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40707 rock-steady [[English]] [Adjective] editrock-steady 1.Consistent and dependable in one's behaviour or performance. 2.2000, Damon Gough (lyrics and music), “Say it Again”, in The Hour of Bewilderbeast, performed by Badly Drawn Boy: Now we've found a rock-steady beat / Now all we need is a melody / And words that mean something and nothing [See also] edit - rocksteady, rock steady - steady as a rock 0 0 2022/02/19 10:01 TaN
40708 quench [[English]] ipa :/kwɛnt͡ʃ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, acwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną. [Noun] editquench (plural quenches) 1.(physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state. 2.(physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system. [Verb] editquench (third-person singular simple present quenches, present participle quenching, simple past and past participle quenched) 1.(transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst. The library quenched her thirst for knowledge. 2.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto V, page 254: The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thriſty heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes diſplay, / Whiles creeping ſlomber made him to forget […] 3.1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4 I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it. Synonyms: appease, slake 4.(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light). 5.1798, Francisco de Quevedo, Fortune in Her Wits, and the Hour of All Men‎[1], volume 3, Edinburgh, translation of La fortuna con seso, y La hora de todos, pages 130–131: […] others ſaying, the fire would ceaſe as ſoon as it had vent, uncovered a great part of the houſe, breaking down the roofs, and destroying all that ſtood in their way. None of them went about to quench the fire, but all were employed in pulling down the houſe,  […] 6.(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron. The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter. 7.(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents. 8.(transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system. 9.2018, “Strong quenches in the one-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model”, in Physical Review A‎[2], volume 98, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.98.033602, page 1: A suitable method to prepare a system out of equilibrium in order to study the ensuing dynamics is to quench the system, i.e., to change its parameters abruptly. 10.(transitive, physics) To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state. If someone is pinned against the MRI magnet by a ferromagnetic object, you may need to quench the magnet in order to free them. 0 0 2009/01/15 16:25 2022/02/19 10:06 TaN
40715 intrusive [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/[Adjective] editintrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive) 1.Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome. Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive? 2.(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. 3.(linguistics) epenthetic [Antonyms] edit - unintrusive [Etymology] editBack-formation from intrusion, +‎ -ive. [Noun] editintrusive (plural intrusives) 1.(geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock [References] edit - intrusive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - “intrusive” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Synonyms] edit - unwelcome - uninvited - disturbing - interrupting [[French]] [Adjective] editintrusive 1.feminine singular of intrusif [[German]] [Adjective] editintrusive 1.inflection of intrusiv: 1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular 2.strong nominative/accusative plural 3.weak nominative all-gender singular 4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular [[Italian]] [Adjective] editintrusive 1.feminine plural of intrusivo [Anagrams] edit - risvenuti 0 0 2022/02/16 16:41 2022/02/19 10:13 TaN
40717 maintain [[English]] ipa :/meɪnˈteɪn/[Anagrams] edit - amanitin [Antonyms] edit - (to keep up): abandon [Etymology] editFrom Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”). [Verb] editmaintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained) 1.(obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th-19thc.] 2.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV: And thenne he asked leue & wente oute of his heremytage for to mayntene his neuewe ageynst the myghty Erle / and so hit happed that this man that lyeth here dede dyd so moche by his wysedome and hardynes that the Erle was take and thre of his lordes by force of this dede man (please add an English translation of this quote) 3.To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14thc.] 4.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii: Ther[idamas]. Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes, I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee: To be partaker of thy good or ill, As long as life maintaines Theridimas. 5.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 17, in The Mirror and the Lamp: This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer. 6.2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2-3 Man City”, in BBC Sport: Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table. 7.2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98: Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages. 8.To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15thc.] 9.1962 December, “A new Pullman era?”, in Modern Railways, page 362: Pullman traditionalists will no doubt maintain that the full-service-at-every-seat principle is popular with their clientele; [...]. 10.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian: She maintains that the internet should face similar curbs to TV because young people are increasingly living online. "It's totally different, someone at Google watching the video from the comfort of their office in San Francisco to someone from a council house in London, where this video is happening right outside their front door." 0 0 2016/04/02 02:31 2022/02/19 10:13
40720 resilient [[English]] [Adjective] editresilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient) 1.(of objects or substances) Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. 1.(materials science) Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed.(of systems, organisms or people) Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. - 1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary: He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost. 1.(psychology, neuroscience) Having the ability to recover from mental illness, trauma, etc.; having resilience. [Anagrams] edit - Listerine [Antonyms] edit - brittle - fragile [Etymology] editFrom Middle English resilient, from Old French resilient, from Latin resiliēns, present active participle of resiliō (“I leap or spring back”). [Synonyms] edit - bendable - flexible - strong [[Latin]] [Verb] editresilient 1.third-person plural future active indicative of resiliō 0 0 2009/04/15 11:48 2022/02/19 10:15 TaN
40721 undistorted [[English]] [Adjective] editundistorted (comparative more undistorted, superlative most undistorted) 1.Free from distortion [Anagrams] edit - outstridden [Etymology] editun- +‎ distorted 0 0 2022/02/19 10:15 TaN
40724 hammer home [[English]] [Synonyms] edit - drive home [Verb] edithammer home (third-person singular simple present hammers home, present participle hammering home, simple past and past participle hammered home) 1.(idiomatic) To repeatedly or continually emphasise (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it. The politicians seem to think that they have to hammer home every policy for the public to understand it: I would have thought we're more intelligent than that. 2.2020 December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more convincing”, in BBC‎[1]: In other situations, you might know someone who adds colour with personal anecdotes and feelings. You could shoot off a similar response – perhaps including a short story of your own to hammer home your point. 0 0 2022/02/19 10:19 TaN
