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lake
[[English]]
ipa :/leɪk/[Anagrams]
edit
- Alek, Kale, Leak, ka le, kale, leak
[Etymology 1]
edit A mountain lake.From Middle English lake (“lake, watercourse, body of water”), from Old English lacu (“lake, pond, pool, stream, watercourse”), from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“stream, pool, water aggregation”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak, drain”).Despite their similarity in form and meaning, the word is not related to English lay (“lake”), Latin lacus (“hollow, lake, pond”), Scottish Gaelic loch (“lake”), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “waterhole, tank, pond, pit”), all from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English lake, lak, lac (also loke, laik, layke), from Old English lāc (“play, sport, strife, battle, sacrifice, offering, gift, present, booty, message”), from Proto-Germanic *laiką (“play, fight”), *laikaz (“game, dance, hymn, sport”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-, *loig-, *leig- (“to bounce, shake, tremble”). Cognate with Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”). Verb form partly from Middle English laken, from Old English lacan, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. More at lay, -lock.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English lake, from Old English *lacen or Middle Dutch laken; both from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen; cloth; sheet”). Cognate with Dutch lake (“linen”), Dutch laken (“linen; bedsheet”), German Laken, Danish lagan, Swedish lakan, Icelandic lak, lakan.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom French laque (“lacquer”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa, “one hundred thousand”), referring to the number of insects that gather on the trees and make the resin seep out. Doublet of lakh.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See Thesaurus:lake
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- kale
[Verb]
editlake
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of laken
[[Mauritian Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French queue
[Noun]
editlake
1.tail
2.queue
[References]
edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Low German lake
[Etymology 2]
editNorwegian Wikipedia has an article on:Lake (fisk)Wikipedia noFrom Old Norse laki
[Etymology 3]
editAs for Etymology 1.
[References]
edit
- “lake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Low German lake
[Etymology 2]
editNorwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:Fisken lakeWikipedia nnFrom Old Norse laki
[Etymology 3]
editAs for Etymology 1.
[References]
edit
- “lake” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Adjective]
editlake
1.inflection of lak:
1.masculine accusative plural
2.feminine genitive singular
3.feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
[[Seychellois Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French queue
[Noun]
editlake
1.tail
2.queue
[References]
edit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
[[Swahili]]
[Adjective]
editlake
1.Ji class inflected form of -ake.
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- elak, kela, leka
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Middle Low German lâke (“brine; standing water”), from Old Saxon *laca, from Proto-West Germanic *laku (“steam, pool”).[1][2]
[Etymology 2]
editSwedish Wikipedia has an article on:lakeWikipedia svFrom Old Norse laki.[1][2]
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presenti
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
editpresenti
1.first-person singular present subjunctive form of presentar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive form of presentar
3.third-person singular imperative form of presentar
[[Italian]]
ipa :/preˈzɛnti/[Anagrams]
edit
- respinte, rispente, serpenti
[Pronunciation 1]
edit
- prezènti, IPA(key): /preˈzɛnti/
[Pronunciation 2]
edit
- presènti, IPA(key): /preˈsɛnti/
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editpresentī
1.dative masculine singular of presēns
2.dative feminine singular of presēns
3.dative neuter singular of presēns
4.ablative masculine singular of presēns
5.ablative feminine singular of presēns
6.ablative neuter singular of presēns
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compliment
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑmpləmənt/[Antonyms]
edit
- insultedit
- insult
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French compliment, itself a borrowing of Italian complimento, which in turn is a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir (“to comply, complete, do what is proper”). Doublet of complement.
[Noun]
editcompliment (plural compliments)
1.An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
2.c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene 2,[1]
[…] I met him
With customary compliment; when he,
Wafting his eyes to the contrary and falling
A lip of much contempt, speeds from me and
So leaves me to consider what is breeding
That changeth thus his manners.
3.1671, John Milton, Paradise Regained, London: T. Longman et al., 1796, Book 4, p. 65,[2]
[...] what honour that,
but tedious waste of time, to sit and hear
So many hollow compliments and lies,
Outlandish flatteries?
4.1782, William Cowper, “Table Talk” in Poems, London: J. Johnson, p. 37,[3]
Virtue indeed meets many a rhiming friend,
And many a compliment politely penn’d,
5.(uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
6.1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 25,[4]
He told the Captain, He was heartily sorry for his Misfortunes; tho’ in my Opinion that was nothing but a Compliment: For, as I found afterwards, he was more brutish, and dishonest, than most of the other Kings on the Island […]
7.1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter III, in Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 948783829, book I (Miss Brooke), page 48:
This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment, but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction.
