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savvy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsæ.vi/[Adjective]
editsavvy (comparative savvier, superlative savviest)
1.(informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
2.2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club[1]:
That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
[Etymology]
editAlteration of save, sabi (“know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese or Spanish sabe (“[she/he] knows”), from saber (“to know”), from Latin sapiō (“to be wise”).1785, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”; West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez(-vous) (“do you know”), Portuguese (você) sabe (“you know”) or Spanish (usted) sabe (“you know”), all from Vulgar Latin *sapere, from Latin sapere (“be wise, be knowing”) (see sapient). The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun.
[Noun]
editsavvy (uncountable)
1.(informal) Shrewdness.
Synonym: savviness
[References]
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- “savvy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Synonyms]
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- canny
[Verb]
editsavvy (third-person singular simple present savvies, present participle savvying, simple past and past participle savvied)
1.(informal) To understand.
[[Chinese Pidgin English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- sarby
[Etymology]
editFrom Macau Pidgin Portuguese 撒㗑 (saat3 baai3), 撒備 (saat3 bi6), 散拜 (saan2 baai3), from Portuguese sabe.
[References]
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- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 108: “Savvy: (Portuguese) know; understand; No savvy ? Do you not understand ?”
[Verb]
editsavvy
1.know
2.1860, The Englishman in China, London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., page 44:
My no sarby.
I don’t know.
3.understand
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vouch
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvaʊtʃ/[Etymology]
editThe verb is derived from Middle English vouchen (“to call, summon; to provide; to make available, proffer; to affirm, declare formally”) [and other forms],[1] from Anglo-Norman vocher, voucher, woucher, and Old French vocher, voucher, vochier (“to call, summon; to claim; to call upon, invoke; to denounce”) [and other forms], from Latin vocāre,[2] the present active infinitive of vocō (“to call, summon; to call upon, invoke; to designate, name; to bring or put (into a condition or state)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to sound out; to speak”).Verb sense 6.1 (“to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land”) in the form vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty is a calque of Anglo-Norman and Old French voucher a garant.[2]The noun is derived from the verb.[3]
[Noun]
editvouch (plural vouches)
1.(archaic or obsolete) An assertion, a declaration; also, a formal attestation or warrant of the correctness or truth of something.
2.c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv], page 70, column 1:
VVho will beleeue thee Iſabell? / My vnſoild name, th' auſteereneſſe of my life, / My vouch againſt you, and my place i'th State, / VVill ſo your accuſation ouer-vveigh, / That you ſhall ſtifle in your ovvne report, / And ſmell of calumnie.
[References]
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1. ^ “vǒuchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 “vouch, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2021; “vouch, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
3. ^ “vouch, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021.
[Verb]
editvouch (third-person singular simple present vouches, present participle vouching, simple past and past participle vouched)
1.(transitive)
1.To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
2.1717, John Dryden, “Book XIII. [The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 731548838, page 436:
Nor need I ſpeak my Deeds, for thoſe you ſee, / The Sun and Day are Witneſſes for me. / Let him who fights unſeen, relate his own, / And vouch the ſilent Stars, and conſcious Moon.
3.To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
Synonym: (archaic) obtest
4.1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of Experience whiche haue Preceded Our Tyme, with a Defence of Histories”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], OCLC 1026313858, 3rd book, page 283:
But the most catholike and renoumed doctours of Christes religion in the corroboration of their argumentes and sentences, do alledge the same histories and vouche (as I mought say) to their ayde the autoritie of the writars.
5.1623, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Edvvard the First, […]”, in The Historie of Great Britaine vnder the Conqvests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Iohn Beale, for George Hvmble, […], OCLC 150671135, book 10, paragraph 19, page 651, column 2:
[F]or more credit to which aſſertion hee vouched ſundry books, and acts, […]
6.1692 June 30 (Gregorian calendar), Philanthropus [pseudonym; John Locke], “On the Usefulness of Force in Matters of Religion”, in A Third Letter for Toleration, […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], OCLC 1227558252, page 219:
Pray tell us where your moderate (for great ones you acknowledg to do harm, and to be uſeleſs) Penalties have been uſed, with ſuch Succeſs, that we may be paſt doubt too. If you can ſhew no ſuch place, do you not vouch Experience where you have none?
7.To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
Synonyms: attest, avouch, certify
8.c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], page 232, column 1:
Nay tis moſt credible, we heere receiue it, / A certaintie vouch'd from our Coſin Auſtria, […]
9.c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene vi], page 29, column 1:
Deliuer them this Paper: hauing read it, / Bid them repayre to th' Market place, where I / Euen in theirs, and in the Commons eares / Will vouch the truth of it.
10.1705 November 8 (Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “A Standing Revelation, the Best Means of Conviction. A Sermon Preach’d before Her Majesty, at St. James’s Chapel, on Sunday, October 28. 1705, being the Festival of St. Simon and St. Jude.”, in Fourteen Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions. […], London: […] E. P. [Edmund Parker?] for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1708, OCLC 1015443083, page 343:
[T]hey have made him aſham'd firſt to Vouch the Truth of the Relation, and afterwards even to Credit it.
11.1877 September 14, Robert Browning, “La Saisiaz”, in La Saisiaz: The Two Poets of Croisic, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, OCLC 270807938, page 13:
Hold it fast and guard it well! / Go and see and vouch for certain, then come back and never tell / Living soul but us; and haply, prove our sky from cloud as clear, / There may we four meet, praise fortune just as now, another year!
12.To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
13.1685 March 4 (Gregorian calendar); first published 1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at the Westminster-Abbey, February 22. 1684–5 [Julian calendar]”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume I, 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567, pages 318–319:
If a Man ſucceeds in any Attempt, though undertook with never ſo much Folly and Raſhneſs, his Succeſs ſhall vouch him a Politician; and good Luck ſhall paſs for deep Contrivance: […]
14.To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
15.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 65–66:
[M]ee damp horror chil'd / At ſuch bold words voucht with a deed ſo bold: […]
16.(archaic) Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”)
17.1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher; William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, OCLC 1170464517, Act V, scene iv, page 88:
Our Maſter Mars / Haſt vouch'd his Oracle, and to Arcite gave / The grace of the Contention: So the Deities / Have ſhewd due juſtice: […]
18.(archaic or obsolete) To assert, aver, or declare (something).
19.1662 November 19 (Gregorian calendar); first published 1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul’s, November the 9th, 1662 [Julian calendar]”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume I, 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567, page 48:
But wherein then according to their Opinion did this Image of God conſiſt? Why, in that Power and Dominion that God gave Adam over the Creatures: In that he was vouched his immediate Deputy upon Earth, the Viceroy of the Creation, and Lord-Lieutenant of the World.
