26042
warp
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔː(ɹ)p[Anagrams]
edit
- wrap
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English warp, werp, from Old English wearp, warp (“a warp, threads stretched lengthwise in a loom, twig, osier”), from Proto-Germanic *warpą (“a warp”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English werpen, weorpen, worpen, from Old English weorpan (“to throw, cast, cast down, cast away, throw off, throw out, expel, throw upon, throw open, drive away, sprinkle, hit, hand over, lay hands on (a person), cast lots, charge with, accuse of”), from Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Scots warp (“to throw, warp”), North Frisian werpen (“to throw”), Dutch werpen (“to throw, cast”), German werfen (“to throw, cast”), Icelandic verpa (“to throw”).
[Further reading]
edit
- warp at OneLook Dictionary Search
- warp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Verb]
editwarp
1.first- and third-person singular past indicative of werpen
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26046
Burbank
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editBurbank
1.A surname.
2.A city in California
3.A heavy cotton canvas, used for convertible tops for cars in the early 20th century
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26049
common cause
[[English]]
[Noun]
editcommon cause (countable and uncountable, plural common causes)
1.Shared purpose.
2.(rhetoric) Anacoenosis.
3.Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see common, cause.
0
0
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26051
commo
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
editShortening + -o.
[Etymology 2]
editShortening + -o.
0
0
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26052
Dayton
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdeɪtən/[Anagrams]
edit
- adyton
[Etymology]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- Dayton (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Dayton at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Proper noun]
editDayton
1.A surname.
2.A community in Nova Scotia.
3.A town in Alabama.
4.A city in Idaho.
5.A town in Indiana.
6.A city in Iowa
7.A city in Kentucky.
8.A town in Maine
9.A city in Minnesota
10.A town in New York
11.A city in Ohio, USA, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
12.A city in Tennessee, and the county seat of Rhea County.
13.A city in Texas
14.A town in Virginia
15.A city in Washington State, and county seat of Columbia County.
16.A town in Wyoming
17.An English surname, variant of Deighton
18.Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), an early American politician
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26057
Mantle
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Lament., lament, manlet, mantel, mental
[Proper noun]
editMantle
1.A surname.
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26058
overcrowded
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editovercrowded (comparative more overcrowded, superlative most overcrowded)
1.Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.
[Verb]
editovercrowded
1.simple past tense and past participle of overcrowd
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0
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26066
bloodletting
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editblood + letting
[Noun]
editbloodletting (plural bloodlettings)
1.The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
2.(by extension) the diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.
3.A circumstance such as a battle where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
[Verb]
editbloodletting
1.present participle of bloodlet
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26075
way to go
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- WTG (initialism)
[Interjection]
editway to go
1.An expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval.
The team finished ahead of schedule and under budget. Way to go!
[Noun]
editway to go (plural ways to go)
1.A route, course of action; a preferred decision or choice.
They are about the same quality, so if you can get a discount on the color you like, that would be the way to go.
[See also]
edit
- what a way to go
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26077
phis
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -ship, HIPs, hiPS, hips, pish, ship
[Noun]
editphis
1.plural of phi
[[Irish]]
ipa :[fʲɪʃ][Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editphis f sg
1.Lenited form of pis.
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0
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26079
binaural
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːrəl[Adjective]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:binauralWikipedia binaural (not comparable)
1.Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with two ears.
2.2011, Anonymous, “Gnaural : An opensource binaural-beat generator”, in Sourceforge.net[1], retrieved 2013-09-08:
In 1839, German experimenter Heinrich Wilhelm Dove discovered that illusory "beats" are perceived when pure tones of slightly different frequency are separately and simultaneously presented to each ear. Dove's insight was to realize that since there is no acoustic mixing of the tones, the perceived beats must exist solely within the auditory system, specifically that part which processes binaural (e.g., "stereo") sound.
[Etymology]
editbin- + aural
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editbinaural (feminine singular binaurale, masculine plural binauraux, feminine plural binaurales)
1.Synonym of biaural
[[German]]
ipa :-aːl[Adjective]
editbinaural (not comparable)
1.binaural
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/binauˈɾal/[Adjective]
editbinaural (plural binaurales)
1.binaural
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26081
oral
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɔːɹəl/[Adjective]
editoral (not comparable)
1.Relating to the mouth.
2.Spoken rather than written.
an oral presentation; an oral French exam
[Anagrams]
edit
- Arlo, LoRa, Loar, Lora, Orla
[Antonyms]
edit
- written
[Etymology]
editFrom New Latin oralis (“of the mouth”), from Latin os (“the mouth”).