8.Misspelling of complement.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See Thesaurus:praise
[Verb]
editcompliment (third-person singular simple present compliments, present participle complimenting, simple past and past participle complimented)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
2.1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; […] / Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.
3.Misspelling of complement.
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom complir. Cf. also Spanish cumplimiento, Latin complementum.
[Noun]
editcompliment m (plural compliments)
1.compliment
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌkɔm.pliˈmɛnt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French compliment, from Italian complimento, from Old Spanish cumplimiento.
[Noun]
editcompliment n (plural complimenten, diminutive complimentje n)
1.compliment
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian complimento, itself a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complément.
[Noun]
editcompliment m (plural compliments)
1.compliment (positive comment)
[References]
edit
- “compliment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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in the way
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin the way
1.(idiomatic) obstructing, blocking, or hindering
I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists were in the way.
2.(dated) Around; present; able to be found.
3.(Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?), Three Detective Anecdotes
First thing on the Monday morning, I went to the haberdasher's shop, opposite Mr. Trinkle's, the great upholsterer's in Cheapside. "Mr. Phibbs in the way?"
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in use
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- insue, suine
[Prepositional phrase]
editin use
1.Currently being used.
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sewn
[[English]]
ipa :/soʊn/[Anagrams]
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- news, snew, wens
[Verb]
editsewn
1.past participle of sew
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sew
[[English]]
ipa :/səʊ/[Anagrams]
edit
- EWS, SWE, Wes, we's
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English sewen, seowen, sowen, from Old English sīwian, sēowian, sēowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”). Cognate with Scots sew (“to sew”), North Frisian saie, sei (“to sew”), Saterland Frisian säie (“to sew”), Danish sy, Polish szyć, Russian шить (šitʹ), Swedish sy, Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati). Related to seam.
[Etymology 2]
editBack-formation from sewer (“a drain”).
[[Central Kurdish]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- سێو (sêw)
[Noun]
editsew (sew)
1.apple
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editsew
1.Alternative form of sowe
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completion
[[English]]
ipa :/kəmˈpliːʃən/[Antonyms]
edit
- (state of being or making complete): incompletion, unfinishedness; see also Thesaurus:incompletion
- (making complete; accomplishment): termination
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete + -ion.
[Noun]
editcompletion (plural completions)
1.The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
2.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
3.(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
4.(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
5.(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
6.(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
[References]
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- completion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
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- (state of being complete): completeness, doneness; see also Thesaurus:completion
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homebound
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithomebound (not comparable)
1.Confined to one's home, unable to leave it for some reason.
2.Heading homeward, homeward bound.
[Etymology]
edithome + bound
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cutout
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- outcut
[Noun]
editcutout (plural cutouts)
1.Alternative form of cut-out
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longtail
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editlong + tail
[Noun]
editlongtail (plural longtails)
1.Any animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
2.(Bermuda) Phaethon lepturus, the white-tailed tropicbird.
3.(Bermuda, by extension) A young, unattached female tourist.
4.A longtail boat.
5.(colloquial, Isle of Man) A rat.
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Dems
[[English]]
ipa :/dɛmz/[Anagrams]
edit
- EDMS, EDMs, meds
[Noun]
editDems
1.plural of Dem
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belay
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbiːleɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Baley, Leyba
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English beleggen, bileggen, from Old English beleċġan (“to cover, invest, surround, afflict, attribute to, charge with, accuse”), equivalent to be- + lay. Cognate with Dutch beleggen (“to cover, overlay, belay”), German belegen (“to cover, occupy, belay”), Swedish belägga (“to pave”).
[Noun]
editbelay (plural belays)
1.(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
2.(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
3.(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
[References]
edit
- belay at OneLook Dictionary Search
- belay in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
- Belaying on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Verb]
editbelay (third-person singular simple present belays, present participle belaying, simple past and past participle belayed or belaid)
1.(transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
2.(transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
3.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book 6, canto 2, stanza 5:
jacket […] belayd with silver lace
4.(transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
5.(transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
6.(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
7.(transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.
8.(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.
Belay that order!
9.(intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
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27349
oracle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɔɹəkəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Calero, Carole, Cleora, coaler, recoal
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle, from Latin ōrāculum.
[Noun]
editoracle (plural oracles)
1.A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
2.1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christ's Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […] , London: Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moſely, […], published 1645, OCLC 606951673:
The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.
3.A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
4.A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
5.1612, Michael Drayton, “The Second Song”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, OCLC 1049089293, page 29:
Shee ſtiles her ſelfe their Chiefe, and ſweares ſhee will command; / And, what-ſo-ere ſhee ſaith, for Oracles muſt ſtand.
6.A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
a literary oracle
7.1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848:
The country rectors [...] thought him an oracle on points of learning.