20.1817 December (indicated as 1818), Percy B[ysshe] Shelley, “Canto Ninth”, in Laon and Cythna; or, The Revolution of the Golden City: A Vision of the Nineteenth Century. […], London: […] [F]or Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, […]; and C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier, […]; by B. M‘Millan, […], OCLC 29621340, stanza XXXI, page 208:
[W]hat we have done / None shall dare vouch, tho' it be truly known; […]
21.(law)
1.In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
2.1628, Edw[ard] Coke, “Homage Auncestrel”, in The First Part of the Institvtes of the Lawes of England. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for the Societe of Stationers, OCLC 84760833, book 2, chapter 7, section 145, folio 102, recto:
[W]hen the Tenant being impleaded within a particular iuriſdiction (as in London or the like) voucheth one to warranty and prayes that he may be ſummoned in ſome other county out of the iuriſdiction of that Court: this is called a foreine Voucher, […]
3.1766, William Blackstone, “Of Alienation by Matter of Record”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book II (Of the Rights of Things), Oxford: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522, page 359:
If Edwards therefore be tenant of the freehold in poſſeſſion, and John Barker be tenant in tail in remainder, here Edwards doth firſt vouch Barker, and then Barker vouches Jacob Morland the common vouchee; […]
4.Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
5.1766, William Blackstone, “Of Alienation by Matter of Record”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book II (Of the Rights of Things), Oxford: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522, page 359:
[I]t is now uſual always to have a recovery with double voucher at the leaſt; by firſt conveying an eſtate of freehold to any indifferent perſon, againſt whom the praecipe is brought; and then he vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee.
6.(obsolete) To guarantee legal title (to something).
7.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, OCLC 760858814, [Act V, scene i]:
[W]ill vouchers vouch him no more of his purchaſes & doubles then the length and breadth of a payre of Indentures?
8.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Of the Authors from whom Our Intelligence in the Following Work hath been Derived”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, OCLC 418859860, page 64:
If one ignorantly buyeth ſtolen Cattel, and hath them fairly vouched unto him, and publickly in an open Fair payeth Tole for them, he cannot be damnified thereby: […] (intransitive) Often followed by for.
1.To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
I can vouch that he wasn’t at the scene of the crime.
2.c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i], page 82, column 1:
What can you vouch againſt him, Signior Lucio? Is this the man that you did tell vs of?
3.c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, OCLC 724111485, [Act I, scene iii], page 12:
I therefore vouch againe, / That with ſome mixtures povverfull ore the blood, / Or vvith ſome dram coniur'd to this effect, / He vvrought vpon her.
4.c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene v], page 240, column 2:
I am not worthie of the wealth I owe, / Nor dare I ſay 'tis mine: and yet it is, / But like a timorous theefe, moſt faine would ſteale / What law does vouch mine owne.
5.1714 February, Jonathan Swift, “The Publick Spirit of the Whigs. Set forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis. […]”, in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], volume III, new edition, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, OCLC 1184656746, page 325:
Here he directly charges her majesty with delivering a falsehood to her parliament from the throne; and declares he will not believe her, until the elector of Hanover himself shall vouch for the truth of what she has so solemnly affirmed.
6.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Pride and Prejudice, volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585, page 129:
My temper I dare not vouch for.—It is I believe too little yielding—certainly too little for the convenience of the world.
7.1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume III, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, OCLC 17487293, page 313:
[T]hey are still less Christian men, for the Prior of the Dominicans will vouch for me, that they are more than half heathen.
8.To provide evidence or proof.
9.To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.
10.1815, Walter Scott, “Canto First”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James Ballantyne and Co., […], OCLC 25523028, stanza VI, page 12:
Lives still such maid?—Fair damsels say, / For further vouches not my lay, / Save that such lived in Britain's isle, / Where Lorn's bright Edith scorn'd to smile.
That is, Scott's lay or poem does not vouch further for the truth of the previous statement.
11.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 230675575, page 78:
The tears that suffused my sister's eyes when I mentioned our friend, and her heightened colour seemed to vouch for the truth of the reports that had reached me.
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covet
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌvɪt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas.
[Further reading]
edit
- “covet” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “covet” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Verb]
editcovet (third-person singular simple present covets, present participle coveting, simple past and past participle coveted)
1.(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
2.1991, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs, spoken by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins):
No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.
3.(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
4.(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
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mischievous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/[Adjective]
editmischievous (comparative more mischievous, superlative most mischievous)
1.Causing mischief; injurious.
2.1793, Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion:
...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ...
3.1892, Henry Sidgwick, Outlines of the History of Ethics:
On the whole, therefore, he concludes that the point of indulgence at which these self-passions or self-affections begin to be mischievous to the individual coincides with that at which they begin to be mischievous to society; ...
4.Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- mischievious, mischevious (nonstandard forms)
[Anagrams]
edit
- mischevious
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). Synchronically analyzable as mischief + -ous.
[Further reading]
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- “mischievous” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “mischievous” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- mischievous at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
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- (causing mischief): harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also Thesaurus:harmful
- (badly-behaved): badly-behaved, naughty
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hole up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- uphole
[Etymology]
editFrom hole + up. Attested from the 19th century.
[References]
edit
- “hole, v.1.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
[Verb]
edithole up (third-person singular simple present holes up, present participle holing up, simple past and past participle holed up)
1.(intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole.
2.1998, John Whitaker and William Hamilton, Mammals of the Eastern United States[1], page 424:
In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan bears enter winter dens in October; in the South, later; even in Florida bears “hole up” during the coldest weather.
3.(originally US, intransitive) To hide.
The guerrillas holed up in a small cave.
4.2005, BBC News, Thursday, 27 January, 2005, 18:50 GMT[2]:
The battle ended a two-day siege of an apartment block, where the suspects were holed up.
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hole
[[English]]
ipa :/həʊl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Hoel, OHLE, helo, ohel, oleh
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”), noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”). Related to hollow.
[Etymology 2]
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[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈɦolɛ][Noun]
edithole
1.inflection of hůl:
1.genitive singular
2.nominative/accusative/vocative plural
[Verb]
edithole
1.masculine singular present transgressive of holit
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈhoːlə/[Verb]
edithole
1.inflection of holen:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Hausa]]
ipa :/hóː.lèː/[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Verb]
edithōlḕ (grade 4)
1.to relax, to enjoy oneself
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English hāl
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English hol
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old English hulu; see hull for more.
[Etymology 4]
edit
[Etymology 5]
edit
[Etymology 6]
edit
[Etymology 7]
edit
[Etymology 8]
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[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse hola
[Noun]
edithole f or m (definite singular hola or holen, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)
1.alternative form of hule
[References]
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- “hole” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/²hoːlə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- hòle
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse hola
[Noun]
edithole f (definite singular hola, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)
1.a cave
2.a cavity (anatomy)
3.a den
[References]
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- “hole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Pennsylvania German]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German holen, from Old High German holon, from Proto-West Germanic *holōn (“to fetch”). Compare German holen, Dutch halen. Related to English haul.
[Verb]
edithole
1.to fetch
[[Slovak]]
ipa :[ˈɦole][Noun]
edithole f
1.genitive singular of hoľa
[[Sotho]]
[Noun]
edithole 17 (uncountable)
1.far away
[[Yola]]
[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 47
[Verb]
edithole
1.Alternative form of helt
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ho
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editho
1.(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Hiri Motu.
