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22725 ledger [[English]] ipa :/ˈlɛdʒə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - gelder, red-leg, redleg [Etymology] editFrom Middle English lygger, leger (“large breviary, beam”), probably from leyen, leggen (“to lay”), akin to Dutch legger (“layer, daybook”) (from leggen (“to lay”), liggen (“to lie”) (as in lying down, not as in being dishonest), English ledge, lie (“to be prostrate”)). [Noun] editledger (plural ledgers) 1.A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records. 2.(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits. 3.(construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to the building. 4.A large flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb. (Can we find and add a quotation of Oxf. Gloss to this entry?) [See also] edit - ledger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - - Ledger in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. [Verb] editledger (third-person singular simple present ledgers, present participle ledgering, simple past and past participle ledgered) 1.(fishing) Alternative form of leger 0 0 2012/07/04 05:17 2017/10/18 14:21
22726 Ledger [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - gelder, red-leg, redleg [Proper noun] editLedger (plural Ledgers) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Ledger is the 14096th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2132 individuals. Ledger is most common among White (86.77%) individuals. 0 0 2017/10/18 14:21 TaN
22731 firefox [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - forefix, foxfire [Etymology] editCalque of Mandarin 火狐 (huǒhú) [Noun] editWikipedia has an article on:Firefox (disambiguation)Wikipediafirefox (plural firefoxes) 1.Red panda 0 0 2009/02/04 15:14 2017/10/18 20:58
22732 開 [[Translingual]] [Han character] edit開 (radical 169 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓一廿 (ANMT), four-corner 77441, composition ⿵門开) [[Chinese]] ipa :/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/[Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editBorrowing from English K (“karat”). [Glyph origin] editIdeogrammic compound (會意): 門 (“door”) + 一 (“latch”) + 廾 (“a pair of hands”) — a pair of hands opening a latched door. 一 and 廾 are combined into 开 since the seal script. [[Japanese]] [Antonyms] edit - (to open): 閉 [Kanji] editSee also:Category:Japanese terms spelled with 開開(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji) 1.open [[Korean]] [Hanja] edit開 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. [[Vietnamese]] [Han character] edit開 (khai, khơi, khui) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. 0 0 2012/10/14 21:00 2017/10/18 20:59
22733 background [[English]] ipa :/ˈbæk.ɡɹaʊnd/[Adjective] editbackground (not comparable) 1.Less important in a scene. background noise. [Antonyms] edit - prominent, conspicuous, forestanding [Etymology] editback +‎ ground [Noun] editbackground (countable and uncountable, plural backgrounds) 1.One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. The lawyer had a background in computer science. 2.A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. 3.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close […] above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world — camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background. 4.Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history. 5.A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground). There was tons of noise in the background. The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait. 6.(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows). 7.(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user. The antivirus program is running in the background. [Verb] editbackground (third-person singular simple present backgrounds, present participle backgrounding, simple past and past participle backgrounded) 1.To put in a position that is not prominent. 2.2006, Paul Baker, Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis (page 163) One aspect of the story that appears interesting is that the alleged rapist and victim are only referred to by name together in the same sentence once. In all the other sentences, one receives more focus, while the other is backgrounded. [[Spanish]] [Noun] editbackground m (plural backgrounds) 1.background 0 0 2010/02/18 16:09 2017/10/18 20:59 TaN
22734 Microsoft [[English]] ipa :/ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/[Anagrams] edit - costiform [Etymology] editFrom Microsoft, name of the computing company; a blend of microcomputer +‎ software. See -soft. [Noun] editMicrosoft (plural Microsofts) 1.(figuratively) A company whose products are widespread. 2.2001, Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food ISBN 0738202916, page 110: Similarly, said Fraley, farmers were going to demand Bt cotton or Roundup-resistant soybean plants no matter where they went shopping for seeds. Monsanto would be the Microsoft of agriculture. 3.2005, Merrill Goozner, The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs ISBN 0520246705, page 64: The company wanted to turn Celera into the Microsoft of the gene-hunting world, selling its version of the human genome to private or public gene hunters through a proprietary computer program. 4.2006, Andrew Beaujon, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock ISBN 0306814579, page 232: Shepherding is more or less gone (though there’s an interesting move back toward discipleship in today’s church especially among those influenced by Rick Warren’s blockbuster book The Purpose-Driven Life), but Integrity remains as sort of the Microsoft of worship music. [Verb] editMicrosoft (third-person singular simple present Microsofts, present participle Microsofting, simple past and past participle Microsofted) 1.