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receding
[[English]]
ipa :-iːdɪŋ[Adjective]
editreceding (comparative more receding, superlative most receding)
1.Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.
2.That recedes.
a receding hairline
[Anagrams]
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- creeding
[Noun]
editreceding (plural recedings)
1.The action of something that recedes.
2.1829, Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler (page 205)
the great overflowings and recedings of the waters
3.A recessed part.
4.1820, John Gibson Lockhart, Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk (page 20)
The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]
[Verb]
editreceding
1.present participle of recede
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rece
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
editrece
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of rezar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of rezar
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈrɛt͡sɛ][Etymology]
editFrom the plural rezze of Italian rezza (“fishing net”), from Latin rete (“net”).[1]
[Further reading]
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- rece 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
[Noun]
editrece (plural recék)
1.a type of embroidery, its base material is similar to a net and this is filled with decorative stiches
2.milling (on coins)
3.(anatomy) rete (a network of blood vessels or nerves)
[References]
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1. ^ rece 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.)
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈret͡ʃe][Adjective]
editrece m or f or n (plural reci)
1.cold
[Alternative forms]
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- răce (regional)
[Antonyms]
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- cald
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin recēns, possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *reces. Doublet of recent, which was borrowed.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editrece
1.inflection of rezar:
1.first-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular present subjunctive
3.third-person singular imperative
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nursery
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnɜːsəɹi/[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}}Fritz von Uhde, Kinderstube (Nursery, 1889).[n 1] The painting depicts children playing in a nursery (sense 1.1).Politicians María Eugenia Vidal and Carolina Stanley visiting a nursery (sense 1.2) or crèche in Buenos Aires, Argentina.A nursery (sense 1.3) or nursery school in Osaka, Japan.A calf in the nursery of a farm (sense 2.1).A nursery (sense 2.2) or garden centre in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, United Kingdom.From Middle English noricerie, norserye (“children's nursery; state of being fostered or nursed; education, upbringing”) [and other forms],[1] from Old French norricerie, nourricerie, from norrice, nourrice (modern French nourrice (“childminder, nanny; wet nurse”)) + -erie (suffix forming feminine nouns). Norrice and nourrice are derived from Late Latin nūtrīcia (“wet nurse”), from Latin nūtrīcius (“that nurses or suckles; nourishing”), from nūtriō (“to breastfeed, nurse, suckle”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow”). The English word may be analysed as nourice, nurse + -ery (suffix forming nouns meaning ‘place of’).[2]
[Further reading]
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- nursery (room) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nursery habitat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nursery school on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plant nursery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nursery (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Notes]
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1. ^ From the collection of the Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
[Noun]
editnursery (countable and uncountable, plural nurseries)
1.(countable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
1.(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
2.1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Lady Milborough as Ambassador”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], OCLC 1118026626, page 87:
As soon as she was alone and the carriage had been driven well away from the door, Mrs. Trevelyan left the drawing-room and went up to the nursery. As she entered she clothed her face with her sweetest smile. "How is his own mother's dearest, dearest, darling duck?" she said, putting out her arms and taking the boy from the nurse.
3.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326, page 14:
But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
4.A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.
5.A nursery school (“a school where pre-school children learn and play at the same time”).
6.(Philippines) The first year of pre-school.(countable, also figuratively) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 210, column 2:
[S]ince for the great deſire I had
To ſee faire Padua, nurſerie of Arts,
I am arriu'd for fruitfull Lombardie,
The pleaſant garden of great Italy.
- 1629, Fra[ncis] Lenton, “Section XIV. The Young Gallant’s Whirlgig.”, in James Orchard Halliwell, editor, The Marriage of Wit and Wisdom, an Ancient Interlude. […], London: […] Shakespeare Society, published 1846, OCLC 1118530543, page 129:
Playes are the nurseries of vice, the bawd, / That thorow the senses steales our hearts abroad, / Tainting our eares with obscæne bawdery, / Lascivious words, and wanton ribaulry.
- 2010, Tracey Wickham; with Peter Meares, chapter 1, in Treading Water, North Sydney, N.S.W.: Ebury Publishing, →ISBN; republished Sydney, N.S.W.: ReadHowYouWant, 2011, →ISBN, part 1 (Birth of a Champion: That Solomon’s Crawl), page 7:
Nudgee College is regarded as the greatest rugby nursery in Queensland, with the boys in the blue-and-white butcher's stripes winning more Greater Public School rugby premierships than any other team.
1.(agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
2.(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
3.1677, John Beale, “To the Much Honoured and Worthy Henry Oldenburg, Esq.; Secretary to the Royal Society”, in Nurseries, Orchards, Profitable Gardens, and Vineyards Encouraged, […], London: Printed for Henry Brome […], OCLC 228672794, pages 2–3:
[I]f we had but one skilful and diligent Nurſery-man, who had a complete Nurſery of all ſorts of good fruit, and of the beſt Vines that agree beſt with this Climate, and Mulberry Trees, and wholſom Trees for the avenues of Cities, Towns, and fair Manſions; That one ſuch Nurſery within ten or fifteen miles in all the Vales of theſe three united Kingdoms, would make all theſe Plantations ſpread apace, and amount to the value of Millions yearly. [...] I am ſure, that many in Wiltſhire, Hampſhire, Dorſetſhire, and Sommerſetſhire are obliged and the richer for the famous Garden of Wilton, and for the goodly Nurſeries about Saliſbury.
4.2004, John Mason, “Selecting and Managing Nursery Stock”, in Nursery Management, 2nd edition, Collingwood, Vic.: Landlinks Press, →ISBN, page 73:
Managers of small nurseries may also come into direct contact with the public, who may have complaints about invasive nursery plants or may want varieties that a nursery manager considers invasive. Thus, retail nursery managers have an important role in educating both the consumer public and the wholesale nursery sector in environmental weed issues.
5.(sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.(countable) Something which educates and nurtures.
Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
- 1662, Daniel Burston, Ἐυαγγελιστης ετι Ἐυαγγελιζομενος [Euangelistes eti Euangelizomenos]. Or, The Evangelist yet Evangelizing. […], Dublin: Printed by John Crook, […], and are to be sold by Samuel Dancer, [...], OCLC 557562434, pages 69–70:
The Apoſtles in their travails took ſome choice, and hopeful perſons to accompany them, to Miniſter unto them, and obſerve their waies, who were a kind of ſeminary, or nurſery of Apoſtles, planted, with deſigned ſucceſſors.
- 1822 October, Joshua L[acy] Wilson, “Sermon I. Methods of Peace.”, in Original Sermons; by Presbyterian Ministers, in the Mississippi Valley, Cincinnati, Oh.: Published by M‘Millan & Clopper. […], published 1833, OCLC 7636930, page 22:
[I]n fine, they must consider Christian families as the nurseries of the church on earth, as the church on earth is the nursery of the church in heaven; and thus be brought to bring up youth in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord:" and then we shall have peace; then all will speak the same things, and there will be no divisions among you.(countable, billiards) Short for nursery cannon (“a carom shot involving balls that are very close together”).(countable, obsolete, rare) Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.(uncountable, obsolete) The act of nursing or rearing.
- 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 i]:
I lou'd her moſt, and thought to ſet my reſt / On her kind nurcery, [...]
I loved her [Cordelia] most, and thought to set to spend my retirement relying / On her kind nursing, [...]
[References]
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1. ^ “noricerīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ “nursery, n. and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2003; “nursery, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English nursery.
[Noun]
editnursery f (invariable)
1.nursery (place for the care of children)
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enshrine
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈʃɹʌɪn/[Etymology]
editFrom en- + shrine.
[Verb]
editenshrine (third-person singular simple present enshrines, present participle enshrining, simple past and past participle enshrined)
1.(transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 272–274:
A Phœnix, gaz'd by all, as that ſole Bird / When, to enſhrine his reliques in the Sun’s / Bright temple, to Ægyptian Theb's he flies.
3.(transitive, by extension) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
4.1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii], page 108, column 2:
Warlike and Martiall Talbot, Burgonie / Inſhrines thee in his heart, and there erects / Thy noble Deeds, as Valors Monuments.
5.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter XX, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227:
The minister knew well that he was himself enshrined within the stainless sanctity of her heart, which hung its snowy curtains about his image, imparting to religion the warmth of love, and to love a religious purity.
6.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, 2010 edition, Penguin, page 256:
At the centre of Muhammad's achievement was the extraordinary poetry which enshrined his revelations.
7.(figuratively, law) To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.
Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.
8.2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist[1]:
The links were mostly to newspaper articles and public records, and Google refused to comply, but with the “right to be forgotten” enshrined as a key objective of the European Union’s 2011 data protection strategy, more and bigger cases are likely to follow.
9.2022 September 4, Jack Nicas, “Chile Says ‘No’ to Left-Leaning Constitution After 3 Years of Debate”, in The New York Times[2], ISSN 0362-4331:
In total, it would have enshrined over 100 rights into Chile’s national charter, more than any other constitution in the world, including the right to housing, education, clean air, water, food, sanitation, internet access, retirement benefits, free legal advice and care “from birth to death.”
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preemptive
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹiːˈɛmp.tɪv/[Adjective]
editpreemptive (comparative more preemptive, superlative most preemptive)
1.Of or relating to preemption.
2.Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.
a preemptive attack on the enemy
3.(bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.
[Alternative forms]
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- preëmptive
- pre-emptive
[Etymology]
editpreempt + -ive.
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pre-emptive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpre-emptive (comparative more pre-emptive, superlative most pre-emptive)
1.Alternative spelling of preemptive
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irreversible
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/[Adjective]
editirreversible (not comparable)
1.Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.
an irreversible engine
2.Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
an irreversible sentence or decree
3.2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese […] began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
4.(thermodynamics) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
[Etymology]
editFrom ir- + reversible.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/i.rə.vəɾˈsi.blə/[Adjective]
editirreversible (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)
1.irreversible
[Etymology]
editFrom ir- + reversible.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editirreversible
1.definite singular/plural of irreversibel
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editirreversible
1.definite singular/plural of irreversibel
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/irebeɾˈsible/[Adjective]
editirreversible (plural irreversibles)
1.irreversible (not able to be reversed)
Antonym: reversible
[Etymology]
editFrom ir- + reversible.
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utmost
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʌtmə(ʊ̯)st/[Adjective]
editutmost (not comparable)
1.Situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.
Synonyms: outmost, uttermost, yondermost
the utmost limits of the land
the utmost extent of human knowledge
2.[1633], George Herbert, “The Sacrifice”, in [Nicholas Ferrar], editor, The Temple: Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], OCLC 1048966979; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, […], 1885, OCLC 54151361, page 26:
Betwixt two thieves I [Jesus] ſpend my utmoſt breath, / As he that for ſome robberie ſuffereth.
