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25306 lamplight [[English]] [Etymology] editlamp +‎ light [Noun] editlamplight (countable and uncountable, plural lamplights) 1.The light emitted by a lamp. 2.2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847: The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. […] It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped. We sat around reading by lamplight all night. 0 0 2019/01/07 19:37 TaN
25307 personified [[English]] [Verb] editpersonified 1.simple past tense and past participle of personify 0 0 2019/01/07 19:37 TaN
25308 personify [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom French personnifier [Verb] editpersonify (third-person singular simple present personifies, present participle personifying, simple past and past participle personified) 1.(transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of. Mozart could be said to personify musical genius. 2.(transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character. The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper. 0 0 2019/01/07 19:37 TaN
25309 sonically [[English]] [Adverb] editsonically (not comparable) 1.In a sonic manner 2.By means of sound The artifact was cleaned sonically in the ultrasonic cleaner tank in mere seconds. [Etymology] editsonic +‎ -ally 0 0 2018/10/17 17:42 2019/01/07 19:38 TaN
25311 interlude [[English]] [Etymology] editLatin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”) [Noun] editinterlude (plural interludes) 1.An intervening episode, etc. 2.An entertainment between the acts of a play. 3.(music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition. [Verb] editinterlude (third-person singular simple present interludes, present participle interluding, simple past and past participle interluded) 1.(transitive) To provide with an interlude. 2.2007 February 18, Tammy La Gorce, “Between Songs, Interludes That Fall Upon Deaf Ears”, in New York Times‎[1]: Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them. 0 0 2009/11/16 15:40 2019/01/07 19:40 TaN
25318 trip the light fantastic [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - trip the light fantastic toe (obsolete) [Verb] edittrip the light fantastic 1.To dance or to move rhythmically to musical accompaniment, especially in a graceful or nimble manner. 2.1978 May 31, "Movies", in the St. Petersburg Independent, page 11-B: "Swing Time:" Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers trip the light fantastic in this yarn about a dancer with a yen for gambling. 3.2005 June 1, Kevin Kittredge, "Royal Ballet", in the Roanoke Times (retrieved 4 Oct. 2008): In the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers, they each wear out a pair of dancing shoes nightly, tripping the light fantastic in a magic forest. 0 0 2019/01/07 19:43 TaN
25319 light fantastic [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - trip the light fantastic toe (obsolete) [Verb] edittrip the light fantastic 1.To dance or to move rhythmically to musical accompaniment, especially in a graceful or nimble manner. 2.1978 May 31, "Movies", in the St. Petersburg Independent, page 11-B: "Swing Time:" Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers trip the light fantastic in this yarn about a dancer with a yen for gambling. 3.2005 June 1, Kevin Kittredge, "Royal Ballet", in the Roanoke Times (retrieved 4 Oct. 2008): In the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers, they each wear out a pair of dancing shoes nightly, tripping the light fantastic in a magic forest. 0 0 2019/01/07 19:43 TaN
25322 layered [[English]] [Adjective] editlayered (comparative more layered, superlative most layered) 1.Formed of layers. [Anagrams] edit - Eardley, Ryedale, dearely, delayer, relayed [Verb] editlayered 1.simple past tense and past participle of layer 0 0 2019/01/07 19:44 TaN
25326 Trip [[German]] ipa :/trɪp/[Etymology] editFrom English trip. [Further reading] edit - Trip in Duden online [Noun] editTrip m (genitive Trips, plural Trips) 1.(drugs) trip 2.(tourism) trip 0 0 2019/01/07 19:46 TaN
25329 pig [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɪɡ/[Anagrams] edit - GIP, GPI, gip [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English pigge (“pig, pigling”) (originally a term for a young pig, with adult pigs being swine), apparently from Old English *picga (attested only in compounds, such as picgbrēad (“mast, pig-fodder”)). Compare Middle Dutch Middle Dutch pogge, puggen, pegsken (“pigling”).A connection to early modern Dutch bigge (contemporary big (“piglet”)), West Frisian bigge (“pigling”), and similar terms in Middle Low German are sometimes proposed, "but the phonology is difficult".[1] Some sources say the words are "almost certainly not" related,[2] others consider a relation "probable, but not certain".[3]The slang sense of "police officer" is attested since at least 1785.[4] [Etymology 2] editOrigin unknown. See piggin. [References] edit 1. ^ A new English dictionary on historical principles 2. ^ “pig” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. 3. ^ M. Philippa: "Big". In: Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, 2003-09. 4. ^ 2003, Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language, page 474 — Similarly, the use of the word pig for “policeman” goes back at least as far as 1785, when a writer of the time called a Bow Street police officer a “China Street pig.” [[Danish]] ipa :/piɡ/[Etymology] editFrom Old Norse pík. [Noun] editpig c (singular definite piggen, plural indefinite pigge) 1.spike 2.barb 3.spine (needle-like structure) 4.quill (needle-like structure) 5.prickle (a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn) [[Scots]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle English pigge, pygge, from Old English *picga (“pig; pigling”), see English pig.Sense of "vessel; jar" is from Middle English pygg, perhaps an extension of the above. [Noun] editpig (plural pigs) 1.pig 2.pot, jar, earthenware [[Torres Strait Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom English pig. [Noun] editpig 1.pig Synonym: pwaka [[Welsh]] ipa :/piːɡ/[Etymology] editCognate with Breton beg. [Mutation] edit [Noun] editpig f (plural pigau) 1.beak, bill 2.point, spike 3.spout 0 0 2012/03/15 16:40 2019/01/07 19:46
