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shaking
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/[Anagrams]
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- Kashing
[Noun]
editshaking (plural shakings)
1.A movement that shakes.
[Verb]
editshaking
1.present participle of shake
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news correspondent
[[English]]
[Noun]
editnews correspondent (plural news correspondents)
1.A person who supplies news to a newspaper or a magazine; journalist.
2.A person who sends audio or visual reports to radio or television stations.
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tinker
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɪŋkə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
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- Kinter, reknit
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English tinkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + Old English *cere (as in bēocere (“beekeeper”)), from Proto-Germanic *kazjaz (“vessel-maker”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel; vat; tub”).
[Further reading]
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- tinker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Noun]
edittinker (plural tinkers)
1.An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
2.(dated, chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.
3.(usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
4.Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
5.The act of repair or invention. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
6.(military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
7.Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
8.A bird, the razor-billed auk.
[See also]
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- tinker, tailor
- tinker's damn
[Synonyms]
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- (mischievous person): rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel
- (member of the travelling community): traveller
[Verb]
edittinker (third-person singular simple present tinkers, present participle tinkering, simple past and past participle tinkered)
1.(intransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
2.2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, page 31:
As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
3.2020 May 20, “Network News: LNER seeks innovation through FutureLabs project”, in Rail, page 14:
We're not just talking about changes that tinker around the edges - we're looking to take advantage of some of the world's latest digital and tech developments to improve our service.
4.(intransitive) To work as a tinker.
5.(transitive) To tinker with; to tweak or attempt to fix.
6.1894, Thomas Hardy, A Few Crusted Characters
the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane
7.2013, Eric Goulard, Body Language Secrets Revealed:
And because he wants to show that he is a dominant male, he tinkered the engine of his motorbike to make it even noisier.
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Tinker
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Kinter, reknit
[Proper noun]
editTinker
1.A northern English surname, from occupations for someone who mends pots and pans.
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tilt
[[English]]
ipa :/tɪlt/[Anagrams]
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- Litt
[Derived terms]
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- at full tilt
- atilt
- on tilt
- tilt at windmills
- tilt switch
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English tilte, from Old English tyltan (“to be unsteady”). Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling place”).The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt "covering".The modern transitive meaning is from 1590; the intransitive use appears 1620.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English telte, tield, teld, from Old English teld (“tent”), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (“tent”). Perhaps influenced by Middle Low German telt,[1] or Danish telt.[2] Cognates include German Zelt (“tent”), Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence also archaic Danish tjæld (“tent”)). More at teld.
[References]
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1. ^ Etymology in ODS
2. ^ tilt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɪlt[Verb]
edittilt
1.second- and third-person singular present indicative of tillen
2.(archaic) plural imperative of tillen
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈtilt][Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Further reading]
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- tilt 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
[Verb]
edittilt
1.(transitive) to forbid, prohibit
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈtilt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English tilt.
[Further reading]
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- tilt in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
[Noun]
edittilt m (invariable)
1.haywire state; breakdown; crash; down; out of order
Il servizio è andato in tilt tra le 12 e le 15.
The service went down between 12 pm and 3 pm.
Il computer è andato in tilt.
The computer crashed.
(literally, “went in crash”)
Martedì il sito del presidente è stato in tilt per varie ore.
On Tuesday, the president's site was down for several hours.
2.short-circuit (unintended current flow)
3.tilt (pinball machine state)
[References]
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1. ^ tilt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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fare
[[English]]
ipa :/fɛə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
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- FERA, Fear, Fera, Rafe, fear, reaf
[Derived terms]
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- excursion fare
- farewell
- fareworthy
- flat fare
- standard fare
- warfare
- welfare
- workfare
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English fare, from the merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“a going, passage”).Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).
[[Albanian]]
ipa :/ˈfaɾɛ/[Adverb]
editfare
1.totally, wholly, completely
2.kind
Ç'farë? ~ Ç'fare? ― What kind? (~ What? How?)
3.(with negatives) at allReferences[edit]
1. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 223.
[Alternative forms]
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- farë
[Etymology]
editFrom farë (“seed, semen, kind”).[1]
[[Danish]]
ipa :/ˈfaːrə/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Low German vāre (“danger, persecution, fear”), from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), cognate with English fear, German Gefahr.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, English fare, German fahren.
[Etymology 3]
editDerived from Old Danish *far (“pig”), from Old Norse *farr, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, cognate with Swedish fargalt, English farrow, German Ferkel, Dutch varken. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, hence also Latin porcus, Polish prosię (“piglet”).
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :/ˈfare/[Adverb]
editfare
1.by the action, by the initiative, by the effort, by order
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈfa.re/[Anagrams]
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- Fera, rafe
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
[Noun]
editfare m (plural fari)
1.manner, way
[Verb]
editfàre (first-person singular present fàccio or (archaic or dialectal, with following syntactic gemination) fò, first-person singular past historic féci, past participle fàtto, first-person singular imperfect facévo, first-person singular present subjunctive fàccia, second-person singular imperative (with following syntactic gemination) fà or fài or fà', auxiliary avere)
1.(transitive) to do
2.(transitive) to make
1.to create
2.to bring about
fare rumore ― to make noise
fare disordine ― to cause disorder
3.to behave or act [+ da (object) = as]
fate i bravi ― be good (literally, “act as good (boys and girls)”)
fare la cavia ― to be a guinea pig (literally, “act as a guinea pig”)
un tavolo che fa da scrivania ― a table that acts as a desk
4.to constitute
fate una bella coppia ― you (guys) make a nice couple
5.to numerically result in; to add up to
due e tre fanno cinque ― two and three make five
due per tre fanno sei ― two times three make six
6.to formulate in the mind
7.to cause to be; to render
8.(ditransitive) to compel
9.(ditransitive) to forceto provoke (a physical sensation)
mi fai il solletico ― you are tickling me (literally, “you provoke on me a tickling feeling”)(transitive) to inflict (damage, pain, etc.) on
fargli un livido ― to give him a bruise (literally, “inflict a bruise on him”)(transitive) to cause or arouse (an emotion)
mi fa paura ― it scares me (literally, “it arouses fear within me”)(transitive) to draw up or enter into (a contract, agreement, etc.)(transitive) to emit from the body
fare sangue dal naso ― to nosebleed (literally, “emit blood from the nose”)(transitive) to have (a baby)(transitive) (of a plant) to produce a lot of (fruit or flowers)(transitive) (of a state, country, etc.) to have (a certain population)
l'USA fa cira 300 milioni di abitanti ― the USA has about 300 million inhabitants(transitive, informal) to cost
quanto fa il gelato? ― how much does the ice cream cost?
1.to sell [+ a (object) = for (a price)]
a quanto le fai? ― at how much are you selling them for?(transitive) to clean up
fai la stanza! ― clean up your room!
fare la barba ― to shave (literally, “clean up one's beard”)(transitive) to address
mi ha fatto gli auguri ― he congratulated me (literally, “he addressed congratulations to me”)
fare un invito ― to address an invite(transitive) to organize or celebrate (an event, party, etc.)
fare una festa ― to throw a party
fare la comunione ― to celebrate a communion(transitive) to stage (a play, movie, etc.)