3.1644 October 21 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 11 October 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842, page 72:
[W]e coaſted within 2 leagues of Antibes, which is the utmoſt towne in France.
4.1733, Danby Pickering, “Cap. IX. An Act to Explain and Amend Two Acts of Parliament, […], for Making Navigable the River Dun in the County of York, […]”, in The Statutes at Large, from the Second to the 9th Year of King George II. […], volume XVI, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Joseph Bentham, […]; for Charles Bathurst, […], published 1765, OCLC 1015505952, page 370:
[T]he maſters, wardens, ſearchers, aſſiſtants and commonalty of the company of cutlers in Hallamſhire in the county of York, their ſucceſſors and aſſigns, are nominated and appointed undertakers of the ſaid navigation, with power to make the ſaid river navigable, at their own expence, from Holmſtile aforeſaid, up the ſaid river above Holmſtile to the utmoſt extent of Tinſley westward, [...]
5.1852 March, Professor Larrabee, “The Heavens”, in W. C. Larrabee, editor, The Ladies’ Repository: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature and Religion, volume XII, Cincinnati, Oh.: L. Swormstedt and A. Poe; […], OCLC 247142692, page 109, column 1:
As yet we are far from having explored the utmost depths of space. Our telescopes have only reached a limited distance into the regions of the heavens.
6.1997, Luigi Giussani, “The Hypothesis of Revelation: Conditions for Its Acceptability”, in John Zucchi, transl., The Religious Sense, Montreal, Que.: McGill–Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 141:
Our nature is need for truth and fulfilment, or, in other words, happiness. [...] But this desire, having reached the extreme borders of our life experience, still does not find what it has been searching for: at the utmost frontier of its lived territory, this urgent need of ours still has not found its answer.
7.The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
the utmost assiduity
the utmost harmony
the utmost misery or happiness
8.c. 1608–1609 (date written), 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 III, scene i], page 17, column 1:
Ile go to him, and vndertake to bring him in peace, / Where he ſhall anſwer by a lawfull Forme, / (In peace) to his vtmoſt perill.
9.1752, Jerome Osorio [i.e., Jerónimo Osório], “Book XI”, in James Gibbs, transl., The History of the Portuguese, during the Reign of Emmanuel: […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 1003956408, page 239:
She was a lady adorned with many noble virtues: the utmoſt ſtrictneſs in her life and morals, eaſy and affable in her behaviour, and agreeably modeſt in her converſation.
10.1824, W[illiam] Bingley, Animal Biography, or, Popular Zoology; […], volume II (Mammiferous Animals—Birds), 6th edition, London: […] C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington; [...], OCLC 82377449, pages 26–27:
The migrations of the Economic Rats, are not less extraordinary than those of the Lemmings. In the spring of the year they collect together in amazing numbers, and proceed in a course directly westward; swimming with the utmost intrepidity over rivers, lakes, and even arms of the sea.
11.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “Wherein Certain Persons are Presented to the Reader, with Whom He may, if He Please, Become Better Acquainted”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, OCLC 977517776, page 16:
"Bah!" cried John Westlock, with the utmost disgust and disdain the monosyllable is capable of expressing.
12.1892, Walt Whitman, “Children of Adam: I Sing the Body Electric”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], OCLC 1514723, stanza 6, page 84:
The wildest largest passions, bliss that is utmost, sorrow that is utmost become him well, pride is for him, / The full-spread pride of man is calming and excellent to the soul, [...]
13.1999, Susan Hodges; Roy Carlile, “Utmost Good Faith, Disclosure and Representations”, in Cases and Materials on Marine Insurance Law, London: Cavendish Publishing, →ISBN, page 213:
A contract of marine insurance is uberrimae fidel or, as enunciated in s 17 of the Marine Insurance Act, 'a contract based upon the utmost good faith'. [...] The obligations to disclose and to abstain from misrepresentations constitute the most significant manifestations of the duty to observe utmost good faith.
14.2001, Elizabeth Bevarly, “The Temptation of Rory Monahan”, in Katherine Garbera; Elizabeth Bevarly, An Irresistible Temptation (Harlequin Man of the Month), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, published 2015, →ISBN, chapter 1, page 184:
Of course, everything was of utmost importance to Isabel Trent, Miriam thought with a sigh. Nevertheless she adopted her expression of utmost gravity as she replied, "Oh? I'm all ears."
15.2005, Plato, Lesley Brown, transl., Sophist, page 236d:
Indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English utmest, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ūtmest, ūtemest [and other forms], from ūt, ūte (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). Ūt is derived from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”).[1]
[Noun]
editutmost (countable and uncountable, plural utmosts)
1.The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.
Synonym: yondermost
at the utmost to the utmost
2.1680, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], 5th edition, Edinburgh: […] Iohn Cairns, […], OCLC 15598886, page 116:
[...] I am reſolved to pluck up the heart of a man, and to try my utmoſt to get from under his hand.
3.1704, James Tyrrell, “Book XII. Containing the Reign of King Richard II.”, in The General History of England, both Ecclesiastical and Civil: […], volume III, 2nd part, London: […] W. Rogers, […]; J. Taylor, […]; J. Sprint, […]; and A[ndrew] Bell, […], OCLC 1181415101, page 912:
[T]he utmoſt they could do, was to perſuade Him to lay aſide all Rancor and Diſcontent againſt thoſe Confederate Lords, and to hearken to their deſires.
4.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801, pages 122–123:
But Scrooge was all the worse for this. It thrilled him with a vague uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky shroud there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, could see nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of black.
5.1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 232:
Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
6.2011, Simone de Beauvoir, “January 1947 – October 1951: America”, in Quintin Hoare, transl., Letters to Sartre, New York, N.Y.: Arcade Publishing, →ISBN, page 415:
We drank martinis, while she gazed into my eyes and talked of Dolores – in tones of the utmost loathing – and of you, in tones of the utmost self-importance.
[References]
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1. ^ “utmost, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1926; “utmost, adj. and n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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significance
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/[Etymology]
editInherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.
[Noun]
editsignificance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)
1.The extent to which something matters; importance
As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.
2.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
3.Meaning.
the significance of a gesture
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editsignificance
1.Alternative form of significaunce
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grase
[[German]]
ipa :-aːzə[Verb]
editgrase
1.inflection of grasen:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
editgrasē
1.Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌴
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English grasian.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom gras (“grass”, noun).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old French grace.
[[Venetian]]
[Adjective]
editgrase f
1.feminine plural of graso
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bar
[[English]]
ipa :/bɑː/[Anagrams]
edit
- ABR, ARB, Arb., RBA, Rab, abr., arb, bra
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English barren, from Old French barrer,[1] from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar.Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.
[Etymology 3]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.English Wikipedia has an article on:Bar (unit)Wikipedia
[Further reading]
edit
- Bar (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- Bar in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.
[[Afar]]
ipa :/ˈbʌɾ/[Noun]
editbár m (plural baritté f)
1.night
2.age
[References]
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- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :[bɑɾ][Adjective]
editbar (attributive barre, comparative barder, superlative barste)
1.barren
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch bar.
[References]
edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
[[Albanian]]
ipa :/baɾ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Albanian *bara, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to cure (with spells or herbs)”), compare Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine”), Lithuanian bùrti (“to conjure”), Latvian to conjure, practice magic, Latvian burts (“letter, font”).[1]Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (“spike, prickle”), *bʰers- (“top, tip, point”), compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian brȁšno.[2]
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
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1. ^ D. Q. Adams, "Heal: *bher-", in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 262.
2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 17
[[Azerbaijani]]
[Declension]
edit
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Persian بار.
[Etymology 2]
editUltimately from English bar.
[Etymology 3]
editInternationalism; ultimately from French bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).
[Further reading]
edit
- “bar” in Obastan.com.
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French barre.
[Noun]
editbar m (plural bars)
1.bar (establishment)
2.bar (unit of measure)
[[Cimbrian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- biar (Luserna)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.
[Pronoun]
editbar
1.(Sette Comuni) we
Synonym: bandare
Bar zeinan bèllase. ― We are Italians.
Bar zeinda. ― We are here.
Bar habanze galummet. ― We took them.
[References]
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- “bar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Turkic *bār.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Czech]]
ipa :/bar/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 2]
editCzech Wikipedia has an article on:Bar (jednotka)Wikipedia csBorrowing from modern European languages, originally coined based on Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Further reading]
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- bar in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[[Dalmatian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin bibere.
[Verb]
editbar (second-person plural present baite)
1.to drink
[[Danish]]
ipa :/ˈbaːˀr/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Danish bar, Old West Norse berr, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Etymology 4]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/bɑr/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French barhaine, probably of Germanic origin, possibly Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”).
[Etymology 3]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined c. 1900.
[References]
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- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
[[Faroese]]
[Verb]
editbar
1.he, it bore, carried: 1st and 3rd person singular past tense form of bera (“to bear, to carry”)
[[French]]
ipa :/baʁ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom English bar. Doublet of barre.
[Etymology 2]
editOf Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “bar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Galician]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[[German]]
ipa :-aːɐ̯[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle High German and Old High German bar.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- “bar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bar” in Duden online
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
editbar
1.Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/paːr/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar (1), from Old French barre.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English bar (2), from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈbar][Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch bar, from English bar, from Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Dutch bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined c. 1900.
[Further reading]
edit
- “bar” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
- “bar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
[[Irish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Further reading]
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- "bar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “bar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editbar m (genitive singular bair, nominative plural bair)
1.bar (unit of pressure)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈbar/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Noun]
editbar m
1.bar (place serving drinks)
C'è un bar qui vicino? ― Is there a bar nearby?
2.café
3.bar (unit of pressure)
[[Latvian]]
[Verb]
editbar
1.2nd person singular present indicative form of bārt
2.3rd person singular present indicative form of bārt
3.3rd person plural present indicative form of bārt
4.2nd person singular imperative form of bārt
5.(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of bārt
6.(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of bārt
[[Marshallese]]
ipa :[pˠɑrˠ][Adjective]
editbar
1.empty
[Adverb]
editbar
1.again
2.also
3.more
[Determiner]
editbar
1.more
[Noun]
editbar
1.head
2.rock
3.top; tip
[References]
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- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editbar
1.(Northern) Alternative form of bor
[[Northern Kurdish]]
ipa :/bɑːɾ/[Etymology]
editRelated to Persian بار (bâr).
[Noun]
editbar m
1.burden (a heavy load)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse berr and Old Danish bar.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse barr.
[Etymology 4]
edit bar (enhet) on Norwegian WikipediaFrom Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Etymology 5]
edit
[References]
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- “bar” in The Bokmål Dictionary. (adjective on page 2)
- “bar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “bar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “bar_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “bar_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “bar_5” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/bɑːr/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:eininga barWikipedia nn
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Old Norse barr.