8.1847, Alfred Tennyson, The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 2024748, (please specify the page number, or |part=prologue, I to VII, or conclusion):
oracles of mode
9.A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
10.One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
11.1671, John Milton, “Book the First”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398:
God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.
12.(computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
13.(Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
14.1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Siloa's brook, that flow'd / Fast by the oracle of God.
15.Bible, 1 Kings 6:19, King James Version:
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (priest acting as conduit of prophecy): prophet
- (person who is a source of wisdom): expert
[Verb]
editoracle (third-person singular simple present oracles, present participle oracling, simple past and past participle oracled)
1.(obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.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 oracle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/oˈɾa.klə/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin oraculum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “oracle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[Noun]
editoracle m (plural oracles)
1.oracle
[[French]]
ipa :/ɔ.ʁakl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Carole, racole, racolé
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin ōrāculum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “oracle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editoracle m (plural oracles)
1.oracle
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ɔːˈraːkəl/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Old French oracle, from Latin ōrāculum.
[Noun]
editoracle (plural oracles)
1.(Late Middle English) A shrine where hidden religious knowledge is imparted.
2.(Late Middle English, rare) A heavenly or godly message.
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Oracle
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Calero, Carole, Cleora, coaler, recoal
[Proper noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Oracle DatabaseWikipedia Oracle
1.(computing) A database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation
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Canaveral
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- larvacean
[Etymology]
editSpanish cañaveral
[Proper noun]
editCanaveral
1.Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral
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home plate
[[English]]
[Noun]
edithome plate (plural home plates)
1.(baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run.
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canned
[[English]]
ipa :/kænd/[Adjective]
editcanned (not comparable)
1.Preserved in cans.
canned tomatoes
2.(by extension) Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass produced, or lacking originality or customization.
The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.
3.1998, Dr. Dobb's Journal: Software Tools for the Professional Programmer
Unfortunately, some of the canned code, which Visual C++ gives to you when creating an application, is not CE aware and gives you compile errors.
4.2005, James Howard Kunstler — The Long Emergency
The vested owners of all those sun-drenched tract houses may stick around for a while and fight over the region, perhaps thinking that they are reenacting the great historical dramas of the nineteenth century—such is the long-term effect of canned entertainment on the collective imagination.
5.(slang) Drunk.
6.Terminated, fired from a job.
[Anagrams]
edit
- dancen, nanced
[Antonyms]
edit
- (preserved in cans): dried
[Synonyms]
edit
- (preserved in cans): tinned
- (prepared or standard): boilerplate, stock
- (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
[Verb]
editcanned
1.simple past tense and past participle of can
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Coco
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈkoko/[Etymology]
editApocope of a kiddish form of socorro.
[Proper noun]
editCoco f
1.(Mexico) A diminutive of the female given name María del Socorro.
Synonym: Choco
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in a pinch
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin a pinch
1.(idiomatic) In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available.
It's not a great fashion statement, but in a pinch a large trash bag will keep you dry.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (in a difficult situation): when push comes to shove, when the chips are down, when the gloves come off
- at a pinch
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humidifier
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- dehumidifier
[Etymology]
edithumidify + -er
[Noun]
edithumidifier (plural humidifiers)
1.A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
[[French]]
ipa :/y.mi.di.fjɑ̃/[Antonyms]
edit
- déshumidifier
[Etymology]
edithumide (“humid”) + -ifier
[Further reading]
edit
- “humidifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Verb]
edithumidifier
1.to humidify
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propagate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɒpəˌɡeɪt/[Etymology]
editLatin propagatus
[References]
edit
- propagate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Verb]
editpropagate (third-person singular simple present propagates, present participle propagating, simple past and past participle propagated)
1.(transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production
2.June 1879, William Keith Brooks, Popular Science Monthly Volume 15 - The Condition of Women from a Zoological Point of View I
A marked bud-variation is of very rare occurrence, but in many cases the tendency of plants raised from seeds to differ from the parents is so great that choice varieties are propagated entirely by buds. It is almost hopeless to attempt to propagate a choice variety of grape or strawberry by seeds, as the individuals raised in this way seldom have the valuable qualities of their parents, and, although they may have new qualities of equal or greater value, the chances are of course greatly against this, since the possibility of undesirable variation is much greater than the chance of a desirable sport.
3.(transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space
to propagate sound or light
4.(transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate
5.1938, Hilaire Belloc, The Great Heresies Chapter 4
There began to appear from the East, cropping up now here, now there, but in general along lines of advance towards the West, individuals or small communities who proposed and propagated a new and, as they called it, a purified form of religion.
