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38804 stick around [[English]] [Verb] editstick around (third-person singular simple present sticks around, present participle sticking around, simple past and past participle stuck around) 1.(informal) To stay; to linger; to remain. If you have any questions for the performers, stick around in the lobby after the show. 2.2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3: Williams promised to 'stick around' to ensure that Government implements his recommendations: [...]. 0 0 2022/01/13 11:05 TaN
38808 scale [[English]] ipa :/skeɪl/[Anagrams] edit - -clase, Celas, Salce, acles, alecs, claes, laces, selca [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, usually in plural scālae (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder”), for *scadla, from scandō (“I climb”); see scan, ascend, descend, etc. Doublet of scala. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English scale, from Old French escale, from Frankish and/or Old High German skala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with Old English sċealu (“shell, husk”), whence the modern doublet shale. Further cognate with Dutch schaal, German Schale, French écale. Also related to English shell, French écaille, Italian scaglia. [Etymology 3] editFrom Old Norse skál (“bowl”). Compare Danish skål (“bowl, cup”), Dutch schaal; German Schale; Old High German scāla; Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skalja, “tile, brick”), Old English scealu (“cup; shell”). Cognate with scale, as in Etymology 2. [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - calse, salce [Noun] editscale f pl 1.plural of scala [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈskaːl(ə)/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old French escale. [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin scāla. [Etymology 3] editFrom Old Norse [Term?]. 0 0 2010/02/02 14:06 2022/01/13 11:05
38812 in a row [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editin a row 1.successively, one after the other. After making losses four years in a row, the manager knew she had to sack someone. 2.Placed in a straight line. Bottles of every type of alcohol they had were lined up in a row behind the bar. [Synonyms] edit - on the trot 0 0 2017/05/08 11:51 2022/01/13 11:05 TaN
38816 inflight [[English]] [Adjective] editinflight (not comparable) 1.Alternative spelling of in-flight 0 0 2022/01/13 11:05 TaN
38817 in-flight [[English]] [Adjective] editin-flight 1.occurring, or provided for use during a flight an in-flight movie [Etymology] editin +‎ flight 0 0 2021/07/24 14:55 2022/01/13 11:05 TaN
38819 improvise [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/[Etymology] editFrom French improviser. Ultimately from Latin improvisus. [See also] edit - extemporaneous - impromptu - off the cuff [Synonyms] edit - fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it [Verb] editimprovise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised) 1.To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan. He had no speech prepared, so he improvised. They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying. She improvised a lovely solo. 2.1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 1, page 173: We have improvised the most charming party imaginable. The summer has come back by surprise. I own I wonder that June was not tired of us: still here is a day so sunny, that October does not know its own. The Duke of Wharton, Lord Hervey, and some two or three others, have designed a water-party in our honour. [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/[Verb] editimprovise 1.first-person singular present indicative of improviser 2.third-person singular present indicative of improviser 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of improviser 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of improviser 5.second-person singular imperative of improviser [[Galician]] [Verb] editimprovise 1.first-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar 2.third-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar [[Latin]] [Adjective] editimprōvīse 1.vocative masculine singular of imprōvīsus [References] edit - improvise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - improvise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editimprovise 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of improvisar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of improvisar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of improvisar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of improvisar [[Spanish]] [Verb] editimprovise 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of improvisar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of improvisar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of improvisar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of improvisar. 0 0 2012/02/06 20:18 2022/01/13 11:05
38820 allt [[Central Franconian]] ipa :/alt/[Adverb] editallt 1.(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) already Ich hann allt drissig Minutte op dich jewaat! I’ve already waited for you for thirty minutes! [Alternative forms] edit - ald (alternative spelling) - att (common variant; often both forms alongside in the same dialect) [Etymology] editFrom all (“all”) with a fossiled neuter ending -t. Compare Dutch al. [Synonyms] edit - schun [[Icelandic]] [Adjective] editallt 1.everything, neuter of allur [Pronoun] editallt 1.inflection of allur: 1.neuter nominative singular 2.neuter accusative singular [[Old Norse]] [Adjective] editallt 1.neuter nominative/accusative singular of allr [[Scottish Gaelic]] ipa :/auɫ̪t/[Etymology] editFrom Old Irish alt (“shore, cliff”). Cognates in the Celtic languages include Irish alt (“height, glenside, cliff”), Cornish als (“cliff”), and Breton aot (“shore”). MacBain suggests the Scottish Gaelic form and meaning has a Pictish origin. [Noun] editallt m (genitive singular uillt, plural uillt) 1.steep-sided stream Tha an t-allt a' ruith. ― The stream is flowing. [References] edit - Edward Dwelly (1911), “allt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN - MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “allt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN [[Swedish]] [Adverb] editallt (not comparable) 1.more and more [Anagrams] edit - tall [Determiner] editallt 1.neuter singular of all Har du druckit upp allt vatten? Have you drunk up all (of the) water? [Pronoun] editallt 1.everything, all Allt gick åt helvete. Everything went terrible. (literally, “Everything went to hell.”) [[Welsh]] ipa :/aːɬd/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Welsh allt, from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), Irish ailt (“steep-sided ravine”). [Mutation] edit [Noun] editallt f (plural elltydd or aillt) 1.hillside, slope 2.wood, small forest 0 0 2022/01/13 11:05 TaN