[[English]]
ipa :/həʊ/[Anagrams]
edit
- OH, Oh, oh
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho! (“hold!, halt!”).
[Etymology 2]
editPronunciation spelling of whore in a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English howe, houwe, hoȝe, from Old English hogu and hoga, from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz, *huguz (“mind, thought, understanding”), akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug), Old Norse hugr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Middle English howen, hoȝen, hogien, from Old English hogian, hugian, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną. Cognate with Middle Scots huik, Old High German hucken, Old Saxon huggjan, Dutch heugen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/u/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin hoc. Compare Occitan o and ac.
[Pronoun]
editho (enclitic and proclitic)
1.it (direct object); replaces the demonstrative pronouns açò, això and allò
2.replaces an independent clause (one which could grammatically form a sentence on its own)
3.replaces an adjective or an indefinite noun which serves as the predicate of ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
[[Chickasaw]]
[Pronoun]
editho
1.they
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈɦo][Pronoun]
editho m, n
1.accusative of on
Synonym: jej
2.accusative of ono
[[Danish]]
[Interjection]
editho
1.(onomatopoeia) Signifies a hearty laugh.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[ho][Interjection]
editho
1.oh
[Noun]
editho (accusative singular ho-on, plural ho-oj, accusative plural ho-ojn)
1.The name of the Latin-script letter H.
[[French]]
ipa :/o/[Further reading]
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- “ho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Interjection]
editho
1.Used by tamer to calm the animal they are taming, especially horses; whoa
Ho ! Tout doux ! ― Whoa! Easy!
2.Used to express surprise or shock
Ho mon Dieu ! ― Oh my God!
[[Galician]]
ipa :/ˈɔ/[Etymology]
editFrom home (“man”).
[Interjection]
editho!
1.used closing the sentence to bolster the attention of the listener; emphatic
Para, ho! ― Stop!
Non o volvo facer! Non ho! ― I'm not doing this again! No way!
[References]
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- “ho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
[[Guaraní]]
ipa :/ho/[Verb]
editho (active, intransitive, irregular)
1.to go
Che ahata che rógape.
I am going home.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈɔ/[Alternative forms]
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- o (misspelling)
[References]
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1. ^ ho in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[Verb]
editho
1.first-person singular present indicative of avere (“I have”)
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editho
1.Rōmaji transcription of ほ
2.Rōmaji transcription of ホ
[[Lower Sorbian]]
[Preposition]
editho
1.Obsolete spelling of wó
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/hɔː/[Etymology 1]
editProbably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call).
[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[Etymology 4]
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[Etymology 5]
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[Etymology 6]
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[Etymology 7]
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[Etymology 8]
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[[Muong]]
ipa :/hɔ¹/[Alternative forms]
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- hò
[Pronoun]
editho
1.(Mường Bi) I; me
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/huː/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse hon.
[Pronoun]
editho (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
1.(nonstandard, dialectal) she (form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hun)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/huː/[Alternative forms]
editDialects
- hu
- hon, hun (Nordfyrdemål, with stress)
- hon (Bergensk)
- hån (Saltenmål, with stress)
- hona (Hallingmål, Valdresmål, with stress)
- ’a (East Norwegian, Trøndsk, without stress)
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Swedish hon.
[Etymology 2]
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[References]
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- “ho” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old Irish]]
[Conjunction]
editho
1.Alternative spelling of ó
[Preposition]
editho
1.Alternative spelling of ó
[[Orya]]
[Noun]
editho
1.water
[References]
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- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 110
[[Romanian]]
[Interjection]
editho
1.Used to calm or stop a domestic animal, especially horses; whoa.
Ho ! Ușor ! ― Whoa! Easy!
2.(vulgar) Used to calm down a person.
Ho! Nu mai țipa ! ― Ho! Stop screaming!
[[Slovak]]
ipa :[ɦo][Pronoun]
editho
1.short genitive/accusative singular of on
2.short genitive/accusative singular of ono
[Synonyms]
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- (long form): jeho
- (prepositional form): neho
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
editSee vem.
[Etymology 3]
editDialectal form of hon, with identical meaning.
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ˈhoʔ/[Pronunciation 1]
edit
- IPA(key): /ˈhoʔ/
[Pronunciation 2]
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- IPA(key): /ho/
[[Toba Batak]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, compare Malay kau and Tetum ó.
[Pronoun]
editho
1.you
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[hɔ˧˧][Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Vietic *hɔː.
[Verb]
editho • (呼, 𤵡)
1.to cough
[[Warao]]
[Noun]
editho
1.water
[References]
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- Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors, citing Andrés Romero-Figueroa, Warao, Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 06 (1997, Munich/ Newcastle: Lincom Europa)
[[Yoruba]]
ipa :/hó/[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
editAlternative forms[edit]
- fó (Ìgbómìnà)
[[Zhuang]]
ipa :/ho˨˦/[Etymology]
editCognate with Bouyei hol (“garlic”).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Noun]
editho (old orthography ho)
1.garlic
Synonym: suenq
[[Tircul]]
ipa :/ɦɔː/[Numeral]
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1.3 (three)
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English ho, from Old Norse hó.
[Interjection]
editho
1.ho
2.1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13:
Ha-ho!
Hey-ho!
[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 90
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ho'
[[Zuni]]
[Pronoun]
editho'
1.First person singular subject (medial position)
I
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Hole
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editVarious origins:
- English topographic surname for someone who lived by a depression, from Old English holh (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulwī, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją.
- Borrowed from Norwegian Hole, a habitational surname from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”).
- Shortened form of Dutch van Hole, a habitational surname from hol (“hole, depression, cavity”).
[Further reading]
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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hole”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192.
[Proper noun]
editHole (plural Holes)
1.A surname.
[[Norwegian]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Proper noun]
editHole
1.A municipality of Buskerud, Norway
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unassuming
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnəˈsjuːmɪŋ/[Adjective]
editunassuming (comparative more unassuming, superlative most unassuming)
1.modest and having no pretensions or ostentation
[Etymology]
editun- + assuming
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conv
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editconv
1.(mathematics) convex hull
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old
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈəʊld/[Adjective]
editold (comparative older or elder, superlative (US, dialectal) oldermost or oldest or eldest) an old building.
1.Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
an old abandoned building; an old friend
2.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
1.Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
a wrinkled old man
2.Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
an old loaf of breadHaving been used and thus no longer new or unused.
I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.Having existed or lived for the specified time.
How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.(heading) Of an earlier time.
1.Former, previous.
My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
3.1994, Michael Grumley, Life Drawing
But over my old life, a new life had formed.
4.That is no longer in existence.
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
5.Obsolete; out-of-date.
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
6.Familiar.
7.1991, Stephen Fry, chapter III, in The Liar, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 26:
Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.
8.(UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- 1995, MacUser, volume 11, MacUser Publications, page 147:
Rik: But even great shtick can get old real fast: the dreaded Saturday Night Live syndrome.
Jim: Randomness can help - many Living Books have characters that do different things each time you click on them.
