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38292 star-studded [[English]] [Adjective] editstar-studded (comparative more star-studded, superlative most star-studded) 1.Having a large number of celebrities (colloquially stars). It was a star-studded cast, until the money ran out and they all went back to Hollywood. 2.Having a large number of visible celestial stars. The star-studded sky at that latitude was breathtakingly clear and bright. 0 0 2021/12/14 18:39 TaN
38293 studded [[English]] ipa :/ˈstʌdɪd/[Adjective] editstudded (comparative more studded, superlative most studded) 1.Having studs. 2.2009 March 28, Rosie DiManno, “Jacko's moonwalk into the sunset”, in Toronto Star‎[1]: Some of the outer layers of the Wacko Jacko phenomenon, however, are now on display here at the Grammy Museum: 10 of the singer's bechained, braided, studded, rhinestone and Swarovski-encrusted pseudomilitary jackets. She had studded boots. Use of studded tires is regulated in most countries. 3.(figuratively, in combination) Having many of some specified thing. a star-studded sky a celebrity-studded gala 0 0 2021/12/14 18:39 TaN
38294 stud [[English]] ipa :/stʌd/[Anagrams] edit - Dust, UDTs, dust, duts [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old English studu. [Etymology 3] edit [References] edit - Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967 [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈstut][Etymology] editFrom Old Czech stud, from Proto-Slavic *studъ (“cold, shame”) . [Further reading] edit - stud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957 - stud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989 [Noun] editstud m inan 1.shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling) [[Danish]] ipa :[ˈsd̥uˀð][Noun] editstud c (singular definite studen, plural indefinite stude) 1.bullock, steer 2.boor, oaf [References] edit - “stud” in Den Danske Ordbog [[Dutch]] [Noun] editstud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n) 1.colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student [References] edit - M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch] [[French]] ipa :/styd/[Etymology] editFrom English [Noun] editstud m (plural studs) 1.stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race 2.assembly of horses for sale or racing [References] edit - Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Slavic *studъ. [Noun] editstȗd f (Cyrillic spelling сту̑д) 1.(expressively) cold 0 0 2012/05/25 14:29 2021/12/14 18:39
38295 Stud [[Alemannic German]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle High German stud, from Old High German *stud, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs (“support, prop, post”). Cognate with English stud (“vertical post”), Icelandic stoð (“post, pillar”), Swedish stöd (“support”). [Noun] editStud f 1.(Uri) post, pole [References] edit - Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 19. 0 0 2021/12/14 18:39 TaN
38296 awed [[English]] ipa :/ɔːd/[Adjective] editawed (comparative more awed, superlative most awed) 1.Filled with awe. 2.Having or showing awe. 3.1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure‎[1]: Even now my heart faints before the recollection of it, as she stood and smiled at our awed faces, and I would give half my remaining time upon this earth to see her once like that again. [Anagrams] edit - Dawe, Dewa, Wade, wade [Synonyms] edit - (filled with awe): thunderstruck; awestruck, awestricken [Verb] editawed 1.simple past tense and past participle of awe 0 0 2010/03/02 13:31 2021/12/14 18:40 TaN
38298 aw [[English]] ipa :/ɔː/[Alternative forms] edit - aww [Anagrams] edit - W. A., W.A., WA, Wa, Wa., wa [Interjection] editaw 1.Used to express disappointment or dismay. Aw, that's too bad... 2.Used to express mild protest, entreaty, consternation, or disapproval. Aw, dad, why can't we go to Legoland? 3.Used to express affection. Aw, you've got such a cute baby bird! [Noun] editaw (plural aws) 1.An instance of aw. 2.2009 June 17, Randal C. Archibold, “Election at a Draw, Arizona Town Cuts a Deck”, in New York Times‎[1]: Mr. McGuire, 64, a retired science teacher and two-term incumbent on the Town Council, selected a card, the six of hearts, drawing approving oos and aws from his supporters. [[Bambara]] [Determiner] editaw 1.your (plural) [Pronoun] editaw 1.you (plural) [[Bargam]] ipa :/aw/[Noun] editaw 1.woman [References] edit - Mark Hepner, Bargam Dictionary (2002) - Carol and Mark Hepner, Bargam phonology essentials (1989) and Bargam Organised Phonology Data (1992) [[Cebuano]] [Etymology 1] editUnknown. [Etymology 2] editA reverse spelling of wala. [[Central Kurdish]] [Noun] editaw (aw) 1.Latin spelling of ئاو‎ (aw, “water”) [[Chuukese]] [Noun] editaw 1.mouth [[Manx]] [Adjective] editaw (comparative awey) 1.raw, uncooked 2.crude 3.undressed [Etymology] editFrom Old Irish om (“raw, uncooked”) (compare Irish amh), from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emós, *h₂eh₃mós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós), Sanskrit आम (āmá) and Old Armenian հում (hum, “raw”). [[Middle English]] [Noun] editaw 1.Alternative form of awe [[Nauruan]] [Alternative forms] edit - áw (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Pre-Nauruan *ae, from Proto-Micronesian *afe, from Eastern Proto-Oceanic *ave. [Verb] editaw 1.to swim [[Scots]] ipa :/ɑː/[Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Tagalog]] ipa :/ʔau/[Etymology] editPossibly from English ow (“cry of pain”). [Interjection] editaw 1.(informal, colloquial) ouch (an expression of one's own physical pain) Synonyms: aray, a [[Zazaki]] [Noun] editaw 1.(Dimli) water [References] edit - Tood, A Grammar of Dim(i)li (2008) [Synonyms] edit - uwe 0 0 2017/06/20 08:05 2021/12/14 18:40
38299 aW [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editaW 1.(metrology) Symbol for attowatt, an SI unit of power equal to 10−18 watts. 0 0 2021/12/14 18:41 TaN
38300 AW [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editAW 1.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Aruba. [[Swedish]] ipa :/ˈɑːˌveː/[Noun] editAW c 1.Initialism of afterwork. 0 0 2021/12/14 18:41 TaN
38301 Aw [[English]] [Proper noun] editAw (plural Aws) 1.A surname​. 0 0 2021/12/14 18:41 TaN
