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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.
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reflectivity
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editreflective + -ity
[Noun]
editreflectivity (countable and uncountable, plural reflectivities)
1.The quality of being reflective.
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mainstay
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmeɪn.steɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Mayanist
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English main stai, equivalent to main + stay (“rope”).
[Noun]
editmainstay (plural mainstays)
1.A chief support.
Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy.
2.1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555:
As with most other railways, freight revenue is the mainstay of the balance sheet. In Canada, passenger revenue is only about one-tenth that of freight.
3.2000, Jedrzej George Frynas, Oil in Nigeria, →ISBN:
Oil is the mainstay of Nigeria's economy.
4.2014, Marc C. Hochberg, Alan J. Silman, & Josef S. Smolen, Rheumatology, →ISBN, page 307:
Conventional radiography has a major role in, and remains the mainstay of, initial evaluation and follow-up of rheumatologic disease.
5.Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.
6.1963 January, “Motive power miscellany”, in Modern Railways, page 65:
On the Bishops Stortford line, the crisis now seems to be over; the units designed for this service are the mainstay of the workings once again and although some of the inner suburban sets are still seen, very few L.T.S. Line units are noticeable.
7.2004, Susan McHugh, Dog, →ISBN:
Like show dogs, dog actors became a mainstay in European and American contexts from the early nineteenth century with the convergence of public sentiment for dogs and popular interest in training them.
8.2010, Lamar Underwood, 1001 Fishing Tips, →ISBN:
Crickets are a mainstay of panfishing with live bait—and a mainstay of bait shops—but they come off the hook easily and you'll be plagued by minnows and tiny fish constantly stealing your bait.
9.2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
X-Men: Apocalypse, directed by series mainstay Bryan Singer, gives Magneto, the Holocaust survivor who can control magnetic fields, and Xavier, the paraplegic telepath who tends to come off as really smug, next-to-zero shared screen time.
10.(nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.
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sharp
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɑːp/[Adjective]
editsharp (comparative sharper, superlative sharpest)
1.Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
2.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
3.1984, Michael Grater, Paper Mask Making, →ISBN, page 55:
If a knife which is sharp is incorrectly used it will obviously be dangerous.
4.2002, Carol Pier, Tainted Harvest, →ISBN:
Fifteen children reported handling curvos, five machetes, and one a sharp knife used to cut yellow leaves off the banana plants.
5.2006, Werner U. Spitz, Daniel J. Spitz, Russell S. Fisher, Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death, →ISBN:
Yet, review of 25 years of English language literature on the subject of sharp force injury adds remarkably little to this topic. Sharp force covers a vast array of injuries produced with sharp objects capable of cutting or stabbing or both.
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
A face with sharp features
6.(informal) Intelligent.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
7.2015 February 20, Jesse Jackson, “In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
At school, despite his sharp mind, Malcolm was laughed at by teachers when he said he wanted to be a lawyer.
8.(music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
9.(music) Higher in pitch than required.
The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
10.Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
11.Sudden and intense.
A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
12.1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter II, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, OCLC 40817384:
She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact.
13.(informal) Illegal or dishonest.
Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
14.(informal) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
a sharp dealer; a sharp customer
15.1732, Jonathan Swift, Considerations Upon Two Bills:
But, as they have hitherto stood, a clergyman established in a competent living is not under the necessity of being so sharp, vigilant, and exacting.
16.Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.
17.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
18.
19.Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
sharp criticism
When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.
20.(informal) Stylish or attractive.
You look so sharp in that tuxedo!
21.Observant; alert; acute.
Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!
22.Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.
23.1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
The street down which Warwick had come intersected Front Street at a sharp angle in front of the old hotel, forming a sort of flatiron block at the junction, known as Liberty Point
24.Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve
25.(mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.
26.(chess) Tactical; risky.
27.1963, Max Euwe, Chess Master Vs. Chess Amateur (page xviii)
Time and time again, the amateur player has lost the opportunity to make the really best move because he felt bound to follow some chess "rule" he had learned, rather than to make the sharp move which was indicated by the position.
28.1975, Luděk Pachman, Decisive Games in Chess History (page 64)
In such situations most chess players choose the obvious and logical way: they go in for sharp play. However, not everyone is a natural attacking player […]
29.Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air
30.c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
31.1785, William Cowper, The Task: The Winter Walk at Noon:
The night was Winter in his roughest mood; the morning sharp and clear.
32.1867, John Keble, “St. Peter's Release”, in J.G.Holland, editor, Christ and the Twelve: Scenes and Events in the Life of Our Saviour and His Apostles, page 424:
In sharpest perils faithful proved, Let his soul love thee to the end.
33.Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
a sharp appetite
34.(obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
35.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
And fear of God, from whom their piety feign'd In sharp contest of battle found no aid Against invaders
36.1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperor: Act III:
A sharp assault already is begun;
37.Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
38.1700, Edward Moxon, Mechanical Exercises:
Well-burnt good lime and sharp sand, if very sharp, a load of sand (about 36 bushels) to a hundred of lime (being 25 bushels, or a hundred pecks […]
39.(phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
40.(obsolete) Hungry.
41.1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, II.iii.1:
“[W]hy this last week we ha'n't had nothing at all but some dry musty red herrings; so you may think, Miss, we're kept pretty sharp!”
[Adverb]
editsharp (comparative sharper, superlative sharpest)
1.To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
2.1853, Matthew Arnold, Sohrab and Rustum
The iron plates rang sharp, but turn'd the spear
3.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
You bite so sharp at reasons.
4.(not comparable) Exactly.