1.(of a director, actor, etc.) to produce or participate in (a play, movie, etc.)
2.to interpret (a role, character, etc.); to act
3.(of a movie, show, etc.) to be planned or scheduled (at a certain time) [+ a (object)] or [+ in (object)] (chiefly in the form fanno)
cosa fanno al cinema?
what (movies) do they have scheduled at the movie theater?(transitive) to be subscribed to; to do regularly
1.to attend (a school), to be in (a grade level)
faccio la terza media ― I am in the eighth grade
2.to practice (a hobby, sport, etc.)
fa ballet ― she does ballet(transitive) to follow (a road, etc.)
fare via Garibaldi ― to follow Garibaldi street(transitive) to visit (a country, city, etc.)
fare l'Italia ― to visit Italy(transitive) to last (an amount of time)
questa macchina ha fatto due anni ― this car lasted two years
1.(transitive, informal) to turn (an age)
mia sorella ha fatto undici anni ― my sister turned eleven(transitive, informal) to gift
mi hanno fatto il computer ― they gifted me a computer(transitive) to tell or indicate (the time)
la sveglia fa le sette ― the alarm clock says it's seven o'clock(transitive) to do until (a time, typically at night)
fare le dieci all'università
to attend the university until ten o'clock(transitive) to caricature
un dipintore che può fare tanti personaggi famosi ― a painter who can caricature many famous characters(transitive) (of time) to spend; to pass
fare la notte a casa tua ― to spend the night at your house(transitive) to live or lead (a kind of life)
fare una vita comoda ― to live a comfortable life(transitive) to pronounce, judge, or evaluate
lo facevo morto ― I pronounced him dead(transitive) (with che + subj.) to suppose or consider
fa' che lei potesse stare ― suppose she could stay(transitive) to gather
fare legna ― to gather firewood
1.(transitive) to stock up on
fare viveri ― to stock up on supplies(transitive) to work as (a profession)
faccio il maestro ― I work as a teacher(transitive) to elect or nominate(transitive, sports, card games) to score
fare un gol ― to score a goal(transitive) to make appear
la maglia fa avvenente ― the shirt makes you look attractive
1.to create impressions of
le maniche corte fanno estate ― short sleeves create impressions of summer(transitive) (with inf.) to let(transitive) (with [di + inf.] or [che + subj.]) to strive or endeavor(intransitive) to be suitable [+ per (object) = for] [auxiliary avere]
questo lavoro non fa per me
this work is not (suitable) for me(intransitive) to play [+ a (object)] [auxiliary avere]
fare a nascondino ― to play hide and seek(intransitive) (of time) to be spent or to have gone by; to mark [auxiliary avere]
oggi fanno due mesi che si sono sposati
today marks two months from when they got married(intransitive, impersonal) (of the weather, climate, etc.) to be (hot, cold, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
fa freddo ― it's cold(intransitive, grammar) (of a word) to have as an inflected form [auxiliary avere]
come fa il plurale di "pianta?" ― what is the plural of "pianta?"(intransitive) to go (to say something or make a sound) [auxiliary avere](intransitive) to go (to be expressed or composed) [auxiliary avere](intransitive) to be formed by a sequence [auxiliary avere]
il mio codice fa 4769 ― my code is 4769 (literally, “is formed by the sequence 4769”)(intransitive) (typically with [a + inf.] or [per + inf.]) to be able to [auxiliary avere](intransitive, rare) (of a plant) to take root [auxiliary avere](intransitive, rare) (of a plant) to suffice [auxiliary avere]
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editfāre
1.second-person singular present active imperative of for
2.second-person singular present active indicative of for
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Low German vare
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse fara.
[References]
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- “fare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Low German vare
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.
[References]
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- “fare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Scots]]
ipa :/feːr/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English faren, from Old English faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por-.
[Verb]
editfare
1.to go, travel, get on.
[[Tahitian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *fale
[Noun]
editfare
1.A house
[[Tarantino]]
[Verb]
editfare
1.(intransitive) To do or make
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/faːɾe/[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish فاره, from Arabic فَأْرَة (faʾra). The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.
[Further reading]
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- fare in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
[Noun]
editfare (definite accusative fareyi, plural fareler)
1.mouse
Synonym: sıçan
2.(computing) mouse
[[Westrobothnian]]
ipa :[fɑ̀ːɾe̞][Pronunciation 1]
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- IPA(key): [fɑ̀ːɾe̞], [fä̀ːɾe̞], [fæ̀ːɾe̞]
[Pronunciation 2]
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- IPA(key): [fóːɾe̞], [fɒ́ːɾe̞], [fɑ́ːɾe̞]
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English feren, from Old English fǣran.
[References]
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- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith
[Related terms]
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- Fearde
[Verb]
editfare
1.to frighten
2.1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
Dinna fare a caulès.
Don't frighten the horses.
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aegis
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːd͡ʒɪdiːz/[Anagrams]
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- Saige
[Etymology]
edit A tondo with a Roman mosaic from the 3rd century C.E. depicting Minerva and her aegis (sense 1), in the pavement of the Sala a Croce Greca in the Vatican Museums, Vatican CityBorrowed from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís, “goatskin; shield of Athena”), probably from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”).The plural form aegides (IPA(key): /ˈiːd͡ʒɪdiːz/) is borrowed from Latin aegides, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́δες (aigídes).
[Further reading]
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- aegis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- aegis (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editaegis (plural aegises or aegides)
1.(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. [from early 17th c.]
2.1790, “AEGIS”, in Bell’s New Pantheon; or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi-gods, Heroes, and Fabulous Personages of Antiquity: [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed by and for J[ohn] Bell, […], OCLC 976883484, page 20, column 1:
The goat Amalthea, which had suckled Jove, being dead, that god is said to have covered his buckler with the skin thereof, whence the appellation Aegis, from αιξ, αιγις, a she-goat. Jupiter afterwards restoring the goat to life, covered it with a new skin, and placed it among the stars. This buckler, which was the work of Vulcan, he gave to Minerva, who having killed the Gorgon Medusa, nailed her head to the middle of the Aegis, which henceforth possessed the faculty of converting to stone all who beheld it, as Medusa herself had while alive.
3.1822, James Millingen, Painted Greek Vases, from Collections in Various Countries: […] (Ancient Unedited Monuments; series 1), London: [s.n.], OCLC 58892108, page 3:
Herodotus, as proof of this origin of Minerva, says, that the Greeks had taken from the Libyan women, the dress and the ægis with which her statues were represented: this dress was of leather: the ægis, as its name implies, was simply a goatskin died red and worn over the shoulders like a mantle: the extremity of it was cut into shreds or tassels, which the lively fancy of the Grecian artists converted into serpents.