[Etymology 5]
edit
[References]
edit
- “bar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/bɑːr/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *bair.
[Noun]
editbār m
1.boar
[Synonyms]
edit
- eofor
[[Old High German]]
ipa :/bar/[Adjective]
editbar
1.bare
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :/var/[Determiner]
editbar
1.Alternative form of for (“your pl”)
[[Old Norse]]
[Verb]
editbar
1.first/third-person singular past indicative active of bera
[[Old Saxon]]
[Adjective]
editbār
1.bare
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.
[[Old Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editbar
1.bare
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/bar/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin barium.
[Etymology 3]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Further reading]
edit
- bar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈbaʁ/[Etymology 1]
edit Bar (estabelecimento) on Portuguese WikipediaBorrowed from English bar.[1][2]
[Etymology 2]
edit Bar (unidade) on Portuguese WikipediaOriginally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).[1][2]
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “bar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2022.
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 “bar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[[Romani]]
[Etymology 1]
editInherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀟 (vāḍa), from Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa)[1][2] or Sanskrit वाटी (vāṭī)[2].
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bar I, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 73-74
[References]
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1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “bar”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 20
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French bar.
[Noun]
editbar m (plural bari)
1.bar
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/bâːr/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.
[Etymology 3]
editClipping of bàrem.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.
[References]
edit
- “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/báːr/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar.Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:Bar (lokal)Wikipedia sl
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:Bar (enota)Wikipedia sl
[Etymology 3]
editConsidering its Ottoman Turkish origin and smaller frequency, from Serbo-Croatian bȁr.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:Bar (trava)Wikipedia sl
[Further reading]
edit
- “bar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
[[Somali]]
[Verb]
editbar
1.Alternative spelling of baro
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈbaɾ/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English bar. Doublet of barra.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English bar and this from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “bar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[[Sumerian]]
[Romanization]
editbar
1.Romanization of 𒁇 (bar)
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/bɑːr/[Anagrams]
edit
- bra
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Swedish bar, from Old Norse *barr (Old West Norse berr), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.
[Etymology 2]
editSee bära.
[Etymology 3]
editUnadapted borrowing from English bar.
[Etymology 4]
editOriginally from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[References]
edit
- bar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ˈbaɾ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English bar.
[Noun]
editbar
1.bar (business selling alcoholic drinks)
Synonyms: inuman, barikan, taberna
2.(law) bar exam
3.iron or steel bar
Synonym: baras
[[Turkish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Armenian պար (par, “dance”).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Noun]
editbar (definite accusative barı, plural barlar)
1.(dialectal) dance, round dance
[References]
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- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- “bar”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
[[Wakhi]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Iranian *dwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Related to Persian در (dar).
[Noun]
editbar
1.door
[[Zazaki]]
[Etymology]
editRelated to Persian بار (bâr).
[Noun]
editbar ?
1.load, burden
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Bar
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- ABR, ARB, Arb., RBA, Rab, abr., arb, bra
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Bar, MontenegroWikipedia From Serbo-Croatian Bȃr.
[Etymology 3]
editShortening.
[[German]]
ipa :[baːɐ][Etymology 1]
editLoaned in the 19th century from English bar, from Old French barre.
[Etymology 2]
editScholarly creation from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “Bar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bar” in Duden online
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/bâːr/[Etymology]
editClipping of Antivari, derived Latin Antibarum.
[Proper noun]
editBȃr m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̑р)
1.Bar (a town and municipality of Montenegro)
[References]
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- “Bar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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BAR
[[Translingual]]
[Proper noun]
editBAR
1.(sports) Abbreviation of Barbados.
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editBAR (plural BARs)
1.(military) Initialism of Browning Automatic Rifle.
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bargain
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɑːɡən/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bagrian, braaing
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English bargaynen (“to bargain, make a pledge for sale”), from Old French bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). Akin to Old High German boragēn, borgēn (“to look after, care for”) (German borgen), Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge”). More at borrow.
[Noun]
editbargain (plural bargains)
1.An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
2.1883, J. J. S Wharton, Wharton's Law Lexicon:
A contract is a bargain that is legally binding.
3.An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
Synonyms: contract, engagement, stipulation
4.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
[…] And when your honors mean to solemnize
The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you,
Even at that time I may be married too.
5.An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
Synonym: steal
Antonym: rip-off
6.A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
to buy a thing at a bargain
At that price, it's not just a bargain, it's a steal.
7.1913, 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 0016:
Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
8.The thing stipulated or purchased.
Synonym: purchase
9.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene ii]:
If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.
[Verb]
editbargain (third-person singular simple present bargains, present participle bargaining, simple past and past participle bargained)
1.(intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate
2.1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
So worthless peasants bargain for their wives.
United we bargain, divided we beg
They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug.
3.(transitive) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editbargain
1.Alternative form of bargayne
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Noun]
editbargain m
1.genitive singular of bargan
2.nominative plural of bargan
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bargaining
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbargaining (plural bargainings)
1.The act of one who bargains.
2.1934, Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life and Times (book 2, page 51)
All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.
[Verb]
editbargaining
1.present participle of bargain
2.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
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surrender
[[English]]
ipa :/səˈɹɛndəɹ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- surrendre (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- surrendre
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Noun use is from Anglo-Norman. Displaced native Old English handgang (noun) and on hand gān (verb).
[Noun]
editsurrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders)
1.An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
2.The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3.(law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
[Synonyms]
edit
- ((transitive) give up into the power, control, or possession of another): hand over, overgive
- ((intransitive) give oneself up into the power of another): strike one's flag, wave the white flagedit
- capitulation
[Verb]
editsurrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)
1.(transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
2.(military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3.(intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Don't shoot! I surrender!
4.(transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
5.(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
6.(transitive, intransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7.(transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
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upper
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʌpə(ɹ)/[Adjective]
editupper (comparative uppermore, superlative uppermost)
1.At a higher level, rank or position.
2.Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
3.(geology, of strata or geological time periods) younger, more recent
4.(education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ruppe
[Antonyms]
edit
- (at a higher position): lower, under
- (situated higher): lower
- (more recent): lower
[Noun]
editupper (plural uppers) Benzedrine (an upper) and tickets linked to Jack Kerouac Flip-flops with several styles of uppers
1.A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
2.The upper portion of something
3.1992, Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support, page 5:
The slewing ring is basically a large bearing upon which the upper is mounted. The outer race of the slewing ring is bolted to the upper, and the inner race is bolted to the car-body.
4.2012, Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use:
These lines, GH and PC, are cut when the outline of the upper is cut out.
1.(shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
2.1930, Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Chapter 4, p. 52,[1]
The uppers of his patent-leather shoes were hidden by fawn spats.
3.(footwear) The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.Someone with higher social standing
- 1993, Larry Hirschhorn, Carole K. Barnett, The Psychodynamics of Organizations:
Thus a vicious circle is established: the uppers offer participation, and the lowers, feeling persecuted, withdraw.
1.A senior student.
2.1895, Edward Parry Eardley-Wilmot, E. C. Streatfield, Charterhouse, page 64
Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.
3.2016, The Best of the Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years of American Humor
It is advisable, for example, to learn the words to the school loyalty and to “Fair Harvard” in the event that you are “asked” to give an impromptu “concert” in the Yard for the benefit of the Uppers.That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- 1984, Robert Forrest Burgess, Handbook of trailer sailing, page 90:
Next, take up slack equally on the two uppers until they are snug.
- 2009, Michael A. Alexander, Dennis J. Matthews, Pediatric Rehabilitation: Principles & Practice, page 361:
During the seventh week, the limbs also rotate laterally in the uppers and medially in the lowers.
- 2010, Thomas Porky McDonald, Poet in the Grandstand:
In this compact middle level between the uppers and the lowers, I actually had a counter in front of me, where food or drink could be safely planted, without fear of knocking over onto any patrons sitting in the seats below me.
1.A tooth in the upper jaw.
2.2009, Arun K. Garg, Implant Dentistry, page 165:
In the lingualized type of occlusion, contact of the lingual cusps of the uppers against the semianatomic teeth on the lowers will be seen in lateral, protrusive, and eccentric movements.
3.2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 212:
These reentrant folds, especially those on the buccal side of the uppers and the lingual side of the lowers, are quickly isolated by wear into infundibula within lakes of dentin.
4.2012, Todd Debreceni, Special Make-up Effects for Stage & Screen:
Periodically check the bite with the uppers and lowers to ensure that your actor's mouth will close correctly.
5.2014, Jake Jacobson, Alaska Tales: Laughs and Surprises:
Considering the badly decayed condition of the Chief's other teeth, I recommended removal of what remained of the uppers, followed by a “full plate” after healing.
6.A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
7.1912, Dental Record:
Treatment was continued until November, 1909, when a retainer was placed in position in the lower, consisting of bands round the lower first molars and a wire passing lingually round all the teeth. The upper was retained by means of a plate with wires wires passing behind the upper first molars and round in front of all the teeth.
8.1941, Cal - Volumes 4-6, page 6:
The lower (according to the patient) was perfect, but the upper was bad, and the dentist was going to make the upper again.
9.2010, David R. Avery, Ralph E. McDonald, Jeffrey A. Dean, McDonald and Avery Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent:
The upper was retained with a Hawley bite plane; the lip bumper was continued for an additional 18 months.
10.An upper berth or bunk.
11.1926, United States. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court Reports - Volume 59, page 1423:
The Railroad Company further averred that it operated sleeping cars over its system of more than 7,000 miles of interstate roads, and that the Interstate Commerce Commission had prescribed rates for each of said sleeping car units on trains running to and from the state of Wisconsin. The rate fixed for the upper was 80 per cent. of the charge for the use of the lower; the price for the whole section beting the sum of the two rates.
12.2011, Walker Percy, The Moviegoer:
But trains have changed. Gone are the uppers and lowers, partitions and cranks, and the green velour; only the porter remains, the same man, I think, a black man with palms the color of shrimp and a neck swollen with dislike.
13.2011, Studs Terkel, Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression:
Twelve lowers and twelve uppers and three beds in the drawing rooms.
14.1914, Illinois Central Magazine - Volume 3, Issues 1-11, page 91:
Of course I naturally I asked why, but all the satisfaction I got for the time being was that the upper was good enough for me, and that it was a pretty good place in which to sleep, anyway.
15.2016, Constance R. Pottenger, Drop Dead Casino - Ginger The First, page 31:
The uppers were reached by comfortably safe steps with handrails and slip proof coatings.(Taoism) A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
- 2005, Shingo Einoo, Genesis and Development of Tantra, page 128:
The 'upper' is one of nine apertures through which consciousness can leave the body at death (utkrantih).