5.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “Open at 9am sharp, Frank had waited until 11.30am for his first visitor of the day – and here I came, not with an empty shopping basket, but a reporter’s notebook.”, in The Guardian[2]:
I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
6.(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Harps, Spahr, harps, shrap
[Antonyms]
edit
- (able to cut easily): blunt, dull
- (intelligent): dim, dim-witted, slow, slow-witted, thick
- (able to pierce easily): blunt
- (higher than usual by one semitone): flat
- (music: higher in pitch than required): flat
- (having an intense and acrid flavour): bland, insipid, tasteless
- (sudden and intense): dull
- (illegal, dishonest): above-board, honest, legit, legitimate, reputable
- (accurate): inaccurate, imprecise
- (critical): complimentary, flattering, friendly, kind, nice
- (stylish, attractive): inelegant, scruffy, shabby
- (observant): unobservant
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English scharp, from Old English sċearp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-. Cognate with West Frisian skerp, Low German scharp, Dutch scherp, German scharf, Danish skarp. Compare Irish cearb (“keen; cutting”), Latin acerbus (“tart, bitter”), Tocharian B kärpye (“rough”), Latvian skârbs (“sharp, rough”), Russian щерба (ščerba, “notch”), Polish szczerba (“gap, dent, jag, chip, nick, notch”), Albanian harb (“rudeness”), from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). More at shear.
[Noun]
editsharp (plural sharps)
1.(music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.
2.(music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
3.(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
4.(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)
5.(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
6.c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, On Duelling
If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.
1.(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
2.(medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
3.A sharp tool or weapon.A dishonest person; a cheater.
- 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, “A More Humane Mikado”, in […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], OCLC 25083293, Act II, page 36:
The billiard sharp whom anyone catches / His doom's extremely hard— [...]
The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- 1858, Charles Kingsley, "Chalk Stream Studies", in Fraser's Magazine
here are good fish to be picked out of sharps and stop-holes into the water-tablesA sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- 1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy 2010, p. 21:
While he worked he talked to his ducks, who were waddling about hopefully, as it was almost time for the red bucket to be filled with sharps and potato-peelings.(slang, dated) An expert.A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- 2006, Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970:
The Circle was one of the few dances the older sharps frequented; mostly they were to be found in pubs, pool-halls or at the track.
[References]
edit
- sharp at OneLook Dictionary Search
- sharp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (able to cut easily): keen, razor, razor-sharp
- (intelligent): brainy, bright, intelligent, keen, smart, witty
- (able to pierce easily): pointed
- (having an intense and acrid flavour): acrid, pungent
- (sudden and intense): abrupt, acute, stabbing
- (illegal, dishonest): dishonest, dodgy, illegal, illicit, underhand
- (accurate): accurate, exact, keen, precise
- (critical): acrimonious, bitter, cutting, harsh, hostile, nasty
- (stylish, attractive): chic, elegant, smart, stylish
- (observant): acute, alert, keen, observant, sharp-eyededit
- (exactly): exactly, on the dot (of time), precisely; see also Thesaurus:exactly
[Verb]
editsharp (third-person singular simple present sharps, present participle sharping, simple past and past participle sharped)
1.(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
2.To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
3.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
he made a shift yet to pick up a Sorry Living upon the Rook ; and not by Sharping alone , but now and then by downright Stealing
4.(transitive, obsolete) To sharpen.
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Sharp
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Sharpe
[Anagrams]
edit
- Harps, Spahr, harps, shrap
[Proper noun]
editSharp
1.A surname.
2.A Japanese and Taiwanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai, Japan.
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Who
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- How, how
[Pronoun]
editWho
1.Honorific alternative letter-case form of who, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
2.2008, Music for Sight Singing →ISBN, page 254:
I make my pilgrimage to Thee
O God, Who art the pilgrim's hope!
Praised be the Virgin, sweet and pure!
Be gracious to the pilgrimage.
[Proper noun]
editWho
1.(fandom slang) The television show Doctor Who.
2.2012, Graeme Burk, Robert Smith. Who Is the Doctor: The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who →ISBN, page 78:
After three event episodes in a row (the finale, Christmas special and season opener), “Tooth and Claw” is the first “regular” episode of Who we've had in a while.
3.2015, Ray Dexter, Doctor Who Episode By Episode: Volume 1 William Hartnell, →ISBN:
This is as wildly different to any episode of Who so far. It's fab.
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stuttering
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editstuttering (comparative more stuttering, superlative most stuttering)
1.That stutters.
2.(figuratively) Hesitant.
3.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[1]:
Relieved Chelsea halted their worst run of form since 1999 as a stuttering victory over Bolton gave the champions a first league win in seven matches
[Anagrams]
edit
- Turing test
[Noun]
editstuttering (plural stutterings)
1.A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
2.An instance of stuttering.
[Synonyms]
edit
- stammering
[Verb]
editstuttering
1.present participle of stutter
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addendum
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈdɛndəm/[Etymology]
editFrom the gerundive of Latin addere (“to add”).
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:addendumWikipedia addendum (plural addenda or addendums)
1.Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
Synonym: (shortening) addend
2.A postscript.
3.(engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editaddendum
1.nominative neuter singular of addendus
2.accusative masculine singular of addendus
3.accusative neuter singular of addendus
4.vocative neuter singular of addendus
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curvature
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɝ.və.tʃɚ/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin curvare, from Latin curvatura. See also curve.
[Noun]
editcurvature (countable and uncountable, plural curvatures)
1.The shape of something curved.
2.2018 October 9, A. A. Dowd, “The Star and Director of La La Land Reunite for First Man’s Spectacular Trip to the Moon”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 16 June 2020:
In the first of the movie's many striking images, we share his majestic view from the top, the curvature of the planet and the glow of the horizon brilliantly reflected in his helmet.
3.(mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
4.1980, Harold Abelson; Andrea DiSessa, Turtle Geometry : The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics[2], Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, pages 13–14:
A turtle drawing an ellipse would have to turn more per distance traveled to get around its “pointy” sides than to get around its flatter top and bottom. This notion of how “pointy something is,” expressed as the ratio of angle turned to distance traveled, is the intrinsic quantity that mathematicians call curvature.
