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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]
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- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- “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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- “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]
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- “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]
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- fether (archaic)
[Anagrams]
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- 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]
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- 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]
edit An airplane wing with two propellers, of which the one on the right has been feathered.feather (third-person singular simple present feathers, present participle feathering, simple past and past participle feathered)
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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Feather
[[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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ruffled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editruffled (not comparable)
1.Having ruffles.
It would have slid easily across the floor if not for the ruffled undersurface causing friction.
2.Puffed up like a bird's feathers.
3.(informal) Bothered.
[Verb]
editruffled
1.simple past tense and past participle of ruffle
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ruffle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹʌfəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Fulfer, luffer
[Derived terms]
edit
- rufflement
- ruffler
- ruffle some feathers
- ruffle up
- ruffly
- unruffled
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.
[Noun]
editruffle (plural ruffles)
1.Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.
2.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
3.Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
to put the mind in a ruffle
4.(military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff[1].
5.(zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
[References]
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1. ^ 1863, Henry Lee Scott, Military Dictionary
[Synonyms]
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- (strip of fabric): frill, furbelow
[Verb]
editruffle (third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)
1.(transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
Ruffle the end of the cuff.
2.(transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
The wind ruffled the papers.
Her sudden volley of insults ruffled his composure.
3.2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian[1], London, archived from the original on 22 April 2018:
[Finn] Russell created his side’s three first-half tries, ruffling a defence known for its composure, and dictated the match from the off.
4.1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
the fantastic revelries […] that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile
5.1860, Sir William Hamilton, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind.
6.1697, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
She […] smoothed the ruffled seas.
7.1859, Alfred Tennyson, Guinevere
8.(intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
9.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, 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 iv]:
The night comes on, and the bleak winds / Do sorely ruffle.
10.(intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
11.1697, “Georgic III”, in Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
On his right shoulder his thick mane ', / Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind.
12.(intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
13.1622, 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 would ruffle with jurors.
14.1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 2392685:
gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery
15.To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
16.To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
17.1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art
18.(military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
19.To throw together in a disorderly manner.
20.1614–1615, Homer, “The Seventh Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, OCLC 1002865976; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, OCLC 987451380, lines 395–397, page 165:
Within a thicket I reposed; when round / I ruffled up fall'n leaves in heap; and found, / Let fall from heaven, a sleep interminate.
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ruff
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹʌf/[Etymology 1]
editClipping of ruffle, or possibly from rough.
[Etymology 2]
editThe Eurasian ruff or ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua or Gymnocephalus cernuus; sense 1)The ruff or Australian herring (Arripis georgianus; sense 2)Possibly from rough.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old French roffle, rouffle (earlier romfle, ronfle), or from Italian ronfa (“card game similar to whist”); these words are possibly from Old French triomphe (“a triumph, victory”), Italian trionfo (“triumph; trump card”),[1] from Latin triumphus (“hymn to Bacchus; celebration, triumph”), ultimately from Ancient Greek θρῐ́ᾰμβος (thríambos, “hymn to Dionysius, thriambus”). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of trump.
[Etymology 4]
editOnomatopoeic.
[Etymology 5]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- ruff (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ruff (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ruff (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ruff (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[References]
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- ruff at OneLook Dictionary Search
1. ^ Compare “ruff”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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audible
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɔːdɪbl̩/[Adjective]
editaudible (comparative more audible, superlative most audible)
1.Able to be heard.
2.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
"Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]
[Antonyms]
edit
- inaudible
- quiet
- silent
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).
[Noun]
editaudible (plural audibles)
1.(American football) The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
The audible changed the play to a run.
[Synonyms]
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- sounded
- vocal
[Verb]
editaudible (third-person singular simple present audibles, present participle audibling, simple past and past participle audibled)
1.(intransitive, American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/əwˈdi.blə/[Adjective]
editaudible (masculine and feminine plural audibles)
1.audible
Synonym: oïble
Antonyms: inaudible, inoïble
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin audibilis.
[Further reading]
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- “audible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “audible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “audible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “audible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editaudible (plural audibles)
1.audible
[Antonyms]
edit
- inaudible
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin audibilis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “audible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/auˈdible/[Adjective]
editaudible (plural audibles)
1.audible
Synonym: oíble
Antonym: inaudible
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin audibilis. Doublet of oíble.