38304 grateful [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹeɪtfəl/[Adjective] editgrateful (comparative gratefuller or more grateful, superlative gratefullest or most grateful) 1.Appreciative; thankful. I'm grateful that you helped me out. I'm grateful to you for helping me out. 2.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork. 3.(obsolete) Pleasing, welcome. 4.c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene 1,[2] Neighbour, this is a gift very grateful, I am sure of it. 5.1659–1660, Thomas Stanley, “[The Doctrine of Epicurus.] Chapter XXIII. Of Fortitude, against Discontent of Mind.”, in The History of Philosophy, the Third and Last Volume, […], volume III, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Dring, […], OCLC 1205532072, 5th part (Containing the Epicurean Sect), 3rd part of philosophy (Ethick, or Morals), page 261: [T]he aſſwagement of his [a wise man's] diſcontent conſiſts in two things, formerly preſcribed as remedies againſt corporeall pain; viz. Diverſion of his thoughts from his loſſe, or the cause of it; and an application of them to thoſe things, which he knowes to be gratefull and pleaſant to his mind. 6.1839, Robert Hooper, Klein Grant, Lexicon Medicum: or, Medical Dictionary (4th edition, page 1177) […] its glands give forth gum arabic; and its flowers an odour of a very grateful fragrance. 7.1841, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Skeleton in Armor,”[3] Fell I upon my spear, Oh, death was grateful! 8.1847, Herman Melville, Omoo, Chapter 67,[4] […] grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired. [Alternative forms] edit - gratefull (archaic) [Antonyms] edit - ungrateful [Etymology] editFrom Latin gratus (“pleasing, agreeable”) + -ful, morphologically grate +‎ -ful. [Further reading] edit - grateful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - grateful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - grateful at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit - thankful - appreciative 0 0 2018/09/10 21:10 2021/12/14 18:45 TaN
38321 much as [[English]] ipa :/ˈmʌt͡ʃ ˌæz/[Anagrams] edit - Schaum, as much, cumsha, cushma, shumac, sumach [Conjunction] editmuch as 1.As much as; however much; although; even though. Synonyms: howbeit; see also Thesaurus:even though 2.1837, Washington Irving, chapter XVI, in The Rocky Mountains: Or, Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Far West; […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, OCLC 1256105404, page 168: The Blackfeet knew and marked him as he passed; their eyes glared with vindictive fury; he was within bowshot of their ambuscade; yet, much as they thirsted for his blood, they forbore to launch a shaft; sparing him for the moment, that he might lead them to their prey. 3.1894 December – 1895 November, Thomas Hardy, chapter VI, in Jude the Obscure, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], published 1896, OCLC 3807889, part V (At Aldbrickham and Elswhere), page 360: And then bills were sent in, and the question arose, what could Jude do with his great-aunt's heavy old furniture if he left the town to travel he knew not whither? This, and the necessity of ready money, compelled him to decide on an auction, much as he would have preferred to keep the venerable goods. 4.1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, “Child Marriage”, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the Original in Gujarati, volume I, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Navajivan Press, OCLC 875661731, part I, page 26: 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. 5.Largely in the same way as. Synonym: like as 6.1888, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Old Dominie”, in Auld Licht Idylls, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], OCLC 580485, page 138: [H]e disappeared into his house much as a startled weazel makes for its hole. 7.2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor, London Review of Books‎[1], volume 39, number 17, London: LRB Ltd., ISSN 0260-9592, OCLC 848524821, archived from the original on 19 April 2021: [Kartar] Lalvani does not undervalue the achievements of the Mughal Empire, but its canals and irrigation tanks and roads had fallen into decay after the terrible Persian and Afghan invasions of the mid-18th century. For his part, [Shashi] Tharoor cannot forbear to praise the achievements of men like Arthur Cotton, whose Godavari Delta irrigation scheme remains much as he left it in 1852. 8.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher’s shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, ISSN 0261-3077, OCLC 229952407, archived from the original on 19 May 2021: Much as a single shop may pass down through the children and grandchildren of a family, losing or gaining with each generation, its fortunes and its reputation in flux, so the British high street has been improved and degraded through successive waves of stewardship [Etymology] editFrom much (“used to compare, demonstrate, or indicate the quantity of something”) + as. [Further reading] edit - “much as” under “much, adj., adv., pron., and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021. - “much as, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - much as at OneLook Dictionary Search 0 0 2021/12/14 20:52 TaN
38323 geography [[English]] ipa :/dʒɪˈɒɡɹəfi/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).Use in reference to lavatories derives from the mid-20th century euphemism "show one the geography of the house" in reference to pointing out the toilets. [Noun] editgeography (countable and uncountable, plural geographies) 1.A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography; (archaic) an atlas or gazetteer. 2.2021, Mark Steyn, “Our Increasingly Unrecognizable Civilization”, in Imprimis, volume 50, number 4/5, Hillsdale College, ISSN 0277-8432, OCLC 3890282, page 3: These days, instead of going off behind the bike shed during recess to learn about sex, kids need to sneak behind the bike shed to do a little bit of closeted geography or closeted Latin. 3.The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them. 4.Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth. 5.1973, Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilization The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior. 6.Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution. 7.(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets. 8.The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house. 9.(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. 10.1967 December 21, The Listener, p. 802: The Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’ 11.(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything. 12.(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector. [References] edit - Oxford English Dictionary. "geography, n." [See also] edit - geography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Synonyms] edit - (upper-class British slang for lavatory): loo; see also Thesaurus:bathroom 0 0 2021/12/14 20:59 TaN
38325 destruction [[English]] ipa :/ˌdɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/[Anagrams] edit - introducest [Antonyms] edit - construction [Etymology] editFrom Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem. [Noun] editdestruction (countable and uncountable, plural destructions) 1.The act of destroying. The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon. 2.The results of a destructive event. Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed. [See also] edit - devastation [[French]] ipa :/dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Old French destrucion, borrowed from Latin destructio, destructionem. [Further reading] edit - “destruction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editdestruction f (plural destructions) 1.destruction 0 0 2021/12/15 08:55 TaN
