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42121 Word [[English]] ipa :/wɝd/[Anagrams] edit - drow [Etymology 1] editSemantic loan from Koine Greek λόγος (lógos). [Etymology 2] editShortening of Microsoft Word.English Wikipedia has an article on:Microsoft WordWikipedia [[German]] ipa :/vœrt/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English Word. [Proper noun] editWord n (proper noun, strong, genitive Words) 1.Word (Microsoft program) 0 0 2018/11/12 10:07 2022/03/10 09:50 TaN
42122 princeling [[English]] [Etymology] editprince +‎ -ling [Noun] editprinceling (plural princelings) 1.A minor or unimportant prince. 2.(derogatory) A descendant of some prominent and influential senior communist official in the People's Republic of China. 0 0 2022/03/10 09:50 TaN
42123 Guild [[English]] [Proper noun] editGuild (plural Guilds) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Guild is the 11250th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2810 individuals. Guild is most common among White (88.83%) individuals. 0 0 2020/05/07 10:11 2022/03/10 09:52 TaN
42124 guild [[English]] ipa :/ɡɪld/[Alternative forms] edit - gild [Etymology] editFrom Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld. [Noun] editguild (plural guilds) 1.A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages. 2.A corporation. 3.(ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits. 4.(video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game. [Synonyms] edit - (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants) - (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association 0 0 2020/05/07 10:11 2022/03/10 09:52 TaN
42125 momentous [[English]] ipa :/məʊˈmɛn.təs/[Adjective] editmomentous (comparative more momentous, superlative most momentous) 1.Outstanding in importance, of great consequence. 2.1725, Daniel Defoe, Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business: The reason why I did not publish this book till the end of the last sessions of parliament was, because I did not care to interfere with more momentous affairs. 3.1831, James Fenimore Cooper, Homeward Bound, ch. 31: "It has been a momentous month, and I hope we shall all retain healthful recollections of it as long as we live." 4.1902, Joseph Conrad, The End of the Tether, ch. 3: What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence. 5.2007 July 1, Richard Dawkins, "Inferior Design," New York Times (retrieved 19 Nov 2013): Natural selection is arguably the most momentous idea ever to occur to a human mind, because it — alone as far as we know — explains the elegant illusion of design that pervades the living kingdoms and explains, in passing, us. [Anagrams] edit - mesonotum [Etymology] editFrom moment +‎ -ous. 0 0 2009/04/16 10:31 2022/03/10 09:53 TaN
42126 disheartening [[English]] [Adjective] editdisheartening (comparative more disheartening, superlative most disheartening) 1.Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy. Synonyms: discouraging; see also Thesaurus:disheartening Antonym: heartening [Verb] editdisheartening 1.present participle of dishearten 0 0 2022/03/10 09:53 TaN
42127 scurrilous [[English]] ipa :/ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/[Adjective] editscurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous) 1.(of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed. 2.(of language) Coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous. 3.2022 February 3, Heather Stewart, quoting Munira Mirza, “Boris Johnson’s policy chief quits over PM’s ‘scurrilous’ Savile remark”, in The Guardian‎[1]: She said Johnson was “a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand”, adding that it was “so desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scurrilous accusation against the leader of the opposition”. 4.Gross, vulgar and evil. We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud. 5.2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada "Some days, I try to imagine how scurrilous it would be for a left-leaning government in Canada to embark on such a costly political agenda for, say, a 10-year period, and still find itself unable to convince Canadians that the majority have benefited from this." [Etymology] editFrom Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”), from scurra (“a buffoon”). Doublet of scurrile. [Further reading] edit - “scurrilous” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - scurrilous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - scurrilous at OneLook Dictionary Search 0 0 2022/03/10 09:54 TaN
42128 homophobic [[English]] [Adjective] edithomophobic (comparative more homophobic, superlative most homophobic) 1.Relating to or characteristic of homophobia or homophobes. homophobic abuse [Etymology] editFrom homo (“homosexual”) +‎ -phobic. [Noun] edithomophobic (plural homophobics) 1.A homophobe. 2.2007, William D. Gairdner, The War Against the Family If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic." 3.2016, Ralph Erber, Maureen Erber, Intimate Relationships: Issues, Theories, and Research, Second Edition When placed in a situation that threatens to excite their repressed or latent sexual preferences, homophobics tend to react with panic, anger, and hostility as a means to avert or deny the threat (West, 1977). 0 0 2021/10/20 09:54 2022/03/10 09:54 TaN
42129 unilaterally [[English]] [Adverb] editunilaterally (comparative more unilaterally, superlative most unilaterally) 1.In a unilateral way. [Etymology] editunilateral +‎ -ly 0 0 2022/03/10 09:55 TaN
42130 disingenuous [[English]] ipa :/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈdʒɛn.ju.əs/[Adjective] editdisingenuous (comparative more disingenuous, superlative most disingenuous) 1.Not honourable; unworthy of honour 2.Not ingenuous; not frank or open Synonym: uncandid 3.1726, William Broome, The Poems of Alexander Pope: The Odyssey of Homer. Books XIII-XXIV, edited by Maynard Mack, Methuen, 1969, volume 10, page 378: I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them: 4.Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception. 5.2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎[1], 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. [Etymology] editdis- +‎ ingenuous [Further reading] edit - “disingenuous” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - disingenuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - disingenuous at OneLook Dictionary Search 0 0 2022/03/10 09:56 TaN
42132 on the fly [[English]] [Adverb] editon the fly (not comparable) 1.(baseball, of the ball) Without a bounce. Jones caught the ball on the fly 2.(idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity. The software program has a table of values for some results, but calculates others on the fly. [Alternative forms] edit - on-the-fly [Synonyms] edit - (spontaneously): on the spot, on the hoof (Britain) 0 0 2022/03/10 10:29 TaN
42133 on-the-fly [[English]] [Adverb] editon-the-fly (not comparable) 1.Alternative spelling of on the fly 0 0 2022/03/10 10:29 TaN
