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Norm
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- morn
[Proper noun]
editNorm
1.A diminutive of the male given name Norman
[[German]]
[Further reading]
edit
- Norm in Duden online
[Noun]
editNorm f (genitive Norm, plural Normen)
1.norm (rule that is enforced by members of a community)
2.technical norm, such as DIN
3.minimally required performance at work or in sports
4.(mathematics) norm
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Running
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editRunning (plural Runnings)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Running is the 19105th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1424 individuals. Running is most common among White (91.71%) individuals.
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disembed
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editdis- + embed
[Verb]
editdisembed (third-person singular simple present disembeds, present participle disembedding, simple past and past participle disembedded)
1.(transitive) To remove (something) from what it is embedded in.
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decagon
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɛ.kə.ɡɑn/[Anagrams]
edit
- congaed
[Etymology]
editdeca- + -gon
[Noun]
editdecagon (plural decagons)
1.(geometry) A polygon with ten sides and ten angles.
[Synonyms]
edit
- 10-gon
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deconstruction
[[English]]
ipa :/diːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/[Etymology]
editde- + construction
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:deconstructionWikipedia deconstruction (countable and uncountable, plural deconstructions)
1.(philosophy, literature) A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.
2.The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.
3.1865, John Blenkarn, Practical specifications of works executed in architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, page 47:
He shall be empowered to require the immediate deconstruction and re-execution to his satisfaction of any such work as may appear to him to have been executed improperly […]
4.1882 June 1, “Home Rule”, in The Nineteenth Century[1], page 859:
A group of men demand a reform the beginning of which must be a work of deconstruction, if I may use such a word.
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haunt
[[English]]
ipa :/hɔːnt/[Alternative forms]
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- hant (Scotland), haint (US, dialectal)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Utahn, unhat
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or more likely, from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *kōym- (“village”). Cognate with Old English hāmettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home.
[Noun]
edithaunt (plural haunts)
1.A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
2.1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:
It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and, … is known by the name of the Garden Rock. Near the foot of it is a small lake, the haunt of the solitary bittern, with water-snakes basking in the sun on the leaves of the pond-lilies which lie on the surface.
3.1868, Louisa May Alcott, "Kitty's Class Day":
Both Jack and Fletcher had graduated the year before, but still took an interest in their old haunts, and patronized the fellows who were not yet through.
4.1984, Timothy Loughran and Natalie Angier, "Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming," Time, 8 Oct.:
Wyoming has been a favorite haunt of paleontologists for the past century ever since westering pioneers reported that many vertebrate fossils were almost lying on the ground.
5.2018, Michael Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol Newsom, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha:
It shall be the haunt of jackals, an abode for ostriches.
6.(dialectal) A ghost.
7.1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 93:
‘Harnts don't wander much ginerally,’ he said. ‘They hand round thar own buryin'-groun' mainly.’
8.A feeding place for animals.[2]
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Dictionary.com
2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to make uneasy): nag
- (to live habitually): live, dwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
[Verb]
edithaunt (third-person singular simple present haunts, present participle haunting, simple past and past participle haunted)
1.(transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.
2.Shakespeare
You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.
3.Jonathan Swift
those cares that haunt the court and town
4.Fairfax
Foul spirits haunt my resting place.
5.(transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
The memory of his past failures haunted him.
6.(transitive) To stalk, to follow
The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.
7.(intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
8.1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XI:
Jesus therfore walked no more openly amonge the iewes: butt went his waye thence vnto a countre ny to a wildernes into a cite called effraym, and there haunted with his disciples.
9.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
yonder in that wastefull wildernesse / Huge monsters haunt, and many dangers dwell […]
10.(transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
11.Wyclif
Haunt thyself to pity.
12.(transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
13.Ascham
Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
14.(intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
15.Shakespeare
I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors.
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revisionist
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/[Adjective]
editrevisionist (comparative more revisionist, superlative most revisionist)
1.Of or pertaining to revisionism
2.2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)[1]:
[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.
