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27480 afterthought [[English]] ipa :/ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/[Etymology 1] editFrom after- +‎ thought, probably modelled on forethought. Compare also the verb afterthink. [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2012/01/28 19:59 2020/11/20 09:37
27482 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] edit - heads up [Anagrams] edit - 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. 0 0 2019/11/20 16:42 2020/11/20 09:38 TaN
27484 heads [[English]] ipa :/hɛdz/[Anagrams] edit - Da'esh, Daesh, Desha, Hades, Shade, Shead, ashed, deash, hades, sadhe, shade [Etymology 1] editPlural of head. [Etymology 2] edit [Etymology 3] edithead (from the notion that it gives a head high) +‎ -s (possibly either genitive or plural). 0 0 2019/11/20 16:42 2020/11/20 09:38 TaN
27491 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”). 0 0 2020/11/20 09:49 TaN
27492 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] edit - 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 0 0 2012/03/03 20:08 2020/11/20 09:50
27493 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 0 0 2020/11/20 09:51 TaN
27494 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] edit 1. ^ The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1996, →ISBN. [See also] edit - cosmocrat - deism - god - godliness - theism [Synonyms] edit - (a god): See Thesaurus:god 0 0 2009/09/10 09:42 2020/11/20 09:51 TaN
27496 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] edit - “cap in hand” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press. [Synonyms] edit - hat in hand 0 0 2020/11/20 09:52 TaN
27504 round off [[English]] [See also] edit - 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. 0 0 2020/11/20 09:55 TaN
27505 round-off [[English]] [Verb] editround-off 1.Alternative spelling of round off 0 0 2020/11/20 09:55 TaN
27508 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] edit - Madurese, emerauds, made sure [Verb] editmeasured 1.simple past tense and past participle of measure 0 0 2020/11/20 09:59 TaN
27511 idempotency [[English]] [Noun] editidempotency (uncountable) 1.Idempotence. 2.'1997, Christopher Alan White, The Development of Ab Initio Methods for the Treatment of Large Molecules The electron number constraint unlike the idempotency constraint can be represented by a single equation. For this reason, one can properly incorporate this constraint using a Lagrange multiplier and defining an effective chemical potential 0 0 2020/11/20 10:08 TaN
27521 skimp [[English]] ipa :/skɪmp/[Etymology 1] editPerhaps of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną. Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (“to scoff at, scorn”), German schimpfen (“to grumble, scold”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, make fun of, scold”). [Etymology 2] editProbably related to scamp and scrimp. [Further reading] edit - Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. 0 0 2010/06/25 08:01 2020/11/20 10:38
27524 will-call [[English]] [Noun] editwill-call (uncountable) 1.Alternative form of will call 0 0 2020/11/24 10:29 TaN
27536 hand out [[English]] [Phrase] edithand out 1.(baseball, slang, 1800s) a player is out [Verb] edithand out (third-person singular simple present hands out, present participle handing out, simple past and past participle handed out) 1.(transitive) to distribute 2.2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]: Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King. 0 0 2020/11/24 10:34 TaN
27542 explainer [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - re-explain, reexplain [Etymology] editexplain +‎ -er [Noun] editexplainer (plural explainers) 1.Agent noun of explain; one who explains. 2.2006, Owen Hargie, The Handbook of Communication Skills, page 200: To be a skilled explainer, one has also to take account of the explainees, and their social and cultural backgrounds, motivations, linguistic ability, and previous knowledge – and plan accordingly before embarking upon the explanation. 3.A guide that explains a topic. Confused by the Olympics? Here's an explainer. 0 0 2020/11/24 11:07 TaN
27543 explain [[English]] ipa :/ɪkˈspleɪn/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”), from ex- (“out”) + planō (“I flatten, make level”), from planus (“level, plain”); see plain and plane. Compare esplanade, splanade. Displaced Old English ġereċċan. [Synonyms] edit - (give a sufficiently detailed report): expound, elaborate, recce [Verb] editexplain (third-person singular simple present explains, present participle explaining, simple past and past participle explained) 1.To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. To explain a chapter of the Bible. 2.1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620: The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained. 3.2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. 4.To give a valid excuse for past behavior. 5.2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]. 6.(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out. 7.(obsolete) To unfold or make visible. 8.April 14, 1684, John Evelyn, a letter sent to the Royal Society concerning the damage done to his gardens by the preceding winter The horse-chestnut is […] ready to explain its leaf. 9.(intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible. 10.2012, Alexander R. Pruss, “The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument”, in William Lane Craig, J. P. Moreland, editor, The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology‎[1], page 56: It is easy to modify the account to take this into account, by explaining not just in terms of a set of reasons but in terms of a set of reason–weight pairs. 11.2019 July 9, Patrick Gathara, “The problem is not 'negative' Western media coverage of Africa”, in Al Jazeera English: Like their Western counterparts, local media engages in shorthand - it reports rather than explains. 0 0 2012/01/31 20:16 2020/11/24 11:07
27553 enact [[English]] ipa :-ækt[Etymology] editFrom Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”). [Noun] editenact 1.(obsolete) purpose; determinationPart 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 enact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) [Verb] editenact (third-person singular simple present enacts, present participle enacting, simple past and past participle enacted) 1.(transitive, law) to make (a bill) into law 2.(transitive) to act the part of; to play 3.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]: I did enact Julius Caesar. 4.(transitive) to do; to effect 5.c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, 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 V, scene iv]: The king enacts more wonders than a man. 0 0 2012/12/19 05:20 2020/11/24 11:36
27557 spring [[English]] ipa :/spɹɪŋ/[Etymology] editAs a verb, from Middle English springen (“to burst or flow forth, to sprout, to emerge, to happen, to become known, to sprinkle”), from Old English springan (“to burst or flow forth, to sprout, to emerge, to become known”), cognate with Afrikaans spring, West Frisian springe, Dutch & German springen, Danish springe, Swedish springa. Further etymology is uncertain, but usually taken to derive from a Proto-Germanic verb reconstructed as *springaną (“to burst forth”), from a Proto-Indo-European root reconstructed *sperǵʰ- whose other descendants may include Lithuanian spreñgti (“to push (in)”), Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin, to stretch”), Latin spargere (“to sprinkle, to scatter”), Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, “to hasten”), Sanskrit स्पृहयति (spṛháyati, “to be eager”). Some newer senses derived from the noun.As a noun, from Middle English spring (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”), from Old English spring (“wellspring, ulcer”) and Old English spryng (“a jump”), from ablaut forms of the Proto-Germanic verb. Further senses derived from the verb and from clippings of day-spring, springtime, spring tide, etc. Its sense as the season, first attested in a work predating 1325, gradually replaced Old English lencten (“spring, Lent”) as that word became more specifically liturgical. [Noun] edit Spring (season) in Germany A coil spring (mechanical device)spring (countable and uncountable, plural springs) 1.(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump. 2.1700, John Dryden, "The Cock and the Fox": The pris'ner with a spring from prison broke; Then stretch'd his feather'd fans with all his might, And to the neighb'ring maple wing'd his flight. 3.(countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life, variously reckoned as 4.2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist‎[3], volume 100, number 2, page 172: Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals. Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce. You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable. Synonym: springtime Coordinate terms: summer, autumn or fall, winter 1.(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars. Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the "Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring. 2.(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere. I spent my spring holidays in Morocco. The spring issue will be out next week.(uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process. - 1611, Bible (KJV), 1 Samuel 9:26: ...and it came to passe about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house... - c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, 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 1, scene 3]: O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day.(countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.(countable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly 1.(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground. This beer was brewed with pure spring water. Synonyms: fount, source 2.(oceanography, obsolete) The rising of the sea at high tide. 3.(oceanography) Short for spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons. Antonym: neap tide 4.A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched. We jumped so hard the bed springs broke. Synonym: coil 5.(nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement. 6.1836, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, Vol. III, p. 72: He had warped round with the springs on his cable, and had recommenced his fire upon the Aurora. 7.(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement. You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much. 8.1769, William Falconer, An Universal Dictionary of the Marine, s.v.: Spring is likewise a rope reaching diagonally from the stern of a ship to the head of another which lies along-side or a-breast of her. 9.2007 January 26, Business Times: ‘Springs’ are the ropes used on a ship that is alongside a berth to prevent fore and aft movements. 10.(figurative) A race, a lineage. 11.(figurative) A youth. 12.A shoot, a young tree. 13.A grove of trees; a forest.(countable, slang) An erection of the penis. (Can we add an example for this sense?)(countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam. - 1846, Arthur Young, Nautical Dictionary, p. 292: A spar is said to be sprung, when it is cracked or split,... and the crack is called a spring.(uncountable) Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly 1.Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc. the spring of a bow Synonyms: bounce, bounciness, elasticity, resilience, springiness 2.Elastic energy, power, or force. 3.1697, John Dryden, Virgil's Aeneis, Bk. xi, ll. 437–8: Heav'ns what a spring was in his Arm, to throw: How high he held his Shield, and rose at ev'ry blow! 4.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 30: Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds.(countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs. - 1611, Bible (KJV), Psalms 87:7: As wel the singers as the players on instruments shall bee there: all my springs are in thee. - 1693, Richard Bentley, The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism..., Sermon 1: Such a man can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth him, he can patiently suffer all things with cheerfull submission and resignation to the Divine Will. He has a secret Spring of spiritual Joy, and the continual Feast of a good Conscience within, that forbid him to be miserable. - 1748, David Hume, Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, §9: […] discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations? - 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 1: ‘Have you ever contemplated, Adrian, the phenomenon of springs?’ ‘Coils, you mean?’ ‘Not coils, Adrian, no. Coils not. Think springs of water. Think wells and spas and sources. Well-springs in the widest and loveliest sense. Jerusalem, for instance, is a spring of religiosity. One small town in the desert, but the source of the world’s three most powerful faiths... Religion seems to bubble from its sands.’ Synonyms: impetus, impulse(countable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly 1.A cause, a motive, etc. 2.1713, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Cato, a Tragedy by Joseph Addison Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move The hero's glory, or the virgin's love. 3.(obsolete) A lively piece of music. [References] edit - “spring, n¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. - “spring, n².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. - “spring, n³.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. - “spring, v¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. - “spring, v².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. - “spring, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018. - “springen, v.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018. [See also] edit - geyser - Hooke's law - seep - Slinky - vernal - well [Synonyms] edit - (come into being): see also Thesaurus:come into beingedit - (time of growth, early stages): See Thesaurus:beginning [Verb] editspring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springing, simple past sprang or sprung, past participle sprung) 1.(intransitive) To burst forth. 1.(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently. 2.Beowulf, ll. 2966–7: ...for swenge swat ædrum sprong forð under fexe. ...for the swing, the blood from his veins sprang forth under his hair. 3.c. 1540, John Bellenden translating Livy as History of Rome, Vol. I, i, xxii, p. 125: ...þe wound þat was springand with huge stremes of blude... The boat sprang a leak and began to sink. 4.(of water, now mostly followed by "out" or "up") To gush, to flow out of the ground. 5.(of light) To appear, to dawn. 6.1611, Bible (KJV), Judges, 19:25: ...so the man tooke his concubine, and brought her foorth vnto them, and they knew her, and abused her all the night vntil the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her goe. 7.(of plants) To sprout, to grow, 8.1611, Bible (KJV), Job, 38:25–27: Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder, To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man? To satisfie the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herbe to spring forth. 9.1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto V”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], OCLC 36924440, page 61: Commerce! beneath whose poison-breathing shade / No solitary virtue dares to spring, [...] 10.1936, Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People, p. 42: Dr. Sigmund Freud... says that everything you and I do springs from two motives: the sex urge and the desire to be great. 11.1974, James Albert Michener, Centennial, p. 338: There was moisture in the ground, and from it sprang a million flowers, gold and blue and brown and red. 12.2006, N. Roberts, Morrigann's Cross, vi: Foxglove sprang tall and purple among the trees. During the rainy season, grass springs amid the sand and flowers blossom across the desert. 13.(now chiefly botanical) To grow taller or longer. 14.(hunting, especially of birds) To rise from cover. 15.1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: Printed for Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], OCLC 664400715, Act I, scene i, pages 3–4: Home I would go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up with gaping Creditors, / Watchful as Fowlers when their Game will spring; […] 16.(of landscape) To come dramatically into view. 17.(figurative) to arise, to come into existence. Hope springs eternal. He hit the gas and the car sprang to life. Synonyms: arise, form, take shape 18.(figurative, Usually with cardinal adverbs, of animals) to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc. 19.c. 1250, Life of St Margaret, Trin. Col. MS B.14.39 (323), f. 22v: ...into helle spring... 20.1474, William Caxton translator, Game and Playe of the Chesse, iii, vii, 141: Ye kynge... sprange out of his chare and resseyuyd them worshipfully. 21.1722, Ambrose Philips, The Briton: ...the Mountain Stag, that springs From Height to Height, and bounds along the Plains, Nor has a Master to restrain his Course... 22.1827, Clement Clarke Moore, "(A Visit from St. Nicholas)": ...out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. 23.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity: However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence. 24.1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes: Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground—a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey. 25.2011 April 11, The Atlantic: Reporters sprang to the conclusion that the speech would make detailed new commitments... Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves. He sprang to his feet. A bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power. Don't worry. She'll spring back to her cheerful old self in no time. It was the first thing that sprang to mind. She sprang to her husband's defense and clocked the protestor. Synonyms: bound, jump, leap 26.(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from He sprang from peasant stock. 27.(figurative, religion, philosophy) to descend or originate from. The Stoics sprang from the Cynics. 28.(obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted. 29.(obsolete, of knowledge, usually with wide) To become known, to spread. 30.(obsolete, of odors) To emit, to spread.(transitive, archaic, of beards) To grow. - c. 1330,, "Otuel", The Taill of Rauf Coilyear, ll. 1445–6: A ȝong kniȝt, þat sprong furst [berd], Of no man he nas aferd.(transitive) To cause to burst forth. 1.(rare, of water) To cause to well up or flow out of the ground. 2.(figurative, of plants) To bring forth. 1.(obsolete) permit to bring forth new shoots, leaves, etc.(obsolete, of knowledge) To cause to become known, to tell of.(figurative, of animals) To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur. - 1986 April 25, Horse & Hound, p. 40: Just before the last pair of cones he sprung his ponies. - 2003 July 10, Daily Telegraph, p. 7: Simple tricks such as an ‘ollie’—springing the board into mid-air—can be picked up in just a couple of weeks.