- 2005, Holding Yin, Embracing Yang:
When the Tao Te Ching says: “In thought, you can see the cavity,” it is referring to what the Triplex Unity describes as “When the upper is closed, we call it existence; when the lower is closed, we call it nothingness.”
- 2010, Tenzin Dhakpa Agongtsang, Realistic Principles, Pittsburgh, PA: RoseDog Books, page 10:
It is said in Tibetan culture, in order to understand the upper, it is necessary to understand the lower first. Once, the lower is understood, the upper is just an introductory.
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shipping
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom ship + -ing.
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water
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɔːtə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ewart, tawer
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English water, from Old English wæter (“water”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).cognatesCognate with cf, North Frisian weeter (“water”), Saterland Frisian Woater (“water”), West Frisian wetter (“water”), Dutch water (“water”), Low German Water (“water”), German Wasser, Old Norse vatn (Swedish vatten (“water”), Danish vand (“water”), Norwegian Bokmål vann (“water”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic vatn (“water”), Old Irish coin fodorne (“otters”, literally “water-dogs”), Latin unda (“wave”), Lithuanian vanduõ (“water”), Russian вода́ (vodá, “water”), Albanian ujë (“water”), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), Armenian գետ (get, “river”), Sanskrit उदन् (udán, “wave, water”), Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English wateren, from Old English wæterian, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).cognatesCognate with Scots watter (“water”), Saterland Frisian woaterje (“to water”), West Frisian wetterje (“to water”), Dutch wateren (“to water”), German Low German watern (“to water”), German wässern (“to water”), Danish vande (“to water”), Swedish vattna (“to water”), Icelandic vatna (“to water”).
[Further reading]
edit
- water in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- water in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/ˈvɑːtər/[Derived terms]
edit
- waterlemoen
- ontwater
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch water, from Middle Dutch wāter, from Old Dutch watar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
[Noun]
editwater (plural waters)
1.water
2.any artificial fluid similar to water
3.(colloquial) urine
4.any body of water, such as a river or a lake
5.a disease where water is accumulated; hydrops
6.(in the plural) a large quantity of water; inundation
[References]
edit
- Jan Kromhout, Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans Dictionary (2001)
[Verb]
editwater (present water, present participle waterende, past participle gewater)
1.to urinate
2.to secrete liquid
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈʋaːtər/[Anagrams]
edit
- tarwe
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch wāter, from Old Dutch watar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- “water” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
[[Dutch Low Saxon]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- wotter, woater, waoter
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Saxon watar.
[Noun]
editwater
1.(Drents, Twents) water
[See also]
edit
- Water
[[French]]
ipa :/wa.tɛʁ/[Etymology]
editEllipsis of water-closet, borrowed from English water closet.
[Further reading]
edit
- “water”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editwater m (plural waters)
1.toilet, bathroom
2.Ellipsis of water-closet.
[Synonyms]
edit
- toilettes
- toilette (Belgium)
- waters
- WC
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈva.ter/[Etymology]
editShortened form of English water closet (W.C.)
[Noun]
editwater m (invariable)
1.toilet bowl
2.(colloquial) water closet, toilet
[References]
edit
1. ^ water in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Limburgish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch wāter, from Old Dutch watar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
[Noun]
editwater n
1.water
2.body of water
[References]
edit
- Stefaan Top, Limburgs sagenboek (2004), page 45
[[Middle Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈwaːtər/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch watar.
[Further reading]
edit
- “water”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “water”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
[Noun]
editwāter n
1.water
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈwatər/[Alternative forms]
edit
- watere, watir, waterre
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English wæter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr.
[Noun]
editwater (plural wateres)
1.water (liquid H2O)
2.c. 1190, Layamon, Brut, MS. Cotton Caligula A ix edition:
al ſwa great ſwa a beam:
þe he leide in ane walle ſtream.
Þe ilke makeð þat water hot:
& þan folc halwende.
(please add an English translation of this quote)
3.water vapour, condensation
4.lake, pond, ocean, canal, body of water
5.water source, spring, well, fount
6.solution, liquid mixture
[[Middle Low German]]
ipa :/ˈwaːtər/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Saxon watar.
[Noun]
editwāter n
1.water
2.1537, Jürgen Richolff the Younger, Datt högeste unde öldeste water recht, xxviii:
Eyn schip effte twe effte meer liggen in einer hauen dar kleyn water is
vnde plecht dröge tho synde
also dat dat eyne schip hart by dem andern tho liggende kumpt […]
A ship or two or more lie in a port with little water, which tends to be dry, so that one the ship comes to lie close by the other […]
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
editShortened form of English water closet.
[Noun]
editwater m
1.(colloquial) water closet, toilet, rest room
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BMI
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Bim, IBM, MIB, MiB, Mib, bim, mib
[Noun]
editBMI (plural BMIs)
1.Initialism of body mass index.
The Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines define underweight as a BMI of 18 or less, overweight as a BMI of 25 to 29.9 and obesity as a BMI of 30 and above.
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sweltering
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsweltering
1.(of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.
[Anagrams]
edit
- e-wrestling, welterings
[Noun]
editsweltering (plural swelterings)
1.The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.
2.March 11 1932, Northrop Frye, notebook
It is truly a long way from Augustine's ultra-violet perspicacity to our swelterings in the intolerably sapping infra-red, but we are constantly plunging into deeper and deeper black and may rest our eyes in peace sometime.
[Verb]
editsweltering
1.present participle of swelter
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swelter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈswɛl.tə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- sulter (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix). More at swelt.
[Noun]
editswelter (plural swelters)
1.Intense heat.
The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.
[Verb]
editswelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)
1.(intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
2.(intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
3.(transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
4.1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fire, Famine, and Slaughter
It was so rare a piece of fun
To see the swelter'd cattle run
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diverse
[[English]]
ipa :/daɪˈvɜːs/[Adjective]
editdiverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)
1.Consisting of many different elements; various.
Synonyms: manifold; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
Antonyms: homogeneous; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
2.Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:different
3.1797?, Jonathan Edwards, A Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity; containing remarks on the essays of Dr. Samuel West, and on the writings of several other authors, on those subjects.
It must be observed concerning moral Inability, in each kind of it, that the word Inability is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
4.1876, Robert Browning, Bifurcation
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
5.1998, Ken Shelton, Integrity at Work, page 42:
This is what collectivism forgot — the freedom to be diverse, and the conception of each diverse individual being inherently of equal value and having open-ended potential for contribution.
6.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
7.Capable of various forms; multiform.
8.1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
9.Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.
10.2019 June 27, Lauren Gambino, “Democratic 2020 candidates clash on healthcare, immigration and economy in first debate”, in The Guardian[1]:
The stage reflected the increasingly diverse Democratic party in which women and people of color are ascendent.
11.Belonging to a minority group.
12.2016 January 22, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences[2]:
The Board’s goal is to commit to doubling the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020.
13.2018 November 17, Saturday Night Live, season 44, episode 6, Voter Fraud (cold open):
Here to comment is diverse Congresswoman from Ohio […] Marcia Fudge.
14.2021 August 23, NBC News, "Mike Richards out as executive producer of 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune'":
Richards came under fierce criticism since he was formally hired to emcee the legendary quiz show, with some longtime fans saying they believed the producers should have selected a more diverse candidate for the job, such as the actor and presenter LeVar Burton.
[Adverb]
editdiverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)
1.In different directions; diversely.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- diuers, divers (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- derives, dervise, deviser, drivees, dérives, revised, sivered
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French divers, from Latin diversus (“various, different”), also written divorsus, past participle of diverto, divortere (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”); see divert.
[Further reading]
edit
- diverse at OneLook Dictionary Search
- diverse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- diverse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- diverse in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
[[Danish]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse
1.various, sundry, miscellaneous, incidental.
2.han annoncerede under «diverse»
3.he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section
Synonyms: alle mulige, alskens, forskellige, forskelligartet
4.Capable of various forms; multiform.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin diversus, via French divers.
[References]
edit
- “diverse” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Dutch]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse
1.Inflected form of divers
[Anagrams]
edit
- de Vries
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
editdiverse
1.diversely
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse
1.feminine singular of divers
[Anagrams]
edit
- dérives, dérivés, verdies
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse
1.inflection of divers:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse f pl
1.feminine plural of diverso
[Anagrams]
edit
- sedervi, vedersi
[Verb]
editdiverse
1.third-person singular past historic of divergere
[[Latin]]
[Adverb]
editdīversē (not comparable)
1.in different directions; hither and thither
2.(figuratively) variously
[Alternative forms]
edit
- dīvorsē
[Etymology]
editFrom dīversus (“turned different ways”).
[References]
edit
- “diverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈdivərs/[Adjective]
editdiverse
1.different, differing
2.(collectively) distinct, unique; diverse
3.various, varying
4.strange, odd, unusual
5.several, many
6.unfriendly
[Adverb]
editdiverse
1.differently; diversely
2.variously
[Alternative forms]
edit
- divers, dyvyrs, dyvers, dyverse, dyverce
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French divers, from Latin diversus.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse (indeclinable)
1.diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.
han annonserte under «diverse»
he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section
2.Capable of various forms; multiform.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin diversus, via French divers.
[References]
edit
- “diverse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse (indeclinable)
1.diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.
2.Capable of various forms; multiform.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin diversus, via French divers.
[References]
edit
- “diverse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editdiverse (not comparable) (plural only)
1.diverse, various, different
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socioeconomic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsocioeconomic (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to social and economic factors.
2.2002: Eileen Guana, Essay on Environmental Justice: The Past, the Present, and Back to the Future, page 17
Accordingly, the report advised that middle and higher-socioeconomic-strata neighborhoods should not fall at least within the one-mile and five-mile radii of the proposed site.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- socio-economic
[Etymology]
editsocio- + economic
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bracket
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɹækɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- betrack
[Etymology 1]
editFrom earlier bragget, probably from Middle French braguette, from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches”), from Old Occitan braga (from Latin brāca (“pants”), of Transalpine Gaulish and perhaps Germanic origin) + -ette.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈbɾaket/[Alternative forms]
edit
- bráket
- bráquet
[Etymology]
editPseudo-anglicism, derived from bracket.
[Noun]
editbracket m (plural brackets)
1.(in the plural, orthodontics) braces (a device worn on the teeth to straighten them)
Synonyms: aparatos, aparatos dentales, frenos, frenillo
2.bracket (diagram representing the sequence of games in a sports tournament)
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tough-love
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittough-love (third-person singular simple present tough-loves, present participle tough-loving, simple past and past participle tough-loved)
1.To practice tough love; To treat someone with compassionate but stringent discipline in order to improve their behavior.
