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ROI
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- OIr, Ori, RIO, Rio, rio
[Further reading]
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- (accounting): Return on investment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (photography): Region of interest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editROI (plural ROIs)
1.(accounting, acronym) Return on investment.
2.(photography, acronym) Region of interest (in digital images).
3.(military, espionage, acronym) Region of interest.
4.(engineering) Radius of influence.
[Proper noun]
editROI
1.(acronym) Republic of Ireland.
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unrest
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈɹɛst/[Anagrams]
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- tuners
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English unreste, equivalent to un- + rest. Cognate with West Frisian ûnrêst (“unrest”), Dutch onrust (“unrest”), German Low German Unrüst (“unrest”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Uunraue (“unrest”), German Unruhe (“unrest”), Danish uro (“unrest”), Swedish oro (“unrest”), Icelandic órói (“unrest”). Compare also Old English orrest (“battle”), Old Norse orrosta, orresta (“battle”).
[Noun]
editunrest (usually uncountable, plural unrests)
1.A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
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exacerbating
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editexacerbating (not comparable)
1.That exacerbates
[Verb]
editexacerbating
1.present participle of exacerbate
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sentient
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/[Adjective]
editsentient (comparative more sentient, superlative most sentient)
1.Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
Synonym: sensate
2.Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
Antonym: insensate
3.(chiefly science fiction) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:self-aware
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
[Noun]
editsentient (plural sentients)
1.Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
2.(chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sentient
3.1965, Farmer, Philip José, The Maker of Universes:
The merpeople and the sentients who lived on the beach often hitched rides on these creatures, steering them by pressure on exposed nerve centers.
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “SENTIENT | Pronunciation in English”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], Cambridge University Press, accessed 2020-09-18
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editsentient
1.third-person plural future active indicative of sentiō
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fracas
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɹækɑː/[Anagrams]
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- Frasca, carsaf
[Etymology]
editFrom French fracas, derived from fracasser, from Italian fracassare, from fra- + cassare, equivalent to Latin infra + quassare.
[Noun]
editfracas (plural fracases or fracas)
1.A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
2.1989, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, Faber 1999, paperback edition, p. 16,
And I recall also some years ago, Mr Rayne, who travelled to America as valet to Sir Reginals Mauvis, remarking that a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of fracas, if not in the fellow being frogmarched to the nearest police station.
3.1964, Philip K. Dick, The Simulacra, Vintage Books 2002, paperback edition, p. 37,
The Oregon-Northern California region had lost much of its population during the fracas of 1980; it had been heavily hit by Red Chinese guided missiles, and of course the clouds of fallout had blanketed it in the subsequent decade.
[Synonyms]
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- brouhaha
- donnybrook
- kerfuffle
- melee
[[French]]
ipa :/fʁa.ka/[Etymology]
editProbably an independent derivation from fracasser, from Italian fracassare. Alternatively directly borrowed from Italian fracasso, from the same verb.
[Further reading]
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- “fracas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editfracas m (plural fracas)
1.crash
2.din, roar
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
editfracas
1.feminine plural of fraco
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editfracas
1.feminine plural of fraco
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riff
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪf/[Etymology 1]
editUncertain. Perhaps a clipping of riffle, or an alteration of refrain.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English *rif (found only in midrif), from Old English hrif (“the belly; womb”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrif, from Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; torso; belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”). Distant doublet of corpus, corpse, and corse.
[See also]
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- riff-raff
- riffraff
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/rɪf/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English riff.
[Noun]
editriff m (plural riffs, diminutive riffje n)
1.(music) riff
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English riff.
[Noun]
editriff m (plural riffs)
1.(music) riff
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈrif/[Etymology]
editFrom English riff.
[Noun]
editriff m
1.(music, neologism, chiefly in translations from English) riff
Synonym: ritornello
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈrif/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English riff
[Noun]
editriff m (plural riffs)
1.(music) riff
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Riff
[[German]]
ipa :/ʁɪf/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Middle Low German rif, ref, from Old Norse rif.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English riff.
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consciousness
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/[Antonyms]
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- unconsciousness
[Etymology]
editconscious + -ness
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:consciousnessWikipedia consciousness (countable and uncountable, plural consciousnesses)
1.The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
3.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 39:
Consciousness is universal and precedes even the formation of our solar system.
4.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Asari: Religion Codex entry:
The pantheistic mainstream asari religion is siari, which translates roughly as "All is one." The faithful agree on certain core truths: the universe is a consciousness, every life within it is an aspect of the greater whole, and death is a merging of one's spiritual energy back into the greater universal consciousness. Siarists don't specifically believe in reincarnation; they believe that spiritual energy returned to the universal consciousness upon death will eventually be used to fill new mortal vessels.
5.2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
[See also]
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- being-for-itself
[Synonyms]
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- awareness
- witfulness
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anthropomorphize
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfʌɪz/[Alternative forms]
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- anthropomorphise (non-Oxford British spelling)
[Verb]
editanthropomorphize (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphizes, present participle anthropomorphizing, simple past and past participle anthropomorphized)
1.(transitive) To endow with human qualities.
2.(transitive) To attribute human-like characteristics to (something that is non-human).
3.2018 June 15, Emma Brockes, “No, Facebook, I won’t be back. I’ve seen the dangers of habitual sharing”, in The Guardian[1]:
It has been two months since I last checked my feed, during which time Facebook has sent me notifications I didn't sign up for, informing me every time someone posts, and invited me to attend locally organised focus groups. […] Of course, I am anthropomorphising a machine; no one is in charge of all this.
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by-
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- bye-
[Anagrams]
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- YB, Yb, yb
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English by (“town”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse bȳr (“dwelling, town”), from Proto-Germanic *būwiz (“dwelling”). Cognate with Danish by (“town”). More at bower.
[Etymology 2]
editPartly from a combining form of by (“by, near, around”), and partly continuing Middle English bi-, by-, from Old English bī- (“by, near, around”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“by-”). Cognate with German be-, Dutch be-.