[Anagrams]
edit
- versionitis
[Etymology]
editrevision + -ist
[Noun]
editrevisionist (plural revisionists)
1.A proponent of revisionism
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɪst[Noun]
editrevisionist m, f (plural revisionisten, diminutive revisionistje n)
1.a revisionist
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romp
[[English]]
ipa :-ɒmp[Anagrams]
edit
- PROM, Prom, prom
[Etymology]
editProbably a variant of ramp.
[Noun]
editromp (plural romps)
1.A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
2.(slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
3.Sex romp at Windsor castle (headline in The Sun)
4.(archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.
[Verb]
editromp (third-person singular simple present romps, present participle romping, simple past and past participle romped)
1.(intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
2.When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
3.(transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
4.If I romp down on the gas, it'll do sixty in six seconds.
5.Coach Smith had to romp on 'em to get 'em out of a losing streak.
6.To win easily.
7.England romped to an easy win over Australia.
8.2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
Ronald Koeman collected that prize in the run-up to this game, and then watched his team romp to their biggest victory for nearly a century, inflicting a defeat that Sunderland will struggle to forget.
9.(slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
[[Afrikaans]]
[Noun]
editromp (plural rompe)
1.skirt
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
editromp
1.third-person singular present indicative form of rompre
2.second-person singular imperative form of rompre
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɔmp[Noun]
editromp m (plural rompen, diminutive rompje n)
1.trunk, torso
2.(ship) hull
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blistering
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editblistering (comparative more blistering, superlative most blistering)
1.Causing blisters
2.Very hot
3.Harsh or corrosive
4.Very aggressive
5.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian[1]:
Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.
6.Very fast
[Noun]
editblistering (plural blisterings)
1.(medicine, veterinary) The practice of forming blisters on the skin, to promote blood flow and aid healing.
2.1852, The American Journal of Homoeopathy (volumes 7-9, page 99)
Inflammations are treated generally by allopathic practitioners by bleedings, blisterings, purgings, vomitings, Antimony and Mercury: and this is practised, more or less, with little variation, wherever the seat of the inflammation may be.
[Verb]
editblistering
1.present participle of blister
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blister
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈblɪstɚ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bitlers, Bristle, Liberts, bristle, reblits, riblets
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French blestre, from a Germanic language (Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”)).
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:blisterWikipedia blister (plural blisters)
1.A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection.
2.Grainger
Painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
3.A swelling on a plant.
4.(medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
5.1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.168:
'T is written in the Hebrew Chronicle, / How the physicians, leaving pill and potion, / Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle, / When old King David's blood grew dull in motion, / And that the medicine answered very well […]
6.A bubble, as on a painted surface.
7.(roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
8.A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
blister card
blister pack
[Synonyms]
edit
- blebedit
- vesicate
[Verb]
editblister (third-person singular simple present blisters, present participle blistering, simple past and past participle blistered)
1.(transitive) To raise blisters on.
a chemical agent that blisters the skin
2.(intransitive) To have a blister form.
3.2004, Frank Hamer; Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
An overfired glaze often blisters by the volatilization of part of its composition. It also reaches a stage where its viscosity is too low to keep it on the pot.
4.(transitive) To criticise severely.
5.(intransitive) To break out in blisters.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editLikely from English blister (“blister; blister pack”).
[Noun]
editblister m (plural blisters, diminutive blistertje n)
1.blister
2.blister pack
[Synonyms]
edit
- (blister): blaar, blein, blaasje
- (blister pack): doordrukstrip, blisterpak, blisterverpakking
[[French]]
[Noun]
editblister m (plural blisters)
1.blister pack
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pantomime
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpantəˌmʌɪm/[Etymology]
editCirca 17th century, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “I mimic”).
[Noun]
editpantomime (countable and uncountable, plural pantomimes)
1.(now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. [from 17th c.]
