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[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɛnt/[Anagrams]
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- tern, tren
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English rent, rente, from Old French rente and Medieval Latin renta, both from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin reddere, present active infinitive of reddō.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English renten (“to tear”). Variant form of renden.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/reːˀnt/[Adjective]
editrent
1.neuter singular of ren
[Adverb]
editrent
1.purely (morally)
2.purely (excluding other possibility)
3.quite, completely
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛnt[Verb]
editrent
1.second- and third-person singular present indicative of rennen
2.(archaic) plural imperative of rennen
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editrent
1.rent: income; revenue
2.c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:
[Bacchus] a wastor was and all his rent / In wine and bordel he dispent.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editrent
1.neuter singular of ren
[Adverb]
editrent
1.purely
[References]
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- “ren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editrent
1.past participle of renne
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editrent
1.past participle of renna
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/reːnt/[Adjective]
editrent
1.absolute indefinite neuter singular of ren.
[Adverb]
editrent (comparative renare, superlative renast)
1.cleanly
2.purely
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English rounde, from Old French reont, from Latin rotundus. Compare arent.
[Noun]
editrent
1.round
2.1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 12:
"Swingale," co the umost, "thou liest well a rent,
"Swindle," said the other, "you know quite well,
[References]
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- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129
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mint
[[English]]
ipa :/mɪnt/[Anagrams]
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- NTIM
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made. Doublet of money and manat.The verb is from the noun; Old English mynetian (“to mint”) is a parallel formation.
[Etymology 2]
edit A mint plant.From Middle English mynte, from Old English minte (“mint plant”), from Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta, probably from a lost Mediterranean language either through Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), μίνθα (míntha) or directly. Akin to Old Norse minta (“mint”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English minten, from Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *muntijan (“to think, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”), Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”), German Low German münten (“to aim at”), German münzen (“to aim at”), Dutch monter (“cheerful, gladsome, spry”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns, “thought, opinion”), Old English munan (“to be mindful of, consider, intend”). More at mind.
[See also]
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- balm
- bee balm
- bergamot
- betony
- catnip
- clary
- dragonhead
- henbit
- horehound
- labiate
- lamb’s ears
- lemon balm
- monarda
- oregano
- patchouli
- pennyroyal
- perilla
- rosemary
- salvia
- selfheal
- skullcap
- spike lavender
- thyme
- wild bergamot
- woundwort
- Appendix:Colors
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɪnt[Verb]
editmint
1.second- and third-person singular present indicative of minnen
2.(archaic) plural imperative of minnen
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈmint][Conjunction]
editmint
1.(comparison of things with a quality present at different degrees) than
A kastély nagyobb, mint a kutyaház. ― The castle is bigger than the dog-house.
Synonyms: -nál/-nél, (dialectal) -tól/-től
2.(comparison of things with a quality present at the same degree) as …… as
Olyan nagy a házam, mint a tiéd. ― My house is as big as yours.
Synonyms: amint, (literary) akár, (literary) akárcsak
3.(comparison of things with some similar quality) like
Olyan ez a ház, mint egy kastély. ― This house is like a castle.
Synonyms: amint, (literary) akár, (literary) akárcsak
4.(somewhat formal, pointing at a comparable feature at a different instance) as
Mint mondtam, ő nem tud ma eljönni. ― As I said, he cannot come today.
Synonyms: amint, ahogy, ahogyan
5.(stating someone's capacity in a situation) as
János mint zsűritag vett részt az eseményen. ― János took part in the event as a member of the jury.
Synonyms: -ként, -képp/-képpen, -ul/-ül
[Etymology]
editLexicalization of mi (“what?”) + -n (case suffix) + -t (locative suffix).[1]
[Further reading]
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- (most senses given above): mint 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
- (as): mint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[References]
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1. ^ mint 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.)
[See also]
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- ahogy
- olyan
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Alternative forms]
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- minna, minnet
[Verb]
editmint
1.past participle of minne
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editmint
1.past participle of mina
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[mint][Verb]
editmint
1.inflection of minți:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative
2.first-person singular present subjunctive
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minting
[[English]]
[Noun]
editminting (plural mintings)
1.The act by which money is minted.
2.1996, Don McNeil, Epidemiological Research Methods (page 83)
A question of interest here is whether the silver contents in the four mintings are different.
[Verb]
editminting
1.present participle of mint
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go dark
[[English]]
[Verb]
editgo dark (third-person singular simple present goes dark, present participle going dark, simple past went dark, past participle gone dark) (often military)
1.To cease operations, to close.
2.To cease communications.
3.2009, Vince Flynn, Pursuit of Honor: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 204
“But this third cell,” Butler said, “they went dark. No one had heard from them in months. That is, until the bombs started going off last week.”
4.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 962368035, PC, scene: The Fall of Khar'shan Codex entry:
More systems have gone dark as their comm buoys were destroyed, and millions more batarians, trapped on their planets, sit waiting for the Reapers.
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go on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- gono-, no go, no-go, nogo, noog, ongo
[Interjection]
editgo on
1.Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener.
2.Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity.
A: He asked Fiona to marry him.
B: Go on!
A: It's true, I swear.
Synonyms: fiddlesticks, go on with you, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
3.(Australia, New Zealand) Expressing encouragement, see come on.
Go on! You can do it!
Synonyms: attaboy; you go, girl; see also Thesaurus:come on
[Verb]
editgo on (third-person singular simple present goes on, present participle going on, simple past went on, past participle gone on)
1.To continue in extent.
The meeting seemed to go on forever.
Synonyms: endure; see also Thesaurus:persist
2.To continue an action.
3.1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 84:
She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
I think I've said enough now; I'm not sure I should go on.
He went on walking even when the policeman told him to stop.
Synonyms: advance, carry on, forthgo, proceed, resume
4.To proceed.
He went on to win a gold medal.
5.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
[…] while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be going on with.
Synonyms: carry on, continue; see also Thesaurus:proceed
6.To talk about a subject frequently or at great length.
Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday.
Sam goes on and on about Pokémon.
7.2002, Jane Green, Bookends, 2003 trade paperback edition, →ISBN, page 67:
"I don't believe you." I shake my head. "How on earth did you remember that? I must have told you years ago." […]
"First of all, you go on about it far more than you think you do, […] ."
Synonyms: blather, prattle, rabbit; see also Thesaurus:chatter
8.To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.
We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.
I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.
9.To happen (occur).
What's going on?
I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.
10.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 1948, page 43:
At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.
Synonyms: come to pass, take place; see also Thesaurus:happen
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Went
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- newt, twen
[Etymology]
editTopographic surname, from Middle English went (“crossroad, passage”).
[Further reading]
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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Went”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
[Proper noun]
editWent (plural Wents)
1.A surname from Middle English.
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skull
[[English]]
ipa :/skʌl/[Anagrams]
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- Kulls
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English sċealu (“husk”). Compare Danish skal (“skull”) and skalle (“bald head, skull”), Swedish skalle, Norwegian skalle. [1]Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skoltr, skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), akin to Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), dialectal Swedish skult, skulle (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”). Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”).
[Etymology 2]
editSee school (“a multitude”).
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/skɵlː/[Anagrams]
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- kulls
[Etymology]
editAn alternate form of skuld (“debt”) from Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis. Compare gälla and gälda.
[Noun]
editskull c
1.(for someone's) sake, (on someone's) behalf; an archaic form of skuld (debt), used to indicate for whom or why something is done
för din skull
for your sake, for you, because of you, on your behalf
För edra hjärtans hårdhets skull tillstadde Moses eder att skiljas från edra hustrur
Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives (Matthew 19:8)
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congressional
[[English]]
ipa :/kəŋˈɡɹɛʃn̩əl/[Adjective]
editcongressional (comparative more congressional, superlative most congressional)
1.Of or pertaining to a congress.
[Etymology]
editcongression + -al
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assault
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈsɔːlt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, from the verb asaillir, from Latin assiliō, from ad (“towards”) + saliō (“to jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.