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by
[[English]]
ipa :/baɪ/[Adjective]
editby (not comparable)
1.Out of the way, off to one side.
a by path, a by room
2.Subsidiary, incidental.
by catch, a by issue
[Adverb]
editby (not comparable)
1.Along a path which runs past the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
2.In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
3.1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], OCLC 1042815524, part II:
[The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]
4.To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
5.Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
[Alternative forms]
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- bye (archaic for preposition and adverb, not used for abbreviation, preferred for noun and interjection)
[Anagrams]
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- YB, Yb, yb
[Antonyms]
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- main, principal
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”).
[Interjection]
editby
1.Alternative spelling of bye.
[Noun]
editby (plural bys)
1.Alternative form of bye.
[Preposition]
editby
1.Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2.From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
The stream runs by our back door.
He ran straight by me.
3.Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
Be back by ten o'clock!.
We'll find someone by the end of March.
We will send it by the first week of July.
4.
5. Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
1.Following a passive verb.
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
2.2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez.
3.Following a noun.
There was a call by the unions for a 30% pay rise.
4.(not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
I was aghast by what I saw.
5.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.109:
In other directions the fields and sky were so much of one colour by the snow that it was difficult in a hasty glance to tell whereabouts the horizon occurred […].Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William ShakespeareIndicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
By Pythagoras' theorem, we can calculate the length of the hippopotamus.
We went by bus.
I discovered it by chance.
By 'maybe' she means 'no'.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
- 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620:
"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. […]"
- 1945, Neva L. Boyd, Handbook of Recreational Games, 1975 Dover edition, →ISBN, p.16:
Players: Can we get there by candlelight? ¶ Gatekeepers: Yes and back again.
- 1960, Dr. Seuss, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
By the light of the moon, / by the light of a star / they walked all nightIndicates an authority according to which something is done.
By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
1.Invokes an authority in an oath.
By Jove! I think she's got it!
By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
2.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
By yonder moon I swear you do me wrong
3.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […] Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
I sorted the items by category.
Table 1 shows details of our employees broken down by sex and age.Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
Our stock is up by ten percent.
His date of birth was wrong by ten years.In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.(with the) Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
sold by the yard; cheaper if bought by the gross
He drinks brandy by the bucketful!per; with or in proportion to each.
His health was deteriorating by the day.
The pickers are paid by the bushel.Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
By my reckoning, we should be nearly there.
- 1722, William Wollaston, “Sect. V. Truths relating to the Deity. Of his exiſtence, perfection, providence, &c.”, in The Religion of Nature Delineated[1], page 81:
Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.
The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.
The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.(horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.(chiefly Yeshivish) At, with, among
Are you eating by Rabbi Fischer? (at the house of)
By Chabad, it's different. (with, among)
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/bəi/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch bij, from Middle Dutch bi, from Old Dutch bī.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Dutch bij, from Middle Dutch bie, from Old Dutch *bīa.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈbɪ][Further reading]
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- by in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- by in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Particle]
editby
1.third-person singular conditional subjunctive of být; would
Vstával by dřív, ale to by si napřed musel koupit budík.
He would be getting up earlier, but then he would have to buy an alarm clock first.
2.(clipping, informal); would
Byl by tam šel, kdyby mě byli pozvali.
I would have gone there if they had invited me.
My by tam šli, kdyby nás byli pozvali.
We would have gone there if they had invited us.
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈb̥yˀ][Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse býr, bœr (settlement).
[Noun]
editby c (singular definite byen, plural indefinite byer)
1.town, city
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ba̠i][Etymology]
editBorrowed from English by.
[Particle]
editby(バイ) • (bai)
1.(informal) Used to sign off a message/attribute a text.
2.2002, [2]
ココにはバッファから生成したMAPのTEXTURE希望 by JAMAD
3.2007, 『さよなら絶望先生』 第5話[3]
己を知らされば、戦う毎に必ず殆し。by 孫子
4.2009, 『けいおん！』 第4話[4]
めざせ武道館！！ by 軽音部！
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :[bɨ][Further reading]
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- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “by”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “by”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
[Verb]
editby (defective, invariable)
1.would (used with the past active participle to form a conditional)
Njecynimy to, dokulaž by jim škóźeło.
We don’t do that because it would hurt them.
[[Manx]]
[Alternative forms]
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- b'
- b-
[Particle]
editby (triggers lenition)
1.past/conditional of s'
By vie lhiam goll myrgeddin.
I want to go as well.
B'laik lhiam briaght jiu c'red bare lhiu jannoo jiu.
I'd like to ask you what you'd prefer to do today.
2.(dated) Past and conditional form of s' (used to introduce the comparative and superlative form of adjectives)
yn dooinney by hroshey ― the man who was the strongest
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editby
1.be
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/byː/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse býr (“place (to camp or settle), land, property, lot; and later settlement”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom byde, from Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake, rise up”).
[References]
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- “by” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/byː/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse býr m, bœr m (“place (to camp or settle), land, property, lot; and later settlement”). Doublet of bø.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake, rise up”). Akin to English bid
[References]
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- “by” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “by” in The Ordnett Dictionary
[[Polish]]
ipa :/bɨ/[Conjunction]
editby
1.in order to, so that
Synonyms: aby, żeby
[Etymology]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *by.
[Further reading]
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- by in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- by in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Particle]
editby
1.a particle used to make conditional mood; would, would've
On by tam nie poszedł./On nie poszedłby tam. ― He would not go there.
[Synonyms]
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- -by (suffix)
[[Scots]]
ipa :[ˈbɪ][Adverb]
editby
1.by, nearby
[Alternative forms]
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- bye, bi', be, b'
[Conjunction]
editby
1.by (the time that)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English bi, from Old English bi, from Proto-West Germanic *bī. Cognates include English by and Yola bee.
[Preposition]
editby
1.by
2.(in comparisons) than
3.1894, Robert Hunter, A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant:
Archie was auld by me.
Archie was older than me.