2.Tylor
[He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.
3.(historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. [from 17th c.]
4.(Britain) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. [from 18th c.]
5.2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport[1]:
With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.
6.Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime. [from 18th c.]
7.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 26
A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.
8.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 26:
In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.
[Verb]
editpantomime (third-person singular simple present pantomimes, present participle pantomiming, simple past and past participle pantomimed)
1.(transitive) To make (a gesture) without speaking.
I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.
2.(transitive) To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editpantomime f
1.plural of pantomima
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
editpantomīme
1.vocative singular of pantomīmus
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absurdist
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈsɝd.əst/[Adjective]
editabsurdist (not comparable)
1.Of, or relating to absurdism. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
[Etymology]
editabsurd + -ist
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:absurdismWikipedia absurdist (plural absurdists)
1.An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 10
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creepy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɹiːpi/[Adjective]
editcreepy (comparative creepier, superlative creepiest)
1.(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
2.(informal) Strangely repulsive.
[Anagrams]
edit
- crepey, crêpey
[Etymology]
editcreep + -y.
[See also]
edit
- creepy-crawly
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narcissism
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnɑːsəˌsɪzm/[Etymology]
editAfter Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection.
[Noun]
editnarcissism (usually uncountable, plural narcissisms)
1.Excessive love of oneself.
2.Sexual desire for one's own body.
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bracingly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editbracingly (comparative more bracingly, superlative most bracingly)
1.In a bracing manner
The wind was bracingly cold.
2.2003, Kerry Greenwood, Death Before Wicket[1], →ISBN, page 129:
'Now all you have to do is get better,' she said bracingly, not allowing any of the fear she felt ooze into her voice.
[Etymology]
editbracing + -ly
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pratfall
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- prat-fall
- pratt-fall
[Etymology]
editprat + fall
[Noun]
editpratfall (plural pratfalls)
1.A fall onto the buttocks.
2.A humiliating mistake.
3.A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes.
The motivational speaker started with a pratfall so he could speak about the importance of getting back up.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (a fall on to the buttocks):
- (a humiliating mistake): blunder, howler
- (a staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes):
[Verb]
editpratfall (third-person singular simple present pratfalls, present participle pratfalling, simple past pratfell, past participle pratfallen)
1.To fall on to the buttocks.
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shove
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃʌv/[Anagrams]
edit
- hoves
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English schoven, shoven, schouven, from Old English scūfan, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (compare West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva), from Proto-Indo-European *skeubʰ- (compare Lithuanian skùbti ‘to hurry’, Polish skubać ‘to pluck’, Albanian humb ‘to lose’).
[Noun]
editshove (plural shoves)
1.A rough push.
2.Jonathan Swift
I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.
3.(poker slang) An all-in bet.
[Verb]
editshove (third-person singular simple present shoves, present participle shoving, simple past shoved or (obsolete) shave, past participle shoved or (obsolete) shoven)
1.To push, especially roughly or with force.
2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 12, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all
3.Thomas Malory
The ship was anon shoven in the sea.
4.To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
5.Garth
He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
6.(poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
7.(slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
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Abigail
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæb.ə.ɡeɪl/[Etymology]
editHebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “her Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
[Proper noun]
editAbigail (plural Abigails)
1.The wife of Nabal and later of David in the Old Testament.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 25:3::
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings.
3.A female given name, used since the 16th century, and currently quite popular.
4.1912 Edith Tunis Sale: Old Time Belles and Cavaliers. J.B.Lippincott 1912. page 178:
The name of Abigail Adams is naturally closely associated with those of her illustrious father and mother, - - - Born in 1765, the mother's quaint Christian name was given to the little girl
[[Portuguese]]
[Proper noun]
editAbigail f
1.(biblical) Abigail (wife of David)
2.A female given name, equivalent to English Abigail.
[[Tagalog]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English Abigail.
