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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
37737 flip [[English]] ipa :/flɪp/[Etymology 1] editAlteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”). [Etymology 2] editApparently a euphemism for fuck. [Etymology 3] editClipping of flippant [Etymology 4] editCompare English dialect flip (“nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow”). [[Dutch]] [Verb] editflip 1.first-person singular present indicative of flippen 2. imperative of flippen [[French]] ipa :/flip/[Further reading] edit - “flip” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editflip m (plural flips) 1.a type of alcoholic punch from Normandy, composed of cider and calvados 2.(gymnastics) backflip 0 0 2010/01/08 15:57 2021/11/19 09:42
37738 qualify [[English]] ipa :/ˈkwɑl.ɪ.faɪ/[Antonyms] edit - disqualify - unqualify  [Etymology] editFrom French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy. [Noun] editqualify 1.(juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice. [Verb] editqualify (third-person singular simple present qualifies, present participle qualifying, simple past and past participle qualified) 1.To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities. 2.To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task. 3.1856 December​, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848: He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. 4.To certify or license someone for something. 5.To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true. 6.1598, Shakespeare, Sonnet 109 O! never say that I was false of heart, Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify 7.(now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable. 8.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi: he balmes and herbes thereto applyde, / And euermore with mighty spels them charmd, / That in short space he has them qualifyde, / And him restor'd to health, that would haue algates dyde. 9.To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage. 10.To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. 11.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A. Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203: It hath no larynx […] to qualify the sound. 12.(juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice. to qualify seven balls you need at least fourteen catches 0 0 2009/06/19 14:05 2021/11/19 09:45 TaN
37739 adoption [[English]] ipa :/əˈdɑp.ʃən/[Etymology] editFrench adoption, Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). [Noun] editadoption (countable and uncountable, plural adoptions) 1.The act of adopting. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 2.The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child. 3.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace‎[1]: “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]” A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption. 4.Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries 5.The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance the adoption of opinions the adoption of words from another language 6.(computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system. Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week. 7.(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God. 8.(informal, humorous, chess) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent. [References] editadoption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [[Finnish]] [Anagrams] edit - adoptoin [Noun] editadoption 1.Genitive singular form of adoptio. [[French]] ipa :/a.dɔp.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Latin adoptiō. [Further reading] edit - “adoption” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editadoption f (plural adoptions) 1.adoption [[Swedish]] [Noun] editadoption c 1.adoption [References] edit - adoption in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923) 0 0 2021/08/06 10:57 2021/11/19 09:47 TaN
37744 Mount [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - muton, notum [Proper noun] editMount (plural Mounts) 1.A surname​. [[Luxembourgish]] ipa :/məʊ̯nt/[Etymology] editFrom a merger of Old High German māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, and Old High German mānōd, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. See Mound for more. [Noun] editMount m (plural Méint) 1.month 0 0 2009/04/09 15:52 2021/11/19 09:51
37745 intercut [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - tincture [Etymology] editFrom inter- +‎ cut. [Noun] editintercut (plural intercuts) 1.(cinematography) An alternating sequence of this kind. [Verb] editintercut (third-person singular simple present intercuts, present participle intercutting, simple past and past participle intercut) 1.(transitive) To intersect. 2.(cinematography) To alternate between scenes from one sequence and scenes from another film sequence, often with the sequences to be perceived as simultaneous. 0 0 2021/11/19 09:52 TaN
37750 telenovela [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Spanish telenovela. [Noun] edittelenovela (plural telenovelas) 1.A television soap opera presented as a miniseries. [[Galician]] [Etymology] edittele- +‎ novela [Noun] edittelenovela f (plural telenovelas) 1.soap opera/telenovela [[Italian]] ipa :/ˌte.le.noˈvɛ.la/[Etymology] editPortuguese tele- +‎ novela [Noun] edittelenovela f (plural telenovele) 1.telenovela (especially one from South America) [References] edit 1. ^ telenovela in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] edittele- +‎ novela [Noun] edittelenovela f (plural telenovelas) 1.soap opera/telenovela Synonym: novela [[Spanish]] [Etymology] edittele- +‎ novela [Further reading] edit - “telenovela” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] edittelenovela f (plural telenovelas) 1.soap opera/telenovela Synonym: culebrón 0 0 2018/06/20 11:29 2021/11/19 10:09 TaN