(transitive, slang) to Microsoftify. 2.(transitive, slang) to make more like Microsoft with regards to perceived business practices and tactics. 3.2003, Wine Enthusiast, volume 16, issues 2-8, page 122: You could call it the Microsofting of the wine industry. Of course, wine is unlikely to be dominated by one producer or one distributor. [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈmikrosoft][Noun] editMicrosoft 1.Microsoft [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈmajkrɔˌsɔft/[Etymology] editEnglish Microsoft [Proper noun] editMicrosoft m 1.Microsoft [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/mǎjkrosoft/[Alternative forms] edit - (Montenegro, Serbia) Màjkrosoft [Etymology] editEnglishLua error in Module:debug at line 166: This template is deprecated. Please use {{der}}, {{inh}}, {{bor}}, {{cog}} or {{noncog}}. Microsoft. [Proper noun] editMicrosoft m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀јкрософт) 1.(uncountable) Microsoft [References] edit - “Microsoft” in Hrvatski jezični portal 0 0 2017/10/18 21:00 TaN
22739 PDC [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - CDP, DPC [Initialism] editPDC 1.Personal Digital Communications. A 2G mobile standard. 2.Program delivery control. 0 0 2017/10/25 09:44
22740 PDCA [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - APCD, CPAD [Noun] editPDCA (uncountable) 1.the cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Act, four-step solving process typically used in quality control. 0 0 2017/10/25 09:44
22742 Mio [[German]] [Abbreviation] editMio 1.Abbreviation of Million or Millionen [Synonyms] edit - Mio. [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editMio 1.Rōmaji transcription of みお [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editFrom the children's book Mio, min Mio by Astrid Lindgren. The book title is word play on Italian mio (“my”). The name can also be interpreted as a short form of names ending in -mio, such as Artemio, Eutimio, or as a masculine equivalent of the Swedish Mia. [Proper noun] editMio c (genitive Mios) 1.A male given name. 2.1954 Astrid Lindgren, Mio, min Mio, Rabén&Sjögren (2000), ISBN 9129647398, page 20: När allt kommer omkring heter jag inte alls Bosse. —Jag har sökt dig i nio långa år, säger min fader konungen. Jag har legat vaken om natten och tänkt: "Mio, min Mio". Då måtte jag väl veta, att du heter så. [References] edit[1] Statistics Sweden: 1708 males with the given name Mio living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency so far in 2011. Accessed on 4 April 2014. 0 0 2017/10/30 17:27 TaN
22747 dematerialise [[English]] [Etymology] editde- +‎ materialise [Verb] editdematerialise (third-person singular simple present dematerialises, present participle dematerialising, simple past and past participle dematerialised) 1.Alternative spelling of dematerialize 0 0 2017/10/31 09:30 TaN
22749 profusive [[English]] [Adjective] editprofusive (comparative more profusive, superlative most profusive) 1.(obsolete) profuse; lavish; prodigalPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for profusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) 0 0 2017/10/31 09:32 TaN
22750 preventive [[English]] [Adjective] editpreventive (comparative more preventive, superlative most preventive) 1.Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to. 2.Carried out to deter military aggression. 3.Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic. 4.Sir Thomas Browne Physic is either curative or preventive. 5.(obsolete) Going before; preceding. 6.Cudworth Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. [Alternative forms] edit - preventative [Etymology] editprevent +‎ -ive [Noun] editpreventive (plural preventives) 1.(dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to. 2.1856, Henry William Herbert, The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive against worms […] 3.(nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness. 4.A contraceptive, especially a condom. [Usage notes] edit - Many speakers prefer to use preventive in adjective senses and preventative in noun senses.[1] [[Italian]] [Adjective] editpreventive 1.feminine plural of preventivo 0 0 2012/03/15 11:44 2017/10/31 13:47
22753 predefined [[English]] [Adjective] editpredefined 1.Whose function has been defined previously [Alternative forms] edit - pre-defined [Verb] editpredefined 1.simple past tense and past participle of predefine 0 0 2017/10/31 16:11 TaN
22754 predefine [[English]] [Etymology] editpre- +‎ define [Verb] editpredefine (third-person singular simple present predefines, present participle predefining, simple past and past participle predefined) 1.(transitive) To define in advance. 0 0 2017/10/31 16:11 TaN
22755 adapted [[English]] [Adjective] editadapted (comparative more adapted, superlative most adapted) 1.(of a creative work) Having been transformed from one medium to another. That movie was an adapted novel. 2.Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance. [Anagrams] edit - de-adapt, deadapt [Verb] editadapted 1.simple past tense and past participle of adapt 0 0 2017/10/31 16:11 TaN
