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baseless
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbeɪsləs/[Adjective]
editbaseless (not comparable)
1.Of reasoning: based on something that is not true, or not based on solid reasons or facts.
baseless accusations; baseless rumors
2.2016 January 31, "Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions.
3.2020 November 18, “Network News: DfT dismisses Berkeley's HS2 claims”, in Rail, page 24:
Speaking to RAIL, a DfT spokesman said: "We do not recognise these baseless, false figures. Just last month we provided an update to Parliament on the costs of the project and confirmed that it would be delivered within the funding envelope. [...]."
4.Without a physical base.
5.2009, Penelope Curtis, On the meanings of sculpture in painting, volume 1, page 18:
More significant still — and most obviously in debt to the painterly imagination — this floating statue is the first baseless statue ever made. It is as though Bernini had taken Michelangelo's 'Pieta' and made it fly.
[Etymology]
editbase + -less
[Synonyms]
edit
- groundless
- unfounded
- unsupported
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obstructing
[[English]]
[Verb]
editobstructing
1.present participle of obstruct
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in the lead
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪnðəˈliːd/[Prepositional phrase]
editin the lead
1.(idiomatic) in first place in a contest
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firework
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editfire + work
[Further reading]
edit
- firework on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editfirework (plural fireworks)
1.A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.
Commercial firework displays are commonly launched from boats or other vessels
2.1776, Robert Jones; John Muller, “Sect. I. Saltpetre.”, in Artificial Fireworks, Improved to the Modern Practice, from the Minutest to the Highest Branches; [...] Also, Mr. Muller's Fireworks, for Sea and Land Service, [...], 2nd corr. edition, London: Printed for J. Millan, near Whitehall, OCLC 642296266, page 1:
Saltpetre being the principal ingredient in fireworks, and a volatile body, by reaſon of its aqueous and aërial parts, is eaſily rarified by fire; but not ſo ſoon when foul and groſs, as when purified from its crude and earthy parts, which greatly retard its velocity: therefore, when any quantity of Fireworks are to be made, it ſhould be examined; for if it is not well cleanſed, and of a good ſort, your works will not have their proper effect; […]
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coupled
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌpəld/[Verb]
editcoupled
1.simple past tense and past participle of couple
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37282
decision
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈsɪʒən/[Anagrams]
edit
- coin dies, iconised
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).
[Further reading]
edit
- decision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editdecision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)
1.The act of deciding.
2.A choice or judgement.
3.2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
4.(uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
5.(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
6.(baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
[Verb]
editdecision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)
1.(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin, see above
[Noun]
editdecision f (plural decisions)
1.decision
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin dēcīsiō.
[Noun]
editdecision f (plural decisions)
1.decision
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wondrous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwʌndɹəs/[Adjective]
editwondrous (comparative more wondrous, superlative most wondrous)
1.Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
We all stared open-mouthed at the wondrous sight.
2.1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, 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 II, scene ii]:
I'll show thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries; / I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. / A plague upon the tyrant that I serve! / I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee, / Thou wondrous man.
[Adverb]
editwondrous (comparative more wondrous, superlative most wondrous)
1.In a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously.
2.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto VIII, stanza 53:
And looking vp, when as his shield he lakt, / And sword saw not, he wexed wondrous woe
3.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant 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 II, scene viii]:
[…] And even there, his eye being big with tears, / Turning his face, he put his hand behind him, / And with affection wondrous sensible / He [Antonio] wrung Bassanio's hand; and so they parted.
4.1891, Emily Dickinson, “As by the dead we love to sit”, in T. W. Higginson; M. L. Todd, editors, Poems by Emily Dickinson, Second Series, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 193:
As by the dead we love to sit, / Become so wondrous dear, / As for the lost we grapple, / Though all the rest are here,—
[Alternative forms]
edit
- wonderous
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonders, German Wunder.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See Thesaurus:awesome
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suspension
[[English]]
ipa :/səˈspɛnʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin suspensiō, suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre, from suspendō (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“prefix meaning ‘under’”) + pendere (from pendō (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.
[Further reading]
edit
- suspension on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- suspension (chemistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- suspension (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- suspension (punishment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- suspension (topology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- suspension (vehicle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editsuspension (countable and uncountable, plural suspensions)
1.The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
suspension from a hook
2.A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
3.1983 September, “Recycled Materials Program in Response to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act”, in Harvey Yakowitz, editor, The National Bureau of Standards Office of Recycled Materials, 1976–1982 (NBS Special Publication; 662), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, OCLC 711639795, page 52:
Fear of dioxin emissions led to suspension of efforts to establish a waste-to-energy plant at the Brooklyn Navy yard.
4.(chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
5.2011 August 8, M. W. Hubbell, “Chemistry”, in The Fundamentals of Nuclear Power Generation: Questions and Answers, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 216:
As the solids clump together, they get heavier causing them to fall out of suspension in the water.
6.Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
7.The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
8.The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
9.(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
suspension from school as a disciplinary measure
10.1979, Irving R[obert] Kaufman, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, “Thomas v. Board of Education”, in The Federal Reporter. Second Series. Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of Appeals and District Courts of the United States and the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, with Key-number Annotations, volume 607, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 1045; reprinted in Michael Imber; Tyll van Geel, “Student Freedom of Expression”, in Education Law, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, 2010, →ISBN, page 158:
[…] Donna Thomas, John Tiedeman, David Jones, and Richard Williams, all students in the Granville Junior-Senior High School, conceived a plan in November 1978 to produce a satirical publication addressed to the school community. […] [Assistant Principal Frederick] Reed summoned Tiedeman and discussed with him the “dangers” of publishing material that might offend or hurt others. Specifically, he told Tiedeman that a similar publication several years before had culminated in the suspension of the students involved.
11.(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
12.2007, Zoe Browder Doll, “Phantom Rhythms, Hidden Harmonies: The Use of the Sostenuto Pedal in Berio’s Sequenza IV for Piano, Leaf and Sonata”, in Janet K. Halfyard, editor, Berio's Sequenzas: Essays on Performance, Composition and Analysis, Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 62:
As in Sequenza IV, the suspension of the chord creates several different layers of activity, which can be understood by looking at the right hand’s chord in bar two.
