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41002 separate [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɛpɹət/[Adjective] editseparate (not comparable) 1.Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces. 2.(followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to). I try to keep my personal life separate from work. [Anagrams] edit - asperate [Antonyms] edit - annex - combine [Etymology] editFrom Latin sēparātus, perfect passive participle of sēparāre (“to separate”), from sē- (“apart”) +‎ parō (“prepare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English scēadan (whence English shed). [Noun] editseparate (plural separates) 1.(usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 2.2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian‎[1]: French taffeta evening separates – a puffball skirt, and a ruffled blouse – were pressed flat to drag them up to date. [See also] edit - disunite - disconnect - divide - split - reduce - subtract [Synonyms] edit - (divide into separate parts): partition, split; see also Thesaurus:divide - (disunite something from one thing): See also Thesaurus:disjoin - (cause to be separate): split up, tear apart - (divide itself): break down, come apart, disintegrate, fall apart - (select from among others): earmark, sepose; see also Thesaurus:set apart [Usage notes] edit - The spelling is separate (-par-). seperate (-per-) is a common misspelling. [Verb] editseparate (third-person singular simple present separates, present participle separating, simple past and past participle separated) 1.(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts. Separate the articles from the headings. 2.(transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 3.1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry From the fine gold I separate the allay [alloy]. 4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 5.(transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate. 6.2013 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]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment. If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes. 7.(intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring. 8.(obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. 9.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 13:2: Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. [[German]] [Adjective] editseparate 1.inflection of separat: 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]] [Verb] editseparate 1.inflection of separare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperative [[Latin]] [References] edit - separate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - separate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - separate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette [Verb] editsēparāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of sēparō [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Adjective] editseparate 1.definite singular of separat 2.plural of separat [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Adjective] editseparate 1.definite singular of separat 2.plural of separat 0 0 2009/11/16 15:59 2022/02/28 10:54
41003 efforts [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛfɚts/[Anagrams] edit - Stoffer, offrest [Noun] editefforts 1.plural of effort [[French]] [Noun] editefforts m 1.plural of effort 0 0 2008/12/15 19:40 2022/02/28 10:56 TaN
41004 effort [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛfət/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). [Noun] editeffort (plural efforts) 1.The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment within walking distance of the office.   He made a conscious effort to not appear affected by the stories in the paper. 2.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 23, in The Mirror and the Lamp: The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking. 3.2011 June 22, Press Association, “Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract”, in The Guardian: The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an effort to prolong his club 4.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. 5.An endeavor. Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans. 6.2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87: But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. 7.A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. 8.1858, Macquorn Rankine, Manual of Applied Mechanics the two bodies between which the effort acts [Synonyms] edit - struggle [Verb] editeffort (third-person singular simple present efforts, present participle efforting, simple past and past participle efforted) 1.(uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort. 2.(obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate 3.1684, Thomas Fuller, G. S., Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State‎[1]: When old, he lived in London where, being High-minded and Poor, he was exposed to the contempt of disingenuous persons. Yet he efforted his Spirits with a Commemoration of the Days of Old. [[French]] ipa :/e.fɔʁ/[Anagrams] edit - offert [Etymology] editFrom Middle French, from Old French esfort, from esforcier; morphologically, deverbal of efforcer. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, Portuguese esforço, Italian sforzo. [Further reading] edit - “effort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editeffort m (plural efforts) 1.effort [[Middle French]] [Etymology] editOld French. [Noun] editeffort m (plural effors) 1.strength; might; force 2.(military) unit; division [References] edit - - effort on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) [[Old French]] [Noun] editeffort m (oblique plural efforz or effortz, nominative singular efforz or effortz, nominative plural effort) 1.Alternative form of esfort 0 0 2008/12/15 19:44 2022/02/28 10:56 TaN
41005 steam [[English]] ipa :/stiːm/[Adjective] editsteam (not comparable) 1.Old-fashioned; from before the digital age. 2.1989, “Despite the era's technological marvels, 'wireless' is still magic”, in Toronto Star: Tom Earle, a CBC radio veteran now compiling audio archives in Ottawa, used to refer to the medium in which he worked as "steam radio" 3.2000 January 10, Bill Pannifer, “Sore eyes”, in The Independent: Unlike the Web, old-fashioned steam television must be viewed in sequence in order to pick out those rare bits of useful information. 4.2002 September 5, Alex Kirby, “Summit diary: Aftermath”, in BBC News: In the old days of steam journalism, after cleft sticks had been phased out but before the advent of e-mail, there used to be a fairly sure-fire way of getting your story to the news desk. 5.2004 April 2, “'I'ma player. It's time to move on'”, in Telegraph.co.uk: Fox has been at Capital since 1988, where he lurks a little in the shadow of Chris Tarrant, the radio station's monolithic star who has helmed the plum breakfast show slot since the steam radio dawn of time. [Anagrams] edit - AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, metas, satem, stame, tames, teams [Antonyms] edit - (fencing): electric [Etymology] editFrom Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). [Noun] editsteam (usually uncountable, plural steams) 1.The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase. 2.Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy. 3.The act of cooking by steaming give the carrots a ten-minute steam 4.(figuratively) Internal energy for motive power. After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam. 5.1927, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Ladies and Gentlemen (page 129) Them that puts the most steam into it will get a finnuf slipped to 'em. 6.(figuratively) Pent-up anger. Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam. 7.A steam-powered vehicle. 8.Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle. 9.(obsolete) Any exhalation. 