[Proper noun]
editAbigail
1.A female given name
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balm
[[English]]
ipa :/bɑːm/[Anagrams]
edit
- ALBM, BAML, LBMA, Lamb, blam, lamb
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French baume, from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum, itself from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon). Spelling modified 16th c. to conform to Latin etymology. Doublet of balsam.
[Noun]
editbalm (countable and uncountable, plural balms)
1.Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
2.A plant or tree yielding such substance.
3.Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
There is a balm in Gilead... (Spiritual)
4.(figuratively) Something soothing.
Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.
5.1781, [Mostyn John Armstrong], History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. Volume IX. Containing the Hundreds of Smithdon, Taverham, Tunstead, Walsham, and Wayland, volume IX, Norwich: Printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, bookseller, OCLC 520624543, page 51:
BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]
6.The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
7.Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horse balm.
[See also]
edit
- lotion
- ointment
- unguent
[Synonyms]
edit
- (aromatic resin): balsam
- (plant or tree): balsam
- (soothing oil or lotion): balsam
- (something soothing): balsam
[Verb]
editbalm (third-person singular simple present balms, present participle balming, simple past and past participle balmed)
1.(transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
2.c. 1607–1608, Shakespeare, William; [Wilkins, George], Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act 3, scene 2, lines 63–64:
Shrouded in cloth of state, balmed and entreasured / With full bags of spices!
3.(transitive, figuratively) To soothe; to mitigate.
4.c. 1603–1606, Shakespeare, William, King Lear, act 3, scene 6, line 96:
This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinews
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fisheye
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/[Adjective]
editfisheye
1.(photography, of a lens) Covering an extremely wide angle and producing a circular image that is distorted towards the edges.
[Etymology]
editFrom fish + eye.
[Noun]
editfisheye (plural fisheyes)
1.An unfriendly or suspicious glance.
2.An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface.
3.An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow.
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sporadically
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editsporadically (not comparable)
1.At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency
2.2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez.
[Anagrams]
edit
- polyradicals
[Etymology]
editsporadic + -ally
[Synonyms]
edit
- intermittently
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peering
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪərɪŋ[Anagrams]
edit
- Pingree
[Noun]
editpeering (plural peerings)
1.The act of one who peers; a looking around.
2.(Internet) The act of carrying communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment.
3.2001, Peter Willis, Carrier-Scale IP Networks
The BT UK service uses a combination of private peerings and bilateral peerings at the UK exchange points in London, Manchester and Edinburgh.
[Verb]
editpeering
1.present participle of peer
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cinephile
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɪnəfaɪl/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French cinéphile.
[Noun]
editcinephile (plural cinephiles)
1.An enthusiast of films and the cinema; a cineast.
2.2016, David Thomson, Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped (in The Guardian, 3 March 2016)[1]
The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show
[Synonyms]
edit
- filmaholic
- filmgoer
- moviegoer
- movieholic
- cineast, cineaste
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blue
[[English]]
ipa :/bluː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- blew (obsolete)
- blewe (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Buel, lube
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English blewe, partially from Old English *blǣw ("blue"; found in derivative blǣwen (“bluish”)); and partially from Anglo-Norman blew, blef (“blue”), from Old Frankish *blāw, *blāo (“blue”) (perhaps through a Medieval Latin blāvus, blāvius (“blue”)); both from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with dialectal English blow (“blue”), Scots blue, blew (“blue”), North Frisian bla, blö (“blue”), Saterland Frisian blau (“blue”), Dutch blauw (“blue”), German blau (“blue”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish blå (“blue”), Icelandic blár (“blue”), Latin flāvus (“yellow”), Middle Irish blá (“yellow”), Lithuanian blãvas (“blue”). Doublet of blae.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom the color of the envelopes used to contain missives of the censors and managers to vaudevillian performers on objectionable material from their acts that needed to be excised.