- 2000, Charles A. Siringo, A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony, Penguin, →ISBN, page 100:
John and I built a small stone house on the head of “Bonetta” Canyon and had a hog killing time all by ourselves. Hunting was our delight at first, until it became old.
- 2008, Homer L. Hall, Logan H. Aimone, High School Journalism, The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 171:
The songs start to get old real fast, and it's easy to get bored after the third song.
- 2012, Blossom, From Under a Bridge Ii, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 40:
It was the same old thing every week, working and drinking, working and drinking. It became old and I got really sick of it.
Your constant pestering is getting old.Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV. My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.(obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene ii]:
URSULA: Madam, you must come to your uncle. Yonder's old coil at home: it is proved, my Lady Hero hath been falsely accused, the prince and Claudio mightily abused;
[Alternative forms]
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- ol', ol, ole
- olde (archaic)
[Anagrams]
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- DLO, DOL, Dol, LDO, LOD, Lo'd, LoD, Lod, dol, lod
[Antonyms]
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- (having existed for a long period of time): brand new, fresh, new, neo-, ceno-
- (having lived for many years): young
- (former): current, latest, new
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English olde, ald, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, tall, big”). Cognate with Scots auld (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, uul (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Dutch oud (“old”), Low German old (“old”), German alt (“old”), Swedish äldre (“older, elder”), Icelandic eldri (“older, elder”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.
[Noun]
editold (plural olds)
1.(with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
2.(slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
3.(slang, most often plural) One's parents.
I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.
[Synonyms]
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- (having existed for a long period of time): ancient, long in the tooth, paleo-; see also Thesaurus:old
- (having lived for many years): aged, ageing / aging, elderly, long in the tooth, on in years; see also Thesaurus:elderly
- (having existed or lived for the specified time): aged, of age
- (former): erstwhile, ex-, former, one-time, past; see also Thesaurus:former
- (out-of-date): antiquated, obsolete (of words), outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
[[Danish]]
ipa :/ɔlˀ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse ǫld, from Proto-Germanic *aldiz, cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds).
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of oldtidskundskab.
[[German Low German]]
ipa :/ɔːɫt/[Adjective]
editold (comparative öller, superlative öllst)
1.old
[Alternative forms]
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- oold, ol, olt
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German ôlt. The A became an O through the effect of the velarised L in the same manner as in Dutch oud.Cognate with English old, Dutch oud, German alt, West Frisian âld.
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈold][Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Uralic *aŋa- (“to loosen, open (up), untie”) [1] + -d (frequentative suffix).[2]
[Further reading]
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- old in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[References]
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1. ^ Entry #16 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
2. ^ old in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
[Verb]
editold
1.(transitive) to solve
2.(transitive) to untie
[[Middle Low German]]
[Adjective]
editold
1.Alternative spelling of ôlt.
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six-figure
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsix-figure (not comparable)
1.(of a numerical amount, chiefly annual income) Counted in the hundreds of thousands; 100,000 to 999,999.
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downplay
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- play down, playdown
[Etymology]
editSynthetic form of the phrase play down.
[Synonyms]
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- play down
- trivialize
- understate
[Verb]
editdownplay (third-person singular simple present downplays, present participle downplaying, simple past and past participle downplayed)
1.(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.
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those
[[English]]
ipa :/ðəʊz/[Anagrams]
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- Theos, ethos, shote, sothe
[Antonyms]
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- these
[Determiner]
editthose
1.plural of that
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:1:
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.
3.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
4.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.
Those bolts go with these parts.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.
[Pronoun]
editthose
1.plural of that
those who serve [those persons who serve]
don't touch those [those objects over there]
[Synonyms]
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- them
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enigmatic
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/[Adjective]
editenigmatic (comparative more enigmatic, superlative most enigmatic)
1.Pertaining to an enigma.
2.Mysterious.
3.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
4.Defying description.
5.(variant) Enigmatical.
[Alternative forms]
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- ænigmatic (archaic)
- ænigmatick (obsolete)
- enigmatick (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin aenigmaticus and French énigmatique, from Ancient Greek αἰνιγματικός (ainigmatikós); equivalent to enigma + -tic.
[Synonyms]
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- (mysterious): See also Thesaurus:mysterious
- (defying description): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[eniɡˈmatik][Adjective]
editenigmatic m or n (feminine singular enigmatică, masculine plural enigmatici, feminine and neuter plural enigmatice)
1.enigmatic
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French énigmatique.
[Synonyms]
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- misterios
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plastered
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editplastered (comparative more plastered, superlative most plastered)
1.Coated with plaster
The old home had plastered walls rather than drywall.
2.(slang) drunk, intoxicated
The only way he could deal with the grief following his wife's death was to get so plastered that he passed out.
[Anagrams]
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- restapled
[Synonyms]
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- (coated with plaster):
- (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
[Verb]
editplastered
1.simple past tense and past participle of plaster
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inscribed
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈskɹaɪbd/[Verb]
editinscribed
1.simple past tense and past participle of inscribe
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witness
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɪtnəs/[Alternative forms]
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- (archaic) witnesse
[Anagrams]
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- wisents
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), literary German gewissen (“to witness”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).
[Noun]
editwitness (countable and uncountable, plural witnesses)
1.(uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
2.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:
May we, with the warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?
3.1959, Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of holy scripture[1], volume 6:
We have as much witness from heaven as we need.
4.1999, Nettie Becker, Paul Becker, A Comprehensive Guide for Caregivers in Day-care Settings[2]:
On another corner, stands an old style tenement building, whose dirty grey facade bears as much witness to the volume of exhaust fumes from millions of passing cars as it does to the age of the dwelling.
5.2002, Charles E. Scott, The Lives of Things[3], page 125:
Nor do the formation and articulation of such knowledge themselves bear much witness to Geist.
6.2008, Jeremiah Burroughs, C. Matthew McMahon, Therese B. McMahon, The Excellency of Holy Courage in Evil Times[4], page 100:
Fleeing is giving witness, and those that plead against it are loath to give so much witness
7.2014, James Tarter, God's Word to the United States: The Book of Obadiah[5]:
Ob. 16 can show that every nation will get at least this much witness
8.(countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
9.c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:
[…] thyself art witness— I am betrothed.
10.c. 1786, Robert Hall, A Reverie:
Upon my looking round, I was a witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.
11.(countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
12.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652:
From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.
13.(countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.
14.(countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
15.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 31:51-52:
Laban said to Jacob, […] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.
[Synonyms]
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- certify
[Verb]
editwitness (third-person singular simple present witnesses, present participle witnessing, simple past and past participle witnessed)
1.(transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 56-57:
round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay
3.(transitive) To take as evidence.
4.1993, Vicki M. Pino, “Viewpoints from our Readers after "Aprongate": Lighten up”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Depression often goes undetected until it is too late . Witness the recent White House suicide.
5.(transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
He witnessed the accident.
6.1801, Robert Hall, On Modern Infidelity:
This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we be so unfortunate as ever to witness the triumph of modern infidelity
7.1803, John Marshall, The Life of George Washington:
General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace.
8.(intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
9.1998, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", page 842:
Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.