6.1913, J. B. Bury, A History of Freedom of Thought Chapter 3
The works of the freethinker Averroes (twelfth century) which were based on Aristotle's philosophy, propagated a small wave of rationalism in Christian countries.
7.2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
The DPRK propagated an extraordinary tale of his birth occurring on Mount Baekdu, one of Korea's most revered sites, being accompanied by shooting stars in the sky.
8.(obsolete, transitive) To multiply; to increase.
9.1623, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 1
Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, / Which thou wilt propagate.
10.(transitive) To generate; to produce.
11.1847, Thomas De Quincey, Conversation (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)
Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
12.(biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants
13.1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication Chapter XXVIII
As pigeons propagate so rapidly, I suppose that a thousand or fifteen hundred birds would have to be annually killed by mere chance.
14.(intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.
15.(transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.
[[Ido]]
[Verb]
editpropagate
1.adverbial present passive participle of propagar
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- prepagato
[Verb]
editpropagate
1.second-person plural present indicative of propagare
2.second-person plural imperative of propagare
3.feminine plural of propagato
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editprōpāgāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of prōpāgō
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veritable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/[Adjective]
editveritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)
1.True; genuine.
2.1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 11, in The Myth of Mental Illness[1], →ISBN, page 193:
Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The dominant value was salvation in a life hereafter. Emphasizing that "to divorce medieval hysteria from its time and place is not possible," Gallinek observes: It was the aim of man to leave all things worldly as far behind as possible, and already during lifetime to approach the kingdom of heaven. The aim was salvation. Salvation was the Christian master motive.—The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.
He is a veritable genius.
A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. (From Charlotte's Web).
[Anagrams]
edit
- avertible, rivetable
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/və.ɾiˈta.blə/[Adjective]
editveritable (masculine and feminine plural veritables)
1.real; true; veritable
Synonyms: vertader, autèntic, real, legítim
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin veritabilis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “veritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “veritable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “veritable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “veritable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
editveritable m or f (plural veritables)
1.true; real; not fake
[Descendants]
edit
- → English: veritable.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}
- French: véritable
-
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French veritable.
[[Old French]]
[Adjective]
editveritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)
1.true; real; not fake
2.circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Érec et Énide':
Li rois respont: "N'est mie fable,
Ceste parole est veritable:
The king responded "it's not a fairytale
this story is true["]
[Descendants]
edit
- Middle French: veritable
- → English: veritable
-
- French: véritable
-
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin veritabilis.
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27372
spittle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspɪ.t(ə)l/[Anagrams]
edit
- pittles
[Etymology 1]
editAlteration of dialectal spattle (by association with spit (noun)), from Old English spātl, which is related to spǣtan (whence spit (verb)).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
editRepresenting a frequentative form of spit (“a spade's depth”), equivalent to spit + -le.
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membrane
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmembɹeɪn/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin membrāna (“skin of body”).
[Noun]
editmembrane (plural membranes)
1.A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
2.A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
3.A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
[[French]]
ipa :/mɑ̃.bʁan/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin membrāna.
[Further reading]
edit
- “membrane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editmembrane f (plural membranes)
1.membrane
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editmembrane f pl
1.plural of membrana
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/memˈbra.ne/[Noun]
editmembrane
1.plural of membrană
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27375
incubation
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology]
editFrom Latin incubationem, from incubare.
[Noun]
editincubation (countable and uncountable, plural incubations)
1.Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
2.(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
3.1829, A Practical Synopsis of Cutaneous Diseases
The course of small-pox, whether distinct or confluent, may be divided into five stages, which are known under the names of incubation, invasion, eruption, suppuration, and desiccation. This division, founded on the most prominent symptoms that the disease presents, although it is an arbitrary one, still affords a facility in the study. The period of incubation comprises the interval of time that elapses from the infection to the beginning of the attack; its duration is from six to twenty days. It is not designated by any visible symptom, as the individual apparently continues in good health.
La marche de la variole, soit discrète, soit confluente, peut être divisée en cinq périodas assez distinctes, que Von désigne sou s les noms d'incubation, d'invasion, d'éruption, de suppuration et de dessiccation. Cette division, fondée sur les symptômes les plus saillans que la variole offre pendant sa durée, bien qu'elle soit arbitraire, nous paraît bonne à suivre, parce qu'elle facilite au moins l'étude de la maladie. La période d'incubation comprend l'intervalle de temps qui s'écoule depuis l'infection jusqu'à l'invasion ; sa durée est de six à vingt jours. On ne peut la reconnaître à aucun signe visible, car la personne continue en apparence à jouir d'une bonne santé.
4.(chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
5.(psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
6.Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
7.1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 144:
Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common. The ancient Hebrews visited vaults or slept among tombs to get meaningful dreams.