[Noun]
editassault (countable and uncountable, plural assaults)English Wikipedia has an article on:assaultWikipedia
1.A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
The army made an assault on the enemy.
2.1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, OCLC 645131689:
The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault.
3.1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book 5
Unshaken bears the assault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.
4.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Batarians Codex entry:
Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushing assault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space.
5.A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
she launched a written assault on the opposition party
6.(criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
7.(singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
8.
9. (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
10.(singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
11.(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
[References]
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- assault in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
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- onfall, onrush
[Verb]
editassault (third-person singular simple present assaults, present participle assaulting, simple past and past participle assaulted)
1.(transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
Loud music assaulted our ears as we entered the building.
2.(transitive) To threaten or harass. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editassault m (plural assauls)
1.(chiefly military) assault; attack
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assault weapon
[[English]]
[Noun]
editassault weapon (plural assault weapons)
1.(US) Any select-fire firearm that allows semi-automatic and fully automatic operation, and is used or was once used by a military organization.
2.(US) A semi-automatic firearm that resembles a military weapon.
1.(New York State) A semi-automatic weapon that has a folding stock, a muzzle flash suppressor, a bayonet mount, or a pistol grip.
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oversight
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈoʊvə(ɹ)ˌsaɪt/[Etymology]
editover- + sight.
[Noun]
editoversight (countable and uncountable, plural oversights)
1.An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
A small oversight at this stage can lead to big problems later.
2.Supervision or management.
The bureaucracy was subject to government oversight.
3.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
4.2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 50:
The drone operation is subject to strict regulatory oversight. Russell notes that due to UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and privacy laws, BTP can only fly its drones if they have a named specific purpose to do so.
5.Overview.
6.1908 December 10, Charles W. Wendte, “Foreign Books”, in The Christian Register:
A large map of the kingdom, in which the Protestant churches, including the Unitarian, are indicated in colors, gives a convenient oversight of the matter treated of by the writer.
[Verb]
editoversight (third-person singular simple present oversights, present participle oversighting, simple past and past participle oversighted)English Wikipedia has an article on:Wikipedia:OversightWikipedia
1.(transitive, nonstandard) To oversee; to supervise.
2.(Internet, transitive, Wiktionary and WMF jargon) To suppress content in a way that removes or minimizes its visibility or viewability.
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grave
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɹeɪv/[Anagrams]
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- Gaver
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English grave, grafe, from Old English græf, grafu (“cave, grave, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).Cognate with West Frisian grêf (“grave”), Dutch graf (“grave”), Low German Graf (“a grave”), Graff, German Grab (“grave”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian grav (“grave”), Icelandic gröf (“grave”). Related to groove.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carve, chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graven (“to dig”), German graben (“to dig”), Danish grave (“to dig”), Swedish gräva (“to dig”), Icelandic grafa (“to dig”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle French grave, a learned borrowing from Latin gravis (“heavy, important”). Compare Old French greve (“terrible, dreadful”). Doublet of grief.
[Etymology 4]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Dutch graaf, German Graf”)
[Etymology 5]
edit
[[Danish]]
ipa :/ɡraːvə/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Italian grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse grafa (“to dig, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).
[Etymology 3]
editSee grav (“grave, tomb, pit”).
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
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- verga, vrage
[Verb]
editgrave
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of graven
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
editgrave
1.seriously, gravely
[[French]]
ipa :/ɡʁav/[Anagrams]
edit
- gaver
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle French grave, borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of grief.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
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- “grave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈɡra.ve/[Adjective]
editgrave (plural gravi, superlative gravissimo)
1.grave, serious
un grave problema
a serious problem
2.heavy
3.solemn
4.(music) low-pitched, low-pitch
[Anagrams]
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- Verga, verga
[Antonyms]
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- acuto
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of greve.
[Synonyms]
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- importante
- pesante
- austero
- serio
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editgrave
1.nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of gravis
[References]
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- “grave”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- grave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “grave”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[7]
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈɡraːv(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom the dative of Old English græf, from Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic *grabą.
[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[Etymology 4]
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[Etymology 5]
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[[Middle French]]
[Alternative forms]
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- greve
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French grave.
[Noun]
editgrave f (plural graves)
1.gravel
[References]
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- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (grave)
[[Middle High German]]
ipa :/ɡraːvə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old High German grāfo, grāvo, grāfio, grāvio (“count, local judge”).
[Noun]
editgrâve m
1.count, local judge
[References]
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- “grâve” Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Wilhelm Müller, and Friedrich Zarncke. Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke. Vol. 1. S. Hirzel, 1863.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/ˈɡrɑːʋ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French grave (“serious, low-pitched; back”), from Middle French grave, from Old French grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”), from *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”) + *-us (forms adjectives).
[References]
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- “grave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “grave” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editgrave (present tense grev, past tense grov, past participle grave, passive infinitive gravast, present participle gravande, imperative grav)
1.Alternative form of grava
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
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- greve
[Etymology]
editMedieval Latin grava, from Gaulish *grawa, *growa, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā, related to Cornish grow (“gravel”), Breton grouan, and Welsh gro (“gravel”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr-eu-d-.
[Noun]
editgrave f (oblique plural graves, nominative singular grave, nominative plural graves)
1.gravel
[References]
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- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (grave)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈɡɾa.vi/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Portuguese grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy; grave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editgrave
1.inflection of grav:
1.genitive/dative feminine singular/plural
2.nominative/accusative neuter plural
[Adverb]
editgrave
1.grave
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from Italian grave.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈɡɾabe/[Anagrams]
edit
- verga
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Spanish grave, from Latin gravis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Cf. also the attested Old Spanish form grieve, from a Vulgar Latin variant *grevis, which was more common in other Romance-speaking areas[1].
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
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- “grave”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[References]
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1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editgrave
1.absolute definite natural masculine singular of grav.
[Anagrams]
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- avger
[[West Frisian]]
ipa :/ˈɡraːvə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Frisian grava, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.
[Verb]
editgrave
1.to dig
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Grave
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Gaver
[Etymology]
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- As an English surname, from Middle English greyve (“steward”).
- Also as an English surname, variant of Grove.
- As a French surname, from the noun gravier (“gravel”).
- As a north German surname, variant of Graf; also from the Low German noun Graf (“ditch, grave”) (see grave).
[Proper noun]
editGrave (plural Graves)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Grave is the 32599th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 705 individuals. Grave is most common among White (60.99%) and Hispanic/Latino (26.67%) individuals.
[[Dutch]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- De Graaf (dialect form)
[Etymology]
editFirst attested as grauen in 1214. Derived from Middle Dutch grave (“excavated watercourse”), related to modern graf.
[Proper noun]
editGrave n
1.A city and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Synonym: Pothuusburg (Carnival nickname)
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corrupt
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈɹʌpt/[Adjective]
editcorrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)
1.Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
2.In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 6:11:
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
4.1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
At what ease
Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
To swear against you.
5.Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
6.In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
7.1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, OCLC 837543169:
with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- corrumpt (archaic)
- corrump (obsolete)
- corroupt (rare)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō, corrumpere (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpere (“to break in pieces”).
[References]
edit
- corrupt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- corrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Related terms]
edit
- corruptible
- corruption
- incorruptible
[Synonyms]
edit
- corrupted
[Verb]
editcorrupt (third-person singular simple present corrupts, present participle corrupting, simple past and past participle corrupted)
1.(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 6:12:
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
3.(archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
4.1631, Francis [Bacon], “8. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt
5.1732, George Smith, Institutiones Chirurgicæ: or, Principles of Surgery, [...] To which is Annexed, a Chirurgical Dispensatory, [...], London: Printed [by William Bowyer] for Henry Lintot, at the Cross-Keys against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, OCLC 745299684, page 254:
[…] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd."
6.(transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
Unplugging a flash drive without dismounting it first can corrupt the data stored on the drive.