13.(Scotland, law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
14.(topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
15.2012, H. Rasmussen, “Strategy-proofness of Continuous Aggregation Maps”, in Geoffrey M. Heal, editor, Topological Social Choice: With 45 Figures (Social Choice and Welfare; vol. 14, no. 2, 1997), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-60891-9, →ISBN, page 110:
To get an intuitive feeling for the characteristics of H ′ {\displaystyle H'} -spaces, it is instructive to consider an important class of such spaces, the suspensions. The suspension of an arbitrary topological space Y {\displaystyle Y} is defined to be the quotient space of Y × I {\displaystyle Y\times I} where Y × 0 {\displaystyle Y\times 0} is identified to one point and Y × 1 {\displaystyle Y\times 1} is identified to another point. For example, the suspension of a circle is a cylinder with the two ends collapsed into one point each; in other words, a space homeomorphic to a sphere.
16.(topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
17.2010, Paul Arne Østvær, “Preliminaries”, in Homotopy Theory of C*-Algebras (Frontiers in Mathematics), Basel: Birkhäuser, Springer Basel, DOI:10.1007/978-3-0346-0565-6, →ISBN, page 17:
A model category is called pointed if the initial object and terminal object are the same. The homotopy category of any pointed model category acquires a suspension functor denoted by Σ {\displaystyle \Sigma } . It turns out that Ho ( M ) {\displaystyle {\text{Ho}}(M)} is a pre-triangulated category in a natural way […]. When the suspension is an equivalence, M {\displaystyle M} is called a stable model category, and in this case Ho ( M ) {\displaystyle {\text{Ho}}(M)} becomes a triangulated category […].
18.(vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
19.2011, Chuck Edmondson, “Steering and Suspension”, in Fast Car Physics, Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 151:
If you drive over a speed bump, the left and right tires push the suspension upward at the same time.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (education): out-of-school suspension
- (temporary or conditional delay): halt, intermission, interruption, stop; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (music): syncope
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
editsuspension
1.genitive singular of suspensio
[[French]]
ipa :/sys.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin suspensiō, suspensiōnem.
[Further reading]
edit
- “suspension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editsuspension f (plural suspensions)
1.suspension (all senses)
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suspension of disbelief
[[English]]
[Noun]
editsuspension of disbelief (usually uncountable, plural suspensions of disbelief)
1.People's acceptance, for the sake of appreciation of art (including literature and the like), of what they know to be a nonfactual premise of the work of art.
In science fiction films, suspension of disbelief is essential.
[Synonyms]
edit
- willing suspension of disbelief
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ticker
[[English]]
ipa :/tɪkə(ɹ)/[Etymology]
edittick + -er
[Noun]
editticker (plural tickers)
1.One who makes a tick mark.
2.1992, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
A teacher now is a typist, a printer, a laboratory assistant, a designer of work sheets and booklets, a form-filler, a ticker of boxes and a sender of returns to faculty heads, to head teachers, to education authorities and to the Ministers […]
3.A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
The ticker was showing an increased rate of flow.
4.A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.
To my surprise, the ticker showed that the deal had already gone through.
5.(colloquial) A heart, especially a human one.
My ticker gave out and I had to go to the hospital for surgery.
6.(birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
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strict
[[English]]
ipa :/stɹɪkt/[Adjective]
editstrict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)
1.Strained; drawn close; tight.
strict embrace
strict ligature
2.Tense; not relaxed.
strict fiber
3.Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
to keep strict watch
to pay strict attention
4.Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
5.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Hocussing of Cigarette[1]:
No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
they are very strict in observing the Sabbath
6.Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
to understand words in a strict sense
7.(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
8.Severe in discipline.
Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
It was a very strict lesson.
Antonyms: lenient, lax, permissive
9.(set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain.
[[French]]
ipa :/stʁikt/[Adjective]
editstrict (feminine singular stricte, masculine plural stricts, feminine plural strictes)
1.strict
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin strictus, perfect participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of étroit.
[Further reading]
edit
- “strict” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editstrict m or n (feminine singular strictă, masculine plural stricți, feminine and neuter plural stricte)
1.strict
[Etymology]
editFrom French strict, from Latin strictus. Doublet of strâmt, which was inherited.
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hindering
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithindering (comparative more hindering, superlative most hindering)
1.Harmful; of or relating to that which hinders.
[Etymology]
edithinder + -ing
[Verb]
edithindering
1.present participle of hinder
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hinder
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɪndə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- hindre (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- herdin', hindre
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).
[Etymology 2]
editcomparative form of hind: more hind
[[Danish]]
ipa :/henˀ(d)ər/[Etymology 1]
editFrom the verb hindre (“to hinder”). Compare Swedish hinder, German Low German hinder, hinter, Dutch hinder
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 3]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɪndər[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch hinder, from the verb hinderen.
[Noun]
edithinder m (uncountable)
1.hindrance, impediment, obstruction
[Verb]
edithinder
1.first-person singular present indicative of hinderen
2. imperative of hinderen
[[German]]
[Verb]
edithinder
1.inflection of hindern:
1.first-person singular present
2.singular imperative
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French aider (“to help”).
[References]
edit
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
[Verb]
edithinder
1.(Saint-Domingue) to help
Hinder nion monde dans bisoin. ― To help a person in need.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse hindr
[Noun]
edithinder n (definite singular hinderet or hindret, indefinite plural hinder or hindre, definite plural hindra or hindrene)
1.obstacle, hindrance, impediment
2.fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
3.hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)
[References]
edit
- “hinder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “hinder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse hindr
[Noun]
edithinder n (definite singular hinderet, indefinite plural hinder, definite plural hindera)
1.obstacle, hindrance, impediment
2.fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
3.hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)
[References]
edit
- “hinder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- hirden
[Noun]
edithinder n
1.obstacle, impediment, obstruction
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vexatious
[[English]]
ipa :/vɛkˈseɪʃəs/[Adjective]
editvexatious (comparative more vexatious, superlative most vexatious)
1.Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
2.(archaic) Full of trouble or disquiet
Synonyms: harassed, distressed, annoyed, vexed
3.1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises - To My Son Kenelm Digby (preface)
He leads a vexatious life.
