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kindred
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɪndɹɪd/[Adjective]
editkindred (not comparable)
1.Of the same nature.
2.1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.
We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;
[Anagrams]
edit
- drinked
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cünreden (“kindred”), from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden (“kindred, family, generation, posterity, stock, species”), from cynn (“kind, sort, quality, race, family, rank, gender”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”), equivalent to kin + -red. More at kin.
[Noun]
editkindred (plural kindreds)
1.(often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2.(often plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3.(countable) A grouping of relatives.
4.Shakespeare
I think there's no man is secure / But the queen's kindred.editkindred (plural kindreds)
1.A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.
[Synonyms]
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- (people of same ethnic descent): brethren, kinshipedit
- Hearth
- Garth
- Stead
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親類
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
edit親類 (hiragana しんるい, rōmaji shinrui)
1.relative, kin
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betrothed
[[English]]
ipa :/bɪˈtɹəʊðd/[Noun]
editbetrothed (plural betrotheds)
1.Fiancé or fiancée.
2.2005: Mori, on In Passing messageboard read at [2] on 16 May 2006, Pffft - We both hated using that word [fiancé], and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "intended".
[Verb]
editbetrothed
1.simple past tense and past participle of betroth
2.1901: American Standard Version of the Bible, Luke 1:27, read at [[1]] - A virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph.
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hur
[[Basque]]
[Adverb]
edithur
1.near
[Noun]
edithur
1.hazel
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/hʉːr/[Adverb]
edithur
1.how
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish hwaru, from neuter dative of Proto-Germanic *hwar
[Synonyms]
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- huru (archaic)
- huruledes (archaic)
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hurtful
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithurtful (comparative more hurtful, superlative most hurtful)
1.Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
2.1649: John Milton, Eikonoklastes
A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
3.1890: George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene
Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful.
4.Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.
5.2000, Michael Paymar, Violent No More:
Both men and women can be emotionally abusive. Even in the healthiest relationships, people occasionally reach down into their personal bags of known remembrances, past disagreements, and unresolved issues, and fling hurtful comments at their partners.
6.2006, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace:
Better yet, maybe she should call and apologize for all of the rude comments she spewed in the midst of her anger—hurtful comments that should never be spoken between a wife and her husband.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- hurtfull (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- ruthful
[Etymology]
edithurt + -ful
[References]
edit
- hurtful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- hurtful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- hurtful at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
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- (tending to impair or damage): pernicious, harmful, baneful, prejudicial, detrimental, disadvantageous, mischievous, injurious, noxious, unwholesome, destructive; see also Wikisaurus:harmful
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painful
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpeɪn.fəl/[Adjective]
editpainful (comparative painfuller or more painful, superlative painfullest or most painful)
1.Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
2.Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]
3.Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. [from 15th c.]
4.(now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious. [from 16th c.]
5.1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 142:
The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, warres, and such manlike exercises, scorning to be seene in any woman-like exercise, which is the cause that the women be very painefull, and the men often idle.
6.1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book 2, Ch. 2
For twenty generations, here was the earthly arena where painful living men worked out their life-wrestle
7.(informal) Very bad, poor.
His violin playing is painful.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- painfull (archaic)
[Antonyms]
edit
- (causing pain): painless, painfree
[Etymology]
editFrom pain + -ful.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (full of pain): doleful, sorrowful, smartful, irksome, annoying
- (requiring labor or toil): laborious, exerting
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dance
[[English]]
ipa :/dɑːns/[Alternative forms]
edit
- daunce (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- Caden, acned, caned, decan
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English daunsen, from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”) (compare Old French dancier), from Frankish *dansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch out, gesture”) (compare Old High German dansōn (“to draw, pull”)), from Proto-Germanic *þansōną, from *þinsaną (“to draw, pull”). More at thin.
[Further reading]
edit
- Dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- dance on Wikibooks.Wikibooks
[Noun]
editdance (plural dances)
1.A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
2.1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
3.A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
4.1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
5.(heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
6.A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
7.(uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
8.A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.[1]
9.1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI:
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
[References]
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1.^ J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner (prepared by), The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (Claredon Press, Oxford 1991 [1989], ISBN 0-19-861258-3), page 387
[See also]
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- Appendix:Dances
- acrobatics
- ballet
- ballroom
- disco
- foxtrot
- hiphop
- jazz
- modern
- musical theatre
- tap dancing
- terpsichorean
[Verb]
editdance (third-person singular simple present dances, present participle dancing, simple past and past participle danced)
1.(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
2.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
I danced with her all night long.
3.(intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.
4.Byron
Shadows in the glassy waters dance.
5.(transitive) To perform the steps to.
Have you ever danced the tango?
6.(transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
7.William Shakespeare
to dance our ringlets to the whistling wind
8.William Shakespeare
Thy grandsire loved thee well; / Many a time he danced thee on his knee.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English dance.
