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31603 inclusive [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈkluːsɪv/[Adjective] editinclusive (comparative more inclusive, superlative most inclusive) 1.Including (almost) everything within its scope. an inclusive list of data formats 2.Including the extremes as well as the area between. numbers 1 to 10 inclusive 3.(linguistics) Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed. The pronoun in "If you want, we could go back to my place for coffee" is an inclusive "we". [Etymology] editFrom Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūsus. [See also] edit - Wikipedia describes inclusive counting in Counting [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.kly.ziv/[Adjective] editinclusive 1.feminine singular of inclusif [[Italian]] [Adjective] editinclusive 1.feminine plural of inclusivo [[Portuguese]] [Adverb] editinclusive (comparative mais inclusive superlative o mais inclusive) 1.also (in addition) Synonym: também 2.even (indicating an extreme example of the case mentioned) Synonyms: até, até mesmo [[Spanish]] ipa :/inkluˈsibe/[Adverb] editinclusive 1.including, even [Further reading] edit - “inclusive” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2021/08/02 18:18 TaN
31604 legendary [[English]] [Adjective] editlegendary (comparative more legendary, superlative most legendary) 1.Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends. 2.Appearing (solely) in legends. 3.Having the splendor of a legend; fabled. 4.Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories. 5.2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport‎[1]: And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly. [Anagrams] edit - enragedly [Etymology] editlegend +‎ -ary; from Middle Latin legendarius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century. [Noun] editlegendary (plural legendaries) 1.(obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints. 2.(obsolete) One who relates legends. 3.(Pokémon) A legendary Pokémon. 0 0 2012/03/03 20:09 2021/08/02 18:19
31605 rollerblading [[English]] [Verb] editrollerblading 1.present participle of rollerblade 0 0 2021/08/02 18:19 TaN
31606 rollerblade [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - roller-blade [Etymology] editFrom the trademark Rollerblade for a brand of inline skates, from roller +‎ blade. [Noun] editrollerblade (plural rollerblades) 1.A roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole, resembling an ice skate. [Synonyms] edit - in-line skate, inline skate [Verb] editrollerblade (third-person singular simple present rollerblades, present participle rollerblading, simple past and past participle rollerbladed) 1.To roller skate using rollerblades. [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editFrom English rollerblade. [Noun] editrollerblade m (plural rollerblades) 1.rollerblade (roller skate with wheels aligned in a row) 0 0 2021/08/02 18:26 TaN
31614 catapult [[English]] ipa :/ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”) + πάλλω (pállō, “I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). [Noun] editcatapult (plural catapults or catapultæ) (catapultæ is archaic) 1.A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck. 2.(Britain) slingshot 3.An instance of firing a missile from a catapult. 4.(figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult. 5.2011 March 13, Chris Bevan, “Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham”, in BBC‎[1]: The visitors were given notice of what was to come when Huth headed wide from a Rory Delap long throw but failed to heed the warning, allowing the German defender to rise unmarked to meet another Delap catapult and plant his header into the net after 12 minutes. [See also] edit - ballista - crossbow - onager - siege engine - trebuchet, trebucket [Verb] editcatapult (third-person singular simple present catapults, present participle catapulting, simple past and past participle catapulted) 1.(transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult. 2.(transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult. 3.(transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly. The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene. 4.2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎[2]: England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday. 5.(intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult. 6.(intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly. She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate. 0 0 2009/04/06 18:12 2021/08/02 18:40 TaN
31615 commoditize [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - commoditise [Etymology] editcommodity +‎ -ize [References] edit 1. ^ Robert Hartwell Fiske’s Dictionary of Unendurable English: A Compendium of Mistakes in Grammar, Usage, and Spelling with commentary on lexicographers and linguists, Robert Hartwell Fiske, p. 99 2. ^ Surowiecki, James (1998-01-30) , “The Commoditization Conundrum”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], Slate, retrieved 2015-08-16What corporations fear is the phenomenon now known, rather inelegantly, as “commoditization.” What the term means is simply the conversion of the market for a given product into a commodity market, which is characterized by declining prices and profit margins, increasing competition, and lowered barriers to entry. (“Commoditization” is therefore different from “commodification,” the word cultural critics use to decry the corruption of higher goods by commercial values. Microprocessors are commoditized. Love is commodified.) 3. ^ Rushkoff, Douglas (2005-09-04) , “Commodified vs. Commoditized”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[2], archived from the original on 21 February 2010, retrieved 2008-07-21 [Synonyms] edit - commodify [Verb] editcommoditize (third-person singular simple present commoditizes, present participle commoditizing, simple past and past participle commoditized) 1.(US, business, proscribed) To transform into a commodity, particularly of an existing product. 0 0 2021/08/02 18:42 TaN
31616 ethos [[English]] ipa :/ˈiːθɒs/[Anagrams] edit - Theos, shote, sothe, those [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svádhā, “habit, custom”). [Noun] editethos (plural ethe or ethea or ethoses) 1.The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement. 2.2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 49: As we saw with Housing Problems, this 'telling one's own story' is an ethos Edgar Anstey would have applauded, and it was an ethos that has fed into Network Rail's work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Green explains: "COVID has produced huge challenges for us, but it showed there is such a need for film-making at a time like this." 3.(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct. 4.(aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈeː.tʰos/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos). [Noun] editēthos n (irregular, genitive ētheos); third declension 1.Synonym of mōrēs 2.(drama) character 3.(Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?) 4.77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia 35.98: Is omnium prīmus animum pīnxit et sēnsūs hominis expressit, quae vocant Graecī ēthē, item perturbātiōnēs, dūrior paulō in colōribus. He [viz. Aristides of Thebes] was the first of all painters who depicted the mind and expressed the feelings of a human being, what the Greeks term ethe, and also the emotions; he was a little too hard in his colours. [References] edit - ēthos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - ethos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887) - ēthŏs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 604/1 - “ēthos” on page 623/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editethos m (plural ethos) 1.(aesthetics) ethos (the character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture or movement) 0 0 2009/07/27 16:38 2021/08/02 18:42 TaN
