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37596 on-ramp [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - onramp [Noun] editon-ramp (plural on-ramps) 1.A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from local roads onto a freeway [Synonyms] edit - on-slip 0 0 2017/08/23 11:46 2021/11/15 14:34 TaN
37598 onramp [[English]] [Noun] editonramp (plural onramps) 1.Alternative form of on-ramp 0 0 2017/08/23 11:46 2021/11/15 14:34 TaN
37603 privy [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹɪv.i/[Adjective] editprivy (comparative more privy, superlative most privy) 1.(now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own. [from early 13th c.] The king retreated to his privy chamber. the privy purse 2.(now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed. 3.1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 82: Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts. 4.With knowledge of; party to; let in on. [from late 14th c.] He was privy to the discussions. [Alternative forms] edit - privie (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private. [Noun] editprivy (plural privies) 1.An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse). 2.A lavatory: a room with a toilet. 3.A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation. 4.1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8: Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean... 5.(law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party. [Synonyms] edit - (latrine, outhouse, or lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom - (fixture): See Thesaurus:toilet 0 0 2021/11/15 14:37 TaN
37605 taped [[English]] ipa :-eɪpt[Anagrams] edit - adept, pated [Verb] edittaped 1.simple past tense and past participle of tape 0 0 2021/11/15 14:54 TaN
37606 tape [[English]] ipa :/teɪ̯p/[Anagrams] edit - PETA, Paet, Pate, Peat, Peta, epta-, pate, peat, peta-, pâté, tepa [Etymology] editFrom Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”). [Noun] edittape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes) A videotape 1.Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper. 2.Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought. 3.Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record. 4.Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape. Did you get that on tape? 5.(informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it. 6.2018 August 18, Susan Edelman, New York Post: “It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs. 7.(informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus. Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight. 8.(trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades. Don’t fight the tape. 9.(ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick His pass was right on the tape. 10.(printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine. [Verb] edittape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped) 1.To bind with adhesive tape. Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it. 2.To record, particularly onto magnetic tape. You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping. 3.(informal, passive) To understand, figure out. I've finally got this thing taped. [[Danish]] ipa :/tɛjp/[Etymology 1] editFrom English tape (“adhesive tape”). [Etymology 2] editFrom English tape (“to bind with adhesive tape”). [[Dutch]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English tape. [Noun] edittape m (plural tapes, diminutive tapeje n) 1.tape [[French]] ipa :/tap/[Anagrams] edit - pâte, pâté - péta [Etymology] editFrom taper. [Further reading] edit - “tape” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] edittape f (plural tapes) 1.a gentle touch 2.a pat Recevoir une tape sur la joue, la main, les fesses. (please add an English translation of this usage example) [Verb] edittape 1.first-person singular present indicative of taper 2.third-person singular present indicative of taper 3.second-person singular imperative of taper [[Guaraní]] ipa :/ta.ˈpe/[Noun] edittape (dependent form rape, third-person possessed form hape) 1.path 2.way 3.street [[Indonesian]] [Noun] edittape (first-person possessive tapeku, second-person possessive tapemu, third-person possessive tapenya) 1.Informal form of tapai. [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈtap(ə)/[Alternative forms] edit - tappe [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [Etymology 3] editFrom Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); forms with a long vowel are difficult to explain. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology 1] editBorrowed from English tape. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa. [References] edit - “tape” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology 1] editBorrowed from English tape. [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit - “tape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈta.pi/[Verb] edittape 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tapar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of tapar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tapar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tapar [[Spanish]] [Further reading] edit - “tape” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] edittape m (plural tapes) 1.(Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico) Scotch tape, tape [Verb] edittape 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tapar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tapar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tapar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tapar. 0 0 2012/02/01 22:15 2021/11/15 14:54
37608 otherwise [[English]] ipa :/ˈʌ.ðəˌwaɪz/[Adjective] editotherwise (not comparable) 1.Other than supposed; different. He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise. [Adverb] editotherwise (not comparable) 1.(manner) Differently, in another way. You may have a point, but I think otherwise. Could I do otherwise than smile? It is not permitted to sell or otherwise distribute any copies. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Timothy 6:3: If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, euen the wordes of our Lord Iesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godlinesse: 3.1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter iii: Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth. […] 4.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise. 5.(conjunctive) In different circumstances; or else. I’m not well today, otherwise I would have helped. You have to open your umbrella, otherwise you'll get wet. 6.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175: They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. 7.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 46: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait. 8.2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171: Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […]. 9.(conjunctive) In all other respects. He lost his temper once in a while. Otherwise he behaved rationally. 10.2013, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport, 1 September: Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland. [Antonyms] edit - likewise [Etymology] editFrom Middle English otherwise, othre wise, from Old English on ōþre wīsan (literally “in (on) other/different manner”); equivalent to other +‎ -wise. Compare West Frisian yn oarwei (“otherwise”), Icelandic öðruvísi (“otherwise; else”). [Synonyms] edit - (differently): elsewise, contrarily, contrastingly - (in different circumstances): if not, else (see or else) - (in all other respects): apart from that 0 0 2009/11/10 17:45 2021/11/15 14:58 TaN