10.To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
to witness a bond or a deed
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Witness
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- wisents
[Noun]
editWitness (plural Witnesses)
1.Jehovah's Witness
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terrapin
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɛɹəpɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- earprint, pretrain
[Etymology]
edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}An adult female diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), one of the species of turtles originally known as terrapins (sense 2).The European pond turtle or European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis; sense 3).A red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans; sense 3).From torup (“snapping turtle native to North America, especially the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)”)[1] or from its etymon Virginia Algonquian *tōrəp (“sea turtle”) + possibly English -ine (suffix forming derivative or diminutive nouns),[2] perhaps influenced by Latin terra (“dry land; soil; planet Earth”).[3] Compare Abenaki tolba (“turtle”).
[Further reading]
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- terrapin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editterrapin (countable and uncountable, plural terrapins)
1.(countable) Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.
2.(countable, obsolete) Any turtle.
3.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Found by the Lieutenant; Reconducted to His Own House; Married to Mrs. Grizzle, […]”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541, page 27, column 2:
The third ſervice was made up of a loin of freſh pork with apple-ſauce, a kid ſmothered with onions, and a terrapin baked in the ſhell; […]
4.1766, T[obias] Smollett, “Letter XIX”, in Travels through France and Italy. […], volume I, London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], OCLC 733048407, page 302:
The land-turtle, or terrapin, is much better known at Nice, as being a native of this county; yet the beſt are brought from the iſland of Sardinia. The ſoup or bouillon of this animal is always preſcribed here as a great reſtorative to conſumptive patients.
5.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Town-ho’s Story (as Told at the Golden Inn)”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299, footnote, page 269:
The ancient whale-cry [i.e., "town-ho"] upon first sighting a whale from the masthead, still used by whalemen in hunting the famous Gallipagos terrapin.
6.(countable, obsolete) Any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).
7.1862, Anthony Trollope, “From Boston to Washington”, in North America. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 1077935750, page 467:
As to the terrapin, I have not so much to say. The terrapin is a small turtle, found on the shores of Maryland and Virginia, out of which a very rich soup is made. It is cooked with wines and spices, and is served in the shape of a hash, with heaps of little bones mixed through it. […] I must, however, confess that the terrapin for me had no surpassing charms.
8.(uncountable, obsolete) The flesh of such a turtle used as food.
9.1862, Anthony Trollope, “From Boston to Washington”, in North America. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 1077935750, page 467:
The man who did not eat twice of terrapin would be held in small repute, as the Londoner is held who at a city banquet does not partake of both thick and thin turtle.
[References]
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1. ^ “torup, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “torup, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
2. ^ “-ine, suffix4”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “-ine4, suf.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
3. ^ “terrapin, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “terrapin, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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reptile
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪpˈtaɪl/[Adjective]
editreptile (not comparable)
1.Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
2.Grovelling; low; vulgar.
a reptile race or crew; reptile vices
3.1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:
There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear.
4.1797-1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
And dislodge their reptile souls / From the bodies and forms of men.
[Anagrams]
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- Peltier, peitrel, perlite, triple-E
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
[Noun]
editreptile (plural reptiles)
1.A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia; an amniote that is neither a synapsid nor a bird.
2.(figuratively) A mean or grovelling person.
3.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292:
This work may, indeed, be considered as a great creation of our own; and for a little reptile of a critic to presume to find fault with any of its parts, without knowing the manner in which the whole is connected, and before he comes to the final catastrophe, is a most presumptuous absurdity.
4.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, OCLC 28228280:
"That reptile," whispered Pott, catching Mr. Pickwick by the arm, and pointing towards the stranger. "That reptile — Slurk, of the Independent!"
5.1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XXVII:
{...} If I pitied you for crying and looking so very frightened, you should spurn such pity. Ellen, tell him how disgraceful this conduct is. Rise, and don’t degrade yourself into an abject reptile—don’t!’
[See also]
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- herpetology
- Category:en:Reptiles for a list of reptiles in English
- reptile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
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- (creeping, crawling): reptilious, creeping, crawling; reptitious (obsolete)
- (contemptible): See Thesaurus:despicable
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁɛp.til/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin rēptilis.
[Further reading]
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- “reptile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editreptile m (plural reptiles)
1.reptile
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editrēptile
1.neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of rēptilis
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in part
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Partin, Pintar, intrap, partin', priant
[Prepositional phrase]
editin part
1.to an extent; not fully.
The collision was in part my fault: I was starting to fall asleep at the wheel.
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tip-off
[[English]]
[Further reading]
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- “tip-off”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “tip-off”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “tip-off”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “tip-off” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Noun]
edittip-off (plural tip-offs)
1.(idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication.
The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.
2.(idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.
The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.
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tip off
[[English]]
[See also]
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- tip-off (noun)
- Synonym for lay off
[Synonyms]
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- (to alert or inform someone): inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
- (to use a painting technique): lay off
[Verb]
edittip off (third-person singular simple present tips off, present participle tipping off, simple past and past participle tipped off)
1.(idiomatic, transitive) To alert or inform someone, especially confidentially.
An anonymous caller tipped off the police that the suspect would be in the area.
2.(basketball) To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.
1.(of a sports match) To begin.
The game tips off in an hour, so hurry back!(transitive, obsolete) To pour out (liquor); to tip the vessel and drink until it is empty.(transitive and intransitive, painting) To use a particular brush technique for producing a flawless surface on a wet coat of paint.
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mouthpiece
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmaʊθˌpiːs/[Etymology]
editmouth + piece
[Noun]
editmouthpiece (plural mouthpieces)
1.A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially:
1.The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.
2.The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.(slang) A lawyer for the defense.
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would
[[English]]
ipa :/wʊd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wou'd (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English wolde, past tense of willan.
[Noun]
editwould (plural woulds)
1.Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
2.1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible, page 88:
When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.
3.2010, Shushona Novos, The Personal Universal: A Guidebook for Spiritual Evolution, page 395:
Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.
[See also]
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- could
- should
- Appendix:English modal verbs
- Appendix:English tag questions
- Modal verbs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
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- (indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly): used to
- (used to express a polite request): be so good as to, kindly, please
[Verb]
editwould
1.Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
1.Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. [from 9thc.]
On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.
2.1867, Anthony Trollope, Last Chronicle of Barset, Ch.28:
That her Lily should have been won and not worn, had been, and would be, a trouble to her for ever.
3.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0056:
Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
4.2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2-3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
Toure would have the decisive say though, rising high to power a header past Kenny from Aleksandar Kolarov's cross.
5.Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to; indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly. [from 9thc.]
When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.
6.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 46:
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
7.2009, "Soundtrack of my life", The Guardian, 15 March:
When we were kids we would sit by the radio with a tape recorder on a Sunday, listening out for the chart songs we wanted to have.
8.Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something. [from 18thc.]
I asked her to stay in with me, but she would go out.
9.1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter V, in Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), 2nd edition, London: John Macrone, […], OCLC 912950347:
Then he took to breeding silk-worms, which he would bring in two or three times a day, in little paper boxes, to show the old lady […].
