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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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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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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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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]
edit
- accountancy
[Verb]
editaccounting
1.present participle of account
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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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
1. ^ Michael Quinion lists the first documented use as 1692; the Oxford English Dictionary has documented use as early as 1685.
[Synonyms]
edit
- 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]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editpit(bull) + -y
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encase
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪs[Alternative forms]
edit
- incase
[Anagrams]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- ilke
[Anagrams]
edit
- 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]
edit
- “ilk” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
- “ilk” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2020.
[Synonyms]
edit
- 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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furry
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɜːɹi/[Adjective]
editfurry (comparative furrier, superlative furriest)
1.Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
His treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling.
2.(informal) Of or related to the furry subculture.
[Etymology]
editFrom fur + -y.
[Noun]
editfurry (plural furries) A furry vixen.
1.An animal character with human-like characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.
What percentage of furries are wolves?
Synonym: fursona
2.A member of the furry fandom.
The furry had designed an elaborate costume.
3.Someone who roleplays or identifies with a furry character. (Compare therianthrope.)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈfʏ.ri/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English furry.
[Noun]
editfurry m (plural furries or furry's)
1.A furry (member of furry fandom).
De furry deed haar werknemers geloven dat haar hond een wolf was.
The furry made her employees believe that her dog was a wolf.
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fool
[[English]]
ipa :/fuːl/[Adjective]
editfool (comparative fooler or more fool, superlative foolest or most fool)
1.(informal) Foolish.
2.2011, Gayle Kaye, Sheriff Takes a Bride
That was a fool thing to do. You could have gotten yourself shot
3.1909, Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of the Limberlost
Of all the fool, fruitless jobs, making anything of a creature that begins by deceiving her, is the foolest a sane woman ever undertook.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Olof, floo, loof
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English fole (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis.[1] Doublet of follis.
[Noun]
editfool (plural fools, feminine fooless)
1.(derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
2.1743, Benjamin Franklin
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
3.1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 13
‘If I coloured at all, Mr Edward,’ said Joe, ‘which I didn’t know I did, it was to think I should have been such a fool as ever to have any hope of her. She’s as far out of my reach as—as Heaven is.’
4.1895, Rudyard Kipling, If—
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools
5.2001, Starsailor, Poor Misguided Fool
You're just a poor misguided fool
Who thinks they know what I should do
A line for me and a line for you
I lose my right to a point of view.
6.2008, Adele, Crazy for You
And every time I'm meant to be acting sensible
You drift into my head
And turn me into a crumbling fool.
7.(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
8.1896, Frederick Peterson IN Popular Science Monthly Volume 50 December 1896 , Idiots Savants
This court fool could say bright things on occasion, but his main use to the ladies and lords of the palace was to serve as victim to practical jokes, cruel, coarse, and vulgar enough to be appreciated perhaps in the Bowery.
9.(informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
10.1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
Can they think me […] their fool or jester?
11.1975, Foghat, "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
I'm a fool for the city.
12.(slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Buddy, dude, man.
13.2010, G.C. Deuce, From the Gutter to the Grave: An American Hood Novel, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN), page 291:
Upon opening the door, Trech was suddenly drawn aback by the shocking presence of the armed goon standing directly in front of him. “Yo, what up fool? […] ”
14.2012, Peron Long, Livin' Ain't Easy, Urban Books (→ISBN)
“What up, fool?” he finally responded. “Not too much; fell asleep watching your boys get their asses kicked,” I told him, referring to the Carolina Cougars, the last team he played for before he got sick.
15.2014, Hitta Lo, Bracing Season I, Kaleidoscopic Publishing (→ISBN)
Fame leaves out the house and walks to the BP gas station on Alabama Avenue. On the way there he sees his man Mark posted up at the rec center and walks over to holla at him. “What’s up fool?” Mark says while dapping Fame up.