37609 dimension [[English]] ipa :/daɪˈmɛnʃən/[Anagrams] edit - minisonde [Etymology] editFrom Latin dīmensio, dīmensiōnis. [Noun] editdimension (plural dimensions) 1.A single aspect of a given thing. This film can be enjoyed on many dimensions - the script is great, the acting is realistic, and the special effects will simply take you aback. 2.A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth. 3.1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 150: I can tell you that in your universe you move freely in three dimensions that you call space. […] After that it gets a bit complicated, and there's all sort of stuff going on in dimensions thirteen to twenty-two that you really wouldn't want to know about. 4.2012 January 1, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 1, page 23: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year. 5.A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished. 6.(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates. 7.(linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space. 8.(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time. The dimension of velocity is length divided by time. 9.(computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array. 10.(science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence. a machine that lets you travel to a parallel dimension. 11.1938 July, L. Ron Hubbard, “The Dangerous Dimension”, in Astounding Science-Fiction‎[2], volume XXI, number 5, Street & Smith, OCLC 10756251, page 105: "If a man should wish to be in some other place, it is entirely possible for him to imagine himself in that place and, diving back through the negative dimension, to emerge out of it in that place with instantaneous rapidity. To imagine oneself———" 12.1988 May 2, Rod Loomis, Michelle Phillips, Gates McFadden, We'll Always Have Paris (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Paramount Domestic Television, OCLC 857144250: DR. PAUL MANHEIM: I have been on the other side. I have touched another dimension. Part of me is still there. LAURA MANHEIM: Help him. DR. CRUSHER: Try to stay calm Dr. Manheim. I don't think it's going to help you're struggling against it. DR. PAUL MANHEIM: My mind is floating between two places. It is difficult to know which is which. There is no way to explain it. [Synonyms] edit - (single aspect of a thing): aspect - (measure of spatial extent): magnitude, proportion, size, scope - (construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished): attribute, property [Verb] editdimension (third-person singular simple present dimensions, present participle dimensioning, simple past and past participle dimensioned) 1.(transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions. [[Esperanto]] [Noun] editdimension 1.accusative singular of dimensio [[Finnish]] [Noun] editdimension 1.genitive singular of dimensio [[French]] ipa :/di.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/[Anagrams] edit - mendiions - ondinisme [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin dīmensio, dīmensiōnem. [Further reading] edit - “dimension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editdimension f (plural dimensions) 1.dimension [[Occitan]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin dīmensio. Attested from the 14th century.[1] [Noun] editdimension f (plural dimensions) 1.dimension [References] edit 1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 201. 0 0 2010/06/15 08:40 2021/11/15 15:01
37614 on top of [[English]] [Preposition] editon top of 1.Atop 2.Very close to, in any orientation or in time. Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful. At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next. 3.(idiomatic) In addition to something else. […] and on top of all that, I got a puncture! 4.(idiomatic) Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with. I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation. You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs. to feel on top of the world 0 0 2018/08/15 14:22 2021/11/15 15:57 TaN
37616 measure [[English]] ipa :/ˈmɛʒ.ə/[Anagrams] edit - Reaumes [Etymology] editFrom Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measuring, rule, something to measure by”), from mēnsus, past participle of mētīrī (“to measure, mete”). Displaced native Middle English mǣte, mete (“measure”) (from Old English met (“measure”), compare Old English mitta (“a measure”)), Middle English ameten, imeten (“to measure”) (from Old English āmetan, ġemetan (“to mete, measure”)), Middle English hof, hoof (“measure, reason”) (from Old Norse hōf (“measure, reason”)), Old English mǣþ (“measure, degree”). [Further reading] edit - “measure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - measure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - measure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - measure at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editmeasure (plural measures) 1.A prescribed quantity or extent. 1.(obsolete) Moderation, temperance. [13th-19th c.] 2.c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I: Mesure is medcynee · þouȝ þow moche ȝerne. 3.1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Jer. XXX: I will correct thee in measure, and will not leaue thee altogether vnpunished. 4.A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) [from 14th c.] 5.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, V: Full to the utmost measure of what bliss Human desires can seek or apprehend. 6.2005, J Coarguo, Hávamál: The Words of the High One a Personal Interpretation: but there is never found a foolish man who knows the measure of his stomach 7.2009, Mike Selvey, The Guardian, 25 Aug 2009: They have gloried to this day, the tedious interminable big-screen replays of that golden summer irritating beyond measure. 8.An (unspecified) portion or quantity. [from 16th c.] 9.2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[1]: It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.The act or result of measuring. 1.(now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance. [from 14th c.] a measure of salt 2.A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion. [from 14th c.] 3.2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC Sport: City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions. Honesty is the true measure of a man. 4.Any of various standard units of capacity. [from 14th c.] The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn. 5.A unit of measurement. [from 14th c.] 6.1993, Scientific American February 33.3: The fragments shrank by increments of about three kilodaltons (a measure of molecular weight). 7.The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.] 8.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 11:9: The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 9.(now rare) The act or process of measuring. [from 14th c.] (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?) 10.A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements. [from 16th c.] 11.(mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor. [from 16th c.] the greatest common measure of two or more numbers 12.(geology) A bed or stratum. [from 17th c.] coal measures; lead measures 13.(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like. [from 20th c.]Metrical rhythm. 1.(now archaic) A melody. [from 14th c.] 2.(now archaic) A dance. [from 15th c.] 3.1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Fifth. The Court.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, OCLC 270129616, stanza XII (Lochinvar. Lady Heron’s Song.), page 259: He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,— / "Now tread we a measure!" said young Lochinvar. 4.1922, Michael Arlen, “2/2/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎[2]: They danced on silently, softly. Their feet played tricks to the beat of the tireless measure, that exquisitely asinine blare which is England's punishment for having lost America. 5.(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot. [from 15th c.] a poem in iambic measure 6.(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. [from 17th c.]A course of action. 1.(in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. [from 17th c.] 2.2020 March 12, “It's coronavirus-free, but El Salvador is banning all foreign travellers”, in The Straits Times: The president said the measures involve a ban on all visitors to the country via all ports of entry who aren't residents or diplomats. El Salvadorans or residents who return to El Salvador will be quarantined for 30 days.. 3.A piece of legislation. [from 18th c.] 4.