(literally, “Archie was old by me.”)
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “by, prep., adv., conj..” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Swedish bȳr, bȳ (“village, farm, town”), from Old Norse býr. Cognate with Danish by (“town, city”, whence also Faroese býur with the same meaning), Norwegian Bokmål by (“town, city”) and Norwegian Nynorsk by (“town, city”).
[References]
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- by in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- by in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
- by in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
[[West Frisian]]
ipa :/bɛi̯/[Preposition]
editby
1.near to
2.in relation to
By âlds
In the olden days
[[Yola]]
[Preposition]
editby
1.Alternative form of bee (“by”)
2.1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3:
At by mizluck.
Who by misluck.
[References]
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- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 84
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tussle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʌsəl/[Anagrams]
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- sutles
[Etymology]
editRelated to tousle.
[Noun]
edittussle (plural tussles)
1.A physical fight or struggle.
2.2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC[1]:
And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day.
3.1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field[2], →ISBN, page 32:
..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man.
4.A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.
[Verb]
edittussle (third-person singular simple present tussles, present participle tussling, simple past and past participle tussled)
1.To have a tussle.
The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.
2.2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport[3]:
Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful.
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sentience
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛn.ʃəns/[Anagrams]
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- enceintes
[Etymology]
editFrom sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Confer with sentence, its equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (for *sentientia).
[Noun]
editsentience (usually uncountable, plural sentiences)
1.The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
2.1903, Bram Stoker, “ch. 5”, in The Jewel of Seven Stars:
[T]he shadows . . . presently began to seem, as on last night, to have a sentience of their own.
3.2007 Dec. 28, Alexandra Silver, “Did This Tiger Hold a Grudge?”, in Time[1]:
The science of animal sentience is far from a firm one; there's no way of knowing exactly what any animal is feeling.
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priest
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹiːst/[Anagrams]
edit
- Pitres, Presti, Sprite, esprit, pierst, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter.
[Noun]
editpriest (plural priests, feminine priestess)
1.a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple
2.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.
3.
4. a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
5.(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood
[References]
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- “Lesson 7: Duties of the Priest”, in Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood, Part A[1], The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2000, page 48
- Smart, Alastair Fish Welfare at Harvest: Killing Me Softly
- Comparison of Common Slaughter Methods for Farmed Finfish Seafood innovations.
[See also]
edit
- archbishop
- archimandrite
- bishop
- brother
- cardinal
- clergy
- clergyman
- clergyperson
- clergywoman
- cleric
- dean
- father
- metropolitan
- monk
- monsignor
- nun
- patriarch
- pope
- popess
- prelate
- vicar
[Verb]
editpriest (third-person singular simple present priests, present participle priesting, simple past and past participle priested)
1.(transitive) To ordain as a priest.
2.1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
[[German]]
[Verb]
editpriest
1.second-person singular/plural preterite of preisen
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editpriest
1.Alternative form of prest (“priest”)
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Pitres, Presti, Sprite, esprit, pierst, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes
[Proper noun]
editPriest
1.A surname.
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁi/[Etymology]
editFrom Franco-Provençal Priést. Ultimately from Latin Praejectus/Prejectus/Projectus.
[Proper noun]
editPriest m
1.A male given name of historical usage
Priest de Clermont, b. ca 625
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pri
[[Aromanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pi, pre
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per. Compare Romanian pe (archaic pre).
[Preposition]
editpri
1.on
[[Breton]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *prið, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.
[Noun]
editpri
1.mud
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[pri][Etymology]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek περί (perí). Compare French péri-, Italian, English and Spanish peri-.
[Preposition]
editpri
1.about
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French prix (“price”).
[Noun]
editpri
1.price
[[Ido]]
ipa :/pri/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Esperanto pri, from Ancient Greek περί (perí).
[Preposition]
editpri
1.about, concerning
[[Rade]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French prix (“prize”).
[Noun]
editpri
1.reward; recompense
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/prî/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.
[Preposition]
editprȉ (Cyrillic spelling при̏) (+ locative case)
1.close to, near, at (denoting spatial proximity)
pri samom ulazu ― right at the entrance
pri kraju ulice ― at the end of the street
pri vrhu brda ― near the top of of the hill
2.with, having, in possession of
biti pri novcu ― to have money, having money
biti pri sv(ij)esti ― to be conscious, having consciousness
biti pri (zdravoj) pameti ― to be in one's right mind
biti pri sebi ― to be in possession of one's faculties
pri temperaturi od 20° C ― at 20° Cl
3.(archaic) at (belonging to, collaborating with)
pisar pri sudu ― a scribe at the court
4.during, while, at (denoting temporal co-occurrence)
pri zalasku sunca ― during the sunset, while the sun was/is setting
pri jelu ― while eating
pri kraju razgovora ― at the end of the conversation
pri vožnji ― while driving
5.idiomatic and figurative meanings
biti nekome pri ruci ― to help somebody
ostajem pri svojoj izjavi ― I stick to my statement
ostajem pri svome mišljenju ― I stick to my opinion
pri tome ― while doing so; in this connection/matter
[References]
edit
- “pri” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/pri/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.
[Preposition]
editpri
1.(with locative) by, near
2.(with locative) at
3.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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ex-convict
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editex- + convict
[Noun]
editex-convict (plural ex-convicts)
1.Alternative form of ex-con
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discriminate
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/[Adjective]
editdiscriminate (comparative more discriminate, superlative most discriminate)
1.Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
2.1631, Francis [Bacon], “9. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
Nevertheless it is certain, that oisters, and cockles, and mussels, which move not, have no discriminate sex
[Antonyms]
edit
- (make decisions based on prejudice): favor
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (“to divide, separate, distinguish”), from discrimen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discerno (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”); see discern, discreet, discrete. Compare crime.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (make distinctions): distinguish, differentiate; see also Thesaurus:tell apart
- (make decisions based on prejudice): disfavor
[Verb]
editdiscriminate (third-person singular simple present discriminates, present participle discriminating, simple past and past participle discriminated)
1.(intransitive) To make distinctions.