[Further reading]
edit
- oral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editoral (plural orals)
1.(countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
2.(countable) A physical examination of the mouth.
3.(uncountable, informal) Oral sex.
[See also]
edit
- aural
[Synonyms]
edit
- mouthly (rare)
- spoken
[[Afrikaans]]
[Adverb]
editoral
1.everywhere
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch overal, from Middle Dutch overal, from Old Dutch overal.
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editoral (masculine and feminine plural orals)
1.oral
[[French]]
ipa :/ɔ.ʁal/[Adjective]
editoral (feminine singular orale, masculine plural oraux, feminine plural orales)
1.oral
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“mouth”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “oral” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editoral m (plural oraux)
1.an oral exam, a viva, a viva voce
[[German]]
ipa :-aːl[Adjective]
editoral (not comparable)
1.Relating to the mouth.
[Further reading]
edit
- oral in Duden online
[[Interlingua]]
[Adjective]
editoral (not comparable)
1.oral (pertaining to the mouth)
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editoral m or f (plural orais, comparable)
1.oral
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Noun]
editoral m (Cyrillic spelling орал)
1.Obsolete spelling of orao
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editoral (plural orales)
1.oral
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26085
Nassau
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnæsɔː/[Anagrams]
edit
- Assuan, saunas
[Etymology]
editNamed after Nassau, Germany and ultimately from German nass (“wet”).
[Proper noun]
editNassau
1.The capital of the Bahamas.
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/na.ˈsaw/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Nassau.
[Proper noun]
editNassau f
1.Nassau (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
2.Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)editNassau m (plural Nassau or Nassaus)
1.any member of the House of Nassau
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0
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26088
GTC
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- CGT, TCG
[Proper noun]
editGTC
1.Initialism of Greenville Technical College.
0
0
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26089
ligature
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɪɡətʃɚ/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English [Term?], from Middle French [Term?], from Late Latin ligātura, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”).
[Noun]
editligature (countable and uncountable, plural ligatures) Examples of ligatures
1.(uncountable) The act of tying or binding something.
2.(countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.
3.2018: "She stalked the Golden State Killer until she died. Some think her work led to the suspect’s arrest." by Eli Rosenberg
He hid shoelaces or rope under cushions to use as ligatures.
4.A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.
5.The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.
the ligature of a joint
6.(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
7.(countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.
8.(music) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
9.(countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.
10.Impotence caused by magic or charms.
[Verb]
editligature (third-person singular simple present ligatures, present participle ligaturing, simple past and past participle ligatured)
1.(surgery) To ligate; to tie.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ligature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
[[French]]
ipa :/li.ɡa.tyʁ/[Anagrams]
edit
- lugerait
- régulait
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin ligātura, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligō (“tie, bind”). Compare the popular Old French liüre.
[Further reading]
edit
- “ligature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editligature f (plural ligatures)
1.a tie; the action of tying
2.a binding, notably in horticulture
3.ligature; a character that combines multiple letters; logotype.
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editligātūre
1.vocative masculine singular of ligātūrus
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26092
tossup
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- spouts, stoups, uptoss
[Noun]
edittossup (plural tossups)
1.Alternative spelling of toss-up
0
0
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26094
brushstroke
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- brush stroke, brush-stroke
[Etymology]
editFrom brush + stroke.
[Noun]
editbrushstroke (plural brushstrokes)
1.The stroke of a brush, as in painting.
2.2008, Simone Boni (translator), Enrica Crispino (author), Van Gogh,[1] The Oliver Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 30:
Since moving to the city [Paris], his [Vincent Van Gogh’s] palette had become lighter and more colorful and his brushstrokes more distinct. In this painting [Boulevard de Clichy], the pastel colors reflect the soft, wintry light. His brushstrokes, now shorter and almost dash-like, give the pedestrians a sense of hurrying along the boulevard.
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0
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26099
pacific
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈsɪfɪk/[Adjective]
editpacific (comparative more pacific, superlative most pacific)
1.Calm, peaceful.
2.Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pacifick (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
edit
- (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence): bellicose, militant, violent
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French pacifique.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (calm): See also Thesaurus:calm
- (avoiding violence): nonviolent
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0
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26100
familiarity
[[English]]
ipa :/fəmɪlɪˈæɹɪti/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French familiarité, from Latin familiāritātem.
[Noun]
editfamiliarity (countable and uncountable, plural familiarities)
1.The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
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:
It is also folly and injustice to deprive children […] of their fathers familiaritie, and ever to shew them a surly, austere, grim, and disdainefull countenance, hoping thereby to keepe them in awfull feare and duteous obedience.