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55: The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll. [Synonyms] edit - (musical designation): bar - (unit of measurement): metric [Verb] editmeasure (third-person singular simple present measures, present participle measuring, simple past and past participle measured) 1.To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard. 2.2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11: But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short. We measured the temperature with a thermometer.   You should measure the angle with a spirit level. 3.To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement) The window measured two square feet. 4.To estimate the unit size of something. I measure that at 10 centimetres. 5.To judge, value, or appraise. 6.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, 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: Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite / Thy power! what thought can measure thee? 7.To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments. 8.(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over. 9.c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, 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 vii]: A true devoted pilgrim is not weary / To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps. 10.1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds "And for a very sensible reason; there never was but one like her; or, that is, I have always thought so until to-day," replied the tar, glancing toward Natalie; "for my old eyes have seen pretty much everything they have got in this little world. Ha! I should like to see the inch of land or water that my foot hasn't measured." 11.To adjust by a rule or standard. 12.1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living To secure a contented spirit, you must measure your desires by your fortune and condition, not your fortunes by your desires 13.To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off. 14.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 7:2: With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 15.1711 September 12, Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “SATURDAY, September 1, 1711 [Julian calendar]”, in The Spectator, number 159; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697: That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun. 0 0 2010/06/03 09:13 2021/11/16 08:59
37619 at odds [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editat odds 1.(idiomatic) In disagreement; conflicting. The witness' statement seems to be at odds with the evidence, not a good sign for the prosecutor. 2.c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, Scene 3,[1] He flashes into one gross crime or other That sets us all at odds. 3.1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: W. Chetwood & T. Edling, p. 186,[2] I […] began to be at odds with myself whether to be glad or sorry […] 4.1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman & Hall, Chapter 18, p. 237,[3] In the passage they encountered Mr. Mould the undertaker: a little elderly gentleman, bald, and in a suit of black; with a note-book in his hand, a massive gold watch-chain dangling from his fob, and a face in which a queer attempt at melancholy was at odds with a smirk of satisfaction […] 5.1940, Zane Grey, 30,000 on the Hoof, New York: Pocket Book, 1977, Chapter 1, p. 8,[4] At Pleasant Valley sheepmen and cattlemen were at odds over the grazing. 0 0 2021/11/16 15:03 TaN
37623 __-odd [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - DDO, DOD, DoD, dod [Suffix] edit-odd 1.Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -some. twenty-odd identifiable factors affecting the outcome one-hundred-and-fifty-odd spectators in the stands [Synonyms] edit - and change - -some [[Welsh]] ipa :/ɔð/[Alternative forms] edit - (South Wales) (third-person singular preterite): (colloquial) -ws [Suffix] edit-odd 1.(literary) verb suffix for the third-person singular preterite 2.(colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person singular preterite 0 0 2021/09/14 09:12 2021/11/16 15:03 TaN
37624 barb [[English]] ipa :/bɑː(ɹ)b/[Anagrams] edit - BBAR, Rabb, abbr, abbr. [Etymology 1] edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}barb (1) of a fishhookbarbs (4) of a feathercherry barb (5)From Middle English barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe (“beard, beard-like element”). Doublet of beard. [Etymology 2] editClipping of Barbary. [Etymology 3] editClipping of barbiturate. [Etymology 4] editCorruption of bard. [Further reading] edit - barb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - barb (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - - Barb in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈbaɾp/[Etymology 1] editFrom Latin barbus. [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin varus, influenced by barba (“beard”). [Further reading] edit - “barb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[Manx]] [Adjective] editbarb (plural barbey, comparative barbey) 1.sharp, drastic 2.cruel, rough [Etymology] editFrom Old Irish borb (“foolish, rude”). [Mutation] edit [Noun] editbarb m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide]) 1.sharp point, javelin 0 0 2021/11/16 15:05 TaN
37625 Barb [[English]] ipa :-ɑː(ɹ)b[Anagrams] edit - BBAR, Rabb, abbr, abbr. [Noun] editBarb (plural Barbz) 1.(slang) A fan of the American singer Nicki Minaj, especially a female one. 2.2012, "Forward Line", Inpress, Issue 1235, August 2012, page 14: Minaj is thrilled to be returning to her legion of Aussie Barbz this October in a brand new full-scale arena show. 3.2012, "The year in music", Fast Forward Weekly, 27 December 2012: I’m not a Barb, but Nicki Minaj totally made me do a 180 on the whole hating-her-songs-and-general-vibe thing I had going on when I went to review her in concert. 4.2013, "Mariah talks about Idol feud", Postnoon, 9 January 2013, page 28: Lambs and Barbz, remain calm, but Mariah Carey is once again talking about her infamous feud with Nicki Minaj. 5.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Barb. [Proper noun] editBarb 1.A diminutive of the female given name Barbara. 2.A surname​. 0 0 2021/11/16 15:06 TaN
37628 pawn [[English]] ipa :/pɔːn/[Anagrams] edit - WPAN [Etymology 1] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Pawn (chess)Wikipedia A black pawn in chessFrom Middle English pown, pawn, from Anglo-Norman paun, poun (“pawn, pedestrian”) ( = Old French poon, päon, pëon), from Late Latin pedō, pedōnis (“footsoldier”), from Latin pēs, ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon. [Etymology 2] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:PawnbrokerWikipedia From Middle French pan (“pledge, security”), apparently from a Germanic language (compare Middle Dutch pant, Old High German pfant). [Etymology 3] edit [Etymology 4] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Etymology 5] edit [[Middle English]] [Noun] editpawn 1.Alternative form of pown (“pawn”) 0 0 2009/09/01 08:26 2021/11/16 15:09 TaN
37629 outrageous [[English]] ipa :/aʊtˈɹeɪdʒəs/[Adjective] editoutrageous (comparative more outrageous, superlative most outrageous) 1.Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront. [from 14th c.] 2.c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, First Folio 1623: To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde to suffer / The Slings and Arrowes of outragious Fortune, / Or to take Armes against a Sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them [...]. 3.2011, Paul Wilson, The Guardian, 19 Oct 2011: The Irish-French rugby union whistler Alain Rolland was roundly condemned for his outrageous decision that lifting a player into the air then turning him over so he falls on his head or neck amounted to dangerous play. 4.Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate. [from 14th c.] 5.2004, David Smith, The Observer, 19 Dec 2004: Audience members praised McKellen, best known for Shakespearean roles and as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, for his show-stealing turn as Twankey in a series of outrageous glitzy dresses. 6.Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.] 7.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill. 8.2001, Imogen Tilden, The Guardian, 8 Dec 2001: "It's something I really am quite nervous about," he admits, before adding, with relish: "You have to be a bit outrageous and challenging sometimes." 9.(now rare) Fierce, violent. [from 14th c.] 10.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4: For els my feeble vessell, crazd and crackt / Through thy strong buffets and outrageous blowes, / Cannot endure, but needes it must be wrackt [...]. 11.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415, book I, page 17: For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […] [Alternative forms] edit - outragious (archaic) [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman outrageus, Middle French outrageus, from outrage; equivalent to outrage +‎ -ous. 0 0 2011/01/04 09:29 2021/11/16 15:10