Since he was color blind he was unable to discriminate between the blue and green bottles.
2.(intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions based on prejudice.
The law prohibits discriminating against people based on their skin color.
3.(transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
4.1670-7, Isaac Barrow, “Sermon XX: Against rash Censuring and Judging”, in The Theological Works, volume 1, published 1818, page 448:
To discriminate the goats from the sheep.
5.1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], OCLC 228757725:
Still stranger much, that when at length mankind
Had reach'd the sinewy firmness of their youth,
And could discriminate and argue well
On subjects more mysterious
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- dimenticarsi
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editdiscrīmināte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of discrīminō
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sanity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsænəti/[Anagrams]
edit
- Yantis, sainty, satiny, stainy, stay in
[Antonyms]
edit
- insanity
- madness
[Etymology]
editsane + -ity, borrowed from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitas, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). See sane, -ity
[Noun]
editsanity (countable and uncountable, plural sanities)
1.The condition of being sane.
preserve one's sanity
lose your sanity
decree someone's sanity
2.Reasonable and rational behaviour.
[Synonyms]
edit
- rationality
- saneness
- stability
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prose
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹəʊz/[Anagrams]
edit
- OPers., Peros, Perso-, S'pore, Soper, Spero, opers, pores, poser, preso, reops, repos, ropes, soper, spore
[Antonyms]
edit
- poetry, verse
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”).[1][2]further etymology and related termsThe term prōsa (“straightforward”), a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”), the feminine form prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“I turn”).[2] Compare verse.
[Noun]
editprose (usually uncountable, plural proses)
1.Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
2.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost (1st ed)[1]:
...Or if Sion Hill
Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow’d
Faft by the Oracle of God; I thence
Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,
That with no middle flight intends to soar
Above th’ Ionian Mounts while it pursues
Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime...
3.Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
4.1888, Henry James, Partial Portraits[2], Macmillan:
...the vehicle is plodding prose, but the effect is none the less poignant. And in regard to this I may say that in a hundred places in Trollope the extremity of pathos is reached by the homeliest means.
5.(Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
6.1699, A new ecclesiastical history[3]:
Proses are parts of the Office of the Mass which are sung just before the Gospel, upon great Festivals. The French also call those Rhythmical Hymns Proses, which are sung in their Offices in the Church of Rome, in which Rhime only, and not Quantity of Syllables, is observed.
[References]
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1. ^ “prose, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 September 2021.
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “prose”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “prose” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Verb]
editprose (third-person singular simple present proses, present participle prosing, simple past and past participle prosed)
1.To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
2.1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak;
What is your purpose?
3.1896, Robert Smythe Hichens, The Folly of Eustace[4]:
Already he felt himself near to being a celebrity. He had astonished Eton. That was a good beginning. Papa might prose, knowing, of course, nothing of the poetry of caricature, of the wild joys and the laurels that crown the whimsical. So while Mr. Lane hunted adjectives, and ran sad-sounding and damnatory substantives to earth, Eustace hugged himself, and secretly chuckled over his pilgrim's progress towards the pages of Vanity Fair.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈprosɛ][Noun]
editprose
1.locative singular of proso
[Verb]
editprose
1.masculine singular present transgressive of prosit
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁoz/[Anagrams]
edit
- perso, pores, poser, repos
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin prōsa.
[Further reading]
edit
- “prose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editprose f (plural proses)
1.prose
[Verb]
editprose
1.inflection of proser:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- perso, porse, preso, respo, spero, sperò, spore
[Noun]
editprose f
1.plural of prosa
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :/ˈprɔsɛ/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *porsę.
[Further reading]
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- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “prose”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “prose”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
[Noun]
editprose n (genitive proseśa, dual proseśi, plural proseta)
1.piglet
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clarity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/[Anagrams]
edit
- triacyl
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English claritee, from Old French clarté, from Latin clāritās, from clārus (“clear”).
[Noun]
editclarity (countable and uncountable, plural clarities)
1.The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
She dreamed, with great clarity, that she had been seen her own death.
Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students.
Synonyms: clearness, obviousness, transparency
Antonym: confusion
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humming
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhʌmɪŋ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom hum + -ing.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum + -ing.
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hum
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhʌm/[Anagrams]
edit
- HMU, MUH, muh, uhm
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
[Interjection]
edithum
1.Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
2.1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four:
“'Hum!' said he. 'A fifth share! That is not very tempting.'
“'It would come to fifty thousand apiece,' said I.
3.Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.
4.1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 27:
Ah, now, this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves.
[Noun]
edithum (plural hums)
1.A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
2.An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
3.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 III, scene ii]:
the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
4.Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
5.(UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
6.(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
7.(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
8.c. 1622, John Fletcher; Philip Massinger [et al.?], “Beggars Bvsh”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with
9.(with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
10.2011 June 13, “Who, What, Why: Why is 'the hum' such a mystery?”, in BBC News[1]:
There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "the hum" remains an unsolved case.
[Synonyms]
edit
- bumble
- bustle
- hustle
- buzz
- croon
- whir
[Verb]
edithum (third-person singular simple present hums, present participle humming, simple past and past participle hummed)
1.(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
We are humming happily along with the music.
2.(transitive) To express by humming.
to hum a tune
The team ominously hummed “We shall overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.
3.(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
4.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, OCLC 19736994; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, OCLC 258624721:
A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
5.(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
The streets were humming with activity.
6.(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
7.(Britain, slang) To reek, smell bad.
This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
8.(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editUnknown. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”).
[Noun]
edithum m (indefinite plural humi, definite singular huma)
1.rough sea
[[Bahnar]]
ipa :/huːm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- hŭm
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Bahnaric *huːm ~ hoːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *huum ~ *ʔum. Cognate with Sedang huam, Cua tahoːp, Pacoh houm, Puoc ʔuːm, Nyah Kur hóom. Probably also related to the forms with initial *s-, such as Khasi sum and Hu θúm.
