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41157 probe [[English]] ipa :/pɹəʊb/[Anagrams] edit - Pober, rebop [Etymology] editFor verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”).For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt. [Further reading] edit - “probe” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - probe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Noun] editprobe (plural probes) 1.(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. [from 15th c.] 2.(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. [from 17th c.] 3.An act of probing; a prod, a poke. [from 19th c.] 4.(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry. [from 20th c.] They launched a probe into the cause of the accident. 5.(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. [from 20th c.] 6.(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.] Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature. 7.(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. [from 20th c.] 8.(game of Go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy 9.(biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure [Synonyms] edit - (game of go) yosu-miru [Verb] editprobe (third-person singular simple present probes, present participle probing, simple past and past participle probed) 1.(transitive, intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question If you probe further, you may discover different reasons. 2.1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown 3.(transitive) To insert a probe into. [[Asturian]] [Adjective] editprobe (epicene, plural probes) 1.poor [[German]] [Verb] editprobe 1.inflection of proben: 1.first-person singular present 2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I 3.singular imperative [[Italian]] [Adjective] editprobe 1.feminine plural of probo [[Latin]] [Adjective] editprobe 1.vocative masculine singular of probus [Adverb] editprobē (comparative probius, superlative probissimē) 1.well, rightly, properly, correctly, fitly, opportunely, excellently [References] edit - probe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - probe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - probe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editprobe (plural probes) 1.Obsolete spelling of pobre 0 0 2021/10/18 09:37 2022/03/01 18:22 TaN
41162 battle [[English]] ipa :/ˈbætəl/[Anagrams] edit - batlet, battel, tablet [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”) from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”), or possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of battalia and battel. Displaced native Old English ġefeoht. [Etymology 2] editFrom Early Modern English batell, probably from Middle English *batel (“flourishing”), from Old English *batol (“improving, tending to be good”), from batian (“to get better, improve”) + -ol ( +‎ -le). [Further reading] edit - “battle” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - battle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “battle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 0 0 2009/01/10 03:52 2022/03/01 18:26 TaN
41163 battle it out [[English]] [Synonyms] edit - fight it out [Verb] editbattle it out (third-person singular simple present battles it out, present participle battling it out, simple past and past participle battled it out) 1.(intransitive) To fight or compete against one or more opponents, in order to decide a winner. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:26 TaN
41164 bag [[English]] ipa :/ˈbæɡ/[Anagrams] edit - -gab-, ABG, AGB, BGA, GAB, GBA, Gab, gab, gab- [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bagge, borrowed from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”), related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰak- (compare Welsh baich (“load, bundle”), Ancient Greek βάσταγμα (bástagma, “load”)). [Noun] editbag (plural bags) 1.A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc. Synonyms: (obsolete) poke, sack, tote Hyponym: bindle 2.(informal) A handbag Synonyms: handbag, (US) purse 3.A suitcase. 4.A schoolbag, especially a backpack. 5.(slang) One’s preference. Synonyms: cup of tea, thing; see also Thesaurus:predilection Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music. 6.(derogatory) An ugly woman. Synonyms: dog, hag 7.(LGBT, slang, US, derogatory) A fellow gay man.[1] 8.(baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base. The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head. 9.(baseball) First, second, or third base. He headed back to the bag. 10.(preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath. 11.(mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated. Synonym: multiset 12.If one has a bag of three apples and the letter 'a' is taken to denote 'apple', then such bag could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Note that in an ordinary context, when talking about a bag of apples, one does not care about identifying the individual apples, although one might be interested in distinguishing apples by species, for example, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}. 13.A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents the bag of a cow 14.(now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig. 15.1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 54: [H]e had once lost his bag, and a considerable quantity of hair, which had been cut off by some rascal in his passage through Ludgate, during the lord mayor's procession. 16.1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December: He had on a suit of Manchester velvet, Lined with white satten, a Bag, lace Ruffles, and a very handsome sword which the King had given to him. 17.The quantity of game bagged in a hunt. 18.(slang, vulgar) A scrotum. 19.(UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds. 20.(chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc. 21.2013, Ken Ilgunas, Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom, page 14: With gravel stuck to my cheek, I pulled myself back in the car, looked in the rearview mirror, and saw, looking back at me, a young man with a pale face and a purple bag under each eye. I looked pitiful […] 22.(slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics. 23.(MLE, slang) £1000, a grand. 24.2017 May 2, Figure Flows ft. Purple (lyrics and music), “Money Right”, in Big Figures, from 1:18: Coulda got a bag last year But now I get a bag for a verse 25.(informal) A large number or amount. [References] edit 1. ^ A. F. Niemoeller, "A Glossary of Homosexual Slang," Fact 2, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1965): 25 [Verb] editbag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged) 1.To put into a bag. 2.to take with oneself, to assume into one’s score 1.(informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting. We bagged three deer yesterday. 2.1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 55: He was a fine specimen, very large and with a beautiful coat, and I wish I had had the luck to bag him. 3.To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something. 4.(slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one. 5.2020, “Those Kinda Nights”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran: When we hit the club to go and hell-raise / Probably end up baggin' the cocktail waitress 6.(slang, MLE) To end the being at large of someone, to deprive of someone’s corporeal freedom in the course of a criminal procedure. Synonym: nick 7.2021 January 29, JS x Jtrapz (lyrics and music), “Straight On Smoke”, 0:54–0:56: Free bro, free bro, we got bagged for a M(transitive) To furnish or load with a bag. - 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], OCLC 1154883115, (please specify the page number): a bee bagged with his honeyed venom 1.(transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator. 2.(transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine. 3.1985, Sol S. Zimmerman, Joan Holter Gildea, Critical Care Pediatrics (page 205) The patient was bagged for a urine analysis and stat electrolytes were drawn.to expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag 1.(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag. The skin bags from containing morbid matter. The brisk wind bagged the sails. 2.To hang like an empty bag. 3.1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,[1] [...] he was dressed in a badly fitting white drill suit, with trousers bagging concertina-like over clumsy black boots. 4.2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Eleven, p. 125,[2] And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force? His trousers bag at the knees. 5.(nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course. 6.(obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant. 7.Template:R:Warner Albion Venus shortly bagged, and ere long was Cupid breadTo forget, ignore, or get rid of. - 1977, The Publication of Poetry and Fiction, page 97: I may just bag that. I think poets have an obligation to boost the magazines they appear in. - 1998, Ed Burke, Precision Heart Rate Training, page 78: Well, even if your VCR is still blinking “12:00," I hope you're smart enough to stay inside when it's that cold and just bag that workout. - 1999, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, (Please provide the book title or journal name): I will just bag that. If not in the trade bill, that people believe should not interfere with the President's ability to negotiate a trade agreement, how would it be dealt with? - 2002, Glyn Maxwell, Time's Fool: A Tale in Verse, page 296: 'Oh bag that,' said Nelson. 