10.1634 October 9 (first performance)​, [John Milton], H[enry] Lawes, editor, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: Printed [by Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, OCLC 228715864; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, OCLC 1113942837: a steam of rich, distilled perfumes 11.(fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment. [Synonyms] edit - (a steam-powered vehicle): steameredit - See also Thesaurus:cook [Verb] editsteam (third-person singular simple present steams, present participle steaming, simple past and past participle steamed) 1.(cooking, transitive) To cook with steam. The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them. 2.(transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing. to steam wood or cloth 3.(intransitive) To produce or vent steam. 4.1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, / O're his warm blood, that steams into the air. 5.1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 110: I found that the Chapelon steamed almost too freely, because on a strange locomotive and road one usually tends to overfire a little through a natural lack of confidence. 6.(intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour. Our breath steamed in the cold winter air. 7.1661, Robert Boyle, The Unsuccessfulness of Experiments the dissolved amber was plainly discernable swimming like a thin film upon the surface of the liquor, whence, little by little, it steamed away into the air. 8.(intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed. 9.(transitive, figuratively) To make angry. It really steams me to see her treat him like that. 10.(intransitive) To be covered with condensed water vapor. With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car. 11.(intransitive) To travel by means of steam power. We steamed around the Mediterranean. 12.The ship steamed out of the harbour 13.(figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness. If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them. 14.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]: That was the hard work largely done as the Ivorian waited for Malouda to steam into the box before releasing a simple crossed pass which the Frenchman side-footed home with aplomb. 15.(obsolete) To exhale. 16.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book 3, canto 1: like inward fire that outward smoke had steemd [[Old English]] ipa :/stæ͜ɑːm/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *staumaz, compare also Dutch stoom. [Noun] editstēam m 1.steam (water vapor) [[West Frisian]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *staumaz. [Noun] editsteam c (no plural) 1.steam Synonym: stoom 0 0 2018/12/13 18:34 2022/02/28 11:01 TaN
41006 STEAM [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, metas, satem, stame, tames, teams [Noun] editSTEAM 1.Initialism of serial time-encoded amplified microscopy. 2.Abbreviation of science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics. 0 0 2021/08/31 09:32 2022/02/28 11:01 TaN
41007 lofty [[English]] ipa :/ˈlɒfti/[Adjective] editlofty (comparative loftier, superlative loftiest) 1.high, tall, having great height or stature 2.1862, George Borrow, chapter 98, in Wild Wales‎[1]: On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east. 3.1885, Richard F. Burton, “Night 551”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: When the night was half spent, I rose and walked on, till the day broke in all its beauty and the sun rose over the heads of the lofty hills and athwart the low gravelly plains. 4.idealistic, implying over-optimism a lofty goal 5.3 November 2013, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online: A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level. 6.extremely proud; arrogant; haughty 7.1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books: that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers [Antonyms] edit - (having great height or stature): mean, ignoble - (idealistic): familiar, vulgar [Etymology] editFrom Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft +‎ -y; see loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”). [Synonyms] edit - (having great height or stature): noble, honorable 0 0 2021/07/26 14:08 2022/02/28 11:07 TaN
41011 extraordinary [[English]] ipa :/ɪksˈtɹɔː(ɹ)dɪnəɹi/[Adjective] editextraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary) 1.Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual. 2.1921, G. B. Shaw, Back to Methuselah: Everybody knew I was an extraordinary person. When I was born my beard was three feet long. 3.1978, Spanish Constitution of 1978: The Houses may meet in extraordinary sessions at the request of the Government, of the Permanent Deputation or of the overall majority of members of either of the two Houses. Extraordinary sessions must be convened with a specific agenda and shall be adjourned once this has been dealt with. 4.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport: Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions. 5.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip. 6.Remarkably good. an extraordinary poet 7.Special or supernumerary. the physician extraordinary in a royal household an extraordinary professor in a German university [Alternative forms] edit - extra-ordinary - extraördinary (rare) [Antonyms] edit - everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual [Etymology] editFrom Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +‎ ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire. [Noun] editextraordinary (plural extraordinaries) 1.Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary. 2.1787, The New Annual Register […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries. [Synonyms] edit - exceptional - unparalleled - noteworthy - outstanding 0 0 2022/02/28 11:16 TaN
41015 Venera [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - averne, navere, nervea, nevare, venare [Proper noun] editVenera f 1.A female given name [[Latvian]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin Venus (genitive form Veneris). [Proper noun] editVenera f (4th declension) 1.(Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess of love) 2. 3.(astronomy) Venus (second planet of the Solar System; astronomic symbol: ♀) [[Lithuanian]] [Proper noun] editVenera f 1.Venus (goddess) 2. 3.Venus (planet) [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/ʋěnera/[Proper noun] editVènera f (Cyrillic spelling Вѐнера) 1. 2.Venus (planet) 3.Venus (Roman goddess) [[Slovene]] ipa :/ʋéːnɛra/[Proper noun] editVẹ̑nera f 1. 2.Venus (planet) 3.Venus (Roman goddess) [See also] edit(planets of the Solar System) planéti osónčja; Merkúr, Vénera, Zémlja, Márs, Júpiter, Satúrn, Urán, Neptún [[Tatar]] [Proper noun] editVenera 1. 2.Venus (planet) [References] edit - ...8 klassik planetağa qarıy, menä alar: Merkuri, Venera, Cir, Mars, Yupiter, Saturn, Uran häm Neptun. Pluto xäzer başqa kategoriädä, ul kärlä planeta... [Synonyms] edit - Chulpan 0 0 2022/03/01 07:39 TaN
41016 extortion [[English]] ipa :/ɪkˈstɔːʃən/[Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō. [Further reading] edit - extortion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editextortion (plural extortions) 1.The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats. Synonym: blackmail 0 0 2016/05/01 11:47 2022/03/01 08:14
41018 espionage [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛs.pi.ə.ˌnɑːʒ/[Anagrams] edit - sea pigeon [Etymology] editRecorded since 1793, borrowed from French espionnage, from Middle French espionner (“to spy”), from Old French espion (“spy”), itself probably from a Germanic source (akin to Old High German spehon (“spy”)), possibly via Italian spione (from spia). More at spy. [Noun] editespionage (countable and uncountable, plural espionages) 1.The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means. 2.1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 16: So intolerable did Heavy Benson's espionage become, that Raynham would have grown depopulated of its womankind had not Adrian interfered, who pointed out to the Baronet what a fearful arm his butler was wielding. 3.2003 June 20, Joseph Purdy, “Totally Switched”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 19, Teletoon, Marathon Media, spoken by Alexandra “Alex” (Andrea Taylor as Clover and Katie Leigh): What a freak show! I mean, how often do you meet a wrestling librarian? Yeah, about as often as you meet a high schoolgirl involved in international espionage… Okay, bad example. [Synonyms] edit - spying 0 0 2022/01/29 21:34 2022/03/01 08:14 TaN