10.Could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.). [from 18thc.]
He denied it, but then he would, wouldn't he?
11.2009, "Is the era of free news over?", The Observer, 10 May:
The free access model, the media magnate said last week, was "malfunctioning". Well he would, wouldn't he?
12.(archaic) Wanted to. [from 9thc.]
13.1490, William Caxton, Prologue to Eneydos:
And thenne at laste a-nother sayd that he wolde have eyren. Then the good wyf sayd that she understod hym wel.
14.1852, James Murdock, trans. Johann Lorenz Mosheim, Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, II.7.iii:
The Greeks, especially those who would be thought adepts in mystic theology, ran after fantastic allegories […].
15.(archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses. [from 9thc.]
16.1694, John Strype, Memorials of The Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, Appendix page 68 [1]
At which time he told me, he would to London that week, and so to Oxford.
17.1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana, Penguin p.107:
He sat as one astonish'd, a good-while, looking at me, without speaking a Word, till I came quite up to him, kneel'd on one Knee to him, and almost whether he would or no, kiss'd his Hand […].
18.1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[2]:
'I thank thee, oh Ayesha,' I replied, with as much dignity as I could command, 'but if there be such a place as thou dost describe, and if in this strange place there may be found a fiery virtue that can hold off Death when he comes to pluck us by the hand, yet would I none of it.'
19.(obsolete) Wished, desired (something). [9th-19thc.]A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
1.Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another. [from 9thc.]
If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.
2.1846, "A New Sentimental Journey", Blackwoods Magazine, vol.LX, no.372:
If I could fly, I would away to those realms of light and warmth – far, far away in the southern clime […].
3.2010, The Guardian, 26 February:
Warnock admitted it would be the ideal scenario if he received a Carling Cup winners' medal as well as an England call-up […].
4.Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action.
I would love to come and visit.
Look at that yummy cake! I would eat that all up!
5.2008, Mark Cocker, "Country Diary", The Guardian, 3 November:
It's a piece of old folklore for which I would love to find hard proof.
6.Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc. [from 9thc.]
I would ask you all to sit down.
I would imagine that they have already left.
7.2009, Nick Snow, The Rocket's Trail, p.112:
“Those trials are being run by the American army so surely you must have access to the documents?” “Well, yeah, you’d think.”
8.2010, Terry Pratchett, "My case for a euthanasia tribunal", The Guardian, 2 February:
Departing on schedule with the help of a friendly doctor was quite usual. Does that still apply? It would seem so.
9.Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
It's disgraceful the way that they've treated you. I would write and complain.
10.Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption.
He's very security-conscious, so he would have remembered to lock the door.
They would be arriving in London round about now.
11.Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …? [from 15thc.]
Would you pass the salt, please?
12.(chiefly archaic) Might wish (+ verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only". [from 13thc.]
13.1599, 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 IV, scene iii]:
KING HENRY
Thou dost not wish more help from England, coz?
WESTMORELAND
God’s will, my liege, would you and I alone,
Without more help, could fight this royal battle!
14.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], OCLC 228725984; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, OCLC 5190338:
I presently wished, would that I had been in their clothes! would that I had been born Peter! would that I had been born John!
15.1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662:
I would she had retained her original haughtiness of disposition, or that I had a larger share of Front-de-Bœuf's thrice-tempered hardness of heart!
16.1912, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, translated by F. C. Conybeare (Loeb Classical Library), 8.16:
But as the youth increased their annoyance by declaring that the goddess was quite right, because the Emperor was Archon Eponym of the city of Athens, he said: "Would that he also presided the Panathenaic festival."
17.(chiefly archaic, transitive or control verb) Might desire; wish (something). [from 15thc.]
18.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]:
What dost thou professe? What would’st thou with vs?
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free up
[[English]]
[Verb]
editfree up (third-person singular simple present frees up, present participle freeing up, simple past and past participle freed up)
1.(transitive) To make (space or time) available.
Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room.
You can free up space on your hard disk by deleting temporary files.
If you're coming to visit for the weekend, I'll free up Saturday for you.
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pluralistic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpluralistic (comparative more pluralistic, superlative most pluralistic)
1.Characteristic of pluralism.
Antonym: unpluralistic
[Etymology]
editplural + -istic
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mousetrap
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmaʊsˌtɹæp/[Alternative forms]
edit
- mouse trap
[Anagrams]
edit
- autosperm, superatom, trampouse
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp (“mousetrap”). In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.
[Noun]
editmousetrap (countable and uncountable, plural mousetraps)
1.(countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
2.(countable, Internet) A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Frequently used by advertisers and pornographers.
3.(chiefly Britain, informal, uncountable) Ordinary, everyday cheese.
4.(New Zealand) A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
5.(military, historical) An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
6.2003, Nautical Research Journal (volume 48, page 199)
Besides depth charges, they were armed with smaller forward firing antisubmarine rocket launchers called mousetraps. Fired in groups, these rockets detonated when they contacted a submarine.
[Synonyms]
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- (device for capturing or killing mice or rodents): mousefall
[Verb]
editmousetrap (third-person singular simple present mousetraps, present participle mousetrapping, simple past and past participle mousetrapped)
1.(figuratively) To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
2.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 724:
He hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a year earlier.
3.(Internet, transitive) To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.
4.2005, Armando Ang, Greed & Scams, Inc
The scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped.
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overwhelmingly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editoverwhelmingly (comparative more overwhelmingly, superlative most overwhelmingly)
1.In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
2.1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 361:
Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line [...] but years later than need have been—[...].
3.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.
4.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 5:
[F]rom the perspective of traditional linguistic landscapes thought, such an overwhelmingly English landscape would normally be considered to exert a negative effect on the vitality and feelings of worth of other languages within this specific multilingual milieu.
5.Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.
6.2012, Arthur Gillard, Homelessness (page 38)
Studies on homeless income find that the typical “career panhandler” who dedicates his time overwhelmingly to begging can make between $600 and $1,500 a month.
7.2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian[2]:
Those recurrent noises in Italy about a move to Internazionale have resurfaced this week. It seems overwhelmingly likely Conte will stay, pay rise pending. But it is a feat of rare political skill to have made himself so unusually vital to the current success.
[Etymology]
editoverwhelming + -ly
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impairment
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- empairment (rare)
[Etymology]
editimpair + -ment
[Noun]
editimpairment (countable and uncountable, plural impairments)
1.The result of being impaired
2.A deterioration or weakening
3.A disability or handicap
visual impairment
4.an inefficient part or factor.
5.(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
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tiny
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtaɪni/[Adjective]
edittiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)
1.Very small.
2.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- tyny (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- tiyn
[Antonyms]
edit
- huge
- great
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.
[Noun]
edittiny (plural tinies)
1.A small child; an infant.
2.1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:
‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’
3.1982, Young children in China (page 84)
The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
4.Anything very small.
5.1956, Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden, page 102:
Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:tiny
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panoramic
[[English]]
ipa :-æmɪk[Adjective]
editpanoramic (comparative more panoramic, superlative most panoramic)
1.with a wide view
[Anagrams]
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- macropain
[Etymology]
editpanorama + -ic
[Noun]
editpanoramic (plural panoramics)
1.(photography) A panoramic image.