[Further reading]
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- “audible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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disturbingly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editdisturbingly (comparative more disturbingly, superlative most disturbingly)
1.In a disturbing manner.
[Etymology]
editdisturbing + -ly
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dexterity
[[English]]
ipa :/dɛksˈtɛɹɪti/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter (“on the right”), this is in reference to most people having greater fine motor skills in their right hand.
[Noun]
editdexterity (countable and uncountable, plural dexterities)
1.Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
2.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.
Playing computer games can improve your manual dexterity.
She twirled the pencil through her fingers with impressive dexterity.
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distracting
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- adstricting
[Verb]
editdistracting
1.present participle of distract
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obnoxious
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈnɒkʃəs/[Adjective]
editobnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious)
1.Extremely unpleasant or offensive; very annoying, odious or contemptible.
2.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 74:
The disturbance had commenced, like those of England, in the refusal of the parliament to sanction an obnoxious tax; but here all resemblance ended.
3.1989, Antônio Torres, Blues for a Lost Childhood: A Novel of Brazil, page 41:
Someone jolted my arm and the contents of my glass spilled onto an immaculate white dress. I felt obnoxious.
4.2010 August 3, David Bennun, Tick Bite Fever[1], Random House, page 109:
I WOULD HAVE been nine or ten when my mother chased me up a thorn tree with a ceremonial hippo-hide whip. What my crime was, I forget. My mother was, and remains, a woman of exceptional forbearance. I must have done something so obnoxious as to beggar belief.
5.2013, Catherine Hilterbrant, Drive-by Psychosis, →ISBN, page 51:
I always feel out of place when I am around people. I feel obnoxious if I laugh or talk too much.
6.2013, Molly Cutpurse, Dark Man, →ISBN, page 44:
He felt obnoxious and knew perfectly well that he would have no explanation whatsoever had anyone discovered him, but she looked so alluring, so untroubled, so fortunate, that his only concern was the terrible crack the shutter made...quiet as it was.
He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
7.(archaic) Exposing to harm or injury.
8.1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 26,
To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.
[Alternative forms]
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- obnoctious (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin obnoxiōsus (“hurtful, injurious, dangerous”), from obnoxius (“punishable; liable to danger”), from ob (“against; facing”) + noxia (“hurt, injury, damage”).
[Further reading]
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- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “obnoxious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
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-
- annoying [WS]
-
- unpleasant [WS]
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in-your-face
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editin-your-face (comparative more in-your-face, superlative most in-your-face)
1.(informal) aggressively or blatantly confrontational
2.2013 November 7, Jewly Wright, “K.T. Oslin: The Cream Interview”, in Nashville Scene[1]:
It's sexual but not quite so in-your-face.
3.2021 August 2, Taylor Lorenz, “The App With the Unprintable Name That Wants to Give Power to Creators”, in The New York Times[2], ISSN 0362-4331:
The in-your-face name was deliberate, Ms. Lugrin said.
[Alternative forms]
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- in your face
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soundscape
[[English]]
ipa :/saʊndskeɪp/[Etymology]
editsound + -scape
[Noun]
editsoundscape (plural soundscapes)
1.An acoustic environment, a virtual/emotional environment created using sound.
2.1958, British Broadcasting Corporation, The Listener, volume 59, page 475
Kleist’s drama is in that tradition and Mr. Bakewell was always in command of it. His soundscape of the field of Fehrbellin presented a tremendous panorama to the mind’s eye.
3.A soundscape composition, an electroacoustic musical composition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.
[Verb]
editsoundscape (third-person singular simple present soundscapes, present participle soundscaping, simple past and past participle soundscaped)
1.To establish or define an acoustic environment, either a virtual one created using sound or a physical one created architecturally to have specific effects on sound.
2.For quotations using this term, see Citations:soundscaped.