41021 up and running [[English]] [Adjective] editup and running 1.(idiomatic) operational, in operation 2.2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Class 345s finally able to serve Heathrow Airport”, in Rail, page 15: Crossrail is working with its contractors to enable physical works at stations to get back up and running. [References] edit - “up and running”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2022/03/01 08:18 TaN
41024 veracity [[English]] ipa :/vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very. [Noun] editveracity (countable and uncountable, plural veracities) 1.(uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness. 2.1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon: Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank. 3.(countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth. 4.(uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision. 5.Act of being exact and accurate. 6.Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:veracity 0 0 2009/07/28 21:22 2022/03/01 08:34 TaN
41027 Head [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - DHEA, ahed, hade [Proper noun] editHead 1.A surname, from Middle English, from residence near a hilltop or the head of a river, or a byname for someone with an odd-looking head. 0 0 2020/11/20 09:38 2022/03/01 09:36 TaN
41029 galvanizing [[English]] [Verb] editgalvanizing 1.present participle of galvanize 0 0 2022/03/01 09:42 TaN
41030 galvanize [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z/[Alternative forms] edit - galvanise (British) [Etymology] editFrom French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). [Verb] editgalvanize (third-person singular simple present galvanizes, present participle galvanizing, simple past and past participle galvanized) (transitive) 1.(chemistry) To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means. Synonyms: electroplate, (rare) zinc 2.To coat with rust-resistant zinc. to galvanize steel 3.(figuratively) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock. Synonyms: animate, startle, urge The girl’s picture helped galvanize public opinion against the administration’s policy. Republicans are hoping a proposed gas-tax repeal will galvanize their voters. 4.(archaic) To electrify. 5.1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History (essay in the Edinburgh Review) The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man. 6.(historical, US) To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War. 7.1998, Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic, 1st Vintage Departures edition, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 10: Reenactors called this “galvanizing,” the Civil War term for soldiers who switched sides during the conflict. [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editgalvanize 1.first-person singular present subjunctive of galvanizar 2.third-person singular present subjunctive of galvanizar 3.first-person singular imperative of galvanizar 4.third-person singular imperative of galvanizar 0 0 2018/07/10 13:05 2022/03/01 09:42 TaN
41032 underinvest [[English]] [Etymology] editunder- +‎ invest [Verb] editunderinvest (third-person singular simple present underinvests, present participle underinvesting, simple past and past participle underinvested) 1.(business) To invest insufficiently 2.2009 January 17, Nils Pratley, “Nils Pratley on Saturday: How to change unjust deserts”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Rentokil was exposed as a business whose managers had underinvested to keep up with past glories. 0 0 2022/03/01 09:44 TaN
41034 lifelong [[English]] [Adjective] editlifelong (not comparable) 1.Extending for the entire duration of life. They were lifelong friends; they met in elementary school and ended their lives in the same rest home. 2.2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian‎[1]: He studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and developed a lifelong interest in medieval history as a result of reading Chaucer. 3.2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71: She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday. [Alternative forms] edit - life-long, life long [Anagrams] edit - long-life [Etymology] editlife +‎ long 0 0 2022/03/01 09:46 TaN
41035 uncharacteristic [[English]] [Adjective] edituncharacteristic (comparative more uncharacteristic, superlative most uncharacteristic) 1.Not characteristic 2.Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing. [Etymology] editFrom un- +‎ characteristic. 0 0 2022/03/01 09:47 TaN
41037 to name [[Middle English]] [Noun] editto name 1.Alternative form of toname 0 0 2022/03/01 09:48 TaN
41038 to-name [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - tee-name, toname, tuename (erroneous), towname (erroneous) [Anagrams] edit - Eatmon, Manteo, mean to, nemato-, omenta [Etymology] editFrom Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- +‎ name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn. [Noun] editto-name (plural to-names) 1.A name added to another name; surname. 2.A name in addition to the Christian name and surname of an individual, to distinguish him or her from others of the same name and usually indicating descent, place of residence, or some personal quality or attribute. Such to-names are often employed where the same families continually intermarry, and where consequently the same name is common to many individuals. [Synonyms] edit - byname 0 0 2022/03/01 09:48 TaN
41041 flawless [[English]] ipa :/ˈflɔːləs/[Adjective] editflawless (comparative more flawless, superlative most flawless) 1.Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect. Synonyms: faultless, impeccable; see also Thesaurus:flawless Antonyms: flawed, flawful The pianist’s performance this evening was flawless. 2.1663, Robert Boyle, “To the Earl of Orrery, One of the Lords Justices of the Kingdom of Ireland, Lord President of the Province of Mounster, &c.”, in Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H[oly] Scriptures. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], OCLC 228723505: [W]hen I write of Sacred ſubjects, I had rather a Book of mine ſhould reſemble the Moon, which, though ſhe be but Small, leſs Elevated, and full of Imperfections, lends yet an Uſeful Light to Men, and produces here and there a Motion that obeys a Heavenly Influence; than a Star of the Firſt Magnitude, which though more High, more Vaſt, and more Flawleſs, ſhines only bright enough to make it Self Conſpicuous. 3.1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “A Catastrophe”, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, OCLC 1166352534, page 245: Dr. Peyton, a principal physician, and rich in all the attributes that go to constitute high and flawless character, did all that educated judgment and trained skill could do for Henry; but, as the newspapers had said in the beginning, his hurts were past help. 4.1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Poems of the Open Air.] Reapers.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], OCLC 1017374996, page 140: Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; [...] 5.1911, Bram Stoker, “The Chest Opened”, in The Lair of the White Worm, London: William Rider and Son, […], OCLC 249388067, page 114: Then he carefully examined the trunk, going over it with a magnifying glass. He found it intact: the steel bands were flawless; the whole trunk was compact into unity. 