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
editblue
1.bluely blue colour:
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organ
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɔɹ.ɡən/[Anagrams]
edit
- Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, groan, nagor, orang, rango
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English organe, from Old French organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-.
[Noun]
editorgan (plural organs)
1.A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
2.(by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
3.(music) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
4.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
5.An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
6.A species of cactus (Stenocereus thurberi).
7.(slang) The penis.
[Verb]
editorgan (third-person singular simple present organs, present participle organing, simple past and past participle organed)
1.(obsolete, transitive) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
2.Bishop Mannyngham
Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editorgan (plural organs)
1.Alternative form of organe
[References]
edit
- “organ(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin organum, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon),
[Noun]
editorgan n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ or organer, definite plural organa or organene)
1.(anatomy, biology) an organ
2.an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
3.a body (e.g. an advisory body)
[References]
edit
- “organ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[See also]
edit
- orgel (musical instrument)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), via Latin organum
[Noun]
editorgan n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ, definite plural organa)
1.(anatomy, biology) an organ
2.an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
3.a body (e.g. an advisory body)
[References]
edit
- “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[See also]
edit
- orgel (musical instrument)
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈɔr.ɡan/[Noun]
editorgan m inan
1.organ, part of an organism
2.(by extension) unit of government dedicated to a specific function
3.(politics) organ, official publication of a political organization
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Byzantine Greek ὄργανος (órganos), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), partly through the intermediate of Slavic oruganu. Some senses also based on French orgue (cf. orgă), Italian organum, Italian organo.
[Noun]
editorgan n (plural organe)
1.organ (part of organism)
2.(archaic) organ (musical instrument)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (musical instrument): orgă
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/ǒrɡaːn/[Noun]
editòrgān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)
1.organ (part of an organism)
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editorgan n
1.(anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
2.(dated) a voice (of a singer or actor)
Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst
She combined with excellent theatrical looks a high degree of intelligence, an extraordinary voice and a splendid mastery of declamation
3.an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)
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aesthetically
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editaesthetically (comparative more aesthetically, superlative most aesthetically)
1.In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
2.2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman[1]:
Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- æsthetically
- esthetically
[Etymology]
editaesthetic + -ally
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multicast
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editmulticast (not comparable)
1.(programming, of a delegate) Having multiple targets, such that a call to the delegate triggers a call to each target.
2.2005, Jesse Liberty, Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C#
The result is a new multicast delegate that invokes both of the original implementing methods.
[Antonyms]
edit
- singlecast
- unicast
[Etymology]
editmultiple broadcast
[Noun]
editmulticast (plural multicasts)
1.(computing) The simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network.
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uni
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈjuː.niː/[Anagrams]
edit
- NUI, Niu
[Etymology 1]
editClipping of university.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Japanese 雲丹.
[[Anauyá]]
[Noun]
edituni
1.water
[References]
edit
- Čestmír Loukotka, Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) ?
- native-languages.org
[[Baniwa]]
[Noun]
edituni
1.water
2.river
[References]
edit
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN
[[Dutch]]
[Adjective]
edituni (not comparable)
1.plain, monocoloured
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finno-Volgaic *une.
[Noun]
edituni (genitive une, partitive und)
1.sleep
2.dream
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈuni/[Anagrams]
edit
- uin
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finno-Volgaic *une.
[Noun]
edituni
1.dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping; neutral term, not implied positive)
2.sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
[See also]
edit
- painajainen
[Synonyms]
edit
- (dream) unennäkö
- (sleep) unitila
[[French]]
ipa :/y.ni/[Anagrams]
edit
- nui
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of université. Compare standard French univ.