31619 Syracuse [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɪɹəkjuːz/[Etymology] editUltimately from Ancient Greek Συρακοῦσαι (Surakoûsai); compare Latin Syracusae. [Noun] editSyracuse (uncountable) 1.A type of red wine. [Proper noun] editSyracuse (plural Syracuses) 1.A surname​. 2.A province of Sicily, Italy. 3.A city in Italy; the capital city of the province. 4.A city, the county seat of Onondaga County, New York. 5.Syracuse University (in New York) 6.A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Kansas. 7.A city in Utah. 8.A city in Missouri. 9.A city in Nebraska. 10.A town in Indiana. 11.A village in Ohio. [[French]] ipa :/si.ʁa.kyz/[Proper noun] editSyracuse f 1.Syracuse, city and province in Italy. [[Italian]] [Proper noun] editSyracuse 1.Syracuse (a city in New York, United States) [[Portuguese]] [Proper noun] editSyracuse f 1.Syracuse (a city in New York, United States) Synonym: Siracusa 0 0 2021/08/02 18:44 TaN
31626 deliberately [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/[Adverb] editdeliberately (comparative more deliberately, superlative most deliberately) 1.Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally. He deliberately broke that, didn't he? 2.Taking one's time, slowly and carefully. After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard. [Etymology] editdeliberate +‎ -ly 0 0 2012/10/21 13:37 2021/08/02 18:58
31629 into [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪn.tuː/[Anagrams] edit - -tion, -toin, Toni, noit, oint, on it [Etymology] editFrom Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to. Cognate with Scots intae. [Preposition] editinto 1.To or towards the inside of. 2.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity: He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. 3.2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1-0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport: This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner. Mary danced into the house. Pour the wine into the decanter. 4.To or towards the region of. We left the house and walked into the street. The eagle flew off into the wide blue sky. 5.Against, especially with force or violence. The car crashed into the tree. I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall 6.Indicates transition into another form or substance. 7.2002, Matt Cyr, Something to Teach Me: Journal of an American in the Mountains of Haiti, Educa Vision, Inc., →ISBN, 25: His English is still in its beginning stages, like my Creole, but he was able to translate some Creole songs that he's written into English—not the best English, but English nonetheless. 8.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale. Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf! 9.After the start of. 10.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp: “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board. 11.(colloquial) Interested in or attracted to. She's really into Shakespeare right now My date for tonight has black hair, and I'm into that. 12.(Britain, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.[1] Five into three is fifteen. 13.(mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes". Three into two won't go. 24 goes into 48 how many times? 14.Investigating the subject (of). There have been calls for research into the pesticides that are blamed for the decline in bee populations. [References] edit 1. ^ “into”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8 [[Finnish]] ipa :/ˈinto/[Anagrams] edit - Toni, otin, toin [Etymology] editFrom dialectal inta, from Proto-Finnic *inta (compare Estonian ind, Livonian ind), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)). [Noun] editinto 1.eagerness, enthusiasm odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to 2.passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor 3.zeal, fanaticism [Synonyms] edit - (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus - (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo - (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko [[Ligurian]] ipa :/ˈiŋtu/[Contraction] editinto 1.in the (+ a masculine name in the singular) 2.1984, Fabrizio De André (lyrics), Mauro Pagani (music), “Sinàn Capudàn Pascià”, in Crêuza de mä [Muletrack by the sea], performed by Fabrizio De André: Into mêzo do mâ gh'è 'n péscio tondo / che, quando o vedde e brutte, o va 'nscio fondo In the middle of the sea is a round fish, that goes to the bottom when things turn ugly [Etymology] editContraction of inte (“in”) + o m sg (“the”, definite article). [Synonyms] edit - ne-o [[Middle English]] [Preposition] editinto 1.Alternative spelling of in-to [[Neapolitan]] ipa :/ind̪ɐ/[Etymology] editFrom Latin intus [Preposition] editinto 1.in (surrounded by) [[Old English]] ipa :/inˈtoː/[Etymology] editin +‎ tō [Preposition] editintō 1.into [[Southern Ndebele]] [Noun] editîntó 9 (plural ízintó 10) 1.thing [[Xhosa]] ipa :[íːⁿtó][Noun] editíntó 9 (plural ízintó 10) 1.thing [[Yemsa]] [Noun] editinto 1.mother [References] edit - David Appleyard, Beja as a Cushitic language, in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies: In Memoriam W. Vycichl (Yem into "mother") [[Zulu]] ipa :/îːntó/[Etymology] editFrom in- +‎ -tha (“to name, to choose”) +‎ -o. Compare with a similar derivation in Swahili jambo. [Noun] editîntó 9 (plural ízintó 10) 1.thing [References] edit - C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-tho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-tho (2-6.3)” 0 0 2017/06/21 16:41 2021/08/02 20:53
31637 week [[English]] ipa :/wik/[Alternative forms] edit - weeke (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅̹̺͉ (wikō, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis. Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick. [Further reading] edit - ISO 8601 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editweek (plural weeks) 1.Any period of seven consecutive days. 2.2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68: Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return. 3.A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. 4.A period of five days beginning with Monday. 5.A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath. A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 6.Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date. I'll see you Thursday week. [Synonyms] edit - hebdomad, sennight [[Afrikaans]] [Etymology] editFrom Dutch week, from Middle Dutch weke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, West Frisian wike, German Woche. [Noun] editweek (plural weke) 1.week Daar is sewe dae in die week. ― There are seven days in the week. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ʋeːk/[Anagrams] edit - kwee - weke [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch wēke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle Dutch wêec, from Old Dutch *wēk, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. [Etymology 3] editSee the etymology of the main entry. [[Middle English]] [Noun] editweek 1.Alternative form of weke (“week”) 0 0 2010/12/07 16:34 2021/08/02 21:16
31638 mysterious [[English]] ipa :-ɪəriəs[Adjective] editmysterious (comparative more mysterious, superlative most mysterious) 1.Of unknown origin. Synonym: untraceable He received a mysterious phone call this morning. 2.Having unknown qualities. Synonyms: esoteric, uncertain, undefined; see also Thesaurus:mysterious Hyponyms: anonymous, faceless, unexplored, unnamed, long-mysterious Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us. 3.1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] ‎[1], fourth edition, page 252: God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm. 4.Difficult to understand. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:incomprehensible Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious. 5.Deliberately evasive or enigmatic. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:covert Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want. [Etymology] editFrom Middle French mystérieux. 0 0 2021/08/02 21:17 TaN
31639 disappearance [[English]] ipa :/dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/[Etymology] editMorphologically disappear +‎ -ance. [Noun] editdisappearance (countable and uncountable, plural disappearances) 1.The action of disappearing or vanishing. 0 0 2021/08/02 21:17 TaN