4.(law, of an action) Commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause.
a vexatious lawsuit
5.(law, of a party or entity) In the habit of starting vexatious litigation and therefore liable to have restraints placed on one's ability to access the courts.
a vexatious litigant
[Etymology]
edita 1650 vexation + -ous
[References]
edit
- vexatious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vexatious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:annoying
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clumsy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈklʌmzi/[Adjective]
editclumsy (comparative clumsier, superlative clumsiest)
1.Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
2.Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
What a clumsy joke...
3.Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
[Anagrams]
edit
- cumyls, muscly
[Etymology]
editPossibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse.
[Noun]
editclumsy (plural clumsies)
1.(informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person.
2.1934, P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins
“Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water. “That was for your father’s shaving.”
[Synonyms]
edit
- butterfingers
- galoot
- klutz
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housekeeping
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- keeping house
[Etymology]
edithouse + keeping
[Noun]
edithousekeeping (countable and uncountable, plural housekeepings)
1.The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
2.1842, Samuel Laing, Notes of a traveller, page 474:
Those who with us would have their own little housekeepings and cooking, have not the means, nor perhaps the taste, for such domestic comfort, and take their victuals at the trattoria, or cook-shop.
3.Any general tasks that involve preparation.
The computer program does some general housekeeping involving initializing variables and opening files before beginning the main processing.
4.Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
5.1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, OCLC 991895633:
"Care not thou about that," said Joliffe; "but tell me, softly and hastily, what is in the pantry?"
"Small housekeeping enough," said Phoebe; "a cold capon and some comfits, and the great standing venison pasty, with plenty of spice — a manchet or two besides, and that is all."
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housekeep
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- keep house
[Etymology]
editBack-formation from housekeeping.
[Noun]
edithousekeep (plural housekeeps)
1.(archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.
2.1993, Sharon Green, Flame of Fury (page 153)
The housekeep was back rather quickly with a tray, which held a flagon of ale and a pewter cup as well as bread and cheese.
3.2014, Jennifer Potter, Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants:
Something clearly went wrong, for in the accounts for 1624, against the record of £50 paid to Jenninges the Housekeep at Theobalds for the setting of those Trees wch my Lord sent the king', Sackville Crowe has written in the margin that "This my Lord would not have comaunded againe though it were for the [king's] use'.
4.2016, Rowena Cory Daniells, King Breaker:
'Clumsy, stupid girl!'
'Here, there's no call for that,' the house-keep protested. 'She's only trying to help.'
[Verb]
edithousekeep (third-person singular simple present housekeeps, present participle housekeeping, simple past and past participle housekept)
1.(intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
2.1904, Carolyn Wells, Patty at Home[1]:
I would go to school, and practise, and housekeep, and club; all in their proper proportions--" Here Patty glanced at her father.
3.1901, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Penelope's Irish Experiences[2]:
"I knew our week at this hotel was out to-morrow," she continued, "and we've about used up this place, anyway, and the new village that I've b'en to is the prettiest place we've seen yet; it's got an up-and-down hill to it, just like home, and the house I've partly rented is opposite a fair green, where there's a market every week, and Wednesday's the day; and we'll save money, for I shan't cost you so much when we can housekeep."
4.(transitive, intransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
5.1965, P. A. Crisman, The compatible time-sharing system: a programmer's guide (page 14)
The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.
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prejudice
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/[Adjective]
editprejudice
1.Misspelling of prejudiced.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- præjudice (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).
[Noun]
editprejudice (countable and uncountable, plural prejudices)
1.(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
2.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 7, 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:
Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man.
3.(countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
4.(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
5.(obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
6.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto IX:
[…] the first did in the forepart sit, / That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize: / He had a sharpe foresight, and working wit […]
7.(obsolete) (except in the phrase "[terminate] with extreme prejudice") Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
8.1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin[1], §20:
We both of us happen’d to know, as well as the Stationer, that Riddlesden the Attorney, was a very Knave. He had half ruin’d Miss Read’s Father by drawing him in to be bound for him. By his Letter it appear’d, there was a secret Scheme on foot to the Prejudice of Hamilton, (Suppos’d to be then coming over with us,) and that Keith was concern’d in it with Riddlesden. [...]
9.1702, W. Popple (translator), John Locke, A Letter concerning Toleration […]
for no injury is thereby done to any one, no prejudice to another man's goods
10.1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
England and France might, through their amity, / Breed him some prejudice.
11.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, OCLC 418859860:
For Pens, so usefull for Scholars to note the remarkables they read, with an impression easily deleble without prejudice to the Book.
[See also]
edit
- bias
- discrimination
- hatred
- racism
- stereotype
[Verb]
editprejudice (third-person singular simple present prejudices, present participle prejudicing, simple past and past participle prejudiced)
1.(transitive) To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).
2.(transitive) To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin praeiudicium.
[Noun]
editprejudice f (oblique plural prejudices, nominative singular prejudice, nominative plural prejudices)
1.(chiefly law) harm; damage
2.(chiefly law) prejudgment; prejudice
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shell out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- slut hole, sluthole
[Noun]
editshell out (uncountable)
1.(obsolete) A game played on a billiard table, a variation of pool.
2.1875, George Worsley, Advice to the Young! (page 32)
I have more than once had to lend a commercial money to pay his fare home; as he had played shell-out and lost the lot.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (pay): cough up, fork out, fork over
[Verb]
editshell out (third-person singular simple present shells out, present participle shelling out, simple past and past participle shelled out)
1.(slang, transitive, intransitive) To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
Do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?
2.2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian[1], London:
BT shelled out almost £1bn for the Champions League over the same period, while the FA has just brought in around £820m over six seasons for the international rights to the FA Cup alone.
3.(computing, especially Unix) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.
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shelled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editshelled (not comparable)
1.(often in combination) Having a shell; testaceous.
