and breathing hard, murder in their eyes. So Barcelona moved the ball on, away from them. Forced back, it was played into Víctor Valdés, the goalkeeper, who slotted it to Carles Puyol, who gave it back again.
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parrot
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpʰæɹət/[Anagrams]
- raptor
[Etymology]
First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet. Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrochetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.
[Noun]
parrot (plural parrots)
1.A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech.
I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
2.1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 1, chapter 33
Mrs Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.
3.A parroter; a person who repeats what was just said.
What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
4.1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,
In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.
5.(archaic) A puffin.
6.(geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
[Synonyms]
- (kind of bird): popinjay, Psittaciformes
- (person who repeats what was said): copycat, mimic, parroter
- (puffin): puffin, sea-parrot, tomnoddy
- (channel coal): channel coal
- (to repeat exactly): ape, copycat
[Verb]
parrot (third-person singular simple present parrots, present participle parroting, simple past and past participle parroted or parrotted)
1.(transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
2.1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.
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cradle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkreɪdəl/[Anagrams]
- credal, reclad
[Etymology]
From Old English cradol.
[Noun]
cradle (plural cradles)
1.A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
2.(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
3.a cradle of crime
4.the cradle of liberty
5.(figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
6.from the cradle to the grave
7.An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
8.A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
9.A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
10.A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
11.A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
12.A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
13.A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
14.A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
15.(nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.
16.A rest for the receiver of a telephone.
He slammed the handset into the cradle.
17.(contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
[Synonyms]
- (machine on rockers used in washing out auriferous earth): rocker
- (rest for receiver of a telephone): rest
[Verb]
cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)
1.(transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
2.(transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
3.(transitive) To wrap protectively.
4.cradling the injured man’s head in her arms
5.(lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
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grizzled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
grizzled (comparative more grizzled, superlative most grizzled)
1.Greyed, old
2.Grey or partly grey ^1
3.Streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous ^2
[References]
1."grizzled." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 24 Jun. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grizzled>.
2."grizzled." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 24 Jun. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grizzled>.
[Verb]
grizzled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of grizzle.
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grizzle
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪzəl[Etymology 1]
Old French grisel, from gris
[Etymology 2]
From English West Country dialect.[1]
[References]
1.^ 2010, Alex Games, Balderdash & Piffle: English Words and Their Curious Origins, page 135.
[See also]
- Appendix:Colors
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ordained
[[English]]
[Adjective]
ordained (not comparable)
1.Established by authority.
2.Admitted to the ministry of the church.
There was much pomp at the ceremony that made him an ordained minister.
[Verb]
ordained
1.Simple past tense and past participle of ordain.
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ordain
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪn[Anagrams]
- Dorian, draino, inroad, radion, Rodina
[Etymology]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ordinare ("to order"), from ordo ("order").
[External links]
- ordain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ordain in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- ordain at OneLook Dictionary Search
[See also]
- ordination
[Verb]
ordain (third-person singular simple present ordains, present participle ordaining, simple past and past participle ordained)
1.to prearrange unalterably
2.to decree
3.to admit into the ministry of the Christian church
4.to authorize as a rabbi
5.to predestine
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obedience
[[English]]
ipa :/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/[Alternative forms]
- obœdience (archaic, rare)
[Antonyms]
- disobedience
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia.
[Noun]
obedience (uncountable)
1.The quality of being obedient.
Obedience is essential in any army.
2.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find...
[[Anglo-Norman]]
[Etymology]
From Latin
[Noun]
obedience f. (oblique plural obediences, nominative singular obedience, nominative plural obediences)
1.obedience
2.authority; influence; power
Il comaunda par obedience Ke de la femme s’en issist
He commanded by his authority that it (the evil spirit) come out of her
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splint
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Wrist splintMiddle English, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch
[Noun]
splint (plural splints)
1.A narrow strip of wood split or peeled off of a larger piece.
2.(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
1900 But it so happened that I had a man in the hospital at the time, and going there to see about him the day before the opening of the Inquiry, I saw in the white men's ward that little chap tossing on his back, with his arm in splints, and quite light-headed. Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Chapter 5.
3.A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
4.A segment of armor.
1819 The fore-part of his thighs, where the folds of his mantle permitted them to be seen, were also covered with linked mail; the knees and feet were defended by splints , or thin plates of steel, ingeniously jointed upon each other; and mail hose, reaching from the ankle to the knee, effectually protected the legs, and completed the rider's defensive armour. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 1.