4.1837, F. M. Hubbard, quoting Herodotus, “Article III. An Inquiry into the Commerce of Ancient Egypt.”, in B[ela] B[ates] Edwards, editor, The American Biblical Repository, volume X, number 27, New York, N.Y.: Gould & Newman, publishers and printers; Boston, Mass.: Perkins & Marvin and Crocker & Brewster; Cincinnati, Oh.: Truman & Smith, OCLC 472043802, page 49:
The robe and aegides of the statues of Minerva the Greeks have made in imitation of the Lybians, for except that the robe among the Lybians is of leather and the fringes of the aegis are not serpents but strips of leather, the adorning is entirely the same. And the very name is an acknowledgement that the vesture of the palladium is derived from Lybia, for the Lybian women put around the robe their goat skins tasselled and stained with madder (ἐρευθεδάνω) and from these goat skins, (ἐχ δὲ τῶν αἰγἑων τουτἑων) the Greeks have taken the word aegis.
5.1849, [Eliza Robbins], “Minerva”, in Elements of Mythology; or, Classical Fables of the Greeks and Romans: […], 11th improved edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Published and for sale by Hogan & Thompson […], OCLC 10952348, page 57:
In her right hand Minerva bore a beaming lance, and in her left a buckler, called the Egis. The Egis of Minerva had embossed upon it the head of Medusa.
6.1934 November, Theodor Haecker; A[rthur] W[esley] Wheen, transl., “Leader and Mission”, in Virgil, Father of the West (Essays in Order; no. 14), London: Sheed & Ward, OCLC 270557474, page 65:
Cattle grazed where now is the Forum Romanum, and the Capitol, now glittering with gold, was covered then with brambles; nevertheless a god already dwelt there, even Jupiter himself, whose right hand had oft been seen to shake the aegis and summon the storm-clouds.
7.(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.
Synonyms: auspices, protection, patronage
8.1913 March, “National Safety (II): The Real Obstacle to Military Reform”, in The Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review Founded by James Knowles, volume LXXIII, number CCCCXXXIII, New York, N.Y.: Leonard Scott Publication Co.; London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., printers, OCLC 776577785, page 490:
[T]hree ex-Secretaries of State for War had learnt their military theory under the ægis of Regular soldiers. Now it is an admitted fact that, broad-minded and enterprising as soldiers have frequently proved themselves in matters unconnected with the actual corporate body to which they belong, they are, nevertheless, perhaps the most obstinate and optimistic advocates of a laissez-faire policy, which the interests of their own profession are at issue, that it is at all possible to conceive.
9.1967, Nancy Nichols Barker, Distaff Diplomacy: The Empress Eugénie and the Foreign Policy of the Second Empire, Austin, Tx.; London: University of Texas Press, OCLC 820726483, page 141:
Under the aegis of France a group of buffer states would be born. Austria would cede Venetia to Italy and receive Silesia from Prussia. France had only to promise Austria her neutrality and to keep Italy on its leash.
10.2003, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, “Epistemology of the Closet”, in Daniel Boyarin, Daniel Itzkovitz, and Ann Pellegrini, editors, Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (Between Men—Between Women), New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 57:
The Supreme Court in Bowers v. Hardwick notoriously left the individual states free to prohibit any acts they wish to define as "sodomy," by whomsoever performed, with no fear at all of impinging on any rights, and particularly privacy rights, safeguarded by the Constiution; yet only shortly thereafter a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules (in Sergeant Perry J. Watkins v. United States Army) that homosexual persons, as a particular kind of person, are entitled to Constitutional protections under the Equal Protection clause. To be gay in this system is to come under the radically overlapping aegises of a universalizing discourse of acts and a minoritizing discourse of persons.
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈae̯.ɡis/[Etymology]
editFrom the Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́ς (aigís).
[Noun]
editaegis f (genitive aegidos or aegidis); third declension
1.the aegis
1.of Zeus or Jupiter
2.(Can we find and add a quotation of Virgil to this entry?)
3.(Can we find and add a quotation of Silius Italicus to this entry?)
4.of Athena or Minerva
5.(Can we find and add a quotation of Virgil to this entry?)
6.(Can we find and add a quotation of Horace to this entry?)
7.(Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)(transferred senses):
1.a shield, a defence
1.(in the writings of Ovid) the jewelry by which maidens try to conceal their ugliness
2.(Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)the heartwood of the larch
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
[References]
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- aegis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aegis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ægis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 72/1
- aegis in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- aegis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aegis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “aegis” on page 63/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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take pains
[[English]]
[Further reading]
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- "take pains" in Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
[Verb]
edittake pains (third-person singular simple present takes pains, present participle taking pains, simple past took pains, past participle taken pains)
1.(transitive) To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience
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tipping point
[[English]]
[Further reading]
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- tipping point (physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- tipping point (sociology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- tipping points in the climate system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
edittipping point (plural tipping points)
1.(mathematics, catastrophe theory) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.
2.(sociology) A point in time when a group rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice.
3.(climatology) An irreversible change in the climate system.
Coordinate term: tipping element
4.2005 August 11, Ian Sample, “Warming hits 'tipping point'”, in The Guardian[1]:
It is a scenario climate scientists have feared since first identifying "tipping points" - delicate thresholds where a slight rise in the Earth's temperature can cause a dramatic change in the environment that itself triggers a far greater increase in global temperatures.
5.2021 August 5, Damian Carrington, “Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse”, in The Guardian[2]:
Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points.
6.The point in time at which some new technology becomes mainstream.
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avid
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæv.ɪd/[Adjective]
editavid (comparative more avid or (less commonly) avider, superlative most avid or (less commonly) avidest)
1.enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
I'm an avid reader.
an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies
2.1999, Larry Zuckerman, The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World:
A blanket disdain for indigenous foods doesn't explain the delay, because Spain was avid to adopt a different New World root.
3.1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, page 3:
We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.
[Anagrams]
edit
- AIVD, Adiv, Vida, diva
[Etymology]
editFrom French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[a.vid][Adjective]
editavid m or n (feminine singular avidă, masculine plural avizi, feminine and neuter plural avide)
1.avid, eager, desirous
2.greedy, grasping
[Etymology]
editFrom French avide, Latin avidus.
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AVI
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- A-IV, AIV, IVA, Iva, Vai, Via, vai, via, viâ
[Proper noun]
editAVI
1.(computing, video) Initialism of Audio Video Interleave.
[[Finnish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- iva, vai, via
[Noun]
editAVI
1.aluehallintovirasto (regional state administrative agency)
[Synonyms]
edit
- avi
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rise to the challenge
[[English]]
[Verb]
editrise to the challenge (third-person singular simple present rises to the challenge, present participle rising to the challenge, simple past rose to the challenge, past participle risen to the challenge)
1.(idiomatic) To show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty.
Synonym: rise to the occasion
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bettor
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɛtə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- better
[Anagrams]
edit
- botter
[Etymology]
editbet + -or
[Noun]
editbettor (plural bettors)
1.A person who makes a bet, such as a wager on the outcome of a game of chance or a sporting event.