40725 Hammer [[English]] [Etymology] editShortened West Ham +‎ -er, with a pun on hammer. [Noun] editHammer (plural Hammers) 1.(soccer) someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. [Proper noun] editHammer 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammer is the 1,661st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21,709 individuals. Hammer is most common among White (92.82%) individuals. [[German]] ipa :/ˈhamɐ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle High German hamer, from Old High German hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).Compare Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, West Frisian hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare. [Further reading] edit - “Hammer” in Duden online [Noun] editHammer m (genitive Hammers, plural Hämmer or Hammer, diminutive Hämmerchen n or Hämmerlein n) 1.hammer, mallet Synonym: (regional) Mottek Er schlug sich mit dem Hammer auf den Daumen. He hit his thumb with the hammer. 2.(informal) sensation Die Entlassung des Ministers war ein Hammer. The minister's dismissal was a sensation. 3.(sports) a hard shot, slam Der Torwart parierte einen Hammer von der Strafraumgrenze. The keeper saved a hard shot from the 18-yard line. 4.(informal) (with sein) to be awesome Ihr seid der Hammer! You all are awesome! [[Pennsylvania German]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle High German hamer, from Old High German hamar. Compare German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer. [Noun] editHammer m (plural Hammer, second plural Hemmer) 1.hammer 0 0 2022/02/19 10:19 TaN
40730 refute [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈfjuːt/[Anagrams] edit - Fuerte, feuter, feutre [Antonyms] edit - (prove (something) to be false): demonstrate, prove - (deny the truth or correctness): accept, embrace [Etymology] editFrom Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”). [Synonyms] edit - (prove (something) to be false): debunk, disprove, rebut - (deny the truth or correctness): deny, gainsay, rebut, reject, repudiate [Verb] editrefute (third-person singular simple present refutes, present participle refuting, simple past and past participle refuted) 1.(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. 2.1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. 3.(transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something). 4.1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus." [[Middle English]] ipa :/rɛˈfiu̯t(ə)/[Alternative forms] edit - refeut, reffute, refuit, refut, refutt, refuyt, refyte [Etymology] editFrom Old French refuite, from refuir (“to flee”). Compare refuge. [Noun] editrefute (uncountable) 1.refuge (state of protection or comfort) 2.refuge (place of protection or comfort) 3.A protector or comforter. [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editrefute 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of refutar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of refutar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of refutar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of refutar [[Spanish]] [Verb] editrefute 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of refutar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of refutar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of refutar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of refutar. 0 0 2009/09/13 14:11 2022/02/19 10:22 TaN
40731 empirical [[English]] ipa :/ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl/[Adjective] editempirical (comparative more empirical, superlative most empirical) 1.Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation). The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade. For some presumptive diagnoses, empirical antibiotic therapy begins immediately, whereas specific antibiotic therapy must await the results of the culture and sensitivity test. Antonym: theoretical 2.H. Spencer The village carpenter […] lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. 3.Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses. 4.(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation. demonstrable with empirical evidence Antonyms: anecdotal, theoretical [Antonyms] edit - nonempirical [Etymology] editFrom empiric +‎ -al. [Further reading] edit - “empirical” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - empirical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - empirical at OneLook Dictionary Search - "empirical" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 115. [Synonyms] edit - empiric 0 0 2010/06/04 08:05 2022/02/19 10:32
40732 empirical evidence [[English]] [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:empirical evidenceWikipedia empirical evidence (uncountable) 1.Information (to support or refute a theory) supported by scientific experimentation or statistical analysis, involving testable observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses. 2.2017 December 22, NATALIE WOLCHOVER, “String Theory”, in the Atlantic‎[1]: String theory is considered the leading “theory of everything,” but there’s still no empirical evidence for it. 0 0 2022/02/19 10:32 TaN
40733 undisputed [[English]] [Adjective] editundisputed (comparative more undisputed, superlative most undisputed) 1.Universally agreed upon; not disputed 2.Unchallenged and accepted without question [Etymology] editun- +‎ disputed 0 0 2021/07/28 22:46 2022/02/19 10:33 TaN
40734 lockstep [[English]] ipa :/ˈlɒkstɛp/[Alternative forms] edit - lock-step [Anagrams] edit - splocket [Etymology] editlock +‎ step [Noun] editlockstep (usually uncountable, plural locksteps) 1.(military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front. 2.(figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization. 3.2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin 2008, p. xv: The CIA's analysts learned to march in lockstep, conforming to conventional wisdom. 4.An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern. 0 0 2021/10/06 09:26 2022/02/19 10:33 TaN
40737 accusation [[English]] ipa :/ˌæk.jʊ.ˈzeɪ.ʃən/[Alternative forms] edit - (obsolete) accusasiowne (15th century) - (obsolete) accusacion (15th century) [Anagrams] edit - anacoustic [Etymology] editFirst attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accusacion, borrowed from Old French acusacion (French accusation), from Latin accūsātiō (“accusation, indictment”), from accūsō (“blame, accuse”). Doublet of accusatio. More at accuse. Equivalent to accuse +‎ -ation [Noun] editaccusation (countable and uncountable, plural accusations) 1.The act of accusing. 2.1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]: We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses. 3.(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law. 4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 27:37: [They] set up over his head his accusation. 5.An allegation. ungrounded accusations a blind accusation repeated accusations an accusation of a crime [Synonyms] edit - allegation - assertion - censure - charge - crimination - impeachment [[French]] ipa :/a.ky.za.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin accūsātiō, accūsātiōnem. [Further reading] edit - “accusation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editaccusation f (plural accusations) 1.accusation [[Interlingua]] [Noun] editaccusation (plural accusationes) 1.accusation 0 0 2012/10/17 05:09 2022/02/19 18:49
