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36204 taxonomy [[English]] ipa :/tækˈsɒnəmi/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +‎ -nomy. [Noun] edittaxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies) 1.The science or the technique used to make a classification. 2.A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system. 3.(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. [Synonyms] edit - taxonomics - (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy 0 0 2018/06/07 13:48 2021/10/04 13:35 TaN
36205 trekking [[English]] [Noun] edittrekking (usually uncountable, plural trekkings) 1.Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking. [Verb] edittrekking 1.present participle of trek [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈtrɛ.kɪŋ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch treckinge. Equivalent to trekken (“to pull, draw”) +‎ -ing (“-ing”). [Noun] edittrekking f (plural trekkingen, diminutive trekkinkje n) 1.A draw, the act or event of drawing (especially by chance). 2.(now uncommon) Pull, the act of pulling. [[French]] ipa :/tʁɛ.kiŋ/[Etymology] editLoanword from English [Further reading] edit - “trekking” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] edittrekking m (plural trekkings) 1.trekking [[Polish]] ipa ://ˈtrɛ.kʲinɡ//[Alternative forms] edit - treking [Etymology] editFrom English trekking. [Further reading] edit - trekking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - trekking in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] edittrekking m inan 1.(sports) trekking [[Spanish]] [Noun] edittrekking m (plural trekkings) 1.trekking 0 0 2021/10/04 13:42 TaN
36209 friction [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɹɪkʃən̩/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French friction and directly from Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”). Doublet of frisson. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:friction (physical force)Wikipedia friction (usually uncountable, plural frictions) 1.The rubbing of one object or surface against another. 2.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. 3.(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact. 4.1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95 Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion. 5.(medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation. 6.1792, James Curry, Observations on Apparent Death from Drowning, Suffocation: The frictions should at first be very gentle, and performed with a view to restore heat, and not to force the blood towards the heart, which in drowned persons is already too much distended with it. 7.1874 January 7, M. Panas, “Treatment of Syphilis by Mercurial Friction”, in The London Medical Record, volume 1, page 5: The frictions are made at bedtime, on a limited portion of the body, and on one side only—the calf of the leg by preference, or the thigh, groin, or axilla. It is enough to continue rubbing for from three to five minutes at most. 8.(figuratively) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash. 9.2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist‎[1]: Thais have been watching for signs of friction between the armed forces and the monarchy—the country's two biggest sources of political power—since the death in October of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Vajiralongkorn's long-reigning father. 10.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 52: Once finances are stabilised, getting Crossrail finished is Byford's most obvious task. Late and over budget, it is causing unwanted headlines and friction between the London Mayor and the Department for Transport that both sides would rather live without. 11.(China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces. [See also] edit - tribology - lubrication [[French]] ipa :/fʁik.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”) [Further reading] edit - “friction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editfriction f (plural frictions) 1.friction: the rubbing, the conflict or the physics force. [[Interlingua]] [Noun] editfriction (uncountable) 1.friction 0 0 2017/06/19 12:48 2021/10/04 13:54
36214 imploring [[English]] [Noun] editimploring (plural implorings) 1.The act of one who implores; imploration. 2.1997, Edward Wasiolek, Tolstoy's Major Fiction (page 198) But on the night that Nekhludov seduces Maslova, he forces his way past doors, implorings, and physical resistance. [Verb] editimploring 1.present participle of implore 0 0 2021/09/19 12:51 2021/10/04 18:57 TaN
36219 'course [[English]] [Adverb] edit'course (not comparable) 1.Contraction of of course. 2.2002, Jane Green, Bookends, 2003 trade paperback edition, →ISBN, page 33: " […] she'd probably find something wrong with him too. Wouldn't you?" He looked at me. "'Course," I said, examining the picture before exclaiming very seriously, "His hair's too greasy." [Anagrams] edit - Couser, Crouse, Crusoe, cerous, coures, crouse, source 0 0 2021/10/04 20:33 TaN
36226 place [[English]] ipa :/pleɪs/[Alternative forms] edit - pleace (some English dialects: 18th–19th centuries; Scots: until the 17th century) [Anagrams] edit - Capel, Caple, capel, caple, clape [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“to spread”), extended form of *pleh₂- (“flat”). Displaced native Old English stōw. Compare also English pleck (“plot of ground”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot, location”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, and plaza. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English placen, from the noun (see above). [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈplat͡sɛ][Alternative forms] edit - placu (locative singular) [Anagrams] edit - palce, palec [Noun] editplace 1.vocative/locative singular of plac [[French]] ipa :/plas/[Anagrams] edit - clape, Le Cap [Etymology 1] editFrom Old French place, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa). [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [Further reading] edit - “place” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Interlingua]] [Verb] editplace 1.present of placer 2.imperative of placer [[Latin]] [Verb] editplacē 1.second-person singular present active imperative of placeō [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - plache, plaise, plas [Etymology] editFrom Latin platea. [Noun] editplace f (oblique plural places, nominative singular place, nominative plural places) 1.place; location [References] edit - Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (place, supplement) - - place on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈpla.t͡sɛ/[Noun] editplace m inan 1.nominative/accusative/vocative plural of plac [[Romanian]] ipa :[ˈplat͡ʃe][Verb] editplace 1.second-person singular imperative of plăcea 2.third-person singular present indicative of plăcea Îți place de el? ― Do you like him? [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈplaθe/[Verb] editplace 1.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of placer. 2.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of placer. 0 0 2009/04/07 20:48 2021/10/05 09:13