2.1944, Damon Runyon, Runyon à la Carte:"So You Won't Talk!":
In fact, as Ambrose Hammer places the cage on our table and then sits down beside me, Mindy approaches us, and says to Ambrose: "Horse players, yes," Mindy says. "Wrong bettors, yes. Dogs and song writers and actors, yes. But parrots," Mindy says, "no. Take it away," he says.
3.2003, Bert Sugar, Horse Sense: An Inside Look at the Sport of Kings[1], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
Still others, chasing the mirage of vast riches bettors think are there for the taking, seek information or tips from any and all, despite all omens, silent writing on the wall and dire predictions about their fates, like the title of Damon Runyon's book All Horse Players Die Broke.
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intuitively
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editintuitively (comparative more intuitively, superlative most intuitively)
1.By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively.
2.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
Thus, native speakers have an intuitive knowledge of the syntactic relations between the words in sentences in their language; in other words, they intuitively know how words are combined together to form Phrases, and Phrases are combined together to form sentences. [...]
Though he had never been to art school, he intuitively painted vivid landscapes.
[Etymology]
editintuitive + -ly
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35129
guarantor
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡæɹəntə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- arrogaunt
[Noun]
editguarantor (plural guarantors)
1.A person or company that provides a guarantee.
[Synonyms]
edit
- guaranteer
- surety
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35130
comms
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- scomm
[Noun]
editcomms
1.plural of comm
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comm
[[English]]
[Noun]
editcomm (plural comms)
1.(countable) Clipping of communication (clipping used here in the linguistic, not technical, sense).
comms line
[See also]
edit
- commo
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35136
tone
[[English]]
ipa :/təʊn/[Anagrams]
edit
- ETNO, Eton, Note, Teno, ento-, note, teno-
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old French ton[1]), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”). Doublet of tune, ton, and tonus.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English tone, ton, toon, from the incorrect division of thet one (“the/that one”). Compare Scots tane in the tane; see also tother.
[Further reading]
edit
- tone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tone in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[References]
edit
1. ^ “Tone”, in Dictionary.com[1], 2020
[[Afrikaans]]
[Noun]
edittone
1.plural of toon
[[Danish]]
ipa :/toːnə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
[Noun]
edittone c (singular definite tonen, plural indefinite toner)
1.tone
2.note
[References]
edit
- “tone” in Den Danske Ordbog
[Verb]
edittone (imperative ton, infinitive at tone, present tense toner, past tense tonede, perfect tense har tonet)
1.to sound
2.to tone
3.to tint
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- toen
[Verb]
edittone
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of tonen
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
edittone
1.vocative singular of tonus
[[Middle English]]
[Pronoun]
edittone
1.the one (of two)
2.a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum lxiij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book X, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
So wythin the thirde day, there cam to the cité thes two brethirne: the tone hyght Sir Helyus and the other hyght Helake
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- note, toen, -onet
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
[Noun]
edittone m (definite singular tonen, indefinite plural toner, definite plural tonene)
1.a tone (sound, colour etc.)
[References]
edit
- “tone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/²tuːnə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
[Noun]
edittone m (definite singular tonen, indefinite plural tonar, definite plural tonane)
1.a tone (sound, colour etc.)
[References]
edit
- “tone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Swahili]]
[Noun]
edittone (ma class, plural matone)
1.drop
[[Tokelauan]]
ipa :/ˈto.ne/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English ton.
[Noun]
edittone
1.ton
[References]
edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 397
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You
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
editCapitalization of you
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Mandarin (for: ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˊ) through pinyin romanization (of: 余, 于, 由, 魚 / 鱼, 漁, 渔, 楀, 俞, 喻, 兪, 於, 遇, 虞, 郁, 尉, 禹, 游, 尤, 庾, 娛, 娱, 茹)
[Pronoun]
editYou
1.Honorific alternative letter-case form of you, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (surname): Yu
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you name it
[[English]]
[Pronoun]
edityou name it
1.(informal, idiomatic) Used, often after a short list, to show that further examples are unnecessary; all kinds of things
There were ducks, geese, swans, you name it on the lake.
- What can you buy over the Internet?
- You name it.
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English you name it.
[Phrase]
edityou name it
1.(informal) you name it
2.2016, Peter H. Fogtdal, Skabsoptimisten, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
Her vokser timian, rosmarin, you name it ...
3.2010, Anders Oehlenschlæger, Kakamega, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 403
'Vi kan simpelthen ikke finde den mindste indikation i mandens bevægelsesmønster, hans evalueringsskemaer fra Miljø- & Energiministeriets, hans militærpapirer, hans bankopgørelser, hans telefonsamtaler – you name it.
4.2013, Per Nielsen, Søren Sorgenfri, Per Nielsen: 4 - Brøndby for evigt, Art People →ISBN
Men i dag er det eksploderet. Du kan spille alle vegne. På computeren, mobiltelefonen, iPad. You name it.
5.2011, Jan Gintberg, Gintbergs verden, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
Portrætter, bøger, noveller, burgermenuer, you name it.
[[German]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English you name it.
[Phrase]
edityou name it
1.(colloquial) you name it
2.2017, Robert Karjel (unknown translator), Der Vermittler: Thriller, Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag →ISBN
Jemand lachte: »Wir waren alles: Fahrer, Soldaten, Fahrzeugtechniker, you name it.«
Someone laughed: "We were everything: drivers, soldiers, technicians of means of transport, you name it.
3.2009, Håkan Nesser (translated by Christel Hildebrandt), Mensch ohne Hund: Roman, btb Verlag →ISBN
Wahrscheinlich eine ganze Menge. Irritation, Unruhe. Befürchtungen, Frustration, you name it.
Probably quite a lot. Irritation, unrest. Misgivings, frustration, you name it.
4.2015, Christian Vogt, Lizenz zu Leben: Geschichten - Gedanken - Geheimnisse, neobooks →ISBN
Schwer zu sagen, was es ist – der Humor, die Herkunft, Interessen, you name it.
It is difficult to say what it is - the humour, the origins, interests, you name it.
5.2009, Stieg Larsson, Verblendung: Roman, Heyne Verlag →ISBN
Aber denk noch mal nach: Die Wennerstroem Group ist ein Investmentunternehmen, das mit allem Möglichen handelt, womit man schnell gute Geschäfte machen kann – Wertpapiere, Optionen, Valuta ... you name it.
But just think it over: The Wennerstroem group is an investment company, which deals in anything with which one may quickly make good deals - security papers, options, currency ... you name it.
6.2014, Rüdiger Esch, Electri_City: Elektronische Musik aus Düsseldorf, Suhrkamp Verlag →ISBN
Trans Europa Express war alles: retro, futuristisch, melancholisch, technisch, zeitlos, modern, traditionell, zukunftsweisend - you name it.
Trans Europa Express was everything: retro, futuristic, melancholic, technical, timeless, modern, traditional, to-the-future-pointing - you name it.
7.2015, Gunnar Staalesen (translated by Kerstin Hartmann), Wie in einem Spiegel: Krimi, S. Fischer Verlag →ISBN
Doch, ein paar Gastauftritte in Oslo, natürlich, Stavanger, Haugesund, you name it.»