38326 equitable [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/[Adjective] editequitable (comparative more equitable, superlative most equitable) 1.Marked by or having equity. 2.Fair, just, or impartial. 3.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33. I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand. 4.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 254: Security can be obtained but by defined rights, and these can be ensured only by equitable laws. 5.(law) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law. [Alternative forms] edit - æquitable (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”). [See also] edit - equitabilis [[Middle French]] [Adjective] editequitable m or f (plural equitables) 1.equitable (fair, just, even, balanced) [Alternative forms] edit - aequitable 0 0 2021/12/15 09:50 TaN
38329 thriller [[English]] ipa :/ˈθɹɪlə/[Etymology] editthrill +‎ -er [Noun] editthriller (plural thrillers) 1.Something that thrills. 2.2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian‎[1]: While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute. 3.(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film. [See also] edit - chiller - page-turner [Synonyms] edit - (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel [[Czech]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English thriller. [Further reading] edit - thriller in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu [Noun] editthriller m 1.thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.) [[French]] ipa :/tʁi.lɛʁ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English thriller. [Further reading] edit - “thriller” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editthriller m (plural thrillers) 1.thriller Hyponym: éco-thriller [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈtril.ler/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English thriller. [Further reading] edit - thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana [Noun] editthriller m (invariable) 1.thriller (film, book etc) [References] edit 1. ^ thriller in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈtri.lɛr/[Etymology] editFrom English thriller. [Further reading] edit - thriller in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - thriller in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editthriller m inan 1.(film, literature) thriller Synonym: dreszczowiec [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English thriller. [Noun] editthriller n (plural thrillere) 1.thriller [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈθɾileɾ/[Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English thriller. [Further reading] edit - “thriller” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editthriller m (plural thrillers or thriller) 1.thriller (film, book etc.) 0 0 2009/02/20 00:51 2021/12/15 09:55 TaN
38330 restaurateur [[English]] ipa :/ˌɹɛst(ə)ɹəˈtɜː/[Alternative forms] edit - restauranteur (but see usage note) [Etymology] editBorrowed from French restaurateur. [Noun] editrestaurateur (plural restaurateurs) 1.The owner of a restaurant. [[French]] ipa :/ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁa.tœʁ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Late Latin restaurator. [Etymology 2] editrestaurer +‎ -ateur [Further reading] edit - “restaurateur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). 0 0 2021/12/15 09:58 TaN
38335 hit the road [[English]] [See also] edit - hit it [Verb] edithit the road (third-person singular simple present hits the road, present participle hitting the road, simple past and past participle hit the road) 1.(idiomatic) To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle. If we're gonna make it by sunset, we'd better hit the road. Synonym: hit the pavement 2.(idiomatic) To leave a place; to go away. It's time for me to hit the road and walk home. Synonym: hit the trail 0 0 2021/12/15 14:13 TaN
38336 Hit [[German]] ipa :[hɪt][Etymology] editBorrowed from English hit. [Noun] editHit m (genitive Hits, plural Hits) 1.hit (A success, especially in the entertainment industry.) 2.(slang) hit (A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.) 3.(computing, Internet) hit [Synonyms] edit - (computing, Internet): Treffer 0 0 2021/05/12 08:37 2021/12/15 14:13 TaN
38337 HIT [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Thi, iht, ith, thi- [Noun] editHIT (plural HITs) 1.Acronym of high-intensity interval training. 2.Acronym of high-intensity training. 3.Abbreviation of hyperspectral imaging technique. or Abbreviation of hyper-spectral imaging technique. 4.Acronym of human intelligence task. 5.Abbreviation of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. 6.Abbreviation of herd immunity threshold. 0 0 2021/05/12 08:37 2021/12/15 14:13 TaN
38338 spoke [[English]] ipa :/spəʊk/[Anagrams] edit - kepos, pokes, posek [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English spoke, spok, spook, from Old English spāca, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ. [Etymology 2] edit [[Afrikaans]] [Noun] editspoke 1.plural of spook [[Dutch]] [Verb] editspoke 1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of spoken [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈspɑːk(ə)/[Alternative forms] edit - spook, spok, spak, spake [Etymology] editFrom Old English spāca, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ. [Noun] editspoke (plural spokes or spoken) 1.A spoke (support radiating from the middle of a wheel) 2.A sharp spike or projection on the edge of a wheel. 0 0 2009/03/18 13:23 2021/12/15 14:31
38343 in the midst of [[English]] [Preposition] editin the midst of 1.In the middle of. Amidst. Amongst. 2.2010, March 14, “Paul Harris”, in Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man‎[The Observer]: He has been the master of the fire sale, swooping in to snap up bargains in the midst of panics and sell-offs. 3.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎[1]: The pace of e-commerce was flying, and Magna Park 1 opened in the midst of a spell in which, between 2006 and 2016, the share of John Lewis deliveries going direct to customers rose 12-fold. 0 0 2021/12/15 14:41 TaN
38348 support [[English]] ipa :/səˈpɔːt/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin supportō. Displaced Old English underwreþian and Old English fultum. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English underwreþung. [[French]] ipa :/sy.pɔʁ/[Etymology] editFrom the verb supporter. [Further reading] edit - “support” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editsupport m (plural supports) 1.support 2.base 3.(heraldry) supporter 0 0 2009/02/25 11:03 2021/12/17 18:50
38350 ベルギー [[Japanese]] ipa :[be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝɡʲiː][Alternative forms] edit - 白耳義 (rare) [Etymology] editFrom Dutch België[1][2] [Proper noun] editベルギー • (Berugī)  1.Belgium (a country in Europe) [References] edit 1. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN 2.↑ 2.0 2.1 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN [See also] edit - ベルギー王(おう)国(こく) (Berugī Ōkoku) 0 0 2017/11/30 09:37 2021/12/19 10:24 TaN