2.2003, Robert Bogdan, Henry M. Beach, Adirondack vernacular: the photography of Henry M. Beach (page 35)
Scenic panoramics were not the best sellers. All commercial panoramic photographers specialized in pictures of large groups.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editpanoramic m or n (feminine singular panoramică, masculine plural panoramici, feminine and neuter plural panoramice)
1.panoramic
[Etymology]
editFrom French panoramique
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reframe
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- re-frame
[Etymology]
editre- + frame.
[Noun]
editreframe (plural reframes)
1.An instance of reframing.
2.2014, Arthur J. Clark, Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy
A counselor's reframe of the term “protecting” to “enabling” suggests a different function with respect to the individual's behavior.
[Verb]
editreframe (third-person singular simple present reframes, present participle reframing, simple past and past participle reframed)
1.(transitive) To frame again.
The woman in the shop was reframing a painting.
2.(transitive) To redescribe, from a different perspective; to relabel.
The military reframed tedium as duty.
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shelf
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɛlf/[Anagrams]
edit
- Fehls, flesh
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe (“deck of a ship”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate to Dutch schelf.
[Noun]
editshelf (plural shelves) A simple wooden wall shelf
1.A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.
We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.
2.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
3.The capacity of such an object
a shelf of videos
4.A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
5.A reef, shoal or sandbar.
[References]
edit
- shelf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
edit
- (capacity): shelfful
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editshelf
1.Alternative form of schelfe
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shelf life
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- shelflife
[Noun]
editshelf life (plural shelf lives)
1.The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.
2.The maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified.
Synonym: storage life
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cobbled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcobbled
1.(of a road surface) Laid with cobbles.
2.Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbled together")
[Verb]
editcobbled
1.simple past tense and past participle of cobble
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cobble
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑb.l̩/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le.
[Noun]
editcobble (plural cobbles)
1.A cobblestone.
2.(geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3.Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).
4.(manufacturing) A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
5.1913, Report on Conditions of Employment in the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States, United States Bureau of Labor:
These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions.
6.1915, Proceedings of Association of Iron & Steel Electrical:
The ideal control which they offer the reversing motor is such, when a cobble might be made in the steel mill, the metal can be handled gently, and very often the ingot saved.
7.1919 April, “Rolling Mill Research Laboratory Founded”, in Blast Furnace and Steel Plant, volume 7:
In practical mill work a roller often has to wait days and sometimes weeks before he can catch this condition, as he could not consider the stopping of production while he made a cobble in some particular roll pass that was giving him trouble, and it is mainly by studying the cobbles that the action of the steel can be observed and studied.
8.2009, Vladimir B. Ginzburg, Flat-Rolled Steel Processes: Advanced Technologies, page 231:
Cameras pointed between stands could be saved for 5 or 7 days, enough to troubleshoot cobble or off-level mills.
[Verb]
editcobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)
1.(intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
2.(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
3.(transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
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Cobb
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editCobb (plural Cobbs)
1.A surname.
2.A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
3.An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Georgia, United States.
4.An unincorporated community in Nevins Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
5.An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
6.An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States.
7.An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States.
8.An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States.
9.An unincorporated community in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.
10.An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
11.An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
12.A village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
[See also]
edit
- Cobbe
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surplus
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɝˌplʌs/[Adjective]
editsurplus (not comparable)
1.Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
surplus population
surplus words
The latest shipment of goods is surplus to our needs.
2.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt
But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery.
3.2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
[Anagrams]
edit
- upslurs
[Antonyms]
edit
- lack
- deficit
- shortage
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.
[Noun]
editsurplus (countable and uncountable, plural surpluses or surplusses)
1.That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
2.Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
3.(law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
4.(law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
[Synonyms]
edit
- oversum
[Verb]
editsurplus (third-person singular simple present surpluses or surplusses, present participle surplussing or surplusing, simple past and past participle surplussed or surplused)
1.(transitive) To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.
2.1952, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Moroccan air base construction. 2 v (page 618)
This employee was engaged to direct asphalt plants and inasmuch as the work for which he had been employed was completed, he was surplused and his return travel was approved […]
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈsʏr.plʏs/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch surplus, from Middle French surplus.
[Noun]
editsurplus n (plural surplussen, diminutive surplusje n)
1.A surplus value, notably of money.
Synonym: overschot
Antonym: tekort
2.A remaining quantity, notably stock excess.
Synonyms: restant, overschot
[[French]]
ipa :/syʁ.ply/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French surplus, from Old French sorplus. Equivalent to sur- + plus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “surplus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editsurplus m (plural surplus)
1.a surplus
[[Italian]]
ipa :/surˈplus/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French surplus.
[Noun]
editsurplus m (invariable)
1.a surplus (all senses)
[References]
edit
1. ^ surplus in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editsurplus
1.Alternative form of surplys
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French surplus.
[Noun]
editsurplus n (plural surplusuri)
1.surplus
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adjunct
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈædʒ.ʌŋkt/[Adjective]
editadjunct (comparative more adjunct, superlative most adjunct)
1.Connected in a subordinate function.
2.c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii], page 11:
Though that my death were adiunct to my Act,
By heauen I would doe it.
3.Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.
[Noun]
editadjunct (plural adjuncts)
1.An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
2.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
Lie here ye weedes that I diſdaine to weare,
This compleat armor, and this curtle-axe
Are adiuncts more beſeeming Tamburlaine.
3.c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii], page 135:
Learning is but an adiunct to our ſelfe,
And where we are, our Learning likewiſe is.
4.A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
5.1641, Henry Wotton, A Parallel between Robert late Earl of Essex and George late Duke of Buckingham
Lord Cottington (as an adjunct of singular experience and trust)
6.(brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
7.(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
8.(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
9.(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
10.(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
11.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 177:
We can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of N-double-bar; Adjuncts are both sisters and daughters of N-bar; and Complements are sisters of N and daughters of N-bar. This means that Adjuncts resemble Complements in that both are daughters of N-bar; but they differ from Complements in that Adjuncts are sisters of N-bar, whereas Complements are sisters of N. Likewise, it means that Adjuncts resemble Determiners in that both are sisters of N-bar, but they differ from Determiners in that Adjuncts are daughters of N-bar, whereas Determiners are daughters of N-double-bar.
12.(rhetoric) Symploce.
13.(category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (something attached to something else): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
- (person associated with another): See also Thesaurus:associate (colleague) or Thesaurus:attendant (subordinate)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ɑˈdjʏŋkt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch adjoinct, from Latin adiunctus.
[Noun]
editadjunct m (plural adjuncten)
1.An adjunct, a subordinate person, esp. an attendant of a government official.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editadjunct m or n (feminine singular adjunctă, masculine plural adjuncți, feminine and neuter plural adjuncte)
1.deputy
[Etymology]
editFrom German Adjunkt or Latin adjunctus
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ruling
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹuːlɪŋ/[Adjective]
editruling
1.That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
the ruling monarch
a ruling passion
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ulring, luring
[Noun]
editruling (plural rulings)
1.An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
2.1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
These orders are now cancelled as a result of the Minister's ruling.