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broad
[[English]]
ipa :/bɹɔːd/[Anagrams]
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- Bardo, Board, Borda, Broda, Dobra, abord, adorb, bardo, board, dobra
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots braid (“broad”), West Frisian breed (“broad”), Saterland Frisian breed (“broad”), Low German breed (“broad”), breet, Dutch breed (“broad”), German breit (“broad, wide”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål bred (“broad”), Norwegian brei (“broad”), Icelandic breiður (“broad, wide”).
[Etymology 2]
editEarly 20th century. Said to be from abroadwife, "woman who lives or travels without her husband", though it might be in part an alteration of bride, especially through influence of cognate German Braut, which is used in the same sense of “broad, young woman, hussy”. Compare Middle High German brūt (“concubine”).
[[Breton]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editbroad m (plural broiz)
1.person from a countryeditbroad f (plural broadoù)
1.nation
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Broad
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Bardo, Board, Borda, Broda, Dobra, abord, adorb, bardo, board, dobra
[Proper noun]
editBroad (plural Broads)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Broad is the 15104th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1953 individuals. Broad is most common among White (89.86%) individuals.
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piqued
[[English]]
ipa :/piːkt/[Adjective]
editpiqued (comparative more piqued, superlative most piqued)
1.Annoyed, usually mildly and temporarily, especially by an offense to one's pride or honor.
Synonyms: irritated, nettled, vexed
[Verb]
editpiqued
1.simple past tense and past participle of pique
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pique
[[English]]
ipa :/piːk/[Anagrams]
edit
- Equip., equip, pequi
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle French pique (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).[1] Doublet of pike (“long pointed weapon”). Compare Spanish picar (“to sting”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French pic.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Spanish pique, from Central Quechua piki.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom French piqué, past participle of piquer (“to prick, quilt”)
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “pique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “pique”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[[French]]
ipa :/pik/[Etymology]
editDeverbal of piquer.
[Further reading]
edit
- “pique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editpique f (plural piques)
1.pike, lancepique m (plural piques)
1.(card games) spade (as a card suit)
quatre de pique ― four of spades
[See also]
edit
[Verb]
editpique
1.inflection of piquer:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative
2.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
3.second-person singular imperative
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editpique f (plural piques)
1.Alternative form of picque
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈpi.ki/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French picque (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).
[Noun]
editpique m (plural piques)
1.any spear
Synonyms: hasta, lança
2.or specifically a pike
Synonym: chuço
3.hide-and-seek (game)
Synonyms: esconde-esconde, pique-esconde
[Verb]
editpique
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of picar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of picar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of picar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of picar
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈpike/[Etymology]
editFrom picar.
[Further reading]
edit
- “pique” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editpique m (plural piques)
1.(card games) spade
2.downward movement
irse a pique ― sink [for a ship]
1.jump, leaphit, fix (of drugs)rivalry, loggerheadsgrudge match
[Verb]
editpique
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of picar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of picar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of picar.
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Pique
[[German]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “Pique” in Duden online
[Noun]
editPique n (genitive Piques, plural Piques)
1.Alternative spelling of Pik
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cloak
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkloʊk/[Alternative forms]
edit
- cloke (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos-, ultimately imitative.Doublet of clock.
[Noun]
editcloak (plural cloaks)
1.A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
2.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess[1]:
‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
3.A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.
4.(figuratively) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Thessalonians 2:5:
For neither at any time vsed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetousnesse, God is witnesse:
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
5.(Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
[Verb]
editcloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)
1.(transitive) To cover as with a cloak.
2.(transitive, figuratively) To cover up, hide or conceal.
3.(science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.
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cloak and dagger
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcloak-and-dagger
1.Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.
Synonyms: covert, clandestine, undercover; see also Thesaurus:covert
2.2009 February 18, Philip Sherwell; Dina Kraft, “Israel wages cloak-and-dagger war on Iran”, in The Age[1]:
Israel wages cloak-and-dagger war on Iran [headline]
[Etymology]
editCalque of French de cape et d'épée (“of the cloak and the sword”); first attested 1840. The French term referred to a genre of drama in which the main characters wore cloaks and had swords. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used the “cloak and sword” term in 1840, whereas Charles Dickens preferred “cloak and dagger” a year later.
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psyche
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsaɪ.ki/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
[Etymology 2]
editShortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”)
[Further reading]
edit
- psyche in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- psyche in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin psychē, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).