2.Having had the shell removed.
shelled peas
Synonym: deshelled
3.(cycling, slang) Unable to keep up in a race, having used up one's reserves of energy.
[Anagrams]
edit
- deshell
[Antonyms]
edit
- unshelled
[Verb]
editshelled
1.simple past tense and past participle of shell
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fullfledged
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfullfledged (not comparable)
1.Alternative spelling of full-fledged
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fledged
[[English]]
ipa :/flɛdʒd/[Adjective]
editfledged (comparative more fledged, superlative most fledged)
1.Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
[Verb]
editfledged
1.simple past tense and past participle of fledge
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fledge
[[English]]
ipa :/flɛdʒ/[Adjective]
editfledge (not comparable)
1.(archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book 3”, 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:
his shoulders, fledge with wings
[Alternative forms]
edit
- flidge, flitch, flish, flig, flush
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”).CognatesFrom Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügge (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”)
[Verb]
editfledge (third-person singular simple present fledges, present participle fledging, simple past and past participle fledged)
1.(transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
2.(intransitive) To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
3.(transitive) To decorate with feathers.
4.(intransitive) To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.
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en route
[[English]]
ipa :/ɒn ɹu(ː)t/[Anagrams]
edit
- outener
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French en route, from en (“in”) + route (“route”)
[Prepositional phrase]
editen route
1.On the way.
The shipment is en route to the buyer.
2.2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Italy's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.
3.Along the way.
The army advanced, capturing several cities en route.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɑ̃ ʁut/[Prepositional phrase]
editen route
1.on the way, on one's way, en route
être en route ― to be on the way
se mettre en route ― to set off, to set oneself on the way
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relishing
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editrelishing (comparative more relishing, superlative most relishing)
1.Appetizing, delightful. [from 17th c.]
2.1755, Tobias Smollett, translating Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Volume 1, II.1:
[T]he pleasure I enjoyed in the little I had read, was changed into disgust, when I reflected on the small prospect I had of finding the greater part of this relishing story […] .
3.That relishes something; showing relish or enjoyment. [from 17th c.]
[Anagrams]
edit
- hirelings, shinglier
[Verb]
editrelishing
1.present participle of relish
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devise
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈvaɪz/[Anagrams]
edit
- sieved, viséed
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.
[Noun]
editdevise (plural devises)
1.The act of leaving real property in a will.
2.Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
3.1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
Fines upon devises were still exacted.
4.The real property left in such a will.
5.Design, devising.
6.2010, Carl Anderson, Fragments of a Scattered Brain →ISBN, page 83
I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]
[See also]
edit
- device
- devising
[Verb]
editdevise (third-person singular simple present devises, present participle devising, simple past and past participle devised)
1.(transitive) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing
2.1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
devising schemes to realize his ambitious views
3.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
Thus, the task of the linguist devising a grammar which models the linguistic competence of the fluent native speaker is to devise a finite set of rules which are capable of specifying how to form, interpret, and pronounce an infinite set of well-formed sentences.
4.2019 March 21, Setboonsarg, Chayut; Johnson, Kay, “Numbers game: How Thailand's election system favors pro-army parties”, in Birsel, Robert, editor, Reuters[1], Reuters, retrieved 2019-03-23:
Thailand goes to the polls on Sunday under a new system that critics say the military government has devised to prevent the most popular political party, which has won every election since 2001, from returning to power.
5.(transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
6.(intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
7.1725, Homer; [William Broome], transl., “Book IX”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:
I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer.
8.(transitive, archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
9.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book VI, canto IX, stanza 30:
For wisedome is most riches; fooles therefore / They are, which fortunes doe by vowes deuize,
10.(obsolete) To imagine; to guess.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
[[Danish]]
ipa :-iːsə[Further reading]
edit
- “devise” in Den Danske Ordbog
[Noun]
editdevise c (singular definite devisen, plural indefinite deviser)
1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
[[French]]
ipa :/də.viz/[Anagrams]
edit
- dévies, évides, évidés, vidées
[Etymology]
editFrom deviser. The financial sense is a semantic loan from German Devise.
[Further reading]
edit
- “devise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editdevise f (plural devises)
1.(heraldry) motto
2.(finance) assets in foreign currency
3.(finance, by extension) currency
[Verb]
editdevise
1.inflection of deviser:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editdevise
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of devisar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of devisar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of devisar.
4.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of devisar.
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chessmen
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- mensches
[Noun]
editchessmen
1.plural of chessman
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abdomen
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæb.də.mən/[Etymology]
editFirst attested in 1541.[1] Borrowed from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdomen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + *dĕre (“to put, place”).[1]
[Noun]
editabdomen (plural abdomens or abdomina)
1.(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.][2]
2.(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions. [from early 17th c.][2]
Synonyms: belly, tummy, (informal) stomach; see also Thesaurus:belly
3.(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. [from early 17th c.][2]
He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.
4.(zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda. [from late 18th c.][2]
[References]
edit
- abdomen at OneLook Dictionary Search
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 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.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdomen”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
[[Afrikaans]]
[Etymology 1]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/əbˈdɔ.mən/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen.
[Noun]
editabdomen m (plural abdòmens)
1.abdomen
[[French]]
ipa :/ab.dɔ.mɛn/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen.
[Further reading]
edit
- “abdomen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editabdomen m (plural abdomens)
1.abdomen
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[apˈdo.mən][Etymology]
editFrom Dutch abdomen, from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdōmen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + *dere (“to put, place”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “abdomen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
editabdomên (first-person possessive abdomenku, second-person possessive abdomenmu, third-person possessive abdomennya)
1.(anatomy, entomology, zoology) abdomen
[[Latin]]
ipa :/abˈdoː.men/[Etymology]
editOf unclear origin; often suggested to be from abdō (“to hide, conceal”) + -men, though de Vaan doesn't find this convincing.[1]
[Noun]
editabdōmen n (genitive abdōminis); third declension
1.(anatomy) belly, abdomen
2.(by extension of meaning) gluttony
[References]
edit
- abdomen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abdomen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abdomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
[[Malay]]
ipa :/abdomən/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen.