38830 get around [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - don't argue, don't-argue, outranged [Synonyms] edit The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. For synonyms and antonyms you may use the templates {{syn|en|...}} or {{ant|en|...}}. - get round - go around [Verb] editget around (third-person singular simple present gets around, present participle getting around, simple past got around, past participle (UK) got around or (US) gotten around) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ around. 2.To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path. The tide was too high, and we couldn't get around the rocks. There's no trail going through. We can't get around to the lake. We'll get a good view of the mountains when we get around the bend. 3.(figuratively) To avoid or bypass an obstacle. Tax consultants look for ways to get around the law. 4.To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of. How did you get around having to write the executive report? My brother always gets around cleaning his room himself. 5.To transport oneself from place to place. How's he gonna get around without a car? Granny uses a wheelchair to get around. 6.To visit numerous different places. 7.1964, Brian Wilson and Mike Love, I Get Around (Beach Boys song). I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down the same old strip I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip My buddies and me are getting real well known Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone I get around (get around round round I get around) From town to town (get around round round I get around) 8.(slang) To be sexually promiscuous. Wow, she really gets around. 0 0 2022/01/13 11:05 TaN
38831 dual [[English]] ipa :/ˈdjuː.əl/[Adjective] editdual (not comparable) 1.Exhibiting duality; characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components. 2.Acting as a counterpart. 3.Double. a dual-headed computer 4.(grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two of something, such as a pair of shoes, in the context of the singular, plural and, in some languages, trial grammatical number. Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek. 5.(linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space). 6.2012, Doug Fisher, Hans-J. Lenz, Learning from Data: Artificial Intelligence and Statistics V, Springer Science & Business Media →ISBN, page 81 Accordingly, a hyperplane in the sample space is dual to a subspace in the variable space. 7.(category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms. 8.1992, Colin McLarty, Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, Clarendon Press →ISBN, page 77 Every category is dual to its own dual, so if a statement holds in all categories so does its dual. [Alternative forms] edit - du. (abbreviation, grammar) [Anagrams] edit - Auld, Daul, Dula, auld, laud, udal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin dualis (“two”), from duo (“two”) + adjective suffix -alis [Noun] editdual (plural duals) 1.Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair. 2.(geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces. The octahedron is the dual of the cube. 3.(grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of, exactly two of), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". A few languages display trial number. 4.(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space. [Synonyms] edit - (having two components): double, twin; see also Thesaurus:dual - (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold - (category theory): opposite [Verb] editdual (third-person singular simple present duals, present participle (UK) dualling or (US) dualing, simple past and past participle (UK) dualled or (US) dualed) 1.(transitive) To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway. 2.1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates I have to declare an interest and I do so with some ambivalence because if the road is dualled it is likely to take half of my front garden. 3.2006, David Lowe, Intermodal Freight Transport, p. 163 The power generation and propulsion systems are dualled to accommodate component failure and maintain propulsion at reduced speed should any part of one system be lost. 4.2021 September 22, “Network News: Nexus increases Tyne and Wear Metro train order to 46”, in RAIL, number 940, page 23: The investment will allow Nexus to increase service frequencies, reduce journey times, and improve reliability by dualling three sections of line between Pelaw and South Shields. [[French]] [Adjective] editdual (feminine singular duale, masculine plural duaux, feminine plural duales) 1.dual [Further reading] edit - “dual” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editdual m (plural duaux) 1.dual [[German]] ipa :[duˈaːl][Adjective] editdual (not comparable) 1.dual [Further reading] edit - “dual” in Duden online [[Irish]] ipa :/d̪ˠuəlˠ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos (compare Icelandic tagl (“horse’s tail”), Old English tæġl, English tail). [Etymology 2] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Etymology 3] editFrom Old Irish dúal (“that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-. [Further reading] edit - "dual" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill. - Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language - Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 dúal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language - Entries containing “dual” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe. - Entries containing “dual” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge. [Mutation] edit [[Portuguese]] ipa :/duˈaw/[Adjective] editdual m or f (plural duais, not comparable) 1.dual (having two elements) [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French duel, from Latin dualis. [Noun] editdual n (plural duale) 1.(grammar) dual [[Scottish Gaelic]] ipa :/t̪uəɫ̪/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Irish dúal (“that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos. [Mutation] edit [[Spanish]] ipa :-al[Adjective] editdual (plural duales) 1.dual 2.(grammar) dual [Further reading] edit - “dual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2010/06/02 00:14 2022/01/13 11:05
38834 Boo [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - OBO, OOB, OoB, o/b/o, obo [Etymology 1] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Boo, SwedenWikipedia From Swedish Boo. [Etymology 2] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Boko languageWikipedia (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [[Galician]] ipa :/ˈbo/[Etymology] editFrom boo (“good”), from Old Galician and Old Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus. [Proper noun] editBoo 1.A surname​. [References] edit - “Boo” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. [[Swedish]] [Proper noun] editBoo n (genitive Boos) 1.A locality in Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden. 0 0 2009/04/13 13:00 2022/01/13 11:05
38836 along with [[English]] [Preposition] editalong with 1.In addition to. She fired all the journalists in the company, along with some of the administration workers. 2.2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian‎[1]: With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along with the war against the Japanese in the 1940s, was to cast a long shadow over the years ahead, and led to the creation of the wholly unprecedented worship of Kim Il-sung, and his elevation to almost God-like status. It was also to create the system in which his son was to occupy almost as impossibly elevated a position. 0 0 2013/04/16 02:27 2022/01/13 11:05