5.(differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editcurvature f
1.plural of curvatura
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editcurvātūre
1.vocative masculine singular of curvātūrus
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editcurvature f (oblique plural curvatures, nominative singular curvature, nominative plural curvatures)
1.curvature
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megacaps
[[English]]
[Noun]
editmegacaps
1.plural of megacap
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Geo
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈxeo/[Anagrams]
edit
- ego
[Etymology]
editFrom Georgina.
[Proper noun]
editGeo f
1.A diminutive of the female given name Georgina
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geotargeted
[[English]]
[Verb]
editgeotargeted
1.simple past tense and past participle of geotarget
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deterrent
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈtɛɹənt/[Adjective]
editdeterrent (comparative more deterrent, superlative most deterrent)
1.Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
[Etymology]
editLatin deterrens, present participle of deterrere.
[Noun]
editdeterrent (plural deterrents)
1.Something that deters.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editdēterrent
1.third-person plural present active indicative of dēterreō
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in particular
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editin particular (not comparable)
1.(focus) Especially, individually or specifically.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
[Antonyms]
edit
- in general; see also Thesaurus:generally
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:specifically
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plywood
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editply (“sheet”) + wood
[Noun]
editplywood (usually uncountable, plural plywoods)
1.(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.
2.(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
[Verb]
editplywood (third-person singular simple present plywoods, present participle plywooding, simple past and past participle plywooded)
1.(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English plywood, used in Swedish since 1925.
[Noun]
editplywood c
1.(uncountable) plywood, cross veneer
[References]
edit
- plywood in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- plywood in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
[Synonyms]
edit
- kryssfaner
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tug-of-war
[[English]]
[Noun]
edittug-of-war (plural tugs-of-war)
1.Alternative spelling of tug of war
2.2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]
Heads fling blood and mucus into the air; viscera drip from vulture bills; two birds play tug-of-war with a ten-foot rope of intestine coated in dirt and feces.
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tug
[[English]]
ipa :/tʌɡ/[Anagrams]
edit
- GUT, Gut, UTG, gut
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tow.
[Noun]
edittug (plural tugs)
1.A sudden powerful pull.
2.1697, “The Eleventh Book of the Æneis”, in Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
3.2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport[1]:
But Van Persie slotted home 40 seconds after the break before David Wheater saw red for a tug on Theo Walcott.
4.(nautical) A tugboat.
5.(obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
6.1910, Rudyard Kipling, Simple Simon:
Cattiwi came down the steep lane with his five-horse timber-tug
7.A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
8.(mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
9.(slang) An act of masturbation.
He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
[Verb]
edittug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged)
1.(transitive) to pull or drag with great effort
The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
2.(transitive) to pull hard repeatedly
He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
3.(transitive) to tow by tugboat
4.(slang, transitive, intransitive) to masturbate
[[Elfdalian]]
[Noun]
edittug n
1.train
[[Ibanag]]
[Noun]
edittug
1.(anatomy) knee
[[Icelandic]]
[Noun]
edittug
1.inflection of tugur:
1.indefinite accusative singular
2.indefinite dative singular
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Verb]
edittug
1.past tense of thoir
[[Tausug]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduʀ.
[Verb]
edittūg (used in the form magtūg)
1.to sleep
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undue
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈdjuː/[Adjective]
editundue (comparative more undue, superlative most undue)
1.Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
2.2016 January 17, "Wealthy cabals run America," Al Jazeera America (retrieved 18 January 2016):
But even if they don’t announce themselves on the cover of the Times business section, groups of millionaires exercise undue influence on every aspect of American life every day.
3.That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
4.(of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.
[Etymology]
editFrom un- + due
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38963
irreparable
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl/[Adjective]
editirreparable (comparative more irreparable, superlative most irreparable)
1.Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.
2.1787, “The History of Europe”, in The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1784 and 1785, volume XXVII, London: Printed by J[ames] Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, OCLC 874176698, chapter VIII, page 134, column 1:
It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French irréparable, from Old French, from Latin irreparabilis, equivalent to ir- + reparable.
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editirreparable (masculine and feminine plural irreparables)
1.irreparable
[Antonyms]
edit
- reparable
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editirreparable (plural irreparables)
1.irreparable
Antonym: reparable
[Further reading]
edit
- “irreparable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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compulsion
[[English]]
ipa :/kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French compulsion, from Late Latin compulsiō, from Latin compellere (“to compel, coerce”); see compel.
[Further reading]
edit
- compulsion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- compulsion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “compulsion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Noun]
editcompulsion (countable and uncountable, plural compulsions)
1.An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke.
2.2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
3.The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
4.1941 May, “Jubilee of the City Tube”, in Railway Magazine, page 223:
From the opening of the City & South London Railway independent electric locomotives were used under compulsion of the Board of Trade.
5.2016 January 17, "Wealthy cabals run America," Al Jazeera America (retrieved 18 January 2016):
But Treaty translator and Ottawa leader Andrew Blackbird described the Treaty as made “not with the free will of the Indians, but by compulsion.”
6.The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.pyl.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin compulsiō.
[Further reading]
edit
- “compulsion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editcompulsion f (plural compulsions)
1.compulsion
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lessee
[[English]]
ipa :-iː[Anagrams]
edit
- Leeses, leeses
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Anglo-Norman lessié, past participle of lessier (“to permit, to let”).
[Etymology 2]
editContraction.
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truthfully
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l.li/[Adverb]
edittruthfully (comparative more truthfully, superlative most truthfully)
1.(manner) In a truthful manner
He spoke truthfully.
2.Frankly.
Truthfully, I didn't suspect a thing.
[Etymology]
edittruthful + -ly
[Synonyms]
edit
- (truthful manner): honestly, sincerely; see also Thesaurus:honestly
- (frankly): actually, in point of fact, truly; see also Thesaurus:actually
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synopsis
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪˈnɒpsɪs/[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view
[Noun]
editsynopsis (plural synopses)
1.(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
2.A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
3.(Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
editsynopsis
1.synopsis
[Synonyms]
edit
- tiivistelmä
[[French]]
ipa :/si.nɔp.sis/[Further reading]
edit
- “synopsis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editsynopsis m or f (plural synopsis)
1.A general overview or synoptic table of a topic.