38355 moonlight [[English]] ipa :/ˈmunˌlaɪt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English monelight, monelicht, from Old English mōnan lēoht (“moonlight”, literally “moon's light, light of the moon”). Equivalent to moon +‎ light. Compare Scots munelicht, muinlicht, West Frisian moanneljocht, Dutch maanlicht, German Mondlicht. [Noun] editmoonlight (usually uncountable, plural moonlights) 1.(sometimes attributive) The light reflected from the Moon. 2.c. 1387, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Sir Thopas in The Canterbury Tales,[1] His bridle as the sunne shone, Or as the moonelight. 3.c. 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II, Scene 1[2] If you will patiently dance in our round And see our moonlight revels, go with us; If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts. 4.c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene 1,[3] How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. 5.1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Chapter 24,[4] […] the sight of the blade which glistened by moonlight in his face, checked, in some sort, the ardour of his assailant […] 6.1798, William Wordworth, “The Idiot Boy,” lines 1-4,[5] ’Tis eight o’clock,—a clear March night, The moon is up,—the sky is blue, The owlet, in the moonlight air, Shouts from nobody knows where; 7.1830, Oliver Wendell Holmes, “Ballad of the Oysterman,” lines 5-6,[6] It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight evening, a-sitting in the shade; 8.1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 13, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], OCLC 84390265: She passed away noiselessly, and the moonlight kissed the wall which her shadow had dimmed. 9.1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Master of Ballantrae, Chapter 12,[7] “ […] What say you, gentlemen, shall we have a moonlight hunt?” 10.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Chapter 3,[8] The windows were curtainless, and the yellow moonlight, flooding in through the diamond panes, enabled one to see even colours, whilst it softened the wealth of dust which lay over all and disguised in some measure the ravages of time and the moth. 11.1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter 6,[9] They were still under the white plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale thin ray of moonlight between. 12.1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Del Rey, 1982, Chapter 16, p. 272,[10] It was as if a globe had been filled with moonlight and hung before them in a net woven of the glint of frosty stars. 13.1957, Sylvia Dee, “Moonlight Swim” (song recorded by Nick Noble and Elvis Presley),[11] Let’s go on a moonlight swim Far away from the crowd All alone upon the beach Our lips and our arms Close within each other’s reach Will be on a moonlight swim 14.1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, London: William Heinemann, Chapter 2, On a moonlight night it would be different. The happy voices of children playing in open fields would then be heard. And perhaps those not so young would be playing in pairs in less open places, and old men and women would remember their youth. [References] edit - Moonlight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia edit 1. ^ Mish, Drederick C. (ed.). 1995. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 2. ^ Treffry, Diana (ed.). 1999. Collins Paperback English Dictionary. 4th ed. Glasgow: HarperCollins. [Verb] editmoonlight (third-person singular simple present moonlights, present participle moonlighting, simple past and past participle moonlighted) 1.To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night. 2.2004 July, Richard Porter; Paul Kerensa, Top Gear (2002 TV series), season 4, episode 7, BBC Two, United Kingdom; Isle of Man; Channel Islands, OCLC 1048213736, 00:22:29 from the start: There are three individual rear seats. They all slide, they all fold, or they can all be removed completely, so that you can moonlight as a van. 3.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 240: Believing the bones to belong to a cave bear, the quarry owner passed them on to a local schoolteacher, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, who moonlighted as a fossilist. 4.(by extension) To engage in an activity other than what one is known for. 5.(by extension, of an inanimate object) To perform a secondary function substantially different from its supposed primary function, as in protein moonlighting. 6.(Britain, dated) To carry out undeclared work. 0 0 2021/12/19 14:56 TaN
38360 to date [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - to-date [Anagrams] edit - ATEOTD, toated [Etymology] editto + date [Prepositional phrase] editto date 1.(idiomatic) Until now; until the present time. To date, they have sold only 500 copies of the book. [Synonyms] edit - erenow, so far, thus far; see also Thesaurus:hitherto 0 0 2021/12/19 17:54 TaN
38376 exploitation [[English]] ipa :/ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French exploitation, from exploiter (“exploit”), from Latin explicō (“unfold, deploy”). [Further reading] edit - "exploitation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 130. [Noun] editexploitation (countable and uncountable, plural exploitations) 1.The act of utilizing something; industry. 2.1936, Harold Laski, “The Rise of European Liberalism”, in Collected Works of Harold Laski, London: Routledge, published 1997, page 20: Whereas in the middle ages the idea of acquiring wealth was limited by a body of moral rules imposed under the sanction of religious authority, after 1500 those rules, and the institutions, habits, and ideas to which they had given birth, were no longer deemed adequate. They were felt as constraint. There were evaded, criticized, abandoned, because it was felt that they interfered with the exploitation of the means of production. 3.The improper use of something for selfish purposes. the exploitation of children in beauty pageants 4.The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a natural right. Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation 5.The marketing and promotion of a film. 6.1928, Canada. Dept. of Trade and Commerce, Annual Report This territory continued to be the greatest field for the exploitation and distribution of our films non-theatrically, […] 7.2017, Finola Kerrigan, Film Marketing The difference is that obtaining increased financial input during the production phase of the film reduces the risk during the exploitation phase. [[French]] ipa :/ɛk.splwa.ta.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editexploiter +‎ -ation, Medieval Latin exploitationem [Further reading] edit - “exploitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editexploitation f (plural exploitations) 1.exploitation 2.operation 0 0 2021/07/24 16:37 2021/12/20 11:17 TaN
38377 exploitation film [[English]] [Noun] editexploitation film (plural exploitation films) 1.A film that relies on lurid subject matter for its appeal. [Synonyms] edit - exploitationer 0 0 2021/12/20 11:17 TaN
38378 sweatshop [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - sweat shop [Etymology] editsweat (“to extract money, labour, etc.”, verb) +‎ shop [Further reading] edit - sweatshop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editsweatshop (plural sweatshops) 1.A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892] 2.2001 February 19, quoting Jonah Peretti, “Jonah Peretti and Nike”, in The Guardian‎[1]: I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. [References] edit - Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “sweatshop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - sweat factory 0 0 2009/04/03 16:09 2021/12/20 11:18 TaN