'Do the Edmund stuff — no, cut, we'll do it later, look, it's knocking midnight.' - 2007, Don Pendleton, Ripple Effect, page 322: “Or we can bag that part of it and just go straight inside,” Bolan suggested. - 2014, Harlan Ellison, Spider Kiss: I'll get the sonofa—” “Listen, just bag that punchout shit for the moment. You've got a problem, and don't forget it.to show particular puffy emotion 1.(obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance. (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?) 2.(slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably. 3.(Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically. [[Antillean Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom French bague. [Noun] editbag 1.ring [[Aromanian]] [Alternative forms] edit - bagu [Etymology] editEither of substratum origin or from a Vulgar Latin *begō, from Late Latin bīgō, from Latin bīga. Less likely from Greek βάζω (vázo, “put in, set on”). May have originally referred to putting animals under a yoke. Compare Romanian băga, bag. [Verb] editbag (past participle bãgatã or bãgate) 1.I put, place, apply. [[Breton]] [Etymology] editProbably tied to Old French bac (“flat boat”), itself of obscure origin. [Noun] editbag f 1.boat [[Danish]] ipa :/baːˀɣ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse bak n (“back”), from Proto-Germanic *baką, cognate with Norwegian bak, Swedish bak, English back. The preposition is a shortening of Old Norse á bak (“on the back of”), compare English back from aback, from Old English onbæc. [Etymology 2] editFrom the verb to bake [Etymology 3] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[Haitian Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom French bague (“ring”). [Noun] editbag 1.ring [[Meriam]] [Noun] editbag 1.cheek [[Norwegian Bokmål]] ipa :/bæɡ/[Alternative forms] edit - bagg [Etymology] editBorrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. [Noun] editbag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bager, definite plural bagene) 1.A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack. 2.(on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on. [References] edit - “bag” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Alternative forms] edit - bagg [Etymology] editBorrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. Doublet of bagge. [Noun] editbag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bagar, definite plural bagane) 1.A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack. 2.(on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on. [References] edit - “bag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old Frisian]] [Alternative forms] edit - bāch [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”) Cognate to Old English bēag [Noun] editbāg m 1.a ring [[Rohingya]] [Etymology] editFrom Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra). [Noun] editbag 1.tiger [[Romanian]] ipa :[baɡ][Verb] editbag 1.first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of băga [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. [Noun] editbag c 1.A kind of large bag; a duffel bag [[Tagalog]] ipa :/baɡ/[Etymology] editFrom English bag. [Noun] editbag 1.ladies' bag; handbag 2.paper or cloth bag Synonym: supot 3.jute sack (for grains, cereals, etc.) Synonyms: sako, kustal [[Torres Strait Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom Meriam bag. [Noun] editbag 1.(anatomy, eastern dialect) cheek [Synonyms] edit - masa (western dialect) [[Turkmen]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Noun] editbag (definite accusative bagy, plural baglar) 1.garden [[Welsh]] ipa :/baɡ/[Etymology] editFrom English bag. [Further reading] edit - R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies [Mutation] edit [Noun] editbag m (plural bagiau) 1.bag [[Zhuang]] ipa :/paːk˧/[Etymology 1] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Proto-Tai *bra:kD?”) [Etymology 2] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) 0 0 2012/01/24 18:24 2022/03/01 18:27
41166 manager [[English]] ipa :/ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒə/[Etymology] editmanage +‎ -er. [Noun] editmanager (plural managers) 1.(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team. 2.2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport‎[1]: And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly. Synonyms: administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor 3.(baseball) The head coach. 4.(music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 5.(computer software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system. a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈmɛ.nə.dʒər/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English manager. [Noun] editmanager m (plural managers, diminutive managertje n) 1.A manager, someone in management. [[French]] ipa :/ma.na.dʒɛʁ/[Anagrams] edit - magnera, mangera [Etymology] editFrom English manager [Further reading] edit - “manager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editmanager m (plural managers) 1.(sports, Europe) manager [Synonyms] edit - (Quebec) gérant [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈma.na.d͡ʒer/[Anagrams] edit - germana, magnare, magnerà, mangerà [Etymology] editFrom English manager. [Further reading] edit - manager in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana [Noun] editmanager m (plural managers) 1.(sports, business) manager [References] edit 1. ^ manager in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) [[Polish]] ipa :/mɛˈnɛ.d͡ʐɛr/[Further reading] edit - manager in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - manager in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editmanager m pers (feminine managerka) 1.(management) Alternative spelling of menedżer. 2.(music) Alternative spelling of menedżer. 3.(computing) Alternative spelling of menedżer. [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom English manager. [Noun] editmanager m (plural manageri) 1.manager [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈmanaʝeɾ/[Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English manager. [Noun] editmanager m (plural managers) 1.Alternative form of mánager 0 0 2009/01/19 23:30 2022/03/01 18:28 TaN
41169 newsreel [[English]] [Etymology] editnews +‎ reel [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:newsreelWikipedia newsreel (countable and uncountable, plural newsreels) 1.(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence. 2.(uncountable) The genre of such films. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 0 0 2022/01/06 09:27 2022/03/01 18:37 TaN
41170 arrow [[English]] ipa :/ˈæɹ.əʊ/[Anagrams] edit - worra [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English arow, arwe, from Old English earh, arewe, arwe, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Latin arquus, arcus (“bow”). [Etymology 2] editRepresenting pronunciation. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:37 TaN
41171 pincer [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɪnsəɹ/[Alternative forms] edit - pincher (dated) [Anagrams] edit - Prince, prince [Noun] editpincer (plural pincers) 1.Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers. [Verb] editpincer (third-person singular simple present pincers, present participle pincering, simple past and past participle pincered) 1.(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To surround with a pincer attack. 2.1984, Robert Lamb, Competitive Strategic Management (page 115) After considering all frontal counteroffensive alternatives, Heublein rejected them as detrimental to its profits and came up with a brilliant pincering maneuver. It raised the price of Smirnoff by one dollar, effectively preventing segment diffusion, […] 3.2004, Rex Weyler, Greenpeace: The minesweeper and the sea tug now came along either side, pincered the Vega, and seemed to be ushering it toward Moruroa, perhaps attempting to push the ketch inside the 12-mile limit. [[French]] ipa :/pɛ̃.se/[Anagrams] edit - prince [Etymology] editFrom Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”). [Further reading] edit - “pincer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Verb] editpincer 1.to pinch (skin) 2.(informal) to pinch (to arrest) 3.(music) To pluck (a stringed instrument) [[Old French]] [Etymology] editFrom Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”). [Further reading] edit - “pincer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Verb] editpincer 1.to pinch 0 0 2022/03/01 18:37 TaN
41172 pincer attack [[English]] [Noun] editpincer attack (plural pincer attacks) 1.An attack in which two or more forces attack from multiple sides at once; especially one which thereby traps the enemy 0 0 2022/03/01 18:37 TaN