3.1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, p. 2,[1]
Do not keep familiarity with any but those, with whom you may improve your time.
4.Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.
5.1927, G K Chesterton, The Return of Don Quixote, page 5:
Murrel did not in the least object to being called a monkey, yet he always felt a slight distaste when Julian Archer called him one. […] It had to do with a fine shade between familiarity and intimacy which men like Murrel are never ready to disregard, however ready they may be to black their faces.
6.An instance of familiar behaviour.
7.Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
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0
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26106
eye-opening
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editeye-opening (comparative more eye-opening, superlative most eye-opening)
1.Alternative form of eyeopening
0
0
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26107
toothpick
[[English]]
ipa :/tuːθ.pɪk/[Anagrams]
edit
- picktooth
[Etymology]
editFrom tooth + pick.
[Noun]
edittoothpick (plural toothpicks)
1.A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
[Synonyms]
edit
- dentiscalp, picktooth (obsolete)
[Verb]
edittoothpick (third-person singular simple present toothpicks, present participle toothpicking, simple past and past participle toothpicked)
1.(transitive) To spear (food) on a toothpick.
2.(transitive) To transfer (a sample of bacteria, etc.) by means of a toothpick.
0
0
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26114
eyeopening
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editeyeopening (comparative more eyeopening, superlative most eyeopening)
1.Very startling or shocking; engaging a person's full attention.
0
0
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26116
institute
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪnstɪt(j)uːt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“I set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).
[Further reading]
edit
- institute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- institute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- institute at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editinstitūte
1.vocative masculine singular of institūtus
[References]
edit
- institute in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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0
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26121
allyship
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editally + -ship
[Noun]
editallyship (countable and uncountable, plural allyships)
1.The role or status of being an ally.
0
0
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26125
knowledgeable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnɑl.ɪd͡ʒ.ə.bəl/[Adjective]
editknowledgeable (comparative more knowledgeable, superlative most knowledgeable)
1.Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
2.Educated and well informed.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- knowledgable (rare)
[Antonyms]
edit
- unknowledgeable
[Etymology]
editknowledge + -able
[Noun]
editknowledgeable (plural knowledgeables)
1.(India) A person who has knowledge; an informed party.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:learned
- See also Thesaurus:intelligent
0
0
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26129
maven
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmeɪvən/[Etymology]
editFrom Yiddish מבֿין (meyvn, “expert, connoisseur, know-it-all”), from Hebrew מֵבִין (mevín, “one who understands, connoisseur, expert”), from הֵבִין (hevín, “to understand”).
[Noun]
editmaven (plural mavens)
1.(chiefly US) An expert in a given field.
2.2002, Joseph H. Boyett, Jimmie T. Boyett, The Guru Guide to Marketing, page 207,
Connectors know people—lots of people. Mavens know about things. They know, or find out first, what is going on. Connectors, says Gladwell, need mavens to tell them what to buzz about.
3.2006 January 23, Virginia Robbins, Opinion: Eight Steps to Leadership, Computerworld, page 19,
Besides an executive sponsor, you need to find a technology maven, someone within the company who understands the new technology. A maven, as defined in Malcolm Gladwell′s The Tipping Point, is a person who has both information and the social skills to pass it along. The challenge in a situation such as this one is that the maven might be outside of IT.
4.2010, Rachel Davis Mersey, Can Journalism Be Saved?: Rediscovering America's Appetite for News, page 118,
The goal for any media company is to be a maven—and therefore highly adept at using multiple channels of social media communication well.
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
editmaven c
1.definite singular of mave
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0
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26131
pitch in
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
edit
- chip in
- muck in
[Verb]
editpitch in (third-person singular simple present pitches in, present participle pitching in, simple past and past participle pitched in)
1.(idiomatic) To help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's part to help.
If we all pitch in, we can raise enough money for the renovation of the church.
2.To begin briskly.
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0
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26132
pitched
[[English]]
ipa :/pɪtʃt/[Adjective]
editpitched (comparative more pitched, superlative most pitched)
1.Having a slope.
a pitched roof
2.(not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
a high-pitched scream.
3.(not comparable) Fought from predetermined positions at a specified time and place.
a pitched battle
4.(not comparable) Covered in pitch.