37635 hotter [[English]] ipa :-ɒtə(ɹ)[Anagrams] edit - t'other, throte, tother [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Danish]] [Etymology] edithotdog +‎ -er [Noun] edithotter 1.hotdog 0 0 2021/11/16 15:53 TaN
37636 hott [[English]] [Adjective] edithott 1.(nonstandard, slang) Alternative spelling of hot (sexually attractive) [Anagrams] edit - Toth, tho't, thot 0 0 2021/11/16 15:53 TaN
37659 shrank [[English]] ipa :/ʃɹæŋk/[Anagrams] edit - Krahns [Etymology 1] editSee shrink [Etymology 2] editFrom Pennsylvania German; cognate to German Schrank. 0 0 2021/11/16 18:27 TaN
37660 shrink [[English]] ipa :/ˈʃɹɪŋk/[Antonyms] edit - (to cause to become smaller): expand, grow, enlarge, stretch - (become smaller): expand, grow, enlarge, stretch [Etymology] editFrom Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”).The sense “psychologist, psychotherapist” is a clipping of headshrinker. [Noun] editshrink (plural shrinks) 1.Shrinkage; contraction; recoil. 2.1818, Leigh Hunt, “To T** L** H**, Six Years Old, During a Sickness.”, in Foliage; […], London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, Welbeck Street, page xlvii: Yet almost with, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. 3.(slang, sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist. You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool. My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me. 4.1994 August, Green Day (lyrics and music), “Basket Case”, in Dookie, Reprise Records, track 7: I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams / She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down 5.2021 March 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 926, page 70: "From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...]. Synonym: head-shrinker 6.(uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date. 7.2011, Charles Sennewald & John Christman, Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention: An Encyclopedic Reference, p. 227: Assuming the retailer's shrink is average or below, and the owner is comfortable with the level of shrink, perhaps nothing more need be done except to maintain vigilance and to monitor the shrink for signs of emerging problems. [References] edit - shrink at OneLook Dictionary Search - shrink in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Synonyms] edit - (avoid an unwanted task): funk, shirk - (withdraw or retire, as from danger): shrink back, retreat [Verb] editshrink (third-person singular simple present shrinks, present participle shrinking, simple past shrank or shrunk, past participle shrunk or shrunken) 1.(transitive) To cause to become smaller. The dryer shrank my sweater. 2.2008 October, David Schipper, “Outsmart your stomach: Seven ways to fill your gut—and lose it, too”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, ISSN 1054-4836, page 135: The bottom line is this: To shrink your gut, you need to start listening to it. 3.(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract. This garment will shrink when wet. 4.1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886: I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room. 5.1668, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, M. DC. LXVI. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], OCLC 1064438096, (please specify the stanza number): And shrink like parchment in consuming fire. 6.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns Since 1982, it has shrunk by 250 meters. 7.2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 52: When they took over the 1000 'Flying Scotsman' from May 1979, the journey from London to Edinburgh shrank to just 4hrs 37mins - including a stop at Newcastle. 8.(intransitive) To cower or flinch. Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip. 9.(transitive) To draw back; to withdraw. 10.1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673, page 10: The Libyc Hammon ſhrinks his horn, 11.(intransitive, figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger. 12.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019: What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right. 13.1881, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Thucydides They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task. 14.(intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust. 0 0 2021/11/16 18:28 TaN
37663 accused [[English]] ipa :/ə.ˈkjuzd/[Adjective] editaccused (comparative more accused, superlative most accused) 1.Having been accused; being the target of accusations. 2.1883, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Landmarks of Recent History, 1770-1883, Walter Smith (publisher), pages 11–12: This power chiefly fell to the queen, and she was more accused than ever of too much leaning towards her own country; […] 3.1891, Charles Grant Robertson, Caesar Borgia: The Stanhope Essay for 1891, B.H. Blackwell, pages 8–9: Naples had an almost stronger preference for the interposition of Spain, while the great republic of Venice in the eyes of Italy stood accused of aspiring to bring the whole peninsula under its sway, […] 4.2007, Patricia Love and Steven Stosny, How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking about It: Finding Love Beyond Words, Random House, →ISBN, page 188: If she felt unimportant, you showed her that she was important to you. If she felt accused, you reassured her. If she felt guilty, you helped her feel better. [Anagrams] edit - succade [Etymology] edit - (noun): First attested in the 1590's. - From accuse (“blame”) +‎ -ed [Noun] editaccused (plural accused) 1.(law) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case. Synonym: accusee Antonym: accuser [Verb] editaccused 1.simple past tense and past participle of accuse 0 0 2021/11/17 08:27 TaN
37666 lead off [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - offlead [Noun] editlead off (plural lead offs) 1.(baseball) The first batter in the batting order. Jones has been the team's lead off hitter for three years. 2.(baseball) The first batter of an inning. The lead off hitter for the sixth inning is Jones. 3.(baseball) The short distance that a player stands away from their current base. [Verb] editlead off (third-person singular simple present leads off, present participle leading off, simple past and past participle led off) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead,‎ off. The kitchen and the lounge lead off from the hallway. 2.(baseball) To be the first batter of an inning. Jones led off the inning with a home run. Jones is leading off an inning for the third time in the game. 3.(by extension) To be the first of any set, especially the first person in a group to speak; to launch or begin something by speaking. 0 0 2021/11/17 08:27 TaN
37667 lead-off [[English]] [Adjective] editlead-off 1.Alternative spelling of leadoff [Anagrams] edit - offlead [Noun] editlead-off (plural lead-offs) 1.Alternative spelling of lead off 0 0 2021/11/17 08:28 TaN
37668 perimeter fence [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - time preference [Noun] editperimeter fence (plural perimeter fences) 1.A fence that circles the perimeter of an area to prevent access 2.2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian, 23 September 2014: So if your prospective school is proudly displaying that "We Are Outstanding" banner on its perimeter fence, well, that is wonderful … but do bear in mind that in all likelihood it has been awarded for results in those two subjects, rather than for its delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum which brings out the best in every child. Which is, of course, what makes a great primary school. 0 0 2021/10/04 11:31 2021/11/17 11:05 TaN