31642 crank up [[English]] [Verb] editcrank up (third-person singular simple present cranks up, present participle cranking up, simple past and past participle cranked up) 1.To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking. Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin. 2.(idiomatic) To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something. He cranked up the volume to 11. 3.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC‎[1]: And it was not until Ryan Shawcross's towering header was cleared off the line by Danny Murphy on the stroke of half-time that Stoke started to crank up the pressure and suggest they were capable of getting back into the match. 4.To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote. 5.2003, Chris Jenks, Transgression: Was the great machine ever what it was cranked up to be? 6.2004, Michael Pinchot, Panamanian Tundra, page 66: Let's hope your ol' buddy Majors is all he's cranked up to be, for we're about to introduce him to what you yanks refer to as hard ball. 7.2013, Alistair Moffat, Susan Mansfield, Alexander Smith, The Great Tapestry of Scotland: The Making of a Masterpiece: That whole campaign was a damp squib, they cranked it up as a real possibility that Scotland might win, and when we actually got there it didn't happen like that, and everybody came home quite early with their tails between their legs. 0 0 2017/02/16 12:54 2021/08/02 21:28 TaN
31643 panne [[English]] ipa :/pæn/[Anagrams] edit - Penna, penna [Etymology] editBorrowed from French panne. [Noun] editpanne (countable and uncountable, plural pannes) 1.A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin. 2.A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close. 3.(ecology) A wetland consisting of a small depression, with or without standing water, often in a salt marsh or other coastal wetland. [[Afrikaans]] [Noun] editpanne 1.plural of pan [[Dutch]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from French panne. [Noun] editpanne m or f (plural pannes) 1.breakdown [Synonyms] edit - pech [[Estonian]] [Noun] editpanne 1.partitive plural of pann [[Finnish]] [Anagrams] edit - panen [Verb] editpanne 1.Potential connegative form of panna. [[French]] ipa :/pan/[Etymology] editFrom Old French panne (“a fur lining; a warp resulting from such a lining, hence a breakdown”), from Medieval Latin panna, alteration of Latin penna (“quill”), from pinna (“feather, wing”). The transition of sense from "feather/wing" to "fur" is due to an associative analogy to the corresponding Frankish word *feder, which could mean both "feather" and "fur"; compare Old High German vëder, federe (“feather"/"fur”). [Further reading] edit - “panne” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editpanne f (plural pannes) 1.plush velvet 2.breakdown (state of no longer functioning) 3.purlin [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - penna [Noun] editpanne f 1.plural of pannaeditpanne f (invariable) 1.breakdown (of a car etc) [[Latin]] [Noun] editpanne 1.vocative singular of pannus [[Makasar]] ipa :[ˈpanːɛ][Noun] editpanne (Lontara spelling ᨄᨊᨙ) 1.plate (flat dish) [[Middle Dutch]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Dutch *panna, from Latin panna, contraction of patina. [Further reading] edit - “panne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 - Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “panne (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I [Noun] editpanne f 1.pan 2.firepan 3.roof tile [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈpan(ə)/[Etymology 1] editInherited from Old English panne, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ, from Late Latin panna. [Etymology 2] editBorrowed from Old French panne, from Late Latin panna. [Etymology 3] editBorrowed from Old French pan. [[Norman]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Noun] editpanne f (plural pannes) 1.(Jersey) chasing in stone [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse panna [Noun] editpanne f or m (definite singular panna or pannen, indefinite plural panner, definite plural pannene) 1.(anatomy) forehead 2.pan (for cooking) [References] edit - “panne” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse panna [Noun] editpanne f (definite singular panna, indefinite plural panner, definite plural pannene) 1.(anatomy) the forehead 2.a pan (for cooking) [References] edit - “panne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old English]] ipa :/ˈpɑn.ne/[Noun] editpanne f 1.pan, frying pan Hū fela ǣġra wilt þū þæt iċ on þǣre pannan brǣde? How many eggs do you want me to fry in the pan? 2.late 12th century, Peri Didaxeon Hǣt þæt wīn on clǣnre pannan. Heat the wine in a clean pan. [[Slovak]] ipa :[ˈpane][Noun] editpanne f 1.dative/locative singular of panna 0 0 2012/11/12 16:07 2021/08/02 21:34
31646 PAN [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editPAN 1.The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Panama. [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - -nap, ANP, NAP, NPA, PNA, anp, nap [Noun] editPAN (countable and uncountable, plural PANs) 1.Acronym of primary account number. 2.Acronym of personal area network. 3.(organic chemistry) Initialism of polyacrylonitrile. 4.(organic chemistry) Initialism of peroxyacetyl nitrate. [Proper noun] editPAN 1.(linguistics) Abbreviation of Proto-Austronesian. [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editPAN m 1.(Brazil) Acronym of partido dos aposentados da nação. [[Spanish]] [Proper noun] editPAN 1.(Mexico) Initialism of Partido Acción Nacional. 2.(Guatemala) Initialism of Partido de Avanzada Nacional. 0 0 2009/07/07 18:23 2021/08/02 21:34 TaN
31647 skewed [[English]] ipa :-uːd[Adjective] editskewed 1.Twisted at an angle. 2.(statistics, of information) Biased, distorted [Anagrams] edit - deskew [Verb] editskewed 1.simple past tense and past participle of skew 0 0 2009/04/23 19:36 2021/08/02 21:39 TaN
31651 coming of age [[English]] [Noun] editcoming of age (usually uncountable, plural comings of age) 1.A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood. 0 0 2021/08/02 21:40 TaN
31654 preseason [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - open-arses [Etymology] editpre- +‎ season [Noun] editpreseason (plural preseasons) 1.(sports) The period before the start of a sporting season, during which players undergo training and venues are prepared [Verb] editpreseason (third-person singular simple present preseasons, present participle preseasoning, simple past and past participle preseasoned) 1.(transitive) To season in advance. 2.2004, Molly Stevens, All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking (page 10) The most popular Dutch ovens are constructed of enameled cast iron, which requires none of the preseasoning and special care of ordinary cast iron but maintains the same gentle, even heat. 0 0 2021/08/03 08:07 TaN
31661 equal [[English]] ipa :/ˈiːkwəl/[Adjective] editequal (not generally comparable, comparative more equal, superlative most equal) 1.(not comparable) The same in all respects. Equal conditions should produce equal results. All men are created equal. 2.1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me. 3.English Wikipedia has an article on:Equality (mathematics)Wikipedia (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value. All right angles are equal. 4.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 5.(obsolete) Fair, impartial. 6.1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica: it could not but much redound to the lustre of your milde and equall Government, when as private persons are hereby animated to thinke ye better pleas'd with publick advice, then other statists have been delighted heretofore with publicke flattery. 7.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ezekiel 18:29: Are not my ways equal? 8.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book VI, canto VI, stanza 35: Thee, O Jove, no equall judge I deem. 9.(comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified. This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it. 10.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter X, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299: Here was a man some twenty thousand miles from home, by the way of Cape Horn, that is—which was the only way he could get there—thrown among people as strange to him as though he were in the planet Jupiter; and yet he seemed entirely at his ease; preserving the utmost serenity; content with his own companionship; always equal to himself. 11.1881, Jane Austen, Emma, page 311 her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged. 12.