38382 spin up [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - pin-ups, pinups [Antonyms] edit - spin down [Verb] editspin up (third-person singular simple present spins up, present participle spinning up, simple past and past participle spun up) 1.(computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place. 2.1987, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers (volume 6, page 222) Plated hard disk surfaces are actually harder and more scratch resistant than read-write heads are. The hard magnetic medium effectively protects itself from head crashes caused by contaminants and the drive's spinning up or down. 3.2005, R. T. Stone, The Journals Book II: Into the Gulf (page 28) The hard drive spun up. The gray screen flickered. The smiley Mac face appeared and soon I was ready to dazzle the world with The Journals Book II. 4.(computing, transitive) To power up, launch, or instantiate. We spun up a virtual server in the cloud to handle the additional load. 0 0 2021/06/19 08:35 2021/12/20 11:20 TaN
38383 Spin [[German]] [Further reading] edit - “Spin” in Duden online [Noun] editSpin m (genitive Spins, plural Spins) 1.(physics) spin [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom spin. [Proper noun] editSpin m (genitive/dative lui Spin) 1.A surname​. 0 0 2018/07/19 09:30 2021/12/20 11:20 TaN
38391 Matter [[English]] [Proper noun] editMatter (plural Matters) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Matter is the 11069th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2870 individuals. Matter is most common among White (92.65%) individuals. 0 0 2021/12/20 18:49 TaN
38393 Matt [[English]] ipa :-æt[Proper noun] editMatt (plural Matts) 1.A diminutive of the male given name Matthew 2.A diminutive of the male given name Matthias 3.A British patronymic surname, from given names, a rare variant of Matthews. 4.A German surname, from German​. 5.A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland. [[German]] ipa :/mat/[Further reading] edit - “Matt” in Duden online [Noun] editMatt n (genitive Matts, plural Matts) 1.(chess) mate, checkmate [[Hunsrik]] ipa :/mat/[Further reading] edit - Online Hunsrik Dictionary [Noun] editMatt m (plural Matte) 1.maté Synonym: Tee [[Luxembourgish]] ipa :/mɑt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle High German motte. Cognate with German Motte, Dutch mot, English moth. [Noun] editMatt f (plural Matten) 1.moth 0 0 2021/12/20 18:49 TaN
38395 entertain [[English]] ipa :/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/[Anagrams] edit - Tarentine, Terentian, antienter [Etymology] editFrom Middle English entertenen, from Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir, from entre (“among”) + tenir (“to hold”), from Latin inter + teneō (“hold, keep”). For the noun, compare French entretien. [Further reading] edit - entertain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - entertain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - entertain at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editentertain (uncountable) 1.(obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure. 2.c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, OCLC 1224733829, Act V, scene iii: And Celſo, prethee let it be thy care to night / To haue ſome pretty ſhew, to ſolemnize / Our high inſtalement, ſome muſike maſkerie: / Weele giue faire entertaine vnto Maria […] 3.(obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome. 4.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book IV, canto VIII: But neede, that answers not to all requests, / Bad them not looke for better entertayne […] [Verb] editentertain (third-person singular simple present entertains, present participle entertaining, simple past and past participle entertained) 1.(transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably. to entertain friends with lively conversation The motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience. 2.(transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit. They enjoy entertaining a lot. 3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Hebrews 13:2: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers […] 4.(transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind. The committee would like to entertain the idea of reducing the budget figures. to entertain a proposal 5.1851, Thomas De Quincey, Literary Reminiscences I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke. 6.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227: A rumour gained ground, — and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. 7.(obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep. 8.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene vi]: You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. 9.(obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy. 10.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]: O noble English, that could entertain with half their forces the full pride of France 11.1860, British Parliament, Naval Discipline Act‎[1], page 1069: Penalty for entertaining a Deserter 12.(obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce. 13.1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […] to baptize all nations, and to entertain them into the services and institutions of the holy Jesus 0 0 2010/04/06 14:31 2021/12/20 18:55 TaN
38397 multitude [[English]] ipa :/ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”),[1] borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”),[2] from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- +‎ -tude. [Further reading] edit - multitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editmultitude (plural multitudes) 1.A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion. Synonym: (Northern England, Scotland) hantel, hantle 2.1892, Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], OCLC 1514723, stanza 51, page 78: Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.) 3.1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, published October 1922, OCLC 2297483: A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons. 4.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855: “Well, let's hope you're right, darling. In the meantime,” said Kipper, “if I don't get that whisky-and-soda soon, I shall disintegrate. Would you mind if I went in search of it, Mrs Travers?” “It's the very thing I was about to suggest myself. Dash along and drink your fill, my unhappy young stag at eve.” “I'm feeling rather like a restorative, too,” said Bobbie. “Me also,” I said, swept along on the tide of the popular movement. “Though I would advise,” I said, when we were outside, “making it port. More authority. We'll look in on Swordfish. He will provide.” We found Pop Glossop in his pantry polishing silver, and put in our order. He seemed a little surprised at the inrush of such a multitude, but on learning that our tongues were hanging out obliged with a bottle of the best [...] 5.The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace. Synonym: crowd Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them. 6.1599, “Exodus 23:2”, in Geneva Bible‎[1], Tolle Lege Press, →ISBN, page 83: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil [References] edit 1. ^ “multitūde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 June 2019. 2. ^ “multitude, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2003; “multitude”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. [[French]] ipa :/myl.ti.tyd/[Etymology] editFrom Old French multitude. [Further reading] edit - “multitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editmultitude f (plural multitudes) 1.multitude [[Old French]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). [Noun] editmultitude f (oblique plural multitudes, nominative singular multitude, nominative plural multitudes) 1.crowd of people 2.diversity; wide range 0 0 2021/07/31 10:33 2021/12/20 19:05 TaN