2.(media) Plot summary of a movie.
[[Latin]]
ipa :/syˈnop.sis/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek σῠ́νοψῐς (súnopsis, “shared view; estimate”).
[Noun]
editsynopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension
1.list
2.synopsis
[References]
edit
- synopsis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- synopsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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orbiter
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editorbit + -er
[Noun]
editorbiter (plural orbiters)
1.An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
2.2021 February 9, Kenneth Chang, “Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
One day after the Hope maneuver, a Chinese spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is to also enter orbit around Mars. The Chinese mission is carrying a lander and a rover to explore a large impact basin called Utopia Planitia, but those are not to detach from the orbiter and head to the surface until May.
3.(slang, seduction community) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.
4.2015, Jack N. Raven, Penetration: A Tactical Manual on Forming Deep Emotional Connections!
The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.
[See also]
edit
- Space Shuttle
[[French]]
ipa :/ɔʁ.bi.te/[Etymology]
editorbite + -er
[Further reading]
edit
- “orbiter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Verb]
editorbiter
1.to orbit (circle another object)
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homogeneity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌhɒ.mə(ʊ).dʒəˈniː.ə.ti/[Antonyms]
edit
- heterogeneity
- dishomogeneity
[Noun]
edithomogeneity (plural homogeneities)
1.The condition of being homogeneous
[Synonyms]
edit
- (state of being homogeneous): See also Thesaurus:uniformity
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devotee
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɛvəˈtiː/[Etymology]
editdevote + -ee
[Noun]
editdevotee (plural devotees)
1.An ardent enthusiast or admirer.
He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
a devotee of classical music
2.(religion) A fanatical or zealous believer in a particular religion or god.
devotees of Krishna
devotees thronged the temple
3.(slang) Someone with an amputee fetish.
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in short
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Rishton, hornist
[Prepositional phrase]
editin short
1.As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.
2.1722, Defoe, Daniel, chapter 19, in Moll Flanders:
[H]e told me I did not treat him as if he was my husband, or talk of my children as if I was a mother; and, in short, that I did not deserve to be used as a wife.
3.1853, Dickens, Charles, chapter 10, in Bleak House:
Mr Snagsby has dealt in all sorts of blank forms of legal process; in skins and rolls of parchment; in paper — foolscap, brief, draft, brown, white, whitey-brown, and blotting; in stamps; in office-quills, pens, ink, India-rubber, pounce, pins, pencils, sealing-wax, and wafers; in red tape, and green ferret; in pocket-books, almanacs, diaries, and law lists; in string boxes, rulers, inkstands — glass and leaden, penknives, scissors, bodkins, and other small office-cutlery; in short, in articles too numerous to mention.
4.1915, T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, published 1917:
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, / And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
5.2008 December 4, Pickert, Kate, “A Brief History of Recounts”, in Time[1], retrieved 15 August 2013:
Most political experts expect the Minnesota election to be decided in the courts or even in the state senate. In short, it's a mess.
[Synonyms]
edit
- at the end of the day, in a nutshell, in a word, in summary; see also Thesaurus:in summary
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trendsetter
[[English]]
[Etymology]
edittrend + -setter
[Noun]
edittrendsetter (plural trendsetters)
1.someone who starts a trend, or makes one more popular
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blatantly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbleɪtəntli/[Adverb]
editblatantly (comparative more blatantly, superlative most blatantly)
1.In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.
Synonyms: glaringly, plainly; see also Thesaurus:obviously
Although he was blatantly on drugs, the crowd still cheered him.
2.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 6, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, OCLC 19736994; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, OCLC 258624721:
Further on, blatantly advertising its meritorious solidity, a boarding-house exhibits behind uncurtained windows its testimony to the soundness of London.
[Etymology]
editFrom blatant + -ly.
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conformist
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈfɔɹmɪst/[Adjective]
editconformist (comparative more conformist, superlative most conformist)
1.Conforming to established customs, etc.
[Antonyms]
edit
- nonconformist
[Etymology]
editconform + -ist
[Noun]
editconformist (plural conformists)
1.Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French conformiste
[Noun]
editconformist m (plural conformiști)
1.conformist
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hearing-impaired
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithearing-impaired (comparative more hearing-impaired, superlative most hearing-impaired)
1.Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.
As a result of a childhood accident, my sister was hearing-impaired and had to wear a hearing aid.
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Huygens
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- yusheng
[Proper noun]
editHuygens (plural Huygenses)
1.A surname.
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sentencing
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsentencing
1.Relating to a judicial sentence.
There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.
[Noun]
editsentencing (plural sentencings)
1.The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.
2.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian[1]:
Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."
3.(informal) The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.
He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.
[Verb]
editsentencing
1.present participle of sentence
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corruption
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈɹʌpʃən/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French corruption, from Latin corruptiō.
[Noun]
editcorruption (countable and uncountable, plural corruptions)
1.The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity
2.1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them.
3.1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days.
4.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion[1]:
But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
5.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
6.The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
7.1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to generation.
8.The product of corruption; putrid matter.
9.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], OCLC 1202978654, page 154:
Think of wandering amid sepulchral ruins, of stumbling over the bones of the dead, of encountering what I cannot describe,—the horror of being among those who are neither the living or the dead;—those dark and shadowless things that sport themselves with the reliques of the dead, and feast and love amid corruption,—ghastly, mocking, and terrific.
10.The decomposition of biological matter.
11.The seeking of bribes.
12.(computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
13.2008, Tony Redmond, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with SP1:
The idea of having a time lag is to allow for situations when a corruption of some type affects the source server. If a corruption occurs, you do not want it to replicate to the copy of the database, so the time lag gives administrators the opportunity to recognize that a problem exists and then to have the ability to switch from the database copy if the corruption is so bad that it renders the original database unusable.
14.The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
a corruption of style
corruption in language
15.(linguistics) A debased or nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, mishearing, etc.