[Noun]
editdance f (uncountable)
1.dance music
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
editdance
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of danzar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of danzar
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editOld French dance.
[Noun]
editdance f (plural dances)
1.dance
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Germanic, see English dance, French danse
[Noun]
editdance f (oblique plural dances, nominative singular dance, nominative plural dances)
1.dance
2.circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
Baules et queroles et dance
Dancing, singing and dance
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editdance
1.First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of dançar
2.Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of dançar
3.First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of dançar
4.Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of dançar
5.First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of dançar
6.Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of dançar
[[Spanish]]
ipa :[ˈda̠n̟.θe̞][Verb]
editdance
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of danzar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of danzar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of danzar.
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agan
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ˈɑːɣɑn/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”). Cognate with Old Frisian āga, Old Saxon ēgan, Old High German eigan, Old Norse eiga (Danish eje, Swedish äga), Gothic 𐌰̷̹̰̽ (aihan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Avestan 𐬀ଉଁ (aēšā-, “ability, possessions”), Sanskrit ईश (īśa, “lord, possessor”) and Tocharian B aik- (“to know”).
[Verb]
editāgan
1.to own, to possess, to have
Ah him lifes geweald. He has power over life. (Legend of St Andrew)
2.to cause to own: to give, to deliver
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editagan
1.definite singular of aga
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killing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɪ.lɪŋ/[Adjective]
editkilling (comparative more killing, superlative most killing)
1.That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
2.Devastatingly attractive.
3.That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
4.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:
Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
[Etymology]
editFrom kill + -ing.
[Noun]
editkilling (countable and uncountable, plural killings)
1.An instance of someone being killed.
2.(informal) A large amount of money.
He made a killing on the stock market.
[Verb]
editkilling
1.present participle of kill
This work is killing me.
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈkʰiliŋ][Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse ketlingr, diminutive form of ketta (“cat”).
[Noun]
editkilling c (singular definite killingen, plural indefinite killinger)
1.kitten
2.leveret
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish kiþlinger, from Old Norse kiðlingr, corresponding to kid (now fawn, before all baby animals) + -ling (diminutive suffix).
[Noun]
editkilling c
1.a kid (young goat)
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correspondence
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒndəns/[Noun]
editcorrespondence (countable and uncountable, plural correspondences)
1.(uncountable) Friendly discussion.
2.(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
3.(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
4.(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories, generally.
5.(countable) A postal or other written communication.
6.(uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
7.(set theory, countable) A relation.
[See also]
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- correspondent
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fit
[[English]]
ipa :/fɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- ITF, if't
[Etymology 1]
editPossibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom the adjective fit (“suitable”).
[Etymology 3]
editUnknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or, from the sense of fitted to length.
[Etymology 4]
editUnknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”). Probably cognate with Italian fitta (pain, especially sudden and stabbing pain). See more at Latin fīgere.
[Statistics]
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- Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: spot · wonderful · shook · #944: fit · distribute · ordinary · forms
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editfit (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)
1.fixed (of eyes, regard, etc.)
[Noun]
editfit m (plural fits)
1.target
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/fiːt̚⁵/[Adjective]
editfit
1.(Cantonese) fit (physically well; in good shape)
[Etymology]
editBorrowing from English fit
[[Czech]]
[Adjective]
editfit
1.fit, healthy
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɪt[Adjective]
editfit (comparative fitter, superlative fitst)
1.fit (in good shape)
[[French]]
[Verb]
editfit
1.third-person singular past historic of faire
[[German]]
ipa :-ɪt[Adjective]
editfit (comparative fitter, superlative am fittesten)
1.fit (in good shape)
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/fɪːt/[Noun]
editfit f (genitive singular fitjar, nominative plural fitjar)
1.(zoology) web, interdigital webbing, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal
2.(knitting) a casting on, casting on
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editfit
1.third-person singular present passive indicative of faciō
2.third-person singular present active indicative of fiō
[[Lojban]]
[Rafsi]
editfit
1.rafsi of friti.
[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/fit/[Adjective]
editfit (masculine fitten, neuter fit, comparative méi fit, superlative am fitsten)
1.fit (in good shape)
[Etymology]
editBorrowing from English fit.
[[Scots]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Volapük]]
ipa :[fit][Noun]
editfit (plural fits)
1.(male or female) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate)
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melted
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛltɪd/[Adjective]
editmelted (comparative more melted, superlative most melted)
1.Being in a liquid state as a result of melting.
Melted ice cream just isn't as much fun to eat.
[See also]
edit
- molten
[Verb]
editmelted
1.simple past tense and past participle of melt
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複文
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
edit複文 (hiragana ふくぶん, rōmaji fukubun)
1.complex sentence (sentence containing one independent clause and no dependent clause)
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don't
[[English]]
ipa :/dəʊnt/[Antonyms]
edit
- do
[Contraction]
editdon't
1.Contraction of do not, negative auxiliary.