7.To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
to corrupt language, or a holy text
to corrupt a book
8.To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
9.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 6:19:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/kɔˈrʏpt/[Adjective]
editcorrupt (comparative corrupter, superlative corruptst)
1.corrupt (lacking integrity, being prone to discriminating, open to bribes, etc.)
Het bleek lastig om corrupte topambtenaren uit het bestuursapparaat te verwijderen.
It turned out to be hard to remove corrupt high-ranking officials from the civil service.
2.(textual criticism) corrupt (containing (many) errors)
De tekst is op deze plaats zo corrupt dat iedere reconstructie op zand gegrondvest is.
The text is so corrupt in this passage, that any reconstruction would be built on sand.
3.deprave, morally corrupt
De Grote Oorlog toonde hem dat de wereldorde corrupt was.
The Great War showed him that the world order was corrupt.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin corruptus or from Middle French corrupt.
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
editcorrupt m (feminine singular corrupte, masculine plural corrupts, feminine plural corruptes)
1.corrupt (impure; not in its original form)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin corruptus.
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Commerce
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editCommerce
1.A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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commerce
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑm.ɚs/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium.
[Further reading]
edit
1. ^ a. 1769, Edmond Hoyle, Hoyle's Games
- commerce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- commerce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Noun]
editcommerce (countable and uncountable, plural commerces)
1.(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
2.Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
3.1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Bunyan, John”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
4.1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
Suppose we held our converse not in words, but in music; those who have a bad ear would find themselves cut off from all near commerce, and no better than foreigners in this big world.
5.(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
6.1648, Walter Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies
these perillous commerces of our love
7.An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.[1]
[Synonyms]
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- trade, traffic, dealings, intercourse, interchange, communion, communication
- See also Thesaurus:copulation
[Verb]
editcommerce (third-person singular simple present commerces, present participle commercing, simple past and past participle commerced)
1.(intransitive, archaic) To carry on trade; to traffic.
2.1599 (first performance; published 1600), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man out of His Humour. A Comicall Satyre. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Beware you commerce not with bankrupts.
3.(intransitive, archaic) To hold conversation; to communicate.
4.1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Walking to the Mail”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1008064829, page 48:
No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]
5.1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
Musicians […] taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ.mɛʁs/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French commerce, borrowed from Latin commercium (“commerce, trade”), from com- (“together”) + merx (“good, wares, merchandise”); see merchant, mercenary.
[Further reading]
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- “commerce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editcommerce m (plural commerces)
1.commerce, trade
2.store, shop, trader
[[Louisiana Creole French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French commerce (“commerce”).
[Noun]
editcommerce
1.business, commerce
[References]
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- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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padding
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpædɪŋ/[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:paddingWikipedia padding (countable and uncountable, plural paddings)
1.Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
2.(computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
3.(military, cryptography) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length[1].
4.Anything of little value used to fill up space.
That magazine is mostly advertisements; the rest is padding.
5.(obsolete) Robbing on a highway.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).
[Verb]
editpadding
1.present participle of pad
[[Dupaningan Agta]]
[Noun]
editpaddíng
1.wall
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wage
[[English]]
ipa :/weɪd͡ʒ/[Anagrams]
edit
- waeg
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English wagen (“to pledge”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wagier, a northern variant of Old French guagier (whence modern French gager), itself either from guage or from a derivative of Frankish *waddī, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *wadiō from *wadium.
[References]
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1. ^ 1859, Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionary
- wage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
editwage
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of wagen
[[German]]
[Verb]
editwage
1.inflection of wagen:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu.
[Further reading]
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- “waghe (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wage (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
[Noun]
editwâge f
1.weight
2.a certain weight, of which the exact value varied
3.weighing scale
4.weighhouse
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈwaːdʒ(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Northern French wage, from Frankish *wadi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Doublet of gage and wed.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Old French]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse vágr.
[Etymology 2]
editsee gage
[[Proto-Norse]]
[Romanization]
editwāgē
1.Romanization of ᚹᚨᚷᛖ
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shoot up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Pushtoo, outshop, upshoot
[See also]
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- shoot-'em-up
- shoot-em-up
- shoot-up
[Verb]
editshoot up (third-person singular simple present shoots up, present participle shooting up, simple past and past participle shot up)
1.(intransitive, sometimes figuratively) To grow taller or larger rapidly.
Our operating costs have shot up due to the fuel shortage.
He was a small child, but shot up when he reached his teenage years.
2.(transitive) To fire many bullets at.
3.1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […] .”
4.(intransitive, transitive) To inject (a drug) intravenously.
5.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, up.
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shoot
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃuːt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Hoots, Htoos, Sotho, hoots, sooth, toosh
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English shoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, from *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”).CognatesCognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian چست (čost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.
[Etymology 2]
editMinced oath for shit.
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “shoot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editshoot m (plural shoots)
1.shot (in sports)
2.shoot 'em up
3.shot (of drugs)
4.photoshoot
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foldable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfoldable (comparative more foldable, superlative most foldable)
1.That can be folded.
[Etymology]
edit Foldable smartphonesfold + -able
[Noun]
editfoldable (plural foldables)
1.Something that can be folded.
2.2000, Canoe & Kayak Magazine (volume 28, issues 2-6, page 95)
This should speed up assembly, although many traditionally assembled foldables can be put together in 20 minutes or less; they can be knocked down faster.
3.2015, Cathy Vatterott, Rethinking Grading (page 50)
Then on the right side of the page, students glue their class notes, often taken as foldables. The foldables serve as interactive graphic organizers and allow students to create flaps that reveal their notes about a specific topic.
[See also]
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- flexible
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weigh in
[[English]]
[Verb]
editweigh in (third-person singular simple present weighs in, present participle weighing in, simple past and past participle weighed in)
1.(intransitive with an indication of weight) To undergo a weigh-in.
Two days before the fight, the boxers weigh in with reporters watching.
His trailer weighed in lighter than it should have. He might have a leak.
2.(transitive) To subject to a weigh-in.
They had to weigh him in at the loading dock.
They weighed every third truck in to check for overweight violations.
3.(intransitive, with "at") To weigh.
He weighs in at upwards of 250 pounds.
4.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Very Light Rail demonstrator offers reopening hopes”, in RAIL, number 942, page 18:
Weighing in at just 24.8 tonnes and with seating for up to 56 passengers, the demonstrator vehicle has a mass that is an estimated 40% lower than a single-car self-powered heavy rail vehicle of a similar capacity, such as a Class 153.
5.(intransitive, idiomatic) To bring in one's weight, metaphorically speaking, to bear on an issue; frequently construed with on or with.
Everyone wanted to weigh in on what kind of car he should buy.
Everyone spoke freely, until the boss weighed in.
6.1990, Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, HarperCollins (2003), →ISBN, page 322:
Having more or less approved Drexel [Burnham Lambert]'s selection earlier, he [Peter Cohen, CEO of Shearson] now weighed in with what seemed a halfhearted endorsement of [Thomas] Strauss's [CEO of Salomon Brothers] stance.
7.2013, Mike Myatt, "8 Tips For Leading Those Who Don’t Want to Follow", Forbes On-line Blogs, Jan. 7 2013, [1]:
It is absolutely essential to understand other’s motivations prior to weighing in.
8.2022 May 17, Tiffany Hsu, “All Those Celebrities Pushing Crypto Are Not So Vocal Now”, in The New York Times[2], ISSN 0362-4331:
Matt Damon, who compared the advent of virtual money to the development of aviation and spaceflight in a critically panned but widely seen Crypto.com ad last year, did not respond to requests to weigh in.
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weigh-in
[[English]]
[Noun]
editweigh-in (plural weigh-ins)
1.The process of determining a competitor's body weight prior to an event, especially to ensure it is within the weight restrictions.
2.2005, USA Today - NYRA suspends two amid jockey-weight investigation
law enforcement sources said authorities were seeking information about jockey weigh-ins at the three tracks and whether the weights of jockeys were being accurately reported.
3.2007, FOX News - Ark. May Drop Schoolchildren Weigh-Ins
Gov. Mike Beebe said the school weigh-ins and report cards had "a lot of negative, unintended consequences" and hurt some children's self-esteem.