37751 gritty [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹɪti/[Adjective] editgritty (comparative grittier, superlative grittiest) 1.Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. 2.Spirited; resolute; unyielding. 3.1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Poison,” [1] The runt was the grittiest pup of all; for days he writhed out of one convulsion into the next—calmed from one only to go through it all over again. 4.(film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence. [Etymology] editgrit +‎ -y 0 0 2021/11/19 10:09 TaN
37752 prestigious [[English]] ipa :/pɹɛˈstɪdʒəs/[Adjective] editprestigious (comparative more prestigious, superlative most prestigious) 1.Of high prestige. She has a prestigious job with an international organization. [Alternative forms] edit - præstigious (archaic) [Etymology] editAttested since the 1540s; Latin praestigiosus (“full of tricks”), praestigiae (“juggler's tricks”), possibly an alteration of praestringō (“to blindfold, to dazzle”), from prae- (“before”) with stringō (“to bind or tie”). 0 0 2017/09/08 17:29 2021/11/19 10:10 TaN
37753 fix [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɪks/[Antonyms] edit - (to hold in place): move, change [Etymology] editFrom Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fixe (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgere (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig. [Further reading] edit - fix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editfix (plural fixes) 1.A repair or corrective action. Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix 2.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches. That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's. 3.A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation 4.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13: "How come you're in this fix?" It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix! 5.(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. 6.1953, William S. Burroughs, Junkie: And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge. 7.1992, William Alain Jourgensen (lyrics and music), “Just One Fix”, in Psalm 69, performed by Ministry: Just one fix! 8.A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid. 9.1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160: As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in. 10.A determination of location. We have a fix on your position. 11.(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace) [References] edit 1. ^ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.] [Synonyms] edit - (pierce): impale, run through, stick - (hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join - (mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair - (make a contest unfair): doctor, rig - (render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate - (settle or remain permanently): establish, settle down [Verb] editfix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed) 1.(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. 1.(transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone. He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!" 2.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 111: She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board. A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it. The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet. 1.(transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate. She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.(transitive) To mend, to repair. That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it. You can't fix stupid.(transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink). She fixed dinner for the kids. - 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94: I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.[1] A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile. Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.(transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.(transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant. He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.(transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form. Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen. - 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography it is well to fix with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. - 1665, Edmund Waller, “Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House”: Accuſing ſome malignant Star, Not Britain, for that fateful War, Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear, Reſolv’d to fix for ever here. - 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer: A cheerless place! the solitary Bee, Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. - 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: quicksilver will 'fix, so asto endure the hammer [[Bouyei]] ipa :/fi˧˩/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (“fire”). Cognate with Thai ไฟ (fai), Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), Lü ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (pháy) or ၾႆး (fáy), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek วี๊. [Noun] editfix 1.fire [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈfiks/[Adjective] editfix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes) 1.fixed, not changing 2.stationary [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin fixus. [Further reading] edit - “fix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈfɪks][Noun] editfix m 1.felt-tip pen, marker [Synonyms] edit - popisovač [[Dutch]] [Verb] editfix 1.first-person singular present indicative of fixen 2. imperative of fixen [[French]] ipa :/fiks/[Noun] editfix m (plural fix) 1.Alternative spelling of fixe [[German]] ipa :[fɪks][Adjective] editfix (comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten) 1.fixed (costs, salary) Synonym: fest 2.quick Synonym: schnell 3.smart Synonym: aufgeweckt [Etymology] editLatin fīxus [See also] edit - fix und fertig [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈfiks][Adjective] editfix (not comparable) 1.fixed, steady Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott fix fizetés ― steady salary 2.immovable Synonym: szilárd 3.sure, certain Synonyms: biztos, bizonyos Az fix! ― You bet! [Etymology] editFrom German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus.[1] [Noun] editfix 1.a steady salary Havi százezer forint fixe van. ― He has a monthly salary of 100,000 Ft. [References] edit 1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - fils, fis, fiz [Noun] editfix m 1.inflection of fil: 1.oblique plural 2.nominative singular [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editfix m or n (feminine singular fixă, masculine plural ficși, feminine and neuter plural fixe) 1.fixed [Etymology] editFrom French fixe, from Latin fixus. [[Swedish]] [Adjective] editfix 1.fixed, inflexible, rigid en fix idé a fixed idea [Etymology] edit - Homophone: ficks [Noun] editfix c 1.a fix, a dose of an addictive drug 0 0 2017/07/05 02:30 2021/11/19 10:11
37754 Fix [[English]] [Proper noun] editFix (plural Fixes) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Fix is the 6431st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5282 individuals. Fix is most common among White (95.02%) individuals. [[Pennsylvania German]] [Noun] editFix 1.plural of Fux 0 0 2021/11/19 10:11 TaN
37755 FIX [[English]] [Noun] editFIX (plural FIXs) 1.Abbreviation of factor IX. (clotting factor IX) 0 0 2021/11/19 10:11 TaN
37767 hugely [[English]] ipa :/ˈhjuːdʒli/[Adverb] edithugely (not comparable) 1.greatly; to a huge extent This new movie is hugely inspired from the 1930s cowboy movies. It became hugely successful. She turned around, grinning hugely. 2.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian‎[1]: But the row highlighted the fall from grace of the ethnically diverse women Sarkozy once promoted but later cast aside, who are now rebelling. The former young sports minister, Rama Yade, outspoken and hugely popular, has not only quit the government: she has left Sarkozy's party. [Anagrams] edit - Hugley [Etymology] editFrom Middle English hugely, hugliche, equivalent to huge +‎ -ly. 0 0 2021/11/21 18:59 TaN
37776 in line [[English]] [Adjective] editin line (comparative more in line, superlative most in line) 1.(idiomatic) Suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules. 2.2006, "Garden Superheroes," Garden Gate, Jan/Feb 2006, Issue 67, p.45 "[Plant] rescues are usually organized by local garden clubs, but before you grab your shovel and head for the door, check with local government agencies to make sure you're in line with regulations." 3.(of three or more objects) Positioned in a straight line. Please stand in line for the pledge of allegiance. 4.(not comparable) assuming a position in the future. He's third in line to be president. He's in line to be the fastest runner of all time. He's in line to be the next champion. [Adverb] editin line (not comparable) 1.one behind another; in a queue I'm waiting in line at the bakery. [Anagrams] edit - Linnie, elinin [Synonyms] edit - (on a queue, waiting one's turn): on line (New York City) 0 0 2021/11/21 21:14 TaN
37780 usher [[English]] ipa :/ˈʌʃəɹ/[Anagrams] edit - Huser, Rhues, Ruhes, Uhers, erhus, huers, shure [Etymology] editFrom Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier. [Noun] editusher (plural ushers) 1.A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats. 2.A male escort at a wedding. 3.A doorkeeper in a courtroom. 4.(obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher. 5.1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.12: [H]e defrayed the expence of his entrance, and left him in the particular care and inspection of the usher, who […] though obliged by the scandalous administration of fortune to act in the character of an inferior teacher, had by his sole capacity and application, brought the school to that degree of reputation which it never could have obtained from the talents of his superior. 6.1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 33: He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’ 7.(dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher. [Synonyms] edit - (male attendant at a wedding): groomsman, bridesman [Verb] editusher (third-person singular simple present ushers, present participle ushering, simple past and past participle ushered) 1.To guide people to their seats. 2.1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain." Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door; 3.1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140: Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage. 4.To accompany or escort (someone). 5.1898, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, page 509 Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered. 6.(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald. 7.1912, Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750, page 31 Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence. 8.(figuratively, transitive) to lead or guide somewhere 9.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record‎[1]: McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian. 0 0 2021/08/24 17:46 2021/11/22 16:45 TaN