6.1999 January 2, William J[efferson] Clinton, “The President’s Radio Address”, in William J. Clinton: 1999 (In Two Books) (Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States), book I (January 1 to June 30, 1999), Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration; United States Government Printing Office, published 2000, OCLC 617356238, page 1: I'm confident our military is ready to fulfill this mission today. Our troops continue to execute complex and dangerous missions far from home with flawless precision, as we've just seen in the Persian Gulf. Our challenge is to retain the ability to do this as we carry out our entire defense strategy. 7.2013 December 26, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2 – 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[1], archived from the original on 1 January 2019: City's victory was secured in first-half injury time when Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet made a hash of his attempt to keep out Alvaro Negredo's chip, ensuring Manuel Pellegrini's side kept their flawless home league record. [Etymology] editFrom flaw +‎ -less (suffix meaning ‘without (something)’).[1] [Further reading] edit - flawless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - “flawless” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [References] edit 1. ^ “flawless, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1896; “flawless, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2018/09/03 09:37 2022/03/01 09:49 TaN
41047 find one's way [[English]] [References] edit - “find one's way” in the Collins English Dictionary - “find your way somewhere” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. - “find one's way”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [See also] edit - wayfinding [Verb] editfind one's way (third-person singular simple present finds one's way, present participle finding one's way, simple past and past participle found one's way) 1.Arrive; get to. I'm really puzzled at how this word salad managed to find its way into print. 2.2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1): Allen Gregory DeLongpre: And Julie hasn't found her way back into the crowd yet. I apologize, folks. She's making this incredibly uncomfortable. She's pretty much the worst person. 0 0 2022/03/01 09:53 TaN
41049 tent [[English]] ipa :/tɛnt/[Anagrams] edit - Nett, nett [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”). Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). [Etymology 3] editFrom Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”). [Etymology 4] editFrom Spanish tinto (“deep-colored”), from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingo (“to dye”). More at tinge. Doublet of tint and tinto. Compare claret (“French red wine”), also from color. [References] edit - “tent” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [[Dutch]] ipa :/tɛnt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch tente, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta or *tenda. [Noun] edittent m (plural tenten, diminutive tentje n) 1.tent (for camping, special occasions, etc.) 2.pavillion Synonym: paviljoen 3.(informal, Dutch, often in compounds) a building, especially one used for commercial purposes Synonym: keet [[Middle English]] [Adjective] edittent 1.Alternative form of tenthe [Noun] edittent 1.Alternative form of tenthe [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Verb] edittent 1.past participle of tenne [[Southern Kam]] [Adjective] edittent 1.short 0 0 2022/03/01 09:54 TaN
41052 zero in on [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - zeorin [Etymology] editThe phrase possibly comes from adjusting a sighting mechanism of a firearm to minimise the discrepancy between where the sight points and where a bullet lands on a target.Another possible source is the Cartesian coordinate system in mathematics. In the coordinate system, points are defined relative to an origin (point of reference) labeled O, which has an (x,y) coordinate pair of (0,0). [Verb] editzero in (third-person singular simple present zeroes in or zeros in, present participle zeroing in, simple past and past participle zeroed in) 1.To focus one's aim; to zoom in and center (on something). The pilot zeroed in on the bunker and launched a guided missile. Zero in and find a watermark in the image. 2.1981 September 15, day@RAND-UNIX, “C debugging”, in fa.unix-wizards, Usenet‎[1]: When you invoke the VAX C compiler with -p for profiling it generates an assembly-language call to a profiling subroutine for which I substituted my own heap-checker, and that enabled me to zero in on a heap-violation which was caused by an array-out-of-bounds condition. 3.2021 December 6, Andrew E. Kramer, “Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight”, in The New York Times‎[2], ISSN 0362-4331: The Biden administration has also zeroed in on the building, Federation Tower East, the tallest skyscraper in the Russian capital. 4.To successfully narrow down a search (for). We have zeroed in on the source of the problem. See if you can zero in on the caller. 5.To concentrate or focus one's attention (on a task). One member of the check fraud team will zero in on the fingerprints. 6.(idiomatic) To converge (on). At the spring sale, everyone zeroed in on the bargain clothes. 7.2019, Barney Ronay, Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam (in The Guardian, 8 May 2019)[3] With 79 minutes gone, the most celebrated team of the modern age had been reduced to bunch of mooching, stumbling yellow-shirted spectators. A Champions League season that had seemed to be zeroing in on another coronation for Lionel Messi had been wrenched, gleefully, the other way. 0 0 2022/03/01 09:55 TaN
41053 zero in [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - zeorin [Etymology] editThe phrase possibly comes from adjusting a sighting mechanism of a firearm to minimise the discrepancy between where the sight points and where a bullet lands on a target.Another possible source is the Cartesian coordinate system in mathematics. In the coordinate system, points are defined relative to an origin (point of reference) labeled O, which has an (x,y) coordinate pair of (0,0). [Verb] editzero in (third-person singular simple present zeroes in or zeros in, present participle zeroing in, simple past and past participle zeroed in) 1.To focus one's aim; to zoom in and center (on something). The pilot zeroed in on the bunker and launched a guided missile. Zero in and find a watermark in the image. 2.1981 September 15, day@RAND-UNIX, “C debugging”, in fa.unix-wizards, Usenet‎[1]: When you invoke the VAX C compiler with -p for profiling it generates an assembly-language call to a profiling subroutine for which I substituted my own heap-checker, and that enabled me to zero in on a heap-violation which was caused by an array-out-of-bounds condition. 3.2021 December 6, Andrew E. Kramer, “Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight”, in The New York Times‎[2], ISSN 0362-4331: The Biden administration has also zeroed in on the building, Federation Tower East, the tallest skyscraper in the Russian capital. 4.To successfully narrow down a search (for). We have zeroed in on the source of the problem. See if you can zero in on the caller. 5.To concentrate or focus one's attention (on a task). One member of the check fraud team will zero in on the fingerprints. 6.(idiomatic) To converge (on). At the spring sale, everyone zeroed in on the bargain clothes. 7.2019, Barney Ronay, Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam (in The Guardian, 8 May 2019)[3] With 79 minutes gone, the most celebrated team of the modern age had been reduced to bunch of mooching, stumbling yellow-shirted spectators. A Champions League season that had seemed to be zeroing in on another coronation for Lionel Messi had been wrenched, gleefully, the other way. 0 0 2022/03/01 09:55 TaN