38838 on tap [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Paton, panto, panto- [Etymology] editFrom tap. Sense 2 recorded from 1483. [Prepositional phrase] editon tap 1.(of beer, etc.) Available directly from the barrel by way of a tap. 2.2011, Todd Keith, Insiders' Guide® to Birmingham‎[1]: All three locations each offer at least 50 different draft beer choices ranging from popular beers from major brewers to exclusive microbrews not usually available on tap. 3.(by extension) Readily available; ready for use in whatever quantity is desired. 4.On an agenda, planned, expected. 0 0 2021/08/26 19:15 2022/01/13 11:10 TaN
38845 overseen [[English]] ipa :/oʊ.vɚ.sin/[Anagrams] edit - Veronese [Verb] editoverseen 1.past participle of oversee 0 0 2022/01/13 11:15 TaN
38847 competence [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɒmpətəns/[Antonyms] edit - inability - ineptitude - incompetence [Etymology] editBorrowed from French compétence, from Late Latin competentia. [Noun] editcompetence (countable and uncountable, plural competences) 1.(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role. 2.2005, Lies Sercu and Ewa Bandura, Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence: An International Investigation: Teachers are now required to teach intercultural communicative competence. 3.(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task. 4.(linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence. 5.(dated) A sustainable income. 6.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019: Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, / Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence. 7.1811, Jane Austen, chapter 17, in Sense and Sensibility: “money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond a competence, it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned.” 8.(countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter. 9.2016, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, “Division of competences in the European Union”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]: K C Wheare's definition of federalism requires that two governments be independent and co-ordinate within their own spheres, generally set out by the division of competences codified in a constitution, which is supreme. 10.2003, Rodrigo Uprimny, “The constitutional court and control of presidential extraordinary powers in Colombia”, in Democratization‎[2]: Also, the Constitutional Court has tried to reduce impunity in cases of human rights abuses by narrowly interpreting the legal competence of military justice to investigate military and police officers. 11.(geology) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow. [Synonyms] edit - ability - competency - nous - savoir-faire - knack (colloq.) - aptitude - See also Thesaurus:skill 0 0 2021/06/23 08:21 2022/01/13 11:18 TaN
38850 subsidize [[English]] ipa :/ˈsʌbsɪdaɪz/[Alternative forms] edit - subsidise (British) [Etymology] editsubsidy +‎ -ize [Verb] editsubsidize (third-person singular simple present subsidizes, present participle subsidizing, simple past and past participle subsidized) 1.(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy. 0 0 2009/06/15 14:32 2022/01/13 11:20 TaN
38857 cybercriminal [[English]] [Adjective] editcybercriminal (not comparable) 1.Relating to cybercrime [Etymology] editcyber- +‎ criminal [Noun] editcybercriminal (plural cybercriminals) 1.A perpetrator of cybercrime 0 0 2022/01/13 11:24 TaN
38858 legitimate [[English]] ipa :/lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/[Adjective] editlegitimate (comparative more legitimate, superlative most legitimate) 1.In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements. Synonyms: lawful, legal Antonym: illegitimate 2.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Rodwell was sent off by referee Martin Atkinson - who has shown 15 red cards since the start of last season - after 23 minutes for what appeared to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez. 3.Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid. legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method 4.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323: Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. 5.Authentic, real, genuine. Antonym: illegitimate Antonym: false legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions 6.2020 December 20, Wen Sirui, “The Danger of One Voice from Mainstream Media”, in Minghui‎[2]: The truth is, when we fail to protect legitimate rights of others and continue to expand the net of lies and defamation, every one would become victims one day including ourselves. 7. 8.Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple. [from mid-14th century] Synonym: rightful Antonym: illegitimate 9.Relating to hereditary rights. [Antonyms] edit - bastard - illegitimate [Etymology] editFrom Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimatus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“make legal”), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten".The verb was derived from the adjective by conversion. [Noun] editlegitimate (plural legitimates) 1.A person born to a legally married couple. 2.1831, Alexander Scott Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare: But should a “holy alliance of legitimates” extinguish it, it will be but for a season. 3.1898, Sydney George Fisher, The True Benjamin Franklin: This extraordinarily mixed family of legitimates and illegitimates seems to have maintained a certain kind of harmony. 4.1830, William Hone, Pamphlets and Parodies on Political Subjects: His overweening pride received another shock through his new friends the legitimates. [References] edit - legitimate at OneLook Dictionary Search - legitimate in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. - legitimate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “legitimate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - legitimize [Verb] editlegitimate (third-person singular simple present legitimates, present participle legitimating, simple past and past participle legitimated) 1. 2.(transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means. [from 1590] [[Latin]] [Adjective] editlēgitimāte 1.vocative masculine singular of lēgitimātus 0 0 2021/08/15 12:38 2022/01/13 11:24 TaN
38859 scams [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - mascs, mascs. [Noun] editscams 1.plural of scam 0 0 2010/06/04 14:32 2022/01/13 11:24
38860 scam [[English]] ipa :/skæm/[Anagrams] edit - ACMs, ACSM, CAMs, CASM, CSMA, M. A. Sc., M.A.Sc., MACs, MASc, MCAs, Macs, SMAC, cams, macs, masc, masc. [Etymology] editUS carnival slang. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from skam.The word "scam" became common use among the US "drug culture" in early 1980 after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:scamWikipedia scam (plural scams) 1.A fraudulent deal. That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me. 2.Something that is promoted using scams. That car was a scam. [Synonyms] edit - con game, confidence trick, swindle - See also Thesaurus:deceptionedit - con [Verb] editscam (third-person singular simple present scams, present participle scamming, simple past and past participle scammed) 1.(transitive) To defraud or embezzle. They tried to scam her out of her savings. [[Middle Irish]] [Etymology] editAttested only in the plural form scaim. From Proto-Celtic *skamos. Cognate with Welsh ysgafn ("light") and Welsh ysgyfaint ("(pair of) lungs"), Breton skañv, Cornish skav. [Noun] editscam 1.lung [References] edit - Matasović, R. (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, p.339. Brill: Boston. 0 0 2010/06/04 14:32 2022/01/13 11:24