36227 Place [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Capel, Caple, capel, caple, clape [Proper noun] editPlace (plural Places) 1.A surname​. [See also] edit - Laplace  [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Place is the 4862nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7251 individuals. Place is most common among White (93.41%) individuals. 0 0 2018/09/24 18:33 2021/10/05 09:13 TaN
36228 charte [[French]] ipa :/ʃaʁt/[Anagrams] edit - archet - châtre, châtré - tacher, tâcher [Etymology] editFrom Middle French charte, chartre, from Old French chartre, charte, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta, with loss of the second -r- by dissimilation (or alternatively through influence from Latin charta). Ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Cognate with French carte. Doublet of charter. [Further reading] edit - “charte” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editcharte f (plural chartes) 1.charter 0 0 2021/10/05 09:13 TaN
36229 manage [[English]] ipa :/ˈmænɪdʒ/[Anagrams] edit - Meagan, agname [Etymology] editFrom Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage, from Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings”), probably from Old Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat”), from mano, from Latin manus (“the hand”); see manual. [Further reading] edit - manage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - manage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Noun] editmanage (uncountable) 1.(now rare) The act of managing or controlling something. 2.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto xii: the winged God himselfe / Came riding on a Lion rauenous, / Taught to obay the menage of that Elfe […] . 3.1625, Francis Bacon, Of Youth and Age Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. 4.c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, 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]: the unlucky manage of this fatal brawl 5.(horseriding) Manège. 6.1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman You must draw [the horse] in his career with his manage, and turn, doing the corvetto, leaping &c.. [Synonyms] edit - (To handle with skill, wield): bewield [Verb] editmanage (third-person singular simple present manages, present participle managing, simple past and past participle managed) 1.(transitive) To direct or be in charge of. 2.(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job). 3.(transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.). 4.1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 1051505315: It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. 5.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto ii: The most vnruly, and the boldest boy, / That euer warlike weapons menaged […] . 6.(intransitive) To succeed at an attempt. He managed to climb the tower. 7.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients: Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. 8.2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864: Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia? 9.(transitive, intransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help. It's a tough job, but I'll manage. 10.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. 11.To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 12.(obsolete) To treat with care; to husband. (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?) 13.(obsolete) To bring about; to contrive. 14.c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, 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 2, scene 3]: in a town of war, Yet wild, the people's hearts brimful of fear, To manage private and domestic quarrel, In night, and on the court and guard of safety! 0 0 2009/01/19 13:57 2021/10/05 09:14 TaN
36230 sequel [[English]] ipa :/ˈsiːkwəl/[Antonyms] edit - prequel [Etymology] editFrom Middle French séquelle [1], from Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow”). [Noun] editsequel (plural sequels) 1.(dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath. 2.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: Now here Christian was worse put to it than in his fight with Apollyon, as by the sequel you shall see. 3.(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own. 4.(Scotland, historical) Thirlage. 5.(obsolete) A person's descendants. [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “sequel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [[Polish]] ipa ://ˈsik.wɛl//[Etymology] editFrom English sequel, from Middle French séquelle, from Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow”). [Further reading] edit - sequel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - sequel in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editsequel m inan 1.(narratology) sequel 0 0 2009/07/08 13:04 2021/10/05 09:16 TaN
36231 advertiser [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom advertise +‎ -er. [Noun] editadvertiser (plural advertisers) 1.One who advertises. 2.2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained. 3.A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals. 0 0 2021/08/02 20:54 2021/10/05 09:17 TaN