[Noun]
editabdomen (Jawi spelling ابدومن, plural abdomen-abdomen, informal 1st possessive abdomenku, impolite 2nd possessive abdomenmu, 3rd possessive abdomennya)
1.abdomen (belly)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/abˈduːmən/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”), possibly from both abdō (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *dō (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns).
[Noun]
editabdomen n (definite singular abdomenet, indefinite plural abdomen or abdomina, definite plural abdomena or abdomenene or abdominaene)
1.(anatomy, entomology) abdomen, belly (or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis)
2.2005 April 7, tidsskriftet.no (Tidsskrift for Den norske lægeforening):
computertomografi ved akutt abdomen
computed tomography of the acute abdomen
3.1974, Knut Faldbakken, Uår. Aftenlandet, page 175:
Mary Diamonds tronende abdomen
Mary Diamonds enthroned abdomen
4.1997, Liv Køltzow, Verden forsvinner, page 98:
en henvisning til ultralyd abdomen og nyrer
a reference to ultrasound of the abdomen and kidneys
Synonyms: buk, underliv
5.(zoology, entomology) abdomen (the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda)
Synonym: bakkropp
[References]
edit
- “abdomen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abdomen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abdomen” in Store medisinske leksikon
- “abdomen (zoology)” in Store norske leksikon
[[Polish]]
ipa :/abˈdɔ.mɛn/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen.
[Further reading]
edit
- abdomen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- abdomen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editabdomen m inan
1.(anatomy) abdomen (of a person)
Synonym: brzuch
2.(arthropod anatomy) abdomen (of an insect)
Synonym: odwłok
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ab.doˈmen/[Etymology]
editFrom French abdomen, Latin abdōmen.
[Noun]
editabdomen n (plural abdomene)
1.(anatomy) abdomen, belly
Synonyms: burtă, pântece, vintre
[See also]
edit
- stomac
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/abdǒːmen/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen.
[Noun]
editabdómen m (Cyrillic spelling абдо́мен)
1.abdomen
[Synonyms]
edit
- tr̀buh (“stomach”)
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/abˈdomen/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen.
[Further reading]
edit
- “abdomen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editabdomen m (plural abdómenes)
1.abdomen
Synonym: vientre
[[Turkish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin abdōmen.
[Noun]
editabdomen (definite accusative abdomeni, plural abdomenler)
1.abdomen
[References]
editNişanyan Sözlük: "abdomen"
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full steam ahead
[[English]]
[Interjection]
editfull steam ahead
1.Alternative form of full speed ahead.
[Noun]
editfull steam ahead
1.Alternative form of full speed ahead.
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steam ahead
[[English]]
[References]
edit
- “steam ahead” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “steam ahead” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
[Verb]
editsteam ahead (third-person singular simple present steams ahead, present participle steaming ahead, simple past and past participle steamed ahead)
1.To move forward very quickly; to proceed despite obstacles.
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full steam
[[English]]
[Noun]
editfull steam
1.Alternative form of full speed ahead
2.1834, Report from the Select Committee on Steam-navigation to India
Supposing she were at full steam during the whole time, taking the 16 days' consumption of fuel […]
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obligatory
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈblɪɡətɔɹi/[Adjective]
editobligatory (comparative more obligatory, superlative most obligatory)
1.Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
an obligatory promise
2.1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory
[…] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.
3.2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 12:
[I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails.
4.Requiring a matter or obligation.
[Antonyms]
edit
- optional
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.
[Synonyms]
edit
- bounden
- mandatory
[[Middle English]]
[Adjective]
editobligatory
1.Alternative form of obligatorie
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wellbeing
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- well-being
- well being
[Noun]
editwellbeing (usually uncountable, plural wellbeings)
1.Alternative spelling of well-being
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well-being
[[English]]
ipa :/wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wellbeing, well being
[Noun]
editwell-being (uncountable)
1.A state of health, happiness and/or prosperity.
[References]
edit
- well-being at OneLook Dictionary Search
- well-being in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- well-being in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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commemorate
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin commemorare, from com- + memorare (“to remind of”); see memory.
[Synonyms]
edit
- memorialize
[Verb]
editcommemorate (third-person singular simple present commemorates, present participle commemorating, simple past and past participle commemorated)
1.(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
2.2009, Naava Piatka, No Goodbyes: A Father-Daughter Memoir of Love, War and Resurrection, page 98:
On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him.
3.(transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
editcommemorate
1.inflection of commemorare:
1.second-person plural present indicative
2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of commemorato
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editcommemorāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of commemorō
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proprietorship
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editproprietor + -ship
[Noun]
editproprietorship (plural proprietorships)
1.The state of being a proprietor; ownership
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memorabilia
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editSince 1800–1810. Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”), the neuter plural of the word memorābilis (“memorable”).
[Noun]
editmemorabilia pl (normally plural; rarely, singular memorabile)
1.Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
Synonym: mementos
George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.
2.1981, “Memorabilia”, in Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, performed by Soft Cell:
I can't remember / Give me a reminder / I collect, I reject / Memorabilia / Memorabilia
3.Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editmemorābilia
1.nominative neuter plural of memorābilis
2.accusative neuter plural of memorābilis
3.vocative neuter plural of memorābilis
[References]
edit
- memorabilia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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speculate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- peculates
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin speculātus, past participle of speculor (“look out”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speciō (“look at”)
[Verb]
editspeculate (third-person singular simple present speculates, present participle speculating, simple past and past participle speculated)
1.(obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
2.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 13, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227:
It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
3.(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
4.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 171:
We can speculate that in many instances the sharks are not feeding on their victims, but only in a few cases can we guess what they are doing.
5.2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
6.(intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
7.(intransitive, programming) To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
editspeculate
1.inflection of speculare:
1.second-person plural present indicative
2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of speculato
[[Latin]]
ipa :/spe.kuˈlaː.te/[Participle]
editspeculāte
1.vocative masculine singular of speculātus
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drop in
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Dnipro
[Noun]
editdrop in (plural drop ins)
1.Alternative spelling of drop-in.