41054 Zero [[Italian]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin Iarus. [Proper noun] editZero ? 1.A river in Veneto 0 0 2022/03/01 09:55 TaN
41056 accommodating [[English]] ipa :/ə.ˈkɒm.ə.ˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/[Adjective] editaccommodating (comparative more accommodating, superlative most accommodating) 1.Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful. 2.2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1): Richard DeLongpre: I have to say, we were surprised that Principal Gottlieb wasn't more accommodating. Judith Gottlieb: Oh, for God's sake, he's a child. I'm not gonna date him. 3.Pliable; easily corrupted. [Etymology] editaccommodate +‎ -ing [Verb] editaccommodating 1.present participle of accommodate 0 0 2022/03/01 09:58 TaN
41063 perceptual [[English]] [Adjective] editperceptual (comparative more perceptual, superlative most perceptual) 1.Relating to perception. [Anagrams] edit - preceptual [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editperceptual (plural perceptuales) 1.perceptual [Further reading] edit - “perceptual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2021/07/02 09:59 2022/03/01 10:00 TaN
41072 Cal [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editCal 1.kilocalorie Synonym: kcal [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - ACL, CLA, LAC, LAc, LCA, Lac, alc, lac [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editVarious origins: - Borrowed from Spanish Cal. This surname is mostly found in Guatemala. - Borrowed from Polish Cal. - Borrowed from Turkish Çal. [Further reading] edit - Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN 0 0 2018/12/12 11:46 2022/03/01 10:02 TaN
41074 idiosyncratic [[English]] [Adjective] editidiosyncratic (comparative more idiosyncratic, superlative most idiosyncratic) 1.Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric. 2.1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 9, in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste . . . but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man. 3.1891, George MacDonald, chapter 12, in The Flight of the Shadow: It was no merely idiosyncratic experience, for the youth had the same: it was love! 4.1982, Michael Walsh, "Music: A Fresh Falstaff in Los Angeles," Time, 26 April: British Director Ronald Eyre kept the action crisp; he was correctly content to execute the composer's wishes, rather than impose a fashionably idiosyncratic view of his own. 5.2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC‎[1]: I’m not saying that Kaufman’s film will be enshrined as a classic, as those Kubrick films are. It’s too idiosyncratic and demanding for that: many viewers will be thinking of ending it halfway through [Etymology] editFrom idiosyncrasy +‎ -ic. [Further reading] edit - idiosyncratic at OneLook Dictionary Search 0 0 2017/02/23 18:30 2022/03/01 10:04 TaN
41076 gravitate [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹævɪteit/[Etymology] editBack-formation from gravitation. Or borrowed from New Latin gravito, gravitatus. [References] edit - gravitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - gravitate at OneLook Dictionary Search [Verb] editgravitate (third-person singular simple present gravitates, present participle gravitating, simple past and past participle gravitated) 1.(intransitive, astrophysics) To move under the force of gravity. 2.1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books, book II: Theſe, who have nature's ſteps with care purſued, That matter is with ac‍tive force endued, That all its parts magnetic power exert, And to each other gravitate, aſſert. 3.(intransitive, figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity. Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man. 4.1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations: The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating. 5.1923, Elbert Hubbard, "J.B. Runs Things": Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. 6.1940 May, “The Irish Railways Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 296: A considerable amount of new rolling stock has been built for the main line services during recent years, and the older stock has gravitated to the secondary and branch lines. [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - attergavi, rigettava [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Latin]] [Noun] editgravitāte 1.ablative singular of gravitās [[Romanian]] ipa :[ɡra.viˈta.te][Etymology] editBorrowed from French gravité, Latin gravitas, gravitatem; equivalent to grav +‎ -itate. Compare greutate, possibly an inherited doublet. [Noun] editgravitate f (uncountable) 1.gravity, seriousness, graveness 0 0 2021/08/14 17:05 2022/03/01 10:06 TaN
41077 solidifying [[English]] [Verb] editsolidifying 1.present participle of solidify 0 0 2022/03/01 10:11 TaN
41078 solidify [[English]] ipa :/səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/[Etymology] editFrom French solidifier. [Verb] editsolidify (third-person singular simple present solidifies, present participle solidifying, simple past and past participle solidified) 1.(transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body. 2.(transitive) To concentrate; consolidate. 3.(intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set. 0 0 2022/03/01 10:11 TaN
41084 sheriff [[English]] ipa :/ˈʃɛɹɪf/[Alternative forms] edit - sherriff, shrieve (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - Shiffer [Etymology] editFrom Middle English shirreve, from Old English scīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire +‎ reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (شَرِيف‎ (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour that has cognates in other languages including Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, etc. [Noun] editsheriff (plural sheriffs) 1.(Britain, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties. 2.(Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom. 3.(US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in his county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected. [Verb] editsheriff (third-person singular simple present sheriffs, present participle sheriffing, simple past and past participle sheriffed) 1.To carry out the duties of a sheriff [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈʃeɾif/[Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English sheriff. [Further reading] edit - “sheriff” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editsheriff m (plural sheriffs) 1.sheriff (all senses) Synonym: alguacil 0 0 2022/03/01 14:34 TaN
41087 inflection [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈflɛkʃən/[Alternative forms] edit - inflexion [Etymology] editFrom the English inflexion, from Middle French inflexion, from Latin inflexio, inflexionis (“a bending away from”); the spelling inflection is due to influence from correction. [Noun] editinflection (countable and uncountable, plural inflections) 1.(grammar) A change in the form of a word to express different grammatical categories. an inflection for gender, number, or tense 2.A change in pitch or tone of voice. If he's lying, his inflection changes. 3.(mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave. 4.A turning away from a straight course. inflection from the rules 5.(optometry) diffraction [Synonyms] edit - flection, flexion 0 0 2019/04/19 09:28 2022/03/01 17:30 TaN
41088 inflection point [[English]] [Noun] editinflection point (plural inflection points) 1.(mathematics) a point of inflection 2.Synonym of turning point 0 0 2022/03/01 17:30 TaN