42134 lint [[English]] ipa :/lɪnt/[Anagrams] edit - Int'l, int'l, intl. [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”). [Etymology 2] editFrom the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language,[1] itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1). [References] edit 1. ^ “Question “What is linting””, in Stack Overflow‎[1], 2016, retrieved February 4, 2016 [See also] edit - Clothes dryer#Lint build-up (tumble dryers) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [[Afrikaans]] ipa :/lənt/[Etymology] editFrom Dutch lint. [Noun] editlint (plural linte, diminutive lintjie) 1.A ribbon, band, tape. [[Cimbrian]] [Noun] editlint f 1.lind, linden [References] edit - Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien [[Dutch]] ipa :/lɪnt/[Etymology] editOf uncertain origin. Probably a shortening of Middle Dutch lijnde (“rope”), from line (modern lijn). Alternatively from Latin linteum (“cloth”). [Noun] editlint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n) 1.A ribbon, a cloth band or non-textile (non-adhesive) tape. 2.(metonymically, chiefly diminutive) A decoration, a medal, especially in chivalric, civil and military contexts. [[Friulian]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin lēns, lentem. Compare Italian and Venetian lente, lent, Romanian linte. [Noun] editlint f 1.A lentil. [[Middle English]] [Noun] editlint 1.Alternative form of lynet 0 0 2012/01/24 16:56 2022/03/10 10:29
42136 notching [[English]] [Noun] editnotching (plural notchings) 1.A notched mark or pattern. 2.2003, John Hough, The Last Summer (page 136) She looked up into his face and he into hers, and he saw her light-struck green eyes and the delicate notchings of her crow's feet. 3.A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking. [Verb] editnotching 1.present participle of notch 0 0 2021/07/02 16:28 2022/03/10 12:33 TaN
42139 intraday [[English]] [Adjective] editintraday (not comparable) 1.(finance) occurring during a single day. [Etymology] editFrom intra- +‎ day. 0 0 2021/02/14 12:59 2022/03/10 12:38 TaN
42140 sizzling [[English]] [Adjective] editsizzling (comparative more sizzling, superlative most sizzling) 1.Hot enough to make a hissing sound. 2.(in the names of dishes in Asian cuisine etc.) Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound. 3.(informal) Exciting and intensely emotional or sexual. 4.(informal) Very skilful or impressive. The two teams played a sizzling match. [Noun] editsizzling (plural sizzlings) 1.Such a hissing sound. [Verb] editsizzling 1.present participle of sizzle 0 0 2021/07/02 12:54 2022/03/10 12:41 TaN
42141 sizzle [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɪzəl/[Anagrams] edit - zizels [Etymology] editProbably a derivative of Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss +‎ -le (frequentative suffix). [Noun] editsizzle (countable and uncountable, plural sizzles) 1.(countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan. 2.(uncountable) Zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement. Her performance had a lot of sizzle. [Verb] editsizzle (third-person singular simple present sizzles, present participle sizzling, simple past and past participle sizzled) 1.(intransitive) To make the sound of water hitting a hot surface. the sausages were sizzling on the barbecue. 2.(intransitive) To be exciting or dazzling. The song sizzled with energy. 0 0 2012/03/26 05:26 2022/03/10 12:41
42145 growing [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/[Adjective] editgrowing (not comparable) 1.(Should we delete(+) this sense?) That grows. 2.2013 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. Milk is good for growing children. [Noun] editgrowing (plural growings) 1.growth; increase 2.1852, Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West: Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger. 3.(attributive) Connected with growing The growing season here begins in March. [References] edit - “growing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “growing” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - “growing” in the Collins English Dictionary - “growing”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [Verb] editgrowing 1.present participle of grow 0 0 2022/02/02 09:31 2022/03/10 12:46 TaN
42147 suitable [[English]] ipa :/ˈsuːtəbl/[Adjective] editsuitable (comparative more suitable, superlative most suitable) 1.Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion. 2.2015 February 23, Rachel Janik, “Texas Teacher Will Donate a Kidney to 6-Year-Old Student”, in Time‎[1]: Doctors told Matthew Parker’s family there was only a 1% chance of finding a suitable donor for Matthew because his body had rejected a previous transplant. [Anagrams] edit - sabulite [Antonyms] edit - unsuitable [Etymology] editsuit +‎ -able [Synonyms] edit - fit for purpose (British) - up to standard (British) 0 0 2010/12/07 00:24 2022/03/10 12:47
42148 catch-all [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - catchall [Etymology] editcatch +‎ -all [Noun] editcatch-all (plural catch-alls) 1.Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought. If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door. The category was a catch-all for items that were not filed elsewhere. Cancer is a catch-all term that encompasses a wide variety of diseases. 0 0 2022/03/10 12:49 TaN
42149 catchall [[English]] [Noun] editcatchall (plural catchalls) 1.Alternative form of catch-all 0 0 2022/03/10 12:49 TaN
42150 granular [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/[Adjective] editgranular (comparative more granular, superlative most granular) 1.Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains a granular substance 2.grainy It has a granular structure 3.1790, Abraham Mills, Some Strata in Ireland and Scotland, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80 This Whyn Dyke is bare at the cliffs ſeveral yards in height, and is near nine feet in width. It conſiſts of an inner part of a granular and ſomewhat porous texture... [Etymology] editFrom granule +‎ -ar. Compare French granulaire. [Synonyms] edit - granulous; see also Thesaurus:granular [[Interlingua]] [Adjective] editgranular (not comparable) 1.granular (in the shape of grains) [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editgranular m or n (feminine singular granulară, masculine plural granulari, feminine and neuter plural granulare) 1.granular [Etymology] editFrom French granulaire [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editgranular (plural granulares) 1.granular [Further reading] edit - “granular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Verb] editgranular (first-person singular present granulo, first-person singular preterite granulé, past participle granulado) 1.to granulate 0 0 2021/09/01 13:14 2022/03/10 12:51 TaN