[See also]
edit
- drop out
- show up
[Verb]
editdrop in (third-person singular simple present drops in, present participle dropping in, simple past and past participle dropped in)
1.(idiomatic) To arrive casually and unannounced, with little or no warning; also, to visit without an appointment.
I was in the garden covered with mud when my grandmother dropped in for a visit.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
3.(surfing) To paddle into and take off on a wave another surfer is already riding.
4.2003, Neal Miyake, “The Unwritten Rules of Surfing”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
Most beginners are blissfully unaware that dropping in on someone is a cardinal sin.
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drop-in
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editdrop-in (not comparable)
1.Provided for short-term use.
2.(manufacturing) Fit to substitute for some element in a complex system without changes to the existing infrastructure.
We need the ultimate drop-in biofuel to make use of our expensive oil-based infrastructure.
3.2012, Robert Mendelsohn, Ariel Dinar, Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture, page 276
An alternative to cellulosic based second- generation biofuels are drop-in biofuels, that is, fuels such as synthetic gasoline that can be put into fuel tanks and pipelines with no modifications.
4.(of a place or facility) Allowing people to drop in; that is, to visit casually, without an appointment.
a drop-in centre
[Anagrams]
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- Dnipro
[Noun]
editdrop-in (plural drop-ins)
1.One who casually drops in (visits unannounced or without appointment).
Synonym: walk-in
The office was efficient, but not well equipped to handle drop-ins.
2.An informal event that does not require booking in advance.
Synonym: walk-in
3.A place that can be visited casually, without an appointment.
Synonym: walk-in
4.(surfing) The act of dropping in; that is, taking a wave that another surfer is already riding.
5.2004, Bill Mattos, Kayak Surfing, page 37:
Drop-ins can and often do happen accidentally. Sometimes you're so focussed on your take-off that you just don't see the other rider.
[Related terms]
edit
- plug-in
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conf
[[English]]
[Noun]
editconf (plural confs)
1.Abbreviation of conference.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃f/[Etymology]
editClipping of conférence + -o.
[Noun]
editconf f (plural confs)
1.(colloquial) conference
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mantle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmæn.təl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Lament., lament, manlet, mantel, mental
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English mantel, from Old English mæntel, mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *mantil, from Proto-Germanic *mantilaz (“mantle”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman mantel, from Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum (French manteau, Spanish manto), probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”).
[Further reading]
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- Gas mantle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mantle (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mantle (mollusc) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editmantle (plural mantles)
1.A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.) [from 9th c.]
2.(figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party.
The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws.
3.(figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. [from 9th c.]
4.c. 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 1, scene 1; republished as Hamlet, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1992, →ISBN, page 6:
But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill.
5.c. 1605-1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear:
the green mantle of the standing pool
6.(malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. [from 15th c.]
7.1990, Daniel L. Gilbert, William J. Adelman, John M. Arnold (editors), Squid as Experimental Animals, page 71:
He grasps the female from slightly below about the mid-mantle region and positions himself so his arms are close to the opening of her mantle.
8.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 8:
Molluscan bodies are broadly divided into two parts: a muscular foot and a shell-secreting mantle.
9.(ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
10.The zone of hot gases around a flame.
11.A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]
12.The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth[1].
13.A penstock for a water wheel.
14.(anatomy) The cerebral cortex. [from 19th c.]
15.(geology) The layer between the Earth's core and crust. [from 20th c.]
16.A fireplace shelf; Alternative spelling of mantel
17.(heraldry) A mantling.
[References]
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1. ^ 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms
[Verb]
editmantle (third-person singular simple present mantles, present participle mantling, simple past and past participle mantled)
1.(transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
2.1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene I
As the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness; so their rising senses Begin to chace the ign'rant fumes, that mantle Their clearer reason.
3.1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act IV, Scene I
I left them I' th' filthy mantled pool beyond your cell, There dancing up to th' chins.
4.(intransitive) To become covered or concealed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5.(intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
6.1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10
The blood still mantled below her ears; she bent her head in shame of her humility.
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spear
[[English]]
ipa :/spɪə̯(ɹ)/[Adjective]
editspear (not comparable)
1.Male.
a spear counterpart
2.2018, A Very English Scandal (TV series) (episode 1)
When I was young, I was so desperate I'd go looking on the spear side.
3.Pertaining to male family members.
the spear side of the family
[Anagrams]
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- Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spera, apers, apres, après, après-, aprés, as per, asper, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare
[Antonyms]
edit
- distaff
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English spere, sperre, spear, from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.CognatesSee also West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, German Speer, Old Norse spjǫr, *sparrô, Middle Dutch sparre (“rafter”), Old Norse sparri (“spar, rafter”), sperra (“rafter, beam”); also Latin sparus (“short spear”), Albanian ferrë (“thorn, thornbush”).
[Noun]
editspear (plural spears)
1.A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
2.(now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
3.1815, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James Ballantyne and Co., […], OCLC 25523028:
Now toil'd the Bruce, the battle done ,
To use his conquest boldly won;
And gave command for horse and spear
To press the Southron's scatter'd rear
4.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 187:
Two of the four spears came directly from Lady Margaret's staff. One was her great-nephew Maurice St John […].
5.A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
6.(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
7.(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
8.A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
9.The feather of a horse.
10.The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
11.A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
asparagus and broccoli spears
[Verb]
editspear (third-person singular simple present spears, present participle spearing, simple past and past participle speared)
1.(transitive) To pierce with a spear.
2.2012, Robin Reid, Savannas of Our Birth:
By the 1970s, herders were spearing rhinos and poisoning lions to protest the loss of their land to conservation, then represented by the independent Kenyan government.
3.(transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
4.2003, Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler, Who's who in Hockey
Former teammate Derek Sanderson recalls that Maki hit Ted from behind as Green was clearing the puck from the Boston zone. Green turned to knock Maki down, but Maki speared him as he rose from the ice.