5.A bone found on either side of the horse's cannon bone; second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
[Verb]
splint (third-person singular simple present splints, present participle splinting, simple past and past participle splinted)
1.(transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
2.To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
3.(obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Florio to this entry?)
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starve
[[English]]
ipa :/stɑː(ɹ)v/[Anagrams]
- averts
- traves
- vaster
[Etymology]
From Middle English sterven, from Old English steorfan. Cognate with Low German staarven, Dutch sterven, German sterben, Albanian shterp ("sterile, unproductive, barren land").
[Verb]
starve (third-person singular simple present starves, present participle starving, simple past starved, past participle starved or rarely storven)
1.(intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
2.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i.4:
noble Britomart / Released her, that else was like to sterue, / Through cruell knife that her deare heart did kerue.
3.(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
4.2007, Lisa Wingate, A Thousand Voices, page 76:
"When all of you starve to death, Shasta, don't come crying to me, that's all."
5.(intransitive) To be very hungry.
Hey, ma, I'm starving!
6.(transitive) To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food
7.(transitive) To deprive of nourishment.
They starved the child until it withered away.
8.(transitive, UK, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.
I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
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malnutrition
[[English]]
[Etymology]
mal- + nutrition
[Noun]
malnutrition (usually uncountable; plural malnutritions)
1.a lack of adequate nourishment
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theologian
[[English]]
[Etymology]
theology + -an
[Noun]
theologian (plural theologians)
1.One who studies theology.
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tart
[[English]]
ipa :-ɑː(r)t[Anagrams]
- attr
[Etymology 1]
May be from Old English teart. Cognate with German zart ("delicate, tender") and Albanian thartë ("sour, acid, sharp")
[Etymology 2]
Old French tarte ("flat pastry").
[Etymology 3]
From sweetheart or jam tart ("attractive woman") by shortening
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɑrt[Verb]
tart
1.first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tarten.
2.imperative of tarten.
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :/ˈtɒrt/[Antonyms]
- (extend): végződik, véget ér (to end)
[Synonyms]
- (hold): fog
- (fear): fél
[Verb]
tart
1.to keep (many different senses overlapping with English, see examples)
(somewhere): A fontos papírokat a fiókban tartom. - I keep the important documents in the drawer.
(somehow): A hűtő hidegen tartja az ételt. - The refrigerator keeps the food cold.
(pet): Kutyát tart. - S/he keeps a dog.
(idiomatic): Tartja a szavát. - He keeps his word. (i.e. a promise)
2.to hold
Könyvet tart a kezében. - He holds a book in his hand.
A falak tartják a tetőt. - The walls hold the roof.
3.to take up space or time, extend, to last (-tól/-től ... -ig)
(in time): Az előadás délig tart. - The lecture goes on until noon. (The lecture ends at noon)
(in space): A dugó a Petőfi utcától a Kossuth utcáig tart. - The traffic jam extends from the Petőfi Street up until the Kossuth Street.
4.momentarily describing whether a process is still in progress, and if yes how far it has gone
A könyv elején tartok. - I am at the beginning of the book.
Tart még a film a tévében? - Is the film still playing on TV?
5.to head into a direction
Merre tartasz? - Where are you headed?
6.to fear (-tól/-től)
Tartok a betörőktől. - I'm afraid of burglars.
7.(mathematics) converge, have limit at (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)
A sorozat 0-hoz tart. - The sequence converges to 0.
[[Irish]]
ipa :[t̪ˠaɾˠt̪ˠ][Mutation]
[Noun]
tart m. (genitive tarta)
1.thirst
Tá tart orm. — I am thirsty. (lit. "Thirst is on me.")
Chuir an liamhás tart air. — The ham made him thirsty. (lit. "The ham put thirst on him.")
[[Old French]]
[Adjective]
tart m. (feminine tarde)
1.late (after the end of a given period)
[Adverb]
tart
1.late (after the end of a given period)
[[Old Irish]]
[Verb]
·tart
1.first-person singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir
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distastefully
[[English]]
[Adverb]
distastefully (comparative more distastefully, superlative most distastefully)
1.In a distasteful manner
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goodwill
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡʊdˈwɪl/[Antonyms]
- ill will
[Etymology]
From Middle English *goodwille, good wille ("goodwill"), perhaps from Old English *gōdwille ("goodwill"; compare Old English gōdwillende ("well-pleased"); also Scots gudewilly, guidwillie ("displaying goodwill")), equivalent to good + will. Cognate with Scots guidwill ("goodwill"), Middle Low German gūtwille ("goodwill"), Old High German guotwilligi ("goodwill"), Old Danish godvilje ("goodwill"), Icelandic góðvilji, góðvili ("goodwill"), Icelandic góðvild ("goodness").