A few guest performances in Oslo, of course, Stavanger, Haugesund, you name it.
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clean-up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- unplace
[Noun]
editclean-up (plural clean-ups)
1.Alternative spelling of cleanup
[References]
edit
- “clean-up”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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35142
ambiance
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæm.bi.əns/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ambience
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French ambiance.
[Noun]
editambiance (countable and uncountable, plural ambiances)
1.A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
2.(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɑ̃.bjɑ̃s/[Etymology]
editambiant + -ance
[Further reading]
edit
- “ambiance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editambiance f (plural ambiances)
1.ambiance, atmosphere
[Verb]
editambiance
1.first-person singular present indicative of ambiancer
2.third-person singular present indicative of ambiancer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of ambiancer
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of ambiancer
5.second-person singular imperative of ambiancer
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35145
subside
[[English]]
ipa :/sʌbˈsaɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- Subedis
[Etymology]
editLatin subsīdō (“I settle, subside”)
[See also]
edit
- subsist
- subsidence
[Verb]
editsubside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)
1.(intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2.(intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The subsidence problem”, in Trains Illustrated, page 651:
An illuminating article in a recent issue of the Eastern Region's Civil Engineering News points out that where coal is worked over a reasonably large area, it is not only the whole of the strata above the workings, but also an area beyond which is liable to subside at varying rates after the coal has been removed.
4.(intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
The sea subsides.
The tumults of war will subside.
The fever has subsided.
5.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […].
6.1987, John DeNicola, Franke Previte (lyrics and music), “Hungry Eyes”, performed by Eric Carmen:
I've been meaning to tell you / I've got this feelin' that won't subside / I look at you and I fantasize
7.(intransitive, colloquial) To cease talking.
[[French]]
ipa :/syp.sid/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin subsidium, from subsidere
[Further reading]
edit
- “subside” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editsubside m (plural subsides)
1.contribution, tax
Le produit de taxes si mal réparties avait des limites, et les besoins des princes n'en avaient plus. Cependant ils ne voulaient ni convoquer les États pour en obtenir des subsides, ni provoquer la noblesse, en l'imposant, à réclamer la convocation de ces assemblées. (Tocqueville, Ancien Régime et Révolution, 1856)
2.subsidy, pension, monetary help
Max Jacob vit en effet pauvrement, sans cependant manquer de rien, à cause de certaines relations qu'il a, par exemple, Poiret, dont il est vrai qu'il reçoit quelques subsides. (Léautaud, Journal littéraire, 3, 1916)
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editsubsīde
1.second-person singular present active imperative of subsīdō
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- subcide
- subscide
- subsidie
- succide
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin subsidium.
[Noun]
editsubside m or f
1.subsidy (financial assistance)
2.tax; taxation
[References]
edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (subside, supplement)
-
- subside on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editsubside
1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of subsidar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of subsidar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of subsidar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of subsidar
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35151
poach
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpoʊtʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- copha, phaco, phaco-, phoca
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English pochen (“to poach (eggs)”), from Old French pocher "to put (egg yolks) in pockets" (i.e. in bags formed by the whites), from Old French poche (“pocket”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French pocher, pochier (“to trample, poach into”). Doublet of poke.
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ranch
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹæntʃ/[Etymology]
editRecorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge or station”), from Old French ranger (“install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank)
[Noun]
editranch (plural ranches)
1.A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
2.1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
3.A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
4.A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
5.Ranch dressing.
[Verb]
editranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)
1.To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.
Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
2.To work on a ranch
Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English ranch.
[Noun]
editranch c (singular definite ranchen, plural indefinite rancher)
1.a ranch
[References]
edit
- “ranch” in Den Danske Ordbog
[See also]
edit
- rancher
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English ranch, from Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”).
[Noun]
editranch m (plural ranches or ranchen, diminutive ranchje n)
1.ranch, notably livestock breeding farm, especially in North America and in other English-speaking countries
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English ranch, from American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge, station”), from Old French ranger (“to install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank). Doublet of rancio.
[Noun]
editranch m (invariable)
1.a ranch, notably livestock breeding farm
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income
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪnˌkʌm/[Anagrams]
edit
- come in
[Antonyms]
edit
- (money coming in): outgo
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English income, perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English incyme (“an in-coming, entrance”), equivalent to in- + come. Cognate with Dutch inkomen (“income, earnings, gainings”), German Einkommen (“income, earnings, competence”), Icelandic innkváma (“income”), Danish indkomst (“income”), Swedish inkomst (“income”).
[Noun]
editincome (countable and uncountable, plural incomes)
1.Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
2.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 23, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground.
3.2010 Dec. 4, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", Newsweek (retrieved 16 June 2013):
In 1970 the richest 1 percent made 9 percent of the nation’s income; now that top slice makes closer to 25 percent.
4.2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.
5.(business, commerce) Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
6.(obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
7.1667, George Rust, A Funeral Sermon, preached at the obsequies of […] Jeremy Lord Bishop of Down
more abundant incomes of light and strength from God
8.1594, William Shakespeare, Lvcrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], OCLC 236076664:
Pain payes the income of ech precious thing,
9.(archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
10.(obsolete) An entrance-fee.
11.(archaic) A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage or zeal; an inflowing principle.
12.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, OCLC 614803194; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], volume (please specify the book number), new edition, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, OCLC 987451361:
I would then make in indeed and steep / My income in their bloods.
13.(Britain dialectal, Scotland) A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.
14.That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food.
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insecure
[[English]]
ipa :-ʊə(ɹ)[Adjective]
editinsecure (comparative more insecure, superlative most insecure)
1.Not secure.
2.Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess[1]:
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people.
Imagine being so insecure that you make it against the law for folks to dislike you.
[Anagrams]
edit
- sinecure
[Antonyms]
edit
- (not comfortable or confident): confident, self-confident
[Etymology]
editin- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”)
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enforceable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editenforceable (comparative more enforceable, superlative most enforceable)
1.Capable of being enforced.
[Antonyms]
edit
- unenforceable
[Etymology]
editenforce + -able
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35166
blossom
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈblɒ.səm/[Etymology]
edit Apple blossomsFrom Middle English blosme, from Old English blōstm, blōstma, from Proto-Germanic *blōsmaz (compare West Frisian blossem, bloesem), an enlargement of *blōstaz (compare German Blust), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).
[Further reading]
edit
- blossom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editblossom (countable and uncountable, plural blossoms)
1.A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
The blossom has come early this year.
2.1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Printed by Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409, Nombers XVII:8, folio 70, recto:
And when Moſes on the morowe went into the Tabernacle of the Teſtimonie, beholde, the rod of Aarón for the houſe of Leuí was budded, and broght forthe buddes, & broght forthe bloſſoms & bare ripe almondes.