40739 supercut [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - super cut [Anagrams] edit - cut-purse, cutpurse [Etymology] editsuper- +‎ cut [Noun] editsupercut (plural supercuts) 1.(film) A montage of short video clips, usually from a film or TV series, illustrating a particular repeated element such as a word or phrase. 2.2010, All The Movies Of 2010 In One Epic Supercut (VIDEO), The Huffington Post: Take a few minutes and watch this very well-done supercut of (nearly) every movie that came out in 2010. 3.2013, Populist: Items of interest this week, The Guardian: A supercut of all of the pie and coffee in Twin Peaks, most of it ingested by Agent Dale Cooper, obviously. 4.2014, Jon Blistein, Watch a Supercut of Wes Anderson's Slow-Motion Scenes, Rolling Stone: Now, Vimeo user Alejandro Prullansky has compiled a super cut of Anderson's slo-mo shots from across the director's filmography, charmingly – and maybe a tad cheekily – set to The Shins' "New Slang." 0 0 2022/02/19 18:50 TaN
40741 solicitor [[English]] ipa :/səˈlɪsɪtɚ/[Alternative forms] edit - solicitour (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle French soliciteur. Equivalent to solicit +‎ -or. [Further reading] edit - solicitor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editsolicitor (plural solicitors) 1.One who solicits. 2.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones: “I beg, Mr Allworthy,” answered Sophia, “you will not insist on my reasons;— […] Your nephew, sir, hath many virtues—he hath great virtues, Mr Allworthy. I question not but he will do you honour in the world, and make you happy.”—“I wish I could make him so, madam,” replied Allworthy; “but that I am convinced is only in your power. It is that conviction which hath made me so earnest a solicitor in his favour.” 3.2014, K. Stanton, Shakespeare's 'Whores': Erotics, Politics, and Poetics […] sex workers are regarded as born to be punished; the solicitors of their services are not. 4.In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs barristers to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction. 5.In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister. 6.In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction. 7.(Canada, US) A person soliciting sales, especially door to door. 0 0 2022/02/19 18:53 TaN
40742 solicitor general [[English]] [Noun] editsolicitor general (plural solicitor generals or solicitors general) 1.In common-law countries, a legal officer who is the chief representative of a regional or national government in courtroom proceedings; sometimes a deputy of the attorney general. 0 0 2022/02/19 18:53 TaN
40743 professor [[English]] ipa :/pɹəˈfɛsə/[Alternative forms] edit - professour (archaic) [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”). [Noun] editprofessor (plural professors) 1.The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. 2.2014 November 22, Michel Clasquin-Johnson, “What is the difference between a research professor and a professor”, in Quora‎[1]: Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years. 3.(US, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. 4.(archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. 5.1660, William Petty, Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland, p. 170/1: As for Religion, I have not said, much lesse meant irreverently of it, or of the Professors thereof. 6.1897, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Introduction, p. v: This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour; 7.(US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc. 8.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415: You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys. 9.The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman. [Synonyms] edit - prof [[Azerbaijani]] [Etymology] editUltimately from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”). [Noun] editprofessor (definite accusative professoru, plural professorlar) 1.professor [[Catalan]] ipa :/pɾo.fəˈso/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin professor. [Further reading] edit - “professor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “professor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “professor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “professor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editprofessor m (plural professors, feminine professora) 1.professor 2.teacher Synonyms: mestre, ensenyant [[Danish]] [Further reading] edit - “professor” in Den Danske Ordbog [Noun] editprofessor c (singular definite professoren, plural indefinite professorer) 1.professor [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˌproːˈfɛ.sɔr/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor. [Noun] editprofessor m (plural professoren or professors, diminutive professortje n) 1.professor [Synonyms] edit - hoogleraar [[Latin]] ipa :/proˈfes.sor/[Etymology] editFrom professus, from profiteor. [Noun] editprofessor m (genitive professōris, feminine profestrīx); third declension 1.teacher, professor [References] edit - professor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - professor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin professor [Noun] editprofessor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorer, definite plural professorene) 1.professor, the highest academic rank at a university [References] edit - “professor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). - “professor” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin professor [Noun] editprofessor m (definite singular professoren, indefinite plural professorar, definite plural professorane) 1.professor, the highest academic rank at a university [References] edit - “professor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Occitan]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin professor. [Noun] editprofessor m (plural professors, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras) 1.teacher (person teaches professionally) [[Portuguese]] ipa :/pɾo.feˈsoʁ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin professor. [Noun] editprofessor m (plural professores, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras) 1.teacher (person teaches professionally) Synonyms: docente (chiefly in academic contexts), mestre (dated), educador (has an affectionate or poetic undertone) 2.(Brazil, soccer, slang) coach Synonym: treinador [[Swedish]] [Noun] editprofessor c (feminine: professorska (dated)) 1.professor;[1] the highest academic rank at a university [References] edit 1. ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN [[Uzbek]] [Noun] editprofessor (plural professorlar) 1.professor 0 0 2021/08/05 08:21 2022/02/19 18:53 TaN
40745 gawdy [[English]] [Adjective] editgawdy (comparative gawdier, superlative gawdiest) 1.Archaic form of gaudy. 2.1836-37, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers On his head he wore one of the common eighteenpenny French skull-caps, with a gawdy tassel dangling therefrom, very happily in keeping with a common fustian coat. 0 0 2022/02/19 18:56 TaN
40748 headend [[English]] [Etymology] edithead +‎ end [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Cable television headendWikipedia headend (plural headends) 1.A cable TV control centre, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network. 2.1998, D. W. Faulkner, A. L. Harmer, Broadband Access and Network Management: NOC '98 The headend cable modem handles the medium access control (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network. 0 0 2022/02/09 09:11 2022/02/21 10:11 TaN
40749 Headen [[English]] [Proper noun] editHeaden (plural Headens) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Headen is the 14458th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2066 individuals. Headen is most common among Black/African American (65.44%) and White (27.98%) individuals. 0 0 2021/08/19 09:43 2022/02/21 10:11 TaN
40763 collaboratively [[English]] [Adverb] editcollaboratively (comparative more collaboratively, superlative most collaboratively) 1.characterized or done by collaboration. [Etymology] editcollaborative +‎ -ly [References] edit - “collaboratively” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. [Synonyms] edit - collectively, jointly, together; see also Thesaurus:jointly 0 0 2022/02/21 11:15 TaN