16.1996, Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture:
Even though the longer ending of Mark is itself secondary, its wording was no more immune to corruption than any other portion of the New Testament text (as scribes would normally not know they were corrupting a corruption).
17.Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
18.1740, John Leland, An Answer to a Book Intituled, Christianity as Old as the Creation:
God creates and produces them, but it is according to the Laws of this Species of Beings who were made to propagate one another, so that in this Production earthly Parents are the Instruments. And how far they may be the Instruments in conveying a Corruption or Pravity, is what we cannot distinctly explain; but to make this alone a Rason for denying it, would argue great Rashness and want of Reflection.
19.1831, Robert Mackenzie Beverley, The Tombs of the Prophets, page iii:
Far be it from me, however, to attribute the success to my exertions: I know very well that the whole success depends on the corruption and weakness of that system which I attack; for all that is requisite in this siege, is to tell the truth: let the truth be told, without concealment, and without fear of giving offence, and against such warfare the Church of England has no sort of chance: her corruptions and her abuses are so monstrous, that they need be only shewn to he hated; the only difficulty is to find persons who have the courage to withdraw the veil from the abominations that stand in the holy place.
20.1841, John McKerrow, History of the Secession church, page 143:
They admitted that there were corruptions in the Church of Scotland, but denied that these corruptions were such as to render a separation from her necessary.
21.1855, Ezekiel Hopkins, The Works of the Right Reverend Ezekiel Hopkins:
Let not lazy Christians ever think they shall be more than conquerors, while they use only drowsy and yawning desires, and wish that such a lust were weakened, that such a corruption were mortified and subdued, but never rouse up their graces against them.
22.2012, Shaun Robinson, A Knights Realm: Forsaken Rise, page 14:
We believe a corruption has started, we have feared this day for many years; ever since we got reports that a dark cult containing a small amount of members had been praying to the underworld god Volkin, and that they were never caught.
[References]
edit
- “corruption” in the Collins English Dictionary
- corruption at OneLook Dictionary Search
- corruption in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for corruption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (economics): rent-seeking
- (act of corrupting or making putrid): adulteration, contamination, debasement, defilement, dirtying, soiling, tainting
- (state of being corrupt or putrid): decay, decomposition, deterioration, putrefaction, rotting
- (product of corruption; putrid matter): decay, putrescence, rot
- (act of impairing integrity, virtue or moral principle): depravity, wickedness, impurity, bribery
- (state of being corrupted or debased): debasement, depravity, evil, impurity, sinfulness, wickedness
- (act of changing for the worse): deterioration, worsening
- (act of being changed for the worse): destroying, ruining, spoiling
- (departure from what is pure or correct): deterioration, erosion
- (debased or nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text): bastardization
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃/[Anagrams]
edit
- croupiront
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French corruption, borrowed from Latin corruptiō, corruptiōnem.
[Further reading]
edit
- “corruption” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editcorruption f (plural corruptions)
1.corruption (act of corrupting)
2.corruption (state of being corrupt)
3.corruption (putrefaction)
4.(figuratively) corruption (bribing)
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- corrumpcion, corrumption, corrupcion, corruptiun
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin corruptiō, corruptiōnem.
[Noun]
editcorruption f (oblique plural corruptions, nominative singular corruption, nominative plural corruptions)
1.corruption (state of being corrupted)
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Chauvin
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French Chauvin.
[Proper noun]
editChauvin (plural Chauvins)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chauvin is the 8246th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4018 individuals. Chauvin is most common among White (94.5%) individuals.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʃo.vɛ̃/[Further reading]
edit
- geopatronyme.com
[Paronyms]
edit
- Chavin
[Proper noun]
editChauvin ?
1.A French surname, equivalent to the English Chauvin.
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chauvin
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editchauvin (feminine singular chauvine, masculine plural chauvins, feminine plural chauvines)
1.(derogatory) Which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority; jingoist.
[Etymology]
editFrom Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
[Further reading]
edit
- “chauvin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editchauvin m (plural chauvins, feminine chauvine)
1.(derogatory) Someone who demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority; jingoist.
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landing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlændɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ingland, danglin'
[Noun]
editlanding (plural landings)
1.An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
Antonym: takeoff
2.A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
Hyponym: fleet landing
3.A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
4.1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 84:
She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
[Verb]
editlanding
1.present participle of land
[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English landing, present participle of land (“to land, to touch down”), from Middle English land, lond, from Old English land, lond (“earth, land, soil, ground; defined piece of land, territory, realm, province, district; landed property; country (not town); ridge in a ploughed field”), from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
[Quotations]
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:landing.
[Verb]
editlanding
1.(aviation) to land; to descend to a surface, especially from the air to touch down
2.to come to be in a condition or situation
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈlɑn.dɪŋ/[Etymology]
editDerived from landen + -ing. Compare English landing and German Landung.
[Noun]
editlanding f (plural landingen, diminutive landinkje n)
1.landing, touchdown of an airplane or any other airborne object
2.the act of disembarking a ship, particularly in military contexts
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English landing.
[Noun]
editlanding m (plural landings)
1.(Guernsey) landing
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom lande + -ing
[Noun]
editlanding f or m (definite singular landinga or landingen, indefinite plural landinger, definite plural landingene)
1.a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)
[References]
edit
- “landing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom lande + -ing
[Noun]
editlanding f (definite singular landinga, indefinite plural landingar, definite plural landingane)
1.a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)
[References]
edit
- “landing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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landing page
[[English]]
[Etymology]
edit1996, from landing + page.
[Noun]
editlanding page (plural landing pages)
1.(web design) A web page at which a user first arrives at a website.
2.1996, Robert F. Breedlove, Web Programming Unleashed, Indianapolis: Sams.net, p 910:
A good international landing page should have languages in some type of graphic that all browsers can read, followed by a selection of other languages that the user can shoot to quickly.