[Verb]
edithum
1.to bathe
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology 1]
editjocular abbreviation of humeur (cfr.)
[Etymology 2]
editOnomatopoeia
[[French]]
ipa :/ɔm/[Etymology]
editExpressive onomatopoeia; possible descent in ancient Latin or Frankish interjections.
[Further reading]
edit
- “hum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Interjection]
edithum
1.(onomatopeia, colloquial) um..., hm
[[Jakaltek]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Mayan *huuʼng.
[Noun]
edithum
1.paper
[References]
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- Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano[2] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 45; 23
[[Middle English]]
[Pronoun]
edithum
1.Alternative form of hem (“them”)
[[Ngamo]]
[Noun]
edithùm
1.water
[References]
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- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Ngamo hùm [Schuh], […]
[[Phalura]]
ipa :/hum/[Etymology]
editFrom Pashto [script needed] (hum).
[Particle]
edithum (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling ہُم)
1.also, as well as
[References]
edit
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
[[Portuguese]]
[Article]
edithum m (plural huns, feminine huma, feminine plural humas)
1.Obsolete spelling of um
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/xûːm/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ.
[Etymology 2]
editUnknown origin.
[References]
edit
- “hum” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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Humm
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editHumm (plural Humms)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Humm is the 31587th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 732 individuals. Humm is most common among White (93.17%) individuals.
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HUM
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- HMU, MUH, muh, uhm
[Noun]
editHUM (plural HUMs)
1.(bridge) Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are usually restricted to the highest levels of tournament play.
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hobble
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɒbəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- hobbel
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English hobblen, hobelen, akin to Middle Dutch hoblen, hobbelen (Modern Dutch hobbelen).
[Noun]
edithobble (plural hobbles)
1.(chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
2.An unsteady, off-balance step.
3.(archaic, informal) A difficult situation; a scrape.
4.1845, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The Cock and Anchor
"Saddle a horse—any horse—only let him be sure and fleet," cried Ashwoode, "and I'll pay you his price thrice over!"
"Well, it's a bargain," replied the groom, promptly; "I don't like to see a gentleman caught in a hobble, if I can help him out of it. […]
5.(dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
[Synonyms]
edit
- tether (rope)edit
- (walk unevenly): hirple
[Verb]
edithobble (third-person singular simple present hobbles, present participle hobbling, simple past and past participle hobbled)
1.To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
2.1865, Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold
you hobble your old horse and turn him grazing
3.To walk lame, or unevenly.
4.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 6484883, (please specify the page number):
The friar was hobbling the same way too.
5.(figuratively) To move roughly or irregularly.
6.1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
7.To perplex; to embarrass.
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spigot
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspɪ.ɡət/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Middle French [Term?].
[Noun]
editspigot (plural spigots)
1.A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
2.The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
3.(Appalachia) A faucet.
4.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 323:
I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Harvard Dialect Survey
[Verb]
editspigot (third-person singular simple present spigots, present participle spigoting, simple past and past participle spigoted)
1.To block with a spigot.
2.2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement (page 2-31)
Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.
3.(transitive) To insert (a spigot).
4.1956, The Automobile Engineer (volume 46, page 118)
Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈspiɡɔt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- spegot, spygott, spygot, spygote, spyket, spygotte, speget, spykkett, spygett
[Etymology]
editFrom dialectal Middle French espigeot.
[Noun]
editspigot (plural spigottes)
1.wooden stopper; wooden spigot
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cumulus
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkjuː.mjə.ləs/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin cumulus. Doublet of comble.
[Noun]
editcumulus (plural cumuli)
1.A large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.
2.2007 September 1, "Who’s afraid of Google?: The world’s internet superpower faces testing times", in The Economist, The Economist Newspaper Ltd, ISSN 0013-0613, volume 384, number 8544, page 9,
Ironically, there is something rather cloudlike about the multiple complaints surrounding Google. The issues are best parted into two cumuli: a set of “public” arguments about how to regulate Google; and a set of “private” ones for Google’s managers, to do with the strategy the firm needs to get through the coming storm.
3.A mound or heap.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈkumulus/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin cumulus.
[Noun]
editcumulus
1.cumulus (cloud)
[Synonyms]
edit
- cumuluspilvi
- kumpupilvi
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈku.mu.lus/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ku-m-olo, from *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”); see also Lithuanian saunas (“firm, fit, solid, capable”), Ancient Greek κύω (kúō), and Sanskrit श्वयति (śvayati, “swell”).
[Noun]
editcumulus m (genitive cumulī); second declension
1.heap, pile
Synonyms: acervus, moles, massa
2.surplus
3.summit
[References]
edit
- “cumulus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “cumulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cumulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cumulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatis cumulum affert
- to add the crowning point to a person's joy: cumulum gaudii alicui afferre (vid. sect. V. 6) (Fam. 16. 21. 1)
cumulus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “cumulus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editcumulus m (plural cumulus)
1.cumulus
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French cumulus, from Latin cumulus.
[Noun]
editcumulus m (uncountable)
1.cumulus
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Charles
[[English]]
ipa :/tʃɑɹlz/[Anagrams]
edit
- Lachers, clasher, larches, raschel
[Etymology]
editFrom French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl.
[Proper noun]
editCharles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)
1.A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.
3.1844 Edgar Allan Poe: Thou Art the Man:
[…] there never was any person named Charles who was not an open, manly, honest, good-natured, and frank-hearted fellow, with a rich, clear, voice, that did you good to hear it, and an eye that looked at you always straight at the face, as much as to say: "I have a clear conscience myself, am afraid of no man, and am altogether above doing a mean action." And thus all the hearty, careless, 'walking gentlemen' of the stage are very certain to be called Charles.
4.1988 Ed McBain: The House That Jack Built: page 212:
[…] spoke the way the English do, funny, you know? His name was Roger, I think. Or Nigel. Something like that." "How about Charles?" "Charles? Well, yes, it could have been.Charles does sound English, doesn't it? Their prince is named Charles, isn't he?"