[Noun]
goodwill (usually uncountable; plural goodwills)
1.A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.
2.(accounting) The value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities. This value derives from factors such as consumer loyalty to the brand.
3.(business) A concept used to refer to the ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group, without having to resort to the use of an asset (such as money or property), either directly or by the creation of a lien.
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
goodwill
1.goodwill
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pretending
[[English]]
[Noun]
pretending (usually uncountable; plural pretendings)
1.The act of imagining; make-believe
[Verb]
pretending
1.Present participle of pretend.
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pretend
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɪˈtɛnd/[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre ("to claim, demand")), from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō ("put forward, hold out, pretend"), from prae- ("pre-") + tendō ("stretch"); see tend.
[Verb]
pretend (third-person singular simple present pretends, present participle pretending, simple past and past participle pretended)
1.To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. [from 14th c.]
2.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, XVIII.23:
"After what past at Upton, so soon to engage in a new amour with another woman, while I fancied, and you pretended, your heart was bleeding for me!"
3.2009, "Vanity publishing", The Economist, 13 Apr 2009:
I HAVE nothing but contempt for people who hire ghost-writers. But at least most faux authors have the decency to pretend that they are sweating blood over "their" book.
4.To feign, affect (a state, quality etc.). [from 15th c.]
5.2007, The Guardian, 29 Oct 2007:
Gap and other clothes manufacturers should stop using small subcontractors because they are difficult to control. Instead, they should open up their own fully-owned production facilities so that they cannot pretend ignorance when abuses are committed.
6.To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage etc.). [from 15th c.]
7.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
People observed the diversity of schools and the acerbity of their disputes, and decided that all alike were pretending to knowledge which was in fact unattainable.
8.To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
9.1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:
"The truth is, Ma'am," said Mrs. Grant, pretending to whisper across the table to Mrs. Norris, "that Dr. Grant hardly knows what the natural taste of our apricot is [...]."
10.2003, Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 23 Jan 2003:
Luster claimed that the women had consented to sex and were only pretending to be asleep.
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clansmen
[[English]]
[Noun]
clansmen
1.Plural form of clansman.
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toenail
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtəʊˌneɪl/[Anagrams]
- elation
- Oltenia
[Noun]
toenail (plural toenails)
1.The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe
[Verb]
toenail (third-person singular simple present toenails, present participle toenailing, simple past and past participle toenailed)
1.(transitive) To fasten two boards together by applying nails into both boards at a 45 degree angle.
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discarded
[[English]]
[Verb]
discarded
1.Simple past tense and past participle of discard.
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dedicated
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/[Adjective]
dedicated (comparative more dedicated, superlative most dedicated)
1.Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
[Verb]
dedicated
1.Past participle of dedicate
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dedicate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɛdɪkeɪt/[Verb]
dedicate (third-person singular simple present dedicates, present participle dedicating, simple past and past participle dedicated)
1.(transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
2.(transitive) To set apart for a special use
dedicated their money to scientific research.
3.(transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
4.(transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
5.(transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
6.(transitive) To show to the public for the first time
dedicate a monument.
[[Italian]]
[Verb form]
dedicate
1.second-person plural present tense and imperative of dedicare.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
dēdicāte
1.first-person plural present active imperative of dēdicō
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matchlock
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmatʃlɒk/[Etymology]
From match + lock.
[Noun]
matchlock (plural matchlocks)
1.Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
2.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Dray Wara Yow Dee’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 372:
I crept silently up the hill-road, but the fuse of my matchlock was wetted with the rain, and I could not slay Daoud Shah from afar.
3.The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
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fortunately
[[English]]
[Adverb]
fortunately (comparative more fortunately, superlative most fortunately)
1.In a fortunate manner.
2.It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.
[Etymology]
fortunate + -ly
[Synonyms]
- (in a fortunate manner): auspiciously, luckily
- (it is fortunate that): happily, luckily, mercifully, thankfully
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snatch
[[English]]
ipa :/snætʃ/[Anagrams]
- chants
- stanch
[Noun]
snatch (plural snatches)
1.A quick grab or catch.
The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
2.(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
3.A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
4.(vulgar slang) A vulva.
5.1962, Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall,[1] Grove Press, page 83,
Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch?
6.1985, Jackie Collins, Lucky,[2] Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671524933, page 150,
Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch, which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes.