22760 verdict [[English]] ipa :/ˈvɝ.dɪkt/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Old French verdit, from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”). [Further reading] edit - verdict in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - verdict in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911 [Noun] editverdict (plural verdicts) 1.(law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. a "not guilty" verdict 2.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, OCLC 16832619: Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off. 3.An opinion or judgement. a "not out" verdict of the umpire [[French]] ipa :/vɛʁ.dikt/[Noun] editverdict m (plural verdicts) 1.verdict [[Old French]] [Noun] editverdict m (oblique plural verdicz or verdictz, nominative singular verdicz or verdictz, nominative plural verdict) 1.Alternative form of verdit 0 0 2009/05/26 19:53 2017/11/02 09:29 TaN
22761 nirvana [[English]] ipa :/nɪəˈvɑːnə/[Anagrams] edit - Anirvan, navarin [Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). [Further reading] edit - nirvana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editnirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas) 1.(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience. 2.(non-Buddhist colloquial usage) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure. [[Finnish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). [Noun] editnirvana 1.nirvana [[Italian]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). [Noun] editnirvana m (plural nirvana) 1.nirvana [[Portuguese]] ipa :-ɐ̃na[Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). [Noun] editnirvana m (plural nirvanas) 1.(Buddhism) nirvana (complete cessation of suffering) [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/nirʋǎna/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). [Noun] editnirvàna f (Cyrillic spelling нирва̀на) 1.nirvana [References] edit - “nirvana” in Hrvatski jezični portal [[Spanish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). [Noun] editnirvana m (plural nirvanas) 1.nirvana 0 0 2017/11/02 09:29 TaN
22763 regard [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/[Alternative forms] edit - regarde, reguard, reguarde (all obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - Drager, Gerard, Grader, grader, red rag, redrag [Etymology 1] editFrom Anglo-Norman regard, reguard, from early Middle French regard, from regarder (“to look at, observe, regard”), from Old French reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard, reward, guardian, and so on. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle French regarder, from Old French reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century. [[French]] ipa :/ʁə.ɡaʁ/[Anagrams] edit - garder, Gérard [Etymology] editFrom Middle French, from Old French regard, from reguarder. [Further reading] edit - “regard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editregard m (plural regards) 1.look, glance un regard en coin a side glance 2.(uncountable) sight, gaze, eyes Ne t'éloigne pas de mon regard. Don't go far out of my sight. 3.1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10: [S]on regard s’arrêta fixe et morne, sans plus rien exprimer. His eyes stood still, and settled into that former intent unmeaning stare. 4.manhole [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - regarde, reward, rewarde [Noun] editregard m (oblique plural regarz or regartz, nominative singular regarz or regartz, nominative plural regard) 1.look; observance; watching (act, instance of looking at) 2.payment des fees, gages & rewardes des officers & ministres the fees, wages and payments of the officers and the ministers 3.reward les boeaus serrount broillez e donez as chiens e pain avoeke, e ceo est apelé reward the guts will be cooked and given to the dogs with some bread, and this is called a reward [References] edit - - regard on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub 0 0 2017/11/02 15:05 TaN
22765 lavatories [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - variolates [Noun] editlavatories 1.plural of lavatory [[French]] [Noun] editlavatories m 1.plural of lavatory 0 0 2017/11/02 15:25 TaN
22766 lavatory [[English]] ipa :/ˈlæv.ə.tɹi/[Adjective] editlavatory (not comparable) 1.(dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing. [Etymology] editBorrowed from Late Latin lavatorium, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”) + -ium (forming places related to an activity). Doublet of lavatorium. As a place to pan gold, via Spanish lavadero.[1] See also lave. [Noun] editlavatory (plural lavatories) 1.A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly: 2.a. 1375, Lay Folks Mass Book, Appendix iv, p. 606: Whon he haþ vsed he walkeþ riht To Lauatorie þer hit is diht For to wassche his hende. 3.1382, Bible (Wycliffe), Exod. 30:18: And thow shalt make a brasun lauatory with his foot to wasshe with. 1.A laver: a washbasin. 2.(archaic) A bathtub. 3.(Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels. 4.(Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the eucharist. 5.(Christianity, usually figuratively) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins. 6.A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink. Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath. 7.2005, Michael W. Litchfield, Renovation, page 325: Lavatories (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles. 8.2011, Sharon Koomen Harmon & al., The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, page 288： Anywhere a water closet is used, a lavatory (ie, hand-washing sink) must also be installed.Handwashing, particularly - 1513, Robert Fabyan, last will and testament: Wt condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to the people, and exorte theym to pray for ye soules following... 1.(Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist. 2.(Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.(obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse. - 1490, William Caxton translating Publius Vergilius Maro as The Boke yf Eneydos, Ch. xxviii, p. 110: They must be wasshed wyth wyne or wyth some other lauatorye.(dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands. - 2003, Gauvin A. Bailey, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610, page 61: Even the lavatory, a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.(euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK). Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'. - 2003, Rob Rachowiecki & al., Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, page 44: People needing to use the lavatory often ask to use the baño in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply.(Britain, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet. - 1997, Slavoj Žižek, The Plague of Fantasies, page 4, In a traditional German lavatory, the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French lavatory, on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.(dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.(obsolete) A place where gold is panned.(obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid. [Synonyms] edit - (basin for washing hands): See washbasin - (fixture for washing hands): See sink - (room with a toilet): See Thesaurus:bathroom - (toilet): See Thesaurus:toilet [[French]] ipa :/la.va.tɔ.ʁi/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English lavatory. [Noun] editlavatory m (plural lavatories) 1.public toilet 0 0 2017/11/02 15:25 TaN
22772 on the rise [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editon the rise 1.(idiomatic) rising; becoming greater in number. [Synonyms] edit - on the up 0 0 2017/11/05 19:26
22779 Media [[English]] ipa :/ˈmiːdɪə/[Anagrams] edit - Maedi, aimed, amide, maide [Etymology] editFrom Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία (Mēdía), from Μῆδος (Mêdos), from *Mada (vocalization uncertain), the Median language self-designator signifying speakers of the Median language. Compare Old Persian 𐎶Πέ (Māda). [Proper noun] editMedia 1.(historical) a region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes 2.(historical) territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media 3.a borough in Pennsylvania, USA, and the county seat of Delaware County. [[Polish]] [Proper noun] editMedia f 1.Media 0 0 2009/03/06 15:31 2017/11/05 19:26
22782 doneness [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - nonseeds [Etymology] editdone +‎ -ness [Noun] editdoneness (plural donenesses) 1.The extent to which a food has been cooked enough. 2.2004, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Baking, John Wiley & Sons ISBN 9780471464273, page 207 Testing the temperature with a candy thermometer is the most accurate way to determine the doneness of a syrup. 3.2010, Lou Sackett, Jaclyn Pestka, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Garde Manger: A Comprehensive Guide to Cold Food Preparation, John Wiley & Sons ISBN 9780470179963, page 91 Unlike meat cookery, in which doneness is specified by customer order and determined by temperature, ... 4.2011, McFadden Layton, Linda Larsen, Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons ISBN 9781118206126, page 53 In this section we look at how to test doneness of baked goods using three methods: observation, touch tests, and internal temperature. 5.The property of being finished; completion. 6.2002, Ellen Gottesdiener, Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs You can use a metaphor as a loose form of doneness testing. In one workshop, we used a bull's-eye. I created a poster with a bull's-eye showing concentric circles with the label "100%" in the center. 7.2013, Tom DeMarco, ‎Tim Lister, Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects (page 125) EVR is intended to give you objective evidence of partial doneness, something that will allow you to draw—and believe in—a picture like this: There will still be a period early in the project when progress is supported only by faith. 0 0 2017/11/07 09:40 TaN
22784 inertial [[English]] ipa :-ɜː(ɹ)ʃəl[Adjective] editinertial (not comparable) 1.Of, relating to, or depending on inertia. [Anagrams] edit - linarite [Etymology] editinertia +‎ -al 0 0 2017/11/08 09:45 TaN
22786 death toll [[English]] [Noun] editdeath toll (plural death tolls) 1.The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident. Greenpeace report says Chernobyl death toll has been underestimated (Wikinews, April 18, 2006) 0 0 2017/11/08 14:05 TaN
22790 download [[English]] ipa :/ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/[Anagrams] edit - Woodland, woodland [Antonyms] edit - uploadedit - upload [Descendants] edit - → Danish: downloade - Dutch: downloaden - German: downloaden - Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt) - Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot) [Etymology] editFrom down- +‎ load. [Noun] editdownload (plural downloads) 1.A file transfer to the local computer. The download took longer than I expected. 2.A file that has been, or will be transferred in this way. I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer. [Synonyms] edit - copy - move - take - transfer - DL, dl, d/l, D/L (abbreviation) [Verb] editdownload (third-person singular simple present downloads, present participle downloading, simple past and past participle downloaded) 1.(transitive) To transfer (computer data, especially as one or more files) from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network. You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version. 2.(transitive, nonstandard) upload; to copy a file from a local computer to a remote computer via a network. 3.(transitive, nonstandard) to transfer a file to or from removable media. I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM 4.(transitive, nonstandard) to install software. [[Dutch]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English download. [Noun] editdownload m 1.download [Verb] editdownload 1.first-person singular present indicative of downloaden 2.imperative of downloaden [[Italian]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English download. [Noun] editdownload m (invariable) 1.(computing) download [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English download. [Noun] editdownload m (plural downloads) 1.download (file transfer to the local computer) [Synonyms] edit - descarregamento 0 0 2009/01/25 10:52 2017/11/08 14:05 TaN