2.1999, Estella Conwill Majozo, Come Out the Wilderness: Memoir of a Black Woman Artist, page 239:
The system's got some of our finest men being tough-loved to death!
3.2000, Malinda Teel, Fortitude: True Stories of True Grit, page 87:
In time, the counselors at the program tough-loved me into acknowledging that I was using my disabilities as an excuse to drink and drug.
4.2002, John Cantwell Kiley, The Breakaway Pope, page 41:
He must be tough-loved by the Church.
5.2004, Thomas Henderson, Frank Luksa, In Control: The Rebirth of an NFL Legend, page 87:
He tough-loved the hell out of me without ever knowing what tough love meant.
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tough
[[English]]
ipa :/tʌf/[Adjective]
edittough (comparative tougher, superlative toughest)
1.Strong and resilient; sturdy.
The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.
2.(of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.
3.Rugged or physically hardy.
Only a tough species will survive in the desert.
4.Stubborn.
He had a reputation as a tough negotiator.
5.(of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
6.Rowdy or rough.
A bunch of the tough boys from the wrong side of the tracks threatened him.
7.(of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
This is a tough crowd.
8.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 962368035, PC, scene: Earth:
Anderson: We fought hard to get here. But now the toughest part of our mission begins.
Anderson: We've got to drive right through the heart of Reaper-controlled territory, break past their defenses, and get to that beacon.
9.(material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
[Anagrams]
edit
- ought
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).CognatesCognate with Scots teuch (“tough”), tūch (“tough”), Dutch taai (“tough”), Low German tage, taag, taë, taa (“tough”), German zäh (“tough”), dialectal German zach (“tough; boring”).
[Interjection]
edittough
1.(slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy
If you don't like it, tough!
[Noun]
edittough (plural toughs)
1.A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
They were doing fine until they encountered a bunch of toughs from the opposition.
2.2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 54:
He was in his early fifties, extensively tattooed, just the sort of tough I wouldn't want to meet alone in a parking lot at night, but right then he was whimpering.
[Verb]
edittough (third-person singular simple present toughs, present participle toughing, simple past and past participle toughed)
1.To endure.
2.2009, Paul Walsh, You and I and Others, →ISBN, page 64 - 65:
We shall reminisce on how we toughed it through the winters as they reached the firm, long arm around to give the cold embrace, with ardor seldom loosed till warm winds Marched or Apriled in to soften winter's knuckles -- send rivulets of courage down to dandelions and tulips.
3.2011, Henry David Thoreau, Damion Searls, The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861, →ISBN, page 254:
“No,” said Minott, “I've toughed it through the winter, and i want to stay and hear the bluebirds once more.
4.2012, Jerry Hopkins -, Extreme Cuisine: The Weird and Wonderful Foods That People Eat, →ISBN:
Universal Plant Edibility Test The following sounds like a lot of work—it is!—but that's because it comes from the US Army Survival Manual as republished in 1994 as "a civilian's best guide for toughing it, anyplace in the world...a must for campers, hikers, explorers, pilots, and others whose vocation or avocations require familiarity with the wilderness or out-of-doors..."
5.To toughen.
[[German]]
ipa :/taf/[Adjective]
edittough (strong nominative masculine singular tougher, comparative tougher, superlative am toughsten or am toughesten)
1.(slang) Alternative form of taff (“tough; robust; assertive and not overly sensitive”)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English tough; see also German taff.
[Further reading]
edit
- “tough” in Duden online
- “tough” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
edittough
1.Alternative form of tow
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wisdom
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɪzdəm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wisedome (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
edit
- foolishness
- folly
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English wisdom, from Old English wīsdōm (“wisdom”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (“wisdom”), corresponding to wise + -dom or wise + doom (“judgement”). Cognate with Scots wisdom, wysdom (“wisdom”), West Frisian wiisdom (“wisdom”), Dutch wijsdom (“wisdom”), German Weistum (“legal sentence”), Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom (“wisdom”), Icelandic vísdómur (“wisdom”).
[Noun]
editwisdom (countable and uncountable, plural wisdoms)
1.(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
2.(countable) A piece of wise advice.
3.The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
4.The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
5.The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
6.(theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
7.1652, Eugenius Philalethes, The Fame and Confeſſion of the Fraternity of…the Roſie Croſs, pages 1–2 of the preface
Wiſdom…is to a man an infinite Treaſure, for ſhe is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ſhe is the Brightneſs of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Majeſty of God, and an Image of his Goodneſs; ſhe teacheth us Soberneſs and Prudence, Righteouſneſs and Strength; ſhe underſtands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ſentences; ſhe foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ſhall happen in time to come.
8.(Can we verify(+) this sense?) (rare) A group of wombats.
9.2007 April 16, Tony Cooper, “Ebay is Unfair!”, in rec.collecting.coins, Usenet[1], retrieved 2022-09-05:
It would also be difficult to get to the bottom line accurately if a wisdom of wombats ate your working papers. Both scenarios are equal in probability.
10.2017, Peggy A. Wheeler, The Splendid and Extraordinary Life of Beautimus Potamus[2]:
Beautimus strolled to the river for her morning bath. She looked one direction, then the other to search the landscape for anything or anybody who might offer a clue as to what could be coming her way. She passed a pond where a congregation of alligators and a wisdom of wombats engaged in a heated argument over economics. Nothing unusual in that.
11.2020, Graham Jackson, The7th Victim[3], page 160:
Banyule means hill, another voice whispers from the swamp, and as I turn to ask a question I see kangaroos lying in the shade of a low tree by the shining water. Yes, the water has returned, along with giant earth-eating creatures boring holes far below, linking wisdoms of wombats with wastelands of Winthers.
12.(rare) A group of owls.
Synonym: parliament
13.1974, Margery Weiner, Answering Any Questions: How to Set Up an Information Office, Newton Abbot : David and Charles [for] the "Daily Telegraph":
What he expected to find I cannot imagine , unless it was a wisdom of owls. What he did see and hear were telephones ringing, assistants answering them, getting up from their seats to take a book or a card from a file, returning […]
14.2016, Gary Barwin, Yiddish for Pirates: A Novel, →ISBN, page 91:
All of us, whether we gather into a wisp of snipes, a wisdom of owls, a wing of plovers, or remain like a single regretful priest on his knees before his God, we are one and it is not for us to decide another's fate.
15.(Can we verify(+) this sense?) The herb, sage.
16.[1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 278:
And there are the neat plots planted with thyme, so sweet in its crushed fragrance; the sage, with that touch of hoar frost on its leaves, which, perhaps, has gained for it its popular name of wisdom;...]
[See also]
edit
- morality
[Synonyms]
edit
- (ability to make a decision): See Thesaurus:wisdom
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈwizdoːm/[Etymology]
editFrom Old English wīsdom. Equivalent to wys + -dom.
[Noun]
editwisdom (plural wisdomes)
1.wisdom
2.c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[4], published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:9, page 123r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
⁊ þis is þe wit who þat haþ wiſdom / þe ſeuene heedis ben ſeuene hillis .· on which þe womman ſittiþ
And the mind that has wisdom thinks: "The seven heads are the seven hills that the woman sits on […]
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ˈwiːsˌdoːm/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wīsdom, Old Saxon wīsdom, Old High German wīstuom, Old Norse vísdómr. Equivalent to wīs + dōm.
[Noun]
editwīsdōm m
1.wisdom
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[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editWisdom
1.(biblical) The Wisdom of Solomon, a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
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kindness
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkaɪndnɪs/[Alternative forms]
edit
- kindenesse (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English kindenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness.
[Noun]
editkindness (countable and uncountable, plural kindnesses)
1.The state of being kind.
Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her.
2.An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.
How can I thank you for your many kindnesses?
Do me a kindness and leave.
i'm going to turn a blind eye to this misdemeanour, out of the kindness of my heart.
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lose
[[English]]
ipa :/luːz/[Anagrams]
edit
- EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, OELs, Sole, elos, leos, selo, sloe, sole
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English losen, from Old English losian, from Proto-Germanic *lusōną, *luzōną, from Proto-Germanic *lusą.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French los, loos, from Latin laudēs, plural of laus (“praise”).
[[Alemannic German]]
ipa :/ˈlozə/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German losen, from Old High German hlosēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną. Cognate with English listen; see there for more.
[Verb]
editlose (third-person singular simple present loset, past participle gloset, auxiliary haa)
1.to hear, listen
2.1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
I ha allwäg nüt anders z'mache, als nume uf dini Chlage z’lose.
I never have to do anything but listen to your complaints.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈlosɛ][Anagrams]
edit
- Elso
- osel
- osle
- selo
[Noun]
editlose
1.vocative singular of los
2.1874, “Písně běloruské”, in František Vymazal, editor, Slovanská poezije[3], Brno: Matice moravská, page 236:
„A což ty, lose, což ty nebohý,
Tak k dědině přivykáš?
A což ty, lose, což ty nebohý,
Zimičku lichou předvídáš?“
(please add an English translation of this quote)
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈloːzə/[Etymology 1]
editOld High German lōs. Cognate with English loose.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- “lose” in Duden online
- “lose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editlose (present tense losar/loser, past tense losa/loste, past participle losa/lost, passive infinitive losast, present participle losande, imperative los)
1.Alternative spelling of lóse
2.Alternative spelling of lòse
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Noun]
editlose (Cyrillic spelling лосе)
1.vocative singular of los
[[Slovene]]
[Noun]
editlose
1.accusative plural of los
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gracefully
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹeɪsfəli/[Adverb]
editgracefully (comparative more gracefully, superlative most gracefully)
1.In a graceful manner.
2.1975, Bob Dylan, "Shelter from the Storm"
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"
[Etymology]
editgraceful + -ly
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obsess
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈsɛs/[Anagrams]
edit
- bosses
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin obsessus, perfect passive participle of obsideō (“sit on or in, remain, besiege”), from ob (“before”) + sedeō (“I sit”); see sit, session, etc.; compare assess, possess.
[Further reading]
edit
- obsess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- obsess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Verb]
editobsess (third-person singular simple present obsesses, present participle obsessing, simple past and past participle obsessed)
1.(passive, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
Some people are obsessed with sports.
2.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
3.(transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
Thoughts of her obsess my every waking moment.
4.(intransitive, colloquial, construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.
Stop obsessing over it, will you!
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poison
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English poisoun, poyson, poysone, puyson, puisun, from Old French puison, poison, from Latin pōtio, pōtiōnis (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“I drink”). Displaced native Old English ātor. See also potion and potable.
[Noun]
editpoison (countable and uncountable, plural poisons)
1.A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
We used a poison to kill the weeds.
2.Something that harms a person or thing.
Gossip is a malicious poison.