37675 in a big way [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editin a big way 1.(idiomatic) To a great extent, emphatically, or with great passion. 2.1956, US Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States", U.S. Government Printing Office. "We are moving up into the northwest in a big way next year so maybe I'll have a chance to come and visit you yet." 3.1998, Cal Ripken Jr, Mike Bryan, The Only Way I Know: With Highlights from the 1997 Season. "Fred got into Pumping Iron in a big way." 4.2008, Henry Abraham, How to Write a Book in 90 Days in God's Way. "Noah's commitment paid off in a big way when only he, his wife and sons and his son's wives were saved from the flood that destroyed the entire earth [...]" 0 0 2021/11/17 11:16 TaN
37677 vigorous [[English]] ipa :/ˈvɪɡəɹəs/[Adjective] editvigorous (comparative more vigorous, superlative most vigorous) 1.Physically strong and active. 2.1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon": Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink Circling in singles and in pairs In this vigorous anonymity 3.Mentally strong and active. 4.Rapid of growth. a vigorous shrub [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman vigrus, from Old French vigoros (French vigoureux), from Medieval Latin vigorosus, from Latin vigor. Doublet of vigoroso. 0 0 2010/07/14 11:48 2021/11/17 11:17
37678 turnout [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - out-turn, outturn [Etymology] editturn +‎ out, from the phrasal verb. [Noun] editturnout (plural turnouts) 1.The act of coming forth. 2.The number of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue. 3.2012, The Hyperink Team, Essential Tools For Managing A Restaurant Business, Hyperink Inc (→ISBN): Depending on the location of a restaurant, weekdays may equally experience low turnout. 4.2016, Alistair Jones, Britain and the European Union, Edinburgh University Press (→ISBN), page 212: A country which has always had an exceptionally good turnout for its elections to the European Parliament is Belgium. Every single election has had a turnout of over 90 per cent. The reason for this is that there is compulsory voting in Belgium. 5.(US) A place to pull off a road. When towing a trailer, use the turnouts to let faster traffic pass. 6.2011, Douglas Steakley, Photographing Big Sur: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them, The Countryman Press (→ISBN), page 56: This is a location that should not be missed, especially during late afternoons in winter. This field can be photographed from the narrow driveway that leads down to the restaurant or from the turnout south of the restaurant, ... 7.(rail transport, chiefly US) A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points. 8.1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Sunday on the G.N. line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 322: [...] the Welwyn bottleneck will be relaid with high-speed turnouts and resignalled for reversible working. 9.(dated) A quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike. 10.(dated) A striker. 11.2002, Brian Lewis, The Middlemost and the Milltowns (page 86) Meanwhile on the eighteenth a party of soldiers dispersed a crowd in Over Darwen, and the following day a detachment came to protect the Hargreaves' large mill at Accrington, where one of the partners, anticipating a visit from the turnouts, had sworn in several hundred of the workpeople as special constables. 12.That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage. A man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turnout. 13.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 113: "Yes," answered Reynard, "but old Bruin sat on the sledge and drove just as if he had stolen both horse and turn-out." "Bad luck to him, the rascal!" said the farmer. 14.1990, Thomas Ryder, The Carriage Journal (volume 27, number 4, pages 164-165) Occasionally turnouts would be seen driven randem in circus parades. 15.Net quantity of produce yielded. 16.The act of putting out to pasture Duties include feeding and turnout of horses. [Synonyms] edit - (roadside area): lay-by 0 0 2012/12/19 05:20 2021/11/17 11:17
37679 electoral [[English]] [Adjective] editelectoral (not comparable) 1.Relating to or composed of electors. 2.Of, or relating to elections. [Anagrams] edit - recollate [Etymology] editFrom elector +‎ -al. [[Catalan]] ipa :/ə.lək.toˈɾal/[Adjective] editelectoral (masculine and feminine plural electorals) 1.electoral [Etymology] editFrom elector +‎ -al. [Further reading] edit - “electoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editelectoral m or n (feminine singular electorală, masculine plural electorali, feminine and neuter plural electorale) 1.electoral [Etymology] editFrom French électoral [[Spanish]] ipa :/eleɡtoˈɾal/[Adjective] editelectoral (plural electorales) 1.electoral [Etymology] editelector +‎ -al [Further reading] edit - “electoral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2021/11/17 11:18 TaN
37680 electoral college [[English]] [Noun] editelectoral college (plural electoral colleges) 1.(politics) A body of electors empowered to elect someone to a particular office, such as the Holy Roman Emperor or the President of the United States. 2.1788, Aristocrotis, The Government of Nature Delineated; Or An Exact Picture of the New Federal Constitution‎[1], Carlisle, PA: [I]f the reigning president pleases his masters, he need be under no apprehensions of being turned out for any severities used to the people, for though the congress may not have influence enough to procure him the majority of the votes of the electoral college, yet they will always be able to prevent any other from having such a majority 3.Alternative letter-case form of Electoral College. 0 0 2021/11/17 11:18 TaN
37681 Electoral College [[English]] [Proper noun] editElectoral College 1.Alternative letter-case form of electoral college. [from 1647] 2.1647, “Some Observations upon the Articles delivered by the Ambassadors of the Emperor”, in Journal of the House of Lords‎[1], volume ix, London, page 174: The Electoral College is composed of Six Electors; Three Ecclesiatical, Mentz, Trier, Collen; and Three Secular, The Palatine, Sane, and Brandebourg 3.(US politics) An electoral college chosen, within a state, to formally cast that state's votes for the president and vice president of the United States. Each state's Electoral College submits its votes to the President of the Senate. 4.(US politics) All of the United States' electoral colleges, considered as one body. 5.1954, Barkley, Alben W., That Reminds Me‎[2], Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, LCCN 54-10775, OCLC 1222881612, OL 6156719M, page 276: In accordance with these opinions I believe that the ancient and outmoded Electoral College system should be abolished and that the people should vote directly in all the states for President and Vice President. The Electoral College was established in the beginning of our history for the same reasons which actuated our forefathers in providing that United States senators should be elected by the legislatures rather than by the people of the respective states. [[German]] [Noun] editElectoral College n (genitive Electoral Colleges, no plural) 1.(politics) electoral college 0 0 2021/11/17 11:18 TaN
37682 électoral [[French]] ipa :/e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁal/[Adjective] editélectoral (feminine singular électorale, masculine plural électoraux, feminine plural électorales) 1.electoral; related to elections collège électoral ― electoral college [Etymology] editFrom électeur +‎ -al. [Further reading] edit - “électoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). 0 0 2021/11/17 11:18 TaN