25330 pig iron [[English]] [Etymology] edit [Noun] editpig iron (uncountable) 1.A type of crude iron shaped like a block, commonly used as an industrial raw material. 0 0 2019/01/07 19:46 TaN
25331 PIG [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - P.I.G. [Anagrams] edit - GIP, GPI, gip [Noun] editPIG (countable and uncountable, plural PIGs) 1.Persuade, Identify, GOTV, an electoral technique commonly employed in the United Kingdom. 2.Police in gear. 3.Acronym of pipe inspection gauge. 0 0 2019/01/07 19:46 TaN
25333 inanimate [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈænɪmət/[Adjective] editinanimate (comparative more inanimate, superlative most inanimate) 1.Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object. 2.Not being, and never having been alive. 3.1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 5, in Frankenstein‎[1]: I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. 4.(grammar) Not animate. [Anagrams] edit - Mantineia, amanitine, maintaine [Antonyms] edit - (grammar): animate [Etymology] editin- +‎ animate [Noun] editinanimate (plural inanimates) 1.Something that is not alive. [Synonyms] edit - (not alive): lifeless [Verb] editinanimate (third-person singular simple present inanimates, present participle inanimating, simple past and past participle inanimated) 1.(obsolete) To animate. 1. 2.John Donne, An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary (1621) For there's a kind of world remaining still, Though shee which did inanimate and fill [[Italian]] [Adjective] editinanimate f pl 1.feminine plural of inanimato [[Latin]] [Adjective] editinanimāte 1.vocative masculine singular of inanimātus 0 0 2019/01/07 19:48 TaN
25334 all the time [[English]] [Adverb] editall the time (not comparable) 1.(set phrase, duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration. 2.1889 September 11, Mark Twain, "Last Words of Great Men," Buffalo Express: The public does not wish to be outraged in this way all the time. 3.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients: Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings. 4.1966, Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent, Petula Clark (vocalist), I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (album): I couldn't live without your love Now, I know you′re really mine I gotta have you all the time 5.(set phrase, frequency) Very often; frequently. 6.2008 June 26, Joel Stein, "Pirating Axl Rose's Record," Time: I have never been this excited about having an album. I play it all the time. [Etymology] editAbbreviation of all of the time. [Synonyms] edit - at all times 0 0 2019/01/07 19:48 TaN
25335 visible [[English]] ipa :/ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/[Adjective] editvisible (comparative more visible, superlative most visible) 1.Able to be seen. When the sun rises, the world becomes visible. 2.1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths, London: Printed for Tho. Harper for Edvvard Dod, OCLC 838860010; Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths. […], book 3, 2nd corrected and much enlarged edition, London: Printed by A. Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath. Ekins, […], 1650, OCLC 152706203, page 133: It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation. 3.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited. 4.2013 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. [Antonyms] edit - invisible - hidden [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision. [Synonyms] edit - apparent [[Asturian]] [Adjective] editvisible (epicene, plural visibles) 1.visible (able to be seen) [[Catalan]] ipa :/viˈzi.blə/[Adjective] editvisible (masculine and feminine plural visibles) 1.visible [Antonyms] edit - invisible [Etymology] editFrom Latin vīsibilis. [[French]] ipa :/vi.zibl/[Adjective] editvisible (plural visibles) 1.visible [External links] edit - “visible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Galician]] [Adjective] editvisible m, f (plural visibles) 1.visible [Alternative forms] edit - visíbel [Antonyms] edit - invisible [[Old French]] [Adjective] editvisible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular visible) 1.visible (able to be seen) [Etymology] editLate 12th century, borrowed from Latin visibilis. [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editvisible (plural visibles) 1.visible Antonym: invisible 0 0 2009/01/09 20:08 2019/01/07 19:49 TaN