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invincible
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈvɪns.ɪ.bəl/[Adjective]
editinvincible (not comparable)
1.Impossible to defeat, destroy or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
Synonyms: unconquerable, undefeatable
Antonyms: conquerable, defeatable, vincible, weak
2.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
You know our armie is inuincible:
As many circumcized Turkes we haue,
And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed,
As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea
Small drops of water, […]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).
[Further reading]
edit
- invincible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- invincible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- invincible at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editinvincible (plural invincibles)
1.Someone or something that cannot be defeated, destroyed or killed.
Antonym: vincible
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃.vɛ̃.sibl/[Adjective]
editinvincible (plural invincibles)
1.invincible
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “invincible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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bellwether
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɛlwɛðə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- bell-wether, bellweather
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English belwether, belleweder, equivalent to bell + wether (“castrated ram”).
[Further reading]
edit
- bellwether on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editbellwether (plural bellwethers)
1.The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.
2.1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., chapter XXXI, in Elsie Venner:
Several old ladies forthwith proclaimed their intention of following him; but, as one or two of them were deaf, and another had been threatened with an attack of that mild, but obstinate complaint, dementia senilis, many thought it was not so much the force of his arguments as a kind of tendency to jump as the bellwether jumps, well known in flocks not included in the Christian fold.
3.(figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.
Synonyms: gauge, indicator, sign
4.1919, Charles Fort, chapter 12, in The Book of the Damned:
I suspect that, after all, […] —that all this has been known, perhaps for ages, to certain ones upon this earth, a cult or order, members of which function like bellwethers to the rest of us, or as superior slaves or overseers, directing us in accordance with instructions received—from Somewhere else—in our mysterious usefulness.
5.2017 February 1, Stephen Buranyi, “The high-tech war on science fraud”, in The Guardian[1]:
In December, after everyone had weighed in, Nature, a bellwether of mainstream scientific thought for more than a century, cautiously supported a future of automated scientific scrutiny in an editorial that addressed the Statcheck controversy without explicitly naming it.
6.2022 May 16, Philip Oltermann, “German state elections show populism in decline on left and right”, in The Guardian[2]:
A bellwether election in Germany’s most populous state has shown a further eroding of support for populist parties on the far ends of the political spectrum, thrown up questions over the pulling power of the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and entrenched the growing authority of the Greens.
1.(finance, figuratively) A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.
2.2009, Joe Duarte, Market Timing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 120:
One of my favorite sentiment indicators is bellwether stocks — key stocks that are leaders in their fields. When investors buy or sell these shares, it's usually a good sign of confidence or the lack of it in that sector of the market and sometimes even the economy.
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whiplash
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɪp.ˌlæʃ/[Etymology]
editwhip + lash
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:whiplashWikipedia whiplash (plural whiplashes)
1.The lash of a whip.
2.An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
Synonyms: whiplash injury, whiplash-associated disorder
3.(figuratively) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
4.2014, Lisa Damour, “The Emotional Whiplash of Parenting a Teenager”, in Motherlode: Adventures In Parenting[1]:
Some parents, feeling too hurt by the push-off or taking their teenager’s rejections too personally, choose to make themselves unavailable. In some ways it does feel better to avoid episodes of emotional whiplash.
5.2021, Sheryl Gay Stolberg; Michael D. Shear, “Americans Suffer Pandemic Whiplash as Leaders Struggle With Changing Virus”, in The New York Times[2]:
A week of public health reversals from the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has left Americans with pandemic whiplash, sowing confusion about coronavirus vaccines and mask-wearing as the Delta variant upends what people thought they knew about how to stay safe.
[Verb]
editwhiplash (third-person singular simple present whiplashes, present participle whiplashing, simple past and past participle whiplashed)
1.To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
2.2008, December 23, “Nicholas Confessore”, in Resistance to Kennedy Grows among Democrats[3]:
[…] Ms. Kennedy has been whiplashed by assertions that she is at once protected and presumptuous.
3.To lash as if with a whip.
4.1990, V.C. Andrews, My Sweet Audrina[4], →ISBN, page 98:
After a while, he let go of my hand in order to protect his own face from being whiplashed by the low branches.
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collide
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈlaɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- Cedillo, codille, collied
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin collidere (“to strike or clash together”), from com- (“together”) + laedere (“to strike, dash against, hurt”); see lesion.
[Synonyms]
edit
- clash
[Verb]
editcollide (third-person singular simple present collides, present participle colliding, simple past and past participle collided)
1.(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
2.1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe (1869), page 14
Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate.
3.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Chapman and Hall Limited, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book or page number):
No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding.
4.2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport[1]:
And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley.
5.(intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
China collided with the modern world.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/kolˈli.de/[Anagrams]
edit
- decolli
[Verb]
editcollide
1.third-person singular present indicative of collidere
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editcollīde
1.second-person singular present active imperative of collīdō
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calamity
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈlæmɪti/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).
[Noun]
editcalamity (plural calamities)
1.An event resulting in great loss.
2.c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii], page 67, column 2:
Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.
3.1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 1, page 15:
Yet, at that moment, she felt as if the acquisition of these gems were a calamity. Their possession involved separation from her uncle, from every relic of home affections, and from all that yet lingered with her of her childhood.
4.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], OCLC 1042815524, part I, page 199:
And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures. A calamity had come to it, sure enough.
5.The distress that results from some disaster.
6.2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:disaster
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[[English]]
ipa :/kɹɛd.ə.ˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis.
[Noun]
editcredibility (countable and uncountable, plural credibilities)
1.Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.
2.2022 January 26, “Network News: DfT awaits verdict on COVID 'partygate' scandal”, in RAIL, number 949, page 6:
The 'partygate' controversy has played a major part in undermining the credibility of Boris Johnson and his Government and has led to calls from senior MPs for him to resign.
3.(law) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.
[Synonyms]
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- (reputation impacting one's ability to be believed): believability, personal capital
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mighty
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmaɪti/[Adjective]
editmighty (comparative mightier, superlative mightiest)
1.Very strong; possessing might.
He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 9:4:
Wise in heart, and mighty in strength.
3.Very heavy and powerful.
Thor swung his mighty hammer.
He gave the ball a mighty hit.
4.(colloquial) Very large; hefty.
5.1809, Washington Irving, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker
Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […]
6.Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
7.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 11:20:
His mighty works
8.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 637–638, page 42:
Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies.
9.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227:
Mighty was their fuss about little matters.
10.(informal) Excellent, extremely good.
Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.
She's a mighty cook.
[Adverb]
editmighty (not comparable)
1.(colloquial, dialect) Very; to a high degree.
You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.
Pork chops boiled with turnip greens makes a mighty fine meal.
2.1665 June 7 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys; Mynors Bright, transcriber, “May 28th, 1665 (Lord’s Day)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume IV, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1894, OCLC 1016700617:
The lady is not heard of, and the King mighty angry and the Lord sent to the Tower.
3.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82:
'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.
4.1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
"You see, between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a mighty serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank on."
5.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
I was mighty glad that our entrance into the interior of Caprona had been inside a submarine rather than in any other form of vessel. I could readily understand how it might have been that Caprona had been invaded in the past by venturesome navigators without word of it ever reaching the outside world, for I can assure you that only by submarine could man pass up that great sluggish river, alive.
6.1964, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Motorpsycho Nitemare”:
I pounded on a farmhouse / Lookin' for a place to stay / I was mighty, mighty tired / I had come a long, long way
7.1979, “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”, performed by Sylvester:
And I know my love, it's about that time / Make me feel, mighty real
[Alternative forms]
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- mightie (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y.Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.
[Noun]
editmighty (plural mighties)
1.(obsolete, rare) A warrior of great strength and courage.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Chronicles 11:12:
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
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[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɒbəˈbɪlɪti/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French probabilité, from Latin probābilitās (“probability, credibility”), from probābilis (“probable, credible”).