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305: The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English. 13.1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415: much less is it in my power to make my commendations equal to your merits. 14.1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody […] whose voice an equal messenger / Conveyed thy meaning mild. 15.(obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even. an equal movement 16.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 80026745: an equal temper 17.(music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed. [Alternative forms] edit - æqual (archaic), æquall (archaic) [Anagrams] edit - Quale, quale, queal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin aequālis, of unknown origin. Doublet of egal. [Noun] editequal (plural equals) 1.A person or thing of equal status to others. We're all equals here. This beer has no equal. 2.1712 January 4, Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “MONDAY, December 24, 1711 [Julian calendar]”, in The Spectator, number 256; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697: Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. 3.2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 150: They had hoped their son, a stockbroker, would marry a financial equal, but Suzette, a teacher, did not come from money. 4.(obsolete) State of being equal; equality. (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?) [Synonyms] edit - (the same in all respects): identical - (the same in all relevant respects): equivalent - (unvarying): even, fair, uniform, unvaryingedit - (to be equal to): be, is - (informal, have as its consequence): entail, imply, lead to, mean, result in, spelledit - (person or thing of equal status to others): peer [Verb] editequal (third-person singular simple present equals, present participle (Commonwealth) equalling or (US) equaling, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) equalled or (US) equaled) 1.(mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to. Two plus two equals four. 2.(transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match. 3.2004, Mary Levy and Jim Kelly, Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?: There was an even more remarkable attendance figure that underscores the devotion exhibited by our fans, because it was in 1991 that they set a single season in-stadium attendance record that has never been equaled. David equaled the water levels of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter. 4.(informal) To have as its consequence. Losing this deal equals losing your job. Might does not equal right. 0 0 2021/08/03 08:13 TaN
31667 supposed [[English]] ipa :/səˈpəʊzd/[Adjective] editsupposed (not comparable) 1.Presumed to be true, but without proof Muhammad is the supposed messenger of God. 2.(with infinitive) Generally considered or expected. The movie is supposed to be good. 3.(with infinitive) Having an obligation. You are not supposed to smoke in the restaurant. [Note: this means, you are obliged not to smoke.] The phone is supposed to come with a manual. 4.(with infinitive) Intended. The phone is supposed to save us time. [Verb] editsupposed 1.simple past tense and past participle of suppose 0 0 2012/08/27 09:58 2021/08/03 08:16
31669 organic [[English]] ipa :/ɔːˈɡænɪk/[Adjective] editorganic (comparative more organic, superlative most organic) 1.(biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. [from 1778] 2.(physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism. 3.(chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products. 4.(agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body. [from 1942] 5.(sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe). 6.(military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached). 7.1998: Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit. Beghahn Books, p 29. Socially, the term “organic” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past. 8.1945: U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces. LSU Press (1990). p 161. Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies. 9.Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. 10.[1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London: Printed for Thomas Underhill and/or for Thomas Johnson], OCLC 946735316: those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously 11.(Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers. 12.2008, Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results. 13.Developing in a gradual or natural fashion. The writing of the script was an organic process. 14.Harmonious; coherent; structured. The production came together in an organic whole. [Alternative forms] edit - organick (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - Goričan, agrocin [Etymology] editFrom Middle English organic, organik, from Old French organique, from Latin organicus. [Noun] editorganic (plural organics) 1.(chemistry) An organic compound. 2.An organic food. 3.(science fiction) A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram. [References] edit - organic at OneLook Dictionary Search - organic in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. - "organic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 227. - organic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [See also] edit - inorganic [[Interlingua]] [Adjective] editorganic (not comparable) 1.organic (pertaining to organs) [[Middle English]] ipa :/ɔrˈɡaniːk/[Adjective] editorganic 1.Resembling or functioning like an organ; composed of distinct divisions. 2.(rare) Positioned around the neck or nape (used of veins) [Alternative forms] edit - organice, organik, organys, organise [Etymology] editBorrowed from Old French organique, borrowed itself from Latin organicus. Equivalent to organe +‎ -ik. 0 0 2021/08/03 08:18 TaN
31670 organic growth [[English]] [Noun] editorganic growth (uncountable) 1.(business) The business expansion through increasing output and sales as opposed to mergers, acquisitions and takeovers. 0 0 2021/08/03 08:18 TaN
31674 pitching [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/[Noun] editpitching (plural pitchings) 1.The act of throwing or casting. wild pitching in baseball 2.The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. 3.c. 1874, Henry Mayhew, London Characters All this testifies to that yearning for green fields and rural sports which a life amidst bricks, pavements and pitching-stones 4.(engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. [References] edit - pitching in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Verb] editpitching 1.present participle of pitch As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly. 0 0 2017/08/30 09:33 2021/08/03 08:20 TaN
31687 truck [[English]] ipa :/tɹʌk/[Etymology 1] editPerhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English truken, troken, trukien, from Old English trucian (“to fail, run short, deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-West Germanic *trukijan (“to fail, miss, lack”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew-, *derwu- (“to tear, wrap, reap”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split”). Cognate with Middle Low German troggelen (“to cheat, deceive, swindle”), Dutch troggelen (“to extort”), German dialectal truggeln (“to flatter, fawn”). [Etymology 3] editFrom dialectal truck, truk, trokk, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Norwegian dialectal trokka, trakka (“to stamp, trample, go to and fro”), Danish trykke (“to press, press down, crush, squeeze”), Swedish trycka. More at thrutch. [Etymology 4] editFrom Middle English trukien, from unrecorded Anglo-Norman and Old French words (attested in Medieval Latin trocare, Spanish trocar), of unknown origin. [[Dutch]] ipa :/tryk/[Etymology] editFrom English truck [Noun] edittruck m (plural trucks, diminutive truckje n) 1.truck, lorry [[French]] ipa :/tʁɔk/[Etymology] editFrom English truck. [Noun] edittruck m (plural trucks) 1.(Canada, Louisiana) truck [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editFrom English truck. [Noun] edittruck c 1.forklift 0 0 2021/08/03 08:25 TaN
31689 unduplicated [[English]] [Etymology 1] editun- +‎ duplicated [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2021/08/03 08:27 TaN