(hunting, of birds) To cause to rise from cover. His dogs sprang the grouse and partridges and flushed the woodcock.(obsolete, military, of weapons) To shift quickly from one designated position to another. - 1833, Regulations for the Instruction... of the Cavalry, i, i, 29: Each man springs his ramrod as the officer passes him, and then returns it.(obsolete, of horses) To breed with, to impregnate. - 1585, Thomas Washington translating Nicolas De Nicolay as The Navigations, Peregrinations, and Voyages, Made into Turkie..., Bk. IV, p. 154: ...[they] sought the fairest stoned horses to spring their mares...(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure. He sprang the trap. - 1747, The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer On the 23d, the Besiegers sprung a Mine under the Salient Angle, upon the Right of the Haif Moon, which had the desired Success, the Enemy's Gallery on that Side, and the Mason-Work of the Counterscarp, being thereby demolished.(transitive, obsolete) To make wet, to moisten.(intransitive, usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up. The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.(intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter. - 1698, François Froger, A Relation of a Voyage Made... on the Coasts of Africa, p. 30: On the 22nd the mines sprang, and took very good effect.(obsolete, military) to go off. - 2012 April 21, Sydney Morning Herald, p. 5: The whole contraption appears liable to spring apart at any moment.(transitive, military) To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate. - 1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. II, x, ix: They sprung another Mine... wherein was placed about sixtie Barrels of Powder.(intransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack. - 2011, Julian Stockwin, Conquest, p. 177: Probably the mast had sprung in some squall.(transitive, nautical) To have something crack. - 1582 August 2, Richard Madox, diary: The Edward sprang hir foremast.(transitive, nautical) To cause to crack. - a. 1653, Zacharie Boyd, "Zion's Flowers": A boisterous wind... Springs the... mast...(transitive, figurative) To surprise by sudden or deft action. 1.To come upon and flush out 2.1819, James Hardy Vaux, "A New and Comprehensive Vocabulary of the Flash Language", Memoirs, Vol. II, s.v. "Plant": To spring a plant, is to find any thing that has been concealed by another. 3.(Australia, slang) to catch in an illegal act or compromising position. 4.1980, John Hepworth & al., Boozing Out in Melbourne Pubs..., p. 42: He figured that nobody would ever spring him, but he figured wrong. 5.(obsolete) To begin something. 6.(obsolete) To produce, provide, or place an item unexpectedly. 7.1700, John Dryden translating Ovid as "Cinyras and Myrrha" in Fables, p. 178: Surpriz'd with Fright, She starts, and leaves her Bed, and springs a Light. 8.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, Vol. I, p. 53: It's a feast at a poor country labourer's place, when he springs six-penn'orth of fresh herrings. 9.(obsolete, slang) To put bad money into circulation. 10.(obsolete, of jokes, gags) To tell, to share. 11.(of news, surprises) To announce unexpectedly, to reveal. 12.2012 February 29, Aidan Foster-Carter, “North Korea: The Denuclearisation Dance Resumes”, in BBC News‎[1]: North Korea loves to spring surprises. More unusual is for its US foe to play along. Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job. 13.(transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape. His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him. Synonyms: free, let out, release, spring loose 14.(intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.(transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of. They sprung an arch over the lintel.(intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve. The arches spring from the front posts.(transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To raise a vessel's sheer.(transitive, obsolete, cobblery) To raise a last's toe.(transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up. - 1957, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Over Seventy, p. 137: He wouldn't spring a nickel for a bag of peanuts.(obsolete, intransitive, slang) To raise an offered price.(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.(transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.(intransitive, obsolete) To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.(transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.(transitive, rare, obsolete) To provide spring or elasticity(figurative, rare, obsolete) to inspire, to motivate.(transitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place. - 1873 July, Routledge's Young Gentleman's Magazine, p. 503: Don't drive it in too hard, as it will ‘spring’ the plane-iron, and make it concave. A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning. He sprang in the slat.(intransitive, now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.(intransitive, Britain, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy. - 1955, Patrick White, The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, Chapter 15, p. 228,[2] “Gee, Dad, Nancy’s springing all right,” Ray said and paused in spontaneous pleasure. Stan Parker came, and together they looked at their swelling heifer.(transitive, of rattles, archaic) To sound, to play. - 1850, Samuel Prout Newcombe, Pleasant pages, page 197: I do not know how John and his mistress would have settled the fate of the thief, but just at this moment a policeman entered — for the cook had sprung the rattle, and had been screaming "Murder" and "Thieves."(intransitive, obsolete) To spend the springtime somewhere 1.(of animals) to find or get enough food during springtime. [[Danish]] [Etymology] editVerbal noun to springe. [Noun] editspring n (singular definite springet, plural indefinite spring) 1.spring, jump, vault, leap [Verb] editspring 1.imperative of springe [[Dutch]] ipa :/sprɪŋ/[Verb] editspring 1.first-person singular present indicative of springen 2. imperative of springen [[German]] ipa :/ʃpʀɪŋ/[Verb] editspring 1.singular imperative of springen 2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of springen [[Icelandic]] [Verb] editspring 1.inflection of springa: 1.first-person singular present indicative 2.second-person singular imperative [[Middle English]] ipa :/sprinɡ/[Alternative forms] edit - springe [Etymology] editFrom Old English spring, spryng. [Noun] editspring (plural springes) 1.spring, (natural) fountain, font. 2.sprout, shoot 3.sunrise 4.leap, jump 5.(rare) spring (season) [See also] edit [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Verb] editspring 1.imperative of springe [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Verb] editspring 1.present of springa [[Scots]] ipa :[sprɪŋ][Noun] editspring (plural springs) 1.spring, springtime 2.growth of vegetation in springtime [Verb] edittae spring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springin, simple past sprang, past participle sprung) 1.to spring 2.to leap over, cross at a bound 3.to put forth, send up or out 4.to burst, split, break apart, break into 5.to dance a reel [[Swedish]] [Noun] editspring n 1.a running (back and forth) 2.1918, Goss-skolan i Plumfield, the Swedish translation of Louisa M. Alcott, Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871) Eftermiddagen tillbragtes med att ordna sakerna, och när springet och släpet och hamrandet var förbi, inbjödos damerna att beskåda anstalten. The afternoon was spent in arranging things, and when the running and lugging and hammering was over, the ladies were invited to behold the institution. [Verb] editspring 1. imperative of springa. 0 0 2009/11/06 17:17 2020/11/24 11:47 TaN
27558 normative [[English]] ipa :/ˈnɔɹmətɪv/[Adjective] editnormative (comparative more normative, superlative most normative) 1.Of or pertaining to a norm or standard. 2.Conforming to a norm or norms. normative behaviour 3.Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm. normative grammar [Anagrams] edit - avotermin [Etymology] editFrom French normatif. [[French]] [Adjective] editnormative 1.feminine singular of normatif [[Italian]] [Adjective] editnormative 1.feminine plural of normativo [Anagrams] edit - motivarne - terminavo [Noun] editnormative f 1.plural of normativa 0 0 2009/03/03 11:23 2020/11/24 11:59 TaN