5.A patronymic surname, from given names.
6.A hamlet in East and West Buckland parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
7.A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Charles is the 548th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 61,211 individuals. Charles is most common among Black (53.0%) individuals.
[Synonyms]
edit
- Chas. (abbreviation)
[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English Charles, from French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“free man”).
[Proper noun]
editCharles
1.a male given name from French
[Quotations]
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Charles.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʃaʁl/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic.
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Charles
[[Norman]]
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.A male given name.
[Synonyms]
edit
- Charlot
[[Old French]]
ipa :/ˈt͡ʃar.ləs/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Carles
- Karles
[Etymology]
editSee Charlon.
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.nominative of Charlon
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French Charles. Doublet of Carlos.
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.A male given name
[[Swedish]]
[Proper noun]
editCharles c (genitive Charles)
1.A male given name borrowed from English and French.
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difference
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɪfɹən(t)s/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differēns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia.Morphologically differ + -ence.
[Further reading]
edit
- “difference” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “difference” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editdifference (countable and uncountable, plural differences)
1.(uncountable) The quality of being different.
You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.
Antonyms: identity, sameness
2.(countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
3.2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
There are three differences between these two pictures.
4.(countable) A disagreement or argument.
We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
5.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene v]:
What was the difference? It was a contention in public.
6.1714, Thomas Ellwood, The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: written by his own hand
Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could.
7.(countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
8.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
The line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing phosphorescence that grew and grew. At last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces—meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous.
9.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 105:
As she did so Fanny put down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference. It was the same Fanny but not the Fanny who climbed trees and tore her frock playing in the garden. It was as though a young lady film had settled over her, neatening her unruly hair, which was tied back with a large black bow, and primly composing her small mouth.
It just won't make much difference to me.
It just won't make much of a difference to anyone.
10.
11. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.
12.(obsolete) Choice; preference.
13.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto XII:
That now be chooseth with vile difference
To be a beast, and lack intelligence.
14.(heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
15.(logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
16.(logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( A B ¯ + A ¯ B {\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}+{\overline {A}}B} ).
17.(relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( A B ¯ {\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}} ).
[Related terms]
edit
- differ
- different
- differential
- differentiate
- differentiation
[Synonyms]
edit
- (characteristic of something that makes it different from something else): departure, deviation, divergence, disparity
- (disagreement or argument about something important): conflict, difference of opinion, dispute, dissension
- (result of a subtraction): remainder
- (significant change in state): nevermindedit
- (to distinguish or differentiate): differentiate, distinguish
[Verb]
editdifference (third-person singular simple present differences, present participle differencing, simple past and past participle differenced)
1.(obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
2.1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.
3.1901 [1839], Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, London: George Routledge & Sons, page 10:
[…] and souls, like in the mass, but differenced in themselves, with special gifts, duties and joys […]
4.1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory, London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 344:
In the Calais Roll the arms of William de Warren […] are differenced by the addition of a canton said to be that of Fitzalan […]
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈdifɛrɛns(ə)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French difference, from Latin differēntia; equivalent to differren (“to postpone”) + -ence.
[Noun]
editdifference (plural differences or difference)
1.Difference; the state of being different.
2.A difference; an element which separates.
3.Distinguishment; the finding or creation of dissimilarity.
4.(heraldry, rare) A heraldic cadency for a family's junior branch.
5.(mathematics, rare) The result of subtraction; an amount left over.
6.(mathematics, rare) An order in decimal representation of numbers.
7.(rare) Something that people do not agree upon.
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- differance
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin differentia.
[Noun]
editdifference f (oblique plural differences, nominative singular difference, nominative plural differences)
1.difference
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difference engine
[[English]]
[Noun]
editdifference engine (plural difference engines)
1.(computing, historical) A mechanical special-purpose computer used to generate tables of values of polynomials.
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lose out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- outsole
[References]
edit
- “lose out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Verb]
editlose out (third-person singular simple present loses out, present participle losing out, simple past and past participle lost out)
1.To be at a disadvantage.
People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.
I think you will lose out on the exchange rate if you move to dollars now.
2.(with 'to') To be defeated (by).
I went for a job interview, but I lost out to a younger guy.
3.2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby.
4.2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
The Western Region learned that it was to lose out on new stock deliveries, inheriting instead 110 part-second-hand dual-heated Mk 2a vehicles from the Eastern Region.
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worktop
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editwork + top
[Noun]
editworktop (plural worktops)
1.(UK) A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.
The cupboards were oak and the worktop was granite.
[See also]
edit
- countertop
- desktop
- tabletop
- worksurface
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anodized
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editanodized (comparative more anodized, superlative most anodized)
1.Of a metal object: having a surface layer of oxide, for decoration or protection, and formed via an electrolytic process.
This deluxe machine features anodized aluminum handles on all adjusting levers.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Adonized, adonized
[Verb]
editanodized
1.simple past tense and past participle of anodize
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extruded
[[English]]
[Verb]
editextruded
1.simple past tense and past participle of extrude
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skid
[[English]]
ipa :/skɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- disk, kids
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski.
[Etymology 2]
editShortening of stepkid.
[Etymology 3]
editShortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/skiːˀð/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz, cognate with Dutch schijt, English shit, German Scheiße, Scheisse, German Low German Schiet, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Norwegian Nynorsk skit, skitt, Swedish skit.
[Noun]
editskid c (singular definite skiden, plural indefinite skide or skider)
1.(vulgar) fart
2.(vulgar, derogatory) turd, shit (a person one dislikes)
3.(vulgar, with a negative) a bit, damn (little bit, iota)
Jeg ved ikke en skid om den slags.
I don't know shit about that kind of thing
[References]
edit
- “skid” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “Skid,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/ʃiː/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse skíð n, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).