36235 ninth [[English]] ipa :/naɪnθ/[Adjective] editninth (not comparable) 1.The ordinal form of the number nine. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine. [Noun] editninth (plural ninths) 1.The person or thing in the ninth position. 2.One of nine equal parts of a whole. 3.(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth). [Synonyms] edit - 9th, IXth, (in names of monarchs and popes) IX [Verb] editninth (third-person singular simple present ninths, present participle ninthing, simple past and past participle ninthed) 1.to lose a ninth 2.1973 Herakles on Thasos, page 79 £vateueTai, should be translated "a tithe (offering or fee) is not given (or paid)", "no tithing" (literally, "a ninth is not given", "no ninth-ing", if I may coin such a word). 3.2010 Religion and Reconciliation in Greek Cities: The Sacred Laws of Selinus and Cyrene page 161 A yearling "is ninthed" for Semele on Myconos (LSCG 96.23–24); the victim "is not ninthed" for Heracles Thasios 4.to divide by nine 5.2014 Contributions to Survey Sampling and Applied Statistics: Papers in Honor of H.O Hartley THE NINTHER-MEAN COMBINATION When data are only a little worse than usual, so far as wild and straggling values are concerned, we can do well enough by taking means of the results of ninthing. 0 0 2021/07/28 22:54 2021/10/05 09:18 TaN
36238 sidewall [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - wallside, well said [Etymology] editside +‎ wall. [Noun] editsidewall (plural sidewalls) 1.The side of a tire. If the puncture had been in the tread I could have had the tire patched, but it was in the sidewall and they can't fix that: they have to replace the whole tire. 2.The wall forming the side of a structure; a side wall. 1.The wall forming the side of a racquetball court. 2.1978, Charles Garfinkel, Racquetball the easy way, page 87: The kill shot may also be used against balls weakly played off the sidewall 3.2003, David Waters, February the Sixth, page 53: Mark flipped the ball to Jon for service. His high serve drifted perfectly down the left-hand court, and Mark's weakly hit return fell short off the sidewall. 4.2009, Allan D. Moore, Doms Need Love Too!: Adventures of the Day Old Muffins, page 116: Further, the grazing blow caused the ball to pick up a furiously wicked spin, making it a madly twirling object. The ball skimmed off the sidewall near the corner and into the lower-right corner of the front wall. 0 0 2021/10/05 09:21 TaN
36239 Huawei [[English]] ipa :/ˈ(h)wɑːweɪ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Mandarin 華為／华为 (Huáwéi). See Wikipedia for more. [Proper noun] editHuawei 1.(trademark) A Chinese company producing smartphones and other telecommunication equipment. [[German]] ipa :/ˈhuːavaɪ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Mandarin 華為／华为 (Huáwéi). See Wikipedia for more. [Proper noun] editHuawei n (genitive Huaweis) 1.(trademark) Huawei (Chinese company) [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈhuaːvɛj][Etymology] editBorrowed from Mandarin 華為／华为 (Huáwéi). See Wikipedia for more. [Proper noun] editHuawei 1.(trademark) Huawei (Chinese company) [[Portuguese]] ipa :/(ɦ)waˈwej/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Mandarin 華為／华为 (Huáwéi). See Wikipedia for more. [Proper noun] edita Huawei f 1.(trademark) Huawei (Chinese company) 0 0 2021/10/05 09:21 TaN
36245 bucks [[English]] ipa :/bʌks/[Noun] editbucks 1.plural of buckeditbucks pl (plural only) 1.Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour. [Verb] editbucks 1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buck 0 0 2021/08/13 17:47 2021/10/05 09:26 TaN
36246 Bucks [[English]] ipa :-ʌks[Proper noun] editBucks 1.Abbreviation of Buckinghamshire (in postal addresses) [[Plautdietsch]] [Noun] editBucks m (plural Buckse) 1.nudge 2.jostle 0 0 2021/08/05 08:23 2021/10/05 09:26 TaN
36250 sequestered [[English]] [Adjective] editsequestered (comparative more sequestered, superlative most sequestered) 1.Having undergone sequestration. 2.Of a location-isolated, off the beaten track. 3.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, pages 51-52: But the beauty of the glades was the hawthorn, in full luxuriance. The slightest motion brought down a shower of white blossoms, and the sweet air grew yet sweeter as the brothers approached the more sequestered parts. [Antonyms] edit - unsequestered [Verb] editsequestered 1.simple past tense and past participle of sequester 0 0 2013/02/17 21:12 2021/10/05 09:27
36251 sequester [[English]] ipa :/sɪˈkwɛs.tə/[Anagrams] edit - requestes, sequestre [Etymology] editFrom Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer [1], from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”). [Noun] editsequester (plural sequesters) 1.sequestration; separation 2.c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, 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 3, scene 4]: A sequester from liberty , fasting , and prayer 3.(law) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee. (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?) 4.(medicine) A sequestrum. [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “sequester”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - segregate [Verb] editsequester (third-person singular simple present sequesters, present participle sequestering, simple past and past participle sequestered) 1.To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw. The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order. 2.1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie when men most sequester themselves from action 3.To separate in order to store. The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO2 emissions. 4.To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things. 5.1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain I had wholly sequestered my thoughts from civil affairs. 6.(chemistry) To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound 7.(law) To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims. 8.To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc. 9.c. 1694, Robert South, sermon XXIV It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him. 10.(transitive, US, politics, law) To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget. The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013. 11.(international law) To seize and hold enemy property. 12.(intransitive) To withdraw; to retire. 13.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Vnlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], OCLC 879551664: to sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics 14.To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband. 0 0 2013/02/17 21:12 2021/10/05 09:27