[Further reading]
edit
- “uni” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Ilocano]]
[Noun]
edituni
1.sound; noise; voice
[[Indonesian]]
[Noun]
edituni
1.union (The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one)
[[Ingrian]]
[Noun]
edituni
1.dream
2.sleep
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
edituni
1.Rōmaji transcription of うに
2.Rōmaji transcription of ウニ
[[Karelian]]
[Etymology]
edit
[Noun]
edituni (genitive unen, partitive undu)
1.dream
2.sleep
[[Ladin]]
[Adjective]
edituni (invariable)
1.every
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈuː.niː/[Etymology]
editInflected form of ūnus (“one”)
[Numeral]
editūnī
1.nominative masculine plural of ūnus
2.dative masculine singular of ūnus
3.dative feminine singular of ūnus
4.dative neuter singular of ūnus
[[Omagua]]
[Noun]
edituni
1.water
[References]
edit
- Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology
[[Piapoco]]
[Noun]
edituni
1.water
2.river
[References]
edit
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN
- Lińguas arawak da Amazônia setentrional (2001), page 570 (úuni)
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
edituni
1. Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative of unir
2. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of unir
[[Romanian]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- dezuni
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.
[Verb]
edita uni (third-person singular present unește, past participle unit) 4th conj.
1.to unite, merge, join
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈuni/[Noun]
edituni f (plural unis)
1.Clipping of universidad. uni
[[Tariana]]
ipa :/uːni/[Alternative forms]
edit
- úuni (húuni)
[Noun]
edituni
1.water
2.waterway, river; body of water, lake; anything watery
[References]
edit
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN
[[Veps]]
[Etymology]
editRelated to Finnish uni.
[Noun]
edituni
1.sleep
2.dream
[References]
edit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “сон”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/ˈɨ̞nɪ/[Verb]
edituni
1.second-person singular present / future of uno
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25243
喘息
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵/[Verb]
edit喘息
1.to pant; to gasp for air
2.喘息較常見於病毒性感染。 [MSC, trad.]
喘息较常见于病毒性感染。 [MSC, simp.]
From: World Health Organization
Chuǎnxī jiào cháng jiàn yú bìngdúxìng gǎnrǎn. [Pinyin]
Wheezing is more common in viral infections.
3.(figuratively) to take a breather; to take a respite
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
edit喘息 (hiragana ぜんそく, rōmaji zensoku)
1.(medicine) a respiratory condition in which the airways suddenly narrow making it difficult to breathe; asthma
[[Korean]]
[Noun]
edit喘息 • (cheonsik) (hangeul 천식)
1.Hanja form? of 천식 (“asthma”).
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asthma
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæsmə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Mastah, Maths A, mastah, mathas, shmata
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborious breathing, asthma”).
[Noun]
editasthma (usually uncountable, plural asthmas or asthmata)
1.(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
2.1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
"He kind of spat," said Piggy. "My auntie wouldn't let me blow on account of my asthma. He said you blew from down here." Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen.
3.2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 72–3:
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
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new-
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Wen, wen
[Prefix]
editnew-
1.newly, recently
newborn
newfound
2.anew, again, re-
newcreate
newmodel
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25249
facility
[[English]]
ipa :/fəˈsɪlɪti/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās.
[Noun]
editfacility (countable and uncountable, plural facilities)
1.The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity. [from 16th c.]
2.1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?
3.Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. [from 16th c.]
The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
4.The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]
Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
5.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
6.An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
7.(Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet. [from 20th c.]
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build a better mousetrap
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editA shortening of build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.Derived from:
If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods. Ralph Waldo Emerson
[Verb]
editbuild a better mousetrap
1.(idiomatic) To invent the next great thing; to have a better idea.
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of all the inventors to obtain patents, only a few have really built a better mousetrap.
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0
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25255
sexier
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsexier
1.comparative form of sexy: more sexy
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25258
sort
[[English]]
ipa :/sɔːt/[Anagrams]
edit
- RTOS, RTOs, TROs, orts, rost, rots, tors
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English sort, soort, sorte (= Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Old French sortir (“allot, sort”), from Latin sortire (“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors.
[Further reading]
edit
- sort at OneLook Dictionary Search
- sort in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈsɔɾt/[Noun]
editsort f (uncountable)
1.luck
2.fortune
[[Danish]]
ipa :[soɐ̯d̥][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse svartr (“black”), from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sors (“lot, fate”).
