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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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35191
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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35203
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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35205
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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- “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]
edit
- “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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- pròsvjed
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- torpets
[Noun]
editprotest c
1.protest
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/ˈprɔtɛsd/[Etymology]
editFrom English protest.
[Further reading]
edit
- 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]
edit
[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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insulate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- alunites
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin insulatus (“made like an island”), past participle of insulare (“to make like an island”), from insula (“island”); see insular.
[Synonyms]
edit
- isolate
[Verb]
editinsulate (third-person singular simple present insulates, present participle insulating, simple past and past participle insulated)
1.To separate, detach, or isolate.
2.To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editīnsulāte
1.vocative masculine singular of īnsulātus
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inflammatory
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈflæmətəɹi/[Adjective]
editinflammatory (comparative more inflammatory, superlative most inflammatory)
1.Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.
2.Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
3.2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
[Noun]
editinflammatory (plural inflammatories)
1.Any material that causes inflammation
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unvarnished
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunvarnished (not comparable)
1.Not having been coated with varnish (or a similar surface treatment).
2.(figuratively, by extension) Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.
She told the unvarnished truth.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- unvarnisht (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editun- + varnished
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stand on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Tandons, dantons
[Verb]
editstand on (third-person singular simple present stands on, present participle standing on, simple past and past participle stood on)
1.(nautical) To continue following the same course.
2.To observe a ceremony or tradition; to insist on proper behavior or recognition.
Let's not stand on ceremony.
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preceding
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɪˈsiːdɪŋ/[Adjective]
editpreceding (not comparable)
1.Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- præceding (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- decerping
[Antonyms]
edit
- succeeding, see also Thesaurus:subsequent
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -ing.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:former
[Verb]
editpreceding
1.present participle of precede
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rushed
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹʌʃt/[Adjective]
editrushed (comparative more rushed, superlative most rushed)
1.Very busy.
I was so rushed today, I didn't have time to eat lunch.
2.Done in haste; done quickly.
My rushed attempt at an essay received a predictably poor grade.
3.Abounding or covered with rushes.
[Verb]
editrushed
1.simple past tense and past participle of rush
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midsize
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editmidsize (not comparable)
1.Alternative spelling of mid-size
[Anagrams]
edit
- Izedism
[Noun]
editmidsize (plural midsizes)
1.Alternative spelling of mid-size
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repatriate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Tea Partier
[Etymology]
editLatin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).
[Noun]
editrepatriate (plural repatriates)
1.a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored.
[Verb]
editrepatriate (third-person singular simple present repatriates, present participle repatriating, simple past and past participle repatriated)
1.(transitive) To restore (a person) to his or her own country.
2.1997, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, transl., The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 561:
Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring.
3.(transitive) To return (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
4.(transitive) To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.
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forced
[[English]]
ipa :/fɔɹst/[Adjective]
editforced (comparative more forced, superlative most forced)
1.Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her.
2.Opened or accessed using force.
[Synonyms]
edit
- forcible
[Verb]
editforced
1.simple past tense and past participle of force
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to the tune of
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editto the tune of
1.Fitting the melody of.
The lyrics were written to the tune of "Amazing Grace".
2.(idiomatic) Roughly; about; to the approximate sum or extent of.
The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of two grand.
3.1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston
It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.
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Table
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- balte, bêlât
[Proper noun]
editTable
1.Mensa (constellation)
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Cupertino
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- uniceptor
[Proper noun]
editCupertino
1.A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
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failure
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfeɪl.jɚ/[Antonyms]
edit
- (state or condition): success, triumph
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”).
[Noun]
editfailure (countable and uncountable, plural failures)
1.State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
2.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
3.2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:
Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.
4.An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
5.Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
6.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
7.2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42:
But as with individual train failures you have to tackle every one as it arises and assume it will happen again, which it will, if you don't do something about it.
8.Bankruptcy.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (person incapable of success): loser
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abet
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈbɛt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bate, Beta, Teba, bate, beat, beta
[Antonyms]
edit
- baffle
- confound
- contradict
- counteract
- denounce
- deter
- disapprove
- disconcert
- discourage
- dissuade
- expose
- frustrate
- hinder
- impede
- obstruct
- thwart
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”), either from Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”) or from Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”)[1], from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”).Alternate etymology traces the Middle English and Old French words through Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), from ā- + bǣtan (“to bait”), from the same Proto-Germanic [Term?] source.See also bait, bet.