37683 several [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/[Adjective] editseveral (comparative more several, superlative most several) 1.(obsolete) Separate, distinct; particular. [15th-19th century] 2.1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar: Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal. To every Roman citizen he gives, to every several man, seventy-five drachmas. 3.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821: He had a religion apart: a God severall unto himselfe, whom his subjects might no waies adore. 4.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, , section i: So one thing may be good and bad to several parties, upon diverse occasions. 5.1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra: the hearts of the three cavaliers were completely captured, especially as gratitude was added to their admiration; it is a little singular, however, though no less certain, that each of them was enraptured with a several beauty. 6.1666, Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders Each several ship a victory did gain. 7.1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism Each might his several province well command, / Would all but stoop to what they understand. 8.A number of different; various. [from 16th century] 9.1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3, scene 1 […] for several virtues / Have I lik'd several women; never any / With so full soul but some defect in her / Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd, / And put it to the foil […]. 10.early 1600s, Francis Bacon, Of Simulation and Dissimulation habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished 11.1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, OCLC 228724395, (please specify the page number): Four several armies to the field are led. 12.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: Hence arose a dispute between the learned men, in which each delivered the reasons of their several opinions. 13.(law) Separable, capable of being treated separately. [Adverb] editseveral (not comparable) 1.By itself; severally. 2.1551 [1516], Ralph Robinson (sometimes spelt Raphe Robynson), transl., Utopia, translation of original by Sir Thomas More: Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehouses. [Alternative forms] edit - severall (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - Leavers, laveers, leavers, reveals, vealers [Determiner] editseveral 1.Consisting of a number more than two but not very many. [from 17th century] Several cars were in the parking lot. They had many journals. I subscribed to several. Several of the members were absent. 2.1784, William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., preface: The favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public. 3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess‎[1]: Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house. 4.2004, The Guardian, 6 November: Several people were killed and around 150 injured after a high-speed train hit a car on a level crossing and derailed tonight. 5.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55: The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll. [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). [Noun] editseveral (plural severals) 1.(obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land). 2.Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 3.(archaic) An enclosed or separate place; enclosure. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 4.(archaic) A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms. [References] edit - several at OneLook Dictionary Search - several in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [[Old French]] [Adjective] editseveral m (oblique and nominative feminine singular severale) 1.separate [Noun] editseveral m (oblique plural severaus or severax or severals, nominative singular severaus or severax or severals, nominative plural several) 1.one's own property or possession [References] edit - - several on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub 0 0 2010/01/28 15:12 2021/11/17 11:21 TaN
37684 several [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/[Adjective] editseveral (comparative more several, superlative most several) 1.(obsolete) Separate, distinct; particular. [15th-19th century] 2.1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar: Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal. To every Roman citizen he gives, to every several man, seventy-five drachmas. 3.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821: He had a religion apart: a God severall unto himselfe, whom his subjects might no waies adore. 4.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, , section i: So one thing may be good and bad to several parties, upon diverse occasions. 5.1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra: the hearts of the three cavaliers were completely captured, especially as gratitude was added to their admiration; it is a little singular, however, though no less certain, that each of them was enraptured with a several beauty. 6.1666, Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders Each several ship a victory did gain. 7.1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism Each might his several province well command, / Would all but stoop to what they understand. 8.A number of different; various. [from 16th century] 9.1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3, scene 1 […] for several virtues / Have I lik'd several women; never any / With so full soul but some defect in her / Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd, / And put it to the foil […]. 10.early 1600s, Francis Bacon, Of Simulation and Dissimulation habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished 11.1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, OCLC 228724395, (please specify the page number): Four several armies to the field are led. 12.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: Hence arose a dispute between the learned men, in which each delivered the reasons of their several opinions. 13.(law) Separable, capable of being treated separately. [Adverb] editseveral (not comparable) 1.By itself; severally. 2.1551 [1516], Ralph Robinson (sometimes spelt Raphe Robynson), transl., Utopia, translation of original by Sir Thomas More: Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehouses. [Alternative forms] edit - severall (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - Leavers, laveers, leavers, reveals, vealers [Determiner] editseveral 1.Consisting of a number more than two but not very many. [from 17th century] Several cars were in the parking lot. They had many journals. I subscribed to several. Several of the members were absent. 2.1784, William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., preface: The favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public. 3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess‎[1]: Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house. 4.2004, The Guardian, 6 November: Several people were killed and around 150 injured after a high-speed train hit a car on a level crossing and derailed tonight. 5.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55: The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll. [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). [Noun] editseveral (plural severals) 1.(obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land). 2.Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 3.(archaic) An enclosed or separate place; enclosure. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 4.(archaic) A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms. [References] edit - several at OneLook Dictionary Search - several in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [[Old French]] [Adjective] editseveral m (oblique and nominative feminine singular severale) 1.separate [Noun] editseveral m (oblique plural severaus or severax or severals, nominative singular severaus or severax or severals, nominative plural several) 1.one's own property or possession [References] edit - - several on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub 0 0 2021/11/17 11:21 TaN
37687 awareness [[English]] ipa :/əˈwɛɹnəs/[Etymology] editFrom aware +‎ -ness. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:awarenessWikipedia awareness (usually uncountable, plural awarenesses) 1.The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer. I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness. 2.The state or quality of being aware of something The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea [Synonyms] edit - (state of consciousness): consciousness, wakefulness - (state of being aware of something): knowledge, consciousness 0 0 2021/09/24 09:35 2021/11/17 13:00 TaN