5.(gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
6.(intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
7.1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, OCLC 13320837:
you may prepare them for spearing by laying the Keys in Earth or Sand
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editspear
1.Alternative form of spere (“spear”)
[[West Frisian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Frisian spere, spiri, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
[Noun]
editspear c (plural spearen, diminutive spearke)
1.spear
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Spear
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spera, apers, apres, après, après-, aprés, as per, asper, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English spere (“spear”), a nickname for a tall thin person or for someone who used a spear, or an occupational name for a maker of spears.
[Proper noun]
editSpear (plural Spears)
1.An English surname, from nicknames.
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derisively
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈɹaɪsɪvli/[Adverb]
editderisively (comparative more derisively, superlative most derisively)
1.In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly.
2.1789, George Campbell, The Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek. With Preliminary Dissertations, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. [...] In Two Volumes, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, →OCLC; republished as “Art. IX. Dr. Campbell on the Four Gospels. [Article concluded.] Dissertation XII.”, in The Monthly Review; or Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume II, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T. Becket, in Pall Mall, August 1790, →OCLC, page 411:
As ſometimes, with us, a queſtion is put deriſively, in the form of an aſſertion, when the propoſer conceives, as ſeems to have happened here, ſome abſurdity in the thing, I thought it beſt, after the example of ſo many Lat[in] interpreters, to adopt the equivocal, or rather the oblique, form of the original expreſſion. The ambiguity is not real, but apparent.
3.1884, Anton Gindely; Andrew Ten Brook, transl., “The Neutrality Negotiations with the League and the Battle on the Lech”, in History of the Thirty Years’ War [...] With an Introductory and a Concluding Chapter by the Translator: Complete in Two Volumes, volume II, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 27 & 29 West Twenty-third Street, OCLC 70191198, page 100:
In the personal bearing of Gustavus Adolphus [of Sweden], more distinctly than in his high aims, it now became evident that he deemed himself free from the obligations of deference to others, and regarded his own aspirations as his sole standard of action; he expressed himself to the Marquis as disapproving of the French King's course because he did not set himself up as the reformer of his Church, and he spoke derisively of the Pope.
4.1916, Fyodor Dostoevsky; Constance Garnett, transl., chapter I, in A Raw Youth (The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky; 7), London: William Heinemann, published 1956, OCLC 629901766, part II, page 199:
["]And suddenly he notices the workman at a distance standing there and smiling deceitfully, that is, not deceitfully though, I'm wrong there, what is it …?" / "Derisively," Versilov prompted him discreetly. / "Derisively, yes, a little derisively, that kind, good Russian smile, you know; the great personage was in a bad humour, you understand: 'What are you waiting here for, big beard?' said he. 'Who are you?'"
[Etymology]
edit It is common to frown when looking derisively at another personderisive + -ly.
[Synonyms]
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- demeaningly
- mockingly
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predominant
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/[Adjective]
editpredominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)
1.Common or widespread; prevalent.
2.Significant or important; dominant.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- prædominant (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French prédominant.
[Further reading]
edit
- predominant at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editpredominant (plural predominants)
1.(music) A subdominant.
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editpredominant (masculine and feminine plural predominants)
1.predominant
[Further reading]
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- “predominant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “predominant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “predominant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “predominant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editpredominant m or n (feminine singular predominantă, masculine plural predominanți, feminine and neuter plural predominante)
1.predominant
[Etymology]
editFrom French prédominant.
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nasty
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnaː.sti/[Adjective]
editnasty (comparative nastier, superlative nastiest)
1.(now chiefly US) Dirty, filthy. [from 14th c.]
2.1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan:
In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short.
3.2006, Marie Fontaine, The Chronicles of my Ghetto Street Volume One, p. 156:
I really don't have any friends at school Mama Mia. They talk about me all the time. They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty.
4.Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). [from 15th c.]
5.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:
Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty.
6.Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. [from 16th c.]
7.1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:
‘It's a nasty trade,’ said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.
8.Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. [from 17th c.]
9.1933, Dorothy L Sayers, Murder Must Advertise:
He said to Mr. Tallboy he thought the headline was a bit hot. And Mr. Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.
10.2009, Okera H, Be Your Priority, Not His Option, Mill City Press 2009, p. 45:
We want threesomes, blowjobs, and orgies. That's just the way it is. We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.
11.Spiteful, unkind. [from 19th c.]
12.2012, The Guardian, 3 Jun 2012:
She had said: "I love the block button on Twitter. I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."
13.(chiefly Britain) Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. [from 19th c.]
14.2007, The Observer, 5 Aug 2007:
There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.
15.(chiefly Britain) Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). [from 19th c.]
16.2012, James Ball, The Guardian, 2 Mar 2012:
Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fall, killing him at 60.
17.(slang, chiefly US) Formidable, terrific; wicked. [from 20th c.]
[Anagrams]
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- Ansty, Santy, Tansy, Yants, antsy, tansy
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English nasty, nasti, naxty, naxte (“unclean, filthy”), probably from Old Norse *nask- + -y, whence also Early Modern English nasky (“nasty”). Compare Swedish naskig, naskug (“nasty, dirty, messy”), Swedish and Danish nasket (“dirty, foul, unpleasant”). Compare also Low German nask (“nasty”).[1]Alternative theories include:
- From Old French nastre (“bad, strange”), shortened form of villenastre (“infamous, bad”), from vilein (“villain”) + -astre (pejorative suffix), from Latin -aster.[2]
- Middle Dutch nestich, nistich ("nasty, dirty, unpleasant"; > Modern Dutch nestig (“dirty, filthy, unclean”)), perhaps ultimately connected to the Scandinavian word above.[1][3]
- Other suggestions include Old High German naz (“wet”), hardening of English nesh(y) (“soft”), or alteration of English naughty.
- Modern use of the word is sometimes attributed to the popular and often derogatory 19th century American political cartoons of Thomas Nast, but the word predates him.
[Noun]
editnasty (plural nasties)
1.(informal) Something nasty.
Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.
This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.
2.(euphemistic, slang, preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse.
3.A video nasty.
4.1984, ThirdWay (volume 7, number 5, page 17)
In this way, it is hoped that the nasties will be dealt with, and the remainder regularized.
5.2014, mark Bernard, Selling the Splat Pack: The DVD Revolution and the American Horror Film:
Jones evokes the nasties discursively to brand the Splat Pack as 'authentic outlaws'.