16.2018, Keith L. Bell, Drought Season Over: The Sequel, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN)
“What up fool?” Lil Slim said noticing the seriousness in Lil Kilo’s voice. “You ain’t switched up on us have you.” Lil Fresh looked at Lil Kilo like where that come from. “Nigga I’ll neva switch up.” Lil Slim said feeling a little offended.
17.2020, J. Lewis Johnson, A Dark Night in the Fieldhouse:
[page 10:] "I knew you'd be scared," Reggie laughed. "What are you doin', foo? You must be crazy. You don't scare me." "Then why did you almost fall out of that chair? I scare everyone."
[page 38:] "This is coo," said Fred. "It's almost like being there." "We are there, foo!" said Reggie as the boys slapped palms.
18.(cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
19.(often capitalized, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
[References]
edit
1. ^ fool in: T. F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN
[Synonyms]
edit
- (person with poor judgment): See also Thesaurus:fool
- (person who entertained a sovereign): jester, joker
- (person who talks a lot of nonsense): gobshiteedit
- See also Thesaurus:deceive
[Verb]
editfool (third-person singular simple present fools, present participle fooling, simple past and past participle fooled)
1.To trick; to deceive
2.1918, Florence White Williams, The Little Red Hen
She bit it gently and found that it resembled a worm in no way whatsoever as to taste although because it was long and slender, a Little Red Hen might easily be fooled by its appearance.
3.1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President:
There appears to be no process of gradually fooling oneself while degrading standards so characteristic of the Solid Rocket Booster or Space Shuttle Main Engine safety systems.
4.To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
5.1681/1682, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar
Is this a time for fooling?
6.1972, Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (page 56)
She's always complaining that she got stuck with the worst possible committee. And that me and Jimmy fool more than we work.
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old French fol (French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis.[1]
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English fola.
[[Rohingya]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Sanskrit पागल (pāgala)
[Noun]
editfool
1.mad man
1. ^ fool in: T. F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN
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27465
hang out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Aughton, tohunga
[See also]
edit
- hang out one's shingle
- hang out to dry
[Synonyms]
edit
- lepak (Malaysia, Singapore)
- relax
[Verb]
edithang out (third-person singular simple present hangs out, present participle hanging out, simple past and past participle hung out)
1.(intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To spend time doing nothing in particular.
After the film, do you want to go hang out?
He hung out with his friends all day yesterday.
2.2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian[1]:
The sisters, and their cousin Thomas Cummins, had gone onto the bridge that night to see a poem Julie Kerry had painted on it, and as they did so they bumped into Clemons and three other young men who were hanging out there.
3.(intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To lodge or reside.
4.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, OCLC 28228280:
'I say, old boy, where do you hang out?'
Mr. Pickwick replied that he was at present suspended at the George and Vulture.
5.(dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.
The juryman hangs out against an agreement.
6.Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see hang, out.
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Hang
[[English]]
ipa :/haŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ghan
[Etymology]
editFrom Alemannic German Hang (“hand”)English Wikipedia has an article on:Hang (musical instrument)Wikipedia
[Noun]
edit HangHang (plural Hanghang)
1.Name and trademark of a musical instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG.
[[German]]
ipa :-aŋ[Further reading]
edit
- Hang in Duden online
[Noun]
editHang m (genitive Hanges, plural Hänge)
1.slope, hill, hillside
2.inclination; propensity; bias; a disposition, or liability towards something/someone.
[[Malay]]
ipa :/häŋ/[Proper noun]
editHang
1.(historical) A title in early Malay Muslim states bestowed upon those who have done good for the state (e.g. Hang Tuah, Hang Li Po).
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27468
chip away
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
edit
- plug away, beaver away
[Verb]
editchip away (third-person singular simple present chips away, present participle chipping away, simple past and past participle chipped away)
1.(idiomatic, intransitive) To reduce or weaken bit by bit; often used with at.
2.1991, Jan Gorak, The Making of the Modern Canon: Genesis and Crisis of a Literary Idea, page 24:
Iraneus contrasts the unity and integrity of these writings with the distorted, contextless citations of the Gnostics. He describes the code of textual harassment that allows these heretics to chip away at the Scriptures, […].