27561 discuss [[English]] ipa :/dɪsˈkʌs/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French: discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutere (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatere (“to shake”). [Further reading] edit - discuss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - discuss in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911. - discuss at OneLook Dictionary Search [See also] edit - argue [Synonyms] edit - (converse about a topic): bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about [Verb] editdiscuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed) 1.(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic. Let's sit down and discuss this rationally. I don't wish to discuss this further. Let's talk about something else. 2.(transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.). 3.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3: Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page. 4.c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene 1: Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular? 5.(obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter. 6.(obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume. 7.1854, Samuel White Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon: We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. 8.1858, James Hogg, Titan (volume 27, page 306) In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper. 9.(transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. 10.(obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors. 11.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.i: For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust, / And meet respect of honour put to flight […] 12.1635, James Guillimeau [i.e., Jacques Guillemeau], “Of Gripings and Fretting in the Belly, which Trouble Little Children”, in The Nvrsing of Children. Wherein is Set Downe the Ordering and Government of Them from Their Birth. Together with the Meanes to Helpe and Free Them from All Such Diseases as may Happen unto Them. Written in French by Iames Guillimeau, the French Kings Chirurgion in Ordinary, London: Printed by Anne Griffin, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker; published in Child-birth, or, The Happy Delivery of VVomen. VVherein is Set Downe the Government of Women. In the Time of Their Breeding Childe: Of Their Travaile, both Naturall and Contrary to Nature: And of Their Lying in. Together with the Diseases, which Happen to VVomen in Those Times, and the Meanes to Helpe Them. To which is Added, a Treatise of the Diseases of Infants, and Young Children: With the Cure of Them, and also of the Small Pox. With a Treatise for the Nursing of Children. Written in French by Iames Gvillimeav the French Kings Chirurgion, London: Printed by Anne Griffih, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1635, OCLC 222413128, page 52: If too much milke be the cauſe, then the Nurſe ſhall not give the childe ſucke ſo often, nor in ſuch plenty: If it proceed from wind, and that doe cauſe the childe to be thus troubled, it ſhall be diſcuſſed with Fomentations applied to the belly and navell; and with Carminative Cliſters, which ſhall bee given him, […] 13.June 15, 1751, Samuel Johnson, letter in The Rambler The softness of my hands was secured by medicated gloves, and my bosom rubbed with a pomade prepared by my mother, of virtue to discuss pimples, and clear discolourations. 14.1642, Henry Wotton, Short View of the Life and Death of George Villers Duke of Buckingham Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affliction. 0 0 2020/11/24 12:50 TaN
27562 polynomial [[English]] [Adjective] editpolynomial (not comparable) 1.(algebra) Able to be described or limited by a polynomial. 2.(taxonomy) of a polynomial name or entity [Etymology] editpoly- +‎ -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial. [Noun] editpolynomial (plural polynomials) 1.(algebra, strict sense) An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a n x n + a n − 1 x n − 1 + . . . + a 0 x 0 {\displaystyle a_{n}x^{n}+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+...+a_{0}x^{0}} . 2.(taxonomy) A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms. [See also] edit - Appendix:English polynomial degrees [[French]] [Adjective] editpolynomial (feminine singular polynomiale, masculine plural polynomiaux, feminine plural polynomiales) 1.polynomial 0 0 2020/11/24 13:05 TaN
27564 sample [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɑːm.pəl/[Anagrams] edit - maples, psalme [Etymology] editFrom Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum. [Noun] editsample (plural samples) 1.A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen. a blood sample 2.1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, “Quo Warranto?”, in Lorna Doone, page 99: He looked down into Glen Doone first, and sniffed as if he were smelling it, like a sample of goods from a wholesale house; and then he looked at the hills over yonder, and then he stared at me. 3.2014 May 7, Anh Do, “War orphan named 'Precious Pearl' reunites with South Vietnamese soldier who rescued her in '72”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎[1]: Then one day in May 2012, he picked up a free sample of a Vietnamese-language magazine based in New Jersey. In it, he saw an article about a career Navy officer named Kimberly Mitchell and her search into her past. 4.(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population. 5.1883, Sir Francis Galton et al., “Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee”, in Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, page 269: It is interesting to find that, with the exception of a few imperfectly-observed South Sea Islanders, and whose actual numbers, if the measurements are correct, are very few, the English professional classes head the long list [in average height], and that the Anglo-Saxon race takes the chief place in it among the civilised communities, although it is possible it might stand second to the Scandinavian countries if a fair sample of their population were obtained. 6.(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free. 7.(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free. 8.(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording. 9.2016 December 1, Peter Bradshaw, “Blue Velvet review – still inventive, sexy and bizarre”, in The Guardian‎[2]: Jeffrey conceives a fascination with nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) who sings Blue Velvet, while her abusive, misogynist sugar-daddy Frank (Dennis Hopper) watches, caressing a sample of this same material. 10.(obsolete) Example; pattern. 11.1600, Edward Fairfax, transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem, London: Ar. Hatfield, translation of La Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso, book XI, page 200: Thus he concludes, and euery hardie knight / His ſample follow’d, and his brethren twaine, / The other Princes put on harneſſe light, / As footmen vſe. 12.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 369, column 2: [The King] Liu’d in Court / (Which rare it is to do) moſt prais’d, moſt lou’d, / A ſample to the yongeſt. [Synonyms] edit - specimen - example [Verb] editsample (third-person singular simple present samples, present participle sampling, simple past and past participle sampled) 1.(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of. 2.1893, Mark Twain, “The £1,000,000 Bank-Note”, in The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other Stories, page 2–3: They had just finished their breakfast, and the sight of the remains of it almost overpowered me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of that food, but as I was not asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best I could. 3.1895, Frank Richard Stockton, “Mok as a Vocalist”, in The Adventures of Captain Horn, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1907, page 367: Mok was enjoying himself very much. It was not often that he had such an opportunity to sample the delights of Paris. His young master, Ralph, had given him strict orders never to go out at night, or in his leisure hours, unless accompanied by Cheditafa. 4.1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140: I did not really wonder, after sampling the "Settebello's" standards of comfort and service, that even on a midweek day in autumn there was not a seat to spare, despite the cost. 5.2005, Ted LoCascio, InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips, →ISBN, page 46: The Eyedropper tool allows you to sample colors from anywhere in your open InDesign documents (yes, even from placed images!) You can add a sampled color to the Swatches palette and then apply it to the fill or stroke of any frame, shape, path, line, or table. 6.2008, Mark Fitzgerald, Photoshop CS3 Restoration and Retouching Bible, →ISBN, page 148: The Healing brush is similar to the Clone Stamp in that information is sampled by Alt-clicking and then painted into other parts of the image. The big difference is that the Healing brush attempts to make the sampled data match the lighting and shading of the area to which it's being applied. 7.(transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal. 8.(music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music. 9.2011, Kembrew McLeod & Peter DiCola, Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling, →ISBN, page 130: To address this novel legal quandary, one legal treatise on copyright has developed the concept of fragmented literal similarity, a method of determining whether a sample-based work is substantially similar to the source it sampled. The name reflects the exactness of the similarity between the snippet of a track that is sampled and the sampled copy of that snippet. 10.(transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample. 11.2006, Translation of Digital Process to Architectural Program, →ISBN, page 6: It means that a larger image field can be sampled from a lower resolution copy without much loss in comparative data, only the number of data points to be manipulated. [[French]] ipa :/sɑ̃pl/[Noun] editsample m (plural samples) 1.(Louisiana, Cajun French) a sample [[Spanish]] [Noun] editsample m (plural samples) 1.(music) sample 0 0 2009/01/10 03:48 2020/11/24 13:07 TaN