38861 abused [[English]] ipa :/əˈbjuːzd/[Adjective] editabused (comparative more abused, superlative most abused) 1.Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence. 2.Overused; used profligately or in excess. 3.(obsolete) Deluded, deceived. 4.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, OCLC 8728872, lines 5–7, page 62: That be so farre abusyd They cannot be excusyd By reason nor by law; […] [Alternative forms] edit - abus'd (verb only, poetic) [Anagrams] edit - daubes [Verb] editabused 1.simple past tense and past participle of abuse 0 0 2022/01/13 11:25 TaN
38862 abuse [[English]] ipa :/əˈbjuːs/[Anagrams] edit - aubes, beaus [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English abusen, then from either Old French abus (“improper use”), or from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor (“make improper use of, consume, abuse”), from ab (“away”) + ūtor (“to use”).[1] Equivalent to ab- +‎ use. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English abusen, from Middle French abuser, from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor (“to use up, misuse, consume”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ūtor (“to use”).[2][1] [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8 2. ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abuse”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., OCLC 299754516, page 6. - Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abuse”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10. [[French]] [Anagrams] edit - aubes [Verb] editabuse 1.first-person singular present indicative of abuser 2.third-person singular present indicative of abuser 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of abuser 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of abuser 5.second-person singular imperative of abuser [[Latin]] [Participle] editabūse 1.vocative masculine singular of abūsus [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editabuse 1.first-person singular present subjunctive of abusar 2.third-person singular present subjunctive of abusar 3.first-person singular imperative of abusar 4.third-person singular imperative of abusar [[Spanish]] ipa :/aˈbuse/[Verb] editabuse 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of abusar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of abusar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of abusar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of abusar. 0 0 2009/05/18 19:50 2022/01/13 11:25 TaN
38863 botnet [[English]] ipa :/ˈbɒtnɛt/[Anagrams] edit - Betton, Botten [Etymology] editFrom bot +‎ net. [Noun] editbotnet (plural botnets) 1.(Internet, computer security) A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam. 2.2010, "Long life spam", The Economist, 20 Nov 2010: Then they blacklisted addresses used by spammers. In response, senders started using botnets (networks of otherwise innocent computers). [[Northern Sami]] ipa :/ˈpotneh(t)/[Verb] editbotnet 1.inflection of botnit: 1.third-person plural present indicative 2.second-person singular past indicative 3.second-person plural imperative [[Spanish]] [Noun] editbotnet m (plural botnets) 1.botnet 0 0 2022/01/13 11:30 TaN
38864 take down [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - downtake [Verb] edittake down (third-person singular simple present takes down, present participle taking down, simple past took down, past participle taken down) 1.To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed. He took down the picture and replaced it with the framed photograph. 2.To remove something from a hanging position. We need to take down the curtains to be cleaned. 3.To remove something from a website. We must take this fake news item down today. 4.To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken. 5.1966, Phil Ochs, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", Phils Ochs in Concert. But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number. 6.To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding. When everything else is packed, we can take down the tent. 7.To lower an item of clothing without removing it. The doctor asked me to take down my trousers. 8.To arrest someone or to place them in detention. You have been found guilty. Take the prisoner down. We've got enough evidence now to take McFee down. 9.(of a person) To crush; to destroy or kill. 10.2012, Kira Sinclair, Take It Down, →ISBN, page 191: It took me eight years to get enough on the asshole to try and take him down. 11.2014, Mallery Malone, Take Down, →ISBN: They'd had occasion to see Peyton Armistead in all his righteous fury and she knew they wouldn't hesitate to take him down if she gave the word. 12.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 431: So Marinus, me and a few other unthanked individuals - Atemporals for the most part, with some mortal collaborators -- make it our business to ...take them down. 13.(combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc. 14.(intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue. 15.1880, Albert Adams Graham, History of Richland County, Ohio, page 254: " […] I mind the year after we came, my father took down with the ague, and things looked dark enough for a while; but, when old Billy Slater, on the Clear Fork killed a fat cow, he loaded a lot of the choicest on to a horse and brought it to us; […]" 16.1948, Woody Guthrie (lyrics), “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)”: My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees, / And they rode the truck till they took down and died. 0 0 2009/05/27 14:09 2022/01/13 11:30 TaN
38866 dormant [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɔɹmənt/[Adjective] editdormant (not comparable) 1.Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended. Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again. The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months. This volcano is dormant but not extinct. 2.1777, Burke, Edmund, A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, on the Affairs of America; republished in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, volume 2, 1864, page 10: It is by lying dormant a long time, or being at first very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. 3.(heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant. a lion dormant 4.(architecture) Leaning. [Alternative forms] edit - dormaunt (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - mordant [Antonyms] edit - (inactive, suspended): active - (volcano: inactive): active, extinct [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“I sleep”). [Further reading] edit - dormant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - dormant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - dormant at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editdormant (plural dormants) 1.(architecture) A crossbeam or joist. [Synonyms] edit - (inactive, suspended): quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive [[French]] ipa :/dɔʁ.mɑ̃/[Adjective] editdormant (feminine singular dormante, masculine plural dormants, feminine plural dormantes) 1.dormant 2.asleep [Anagrams] edit - mordant [Further reading] edit - “dormant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Verb] editdormant 1.present participle of dormir [[Norman]] [Verb] editdormant 1.present participle of dormi 0 0 2009/01/27 10:39 2022/01/13 11:30 TaN