2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
“I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. […]”
3.The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records:
Don't Stand, Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me.
4.(nonstandard) Contraction of does not.
5.1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 2, in Little Women:
My mother knows old Mr. Laurence, but says he’s very proud and don’t like to mix with his neighbors.
6.1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records:
I sure hope the road don’t come to own me.
7.2000, Eminem (music), “Stan”, in The Marshall Mathers LP:
My girlfriend's jealous 'cause I talk about you twenty-four seven / But she don't know you like I know you, Slim, no one does / She don't know what it was like for people like us growing up / You gotta call me man, I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose
8.2012, Justin Bieber (music), “She Don't Like the Lights”, in Believe:
She don't like the flash, wanna keep us in the dark / She don't like the fame, baby when we're miles apart
9.2013, Tim McGraw (music), “Highway Don't Care”, in Two Lanes of Freedom:
The highway don't care
10.(African American Vernacular) Used before an emphatic negative subject.
Don’t nobody care.
[Etymology]
editFrom do + -n't.
[Interjection]
editdon't
1.Stop!, Don't touch that!
[Noun]
editdon't (plural don'ts)
1.Something that must not be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
[See also]
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- doesn't
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sever
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛv.ɚ/[Anagrams]
edit
- 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”).
[Further reading]
edit
- sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sever in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- sever at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- becut
- cut off
[Verb]
editsever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)
1.(transitive) To cut free.
After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
to sever the head from the body
2.Bible, Matthew xiii. 49
The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
3.(intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
4.(intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.
They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.
5.(law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
to sever an estate in joint tenancy
(Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)
[[Czech]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- jih
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *sěverъ. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").
[Further reading]
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- sever in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editsever m
1.north
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/sêʋer/[Alternative forms]
edit
- (Ijekavian): sjȅver
- (Ijekavian): śȅver
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
[Noun]
editsȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)
1.(uncountable) north
[[Slovak]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
[Further reading]
edit
- sever in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
[Noun]
editsever m (genitive singular severe, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)
1.North
na sever
to the north
na severe
in the north
na sever od Ontária
(moving) north of Ontario
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/ˈsèːʋɛr/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
[Noun]
editséver m inan (genitive sévera, uncountable)
1.north
[[Turkish]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- sevmez
[See also]
edit
- sever sevmez
[Verb]
editsever
1.second-person singular negative imperative of sevmemek
2.second-person singular imperative of sevmek
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severe
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪˈvɪə/[Adjective]
editsevere (comparative severer or more severe, superlative severest or most severe)
1.Very bad or intense.
2.2012 January 1, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, page 70:
Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
3.Strict or harsh.
4.Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Reeves, everse, reeves, servee
[Antonyms]
edit
- (very bad or intense): mild
- (very bad or intense): minor
- (strict or harsh): lenient
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).
[Further reading]
edit
- severe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- severe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- severe at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- brutal
- extreme
- hard
- harsh
- intense
- rigorous
- serious
- heavy
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
editsevere
1.severely
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editsevere
1.feminine plural of severo
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editsevēre
1.vocative masculine singular of sevērus
[References]
edit
- severe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- severe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “severe” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
[Verb]
editsēvēre
1.third-person plural perfect active indicative of serō
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severer
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editseverer
1.comparative form of severe: more severe
[Anagrams]
edit
- Reserve, reserve, reveres, reverse, veerers
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tho
[[English]]
ipa :/ðəʊ/[Anagrams]
edit
- -oth, HOT, OTH, hot, o'th', oth
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian do (“the”, plural form).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“then, when”), from Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). See also German da (“then, thereupon”).
[Etymology 3]
editAmerican English; alteration of though.
[[Crimean Gothic]]
[Article]
edittho
1.the
2.1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
omnibus vero dictionibus praeponebat articulum tho aut the
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *sa, *sō, *þat.
[[Old Saxon]]
[Adverb]
editthô
1.then
[[Scots]]
ipa :/θoː/[Adverb]
edittho (comparative mair tho, superlative maist tho)
1.though, however
[[Welsh]]
[Noun]
edittho
1.Aspirate mutation of to.
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thorough
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈθʌ.ɹə/[Anagrams]
edit
- thourogh
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English þuruh, a form of Old English þurh, whence comes through. The adjective derives from the preposition and adverb. The word developed a syllabic form in cases where the word was fully stressed: when it was used as an adverb, adjective, or noun, and less commonly when used as a preposition.
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɒd(ə)n/[Adjective]
editmodern (comparative moderner or more modern, superlative modernest or most modern)
1.Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
2.1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […].
3.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
4.(historical) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Morden, Redmon, nerdom, normed, rodmen
[Antonyms]
edit
- dated
- old
- premodern
- ancient
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.
[Noun]
editmodern (plural moderns)
1.Someone who lives in modern times.
2.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292:
The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.