[References]
edit
- “sort” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom German Sorte.
[Noun]
editsort (genitive sordi, partitive sorti)
1.kind, sort, brand
[[French]]
ipa :/sɔʁ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin sors, sortis.
[Etymology 2]
editSee sortir.
[Further reading]
edit
- “sort” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Friulian]]
[Adjective]
editsort
1.deaf
[Alternative forms]
edit
- sord (alternative orthography)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin surdus.
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈʃort][Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English shorts.[1]
[Etymology 2]
editsor + -t
[References]
edit
1. ^ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sors, sortem.
[Noun]
editsort m (plural sorts)
1.(Jersey) fate
[Synonyms]
edit
- destinné (“fate, destiny”)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/suʈ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse svartr; compare Danish sort
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from French sorte.
[References]
edit
- “sort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French sorte.
[Noun]
editsort m (definite singular sorten, indefinite plural sortar, definite plural sortane)
1.a sort, kind or type
[References]
edit
- “sort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French sorte.
[Noun]
editsort c
1.sort, kind
[Synonyms]
edit
- slag
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sort of
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɔɹt əv/[Adverb]
editsort of (not comparable)
1.(idiomatic, colloquial) Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.
2.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
3.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[1]:
‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’
It sort of makes sense the way he explains it, but I still don't really understand.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- sorta
- sort-of
[Etymology]
editFrom a reanalysis of "sort of" in a phrase such as "a sort of merry dance" from noun ("sort") and preposition ("of") from the prepositional phrase "of merry dance" to adverb modifying "merry".
[See also]
edit
- of sorts
[Synonyms]
edit
- kind of
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sortir
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/suɾˈti/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Occitan (compare Occitan sortir), from Latin sortīrī (“to select”) (present active infinitive of sortior), probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre; cf. also Old Catalan surt, surta).
[References]
edit
- Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (go out): marxar, eixir
- (appear): aparèixer, emergir
[Verb]
editsortir (first-person singular present surto, past participle sortit)
1.to go out, to leave
2.to come out, to appear, to emerge
3.to come out, to be published, to be made known
4.to end up, to turn out
[[Franco-Provençal]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sortīrī (“to select”) (present active infinitive of sortior), probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare French sortir, Italian sortire, compare also Spanish surtir.
[Verb]
editsortir
1.(intransitive) to exit, go out, come out
2.(transitive) to take out, bring out
[[French]]
ipa :/sɔʁ.tiʁ/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French, from Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare Italian sortire, compare also Spanish surtir.
[Further reading]
edit
- “sortir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editsortir m (plural sortirs)
1.end, closing
Au sortir du printemps
At the closing of spring
[Verb]
editsortir
1.(intransitive) to exit, go out, come out
Je suis sorti de l'école. ― I came out of school.
2.(transitive) to take out, bring out
En sortant mes crayons, je les ai accidentellement répandus partout. ― In taking out my pencils, I accidentally spilled them everywhere.
[[Norman]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- sorti (Jersey)
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French, from Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre).
[Verb]
editsortir
1.(Guernsey) to go out
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- (Surmiran) sorteir
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare Italian sortire, French sortir.
[Verb]
editsortir
1.(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) to exit
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paperweight
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editpaper + weight
[Noun]
editpaperweight (plural paperweights)
1.A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
2.2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
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, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.
3.Any object for this purpose.
John used his coffee mug as a paperweight.
4.(slang) An otherwise useless piece of equipment.
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25262
enclosure
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- inclosure (was as common as or more common until the early 1800s; now uncommon)
[Anagrams]
edit
- corneules, encolures
[Noun]
editenclosure (countable and uncountable, plural enclosures)
1.(countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.
2.(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
3.(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure.
4.(uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
The enclosure of public land is against the law.
The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
At first, untrained horses resist enclosure.