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “nasty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary., citing the OED
2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “nasty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary., citing Barnhart
3. ^ R de Gorog, The Etymology of Nasty (1976, JStor)
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doctoral
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɒktəɹəl/[Adjective]
editdoctoral (not comparable)
1.Relating to a doctorate.
2.Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician.
3.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
We have no need of doctorall consultations or collegian interpretations. Our senses tell us where it is and what it is.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/dok.toˈɾal/[Adjective]
editdoctoral (masculine and feminine plural doctorals)
1.doctoral
[Further reading]
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- “doctoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “doctoral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “doctoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “doctoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[French]]
ipa :/dɔk.tɔ.ʁal/[Adjective]
editdoctoral (feminine singular doctorale, masculine plural doctoraux, feminine plural doctorales)
1.doctoral
[Etymology]
editFrom docteur + -al. Docteur reverts back to its Latin root doctor.
[Further reading]
edit
- “doctoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editdoctoral m or n (feminine singular doctorală, masculine plural doctorali, feminine and neuter plural doctorale)
1.doctoral
[Etymology]
editFrom French doctoral
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editdoctoral (plural doctorales)
1.doctoral
[Further reading]
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- “doctoral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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Feathers
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editFeathers
1.plural of Feather
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feather
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɛð.ə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- fether (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- feareth, terefah
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English feþer, from Old English feþer, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (compare West Frisian fear, German Low German Fedder, Dutch veder, veer, German Feder, Yiddish פֿעדער (feder), Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder, Norwegian Bokmål fjær, fjør, Norwegian Nynorsk fjør), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai), Albanian shpend (“bird”), Latin penna, Old Armenian թիռ (tʿiṙ).
[Further reading]
edit
- feather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editfeather (plural feathers)
1.A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
2.1873, W. K. Brooks, "A Feather", Popular Science Monthly, volume IV, page 687
Notice, too, that the shaft is not straight, but bent so that the upper surface of the feather is convex, and the lower concave.
3.1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter V, in The Beasts of Tarzan:
Big fellows they were, all of them, their barbaric headdresses and grotesquely painted faces, together with their many metal ornaments and gorgeously coloured feathers, adding to their wild, fierce appearance.
4.2000, C. J. Puotinen, The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care, page 362:
Nesting birds pluck some of their own feathers to line the nest, but feather plucking in pet birds is entirely different.
5.Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
Synonyms: feathers, feathering, horsefeathers
Antonym: spats
6.One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
7.A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
8.Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
9.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
I am not of that feather to shake off / My friend when he must need me.
10.One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
11.The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
12.Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
13.1823, An Ecclesiastical Memoir of Essex Street Religious Society
To some pew purchasers he gave deeds, to others he gave, none, but both were promised security, and both it seems were equally secure, for the pew deed as Mr. Melledge declared to Mr. G. was not worth a feather.
14.(hunting, in the plural) Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
15.(rail transport) A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
16.2020 December 30, David Allen, “Unusual signals...: Morpeth Signal M123”, in Rail, page 64:
Signal M123 is a conventional 3-aspect colour light with three Junction Indicators - commonly known as 'feathers'.
[References]
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- Horse Glossary
- Horses Glossary
- Cowboy Dictionary – Cowboy F: Feather
[Synonyms]
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- plume (archaic, literary and poetic), pluma (archaic)
[Verb]
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1.To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch.
2.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
An Eagle had the ill Hap to be Struck with an Arrow Feather'd from her own Wing.
3.1912, Frances, Object-lessons on Temperance, Or, The Indian Maiden and Her White Deer, page 117:
Olondaw had taught Hazeleye how to use her bow and arrows, and that each might know the result of his or her own shooting, he had feathered her arrow with white and his own with red. How strange are the events of this life, […]
4.2007, Thomas Perry, Vanishing Act, Ballantine Books (→ISBN), page 302:
She feathered her arrows in the Seneca fashion, two lengths of feather tied on with a spiral twist, so they would spin in flight. The trick was to glue both sides in place with a little sticky pine sap so they would stay put while she tied them […]
5.To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
6.1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter II, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume II (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], OCLC 230697985, page 28:
A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
7.To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
The stylist feathered my hair.
8.(transitive, intransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
9.(aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the damaged left engine’s propeller.
10.(carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
11.(computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
12.To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
13.c. 1650, Robert Loveday, letter to Mr. C.
The Polonian story, which perhaps may feather some tedious hours.
14.To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
15.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628:
They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself.
16.To tread, as a cockerel.
17.1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
Ardent in love […] He feather'd her a hundred times a day.
18.(snooker, billiards) To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
19.(snooker, billiards) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
20.To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
21.2001, Joan Hohl, Maybe Tomorrow, Zebra Books (→ISBN), page 186:
His breath feathered her lips; her spine, her legs weakened, went soft at the wafting warmth.
22.2006, Gary Parker, Her Daddy's Eyes, Baker Books (→ISBN), page 143:
A soft breeze feathered her face and hair. The smell of honeysuckle blanketed the air. She concentrated on shutting out every sound except the whisper of her heart. Gradually the inner distractions became fewer.
23.To move softly, like a feather.
24.2005, Radclyffe, Justice Served, Bold Strokes Books Inc (→ISBN):
She feathered her fingers through Mitchell's hair. “Besides, I like you a whole lot better than Frye.”
25.2011, L.L. Raand, Blood Hunt, Bold Strokes Books Inc (→ISBN):
“Asking me not to breathe would be simpler,” Drake said. “If I could spare you what's coming—” “No.” Drake feathered her fingers through Sylvan's hair. “We fight together.” Sylvan nodded and relaxed in her embrace. Drake didn't fear death.
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- feareth, terefah
[Etymology]
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- As an occupational English name, from feather, used to refer to quilt makers, feather traders, etc.
- As an Americanized German surname, from Feder.
[Further reading]
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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Feather”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
[Proper noun]
editFeather (plural Feathers)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Feather is the 11719th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2674 individuals. Feather is most common among White (84.48%) individuals.
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