42152 rife [[English]] ipa :/ɹaɪf/[Adjective] editrife (comparative rifer, superlative rifest) 1.Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things). Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted. 2.1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal. 3.1634 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: The tumult of loud mirth was rife. 4.1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet She was afterwards Lady Keith; and the mention of this name in the tale, as it were by mere accident, fixes the era of it in the reign of James the Fourth, at the very time that fairies, brownies, and witches, were at the rifest in Scotland. 5.1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 170: The 'denominational considerations' mentioned below relate, of course, to anti-Semitic feeling, which was already rife in Vienna during the last years of the nineteenth century. 6.1964 May, R. K. Evans, “The Ventura—Paxman's high-speed engine”, in Modern Railways, page 329: BRB engineers, it is known, have a warm regard for the Ventura range and speculation is rife that it may feature more widely in future BR dieselisation programmes. 7.Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful. These woodlands are rife with red deer. Watermelons are rife with seeds. 8.Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things). Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption. 9.2013, Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica (in The Guardian, 15 May 2013)[1] They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high. 10.(obsolete) Having power; active; nimble. 11.1661, John Webster and William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold What! I am rife a little yet. [Adverb] editrife (comparative more rife, superlative most rife) 1.Plentifully, abundantly. The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke. [Anagrams] edit - -fier, FIRE, Fier, Frie, fier, fire, refi, reif, rief [Etymology] editFrom Middle English rife, from Old English rīfe, rȳfe (“rife, abundant, frequent”), from Proto-Germanic *rībaz (“generous”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyp- (“to tear (off), rip”). Cognate with West Frisian rju (“rife, much”), Low German rive (“abundant, munificent”), Dutch rijf (“abundant, copious”), Icelandic rífr (“rife, munificent”), Icelandic reifa (“to bestow”). [Synonyms] edit - (widespread): pandemic, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread - (abounding, plentiful): filled; see also Thesaurus:plentiful [[Spanish]] [Verb] editrife 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rifar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rifar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rifar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of rifar. 0 0 2009/10/16 12:29 2022/03/10 12:52 TaN
42154 cessation [[English]] ipa :/sɛˈseɪʃən/[Anagrams] edit - canoeists, sonicates [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō. [Noun] editcessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations) 1.(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final. 2.1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 1138660207: it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition 3.1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI The day […] was […] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour. [Synonyms] edit - (temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause - (final): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish [[French]] ipa :/sɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin cessātiō. Morphologically, from cesser +‎ -ation. [Further reading] edit - “cessation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editcessation f (plural cessations) 1.cessation 0 0 2010/09/19 03:05 2022/03/10 12:53
42159 up until [[English]] [Preposition] editup until 1.(informal) Until. 2.2002, Gene Simmons, Kiss and Make-Up, page 87: It's easy to see why he was confused — up until that point, you didn't have popular bands coming out with makeup on. 0 0 2022/03/10 12:55 TaN
42161 proximity [[English]] ipa :/pɹɑkˈsɪ.mɪ.ti/[Etymology] editproxim(ate) +‎ -ity, from Middle French proximité, from Latin proximitās, proximitāt-, from proximus. [Noun] editproximity (countable and uncountable, plural proximities) 1.Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship. The proximity of the heat source allowed it to be detected by the sensor. You and I live in close proximity. [Synonyms] edit - closeness, nearness 0 0 2016/05/10 15:49 2022/03/10 12:56
42163 runway [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹʌnweɪ/[Anagrams] edit - unwary, unwray [Etymology] edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}Models on a runwayAn airplane taking off from a runwayrun +‎ way. [Further reading] edit - runway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - runway (fashion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - runway (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editrunway (plural runways) 1.A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for access. 2.1894 December 10, Frank H[enry] Symons, Apparatus for Reloading Coal‎[1], US Patent 546,790, page 1: The invention comprehends an inclined runway or cable connected at its upper end in any desirable way to a point adjacent the bin, pocket, or chute to which the coal is to be delivered and connected at its lower end to a post or other point of attachment located at the side of the pile of coal. […] The coal tub or carrier by means of which the coal is conveyed is suspended from and adapted to run along the runway or cable, […] 3.1919 June 2, “The Defense. [Testimony of John J. Sullivan.]”, in Court of Appeals of the State of New York: ANGELO PALERMO, as Administrator of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Michele Palermo, Deceased, Plaintiff-Respondent, against THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Impleaded with CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant: Case on Appeal, New York, N.Y.: Appeal Printing Company, […], paragraph 311, page 104: Q. Was the fence all blocked by the freight? […] A. No, there was a runway left, so they could drive trucks through there inside the space. 4.1921 May, P. P. Avery, “Nessmuck’s”, in Forest and Stream, volume XCI, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., OCLC 7405556, page 210: A TAKE-DOWN CANOE RUNWAY. A very handy adjunct to the camp of a canoeist is a runway that can be taken apart and transported easily. 5.The usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, such as from a forest to a water source. 