41090 addictive [[English]] ipa :/əˈdɪktɪv/[Adjective] editaddictive (comparative more addictive, superlative most addictive) 1.Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming. These are addictive drugs. 2.Enjoyable. Have you seen that new TV show? It's so addictive. 3.Characterized by or susceptible to addiction. He has an addictive personality. [Antonyms] edit - nonaddictive [Etymology] editFirst attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco. [Noun] editaddictive (plural addictives) 1.A drug that causes an addiction. 2.Anything that is very habit-forming. [Synonyms] edit - habit-forming [[French]] ipa :/a.dik.tiv/[Adjective] editaddictive 1.feminine singular of addictif 0 0 2022/03/01 17:31 TaN
41091 polarization [[English]] ipa :/ˌpoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən/[Alternative forms] edit - polarisation [Etymology] editFrom French polarisationMorphologically polarize +‎ -ation [Noun] editpolarization (countable and uncountable, plural polarizations) 1.the production or the condition of polarity 2.(physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points 3. 4.(chemistry, physics) the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system 5.the grouping of opinions into two extremes 0 0 2022/03/01 17:31 TaN
41094 objective [[English]] ipa :/ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/[Adjective] editobjective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective) 1.Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality. 2.Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices. 3.Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment. 4.1975, Constitution of Greece: Engagement of employees in the Public Administration and in the wider Public Sector, ..., shall take place either by competitive entry examination or by selection on the basis of predefined and objective criteria, and shall be subject to the control of an independent authority, as specified by law. 5.2018, Clarence Green; James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2018.07.004, page 106: The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized. 6.(grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb. 7.1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 41, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, OCLC 801036993: Let us now glance at the demonstrative and relative pronouns. Of the former there are but two in English, this and that, with their plural forms, these and those. To them, American adds a third, them, which is also the personal pronoun of the third person, objective case. 8. 9.(linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.) 10.2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, →ISBN The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object. [Antonyms] edit - subjective [Etymology] editBorrowed from French objectif, from Latin objectivus. [Noun] editobjective (plural objectives) 1.A material object that physically exists. 2.A goal that is striven for. 3.1913, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion, Preface: His true objective was the provision of a full, accurate, legible script for our noble but ill-dressed language; but he was led past that by his contempt for the popular Pitman system of Shorthand, which he called the Pitfall system. 4.1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252: The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations. 5.2012, Christine Wilding, chapter 2, in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Croydon, UK: CPI Group (UK) Ltd, page 15: Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether thatʼs statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at itʼ – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. Itʼs crucial that your objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable. 6.2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76: The new imperative for investment is the Government's objective to secure carbon-neutral transport emissions by 2040. 7.(grammar) The objective case. Synonyms: object case, objective case 8.(grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case. 9.The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:goal [[French]] ipa :/ɔb.ʒɛk.tiv/[Adjective] editobjective 1.feminine singular of objectif [[Latin]] [Adjective] editobjectīve 1.vocative masculine singular of objectīvus 0 0 2009/07/13 23:25 2022/03/01 17:32 TaN
41096 high-stakes [[English]] [Adjective] edithigh-stakes (not comparable) 1.(idiomatic) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. 2.2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC‎[1]: But it was in the early 2000s that the high-stakes TV pop contest really arrived, along with promises that it would propel a few lucky auditionees to obscene levels of success and fame. 0 0 2022/03/01 17:36 TaN
41097 high sea [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle English hey see, hey se, from Old English hēahsǣ (“the high sea, the deep”), equivalent to high +‎ sea. [Noun] edithigh sea (plural high seas) 1.The sea when it is very rough due to strong winds and storms, such that the sea encroaches much further inland than is normal, often causing damage. The ship eventually broke in half in high sea and winds. 0 0 2022/03/01 17:36 TaN
41098 hermetically [[English]] [Adverb] edithermetically (comparative more hermetically, superlative most hermetically) 1.With a hermetic seal; so as to be airtight. 2.In a hermetic manner; isolatedly. 3.2001, Timothy J. Lenz, James K. McDowell, "Knowledge management for the strategic design and manufacture of polymer composite products", in Rajkumar Roy (ed), Industrial Knowledge Management: A Micro-Level Approach, page 379, →ISBN. Too often, this interchange of knowledge is thwarted, one way or another: the entropic leanings of the workplace foster hermetically isolated patterns of behavior. [Etymology] edithermetic +‎ -ally 0 0 2022/03/01 17:36 TaN
41099 hermetically sealed [[English]] [Adjective] edithermetically sealed 1.Sealed with an airtight hermetic seal. 2.1895, H. G. Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine: Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. [Etymology] editSee hermetic [References] edit - hermetically sealed at OneLook Dictionary Search [Verb] edithermetically sealed 1.simple past tense and past participle of hermetically seal 0 0 2022/03/01 17:37 TaN
41100 sealed [[English]] ipa :/siːld/[Adjective] editsealed (not comparable) 1.Closed by a seal. 2.2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18: Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. 3.Preventing entrance. 4.Of a road that has an asphalt or macadamised surface. 5.(object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit. [Anagrams] edit - Adeles, adeles, deales, deseal, leased [Synonyms] edit - (preventing entrance): impermeable [Verb] editsealed 1.simple past tense and past participle of seal 0 0 2022/03/01 17:37 TaN
41102 sea [[English]] ipa :/siː/[Anagrams] edit - -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, a**es, aes, ase, eas, esa [Etymology] editFrom Middle English see, from Old English sǣ (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (compare West Frisian see, Dutch zee, German See, Danish sø, Norwegian Bokmål sjø, Swedish sjö), probably either from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”) (compare Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”); more at sore)[1] or derived from *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), in which case *saiwiz is from earlier *saigwiz, Pre-Germanic *soykʷ-ís.[2] [Further reading] edit - sea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “sea” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - sea in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Noun] editsea (plural seas) 1.A large body of salt water. Synonym: (UK, nautical and navy) ogin 2.1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] ‎[1], fourth edition, page 252: God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm. 1.The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Leviticus 11:9, column 2: These ſhal ye eat, of all that are in the waters: whatsoeuer hath finnes and ſcales in the waters, in the ſeas, and in the riuers, them ſhall ye eate. 3.1719, Nicholas Rowe, “Book V”, in Lucan's Pharsalia: Translated into English Verse, Dublin: James Carson, page 183: At length the universal Wreck appear'd,/ To Cæsar's self, ev'n worthy to be fear'd./ Why all these Pains, this Toil of Fate (he cries)/ This Labour of the Seas, and Earth, and Skies?