[Noun]
editskid n (plural skid)
1.(pre-1901) alternative spelling of ski (“ski”)
ganga på skid (plural) ― to ski
[References]
edit
- “skid” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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decadence
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɛkədəns/[Etymology]
editFrom French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), from *decadens (“decaying”), present participle of *decadere (“to decay”); see decay.
[Further reading]
edit
- “decadence” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “decadence” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editdecadence (countable and uncountable, plural decadences)
1.A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
2.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 35:
"Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence."
3.The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.
the decadence of a five-star hotel
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scooter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- Cooters, cooters
[Etymology]
editFrom scoot + -er.
[Noun]
editscooter (plural scooters)
1.A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
2.A electric version of the kick scooter.
Synonyms: e-scooter, motorized scooter
3.A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
4.A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
5.An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
6.Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
[Verb]
editscooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)
1.To ride on a scooter.
2.2005, October 24, Love Those Boomers[1]:
But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈsku.tər/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English scooter.
[Noun]
edit scooterscooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)
1.scooter
[See also]
edit
- motorfiets
[[French]]
ipa :/sku.tœʁ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English scooter.
[Further reading]
edit
- “scooter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editscooter m (plural scooters)
1.scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈsku.ter/[Anagrams]
edit
- costerò, cretoso, estorco, scoterò
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English scooter.
[Noun]
editscooter m (invariable)
1.(vehicles) scooter, specifically:
2.(nautical) a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht, designed to travel over ice
1.motor scooter
2.Short for acquascooter; water scooter
[References]
edit
1. ^ scooter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English scooter
[Noun]
editscooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scootere, definite plural scooterne)
1.a scooter (type of motorcycle)
2.short for snøscooter, vannscooter.
[References]
edit
- “scooter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “scooter” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English scooter
[Noun]
editscooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scooterar, definite plural scooterane)
1.a scooter (type of motorcycle)
2.short for snøscooter, vasscooter etc..
[References]
edit
- “scooter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/esˈkuteɾ/[Further reading]
edit
- “scooter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editscooter m (plural scooters or scooter)
1.scooter (vehicle)
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super
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, puers, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, sprue
[Etymology 1]
editFrom super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”), from Pre-Italic or Proto-Indo-European *eks-uper, from *eḱs (“out of”) (English ex-), from *h₁eǵʰs + *uperi (English over). Cognate to hyper, from Ancient Greek.
[Etymology 2]
editAbbreviation by shortening.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈsupɛr][Adjective]
editsuper (indeclinable)
1.(informal) super, great
Můj brácha si koupil super auto, to musíš vidět!
Ten výlet byl prostě super!
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super, French super, from Latin super.
[Further reading]
edit
- super in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
[Interjection]
editsuper
1.(informal) super
[Synonyms]
edit
- supredit
- supr
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈsuˀb̥ɐ][Adjective]
editsuper (neuter super or supert, plural super or (unofficial) supre)
1.(informal) terrific
[Adverb]
editsuper
1.(informal) very
[Etymology]
editBorrowed via English super from Latin super (“over”)
[Synonyms]
edit
- herre
- mega
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈsy.pər/[Adjective]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.great, super
Die nieuwe karts zijn super.
Those new karts are great.
[Adverb]
editsuper
1.(informal) very, extremely, super
De kunststofuitvoering is wel super duur.
The plastic version is super expensive.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super, ultimately from Latin super.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[ˈsuper][Antonyms]
edit
- sub
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin super.
[Preposition]
editsuper
1.above
[[French]]
ipa :/sy.pɛʁ/[Anagrams]
edit
- peurs, pures, repus, rupes
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.
[Etymology 2]
editProbably a borrowing from a Germanic language, from *sūpaną (“to sip, sup”). If so then doublet of souper.
[Further reading]
edit
- “super”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈzuːpɐ/[Adjective]
editsuper (strong nominative masculine singular superer, not comparable)
1.(colloquial) super, great, awesome
Synonyms: klasse, spitze
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super.
[Further reading]
edit
- “super” in Duden online
- “super” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[[Interlingua]]
[Preposition]
editsuper
1.about (focused on a given topic)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈsu.per/[Adjective]
editsuper (invariable)
1.super
[Anagrams]
edit
- pruse, ruspe, sprue
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin super. Cf. sopra.
[Noun]
editsuper m (invariable)
1.the best
2.superphosphateeditsuper f (invariable)
1.the best grade of petrol
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈsu.per/[Adverb]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.above, on top, over
2.upwards
3.moreover, in addition, besides
[Antonyms]
edit
- sub
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Italic *super, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”). The latter is cognate to Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).
[Preposition]
editsuper (+ accusative, ablative)
1.(with accusative) [of place] above, on the top of, upon
Cibus super mensam est.
The food is on the table.
2.(with accusative) [of place] above, beyond
3.405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:
terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
4.(with accusative) [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to
5.(with ablative) concerning, regarding
[References]
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- “super”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “super”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- super in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
super in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈsu.pɛr/[Adjective]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.(colloquial) great, excellent
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
[Adverb]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.(colloquial) excellently
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super.
[Further reading]
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- super in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- super in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[See also]
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- super-
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editsuper (invariable, comparable)
1.super
[Adverb]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.(informal) super, very (intensifier)
super fixe
very nice
Synonyms: muito, bastante, bué, mega
[Alternative forms]
edit
- súper (prescribed)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editsuper m or f or n (indeclinable)
1.superb, great
[Adverb]
editsuper
1.superbly
[Etymology]
editFrom French super.
[[Sardinian]]
ipa :/super/[Alternative forms]
edit
- suber
- supre
- subre
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin super.
[Preposition]
editsuper
1.on, on top of, above
Synonym: supra
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editsuper (invariable)
1.(intensifier) very, mega
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/²sʉːpɛr/[Adjective]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.perfect, super, excellent, great
det blir super! ― that's going to be great!
[Pronunciation 1]
edit
- IPA(key): /²sʉːpɛr/
[Verb]
editsuper
1. present tense of supa.