41173 fire [[English]] ipa :/ˈfaɪ.ə/[Anagrams] edit - -fier, Fier, Frie, fier, refi, reif, rief, rife [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English fyr, from Old English fȳr (“fire”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from *fuïr, a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”) (compare Saterland Frisian Fjuur, West Frisian fjoer, Dutch vuur, Low German Füer, German Feuer, Danish fyr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.Compare Hittite 𒉺𒄴𒄯 (paḫḫur), Umbrian pir, Tocharian A/B por/puwar, Czech pýř (“hot ashes”), Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and Armenian հուր (hur, “fire”)). This was an inanimate noun whose animate counterpart was Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (see ignite). Cognate to pyre. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English firen, fyren, furen, from Old English fȳrian (“to make a fire”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”). [Etymology 3] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Further reading] edit - fire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Fire in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [[Asturian]] [Verb] editfire 1.third-person singular present indicative of firir [[Crimean Tatar]] [Noun] editfire 1.shrinkage, loss 2.scrap [[Danish]] ipa :/fiːrə/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle Low German fīren, from French virer (“bear, veer”). [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈfi.re/[Anagrams] edit - ferì, refi [Etymology] editFrom Latin fīerī (“to become, be”), present active infinitive of fīō. Compare Romanian fi. [References] edit - fire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana [Verb] editfìre (third-person only, third-person singular present fìa, no third-person singular past historic, no past participle) 1.(northern Italy, obsolete) to be Synonym: essere [[Norwegian Bokmål]] ipa :/ˈfiːɾə/[Etymology 1] editFrom Danish fire, Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. [Etymology 2] editFrom French virer, via Middle Low German firen [References] edit - “fire” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/ˈfiːɾə/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse fjórir, via Danish fire.editFrom Danish fire, Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. [Etymology 2] editFrom French virer, via Middle Low German firen. [References] edit - “fire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Romanian]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editFrom fi +‎ -re. [[Turkish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Greek Φύρα (Fýra) [Noun] editfire (definite accusative fireyi, plural fireler) 1.wastage 2.outage 3.shrinkage, loss, loss in weight, decrease 4.turnover 5.ullage 6.leakage 7.waste, tret, deficiency 0 0 2009/01/28 09:05 2022/03/01 18:38
41178 glowering [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - reglowing [Noun] editglowering (plural glowerings) 1.The act of giving a glower. 2.2001, Roger J. Green, Cuckoos, page 60: But after much whispering, cross looks from Caroline and Jane, warning glowerings from John, Sam was not chosen. He was left unselected and Mrs Firth told Sam sharply to go into Adam's team 'to make even numbers'. [Verb] editglowering 1.present participle of glower 0 0 2022/03/01 18:38 TaN
41179 glower [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - Gowler, reglow [Etymology 1] editFrom an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleam; to glare, glower”);[1] or from glow (“to stare”) (obsolete), and ultimately from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language.[2] Cognate with Low German gloren (“to flicker; to glimmer”), Middle Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra.[1] See more at glare. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English glouere, equivalent to glow +‎ -er. [Further reading] edit - Nernst glower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “glōren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 December 2017. 2. ^ “glower”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:38 TaN
41181 flung [[English]] ipa :/ˈflʌŋ/[Verb] editflung 1.simple past tense and past participle of fling 0 0 2020/07/01 08:12 2022/03/01 18:39 TaN
41182 fling [[English]] ipa :/ˈflɪŋ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English fling, from the verb (see below). Compare Icelandic flengur (“a fast sprint”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English flyngen, from Old Norse flengja (“to whip”), from Proto-Germanic *flangijaną (“to beat, whip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to beat”). Cognate with Icelandic flengja (“to spank”), Norwegian flengja (“to rip, tear, or fling open”). [[Middle English]] [Verb] editfling 1.Alternative form of flyngen 0 0 2020/07/01 08:12 2022/03/01 18:39 TaN
41183 detonation [[English]] ipa :/dɛtəˈneɪʃən/[Anagrams] edit - denotation, taeniodont [Antonyms] edit - (with respect to speed of propagation): deflagration [Etymology] editFrom French détonation; equivalent to detonate +‎ -ion. [Noun] editdetonation (countable and uncountable, plural detonations) 1.(chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression. the detonation of gun cotton 1.(by extension) Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave. a nuclear detonation(mechanical engineering) Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines. [[Danish]] [Further reading] edit - “detonation” in Den Danske Ordbog [Noun] editdetonation c (singular definite detonationen, plural indefinite detonationer) 1.detonation 0 0 2022/03/01 18:39 TaN
41185 vastly [[English]] [Adverb] editvastly (comparative more vastly, superlative most vastly) 1.Greatly, in a vast manner. 2.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎[1]: “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.” [Etymology] editvast +‎ -ly [Synonyms] edit - exceedingly, extremely, highly, immensely, supremely, tremendously 0 0 2021/07/01 08:48 2022/03/01 18:42 TaN
41191 gauntlet [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɔːnt.lət/[Alternative forms] edit - gantlet [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”), diminutive of gant (“glove”), a borrowing from Frankish *want (“glove; mitten”) and reinforced by Medieval Latin wantus (“glove”) itself borrowed from the former, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove; mitten”). Cognate with Dutch want (“mitten; shroud”), German Low German Want (“shroud”), Danish vante (“mitten”), Swedish vante (“glove; mitten”), Faroese vøttur (“glove; mitten”). [Etymology 2] editModified, under the influence of etymology 1, from gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”) Gauntlet track 0 0 2022/03/01 18:44 TaN
41192 struggle [[English]] ipa :/ˈstrʌɡəl/[Alternative forms] edit - stroggell, strogell (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - gurglets [Etymology] editFrom Middle English struglen, stroglen, strogelen, of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots strugil (“to struggle, grapple, contend”). Perhaps from a variant of *strokelen, *stroukelen (> English stroll), from Middle Dutch struyckelen ("to stumble, trip, falter"; > Modern Dutch struikelen), the frequentative form of Old Dutch *strūkon (“to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *strūkōną, *strūkēną (“to be stiff”), from Proto-Indo-European *strug-, *ster- (“to be stiff; to bristle, strut, stumble, fall”), related to Middle Low German strûkelen ("to stumble"; > Low German strükeln), Old High German strūhhēn, strūhhōn ("to stumble, trip, tumble, go astray"; > German strauchen, straucheln).Alternative etymology derives the base of struggle from Old Norse strúgr (“arrogance, pride, spitefulness, ill-will”) + -le (frequentative suffix), from Proto-Germanic *strūkaz (“stiff, rigid”), ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root above, which would make it cognate with dialectal Swedish strug (“contention, strife, discord”), Norwegian stru (“obstinate, unruly”), Danish struende (“reluctantly”), Scots strug (“difficulty, perplexity, a laborious task”). [Noun] editstruggle (plural struggles) 1.A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task. 2.(figuratively) Strife, contention, great effort. 3.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 23, in The Mirror and the Lamp: The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground. He worked night and day to supplement it. 4.2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun‎[1]: R. Moskowitz charges cisgender readers to be as conscious and deliberate with our religious identities as transgender and gender non-conforming people are with theirs, arguing that holiness is only achieved through continuous and unrelenting struggle and change. [Verb] editstruggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled) 1.To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend. During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves. 2.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport: England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum. 3.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. 4.2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6: Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID. 5.To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp. 6.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. 0 0 2012/04/04 22:08 2022/03/01 18:45