/ All Nature, and the Gods at once alarm'd,/ Against my little Boat and me are arm'd. 4.1833, William Hazlitt, “Notes of a Journey Through France and Italy”, in Greenbank's Periodical Library, volume I, page 173: There is something in being near the sea, like the confines of eternity. It is a new element, a pure abstraction. The mind loves to hover on that which is endless, and forever the same. People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention of man, managed by man, that makes its liquid path like an iron railway through the sea—I wonder at the sea itself, that vast Leviathan, rolled round the earth, smiling in its sleep, waked into fury, fathomless, boundless, a huge world of water-drops.—Whence is it, whither goes it, is it of eternity, or of nothing? 5.1922 March, J. S. Fletcher, “The Mystery of Ravensdene Court”, in Everybody's Magazine, volume XLVI, number 3, page 162: As we stood there watching, the long yellow light on the eastern horizon suddenly changed in color—first to a roseate flush, then to a warm crimson; the scenes round us, sky, sea, and land, brightened as if by magic. 6.A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea. The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish. The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow. - 1792, William Bligh, chapter II, in A Voyage to the South Sea, […] in His Majesty’s Ship The Bounty, […], London: […] George Nicol, […], OCLC 3363691, page 14: One ſea broke away the ſpare yards and ſpars out of the ſtarboard main chains. Another heavy ſea broke into the ſhip and ſtove all the boats. Several caſks of beer, that had been laſhed upon deck, were broke looſe and waſhed overboard, and it was not without great difficulty and riſk that we were able to ſecure the boats from being waſhed away entirely. - 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 187: "If they buy three cords of birch logs," said the witch, "but they must be exact measure and no bargaining about the price, and if they throw overboard the one cord of logs, piece by piece, when the first sea comes, and the other cord, piece by piece, when the second sea comes, and the third cord, piece by piece, when the third sea comes, then it's all over with us." - 1952, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea: There was a small sea rising with the wind coming up from the east and at noon the old man's left hand was uncramped. - 2020 June 8, National Weather Service Boston, 2:38 PM EDT marine forecast High pressure will maintain light winds and flat seas through Tue night. ... Potential for briefly choppy 3 ft seas near South Coast...(attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea. Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.(figuratively) Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea. - 1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke‎[2], London: Nicholas Ling: To be, or not to be, that is the question,/ Whether tis nobler in the minde to suffer/ The slings and arrowes of outragious fortune,/ Or to take Armes against a sea of troubles,/ And by opposing, end them, to die to sleepe/ No more, and by a sleepe, to say we end/ The hart-ake, and the thousand naturall shocks/ That flesh is heire to. - 1980, Patria Crone, Slaves on Horseback: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN: Secondly, in terms of geopolitics Central Asia was a huge sea of barbarians set in the midst of interlocking continents. Thanks to its border on the Siberian forest in the north, it was open to barbarian incomers who would upset existing polities and set migrations going. - 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎[3]: In the last two decades, North Korea has on various occasions conducted highly provocative missile and nuclear tests and promised to turn Seoul into a sea of fire.(physics) A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.(planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare. The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.(planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon. [References] edit 1. ^ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.v. "saiwiz" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003), 314. 2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN [[Cimbrian]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle High German sē, from Old High German sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with German See, English sea. [Noun] editsea m 1.(Luserna) lake [References] edit - Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien [[Estonian]] [Noun] editsea 1.genitive singular of siga [[Garo]] [Verb] editsea 1.to write [[Irish]] ipa :/ʃa/[Adverb] editsea 1.yes (to copula questions) 2.right, well (topic introducer) [Alternative forms] edit - seadh (superseded) [Antonyms] edit - ní hea - nach ea [Etymology] editis + ea (literally, "it is") [[Middle English]] [Noun] editsea 1.Alternative form of see (“sea”) [[Mòcheno]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle High German sē, from Old High German sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with German See, English sea. [Noun] editsea m 1.lake [References] edit - “sea” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy. [[Old Irish]] [Determiner] editsea 1.Alternative spelling of so [[Old Swedish]] [Alternative forms] edit - sīa [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse séa (West Norse sjá), from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. [Verb] editsēa 1.to see [[Plautdietsch]] [Adverb] editsea 1.very, intensely [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈsea/[See also] edit - maldita sea - o sea [Verb] editsea 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ser. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ser. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ser. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of ser. [[Wolio]] ipa :/sea/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səjəm. [Noun] editsea 1.ant [References] edit - Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris 0 0 2009/02/24 13:46 2022/03/01 17:37
41103 Seale [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Elsea, Lease, eales, easel, easle, lease [Proper noun] editSeale (plural Seales) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Seale is the 5905th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5846 individuals. Seale is most common among White (85.46%) individuals. 0 0 2021/11/05 09:38 2022/03/01 17:37 TaN