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:probabilityWikipedia Wikibooks has more about this subject:ProbabilityWikibooks probability (plural probabilities)
1.The state of being probable; likelihood.
2.1610, William Camden, “Scoti”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, OCLC 1166778000, page 119:
For, a man may with as great probability derive the Scots pedigree from the Gods, as from Scota that ſuppoſed and counterfeit daughter of the Ægyptian King Pharao, wedded (forſooth) unto Gaithelus, the ſonne of Cecrops founder of Athens. But, as this conceit ariſing from the unskilfulneſſe of Antiquitie, is of the better ſort of ingenuous Scots rejected: […]
3.1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici: Or, A Layman’s Faith, London: H. Hills, published 1710, page 21:
Thus, firſt Traditions were a proof alone; / Cou’d we be certain ſuch they were ſo known: / But ſince ſome Flaws in long deſcent may be, / They make not Truth but Probability.
4.1690, John Locke, “Of Probability”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, 3rd edition, London: Awnsham and John Churchil, published 1695, book IV, page 376:
As Demonſtration is the ſhewing the agreement, or diſagreement of two Ideas, by the intervention of one or more Proofs, which have a conſtant, immutable, and viſible connexion one with another : ſo Probability is nothing but the appearance of ſuch an agreement, or diſagreement, by the intervention of Proofs, whoſe connexion is not conſtant and immutable, or at leaſt is not perceived to be ſo, but is, or appears for the moſt part to be ſo, and is enough to induce the Mind to judge the Propoſition to be true, or falſe, rather than the contrary.
5.An event that is likely to occur.
6.1625, Capt. John Smith, The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations, volume I, Richmond: William W. Gray, published 1819, book II, page 115:
These waters wash from the rocks such glistering tinctures, that the ground in some places seemeth as guilded, that better iudgements then ours might haue been perswaded, they contained more then probabilities.
7.1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 1, page 274:
As all experience shows, the probabilities are, that you will waste the rich treasure of your affection on one who has none to give in return, or who is wholly unworthy of the gift.
8.The relative likelihood of an event happening.
9.(mathematics) A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.
The probability of an event A occurring is denoted P(A).
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pancreatic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpancreatic (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to the pancreas
[[Interlingua]]
[Adjective]
editpancreatic (not comparable)
1.pancreatic
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editpancreatic m or n (feminine singular pancreatică, masculine plural pancreatici, feminine and neuter plural pancreatice)
1.pancreatic
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pancreaticus or French pancréatique or Italian pancreatico.
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pancreatic cancer
[[English]]
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:pancreatic cancerWikipedia pancreatic cancer (countable and uncountable, plural pancreatic cancers)
1.(pathology) A malignant neoplasm of the pancreas.
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kvetch
[[English]]
ipa :/kvɛt͡ʃ/[Alternative forms]
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- kvitch
[Etymology]
editFrom Yiddish קוועטשן (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).
[Noun]
editkvetch (plural kvetches)
1.A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
Synonyms: kvetcher, whiner
2.An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.
[Verb]
editkvetch (third-person singular simple present kvetches, present participle kvetching, simple past and past participle kvetched)
1.To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
2.1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint:
Is this truth I’m delivering up, or is it just plain kvetching? Or is kvetching for people like me a form of truth?
3.2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil:
Make a commitment, Charlie. Go with life or go with death, but quit the kvetching. Don’t keep us all in suspense.
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major
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmeɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/[Adjective]
editmajor (comparative more major, superlative most major)
1.(attributive):
1.Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
2.2013 June 13, Karen McVeigh, “US supreme court rules human genes cannot be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly[1], volume 189, number 2, page 10:
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
3.Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
the major part of the assembly
Synonym: main
4.Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
Synonym: considerable
5.Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
to earn some major cash
6.(medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
to suffer from a major illnessOf full legal age, having attained majority.
major children(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.(music):
1.(of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
major scale
2.(of an interval) Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval.
major third
1.Having a major third above the root.
major triad(postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.(campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.(UK, dated) Indicating the elder of two brothers, appended to a surname in public schools.(logic)
1.(of a term) Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
2.(of a premise) Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism.
[Alternative forms]
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- majour (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- Jarmo, joram
[Antonyms]
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- minor
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ-yes- (“greater”), comparative of *maǵ-, *meǵ- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.
[Noun]
editmajor (plural majors)
1.(military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
He used to be a major in the army.
1.An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
Meronyms: drum major, trumpet majorA person of legal age.
Antonym: minor(music):
1.Ellipsis of major key..
2.Ellipsis of major interval..
3.Ellipsis of major scale..
4.(campanology) A system of change-ringing using eight bells.A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
- 1997, Dominic Pride, “U.S. success caps global impact of XL's prodigy”, in Billboard[2], volume 109, number 30, page 86:
At the end of last year, the band re-signed to XL for another three albums, despite being chased by majors that included Island, says manager Mike Champion of Midi Management.(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.
Synonym: (UK) course
1.A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
She is a math major.(logic):
1.Ellipsis of major term..
2.Ellipsis of major premise..(bridge) Ellipsis of major suit..(Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.(Australian rules football) A goal.(British slang, dated) An elder brother (especially at a public school).(entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.(obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.
[References]
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- “major”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “major”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary
[Verb]
editmajor (third-person singular simple present majors, present participle majoring, simple past and past participle majored)
1.(intransitive) Used in a phrasal verb: major in.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/məˈʒo/[Adjective]
editmajor (masculine and feminine plural majors)
1.larger (superlative: el major / la major—largest)
2.older (superlative: el major / la major—oldest)
3.main, principal
4.(music) major
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin maior.
[Further reading]
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- “major” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “major”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “major” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “major” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editmajor m (plural majors)
1.(military) majoreditmajor m or f (plural majors)
1.of age, adult
[[Czech]]
[Further reading]
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- major in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- major in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editmajor m
1.major (military)
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Major, from Spanish, from Latin maior.
[Noun]
editmajor (genitive majori, partitive majorit)
1.major (rank)
[[French]]
ipa :/ma.ʒɔʁ/[Etymology]
editUltimately from Latin maior. Doublet of maire and majeur.
- (France): French military authorities created in 1972 the rank of major (non-commissioned officer), which can easily be confused with the rank of major (officer) used in many countries, creating problems when communicating with allied forces.
- (Canada): English major. From the British traditional army military rank structure.
[Further reading]
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- “major”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editmajor m (plural majors)
1.(military, France) major, the upper rank of French non-commissioned officers
2.(military, Canada) major, the commissioned field officer rank
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈmɒjor][Etymology]
editFrom Bavarian [Term?], compare Middle High German meier, Old High German meior, meiū̌r, standard German Meier (“administrator or leaseholder of a manor”); ultimately from Latin maior (“greater; leader”). The semantic shift from the person to the place is unclear; either via their identification, or by a clipping of a derivation like majorság, majorház, majorszoba.[1] The German equivalent terms for the place are Meierhof and Meierei (“feudal manor”).
[Further reading]
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- (farm): major 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
- ([archaic] major [military rank]): major , redirecting to its synonym őrnagy 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]
editmajor (plural majorok)
1.farm
[References]
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1. ^ Benkő, Loránd, ed. A magyar nyelv történeti-etimológiai szótára I–IV. (“The Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Budapest: Akadémiai, 1967–1984. →ISBN. Vol. 1: A–Gy (1967), vol. 2: H–O (1970), vol. 3: Ö–Zs (1976), vol. 4: index (1984).
[[Interlingua]]
ipa :/maˈʒor/[Adjective]
editmajor (not comparable)
1.(comparative degree of grande) bigger
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈmai̯.i̯or/[Adjective]
editmajor (neuter majus, positive magnus); third declension
1.Alternative spelling of maior.
[References]
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- “major”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- major in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈma.jɔr/[Further reading]
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- major in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- major in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editmajor m pers (abbreviation mjr)
1.major (military rank)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/maˈʒoʁ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin maior. Doublet of maior.