41193 loan [[English]] ipa :/ləʊn/[Anagrams] edit - Anlo, NOLA, Nola, lona, nola [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend. [Etymology 2] editSee lawn. [[Finnish]] ipa :/ˈloɑn/[Anagrams] edit - laon, olan [Noun] editloan 1.genitive singular of loka [[Spanish]] [Verb] editloan 1.Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of loar. 2.Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of loar. [[Vietnamese]] ipa :[lwaːn˧˧][Etymology] editSino-Vietnamese word from 鸞. [Noun] edit(classifier con) loan 1.hen-phoenix 0 0 2022/03/01 18:46 TaN
41194 Loa [[Translingual]] [Etymology] editFrom an Angolan language loa (“worm”). [Proper noun] editLoa f 1.A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – a group of nematodes that cause filariasis. 2.(obsolete) Former name of Chaetodon. [References] edit - Loa loa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Loa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Loa at National Center for Biotechnology Information [[English]] ipa :/ˈləʊ.ə/[Anagrams] edit - -ola, AOL, Lao, OAL, Ola, ola [Proper noun] editLoa (countable and uncountable, plural Loas) 1.A surname​. 2.A town, the county seat of Wayne County, Utah, United States. [[Spanish]] [Proper noun] editLoa m 1.A river in Chile 0 0 2022/03/01 18:46 TaN
41195 LOA [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - -ola, AOL, Lao, OAL, Ola, ola [Noun] editLOA (plural LOAs) 1.Initialism of leave of absence. 2.(military, US) Initialism of letter of appreciation. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:46 TaN
41196 mollify [[English]] ipa :/ˈmɒlɪfaɪ/[Alternative forms] edit - mollifie [Etymology] editFrom Middle English mollifien, from Late Latin mollificō, from Latin mollis (“soft”). [Synonyms] edit - (to ease a burden): assuage, calm, comfort, mitigate, soothe - (to appease): appease, conciliate, pacify, placate, propitiate, satisfy - (to soften): soften, soften up, tenderize, temper, anneal, deharden, distemper - See also Thesaurus:calm [Verb] editmollify (third-person singular simple present mollifies, present participle mollifying, simple past and past participle mollified) 1.To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort. 2.1893, Henry George, The Condition of Labor: An Open Letter to Pope Leo XIII, p. 104: All that charity can do where injustice exists is here and there to somewhat mollify the effects of injustice. 3.1997, A Government Reinvented: A Study of Alberta's Deficit Elimination Program, p. 408: The draft Charter School Handbook issued in November 1994 sought to mollify concerns over teacher quality, if not ATA membership, by requiring teacher certification. 4.To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of. 5.1867, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, chapter 2: Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a church-warden, it by no means mollified the beadle. 6.1916, L. Frank Baum, Rinkitink in Oz, chapter 5: The angry goat was quite mollified by the respectful tone in which he was addressed. 7.2016 January 31, "Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016): But these answers did not mollify Grassley. Specifically, he objected to Abedin’s becoming an S.G.E., because he believed she provided no irreplaceable expertise and therefore her designation as one had violated Congress’s intent when it created the program, in 1962. 8.To soften; to make tender 9.1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113: "Nor is it any more difficulty for him to mollifie what is hard, then it is to harden what is so soft and fluid as the Aire." 10.1724, William Burkitt, Expository Notes, with Practical Observations on the New Testament, p. 102: By thy kindness thou wilt melt and mollify his spirit towards thee, as hardest metals are melted by coals of fire … 0 0 2022/03/01 18:47 TaN
41197 to-do [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - todo [Anagrams] edit - OOTD, doot [Etymology] editFrom to +‎ do, formed on analogy with ado. Compare affair. [Noun] editto-do (plural to-dos) 1.A fuss made over something. Synonyms: ado, bustle, fuss; see also Thesaurus:commotion I was embarrassed that they made such a big to-do out of my birthday. 2.2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Last year, Russell Brand caused another to-do. This time he wasn’t playing nasty jokes on Andrew Sachs, or boasting about the millions of people he’d slept with; he wasn’t calling George Bush a “retard”, or giving a Nazi salute at the GQ awards, or turning up to work dressed as Osama bin Laden […] No, this time he simply made a political statement. 3.A task that has been noted as one that must be completed, especially on a list. My to-do list has been growing longer every day. I have so many to-dos, I don't know where to start. 0 0 2012/03/15 11:45 2022/03/01 18:47
41198 liquidity [[English]] ipa :/lɪkˈwɪdəti/[Antonyms] edit - illiquidity [Etymology] editFrom Latin liquiditas. [Noun] editliquidity (countable and uncountable, plural liquidities) 1.(finance) The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash My Picasso painting is not very liquid, it would take me months to sell it. Gold on the other hand is convertible to cash at any moment, making it a very liquid commodity. 2.(uncountable) The state or property of being liquid. 3.(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash. Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity. 4.(finance) Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:47 TaN
41200 steadily [[English]] ipa :/ˈstɛdɪli/[Adverb] editsteadily (comparative more steadily, superlative most steadily) 1.In a steady manner. 2.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 281: She lisped slightly, little-girlish, looking at him still while drinking whisky steadily from a full glass. [Anagrams] edit - diastyle, silyated [Etymology] editFrom steady +‎ -ly. 0 0 2012/03/07 14:11 2022/03/01 18:49
41201 bundled [[English]] [Verb] editbundled 1.simple past tense and past participle of bundle 0 0 2022/03/01 18:50 TaN
41202 bundle [[English]] ipa :/ˈbʌnd(ə)l/[Anagrams] edit - unbled [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also English bindle. [Noun] editbundle (plural bundles) 1.A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. a bundle of straw or of paper    a bundle of old clothes 2.1760, Oliver Goldsmith, On National Concord The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. 3.A package wrapped or tied up for carrying. 4.A group of products or services sold together as a unit. This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games. 5. 6.(informal) A large amount, especially of money. Synonyms: (informal) mint, (slang) pile, (colloquial) small fortune The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle. 7.(biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres. 8.(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle. examples of bundles would include in accordance with, the results of and so far. 9.(computing, Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle. 10.A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets). 11.(law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case. 12.(mathematics) Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space. Meronym: stalk space [Verb] editbundle (third-person singular simple present bundles, present participle bundling, simple past and past participle bundled) 1.(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle. 2.(transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly. 3.1835, Theodore Hook, Gilbert Gurney They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. 4.(intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out. 5.(transitive) To dress someone warmly. 6.(intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up 7.(computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product. 8.(intransitive) To hurry. 9.(slang) Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim. 10.(transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place. 11.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]: At the other end, Essien thought he had bundled the ball over the line in between Bolton's final two substitutions but the flag had already gone up. 12.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 7 Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity. 13.1859, Terence, Comedies of Terence: Why, I didn't know that she meant that, until the Captain gave me an explanation, because I was dull of comprehension ; for he bundled me out of the house. 14.(dated, intransitive) To sleep on the same bed without undressing. 15.1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], OCLC 426050984: Van Corlear […] [stopped] occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. 16.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things They were on the couch for nearly an hour, then in the shower for she didn't know how long — until the hot water started to fail and drove them out, anyway. Then she took him into her bed, where she lay too exhausted and too content to do anything but bundle. 0 0 2021/08/17 18:50 2022/03/01 18:50 TaN
41207 officially [[English]] ipa :/əˈfɪʃəli/[Adverb] editofficially (comparative more officially, superlative most officially) 1.In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations. Antonyms: inofficially, unofficially 2.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292: [T]here was nothing to drink except orange crush - officially. 3.(slang) Thoroughly, completely. That’s it! I’m officially outraged. [Etymology] editFrom official +‎ -ly. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:54 TaN