38867 slack [[English]] ipa :/slæk/[Anagrams] edit - calks, kcals, lacks [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English slakken, slaken, from Old English slacian, from Proto-Germanic *slakōną (“to slack, slacken”). [Etymology 3] editEither from the adjective in Etymology 1 or the verb in Etymology 2. [Etymology 4] editFrom Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki (“a slope”). Cognate with Icelandic slakki, Norwegian slakke. [Etymology 5] editProbably from German Schlacke (“dross, slag”). Doublet of slag. 0 0 2022/01/13 11:30 TaN
38868 Slack [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - calks, kcals, lacks [Proper noun] editSlack (plural Slacks) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Slack is the 2692nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13377 individuals. Slack is most common among White (82.95%) and Black/African American (11.62%) individuals. 0 0 2022/01/13 11:30 TaN
38870 exfiltration [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - infiltration [Noun] editexfiltration (countable and uncountable, plural exfiltrations) 1.(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory). 2.(civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff. 3.(sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier). 4.(biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium). 5.(computing) Covert extraction of data. [Synonyms] edit - exfil (clipping) 0 0 2022/01/13 12:37 TaN
38871 infiltrating [[English]] [Verb] editinfiltrating 1.present participle of infiltrate 0 0 2009/10/24 14:01 2022/01/13 12:38 TaN
38872 infiltrate [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪnfɪltɹeɪt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English infiltrate (adj), from Medieval Latin infiltrātus, from infiltrō. [Noun] editinfiltrate (plural infiltrates) 1.(pathology) Any undesirable substance or group of cells that has made its way into part of the body. 2.2008, Jimmy D. Bartlett, Siret D. Jaanus, Clinical Ocular Pharmacology (page 539) One critical distinction to make is whether a focal corneal infiltrate is infected with bacteria or is a sterile immunologic response. [Verb] editinfiltrate (third-person singular simple present infiltrates, present participle infiltrating, simple past and past participle infiltrated) 1.(transitive, intransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to. The spy infiltrated the high-tech company and stole many secrets. 2.(transitive) To cause to penetrate in this way. The agency infiltrated several spies into the company. 3.(transitive, intransitive, of a liquid) To pass through something by filtration. 4.(transitive) To cause (a liquid) to pass through something by filtration. 5.(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To invade or penetrate a tissue or organ. High-grade tumors often infiltrate surrounding structures. In certain conditions, immune cells may infiltrate into the cerebrospinal fluid. 6.(transitive, military) To send (soldiers, spies, etc.) through gaps in the enemy line. Antonym: exfiltrate 7.(intransitive, of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body. [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - infeltrita, infettarli [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2009/11/10 10:24 2022/01/13 12:38 TaN
38874 キ [[Japanese]] ipa :[kʲi][Etymology] editSimplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 機. [Syllable] editキ (romaji ki) 1.The katakana syllable キ (ki). Its equivalent in hiragana is き (ki). It is the seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is カ行イ段 (ka-gyō i-dan, “row ka, section i”). 0 0 2012/10/15 23:28 2022/01/13 12:42
38875 airborne [[English]] [Adjective] editairborne (not comparable) 1.In or carried by the air. Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies. 2.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly): A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone. 3.In flight. 4.1984, Steve Harris (lyrics and music), “Aces High”, in Powerslave, performed by Iron Maiden: There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack. 5.Fitted to an aircraft. airborne radar 6.Transported by air in an aircraft. airborne troops [Anagrams] edit - borirane [Etymology] editAttested since the 1640s; air +‎ -borne [Noun] editairborne (plural airbornes or airborne)English Wikipedia has an article on:airborne forcesWikipedia 1.Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter. 0 0 2017/02/13 11:42 2022/01/13 12:43 TaN
38877 pull down [[English]] [Verb] editpull down (third-person singular simple present pulls down, present participle pulling down, simple past and past participle pulled down) 1.(transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes). 2.(transitive) To demolish or destroy (a building etc.). 3.2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Bam Nuttall Partnership Award: Kilmarnock”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58: In the latter years of its existence, BR was rationalising its estate by pulling down station buildings which were too large for its modern operational needs, or by shutting off parts of them when demolition was not an option. Kilmarnock station falls into this latter category. It dominates the townscape, but its operational importance has seriously diminished since electrification of the West Coast Main Line. 4.(transitive) To cause to fall to the floor 5.2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: The home side got themselves in a mess again after 12 minutes when Victor Ruiz pulled down Ramires just outside the box. Lampard drilled a low free-kick past the wall but Diego Alves was down quickly to turn the ball away. 0 0 2022/01/13 12:51 TaN
38878 pull-down [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - pulldown [Noun] editpull-down (countable and uncountable, plural pull-downs) 1.(computing) A dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it. 2.(biology) A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another. 3.(signal processing) The conversion of video footage to a higher frame rate by duplicating certain frames. 4.2013, David Mellor, Sound Person's Guide to Video (page 216) When a TV monitor is in shot, and the film is transferred to video through the normal 2:3 pulldown there will be a strobing effect where the film and video frame rates clash. 5.(usually uncountable) Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta). 6.(juggling) A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand. 7.1994, Haggis McLeod, KNOW THE GAME - JUGGLING, →ISBN: Another classic trick with rings is the 'pull-down'. This can only be done with rings that fit easily over your head. 8.2004, Luke Holman, Hardest, most tech trick on the net, May 12 2004 via Google Groups For example, the 11 ring pulldown didn't stick in my head because I don't really juggle rings, and I have no conception of how hard it is. 9.(exercise) An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles. 0 0 2022/01/13 12:51 TaN