3.1593, anonymous, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act IV:
Awaie with the Rebels ſuffer them not to ſpeake,
His words are poyſon in the eares of the people, […]
4.(informal) An intoxicating drink; a liquor. (note: this sense is chiefly encountered in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison ?")
— What's your poison?
— I'll have a glass of whisky.
5.(chemistry) Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
6.2013, Huazhang Liu, Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts: Innovation and Practice (page 693)
The temperature effect of poisons. The influence of poison on the catalyst can be different with the change of reaction conditions.
[References]
edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “poison”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- poison in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
edit
- (substance that is harmful): atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxinedit
- (to pollute): contaminate, pollute, taint
- (to cause to become worse): corrupt, taint
[Verb]
editpoison (third-person singular simple present poisons, present participle poisoning, simple past and past participle poisoned)
1.(transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
The assassin poisoned the king.
2.(transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
That factory is poisoning the river.
3.(transitive) To cause to become much worse.
Suspicion will poison their relationship.
He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
4.(transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
5.(chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
6.(transitive, computing) To place false information into (a cache) as part of an exploit.
7.2013, Ronald L. Mendell, Investigating Information-based Crimes (page 93)
In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages.
[[French]]
ipa :/pwa.zɔ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French, inherited from Latin pōtio, pōtiōnem. Doublet of potion, a borrowing.
[Further reading]
edit
- “poison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editpoison m (plural poisons)
1.poison
Poisson sans boisson est poison. ― Fish without drink is poison.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editpoison
1.Alternative form of poisoun
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pōtiōnem, accusative singular of pōtio.
[Noun]
editpoison f (oblique plural poisons, nominative singular poison, nominative plural poisons)
1.poison
2.circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
Thessala tranpre sa poison
Thessala mixed her poison
3.potion
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French poison. Doublet of poción.
[Noun]
editpoison m (plural póisones)
1.(Louisiana) poison
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poison ivy
[[English]]
[Noun]
editpoison ivy (countable and uncountable, plural poison ivies)
1.Any of three ivy-like species of Toxicodendron, known for their ability to cause an itching rash and blistering for most people, through urushiol, an oil that is a skin irritant.
[See also]
edit
- leaves of three, let it be
- poison oak
- poison sumac
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ivy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈaɪvi/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ebʰ- (compare Welsh efwr (“black elder”), Ancient Greek ἴφυον (íphuon, “spike-lavender, Lavandula Spica”)).
[Noun]
editivy (countable and uncountable, plural ivies)
1.Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.
2.Any similar plant of any genus.
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sane
[[English]]
ipa :/seɪn/[Adjective]
editsane (comparative saner, superlative sanest)
1.Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
a sane mind
2.Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
a sane person
3.Rational; reasonable; sensible.
Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
[Anagrams]
edit
- ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Nase, Sean, Sena, eans, nase, sean
[Antonyms]
edit
- insane
- crazy
- unbalanced
- See also Thesaurus:insane.
[Etymology]
editLearned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (possessing mental faculties): in one's right mind, play with a full deck
- See also Thesaurus:sane.
[[Ajië]]
ipa :[sane][Adjective]
editsane
1.bad
[References]
edit
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[ˈsane][Adverb]
editsane
1.healthily
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈsɑneˣ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Esan
[Etymology]
editsana (“word”) + -e
[Noun]
editsane
1.(linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
2.word token
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈsa.ne/[Adjective]
editsane f pl
1.feminine plural of sano
[Anagrams]
edit
- anse
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editsane
1.Rōmaji transcription of さね
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈsaː.neː/[Etymology 1]
editsānus (“healthy; sane”) + -ē (adverb formant)
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
- “sane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
“sane”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]“sane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editsane
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sanar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sanar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sanar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sanar
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editsane
1.inflection of sanar:
1.first-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular present subjunctive
3.third-person singular imperative
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mite
[[English]]
ipa :/maɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- -time, METI, emit, it me, item, time
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).
[Noun]
editmite (plural mites)
1.Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
2.A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
3.1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence:
One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands
Shall buy and sell the miser's lands;
4.A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
5.A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
6.(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
7.March 17 1903, Mark Twain, letter to Helen Keller:
It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing — and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did.
8.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton and Company, OCLC 35623305, OL 5535161W; republished New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton and Company, 1914, OCLC 37141511, pages 124–125:
"Well," I says, "I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough." She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.
9.1956, Janice Holt Giles, chapter 8, in Hannah Fowler, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, OCLC 937953041; republished Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1992, →ISBN, page 69:
"Silas, now," Esther Whitley had said, "would be a good one for you, Hannah. He's a mite on the old side, but he's steady, an' he's been wed before. He knows the ways of a woman better'n some."
10.1959, Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance, Chicago, Ill.: Rand McNally, OCLC 1039439343; Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance (ReadHowYouWant Classics Library), EasyRead large edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant, 2008, →ISBN, page 30:
Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them.
11.(colloquial, often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
12.2014, Lorraine F Elli, The Little Town Mouse:
“Tom told me that, but twasn't your fault, the little mite just couldn't wait to be born that's all.” A small smile played on Leah's lips.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
[Verb]
editmite
1.Eye dialect spelling of might.
[[Au]]
[Noun]
editmite
1.woman
[References]
edit
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈmi.tə/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin mythos.
[Noun]
editmite m (plural mites)
1.myth
[[French]]
ipa :/mit/[Anagrams]
edit
- émit, émît
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French, from Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”).Akin to Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), Old High German mīza (“mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “mite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editmite f (plural mites)
1.mite (arachnid)
2.moth, particularly one whose larva destroys something stored by humans
[Verb]
editmite
1.inflection of miter:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈmi.te/[Adjective]
editmite (plural miti)
1.mild
2.moderate (price)
3.balmy, mild (climate)
quest'anno è stato un gennaio mite
January has been mild this year
4.meek (animal)
[Anagrams]
edit
- item, temi
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin mītis (“mild, mature”).
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈmiː.te/[Adjective]
editmīte
1.nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mītis
[References]
edit
- “mite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”).
[Noun]
editmite f (plural mites)
1.(Jersey) mite
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
editmite
1.dative singular of mit
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curfew
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɜː.fjuː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- cover-few (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English curfu, from Old French cuevre-fu (French couvre-feu), from the imperative of covrir (“to cover”) + fu (“fire”).
[Further reading]
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- curfew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editcurfew (plural curfews)
1.Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
2.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "Hurricane Sandy," 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 time when such restriction begins.
4.A signal indicating this time.
5.A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
6.(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
7.The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
8.1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.95:
I have my lodging neere unto a tower, where both evening and morning a very great bell doth chime Ave marie and Cover-few, which jangling doth even make the tower to shake […].
[See also]
edit
- lights-out
- lockdown
- martial law
- state of emergency
- state of siege
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editcurfew
1.Alternative form of curfu
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runner
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹʌnɚ/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run + -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Compare Middle English runel (“runner”), from Old English rynel (“runner; messenger; courier”).
[Noun]
editrunner (plural runners)
1.Agent noun of run; one who runs.
1.A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
The first runner to cross the finish line wins the race.
2.Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
The mare is the stables' runner for the 5.15 race at Epsom.
The judge said she would not be a runner in the upcoming elections.
3.Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
4.1998 June 12th, Daniel Jonathan Kirk (username), tipping competitions, in aus.legal, Usenet:
[…] at least half of which would be put into the pool for the winner, the rest kept for the runners of the system to cover costs and more than likely make a fair profit.
5.A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).
6.1992, Hamendar Bhisham Pal, The Plunder of Art (page 75)
The modus operandi used by the idol and antique runners is to order consignments of fakes.
7.(cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
8.(baseball, softball) A baserunner.
The runner was out at second.
9.(Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
10.Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
11.A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
Synonyms: lugger, picker-up, roper, steerer(slang, usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.
He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
Synonyms: sneaker, trainerPart of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle. A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
1.A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
2.The blade of an ice skate.
3.The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
4.Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
5.1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: A 3,000 h.p. diesel-hydraulic from MaK”, in Modern Railways, page 416:
Maintenance was simplified by making all components easily accessible and easy to remove: for example, the air compressors in the short nose slide out on runners.
6.The curved base of a rocking chair.
Synonym: rocker
7.In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
8.In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
9.The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
10.The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
11.A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.(slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
The car salesman told me that the used Volvo was a nice little runner.
Is that old Mercedes on the forecourt a runner? / No, it has no gearbox.A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
The red runner makes the table so festive.A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall.(slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.(botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.(climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.(poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.(sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- Freeman, Mike (February 25, 2012), “Runners' world: Union boss Smith's noble idea likely stuck at the start”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], CBSSports.com, retrieved March 19, 2014
This week hundreds of NFL agents gathered to hear an honorable man talk about a noble pipedream. It was a discussion about a significant step to end one of the cornerstones of corruption in college football: runners. Not the backs getting their 40 times tested at the scouting combine but the slimeball trolls who work on behalf of agents to help recruit — a generous word — football prospects by illegally giving them cash (or cars or money for family members or rent for a nice house) so the player then signs with the agent upon turning pro.(nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.(video games) A speedrunner.An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
This idea isn't a runner. Let's not waste any more time on it.(US, dated) A trusty (prisoner granted special privileges).
- 1959, Frederick S. Baldi, My Unwelcome Guests (page 25)
In our prisons you might find a condemned man working as a runner, a trusty, which is about as far from segregation as you can get.A running gag
- 7 December 2021, Jesse Hassenger, “Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence cope with disaster in the despairing satire Don’t Look Up”, in AV Club[2]:
Don’t Look Up jabs around omnidirectionally, and some of the most gleefully ridiculous jokes land: There’s an inspired runner about an increasingly scandal-plagued Supreme Court nominee, for example, and another in which politicians and voters alike absurdly declare their allegiance to “the jobs the comet will bring.”
[Synonyms]
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- (climbing, a short sling): quick-draw, extender
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English runner.
[Noun]
editrunner m or f (invariable)
1.runner (person who runs)
Synonym: corridoreeditrunner m (invariable)
1.runner (strip of fabric)
Synonym: tovaglia
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈraneɾ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English runner.
[Noun]
editrunner m or f (plural runners or runner)
1.runner (person who runs)
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chairman
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʃɛːmən/[Anagrams]
edit
- Charmian
[Etymology]
editFrom chair + -man.
[Noun]
editchairman (plural chairmen)
1.A person presiding over a meeting.
2.The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
3.2003, Taylor, William L., Wake Island : the Alamo of the Pacific, History Channel, OCLC 657633638:
When I got ready to leave, why, Chairman Mao came down to the plane. Chairman Mao gave me some Chinese rugs and told me that I was the only prisoner of war that had ever come through there from North China.