41208 change hands [[English]] [Verb] editchange hands (third-person singular simple present changes hands, present participle changing hands, simple past and past participle changed hands) 1.(idiomatic) To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold. The food got a lot worse after the restaurant changed hands. 2.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 210: The line has since changed hands several times, and is now to re-open as a preserved railway (a railway for leisure only), running vintage diesels and electrics, but with the aim of restoring steam. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:54 TaN
41209 change [[English]] ipa :/t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre, present active infinitive of cambiō (“exchange, barter”), from Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”). Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Sicilian canciari, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced native Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence English wend).The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe. [Noun] editchange (countable and uncountable, plural changes) Loose change 1.(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different. 2.2008, Nick Cave (lyrics and music), “Jesus Of The Moon”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Cause people often talk about being scared of change / But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same 3.2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist‎[2], volume 407, number 8835, page 80: Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything. The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it. 4.(uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. Can I get change for this $100 bill please? 5.(countable) A replacement. a change of clothes 6.2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC‎[3]: After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days. 7. 8.(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase. A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change. 9.(uncountable) Usually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call. This bus ride requires exact change. 10.(countable) A transfer between vehicles. The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham. 11.2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 72: It [the Elizabeth Line] will provide a 6tph (trains per hour) service and with a single change at Hayes & Harlington offer services towards Reading. 12.(baseball) A change-up pitch. 13.(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. 14.1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. 15.(dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange. 16.(Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse. 17.1727-1728, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London They call an alehouse a change. [Synonyms] edit - (to make something different): alter, modify, make another - (to make something into something different): transformedit - (the process of becoming different): transition, transformation [Verb] editchange (third-person singular simple present changes, present participle changing, simple past and past participle changed) 1.(intransitive) To become something different. The tadpole changed into a frog.   Stock prices are constantly changing. 2.(transitive, ergative) To make something into something else. 3.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto I, page 1: Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds [...] 4.2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 407, number 8835, page 80: Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything. 5.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale. The fairy changed the frog into a prince.   I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit. 6.(transitive) To replace. Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.   After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt. 7.(intransitive) To replace one's clothing. You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.   The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started. 8.(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it). It's your turn to change the baby. 9.(intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.) 10.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66: After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again. 11.(archaic) To exchange. 12.1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]: At the first sight / they have changed eyes. (exchanged looks) 13.1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2): I would give any thing to change a word or two with this person. 14.(transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse). to change a horse [[French]] ipa :/ʃɑ̃ʒ/[Etymology] editDeverbal from changer (corresponding to Old French change). Compare Medieval and Late Latin cambium. [Further reading] edit - “change”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editchange m (plural changes) 1.exchange [Verb] editchange 1.first-person singular present indicative of changer 2.third-person singular present indicative of changer 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of changer 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of changer 5.second-person singular imperative of changer [[Norman]] [Alternative forms] edit - chànge (Guernsey) [Etymology] editBorrowed from French change and English change. [Noun] editchange m (plural changes) 1.(Jersey) change 2.(Jersey, money) exchange rate [[Old French]] ipa :/ˈt͡ʃan.d͡ʒə/[Alternative forms] edit - cange (Anglo-Norman) [Etymology] editDeverbal of changier. [Noun] editchange m (oblique plural changes, nominative singular changes, nominative plural change) 1.change (difference between one state and another) 2.exchange 3.late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 368 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, line 289: Fesum bargaine, fesum change Let's make a bargain, let's make an exchange 0 0 2009/11/24 15:37 2022/03/01 18:54
41210 chang [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - çeng [Anagrams] edit - ganch [Etymology] editFrom Persian چنگ‎ [Noun] editchang (plural changs) 1.(often italicized) A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia [[Japanese]] ipa :[t͡ɕã̠ɴ][Suffix] editchang(ちゃん) • (-chan)  1.(Internet slang, cutesy) Alternative spelling of ちゃん (-chan) [[Mandarin]] [Romanization] editchang 1.Nonstandard spelling of chāng. 2.Nonstandard spelling of cháng. 3.Nonstandard spelling of chǎng. 4.Nonstandard spelling of chàng. [[Mapudungun]] [Noun] editchang (Unified spelling) 1.(anatomy) leg [[Romani]] ipa :/t͡ʃaŋɡ/[Alternative forms] edit - čang [Etymology] editFrom Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka, “leg, shank”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) [Noun] editchang f (plural changa) 1.(anatomy) leg 2.knee 0 0 2010/01/05 12:35 2022/03/01 18:54 TaN
41211 Chang [[English]] ipa :/tʃæŋ/[Anagrams] edit - ganch [Etymology 1] editFrom the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹. Doublet of Teo. [Etymology 2] editFrom the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹. [Etymology 3] editFrom Mandarin 常 (Cháng). [Etymology 4] editFrom Chinese 鄭／郑, either via Hakka Chhang or Cantonese zeng6. [Etymology 5] editFrom Korean 장 (jang). [Etymology 6] edit [See also] edit - Wiktionary’s coverage of Chang terms [[Indonesian]] [Etymology] editFrom Hakka 鄭／郑 (zhèng). [Proper noun] editChang 1.A surname, from Hakka​. [[Tagalog]] ipa :/t͡ʃaŋ/[Etymology] editFrom Hokkien 曾 (Chng) or Cantonese 曾 (Zang1). [Proper noun] editChang 1.A surname, from Mandarin of Chinese origin. [Statistics] editAccording to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chang is the 579th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 15,660 individuals. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:54 TaN
41212 make-or-break [[English]] [Adjective] editmake-or-break 1.Resulting in either success or failure. Prince Harry is taking girlfriend Chelsy Davy on a make-or-break African holiday in a bid to heal their troubled relationship.[1] [Alternative forms] edit - make or break [References] edit 1. ^ http://www.topnews.in/make-or-break-african-retreat-prince-harry-and-chelsy-davy-28593 0 0 2022/03/01 18:54 TaN