3.1779, Edward Capell, John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare
What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]
4.1956, John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt (page 144)
Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did […] we must as historians make the attempt.
5.The modern time.
6.2016, Professor of European Literature Ben Hutchinson, Dr, Lateness and Modern European Literature
This sense that the modern can be understood as that which attempts to demarcate itself from the past—but which in doing so binds itself to this past—resonates through to the modernism of the early twentieth century.
[References]
edit
- modern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “modern” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2017.
[Statistics]
edit
- Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: direction · o' · eight · #839: modern · medium · ill · eat
[Synonyms]
edit
- contemporary
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editmodern (feminine moderna, masculine plural moderns, feminine plural modernes)
1.modern
[Etymology]
editLatin modernus
[[Dutch]]
[Adjective]
editmodern (comparative moderner, superlative modernst)
1.modern
[[German]]
ipa :[ˈmoːdɐn][Etymology 1]
editFrom Moder (“moldiness”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French, from Latin.
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈmodɛrn][Adjective]
editmodern (comparative modernebb, superlative legmodernebb)
1.modern
[Etymology]
editFrom English modern and German modern, from French moderne, from Medieval Latin modernus.[1]
[References]
edit
1.^ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editmodern (comparative modernare, superlative modernast)
1.modern; pertaining to current style
[Etymology]
editFrom French moderne, from Late Latin modernus.
[Noun]
editmodern
1.definite singular of moder
2.definite singular of mor
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interchangeably
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editinterchangeably (not comparable)
1.with the ability of being interchanged or swapped
[Etymology]
editinterchangeable + -ly
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interchangeable
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪntɚˈtʃeɪndʒəbl̩/[Adjective]
editinterchangeable (not comparable)
1.Freely substitutable. That may be swapped at will.
Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that each part had to be made custom.
2.2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:
The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England.
[Etymology]
editinterchange + -able
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editinterchangeable (plural interchangeables)
1.interchangeable
[Etymology]
editFrom interchanger + -able
[Further reading]
edit
- “interchangeable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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brief
[[English]]
ipa :/bɹiːf/[Adjective]
editbrief (comparative briefer, superlative briefest)
1.Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]
Her reign was brief but spectacular.
2.William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
How brief the life of man.
3.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
4.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times[1]:
That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
5.Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]
His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.
6.Ben Johnson (1572-1637)
The brief style is that which expresseth much in little.
7.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[2]:
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
8.Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. [from 17th c.]
Her skirt was extremely brief but doubtless cool.
9.1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 17:
On the beach he always wore a straw hat with a red band and a brief pair of leopard print trunks.
10.(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
[Adverb]
editbrief (comparative more brief, superlative most brief)
1.(obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
2.Milton
Adam, faltering long, thus answered brief.
3.(obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
[Anagrams]
edit
- FBIer, fiber, fibre
[Derived terms]
edit
- briefing
- brevity
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French brief, from Latin brevis (“short”). Compare French bref.
[Further reading]
edit
- brief in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- brief in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- brief at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editbrief (plural briefs)
1.(law) A writ summoning one to answer to any action.
2.(law) An answer to any action.
3.1996 The Japanese Rule of Civil Procedure, Article 79 (1):
A written answer or any other brief shall be submitted to the court while allowing a period necessary for the opponent to make preparations with regard to the matters stated therein.
4.(law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
5.(by extension, figuratively) A position of interest or advocacy.
6.1894 August 18, “The First Divorce of Henry VIII [book review]”, in The Speaker, volume 10, page 192:
Mrs. Hope was, we believe, a convert to the Roman Catholic Church, and neither she nor her editor conceals the fact that they hold a brief for the Pope and for Catharine against Henry VIII.
7.(law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
8.(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
9.(informal) A short news story or report.
10.We got a news brief.
11.Shakespeare
Bear this sealed brief, / With winged haste, to the lord marshal.
12.(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
13.1589 Thomas Nashe, The Anatomie of Absurditie 5:
A survey of their follie, a briefe of their barbarisme.
14.Overbury
Each woman is a brief of womankind.
15.(Britain, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
16.(slang) A ticket of any type.[1]
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Wikisaurus:ephemeral
- See also Wikisaurus:concise
[Verb]
editbrief (third-person singular simple present briefs, present participle briefing, simple past and past participle briefed)
1.(transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.
2.(transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-if[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch brief, borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).[2]
[Noun]
editbrief m (plural brieven, diminutive briefje n)
1.letter (written message)
[References]
edit
1.^ The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
2.^ brief; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
editbrief m (feminine singular briefve, masculine plural briefs, feminine plural briefves)
1.brief; short
[[Old French]]
[Adjective]
editbrief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brieve)
1.brief; short in length
[Alternative forms]
edit
- bref
[Etymology]
editLatin brevis, see English brief above.