[Noun]
editpsyche f (plural psyches)
1.psyche, soul, spirit
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈpsy.kʰeː/[Etymology]
editTransliteration of Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, breath”)
[Noun]
editpsychē f (genitive psychēs); first declension
1.mind
2.spirit
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Psyche
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “spirit”).
[Proper noun]
editPsyche f
1.A taxonomic genus within the family Psychidae – bagworm moths.
[References]
edit
- Psyche (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Psyche on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Psyche (Psychidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Psyche at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Psyche at Encyclopedia of Life
- Psyche at World Register of Marine Species
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsaɪ.ki/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).
[Proper noun]
editPsyche
1.(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.
2.16 Psyche, a main belt asteroid
[[German]]
ipa :[ˈpsyːçə][Noun]
editPsyche f (genitive Psyche, plural Psychen)
1.psyche, mind
Synonyms: Geist, Seele
[Proper noun]
editPsyche f (genitive Psyche, no plural)
1.(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche, ancient god of the soul.
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undercover
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editundercover (comparative more undercover, superlative most undercover)
1.Performed or happening in secret.
2.Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
[Etymology]
editunder + cover
[Noun]
editundercover (plural undercovers)
1.A person who works undercover.
[Synonyms]
edit
- clandestine
- See also Thesaurus:covert
[Verb]
editundercover (third-person singular simple present undercovers, present participle undercovering, simple past and past participle undercovered)
1.To provide too little coverage.
2.2000, Robin R. Henke, Phillipp Kaufman, Stephen P. Broughman, & Kathryn Chandler, Issues related to estimating the home-schooled population in theUnited States with national household survey data, →ISBN:
The estimates of bias reported here depend on the assumption that 6- to 14-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as children 0 to 14 years old and that 16- to 17-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as 16- to 19-year-olds.
3.2004, Gary Orfield, Dropouts in America: confronting the graduation rate crisis, page 116:
To oversimplify, if black males age 20 to 29 are undercovered by 50 percent, then the first stage sampling weights for black males age 20 to 29 are doubled to properly sum to known population totals.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌɑn.dərˈkɑ.vər/[Adjective]
editundercover (not comparable)
1.undercover
[Adverb]
editundercover
1.undercover (in a covert fashion, not using one's real identity)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English undercover.
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infringement
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈfɹɪndʒmənt/[Antonyms]
edit
- noninfringement
[Etymology]
editinfringe + -ment
[Noun]
editinfringement (countable and uncountable, plural infringements)
1.A violation or breach, as of a law.
2.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
3.An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.
4.2008 February 27, Kira Cochrane, “How could it happen again?”, in The Guardian[2]:
As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body.
[References]
edit
- infringement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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law enforcement
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editlaw + enforcement
[Further reading]
edit
- law enforcement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editlaw enforcement (uncountable)
1.The task of ensuring obedience to law.
Law enforcement is the duty of police, sheriffs and other government agencies.
2.The various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.
Another news report of law enforcement being corrupted, when does this end?
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pedophilia
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌpiː.dəˈfɪ.li.ə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- paedophilia (British)
- pædophilia (British, dated)
[Etymology]
editAn adaptation of the German Pädophilie, bringing its spelling into conformity with pedo- + -philia. Compare the Byzantine Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía, “love of children”).
[Noun]
editpedophilia (countable and uncountable, plural pedophilias) (American spelling)
1.Sexual attraction to children by adults.
Synonyms: (euphemistic) childlove, pederosis
Antonyms: teleiophilia, pedophobia
Coordinate terms: hebephilia, ephebophilia, korephilia, teleiophilia
Hypernym: paraphilia
2.2007, Margaret Mary Wright, Judicial decision making in child sexual abuse cases, page 122:
As noted earlier, pedophilia was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of pedophilia.
3.2009, Ann Kring, Sheri Johnson, Gerald C. Davison, Abnormal Psychology:
Sometimes a man with pedophilia is content to stroke the child's hair, but he may also manipulate the child's genitalia, [...]
4.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pedophilia.
5.Sexual activity between adults and children.