3.1711 March 16, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, editors, The Spectator, volume I, number 16, London: Printed for S[amuel] Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, OCLC 642176139, page 89:
Foppiſh and fantaſtick Ornaments are only Indications of Vice, not criminal in themſelves. Extinguiſh Vanity in the Mind, and you naturally retrench the little Superfluities of Garniture and Equipage. The Bloſſoms will fall of themſelves, when the Root that nouriſhes them is deſtroyed.
4.1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, OCLC 830979744; republished as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, new (2nd) edition, London: Printed for G. and W. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1823, OCLC 270812039, page 95:
Winter, spring, and summer passed away during my labours; but I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves—sights which before always yielded me supreme delight—so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation.
5.The state or season of producing such flowers.
The orchard is in blossom.
6.1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, OCLC 731506428, part III, 1 §, page 217:
Down by the River Wye, among plum-trees in blossom, Noel had laid her baby in a hammock, and stood reading a letter: [...]
7.(figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
8.c. 1619–1622, Philip Massinger, “A Very Woman”, in Three New Playes: viz. The Bashful Lover, Guardian, Very Woman. As They have been Often Acted at the Private-house in Black-Friers, by His Late Majesties Servants, with Great Applause, London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, published 1655, OCLC 606994547, Act IV, scene iii; republished as W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, in Four Volumes. With Notes Critical and Explanatory, volume IV, London: Printed for G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol [et al.] by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1805, OCLC 277732987, page 317:
This beauty, in the blossom of my youth, / When my first fire knew no adulterate incense, / Nor I no way to flatter, but my fondness; / [...] long did I love this lady, / Long was my travail, long my trade to win her; / With all the duty of my soul, I served her.
9.The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
10.1834–1847, Robert Southey, “A Feeble Attempt to Describe the Physical and Moral Qualities of Nobs”, in John Wood Warter, editor, The Doctor, &c., London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, OCLC 18206450; new edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862, OCLC 77702111, page 358, column 2:
For colour he [Nobs, a horse] was neither black-bay, brown-bay, dapple-bay, black-grey, iron-grey, sad-grey, branded-grey, sandy-grey, dapple-grey, silver-grey, dun, mouse-dun, flea-backed, flea-bitten, rount, blossom, roan, pye-bald, rubican, sorrel, cow-coloured sorrel, bright sorrel, burnt sorrel, starling-colour, tyger-colour, wolf-colour, deer-colour, cream-colour, white, grey, or black. Neither was he green, like the horse which the Emperor [Septimus] Severus took from the Parthians, [...]
[Synonyms]
edit
- (have, or open into, blossoms): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower
- (begin to thrive or flourish): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive
[Verb]
editblossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed)
1.(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
2.1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Printed by Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409, Nombers XVII:1–2 and 5, folio 70, recto:
And the Lord ſpake vnto Moſés, ſaying, / Speake vnto the childrẽ of Iſraél, & take of euerie one of them a rod, after ye houſe of their fathers, of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers, euen twelue rods: and thou ſhalt write euerie mans name vpon his rod. […] And the mans rod, whome I choſe, ſhall bloſſom: and I wil make ceaſe from me the grudgings of the children of Iſraél, which grudge againſt you.
3.1851 June 22, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, H. G. O. Blake, editor, Summer: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 26 Paternoster Square E.C., published 1884, page 210:
The Utricularia vulgaris or bladder-wort, a yellow pea-like flower, has blossomed in stagnant pools.
4.(intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
5.1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Gossip”, in Little Women: Or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, part second, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, OCLC 30743985, page 5:
A quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind "brother," the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely.
6.1961 January 30, Rico Lebrun, “New Haven · Capri · Rome (1958–1960) [To David Lebrun from Los Angeles, January 30, 1961]”, in James Renner and David Lebrun, editors, In the Meridian of the Heart: Selected Letters of Rico Lebrun, Boston, Mass.: David R. Godine, Publisher, →ISBN, page 66:
Since I came back from Pomona I have done many drawings to illustrate the Inferno of Dante [Alighieri] and I find my old Italian love blossoming all over again for this greatest of all master poets, bar none.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editblossom
1.Alternative form of blosme
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contravene
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Covenanter, covenanter
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French contravenir (French contrevenir), from Latin contraveniō.
[Verb]
editcontravene (third-person singular simple present contravenes, present participle contravening, simple past and past participle contravened)
1.(transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
Synonyms: breach, break, infringe, violate
2.1648, Samuel Rutherford, A Survey of the Spirituall Antichrist, London: Andrew Crooke, Chapter 69, p. 141,[1]
[…] nothing is a commandement, or a commanded dutie but that which if we contravene, it maketh us guilty of sin before God,
3.1713, Daniel Defoe, Considerations upon the eighth and ninth articles of the treaty of commerce and navigation, London: J. Baker, p. 8,[2]
[…] this Article directly contravenes the Treaty with Portugal […]
4.1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom, New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, Appendix, page 436:
I have shown that slavery is wicked […] in that it contravenes the laws of eternal justice, and tramples in the dust all the humane and heavenly precepts of the New Testament.
5.1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, London: William Blackwood, Volume 3, Book 5, Chapter 45, p. 44,[3]
[…] the other medical visitors having a consultative influence, but no power to contravene Lydgate’s ultimate decisions;
6.1919, Henry Blake Fuller, Bertram Cope’s Year, Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Chapter 2, p. 19,[4]
It was a construction in wood, with manifold “features” suggestive of the villa, the bungalow, the chateau, the palace; it united all tastes and contravened all conventions.
7.2012 May 24, Adam Gabbatt, “Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests”, in the Guardian[5]:
Some legal experts argue that the bill contravenes Canada’s charter of rights and freedoms. Montreal constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told the Vancouver Sun that Bill 78 was "flagrantly unconstitutional".
8.(transitive, obsolete) To deny the truth of something.
Synonyms: contradict, controvert, dispute, gainsay
9.1653, William Birchley, The Christian Moderator, Part 3, London: Richard Lowndes, p. 7,[6]
[…] to make the contravening of Doctrines, to be capitall, before they be fully proved, is prejudiciall to that liberty, without which none can justify himself before God or Man:
10.1794, Gilbert Wakefield, An Examination of The Age of Reason, London, p. 38,[7]
To contravene positions, that have been discussed again and again by writers of the first genius and erudition, and to disparage the genuineness of the bible histories wholly and indiscriminately, without some precision of investigation, some specific allegations, founded on the report of authentic documents, is intolerable arrogance […]
11.1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 6, p. 168,[8]
That the detention of the troops was a wise measure, is not to be contravened;
12.1915, William Henry Cobb, The Meaning of Christian Unity, New York: Crowell, Chapter 5, p. 135,[9]
This is a large octavo of more than five hundred pages, a cool, scientific collection of facts that cannot be contravened, leading up to the inescapable conclusion […]
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unduly
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈdjuːli/[Adverb]
editunduly (comparative more unduly, superlative most unduly)
1.Undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted.
The speaker unduly criticized his opponent and later apologized for this.
2.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess[1]:
It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
[Etymology]
editundue + -ly
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contravention
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French contravention
[Noun]
editcontravention (countable and uncountable, plural contraventions)
1.The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.