40764 Moline [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Meloni, Milone, lo mein, lomein, oilmen [Proper noun] editMoline (plural Molines) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Moline is the 9821st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3296 individuals. Moline is most common among White (85.5%) individuals. 0 0 2022/02/21 11:16 TaN
40765 debut [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɛbjuː/[Alternative forms] edit - début [Anagrams] edit - tubed [Etymology] editFrom French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeud- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. [Noun] editdebut (plural debuts) 1.A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area. 2.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Liverpool's performance - despite a defensive injury crisis that saw a promising debut for teenage academy graduate John Flanagan - was a resounding advert for Kenny Dalglish to be given the manager's job on a permanent basis. 3.2016 September 29, Jason Keller, Eberle-McDavid-Lucic line debuts in Oilers pre-season loss to Canucks, CBC (Canada): Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks. 4.(also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece. Coordinate term: sophomore Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status. their long-anticipated debut album 5.The first appearance of a debutante in society. 6.(Philippines) The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday. [Related terms] edit - debutant - debutante [Verb] editdebut (third-person singular simple present debuts, present participle debuting, simple past and past participle debuted) 1.(transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004. 2. 3.(intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004. 4.2020 April 8, “Fleet News: News in Brief”, in Rail, page 29: The nine-car electric unit debuted on the 0630 Newcastle-London King's Cross. [[Catalan]] ipa :/dəˈbut/[Further reading] edit - “debut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [Noun] editdebut m (plural debuts) 1.debut (a performer's first appearance in public) [[Czech]] [Etymology] editFrom French début. [Further reading] edit - debut in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957 - debut in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989 [Noun] editdebut m 1.debut [Synonyms] edit - počátek [[Danish]] [Etymology] editFrom French début (“debut”). [Further reading] edit - “debut” in Den Danske Ordbog [Noun] editdebut c (singular definite debuten or debut'en, plural indefinite debuter or debut'er) 1.debut [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom French début [Noun] editdebut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debuter, definite plural debutene) 1.a debut [References] edit - “debut” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom French début [Noun] editdebut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debutar, definite plural debutane) 1.a debut [References] edit - “debut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French début [Noun] editdebut n (plural debuturi) 1.debut 2.outbreak [[Spanish]] ipa :/deˈbu/[Etymology] editFrom French début (“debut”). [Further reading] edit - “debut” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editdebut m (plural debuts) 1.debut [[Swedish]] [Anagrams] edit - budet [Etymology] editFrom French début (“first throw or shot in a ball game”). [Noun] editdebut c 1.a debut 0 0 2019/01/21 00:11 2022/02/21 11:30
40767 hunger [[English]] ipa :/ˈhʌŋɡə/[Anagrams] edit - rehung [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Old English hyngran, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijaną. [References] edit - “hunger” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [[Danish]] [Noun] edithunger 1.(uncommon) hunger [Synonyms] edit - sult [[German]] [Verb] edithunger 1.inflection of hungern: 1.first-person singular present 2.singular imperative [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈhunɡər/[Alternative forms] edit - (Early ME) hunngerr, hungor, hungær - hunguer, honguer, honger, hungre, hongre, hungere, hongur, hounger, hounguer, hungir, hungyr, hungur [Etymology] editFrom Old English hungor, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. [Noun] edithunger (uncountable) 1.Hungriness; the feeling of being hungry or requiring satiation. 2.Hunger; a great lack or death of food or nutrition. 3.p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018: Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær. Many thousands they overcame with hunger. 4.A shortage of food in a region or country; widespread hunger. 5.a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “2 Paralipomenon 6:28”, in Wycliffe's Bible: If hungur riſiþ in þe lond and peſtilence and ruſt and wynd diſtriynge cornes and a locuste and bꝛuke comeþ and if enemyes biſegen þe ȝatis of þe citee aftir þat þe cuntreis ben diſtried and al veniaunce and ſikenesse oppꝛeſſiþ […] If hunger rises in the land, and pestilence, rust, wind, destroying grain, and locusts and their young come, and if enemies besiege a city's gates after the city's surrounds are ruined, and when any destruction and disease oppresses (people) […] 6.Hunger as a metaphorical individual; the force of hunger. 7.(rare) Any strong drive or compulsion. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz. [Noun] edithunger m (definite singular hungeren, uncountable) 1.hunger [References] edit - “hunger” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - sult [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse hungr [Noun] edithunger m (definite singular hungeren) (uncountable) 1.hunger [References] edit - “hunger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - svolt [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz. [Noun] edithunger c (uncountable) 1.hunger [See also] edit - hungrig - hungra 0 0 2022/02/21 11:32 TaN
40768 Kindred [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - drinked [Etymology] editNamed after local businessman William S. Kindred. [Proper noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:KindredWikipedia Kindred 1.A surname​. 2.A city and town in North Dakota. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Kindred is the 7,026th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,763 individuals. Kindred is most common among White (66.37%) and Black (27.65%) individuals. [[Cebuano]] [Etymology] editFrom English kindred. [Noun] editKindred 1.a male given name 0 0 2022/02/21 11:37 TaN
40769 responsibly [[English]] [Adverb] editresponsibly (comparative more responsibly, superlative most responsibly) 1.In a responsible manner. [from 19th c.] [Antonyms] edit - irresponsibly [Etymology] editresponsible +‎ -ly 0 0 2022/02/21 16:56 TaN
40770 obli [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - ubli (Anglo-Norman) [Etymology] editDeverbal of oblier. [Noun] editobli m (oblique plural oblis, nominative singular oblis, nominative plural obli) 1.forgottenness [References] edit - Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (oubli, supplement) [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈɔb.li/[Adjective] editobli 1.virile nominative/vocative plural of obły [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Adjective] editobli 1.inflection of obao: 1.masculine nominative/vocative plural 2.definite masculine nominative/vocative singular 3.definite inanimate masculine accusative singular 0 0 2022/02/22 08:45 TaN
40771 obliga [[Catalan]] [Verb] editobliga 1.third-person singular present indicative form of obligar 2.second-person singular imperative form of obligar [[Latin]] [Verb] editobligā 1.second-person singular present active imperative of obligō [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from French obliger, from Latin obligo. [Verb] edita obliga (third-person singular present obligă, past participle obligat) 1st conj. 1.to oblige [[Spanish]] [Verb] editobliga 1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of obligar. 2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of obligar. 3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of obligar. [[Tagalog]] ipa :/ʔobliˈɡa/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Spanish obligar. [Noun] editobligá 1.act of obligating 0 0 2010/11/16 17:47 2022/02/22 08:45