27565 strobe [[English]] ipa :/stɹəʊb/[Anagrams] edit - Boster, Stober, Tobers, besort, borest, sorbet, tobers [Etymology] editShortening of stroboscope. [Noun] editstrobe (plural strobes) 1.A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light. 2.2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 59: White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject. 3.(computing) An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read. a memory strobe; a data strobe [Verb] editstrobe (third-person singular simple present strobes, present participle strobing, simple past and past participle strobed) 1.To flash like a stroboscopic lamp. 2.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow: ... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes... 3.1986, Sam Frank, Sex in the Movies: Here was a blazingly erotic sex star par excellence as Travolta gyrated around that strobing disco dance floor like a cock-o'-the-walk. [[Latin]] [Noun] editstrobe 1.vocative singular of strobus 0 0 2020/11/24 13:07 TaN
27566 imper [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.pɛʁ/[Anagrams] edit - prime, primé [Etymology] editClipping of imperméable [Noun] editimper m (plural impers) 1.(informal) raincoat (waterproof coat) 0 0 2020/11/25 21:18 TaN
27567 imperceptive [[English]] [Adjective] editimperceptive (comparative more imperceptive, superlative most imperceptive) 1.Unable to perceive. [Etymology] editFrom im- +‎ perceptive. [References] edit - imperceptive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911. - imperceptive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. 0 0 2020/11/25 21:18 TaN
27570 plausible [[English]] ipa :/ˈplɔːz.ɪ.bəl/[Adjective] editplausible (comparative more plausible, superlative most plausible) 1.Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely a plausible excuse 2.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformative Grammar: A First Course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 64: In short, the twin assumptions that syntactic rules are category-based, and that there are a highly restricted finite set of categories in any natural language (perhaps no more than a dozen major categories), together with the assumption that the child either knows (innately) or learns (by experience) that all rules are structure-dependent ( =category-based), provide a highly plausible model of language acquisition, in which languages become learnable in a relatively short, finite period of time (a few years). 3.Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious. a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion 4.(obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?) 5.1955, Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky […] a coachman named Richard, who was described as a "sensible, well-behaved yellow boy, who is plausible and can read and write." [Etymology] editFrom Latin plausibilis (“deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing”), from the participle stem of plaudere (“to applaud”) [[Catalan]] [Adjective] editplausible (masculine and feminine plural plausibles) 1.plausible [Etymology] editFrom Latin plausibilis. [Further reading] edit - “plausible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “plausible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “plausible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “plausible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[French]] [Adjective] editplausible (plural plausibles) 1.plausible [Etymology] editFrom Latin plausibilis. [Further reading] edit - “plausible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Middle French]] [Adjective] editplausible m or f (plural plausibles) 1.plausible [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editplausible (plural plausibles) 1.plausible [Etymology] editFrom Latin plausibilis. [Further reading] edit - “plausible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2009/04/17 12:49 2020/11/25 21:40 TaN
27571 worthwhile [[English]] ipa :/wɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/[Adjective] editworthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile) 1.Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on. Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile. [Alternative forms] edit - worth while - worthwile (archaic) [Etymology] editworth +‎ while [Synonyms] edit - worth it 0 0 2009/08/11 18:53 2020/11/26 10:32
27579 something [[English]] ipa :/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/[Adjective] editsomething (not comparable) 1.Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. 2.1986, Marie Nicole, Foxy Lady, →ISBN, page 20: "Very poetic." They came to a halt before the outer door. "It's very something," Rusty said wistfully. "How do you do it?" 3.1988, Colleen Klein, A Space for Delight, page 200: "It's very — it's very something," said Lucy. "It's a kind of love-letter, isn't it?" 4.2014, Sommer Nectarhoff, A Buck in the Snow, →ISBN: If it isn't large, I certainly can't say it's small. But it's very something. 5.2015, Edward Carey, Lungdon, →ISBN: 'How proud they have become,' I said, 'how disobedient. I must say, all in all, it's very something.' [Adverb] editsomething (not comparable) 1.(degree) Somewhat; to a degree. The baby looks something like his father. 2.(degree, colloquial) To a high degree. 3.1913, Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, page 51: You can't thrash when you have rheumatic fever – though you want to something awful, Mrs. White says. 4.1994 Summer, Rebecca T. Goodwin, “Keeper of the house”, in Paris Review, volume 36, number 131, page 161: Seeing him here, though, I all of a sudden feel more like I been gone from home three years, instead of three weeks, and I miss my people something fierce. 5.2001 January, Susan Schorn, “Bobby Lee Carter and the hand of God”, in U.S. Catholic, volume 66, number 1, page 34: And then she put the coffin right out on her front porch. Jim told everyone he'd built it kind of roomy since Bobby Lee was on the stout side, but that it better get used quick because sycamore tends to warp something terrible. [Alternative forms] edit - somthing (obsolete) - sumn (eye dialect, AAVE) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English somthing, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some +‎ thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”). [Noun] editsomething (plural somethings) 1.An object whose nature is yet to be defined. 2.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip. 3.An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense). 4.1999, Nicholas Clapp, The Road to Ubar [5] What was the something the pilot saw, the something worth killing for? 5.2004, Theron Q Dumont, The Master Mind [6] Moreover, in all of our experience with these sense impressions, we never lose sight of the fact that they are but incidental facts of our mental existence, and that there is a Something Within which is really the Subject of these sense reports—a Something to which these reports are presented, and which receives them. 6.2004, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives [7] She wiped something with a cloth, wiped at the wall shelf, and put the something on it, clinking glass. [Pronoun] editsomething (indefinite pronoun) 1.An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what. I have something for you in my bag. I have a feeling something good is going to happen today. 2.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. 3.(colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree. The performance was something of a disappointment. That child is something of a genius. 4.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity: Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her. 5.2020 May 7, Katie Rife, “If you’re looking to jump in your seat, make a playdate with Z”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]: Christensen, who also edited and co-wrote the film, is becoming something of a specialist in child horror, having launched his feature directorial career with the infant-themed Still/Born in 2017. 6.(colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify. She has a certain something. 7.(colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way. He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice. She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing. - Some marmosets are less than six inches tall. - Well, isn't that something? [Synonyms] edit - (unspecified thing): sth (especially in dictionaries) - (quality that is difficult to specify): je ne sais quoi [Verb] editsomething (third-person singular simple present somethings, present participle somethinging, simple past and past participle somethinged) 1.Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song. 2.1890, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes [2] He didn’t apply for it for a long time, and then there was a hitch about it, and it was somethinged—vetoed, I believe she said. 3.2003, George Angel, “Allegoady,” in Juncture, Lara Stapleton and Veronica Gonzalez edd. [3] She hovers over the something somethinging and awkwardly lowers her bulk. 4.2005, Floyd Skloot, A World of Light [4] “Oh how we somethinged on the hmmm hmm we were wed. Dear, was I ever on the stage?” 0 0 2020/11/27 18:29 TaN
27580 something to [[English]] [Phrase] editsomething to 1.Some importance to. I found this note on the floor. At first, it looks like nothing special, but after I saw the weird symbol on the back I thought there might be something to it. 0 0 2020/11/27 18:29 TaN