Their contravention of the treaty increased international tensions.
[Synonyms]
edit
- opposition
- obstruction
- transgression
- violation
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “contravention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editcontravention f (plural contraventions)
1.traffic ticket, traffic fine
2.(law) infraction, infringement, minor offence
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hardship
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/[Antonyms]
edit
- softship
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.
[Noun]
edithardship (countable and uncountable, plural hardships)
1.Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
He has survived periods of financial hardship before.
2.1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 377:
If train services of this kind were to be cut off, without any provision of alternative services, there would, of course, be hardship in some cases.
3.2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26:
The TUCC's role was to assess what (if any) hardship a BR closure proposal would cause, and to make recommendations to ministers who would have the final say.
[Verb]
edithardship (third-person singular simple present hardships, present participle hardshipping, simple past and past participle hardshipped)
1.(transitive) To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
2.1969, Tract Series (issues 96-129, page 529)
[…] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]
3.1970, Reading Reform Foundation, The Annual Reading Reform Foundation Conference, page 47:
Although we lost the election by the narrowest of margins, the people of Oregon heard a great deal about education, and particularly about how "look-say" reading instruction was hardshipping Oregon school children.
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expend
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈspɛnd/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.
[See also]
edit
- expent
[Verb]
editexpend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)
1.(transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
2.c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
If my death might make this island happy […]
I would expend it with all willingness.
3.(transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse
4.1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 416:
To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.
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every nook and cranny
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- crook and nanny
[Noun]
editnook and cranny (plural nooks and crannies)
1.(idiomatic) A place or part of a place, especially small or remote.
2.Everyone went to sleep in some nook and cranny of the house.
3.1966, Pat Shaw Iversen (tr.), “Soup from a Sausage Peg”, in The Snow Queen and Other Tales, 1st ed. edition, translation of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, page 224:
It's strange to come away from home, from your own nook and cranny, to go by ship – which is also a kind of nook and cranny – and then suddenly be more than a hundred miles away and stand in a foreign land!
4.2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47:
Ever since the post-war spread of the motor car, the railways have had to contend with tough competition, but have had an inherent advantage in the commuter and inter-city markets. Now they are about to face two new enemies - a technology that everyone has learnt to use and a virus that many people think lurks in every nook and cranny of the rail system.
[Synonyms]
edit
- nook or cranny (negative sentences)
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breeze
[[English]]
ipa :/bɹiːz/[Anagrams]
edit
- beezer
[Etymology 1]
editFrom the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure.Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”).[1][2]The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for any of those languages is a corruption of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted.Compare also Albanian breshër (“hail”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English brese, from Old English brēosa, variant of Old English brimsa (“gadfly”), from Proto-Germanic *bremusī (“gadfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerem- (“to make a noise, buzz, hum”). Cognate with Dutch brems (“horsefly, warblefly”), German Bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Danish bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Swedish broms (“gadfly, horsefly”). Related also to Middle English brimse (“gadfly”), French brize (“gadfly”), Old English bremman (“to rage, roar”), Latin fremō (“roar, snort, growl, grumble”). See also bream.
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consume
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈsjuːm/[Anagrams]
edit
- Mounces, comunes, muscone
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (use): burn (of energy), use, use up
- (eat): devour, eat, swallow
- (occupy): occupy, overcome, take over
- (destroy): annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze (of a building), wipe out
[Verb]
editconsume (third-person singular simple present consumes, present participle consuming, simple past and past participle consumed)
1.(transitive) To use up.
The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
2.(transitive) To eat.
Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
3.(transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
Desire consumed him.
4.(transitive) To destroy completely.
The building was consumed by fire.
5.c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, 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 IV, scene vi]:
If he were putting to my house the brand / That shall consume it.
6.1900, The New Covenant Commonly Called the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (American Standard Version), New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Matthew 6:19–20:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through to steal: […]
7.(intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
8.1598–1599 (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: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:
Therefore, let Benedick, like cover'd fire, / Consume away in sighs.
9.1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 441:
But, sir, you see how weak I am. You must see that I have been consuming from day to day […] .
10.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.
11.(economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.
If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax.
12.(transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
The Internet has changed the way we consume news.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.sym/[Anagrams]
edit
- écumons
[Verb]
editconsume
1.first-person singular present indicative of consumer
2.third-person singular present indicative of consumer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
5.second-person singular imperative of consumer
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
editconsume
1.second-person singular imperative of consumir
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editcōnsūme
1.second-person singular present active imperative of cōnsūmō
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editconsume
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of consumar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of consumar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of consumar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of consumar
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editconsume
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of consumir.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of consumir.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of consumir.editconsume
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of consumar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of consumar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of consumar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of consumar.
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hitting
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɪtɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- tithing
[Noun]
edithitting (plural hittings)
1.A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
Their conflict ended in hitting.
2.The skill of hitting.
The batter's hitting improved with practice.
[Verb]
edithitting
1.present participle of hit
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swivel
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈswɪvəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- wevils
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English swyvel, swivel, from a derivative of Old English swīfan (“to revolve”), + -el, an instrumental suffix, equivalent to swive + -el.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:swivelWikipedia swivel (plural swivels)
1.(mechanical) A piece, such as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.
2.1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict[1]:
The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.
3.(military) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; called also swivel gun.
4.1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
Applied to guns mounted upon the cartridges were fired without being tripods , stands , swivels , or carriages
5.(slang) Strength of mind or character that enables one to overcome adversity; confidence; force of will.
Bob ain't got no swivel.
6.The act of swivelling.
7.(dance) A rotating of the hips.
[References]
editswivel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Verb]
editswivel (third-person singular simple present swivels, present participle swiveling or swivelling, simple past and past participle swiveled or swivelled)
1.(intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.
2.2013, Delme Parfitt in Wales Online, Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
As expected, Swansea began the game with some patient passing and the first chance fell to striker Michu in the fourth minute when he controlled a cross by Jonjo Shelvey and swivelled in the penalty box, only to fire over the bar.
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swivel chair
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- swivel-chair, swivelchair
[Noun]
editswivel chair (plural swivel chairs)
1.A chair with a rotating seat, typically used in an office or at a computer.
Synonym: office chair
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ceiling
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsiːlɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- cieling
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix).
[Etymology 2]
edit
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outset
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈaʊtsɛt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Stoute, Tetsuo, set out, setout
[Etymology 1]
editFrom out- + set, replacing earlier outsetting.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom out- + set.
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written off
[[English]]
[Verb]
editwritten off
1.past participle of write off
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write off
[[English]]
[Verb]
editwrite off (third-person singular simple present writes off, present participle writing off, simple past wrote off, past participle written off)
1.(accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
2.(accounting, transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
3.(accounting, transitive) To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example).
4.(accounting) To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
5.To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
6.2020 May 20, “Fleet News: Collision-damaged '800' at Wolverton”, in Rail, page 25:
The '800' received substantial collision damage, while the High Speed Train power car was written off.
7.(figuratively, transitive) To assign a low value to (something).