25344 lesser [[English]] ipa :-ɛsə(ɹ)[Adjective] editlesser 1.comparative form of little: more little 2.of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc. [Anagrams] edit - Elsers, Eslers, resels [Etymology] editless +‎ -er [Noun] editlesser (plural lessers) 1.a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc. the lesser of two evils The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do. [[Old French]] [Verb] editlesser 1.Alternative form of laissier 0 0 2019/01/08 09:37 TaN
25345 contender [[English]] ipa :/kənˈtɛn.dɚ/[Anagrams] edit - retconned [Etymology] editcontend +‎ -er [Noun] editcontender (plural contenders) 1.Someone who competes with one or more other people. 2.Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition. 3.2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[1] In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014‑15. [See also] edit - contestant [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contendō. [Verb] editcontender (first-person singular present indicative contendo, past participle contendido) 1.(intransitive) to contend (to strive in opposition) [[Spanish]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contendō. [Verb] editcontender (first-person singular present contiendo, first-person singular preterite contendí, past participle contendido) 1.to contend 2.to contest 0 0 2019/01/08 09:37 TaN
25347 fired up [[English]] [Adjective] editfired up (comparative more fired up, superlative most fired up) 1.(colloquial) Very emotional or excited, positively or negatively, regarding something. Watching the political commentators on cable news channels always gets him fired up. 2.2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]: But although AFI (The Blood Album) doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it doesn’t need to: The record illustrates that the members of AFI are deeply committed to forward motion, and remain as fired up now as they were 25 years ago. [Verb] editfired up 1.simple past tense and past participle of fire up 0 0 2019/01/08 09:37 TaN
25348 wayback [[English]] [Adverb] editwayback (not comparable) 1.Alternative form of way back [Anagrams] edit - backway 0 0 2019/01/08 09:38 TaN
25350 electroacoustics [[English]] [Etymology] editelectro- +‎ acoustics [Noun] editelectroacoustics (uncountable) 1.(physics) the science of the interaction and interconversion of electric and acoustic phenomena 0 0 2019/01/08 09:40 TaN
25352 piezoresistive [[English]] [Adjective] editpiezoresistive (comparative more piezoresistive, superlative most piezoresistive) 1.Exhibiting piezoresistance. [Etymology] editpiezo- +‎ resistive 0 0 2019/01/08 09:41 TaN
25356 wax [[English]] ipa :/wæks/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-. Cognate with Dutch was, German Wachs, Norwegian voks; and with Lithuanian vaškas, Proto-Slavic *voskъ (“wax”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan (“to wax, grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful, flourish”), from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with Scots wax (“to grow”), West Frisian waakse (“to grow”), Low German wassen, Dutch wassen (“to grow”), German wachsen (“to grow”), Danish and Norwegian vokse (“to grow”), Swedish växa (“to grow”), Icelandic vaxa (“to grow”), Gothic 𐍅̷̰̰̓̾̽ (wahsjan, “to grow”); and with Ancient Greek ἀέξειν (aéxein), Latin auxilium. It is in its turn cognate with augeo. See eke. [Etymology 3] editOrigin uncertain; probably from phrases like to wax angry, wax wode, and similar (see Etymology 2, above). [See also] edit - waxen-kernel - waxloke [[Somali]] [Noun] editwax ? 1.something 0 0 2009/07/08 13:01 2019/01/08 09:46 TaN
25357 back-to-back [[English]] ipa :/ˌbæk.təˈbæk/[Adjective] editback-to-back (not comparable) 1.sequential or consecutive. Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back home runs. They sat through two back-to-back movies. 2.2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC‎[1]: An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham back-to back Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months. 3.With one's back facing that of somebody else. 4.(of a house) Having a party wall at the rear We lived in a row of back-to-back houses. [Adverb] editback-to-back 1.With one's back facing that of somebody else. Stand back-to-back so that we can see which of you is taller. [Noun] editback-to-back (plural back-to-backs) 1.A house with a party wall at the rear. 0 0 2019/01/08 09:49 TaN
25358 back to back [[English]] [Adjective] editback to back (comparative more back to back, superlative most back to back) 1.Alternative form of back-to-back 0 0 2019/01/08 09:49 TaN
25370 instance [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪnstəns/[Alternative forms] edit - enstance, enstaunce, instaunce (all obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - ancients, canniest, cantines, catenins, insectan, tenascin [Etymology] editFrom Middle French instance, from Latin instantia (“a being near, presence, also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from instans (“urgent”); see instant. [Noun] editinstance (plural instances) 1.(obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence. [14th-19th c.] 2.1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821: I know one very well alied, to whom, at the instance of a brother of his […], I spake to that purpose […]. 3.(Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Scott?) […] undertook at her instance to restore them. 4.(obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. It sends some precious instance of itself/ After the thing it loves. Hamlet IV. v. ca. 1602 5.(obsolete) That which is urgent; motive. 6.