22791 directory [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/[Adjective] editdirectory (not comparable) 1.Containing directions; instructing; directorial. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English directorie, from Medieval Latin directorium. [Noun] editdirectory (plural directories)A typical icon of a directory (3) 1.A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification. 2.(computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device. 3.(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related. [Synonyms] edit - (structured listing): folder 0 0 2017/11/08 14:05 TaN
22797 peruse [[English]] ipa :/pəˈɹuːz/[Anagrams] edit - persue, purees, purées, rupees [Etymology] editFrom per- +‎ use, from either Medieval Latin (peruti, perusitare (“wear out”)) or Anglo-Norman (peruser (“use up”)), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. [Noun] editperuse (plural peruses) 1.An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing. 2.2008, Dave Robson, "Hi-tea, low cost!", Evening Gazette online, September 12, A peruse of the website looked promising […] [Verb] editperuse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused) 1.(transitive) To examine or consider with care. 2.1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter IV: Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features. 3.(transitive) To read completely. 4.1887, H. Rider Haggard, She, Introduction: We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again this time to Central Asia […] 5.(transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim. 6.2001, Doug Stanton, In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis[1], ISBN 0805066322, page 35: Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge. 7.2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex[2], ISBN 1770070931, page 98: She asked Denise for the court file, which she fussed from her handbag. The woman perused it briefly and then beamed up at me. 8.(intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander. 9.1957, Robert Ruark, The Old Man And The Boy[3], ISBN 0805002391, page 55: I loved to straggle off in the mornings […] , just perusing around for firewood. [[Latin]] [Participle] editperuse 1.vocative masculine singular of perusus 0 0 2009/12/09 14:48 2017/11/08 14:05 TaN
22798 Chevrolet [[English]] [Etymology] editThe car company was named for its founder Louis Chevrolet. [Proper noun] editChevrolet 1.A brand of automobile, now produced by a part of the General Motors group. 2.A French surname. 0 0 2017/09/12 14:56 2017/11/08 14:05 TaN
22800 anti-passback [[English]] [Noun] editanti-passback (uncountable) 1.Alternative spelling of antipassback 0 0 2017/11/09 11:44 TaN
22801 antipassback [[English]] [Etymology] editanti- +‎ passback [Noun] editantipassback (uncountable) 1.A security mechanism preventing an access card or similar device from being used to enter an area a second time without first leaving it (so that the card cannot be passed back to a second person who wants to enter). 0 0 2017/11/09 11:44 TaN
22802 passback [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - back pass, backpass [Etymology] editpass +‎ back [Noun] editpassback (uncountable) 1.circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered 2.1988, Security Management (volume 32, issues 1-6, page 107) Because each card reader is programmed for either entrance or exit, users must pass in and out before being allowed to reenter, thus eliminating passback. 3.2003, IFPO, The Protection Officer Training Manual (page 99) Modern electronic access systems have many features to enhance the level of access control to a facility, area, or room. Turnstiles, interlocking mantraps, and parkade gates are combined with access readers to prevent passback […] 0 0 2017/11/09 11:44 TaN
22803 signed [[English]] ipa :/saɪnd/[Adjective] editsigned (not comparable) 1.Having a signature; endorsed. The signed check could be cashed. 2.(mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties. It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers. 3.(of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted. 4.2013: Backpacking Wyoming: From Towering Granite Peaks to Steaming Geyser Basins, Wilderness Press, p. 64 [1] Turn left on poorly signed Highway 292 and proceed on this winding road for about 12 miles. [Anagrams] edit - Edgins, deigns, design, dinges, nidges, sdeign, singed [Antonyms] edit - unsigned [Verb] editsigned 1.simple past tense and past participle of sign 0 0 2017/11/10 09:29 TaN