[Noun]
editabet (plural abets)
1.(obsolete) Fraud or cunning. [mid-12th century to mid-14th century][3]
2.(obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. [from c. 1350-1470][3]
[References]
edit
1. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2
2. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 6
3.↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abet”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to instigate or encourage by aid or countenance): incite, instigate, set on, egg on, foment, advocate, countenance, encourage, second, uphold, aid, assist, support, sustain, back, connive at, promote, sanction, advocate, embolden, favor, cooperate with
[Verb]
editabet (third-person singular simple present abets, present participle abetting, simple past and past participle abetted)
1.(obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. [from end of 14th century to early 17th century][2]
2.(transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [from c. 1350-1470][3]
3.2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone
By the early Seventies, Playboy was selling seven million copies a month and Hefner's globe-trotting lifestyle was abetted by his private jet, the Big Bunny, that contained a circular bed, an inside disco and a wet bar.
4.1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:
Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
5.(transitive, archaic) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain. [from late 16th century][3]
6.a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, George Rust, editor, The whole works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, published 1835:
Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted.
7.(obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
[[Aragonese]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editabet m
1.fir-tree
[References]
edit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “abet”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
[[Chamorro]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Spanish vamos a ver (“we'll see”)
[Phrase]
editabet
1.An expression of doubt
[[Danish]]
[Verb]
editabet
1.past participle of abe
[[Lombard]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin habitus (“habit, appearance”).
[Noun]
editabet m
1.religious habit (clothing)
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valuation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/[Etymology]
editMiddle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir.
[Noun]
editvaluation (countable and uncountable, plural valuations)
1.An estimation of something's worth.
2.(finance, insurance) The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability.
3.1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, page 4:
The tax assessor put them in fourteen valuation groups ranging from one two-story brick house and two one-and-a-half-story houses to the largest groups of eighteen two-story houses and twenty-four one-story bungalows.
4.(logic, propositional logic, model theory) An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas).
5.(logic, first-order logic, model theory) A structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value to each sentence in the language for that structure.
6.(algebra) A measure of size or multiplicity.
7.(measure theory, domain theory) A map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of positive real numbers including infinity.
[See also]
edit
- (logic): interpretation
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trickier
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittrickier
1.comparative form of tricky: more tricky
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administer
[[English]]
ipa :/ədˈmɪnɪstɚ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- administre (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- administre, mistrained, nitramides
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English admynistren, from Old French aminister, from Latin administrare (“to manage, execute”), from ad (“to”) + ministrare (“to attend, serve”), from minister (“servant”); see minister.
[Verb]
editadminister (third-person singular simple present administers, present participle administering, simple past and past participle administered)
1.(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
2.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 15, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
A noxious drug had been administered to him.
3.(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
4.1708, John Philips, Cyder, book I, London: J. Tonson, page 3:
[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
5.1712 September 17, Joseph Addison, “SATURDAY, September 6, 1712 [Julian calendar]”, in The Spectator, number 477; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
A fountain […] administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.
6.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
Justice was administered between man and man with an exactness and purity not before known.
7.(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
8.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle 3, London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019:
For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best.
9.(intransitive) To minister (to).
administering to the sick
10.(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
11.To give, as an oath.
12.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:
Swear […] to keep the oath that we administer.
13.(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ad.miˈnis.ter/[Noun]
editadminister m (genitive administrī); second declension
1.assistant, helper, supporter
2.attendant
3.priest, minister
[References]
edit
- administer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- administer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- administer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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southpaw
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsaʊθˌpɔː/[Etymology]
editFrom south + paw.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Further reading]
edit
- southpaw at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editsouthpaw (plural southpaws)
1.(informal, idiomatic) One who is left-handed, especially in sports.
1.(sports) A left-handed pitcher.
Since home plate is generally in the southwest corner to avoid glare in the batter's eyes, a southpaw's pitching hand is to the south.A boxer who leads with the right hand and guards with the left
[Synonyms]
edit
- (one who is left-handed): left-hander, lefty
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to scale
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Castelo, Lacoste, alecost, coletas, lactose, locates, scatole, scotale, talcose
[Prepositional phrase]
editto scale
1.(of a model) such that each dimension has the same proportion to the original
The one-metre-long model of the Bismarck was built exactly to scale, with moving turrets.