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]: The instances that second marriage move Are base respects of thrift, but none of love. 7.Occasion; order of occurrence. 8.(Can we date this quote by Sir M. Hale?) These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance. 9.A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example. [from 16th c.] 10.(Can we date this quote by Atterbury?) most remarkable instances of suffering 11.1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):: sometimes we love those that are absent, saith Philostratus, and gives instance in his friend Athenodorus, that loved a maid at Corinth whom he never saw […] 12.One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same. 13.2006, Robert Spaemann, Persons: The Difference Between 'someone' and 'something', page 115: One's own death is an 'accidental' event, simply another instance of the general rule that human beings die. 14.2010, Kenneth Anderson, How to Change Your Drinking: a Harm Reduction Guide to Alcohol, page 59: If you choose to drink again the best way to avoid another instance of withdrawal is to avoid drinking two days in a row. 15.2010, The Guardian, 11 Oct 2010: The organisations claim fraudsters are targeting properties belonging to both individuals and companies, in some instances using forged documents. 16.(obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something). [16th-18th c.] 17.c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors: The reason that I gather he is mad, Besides this present instance of his rage, Is a mad tale he told to day at dinner [...]. 18.(computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local data storage; an instantiation of a class. [from 20th c.] 19.(massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players. 20.2006 September 1, "Dan" (username), "Re: DPS Classes: Why should I heal you?", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet: As long as the most difficult instance you've tried is Gnomeregan, you're never going to be credible talking about 'difficult encounters'. 21.2010, William Sims Bainbridge, Online Multiplayer Games, Morgan & Claypool, →ISBN, page 26: For example, when a team of five players enters the Sunken Temple instance in World of Warcraft, they will battle many monsters, but they will not encounter other players even though several teams of players may be experiencing the Sunken Temple at the same time. 22.2012, anonymous gamer quoted in Andrew Ee & Hichang Cho, "What Makes an MMORPG Leader? A Social Cognitive Theory-Based Approach to Understanding the Formation of Leadership Capabilities in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games", Eludamos, volume 6, page 31: Beating a difficult instance becomes second nature after running through it…a few times, with good leaders knowing exactly what to do and how to co-ordinate member actions. 23.(massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area. 24.2005 January 11, Patrick B., "Re: Instance dungeons", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet: The instance is created for the group that enters it. 25.2005 December 6, "Rene" (username), "Re: Does group leader affect drops?", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet: As soon as the first player enters (spawns) a new instance, it appears that the loottable is somehow chosen. 26.2010, Anthony Steed & Manuel Fradinho Oliveira, Networked Graphics: Building Networked Games and Virtual Environments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 398: A castle on the eastern edge of the island spawns a new instance whenever a party of players enters. [References] edit - instance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911 - instance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 [Verb] editinstance (third-person singular simple present instances, present participle instancing, simple past and past participle instanced) 1.(transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite to instance a fact 2.1946, E. M. Butler, Rainer Maria Rilke, p. 404 The poems which I have instanced are concrete and relatively glaring examples of the intangible difference which the change of language made in Rilke's visions . 3.(intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify. [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃s.tɑ̃s/[Anagrams] edit - cantines [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin instantia [Etymology 2] editA derivative of etymology 1, but reborrowed from English. [Further reading] edit - “instance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). 0 0 2013/03/11 10:20 2019/01/09 09:19
25374 maternity [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - paternity (with respect to gender) [Etymology] editFrom French maternité, from Latin māternitās. [Noun] editmaternity (countable and uncountable, plural maternities) 1.The state of being a mother; motherhood. 2.The state of being pregnant; pregnancy. 3.A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born. [Synonyms] edit - (ward): maternity ward 0 0 2011/08/04 09:30 2019/01/09 17:55
25375 maternity leave [[English]] [Noun] editmaternity leave (countable and uncountable, plural maternity leaves) 1.A leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby. My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby. 0 0 2019/01/09 17:55 TaN