6.1846 October, Alfred B[illings] Street, “A Day’s Hunting about the Mongaup”, in George R[ex] Graham, editor, Graham’s American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, volume XXIX, number 4, Philadelphia, Pa.: George R. Graham & Co., […], OCLC 1017756595, page 190: There is a water-break formed by a small terrace of rock in mid-stream, and purling with a hollow, delicious monotone—an island of pebbles is above, with here and there smaller ones near the "forks." This pebbly island is directly on the runway, or customary trail which the hunted deer pursues through the forests. […] I fix my eyes steadily upon the runway—straining them almost from their sockets—still no deer. 7.1874, “Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of New Jersey for the Year 1874”, in Documents of the Ninety-ninth Session of the Legislature of New Jersey, Thirty-first under the New Constitution (Document; no. 8), Camden, N.J.: John H. Jones, book and job printer, published 1875, OCLC 313426097, page 15: These streams have always been, and, of right ought to be, the runways for shad and salmon, when these fishes are seeking a spawning bed; […]. The public at large, […] are entitled to have the full benefit of these runways free from any such permanent obstructions as will prevent the ready passage of fish up stream, or will destroy them uselessly on their return to the river and sea. 8.1893 July–October, William Hubbell Fisher, “Investigations of the Burrows of the American Marmot. (Arctomys momax.)”, in The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, volume XIV, number 2 & 3, Cincinnati, Oh.: Cincinnati Society of Natural History, […], OCLC 1554732, page 108: The runways rapidly narrow in both diameters, and as they reach that portion of the way which is substantially horizontal, they are of a size to allow an adult marmot to readily pass through. 9.1922 November 25, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, “A Thousand a Plate”, in Western Story Magazine, volume XXX, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith Corporation, OCLC 11910542, chapter I, page 86, column 2: In the mornings hoar-frost lay thick upon the ground, and thin ice formed in currentless shallows and overlay the muskrat runways. 10.A narrow walkway (often on a platform) extending from a stage on which people walk, especially one used by models during fashion shows. 11.2009, Linda Hudson-Smith, chapter 1, in Romancing the Runway (Kimani Romance), Washington, D.C.: Kimani Press, →ISBN: He halfheartedly paid attention to the flurry of activity on the runway, until a thunderous round of applause suddenly broke out. He then sat up straight, giving his full attention to the striking, attention-grabbing model who'd just strolled onto the runway. 12.(athletics) In javelin, long jump, and similar events: a short track along which athletes can accelerate themselves for their jumps or throws. 13.1969, Virginia Parker; Robert [Emmett] Kennedy, Track and Field for Girls and Women (Saunders Physical Activities Series), Philadelphia, Pa.: W. B. Saunders, OCLC 906035558, page 84: Proper footwear is a must for javelin throwing. To some degree the surface of the runway will dictate the type of shoe. 14.1984, Robert Fong Sing, The Dynamics of the Javelin Throw, Cherry Hill, N.J.: Reynolds Publishers, →ISBN, page 44: The main goal of the approach run is to attain the maximum controllable running speed on the runway immediately prior to the throw. 15.(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from. 16.1945, Robert Lee Scott Jr., Runway to the Sun, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, OCLC 1372996, page 135: Down at the end of the field when ready for the take-off, I'd taxi the ship off the runway and tell him why I did that—"so as not to block incoming ships," and I'd tell him at the same time why the incoming ship was supposed to land in the first third of the field and why in the take-off we were going all the way to the end of the runway and not try to take off up the middle of the runway. 17.1985, Mark Stephen Monmonier, “Glossary”, in Technological Transition in Cartography, Madison, Wis.; London: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 267: Space Shuttle. A human-operated space vehicle launched by a rocket to orbit the Earth and then return to Earth and land undamaged on a runway like a conventional airplane. 18.2016 March, Joseph Kanon, Leaving Berlin: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 313: They hurried across the waiting hall to the departure gates. Through the windows he could see the floodlights on the field, shining on the runways. Planes pulled up in rows at the gates, assembly-line style, workers swarming over them like ants even before they stopped. 19.(finance, informal) Hence, the number of months that a startup company can operate by using up its cash reserves. 20.2014, Paul Paetz, “End Game”, in Disruption by Design: How to Create Products that Disrupt and Dominate Markets, Berkeley, Calif.: Apress, →ISBN, part III (The Last Mile), page 235: So, if you have $1.8M in the bank and monthly burn rate of $150,000, you have a runway of 12 months. 21.A stream bed. [Synonyms] edit - (walkway extending from a stage): catwalk [[Czech]] [Etymology] editFrom English runway. [Further reading] edit - runway in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu - runway in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Noun] editrunway f 1.runway (section for landing or take-off) [Synonyms] edit - ranvej 0 0 2021/08/23 10:16 2022/03/10 12:57 TaN
42164 jousting [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒaʊstɪŋ/[Noun] editjousting (countable and uncountable, plural joustings) 1.A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances. 2.(figuratively) Any activity in which two people spar with each other verbally. [Verb] editjousting 1.present participle of joust 0 0 2022/03/10 12:57 TaN
42165 joust [[English]] ipa :/dʒaʊst/[Alternative forms] edit - just (obsolete)English Wikipedia has an article on:JoustingWikipedia Jousting. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century. [Noun] editjoust (plural jousts) 1.A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field. [Synonyms] edit - tilt [Verb] editjoust (third-person singular simple present jousts, present participle jousting, simple past and past participle jousted) 1.To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. 2.To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally) 3.(slang) To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex. 0 0 2012/12/09 10:46 2022/03/10 12:57
42166 charge [[English]] ipa :/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/[Anagrams] edit - Creagh [Etymology] editFrom Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Medieval Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo. [Further reading] edit - “charge” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - charge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Noun] editcharge (countable and uncountable, plural charges) 1.The amount of money levied for a service. There will be a charge of five dollars. 2.(military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy. Pickett did not die leading his famous charge. 3.A forceful forward movement. 4.2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC‎[1]: Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal 5. 6. An accusation. Synonym: count 1.An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of 2.An accusation by a person or organization. 3.2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato, Sophist. 261a. we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge; 4.2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 150: A charge often leveled against organic agriculture is that it is more philosophy than science. That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.