36252 populace [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɒpjʊləs/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio. [Noun] editpopulace (countable and uncountable, plural populaces) 1.The common people of a nation. The populace despised their ignorant leader. 2.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎[1]: Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood. 3.The inhabitants of a nation. [Synonyms] edit - (common people of a nation): common people, hoi polloi, masses, people, rabble, riff-raff - (inhabitants of a nation): inhabitants, population [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈpopulat͡sɛ][Further reading] edit - populace in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957 - populace in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989 [Noun] editpopulace f 1.population [[French]] [Further reading] edit - “populace” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editpopulace f (plural populaces) 1.populace, common people 0 0 2021/10/05 09:27 TaN
36254 furlough [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɜː(ɹ).ləʊ/[Etymology] editFrom Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”). From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. [Further reading] edit - furlough on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editfurlough (countable and uncountable, plural furloughs) 1.A leave of absence or vacation. 1.(US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner. 2.1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,[1] And I had a lot of things on my mind and I pretty well forgot my promise to Mama until I got shipped home on a special furlough for her funeral. 3.(Britain) especially one granted to a missionary.The documents authorizing such leave.A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs. - 2008 November 7, Jon Ortiz, “State workers rip Schwarzenegger's job furlough plan”, in The Sacramento Bee‎[2]: The state estimates the one-day-a-month furlough spread over the 18 months of the plan would amount to a 5 percent cut in pay. [Verb] editfurlough (third-person singular simple present furloughs, present participle furloughing, simple past and past participle furloughed) 1.(transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone). 2.(transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough. 0 0 2021/08/02 10:46 2021/10/05 09:29 TaN
36255 delinquent [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/[Adjective] editdelinquent (comparative more delinquent, superlative most delinquent) 1.Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. Fred is delinquent in making his car payment. The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments. 2.Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo. [Noun] editdelinquent (plural delinquents) 1.One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws. 2.A person who has not paid their debts. 3.(historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646). [Synonyms] edit - (late or failing to pay a debt): defaultingedit - (one who breaks the law): See also Thesaurus:criminal - (royalist): cavalier [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˌdeː.liˈkʋɛnt/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin dēlinquens. [Noun] editdelinquent m (plural delinquenten, diminutive delinquentje n) 1.criminal Synonyms: crimineel, misdadiger [[Latin]] [Verb] editdēlinquent 1.third-person plural future active indicative of dēlinquō 0 0 2010/03/26 10:59 2021/10/05 09:30 TaN
36259 sucked [[English]] ipa :-ʌkt[Anagrams] edit - Duecks, duckes [Verb] editsucked 1.simple past tense and past participle of suck 0 0 2021/10/05 09:34 TaN
36264 up the wazoo [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editup the wazoo 1.(colloquial) Excessive(ly); too much. I'd go, but I'm sure they will charge up the wazoo for tickets. [See also] edit - out the wazoo 0 0 2021/10/05 09:44 TaN
36265 wazoo [[English]] ipa :/wæˈzuː/[Etymology] editPossibly a variant of kazoo.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Evidence?”) [Noun] editwazoo (plural wazoos) 1.(colloquial) The anus; ass. 2.1969 September 3, Richard K. Shull, “What 'Mr. Deeds' Is Depends On Speaker”, in Indianapolis News‎[1], page 19: "When you get burned once," Markham continued, "as I did in 'Second Hundred Years' ... where I got my wazoo shot off ..." [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:anus. 0 0 2021/10/05 09:44 TaN
36266 pleading [[English]] ipa :/ˈpliːdɪŋ/[Adjective] editpleading (comparative more pleading, superlative most pleading) 1.That pleads. 2.1955, Émile Zola, Ann Lindsay, Earth, p. 251: Franchise, relaxed and soothed by the vagueness of a surrender set so far in the future, simply took hold of his two hands to make him behave himself and looked at him with her pretty pleading eyes — the eyes of a sensitive woman who didn't want to risk having a child by anyone but her husband. 3.1999, Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins, p. 599: With a pleading look, she raised her eyes to him. 4.1993, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Psalms, p. 225: Have but a pleading heart and God will have a plenteous hand. 5.2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. [Anagrams] edit - pedaling [Noun] editpleading (countable and uncountable, plural pleadings) 1.The act of making a plea. 2.1909, Thomas Hardy, The Flirt's Tragedy But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue. 3.(law) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation. [Verb] editpleading 1.present participle of plead 0 0 2021/10/05 09:46 TaN
36268 prequel [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹiːkwəl/[Antonyms] edit - sequel [Etymology] editPatterned after sequel using pre- (“before”). [Noun] editprequel (plural prequels) 1.(narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel. 2.1980, Patrick Robertson, Movie Facts and Feats: A Guinness Record Book, New York: Sterling Publishing, p. 43: 'Prequels' are sequels that relate the story that preceded the original film. 3.2008, 26 February, Andrew Pierce, "JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits, in The Daily Telegraph They are also threatening to block the production of the long-awaited prequel, The Hobbit, which may now be cancelled. [[Polish]] ipa ://ˈprʲik.wɛl//[Etymology] editFrom English prequel. [Further reading] edit - prequel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - prequel in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editprequel m inan 1.(narratology) prequel 0 0 2010/02/15 10:57 2021/10/05 09:48 TaN