40772 obligado [[Spanish]] ipa :/obliˈɡado/[Adjective] editobligado (feminine obligada, masculine plural obligados, feminine plural obligadas) 1.obliged, obligated 2.committed 3.coerced, forced [Etymology] editFrom Latin obligātus. [Further reading] edit - “obligado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Verb] editobligado m (feminine singular obligada, masculine plural obligados, feminine plural obligadas) 1.Masculine singular past participle of obligar. [[Tagalog]] ipa :/ʔobliˈɡado/[Adjective] editobligado 1.obliged; compelled Synonyms: sapilitan, pilit [Etymology] editBorrowed from Spanish obligado. 0 0 2022/02/22 08:45 TaN
40773 lavalier [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - velarial [Etymology] editFrom French lavallière, named after the Duchesse de la Vallière, a mistress of King Louis XIV of France. [Noun] editlavalier (plural lavaliers) 1.An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace. 2.A kind of microphone intended to clip onto the lapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier. 0 0 2019/04/19 09:29 2022/02/22 09:34 TaN
40775 Connecticut [[English]] ipa :/kəˈnɛtɪkət/[Etymology] editSaid to be from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) (spelling due to confusion with connect) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (locative). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) [Further reading] edit - Connecticut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Proper noun] editConnecticut 1.A state in the northeastern United States. 2.A river in the United States that flows from northern New Hampshire into Long Island Sound. [See also] edit [[Danish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English Connecticut. [Proper noun] editConnecticut (genitive Connecticuts) 1.Connecticut [[Finnish]] ipa :/ˈkon(ː)e(k)tikut/[Etymology] editFrom English Connecticut. [Proper noun] editConnecticut 1.Connecticut (a state of the United States) [[Italian]] ipa :/konˈnɛk.ti.kat/[Etymology] editFrom English Connecticut. [Proper noun] editConnecticut m 1.Connecticut (a state of the United States) [References] edit 1. ^ Connecticut in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) [[Polish]] ipa :/kɔˈnɛk.ti.kat/[Etymology] editFrom English Connecticut, from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (“place”). [Further reading] edit - Connecticut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - Connecticut in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Proper noun] editConnecticut m inan (indeclinable) 1.Connecticut (a state of the United States) 2.Connecticut (a river in the United States) [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English Connecticut. [Proper noun] editConnecticut m 1.Connecticut (a state of the United States) [[Romanian]] [Proper noun] editConnecticut n 1.Connecticut (U.S. State) [[Slovak]] ipa :[ˈkonektikat][Proper noun] editConnecticut m (genitive Connecticutu, declension pattern of dub) 1.Connecticut (a state of the United States) [References] edit - Connecticut in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk [[Spanish]] [Proper noun] editConnecticut ? 1.Connecticut (a state of the United States) [See also] edit - Connecticut on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es 0 0 2022/02/22 09:40 TaN
40778 ly [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - -yl, YL [Noun] editly (plural lys) 1.(astronomy) Abbreviation of light-year. [Synonyms] edit - LY - lightyear [[Afrikaans]] ipa :[lə̟i̯][Etymology] editFrom Dutch lijden, from Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. [Verb] editly (present ly, present participle lydende, past participle gely) 1.to suffer [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈj][Further reading] edit - ly 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 [Letter] editly (lower case, upper case Ly) 1.The twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ellipszilon and written in the Latin script. [See also] edit - (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ. [[Latin]] [Alternative forms] edit - li [Article] editly (definite) 1.the (only in very specific circumstances) 2.13th c., Thomas Aquinas, Scriptum super Sententiis Quia ly "se" potest esse ablativi casus... (Since the "se" can be in the ablative case...) [Etymology] editUltimately from Latin ille, probably reborrowed from a vernacular Romance language. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] ipa :/lyː/[Noun] editly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya or lyene) 1.shelter [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/lyː/[Adjective] editly (masculine and feminine ly, neuter lytt, definite singular and plural lye, comparative lyare, indefinite superlative lyast, definite superlative lyaste) 1.lukewarm 2.mild [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse hlýr (“lukewarm”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz. The noun is from Old Norse hlý (“warmth”). [Noun] editly n (definite singular lyet, indefinite plural ly, definite plural lya) 1.shelter [References] edit - “ly” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Verb] editly 1.imperative of lya and lye [[Vietnamese]] [Noun] editly 1.Alternative spelling of li [[Westrobothnian]] ipa :/lyː/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse hlýr, from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Norse hlýða, from Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną. 0 0 2009/04/29 15:06 2022/02/22 09:41 TaN
40779 lye [[English]] ipa :/laɪ/[Anagrams] edit - Ely, Ley, ley, yel [Etymology 1] editFrom Old English lēag, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). [Etymology 2] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Etymology 3] edit [References] edit“lye” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Anagrams] edit - Lye, yle [Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse hlýja, from the adjective hlýr. [Etymology 2] edit [Etymology 3] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [References] edit - “lye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. 0 0 2009/04/29 15:06 2022/02/22 09:41 TaN
40780 LY [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editLY 1.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - -yl, YL [Noun] editLY (countable and uncountable, plural LYs) 1.(astronomy, countable) Alternative spelling of ly; light-year 2.(uncountable) Initialism of lethal yellowing. [Synonyms] edit - light year 0 0 2009/04/29 15:06 2022/02/22 09:41 TaN
40782 phoner [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Orphne, nephro-, phreno- [Etymology] editphone +‎ -er [Noun] editphoner (plural phoners) 1.One who phones. 2.2007 February 15, David Pogue, “Freedom for Prisoners of Voice Mail”, in New York Times‎[1]: The company plans to offer better deals for frequent phoners — including an unlimited plan — in the coming months. 3.(informal) A broadcast interview conducted by telephone. [Synonyms] edit - (one who phones): caller, telephoner [[French]] ipa :/fɔ.ne/[Etymology] editFrom English [Verb] editphoner 1.to ring, call, phone Synonym: téléphoner 0 0 2022/02/22 09:53 TaN
40783 pumping [[English]] ipa :/ˈpʌmpɪŋ/[Noun] editpumping (countable and uncountable, plural pumpings) 1.The act by which something is pumped. 2.2010, Nancy Mohrbacher, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Breastfeeding Made Simple Focus on the number of pumpings per day, not the time between pumpings. [Verb] editpumping 1.present participle of pump 0 0 2022/02/22 09:54 TaN