[Synonyms]
edit
- governing
- regnant (of a monarch)
- reigning (of a monarch)
- in power (of a government; used after the noun)edit
- commandment, edict, order, rule
[Verb]
editruling
1.present participle and gerund of rule
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43989
rule
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹuːl/[Anagrams]
edit
- ReLU, Ruel, lure
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate.
[Etymology 3]
editRelated to revel.
[Further reading]
edit
- “rule” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “rule” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editrule
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rular.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rular.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rular.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of rular.
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43990
lifting
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- fliting
[Noun]
editlifting (countable and uncountable, plural liftings)
1.The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
2.1946, Eugene E. Thomas, Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta
For some moments he stood there contemplating the little fellows as they went about their work in their business-like way, taking no notice of his presence other than the liftings of their heads now and then, as if to ascertain if he were still there.
3.(sports) weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted
Synonym: weightlifting
4.2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew.
5.(medicine) plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance
Synonym: facelift
6.Theft.
7.1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 426)
It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.
8.(mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.
[References]
edit
- lifting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Verb]
editlifting
1.present participle of lift
[[French]]
ipa :/lif.tiŋ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English lifting.
[Further reading]
edit
- “lifting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editlifting m (plural liftings)
1.facelift
Synonym: lifting de visage
[[Irish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Irish lipting, from Old Norse lypting (compare Norwegian Nynorsk lyfting).
[Further reading]
edit
- "lifting" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lipting”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Noun]
editlifting f (genitive singular liftinge, nominative plural liftingí)
1.(nautical, literary) taffrail
Synonyms: rancás, teafrail
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English.
[Noun]
editlifting m (invariable)
1.(surgery) face-lift, lifting
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈlif.tiŋk/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English lifting.
[Further reading]
edit
- lifting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lifting in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editlifting m inan
1.facelift (plastic surgery to the face)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English lifting.
[Noun]
editlifting n (plural liftinguri)
1.lifting
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈliftin/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English.
[Further reading]
edit
- “lifting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editlifting m (plural liftings)
1.lifting, facelift
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take exception to
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittake exception (third-person singular simple present takes exception, present participle taking exception, simple past took exception, past participle taken exception)
1.(transitive with to) To take offense; to object or protest.
I think he took exception to the joke about environmentalists.
I take exception to the assumption that simply because I am young I am not able to discern fact from fiction.
2.1898 July 20, Percival A. Nairne, letter, published in the Lancet of 1898 December 10, page 1575:
I am sorry to learn that the senior medical staff of the Dreadnought Hospital take exception to portions of Sir Henry Burdett's letter […] which was published in the Times of July 11th.
3.1984, Jean S. McGill, Edmund Morris, Frontier Artist,[1] Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 165:
[…] the body of a deceased Indian, wrapped in a blanket and reposing on the limbs of an old tree in the sandhills. Horatio Walker, then President of the Club and generally so sympathetic with artists, seemingly took exception to it, and Morris felt the silent criticism […]
4.1989, in Asia Yearbook,[2], Far Eastern Economic Review, page 167:
Upset, about 20 Kuala Lumpur-based judges met on 25 March and decided that Salleh should write to the king explaining their position. The king apparently took exception to the letter or to the manner in which it was sent […]
5.To object to; to disagree with.
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take exception
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittake exception (third-person singular simple present takes exception, present participle taking exception, simple past took exception, past participle taken exception)
1.(transitive with to) To take offense; to object or protest.
I think he took exception to the joke about environmentalists.
I take exception to the assumption that simply because I am young I am not able to discern fact from fiction.
2.1898 July 20, Percival A. Nairne, letter, published in the Lancet of 1898 December 10, page 1575:
I am sorry to learn that the senior medical staff of the Dreadnought Hospital take exception to portions of Sir Henry Burdett's letter […] which was published in the Times of July 11th.
3.1984, Jean S. McGill, Edmund Morris, Frontier Artist,[1] Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 165:
[…] the body of a deceased Indian, wrapped in a blanket and reposing on the limbs of an old tree in the sandhills. Horatio Walker, then President of the Club and generally so sympathetic with artists, seemingly took exception to it, and Morris felt the silent criticism […]
4.1989, in Asia Yearbook,[2], Far Eastern Economic Review, page 167:
Upset, about 20 Kuala Lumpur-based judges met on 25 March and decided that Salleh should write to the king explaining their position. The king apparently took exception to the letter or to the manner in which it was sent […]
5.To object to; to disagree with.
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take exception
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittake exception (third-person singular simple present takes exception, present participle taking exception, simple past took exception, past participle taken exception)
1.(transitive with to) To take offense; to object or protest.
I think he took exception to the joke about environmentalists.
I take exception to the assumption that simply because I am young I am not able to discern fact from fiction.
2.1898 July 20, Percival A. Nairne, letter, published in the Lancet of 1898 December 10, page 1575:
I am sorry to learn that the senior medical staff of the Dreadnought Hospital take exception to portions of Sir Henry Burdett's letter […] which was published in the Times of July 11th.
3.1984, Jean S. McGill, Edmund Morris, Frontier Artist,[1] Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 165:
[…] the body of a deceased Indian, wrapped in a blanket and reposing on the limbs of an old tree in the sandhills. Horatio Walker, then President of the Club and generally so sympathetic with artists, seemingly took exception to it, and Morris felt the silent criticism […]
4.1989, in Asia Yearbook,[2], Far Eastern Economic Review, page 167:
Upset, about 20 Kuala Lumpur-based judges met on 25 March and decided that Salleh should write to the king explaining their position. The king apparently took exception to the letter or to the manner in which it was sent […]
5.To object to; to disagree with.
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honing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhoʊnɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- nigh on
[Noun]
edithoning (plural honings)
1.The process by which something is honed.
2.2007, Fine Woodworking (issues 195-201, page 57)
In future honings, you'll assume the tip is touching the stone on the back when it is, in fact, above the stone's surface.
[Verb]
edithoning
1.present participle of hone
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈɦoː.nɪŋ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- honig (dialectal, archaic) Honing en brood
Honey and bread
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch honinch (“honey”), from Old Dutch honing, from Proto-Germanic *hunangą. Cognate with English honey and German Honig.
[Noun]
edithoning m (uncountable)
1.honey
[Synonyms]
edit
- zeem
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HON
[[Translingual]]
[Proper noun]
editHON
1.(sports) Abbreviation of Honduras.
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Long
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Mandarin 隴／陇 (Lǒng).
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/ˈlɔŋː/[Proper noun]
editLong m
1.A surname.
[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/loŋ/[Etymology]
editFrom Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô. Cognate with German Lunge, Dutch long, English lung, Icelandic lunga.
[Noun]
editLong f (plural Longen)
1.lung
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[lawŋ͡m˧˧][Etymology]
editSino-Vietnamese word from 龍 or 隆.
[Proper noun]
editLong
1.A unisex given name from Chinese
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