(physics and chemistry) An electric charge.The scope of someone's responsibility. The child was in the nanny's charge. - 1848 April 24, John K. Kane, opinion, United States v. Hutchison, as reported in The Pennsylvania law Journal, June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 [2]: He had the key of a closet in which the moneys of this fund were kept, but the outer key of the vault, of which the closet formed part, was in the charge of another person.Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. The child was a charge of the nanny.A load or burden; cargo. The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.An instruction. I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.(basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.(firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.(by extension) A measured amount of explosive. - 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.(weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack. to bring a weapon to the charge(farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.(obsolete) Weight; import; value. - 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 ii]: many suchlike as's of great charge(historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.(ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation. [Verb] editcharge (third-person singular simple present charges, present participle charging, simple past and past participle charged) 1.To assign a duty or responsibility to. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joshua 22:5: Moses […] charged you to love the Lord your God. 3.1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]: Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. 4.(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account. Let's charge this to marketing. 5.(transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card. Can I charge my purchase to my credit card? Can I charge this purchase? 6.(transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.). to charge high for goods I won't charge you for the wheat 7.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. 8.(possibly archaic) To sell at a given price. to charge coal at $5 per unit 9.(law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime. I'm charging you with assault and battery. 10.To impute or ascribe. 11.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 80026745: No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time. 12.1966, Stringfellow Barr, The Mask of Jove: He lacked the art of wounding with the sword, and in any case his critics charged that he shrank from steel; but his invective was worthy of Demosthenes and his words drew blood. 13.To call to account; to challenge. 14.c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]: to charge me to an answer 15.(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. 16.1693, [John Locke], “§64”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482: the charging of children's memories […] with rules 17.1800, James Hogg, The Mysterious Bride [H]er grandfather […] charged her as she valued her life never to mention that again […] 18.1911, The Encyclopedia Britannica, entry on Moya: [A] huge torrent of boiling black mud, charged with blocks of rock and moving with enormous rapidity, rolled like an avalanche down the gorge. 1.To ornament with or cause to bear. to charge an architectural member with a moulding 2.(heraldry) To assume as a bearing. He charges three roses. 3.(heraldry) To add to or represent on. He charges his shield with three roses or.(transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. Charge your weapons; we're moving up. - c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]: their battering cannon charged to the mouths 1.(transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge. Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly. 2.(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet. He charged the battery overnight. Don't forget to charge the drill. I charge my phone every night. 3.(intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy. The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet. His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. 1.(military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group. The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines. 2.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii: My Lord, we haue diſcouered the enemie Readie to Charge you with a mightie army. 3.(basketball) To commit a charging foul. 4.(cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.(transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog) [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈʃɑr.ʒə/[Alternative forms] edit - chargie (obsolete) [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French charge. [Noun] editcharge f (plural charges) 1.A charge (fast ground attack). [[French]] ipa :/ʃaʁʒ/[Anagrams] edit - gâcher [Etymology] editFrom Middle French charge, from Old French charge, carge, equivalent to a deverbal from charger. [Further reading] edit - “charge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editcharge f (plural charges) 1.load, burden charge pesante ― heavy load 2.cargo, freight La charge de ce bateau est de cinquante tonneaux. ― The freight of this boat is fifty tons. 3.responsibility, charge J'ai la charge de vous dire que... ― I have the responsibility to tell you that... 4.(law) charge Ce fait constitue une charge très grave contre le prévenu. ― This fact constitutes a very serious charge against the accused. 5.(military) charge une charge massive contre les positions allemandes ― a massive charge against the German positions 6.caricature, comic exaggeration 7.(physics) charge 8.(heraldry) charge 9.(in the plural) costs, expenses [Verb] editcharge 1.first-person singular present indicative of charger 2.third-person singular present indicative of charger 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of charger 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of charger 5.second-person singular imperative of charger [[Middle English]] [Verb] editcharge 1.first-person singular present indicative of chargen 2.1470–1483 (date produced)​, Thomas Malory, “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18: Than ſpake ẜ Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · ẜ Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle // Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agrivain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.” [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from French charge. [Further reading] edit - charge on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt [Noun] editcharge f (plural charges) 1.cartoon (satire of public figures) Synonym: cartum 0 0 2016/05/24 11:54 2022/03/10 12:58