4.(historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
5.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 618:
Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire […]
6.1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon the chairman to take the chair away again.
[Verb]
editchairman (third-person singular simple present chairmans, present participle chairmanning, simple past and past participle chairmanned)
1.To serve as chairman.
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we
[[English]]
ipa :/wiː/[Anagrams]
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- EW, ew
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬ଉନ (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám).
[Etymology 2]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[[Abinomn]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.tree kangaroo
[References]
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- Newguineaworld, citing Donohue and Musgrave, Abinomn nominal number (2007: 365)
[[Anguthimri]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.(Mpakwithi) owl
[References]
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- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
[[Caac]]
[Determiner]
editwe
1.water
kô-ny we
'my (glass/drink of) water'
[References]
edit
- A Study of Space in Caac, an Oceanic Language
[[Cameroon Pidgin]]
ipa :/wi/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wi, wu
[Determiner]
editwe
1.our, 1st person plural possessive determiner
[Etymology]
editFrom English we.
[Pronoun]
editwe
1.we, us 1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun
[[Chuukese]]
[Determiner]
editwe (plural kewe)
1.(possessive subject marker) the (singular)
[[Dadibi]]
[Noun]
editwẹ
1.water
[References]
edit
- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
- Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130: Polopa so/sou woman, cf. DAR sou female animal but we woman. Several multiple cognate sets appeared in the data. Daribi uses both ạị and wẹ for water; some Polopa speakers gave one term, some another. Both are probably known everywhere.
[Synonyms]
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- ạị
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ʋə/[Etymology]
editSee wij.
[Pronoun]
editwe (personal pronoun)
1.we
[Synonyms]
edit
- wij
[[Fijian]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.scar
[[Fwâi]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
edit
- André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)
[[Galoli]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.(Talur) water
[References]
edit
- Bryan Hinton, The languages of Wetar, in Spices from the east: Papers in languages of eastern Indonesia (2000), page 121
[[Haeke]]
ipa :/we/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
edit
- Jean Claude Rivierre, Sabine Ehrhart, Raymond Diéla, Le Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné (2006)
[[Haveke]]
ipa :/we/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
edit
- Jean Claude Rivierre, Sabine Ehrhart, Raymond Diéla, Le Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné (2006)
[[Hmwaveke]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water
[References]
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- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ʰMoavekɛ" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
[[Ido]]
ipa :/we/[Noun]
editwe (plural we-i)
1.The name of the Latin script letter W/w.
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editwe
1.Rōmaji transcription of ゑ
2.Rōmaji transcription of ヱ
3.Rōmaji transcription of うぇ
4.Rōmaji transcription of ウェ
[[Jawe]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
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- André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)
[[Kikuyu]]
ipa :/wɛ(ː)/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
- “we” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 561. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
[See also]
edit
[[Laboya]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.water
[References]
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- Greenhill, S. J.; Blust. R; Gray, R. D. (2008), “The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics”, in Evolutionary Bioinformatics[5], issue 4, archived from the original on 18 April 2017, retrieved 27 November 2019, pages 271-283
- Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :/wɛ/[Preposition]
editwe (with locative)
1.Alternative form of w (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)
[[Mapudungun]]
[Adjective]
editwe (Raguileo spelling)
1.new, recent
[References]
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- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/weː/[Etymology 1]
editfrom Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Compare wit (first person dual pronoun).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English wēa, from Proto-Germanic *waiwô. Doublet of wowe.
[[Middle Low German]]
ipa :/weː/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Saxon hwē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wiz.
[[Nedebang]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.blood
[References]
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- Gary Holton and Laura Robinson, The Internal History of the Alor-Pantar language family, in The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology, edited by Marian Klamer
- transnewguinea.org (wæ), ASJP 1 (wE i.e. wɛ), ASJP 2 (we)
[[Nemi]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
edit
- André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)
[[North Ambrym]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Further reading]
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- Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)
- George William Grace, The position of the Polynesian languages within the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family (1959)
[Noun]
editwe
1.water
[[Nyâlayu]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
edit
- Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (1991), page 81
[[Old English]]
ipa :/weː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wæ
- ƿē
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wiz, *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂. Cognate with Old Frisian wī (West Frisian wy), Old Saxon wī (Low German wi), Old Dutch wī (Dutch wij), Old High German wir (German wir), Old Norse vér (Danish and Swedish vi), Gothic 𐍅̴̹̓ (weis).
[Pronoun]
editwē (personal pronoun)
1.we (nominative plural of iċ)
[[Pije]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
edit
- André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)
[[Polish]]
ipa :/vɛ/[Etymology]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *én.
[Further reading]
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- we in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- we in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Preposition]
editwe (used instead of w mostly before words that begin with awkward consonant clusters)
1.(+ locative) in
2.(+ accusative) into, in
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈwe/[Etymology]
editVariant of güey, representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /gw/ sounds and in some cases loss of the /i/ sound.
[Noun]
editwe m or f (plural wees)
1.(colloquial) dude, guy, buddy
Synonyms: carnal, cuate, tonto, bato
2.(Mexico, colloquial slang) chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk
[[Tocharian A]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.
[Numeral]
editwe f
1.two
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Adverb]
editwe
1.where
2.1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:9:
Tasol God, Bikpela i singaut long man na i tok, “Yu stap we?”
→New International Version translationThis entry has fewer than three known examples of actual usage, the minimum considered necessary for clear attestation, and may not be reliable. Tok Pisin is subject to a special exemption for languages with limited documentation. If you speak it, please consider editing this entry or adding citations. See also Help and the Community Portal.
[Etymology]
editFrom English where.
[[Turkmen]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Persian وَ (va).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Uyghur]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.Latin (ULY) transcription of ۋە (we)
[[Vamale]]
[Noun]
editwe
1.water
[References]
edit
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/weː/[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editwe
1.Soft mutation of gwe.
[[West Makian]]
ipa :/we/[Noun]
editwe
1.leaf
[References]
edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[6], Pacific linguistics
[[Yola]]
[Pronoun]
editwe
1.Alternative form of wough
2.1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 8:
and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.
and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.
3.1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 21:
Ye pace——yea, we mai zei,
The peace——yes, we may say
[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 114
[[Yuaga]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
[Noun]
editwe
1.water (clear liquid H₂O)
[References]
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- Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (1999), page 81
[[Zaghawa]]
ipa :/we/[Noun]
editwe
1.head lice
[Numeral]
editwe
1.three
[References]
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- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad
[[Zulu]]
[Pronoun]
edit-we
1.Combining stem of wena.
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WE
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- EW, ew
[Proper noun]
editWE
1.Initialism of Western Europe.
[[French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- W.E., W-E, W.-E.
[Noun]
editWE m (uncountable)
1.Abbreviation of week-end. (fin de semaine)
[[German]]
[Noun]
editWE
1.(apartment listing) Abbreviation of Wohneinheit.
2.Abbreviation of Wochenende.
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hope
[[English]]
ipa :/həʊp/[Anagrams]
edit
- pheo, pheo-
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn, further etymology unclear.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English hope, from Old English hopa (“hope, expectation”), from the same source as the verb hope.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English hope (“a valley”), from Old English hōp (found only in placenames). More at hoop.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Icelandic hóp (“a small bay or inlet”). Cognate with English hoop.
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
edithope
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of hopen
[[Maori]]
[Noun]
edithope
1.waist
2.hip (ringa hope)
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈhɔːp(ə)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- hoppe
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English hopa.
[Noun]
edithope (plural hopes)
1.trust, confidence; wishful desire; expectation
[[Shona]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the root of Common Bantu *dʊ̀kópè, whence also chikope (“eyelid”).
[Noun]
edithópé 10
1.sleep
[[West Frisian]]
ipa :/ˈhoːpə/[Noun]
edithope n (no plural)
1.Alternative form of hoop
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not that
[[English]]
[Conjunction]
editnot that
1.Used to indicate that the following clause is not true and that this negatively impacts the importance of the preceding clause.
2.2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
Friday that it would be discontinuing sales of the former in a press release timed to turn that part of the film into a non-story; in the meantime, the latter has already cost Johnson & Johnson $300 million in settlements. Not that either company is in danger of going broke.
3.2008 September 30, “Obama Runs Constructive Criticism Ad on McCain”, in The Onion[2]:
But that's not to say Barack Obama is perfect or anything. If McCain wanted, he could point out that Obama voted to subsidize coal interests despite his rhetoric against global warming. Not that McCain has to do that. Barack Obama is just saying.
[References]
edit
- “not that” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “not that” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “not that”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “not that” (US) / “not that” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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緩和
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/xwän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤ³⁵/[Adjective]
edit緩和
1.mild
[Synonyms]
edit
- 和緩／和缓 (héhuǎn)
- 舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
[Verb]
edit緩和
1.to alleviate; to mitigate; to ease up
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[kã̠ɰ̃ɰᵝa̠][Noun]
edit緩(かん)和(わ) • (kanwa)
1.relaxation, lessening in amount, alleviation
[References]
edit
1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
[Verb]
edit緩(かん)和(わ)する • (kanwa suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 緩(かん)和(わ)し (kanwa shi), past 緩(かん)和(わ)した (kanwa shita))
1.lessen in amount, alleviate, ease up
寒(さむ)さが緩和(かんわ)された。
Samusa ga kanwa sareta.
It got less cold.
[[Korean]]
[Noun]
edit緩和 • (wanhwa) (hangeul 완화)
1.Hanja form? of 완화.
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belief
[[English]]
ipa :/v/[Anagrams]
edit
- befile, belfie
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English bileve, from Old English lēafa, from Proto-Germanic *laubô. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).The replacement of final /v/ with /f/ is due to the analogy of noun-verb pairs with /f/ in the noun but /v/ in the verb, creating a pair belief : believe on the model of e.g. grief : grieve or proof : prove.
[Noun]
editbelief (countable and uncountable, plural beliefs)
1.Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
It's my belief that the thief is somebody known to us.
2.2013 December 6, George Monbiot, “Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 26, page 48:
The belief that there is no conflict between [livestock] farming and arable production also seems to be unfounded: by preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills and by compacting the soil, grazing animals cause a cycle of flash floods and drought, sporadically drowning good land downstream and reducing the supply of irrigation water.
3.Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
My belief is that there is a bear in the woods. Bill said he saw one.
Based on this data, it is our belief that X does not occur.
4.(countable) Something believed.
The ancient people have a belief in many deities.
5.(uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong.
6.(uncountable) Religious faith.
She often said it was her belief that carried her through the hard times.
7.(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
I can't do that. It's against my beliefs.
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
editbelief
1. imperative of believen
[[German]]
ipa :[bəˈliːf][Verb]
editbelief
1.first/third-person singular preterite of belaufen
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consumer
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈsjuːmə/[Anagrams]
edit
- cornmuse, mucrones
[Etymology]
editconsume + -er
[Further reading]
edit
- consumer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- consumer at OneLook Dictionary Search
- consumer in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "consumer" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 78.