22807 用 [[Translingual]] [Han character] editSee images of Radical 101 用用 (radical 101 用+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月手 (BQ), four-corner 77220) 1.Kangxi radical #101, ⽤. [[Chinese]] ipa :*l̥ʰoːŋ[Compounds] editDerived terms from 用 [Definitions] edit用 1.to use; to employ; to operate 2.你會不會用電腦？ / 你会不会用电脑？  ―  Nǐ huì bù huì yòng diànnǎo?  ―  Can you use a computer? 3.我用海綿來吸水。 / 我用海绵来吸水。  ―  Wǒ yòng hǎimián lái xī shuǐ.  ―  I used a sponge to draw the water. 4.use; utility; usefulness 5.有用  ―  yǒuyòng  ―  useful 6.沒用 / 没用  ―  méiyòng  ―  useless 7.(honorific) to eat; to drink 8. 是喝茶的時間啦，請用一杯茶吧！ [MSC, trad.] 是喝茶的时间啦，请用一杯茶吧！ [MSC, simp.] Shì hē chá de shíjiān la, qǐng yòng yī bēi chá ba! [Pinyin] It is tea time. Please have a cup of tea! 9.expenses; outlay 10.費用 / 费用  ―  fèiyòng  ―  cost, expense 11.用度  ―  yòngdù  ―  expense 12.家用  ―  jiāyòng  ―  family expenses 13.with; by; using 14.用叉子吃東西 / 用叉子吃东西  ―  yòng chāzi chī dōngxi  ―  to eat with a fork 15.我用筷子吃飯。 / 我用筷子吃饭。  ―  Wǒ yòng kuàizǐ chīfàn.  ―  I eat food with chopsticks. 16. 我用濕抹布擦桌子。 [MSC, trad.] 我用湿抹布擦桌子。 [MSC, simp.] Wǒ yòng shī mǒbù cā zhuōzǐ. [Pinyin] I wash the table with a wet cloth. 17. 我老闆用姓稱呼我。 [MSC, trad.] 我老板用姓称呼我。 [MSC, simp.] Wǒ lǎopǎn yòng xìng chēnghū wǒ. [Pinyin] My boss calls me by my last name. [Glyph origin] editPictogram of a water bucket. Compare 桶. [[Japanese]] [Kanji] editSee also:Category:Japanese terms spelled with 用用(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji) [Noun] edit用 (hiragana よう, rōmaji yō) 1.use (noun) ご用 (よう)はありませんか。 Go-yō wa arimasen ka. Can I do anything for you?; Can/may I help you? [[Korean]] [Hanja] edit用 • (yong) (hangeul 용, McCune-Reischauer yong, Yale yong) 1.(쓸모): use, usage, utility, worth [Synonyms] edit - 쓰다 (sseuda): to use; write - 쓸데 (sseulde): use, usage - 쓸모 (sseulmo): use, usage, utility [[Vietnamese]] [Han character] edit用 (dụng, dùng, giùm, rùng, dộng, đụng, giùng, rụng, vùng) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. 0 0 2012/06/30 23:39 2017/11/11 12:13
22811 many a [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Mayan [Determiner] editmany a 1.(poetic) Many, a plentiful supply of. 2.2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian[1]: Danny Boyle’s T2 Trainspotting is everything I could reasonably have hoped for – scary, funny, desperately sad, with many a bold visual flourish. 3.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. [See also] edit - nary a 0 0 2017/11/13 10:21 TaN
22831 semester [[English]] ipa :/sɪˈmɛstə/[Alternative forms] edit - semestre (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - semestre [Etymology] editFrom German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). [Noun] editsemester (plural semesters) 1.Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as fall or spring semester. I will graduate at the end of the spring semester. 2.A period or term of six months. [See also] edit - term - trimester - half-year [[Danish]] ipa :/semɛstər/[Etymology] editFrom German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). [Noun] editsemester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre) 1.semester (half of school year) [References] edit - “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog [See also] edit - semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da [[Swedish]] ipa :/sɛˈmɛstɛr/[Etymology] editFrom New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”); sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). See also German Semester. [Noun] editsemester c 1.a holiday/vacation, especially from work Nästan alla här går på semester under sensommaren. Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer. 2.an activity related to vacationing, especially in compound terms Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna. I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues. 3.(figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation Vi behöver ta semester från varandra. We need to take a break from each other. [References] edit - semester in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online) 0 0 2017/07/21 09:34 2017/11/17 13:45 TaN
22833 rans [[Danish]] [Noun] editrans n 1.genitive singular indefinite of ran 2.genitive plural indefinite of ran 0 0 2017/11/17 23:47
22834 ranso [[Cebuano]] [Etymology] editFrom Spanish rancho, from rancharse, from arranchar, from French ranger, from Frenchrang, from Frankish *hring. [Noun] editranso 1.ranch; a land for raising cattle and other livestock. [Synonyms] edit - bakahan 0 0 2017/11/17 23:47
22837 beefy [[English]] ipa :/ˈbiːfi/[Adjective] editbeefy (comparative beefier, superlative beefiest) 1.Similar to, or tasting like beef. 2.Containing beef. 3.(informal) Strong or muscular. The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms. 4.(informal) Sturdy; robust. The software slows down even a beefy computer. [Etymology] editbeef +‎ -y 0 0 2017/11/16 09:38 2017/11/17 23:49 TaN
22841 evade [[English]] ipa :-eɪd[Anagrams] edit - eaved [Etymology] editFrom Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade. [See also] edit - prevaricate [Synonyms] edit - equivocate - shuffle - dodge [Verb] editevade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded) 1.(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from He evaded his opponent's blows. They robbers evaded the police. to evade the force of an argument The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. — Richard Chenevix Trench. 2.(transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from. Evading from perils. — Francis Bacon. Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove. — John Milton. 3.(intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways. — Robert South. [[Italian]] [Verb] editevade 1.third-person singular present indicative of evadere [[Latin]] [Verb] editēvāde 1.second-person singular present active imperative of ēvādō [[Portuguese]] ipa :-adʒi[Verb] editevade 1.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of evadir 2.second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of evadir [[Spanish]] [Verb] editevade 1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of evadir. 2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of evadir. 3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of evadir. 0 0 2017/11/18 09:41