41214 make a bundle [[English]] ipa :/ˈbʌnd(ə)l/[Anagrams] edit - unbled [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also English bindle. [Noun] editbundle (plural bundles) 1.A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. a bundle of straw or of paper    a bundle of old clothes 2.1760, Oliver Goldsmith, On National Concord The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. 3.A package wrapped or tied up for carrying. 4.A group of products or services sold together as a unit. This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games. 5. 6.(informal) A large amount, especially of money. Synonyms: (informal) mint, (slang) pile, (colloquial) small fortune The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle. 7.(biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres. 8.(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle. examples of bundles would include in accordance with, the results of and so far. 9.(computing, Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle. 10.A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets). 11.(law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case. 12.(mathematics) Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space. Meronym: stalk space [Verb] editbundle (third-person singular simple present bundles, present participle bundling, simple past and past participle bundled) 1.(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle. 2.(transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly. 3.1835, Theodore Hook, Gilbert Gurney They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. 4.(intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out. 5.(transitive) To dress someone warmly. 6.(intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up 7.(computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product. 8.(intransitive) To hurry. 9.(slang) Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim. 10.(transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place. 11.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]: At the other end, Essien thought he had bundled the ball over the line in between Bolton's final two substitutions but the flag had already gone up. 12.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 7 Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity. 13.1859, Terence, Comedies of Terence: Why, I didn't know that she meant that, until the Captain gave me an explanation, because I was dull of comprehension ; for he bundled me out of the house. 14.(dated, intransitive) To sleep on the same bed without undressing. 15.1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], OCLC 426050984: Van Corlear […] [stopped] occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. 16.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things They were on the couch for nearly an hour, then in the shower for she didn't know how long — until the hot water started to fail and drove them out, anyway. Then she took him into her bed, where she lay too exhausted and too content to do anything but bundle. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:54 TaN
41216 make do [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - amoked [See also] edit - eke out - get by - settle for [Verb] editmake do (third-person singular simple present makes do, present participle making do, simple past and past participle made do) 1.(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources). There is barely enough money, so we will have to make do with what we have. 2.2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)‎[1]: Pep Guardiola’s team will have to make do with the Premier League title whereas Liverpool will go into Friday’s draw because over the two legs they were more clinical during their spells of superiority. 3.(transitive, informal) To put into action. Make the movie do! (Put on the movie!) Brandon’s makin’ the grill do so we can get to eatin’. 4.(transitive, informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose. 5.1902, Lina Beard; Adelia Belle Beard, What a girl can make and do: new ideas for work and play‎[2], page 7: A poor screw-driver is one of the most exasperating of poor tools, and a trial to one's patience and temper; besides, it is of little use attempting to "make it do," for it seldom will do. 6.1920, George F. Johnson, “How Do You Suppose We Make a Success of Our Business?”, in American review of shoes and leather, volume 35-38: It is not the same hide but we make it do. You work harder to make it into good leather and harder to make it into good shoes, and we get by. 7.2005, Trevanian, The crazyladies of Pearl Street, page 65: She had dozens of ways to make something ‘do’ for another week or month. Skillful with a needle, she could darn and re- darn our socks without making the heel or toe uncomfortably thick 0 0 2022/03/01 18:54 TaN
41217 make-do [[English]] [Adjective] editmake-do (comparative more make-do, superlative most make-do) 1.improvised, makeshift [Anagrams] edit - amoked [Etymology] editFrom the verb phrase make do. [Noun] editmake-do (plural make-dos) 1.A temporary or makeshift expedient. [See also] edit - make do - make do and mend 0 0 2022/03/01 18:55 TaN
41218 nettlesome [[English]] [Adjective] editnettlesome (comparative more nettlesome, superlative most nettlesome) 1.(of a person, thing, situation, etc.) Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome. My poison ivy rash is very nettlesome. 2.1995, Terry C. Johnston, A Cold Day in Hell, →ISBN, online edition: Mackenzie made himself a nettlesome burr under Crook's saddle, irritating the commanding general. 3.2011 April 16, Alexei Barrionuevo, "Fishermen in Amazon See a Rival in Dolphins," New York Times (retrieved 20 Jan 2011): Though the pink dolphins are protected by law, the fishermen see them as nettlesome competitors for the catches that feed their families. 4.(of a task, problem, etc.) Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky. The task of proving Fermat’s “last” theorem remains nettlesome. Be careful what you say to him; he's a nettlesome fellow. 5.1832, Mary Russell Mitford (editor), Lights and Shadows of American Life, vol. 2, p. 241: [A]ll the strange oaths and imprecations found in a seaman's vocabulary were called into service by our nettlesome captain and his crew, and hurled without mercy on the winds and weather. 6.1904, Winston Churchill, The Crossing (2003 Kessinger reprint), →ISBN, p. 61: It so chanced that on the second day after my arrival a pack-train came along, guided by a nettlesome old man and a strong, black-haired lass of sixteen or thereabouts. The old man . . . had no sooner slipped the packs from the horses than he began to rail at Hans, who stood looking on. "You damned Dutchmen all be Tories, and worse," he cried. 7.1950 Oct. 9, "The Press: John Smith, Negro," Time: Almost daily, U.S. newspapers are confronted by a nettlesome problem for which they have found no final answer. The problem: Should Negroes be identified as such in news stories? 8.1989 Dec. 29, Kenneth B. Noble, "Nigeria Enlists the Nettlesome Man in Short Pants," New York Times (retrieved 20 Jan 2011): For nearly 40 years, Mr. Solarin, an unpretentious and intensely pugnacious man, has been an intellectual guru for Nigeria's disenchanted and disfranchised. 9.1995, Eugenia Price, Beauty from Ashes, →ISBN, p. 146: No one could act naturally with her. . . . She was sure she had never lived through days in which she, Anne Couper Fraser, forced those nearby to tiptoe around her nettlesome personality. 10.2000 Jan. 6, Jeremy Quittner, "The Lemonade Stand Circa 2000: A Boy, a Site, a $10 Million Lawsuit ," BusinessWeek (retrieved 20 Jan 2011): He's also delving into one of the most nettlesome legal issues on the Net — whether one party can turn another's trademark into a URL. [Anagrams] edit - melonettes [Etymology] editnettle +‎ -some [See also] edit - mettlesome 0 0 2022/03/01 18:56 TaN
41219 fence-mending [[English]] [Noun] editfence-mending (uncountable) 1.(politics) Social assistance given to a community in order to retain popularity with the electorate. 2.1972, David Kwavnick, Organized Labour and Pressure Politics (page 15) In summary, the recognition of the mandate of a group by government is useful not only to the group's leaders but to government as well. The existence and operations of organized groups introduce an element of stability into the political process; […] they enable government to carry on a continuous process of “fence mending” by continually drawing attention to the fences which require mending; […] 3.1995, Jack Bass, The Transformation of Southern Politics (page 295) Patronage and political fence mending had come to bore him. 4.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fence,‎ mend. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:57 TaN