38881 indigenous [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/[Adjective] editindigenous (not comparable) 1.Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.] 2.1862, Henry David Thoreau, "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree": Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores. 3.1997, Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Monthly Review Press, page 17: Horses, like camels, had once been indigenous to Latin America but had become extinct. 1.In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture. The Ainu are the indigenous ethnic group of Japan's Hokkaido Island.Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.] - 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, ch. 18: She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race. - 1883, George MacDonald, "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales: He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him. [Etymology] editBorrowed from Late Latin indigenus (“native, born in a country”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“in”), gen- the root of gignō (“give birth to”), and English -ous. Compare indigene, Ancient Greek ἐνδογενής (endogenḗs, “born in the house”), and the separately formed endogenous. [References] edit 1. ^ AP 2. ^ APA 3. ^ Ngramsedit - indigenous at OneLook Dictionary Search - indigenous in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. - indigenous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Synonyms] edit - (native): aboriginal, autochthonous, local; See also Thesaurus:native - (innate, inborn): connatural, natural; See also Thesaurus:innate 0 0 2009/05/26 12:59 2022/01/13 12:55 TaN
38891 discreet [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈskɹiːt/[Adjective] editdiscreet (comparative more discreet or discreeter, superlative most discreet or discreetest) 1.Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic. With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners. John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not very discreet. 2.Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous. [Anagrams] edit - desertic, discrete [Etymology] editFrom Middle English discrete, from Old French discret, from Latin discrētus, from past participle of discernere. Doublet of discrete. [[Dutch]] ipa :/dɪsˈkreːt/[Adjective] editdiscreet (comparative discreter, superlative discreetst) 1.discreet (with discretion) 2.discrete (not continuous) [Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch discreet, from Old French discret, from Medieval Latin discrētus, from discernō. 0 0 2010/06/07 14:24 2022/01/13 13:15
38892 reconnaissance [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈkɒnəsəns/[Alternative forms] edit - recce (abbreviation) - recon (abbreviation) [Etymology] editBorrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). [Noun] editreconnaissance (countable and uncountable, plural reconnaissances) 1.The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information. 2.1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope. [[French]] ipa :/ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃s/[Etymology] editFrom reconnaiss- (present participle stem of reconnaître, cf. reconnaissant) + -ance. Compare also Medieval Latin recognōscentia (“a recognizing, acknowledgement”), Italian riconoscenza. [Further reading] edit - “reconnaissance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editreconnaissance f (plural reconnaissances) 1.reconnaissance 2.thankfulness 3.recognition [Synonyms] edit - (thankfulness): gratitude 0 0 2010/04/06 14:26 2022/01/13 13:19 TaN
38893 bucked [[English]] ipa :/bʌkt/[Anagrams] edit - beduck [Verb] editbucked 1.simple past tense and past participle of buck 0 0 2021/09/16 11:13 2022/01/13 13:21 TaN
38901 it's [[English]] ipa :/ɪts/[Alternative forms] edit - i's (eye dialect) - it'sa (pseudo-Italian) [Anagrams] edit - 'tis, -ist, IST, Ist, SIT, STI, Sit, TIS, TIs, is't, ist, sit, tis [Etymology 1] editContraction of ‘it is’ or ‘it has’. [Etymology 2] editFrom it +‎ ’s (“possessive marker”). 0 0 2017/11/23 01:16 2022/01/13 14:06
38903 alone [[English]] ipa :/əˈləʊn/[Adjective] editalone (comparative more alone, superlative most alone) 1.By oneself, solitary. I can't ask for help because I am alone. 2.1611, King James Version, Genesis ii. 18 It is not good that the man should be alone. 3.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Alone on a wide, wide sea. 4.(predicatively, chiefly in the negative) Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, practices, etc. Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone. I always organize my Halloween candy before eating it. Am I alone in this? 5.2013 August 23, Ian Traynor, “Rise of Europe's new autocrats”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 1: Hungary's leader is not alone in eastern and southern Europe, where democratically elected populist strongmen increasingly dominate, deploying the power of the state and a battery of instruments of intimidation to crush dissent, demonise opposition, tame the media and tailor the system to their ends. 6.(obsolete) Apart from, or exclusive of, others. 7.1662, Jacques Olivier, Richard Banke, transl., A Discourse of Women, Shewing Their Imperfections Alphabetically, OCLC 14507264, page 18: There are proofs enough in History, and first that beautiful Hynes, so much beloved by Charles the seventh King of France, who valued the alone possession of her Love at so high a rate, that […] 8.1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693: God, […] by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. 9.(obsolete) Mere; consisting of nothing further. 10.1676, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity […] ‎[1]: and therefore all Killing, Banishing, Fining, Imprisoning, and other such things, which Men are afflicted with, for the alone exercise of their Conscience, or difference in Worship or Opinion, proceedeth from the spirit of Cain, the Murderer, and is contrary to the Truth; 11.(obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless. 12.c. 1589–1593, Shakespeare, William, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 2, scene 4, lines 163–165: Pardon me, Proteus, all I can is nothing / To her, whose worth makes other worthies nothing; / She is alone. [Adverb] editalone (not comparable) 1.By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo. Synonyms: by one's lonesome, solitarily, solo; see also Thesaurus:solitarily She walked home alone. 2.Without outside help. Synonyms: by oneself, by one's lonesome, singlehandedly; see also Thesaurus:by oneself The job was too hard for me to do alone. 3.Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it. 1.Not permitting anything further; exclusively. Synonyms: entirely, solely; see also Thesaurus:solely The president alone has the power to initiate a nuclear launch. 2.1788, James Madison, Federalist No. 46‎[2]: They must be told, that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the People alone; 3.Not requiring anything further; merely Oral antibiotics alone won't clear the infection. 