36270 domestically [[English]] [Adverb] editdomestically (comparative more domestically, superlative most domestically) 1.In a domestic manner 2.(sports) at home, playing in one's home ground 3.2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian‎[1]: Athletic have been showing signs of fatigue domestically and they never quite seemed to reach the same pitch of intensity that had so unsettled Manchester United and Schalke 04 in earlier rounds. [Etymology] editdomestic +‎ -ally 0 0 2013/04/20 15:36 2021/10/05 09:50
36272 mob [[English]] ipa :/mɒb/[Anagrams] edit - BMO, BOM, BoM, MBO, OMB [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”). The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by Richard Bartle for objects capable of movement in an early MUD. [Etymology 2] editAlteration of mab. [Etymology 3] editAbbreviation of mobile phone. [Further reading] edit - - Mob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [References] edit 1. ^ https://www.deadlystory.com/page/tools/aboriginal-cultural-support-planning/cultural-planning---frequently-asked-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-mob-clan-tribe-language-group [[Danish]] [Verb] editmob 1.imperative of mobbe [[French]] ipa :/mɔb/[Etymology] editAbbreviated form of mobylette. [Further reading] edit - “mob” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editmob f (plural mobs) 1.(colloquial) scooter, moped [[Volapük]] ipa :/mob/[Noun] editmob (nominative plural mobs) 1.suggestion [[White Hmong]] ipa :/mɒ˥/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with Iu Mien mun. [References] edit - Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications) [Verb] editmob 1.to be ill/sick; to hurt; to be unwell 0 0 2019/01/07 14:04 2021/10/05 09:52 TaN
36273 MOB [[English]] [Adjective] editMOB (not comparable) 1.(dentistry) Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal. 2.Initialism of missing on blog, the act of abandoning ones blog (or weblog) for an extended period of time [Anagrams] edit - BMO, BOM, BoM, MBO, OMB [Interjection] editMOB 1.(nautical) Initialism of man overboard, used e.g. on the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access. [Noun] editMOB (plural MOBs) 1.Initialism of mother of the bride. 0 0 2019/01/07 14:04 2021/10/05 09:52 TaN
36275 staggered [[English]] ipa :-æɡə(ɹ)d[Adjective] editstaggered (comparative more staggered, superlative most staggered) 1.Astonished, taken aback. 2.Arranged in a way that is not uniform. The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years. 3.Of platforms at a railway station, not directly opposite each other. 4.1959 May, Yorkshireman, “The Huddersfield-Penistone line and its branches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 253: The line now veers slightly south through a wooded cutting before arriving at the staggered platforms of Stocksmoor station (6½ miles) and a further ¾-mile stretch of level track leads to Shepley & Shelley (7¼ miles). [Anagrams] edit - raggedest [Verb] editstaggered 1.simple past tense and past participle of stagger The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed. 0 0 2021/10/05 09:55 TaN
36276 spontaneous [[English]] ipa :/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/[Adjective] editspontaneous (comparative more spontaneous, superlative most spontaneous) 1.Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause. He made a spontaneous offer of help. 2.Done by one's own free choice, or without planning. 3.Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint 4.Arising from a momentary impulse 5.Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things 6.Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor. 7.1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 106: [H]e persisted in his design; and, because he would not make his wants known, actually subsisted for several days on hips, haws and sloes, and other spontaneous fruits which he gathered in the woods and fields. 8.Random. 9.Sudden, without warning. [Etymology] editLate Latin spontāneus, from Latin sponte (suā) (“of one's free will, voluntarily”). [Synonyms] edit - (self-generated): autonomous - (done by one's own free choice): autonomous - (proceeding from natural feeling...): autonomous - (sudden, without warning): abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden 0 0 2012/11/16 22:28 2021/10/05 09:56
36277 entrepreneurial [[English]] ipa :/ˌɒntɹəpɹəˈnɜːɹi.əl/[Adjective] editentrepreneurial (comparative more entrepreneurial, superlative most entrepreneurial) 1.Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising. 2.2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]: Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King. [Etymology] editentrepreneur +‎ -ial [[French]] [Adjective] editentrepreneurial (feminine singular entrepreneuriale, masculine plural entrepreneuriaux, feminine plural entrepreneuriales) 1.entrepreneurial 0 0 2021/10/05 09:56 TaN
36280 imminently [[English]] [Adverb] editimminently (comparative more imminently, superlative most imminently) 1.In an imminent manner; liable to happen immediately or very soon. 2.2021 March 10, “Network News: Work to start on East Kilbride wires”, in RAIL, number 926, page 27: Work to electrify the East Kilbride line in Scotland will begin imminently, with foundations to be installed for the overhead line equipment. [Etymology] editimminent +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/05/25 09:04 2021/10/05 10:05 TaN
36284 splinter [[English]] ipa :/ˈsplɪntə(ɹ)/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint +‎ -er. [Etymology 2] editFrom the noun splinter. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈsplɪn.tər/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch splinter. [Noun] editsplinter m (plural splinters, diminutive splintertje n) 1.splinter (long, sharp fragment of material) 0 0 2010/02/03 13:06 2021/10/05 10:23 TaN