42167 charged [[English]] ipa :/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/[Adjective] editcharged (comparative more charged, superlative most charged) 1.Arousing strong emotion. 2.Showing or having strong emotion. 3.Having electricity. [Synonyms] edit - (arousing strong emotion): heated [Verb] editcharged 1.simple past tense and past participle of charge 2.2012 March-April, Sapp, Jan, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, United States: Sigma Xi, ISSN 0003-0996, OCLC 645082957, page 164: Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept? 0 0 2022/03/10 12:58 TaN
42171 Waters [[English]] ipa :/ˈwɔːtəz/[Anagrams] edit - Westra, rawest, tawers, waster [Etymology 1] editFrom the given name Walter + the patronymic suffix -s. [Etymology 2] editFrom residence near water. 0 0 2022/03/10 13:00 TaN
42172 Water [[German Low German]] [Alternative forms] edit - Woter, Wåter, Woater [Etymology] editFrom Middle Low German wāter, from Old Saxon watar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognate with German Wasser. [Noun] editWater n (plural Waters) 1.(in most dialects, including Low Prussian) water (H₂O) [References] edit - Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster) 0 0 2021/07/01 08:46 2022/03/10 13:00 TaN
42173 aforementioned [[English]] ipa :/əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/[Adjective] editaforementioned (not comparable) 1.Previously mentioned. It wasn't until later that we realized that the aforementioned caller and this taciturn man were the same person. [Antonyms] edit - following - undermentionededit - following - undermentioned [Etymology] editFrom afore- +‎ mentioned. [Noun] editaforementioned (uncountable) 1.(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously. The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free. [Synonyms] edit - above-mentioned - abovementioned - aforesaid - mentionededit - abovementioned - aforesaid - mentioned 0 0 2012/03/03 20:07 2022/03/10 13:01
42174 augment [[English]] ipa :/ɔːɡˈmɛnt/[Anagrams] edit - mutagen, negatum [Etymology] editFrom Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”). [Further reading] edit - “augment” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - augment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - augment at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editaugment (plural augments) 1.(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb. The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian. 2.(grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix. 3.An increase. [Verb] editaugment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented) 1.(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement. The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary. 2.(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater. 3.(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage. 4.(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone). 5.(grammar, transitive) To add an augment to. [[Catalan]] ipa :/əwˈment/[Etymology] editLearned borrowing from Latin augmentum. [Further reading] edit - “augment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [Noun] editaugment m (plural augments) 1.increase, rise, rising 2.(linguistics) augment 3.(optics) magnification [[Dutch]] ipa :/ɑu̯xˈmɛnt/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language. [Noun] editaugment n (plural augmenten) 1.(Indo-European grammar) augment (prefix before a past-tense verb) [[French]] ipa :/oɡ.mɑ̃/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin augmentum. [Further reading] edit - “augment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editaugment m (plural augments) 1.(medieval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit 2.Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. 3.(grammar) augment L'augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l'augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue. [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈaw.ɡmɛnt/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin augmentum. [Further reading] edit - augment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - augment in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editaugment m inan 1.(grammar) augment (a suffix in some Indo European languages indicating the past tense) [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French augment or Latin augmentum. [Noun] editaugment n (plural augmente) 1.increase, growth, augmentation 0 0 2012/01/19 11:39 2022/03/10 13:02 jack_bob
42175 firefighter [[English]] ipa :/ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/[Etymology] editfire +‎ fighter. Created as a gender-neutral term for fireman and firewoman. [Noun] editfirefighter (plural firefighters) 1.A person who puts out fires. [Synonyms] edit - smoke eater 0 0 2011/03/12 16:39 2022/03/10 13:04 TaN
42176 firefight [[English]] [Etymology] editfire +‎ fight [Noun] editfirefight (plural firefights) 1.A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire. 0 0 2022/03/10 13:04 TaN
42177 tourniquet [[English]] ipa :/ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/[Etymology] editFrom French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”). [Further reading] edit - tourniquet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “tourniquet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. [Noun] edittourniquet (plural tourniquets) 1.(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb. 2.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326: His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; […]. 3.1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, OCLC 43419454: […] Bull was in the bathroom taking his fix, clutching his old black necktie in his teeth for a tourniquet and jabbing with the needle into his woesome arm with the thousand holes; […] 4.2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 83: After he was done, Lillehei's assistants released the tourniquet around Gregory's venae cavae, allowing blood to return. 5.Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position. 6.(obsolete) A turnstile. [[French]] ipa :/tuʁ.ni.kɛ/[Etymology] editFrom tourner with suffix -iquet (as in berniquet). [Further reading] edit - “tourniquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] edittourniquet m (plural tourniquets) 1.unpowered carousel (playground) 2.revolving door or turnstile 0 0 2022/03/10 13:06 TaN
42178 situational [[English]] ipa :/sɪtjuːˈeɪʃənəl/[Adjective] editsituational (comparative more situational, superlative most situational) 1.Of or pertaining to a particular situation. [Anagrams] edit - natalitious [Etymology] editsituation +‎ -al 0 0 2022/03/10 13:06 TaN