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unambiguously
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editunambiguously (comparative more unambiguously, superlative most unambiguously)
1.In a manner that is not ambiguous; leaving no doubt; clearly
She told him unambiguously to leave, yet he failed to leave.
[Etymology]
editFrom unambiguous + -ly.
[Synonyms]
edit
- expressly, unequivocally; see also Thesaurus:explicitly
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overblown
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊn[Adjective]
editoverblown (comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)
1.Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?
[Anagrams]
edit
- blown over
[Synonyms]
edit
- inflated
[Verb]
editoverblown
1.past participle of overblow
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overblow
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- blow over, bowl over, overbowl
[Etymology 1]
editFrom over- + blow (“to flower, bloom”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.
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wash
[[English]]
ipa :/wɒʃ/[Anagrams]
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- Haws, Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wasċan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”).
[Noun]
editwash (plural washes) A drawing and wash by Samuel Wallis entitled York Island (c. 1767)
1.The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
My jacket needs a wash.
2.A liquid used for washing.
3.A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
mouth wash
hand wash
4.The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.
5.(art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
6.The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
I could hear the wash of the wave.
7.1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
[…] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot […]
8.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 192:
Bradly posed Cora against the incessantly moving patterns of the wash and set to work with nervous haste, alarmed at the difficult problem of water in movement.
9.The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
1.The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
The ship left a big wash
Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.
2.2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC →ISBN, page 5
To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies.
3.The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
4.The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.(nautical) The blade of an oar.Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- 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:
The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, […] where rain water hath a long time settled.A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene vi]:
These Lincoln washes have devoured them.A shallow body of water. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)
- 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.
- 2005, Le Hayes, Pilgrims in the Desert: The Early History of the East Mojave Desert:
Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn wash and disappears into the sandA situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
- 2003, David Brenner, I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup, page 100:
I knew that for every vote I cast for, say, the Republicans, some kid at a polling place nearby was casting his votes for the Democrats, so it was probably a wash or close to it.(finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids.A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
a carriage wash in a stable(television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.(stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
[See also]
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- WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
[Synonyms]
edit
- lavatory
[Verb]
editwash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past washed, past participle washed or (archaic) washen)
1.To clean with water.
The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.
2.1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9
Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full
3.1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101
If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water.
4.2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books →ISBN, page 215
Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water.
5.(transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
The flood washed away houses.
6.(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
7.(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
I wash every morning after getting up.
8.(transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
Waves wash the shore.
9.a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673:
fresh-blown roses washed with dew
10.1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, OCLC 51433663:
[the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist
11.(intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
to hear the water washing
12.(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
13.(intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
14.2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever
The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.
15.(intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
Some calicoes do not wash.
16.(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
17.To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
18.To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
steel washed with silver
19.(transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
20.(transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
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especially
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈspɛʃ(ə)li/[Adverb]
editespecially (comparative more especially, superlative most especially)
1.(manner) In a special manner; specially.
He got up early especially.
2.(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
4.(focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
5.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
6.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- esp., esp
[Etymology]
editespecial + -ly
[See also]
edit
- esp
[Synonyms]
edit
- (special manner):
- (particularly): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically
- (emphasis): first and foremost; see also Thesaurus:above all
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self-fulfilling
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editself-fulfilling (not comparable)
1.Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.
[Etymology]
editself- + fulfilling
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so-so
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/[Adjective]
editso-so (not comparable)
1.(informal) Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.
2.1776, Oliver Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare
In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, / One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show.
3.1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.
[Adverb]
editso-so (not comparable)
1.(informal) Neither very well nor very poorly.
He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Osos, Soos
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (neither good nor bad): average, comme ci comme ça, fair, meh, mediocre, middling, lackluster, okayedit
- (neither well nor poorly): blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably
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so that
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Shatto, atshot, shotta
[Conjunction]
editso that
1.Indicates purpose; in order that, with the result that.
He must die so that others might live.
2.1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf's head from its body, so that it immediately died.
3.Indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that.
He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo.
4.1920, 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.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English so that, so þat, sa þat, swo þat, swa þat, from Old English swā þæt, equivalent to so + that. Cognate with Saterland Frisian sodät, West Frisian sadat, Dutch zodat, German sodaß, sodass.
[References]
edit
- so that at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “so that” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Synonyms]
edit
- in order that
- that (conjunction)
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amortise
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Amorites, Masorite, Timor Sea, atomiser
[Verb]
editamortise (third-person singular simple present amortises, present participle amortising, simple past and past participle amortised)
1.(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
2.1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
Within a few days of Sir Brian's lecture we were in Belgium, hearing at first hand from the traction chiefs of the S.N.C.B. that their investments in main-line diesel locomotives have been amortised within six or seven years, although the units do not average more than 260 miles or 15 hours a day in traffic.
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amortize
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈmɔːtaɪz/[Alternative forms]
edit
- amortise
[Anagrams]
edit
- atomizer
[Antonyms]
edit
- accrue
[Etymology]
editFrom (the stem of) Middle French amortir (“to bring to death”), probably from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, from Latin ad + mortuus.
[Further reading]
edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “amortize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Verb]
editamortize (third-person singular simple present amortizes, present participle amortizing, simple past and past participle amortized)
1.(transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain.
2.(transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
3.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 318:
extraordinary borrowing had been so extensive, Joly de Fleury reckoned, that even if it were amortized over the following decade, the state would still be running an annual deficit of over 50 million livres.
4.(transitive, computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time.
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editamortize
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of amortizar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of amortizar
3.first-person singular imperative of amortizar
4.third-person singular imperative of amortizar
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battle-hardened
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbattle-hardened (comparative more battle-hardened, superlative most battle-hardened)
1.(literally and figuratively) Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience in battle; callous.
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shaving
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Sanghvi, havings
[Noun]
editshaving (countable and uncountable, plural shavings)
1.(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
2.(uncountable) The action of having a shave.
[Verb]
editshaving
1.present participle of shave
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