40787 splendid [[English]] ipa :/ˈsplɛndɪd/[Adjective] editsplendid (comparative splendider or more splendid, superlative splendidest or most splendid) 1.Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright. a splendid sun 2.Gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty. a splendid palace a splendid procession a splendid pageant 3.Brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard. 4.November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better with a headed chance. [Anagrams] edit - spindled [Etymology] editFrom Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) +‎ -idus (“adjective forming suffix”). [Synonyms] edit - great - magnificent - marvellous [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editsplendid m or n (feminine singular splendidă, masculine plural splendizi, feminine and neuter plural splendide) 1.splendid [Etymology] editFrom French splendide, from Latin splendidus. 0 0 2022/02/22 10:41 TaN
40790 of its kind [[English]] [Phrase] editof its kind 1.of the same type It will be the biggest of its kind. The car is the first of its kind, needing only water to carry it forward. 0 0 2022/02/22 10:42 TaN
40791 drill [[English]] ipa :/dɹɪl/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch drillen (“bore, move in a circle”). [Etymology 2] editPerhaps the same as Etymology 3; compare German Rille which can also mean "small furrow". [Etymology 3] editUncertain. Compare the same sense of trill, and German trillen, drillen. Attestation predates Etymology 1. [Etymology 4] editFrom Middle English drillen, origin unknown. [Etymology 5] edit Mandrillus leucophaeusProbably of African origin; compare mandrill. [Etymology 6] editFrom German Drillich (“denim, canvas, drill”). [[French]] ipa :/dʁil/[Etymology] editEnglish drill. [Further reading] edit - “drill”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editdrill m (plural drills) 1.drill (tool) [[German]] [Verb] editdrill 1.singular imperative of drillen 2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of drillen [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Verb] editdrill 1.imperative of drille [[Westrobothnian]] [Verb] editdrill (preterite drillä) 1.(transitive) twist, turn 0 0 2021/07/12 09:44 2022/02/22 10:44 TaN
40792 compromising [[English]] [Adjective] editcompromising (comparative more compromising, superlative most compromising) 1.Willing or able to compromise 2.Vulnerable to suspicion [Verb] editcompromising 1.present participle of compromise 0 0 2022/02/22 10:44 TaN
40793 splendor [[English]] ipa :/ˈsplɛndə/[Alternative forms] edit - splendour (British, Canadian) [Anagrams] edit - speldron [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from the verb splendere (“to shine”). [Noun] editsplendor (usually uncountable, plural splendors) (American spelling) 1.Great light, luster or brilliance. 2.1902, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories, "How the Rhinoceros got its skin" Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour. 3.Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur. 4.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess‎[1]: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement. The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison. 5.Great fame or glory. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈsplen.dor/[Etymology] editFrom splendeō +‎ -or. [Noun] editsplendor m (genitive splendōris); third declension 1.sheen, brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor 2.renown, fame [References] edit - splendor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - splendor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. - to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - esplendor - esplendur - splandor - splendur [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin splendor. [Noun] editsplendor f (oblique plural splendors, nominative singular splendor, nominative plural splendors) 1.splendor (brilliant brightness) [References] edit - Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (splendor) [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈsplɛn.dɔr/[Etymology] editFrom Latin splendor. [Further reading] edit - splendor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - splendor in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editsplendor m inan 1.splendor (magnificent appearance, display or grandeur) 2.privilege, honor 0 0 2022/02/22 10:44 TaN
40794 aluminum [[English]] ipa :/ə.ˈluː.mɪ.nəm/[Alternative forms] edit - aluminium (the spelling used in the sciences, and non-US English) [Etymology] editCoined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium.[1] Latin alumen +‎ -um [Noun] editaluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums) 1.US and Canadian standard spelling of aluminium. [See also] edit - bauxite [[Latin]] [Noun] editalūminum 1.genitive plural of alūmen 0 0 2017/03/02 17:55 2022/02/22 10:45 TaN
40797 Gale [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Gael, Lega, egal, geal, lage, leag [Proper noun] editGale 1.A surname​. 0 0 2022/02/22 10:45 TaN
40798 breakaway [[English]] [Adjective] editbreakaway (not comparable) 1.Having broken away from a larger unit. 2.1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, [1] Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions— 3.1997, Ted Hughes, "Actaeon" in Tales from Ovid, London: Faber & Faber, p. 111, lines 144-147, As Actaeon turned, Melanchaetes / The ringleader of this breakaway trio / Grabbed a rear ankle / In the trap of his jaws. 4.2016, "Iain Duncan Smith claims 'black ops' bid to 'denigrate' Leadsom," BBC News, 10 July, 2016, [2] […] the Sunday Times said some 20 MPs are ready to form a breakaway party if Mrs Leadsom is elected as leader over Home Secretary Theresa May […] The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society. 5.Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure. 6.1954, "The Week in Review," Time, 30 August, 1954, [3] In Hollywood, rehearsing for his show, Red Skelton plunged headlong into a "breakaway" door. It didn't break, and Red was hospitalized with concussion and a mild case of shock. a breakaway wall 7.(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun) 8.2016, Scott Feschuk, "Counting down the most annoying in video review, by sport," sportsnet.ca, 10 July, 2016, [4] In a league starved for scoring, the challenge ensures that some super-sweet breakaway goals will be overturned because a dude was three microns offside. 9.(entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success. 10.1976, "Sass and Class," Time, 1 November, 1976, [5] The New York quintet call themselves Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, and their RCA debut LP is this season's breakaway disco act. 11.1996, Bill Carter, "So Many New Shows, but Not One Hit," The New York Times, 14 November, 1996, [6] In that season, NBC added another first-year breakaway hit, Friends. 12.2016, Chris Riotta, "Rihanna's 'Anti' Has Extensive Alternative Music Career," mic.com, 11 February, 2016, [7] When Rihanna released her rebellious breakaway album Anti, it marked a definitive turning point in the singer's career. [Etymology] editbreak +‎ away [Noun] editbreakaway (plural breakaways) 1.The act of breaking away from something. 2.1932, Alan Lennox-Boyd, Hansard, 10 May, 1932, Finance Bill, [8] […] this Finance Bill represents a definite breakaway from the old practice of mass bribing, vote catching, and political Finance Bills which we were in grave danger of establishing as a permanent part of our national activities. 3.1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1998, Chapter 11, If the horse had been any good—or if he had known how to get any good out of the horse—he would have risked everything on a breakaway and a wild gallop. 4.1963 September, Modern Railways, page 146: Following a breakaway of the test train near Huntingdon during final trials, the start of the London-Newcastle-Edinburgh "Roadrailer" service scheduled for August 19 was postponed. 5.1992, Michael S. Serrill, "Back On Track," Time, 21 December, 1992, [9] During all that time, the French-speaking province of Quebec demanded additional powers to preserve its language and unique culture, while separatist pressure, generated by the Parti Quebecois, threatened breakaway if the demands were frustrated. 