27581 inference [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/[Noun] editinference (countable and uncountable, plural inferences) 1.(uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction. 2.(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction. [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈɪnfɛrɛnt͡sɛ][Further reading] edit - inference in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957 - inference in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989 [Noun] editinference f 1.inference [Related terms] edit - See oferta [Synonyms] edit - usuzování 0 0 2018/04/08 16:40 2020/11/28 17:53 TaN
27582 影響 [[Chinese]] ipa :/iŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕjɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/[Adjective] edit影響 1.(literary, figurative) faint; vague; indistinct; unclear 2.(literary, figurative) baseless; unfounded; unsubstantiated [Etymology] editVarious senses stemmed from two literal meanings: - “Shadow and echo” (that closely follow a body or sound) > “to follow or respond swiftly” > “to imitate; to approximate”; “effect; influence”; “to affect; to impact”; etc.; - “Shadow and sound” (from the presence of a person or animal) > “trace; trail” > “news; tidings; information”; “impression; outline”; “faint; vague” > “baseless”. [Noun] edit影響 1.(figurative) influence; effect; impact; disturbance (Classifier: 股 m) 巨大影響 / 巨大影响  ―  jùdà yǐngxiǎng  ―  tremendous influence 擴大影響 / 扩大影响  ―  kuòdà yǐngxiǎng  ―  to extend influence 產生影響 / 产生影响  ―  chǎnshēng yǐngxiǎng  ―  to extert influence 深受……的影響 / 深受……的影响  ―  shēnshòu...... de yǐngxiǎng  ―  to be heavily influenced by...; to be deeply affected by... 2.(literary, literally) shadow and echo 3.(literary, literally) shadow and sound 4.(literary, figurative) trace; trail 5.(literary, figurative) news; tidings; information 6.(literary, figurative) impression; outline; rough ideaSynonyms[edit] - (effect): 關係／关系 (guānxì), 作用 (zuòyòng) [Verb] edit影響 1.(figurative) to have an effect on; to influence; to affect; to have an impact on; to disturb 離異家庭到底還是會影響到孩子。 [MSC, trad.] 离异家庭到底还是会影响到孩子。 [MSC, simp.] Líyì jiātíng dàodǐ háishì huì yǐngxiǎng dào háizi. [Pinyin] Children from divorced families will be affected in the end. 房客如果製造噪音而影響安寧，怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.] 房客如果制造噪音而影响安宁，怎么办？ [MSC, simp.] Fángkè rúguǒ zhìzào zàoyīn ér yǐngxiǎng ānníng, zěnmebàn? [Pinyin] What do you do if tenants create noise and affect the (area’s) tranquility? 2.(literary, figurative) to respond or follow swiftly 3.(literary, figurative) to coordinate (with each other); to collaborate; to echo 4.(literary, figurative) to approximate; to be similar to 5.(literary, figurative) to imitate; to emulateSynonyms[edit] - (to have an effect on): 波及 (bōjí), (literary) 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng), 作用 (zuòyòng) [[Japanese]] ipa :[e̞ːkʲo̞ː][Noun] edit影(えい)響(きょう) • (eikyō)  1.influence, effect 2.1937, 甲賀三郎, ドイルを宗とす: 多少(たしょう)の影響(えいきょう)を受(う)けているかも知(し)れぬ。 Tashō no eikyō o ukete iru kamoshirenu. It may perchance be influenced to some degree. [References] edit - 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN. [Verb] edit影(えい)響(きょう)する • (eikyō suru) intransitive suru (stem 影(えい)響(きょう)し (eikyō shi), past 影(えい)響(きょう)した (eikyō shita)) 1.to influence, to have an effect upon 2.1916, 和辻哲郎, ある思想家の手紙: 親(おや)たちの顔(かお)に現(あら)われたこういう気持(きも)ちはすぐ子供(こども)に影響(えいきょう)しました。 Oya-tachi no kao ni arawareta kō iu kimochi wa sugu kodomo ni eikyō shimashita. The feeling that showed on the parents' faces had an immediate effect on the children. [[Korean]] [Noun] edit影響 • (yeonghyang) (hangeul 영향) 1.Hanja form? of 영향 (“influence; effect”). [[Vietnamese]] [Noun] edit影響 1.Hán tự form of ảnh hưởng (“influence”). [Verb] edit影響 1.Hán tự form of ảnh hưởng (“to influence”). 0 0 2020/11/28 17:54 TaN
27583 flak [[English]] ipa :/flæk/[Alternative forms] edit - flack (adverse criticism and spokesperson senses) [Anagrams] edit - KLFA, falk [Etymology] editBorrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti aeroplane cannon”). [Noun] editflak (countable and uncountable, plural flaks) 1.Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. [from 1938] Synonyms: ack-ack, AAA, triple-A 2.1964, David John Cawdell Irving, The Destruction of Dresden, page 74, […] to consider whether the city was in February 1945 an undefended city within the meaning of the 1907 Hague Convention, it will be necessary to examine the establishment and subsequent total dispersal of the city's flak batteries, before the date of the triple blow. 3.2007, Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944, footnote, page 30, He was promoted to general of flak artillery on March 1, 1945, and ended the war as the general of the flak arm at OKL, the High Command of the Luftwaffe. 4.Anti-aircraft shell fire. [from 1940] Synonym: ack-ack 5.1943 November 29, Target: Germany, in Life, page 80, At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o'clock, below. 6.1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack. 7.1999, Brian O'Neill, Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer, page 118, I could hear the fragments from the flak shells hitting the plane like someone throwing rocks at it. 8.(figurative, informal) Adverse criticism. [from 1963] 9.1981 June 25, Michael Sragow, “Inside ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ - The ultimate Saturday matinee”, in Rolling Stone‎[1]: There’s always been a built-in backlash against big-scale caprices like Raiders of the Lost Ark from people who think that $20 million should be spent on more than entertainment for its own sake. Raiders may also get flak for not being as cuddly-lovable as Star Wars, or for using those old reliables – the Nazis – as villains, or for dazzling the audience with an almost brazen self-confidence. 10.1990, Joel H. Spring, The American School, 1642-1990, page 380, This filter Herman and Chomsky call “flak,” which refers to letters, speeches, phone calls, and other forms of group and individual complaints. Advertisers and broadcasters avoid programming content that might cause large volumes of flak. 11.2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport‎[2]: Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton. 12.(informal) A public-relations spokesperson. 13.2006, Edward Herman, Noam Chomsky, A Propaganda Model, in 2006 [2001], Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Douglas Kellner (editors), Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks, revised edition, page 277, AIM head, Reed Irvine's diatribes are frequently published, and right-wing network flaks who regularly assail the “liberal media,” such as Michael Ledeen, are given Op-ed column space, sympathetic reviews, and a regular place on talk shows as experts.Translations[edit]ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shellsanti-aircraft shell fireadverse criticisma public-relations spokesperson [See also] edit - flak jacket [[Albanian]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Albanian *awa-laka, from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, scuttle”) (compare Norwegian lakka (“to hop, patter about”), Latvian lèkt (“to spring, jump”), Ancient Greek ληκάω (lēkáō, “to dance to music”).[1] [Verb] editflak (first-person singular past tense flaka, participle flakur) 1.to throw, hurl, toss, fling off 2.to smack 3.(figurative) to cast off, eject 4.(figurative) to renounce, reject [[Icelandic]] ipa :/flaːk/[Etymology] editBorrowed through German flach (“flat”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flakaz. [Noun] editflak n (genitive singular flaks, nominative plural flök) 1.wreck 2.filet, (UK) fillet (of fish) [Synonyms] edit - (wreck): rekald n - (a fish fillet): flak af fiski n [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse flaga, flak [Noun] editflak n (definite singular flaket, indefinite plural flak, definite plural flaka or flakene) 1.a flake 2.floe (of ice) 3.tail (of a garment; coat tail, shirt tail) [References] edit - “flak” in The Bokmål Dictionary. - “flak_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). - “flak_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/flɑːk/[Etymology] editFrom Old Norse flaga, flak. Akin to English flake. [Noun] editflak n (definite singular flaket, indefinite plural flak, definite plural flaka) 1.a flake 2.floe (of ice) 3.tail (of a garment; coat tail, shirt tail) [References] edit - “flak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Plautdietsch]] [Adjective] editflak 1.shallow (not deep) [[Polish]] ipa :/flak/[Etymology] editFrom Middle High German vlëcke. [Further reading] edit - flak in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editflak m inan 1.sausage casing made from animal intestine 2.(informal) flat tire 3.(colloquial) innard, entrail [Related terms] edit - flaki [[Swedish]] [Anagrams] edit - falk [Etymology] editBorrowed through German flach (“flat”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flakaz. [Noun] editflak n 1.a flat object, a floe, a flatbed 2.a bed, the (open) cargo area of a vehicle (e.g. truck, lorry, pickup truck, dump truck, tip truck) 0 0 2020/11/30 09:30 TaN
27584 litany [[English]] ipa :/ˈlɪtəni/[Etymology] editFrom Old French letanie, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, “prayer”), from λιτή (litḗ, “prayer, entreaty”). [Noun] editlitany (plural litanies) 1.A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. 2.A prolonged or tedious list. 3.1988, Prepared Foods (volume 157, issues 11-13, page 9) The litany of packaging innovations introduced to or popularized in the U.S. food market over the last generation seems endless: flexible aseptic packaging, barrier plastics, squeezables, lightweight glass, the retort pouch, […] 4.2016 January 30, "America deserves more from presidential hopefuls," The National (retrieved 31 January 2016): There are, to be sure, some differences in how the candidates propose addressing this litany of concerns. 0 0 2020/11/30 09:36 TaN