36285 duopoly [[English]] ipa :/djuːˈɒpəli/[Etymology] editBy analogy with monopoly, from the Latin-derived prefix duo- and the Greek-derived suffix -poly. [Noun] editduopoly (countable and uncountable, plural duopolies) 1.(economics) A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service. 2.(by extension) The domination of a field of endeavor by two people or entities. 3.2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 15 November 2016: In 2011, his spirit and body were shattered by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals. Last night, the stakes were just as high – even though the tournament is not out of the first week – because there is a creeping perception that the [Roger] Federer–[Rafael] Nadal duopoly is slowly giving way under pressure from below. 4.(broadcasting, by extension) Situation in which two or more TV or radio-stations in the same city or community share common ownership. 0 0 2021/08/03 18:41 2021/10/05 10:24 TaN
36287 dispiriting [[English]] [Adjective] editdispiriting (comparative more dispiriting, superlative most dispiriting) 1.Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:disheartening [Verb] editdispiriting 1.present participle of dispirit 0 0 2021/10/05 10:25 TaN
36288 dispirit [[English]] ipa :-ɪrɪt[Alternative forms] edit - disspirit [Etymology] editdis- +‎ spirit [Verb] editdispirit (third-person singular simple present dispirits, present participle dispiriting, simple past and past participle dispirited) 1.(transitive) To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten. 0 0 2021/10/05 10:25 TaN
36291 feel [[English]] ipa :/fiːl/[Anagrams] edit - elfe, fele, flee, leef [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan (“to feel, perceive, touch”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).[1] [Etymology 2] editSee fele. [References] edit 1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fōljan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150 [[North Frisian]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Frisian fēla. [Verb] editfeel 1.(Föhr-Amrum) to feel [[Old Catalan]] [Adjective] editfeel 1.faithful [Etymology] editInherited from Latin fidēlem (“faithful”). Replaced by the borrowing fidel in modern Catalan. [[Seri]] [Noun] editfeel (plural feeloj) 1.mallard, Anas platyrhynchos 0 0 2009/02/27 08:35 2021/10/05 10:49
36296 have up [[English]] [Verb] edithave up (third-person singular simple present has up, present participle having up, simple past and past participle had up) 1.(transitive, idiomatic, Britain) To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act. 2.1867, Jacob Larwood, ‎John Camden Hotten, The History of Signboards (page 177) In the police courts it is not uncommon to hear that such and such low persons have been "had up" for "cat and kitten sneaking," i.e., stealing quart and pint pots. 3.1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist‎[1]: "He broke a dog's leg with a stone, and there was some talk of having him up for it, but the people were afraid of him, and no one would prosecute." 4.2007, Saturday October 27, Don't write off religion - it can be the key to a stable family, by Anne Karpf in The Guardian If Richard Dawkins had his way, a fair number of you and, as it happens, me, would be had up for child abuse. According to him, that's what religious indoctrination of children by their parents is. 0 0 2021/07/12 12:35 2021/10/05 11:04 TaN
36310 floor [[English]] ipa :/flɔː/[Anagrams] edit - Floro [Antonyms] edit - ceiling [Etymology] editFrom Middle English flor, flore, from Old English flōr (“floor, pavement, ground, bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *flōrō, *flōrô, *flōraz (“flat surface, floor, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with West Frisian flier (“floor”), Dutch vloer (“floor”), German Flur (“field, floor, entrance hall”), Swedish flor (“floor of a cow stall”), Irish urlár (“floor”), Scottish Gaelic làr (“floor, ground, earth”), Welsh llawr (“floor, ground”), Latin plānus (“level, flat”). [Further reading] edit - Floor (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - - Floor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [Noun] editfloor (plural floors) 1.The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. The room has a wooden floor. 2.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016: A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. 3.Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). 4.The lower inside surface of a hollow space. Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor. The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home. The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been. 5.A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories. 6.The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge. Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten. 7.A storey/story of a building. For years we lived on the third floor. 8.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎[1]: When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. 9.In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery. 10.Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event. Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor? The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor. 11.(nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 12.(mining) A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. 13.(mining) The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine[1]. 14.(mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number. The floor of 4.5 is 4. 15.(gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise 16.(gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements. 17.(finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap. 18.A dance floor. 19.1983, "Maniac", Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky: She's a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she's dancing like she never danced before 20.1987, "Walk the Dinosaur", Was (Not Was): Open the door, get on the floor / Everybody walk the dinosaur 21.The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition. [References] edit 1. ^ 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms [Synonyms] edit - (bottom part of a room): see Thesaurus:floor - (right to speak): possession (UK) [Verb] editfloor (third-person singular simple present floors, present participle flooring, simple past and past participle floored) 1.To cover or furnish with a floor. floor a house with pine boards 2.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess‎[2]: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […]. 3.To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down. 4.(driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly. our driver floored the pedal 5.To silence by a conclusive answer or retort. floor an opponent 6.c. 1827-1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Hacket: Floored or crushed by him. 7.To amaze or greatly surprise. We were floored by his confession. 8.2021 June 3, Katherine Eban, “The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins”, in Vanity Fair‎[3]: Some of the attendees were “absolutely floored,” said an official familiar with the proceedings. That someone in the U.S. government could “make an argument that is so nakedly against transparency, in light of the unfolding catastrophe, was…shocking and disturbing.” 9.(colloquial) To finish or make an end of. 10.1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], Tom Brown at Oxford: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, OCLC 2753050: I've floored my little-go work floor a college examination 11.(mathematics) To set a lower bound. floored division [[Middle English]] [Noun] editfloor 1.Alternative form of flor 0 0 2021/10/05 13:19 TaN
36313 postulate [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɒstjʊlət/[Adjective] editpostulate (not comparable) 1.Postulated. 2.1662, [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge: University Press, 1905, OCLC 963614346: postulate Illation [Anagrams] edit - attopulse [Etymology] editFrom Medieval Latin postulāt- (“asked”), from the verb postulāre (“to ask”), from Latin postulō (“request”). [Noun] editpostulate (plural postulates) 1.Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption. 2.A fundamental element; a basic principle. 3.(logic) An axiom. 4.A requirement; a prerequisite. [Verb] editpostulate (third-person singular simple present postulates, present participle postulating, simple past and past participle postulated) 1.To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument. 2.1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII, But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […] 3.1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Infinite", [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite τὸ ἀπειρον. 4.(transitive, intransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office. 5.1874, John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, Vol 1, p. xvi [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed. 6.(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself. [[Italian]] [Verb] editpostulate 1.inflection of postulare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of postulato [[Latin]] [Verb] editpostulāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of postulō 0 0 2021/10/05 13:20 TaN
36314 amicable [[English]] ipa :/ˈæ.mɨ.kə.bəl/[Adjective] editamicable (comparative more amicable, superlative most amicable) 1.Showing friendliness or goodwill. They hoped to reach an amicable agreement. He was an amicable fellow with an easy smile. [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”); see amiable. 0 0 2013/03/10 10:54 2021/10/05 13:20
36316 tonal [[English]] ipa :/ˈtoʊnəl/[Anagrams] edit - Alton, Laton, Talon, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, talon [Etymology 1] edittone +‎ -alEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:tonalWikipedia [Etymology 2] editFrom Nahuatl tōnalli (“day, day sign”) [[Central Nahuatl]] ipa :/toːˈna.l/[Alternative forms] edit - (Amecameca): tonatih - (Milpa Alta): tonaltzintli [Etymology] editFrom Classical Nahuatl tonatiuh [Noun] edittonal 1.(Tlaxcala) sun [[French]] [Adjective] edittonal (feminine singular tonale, masculine plural tonaux, feminine plural tonales) 1.tonal [Etymology] editton +‎ -al [[German]] ipa :/toˈnaːl/[Adjective] edittonal (comparative tonaler, superlative am tonalsten) 1.tonal [Etymology] editTon +‎ -al [Further reading] edit - “tonal” in Duden online [[Highland Puebla Nahuatl]] [Alternative forms] edit - to̱nal [Noun] edittonal 1.sun [[Portuguese]] ipa :/toˈnaw/[Adjective] edittonal m or f (plural tonais, comparable) 1.tonal [[Romanian]] [Adjective] edittonal m or n (feminine singular tonală, masculine plural tonali, feminine and neuter plural tonale) 1.tonal [Etymology] editFrom French tonal [[Spanish]] ipa :/toˈnal/[Adjective] edittonal (plural tonales) 1.tonal [Further reading] edit - “tonal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2009/09/02 09:43 2021/10/05 17:32 TaN
36321 set to [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - TOSET, Toste, stote, totes [Verb] editset to (third-person singular simple present sets to, present participle setting to, simple past and past participle set to) 1.(intransitive) To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project. 0 0 2019/01/07 19:29 2021/10/06 08:19 TaN
36322 set-to [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - TOSET, Toste, stote, totes [Noun] editset-to (plural set-tos) 1.(colloquial) A fight. 2.1887, George Manville Fenn, Devon Boys […] we two had never had a serious quarrel, though I had had many a set-to with other lads, and had twice over given Bob Chowne black eyes. 0 0 2010/02/15 14:14 2021/10/06 08:19 TaN
36336 cut through [[English]] [Further reading] edit - “cut through”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. - “cut through” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. - “cut through” (US) / “cut through” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. - “cut through sth” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Verb] editcut through (third-person singular simple present cuts through, present participle cutting through, simple past and past participle cut through) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut,‎ through. 2.(idiomatic) To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time). Can we cut through the bureaucracy and make a decision on the spot? 3.To take a shortcut through. I usually cut through the woods to get home, but last night it was too dark. 0 0 2021/10/06 08:36 TaN