5.Charles Lamb, The Essays of Elia
He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
[Derived terms]
edit
- high-pitched
- low-pitched
- pitched battle
- pitched roof
[Verb]
editpitched
1.simple past tense and past participle of pitch
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26135
equipping
[[English]]
[Noun]
editequipping (plural equippings)
1.equipment
2.1969, Journal of Social Research (volume 12, page 90)
He cannot afford to be indifferent to social habits of man, the pattern of life, individual likes and dislikes of the dwellers, household furnishings and equippings.
[Verb]
editequipping
1.present participle of equip
0
0
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26138
suve
[[Estonian]]
[Noun]
editsuve
1.genitive singular of suvi
2.partitive singular of suvi
[[Occitan]]
ipa :[ˈsyve][Etymology]
editFrom Vulgar Latin *suberum, from Latin sūber, sūberem.
[Noun]
editsuve m
1.(Provence) cork
[Synonyms]
edit
- siure
[[Tarantino]]
[Adjective]
editsuve (possessive, masculine)
1.his
2.their m or f
[Synonyms]
edit
- suje
0
0
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26148
precisely
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɪˈsaɪsli/[Adverb]
editprecisely (comparative more precisely, superlative most precisely)
1.(manner) In a precise manner; exactly.
Synonyms: exactly, incisively
Antonym: imprecisely
I always try to express myself precisely.
2.(focus) Used to provide emphasis.
[Etymology]
editprecise + -ly
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0
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26157
etching
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈetʃ.ɪŋ/[Further reading]
edit
- etching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editetching (plural etchings)
1.(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
Coordinate term: engraving
Hypernym: intaglio
Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint
2.(countable) The image created by this process.
3.1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
[Verb]
editetching
1.present participle of etch
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26160
defensive
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈfɛnsɪv/[Adjective]
editdefensive (comparative more defensive, superlative most defensive)
1.Intended for defence; protective.
a defensive perimeter
2.Intended to deter attack.
a defensive missile system
3.Performed so as to minimise risk.
defensive driving
4.Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion.
5.(cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
6.(chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
The victim held up his hand to repel the attacker and received a defensive knife wound.
7.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC[1]:
The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
8.In a state or posture of defense.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
[Antonyms]
edit
- offensive
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French défensif
[Noun]
editdefensive (plural defensives)
1.A means, attitude or position of defense.
2.2007 May 26, Julia Werdigier, “Consolidating the Banks of Europe”, in New York Times[2]:
Such kinds of defensives are really rather protecting the local companies than the consumers.
[Related terms]
edit
- on the defensive
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editdefensive
1.inflection of defensiv:
1.strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative and accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine and neuter singular
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editdēfensive
1.vocative masculine singular of dēfensivus
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26162
unroot
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Routon, on tour
[Etymology]
editun- + root
[Verb]
editunroot (third-person singular simple present unroots, present participle unrooting, simple past and past participle unrooted)
1.(transitive) To tear up by the roots; to uproot.
0
0
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26165
compulsory
[[English]]
ipa :/kəmˈpʌlsəri/[Adjective]
editcompulsory (comparative more compulsory, superlative most compulsory)
1.Required; obligatory; mandatory.
2.1827, A. D. Jr., Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, A. and C. Black, page 212:
They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.
3.1996, Ugo Pagano, Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise, page 73:
Some might agree that membership in the firm is perhaps more compulsory than membership in a municipality, but balk at applying the analogy to the nation.
4.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.
5.Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Such compulsory measures are limited.
[Antonyms]
edit
- (required): optional
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus.
[Noun]
editcompulsory (plural compulsories)
1.Something that is compulsory or required.
2.2008 March 22, The Associated Press, “French Victory in Ice Dance”, in New York Times[1]:
Delobel and Schoenfelder failed to win the free dance, but they had built a big lead in the compulsories and the original dance.
[Synonyms]
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- mandatory
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United Nations General Assembly
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:United Nations General AssemblyWikipedia United Nations General Assembly
1.One of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.
[Synonyms]
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- General Assembly, UNGA
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Toluca
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- couatl
[Proper noun]
editToluca
1.A city in central Mexico; the capital of Mexico state.
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evening
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːvnɪŋ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ev'ning (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- eevning
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian < ǣfen (from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.
[Etymology 2]
editInflected forms.
[Etymology 3]
editInflected forms.
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magnificient
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editmagnificient
1.Misspelling of magnificent.
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magnifici
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editmagnifici
1.masculine plural of magnifico
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editmagnificī
1.nominative masculine plural of magnificus
2.genitive masculine singular of magnificus
3.genitive neuter singular of magnificus
4.vocative masculine plural of magnificus
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agreed
[[English]]
ipa :/ə.ɡɹi.ːd/[Adjective]
editagreed (comparative more agreed, superlative most agreed)
1.In harmony.