25377 evitable [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/[Adjective] editevitable (comparative more evitable, superlative most evitable) 1.(uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible. [from early 16th c.] Synonyms: avoidable, avertable, escapable, preventable, resistible Antonyms: ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, irresistible, unavoidable, unescapable, unpreventable The tragic consequences were evitable. 2.[1686?], [William Penn], A Perswasive to Moderation to Church Dissenters, in Prudence and Conscience: Humbly Submitted to the King and His Great Councel. By One of the Humblest and Most Dutiful of His Dissenting Subjects, [s.l.: s.n.], OCLC 504391880, page 37: That Fort is unſafe where a part of the Garriſon conſiſts of diſguiſed Enemies; for when they take their turns at the Watch, the danger is hardly evitable. It would then certainly be for the ſafety of the Fort, that ſuch Friends in Maſquerade were induſtrouſly kept out, inſtead of being whipt in. 3.1798, Thomas Dicey, “The Chapel of Nostre Dame des Pas, Guernsey”, in An Historical Account of Guernsey, from Its First Settlement before the Norman Conquest to the Present Time. Giving a Particular and Entertaining Description of the Island, Its Produce, Trade, Laws, Revenues, Privileges, Religion, and Government in General. To which is Added Some Proper Remarks on Jersey, and the Other Islands Belonging to the Crown of Great Britain on the French Coast. The Whole Interspersed with Many New and Interesting Observations Worthy of Public Notice, new edition, London: Printed for I. Herbert; and E. Harding, No. 98, Pall-Mall, OCLC 854503040, page 66: A momentary ſhock like this, I ſay, may, for aught we otherwiſe know, ſooner or later, prove our lot, whenever the evitable fate of our impieties will no longer ſuffer the divine juſtice to be patient. 4.1926 February 23, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[The Clark Lectures] Lecture V: Donne’s Longer Poems”, in Ronald Schuchard, editor, The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry: The Clark Lectures at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1926, and the Turnbull Lectures at the Johns Hopkins University, 1933, 1st U.S. edition, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace & Company, published 1994, →ISBN, page 159: The "disintegration" [of the intellect] of which I speak may be evitable or inevitable, good or bad; to draw its optimistic or pessimistic conclusions is an occupation for prophets and makers of almanacks, of whom I am not one. 5.2010, Yijun Feng, “Compensated Anisotropic Metamaterials: Manipulating Sub-wavelength Images”, in Tie Jin Cui, David R. Smith, and Ruopeng Liu, editors, Metamaterials: Theory, Design, and Applications, New York, N.Y.; Dordrecht; Heidelberg; London: Springer, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4419-0573-4, →ISBN, page 157: [W]e will analyze the imaging performance through the compensated bilayer lens theoretically and explore the effects of loss and retardation in the material parameters on the image quality, which are evitable in realistic metamaterials. [Etymology] editFrom Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’). Ēvītō is derived from ē- (“prefix meaning ‘out’”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)). [References] edit - “evitable” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [[Catalan]] [Adjective] editevitable (masculine and feminine plural evitables) 1.avoidable [Antonyms] edit - inevitable [Etymology] editFrom Latin ēvītābilis. [[Galician]] [Adjective] editevitable m, f (plural evitables) 1.avoidable [Alternative forms] edit - evitábel [Antonyms] edit - inevitábel, inevitable [Etymology] editFrom Latin ēvītābilis. [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editevitable (plural evitables) 1.avoidable [Antonyms] edit - inevitable [Etymology] editFrom Latin ēvītābilis. 0 0 2019/01/09 17:56 TaN
25378 évitable [[French]] ipa :/e.vi.tabl/[Adjective] editévitable (plural évitables) 1.avoidable 2.preventable [Antonyms] edit - inéluctable - inévitable [Etymology] editéviter +‎ -able [Further reading] edit - “évitable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). 0 0 2019/01/09 17:56 TaN
25379 subordinate [[English]] ipa :/səˈbɔːdɪnət/[Adjective] editsubordinate (comparative more subordinate, superlative most subordinate) 1.Placed in a lower class, rank, or position. 2.Woodward The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. 3.Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority. 4.South It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. 5.(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”. 6.Descending in a regular series. [Anagrams] edit - turbinadoes [Antonyms] edit - (placed in a lower class, rank, or position): superior, superordinate - (Submissive to or controlled by authority): insubordinate - (grammar, dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause): independent, mainedit - (one who is subordinate): boss, commander, leader, manager, superior, supervisor [Etymology] edit [Noun] editsubordinate (plural subordinates) 1. 2.(countable) One who is subordinate. [See also] edit - inferior [Synonyms] edit - (placed in a lower class, rank, or position): lesser - (grammar, dependent on the main clause): dependentedit - (one who is subordinate): inferior, junior, report, underling, understrapperedit - (treat as of less value or importance): belittle, denigrate [Verb] editsubordinate (third-person singular simple present subordinates, present participle subordinating, simple past and past participle subordinated) 1.(transitive) To make subservient. 2.(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance. 3.(transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy. [[Italian]] [Adjective] editsubordinate 1.feminine plural of subordinato [Verb] editsubordinate 1.second-person plural present indicative of subordinare 2.second-person plural imperative of subordinare 3.feminine plural of subordinato [[Latin]] [Verb] editsubōrdināte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of subōrdinō 0 0 2011/05/20 17:24 2019/01/09 17:56