[Noun]
editbrief m (oblique plural briés, nominative singular briés, nominative plural brief)
1.(short) letter or statement
2.circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
A li brief al Conte enveié
He sent the letter to the Count
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contents
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑn.tɛnts/[Noun]
editcontents
1.plural of content
2.(usually in the plural) That which is contained.
It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance.
The contents of the cup had a familiar aroma.
3.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion[1]:
Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
4.(plural only) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.
I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.
[Verb]
editcontents
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of content
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editcontents
1.masculine plural of content
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.tɑ̃/[Adjective]
editcontents
1.masculine plural of content
[[Norman]]
[Adjective]
editcontents
1.masculine plural of content
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目次
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/[Noun]
edit目次
1.table of contents
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
edit目次 (hiragana もくじ, rōmaji mokuji)
1.contents, table of contents
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guide
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡaɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- digue, iudge
[Etymology]
editOriginated 1325–75 from the Middle English verb giden or noun gide, from the Old French verb guider or noun guide, from Old Provençal guida, from guidar, from Germanic Frankish *wītan (“to show the way”). Akin to Old English witan (“to know”); see Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
[Noun]
editguide (plural guides)
1.Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation.
The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
2.Bible, Psalms xlviii. 14
He will be our guide, even unto death.
3.A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
4.A sign that guides people; guidepost.
5.Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
6.A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
1.A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
2.A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
3.(printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.(occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.(military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
[References]
edit
- guide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “guide” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.
- “guide” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–.
- "guide" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
[Verb]
editguide (third-person singular simple present guides, present participle guiding, simple past and past participle guided)
1.to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
2.Shakespeare
Guide me to your sovereign's court.
3.to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
4.to exert control or influence over someone or something.
5.Bible, Psalms cxii. 5
He will guide his affairs with discretion.
6.to supervise the education or training of someone.
7.(intransitive) to act as a guide.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɡid/[Anagrams]
edit
- digue
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French, borrowed from Old Provençal guida, from the verb guidar, ultimately of Germanic origin, possibly through Medieval Latin; cf. Frankish *wītan. Supplanted the older Old French guier, of the same origin. Compare Italian guida, Spanish guía. See guider for more information.
[Further reading]
edit
- “guide” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editguide m (plural guides)
1.guide person
2.guidebook, or set itinerary.
[References]
edit
- "guide" in the WordReference Dictionnaire Français-Anglais, WordReference.com LLC, 2006.
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editguide f
1.plural of guida
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editguide m, f
1.a guide (person who guides)
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :/ˈɡuðʲe/[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editguide f (genitive guide, nominative plural guidi)
1.verbal noun of guidid
2.prayer
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shades
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃeɪdz/[Anagrams]
edit
- dashes, sadhes, sashed
[Noun]
editshades
1.plural of shade
2.(plural only, slang) Sunglasses.
His shades are by some famous designer.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (sunglasses): sunglasses, sunnies (Australian English)
[Verb]
editshades
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shade
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shade
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃeɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- Da'esh, Daesh, Hades, ashed, deash, hades, heads, sadhe
[Etymology 1]
editOld English sceadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwō.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English sceadwian.
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uncritically
[[English]]
[Adverb]
edituncritically (comparative more uncritically, superlative most uncritically)
1.In an uncritical manner.
[Antonyms]
edit
- critically
[Etymology]
edituncritical + -ly
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plat
[[English]]
ipa :-æt[Anagrams]
edit
- PTAL, TLPA
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English platten, whence also plait.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”) (whence plot). More at plot.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom a Germanic source; compare Dutch plat (“flat”), German platt (“flat”). Compare flat.
[References]
edit
- plat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈplat/[Etymology]
editSubstantivization of the archaic adjective plat (compare French plat (“flat”)), from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”).
[Noun]
editplat m (plural plats)
1.plate
2.dish
[[Czech]]
ipa :/plat/[Etymology 1]
editFrom platit (“to pay”) derived from Proto-Slavic *platъ (“a piece of cloth”),[1] as pieces of cloth were used as currency. Possibly cognate with plátno (“canvas, linen”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- plat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- plat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[References]
edit
1.^ plat in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
[[Danish]]
[Adjective]
editplat
1.inane, lacking inspiration, corny, insipid
2.2016, Anne Strandvad, Vejen til Sofie, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711618967)
De ting, hun lavede, var platte og måtte klemmes ud af pligt. Først når de andre spillede dem, blev de til andet end livløse slag på klaveret.
The things she made were uninspired and had to be squeezed out by duty. It was only when others played them that they became anything else than lifeless beatings on the piano.
3.2006, Min krønike: 1932-1979, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702054460), page 150
Jeg fandt, at især de sidste fire linjer i visen var platte og stødende.
I found that, in particular, the last four lines in the song were inane and offensive.
4.2016, Jørgen Thorgaard, Kolonien, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711589465)
Enhver var af den opfattelse, Ladegaards morsomheder var platte.