4.1871, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy‎[3]: Except on matters of mere detail, there are perhaps no practical questions, even among those which approach nearest to the character of purely economical questions, which admit of being decided on economical premises alone. 5.1903, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys on Land and Sea‎[4]: In writing this tale I had in mind not alone to please my young readers, but also to give them a fair picture of life on the ocean as it is to-day, 6.(by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset. Her wardrobe is huge. She has three racks for blazers alone. The first sentence alone sold me on the book. 7.1897, The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton‎[5]: In the first place, though Lady Burton published comparatively little, she was a voluminous writer, and she left behind her such a mass of letters and manuscripts that the sorting of them alone was a formidable task. 8.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314: “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” 9.2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎[6], volume 407, number 8837, page 74: In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. [Anagrams] edit - Enola, Leano, Leona, NOAEL, anole [Etymology] editFrom Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (“alone”, literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“entirely alone, solitary, single”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +‎ one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. Regarding the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one. [[Italian]] ipa :/aˈlo.ne/[Anagrams] edit - Noale, aleno, alenò, anelo, anelò [Etymology] editFrom Latin halo. [Noun] editalone m (plural aloni) 1.halo 2.glow 0 0 2009/02/25 22:19 2022/01/13 14:07
38905 rearview [[English]] [Adjective] editrearview (not comparable) 1.That provides a view from the rear [Anagrams] edit - waiverer [Etymology] editrear +‎ view [Noun] editrearview (plural rearviews) 1.Synonym of rearview mirror 0 0 2022/01/13 14:09 TaN
38906 psychic [[English]] ipa :/ˈsaɪkɪk/[Adjective] editpsychic (comparative more psychic, superlative most psychic) 1.Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic. 2.1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist‎[1]: Having exhausted the sporting adventures of this terrestrial globe, he is now turning to those of the dim, dark and dubious regions of psychic research. You must be psychic—I was just about to say that. She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond. 3.Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general. 4.1913, Abraham Brill, translator, The Interpretation of Dreams, translation of original by Sigmund Freud: In the following pages I shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the application of this technique every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance, and one which may be assigned to a specific place in the psychic activities of the waking state. 5.1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise: A pathological process called 'psychiatrosis' may well be found, by the same methods, to be a delineable entity, with somatic correlates, and psychic mechanisms […] [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.[1] [Noun] editpsychic (plural psychics) 1.A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences. 2.(parapsychology) A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium. 3.(Gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic). [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “psychic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Related terms] edit - psychical - psychological 0 0 2022/01/13 14:10 TaN
38910 fizzle [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɪzəl/[Etymology] editAttested in English since 1525-35. From earlier fysel (“to fart”). Related to fīsa (“to fart”). Compare with Swedish fisa (“to fart (silently)”). See also feist. [Noun] editfizzle (plural fizzles) 1.A spluttering or hissing sound. 2.(military) Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing. 3.An abortive effort; a flop or dud. 4.A state of agitation or worry. [Related terms] edit - fizz - fizzy [Verb] editfizzle (third-person singular simple present fizzles, present participle fizzling, simple past and past participle fizzled) 1.To sputter or hiss. The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured. 2.1616, Ben Jonson, The Devil Is an Ass It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling. 3.(figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. The entire project fizzled after the founder quit. 4.2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian‎[1], London: And so it fizzled to its close with Gary Cahill galloping around as an extra centre-forward, mutinous chants of “you’re not fit to wear the shirt,” from the England followers and Hodgson’s media staff announcing he would not take any questions. 5.(military, of a nuclear weapon) To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing. The shot fizzled, generating only 200 tons rather than the 30 kilotons they were aiming for. 0 0 2022/01/13 14:11 TaN
38911 meek [[English]] ipa :/miːk/[Adjective] editmeek (comparative meeker, superlative meekest) 1.Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 5:5: Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth. 3.1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son: Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else... 4.Submissive, dispirited. 5.1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English meek, meke, meoc, a borrowing from Old Norse mjúkr (“soft; meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, *mūkaz (“soft; supple”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”). Cognate with Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk mjuk (“soft”), Norwegian Bokmål myk (“soft”), and Danish myg (“supple”), Dutch muik (“soft, overripe”), dialectal German mauch (“dry and decayed, rotten”), Mauche (“malanders”). Compare also Old English smūgan (“to slide, slip”), Welsh mwyth (“soft, weak”), Latin ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”), Tocharian A muk- (“to let go, give up”), Lithuanian mùkti (“to slip away from”), Old Church Slavonic мъчати (mŭčati, “to chase”), Ancient Greek μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”), Sanskrit मुञ्चति (muñcati, “to release, let loose”). [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:humble [Verb] editmeek (third-person singular simple present meeks, present participle meeking, simple past and past participle meeked) 1.(US) (of horses) To tame; to break. 0 0 2022/01/13 14:11 TaN
38912 Meek [[English]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Proper noun] editMeek 1.A surname​. 0 0 2022/01/13 14:11 TaN