25380 chrono [[French]] ipa :/krɔ.nɔ/[Etymology] editClipping of chronomètre [Noun] editchrono m (plural chronos) 1.(informal) timer 2.(informal) time (the length of time recorded on a timer) 0 0 2019/01/09 18:03 TaN
25384 rollable [[English]] [Adjective] editrollable (not comparable) 1.Capable of rolling or being rolled. rollable electronics [Etymology] editroll +‎ -able 0 0 2019/01/10 09:42 TaN
25395 emissive [[English]] [Adjective] editemissive (comparative more emissive, superlative most emissive) 1.Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation or matter; emitting [[Italian]] [Adjective] editemissive 1.feminine plural of emissivo 0 0 2019/01/10 09:48 TaN
25398 CES [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - CSE, ECS, ESC, Esc, SEC, Sec., sce., sec, sec-, sec. [Further reading] edit - International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) website [Noun] editCES (uncountable) 1.Initialism of cauda equina syndrome. [Proper noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has articles on:CESWikipedia CES 1.Center for Employee Services. 2.Consumer Electronics Show. 3.(Australia, obsolete) Commonwealth Employment Service. [1946-1998.] 4.1976, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Official Year Book of Australia: No. 61, 1975 and 1976, page 722, The organisation and functions of the CES conform to the provisions of the Employment Service Convention, 1948, of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) which was ratified by Australia in December 1949. [[French]] ipa :/se ø ɛs/[Noun] editCES m (plural CES) 1.(Quebec) Initialism of certificat d’études secondaires: ≈ GED (high-school diploma) 2.(France) Initialism of collège d’enseignement secondaire (“junior high school”) 0 0 2019/01/10 09:53 TaN
25400 UAV [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - AUV, UVA, uva, vau [Further reading] edit - UAV on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editUAV (plural UAVs) 1.(aviation) Unmanned aerial vehicle; an unpiloted aircraft capable of controlled, sustained, level flight. [See also] edit - drone 0 0 2019/01/10 09:54 TaN
25404 food for thought [[English]] [Etymology] editThis etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. [Noun] editfood for thought (uncountable) 1.(idiomatic) Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation. [References] edit - “Food for thought”, in BBC Learning English‎[1], BBC, 14 September 2014 0 0 2019/01/10 18:17 TaN
25405 xin [[Mandarin]] [Romanization] editxin 1.Nonstandard spelling of xīn. 2.Nonstandard spelling of xín. 3.Nonstandard spelling of xǐn. 4.Nonstandard spelling of xìn. [[Vietnamese]] ipa :[sin˧˧][Etymology] editFrom Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuun ~ *ciin (“to desire”). [Verb] editxin (吀) 1.to ask (for); to beg; to request; to apply 2.Used at the beginning of a request to convey a sense of humility and politeness. 3.Used in greetings, thanks, etc. as a polite particle. 0 0 2018/09/18 13:44 2019/01/10 18:52 TaN
25406 hoax [[English]] ipa :/həʊks/[Etymology] editThis etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). [Noun] edithoax (plural hoaxes) 1.Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick. [Synonyms] edit - (deliberately false story or report): canard [Verb] edithoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed) 1.(transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. 0 0 2012/12/19 05:21 2019/01/13 14:19
25410 お [[Japanese]] ipa :[o̞][Etymology 1] editDerived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 於 in the cursive sōsho style. [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2012/02/01 22:20 2019/01/16 12:47
25414 care [[English]] ipa :/kɛə/[Anagrams] edit - Acre, CERA, Cera, Crea, Race, acer, acre, e-car, race, race- [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English care, from Old English caru, ċearu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-Germanic *karō (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with Old Saxon cara, kara (“concern, action”), Middle High German kar (“sorrow, lamentation”), Icelandic kör (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺̰̰͂ (kara, “concern, care”). Related also to Dutch karig (“scanty”), German karg (“sparse, meagre, barren”), Latin garriō, Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus). See chary. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English caren, carien, from Old English carian (“to sorrow, grieve, be troubled, be anxious, to care for, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *karōną (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵār-, *gÀr- (“voice, exclamation”). Cognate with Middle High German karn (“to complain, lament, grieve, mourn”), Alemannic German karen, kären (“to groan, wheeze, give a death rattle”), Swedish kära (“to fall in love”), Icelandic kæra (“to care, like”), Gothic 𐌺̰͉͂̽ (karōn, “to be concerned”). [[French]] ipa :/kaʁ/[Anagrams] edit - acre, âcre, créa, race [Verb] editcare 1.first-person singular present indicative of carer 2.third-person singular present indicative of carer 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of carer 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of carer 5.second-person singular imperative of carer [[Italian]] ipa :-are[Adjective] editcare f pl 1.Feminine plural of adjective caro. [Anagrams] edit - acre, cera, c'era, crea, reca [[Latin]] [Adjective] editcāre 1.vocative masculine singular of cārus [References] edit - care in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - care in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - care in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette [Verb] editcarē 1.second-person singular present active imperative of careō [[Romanian]] ipa :/ˈka.re/[Determiner] editcare 1.which Care din aceste jocuri este nou? - Which of these games is new? [Etymology] editFrom Latin quālis, quālem. [Pronoun] editcare 1.which, that, who El este un om care a văzut foarte multe lucruri. - He is a man who has seen very many things. [[Venetian]] [Adjective] editcare f 1.feminine plural of caro 0 0 2011/07/03 16:44 2019/01/16 14:50 TaN
25423 long haul [[English]] [Adjective] editlong haul (not comparable) 1.(usually hyphenated) Travelling a long distance. a long-haul flight [Alternative forms] edit - long-haul [Antonyms] edit - short haul [Derived terms] edit - for the long haul - longhaul (verb) - longhauled (adjective) - longhauling (noun) [Noun] editlong haul (countable and uncountable, plural long hauls) 1.(idiomatic) A long time; the long term; an extended period. I thought it would be a short project, but now it looks like I'm in it for the long haul. 2.a long distance 0 0 2018/11/22 10:45 2019/01/17 09:53 TaN
25429 concis [[French]] ipa :/kɔ̃.si/[Adjective] editconcis (feminine singular concise, masculine plural concis, feminine plural concises) 1.concise [Further reading] edit - “concis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Latin]] [Verb] editconcīs 1.second-person singular present active indicative of conciō 0 0 2019/01/17 13:04 TaN
25430 真 [[Translingual]] [Alternative forms] editIn simplified and traditional Chinese, the 目 component is connected to the horizontal line below it whereas, in Japanese and Korean, 目 is separate from that line. [Han character] edit真 (radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十月一金 (JBMC), four-corner 40801, composition ⿱十具) [Usage notes] editThe Kangxi dictionary lists 真 as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 眞. However, the traditional Kangxi form 眞, with 匕 on top, is rarely used nowadays. In modern times (except in Korea), 真 is more commonly used in both traditional and simplified Chinese scripts as well as Japanese shinjitai. [[Chinese]] ipa :*tjels[Compounds] editDerived terms from 真 [Definitions] edit真 1.true; genuine; real; actual 2.那不是真鑽石項鏈，是假的！ [MSC, trad.] 那不是真钻石项链，是假的！ [MSC, simp.] Nà bù shì zhēn zuànshí xiàngliàn, shì jiǎ de! [Pinyin] That's not a real diamond necklace, it's just a fake! 3.那些是真鑽石還是贗品？ [MSC, trad.] 那些是真钻石还是赝品？ [MSC, simp.] Nàxiē shì zhēn zuànshí háishì yànpǐn? [Pinyin] Are those real diamonds or only shams? 4.clear; distinct; sharp 5.really; truly; very; quite 6.今天真熱。 / 今天真热。  ―  Jīntiān zhēn rè.  ―  It's so hot today. 7.那些演員真了不起。 [MSC, trad.] 那些演员真了不起。 [MSC, simp.] Nà xiē yǎnyuán zhēn liǎobuqǐ [Pinyin] Those actors are really great. 8.真的嗎？ / 真的吗？  ―  Zhēn de ma?  ―  Really? 9.portrait; image 10.natural disposition 11.(Chinese calligraphy) Short for 真書／真书 (zhēnshū, “regular script”). [Glyph origin] editIdeogrammic compound (會意): 匕 (“spoon, fork”) + 鼎 (“ancient food vessel”) – using a fork to fetch food from a cauldron. Alternatively, an ancient variant of 貞 (OC *teŋ, “divination”). [[Japanese]] ipa :[ɕĩɴ][Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [Etymology 3] edit [Kanji] editSee also: Category:Japanese terms spelled with 真 真(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 眞) 1.true 2.reality 3.Buddhist sect [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN 2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN [[Korean]] [Hanja] edit真 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. [[Vietnamese]] [Han character] edit真 (chân, chan, chang, sân) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. 0 0 2012/09/29 14:08 2019/01/17 19:04
25433 baking [[English]] ipa :/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/[Adjective] editbaking (not comparable) 1.(figuratively) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting. I'm baking – could you open the window? The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon. [Derived terms] edit - baking hot - baking tin - baking tray [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake +‎ -ing. [Noun] editbaking (usually uncountable, plural bakings) 1.An action in which something is baked. I'm going to do some baking this afternoon. 2.1861, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‎[1]: Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children. 3.The way in which something is baked. 4.1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate‎[2]: How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings. 5.1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I‎[3]: Clissold's work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence. 6.(countable) The production of a batch of baked product. [Verb] editbaking 1.present participle of bake. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom bake +‎ -ing [Noun] editbaking m, f (definite singular bakinga or bakingen) 1.baking [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom bake +‎ -ing [Noun] editbaking f (definite singular bakinga) 1.baking 0 0 2019/01/21 00:05