Everyone was of the view that Ladegaard's jokes were corny.
5.2011, Irene Oestrich, Slip bekymringerne, Politikens Forlag (ISBN 9788756705141)
... at de syntes Carolines bemærkninger var platte, ...
... that they felt Caroline's remarks to be stupid, ...
6.1986, Eske Holm, Den erotiske handel: roman
Mænds fascination af Martin berørte ham meget lidt. Han syntes dog bøsserne var besværlige - han syntes, de oftest var platte og seksuelt fikserede.
The fascination that men held for Martin affected him very little. He did however feel that the gays were troublesome - he felt that they were most often insipid and sexually fixated.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/plɑt/[Anagrams]
edit
- lapt
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editDutch Wikipedia has an article on:PlatWikipedia nlFrom Platduits, which originally referred to any dialect specific to the low countries.
[[French]]
ipa :/pla/[Adjective]
editplat (feminine singular plate, masculine plural plats, feminine plural plates)
1.flat
[Etymology]
editFrom Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “plat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editplat m (plural plats)
1.a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
2.dish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant)
[Synonyms]
edit
- mets
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
editplat
1.Romanization of 𐍀̻̰̈́
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editplat m (oblique plural plaz or platz, nominative singular plaz or platz, nominative plural plat)
1.a footbridge
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[plat][Adjective]
editplat m, n (feminine singular plată, masculine plural plați, feminine and neuter plural plate)
1.flat, level, even
[Etymology]
editFrom French plat.
[Noun]
editplat n (plural [please provide])
1.The high first tone in Hanyu pinyin
[Synonyms]
edit
- tonul plat
[[Slovak]]
[Further reading]
edit
- plat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
[Noun]
editplat m (genitive singular platu, nominative plural platy, declension pattern of dub)
1.salary
[Synonyms]
edit
- mzda
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rejoinder
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪd͡ʒˈɔ͡ɪndɚ/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French.
[Noun]
editrejoinder (plural rejoinders)
1.(law) defendant's answer to the replication.
2.A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty; especially an answer to a question.
3.1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 38
"I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last time we shall ever meet."
I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly.
4.(patent law) in US patent law re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (quick response): comeback, retort
[Verb]
editrejoinder (third-person singular simple present rejoinders, present participle rejoindering, simple past and past participle rejoindered)
1.(intransitive) To issue a rejoinder.
2.(transitive) To say as a rejoinder.
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mixture
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɪkstʃɚ/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English, a borrowing from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.
[Noun]
editmixture (plural mixtures)
1.The act of mixing.
The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
2.Something produced by mixing.
An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
3.Something that consists of diverse elements
The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
4.A medicinal compound
A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editmixtūre
1.vocative masculine singular of mixtūrus
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editmixture
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mixturar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mixturar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mixturar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mixturar
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imperfect
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈpɝːfɪkt/[Adjective]
editimperfect (comparative more imperfect, superlative most imperfect)
1.Not perfect.
2.Shakespeare
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect.
3.Milton
Nothing imperfect or deficient left / Of all that he created.
4.Alexander Pope
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; / Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.
5.(botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
6.(taxonomy) Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
7.(obsolete) Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
8.Jeremy Taylor
He […] stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person.
[Antonyms]
edit
- (not perfect): perfect, infallible, faultless
- (unisexual): perfect
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit (modern: imparfait), from Latin imperfectus. Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology. See im- + perfect.
[Noun]
editimperfect (plural imperfects)
1.Something having a minor flaw
2.(grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (not perfect): defective, fallible, faultfuledit
- (grammar): preterimperfect
[Verb]
editimperfect (third-person singular simple present imperfects, present participle imperfecting, simple past and past participle imperfected)
1.(transitive) To make imperfect.
2.1651, John Donne, Letter to Henry Goodere, in Letters to Severall Persons of Honour, edited by Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr., New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1910,[1]
I write to you from the Spring Garden, whither I withdrew my self to think of this; and the intensenesse of my thinking ends in this, that by my help Gods work should be imperfected, if by any means I resisted the amasement.
3.1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 43,[2]
Time, which perfects some things, imperfects also others.
4.1962, Alec Harman and Wilfrid Mellers, Man and His Music: The Story of Musical Experience in the West, Oxford University Press, Part I, Chapter 5, p. 126,[3]
[…] such was their desire for greater rhythmic freedom that composers began to use red notes as well. […] Their value was […] restricted at first, for redness implies the imperfecting of a note which is perfect if black […]
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invention
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/[Etymology]
editBorrowing from Old French invencion, envention, from the Latin inventiō, from inveniō.
[Noun]
editinvention (countable and uncountable, plural inventions)
1.Something invented.
My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.
I'm afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper's invention.
2.1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
Warren Sheffield is telephoning Rose long distance at half past six. […] Personally, I wouldn't marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.