38398 facial [[English]] ipa :/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/[Adjective] editfacial (not comparable) 1.(relational) Of or affecting the face. 2.(medicine, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face. 3.(transferred sense, law) (of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to, as it is applied). The facial constitutionality of the law is in question. [Anagrams] edit - cafila [Etymology] editEarly 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has articles on:facial (disambiguation)Wikipedia facial (plural facials) 1.(medicine) A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face. 2.(film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor. 3.2004, Simon Popple; Joe Kember, Early Cinema: From Factory Gate to Dream Factory‎[But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details […] ], page 92: 4.(slang, sports) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face. 5.(slang, sex) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face. He gave his wife a creamy facial. [References] edit - “facial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “facial”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [[Catalan]] ipa :/fə.siˈal/[Adjective] editfacial (masculine and feminine plural facials) 1.facial músculs facials facial muscles [Etymology] editFrom Latin faciālis. [Further reading] edit - “facial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[French]] ipa :/fa.sjal/[Adjective] editfacial (feminine singular faciale, masculine plural faciaux, feminine plural faciales) 1.facial [Etymology] editFrom Latin faciālis. [Further reading] edit - “facial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Portuguese]] ipa :/fa.siˈaw/[Adjective] editfacial m or f (plural faciais, comparable) 1.facial (of the face) [Etymology] editFrom Latin faciālis. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editfacial m or n (feminine singular facială, masculine plural faciali, feminine and neuter plural faciale) 1.facial [Etymology] editFrom French facial [[Spanish]] ipa :/faˈθjal/[Adjective] editfacial (plural faciales) 1.facial [Etymology] editFrom Latin faciālis. [Further reading] edit - “facial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2019/04/09 10:19 2021/12/20 19:06 TaN
38401 doff [[English]] ipa :/dɒf/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English doffen (“take off”), contraction of Old English dōn of. Equivalent to a blend of do +‎ off. Compare don, dup, dout, gauf. [Verb] editdoff (third-person singular simple present doffs, present participle doffing, simple past and past participle doffed) 1.(clothing) To remove or take off (something such as clothing). Synonym: take off Antonym: don 2.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, 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 V, scene i]: And made us doff our easy robes of peace. 3.1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields: At night, or in the rain, / He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. 4.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII: She had doffed the shirt and Bermuda-shorts which she had been wearing and was now dressed for her journey home. 5.To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. The rustics doffed their hats at the clergy. 6.To get rid of, to throw off. Doff that stupid idea: it would never work. 7.1778, Charles Dibdin, “The Perfect Sailor”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name): Thus Death, who kings and tars despatches, / In vain Tom's life has doffed, / For, though his body's under hatches / His soul has gone aloft. 8.(reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress. 9.1646, Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple Heaven's King, who doffs himself weak flesh to wear. [[Yola]] [Alternative forms] edit - daff [Etymology] editFrom Middle English doffen. [References] edit - Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith [Verb] editdoff (simple past doft) 1.to strip 0 0 2012/01/26 10:13 2021/12/21 09:48
38403 break off [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - off break [Etymology] editFrom Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier Middle English ofbreken, equivalent to break +‎ off. [Verb] editbreak off (third-person singular simple present breaks off, present participle breaking off, simple past broke off, past participle broken off) 1.To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently. 2.1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4 Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks. 3.To end a relationship. Both families want the lovers to break off any relationship they may have. 4.To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping 5.1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The bees came and found no one but the Woodman to sting, so they flew at him and broke off all their stings against the tin, without hurting the Woodman at all. 6.(billiards, snooker) Alternative form of break-off 0 0 2021/12/21 09:53 TaN
38408 remained [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈmeɪnd/[Verb] editremained 1.simple past tense and past participle of remain 0 0 2021/12/21 09:58 TaN
38411 complimentary [[English]] ipa :/ˌkɒmplɪ̈ˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/[Adjective] editcomplimentary (comparative more complimentary, superlative most complimentary) 1.In the nature of a compliment. Antonym: uncomplimentary a complimentary remark 2.1877, August 25, Mark Twain, The Letters of Mark Twain, (Vol. 3, 2004, p. 56) But yesterday evening late, when Lewis arrived from down town he found his supper spread, and some presents of books there, with very complimentary writings on the fly-leaves, and certain very complimentary letters, and more or less greenbacks of dignified denomination pinned to those letters and fly-leaves... 3.Free; provided at no charge. Synonyms: free of charge; see also Thesaurus:gratis complimentary drinks 4.2005, Vivien Lougheed, Belize Pocket Adventures, p. 65. In the evenings, Ward and PJ offer guests a complimentary drink. This gesture seems to reinforce the hosts' desire to make everyone feel welcome. 5.With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional. 6.2003, Richard H. Beatty, The Perfect Cover Letter The complimentary closing is the word grouping used to bring the message or text to a close. [Etymology] editcompliment +‎ -ary [Further reading] edit - complimentary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 0 0 2020/01/23 23:26 2021/12/21 10:03 TaN