We are much more agreed on goals than on methods.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Gedera, de-gear, degear, dragee, dragée, e-grade, geared, gradee
[Interjection]
editagreed
1.Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.
Totally agreed!
[Verb]
editagreed
1.simple past tense and past participle of agree
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contrary to
[[English]]
[Preposition]
editcontrary to
1.despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.)
Contrary to what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert.
[Synonyms]
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- contra
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contrary to
[[English]]
[Preposition]
editcontrary to
1.despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.)
Contrary to what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert.
[Synonyms]
edit
- contra
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vote out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- outvote
[Verb]
editvote out
1.(transitive or intransitive) To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.
The incumbent candidate was voted out in a tight race.
Impeachment is the only way to vote the White House residents out.
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bare minimum
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbare minimum
1.The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose.
2.1852, Joseph Fletcher, "Statistics of the Farm School System of the Continent," Journal of the Statistical Society of London, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 32,
The Belgian colonies, if they adhere to these limits, must provide for all their wants at a lower cost by one half than the French as a bare minimum.
3.1948, D. B. Copland, "United States Policy in China," Pacific Affairs, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 344,
It is the old problem of what a victor is to do with the vanquished, if the the latter is to gain the bare minimum of economic independence.
4.2006, Jean Friedman, "Can Bolivia's Revolution Pay Dividends?," Time, 1 Nov.,
The foreign companies would punish Bolivia by refusing to invest and only sustaining the bare minimum of operations here.
[Synonyms]
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- modicum
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on a
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Conjunction]
editon a
1.since
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gracious
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/[Adjective]
editgracious (comparative more gracious, superlative most gracious)
1.kind and warmly courteous
2.tactful
3.compassionate
4.indulgent, charming and graceful
5.elegant and with good taste
6.benignant
7.full of grace
[Alternative forms]
edit
- gratious (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English gracious, borrowed from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”).
[Interjection]
editgracious
1.expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
[Synonyms]
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- (expression of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ɡraːsiˈuːs/[Adjective]
editgracious (plural and weak singular graciouse, comparative graciouser, superlative graciousest)
1.kind, gracious, polite
2.forgiving, relenting (used mainly positively)
3.godly, Christian, involving the graciousness of God.
4.lucky, glad; bestowed with good fortune.
5.enjoyable, nice, pleasing.
6.good-looking; pleasing to the eye.
7.obedient, respectworthy
8.(rare) useful, beneficious
[Alternative forms]
edit
- gracyous, gracyows, gracyouse, gracius, gracieux, gratious, gratius
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French gracious, from Latin grātiōsus. Equivalent to grace + -ous.
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encouraging
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editencouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)
1.giving courage, confidence or hope
Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.
2.supporting by giving encouragement
3.auspicious, or bringing good luck
[Noun]
editencouraging (plural encouragings)
1.encouragement
2.1853, The Living Age (volume 37, page 58)
[…] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings.
[Verb]
editencouraging
1.present participle of encourage
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appreciative
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editappreciative (comparative more appreciative, superlative most appreciative)
1.Showing appreciation or gratitude.
2.Capable of showing appreciation.
[Etymology]
editappreciate + -ive
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held
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɛld/[Verb]
editheld
1.simple past tense and past participle of hold
[[Danish]]
ipa :/hɛld/[Antonyms]
edit
- uheld
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”).
[Noun]
editheld n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)
1.luck, fortune
[Synonyms]
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- lykketræf
- lykke
- succes
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛlt[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown.Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian hold).
[Noun]
editheld m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n)
1.hero
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/hɛlt/[Verb]
editheld
1.first-person singular present indicative of halda
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editheld
1.present tense of halda and halde
[[West Frisian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown.
[Noun]
editheld c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)
1.hero
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prevent
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɪˈvɛnt/[Alternative forms]
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- prævent (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veniō (“I come”).
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:hinder
[Verb]
editprevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented)
1.(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]
I brush my teeth regularly to prevent them from turning yellow.
2.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sunday's final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history.
3.(intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures. [from 16th c.]
4.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
‘I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent!’
5.(obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. [16th-18th c.]
6.Bible, 1 Thess. iv. 15
We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
7.Book of Common Prayer
We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us.
8.Prior
Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen.
9.(obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass. [16th-17th c.]
10.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
11.(obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
12.Alexander Pope
their ready guilt preventing thy commands
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