3.2007, Richard Gay, Online marketing: a customer-led approach, page 294:
When the user arrives at that landing page the content is not generic (as the home page will be) but specific
4.2008, Susan Sweeney, 101 Ways to Promote Your Tourism Business Web Site, page 104:
Your most important information on the landing page should be above the fold.
5.2009, Shari Thurow, When Search Meets Web Usability, page 71:
If they see their user-generated scent of information (keywords) on a website's landing page, they believe the page will help ... Searchers become confident that the landing page is giving them what they need.
6.2010, Perry S. Marshall, Ultimate Guide to Google Ad Words, page 110:
Is your landing page clearly about that keyword, and is the keyword used repeatedly on the landing page?
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hampered
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithampered (comparative more hampered, superlative most hampered)
1.impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered
[Verb]
edithampered
1.simple past tense and past participle of hamper
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understandably
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editunderstandably (comparative more understandably, superlative most understandably)
1.For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.
Understandably, he was too embarrassed to speak.
Embarrassed, he understandably refused to speak.
He was understandably embarrassed, and could not speak.
2.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Everton were, perhaps understandably, deflated at the setback and it was no surprise when Suarez added Liverpool's second after 82 minutes. Distin and Baines were involved in a mix-up as the Uruguayan advanced into the area, and he was not about to pass up the gift to shoot low past Howard.
3.In an understandable manner.
When presenting in front of the class, take care to speak clearly and understandably.
[Etymology]
editunderstandable + -ly
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part
[[English]]
ipa :/pɑːt/[Adjective]
editpart (not comparable)
1.Fractional; partial.
Fred was part owner of the car.
[Adverb]
editpart (not comparable)
1.Partly; partially; fractionally.
Part finished
[Anagrams]
edit
- TRAP, patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, tarp, trap
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English part, from Old English part (“part”) and Old French part (“part”); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to sell, exchange”). Akin to portio (“a portion, part”), parare (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (“part, portion”) (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave”), from Old English (tō)slīfan (“to split”)).
[Further reading]
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- part at OneLook Dictionary Search
- part in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- part in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editpart (plural parts)
1.A portion; a component.
1.A fraction of a whole.
Gaul is divided into three parts.
2.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
3.2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
4.A distinct element of something larger.
The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
5.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.
6.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, 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.
7.A group inside a larger group.
8.Share, especially of a profit.
I want my part of the bounty.
9.A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
10.3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
11.A section of a document.
Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
12.A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
13.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto VI:
[…] the Faery knight / Besought that Damzell suffer him depart, / And yield him readie passage to that other part.
14.(mathematics, dated) A factor.
3 is a part of 12.
15.(US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.Duty; responsibility.
to do one’s part
1.Position or role (especially in a play).
We all have a part to play.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
3.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
4.(music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
5.Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
6.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 15, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821, /mode/1up?view%3Dtheater page 356:
Meaning to to gaine thereby, that the fruition of life, cannot perfectly be pleaſing vnto vs, if we ſtand in any feare to looſe it. A man might nevertheleſſe ſay on the contrarie part, that we embrace and claſp this good ſo much the harder, and with more affection, as we perceive it to be leſſe ſure, and feare it ſhould be taken from vs.
7.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Mark 9:40:
He that is not against us is on our part.
8.1650, Edmund Waller, to my Lady Morton (epistle)
Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.(US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
The part of his hair was slightly to the left.(Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, 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 ii]:
which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them.
- 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], OCLC 946162345:
men of considerable parts
- 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848:
great quickness of parts
[References]
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- part on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
edit
- (action of a whole): piece, portion, component, element
- (group within a larger group): faction, party
- (position or role): position, role
- (hair dividing line): parting (UK), shed, shoad/shode
- (Hebrew calendar unit): chelek
- See also Thesaurus:part
[Verb]
editpart (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)
1.(intransitive) To leave the company of.
2.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene vii]:
He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.
3.1879, Anthony Trollope, John Caldigate
It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.
4.1841, Andrew Reed, The is an Hour when I must Part [1]
There is an hour when I must part / From all I hold most dear
5.1860, George Eliot, Recollections of Italy
his precious bag, which he would by no means part from
6.To cut hair with a parting; shed.
7.(transitive) To divide in two.
to part the curtains
8.1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII
I run the canoe into a deep dent in the bank that I knowed about; I had to part the willow branches to get in; and when I made fast nobody could a seen the canoe from the outside.
9.(intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
10.(transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
11.1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke III:
He that hath ij. cootes, lett hym parte with hym that hath none: And he that hath meate, let him do lyke wyse.
12.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto X:
He left three sonnes, his famous progeny, / Borne of faire Inogene of Italy; / Mongst whom he parted his imperiall state […]
13.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, John 19:24:
They parted my raiment among them.
14.c. 1699 – 1703, Alexander Pope, “The First Book of Statius His Thebais”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, OCLC 43265629:
to part his throne, and share his heaven with thee
15.(obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
16.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 30:24:
They shall part alike.
17.To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
18.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene viii]:
The narrow seas that part / The French and English.
19.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 24:51:
While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
20.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."
21.(obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
22.c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene v]:
The stumbling night did part our weary powers.
23.To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
to part gold from silver
24.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], OCLC 5634253:
The liver minds his own affair, […] / And parts and strains the vital juices.
25.(transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit.
26.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, 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 i]:
since presently your souls must part your bodies
27.(transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
28.2000, "Phantom", Re: Uhm... hi... I guess... (on newsgroup alt.support.boy-lovers)
He parted the channel saying "SHUTUP!" […] so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do […] maybe talk […] so we did […] since then, I've been seeing him on IRC every day (really can't imagine him not being on IRC anymore actually).
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈpaɾt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin partus.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Occitan part, from Latin partem, accusative of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.
[Etymology 3]
editBorrowed from Latin Parthus (“Parthia”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “part” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “part” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈpart][Etymology]
editLatin pars
[Further reading]
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- part in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- part in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editpart m
1.part (the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/pɑrt/[Noun]
editpart n (plural parten, diminutive partje n)
1.part
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editOnomatopoetic. Cognate to Votic partti. Probably the same root as in parisema (“to thud with pauses”).