37689 brow [[English]] ipa :/bɹaʊ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”) (compare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvìs, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian бровь (brovʹ), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)), Persian ابرو‎ (abrū, “eyebrow”)). [Noun] editbrow (plural brows) 1.The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow. 2.c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III Scene v[1]: 'Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship. 3.c. 1763, Charles Churchill (satirist)\Charles Churchill, The Ghost And his arch'd brow, pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise. 4.The first tine of an antler's beam. 5.The forehead. 6.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II Scene iii[2]: Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war, And thus hath so bestirr'd thee in thy sleep, That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow Like bubbles in a late-disturb'd stream, […] 7.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎[3]: Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow. 8.The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill. the brow of a precipice 9.(mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal. 10.(figuratively) Aspect; appearance. 11.(nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay. 12.(nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp. [Synonyms] edit - forehead [Verb] editbrow (third-person singular simple present brows, present participle browing, simple past and past participle browed) 1.To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. 2.1634, John Milton, Comus Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade. [[Middle English]] [Noun] editbrow 1.Alternative form of browe [[Norn]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Compare Shetlandic brau. [Noun] editbrow 1.(Orkney) bread [[Plautdietsch]] [Adjective] editbrow 1.brave, audacious, daring, courageous, dauntless, intrepid 0 0 2012/06/23 12:47 2021/11/17 18:47
37691 show off [[English]] [Noun] editshow off (plural show offs) 1.Alternative form of show-off [See also] edit - show up [Verb] editshow off (third-person singular simple present shows off, present participle showing off, simple past showed off, past participle shown off) 1.(transitive, idiomatic) To exhibit the best attributes of something. Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front. 2.(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism. She loves to show off her driving prowess. She loves to show off when she gets behind the wheel of a car. 3.2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent‎[1]: If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters. 0 0 2018/08/24 09:28 2021/11/17 18:49 TaN
37692 show-off [[English]] [Noun] editshow-off (plural show-offs) 1.One who shows off. Quit being such a show-off, before someone gets hurt. 0 0 2021/08/09 11:32 2021/11/17 18:49 TaN
37709 alleged [[English]] ipa :/əˈlɛdʒd/[Adjective] editalleged (not comparable) 1.Asserted but not proved. 2.Supposed but doubtful. [Anagrams] edit - alledge [Verb] editalleged 1.simple past tense and past participle of allege 0 0 2012/01/08 21:54 2021/11/17 19:11
37713 collectibles [[English]] [Noun] editcollectibles 1.plural of collectible 0 0 2021/11/09 13:13 2021/11/18 07:53 TaN
37715 blatant [[English]] ipa :/ˈbleɪtənt/[Adjective] editblatant (comparative more blatant, superlative most blatant) 1.Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive. Synonyms: ostentatious; see also Thesaurus:gaudy, Thesaurus:obvious Antonym: furtive 2.1855–1859, Washington Irving, The Life of George Washington: Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. 3.1910 July 23, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesteron, “The Blue Cross”, in The Innocence of Father Brown, London; New York, N.Y.: Cassell and Company, published 1911, OCLC 2716904: London died away in draggled taverns and dreary scrubs, and then was unaccountably born again in blazing high streets and blatant hotels. 4.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXVIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, OCLC 890513588: He tried to think out what those two men had which so strangely attracted her. They both had a vulgar facetiousness which tickled her simple sense of humour, and a certain coarseness of nature; but what took her perhaps was the blatant sexuality which was their most marked characteristic. 5.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18: WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. 6.(archaic) Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. 7.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book V, canto XII, stanza 37: A monster, which the Blatant beast men call. 8.1859, Richard Henry Dana Jr., To Cuba and Back Harsh and blatant tones. 9.1918, Wilfred Owen, The Calls: A blatant bugle tears my afternoons. / Out clump the clumsy Tommies by platoons, / Trying to keep in step with rag-time tunes, / But I sit still; I've done my drill. [Etymology] editCoined by Edmund Spenser in 1596 (“blatant beast”). Probably a variation of *blatand (Scots blaitand (“bleating”)), present participle of blate, a variation of bleat, equivalent to blate +‎ -and. See bleat. 0 0 2010/08/26 17:10 2021/11/18 07:54
37716 headwater [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - waterhead [Etymology] edithead +‎ water [Noun] editheadwater (plural headwaters) 1.(chiefly in the plural) The source (and the initial part) of a stream 0 0 2021/11/18 08:34 TaN
37717 I'm [[English]] ipa :/aɪm/[Anagrams] edit - MI, mi, mi. [Contraction] editI’m 1.Contraction of I am. [Etymology] editContraction of I am. [Synonyms] edit - cham (West Country, obsolete) 0 0 2009/08/26 16:41 2021/11/18 08:37 TaN
37723 infringed [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - friending, refinding [Verb] editinfringed 1.simple past tense and past participle of infringe 2.1959 April, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Lunan Bay”, in Trains Illustrated, page 180: An extraordinary sequence of infringed regulations preceded and followed a collision near Lunan Bay, south of Montrose, on the morning of September 2, 1958, [...] 0 0 2009/10/09 09:56 2021/11/18 10:31 TaN
37724 infringe [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈfɹɪndʒ/[Alternative forms] edit - enfringe (archaic) [Anagrams] edit - Infinger, enfiring, refining [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”). [Further reading] edit - infringe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - infringe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - infringe at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit(Break or violate a treaty, a law): transgress [Verb] editinfringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed) 1.(transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc. 2.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55: According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle. 3.(intransitive) Break in or encroach on something. [[Latin]] [Verb] editīnfringe 1.second-person singular present active imperative of īnfringō [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editinfringe 1.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of infringir 2.second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of infringir [[Spanish]] [Verb] editinfringe 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of infringir. 2.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of infringir. 3.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of infringir. 0 0 2010/01/28 22:29 2021/11/18 10:32 TaN