31690 bad luck [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - good luck - good fortune [Noun] editbad luck (uncountable) 1.(uncountable) an undesirable turn of events such as an accident; misfortune 2.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side. [Synonyms] edit - hard luck - tough luck - ill luck - mischance - misluck - mishap - misfortune 0 0 2021/08/03 09:15 TaN
31691 firehose [[English]] [Noun] editfirehose (plural firehoses) 1.Alternative spelling of fire hose 2.(Internet, neologism) Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream. 3.2015, Ismail Khalil, Erich Neuhold, A Min Tjoa, Li Da Xu, Ilsun You, Information and Communication Technology: Third IFIP TC 5/8 International Conference The programmer must override the method on_data(), which processes each tweet that is taken from the firehose. [See also] edit - drink from a firehose [Verb] editfirehose (third-person singular simple present firehoses, present participle firehosing, simple past and past participle firehosed) 1.To wash something down with a firehose; to douse with a large amount of water (or chemical agent) sprayed from a hose, to extinguish a fire. 0 0 2021/08/03 09:16 TaN
31693 operationally [[English]] [Adverb] editoperationally (not comparable) 1.In an operational manner; in accordance with an operation. [Etymology] editoperational +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/08/03 09:17 TaN
31696 net-net [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - net net [Anagrams] edit - entent, tenent, tenten [Interjection] editnet-net 1.(finance, humorous) Get to the point; stop rambling; show me the bottom line. [Noun] editnet-net (uncountable) 1.A value investing technique developed by Benjamin Graham[1] in which a company is valued based solely on its net current assets. [References] edit 1. ^ Graham on Security Analysis, 6 ed. Amazon 0 0 2021/08/03 09:19 TaN
31697 net net [[English]] [Adverb] editnet net (not comparable) 1.(business) After all subtractions and allowances. Net net, we're losing money. 2.(management) Without lengthy explanation. Net net, what do we have to do today? [Anagrams] edit - entent, tenent, tenten [Noun] editnet net (plural net nets) 1.(business) A true and final result, after more than the obvious subtractions and allowances. What's the net net? [See also] edit - get to the point 0 0 2021/08/03 09:19 TaN
31699 impacted [[English]] [Adjective] editimpacted (comparative more impacted, superlative most impacted) 1.Having undergone an impact. 2.(dentistry) Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction. Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted. 3.(US, economics) Having lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid. 4.1983, United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office, Green River - Hams Fork coal region: round two Table A3-1 compares the capabilities of (1) impacted communities and school districts to finance capital improvements from their own resources […] 5.2000, Congressional Record, V. 146, Pt. 6, May 10, 2000 to May 23, 2000 Like many of my colleagues, I represent one of the most highly impacted schools in the Nation. This school relies on the impact aid program. [Verb] editimpacted 1.simple past tense and past participle of impact 0 0 2021/08/03 09:21 TaN
31703 gadfly [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡædflaɪ/[Etymology] editFrom gad (“spike”) +‎ fly. [Further reading] edit - horse-fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - botfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editgadfly (plural gadflies) 1.Any dipterous insect of the family Oestridae, commonly known as botflies. Synonyms: botfly, warble fly 2.A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood. Synonyms: horsefly, stoat-fly, stout 3.2005, Rafael Argullol, The End of the World as a Work of Art: A Western Story, Bucknell University Press (→ISBN), page 48: Vengeful Hera transformed her into an animal (a beautiful cow), and imposed upon her the company of a gadfly to sting her continuously, thus forcing her to escape on an endless pilgrimage. 4.(figuratively) One who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:maverick 5.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 26, 27: What was required now was the intervention of some men who were not gadflies. […] The logic of Pearson's arguments was accepted, up to a point, by a consortium of businessmen. In August 1854 […] the consortium obtained royal assent for […] the Metropolitan Railway. […] In 1859, when it looked as though the Metropolitan Railway Company would be wound up with no line built, he [Charles Pearson] wrote a pamphlet: […] . Gadfly he may have been, but by this 'letter' he persuaded the Corporation of London to invest £200,000 in the line, a most unusual example of a public body investing in a Victorian railway. 6.2021 April 10, John Leland, “This Heroin-Using Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Drugs”, in The New York Times‎[1], ISSN 0362-4331: Dr. Hart, 54, the first tenured African-American science professor at Columbia, is a gadfly among drug researchers and a rock star among advocates for decriminalizing drugs. 7.(derogatory) One who merely irritates without making useful suggestions. 8.(derogatory, slang) A bloodsucker; a person who takes without giving back. Synonyms: bloodsucker; see also Thesaurus:scrounger He's a regular gadfly and takes advantage of his friend's generosity. 0 0 2021/08/03 09:26 TaN
31710 readies [[English]] ipa :-ɛdiz[Anagrams] edit - dearies [Etymology 1] editready +‎ -s, from ready money. [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2021/08/03 09:29 TaN
31712 Ready [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Yarde, dayer, deary, deray, rayed, yeard [Proper noun] editReady (plural Readys) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Ready is the 6896th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4875 individuals. Ready is most common among White (85.42%) individuals. 0 0 2021/08/03 09:29 TaN
31713 Int'l [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Lint, lint [Noun] editInt'l 1.(law) Abbreviation of international. 0 0 2021/08/03 09:29 TaN
31716 skyrocket [[English]] ipa :/ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/[Antonyms] edit - plummet [Etymology] editsky +‎ rocket [Noun] editskyrocket (plural skyrockets)English Wikipedia has an article on:skyrocketWikipedia 1.A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc. 2.(by extension) A rebuke, a scolding. 3.(Britain, Australia, rhyming slang) Pocket. [Synonyms] edit - (type of firework): maroon [Verb] editskyrocket (third-person singular simple present skyrockets, present participle skyrocketing, simple past and past participle skyrocketed) 1.To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike. 2.2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 101, number 2, page 134: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent. The shortage caused prices to skyrocket. 0 0 2021/08/03 09:31 TaN
31721 reassuring [[English]] ipa :/ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/[Adjective] editreassuring (comparative more reassuring, superlative most reassuring) 1.That reassures; causing comfort or confidence. 2.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess‎[1]: The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […]. 3.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 95: It was reassuring to be back in the regent's warm embrace. [Noun] editreassuring (plural reassurings) 1.reassurance 2.1900, Mark Twain, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Alfred trembled, and felt a great sinking inside, but he did what he could to conceal his misery, and to respond with some show of heart to the Major's kindly pettings and reassurings. [Verb] editreassuring 1.present participle of reassure 0 0 2009/04/03 16:08 2021/08/03 09:37 TaN
31722 reassure [[English]] ipa :/ɹiəˈʃʊə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - erasures [Etymology] editFrom Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- +‎ assure. [References] edit - reassure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - reassure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Verb] editreassure (third-person singular simple present reassures, present participle reassuring, simple past and past participle reassured) 1.(transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt. The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed. 2.(transitive) To reinsure. 0 0 2009/02/16 23:13 2021/08/03 09:37 TaN