42179 gravity [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹævɪti/[Etymology] edit16th century, learned borrowing from Latin gravitās (“weight”) (compare French gravité), from gravis (“heavy”). Doublet of gravitas. [Noun] editgravity (countable and uncountable, plural gravities) 1.The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness. 2.The state or condition of being grave; seriousness. I hope you appreciate the gravity of the situation. 3.(music) The lowness of a note. 4.(physics) Force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation, resulting from gravitation. 5.2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]. 6.(in casual discussion, also) Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably). 7.2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 86: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories. 8.(physics) Specific gravity. [References] edit - John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “gravity”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. - Gravitation in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [Synonyms] edit - weightfulness - The state or condition of being grave: graveness, seriousness 0 0 2022/03/10 13:07 TaN
42180 kick [[English]] ipa :/kɪk/[Etymology 1] editPlay media A boy kicking a ball.From Middle English kiken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek. [Etymology 2] editShortening of kick the bucket. [Etymology 3] editShortening of kick ass [References] editkick at OneLook Dictionary Search 1. ^ Eric Partridge (2013), “kick”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume I-II, second edition, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1318. [[Dutch]] ipa :/kɪk/[Etymology 1] editBorrowing from English kick. [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[German]] ipa :[kɪk][Verb] editkick 1.singular imperative of kicken 2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of kicken [[Yola]] [Verb] editkick 1.Alternative form of kink 0 0 2009/01/20 02:22 2022/03/10 13:07 TaN
42181 kick in [[English]] [See also] edit - kick in the pants [Verb] editkick in (third-person singular simple present kicks in, present participle kicking in, simple past and past participle kicked in) 1.(transitive) To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards. Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerby kicked in the front door and yelled to those inside. 2.(transitive, slang) To kick or strike (a person); to beat up 3.(intransitive, idiomatic) To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way. 4.2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight: People expect women [when they give birth] to have this instinct that kicks in. 5.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 289: Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth[.] You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in. I took my medication an hour ago, and it hasn't kicked in yet. 6.(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money. For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars. This is a worthy charity, so everyone should kick in. 0 0 2022/03/10 13:07 TaN
42182 hunker [[English]] ipa :/ˈhʌŋkə/[Anagrams] edit - Ruhnke [Etymology 1] editOriginally Scottish. Origin uncertain, but probably of Germanic origin, perhaps *hunk- a nasalised variant of *huk- (compare Scots hoonk, hounk, variants of huk, hok (“to squat, crouch”); Scots hocker (“to crouch down, hunker”)), all of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse huka (“to crouch”), [1] from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of high).[2]Probable cognates include Old Norse húka, Dutch huiken, and German hocken. [Etymology 2] editUnknown [References] edit 1. ^ “hunker”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. 2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “hukan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252 [See also] edit - hunkers [[Dutch]] ipa :-ʏŋkər[Anagrams] edit - hurken [Verb] edithunker 1.first-person singular present indicative of hunkeren 2. imperative of hunkeren 0 0 2018/12/12 09:26 2022/03/10 13:07 TaN
42183 air-raid [[English]] [Noun] editair-raid (plural air-raids) 1.(often attributive) Alternative form of air raid 2.2003, Nicholas Webley, A Taste of Wartime Britain, →ISBN, page 72: Regularly after working during the day he went to the ARP post at night to be on call should there be an air-raid. 3.2011, Stephen Wade, Air-Raid Shelters of World War II: Family Stories of Survival in the Blitz, →ISBN, page 38: This street, Alton Avenue, was on a slope... air-raid shelters had been dug into all the back gardens so that you had to stoop and go down a couple of steps to enter...my parents told one particular family if there was an air-raid they could share our shelter. 4.2014, Abigail Stahl McNamee, Breathing the Same Air: Children, Schools, and Politics in Northern Ireland, →ISBN, page 96: He notes also WWII indications in England that air-raids seemed to have less effect on children than on adults (Vernon 1941, cited in Cairns 1996) and that older children seemed to find the raids thrilling (Crosby 1986, cited in Cairns 1996). 5.2011, Stephen Wade, Air-Raid Shelters of World War II: Family Stories of Survival in the Blitz, →ISBN, page 38: In June 1940 at night-time the air-raid siren went, my father was at the docs so my mother told my elder brother to go down the steps ready for me to be handed to him. 6.2007, Rodric Braithwaite, Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War, →ISBN, page ii: Those in charge of factories, offices and apartment blocks were to appoint and train air-raid wardens. 7.2008, Frank E. Wismer, War in the Garden of Eden: A Military Chaplain's Memoir from Baghdad, →ISBN, page 139: The palace was built to disguise a three-story air-raid shelter located beneath it. 0 0 2022/03/10 13:07 TaN
42184 air-raid shelter [[English]] [Noun] editair-raid shelter (plural air-raid shelters) 1.A structure, often a reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids. 2.1941 July, “Notes and News: New Tube Station at Highgate”, in Railway Magazine, page 329: With the intensification of air raids on London last September, these tube platforms began to be used as an air raid shelter, and shelterers travelled by train (specially stopped there) from other stations in order to gain access. [Synonyms] edit - air raid bunker - bomb shelter - bombproof 0 0 2022/03/10 13:07 TaN
42185 air raid [[English]] [Further reading] edit - air raid at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editair raid (plural air raids)English Wikipedia has an article on:air raidWikipedia 1.An attack on a surface target by aircraft. 2.1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, pages 629-630: Air raids on London, which first began on an intensive scale on September 7, occasioned a certain amount of disorganisation to transport services of all kinds. 3.1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack. 4.(American football) A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back. 0 0 2022/03/10 13:07 TaN
42187 turbulence [[English]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin turbulentia, or from turbulent +‎ -ence. [Noun] editturbulence (countable and uncountable, plural turbulences) 1.(uncountable) The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance. 2.(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest. 3.(uncountable) Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft. 4.An instance or type of such state or disturbance. [See also] edit - mechanical turbulence - thermal turbulence [[French]] [Further reading] edit - “turbulence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editturbulence f (plural turbulences) 1.turbulence 0 0 2022/03/10 13:10 TaN