41220 fence [[English]] ipa :/fɛns/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence).The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century.Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare).Displaced native Old English edor. [Noun] editfence (countable and uncountable, plural fences) 1.A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. 2.1865, Horatio Alger, chapter 17, in Paul Prescott's Charge: There was a weak place in the fence separating the two inclosures 3.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 407, number 8839, page 52: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 4.Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. 5.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, OCLC 20230794, page 01: The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face. 6.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 73: The Finn was a fence, a trafficker in stolen goods, primarily in software. In the course of this business, he sometimes came into contact with other fences, some of whom dealt in the more traditional articles of the trade. 7.(by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates. 8.Skill in oral debate. 9.(obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing. 10.1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor: I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence 11.A guard or guide on machinery. 12.(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. 13.1980, ABBA (lyrics and music), “The Winner Takes It All”: I was in your arms Thinking I belonged there I figured it made sense Building me a fence 14.(computing, programming) A memory barrier. [Synonyms] edit - (to sell or buy stolen goods): pawn [Verb] editfence (third-person singular simple present fences, present participle fencing, simple past and past participle fenced) 1.(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. 2.1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It‎[2], Act IV, Scene 3: […] pray you, if you know, Where in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheep-cote fenc’d about with olive trees? 3.1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens‎[3], Act IV, Scene 1: […] O thou wall, That girdlest in those wolves, dive in the earth, And fence not Athens. 4.1856, George A. Smith, The Saints Should Divest Themselves of Old Traditions: Here are twenty acres of land, and it is all you can properly farm, unless you have more help than yourself. Now fence and cultivate it, and you can make an abundant living. 5.(transitive) To defend or guard. 6.1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II‎[4], London: William Jones: Cosin, our hands I hope shall fence our heads, And strike off his that makes you threaten vs. 7.1671, John Milton, Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes‎[5], London: John Starkey, Samson Agonistes, page 58, lines 937-938: […] I have learn’t To fence my ear against thy sorceries. 8.(transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. 9.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, OCLC 20230794, page 01: The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face. 10.(intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing. 11.1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche: Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to fence with anything but a quill. 12.(intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence. 13.(intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive. 14.1981, A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell," A Book of Answers: A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence. [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈfɛnt͡sɛ][Noun] editfence 1.dative singular of fenka 2.2013, Jana Holá (trans.), Oběť Molochovi‎[6], Host, translation of Till offer åt Molok by Åsa Larsson, →ISBN, page 303: „Zmiz,“ zašeptá fence chraptivě do ucha. "Clear off," she whispers hoarsely to the bitch's ear. 3.locative singular of fenka 4.1969, Stanislav Budín, Dynastie Kennedyů, Praha: Naše vojsko, page 126: Chruščov se rozesmál a vyprávěl o nových sovětských družicích, o fence Lajce, která byla prvním živým tvorem ve vesmíru a nedávno vrhla štěňata. Khrushchev started laughing and talked about new Soviet satellites, about the bitch Laika, who was the first alive creature in space and who gave birth to her puppies not a long time ago. 0 0 2022/03/01 18:57 TaN
41221 mending [[English]] [Noun] editmending (plural mendings) 1.The act by which something is mended or repaired. 2.1844, Edmund Leahy, A Practical Treatise on Making and Repairing Roads (page 133) This road though frequently repaired had been nevertheless but little the better for the frequent mendings […] [Verb] editmending 1.present participle of mend 0 0 2022/03/01 18:57 TaN
41222 mend [[English]] ipa :/mɛnd/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English menden, by apheresis for amenden (“to amend”); see amend. [Further reading] edit - “mend” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - mend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - mend at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editmend (plural mends) 1.A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. 2.The act of repairing or recovering. My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend. 3.1911, Jack London, Adventure Though he was fearfully weak, he found himself actually feeling better. The disease had spent itself, and the mend had begun. [Related terms] edit English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mend-‎ (0 c, 10 e) [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:repair [Verb] editmend (third-person singular simple present mends, present participle mending, simple past and past participle mended) 1.(transitive) To repair (something that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or otherwise damaged) My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending. When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended. 2.(transitive) To put in a better state; to set right; to reform; Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist. My broken heart was mended. 3.1881, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “The Sacrifice”, in The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages, Montreal, Que.: Dawson Brothers, OCLC 5911724, page 222: "Give thyself no trouble as to the matter of minding him, good man, I have small mind to mind him; but as to teaching him somewhat, to that I am well inclined." He turned to a subordinate and said, "Give the little fool a taste or two of the lash, to mend his manners." 4.1685, William Temple, Of Gardens [they] therefore thought all the Service they could do to the State they live under, was to mend the Lives and Manners of particular Men that composed it 5.To quicken 6.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]: Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating. 7.(transitive) To help, to advance, to further; to add to. 8.1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, OCLC 13320837: Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it […] mends garden herbs and fruit. 9.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]: You mend the jewel by the wearing it. 10.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard: But my lord was angry, and being disguised with liquor too, he would not let him go till they played more; and play they did, and the luck still went the same way; and my lord grew fierce over it, and cursed and drank, and that did not mend his luck you may be sure […] 11.(intransitive) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. 12.August 11 1711, Jonathan Swift, letter to Stella We have had terrible rains these two or three days. I intended to dine at lord treasurer's, but went to see lady Abercorn, who is come to town, and my lord; and I dined with them, and visited lord treasurer this evening. His porter is mending. 13.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide Some days later it happened that young Heriotside was stepping home over the Lang Muir about ten at night, it being his first jaunt from home since his arm had mended. [[Polish]] ipa :/mɛnt/[Noun] editmend 1.genitive plural of menda 0 0 2022/03/01 18:57 TaN
41223 Mende [[English]] ipa :/ˈmɛndi/[Anagrams] edit - Emden, Meden, emend [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editBorrowed from German Mende. [Etymology 3] edit  Mende, Lozère on Wikipedia [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈmen.deː/[Alternative forms] edit - Mendae [Etymology] editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδη (Méndē). [Proper noun] editMendē f sg (genitive Mendēs); first declension 1.A town of Chalcidice, colony of Eretria [References] edit - Mendae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Mende in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly 0 0 2022/03/01 18:57 TaN
41225 take up the slack [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - pick up the slack [Verb] edittake up the slack (third-person singular simple present takes up the slack, present participle taking up the slack, simple past took up the slack, past participle taken up the slack) 1.To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut. 2.1996, Dave King, Michael Kaminer, The Mountain Bike Experience: You need to take up the slack in your cables so shifters and brakes function properly. 3.1999, Jackie Clay, Build the Right Fencing for Horses: To tighten the wire, thread a stick through both loops of wire; by twisting the stick you will take up the slack in the wires, pulling them taut. 4.2012, Gabriel J Klein, Second Night: The Spear: The engines laboured, straining between the forces of tide and wind to take up the slack on the huge chains and pull the ferry across the water. 5.To do work that would otherwise be left undone. 6.1995, Bill Tarling, Peter Messaline, In the Background: An Extra's Handbook, page 48: A production never has enough time or enough money. Someone has to take up the slack. 7.2007, Thomas E. Oblinger, Old Man from the Repple Depple, page 311: When fighting at the front grew intense and casualties got heavy, traveling teams of surgeons were called in temporarily to take up the slack. 8.2012, Sandy Steinman, The Small Business Turnaround Guide: It is not unusual in turnaround situations for the turnaround manager to eliminate up to 20 percent of the jobs within the company. Is that tough? Of course it is, and the people who remain have to take up the slack, but it is far more preferable than closing the doors. 