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chipping
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʃɪpɪŋ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom chip + -ing.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English chippyng, chippynge, equivalent to chip + -ing.
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27471
keyframe
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- key frame
[Etymology]
editkey + frame
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:key frameWikipedia keyframe (plural keyframes)
1.A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened.
2.2013, Chris Georgenes, How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS6: The Art of Design and Animation:
Lightning is a very quick and simple animation technique that can easily be overanimated. Don't try and animate the lightning bolt into the frame by building it up over a sequence of keyframes.
3.(computer graphics) A complete video frame, used as a reference for subsequent interframes in video compression.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (complete video frame): reference frame
[Verb]
editkeyframe (third-person singular simple present keyframes, present participle keyframing, simple past and past participle keyframed)
1.To animate by interpolation between successive keyframes.
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27472
sprite
[[English]]
ipa :/spɹaɪt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- spright (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Pitres, Presti, Priest, esprit, priest, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, stripe, tripes
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spiritus. Doublet of spirit.
[Noun]
edit sprite on Wikipediasprite (plural sprites)
1.(mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade
2.1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
He who torments the chafer's sprite
Weaves a bower in endless night.
3.An apparition; ghost
4.(mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
5.The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
6.(computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
7.An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
8.A spayed female ferret.
9.(obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈsprite/[Anagrams]
edit
- ripset
[Etymology]
editFrom English sprite.
[Noun]
editsprite
1.(computer graphics) sprite
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partial
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɑɹʃəl/[Adjective]
editpartial (comparative more partial, superlative most partial)
1.existing as a part or portion; incomplete
So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
2.(computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates
It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
3.biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute
Antonym: impartial
The referee is blatantly partial!
4.17th century, Alexander Pope, a letter
partial parent
5.(followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
6.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], OCLC 742335644:
not partial to an ostentatious display
7.1817, Jane Austen, chapter 6, in Pride and Prejudice, page 32:
But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.
Synonym: fond of
8.(mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
9.(botany) subordinate
[Anagrams]
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- patrial
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).
[Further reading]
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- partial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- partial in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
- partial at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editpartial (plural partials)
1.(mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
2.(music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
3.(dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
4.(forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
5.(programming, Internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
6.2009, Antonio Cangiano, Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers (page 356)
In fact, as seen in Chapters 5 and 6, the resulting document is usually the product of rendering a layout, which yields the rendering of the template at hand, which in turn can invoke the rendering of other templates and/or one or more partials.
[Verb]
editpartial (third-person singular simple present partials, present participle partialing or partialling, simple past and past participle partialed or partialled)
1.(statistics, transitive) To take the partial regression coefficient.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editpartial (feminine singular partiale, masculine plural partiaux, feminine plural partiales)
1.partial, biased
[Etymology]
editDoublet of partiel.
[Further reading]
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- “partial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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gone on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- nonego, ongone
[References]
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1. ^ “gone”, in Webster's Dictionary[1], Merriam-Webster, accessed 27 August 2015
[Verb]
editgone on
1.past participle of go on
2.(chiefly Ireland) infatuated with.[1]
3.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “A Tempest in the School Teapot”, in Anne of Green Gables[2], →ISBN:
Tillie Boulter says the master is DEAD GONE on her.
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afterthought
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom after- + thought, probably modelled on forethought. Compare also the verb afterthink.
[Etymology 2]
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heads-up
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editheads-up (comparative more heads-up, superlative most heads-up)
1.With head directly above the neck, eyes front.
A heads-up posture meant the pilot couldn't pay attention to his instruments.
2.Alert; vigilant
Getting those marbles off the red carpet was a real heads-up move.
[Alternative forms]
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- heads up
[Anagrams]
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- U-shaped
[Noun]
editheads-up (plural heads-up or heads-ups)
1.(chiefly US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.
Send everyone a heads-up about the inspection tomorrow.
2.(poker) Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded)
There were only two of us, so we started playing heads-up.