7.2008, Jim Craig, North to Disaster,[3] Bushak Press, ISBN 0961711213, page 178,
“ […] You want me to ask Brandy to let you paint her naked body with all this gooey stuff to make a mold of her snatch?”
[Synonyms]
- grab
- See also Wikisaurus:steal
- (vagina): cunt, twat
[Verb]
snatch (third-person singular simple present snatches, present participle snatching, simple past and past participle snatched)
1.To grasp quickly.
He snatched up the phone.
2.To grasp and remove quickly.
He snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.
3.1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 2
"How many times have I told you?" she cried, and seized him and snatched his stick away from him.
4.To steal.
Someone has just snatched my purse!
5.(by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
6.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, BBC Sport:
But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.
7.To do something quickly due to limited time available.
He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.
He snatched a look at her while her mother had her back turned.
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scowled
[[English]]
[Verb]
scowled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of scowl.
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scowl
[[English]]
ipa :/skaʊl/[Anagrams]
- cowls
[Noun]
scowl (plural scowls)
1.The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
2.Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
[Verb]
scowl (third-person singular simple present scowls, present participle scowling, simple past and past participle scowled)
1.To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
2.Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
3.To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
4.To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
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scow
[[English]]
ipa :-aʊ[Anagrams]
- cows
[Noun]
scow (plural scows)
1.A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
[Verb]
scow (third-person singular simple present scows, present participle scowing, simple past and past participle scowed)
1.To transport in a scow.
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castigating
[[English]]
[Verb]
castigating
1.Present participle of castigate.
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castigate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/[Etymology]
Early 17th cent., from Latin castīgātus, past participle of castīgō ("I reprove"), from castus ("pure, chaste"), from Proto-Indo-European *kesa ("cut") [1] [2].
[References]
1.^ Tower of Babel, Indo-European Etymological Database
2.^ Wordsmith etymology of castigate
[Synonyms]
- (to punish severely): chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand
- (to revise a publication): correct, revise
- See also Wikisaurus:reprehend
[Verb]
castigate (third-person singular simple present castigates, present participle castigating, simple past and past participle castigated)
1.To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
2.1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 261:
The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.
3.To revise or make corrections to a publication.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
castigate f.
1.Feminine plural form of castigato
[Verb]
castigate
1.second-person plural present indicative of castigare
2.second-person plural imperative of castigare
3.Feminine plural of castigato
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
castīgāte
1.first-person plural present active imperative of castīgō
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spread
[[English]]
ipa :/spɹɛd/[Anagrams]
- drapes
- dreaps
- padres
- parsed
- rasped
- spader
- spared
[Etymology]
From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan ("to spread, expand"), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijanan ("to spread"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- ("to strew, sow, sprinkle"). Cognate with West Frisian spriede ("to spread"), North Frisian spriedjen ("to spread"), Dutch spreiden ("to spread"), Low German spreden ("to spread"), German spreiten ("to spread, spread out"), Norwegian spreida, spreie ("to spread, disseminate"), Swedish sprida ("to spread").
[External links]
- spread in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- spread in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[Noun]
spread (plural spreads)
1.The act of spreading or something that has been spread.
2.An expanse of land.
3.A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch
4.2005, Brokeback Mountain, 00:11:50:
-- Can’t wait till I get my own spread and won’t have to put up with Joe Aguirre’s crap no more. -- I’m savin’ for a place myself.
5.A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
6.A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
7.(bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread such as butters or jams
8.An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
9.A numerical difference.
10.(business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
11.(trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
12.(trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
13.(trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
14.(trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
15.(trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
16.(finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: expect · nation · legal · #965: spread · enter · consider · provided
[Synonyms]
- disseminate
- circulate
- propagate
- put about
- straddle
[Verb]
spread (third-person singular simple present spreads, present participle spreading, simple past and past participle spread)
1.(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. [from 13th c.]
He spread his newspaper on the table.
2.(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]
I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.
3.(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]
I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.
4.(intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. [from 13th c.]
5.2008, Wikipedia:Age of Enlightenment[1]:
The movement spread through much of Europe, including Russia and Scandinavia.
6.(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]
The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.
7.(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. [from 14th c.]
I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.
8.(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot."
9.(transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. [from 16th c.]
He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.
10.(intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs. [from 20th c.]
11.1984, Martin Amis, Money:
This often sounds like the rap of a demented DJ: the way she moves has got to be good news, can't get loose till I feel the juice— suck and spread, bitch, yeah bounce for me baby.