38412 nasal [[English]] ipa :/ˈneɪ.zəl/[Adjective] editnasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal) 1.(anatomy, relational) of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion Synonyms: nosely, nosey 2.2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 101, number 2, page 98: Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages. 3.(phonetics) 1.having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng nasal vowel 2.characterized by resonance in the nasal passage nasal utterance 3.2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 2: "Are you sure you're OK?" she said with a nasal Australian accent.(music) sharp, penetrating [Anagrams] edit - -salan, Alans, Anals, NALSA, alans, anals, nalas [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from nāsus (“the nose”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of nasalis. [Noun] editnasal (plural nasals) 1.(medicine, archaic) a medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine 2.(phonetics) 1.Ellipsis of nasal consonant. Hyponym: velar nasal 2.Ellipsis of nasal vowel.(historical) part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard - 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78: The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth. - 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam Books, published 2011, page 463: Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.(anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal bone.(zootomy) a plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc [References] edit - “nasal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “nasal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [[Asturian]] [Adjective] editnasal (epicene, plural nasales) 1.nasal [[Catalan]] ipa :/nəˈzal/[Adjective] editnasal (masculine and feminine plural nasals) 1.nasal [[French]] ipa :/na.zal/[Adjective] editnasal (feminine singular nasale, masculine plural nasaux, feminine plural nasales) 1.nasal 2.(phonetics, phonology) nasal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus (“nose”). [Further reading] edit - “nasal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Galician]] [Adjective] editnasal m or f (plural nasais) 1.nasal [Further reading] edit - “nasal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy. [[German]] ipa :/naˈzaːl/[Adjective] editnasal (not comparable) 1.nasal [Etymology] editFrom Latin nasalis. [Further reading] edit - “nasal” in Duden online [[Interlingua]] [Adjective] editnasal (not comparable) 1.nasal [[Piedmontese]] ipa :/naˈzal/[Adjective] editnasal 1.nasal [[Portuguese]] ipa :/naˈzaw/[Adjective] editnasal m or f (plural nasais, not comparable) 1.nasal [Etymology] editFrom Latin nasalis. [Noun] editnasal f (plural nasais) 1.nasal consonanteditnasal m (plural nasais) 1.nasal bone [[Spanish]] ipa :/naˈsal/[Adjective] editnasal (plural nasales) 1.nasal [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus. [Further reading] edit - “nasal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editnasal f (plural nasales) 1.nasal, nasal consonant 0 0 2021/07/26 14:50 2021/12/21 10:05 TaN
38413 swab [[English]] ipa :/swɒb/[Anagrams] edit - AWBs, wabs [Etymology] editMid 17th century (in the sense 'mop for cleaning the decks'): back-formation from Middle English swabber (“sailor detailed to swab decks”), from Middle Dutch zwabber, from a Germanic base meaning 'splash' or 'sway', also found as nautical German Schwabber and Volga German Schwabber, a general term for cleaning tissues. [Noun] editswab (plural swabs) 1.(medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access. 2.A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material). 3.A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns. 4.A mop, especially on a ship. 5.(slang) A sailor; a swabby. 6.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, ch. 25: As for that swab, he's good and dead, he is. 7.(slang) A naval officer's epaulet. [Synonyms] edit - (sailor): swabby [Verb] editswab (third-person singular simple present swabs, present participle swabbing, simple past and past participle swabbed) 1.(transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab. 2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients: He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it. swab the deck of a ship [[Egyptian]] [Romanization] editswab 1.Manuel de Codage transliteration of swꜥb. 0 0 2021/08/30 21:25 2021/12/21 10:05 TaN
38414 convenience [[English]] ipa :/kənˈviːnɪəns/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin convenientia, from conveniens (“suitable”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”). Doublet of convenance. [Further reading] edit - convenience in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - convenience at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editconvenience (countable and uncountable, plural conveniences) 1.The quality of being convenient. Synonym: amenity Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience. 2.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, 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 IV, scene vii]: Let's further think of this; / Weigh what convenience both of time and means / May fit us to our shape. 3.1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], OCLC 228757725: Thus first Necessity invented stools, / Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs […] 4.Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item. 5.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], chapter 2, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], OCLC 995220039, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput): A pair of spectacles […] and several other little conveniences. 6.1977, David Byrne (lyrics and music), “Don't Worry About the Government”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads: It's over there, it's over there / My building has every convenience / It's gonna make life easy for me 7.A convenient time. We will come over and begin the work at your convenience. 8.(chiefly Britain) Ellipsis of public convenience: a public lavatory. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom [Verb] editconvenience (third-person singular simple present conveniences, present participle conveniencing, simple past and past participle convenienced) 1.To make convenient These are equally viable times and I propose we alternate between the two times in order to convenience as many people as possible. 0 0 2012/02/13 18:29 2021/12/21 10:05
38415 onsite [[English]] [Adjective] editonsite (not comparable) 1.On or at a site. [Adverb] editonsite (not comparable) 1.On or at a site. [Alternative forms] edit - on-site [Anagrams] edit - Neoist, Nietos, Stonie, Tineos, Tonies, ostein, stonie, tonies 0 0 2018/08/22 17:17 2021/12/21 10:06 TaN