[Noun]
editpart (genitive pardi, partitive parti)
1.duck
[[Faroese]]
[Noun]
editpart m
1.participle accusative singular of partur
fyri ein part - partial
[[French]]
ipa :/paʁ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old French part, from Latin partem, accusative of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.
[Etymology 2]
editConjugated form of -ir verb partir
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Latin partus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “part” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Friulian]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin pars, partem.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin partus.
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈpɒrt][Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian, from Latin portus. Compare Italian porto (“port, harbour”).[1]
[Further reading]
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- part in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[Noun]
editpart (plural partok)
1.shore, coast, bank, beach
[References]
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1. ^ part in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
[[Icelandic]]
[Noun]
editpart
1.indefinite accusative singular of partur
[[Ladin]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pert
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pars, partem.
[Noun]
editpart f (plural part)
1.part
[[Middle English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- parde, paart, parte, perte
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French part and Old English part, both from Latin partem, accusative singular of pars, from Proto-Italic *partis.
[Noun]
editpart (plural partes)
1.part
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/pɑːʈ/[Anagrams]
edit
- prat
[Etymology]
editUltimately borrowed from Latin pars.
[Noun]
editpart c
1.part, piece
2.party (law: person), stakeholder
att vara part i målet
to have a stake in the claim, to partial, to be biased
arbetsmarknadens parter
the stakeholders of the labour market, i.e. trade unions and employers' organizations
[[Veps]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowing from Russian парта (parta).
[Noun]
editpart
1.bench
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arena
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈɹiːnə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Aaren, Arean, Arnea, anear
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
[Noun]
editarena (plural arenas or arenae or arenæ)
1.An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
A large crowd filled the seats of the arena.
2.The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
The arena is grey with white beams.
3.(historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
The gladiators entered the arena.
4.A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
The company was a player in the maritime insurance arena.
5.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 4:
But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds, determining levels of anti-rabies vaccinations in village dogs, and examining ecological factors under the canopy of trees growing in agricultural areas.
6.December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine[1]:
To Musk, his vast fortune is a mere side effect of his ability not just to see but to do things others cannot, in arenas where the stakes are existential.
[[Aragonese]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arēna.
[Noun]
editarena f (plural arenas)
1.sand
[References]
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- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
[[Asturian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- areña
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arēna.
[Noun]
editarena f (plural arenes)
1.sand
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arēna.
[Further reading]
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- “arena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “arena” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “arena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “arena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editarena f (plural arenes)
1.sand
Synonym: sorra
2.arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
3.arena (a realm in which important events unfold)
[[Galician]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arēna. Doublet of area.
[Further reading]
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- “arena” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
[Noun]
editarena f (plural arenas)
1.arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/aˈre.na/[Alternative forms]
edit
- rena
[Etymology]
editInherited from Latin arēna, possibly from Etruscan. See also rena.
[Noun]
editarena f (plural arene)
1.sand
Synonyms: sabbia, rena
2.beach or lido
3.space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
4.bullring and similar sporting spaces
5.cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)
[References]
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1. ^ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
2. ^ arena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
3. ^ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
[[Latin]]
ipa :/aˈreː.na/[Alternative forms]
edit
- harēna
[Etymology]
editFrom an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
[Noun]
editarēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension
1.Alternative form of harēnaeditarēna f
1.vocative singular of arēnaeditarēnā f
1.ablative singular of arēna
[References]
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- arena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
[[Neapolitan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arēna.
[Noun]
editarena f
1.sand
[[Northern Sami]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editarena
1.arena
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin arena, harena.
[Noun]
editarena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)
1.an arena
2.a venue
[References]
edit
- “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/ɑˈreːnɑ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin arena, harena
[Noun]
editarena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)
1.an arena
2.a venue
[References]
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- “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/aˈrɛ.na/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arēna, from an earlier *hasēna, possibly from Etruscan.
[Further reading]
edit
- arena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- arena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editarena f
1.arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
2.(historical) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
3.arena (realm in which important events unfold)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ɐ.ˈɾe.nɐ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.
[Noun]
editarena f (plural arenas)
1.arena
[[Sardinian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arena.
[Noun]
editarena f
1.sand
[[Scots]]
[Verb]
editarena
1.aren't
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/arěːna/[Noun]
editaréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)
1.arena
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/aˈɾena/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.
[Further reading]
edit
- “arena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editarena f (plural arenas)
1.(geology) sand, gravel
arena muerta ― pure sand (useless for cultivation)
arenas movedizas ― quicksand
chorro de arena ― sandblast
2.(building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring
[Verb]
editarena
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of arenar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of arenar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of arenar.
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- arean
[Noun]
editarena c
1.arena
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uptime
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- impute
[Etymology]
editup (“(computing) functional, working”, adjective) + time
[Noun]
edituptime (countable and uncountable, plural uptimes)
1.(computing) The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot.
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stitching
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈstɪtʃɪŋ/[Noun]
editstitching (countable and uncountable, plural stitchings)
1.Stitches, collectively.
The stitching is coming undone on this shirt.
[Verb]
editstitching
1.present participle of stitch
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sheen
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃiːn/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.Cognate with Scots schene, scheine (“beautiful, fair, attractive”), Saterland Frisian skeen (“clean, pure”), West Frisian skjin (“nice, clean”), Dutch schoon (“clean, beautiful, fair”), German schön (“beautiful”), Danish skøn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Bokmål skjønn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjønn (“beautiful”), Swedish skön (“beautiful, fine”). Compare also the loanword Finnish kaunis (“beautiful”). See also English show.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- sheen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Sheen
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃiːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.
[Proper noun]
editSheen
1.An area in London, officially East Sheen.
2.A village in Staffordshire, England.
3.A surname.