12.1991, Tori Amos, "Me and a Gun":
Yes I wore a slinky red thing. Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends, your father, Mr Ed?
13.2003, Outkast, "Spread" (from the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below):
I don't want to move too fast, but
Can't resist your sexy ass
Just spread, spread for me
(I can't, I can't wait to get you home)
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ventilated
[[English]]
[Verb]
ventilated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of ventilate.
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ventilate
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Middle English, from Latin ventilātus, past participle of ventilō.
[Verb]
ventilate (third-person singular simple present ventilates, present participle ventilating, simple past and past participle ventilated)
1.To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
2.To circulate air through a building, etc.
3.To provide with a vent.
4.To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
5.To expose something to public examination or discussion.
6.(medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
ventilate f.
1.Feminine plural form of ventilato
[Anagrams]
- levitante
[Verb]
ventilate
1.second-person plural present indicative of ventilare
2.second-person plural imperative of ventilare
3.Feminine plural of ventilato
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
ventilāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of ventilō
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guncotton
[[English]]
[Noun]
guncotton (uncountable)
1.nitrocellulose
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spilling
[[English]]
[Noun]
spilling (uncountable)
1.The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
Spilling your drink makes a mess.
2.(figuratively) The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
The clowns' routine of spilling out of a tiny car always made the audience laugh.
[Verb]
spilling
1.Present participle of spill.
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/ˈspɪtliŋk/[Etymology]
From spilla (“to corrupt”) + -ing.
[Noun]
spilling f. (genitive singular spillingar, uncountable)
1.corruption
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diabolical
[[English]]
ipa :[ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkəɫ][Adjective]
diabolical (comparative more diabolical, superlative most diabolical)
1.Extremely wicked or cruel.
2.Of or concerning the devil; satanic.
[Etymology]
First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ancient Greek διαβολ-ικός (diabolikos, "devilish"), from διάβολος (diabolos).[1]
[References]
1.^ “diabolical” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
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distillation
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/[Noun]
distillation (countable and uncountable; plural distillations)
1.The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
2.That which falls in drops.
3.(chemistry) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
4.The substance extracted by distilling.
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inquiries
[[English]]
[Noun]
inquiries
1.Plural form of inquiry.
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proscriptions
[[English]]
[Noun]
proscriptions
1.Plural form of proscription.
[[French]]
[Noun]
proscriptions f. pl.
1.Plural form of proscription.
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strenuous
[[English]]
[Adjective]
strenuous (comparative more strenuous, superlative most strenuous)
1.Urgent, ardent, zealous.
2.Requiring great exertion.
3.1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
[Etymology]
From Latin strenuus (“quick”).
[External links]
- strenuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- strenuous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- strenuous at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
- earnest
- eager
- vigorous
- determined
- resolute
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reinvent
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛnt[Etymology]
re- + invent
[Verb]
reinvent (third-person singular simple present reinvents, present participle reinventing, simple past and past participle reinvented)
1.To invent again something that has already been invented.
2.To renew.
He had the ability to reinvent himself as needed.
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harvested
[[English]]
[Verb]
harvested
1.Simple past tense and past participle of harvest.
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seaworthiness
[[English]]
[Etymology]
seaworthy + -ness
[Noun]
seaworthiness (uncountable)
1.(nautical) The property of a watercraft that makes it fit to go to sea.
The ship leaked like a sieve and rode like a barrel; in other words it was completely lacking in seaworthiness.
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spermaceti
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- imprecates
[Noun]
spermaceti (uncountable)
1.A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales. It is used to make cosmetics etc.
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arid
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæ.ɹɪd/[Adjective]
arid (comparative arider or more arid, superlative aridest or most arid)Wikipedia has an article on:AridWikipedia
1.Very dry.
2.Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
3.Devoid of value.
[Anagrams]
- Dari
- raid, RAID
- riad
[Etymology]
Ultimately from the Latin term āridus ("dry, arid, parched"), confer its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb āreo ("I am dry, I am parched"), akin to ārdeō ("I'm on fire, I burn").
[See also]
- semiarid
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vengeance
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɛnˌdʒəns/[Alternative forms]
- vengeaunce
[Antonyms]
- reconciliation
[Etymology]
Old French venger ("avenge")
[Noun]
vengeance (plural vengeances)
1.Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
[Synonyms]
- reprisal
- retaliation
- retribution
- revenge
- See also Wikisaurus:revenge
[[French]]
ipa :/vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/[Etymology]
venger + -ance
[Noun]
vengeance f. (plural vengeances)
1.revenge, vengeance
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