- consumer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Noun]
editconsumer (plural consumers)
1.One who, or that which, consumes.
2.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
3.(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
Antonym: producer
This new system favours the consumer over the producer.
4.(by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.
Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class.
5.(ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
Antonym: producer
Hyponyms: carnivore, decomposer, detritivore, first-order consumer, herbivore, omnivore, scavenger, second-order consumer
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.sy.me/[Etymology]
editLatin cōnsūmere.
[Further reading]
edit
- “consumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Verb]
editconsumer
1.to consume; to use up
2.(figuratively) to consume
Synonym: consommer
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cutting
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌtɪŋ/[Adjective]
editcutting (not comparable)
1.That is used for cutting.
I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
2.1984, E[dward] M[oor] Trent, “Heat in Metal Cutting”, in Metal Cutting, 2nd edition, London; Boston, Mass.: Butterworths & Co., published 1989, →ISBN, page 54:
The power consumed in metal cutting is largely converted into heat near the cutting edge of the tool, and many of the economic and technical problems of machining are caused directly or indirectly by this heating action.
3.Piercing, sharp.
4.2004 June, P[atricia] N[ead] Elrod, chapter 12, in Death Masque (Adventures of Jonathan Barrett, Gentleman Vampire; 3), Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 211:
The weather was atrocious, with bitterly cold wind and cutting sleet—rather appropriate, considering Aunt Fonteyn's temperament.
5.Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful.
The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
6.1703, Ambr[ose] Philips, “An Appendix to the Life of Abp. Williams”, in The Life of John Williams, Ld Keeper of the Great Seal, Bishop of Lincoln, and ABp. [Archbishop] of York. […], 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] A[bel] Roper […]; and R. Basset […], OCLC 642306667, page 311:
[H]e concludes with this cutting remark, But Benefactors may give Money, but not grateful Minds to ſuch as receive it.
7.1861 September, “The Little Gleaner”, in The Child’s Companion, and Juvenile Instructor, number 201, London: The Religious Tract Society; […], OCLC 930602350, page 260:
Poor Betsy had often been the subject of Tommy's jokes; many a cutting remark had been made about her dress, which, though clean and whole, was always poor and old-fashioned; [...]
8.(India) Of a beverage: half-sized.
a cutting chai
[Etymology]
edit A railway cutting (sense 4) near Fulwell railway station in London, UKFrom cut + -ing.[1]
[Further reading]
edit
- cut (earthmoving) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- cutting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- cutting (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- cutting (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editcutting (countable and uncountable, plural cuttings)
1.(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Leviticus 19:28, column 1:
Ye ſhall not make any cuttings in your fleſh for the dead, nor print any markes vpon you: I am the Lord.
3.1993, John Powell, “The Basic Principles”, in CO2 Laser Cutting, London; Berlin: Springer-Verlag, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4471-3384-1, →ISBN, section 1.1 (The Cutting Process), pages 2–3:
The first industrial use of CO2 lasers was the cutting of plywood dye boards for the packaging industry. [...] The laser cutting process has a number of advantages over competing technologies which have ensured the growth of this branch of industry: [...]
4.2014, Mary Nyangweso, “Female Genital Cutting: An Overview”, in Female Genital Cutting in Industrialized Countries: Mutilation or Cultural Tradition?, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, ABC-CLIO, page 15:
Female genital cutting is an intentional, nonmedical modification of the female genitalia. It is commonly performed on girls between the ages of 4 and 16, although in some cases it is performed on infants as young as three months old.
5.(countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
6.1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], OCLC 722999200, pages 9–10:
[O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]
7.1839 March 23, George Nelson, “Specification of a Patent Granted to George Nelson, […] for a New or Improved Method, or New and Improved Methods of Preparing Gelatine which has the Properties of or Resembles Glue.—Sealed March 23, 1839”, in The Repertory of Patent Inventions, […], volume XIII (New Series), number LXXVII, London: […] J. S. Hodson, […], published May 1840, OCLC 773063956, page 270:
I make such gelatine as above mentioned of two different qualities, [...] and I use all such hides and skins, and cuttings of hides and skins as are usually employed in manufacturing glue according to the ordinary method, and which are commonly called glue-pieces, [...]
8.2011, Natalie Avella; Laura Heyenga, compiler, “Introduction”, in Paper Cutting: Contemporary Artists, Timeless Craft, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 9, column 1:
Yet, while paper cuttings can look very modern, paper cutting as an activity has a long, rich heritage. The Chinese, who first invented paper as we know it, started cutting more than a thousand years before most Europeans had ever seen a piece of paper. The oldest extant paper cutting is a simple symmetrical circle from the sixth century that was found in a far western province of China.
1.(countable) A newspaper clipping.
2.p. 1871, Smuggling & Smugglers in Sussex. […], Brighton, East Sussex: W. J. Smith, […], OCLC 42303627, page 263:
Extract from "Newspaper Cuttings relating to Sussex," (Sussex Archaeological Collections, 1872, pp. 140, 141.)
3.1878 July 13, Henry C. Fisk, witness, “Eleventh Day”, in Presidential Election Investigation: Testimony Taken by the Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Presidential Election of 1876 (45th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives Mis. Doc.; 31, part 3), volume III (Testimony Relating to Louisiana), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1879, OCLC 23223188, page 252:
The Witness. [After a farther inspection of the newspaper cutting.] No; it is not in that part about Weber, but here [indicating another newspaper cutting] is the agreement that Mr. Wilder was testifying about, and that has Weber's name.
4.1919 October 20, Virginia Woolf, chapter VI, in Night and Day, London: Duckworth and Company […], OCLC 598428, page 81:
Mrs. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings, which seemed to her either "quite splendid" or "really too bad for words." She used to paste these into books, or send them to her friends, having first drawn a broad bar in blue pencil down the margin, a proceeding which signified equally and indistinguishably the depths of her reprobation or the heights of her approval.
5.H.P. Lovecraft, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Moved by some vague presentiment amidst the horrors of that period, Willett arranged with an international press-cutting bureau for accounts of notable current crimes and accidents in Prague and in eastern Transylvania; and after six months believed that he had found two very significant things amongst the multifarious items he received and had translated.
6.(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
7.1683, John Reid, “Of the Several Wayes of Propagation”, in The Scots Gard’ner: […], Edinburgh: […] David Lindsay, […], OCLC 228724931, 2nd part (Treating of the Culture of Plants), paragraph 5, page 59:
To propagate by cuttings, is to cut off the branch or ſtem of a Plant, and to ſet it in the Earth without Roots. Strip it of leaves and branches, Plant deeper than theſe with Roots, and in a rich and moiſt ſoil, keeping it watered and ſhaded, Untill Rooted; cut off their Tops ſave Greens, as if your cutting be 12 Inches long, let 9 be under, and 3 above ground.
8.1733, Philip Miller, “VITIS”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], OCLC 429215710, column 1:
All the Sorts of Vines are propagated either from Layers or Cuttings, the former of which is greatly practis'd in England, but the latter is what I would recommend, as being much preferable to the other. [...] I had rather plant a good Cutting than a rooted Plant, provided it be well choſen, and there is leſs Danger of its not growing.
9.1803, [William] Marshall, “Buxus”, in On Planting and Rural Ornament. A Practical Treatise, [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, 3rd edition, London: […] G[eorge] and W. Nicol, […]; G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […]; and T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], OCLC 2433798, page 47:
The method of propagating the Box is perfectly easy: it may be raised from cuttings, or from seed, or by layering. [...] For planting the cuttings, [Thomas] Hanbury says the month of August is the best time, if any rain falls.
10.2002, Donna Tartt, “Chapter 6”, in The Little Friend, page 396:
Allison carried it all home, and then spent a long time that evening out on the back porch, wrapping up Ida's collection of rooted cuttings, each snuff tin and plastic cup in its own carefully fashioned sleeve of wet newspaper.(countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.(countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
Synonym: cut
Antonym: embankment
- 1832, “Documents in Relation to the Comparative Merits of Canals and Railroads, Submitted by Mr. Howard, of Maryland, […]. (Doc. No. 101) [No. 7. Observations upon the Cost of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.]”, in Executive Documents, Printed by Order of the House of Representatives, at the First Session of the Twenty-second Congress, […] In Seven Volumes, volume III, Washington, D.C.: […] Duff Green, OCLC 13401553, page 211:
[T]he railway, however, will require a farther outlay to render it complete, though the locomotive engine has passed over every foot of ground from Liverpool to Salford. The slopes of the cuttings want dressing, and several of them want protecting with foot walls.
- 1876, William Ernest Henley, “[Poem] XXI”, in A Book of Verses, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Scribner & Welford, published 1891, OCLC 1912116, page 77:
We flash across the level. / We thunder thro' the bridges. / We bicker down the cuttings. / We sway along the ridges.
- 1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101:
On the descent the line is often in cuttings; some are high, such as at Scarcroft, where a cut through firestone and fireclay was necessary, and near Bardsey, where the line threads a deep tree-lined gorge.(uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.(uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.
- 2009, Tony Atkins, “Slice–Push Ratio: Oblique Cutting and Curved Blades, Scissors, Guillotining and Drilling”, in The Science and Engineering of Cutting: The Mechanics and Processes of Separating, Scratching and Puncturing Biomaterials, Metals and Non-metals, Oxford, Oxfordshire; Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, section 5.1 (Introduction), page 111:
Metal-cutting tools often have two cutting edges, both of which are angled to the direction of cutting, and in round-nosed tools the inclination continuously varies [...].(uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- 2014, Greg Roza, “What is Self-injury?”, in Cutting and Self-injury (Teen Mental Health), New York, N.Y.: Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 7:
Cutting has become one of the most popular forms of self-injury, but there are others at well, and each is just as dangerous as cutting. The information here might help you recognize the signs of self-injury in others.
[References]
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1. ^ “cutting, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1893; “cutting, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Verb]
editcutting
1.present participle of cut
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formalize
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mə.laɪz/[Alternative forms]
edit
- formalise
[Etymology]
editformal + -ize
[Verb]
editformalize (third-person singular simple present formalizes, present participle formalizing, simple past and past participle formalized)
1.To give something a definite form; to shape.
2.To give something a formal or official standing.
3.To act with formality.
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holdup
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Uphold, uphold
[Noun]
editholdup (plural holdups)
1.Alternative spelling of hold-up
[[French]]
[Noun]
editholdup m (plural holdup)
1.Alternative spelling of hold-up
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English hold-up.
[Noun]
editholdup n (plural holdupuri)
1.hold-up, armed robbery
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