6.2011, Jeffrey Weeks, The Languages of Sexuality, Routledge, p. 158, […] the adoption of the veil by Muslim women in West European countries is often justified as a mark of their autonomy, a breakaway from the sexualizing influences of Western culture. 7.(cycling) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton. 8.2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway. 9.(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them. 10.2015, Eric MacKenzie, "Canucks fall 2-1 to Oilers in OT," vancouver24hrs.ca, 18 October, 2015, [10] With the game tied 1-1 early in the third, Henrik got free on a breakaway and was stopped by Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson […] 11.(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting. 12.2011, Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott (eds.), The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Appendix: The Great Fights, George Dixon vs. Jack Skelly (September 6, 1892), p. 262, The gong sounded almost immediately after the breakaway. 13.(Australia) A stampede of animals. 14.(Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd. 15.1893, The Argus, 29 April, 1893, p. 4, col. 4, cited in Edward Ellis Morris, Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages, 1898, [11] The smartest stock horse that ever brought his rider up within whip distance of a breakaway or dodged the horns of a sulky beast, took the chance. 16.(Australia, geography) An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau. 17.A particular yo-yo trick [12]. 18.1958, "Scoreboard," Time, 5 August, 1958, [13] After watching some older kids try out for the New York City Parks Department's yo-yo championship, Stephen Awerman, an eleven-year-old from Jamaica, L.I., decided that he could hold his own with the big boys. He spun his yo-yo through the required figures—spinner, walking-the-dog, breakaway […] —then unreeled 312 loop-the-loops to latch onto the title. 19.A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position. 20.(theater) An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance. 21.1980, Robert Anderson, Theatre Talk (page 19) EFFECT […] This usually refers to special effects such as flash pots, torches, crashes, breakaways, etc. [See also] edit - escape 0 0 2017/08/25 15:48 2022/02/22 15:56 TaN
40801 up the ante [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - raise the ante [Further reading] edit - “up the ante”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. [Verb] editup the ante (third-person singular simple present ups the ante, present participle upping the ante, simple past and past participle upped the ante) 1.(poker) To raise the stakes of a hand of poker Synonym: raise the stakes With three aces and two jacks, he thought it was safe to up the ante 2.(dispute) To take an action that raises the stakes, i.e. that increases the chances of conflict. 3.(idiomatic) To make something more difficult. When runners cross-train for events, they often up the ante by running on sand. 4.2021 May 25, Matthew Futterman, “‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’”, in The New York Times‎[1], ISSN 0362-4331: At the same time, leaders of the sport have continued to up the ante, organizing harder and longer races. Many last several days and hundreds of miles and include both high-altitude climbs and extreme temperatures. 5.(idiomatic) To make something more desirable. Synonym: sweeten the pot The school system cannot raise teachers' salaries, so they are providing better benefits as an effort to up the ante. 6.2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎[2]: After a slow start, it was the home side who began to up the ante. Gokdeniz Karadeniz caused Spurs problems with his raids down the right and Alan Kasaev fired narrowly over from one of his pull-backs. 0 0 2009/07/27 16:36 2022/02/22 15:58 TaN
40802 upping [[English]] ipa :/ˈʌpɪŋ/[Noun] editupping (plural uppings) 1.The act of increasing something. 2.1942, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons He announced, I believe, that it was far better, instead of making uniform uppings of all allowances, to provide for cases where need arose. I have not before me to-night figures as to dependents' allowances paid in other places. 3.1943, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, Investigation of the national defense program Yes; I personally believe that we can meet it if we are willing to bear down hard enough and make quickly enough a set of decisions that will lead toward sharp uppings of our production. [Verb] editupping 1.present participle of up 0 0 2022/02/22 15:58 TaN
40803 estimated [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - admittees, datetimes, meditates [Synonyms] edit - estd. (abbreviation) [Verb] editestimated 1.simple past tense and past participle of estimate 2.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎[1]: Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands. 0 0 2022/02/24 08:19 TaN
40805 proxy [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹɒk.si/[Etymology 1] editContraction of Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure). [Etymology 2] editproximity + -y. [References] edit 1. ^ 1859, Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionary - “proxy” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [[Italian]] [Noun] editproxy m (invariable) 1.(computing) proxy (interface program) [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈpɾɔk.si/[Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English proxy. [Noun] editproxy m (plural proxies) 1.(software) proxy (software serving as an interface for a service) 2.Clipping of servidor proxy. [[Turkish]] [Noun] editproxy (definite accusative proxyi, plural proxyler) 1.(computing) The proxy. [Synonyms] edit - vekil sunucu - yetkili sunucu 0 0 2022/02/24 09:42 TaN
40809 immensely [[English]] ipa :/ɪˈmɛnsli/[Adverb] editimmensely (comparative more immensely, superlative most immensely) 1.Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great extent. 2.1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 3: Then, too, he was always ready to constitute himself a hostile army or a band of marauding Indians on the shortest possible notice: in brief, a distinctly able man, with talents, so far as we could judge, immensely above the majority. 3.2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing" […] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. I enjoyed the party immensely. This question is immensely difficult. [Etymology] editimmense +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/05/11 08:22 2022/02/24 09:51 TaN
40811 get off [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - (disembark): get on or get in [Synonyms] edit - (move from being on top of): get down (from) - (stop touching someone): stop, desist, refrain, leave alone, let alone - (disembark): alight, disembark from, leave, detrain (from a train), debus (from a bus), deplane (from an aircraft) - (fall asleep): drop off - (experience sexual pleasure): cop off [Verb] editget off (third-person singular simple present gets off, present participle getting off, simple past got off, past participle (UK) got off or (US) gotten off) 1.(transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. Get off your chair and help me. Get off! You're crushing me! 2.(transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it. Get your butt off your chair and help me. Could you please get the book off the top shelf for me? 3.(intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone. Don't tickle me – get off! 4.(transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else). 5.1991, Lydia Lee, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Silhouette (→ISBN): "And I'm going! Period." Puckering her lips, she made an ear-splitting whistle, clapped her hands and shouted, "Pluto! Max treat!" […] Max felt something tug on his pant leg. It was Pluto. "Jane! Get your dog off me!" 6.(transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer. Can you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently. 7.(transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc). You get off the train at the third stop. Let's get off the interstate at exit 70. No, let's get off at the very next exit. When we reach the next stop, we'll get off. The heavens opened just as I got off the bus. 8.(transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place). 9.2010, Peter Lovenheim, In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time, Penguin (→ISBN) "I get up and get the kids off. I do everything normal mothers do. I just do it in less time." 10.(possibly dated) To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip). 11.1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist‎[1]: "I think we should get off, Enid. It is nearly seven," said he. 12.2016, D. G. Compton, The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe, New York Review of Books (→ISBN), page 155: “I've been out for a walk around. The rain's blown over. We'll be able to get off right after breakfast.” 13.2017, Jane Gardam, Faith Fox, Europa Editions (→ISBN): 'I'm beginning to feel like London again. I wish we could get off right after breakfast.' 14.(transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission. If I can get off early tomorrow, I'll give you a ride home. 15.(transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work. She managed to get a week off in March to go to Paris. 16.(transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone). 17.2001, Jonathan Harvey, Out In The Open, Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (→ISBN): Well I'll have to get a form off Rosemary Boyle to get money out your bank. 18.2017, Barbara Robey Egloff Shackett, Stranded in Montana; Dumped in Arizona, Dorrance Publishing (→ISBN), page 202: They said if they sent a form to me it would take about ten days, but if I could get a form off the Internet, I would greatly speed up the process. 19.2019, Christopher Beanland, The Wall in the Head, Unbound Publishing (→ISBN): I'll get her to come and get a script off you in, say, a fortnight? And then I want you on all the shoots with me and Kate and that gothic tosspot who's presenting. You never know when it might need a rewrite, or he might need a kick up the arse, ... 20.(intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of. The vandal got off easy, with only a fine. You got off lightly by not being kept in detention for breaking that window. 21.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 216: "But I find you have been there after all," said the man, "and now you shall lose your life." The lad cried and begged for himself till he got off with his life; but he got a good thrashing. 22.1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist‎[2]: He was allowed to rise with a warning that if he played any tricks he would not get off so lightly the second time. 23.1962, Henry Lawson, Prose Works: Then he was charged with killing some sheep and a steer on the run, and converting them to his own use, but got off mainly because there was a difference of opinion between the squatter and the other local J.P. concerning politics ... 24.2000, Morris Philipson, A Man in Charge: A Novel, University of Chicago Press (→ISBN), page 174: My parents were killed, but I got off with only a broken arm and a broken leg. 25.(transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment. She could've faced jail time, but her talented lawyer got her off with only a fine. 26.(transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge. She intended to get a letter off to her sister first thing that morning. 27.(transitive, dated) To utter. to get off a joke 28.1942-1963, J. F. Powers, quoted in 2013, Katherine A. Powers, Suitable Accommodations: An Autobiographical Story of Family Life: The Letters of J. F. Powers, 1942-1963, Macmillan (→ISBN), page 155: I heard Nelson Algren on the Chez Show, a radio program emanating from the Sapphire Bar of the Chez Paree—you see I've sunk to the lower depths—and he got off a line about Hollywood being a con man's paradise, which wasn't a very ... 29.1991, Newsweek: When Quayle looked silly by saying he would be a "pit bull" in the 1992 campaign, David Letterman got off a line about it ("For Halloween, he's going to be a Ninja Turtle"), but the general reaction was curiously tame. 30.(transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep. He couldn't get the infant off until nearly two in the morning. 31.(intransitive, UK) To fall asleep. If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again. 32.(transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm. 33.1999, Adam Herz, American Pie, spoken by Michelle (Alyson Hannigan): What? You don't think I know how to get myself off? Hell, that's what half of band camp is. Sex Ed. 34.2011, Kirsten Kaschock, Sleight: A Novel, Coffee House Press (→ISBN): It was Need. Her Need took her half in sleep onto her pillow and with her own hand got her off. 35.2015, Cara McKenna, Crosstown Crush: A Sins In the City Novel, Penguin (→ISBN): Her husband's tongue was fast and ingenious, mastered at teasing her clit with rapid, fluttering flicks, and he knew how much pressure she liked from years of getting her off. 36.(intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm. It takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off. 37.1975, Mary Sanches, Ben G. Blount, Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use (page 47) For example, one addict would crack shorts (break and enter cars) and usually obtain just enough stolen goods to buy stuff and get off just before getting sick. 38.2009, Rob Lacey, word on the street, eBook, Zondervan (→ISBN): Out of spite, Pharaoh cuts straw supplies and Jewish labourers have to make bricks without straw, the same target rates of productivity as before, but with no straw – virtually impossible. Pharaoh gets off on their exhaustion: 39.(intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch. I'd like to get off with him after the party. 40.(intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug). 41.1970, Milton Travers, Each Other's Victims (page 43) The beginner's dose may be anywhere from 100 to 250 mikes — micrograms, or millionths of a gram. Most hardened heads need 600 to 800 mikes, and some as many as 1,400 mikes, before they experience any sensation of getting off. 42.1985, Joanne Baum, One step over the line: a no-nonsense guide to recognizing and treating cocaine dependency, Harpercollins (→ISBN): Each person has a more outrageous story than the previous teller. […] "The first time I got off on cocaine, man, it was just too fine." 43.1989, Cardwell C. Nuckols, Cocaine: From Dependency to Recovery (→ISBN), page 2: Fear is biochemically similar to someone "getting off" on cocaine. 44.(transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner). Where do you get off talking to me like that? 45.1981, Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire, “A Million Laughs, A Bright Hope”, translating Wisława Szymborska, “Sto Pociech” in Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems by Wisława Szymborska: in a word: he’s almost nobody, but his head’s filled with freedom, omniscience, transcendence beyond his foolish flesh, just where does he get off! 46.(intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness. 47.2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 140: "And you're the only person in the country who can do it." "Get off," she said skeptically. 48.(dated) To achieve (a goal); to successfully perform. 49.1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist‎[3]: "If they get off their stunt I don't suppose they care a tinker's curse what is truth or what is not." 0 0 2021/08/01 15:56 2022/02/24 09:52 TaN

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