9.2013, Jill Sanders, Returning Pride, page 57: So he had doubled his efforts around the place to take up the slack. 10.To provide extra resources that are not met by normal sources. 11.2008, John Michael Greer, The Long Descent: As oil production worldwide plateaus and falters, other fossil fuels are coming under strain, and no alternative — renewable or otherwise — shows any sign of being able to take up the slack. 12.2012, Earl J. Hess, The Civil War in the West: ...and local farms were not productive enough to take up the slack. 13.2012, Eric Jerome Shumpert, Power, Passion and Pain, page 31: We have but only one life to live I take you back, you take me back I come up short and you take up the slack 14.2013, David Miller, Justice for Earthlings: Essays in Political Philosophy, page 208: This does not of course prevent people from acting strategically — deciding not to contribute in the hope that others will take up the slack. But it will be clear in these situations that such people are behaving unfairly and that prima facie at least, those who decide to take up the slack are doing more than justice requires. 15.(mathematics) To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality. 16.2012, Donald A. Pierre, Optimization Theory with Applications: A slack variable is a real variable which is introduced to take up the slack in an inequality constraint, i.e., to convert an inequality constraint to an equality constraint. 17.To consume something that would otherwise go to waste. 18.1986, Avner Cohen, Steven Lee, Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: It is the nature of monopoly capitalism to create unused industrial capacity and unemployment. The arms economy is an effort to take up the slack in this unused capacity. 19.1987, Wilderness Planning Amendment: Additionally, new export markets may be developed that will take up the slack left by falling demand in the United States. 20.2013, Michael Burger, The Shaping of Western Civilization, page 124: Honor gained through euergetism (i.e., paying for public works that benefited the community), paying to build a school or theater or temple at home, helped take up the slack. 0 0 2022/03/01 19:00 TaN
41228 issuance [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - eucasins [Etymology] editissue +‎ -ance [Noun] editissuance (countable and uncountable, plural issuances) 1.The act of issuing, or giving out. the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations [References] edit - issuance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - “issuance” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. 0 0 2016/05/01 10:29 2022/03/01 19:03
41229 gobble [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɒbl̩/[Etymology 1] editFrom gob +‎ -le. See also French gober. [Etymology 2] editOnomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.This entry needs a sound clip exemplifying the definition. Please be on the lookout for one. [See also] edit - cluck - gobbledegook 0 0 2022/03/01 19:05 TaN
41230 gobble up [[English]] [Synonyms] edit - forsling [Verb] editgobble up (third-person singular simple present gobbles up, present participle gobbling up, simple past and past participle gobbled up) 1.(transitive) To consume [something] rapidly. 2.1728, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady supper gobbled up in haste 3.(by extension, figuratively) To continually absorb or expand through annexation. The city grew over the years by gobbling up land around its limits. 0 0 2022/03/01 19:05 TaN
41231 slimmer [[English]] [Adjective] editslimmer 1.comparative form of slim: more slim [Anagrams] edit - Limmers, limmers [Noun] editslimmer (plural slimmers) 1.A person who is trying to become slim by dieting. 2.That which slims. 3.1973, Diwana (issues 16-23, page 4) Absence of greasy food will prove an automatic slimmer. [[Westrobothnian]] ipa :-ɪ́mːe̞ɾ[Etymology] editCompare Norwegian slemba, Swedish slimsa. [Noun] editsli´mmĕr f (definite singular sli´mră, definite plural slīmrĕn) 1.fritter, cloth, torn tabs on clothing or other [Pronunciation 1] edit - Rhymes: -ɪ́mːe̞ɾ [Pronunciation 2] edit - Rhymes: -ɪ̀mːe̞ɾ [References] edit - Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “slimmer f sli´mmĕr” and “slimra v slīmmĕr”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 117 - Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Slimmär”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 623 [Verb] editslīmmĕr 1.(transitive) caress åh stå int denna å slimmer oh, do not stand there caressing 2.(transitive) rive Slimmär ópp kläa tear, wear your clothes 0 0 2022/03/02 08:59 TaN
41235 impartiality [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle French impartialité. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:impartialityWikipedia impartiality (countable and uncountable, plural impartialities) 1.The quality of being impartial; fairness. [Synonyms] edit - impartialness 0 0 2022/03/02 09:12 TaN
41237 ruble [[English]] ipa :/ɹuːbəl/[Alternative forms] edit - rouble (via French) [Anagrams] edit - Brule, Brulé, Luber, bluer, burel [Etymology] editBorrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ) [Noun] edit Russian ruble sign (new)ruble (plural rubles) 1.The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽. [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈru.blə/[Further reading] edit - “ruble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “ruble” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “ruble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “ruble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editruble m (plural rubles) 1.ruble (currency of Russia) [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈrub.lɛ/[Noun] editruble m 1.nominative plural of rubel 2.accusative plural of rubel 3.vocative plural of rubel [[Turkish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ). [Noun] editruble (definite accusative rubleyi, plural rubleler) 1.ruble [References] edit - Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ruble”, in Nişanyan Sözlük - ruble in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu 0 0 2022/03/02 09:49 TaN
41238 strident [[English]] ipa :/ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/[Adjective] editstrident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident) 1.Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra. 2.Grating or obnoxious The artist chose a strident mixture of colors. 3.2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism‎[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182: If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999. 4.(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides 5.2003, November 6, “Stuart Cosgrove”, in Taylor slagging Saddam shame.‎[2], Glasgow: Under David Taylor's stewardship, the SFA has made strident progress. [Anagrams] edit - tridents [Etymology] editFrom French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō. [Noun] editstrident (plural stridents) 1.(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth. Hypernym: fricative [References] edit - “strident” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “strident”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [[French]] ipa :/stʁi.dɑ̃/[Adjective] editstrident (feminine singular stridente, masculine plural stridents, feminine plural stridentes) 1.strident; producing a high-pitched or piercing sound [Anagrams] edit - tridents [Further reading] edit - “strident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Latin]] [Verb] editstrīdent 1.third-person plural future active indicative of strīdō [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editstrident m or n (feminine singular stridentă, masculine plural stridenți, feminine and neuter plural stridente) 1.strident [Etymology] editFrom French strident, from Latin stridens. 0 0 2009/07/14 17:39 2022/03/02 09:49 TaN
41240 confab [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɒnfæb/[Etymology 1] editClipping of confabulation,[1] from Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”),[2] from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results);[3] see further at etymology 2. [Etymology 2] editClipping of confabulate,[4] from Latin cōnfābulārī + English -ate (suffix forming verbs with the sense of acting in the specified manner). Cōnfābulārī is the present active infinitive of cōnfābulor (“to converse; to discuss”), from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together) + fābulor (“to chat, converse, talk; to make up a story”) (from fābula (“discourse, narrative; fable, story”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + for (“to say, speak, talk”)).[5] [References] edit 1. ^ “confab, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “confab, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 2. ^ “confabūlāciōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. 3. ^ “confabulation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “confabulation, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 4. ^ “confab, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “confab, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 5. ^ Compare “confabulate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “confabulate, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2021/07/02 14:58 2022/03/02 09:50 TaN

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