38416 on-site [[English]] [Adjective] editon-site (not comparable) 1.On a particular site or in a particular building, as opposed to at a remote site or factory. Our supplier offers on-site support. 2.2020 April 22, “Network News: Bombardier resumes work at Derby Litchurch Lane”, in Rail, page 9: Production has restarted at Derby Litchurch Lane, after Bombardier agreed new working practices with on-site trade union representatives. [Alternative forms] edit - onsite [Anagrams] edit - Neoist, Nietos, Stonie, Tineos, Tonies, ostein, stonie, tonies [Etymology] editon +‎ site [References] edit - “on-site”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2021/12/21 10:06 TaN
38421 story [[English]] ipa :/ˈstɔː.ɹi/[Anagrams] edit - ryots, stroy, tyros [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Doublet of history and storey. [Etymology 2] edit [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈstɔriː(ə)/[Etymology 1] editBorrowed from Old French estoree, past participle of estorer. Alternatively, the same word as storie. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old French estorie, estoire. 0 0 2021/10/06 18:02 2021/12/21 10:17 TaN
38425 juggernaut [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒʌ.ɡə.nɔːt/[Etymology] edit(17th century) From Hindustani Hindi जगन्नाथ (jagannāth)/Oriya ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ (jôgônnathô)/ Urdu جگنّاتھ‎ (jagannāth), from Sanskrit जगन्नाथ (jagannātha, “lord of the universe”) (Jagannath), a title for the Hindu deity Vishnu's avatar Krishna. English form influenced by suffix -naut (“sailor”). Doublet of Jagannath.From British colonial era in India, witnessing the Rath Yatra (chariot parade) at Puri, Orissa. The festival features a huge annual procession, with a wagon of the idol of Jagannath. Pulled with ropes by hundreds of devotees, the wagon develops considerable momentum and becomes unstoppable. [Noun] editjuggernaut (plural juggernauts) 1.A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path. 2.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities […] poor Johnny Tetterby staggering under his Moloch of an infant, the Juggernaut that crushes all his enjoyments. 3.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side. In contrast, the Newcastle juggernaut rolls on. 4.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114: The fact that the juggernaut of Indian English rolls inexorably on, largely unconcerned by the academic arguments taking place about it, is in itself an indicator of an endonormative force in the variety, and this can be traced historically. 5.2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London)‎[2]: It’s always fun when something massive comes along and sweeps the board, giving everything else a thoroughly good kicking – think Titanic, The Silence of the Lambs, or Lord of the Rings. There’s a sort of deranged, gluttonous feeling, a perverse glee in seeing so many dreams trampled on by a massive cultural juggernaut. 6.(Britain, sometimes derogatory) A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic. 7.An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed. 0 0 2013/03/01 20:47 2021/12/21 10:26
38426 Juggernaut [[English]] [Etymology] editSee juggernaut. [Proper noun] editJuggernaut 1.(historical) The Hindu deity Vishnu's avatar Krishna. 0 0 2021/12/21 10:26 TaN
38429 footprint [[English]] ipa :/ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/[Etymology] editFrom foot +‎ print. [Further reading] edit - footprint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editfootprint (plural footprints) 1.The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow. Synonym: footmark 2.1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!‎[1]: “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant. 3.Space required by a piece of equipment. This computer has a smaller footprint. 4.(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program. 5.(computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program. 6.(figuratively) Profession or lifestyle. He is following in his father's footprints. 7.The surface space occupied by a structure. the footprint of a building 8.2007, Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS): Environmental Impact Heavy debris would generally travel farther downrange within the debris footprint; lighter material would generally fall near the point of intercept. Footprint lengths can vary […] 9.A company's geographic market presence. The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations. 10.(ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc. Hyponyms: carbon footprint, ecological footprint My carbon footprint is very high. 11.Availability of a satellite from the ground. 12.2014, August E. Grant, ‎Ashley J. Bennington, Communication Technology Update (page 274) When a satellite's footprint covers a wider area than intended, the footprint is said to “spillover” [sic] into surrounding territory. 0 0 2012/06/10 18:00 2021/12/21 10:26
38431 detour [[English]] ipa :/ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - Drouet, douter, redout, routed, toured [Etymology] editBorrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”). [Noun] editdetour (plural detours) 1.A diversion or deviation from one's original route. 2.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo. [Verb] editdetour (third-person singular simple present detours, present participle detouring, simple past and past participle detoured) 1.(intransitive) To make a detour. 2.(transitive) To direct or send on a detour. [[Middle English]] [Noun] editdetour 1.Alternative form of dettour 0 0 2021/12/21 10:43 TaN
38432 hub-and-spoke [[English]] [Adjective] edithub-and-spoke (not comparable) 1.(transport, networking) Being or relating to a topology, whether for the physical distribution of goods or for telecommunications, that has a central "hub" connecting a number of outlying "spokes". 2.2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 357: We had no NATO counterpart in the Pacific, only a series of "hub and spoke" bilateral alliances, so we always worked for greater South Korean-Japanese cooperation […] [See also] edit - point-to-point 0 0 2021/12/21 18:32 TaN
38438 Izmir [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪzmɪə/[Alternative forms] edit - İzmir (uncommon) [Etymology] editFrom the Turkish İzmir. [Further reading] edit - Izmir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Proper noun] editIzmir 1.A major Turkish port city situated midway along the western Anatolian seaboard, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna. 2.1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji [aut.] and Margaret W. Meyer [ed.], İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title 3.2000, Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14 One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for. 4.2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221 It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours. [Synonyms] edit - Smyrna (obsolete, prior to the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930) 0 0 2021/12/21 18:50 TaN

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