3.2013 October 5, “The widening gyre”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8856:
British inventions have done more to influence the shape of the modern world than those of any other country. Many—football, the steam engine and Worcestershire sauce, to take a random selection—have spread pleasure, goodwill and prosperity. Others—the Maxim gun, the Shrapnel shell and jellied eels—have not.
4.The act of inventing.
The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.
5.2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
Digging deeper, the invention of eyeglasses is an elaboration of the more fundamental development of optics technology. The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, […] .
6.The capacity to invent.
It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.
7.(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.
8.1880, George Grove (editor and entry author), A Dictionary of Music and Musicians II, London: Macmillan & Co., page 15, Invention:
INVENTION. A term used by J. S. Bach, and probably by him only, for small pianoforte pieces — 15 in 2 parts and 15 in 3 parts — each developing a single idea, and in some measure answering to the Impromptu of a later day.
9.(archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.
[Synonyms]
edit
- discovery
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowing from Latin inventiō, inventiōnem, from invenio.
[Further reading]
edit
- “invention” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editinvention f (plural inventions)
1.invention
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counterchallenge
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editcounter- + challenge
[Noun]
editcounterchallenge (plural counterchallenges)
1.A challenge made in response to another challenge.
2.2007 April 23, Jonathan P. Hicks, “With Only Days to Stump, 3 Seek Brooklyn Council Seat”, in New York Times[1]:
For more than a week, the campaign seemed to be at a standstill while various courts sorted out challenges and counterchallenges.
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revealed
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəˈviːld/[Adjective]
editrevealed (comparative more revealed, superlative most revealed)
1.(religion) Of or pertaining to the revelations of a divinity to humankind.
[Anagrams]
edit
- laveered
[Verb]
editrevealed
1.simple past tense and past participle of reveal
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interlock
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editinter- + lock
[Noun]
editinterlock (plural interlocks)
1.A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.
[Verb]
editinterlock (third-person singular simple present interlocks, present participle interlocking, simple past and past participle interlocked)
1.To fit together securely.
2.To interlace.
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interlocked
[[English]]
[Verb]
editinterlocked
1.simple past tense and past participle of interlock
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specially
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editspecially (not comparable)
1.For a special purpose.
We had this cake made specially for your birthday.
2.(proscribed) extremely
She's specially good at running.
3.(proscribed) in particular
I love all animals, specially cute furry ones.
[Etymology]
editspecial + -ly
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insightful
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈsaɪt.f(ə)l/[Adjective]
editinsightful (comparative more insightful, superlative most insightful)
1.Possessing insight.
[Etymology]
editinsight + -ful
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session
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- essoins, osseins
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).
[Noun]
editsession (plural sessions)
1.A period devoted to a particular activity.
a training session
"Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
2.2009, Michael Otto; Stefan G. Hofmann, Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders, page 137:
Alternatively, if the patient is stuck ritualizing before session, then the therapist might want to create contingencies that might help the patient come in on time
3.A meeting of a council, court, or legislative body to conduct its business.
This court is now in session.
4.(computing) The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.
5.(cricket) Any of the three scheduled two hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.
6.(obsolete) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
7.Hooker
So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.
8.Tennyson
But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, […] / Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood.
9.(music) jam session
10.(education) An academic term.
[Verb]
editsession (third-person singular simple present sessions, present participle sessioning, simple past and past participle sessioned)
1.(music) To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
2.2009 May 3, Virginia Heffernan, “World Music”, in New York Times[1]:
“I downloaded a clip from a drummer, who I now realize is Bernard Purdie, who has sessioned on all kinds of records,” he said.
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
editsession
1.Genitive singular form of sessio.
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “session” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editsession f (plural sessions)
1.session
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowing from Latin sessiō.
[Noun]
editsession f (oblique plural sessions, nominative singular session, nominative plural sessions)
1.sitting; session (of a court, a committee, etc.)
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cutscene
[[English]]
[Noun]
editcutscene (plural cutscenes)
1.Alternative spelling of cut scene
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zerg
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the game StarCraft (1998), in which the easily mass-produced Zerg units encourage such a strategy.
[Noun]
editzerg (plural zergs)
1.(slang, video games) A very large group of units or players.
[Synonyms]
edit
- cheese, rushedit
- blob
[Verb]
editzerg (third-person singular simple present zergs, present participle zerging, simple past and past participle zerged)
1.(slang, video games, strategy games) To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.
2.2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)
You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players. They don't have to zerg lower tier encounters just like the lowest tier guilds doesn't have to zerg orc camp 1 in EC. But, at the top end, it's still zerg tactics.
3.2003, "George", Finding groups to mission/hunt/other experience with (on newsgroup alt.games.starwarsgalaxies)
The scale and lack of focused content doesn't facilitate this grouping as well as some other games. The good side of that is you don't get the "wonderful" experience of zerging around DF with everyone else waiting for something to spawn.