37782 more and more [[English]] [Adverb] editmore and more 1.(degree) Progressively more. The road gets more and more steep. Oil is getting more and more expensive. He started calling more and more frequently. 2.1923, Leo Tolstoy, Louise and Aylmer Maude (translators), War and Peace, What was expressed by the whole of the count's plump figure, in Marya Dmitrievna found expression only in her more and more beaming face and quivering nose. 3.1959 February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, in Trains Illustrated, page 91: The Southern acquired them because the little Class "B4" 0-4-0 tanks were finding heavy modern rolling stock more and more of a handful, and at war's end the railway had nothing of suitable power but short wheelbase on its books to take their place on the more tortuous of the dock lines. 4.(manner) In a manner that progressively increases. The wound hurt more and more as we walked on. 5.1782, Robert Burns, John Barleycorn, His colour sicken'd more and more, He faded into age; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage. 6.(modal) Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true. More and more, children are among the first to take up new technologies. 7.1864 September, The Cadmean Madness in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, More and more it is not the soul and Nature, but the eye and print, whose resultant is thought. [Determiner] editmore and more 1.Increasingly more; a growing number of; a growing quantity of. There are more and more people who keep pets these days. 0 0 2021/11/22 16:45 TaN
37785 premiered [[English]] [Verb] editpremiered 1.simple past tense and past participle of premiere 2.simple past tense and past participle of premier 0 0 2019/11/20 16:39 2021/11/22 16:45 TaN
37794 top-tier [[English]] [Adjective] edittop-tier (not comparable) 1.Alternative spelling of top tier [Anagrams] edit - Perotti, Prottie, petitor, pottier, prottie, tiptoer 0 0 2021/08/05 12:51 2021/11/22 16:45 TaN
37798 testament [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɛst.ə.mənt/[Anagrams] edit - statement, tentmates [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, from Old French, from Latin testāmentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible”), from testor (“I am a witness, testify, attest, make a will”), from testis (“one who attests, a witness”). [Noun] edittestament (plural testaments) 1.(law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s). Synonyms: will, last will and testament, last will 2.One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament. 3.A tangible proof or tribute. The ancient aqueducts are a testament to the great engineering skill of the Roman Empire. 4.A credo, expression of conviction The prime minister's speech was a glowing testament to the cabinet's undying commitment to the royal cause. [[Catalan]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin testāmentum. [Further reading] edit - “testament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “testament” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “testament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “testament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] edittestament m (plural testaments) 1.testament 2.will (document) [[Dutch]] ipa :/tɛst[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch testament, from Old French testament, from Latin testāmentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament”). [Noun] edittestament n (plural testamenten, diminutive testamentje n) 1.(law) testament, last will [[French]] ipa :/tɛs.ta.mɑ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Old French testament, from Latin testāmentum. [Further reading] edit - “testament” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] edittestament m (plural testaments) 1.(law) testament, last will 2.legacy [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Alternative forms] edit - testamente [Etymology] editFrom Latin testāmentum, via Old Norse testament [Noun] edittestament n (definite singular testamentet, indefinite plural testament or testamenter, definite plural testamenta or testamentene) 1.(law) a will (and/or) testament [References] edit - “testament” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/tɛstɑˈmɛnt/[Alternative forms] edit - testamente [Etymology] editFrom Latin testāmentum, via Old Norse testament [Noun] edittestament n (definite singular testamentet, indefinite plural testament, definite plural testamenta) 1.(law) a will, testament (declaration of disposal of inheritance) 2.(Christianity) a testament (one of the two parts of the Bible) [References] edit - “testament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old French]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin testāmentum. [Noun] edittestament m (oblique plural testamenz or testamentz, nominative singular testamenz or testamentz, nominative plural testament) 1.testimony; statement [[Polish]] ipa :/tɛsˈta.mɛnt/[Etymology] editFrom Latin testāmentum. [Further reading] edit - testament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - testament in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] edittestament m inan 1.(law) will, testament [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin testamentum [Noun] edittestament n (plural testamente) 1.will [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin testāmentum. [Noun] edittestàment m (Cyrillic spelling теста̀мент) 1.(law) the (last) will (legal document) [Related terms] edit - ȍporuka (formal, Croatia) 0 0 2021/06/30 18:45 2021/11/22 16:45 TaN
37799 Testament [[German]] ipa :/tɛstaˈmɛnt/[Further reading] edit - “Testament” in Duden online [Noun] editTestament n (genitive Testamentes or Testaments, plural Testamente) 1.(law) will, testament 2.(biblical) testament (part of the Bible) 0 0 2021/11/22 16:45 TaN
37802 rest assured [[English]] [Verb] editrest assured (third-person singular simple present rests assured, present participle resting assured, simple past and past participle rested assured) 1.(intransitive, idiomatic) Be sure; not need to worry; trust. You may rest assured that our best efforts will be put forth to give you complete satisfaction. 0 0 2018/08/08 10:09 2021/11/22 16:45 TaN