5.(uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure.
6.(religion) The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- encloseure
[Etymology]
editenclos-, stem of enclore + -ure.
[Noun]
editenclosure f (oblique plural enclosures, nominative singular enclosure, nominative plural enclosures)
1.enclosure (act of enclosing something)
2.enclosure (enclosed area)
[References]
edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (encloseure)
-
- enclosure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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inlaws
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- winals
[Noun]
editinlaws
1.plural of inlaw
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in-laws
[[English]]
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[Noun]
editin-laws
1.plural of in-law; the family of one's spouse
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exactingly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editexactingly (comparative more exactingly, superlative most exactingly)
1.In an exacting manner.
[Etymology]
editexacting + -ly
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ageless
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:agelessWikipedia ageless (comparative more ageless, superlative most ageless)
1.(relative to past) Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.
The ageless pyramids stood prominently against the sunset.
2.(relative to future) Continuing infinitely or indefinitely.
This memorial will show our ageless respect to those who died.
3.Always appearing youthful; never seeming to age.
Her ageless face.
4.2011 February 12, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 2 - 1 Man City”, in BBC[1]:
As United finally started to pose a threat, Darren Fletcher headed straight at City keeper Hart from Ryan Giggs' cross - and the seemingly ageless Old Trafford veteran was instrumental when they took the lead four minutes before the interval.
[Anagrams]
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- Lesages, Seagles, eagless, sea legs, sealegs
[Etymology]
editage + -less
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choreographed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editchoreographed (comparative more choreographed, superlative most choreographed)
1.made to work together; orchestrated
[Verb]
editchoreographed
1.simple past tense and past participle of choreograph
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choreograph
[[English]]
[Verb]
editchoreograph (third-person singular simple present choreographs, present participle choreographing, simple past and past participle choreographed)
1.To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet
2.To direct the development of a project; to orchestrate
3.2014, Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard (in The Guardian, 18 November 2014)[1]
England’s response came in the form of the brilliantly choreographed move that concluded with Wayne Rooney’s second goal and the kind of outstanding football that was beyond their opponents.
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perpetually
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editperpetually (comparative more perpetually, superlative most perpetually)
1.Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.
[Etymology]
editperpetual + -ly
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focused
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfocused (comparative more focused, superlative most focused)
1.Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
2.Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.
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- (UK) focussed
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- defocus
[Antonyms]
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- (directing all one's efforts towards a goal): distracted
- (dealing with narrow aspects): broad, unfocused
[Synonyms]
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- (directing all one's efforts towards a goal): concentrated, determined
- (dealing with narrow aspects): narrow-scope
[Verb]
editfocused
1.simple past tense and past participle of focus
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from soup to nuts
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the order of courses in a formal full course dinner, which typically begins with soup and ends with a dessert such as nuts.
[Prepositional phrase]
editfrom soup to nuts
1.(US) From the first course of a meal to the last.
2.(idiomatic, US) From beginning to end; throughout.
3.We went through the whole agenda, from soup to nuts.
4.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
[That cat] is a broken reed to lean on in the matter of catching mice. My own acquaintance with him is a longstanding one, and I have come to know his psychology from soup to nuts. He hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep.
[Synonyms]
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- (from beginning to end): from A to Z
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what-if
[[English]]
[Noun]
editwhat-if (plural what-ifs)
1.(informal) A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier.
[See also]
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- ifs, ands, or buts
[Verb]
editwhat-if (third-person singular simple present what-ifs, present participle what-iffing, simple past and past participle what-iffed)
1.(informal) To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened.
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Foley
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfoʊli/[Proper noun]
editFoley
1.A surname.
2.a city in Minnesota, USA, which is the county seat of Benton County.
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lamplighter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/[Etymology]
editFrom lamp + lighter
[Noun]
editlamplighter (plural lamplighters)
1.(historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
2.1905, E. W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night
I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter.
[References]
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- lamplighter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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