There are seven players on the table. Five folded, the remaining two played heads-up until the showdown.
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heads
[[English]]
ipa :/hɛdz/[Anagrams]
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- Da'esh, Daesh, Desha, Hades, Shade, Shead, ashed, deash, hades, sadhe, shade
[Etymology 1]
editPlural of head.
[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
edithead (from the notion that it gives a head high) + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).
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chromatic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editchromatic (not comparable)
1.Relating to or characterised by hue.
2.Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
3.(music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
4.(music) Moving in semitones.
5.Relating to chromatin
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós), from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).
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proverbial
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/[Adjective]
editproverbial (comparative more proverbial, superlative most proverbial)
1.Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
2.1947, Miracle on 34th Street (transcript):
Doris: You're making me feel like the proverbial stepmother.
3.Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
the proverbial smoking gun
proverbial spilled milk
4.Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.
[Etymology]
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- From Latin prōverbiālis; proverb + -ial
[Noun]
editproverbial (plural proverbials)
1.(euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan.
Are you taking the proverbial?
2.(euphemistic) The groin or the testicles.
You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editproverbial (feminine singular proverbiale, masculine plural proverbiaux, feminine plural proverbiales)
1.proverbial
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editproverbial (plural proverbiales)
1.proverbial
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lamentably
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editlamentably (comparative more lamentably, superlative most lamentably)
1.Regrettably. In a manner deserving or inspiring lamentation.
Lamentably the good too die; we will all mourn his passing.
[Etymology]
editlamentable + -ly
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deity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdiː.ɪ.tɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Tidey, etyid
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.
[Noun]
editdeity (countable and uncountable, plural deities)
1.Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god. [from 14th c.]
2.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.X.4:
Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.
3.A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]
4.2000, Kenneth Seeskin, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 23:
The crux of monotheism is not only belief in a single deity but belief in a deity who is different from everything else.
[References]
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1. ^ The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1996, →ISBN.
[See also]
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- cosmocrat
- deism
- god
- godliness
- theism
[Synonyms]
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- (a god): See Thesaurus:god
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cap in hand
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editcap in hand (not comparable)
1.(idiomatic) In a humble and respectful manner.
No longer were we required to go cap in hand to the banks if we wanted money: they were coming to us.
2.2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:
But with income from fares largely wiped out, it has come at a price. TfL had to go cap-in-hand to central Government for money. In doing so, it had to agree to changes - interference, if you prefer that choice of word - that it previously would have resisted.
[References]
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- “cap in hand” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
[Synonyms]
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- hat in hand
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round off
[[English]]
[See also]
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- round number
[Verb]
editround off (third-person singular simple present rounds off, present participle rounding off, simple past and past participle rounded off)
1.To change the shape of (an object) to make it more circular.
2.(mathematics) To change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits.
Round off 15.4 to 15, round off 15.51 to 15.5 or to 16, round off 0.499 to 0, and round off 970,000 to 1 million.
"This product contains no PCBs" is a typical commercial distortion if it actually contains 0.498 of the measurement unit, rounded off to "0"
3.To complete or finish something.
4.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC[1]:
Manchester United's in-form striker rose to head home Stewart Downing's corner and then rounded off a sweeping counter-attack involving Theo Walcott and Ashley Young to wrap up the formalities seconds before the break.
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round-off
[[English]]
[Verb]
editround-off
1.Alternative spelling of round off
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measured
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛʒəd/[Adjective]
editmeasured (comparative more measured, superlative most measured)
1.That has been determined by measurement.
He ran over a measured mile.
2.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619, page 16:
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
3.Deliberate but restrained.
He argued in measured tones.
4.1989, Dolores Cannon, Conversations with Nostradamus, chapter 1, page 8
This procedure was very tedious for me. Although she was definitely in a somnambulistic state, her answers were coming very slowly with carefully measured caution.
5.(of poetry etc.) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.
[Anagrams]
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- Madurese, emerauds, made sure
[Verb]
editmeasured
1.simple past tense and past participle of measure
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