31725 talkback [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - backtalk [Etymology] edittalk +‎ back [Noun] edittalkback (plural talkbacks) 1.A system in broadcasting and recording studios that enables the director to communicate with others during performance. 2.(by extension) Communication from members of the public to the makers of a broadcast transmission while it is happening. 0 0 2021/08/03 09:49 TaN
31732 painfully [[English]] ipa :/ˈpeɪnfəli/[Adverb] editpainfully (comparative more painfully, superlative most painfully) 1.In a painful manner; as if in pain. I limped painfully down the stairs. 2.1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter IX, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, London: Methuen & Co., […], published 1907, OCLC 270548466; The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1907, OCLC 1107573959, page 193: The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room. 3.(informal) Badly; poorly. That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful +‎ -ly. 0 0 2021/08/03 11:00 TaN
31734 nowhere near [[English]] [Adverb] editnowhere near 1.Not by a large margin, not nearly, not at all. He's not bad, but he's nowhere near as good as me. We have nowhere near enough money to buy you a car. 2.2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: England, defensively, were not good enough - nowhere near the standard that would be acceptable at the highest international level. [References] edit - nowhere near (Check: CB, CD, CO, LX, LM, MM, MW, OL, TFD) - “nowhere-not-anywhere-near” (US) / “nowhere-not-anywhere-near” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. 0 0 2021/07/01 14:40 2021/08/03 11:00 TaN
31735 precludes [[English]] [Verb] editprecludes 1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preclude 0 0 2009/10/02 09:44 2021/08/03 12:53 TaN
31741 worship [[English]] ipa :/ˈwɜːʃɪp/[Alternative forms] edit - wurship (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English worschippe, worthschipe, from Old English weorþsċipe; synchronically analyzable as worth (“worthy, honorable”) +‎ -ship. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). [Noun] editworship (usually uncountable, plural worships) 1.(obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction. 2.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I: I will be on horsbak said the knyght / thenne was Arthur wrothe and dressid his sheld toward hym with his swerd drawen / whan the knyght sawe that / he a lyghte / for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsbak and he on foot and so he alyght & dressid his sheld vnto Arthur 3.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3: Then he forth on his journey did proceede, / To seeke adventures which mote him befall, / And win him worship through his warlike deed […]. 4.The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. 5.The religious ceremonies that express this devotion. 6.1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. 7.(by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference. 8.(also by extension) Ardent love. 9.An object of worship. 10.1882 or later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michel Angelo In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair. 11.Honour; respect; civil deference. 12.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto II, stanza 8: of which great worth and worship may be won 13.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 14:10: Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. 14.(chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates 15.2010, Val McDermid, A Place of Execution: 'Your Worships, I have a submission to put before the court. As Your Worships are aware, it is the duty of the court under Section thirty-nine of the Children and Young Persons Act to protect the identity of minors who are victims of offences […] [References] edit - worship at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. For synonyms and antonyms you may use the templates {{syn|en|...}} or {{ant|en|...}}. - adoration - reverence - idolatry [Verb] editworship (third-person singular simple present worships, present participle (Commonwealth) worshipping or (US) worshiping, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) worshipped or (US) worshiped or (obsolete) worshipt) 1.(transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of. 2.1598–1599 (first performance)​, William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, 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 IV, scene i]: God is to be worshipped. 3.1655, John Milton, Sonnet 18 When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones. 4.(transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. 5.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 251: 'All the household worshipped her.' 6.a. 1639, Thomas Carew, A Cruell Mistris With bended knees I daily worship her. 7.(intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies. We worship at the church down the road. 0 0 2009/10/11 12:39 2021/08/03 13:21 TaN
31743 tied [[English]] ipa :/taɪd/[Adjective] edittied (comparative more tied, superlative most tied) 1.Closely connected or associated. As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another. 2.1961 October 19, “Berliner Discusses ' Problem”, in Daily Collegian, State College, PA: It is financially too tied to West Germany to exist by itself, he explained . 3.1995 March 16, “Team Turmoil: No Peace, No Chance”, in New York Daily News: The fact that we weren't tied together as a team last year cost us the championship. Houston was more tied together as a team than us." 4.2001, Wendy Holmes, Speech Synthesis and Recognition, →ISBN, page 151: One straightforward way of taking advantage of these similarities to provide more data for training the model parameters is to use the same Gaussian distributions to represent all the states of all models, with only the mixture weights being state-specific. Thus the distribution parameters are tied across the different states, and this type of model is often referred to as a tied mixture. 5.2003 June 24, “Why Cut Rates Again When Recovery Is Near?”, in Hartford (CT) Courant: But this time -- because of the rare and dangerous threat of widespread price declines -- the anticipated rate cut is even more tied to mental mechanics. 6.2008 March 27, “Obama: Clinton too tied to DC insiders”, in Myrtle Beach (NC) Sun News: Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that his chief rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, was too closely tied to the Washington status quo to bring about change. 7.Restricted. 8.1962 September 18, “29 Escape By Tunnel”, in Ocala (FL) Star-Banner: The city has at times fogged the outside-ocala area, but the county claims its hands are too tied, legally and financially, for it to render much aid. 9.1966 June 15, “How Far Will The High Court Go?”, in Eugene (OR) Register-Guard: Unquestionably many persons, guilty as sin, will now go free because the policeman's hands are tied, even more tied than they were as the result of similar decisions over the last five years. 10.Conditional on other agreements being upheld. 11.1996, Colin H. Kirkpatrick & John Weiss, Cost-benefit Analysis and Project Appraisal in Developing Countries, →ISBN, page 163: There are two distinct ways in which tied aid can undermine the value of aid to the recipient: overpricing and distorting the nature of aid. 12.(sports or games) That resulted in a tie. 13.2013, Larry Powell & Tom Garrett, The Films of John G. Avildsen, →ISBN, page 181: That tied score will require a “sudden death” round where Barnes can deliver a finishing move on Daniel. 14.Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use. 15.2003, Alun Howkins, The Death of Rural England, →ISBN, page 174: For generations farmers had argued that tied cottages were a perk and necessary to keep good workers, yet the reality for literally thousands was very different. 16.2006, Andrew W. Cox, Paul Ireland, & Mike Townsend, Managing in Construction Supply Chains and Markets, →ISBN, page 216: Traditionally, the vast majority of public houses were owned or controlled as brewers' tied estates, usually operated on a regional basis. 