[Noun]
editmajor m (plural majores)
1.(military) major (military rank)
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editmajor m or n (feminine singular majoră, masculine plural majori, feminine and neuter plural majore)
1.major (significant)
[Etymology]
editFrom French majeur, from Latin maior. Doublet of maior and possibly mare.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/mǎjoːr/[Etymology]
editFrom German Major, from Latin māior.
[Noun]
editmàjōr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀јо̄р)
1.(military, Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian) major (rank)
[Synonyms]
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- (Serbo-Croatian): bojnik
- tisućnik
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editmajor c
1.a major[1]
2.a Squadron Leader[1] (in the British Royal Air Force)
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
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unwound
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈwɑʊnd/[Verb]
editunwound
1.simple past tense and past participle of unwind
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Unwin
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editPatronymic surname, from the Old English personal name Hunwine, composed of the elements hun (“bear cub”) + wine (“friend”).
[Further reading]
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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Unwin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
[Proper noun]
editUnwin (plural Unwins)
1.A surname from Old English.
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Corder
[Proper noun]
editRecord (plural Records)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Record is the 9262nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3515 individuals. Record is most common among White (86.26%) individuals.
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illegitimate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/[Adjective]
editillegitimate (comparative more illegitimate, superlative most illegitimate)
1.Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
Synonym: invalid
Antonym: valid
2.1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter 2, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman[1]:
[…] it may be impossible to convince them that the illegitimate power which they obtain, by degrading themselves, is a curse […]
3.1927, J. B. S. Haldane, “Possible Worlds” in Possible Worlds and Other Essays, London: Chatto and Windus,[2]
The so-called interstellar space […] has not the properties of ordinary space. It will not conduct sound, nor can a human being move through it. It is therefore illegitimate to measure it in miles.
4.2009, J. M. Coetzee, Summertime, New York: Viking, “Martin,” p. 209,[3]
Our attitude was that, to put it briefly, our presence there [in South Africa] was legal but illegitimate. We had an abstract right to be there, a birthright, but the basis of that right was fraudulent. Our presence was grounded in a crime, namely colonial conquest, perpetuated by apartheid.
5.Not in accordance with the law.
Synonyms: illegal, illicit, unlawful
Antonym: legal
6.1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, New York: John Lane, Chapter 54, p. 475,[4]
[…] if things went on at this rate it would be doubtful soon whether ever again he would be able to win another election by methods legitimate or illegitimate.
7.Not sanctioned by marriage.
8.1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 1, Chapter 8, p. 317,[5]
If we credit the scandal of the former [i.e. his enemies], Artaxerxes sprang from the illegitimate commerce of a tanner’s wife with a common soldier.
9.1916, Abraham Brill (translator), Leonardo da Vinci: A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence, New York: Moffat, Yard, Chapter 6, p. 118,[6]
His illegitimate birth deprived him of the influence of a father until perhaps his fifth year […]
1.Born to unmarried parents.
Synonyms: natural; see also Thesaurus:illegitimate
an illegitimate child
2.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene vii]:
I am a bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard in valour, in every thing illegitimate.
3.1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 51, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 558204586:
‘This child,’ said Mr. Brownlow, drawing Oliver to him, and laying his hand upon his head, ‘is your half-brother; the illegitimate son of your father […] ’
4.(dated) Having a child or children with a person to whom one is not married.
5.1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 27, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 775411:
She had only to collect her memories, which proved to her that “anybody” regarded the illegitimate children as more rightfully to be looked shy on and deprived of social advantages than illegitimate fathers.
6.1935, Carolyn Wells, The Beautiful Derelict, New York: Triangle Books, Chapter 13, p. 222,[7]
I heard last night that a what-do-you-call it?—claimant?—has arrived who says Pat Wayne is his illegitimate father.Not correctly deduced.
Synonyms: illogical, invalid
Antonyms: logical, valid
an illegitimate inference
- 1658, Kenelm Digby, A Late Discourse […] Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy, London: R. Lownes and T. Davies, p. 75,[8]
[…] in natural things we must have recourse […] to experience. And all reasoning that is not supported so, ought to be repudiated, or at least suspected to be illegitimate.
- 1734, George Berkeley, The Analyst, London: J. Tonson, Section 27, pp. 44-45,[9]
[…] it is illegitimate to reduce an Equation, by subducting from one Side a Quantity when it is not to be destroyed, or when an equal Quantity is not subducted from the other Side of the Equation:Not authorized by good usage; not genuine.
Synonym: spurious
an illegitimate word(botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
illegitimate union; illegitimate fertilization
- 1877, Charles Darwin, The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species, Chapter 1,[10]
[…] the legitimate unions between the two forms of the above nine species of Primula are much more fertile than the illegitimate unions; although in the latter case pollen was always taken from a distinct plant of the same form.
[Antonyms]
edit
- legitimate
[Etymology]
editBased on Latin illegitimus; equivalent to il- + legitimate.
[Noun]
editillegitimate (plural illegitimates)
1.A person born to unmarried parents.
Synonyms: natural child, lovechild, bastard
2.1966, Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea, New York: Norton, Part 2, p. 96,[11]
Her father and mine was a shameless man and of all his illegitimates I am the most unfortunate and poverty stricken.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:illegitimate
[Verb]
editillegitimate (third-person singular simple present illegitimates, present participle illegitimating, simple past and past participle illegitimated)
1.(transitive) To make illegitimate.
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[[English]]
ipa :/əˈsɛs/[Anagrams]
edit
- Sessas, sasses
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”). Cognate with Spanish asentar (“to settle”).
[Verb]
editassess (third-person singular simple present assesses, present participle assessing, simple past and past participle assessed)
1.(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate
He assessed the situation.
2.(transitive) To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.
The referee assessed a penalty for delaying the game.
A $10.00 late fee will be assessed on all overdue accounts.
3.(transitive) To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.
Once you've submitted a tax return, the Tax Department will assess the amount of tax you still owe.
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[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
editcou
1.third-person singular present indicative form of coure
2.second-person singular imperative form of coure
[[French]]
ipa :/ku/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin collum. Doublet of col. Cognate with Italian collo, Portuguese colo, Spanish cuello.
[Further reading]
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- “cou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editcou m (plural cous)
1.neck
Il a un cou assez long. ― He has a rather long neck.
[[K'iche']]
[Adjective]
editcou
1.(Classical K'iche') strong
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
editcou
1.Nonstandard spelling of cǒu.
2.Nonstandard spelling of còu.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/kuː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kū, in turn from Proto-Germanic *kūz; this comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.Cognates include Middle Dutch koe, Middle French bœuf, Sanskrit गो (go), and Persian گاو (gâv).
[Noun]
editcou (plural kyne or kie)
1.A cow (female bovine)
[[Ternate]]
ipa :/ˈt͡ʃoː.u/[References]
edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh (as coou)
[Verb]
editcou
1.(transitive) to serve
[[Xerénte]]
[Noun]
editcou
1.Alternative form of kə (“water”)
[References]
edit
- Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English coude, from Old English cūþe.
[References]
edit
- 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 32
[Verb]
editcou
1.could
2.1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
Aamezil cou no stoane.
Themselves could not stand.
[[Zhuang]]
ipa :/ɕou˨˦/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Chinese 秋 (MC t͡sʰɨu).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Chinese 周 (MC t͡ɕɨu).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Chinese 抽 (MC ʈʰɨu).
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Cureton, Cutrone, cornute, countre, recount, trounce
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Anglo-Norman countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/kʰäːn[Etymology 1]
editFrom English counter. (tabletop)
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English counter. (to take action in response to; to respond)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈkɑu̯n.tər/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English counter.
[Noun]
editcounter m (plural counters)
1.(chiefly sports, especially soccer) counter-attack, counter
Het thuisteam scoorde vanuit de counter.
The home team scored during a counter-attack.
Synonym: tegenaanval
[[Old French]]
[Verb]
editcounter
1.Late Anglo-Norman spelling of conter
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[[Breton]]
ipa :/ˈhe.ʁe/[Etymology]
editCognate to Welsh Hydref (“October”), hydref (“autumn”).