37725 registrar [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹɛdʒ.ɪsˌtɹɑɹ/[Etymology] editFrom Medieval Latin registrārius, from registrum (“register”) + -ārius (“agent”). See more at register. [Noun] editregistrar (plural registrars) 1.An official keeper or recorder of records. 2.An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records. 3.A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant. 4.(Internet) a service that manages domain names. [[Catalan]] ipa :/rə.ʒisˈtɾa/[Etymology] editFrom registre +‎ -ar. Attested from 1286.[1] [Further reading] edit - “registrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “registrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “registrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [References] edit 1. ^ “registrar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. [Verb] editregistrar (first-person singular present registro, past participle registrat) 1.to register, to record Synonym: enregistrar [[Portuguese]] [Alternative forms] edit - registar (European) [Etymology] editFrom registro +‎ -ar. [Verb] editregistrar (first-person singular present indicative registro, past participle registrado) 1.(Brazilian spelling) to register, to record Synonym: (Portugal) registar [[Spanish]] ipa :/rexisˈtɾaɾ/[Etymology] editFrom registro +‎ -ar. [Further reading] edit - “registrar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Verb] editregistrar (first-person singular present registro, first-person singular preterite registré, past participle registrado) 1.to register, record 2.to examine, inspect, search 3.(reflexive) to check in 0 0 2021/11/18 10:32 TaN
37726 registry [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Gerritys [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:registryWikipedia registry (plural registries) 1.A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept. 2.A record; an account; a register. 3.2002, Bride's Book of Etiquette (Revised) (page 276) The best — and easiest — way to shop for the "perfect" gift is to consult the couple's wedding gift registry, since these are the items they want and need […] 4.The act of registering; registration. 5.(computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system. 6.1999, John Papa, C. Caison, Matt Brown, Professional ADO RDS programming with ASP (page 252) To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry, add the /u switch to the command […] 0 0 2021/11/18 10:32 TaN
37727 injunction [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈdʒʌnk.ʃən/[Noun] editinjunction (plural injunctions) 1.The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting. 2.That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept 3.(law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ. 4.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎[1]: Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members. 0 0 2009/09/17 12:55 2021/11/18 10:33 TaN
37729 sluggish [[English]] ipa :/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/[Adjective] editsluggish (comparative sluggisher or more sluggish, superlative sluggishest or most sluggish) 1.Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lazy a sluggish man 2.1724, Pharmacopolæ Justificati: Or, Apothecaries Vindicated from the Imputation of Ignorance. […], London: […] J. Roberts, […], OCLC 990820804, page 6: [I]f he leaves the School poſſeſs'd of a ſluggiſh indolent Diſpoſition, and of Learning rather forc'd upon him than choſen, it is probable he will forget what he brought thence; but if he be active, emulous and aſpiring, he will certainly find Time for Reading and Thinking; for tho' it be a homely, it is a true Saying, that where there is a Will, there is a Way. 3.c. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. 4.1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “On the Wharf of Enchantment”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, OCLC 6412012, book the first (In the Exchange), page 34: He helps us to understand the insignificant points which mark the rapid undercurrents of the seemingly sluggish soul of Khalid. 5.Slow; having little motion. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:slow Antonym: nimble 6.1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar)​, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Part of the Kings Entertainment in Passing to His Coronation [The Coronation Triumph]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, page 850: Vp thou tame River, wake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drownſ't thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggish waters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flow. 7.1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time We float upon a sluggish stream, We ride no rapids mad, While life is all a tempered dream And every joy half sad. 8.Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert. 9.1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. 10.Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid 11.Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy. [Etymology] editslug +‎ -ish 0 0 2021/11/18 10:34 TaN
37731 Carnegie [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɑɹnəɡi/[Anagrams] edit - Generica, Greecian [Proper noun] editCarnegie 1.A surname​. 0 0 2021/11/19 08:12 TaN
37732 audibly [[English]] [Adverb] editaudibly (comparative more audibly, superlative most audibly) 1.In context of possibility of being heard; in an audible manner. 2.2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014: The Argentinian remains a danger to his own team, clumsily conceding the penalty which allowed Gómez to put Wigan ahead, and it was clear that City's audibly frustrated fans do not trust him. [Antonyms] edit - inaudibly [Etymology] editaudible +‎ -ly [Synonyms] edit - aloud 0 0 2021/11/19 09:24 TaN
37733 garner [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɑː.nə/[Anagrams] edit - Garren, Graner, Ranger, ranger [Etymology] editFrom Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary. [Noun] editgarner (plural garners) 1.A granary; a store of grain. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 144:13: That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets. 3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 3:12: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 4.An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something. 5.a. 1912, Voltairine de Cleyre, Death Shall Not Part Ye More Master, I bring from many wanderings, The gathered garner of my years to thee; One precious fruit of many rain-blown springs And sun-shod summers, ripened over-sea. [Verb] editgarner (third-person singular simple present garners, present participle garnering, simple past and past participle garnered) (transitive) 1.To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary. 2.To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain. 3.1835, Honoré de Balzac, The Lily of the Valley, Chapter 2 I walked enormous distances...garnering thoughts even from the heather. 4.1913, “Anton Berlage” in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 He garnered the fruit of his studies in seven volumes. 5.1956, Andrew North, Plague Ship, Chapter 14 ...its fleet went out to garner in the elusive but highly succulent fish. 6.(often figuratively) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact Synonyms: reap, gain He garnered a reputation as a language expert. Her new book garnered high praise from the critics. His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks. 7.1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5031 This country will never forget nor fail to honor those who have so courageously garnered our highest regard. 8.1999, Bill Clinton, Proclamation 7259 President Roosevelt garnered the support of our working men and women... 9.(rare) To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored. 10.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, pages 9-10: She soothed herself with the belief that the workings of her soul were still known to him,—that her regret and her despondency were but the needful preparation for that other sphere, where now her only remaining hope was garnered. 11.1849, Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H., verse 82 For this alone on Death I wreak / The wrath that garners in my heart; [[Danish]] [Noun] editgarner n 1.indefinite plural of garn [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Verb] editgarner 1.imperative of garnere 0 0 2017/02/22 16:56 2021/11/19 09:25 TaN
37734 Garner [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Garren, Graner, Ranger, ranger [Proper noun] editGarner 1.A surname​. 2.A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Iowa, United States. 0 0 2018/06/21 09:49 2021/11/19 09:25 TaN

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