[[French]]
[Noun]
editincubation f (plural incubations)
1.incubation
[[Interlingua]]
[Noun]
editincubation (plural incubationes)
1.incubation
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rolling over
[[English]]
[Verb]
editrolling over
1.present participle of roll over
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27379
selling point
[[English]]
[Noun]
editselling point (plural selling points)
1.(idiomatic, business) The property or characteristic of a good that most attracts purchasers.
2.1985, Mariana Valverde, Sex, power and pleasure:
So the main interest of the book (and its selling point, carefully highlighted in the blurbs) lies in the contradiction between the feminist ideals of equality and independence in relationships
3.March 25 1982, LA Times, One Last Time Around Ocean Boulevard Route
When the Long Beach Grand Prix was started in 1975 the major selling point was that Formula One cars would race down Ocean Blvd...
4.May 16 2003, CBS News, Renee Zellweger's '60s Flashback - The Early Show
But for Zellweger, the major selling point was the script. "It was such a great read," says the actress.
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accounting
[[English]]
ipa :/ə.ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/[Adjective]
editaccounting (not comparable)
1.Of or relating to accounting.
General accepted accounting principles
[Etymology]
edit
- First attested in the late 14th century.
- account + -ing
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:accountingWikipedia accounting (usually uncountable, plural accountings)
1.(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
2.A relaying of events; justification of actions.
He was required to give a thorough accounting of his time.
3.(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
4.2020, Liu v. SEC (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18-1501), Justice Thomas dissenting:
In contrast, an accounting for profits, or accounting— a distinct form of relief that the majority groups with disgorgement — has a well-accepted definition: It compels a defendant to account for, and repay to a plaintiff, those profits that belong to the plaintiff in equity.
[See also]
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- accountancy
[Verb]
editaccounting
1.present participle of account
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27390
interference
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪntəɹˈfiɹɨns/[Antonyms]
edit
- noninterference
[Etymology]
editFrom interfere + -ence. The sense in physics was likely introduced by Thomas Young, which he used as early as 1802 in a paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
[Noun]
editinterference (countable and uncountable, plural interferences)
1.The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
2.1961 March, B.A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 139:
Somewhat impeded by constant political interference of one sort or another, British Railways are nevertheless pressing ahead with a mammoth modernisation programme; [...]
3.(sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference.
4.(physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.
5.A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.
6.(US, law) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
7.(chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
8.(linguistics) The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.
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tube
[[English]]
ipa :/tjuːb/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bute, bute
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
[Noun]
edittube (plural tubes)
1.Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
2.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
3.An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
A tube of toothpaste.
4.(Britain, colloquial, often capitalized as Tube) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way.
5.(Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
6.1995, Sue Butler, Lonely Planet Australian Phrasebook: Language Survival Kit:
Tinnie: a tin of beer — also called a tube.
7.2002, Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Footprint Australia Handbook: The Travel Guide [text repeated in Footprint West Coast Australia Handbook (2003)]
Beer is also available from bottleshops (or bottle-o's) in cases (or 'slabs') of 24-36 cans (‘tinnies' or ‘tubes') or bottles (‘stubbies') of 375ml each.
8.2004, Paul Matthew St. Pierre, Portrait of the Artist as Australian: L'Oeuvre Bizarre de Barry Humphries:
That Humphries should imply that, in the Foster's ads, Hogan's ocker appropriated McKenzie's discourse (specifically the idiom "crack an ice-cold tube") reinforces my contention.
9.(surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
10.(Canada, US, colloquial) A television.
Synonyms: boob tube (derogatory), telly (British)
Are you just going to sit around all day and watch the tube?
11.(Scotland, slang) An idiot.
12.2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 231:
'Don't be a bloody tube, Jack,' she told me. (I always loved it when she used Scottish terms of abuse in that English accent of hers.)
13.2010, Karen Campbell, The Twilight Time, →ISBN:
I'm a tube? Who got done for speeding? Who got lifted for bloody assault?
[See also]
edit
- tube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Verb]
edittube (third-person singular simple present tubes, present participle tubing, simple past and past participle tubed)
1.(transitive) To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory.
2.To ride an inner tube.
They tubed down the Colorado River.
3.(medicine, transitive, colloquial) To intubate.
The patient was tubed.
[[Estonian]]
[Noun]
edittube
1.partitive plural of tuba
[[French]]
ipa :/tyb/[Anagrams]
edit
- bute, buté
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “tube” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
edittube m (plural tubes)
1.pipe
2.tube
3.(informal, music) a hit
Chacune de ses chansons était un tube.
Every one of his/her songs was a hit.