38915 revolve [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈvɒlv/[Anagrams] edit - evolver [Etymology] editFrom Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolvō (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve. [Noun] editrevolve (plural revolves) 1.(theater) The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production. 2.(theater) The rotating section itself. 3.2003, Gary Philip Cohen, The Community Theater Handbook (page 134) […] a revolving stage, two-level platforms stage left and stage right, and a large bridge that connected the platforms midstage, twelve feet up off the revolve. 4.(obsolete) A radical change; revolution. [Verb] editrevolve (third-person singular simple present revolves, present participle revolving, simple past and past participle revolved) 1.(Physical movement.) 1.(transitive, now rare) To bring back into a particular place or condition; to restore. [from 15th c.] 2.(transitive) To cause (something) to turn around a central point. [from 16th c.] 3.(intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body). [from 17th c.] The Earth revolves around the sun. 4.(intransitive) To rotate around an axis. [from 17th c.] The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours. 5.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828: It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. 6.(intransitive) To move in order or sequence. [from 17th c.] The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start.(Mental activity.) 1.(transitive, now rare) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. [from 15th c.] 2.1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 82: These are the difficulties which arise to me on revolving this scheme […]. 3.1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Bk.2, Ch.6, Monk Samson: He sits silent, revolving many thoughts, at the foot of St. Edmund’s Shrine. 4.(transitive, obsolete) To read through, to study (a book, author etc.). [15th–19th c.] 5.1671, John Milton, Paradise Regain'd: This having heard, strait I again revolv’d / The Law and Prophets. [[Latin]] [Verb] editrevolve 1.second-person singular present active imperative of revolvō [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editrevolve 1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of revolver 2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of revolver 0 0 2009/04/17 14:37 2022/01/13 16:06
38916 revolve around [[English]] [Verb] editrevolve around (third-person singular simple present revolves around, present participle revolving around, simple past and past participle revolved around) 1.To be connected with; to concern. 2.2003, Robert J. Shimonski et al., Building DMZs For Enterprise Networks‎[1], Syngress, page 50: In Chapter 1 we learned the fundamental security concepts revolving around the DMZ, what the DMZ is, and how to design a basic DMZ with traffic flows. 3.2014, Besfort T. Rrecaj, The Politics of Legal Regimes of Nuclear Energy in the Aspect of International Security‎[2], page 11: However, at that time I was already into the mode and interest of another important topic of international law revolving around the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity and self-determination related mainly to secessionist movements. 0 0 2022/01/13 16:06 TaN
38917 in the cards [[English]] [Etymology] editReferring to the reading of tarot cards to foresee the future. [Prepositional phrase] editin the cards 1.(idiomatic) Destined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen. I don't think another child is in the cards for them. 0 0 2022/01/13 17:25 TaN
38921 surrounding [[English]] ipa :/səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/[Adjective] editsurrounding (not comparable) 1.(Should we delete(+) this sense?) which surrounds something [Noun] editsurrounding (plural surroundings) 1.An outlying area; area in proximity to something 2.An environment 3.1994, Kraft Eberhard Von Maltzahn, Nature as Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding, page 50: They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out. [References] edit - “surrounding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. [Synonyms] edit - periphery [Verb] editsurrounding 1.present participle of surround 0 0 2022/01/13 18:08 TaN
38925 stablemate [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - metastable, metatables, steam table, steamtable, tablemates [Etymology] editstable +‎ mate [Noun] editstablemate (plural stablemates) 1.One (such as a racehorse) from the same stable. 2.One from the same organization or background. 3.2016 November 21st, Oliver Duff, “Letter from the Editor” in the i, № 1,869, page 3/5: That is why we are stepping in to fill the gap, partnering with the homeless charity Centrepoint, its patron the Duke of Cambridge (rather helpful in getting things done), various tech partners and our former stablemates, The Independent and the London Evening Standard. 0 0 2022/01/13 18:18 TaN
38926 triumvirate [[English]] ipa :/tɹaɪ.ˈʌm.vəɹ.ɪt/[Etymology] editFrom Latin triumvīrātus, from triumvirī (“triumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”). [Noun] edittriumvirate (plural triumvirates) 1.An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history. [Synonyms] edit - See Thesaurus:government 0 0 2022/01/13 18:19 TaN
38930 awkward [[English]] ipa :/ˈɔːkwəd/[Adjective] editawkward (comparative awkwarder or more awkward, superlative awkwardest or most awkward) 1.Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. John was awkward at performing the trick. He'll have to practice to improve. Synonyms: clumsy, lubberly, ungraceful, unhandy Antonyms: dexterous, gainly, graceful, handy, skillful 2.Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. That was an extremely awkward moment. Everyone was watching. An awkward silence had fallen. 3.Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction. I'm very awkward at parties. Things get very awkward whenever 60-year old men use cheesy pick-up lines on me. Synonym: maladroit Antonyms: amiable, cool 4.Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle. He's a right awkward chap. These cabinets are going to be very awkward when we move. 5.2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61: Clearing up rock and fallen vegetation at such an awkward site required a team of specialist geoengineers. [Adverb] editawkward (comparative more awkward, superlative most awkward) 1.(obsolete) In a backwards direction. 2.a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum X”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034: : Than groned the knyght for his grymme woundis, and gyrdis to Sir Gawayne and awkewarde hym strykes, and […] kut thorow a vayne […]. [Etymology] editFrom awk (“odd, clumsy”) +‎ -ward. [Noun] editawkward (plural awkwards) 1.Someone or something that is awkward. 2.1912, Eliza Ripley, Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of My Girlhood, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 2732890: Another important branch of deportment was to seat the awkwards stiffly on the extreme edge of a chair, fold the hands on the very precarious lap, droop the eyes in a pensive way. 3.1998, Leo Marks, Between Silk and Cyanide: The Story of SOE's Code War, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN: 'What periods are you talking about?' / 'The monthly awkwards. Didn't the girls at Molyneux have them when you were managing director?' / The Rabbit leaned forward, sniffing the air in the immediate vicinity. 'Either you've been drinking or you've got some girl into trouble. Or am I being unfair to you and it's both?' 4.2014, Grace Helbig, Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 76: That is a way to make awkwards. And it's not fun to hang out with awkwards more than once. 0 0 2017/11/22 09:36 2022/01/13 18:29 TaN

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