37807 pertinent [[English]] ipa :/ˈpəːtɪnənt/[Adjective] editpertinent (comparative more pertinent, superlative most pertinent) 1.Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant. 2.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii: Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature. [Etymology] editBorrowed from French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, present participle of pertinere (“to extend, stretch out, belong, relate, pertain, have concern”), from per (“through”) + tenere (“to hold”). [Further reading] edit - pertinent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - pertinent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - pertinent at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editpertinent (plural pertinents) 1.(Scot's law) A right that attaches to land [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:pertinent [[Catalan]] [Adjective] editpertinent (masculine and feminine plural pertinents) 1.relevant, pertinent [Etymology] editFrom Latin pertinens. [Further reading] edit - “pertinent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “pertinent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “pertinent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “pertinent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[French]] ipa :/pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/[Adjective] editpertinent (feminine singular pertinente, masculine plural pertinents, feminine plural pertinentes) 1.pertinent; relevant raisons pertinentes ― relevant reasons 2.judicious; justified [Etymology] editFrom Old French pertinent (first attested circa 1300), borrowed from Latin pertinens, pertinentem. [Further reading] edit - “pertinent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Latin]] [Verb] editpertinent 1.third-person plural present active indicative of pertineō [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editpertinent m or n (feminine singular pertinentă, masculine plural pertinenți, feminine and neuter plural pertinente) 1.relevant [Etymology] editFrom French pertinent. 0 0 2010/08/23 18:08 2021/11/22 17:48
37808 dissipate [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, also written dissupare (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supare (“to throw”), also in comp. insipare (“to throw into”). [Further reading] edit - dissipate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - dissipate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - “dissipate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. [Verb] editdissipate (third-person singular simple present dissipates, present participle dissipating, simple past and past participle dissipated) 1.(transitive) To drive away, disperse. 2.August 1773, James Cook, journal entry I soon dissipated his fears. 3.1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. 4.(transitive) To use up or waste; squander. 5.1679-1715, Gilbert Burnet, History of the Reformation The vast wealth […] was in three years dissipated. 6.1931, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre. All the catering to vice and waste was on an utterly childish scale, and he suddenly realized the meaning of the word "dissipate"—to dissipate into thin air; to make nothing out of something. 7.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy: If he prefers the bar he can exchange views with a Major de Wildman of Lord knew whose army, who calls himself King Farouk's equerry and claims to have a private telephone link to Cairo so that he can report the winning numbers and take royal orders inspired by soothsayers on how to dissipate the wealth of Egypt. 8.(intransitive) To vanish by dispersion. 9.(physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat. 10.1960 April, “English Electric diesels for the Sudan Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 218: The traction motors serve as generators when dynamic braking is used, the generated output being dissipated in fan-cooled resistance banks mounted in a removable roof section. 11.(intransitive, colloquial, dated) To be dissolute in conduct. [[Italian]] [Verb] editdissipate 1.inflection of dissipare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of dissipato [[Latin]] [Verb] editdissipāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of dissipō 0 0 2021/11/22 17:50 TaN
37809 insert [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈsɜːt/[Anagrams] edit - Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, inters, niters, nitres, sinter, terins, triens, trines [Antonyms] edit - delete [Etymology] editFrom Latin insertus, past participle of inserō. [Noun] editinsert (plural inserts) 1.An image inserted into text. 2.A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc. This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper. 3.A mechanical component inserted into another. a threaded insert 4.(linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance. 5.(genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule. 6.(television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast. 7.(film, television) A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene. 8.2013, David Bordwell, Narration in the Fiction Film (page 316) […] close-ups of her legs on the escalator, an insert of the emergency stop button (ARRET D'URGENCE), intercut close-ups of her glance and the cinema sign, […] 9.(audio effects) A plugin that adds an effect to an audio track. [Related terms] edit - insertion [Synonyms] edit - (put in between or into): enter, inset, introduce, put in, put inside [Verb] editinsert (third-person singular simple present inserts, present participle inserting, simple past and past participle inserted) 1.(transitive) To put in between or into. In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card. To make your proof easier to understand, I recommend you insert a few more steps. [[Cebuano]] [Adjective] editinsert 1.having one's clothes tucked in [Alternative forms] edit - (slang) inhert [Etymology] editFrom English insert, from Latin insertus, past participle of inserō. [Quotations] editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:insert. [Verb] editinsert 1.to tuck in; to push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.sɛʁ/[Further reading] edit - “insert” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editinsert m (plural inserts) 1.(genetics) insert 0 0 2021/11/22 18:18 TaN

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