27587 freight [[English]] ipa :/fɹeɪt/[Anagrams] edit - fighter, refight [Etymology] editFrom Middle English freyght, from Middle Dutch vracht, Middle Low German vrecht (“cost of transport”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to possess”), equivalent to for- +‎ aught. Cognate with Old High German frēht (“earnings”), Old English ǣht (“owndom”), and a doublet of fraught. More at for-, own. [Noun] editfreight (usually uncountable, plural freights) 1.Payment for transportation. The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal. 2.1881, Federal Reporter, 1st Series, Vol. 6, p. 412: Had the ship earned her freight? To earn freight there must, of course, be either a right delivery, or a due and proper offer to deliver the goods to the consignees. 3.Goods or items in transport. The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway. 4.2019 October, “South Wales open access bid”, in Modern Railways, page 15: Space for carrying light freight also features in Grand Union's proposal. The company says it is working with partners at Intercity Railfreight on the logistics of this, with refrigerated space to be available for movement of urgent NHS biological materials. Initially freight would be carried in the DVTs of the Class 91/Mk 4 sets, while on the Class 802s the kitchen/buffet would be located towards the centre of the train to make space for freight. 5.Transport of goods. They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense. 6.(rail transport, countable) A freight train. 7.1961 July, J.Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 423: Two westbound freights were in the vicinity and the operator was kept busy passing them radio messages with the latest information on the late running of the streamliners, to allow the enginemen to keep moving until the last possible minute before they had to sidetrack their trains to let the fast trains overtake. 8.(figurative) Cultural or emotional associations. 9.2007, B. Richards, Emotional Governance: Politics, Media and Terror (page 116) This may seem to be a quite unrealistic aim, until we note that some contributors to the emotional public sphere – advertising creatives – are very aware of the emotional freight that simple words may carry, […] [See also] edit - - Freight in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [Synonyms] edit - cargo - luggage [Verb] editfreight (third-person singular simple present freights, present participle freighting, simple past and past participle freighted) 1.(transitive) To transport (goods). 2.To load with freight. Also figurative. 3.1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,[1] Everything I did seemed awkward to me, and everything I said sounded freighted with hidden meaning. 4.2014 March 1, Rupert Christiansen, “English translations rarely sing”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R19: English National Opera is a title freighted with implications, and that first adjective promises not only a geographical reach, but a linguistic commitment too. 0 0 2020/10/15 22:39 2020/11/30 09:41 TaN
27590 chear [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Arche, REACH, acher, chare, rache, reach [Noun] editchear (uncountable) 1.Obsolete form of cheer. 2.William Blake, "Songs of Innocence": Introduction (1789) Piping down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee On a cloud I saw a child. And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!" So I piped with merry chear. 0 0 2020/12/01 10:06 TaN
27591 confort [[French]] ipa :/kɔ̃.fɔʁ/[Etymology] editFrom Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortāre, present active infinitive of confortō (“strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). [Further reading] edit - “confort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editconfort m (plural conforts) 1.comfort [[Spanish]] ipa :/konˈfort/[Etymology] editFrom French confort, from English comfort. [Noun] editconfort m (plural conforts) 1.comfort, ease 2.(colloquial, Chile) toilet paper 0 0 2020/12/01 10:06 TaN
27597 dex [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Exd. [Etymology 1] editContraction of decimal exponent. [Etymology 2] editBy shortening. [Etymology 3] editShortening of various drug names. [[Norwegian]] [Interjection] editdex 1.An expression used by some locals in Bergen (Norway) to emphasize that something is good, nice. [[Wolof]] ipa :/dɛx/[Noun] editdex 1.river 0 0 2020/12/01 15:23 TaN
27601 multiplicity [[English]] [Etymology] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:multiplicityWikipedia From Latin multiplicitas. [Noun] editmultiplicity (plural multiplicities) 1.The state of being made of multiple diverse elements. 2.(mathematics) The number of values for which a given condition holds. 3.A large indeterminate number. 4.1659, Pearson, John, “Article IV”, in An Exposition of the Creed, 5th edition, published 1683, page 189: The coronary Thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers, by that figure into which they were contrived; but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations. 5.(software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*. [Synonyms] edit - (state of being made of multiple elements): manifoldness, manyness; see also Thesaurus:manyness - (large indeterminate number): buttload, deal, load; see also Thesaurus:lot 0 0 2020/12/01 15:24 TaN
27603 pert [[English]] ipa :/pɝt/[Adjective] editpert (comparative perter, superlative pertest) 1.(of a person) Attractive. 2.(of a part of the body) Well-formed, shapely. [from 14th c.] pert breasts 3.Lively; alert and cheerful; bright. [from 16th c.] 4.1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1: "Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth" 5.2001, Donald Spoto, Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, chapter 1, 11: He was instantly attracted to Gladys's pert, fey humor and her good nature. 6.(now rare, especially of children or social inferiors) Cheeky, impertinent. [from 15th c.] 7.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333: "You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires." 8.(obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert. [14th-17th c.] (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?) 9.(obsolete) Clever. [Anagrams] edit - -pter, pret., terp [Etymology] editAphetic form of apert. [Noun] editpert (plural perts) 1.(obsolete) An impudent person. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:cheeky [Verb] editpert (third-person singular simple present perts, present participle perting, simple past and past participle perted) 1.(intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness. [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ ˈpɛrt][Etymology] editper +‎ -t [Noun] editpert 1.accusative singular of per pert indít ― to sue [[Ladin]] [Alternative forms] edit - part [Etymology] editFrom Latin pars, partem. [Noun] editpert f (plural pertes) 1.part [[Middle Dutch]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Dutch *peret, from Late Latin paraverēdus. [Further reading] edit - “pert”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 - Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “pert”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN [Noun] editpert n 1.horse [[Welsh]] ipa :/pɛrt/[Adjective] editpert (feminine singular pert, plural perton, equative perted, comparative pertach, superlative pertaf) 1.pretty, attractive 2.quaint [Mutation] edit 0 0 2020/12/01 15:39 TaN
27604 pertu [[Guinea-Bissau Creole]] [Adjective] editpertu 1.near [Etymology] editFrom Portuguese perto. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pértu. [[Norman]] [Noun] editpertu m (plural pertus) 1.(Guernsey) hole 0 0 2020/12/01 15:39 TaN
27606 perturbation [[English]] ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio [Noun] editperturbation (countable and uncountable, plural perturbations) 1.(uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed 2.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 5: But her mind had never been in such perturbation; and it needed a very strong effort to appear attentive and cheerful till the usual hour of separating allowed her the relief of quiet reflection. 3.(countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system) 4.1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Youth and Age. XLII.”, in The Essayes […], London: […] Iohn Haviland […], published 1632, OCLC 863527675, pages 247–248: Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus. 5.(countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies 6.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 5: Emma is spoiled by being the cleverest of her family. At ten years old, she had the misfortune of being able to answer questions which puzzled her sister at seventeen. She was always quick and assured: Isabella slow and diffident. [[French]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin perturbatio, perturbationem. [Further reading] edit - “perturbation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editperturbation f (plural perturbations) 1.disturbance 2.derangement 0 0 2020/12/01 15:41 TaN