4.2008, "neithskye", AV after the last changes... (on newsgroup alt.games.warcraft)
No one ever did D (or just 3-4 people tried), we just zerged, and we would lose every single AV.
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restricted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editrestricted (comparative more restricted, superlative most restricted)
1.Limited within bounds.
2.Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
restricted area
restricted access
3.(US, dated) Only available to customers who don't belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
This hotel is restricted- no Blacks.
4.One of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document.
5.(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (grammar) Qualified.
[Anagrams]
edit
- derestrict
[Verb]
editrestricted
1.simple past tense and past participle of restrict
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refrigerator
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtə/[Noun]
editrefrigerator (plural refrigerators)An open refrigerator
1.A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
2.2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
3.One who has a chilling influence.
4.Charles Dickens, Bleak House
[…] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.
[Synonyms]
edit
- fridge, frigerator
- icebox
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editrēfrīgerātor
1.second-person singular future passive imperative of rēfrīgerō
2.third-person singular future passive imperative of rēfrīgerō
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embed
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛmˈbɛd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- imbed
[Etymology]
editFrom em- + bed.
[Noun]
editembed (plural embeds)
1.An embedded reporter/journalist: a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit.
2.An element of an advertisement, etc. serving as a subliminal message.
3.1992, Sammy Richard Danna, Advertising and Popular Culture
He alleges that ads for Seagram's gin, Chivas Regal scotch, Bacardi rum, Sprite soda, Camel and Kent cigarettes, Tweed perfume, Kanon cologne and myriad other products include embeds surreptitiously placed to induce purchase.
4.(computing) An item embedded in another document.
5.2006, Richard Rutter, Andy Budd, Simon Collison, Blog Design Solutions
When you change the content of these embeds, this information will be automatically updated in every page that the embeds are included in.
6.2011, Steve Fulton, Jeff Fulton, HTML5 Canvas (page 265)
Adding controls, looping, and autoplay to an HTML5 video embed is simple.
[Verb]
editembed (third-person singular simple present embeds, present participle embedding, simple past and past participle embedded)
1.To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand
2.1859, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species:
I have given my reasons for believing that … ; and that blank intervals of vast duration, as far as fossils are concerned, occurred during the periods when the bed of the sea was either stationary or rising, and likewise when sediment was not thrown down quickly enough to embed and preserve organic remains.
3.(by extension) To include in surrounding matter.
We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.
4.(computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file (unrelated to the other computing meaning of embedded as in embedded system).
The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.
5.(mathematics, transitive) To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
The torus S 1 × S 1 {\displaystyle S^{1}\times S^{1}} can be embedded in R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} .
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embedding
[[English]]
[Noun]
editWikipedia has an article on:embeddingWikipediaembedding (plural embeddings)
1.(mathematics) A map which maps a subspace (smaller structure) to the whole space (larger structure).
[Verb]
editembedding
1.present participle of embed
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lenient
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈliːni.ənt/[Adjective]
editlenient (comparative more lenient, superlative most lenient)
1.Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.
The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
2.1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII
But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.
[Antonyms]
edit
- strict
- severe
- stringent
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniens, present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
[Further reading]
edit
- lenient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- lenient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- lenient at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editlenient (plural lenients)
1.(medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.
[Synonyms]
edit
- lax, permissive
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editlēnient
1.third-person plural future active indicative of lēniō
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回答
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ta̠³⁵/[Noun]
edit回答
1.reply; answer; response
要求回答 ― yāoqiú huídá ― to request an answer
[Verb]
edit回答
1.to reply; to answer; to respond
[[Japanese]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- 質問 (しつもん) (shitsumon, “shitsumon”): question
[Noun]
edit回答 (hiragana かいとう, rōmaji kaitō)
1.reply, response, answer
[References]
edit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
[Synonyms]
edit
- 返事 (へんじ) (henji), 答弁 (とうべん) (tōben)
[Verb]
edit回答する (transitive and intransitive, hiragana かいとう, rōmaji kaitō)
1.to answer, to respond, to reply
[[Korean]]
[Noun]
edit回答 • (hoedap) (hangeul 회답)
1.Hanja form? of 회답, “reply, response, answer”.
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embodiment
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editembody + -ment
[Noun]
editWikipedia has an article on:embodimentWikipediaembodiment (plural embodiments)
1.a physical entity typifying an abstraction
You are the very embodiment of beauty.
2.1880, W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
The law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my Lords, embody the law.
[Synonyms]
edit
- incarnation
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shim
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɪm/[Anagrams]
edit
- HMIS, hims, mish
[Etymology 1]
editUnknown; from Kent.[1][2] Originally a piece of iron attached to a plow; sense of “thin piece of wood” from 1723, sense of “thin piece of material used for alignment or support” from 1860.
[Etymology 2]
editBlend of she + him.
[References]
edit
1.^ “shim” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2017.
2.^ “shim” in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–.
[[Kanuri]]
[Noun]
editshim
1.eye
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