17.(archeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another. [Anagrams] edit - -tide, DIET, Diet, diet, dite, diët, edit, edit., tide [Verb] edittied 1.simple past tense and past participle of tie [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈtijɛd][Further reading] edit - tied in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN [Pronoun] edittied 1.Alternative form of tiéd [[Livonian]] [Alternative forms] edit - (Courland) tī'edõedit - (Courland) tieudõ [Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Finnic *tektäk. [Etymology 2] editFrom Proto-Finnic *teetädäk. [Verb] edittied 1.doedittied 1.know [[Ludian]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Finnic *teeto. [Noun] edittied 1.knowledge [[Volapük]] ipa :/tiˈed/[Etymology] editBorrowing from English tea. [Noun] edittied (nominative plural tieds) 1.tea 2.1951, "Parab", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, No. 5, pages 17-18. E ven of äkömof soaro feniko ini lom okik, tän ägifof tiedi se tiedaskal largentik, si! ab nek äpladom blümio stuli pro of. And when she came home tired in the evening, she then poured some tea from the silver teapot, yes, but nobody put a chair available for her. [[Zealandic]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch tijt, from Old Dutch tīt, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz. [Noun] edittied m (plural [please provide]) 1.time 0 0 2021/08/03 17:29 TaN
31744 superhero [[English]] ipa :/s(j)upə(ɹ)hɪɹoʊ/[Antonyms] edit - supervillain [Etymology] editsuper- +‎ hero [Noun] edit Mighty Mouse in "Wolf! Wolf!" (1945)superhero (plural superheroes) 1.Any kind of fantasy/science fiction crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature. 0 0 2021/08/03 17:36 TaN
31752 smash [[English]] ipa :/smæʃ/[Anagrams] edit - HMSAS, SAHMs, Sahms, Shams, shams [Etymology] editFrom a blend of smack +‎ mash. Compare Swedish smask (“a light explosion, crack, report”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”). [Noun] editsmash (plural smashes) 1.The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together. I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding. 2.(Britain, colloquial) A traffic collision. The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash. 3.(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc); a hit. This new show is sure to be a smash. 4.2007 June 26, Jackie Collins, Drop Dead Beautiful, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 440: The dress is a smash. 5.2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, “How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world”, in The Daily Telegraph‎[1]: Soundcheck for the band, today, takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It is late afternoon and while the arena's 17,000 outdoor seats are still empty the four members of Mumford & Sons – prospering British folk band, in the middle of a long tour of Australia, the US and the UK, their newly released album Babel a smash on all fronts – wander to centre stage. 6.2019, Ginaluca Russo, "Taylor Swift Stuns In a Periwinkle Ruffle Mini Dress on the Billboard Music Awards Red Carpet", Teen Vogue, 1 May 2019: All together, this look is a smash in our books. 7.2020 July 29, Sharon Rigsby, Southern squash casserole is a smash for any occasion‎[2]: 8.(tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward. A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points. 9.2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport‎[3]: A Nadal forehand into the net gave Djokovic the set and the Spaniard appeared rattled, firing a smash over the baseline in a rare moment of promise at 30-30 at the start of the third. 10.(colloquial, archaic) A bankruptcy. 11.1845, Basil Montagu, Edward Erastus Deacon, John Peter De Gex, Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy: Supposing a man has for the space of a month carried on trade in a showy shop in Cheapside, and then comes a smash, — is he not to be held a trader within the bankrupt law, because no one can swear that he has traded for four months? 12.A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink. [Related terms] edit - go to smash - smash and dash - smash and grab - smashed - smash hit - smashing - smash into - smash up  [Synonyms] edit - (sound of a violent impact): crash - (colloquial: traffic accident): crash - (colloquial: something very successful): smash hitedit - (break violently): dash, shatter - (be destroyed by being smashed): shatter - (hit extremely hard): pound, thump, wallop; see also Thesaurus:hit - (ruin completely and suddenly): dash - (defeat overwhelmingly): slaughter, trounce - (have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with [Verb] editsmash (third-person singular simple present smashes, present participle smashing, simple past and past participle smashed) 1.To break (something brittle) violently. 2.1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter X Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. 3.2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28: Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge. The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble. The flying rock smashed the window to pieces. 4.(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed. The crockery smashed as it hit the floor. 5.To hit extremely hard. He smashed his head against the table. Bonds smashed the ball 467 feet, the second longest home run in the history of the park. 6.(figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly. The news smashed any hopes of a reunion. 7.(transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over. The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0. I really smashed that English exam. 8.(US) To deform through continuous pressure. I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand. 9.(transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with. Would you smash her? 10.2020 November 7, Dave Chappelle on Saturday Night Live: Farmersonly.com. A website that begs the question, what kind of bitch only smashes with farmers? [[French]] ipa :/smaʃ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English smash. [Further reading] edit - “smash” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editsmash m (plural smashs) 1.(tennis) smash [[Italian]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English smash. [Noun] editsmash m (invariable) 1.smash (tennis shot) [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English smash. [Noun] editsmash m (plural smashes) 1.(tennis) smash (overhead shot hit sharply downward) 0 0 2021/08/03 18:35 TaN
31753 smash hit [[English]] [Noun] editsmash hit (plural smash hits) 1.(idiomatic) Something that is tremendously popular or successful. The cookies, though soft and gooey, proved a smash hit at the party. 2.1971, Library Journal (volume 96, page 1569) All undergraduate libraries have been a screaming success as study halls. The Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan may be the smash hit of all time; the attendance in that library during 1968-69 was 1,899,000. 0 0 2021/08/03 18:35 TaN
31756 pernicious [[English]] ipa :/pəˈnɪʃəs/[Adjective] editpernicious (comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious) 1.Causing much harm in a subtle way. Synonym: deleterious 2.1911, Emma Goldman, “The Hypocrisy of Puritanism”, in Anarchism and Other Essays: Puritanism no longer employs the thumbscrew and lash; but it still has a most pernicious hold on the minds and feelings of the American people. 3.2017 March 22, Jacob Kastrenakes, “Medium launches memberships for $5 per month”, in The Verge‎[1]: In January, the company laid off a third of its staff and renounced ads as a pernicious influence on the world, without mentioning that Google and Facebook are so good at ads there’s hardly room for anyone else to compete. 4.2019 July 9, Toni Bentley, “What Do the Sex Lives of ‘Three Women’ Tell Us About Female Desire?”, in New York Times‎[2]: A man has always been a woman’s best excuse to avoid her destiny; that a man is her destiny is one of patriarchy’s most pernicious tenets. What a scam. 5.Causing death or injury; deadly. Synonym: attery [Anagrams] edit - superionic [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin perniciōsus (“destructive”), from perniciēs (“destruction”), from per (“through”) + nex (“slaughter, death”). 0 0 2012/03/03 20:08 2021/08/03 18:41