27607 haptic [[English]] ipa :/ˈhæptɪk/[Adjective] edithaptic (not comparable) 1.Of or relating to the sense of touch. Synonym: tactile 2.1860, Isaac Barrow, “[Lectiones Mathematicæ] Lect. II. [Of the Parts of Mathematics.]”, in W[illiam] Whewell, editor, The Mathematical Works of Isaac Barrow, D.D. Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, OCLC 940171153, page 43, footnote: So there may be sciences of touch, taste, and smell; which will be Haptic, Geustic and Osphrantic. 3.1999, Derek Clements-Croome, “Consciousness, Well-being and the Senses”, in Derek Clements-Croome, editor, Creating the Productive Workplace, London; New York, N.Y.: E. & F. N. Spon, Routledge, →ISBN, page 34: Although the five basic senses are often studied as individual systems covering visual, auditory, taste, smell, orientation and the haptic sensations, there is an interplay between the senses. 4.2014, Christian Hatzfield; Thorsten A[lexander] Kern, “Motivation and Application of Haptic Systems”, in Christian Hatzfield and Thorsten A. Kern, editors, Engineering Haptic Devices: A Beginner's Guide for Engineers (Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems), 2nd edition, London; Heidelberg: Springer, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4471-6518-7, →ISBN, page 4: An engineer tends to describe haptics primarily in terms of forces, elongations, frequencies, mechanical tensions, and shear forces. This of course makes sense and is important for the technical design process. However haptics is more than that. Haptic perceptions range from minor interactions in everyday life, e.g., drinking from a glass or writing this text, to a means of social communication, e.g., shaking hands or giving someone a pat on the shoulder, and very personal and private interpersonal experiences. 5.(computing) Of or relating to haptics (“the study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch”). 6.1999, David J. Duke; Ivan Herman; M. Scott Marshall, “Preface”, in PREMO: A Framework for Multimedia Middleware: Specification, Rationale, and Java Binding (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 1591), Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, ISSN 0302-9743, page v: [T]he new standard should encompass other media, such as video, audio (both captured and synthetic), and in principle be extensible to new modalities such as haptic output and speech or gestural input, which have become increasingly integrated within graphics applications; […] 7.2014, Alberto Gallace; Charles Spence, “Introduction”, in In Touch with the Future: The Sense of Touch from Cognitive Neuroscience to Virtual Reality, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN: We might think, for example, about tele- (or remote) surgery, a technique that, now more than ever before, is enabling surgeons around the world to operate using haptic interfaces that control robotic systems located at different locations. 8.2015, Cody O. Karutz; Jeremy N. Bailenson, “Immersive Virtual Environments and the Classrooms of Tomorrow”, in S. Shyam Sundar, editor, The Handbook of the Psychology of Communication Technology, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 295: Haptic feedback, or virtual touch, can also contribute to an IVE [immersive virtual environment] by providing forces or resistance with a physical device that resists a physical hand or finger. […] Vibration motors in smartphones and tablets can also be seen as a rudimentary form of haptic feedback. [Anagrams] edit - -pathic, pathic, phatic [Etymology] edit A head-mounted display and wired or haptic gloves (sense 2) incorporating technology developed by the Ames Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USAFrom Ancient Greek ἁπτικός (haptikós, “able to come in contact with”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “to touch”) + -ικός (-ikós, “suffix forming an adjective from a noun”). [Further reading] edit - haptics (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - haptic technology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 0 0 2020/12/01 15:46 TaN
27609 deformable [[English]] ipa :[dɪˈfɔːməbəɫ][Adjective] editdeformable (comparative more deformable, superlative most deformable) 1.Capable of being reshaped. The adaptive optical systems in modern astronomical telescopes compensate for atmospheric distortion by using deformable mirrors. [Etymology] editdeform +‎ -able [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editdeformable (plural deformables) 1.deformable 0 0 2009/11/05 13:23 2020/12/01 15:52 TaN
27610 geniva [[Catalan]] ipa :/ʒəˈni.və/[Etymology] editFrom Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan gengiva), from Latin gingīva (compare French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. [Noun] editgeniva f (plural genives) 1.gum (flesh around the teeth) 0 0 2020/12/01 15:59 TaN
27611 Ge [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editGe 1.(chemistry) germanium. [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - E&G, EG, e.g., eg [Proper noun] editGe 1.Alternative form of Gaea 2.A group of aboriginal languages of Brazil. 0 0 2009/03/04 15:28 2020/12/01 15:59
27612 ジュネーブ [[Japanese]] [Proper noun] editジュネーブ • (Junēbu)  1.Alternative form of ジュネーヴ 0 0 2020/12/01 16:00 TaN
27613 gene [[English]] ipa :/dʒiːn/[Anagrams] edit - Enge [Etymology] editFrom German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Coined by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication, from the last syllable of pangene.[1] [Further reading] edit - gene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editgene (plural genes) 1.(genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. Coordinate term: cistron 2.2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. 3.(molecular biology) A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus. A change in a gene is reflected in the protein or RNA molecule that it codes for. [References] edit 1. ^ Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1909) Elemente der exakten Erblichkeitslehre [Elements of exact heredity]‎[1] (in German), Jena: Gustav Fischer, page 124: Darum scheint es am einfachsten, aus Darwin's[sic] bekanntem Wort die uns allein interessierende letzte Silbe „Gen“ isoliert zu verwerten, um damit das schlechte, mehrdeutige Wort „Anlage“ zu ersetzen. [[Danish]] ipa :/sjeːnə/[Etymology] editFrom French gêne. [Noun] editgene c (singular definite genen, plural indefinite gener) 1.inconvenience, nuisance (something that bothers) Røgen fra skorstenen er til gene for naboerne. The smoke from the chimney is bothering the neighbours. [References] edit - “gene” in Den Danske Ordbog [[Dutch]] ipa :-eːnə[Adjective] editgene 1.Inflected form of geen [Anagrams] edit - geen, neeg, nege [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈd͡ʒɛ.ne/[Etymology 1] editFrom German Gen. [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the main entry. [[Middle Dutch]] ipa :/ˈɣeːnə/[Determiner] editgêne 1.that over there, yonder [Etymology] editFrom Old Dutch *gēn, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. [Further reading] edit - “ghene (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 - Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gene”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN [[Portuguese]] [Further reading] edit - “gene” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. [Noun] editgene m (plural genes) 1.(genetics) gene [[Romanian]] ipa :[ˈd͡ʒene][Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [Noun] editgene f 1.indefinite plural of genă 2.indefinite genitive/dative singular of genăeditgene f 1.indefinite plural of geană 2.indefinite genitive/dative singular of geană [[Spanish]] [Noun] editgene m (plural genes) 1.gene Synonym: gen [[Turkish]] [Adverb] editgene 1.(colloquial) yine (again) [Etymology] editFrom Old Turkic yana‎ (yana). [Noun] editgene 1.dative singular of gen 0 0 2009/04/13 18:46 2020/12/01 16:00 TaN
27614 Geneva [[English]] ipa :/dʒəˈniːvə/[Anagrams] edit - avenge [Etymology] editMentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Celtic word from Proto-Indo-European *genu (“bend”), *genawa in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa. [Further reading] edit - Geneva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Geneva (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Canton of Geneva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editGeneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas) 1.Gin, especially jenever. [Proper noun] editGeneva 1.A city in Switzerland. 2.A canton of Switzerland, having Geneva as its capital. 3.The largest lake in Switzerland. 4.A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama, United States. 5.A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States. 6.A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. 7.A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra. 8.(by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention. 0 0 2010/10/09 17:03 2020/12/01 16:00 TaN
27615 laparoscopic [[English]] [Adjective] editlaparoscopic (not comparable) 1.Of, relating to, or using laparoscopy or a laparoscope. [Etymology] editlaparoscope +‎ -ic 0 0 2020/12/01 16:04 TaN
27616 力学 [[Chinese]] [[Japanese]] ipa :[ɾʲikʲiɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ][Etymology] edit力 (riki, “force”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “-ics; -graphy; -logy”) [Noun] edit力(りき)学(がく) • (rikigaku)  (kyūjitai 力學) 1.mechanics (a branch of physics) [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN 2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN 3. ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN 0 0 2020/12/01 16:15 TaN

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