25435 BAK [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - BKA, kab [Proper noun] editBAK 1.Initialism of Basic Aeronautical Knowledge., an initial theory course for trainee pilots. [[Indonesian]] [Noun] editBAK 1.Initialism of biro administrasi keuangan. 0 0 2019/01/21 00:05
25437 healthy [[English]] ipa :/ˈhɛl.θi/[Adjective] edithealthy (comparative healthier, superlative healthiest) 1.Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well. Antonym: unhealthy He was father to three healthy kids. 2.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. 3.Conducive to health. Synonym: healthful Antonym: unhealthy A healthy diet and exercise can help to maintain proper weight. 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.Evincing health. 6.(figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial. a healthy respect for authority Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle. [Etymology] edithealth +‎ -y 0 0 2019/01/21 00:05
25442 low-down [[English]] [Adjective] editlow-down (comparative more low-down, superlative most low-down) 1.(idiomatic, slang, US) Of no value. 2.1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme. "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!" 3.2007, Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree‎, page 16: No-count. Even low-down. I still don't see how Loma could of married into that sharecropper white trash. [Alternative forms] edit - lowdown [Anagrams] edit - down low, down-low, downlow 0 0 2019/01/21 00:06
25445 sustainable [[English]] ipa :/səˈsteɪnəbəl/[Adjective] editsustainable (comparative more sustainable, superlative most sustainable) 1.Able to be sustained. 2.Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable. 3.2008, Kate L. Harrison, The Green Bride Guide, →ISBN, page 174 [1]: In addition to the resources listed in the organic and local food sections earlier, a good source of sustainable meat is Heritage Foods USA (heritagefoodsusa.com). 4.2008 August–October, Dawn Brighid, "A Taste of Hope", in Organic Gardening, ISSN 1536-108X, volume 55, number 6, page 73 [2]: Some critics have asserted that sustainable food is "elitist"; that it's too expensive and not widely available. 5.2010, Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw, →ISBN, page 129 [3]: A city on a hill—or many cities on hills—surrounded by unbroken vistas of beautiful countryside; small, thriving, family-run farms growing organic, seasonal, and sustainable fruits and vegetables specific to the region. [Anagrams] edit - balaustines [Etymology] editsustain +‎ -able 0 0 2019/01/21 00:10
25446 milling [[English]] ipa :-ɪlɪŋ[Anagrams] edit - gin mill [Noun] editmilling (countable and uncountable, plural millings) 1.A grinding process using a mill. 2.The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated. 3.A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd. [Verb] editmilling 1.present participle of mill 0 0 2019/01/21 00:11
25450 pulp [[English]] [Adjective] editpulp (comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp) 1.(fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication. 2.1997 July 22, Eric Gimlin, “Re: Annual theme '98”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, Usenet‎[1], message-ID <33D504B4.105@swbell.net>: The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover. 3.2003 January 3, Mark Wheatley, “Re: PULP 2003 READING”, in alt.pulp, Usenet‎[2], message-ID <3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com>: Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp" than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories). [Etymology] editFrom earlier pulpe, borrowed from Latin pulpa. [Noun] editpulp (usually uncountable, plural pulps) 1.A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2.A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. 3.2009, David Hajdu, Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture The fledgling comics business was a sweatshop trade for creative hopefuls too inexperienced, too socially ill-equipped, or, more often, too minimally talented for the established avenues of hackdom, the pulps and commercial art. 4.The soft center of a fruit 5.The soft center of a tooth 6.The very soft tissue in the spleen 7.A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. 8.Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). 9.A suspension of mineral particles (suspension typically being achieved by some form of agitation) [Synonyms] edit - pulpish, pulpy [Verb] editpulp (third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped) 1.(transitive, intransitive) To make or be made into pulp. 2.(transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp. 3.(transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from. 0 0 2019/01/21 00:11
25453 grain of salt [[English]] [Adverb] editwith a grain of salt (not comparable) 1.(idiomatic) With a little common sense and skepticism. Generally used with the verb take. I take anything I read on the Internet with a grain of salt. [Etymology] editCalque of Latin cum grānō salis, literally with a grain of salt, figuratively with a bit of common sense. 0 0 2019/01/21 00:14

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