36338 day-to-day [[English]] [Adjective] editday-to-day (not comparable) 1.Ordinary or mundane. One has to deal with the day-to-day chores. 2.Happening every day. I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business. 3.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Liverpool Street layout remodelled”, in Modern Railways, page 222: High manganese material is three times more costly, but its expectation of life is five years; in addition, it offers a big saving in day-to-day maintenance. 4.2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “Rail fares to rise by an average of 2.7% in January”, in Rail, page 16: "After a year of patchy performance, passengers just want a consistent day-to-day service they can rely on and a better chance of getting a seat." 5.(US, sports) Subject to daily redetermination. He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day. [Adverb] editday-to-day (comparative more day-to-day, superlative most day-to-day) 1.On a daily basis. The cost of gasoline is determined day-to-day. [Alternative forms] edit - day to day [Noun] editday-to-day (uncountable) 1.Ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane. People come here to escape the day-to-day. [References] edit - “day-to-day”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2021/10/06 08:37 TaN
36344 bay [[English]] ipa :/beɪ/[Anagrams] edit - Aby, YBA, aby [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English baye, baie, from Old English beġ (“berry”), as in beġbēam (“berry-tree”), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin bāca (“berry”). [Etymology 2] editFrom French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. [Etymology 3] editFrom French baie, from Old French baé, masculine singular past participle of the verb baer, from Medieval Latin badō (“I am open”).[1] More at bevel, badinage. [Etymology 4] editFrom Old French bay, combined with aphesized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier. [Etymology 5] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Bay (horse)Wikipedia From French baie, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”). [See also] edit - abeyance - badinage - baize - daphne - voe - Wikipedia article on bays in geography - Appendix:Colors - Wikipedia article on bay, the horse colour/color [[Anguthimri]] [Noun] editbay 1.(Mpakwithi) barracouta [References] edit - Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185 [[Cebuano]] [Etymology 1] editAphetic form of abay. [Etymology 2] editCompare balay. [[Cornish]] ipa :/bæi/[Noun] editbay m (plural bayow) 1.kiss [Synonyms] edit - amm, abm - cussyn [[Crimean Tatar]] [Adjective] editbay 1.rich [[Guianese Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom French bailler. [Verb] editbay 1.to give [[Haitian Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom French bailler. [Synonyms] edit - ba - ban [Verb] editbay 1.to give [[Hone]] [Further reading] edit - Anne Storch, Hone, in Coding Participant Marking: Construction Types in Twelve African Languages, edited by Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal [Noun] editbay 1.dog [[San Juan Guelavía Zapotec]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Spanish paño. [Noun] editbay 1.rebozo [References] edit - López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 28 [[Tatar]] [Adjective] editbay 1.rich, noble [[Turkish]] ipa :/ˈbaj/[Adjective] editbay 1.(dialectal, otherwise dated) rich, wealthy [Antonyms] edit - yoksul (poor) - fakir (poor) - züğürt (poor) [Etymology] editFrom Ottoman Turkish بای‎ (bay, “rich”), from Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”).The meaning “sir, gentleman” was coined during the language reforms in parallel to bey.[2] [Noun] editbay (definite accusative bayı, plural baylar) 1.(countable) gentleman 2.(title used for a man) Mr. [References] edit 1. ^ “bay”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. 2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük [Synonyms] edit - bey - beyefendiedit - zengin (rich) - varlıklı (rich) [[Vietnamese]] ipa :[ʔɓaj˧˧][Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Vietic *pər, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *par; cognates include Muong păl, Bahnar păr, Pacoh pár and Mon ပဝ် (pɔ). [Etymology 2] edit [Etymology 3] editSee bây. [References] edit - "bay" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details) [[Zoogocho Zapotec]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Spanish paño (“cloth”), from Latin pannus. [Noun] editbay 1.handkerchief 2.scarf [References] edit - Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 5 0 0 2013/04/25 23:51 2021/10/06 08:39
36345 Bay [[English]] ipa :-eɪ[Anagrams] edit - Aby, YBA, aby [Etymology 1] editFrom Somali [Term?]. [Etymology 2] editFrom bay. 0 0 2013/04/25 23:51 2021/10/06 08:39
36347 Hearts [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - 'sheart, Earths, Hartes, Hearst, Rathes, Sarthe, Sather, Tahers, Tasher, earths, haters, hear'st, rehats, shetar [Proper noun] editHearts 1.plural of Heart 2.(soccer) Heart of Midlothian F.C., a football club from Edinburgh. 0 0 2021/10/06 09:12 TaN
36349 put together [[English]] [Adjective] editput together 1.In total. Alaska has more land than Texas and Oklahoma put together. 2.(especially with an adjective indicating degree) Stable and sound psychologically and hence in other respects; competent and responsible. 3.2011, Sondra Busby, Understanding Life and Its Challenges, →ISBN: Today, Bessy is still unmarried but she is well put together. She has bought two new cars since the divorce, she now owns her home, two of her children have college degrees, one is certified in medical assisting, […] 4.1954, Annette Marie Garrett, Learning Through Supervision, page 78: I had the impression that she is well put together and has good ego-strength. She is aware of her tendency to be overly self-critical, is working on it and making some progress. [Verb] editput together (third-person singular simple present puts together, present participle putting together, simple past and past participle put together) 1.(transitive) To assemble, construct, build, or formulate. If you try to put together the model kit yourself, be careful not to break any of the pieces. We'll need to put together a plan if we want to get this project finished. 2.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless. 3.(transitive) To gather one's thoughts and come to conclusions. 4.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 206: They were drunk and slow and she was quick to her boot and quick with the blade and she had sliced one across the arm and the other across the cheek before either could put together what was happening. 0 0 2021/10/06 09:12 TaN

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