6.1998, Kaufman, Andrew L., Cardozo, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 25:
Fifteen months later, a committee of the congregation found that he had sexually abused several boys within the congregation. […] The fact that Alger committed pedophilia at the age of thirty-four casts a shadow over his subsequent yearning for relationships with boys and young men, but there is no evidence of any later misconduct.
7.2005, Carol Weiss Lewis, Stuart Gilman, The ethics challenge in public service: a problem-solving guide, 2 edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, →ISBN, page 88:
Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in pedophilia, […]
8.2007, Oppenheimer, Todd, “Read All about It -- but Where, Exactly?”, in SFGate[1], Hearst Communications:
It's quite another (a bad idea) to expect amateurs to figure out who is telling the truth about Iraq, or which priests have committed pedophilia.
9.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pedophilia.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Seto, Michael (2008). Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. p. vii.
2. ^ Lanning, Kenneth V. (2010). Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis (fifth ed.). National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. pp. 29–30 (45–46 of PDF).
3. ^ American Psychiatric Association, ed. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fifth ed.). American Psychiatric Publishing. p. 697.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (psychiatry): pedophilic disorder (“a clinical diagnostic classification”) (American Psychiatric Association)
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gather
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡæðə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- gether (obsolete or regional)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Gareth, rageth
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).
[Noun]
editgather (plural gathers)
1.A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
2.The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
3.The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
4.(glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
5.A gathering.
6.2007, John Barnes, The Sky So Big and Black (Tor Books, →ISBN):
"I'll tell you all about it at the Gather, win or lose."
7.2014, Paul Lederer, Dark Angel Riding (Open Road Media, →ISBN):
What bothered him more, he thought as he started Washoe southward, was Spikes's animosity, the bearded man's sudden violent reaction to his arrival at the gather.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to bring together): aggroup, togetherize; see also Thesaurus:round up
(—to accumulate over time): accrue, add up; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
(—to congregate): assemble, begather; see also Thesaurus:assemble
[Verb]
editgather (third-person singular simple present gathers, present participle gathering, simple past and past participle gathered)
1.To collect; normally separate things.
I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.
1.Especially, to harvest food.
We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
2.To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
3.(intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
4.?, Alfred Tennyson, Tears
Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.
5.(intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.
6.1622, 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:
Their snow-ball did not gather as it went.To bring parts of a whole closer.
She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
1.(sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.
2.(knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.
If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.
3.(architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
4.(nautical) To haul in; to take up.
to gather the slack of a ropeTo infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.(intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.(glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.To gain; to win.
- 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 731548838:
He gathers ground upon her in the chase.
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rai
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- 'air, ARI, Ari, IAR, IRA, Ira, RIA, air, ria
[Etymology 1]
editYapese [Term?]
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Atong (India)]]
ipa :/raj/[Noun]
editrai (Bengali script রায় or রাই)
1.reed
[References]
edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
[[Bourguignon]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French rai, from Latin radius.
[Noun]
editrai m (plural rais)
1.ray
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈraj/[Etymology 1]
editOriginally a Western Catalan dialectal form of raig.
[Etymology 2]
editUnknown.
[Further reading]
edit
- “rai” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[[Fijian]]
[Noun]
editrai
1.sight
[Verb]
editrai
1.to see
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁɛ/[Anagrams]
edit
- air, ira
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French rai, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radius, a borrowing. Unrelated to raie.
[Further reading]
edit
- “rai” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editrai m (plural rais)
1.ray, beam (of light etc.)
Synonym: rayon
2.spoke (of wheel)
[[Friulian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin radius.
[Noun]
editrai m (plural rais)
1.ray, beam
2.spoke
3.radius
[[Hausa]]
ipa :/ɽâi/[Noun]
editrâi m (plural rāyukā̀, possessed form râin)
1.life
2.spirit, mind
3.hope, salvation
4.prosperity
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈraj/[Anagrams]
edit
- -ari, -irà, Ari, ari, ira, ria, rià
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Old Occitan rai. Doublet of raggio.
[Noun]
editrai m pl (plural only)
1.(literary) rays
2.(literary, figuratively) looks
3.(literary, figuratively) eyes
[References]
edit
- rai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “rai”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editrai
1.Rōmaji transcription of らい
2.Rōmaji transcription of ライ
[[Javanese]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Carakan: ꦫꦲꦶ
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, compare Malay dahi and Kavalan zais.