4.(slang) money
[[Italian]]
ipa :-ube[Noun]
edittube f
1.plural of tuba
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
edittube
1.vocative singular of tubus
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin tubus.
[Noun]
edittube m (plural tubes)
1.conduit; canal; pipe
[References]
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- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tube, supplement)
[[Scots]]
ipa :/tjub/[Alternative forms]
edit
- choob
[Noun]
edittube (plural tubes)
1.wanker, asshole, dickhead
2.1994, Irvine Welsh, Acid House:
Come ahead then, ya fuckin weedjie cunts. Ah’m no exactly gaunny burst oot greetin cause some specky cunt’s five minutes late wi ma feed now, um uh? Fucking tube.
3.2013, Donal McLaughlin, translating Pedro Lenz, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books 2013, p. 4:
Sorry but Uli's just a tube [transl. Pajass] but. Ah didnae say that tae Paco, o course. Ah keep it tae masel jist.
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reiterate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹiˈɪt.əɹ.eɪt/[Adjective]
editreiterate (comparative more reiterate, superlative most reiterate)
1.Reiterated; repeated.
Synonyms: iterate; see also Thesaurus:repeated
[Etymology]
editEarly 15th century, from Late Latin reiteratus, past participle of reiterare ("to repeat") from re- ("again") + iterare ("repeat") from iterum ("repeat").[1]
[Noun]
editreiterate (plural reiterates)
1.(botany) A tree with vertical branches alongside the main trunk and which continue to grow upwards.
[Related terms]
edit
- reiterated
- reiteration
- reiterative
- reiteratively
- reiterator
[Verb]
editreiterate (third-person singular simple present reiterates, present participle reiterating, simple past and past participle reiterated)
1.(transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
Synonyms: repeat; see also Thesaurus:reiterate
Let me reiterate my opinion.
2.2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian[1]:
He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment."
c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, 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 I, scene ii]:
You never spoke what did become you less / Than this; which to reiterate were sin.
3.(transitive) To say or do (something) repeatedly.
Synonym: repeat
4.1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
editreiterate
1.second-person plural present indicative of reiterare
2.second-person plural imperative of reiterare
3.feminine plural of reiterato
1. ^ https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=reiterate
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threefold
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editthreefold (not comparable)
1.three times as great
2.2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 33:
"We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated.
There's clearly a growing momentum in that direction, but some significant hurdles have still to be overcome - not least the legacy of the three-fold increase in cost on the Great Western Electrification Programme, which has become the poster project for expensive wiring.
3.triple
[Adverb]
editthreefold (not comparable)
1.by a factor of three
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold
[Noun]
editthreefold (plural threefolds) A threefold, the twisted cubic.
1.(mathematics) An algebraic variety of degree 3.
2.2015, Xun Yu, “McKay correspondence and new Calabi-Yau threefolds”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
In this way, we find some new pairs ( h 1 , 1 , h 2 , 1 ) {\displaystyle (h^{1,1},\;h^{2,1})} of Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (three times as great): thrissome; see also Thesaurus:threefold
- (triple): ternary, trine; see also Thesaurus:tripleedit
- thrice, trebly; see also Thesaurus:thrice
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nasopharyngeal
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editnasopharyngeal (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to the nose and the pharynx
2.Of or pertaining to the nasopharynx
[Etymology]
editnaso- + pharyngeal
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specimen
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspɛsɪmɪn/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).
[Noun]
editspecimen (plural specimens or (extremely rare) specimina) Postcard: "Be careful, Clara, that's a fine specimen!" (eligible man)
1.An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
early specimens of the art of Picasso
2.2006, Bill Neal, Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier:
To assure a defendant's acquittal, a lawyer usually needed only to convince the jury that the victim was a pretty sorry specimen of a human being.
3.A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
4.(humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
[Synonyms]
edit
- sample
- individual
[[Interlingua]]
[Noun]
editspecimen (plural specimens)
1.specimen, sample
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈspe.ki.men/[Etymology]
editFrom speciō (“observe, watch”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
[Noun]
editspecimen n (genitive speciminis); third declension
1.mark, token, sign, indication
2.example, pattern, model
3.ornament, honor
[References]
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- specimen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- specimen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- specimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- an ideal: species optima or eximia, specimen, also simply species, forma
specimen in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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bud
[[English]]
ipa :/bʌd/[Anagrams]
edit
- BDU, DBU, DUB, Dub, Dub., dub
[Etymology 1]
edit A marijuana budFrom Middle English budde (“bud, seed pod”), from Proto-Germanic *buddǭ (compare Dutch bot (“bud”), German Hagebutte (“hip, rosehip”), regional German Butzen (“seed pod”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”).
[Etymology 2]
editBack-formation from buddy.