22843 囲炉裏 [[Japanese]] [Noun] edit囲炉裏 (hiragana いろり, rōmaji irori) 1.fireplace, hearth (on the floor) 0 0 2017/11/18 10:29
22844 hearth [[English]] ipa :/hɑːθ/[Anagrams] edit - Hertha [Etymology] editFrom Middle English herth(e), from Old English heorþ, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with West Frisian hurd, Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd. [Noun] edithearth (plural hearths) 1.A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven. 2.1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326: When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons. 3.An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built. 4.The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace. 5.A symbol for home or family life. 6.(paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry. [Synonyms] edit - (open recess at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built): fireplace 0 0 2017/11/18 10:30
22849 梁 [[Translingual]] [Han character] edit梁 (radical 75 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水金木 (ECD) or 水戈木 (EID), four-corner 33904, composition ⿱⿰氵刅木(GJKV) or ⿱⿰氵刅朩(HT)) [[Chinese]] ipa :*raŋ[Compounds] editDerived terms from 梁 [Definitions] edit梁 1.Alternative form of 樑 (“bridge; roof beam; ridge”); also the simplified form. 2.(historical) state of Liang 1.An ancient Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn period 2.An ancient Chinese state of Wei after moving its capital to Daliang 3.An ancient Chinese state during the Han dynasty 4.An ancient Chinese state during the Jin (晉) dynasty 5.One of two ancient Chinese states during the end of the Sui dynasty(historical) Liang dynasty 1.Southern Liang, one of the Southern Dynasties 2.Later Liang of the Five DynastiesA surname​. - 梁山伯  ―  Liáng Shānbó  ―  Liang Shanbo [Etymology] edit [Glyph origin] editPhono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 刅 (OC *sʰraŋ) + semantic 木 (“wood”) — a bridge. [Synonyms] edit - (state of Wei): 魏 (wèi), 魏國／魏国 (Wèiguó) - (state): 梁國／梁国 (Liángguó) - (dynasty): 梁朝 (Liángcháo) - (Southern Liang): 南梁, 蕭梁／萧梁 - (Later Liang): 後梁／后梁 (Hòuliáng), 朱梁 [[Japanese]] [Kanji] editSee also:Category:Japanese terms spelled with 梁梁(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names) [Noun] edit梁 (hiragana はり, rōmaji hari) 1.beam, joist梁 (hiragana やな, rōmaji yana) 1.fish trap, fish weir [[Korean]] [Hanja] edit梁 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune-Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. [[Vietnamese]] [Han character] edit梁 (lương, thông) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. 0 0 2017/11/18 10:32
22850 day-tripper [[English]] [Noun] editday-tripper (plural day-trippers) 1.Someone who takes a day trip 0 0 2017/11/18 13:29 TaN
22852 azure [[English]] ipa :/ˈæʒ(j)ʊə/[Adjective] editazure (not comparable) 1.Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. 2.Rule, Britannia! When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main. 3.(heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue. 4.1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado ‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’ [Etymology] editOld French azur, derived from Arabic لَازَوَرْد‏ (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'. The Arabic is from Persian لاجورد‏ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”), from the region of Lajward in Turkestan.Compare with Italian azzurro and Spanish azul. [Noun] editazure (countable and uncountable, plural azures) 1.(heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines. 2.1997, Brault, Early Blazon: In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items. 3.(countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour. azure colour:   4.Wordsworth In robes of azure. 5.2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry (page 59) For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […] 6.(poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above. 7.John Milton's s:Paradise lost Not like those steps / On heaven's azure. 8.Lapis lazuli. [See also] edit - (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues) [Verb] editazure (third-person singular simple present azures, present participle azuring, simple past and past participle azured) 1.(transitive) To colour blue. 2.1907, The Sugar Beet (volume 28, page 271) Our readers are aware that much of the sugar sold in many countries goes through an azuring treatment; blue is added to granulated sugar with the view of making it appear whiter than it actually is. [[French]] [Verb] editazure 1.first-person singular present indicative of azurer 2.third-person singular present indicative of azurer 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of azurer 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of azurer 5.second-person singular imperative of azurer [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editazure m (uncountable) 1.Alternative form of azur 0 0 2017/11/18 14:49 TaN
22854 plays [[English]] ipa :/pleɪz/[Anagrams] edit - palsy, splay, spyal [Noun] editplays 1.plural of play [Verb] editplays 1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of play [[Spanish]] [Noun] editplays m pl 1.plural of play 0 0 2017/11/19 15:44 TaN