31758 outcry [[English]] ipa :/ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/[Anagrams] edit - cry out [Etymology] editFrom Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- +‎ cry.The verb is from Middle English outcrien. [Noun] editoutcry (plural outcries) 1.A loud cry or uproar. His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering. 2.(figuratively) A strong protest. The proposal was met with a public outcry. 3.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134: The Western Region has sought approval for the withdrawal of passenger services between Ashchurch Junction and Upton-on-Severn. There was a proposal to withdraw the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer as a tourist centre secured a reprieve. 4.(India, archaic) An auction. to send goods to an outcry [Verb] editoutcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried) 1.(intransitive) To cry out. 2.1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1 I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed. 3.(transitive) To cry louder than. 4.2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355) ...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle... 5.2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104) The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others. 0 0 2013/04/02 13:50 2021/08/03 18:42
31759 float [[English]] ipa :/fləʊt/[Anagrams] edit - aloft, flota [Etymology] editFrom Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Cognate with Middle Low German vloten, vlotten (“to float, swim”), Middle Dutch vloten, Old Norse flota, Icelandic fljóta, Old English flēotan (“to float, swim”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Lithuanian plaukti, Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ), Latin plaustrum (“wagon, cart”). Compare flow. [Noun] edit A small plane on floats (buoyant devices)float (plural floats) 1.A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook. 2.1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 40: `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.' 3.A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. 4.A float board. 5.A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades. 6.A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster. When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float. 7.An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant. That float covered in roses is very pretty. 8.(Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float. 9.1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7 As soon as the skies brightened and plum-blossom was out, Paul drove off in the milkman's heavy float up to Willey Farm. 10.(finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid. Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the float so we stay within our reserves limit. 11.(finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange. 12.2006, “Buying shares in a float”, in Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial tips article‎[2]: You don't actually need a broker to buy shares in a float when a company is about to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. 13.(banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account. No sir, your current float is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished. 14.(insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out. We make a lot of interest from our nightly float. 15.(programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double. That routine should not have used an int; it should be a float. 16.2011, Rubin H. Landau, A First Course in Scientific Computing (page 214) If you want to be a scientist or an engineer, learn to say “no” to singles and floats. 17.A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it. It's true - I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a "real" float. 18.A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made. 19.(poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card. 20.(knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work. 21.(automotive) a car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination 22.(transport) a lowboy trailer 23.(tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as an anvil or die. (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?) 24.(obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow. (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?) 25.A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?) 26.A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?) 27.(Britain, dated) A coal cart[1]. 28.A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands. 29.(computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others. 30.2007, Michael Bowers, Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns (page 93) When a float cannot fit next to another float, it moves down below it. A float's position, size, padding, borders, and margins affect the position of adjacent floats and adjacent inline content. [Synonyms] edit - (Shares offered to the public:): initial public offering [Verb] editfloat (third-person singular simple present floats, present participle floating, simple past and past participle floated) 1.(intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface. The boat floated on the water. The oil floated on the vinegar. 2.(transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density. to float a boat 3.(intransitive) To be capable of floating. That boat doesn’t float. Oil floats on vinegar. 4.(intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating I’d love to just float downstream. 5.(intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly. I’m not sure where they went... they’re floating around here somewhere. Images from my childhood floated through my mind. 6.(intransitive) To drift gently through the air. The balloon floated off into the distance. 7.(intransitive) To move in a fluid manner. The dancer floated gracefully around the stage. 8.(intransitive, figuratively) To circulate. There's a rumour floating around the office that Jan is pregnant. 9.(intransitive, colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable. That’s a daft idea... it’ll never float. 10.(transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration. I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested. 11.(intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change. 12.(intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule. The yen floats against the dollar. 13.(transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets. The government floated the pound in January. Increased pressure on Thailand’s currency, the baht, in 1997 led to a crisis that forced the government to float the currency. 14.(transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to. Could you float me $50 until payday? 15.(transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange. 16.2005 June 21, Dewi Cooke, The Age [1], He [Mario Moretti Polegato] floated the company on the Milan Stock Exchange last December and sold 29 per cent of its shares, mostly to American investors. 17.2007, Jonathan Reuvid, Floating Your Company: The Essential Guide to Going Public. 18.2011, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, footnote i, page 269, As a result of this reverse acquisition, Hurlingham changed its name to Manroy plc and floated shares on the Alternative Investment Market in London. 19.(transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float. 20.1932, The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer (volumes 35-37, page 35) This wire, nailed over the face of the old plaster will also reinforce any loose lath or plaster after the walls have set. Float the wall to the face of the lath first. 21.(transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon. It is time to float this horse's teeth. 22.(transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer). 23.(poker) To perform a float. 24.(computing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others. 25.2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies (page 290) To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins. 0 0 2009/11/24 12:44 2021/08/03 18:45 TaN

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