[Further reading]
edit
- bud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈbut][Anagrams]
edit
- dub
[Noun]
editbud
1.genitive plural of bouda
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈb̥uð][Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse boð n, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot.
[Noun]
editbud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bud)
1.command
2.message
3.offer
4.bid
5.guesseditbud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bude)
1.messenger
2.delivery man, errand boy (of any gender)
[References]
edit
- “bud” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse boð
[Noun]
editbud n (definite singular budet, indefinite plural bud, definite plural buda or budene)
1.a bid or offer (to buy)
2.a command, order
3.a commandment (e.g. Ten Commandments)
4.a message
5.a messenger, courier
[References]
edit
- “bud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[See also]
edit
- bod (Nynorsk)
[[Scots]]
ipa :/ˈbʌd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- budd, bude
[Noun]
editbud (plural buds)
1.(16th-century, archaic, poetic) A bribe or reward.
[Verb]
editbud (third-person singular present buds, present participle budin, past budt, past participle budt)
1.(archaic) Must, had to.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/bʉd/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse boð.
[Noun]
editbud n
1.a message (also budskap)
2.a commandment (as in the Ten Commandments; also budord), a rule that must be obeyed (also påbud)
3.a bid, an offer
4.a messenger (also budbärare, sändebud)
5.someone who delivers packages or parcels (also budbil, cykelbud, paketbud)
[[Volapük]]
[Proper noun]
editbud
1.Buddhism
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recurring
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editrecurring (comparative more recurring, superlative most recurring)
1.Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
He has recurring asthma attacks.
Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
2.(mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.
[Noun]
editrecurring (plural recurrings)
1.A recurrence; a coming round again.
2.2009, Marty, Martin E., A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart, page 21:
Winter, here, is a dimension of all reality, not one-fourth of the spiritual year's endless recurrings.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (happening or occurring frequently): recurrent, repetitive; see also Thesaurus:repetitiveedit
- reiteration, repeat; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence
[Verb]
editrecurring
1.present participle of recur
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recur
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- curer
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin recurrō (“run back”)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to happen again): repeat; see also Thesaurus:repeat
[Verb]
editrecur (third-person singular simple present recurs, present participle recurring, simple past and past participle recurred)
1.(now rare) To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.
2.1891, Murfree, Mary Noailles, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 43:
She only replied with a laugh, and he evidently deemed futile the bid for sympathy on the score of religious or irreligious fellowship, for he recurred to it no more.
3.(intransitive) To happen again.
The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
4.(intransitive, computing) To recurse.
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deduct
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈdʌkt/[Anagrams]
edit
- ducted
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin deductus, perfect passive participle of verb deducere (“lead from”).
[Symbol]
editDEDuCT
1.(database) database of information on EDCs
[Verb]
editdeduct (third-person singular simple present deducts, present participle deducting, simple past and past participle deducted)
1.To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.
I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
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rule of thumb
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- rule-of-thumb (in attributive usage)
[Etymology]
editAttested since the late 1600s.[1] Of uncertain origin. One theory notes that the inch originated as the distance between the base of the thumbnail and the first joint, another notes the practice of approximating the general direction of the wind by wetting the thumb then raising it in the air. Another theory notes that English royal banquet plate setters used the distance of their thumbs to equally space each plate from the table edge.The erroneous claim that the term referred to the maximum thickness of a stick with which it was permissible for a man to beat his wife has appeared in the Washington Post and Time; it may originate from Del Martin's 1976 book Battered Wives.
[Noun]
editrule of thumb (plural rules of thumb)
1.A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
The usual rule of thumb says that to calculate when an investment will double, divide 70 by the interest rate.
2.c. 1935, Ogden Nash, "Reflection on Ingenuity" in Verses from 1929 On (1959):
Here's a good rule of thumb:
Too clever is dumb.
3.2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, page 39–62:
Since it is impossible to second-guess what a user will want to look up, there is a general lexicographical rule of thumb to err on the side of inclusion.
4.(attributive, usually hyphenated) Approximated, guesstimated.
I made a quick, rule-of-thumb estimate of the manhours required for the job.
[References]
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1. ^ Michael Quinion lists the first documented use as 1692; the Oxford English Dictionary has documented use as early as 1685.
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:saying
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rule-of-thumb
[[English]]
[Noun]
editrule-of-thumb (plural rules-of-thumb)
1.(in attributive usage) Alternative spelling of rule of thumb
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pitty
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
editpit(bull) + -y
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encase
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪs[Alternative forms]
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- incase
[Anagrams]
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- Neaces, Seneca, acenes, scenae, scæne, seance, séance
[Etymology]
editFrom en- + case.