22855 different [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɪf.ɹənt/[Adjective] editdifferent (comparative more different, superlative most different) 1.Not the same; exhibiting a difference. 2.1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge: At Elizabeth-Jane mentioning how greatly Lucetta had been jeopardized, he exhibited an agitation different in kind no less than in intensity from any she had seen in him before. 3.1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 6 Enter the American tourist. He thinks of himself as a good guy but when he looks in the mirror to shave this good guy he has to admit that "well, other people are different from me and I don't really like them." This makes him feel guilty toward other people. 4.2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34: Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 5.Various, assorted, diverse. 6.2006, Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context,[1] Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521863575, page 19: In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about different neighborhood characteristics and activities. 7.Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity. 8.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads. Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time. 9.Unlike most others; unusual. [Antonyms] edit - alike - identical - same - similar - undifferent [Etymology] editFrom Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“I differ”); see differ. [Noun] editdifferent (plural differents) 1.(mathematics) The different ideal. [Synonyms] edit - distinct, sundry [[Latin]] [Verb] editdifferent 1.third-person plural future active indicative of differō 0 0 2009/04/10 22:47 2017/11/20 15:26 TaN
22856 except [[English]] ipa :/ɪkˈsɛpt/[Alternative forms] edit - excepte (rare or archaic) [Anagrams] edit - expect [Conjunction] editexcept 1.With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair.  I never made fun of her except teasingly. 2.1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterII: "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. […]." 3.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]: Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres. 4.(archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist. 5.1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke IX: And they sayde: We have no moo but five loves and two fisshes, except we shulde goo and bye meate for all this people. 6.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p.106: Offensive wars, except the cause be very just, I will not allow of. [Etymology] editBorrowing from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus. [Preposition] editexcept 1.With the exception of; but. There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans. 2.2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination. [Synonyms] edit - excepting - apart from - bar - but - other than - outtake - save [Verb] editexcept (third-person singular simple present excepts, present participle excepting, simple past and past participle excepted) 1.(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. 2.2007, Glen Bowersock, ‘Provocateur’, London Review of Books 29:4, page 17: But this [ban on circumcision] must have been a provocation, as the emperor Antoninus Pius later acknowledged by excepting the Jews. 3.(intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against). to except to a witness or his testimony 4.Shakespeare Except thou wilt except against my love. 5.1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069:, vol.1, New York Review Books 2001, p.312: Yea, but methinks I hear some man except at these words […]. 6.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, page 23: The Athenians might fairly except against the practise of Democritus to be buried up in honey; as fearing to embezzle a great commodity of their Countrey 7.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 96: he was a great lover of music, and perhaps, had he lived in town, might have passed for a connoisseur; for he always excepted against the finest compositions of Mr Handel. 0 0 2010/06/10 19:55 2017/11/20 20:48
22857 脳 [[Translingual]] [Han character] edit脳 (radical 130 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月火山大 (BFUK), composition ⿰⺼⿱⺍凶) [References] edit - - KangXi: not present, would follow page 985, character 11 - Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29567 - Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 2082, character 1 - Unihan data for U+8133 [[Japanese]] ipa :/naduki/[Etymology 1] edit脳 (nazuki, nō): a brain in a jar./naduki/ → /nad͡zuki/ → /nazuki/Originally the noun stem form naduki of verb 漬く (naduku, modern nazuku, “to be immersed in water or other liquid”).[1] [Etymology 2] edit/nau/ → /nɔː/ → /noː/From Middle Chinese 腦 (nɑ̌u, “brain”). [Kanji] editSee also:Category:Japanese terms spelled with 脳脳(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 腦) 1.brain [References] edit 1.^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan 2.^ Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), ISBN 4-7629-3088-1. 3.^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9 0 0 2017/11/20 21:09
22859 staged [[English]] [Adjective] editstaged 1.Planned, prepared. The conman staged the car accident so he could collect the insurance money. 2.Intended for the stage as in a theater. The staged performance was good, but I liked the book better. [Anagrams] edit - detags, gasted [Verb] editstaged 1.simple past tense and past participle of stage 0 0 2017/11/21 15:03 TaN
22861 endzone [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - enzoned [Noun] editendzone (plural endzones) 1.Alternative spelling of end zone 0 0 2017/11/22 09:33 TaN

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