[References]
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- Anthony David Mills (2001). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press.
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shee
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- eesh
[Pronoun]
editshee
1.Obsolete spelling of she.
2.1591, Edmund Spenser, The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5[1]:
There, on the other side, I did behold A Woman sitting sorrowfullie wailing, Rending her yeolow locks, like wyrie golde 10 About her shoulders careleslie downe trailing, And streames of teares from her faire eyes forth railing*: In her right hand a broken rod she held, Which towards heaven shee seemd on high to weld, [* Railing, flowing.]
3.1598, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I.[2]:
Afterward shee sent a Gentleman aboord of vs, who declared that her Maiestie had good liking of our doings, and thanked vs for it, and also willed our Captaine to come the next day to the Court to take his leaue of her.
4.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V
...but Eve
[...]
Stood to entertain her guest from Heav'n; no vaile
Shee needed, Vertue-proof, no thought infirme
Alter'd her cheek...
5.1679, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher in Ten Volumes[3]:
I'le take thy noble Work (and like the trade Where for a heap of Salt pure Gold is layd) I'le lay thy Volume, that Huge Tome of wit, About in Ladies Closets, where they sit Enthron'd in their own wills; and if she bee A Laick sister, shee'l straight flie to thee: But if a holy Habit shee have on, Or be some Novice, shee'l scarce looks upon Thy Lines at first; but watch Her then a while, And you shall see Her steale a gentle smile Upon thy Title, put thee neerer yet, Breath on thy Lines a whisper, and then set Her voyce up to the measures; then begin To blesse the houre, and happy state shee's in.
6.1828, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12,[4]:
Lavater reporteth a historie of a parish priest in Germanie, that disguised himselfe with a white sheete about him, and at midnight came into the chamber of a rich woman that was in bed, and fashioning himself like a spirit, hee thought to put her in such feare, that shee would procure a conjuror or exorcist to talke with him, or else speake to him herselfe.
[[Manx]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish síd, síth. Cognate with Irish sí (“fairy mound”).
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editshee m (genitive singular shee, plural sheeghyn)
1.fairy
[Synonyms]
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- sheeaghan
[[Navajo]]
[Postposition]
editshee
1.by means of me, because of me
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laissez-faire
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editlaissez-faire (comparative more laissez-faire, superlative most laissez-faire)
1.Alternative form of laissez faire
2.1971 January 10, Stan Lehr; Louis Rossetto, “The New Right Credo–Libertarianism”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
As the economic derivative of libertarianism, laissez-faire capitalism is an economics of life, of rationality.
[Noun]
editlaissez-faire (uncountable)
1.Alternative form of laissez faire
2.2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, Penguin Books (2001), page 436:
‘How about we all try a policy of non-involvement for once? A little laissez-faire?’
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “laissez-faire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editlaissez-faire m (uncountable)
1.Alternative form of laisser-faire
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
editlaissez-faire m (uncountable)
1.(economics) laissez faire (a policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs)
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antidote
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæn.tə.dot/[Alternative forms]
edit
- antidot (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- tetanoid
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton), neuter of ἀντίδοτος (antídotos, “given as a remedy for”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “I give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Compare French antidote.
[Noun]
editantidote (plural antidotes)
1.A remedy to counteract the effects of poison (often followed by "against," "for," or "to").
She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
2.c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, 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 iii], page 149, column 2:
Can'ſt thou not Miniſter to a minde diſeas'd, / Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, / Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, / And with ſome ſweet Obliuious Antidote / Cleanſe the ſtufft boſome, of that perillous ſtuffe / Which weighes vpon the heart?
3.2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season”, in The New York Times[1]:
The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
4.(figuratively) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
Synonym: remedy
We need an antidote for this misinformation.
[References]
edit
- antidote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Verb]
editantidote (third-person singular simple present antidotes, present participle antidoting, simple past and past participle antidoted)
1.(transitive) To counteract as an antidote.
2.2007, Suzanne C. Lawton, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Asperger syndrome: natural steps toward a better life (page 143)
For his part, the patient must avoid some commonplace substances in order to avoid antidoting or stopping the action of the homeopathic remedy […]
[[French]]
ipa :/ɑ̃.ti.dɔt/[Anagrams]
edit
- détonait
- dotaient
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin antidotum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “antidote” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editantidote m (plural antidotes)
1.antidote
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strangely
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈstɹeɪndʒli/[Adverb]
editstrangely (comparative more strangely, superlative most strangely)
1.In a strange or coincidental manner.
Though I'd never gone to Boston before, everything looked strangely familiar.
Daniel was walking strangely because he had twisted his ankle.
2.(archaic) Surprisingly, wonderfully.
3.1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 1:
[…] all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love, and thou / Hast strangely stood the test […]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.
[[Middle English]]
[Adverb]
editstrangely
1.Alternative form of straungely
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luxurious
[[English]]
ipa :/lʌɡˈʒʊɹ.i.əs/[Adjective]
editluxurious (comparative more luxurious, superlative most luxurious)
1.Very fine in quality and comfortable.
a luxurious hotel suite
2.(dated) Enjoying the pleasures of luxury.
3.1857, Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association
When one looks at the elegantly dressed people round the gaming table, who perhaps laugh at everything which impresses other people with awe, who scoff at the Church and the Bible, one could scarcely think it possible that these enlightened, pleasure-loving, luxurious men of the world, carry on in secret, cabalistic nonsense, turning over cards, fortune telling, studying the significance of signs and dreams […]
[Antonyms]
edit
- impoverished
- abstemious
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin luxuriosus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).
[Further reading]
edit
- luxurious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- luxurious at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- epicurean
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/lukˈsjuːriˌuːs/[Adjective]
editluxurious
1.Lusty, lascivious; sexually transgressive.
2.Shocking; surprising in a negative way.
[Alternative forms]
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- luxsorius, luxorious, luxoryows, luxuryouse, luxuriouse
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French luxurios, from Latin luxuriosus; equivalent to luxurie + -ous.
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