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feature-length
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfeature-length (not comparable)
1.(film) Having the length of a feature film, generally in the range of about 1½ to 3 hours.
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scrub
[[English]]
ipa :/skɹʌb/[Anagrams]
edit
- curbs
[Etymology 1]
editVariant of shrub, possibly under Norse influence.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Etymology 2]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:ScrubsWikipedia From Middle English scrobben (“groom a horse with a currycomb”); from Middle Dutch schrobben (“clean by scrubbing”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (clothing worn during surgery): surgical gownTranslations[edit]instance of scrubbingcancellation — see cancellationworn-out brushone who scrubsclothing worn in surgery
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exploratory
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editexploratory (not comparable)
1.Serving to explore or investigate.
2.2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian[1]:
Meanwhile, for those who doubted the sheer breadth of music Glastonbury offers, a short walk took you from Thundercat’s exploratory, spaced-out take on jazz-funk – where the smooth sound of yacht rock crashed into extended passages of improvisation to thrilling effect – to the aforementioned Craig David, clad entirely in white and padding out his set by the simple expedient of playing other people’s records and singing along to them, and thence to Liam Gallagher on the comeback trail.
[Etymology]
editFrom explore + -atory.
[Noun]
editexploratory (plural exploratories)
1.An exploration or investigation.
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odds-on
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editodds-on (comparative more odds-on, superlative most odds-on)
1.Having a chance of winning that is better than even.
2.In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
3.2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season.
4.(colloquial) Very likely.
5.1966, New Commonwealth, volume 44, page 385:
Name a light entertainer and its odds-on that he - or even she (think of Cilla Black) – learned the trade of laughter and song in Liverpool.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Dodson
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counted
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkaʊntɪd/[Verb]
editcounted
1.simple past tense and past participle of count
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outspent
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editoutspent (comparative more outspent, superlative most outspent)
1.Exhausted; tired out.
[Verb]
editoutspent
1.simple past tense and past participle of outspend
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crown jewel
[[English]]
[Noun]
editcrown jewel (plural crown jewels)
1.A prized possession or asset, originally one making up part of the royal regalia.
2.(business) A valuable part of a company, especially one that is sought by another in a hostile takeover.
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Crown
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom crown.
[Proper noun]
editthe Crown
1.(government) The sovereign, in a monarchic country.
2.(government) The government, in a monarchic country.
3.(Canada, law) A Crown attorney.
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in full swing
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin full swing
1.Proceeding fully, quickly, or completely; thoroughly begun and in progress.
We arrived an hour late and found the event already in full swing.
[Synonyms]
edit
- in full gear
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roost
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹuːst/[Anagrams]
edit
- Sorto, Toors, ostro, roots, rotos, stoor, toros, torso
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijaną.Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse róst
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Manx]]
ipa :/ruːs/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish rúsc, from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).
[Noun]
editroost m (genitive singular roost, plural roostyn)
1.peel, rind
2.bark
[Verb]
editroost (verbal noun roostey, past participle rooisht)
1.to strip, peel, hull, rind, unbark
2.to rob
3.to bare
4.to debunk
5.to rifle
6.to deprive
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editroost
1.Alternative form of roste (“roast”)
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cratering
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- arrecting, recrating, retracing, terracing
[Noun]
editcratering (plural craterings)
1.The creation of a crater on a surface.
2.1971, Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil, Parliamentary debates; official report: - Volume 256, page 602:
Is the Minister in a position to give the results of ithe Garda investigation of the two latest allegations of deliberate crossings and craterings of Irish roads?
3.2010, John Engledew, The Tungus Event, Or, The Great Siberian Meteorite, →ISBN, page 144:
Major craterings are quite apparent on the older and non-reworked faces of the other planets and their satellites.
4.2015, Michael Kurland, The Whenabouts of Burr, →ISBN, page 135:
Many of the building fronts bore the pockmarks of rifle or machine gun fire; a few showed the larger craterings of aircraft cannon, and an occasional pile of nibble showed the effects of artillery or bombs.
5.2017, Randall Dean Bryhn, The Chronicles of MU, →ISBN:
The moon also hangs as an inhospitable, cold companion in the night, a grim ball that shows many signs of craterings on its surface but not the great number we see now.
[Verb]
editcratering
1.present participle of crater
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outdrew
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[Anagrams]
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- drew out
[Verb]
editoutdrew
1.simple past tense of outdraw
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