[Verb]
editencase (third-person singular simple present encases, present participle encasing, simple past and past participle encased)
1.To enclose, as in a case.
2.1918, Wilhelm Muehlon, The vandal of Europe:
They always appeared to me like asses who gladly incase themselves in lions' skins and cheer themselves with the idea that all the world about them consists also of similarly disguised asses.
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ラグナロク
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
editLearned borrowing from Old Norse ragnarǫk
[Noun]
editラグナロク • (ragunaroku)
1.(Norse mythology) Ragnarok
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account manager
[[English]]
[Noun]
editaccount manager (plural account managers)
1.(business) A person who is in charge of sales to one or more named customers or to a specified segment of the market, especially in B2B marketing; supposedly refers to a somewhat more responsible job than the term salesman.
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half-one
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- one half, one-half
[Noun]
edithalf-one (uncountable)
1.(golf) A handicap of one stroke every second hole.
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Can
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- ANC, CNA, NAC, NCA
[Proper noun]
editCan
1.Alternative spelling of Can.
[[Occitan]]
[Proper noun]
editCan
1.Caen (a city in Calvados department, France)
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/dʒan/[Etymology]
editFrom can, from Persian جان (jân, “soul, vital spirit, life”).
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coul
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈt͡sou̯l][Further reading]
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- coul in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- coul in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editcoul m
1.inch (unit of length)
[Synonyms]
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- palec
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editcoul m
1.(anatomy) Alternative form of col
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photoreal
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editphotoreal (comparative more photoreal, superlative most photoreal)
1.(computer graphics) Exhibiting photorealism.
2.1998, Dan Ablan, Patrik Beck, Inside LightWave 3D
Frequently, you can use the texture from one object to surface a completely different object. Figure 8.26 illustrates how a crab shell texture makes a wonderful photoreal fruit skin.
[Etymology]
editphoto- + real
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reindeer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹeɪndɪə/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn + dýr (“animal”).
[Further reading]
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- reindeer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editreindeer (plural reindeer or reindeers)
1.(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
2.1768, D[aniel] Fenning, “LAPLAND”, in The Royal English Dictionary; or, A Treasury of the English Language, 3rd improved edition, London: Printed for R. Baldwin, Hawes and Co., T. Caslon, S. Crowder, J. Johnson, Wilson and Fell, Robinson and Roberts, and B. Collins, OCLC 22419759:
Here is a prodigious number of wild beaſts, as ſtags, bears, wolves, foxes of various colours, martens, hares, glittens, beavers, otters, elk, and rein deer: the latter is leſs than a stag.
3.2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:
Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
4.(plural: reindeers, biology) Any species, subspecies, ecotype, or other scientific grouping of such animals.
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ilk
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪlk/[Adjective]
editilk (not comparable)
1.(Scotland and Northern England) Very; same.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
[Alternative forms]
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- ilke
[Anagrams]
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- Kil
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”). Akin to Dutch lichaam, or lijk, body, death body.The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase ‘of that ilk’ to families: the word thus came to mean ‘family’.
[Noun]
editilk (plural ilks)
1.A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
2.1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Chapter 25
"Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago […]
3.1931, Ogden Nash, The Cow:
The cow is of the bovine ilk;
One end is moo, the other, milk.
4.2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services. That makes him a servant of the powers-that-be that have no time for Nobby and his scrounging ilk.
[References]
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- “ilk” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
- “ilk” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2020.
[Synonyms]
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- kind
- likes
- sort
- type
[[Azerbaijani]]
ipa :[ilk][Adjective]
editilk
1.first
ilk sevgi/məhəbbət ― first love
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (“before; early; first”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃ఠచ (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid اِلْكْ (ilk, “first, firstly”), Turkish ilk, Chuvash ӗлӗк (ĕlĕk, “before, in old times; ago”).
[Noun]
editilk (definite accusative ilki, plural ilklər)
1.firstborn, firstling
[[Scots]]
ipa :/ɪlk/[Etymology 1]
editFrom the Old English īlca, from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).Cognate to English ilk.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English ylk, iwilk, from Old English ġehwylc (“each, every”), equivalent to y- + which. Merged with Northern Old English ylc (“each”). More at each. (compare the Dutch elk - each)
[[Turkish]]
[Adjective]
editilk (comparative daha ilk, superlative en ilk)
1.first
Synonyms: birinci, baştaki
Antonym: son
2.pristine (pertaining to the earliest state of something)
[Adverb]
editilk
1.first, firstly
Synonyms: önce, ilkin
[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish الك (ilk, “first, firstly, in the first place”), from Proto-Turkic *ilk (“first”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃ఠచ (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid اِلْكْ (ilk, “first, firstly”), Bashkir элек (elek, “before, earlier, ago”).
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