[Noun]
editrai (krama-ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)
1.face
Synonyms: dhapur, muka, rupa, wajah
[References]
edit
- "rai" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta
[[Kavalan]]
[Noun]
editrai
1.mussel
[[Malay]]
[Noun]
editrai
1.rye
[[Maori]]
[Noun]
editrai
1.rye
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French rai, from Latin radius (“spoke”).
[Noun]
editrai m (plural rais)
1.(Jersey, cycling, etc.) spoke
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin rādius.
[Noun]
editrai m (oblique plural rais, nominative singular rais, nominative plural rai)
1.beam; ray (of light)
2.late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan de Berne, page 314 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, line 202:
li rais sor sa face luisoit
the ray was shining on his face
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/raj/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Church Slavonic рай (raj), from Proto-Slavic *rajь, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”).
[Noun]
editrai n (plural raiuri)
1.eden
2.paradise
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) retg
- (Surmiran) rètg
- (Puter) raig
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).
[Noun]
editrai m (plural rais)
1.(Vallader) king
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈrai/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English ride.
[Noun]
editrai m (uncountable)
1.(colloquial, El Salvador) ride
No te preocupés: mi amiga me va a dar rai. ― Don't worry: my friend's gonna give me a ride.
Synonyms: aventón, (Spain) vuelta en coche
[[Swahili]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Arabic رَأْي (raʾy).
[Noun]
editrai (n class, plural rai)
1.opinion, view
[[Tetum]]
[Etymology]
editFrom *dari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀəq, compare Ilocano daga.
[[Veps]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Russian рай (raj).
[Noun]
editrai
1.paradise, heaven
[References]
edit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “рай”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/rai̯/[Determiner]
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1.Soft mutation of rhai.
[Mutation]
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Rai
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- 'air, ARI, Ari, IAR, IRA, Ira, RIA, air, ria
[Noun]
editRai pl (plural only)
1.An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal.
[Proper noun]
editRaiEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Rai (surname)Wikipedia
1.A surname, from India found among people from coastal Karnataka and northern India.
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rai is the 6,481st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5,295 individuals. Rai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (89.99%) individuals.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈraj/[Alternative forms]
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- RAI prior to 2000
[Anagrams]
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- -ari, -irà, Ari, ari, ira, ria, rià
[Proper noun]
editItalian Wikipedia has an article on:RaiWikipedia itRai f
1.the Italian state radio and television broadcaster
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[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
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- -ari, -irà, Ari, ari, ira, ria, rià
[Proper noun]
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1.(broadcasting) Initialism of Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian state owned public service broadcaster
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admonish
[[English]]
ipa :/ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/[Anagrams]
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- modinhas
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English admonesten, admonissen, from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestrāre, from Latin admoneō (“remind, warn”), from ad + moneō (“warn, advise”). See premonition.
[Verb]
editadmonish (third-person singular simple present admonishes, present participle admonishing, simple past and past participle admonished)
1.(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
Synonyms: reprimand, chide; see also Thesaurus:reprehend
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ecclesiastes 4:13:
Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ecclesiastes 12:12:
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.
4.1914, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, published 27 February 1915, OCLC 1127485186:
Well, that's because he daren't trust you. But in his heart he is not a loyal brother. We know that well. So we watch him and we wait for the time to admonish him.
5.2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
[…] But then things take a turn, the men starting to keel over as Walder seems to admonish them for leaving certain threads hanging. […]
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7.(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
Synonyms: caution; see also Thesaurus:advise
8.1906, Jack London, chapter 2, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, part 1:
“You needn’t stray off too far in doin’ it,” his partner admonished. “If that pack ever starts to jump you, them three cartridges’d be wuth no more’n three whoops in hell. Them animals is damn hungry, an’ once they start in, they’ll sure get you, Bill.”
9.(transitive) To instruct or direct.
Synonyms: inform, notify
[[Scots]]
ipa :/adˈmonɪʃ/[References]
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- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
[Verb]
editadmonish (third-person singular simple present admonishes, present participle admonishin, simple past admonisht, past participle admonisht)
1.to admonish
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