41104 rating [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/[Anagrams] edit - Gartin, Tigran, gratin, taring, tringa [Noun] editrating (plural ratings) 1.A position on a scale 2.An evaluation of status, especially of financial status They have a poor credit rating. 3.A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something. He has a high chess rating. 4.A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program. 5.1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, "Television and the Public Interest": A rating, at best, is an indication of how many people saw what you gave them. 6.(nautical) A seaman in a warship 7.2014, BBC News, Huge Russian warship fascinates French in Saint-Nazaire Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok. 8.(nautical, Britain) An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer. 9.In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer. 10.Fifty officers and seven hundred and fifty ratings from the two British ships were picked up by the Japanese, together with the survivors from the Pope. –Winston S. Churchill, The Hinge of Fate, vol. 4 of The Second World War (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950), p. 149. [Verb] editrating 1.present participle of rate [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈrɛj.tiŋk/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English rating. [Further reading] edit - rating in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - rating in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editrating m inan 1.(finance) credit rating 2.popularity rating (evaluation of status) [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English rating. [Noun] editrating m (plural ratings) 1.(finance) credit rating (an evaluation of status, especially of financial status) agências de rating ― credit rating agencies 2.(television) rating (a quantitative measure of the audience of a television program) [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English rating. [Noun] editrating n (plural ratinguri) 1.rating [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈreitin/[Noun] editrating m (plural ratings) 1.(nautical) class (of boat) 2.(television) popularity rating 0 0 2009/04/03 13:19 2022/03/01 17:37 TaN
41105 needle [[English]] ipa :/ˈniː.dəl/[Anagrams] edit - Edelen, ledene, lendee [Etymology] editFrom Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).CognatesCognate with Dutch naald (“needle”), German Nadel (“needle, pin, crochet hook”), Norwegian nål (“needle”). Further related with Welsh nyddu, Latin nēre, Sanskrit स्नायति (snāyati, “wraps up, winds”). Related to snood. [Noun] editneedle (plural needles) 1.A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button. reusable needles single-use needles 2.Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. 3.A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph. a compass needle The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty. 4.A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus. Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph. 5.A needle-like leaf found on some conifers. 6.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus: At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth. 7.A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs. 8.(informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection. 9.(programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack) 10.2010, Peter MacIntyre, PHP: The Good Parts, page 39: Both of these functions will look through the haystack for the specified needle and, if they find it, will return the portion of the string from the beginning of the needle to the end of the haystack. 11.(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia. [Synonyms] edit - (to tease): goad, tease [Verb] editneedle (third-person singular simple present needles, present participle needling, simple past and past participle needled) 1.To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture. 2.1892, H. Lindo Ferguson, "Operation on Microphthamlmic Eyes", Ophthalmic Review, volume 11, page 48 […] the eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus; so I decided to needle the cataracts, and on Jan. 31 I needled the right eye. 3.2000, Felix Mann, Reinventing Acupuncture, page 109 Possibly the greatest effect is achieved in the hand by needling the thumb, the index finger and the region of the 1st and 2nd metacarpal. 4.(transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at. Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples. 5.1984, Leopold Caligor, Philip M. Bromberg, & James D. Meltzer, Clinical Perspectives on the Supervision of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, page 14 FRED: Well, I teased her to some extent, or I needled her, not teased her. I needled her about—first I said that she didn't want to work, and then I think that there were a couple of comments. 6.2015 Carl Gleba, "Megaverse in Flames", Rifts World Book 35 To needle Lady Leviathan, Hel has convinced her husband to agree to the heartful offer. 7.(transitive, intransitive) To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle. to needle crystals 0 0 2017/02/13 11:45 2022/03/01 17:37 TaN
41110 brash [[English]] ipa :/bɹæʃ/[Anagrams] edit - Harbs, brahs, h bars, h-bars, hbars, shrab [Etymology 1] editUncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Perhaps also related to Dutch bars (“stern; strict”), German barsch (“harsh; unfriendly”), Danish barsk (“harsh; rough; tough”), Swedish barsk (“harsh; impetuous”). [Etymology 2] editCompare American English bresk, brusk (“fragile, brittle”). [Further reading] edit - “brash” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [[Scots]] [Noun] editbrash (plural brashes) 1.illness, fit 0 0 2009/05/22 11:51 2022/03/01 17:41 TaN
41111 talking-to [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - talking to [Etymology] editFrom talking +‎ to. [Noun] edittalking-to (plural talkings-to) 1.(colloquial) A scolding or reprimand; a lengthy rebuke. 2.1975, Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m doin’ Stayin’ far behind without you Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’ Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin’ to 0 0 2022/03/01 17:41 TaN
41112 tribal [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɹaɪbəl/[Adjective] edittribal (comparative more tribal, superlative most tribal) 1.Of or relating to tribes. social order through tribal law 2.Based on or organized according to tribes. a tribal society [Etymology] editFrom Latin tribālis; surface analysis tribe +‎ -al, first attested in the 1630s.[1][2][3][4] [Noun] edittribal (plural tribals) 1.A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo. [References] edit 1. ^ “tribal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. 2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. 3. ^ “tribal” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. 4. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “tribal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [[Catalan]] ipa :/tɾiˈbal/[Adjective] edittribal (masculine and feminine plural tribals) 1.tribal (of or pertaining to tribes) 2.tribal (based on or organized according to tribes) [Further reading] edit - “tribal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “tribal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “tribal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “tribal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[Cebuano]] [Adjective] edittribal 1.bright; having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent [Etymology] editSimilar vowel sounds of bright and tribe. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [[French]] ipa :/tʁi.bal/[Adjective] edittribal (feminine singular tribale, masculine plural tribals or tribaux, feminine plural tribales) 1.tribal [Etymology] edittribu +‎ -al, possibly influenced by English tribal [Further reading] edit - “tribal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Galician]] [Adjective] edittribal m or f (plural tribais) 1.tribal (of or pertaining to tribes) 2.tribal (based on or organized according to tribes) [Further reading] edit - “tribal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/tɾiˈbaw/[Adjective] edittribal m or f (plural tribais, comparable) 1.tribal [Further reading] edit - “tribal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. [[Romanian]] ipa :/triˈbal/[Adjective] edittribal m or n (feminine singular tribală, masculine plural tribali, feminine and neuter plural tribale) 1.tribal [Etymology] editFrom French tribal. [Further reading] edit - tribal in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) [[Spanish]] ipa :/tɾiˈbal/[Adjective] edittribal (plural tribales) 1.tribal (of or relating to tribes) 2.tribal (based on or organized according to tribes) [Alternative forms] edit - tribual [Further reading] edit - “tribal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2021/07/12 12:43 2022/03/01 17:41 TaN

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