[Proper noun]
editHere m
1.October
[[Saterland Frisian]]
ipa :/ˈheːrə/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Frisian hēra. Cognates include German Herr and Dutch heer.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[References]
edit
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Here”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Here”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- fallrate
[Prepositional phrase]
editafter all
1.(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
After all, they never come home for Christmas.
Of course he won't give you credit. After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin.
2.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Pride and Prejudice, volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585, page 53:
“What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all.—I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished societies.”
3.1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 705-706:
After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.
4.8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe
I’d prefer to keep things straightforward and stick in the lovely, tasty yolks, too. After all, there’s no such thing as too rich when it comes to brownies.
5.(idiomatic) in the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.
They won't be coming home for Christmas after all.
6.1873–1884, Samuel Butler, chapter XL, in The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, page 175:
Then the idea returned to her that, after all, her son might not be innocent in the Ellen matter—and this was so interesting that she felt bound to get as near the truth as she could.
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- smithite
[Noun]
editthis time
1.
2.On or near the same date (in the past or in the future).
this time last year
this time next week
3.
4. On this occasion (as opposed to last time or next time).
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[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Proper noun]
editTime
1.A municipality of Rogaland, Norway
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Proper noun]
editTime
1.A municipality of Rogaland, Norway
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[[English]]
ipa :/stʌf/[Anagrams]
edit
- Tuffs, tuffs
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), borrowed from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.
[Noun]
editstuff (usually uncountable, plural stuffs)
1.(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor? He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
2.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, OCLC 20230794, page 01:
The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
1.(obsolete, uncountable) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
2.1611, Bible, 1 Samuel 25:13, KJV:
and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
3.1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI:
He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff.(informal) Unspecified things or matters.
I had to do some stuff.The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
Synonyms: matter, ingredients, constituents; see also Thesaurus:substance
- 1697, John Davies, A Poem on the Immortality of the Soul:
The workman on his stuff his skill doth show, / And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill.
- 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8847:
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
- 1887, Indian Cookery "Local" for Young Housekeepers: Second Edition (page 67)
Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […]
1.(archaic) A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
2.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, page 51:
Without waiting for a reply, she unbound the veil from her head, and took off the loose black novice's robe, which she had put over a gray stuff dress similar to that worn by Lucy.
3.1857, The National Magazine, volumes 10-11, page 350:
"And you can buy a dress for your wife off this piece of stuff," said Lisetta, who had always an eye to business.
4.1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007:
She was going out to buy some lengths of good woollen stuff for Louise's winter dresses.
5.(archaic) Boards used for building.
6.Abstract/figurative substance or character.
7.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii], line 91–94:
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff
8.c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4, scene 1, 156–157::
We are such stuff / As dreams are made on
9.Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff[1].(informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
Synonyms: doodad, thingamabob; see also Thesaurus:thingy
Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. […] You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”(slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
Synonyms: dope, gear; see also Thesaurus:recreational drug
- 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 11 March:
For some idiotic reason the bureaucrats are more opposed to tea than to stuff.
- 1975, Mary Sanches, Ben G. Blount, Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use, page 47:
For example, one addict would crack shorts (break and enter cars) and usually obtain just enough stolen goods to buy stuff and get off just before getting sick.(obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene v], page 397, column 1:
I […] did compound for her / A certaine ſtuffe, which being tane, would ceaſe / The preſent powre of life […] .(sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
Synonyms: garbage, rubbish, nonsense, stuff and nonsense; see also Thesaurus:trash, Thesaurus:nonsense
Don't give me any of that 'what-about' stuff!
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 80026745:
Anger would indite / Such woeful stuff as I or Shadwell write.
- 1874, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark:
But the Butcher turned nervous, and dressed himself fine, / With yellow kid gloves and a ruff— / Said he felt it exactly like going to dine, / Which the Bellman declared was all "stuff."
- 1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine[2]:
Oh, stuff, Julia! I've given up chasing after will-o'-the-wisps like that.(nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- 1785, Pamphlets on British Shipping. 1785-1861, page 36:
The master, at my earnest solicitation, examined his vessel, and though he prefers the coal tar, yet he told me, there were shells sticking on, and that a very thin coat of stuff, if any, remained.
- 1822, William Annesley, A New System of Naval Architecture, page 31:
On the last transverse planking, after: caulking and paying, he has laid on a coat of stuff, so hard when cold aš to resist a firm touch, and applied plain paper, then took heated band irons (such as women use) , and passed the iron from the centre of the sheet to the extremities, thus heating the stuff to make it adhere, pressing out the air, and laying it all flat and united with the course.
- 2012, Thomas Williams, American Honor: The Story of Admiral Charles Stewart, page 561:
While the ships were placed in ordinary “a thick coat of stuff” was applied to the hulls, and their awnings might be spread or sheds erected to provide some protection from sun and weather.(slang, criminal argot, dated) Money.
[References]
edit
1. ^ 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
- stuff at OneLook Dictionary Search
- stuff in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Synonyms]
edit
- (Placeholder name) See Thesaurus:thingy
[Verb]
editstuff (third-person singular simple present stuffs, present participle stuffing, simple past and past participle stuffed)
1.(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
2.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 80026745:
Lest the gods, for sin, / Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.
3.(transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
4.1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
Put them [roses] into a […] glass, with narrow mouths, stuffing them close together […] and [they] retain […] smell […] [and] colour.
5.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.
6.2004, Orson Scott Card, The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Book Six, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 241:
It's our life you're taking, you're making us poor, you have no right, these slaves are ours, until Marie wanted to fill their mouths with cotton, all the cotton that had ever been picked by their slaves, just stuff it down their mouths until they were as fat and soft as the huge pillows they slept on while their slaves slept on hard boards and straw in filthy rat-infested cabins.
7.2007, Iceland Review, H.J. Hamar, page 227:
You can't just stuff it in a vault somewhere and cross your fingers.
8.2011, Shirley G. East, The Dream Hunters Epoch: The Paleo Indians Series, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 528:
“I will sort this stuff out and repack it.” “No time! Just stuff it inside baskets and shove them to the back. We can sort through it all later.”
9.(transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
10.(transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
11.(transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
12.(takes a reflexive pronoun) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
Synonyms: fill one's face, feed one's face, stuff one's face
She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
13.(transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
14.(transitive, vulgar, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
Synonyms: fuck, root, screw
His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid.
15.(transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like.
16.2009, Matthew Hall, The Coroner, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 218:
Jenny nodded in sympathy, spotting Ali's new iPod speakers sitting on top of the TV. Simone smiled and coughed. 'He forgot to take them with him. He can stuff it, it was my money.'
17.2009, Tom Holt, Here Comes The Sun, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 80:
'Well,' she said, 'you can take your job and you can stuff it, because...' She stopped dead. 'My God,' she whispered, 'I've been wanting to say that to somebody all my life, and now I actually have. Whee!' She pulled herself together, straightened her back and picked up her handbag. 'Sorry,' she said, 'but I'm through.'
18.2015, Chris Dunning, About a Village Boy: A memoir, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 91:
And it rained everyday and the seas were rough everyday and I felt ill everyday and I thought, if this is sailing you can stuff it!
19.(informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7-0 in the semi-final.
They totally stuffed us in that business deal.
20.(transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.
21.To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
22.(transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
23.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:
I'm stuffed, cousin; I cannot smell.
24.(transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
25.1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 5
An Eastern king put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the tribunal.
26.(transitive, dated) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
27.(transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
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[[English]]
ipa :/stʌft/[Adjective]
editstuffed (comparative more stuffed, superlative most stuffed)
1.Full or packed (with some material or substance).
Customs officers look closely through a stuffed suitcase.
2.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. […].
3.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 190:
In unconscious memory of this relationship of animals and innocence, children's rooms are traditionally filled with stuffed animals.
4.1997, Philippe Bonnefis, Paul Weidmann (translator), Céline: The Recall of the Birds, p.109:
Hence, perhaps, the dins Céline deafens us with, in texts more and more stuffed with onomatopoeias.