When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals.
8.2015, Daniel Taylor, Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero too good for Chelsea as Diego Costa labours (in The Guardian, 16 August 2015)[1]
They have shown their staying power before and it would be daft to write them off but it must be disturbing, nonetheless, for Mourinho that his team are five points behind already and locked in a game of catch-up against the side that has just subjected them to a rare, old-fashioned beating.
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write-off
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- writeoff
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase write off.
[Noun]
editwrite-off (plural write-offs)
1.(accounting) The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost
2.Something that is now worthless (such as a car after an accident)
[Verb]
editwrite-off (third-person singular simple present writes-off, present participle writing-off, simple past wrote-off, past participle written-off)
1.Nonstandard spelling of write off.
2.2000, Roy L. Nersesian, Trends and Tools for Operations Management, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 80:
If you are eager to manufacture the recharging unit, the analyst will be tempted to write-off the equipment over its physical life and provide you with a lower breakeven volume. If you prefer to outsource, the analyst will be tempted to write-off the equipment over its tax life and provide you with a higher breakeven volume.
3.2005, OECD Economic Surveys, Volume 2005/13 (September 2005): China, OECD Publishing, →ISBN, page 146:
This has spurred major efforts to write-off loans by the two pilot banks and considerable progress at the largest of the SOCBs (the ICBC).
4.2007, Ganapathy Palanithurai et al., A Handbook for Panchayati Raj Administration (Tamil Nadu), Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 58:
Provided that where the Collector or any of his subordinates is responsible for the collection of any tax, […] the power to write-off such tax, […] on the ground of its being irrecoverable, shall be exercised by the Commissioner of Land Administration […]
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banish
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbænɪʃ/[Anagrams]
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- Bhasin, Bishan, ash-bin, ashbin, bash in, bashin', nisbah
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English banysshen, from Old French banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”) and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare to French bannir.
[Further reading]
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- banish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- banish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- banish at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Verb]
editbanish (third-person singular simple present banishes, present participle banishing, simple past and past participle banished)
1.(heading) To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
1.(with simple direct object)
If you don't stop talking blasphemies, I will banish you.
2.(with from)
He was banished from the kingdom.
3.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.
4.(dated, with out of)
5.(archaic, with two simple objects (person and place))
6.1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
, II.10:
he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […].
7.1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, 1985, p.190:
Then yours she will never be! You are banished her presence; her mother has opened her eyes to your designs, and she is now upon her guard against them.To expel, especially from the mind.
banish fear, qualm.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
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leaves
[[English]]
ipa :-iːvz[Anagrams]
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- Veales, salvee, sleave, veales
[Noun]
editleaves
1.plural of leaf
2.plural of leave
[Verb]
editleaves
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leave
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protest
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/[Anagrams]
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- Potters, potters, spotter, strepto, strepto-
[Etymology]
editFrom the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).
[Noun]
editprotest (countable and uncountable, plural protests)
1.A formal objection, especially one by a group.
They lodged a protest with the authorities.
2.A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
3.2013 August 10, “http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21583277-worlds-biggest-polluter-going-green-it-needs-speed-up-transition-can-china Can China clean up fast enough?]”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
We held a protest in front of City Hall.
4.The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
5.A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
[Synonyms]
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- dissent
- objection
- protestation
[Verb]
editprotest (third-person singular simple present protests, present participle protesting, simple past and past participle protested)
1.(intransitive) To make a strong objection.
How dare you, I protest!
The public took to the streets to protest over the planned change to the law.
2.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
3.2009, Cuba:
U.S. and European protested against Spanish conduct in Cuba.
4.(transitive) To affirm (something).
I protest my innocence.
I do protest and declare …
5.1598–1599 (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: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
I will protest your cowardice.
6.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Our youth, now, emboldened with his success, resolved to push the matter farther, and ventured even to beg her recommendation of him to her father's service; protesting that he thought him one of the honestest fellows in the country, and extremely well qualified for the place of a gamekeeper, which luckily then happened to be vacant.
7.1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Ch.8
She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
8.(transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.
They protested the demolition of the school.
9.To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
10.1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
11.(law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
12.(obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈprotɛst][Further reading]
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- protest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- protest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editprotest m
1.protest
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/proːˈtɛst/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin protestō.
[Noun]
editprotest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)
1.protest (occasion to express dissatisfaction)
2.protest (expression of disagreement)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin protestari, as for protestere
[Noun]
editprotest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protester, definite plural protestene)
1.a protest
[References]
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- “protest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin protestari
[Noun]
editprotest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protestar, definite plural protestane)
1.a protest
[References]
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- “protest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈprɔ.tɛst/[Etymology]
editFrom German Protest, from Italian protesto, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).
[Further reading]
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- protest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- protest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editprotest m inan
1.(law) protest (formal objection)
2.protest (demonstration)
[Synonyms]
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- demonstracja
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBack-formation from protesta
[Noun]
editprotest n (plural proteste)
1.protest
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/prǒtest/[Etymology]
editFrom German Protest.
[Noun]
editpròtest m (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)
1.protest
[Synonyms]
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- pròsvjed
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- torpets
[Noun]
editprotest c
1.protest
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/ˈprɔtɛsd/[Etymology]
editFrom English protest.
[Further reading]
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- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “protest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
[Mutation]
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[Noun]
editprotest f (plural protestiadau or protestadau)
1.protest, demonstration (collective gesture of disapproval)
2.2020 November 11, BBC Cymru Fyw[1]:
Mae dwsinau o ddynion sydd wedi cael eu cartrefi mewn gwersyll ym Mhenalun, Sir Benfro wedi cynnal protest dros eu hamodau byw. Cynhaliodd y dynion brotest yn hawlio bod eu hawliau dynol yn cael eu hanwybyddu.
Dozens of men who have been housed in a camp in Penally, Pembrokeshire have held a protest over their living conditions. The men held a protest claiming that their human rights were being ignored.
Synonym: gwrthdystiad
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policing
[[English]]
[Noun]
editpolicing (countable and uncountable, plural policings)
1.monitoring or regulation
2.patrolling by the police
3.maintenance of public order
[Verb]
editpolicing
1.present participle of police
2.2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
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portrayal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/[Etymology]
editportray + -al.
[Noun]
editportrayal (plural portrayals)
1.The act of portraying.
2.The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
3.1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
4.1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
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insulated
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editinsulated (comparative more insulated, superlative most insulated)
1.Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
2.Placed or set apart.
an insulated house or column
3.1846, Thomas De Quincey, On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)
the special and insulated situation of the Jews
4.(of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.
Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic.
5.1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:
Speed by now was now down to 25 m.p.h., but that universal tool, the insulated screwdriver, with its business end gingerly applied to the relay coil, enabled us to keep going as far as Grantham, where a more permanent remedy could be effected.
6.(astronomy, dated) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable.
(Can we find and add a quotation of C. A. Young to this entry?)
[Anagrams]
edit
- nidulates, tasuldine
[Verb]
editinsulated
1.simple past tense and past participle of insulate
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