42188 shakeup [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - shake-up [Etymology] editshake +‎ up [Noun] editshakeup (plural shakeups) 1.A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization. [See also] edit - shake up 0 0 2022/03/10 13:10 TaN
42189 tapped [[English]] ipa :/tæpt/[Adjective] edittapped (comparative more tapped, superlative most tapped) 1.furnished with active taps (e.g. a keg or a maple tree) 2.(card games, board games) of a card or playing piece, used up for the current turn [Verb] edittapped 1.simple past tense and past participle of tap 0 0 2022/03/10 13:10 TaN
42196 landscape [[English]] ipa :/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/[Alternative forms] edit - landskip (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - lap dances, lap-dances, lapdances [Antonyms] edit - (printing mode): portrait [Etymology] editFrom an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”), equivalent to land +‎ -ship; in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”). [Noun] edit Landscape layout for printinglandscape (countable and uncountable, plural landscapes) 1.A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. 2.1676, Charles Cotton, chapter II, in The Compleat Angler. Being Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream. Part. II., 5th edition, London: […] Richard Marriott, and Henry Brome […], OCLC 1064945917, page 12: Piſcat[or]. [...] [T]heſe Hills though high, bleak, and craggy, breed and feed good Beef, and Mutton above ground, and afford good ſtore of Lead within. / Viat[or]. They had need of all thoſe commodities to make amends for the ill Land-ſchape: [...] 3.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48: Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape. 4.A sociological aspect of a physical area. 5.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 2: In light of such conceptualisations of the power of linguistic landscapes, we set out to examine the connection between the visual landscape and the spoken landscape in our institution[.] 6.A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc. 7.1917, Anton Chekhov, Constance Garnett, transl., The Darling and Other Stories‎[1], Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71: The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them. 8.The pictorial aspect of a country. 9.(computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides 10.A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape") 11.(figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years [See also] edit - dreamscape - moonscape - seascape - skyscape [Verb] editlandscape (third-person singular simple present landscapes, present participle landscaping, simple past and past participle landscaped) 1.To create or maintain a landscape. 0 0 2018/02/25 18:00 2022/03/10 13:16 TaN
42197 obscure [[English]] ipa :/əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/[Adjective] editobscure (comparative obscurer or more obscure, superlative obscurest or most obscure) 1.Dark, faint or indistinct. 2.1892, Denton Jaques Snider, Inferno, 1, 1-2 (originally by Dante Alighieri) I found myself in an obscure wood. 3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 20:20: His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 4.Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous. 5.c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]: The obscure bird / Clamoured the livelong night. 6.1606, John Davies of Hereford, Bien Venu the obscure corners of the earth 7.Difficult to understand. 8.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt The lock was of a kind that Watt could not pick. Watt could pick simple locks, but he could not pick obscure locks. 9.2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847: The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. an obscure passage or inscription;    The speaker made obscure references to little-known literary works. 10.Not well-known. 11.Unknown or uncertain; unclear. The etymological roots of the word "blizzard" are obscure and open to debate. [Anagrams] edit - Cuberos [Antonyms] edit - clear [Etymology] editFrom Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- +‎ *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro. [Further reading] edit - “obscure” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - obscure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Synonyms] edit - (dark): cimmerian, dingy; See also Thesaurus:dark - (faint or indistinct): fuzzy, ill-defined; See also Thesaurus:indistinct - (hidden, out of sight): occluded, secluded; See also Thesaurus:hidden - (difficult to understand): fathomless, inscrutable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible - (not well-known): enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious; See also Thesaurus:arcaneedit - (to render obscure; to darken; dim): becloud, bedarken, bedim, bemist [Verb] editobscure (third-person singular simple present obscures, present participle obscuring, simple past and past participle obscured) 1.(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. 2.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]: They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. 3.c. 1688', William Wake, Preparation for Death There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured in the writings of learned men as this. 4.(transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc. 5.1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax: But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either. 6.1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 719: However, many people—including railwaymen—are only beginning to realise how great is the amount of civil engineering work necessary to achieve adequate clearances for high-voltage overhead equipment under bridges and tunnels; what is involved in the re-signalling needed to permit the increased throughput of traffic (in some places it is unavoidable, to afford better sighting of signals obscured by overhead electrical gear); [...]. 7.1994, Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, page 62 I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. 8.(intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide. 9.1623 (first performance)​, John Fletcher; William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, Act IV, scene ii: How! There's bad news. / I must obscure, and hear it. [[French]] ipa :/ɔp.skyʁ/[Adjective] editobscure 1.feminine singular of obscur [Anagrams] edit - courbes [[Latin]] [Adjective] editobscūre 1.vocative masculine singular of obscūrus [References] edit - obscure in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - obscure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - obscure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette 0 0 2009/04/23 15:12 2022/03/10 14:55

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