5.2008, Carn Tiernan, On the Back of the Other Side, p.2:
She didn't forget to pack anything, none of those irritating little things that wait till the last moment to pop out of hiding and make her re-open her most stuffed suitcase.
6.2009, Marsha Collier, eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, unnumbered page:
The more stuffed your hard drive, the more Blob-like it becomes.
7.2009, David Ugba, Awaken the Riches Within: Creating Extraordinary Wealth Using the Powerful Imagination of a Poet, iUniverse, p.96:
Creating a poetic or extraordinary belief is the simple act of intensifying the mood or atmosphere of your belief and making it more stuffed with the ability or power to come real.
8.(cooking) Filled with seasoning.
We're having stuffed turkey for dinner.
9.(slang) Full after eating.
Stuffed children sleep poorly.
10.2002, Sheila M. Reindl, Sensing the Self: Women′s Recovery from Bulimia, p.40:
Beth says: "I never knew when I was full 'cause I always felt like I didn't know whether I was hungry or full. My whole life I never knew when I was full or hungry unless I was really stuffed or really starving."
11.2009, Jason McCammon, The Ancient Lands: Warrior Quest: Search for the IFA Scepter, unnumbered page:
"See, huge meal." Replied Farra. / "Still stuffed." / "Yes, quite stuffed."
12.2009, Swapna Dutta, Geeta Menon (editor), Folk Tales of West Bengal, p.47:
Allhadi gave a contented yawn and said: / "I have eaten till I am really stuffed / I am full and bloated and so puffed / I am bursting, I am telling you true / I couldn't eat more if you begged me to."
13.(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.
14.2011, Nick Oud, The Hatchling and The Human, Xlibris, p.74:
'Well, you talked me into it,' said Cornelius. 'I feel really stuffed. I can tell you that for sure. So I could do with a bloody good sleep.'
15.(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
16.1998, John Marsden, The Night is for Hunting, 2001, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, unnumbered page:
If the suspension was stuffed already from hitting the concrete base of the fence—and it was—then it was really stuffed by the time we'd gone a kilometre along the railway.
17.2002, Clare de Vries, Of Cats and Kings, p.174:
But if you don't play ball in life, if you don′t go for it with a sincere 'Go, girrrrl' rugby-tackle attitude, you're really stuffed.
18.2019 March 6, Drachinifel, The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships![1], archived from the original on 4 July 2022, retrieved 10 July 2022, 36:17 from the start:
Although the 14-inch Standard that Yamato targets is stuffed, and maybe the one after that, a prolonged bombardment by a Colorado-class is not gonna do good things to anything - doesn't really matter who you are.
[Anagrams]
edit
- duffest
[Verb]
editstuffed
1.simple past tense and past participle of stuff
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[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/ʃtuf/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German stube, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubō (“room, sitting room, oven”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *extūfa, *extūfāre (“to heat with steam”), from Latin ex- + *tūfus (“hot vapor”), from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever”).[1]. Cognate with German Stube, Dutch stoof.
[Noun]
editStuff f (plural Stuffen, diminutive Stiffchen)
1.living room
[References]
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1. ^ “stove”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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[[English]]
ipa :/dɹɔː(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
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- Warder, redraw, reward, warder, warred
[Etymology 1]
editFrom draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.[1]
[Etymology 2]
editMiddle English drawer, from draw + -er (“person or thing that does the action”). Attested from the 14th century.[2]
[References]
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1. ^ drawer, n.2, Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
2. ^ drawer, n.1 Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
[See also]
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- drawers
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[[English]]
ipa :/dɹɔː/[Anagrams]
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- -ward, Ward, ward
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English drawen, draȝen, dragen (“to drag, pull, tow, tug, draw; to hoist; to withdraw; to draw or unsheathe (a weapon); to absorb; to draw (breath), breathe; to tear; to mistreat, torture; to sprinkle, spread; to prolong; to delay, put off; to bring, lead, take (someone to a place); to carry away; to place or put (something); to make a move in a game; to remove; to entice, lure; to persuade; to get, obtain; to receive; to endure, suffer; to change or turn (someone or something into another thing); to translate; to come, go, move; to travel; to extend, reach; to contract, shrink; to cling, stick; to turn to (someone) for aid or comfort; to side with; to make (a drawing); to cause or make (something); to compose or write; (cooking) to remove the entrails of (a animal); to pass through a strainer, strain; to blend or mix into a paste; to amount or come to”),[1] from Old English dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, pull”). Doublet of drag and draught.cognates
- Albanian dredh (“to turn, spin”)
- Danish drage
- Dutch dragen
- German tragen (“to carry”)
- Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, “to turn”)
- Sanskrit ध्रजस् (dhrájas, “gliding course or motion”)
- West Frisian drage
[Further reading]
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- draw at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editdraw (countable and uncountable, plural draws)
1.The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
The game ended in a draw.
2.The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
The draw is on Saturday.
3.2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC[2]:
Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.
4.Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
5.2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
After It, Clara became one of the top box-office draws in Hollywood, but her popularity was short lived.
6.The act of drawing.
the Wild West's quick-draw champion
7.(cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
8.(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
9.(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
10.
11. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
12.1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 15
The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shallow draw past the cattle corral.
13.(slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
14.2011, Yvonne Ellis, Daughter, Arise: A Journey from Devastation to Restoration (page 54)
So my friends and I would all chip in money to get a bag of weed or a draw.
15.(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
16.2017, Michael Coleman, Old Skool Rave (page 139)
Mick spoke to Simon, who was more of a drinker. He said that people who smoked draw were boring.
17.In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
18.(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
19.2007, Ryan Wiseman, Earn $30,000 Per Month Playing Online Poker: A Step-By-Step Guide to Single, page 82:
The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the raise button. This action immediately suggests that he's on a draw
20.(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
21.(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
22.Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
23.1981, Stephen King, Do the Dead Sing?
She looked in [to the stove] and a tight, dismayed gasp escaped her. She slammed the door shut and adjusted the draw with trembling fingers. For a moment—just a moment—she had seen her old friend Annabelle Frane in the coals.
[References]
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1. ^ “drauen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
[Synonyms]
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- (the result of a contest in which neither side has won): stalemate
- (dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation): wash, arroyo, wadi, dry creek
[Verb]
editdraw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn or (colloquial and nonstandard) drew)
1.To move or develop something.
1.To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
2.1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation
A flattering painter who made it his care / To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
3.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “To Mr. Howard: An Ode”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], OCLC 5634253, stanza I, page 70:
Can I untouch'd the Fair ones Paſſions move? / Or Thou draw Beauty, and not feel it's Pow'r?
4.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess[1]:
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
5.To deduce or infer.
He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
6.(intransitive, transitive, of drinks, especially tea) To steep, leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
7.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 207:
"There's your tay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall.
Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for more than two minutes before pouring.
8.(transitive) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.
to draw money from a bank
9.To take into the lungs; to inhale.
10.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
11.1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
So always look on the bright side of death / Just before you draw your terminal breath
12.(used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.
We drew back from the cliff edge.
The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line.
Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.
13.To approach, come to, or arrive at a point in time or a process.
The end of the world draws near.
14.1962 October, “The Victoria Line was only part of the plan”, in Modern Railways, page 258:
As the war drew to its end, it became evident that repairs and rebuilding in the heavily blitzed Greater London area would be so extensive as to afford opportunity for effective large-scale planning.
15.(transitive) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
16.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], OCLC 946162345:
We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history.
17.(transitive, obsolete) To withdraw.
18.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second 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 II, scene i]:
Go, wash thy face, and draw thy action.
19.(archaic) To draw up (a document).
to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange
20.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 IV, scene i]:
Clerk, draw a deed of gift.To exert or experience force.
1.(transitive) To drag, pull.
2.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
“[…] No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”
3.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, Chapter VIII
Lys shuddered, and I put my arm around her and drew her to me; and thus we sat throughout the hot night. She told me of her abduction and of the fright she had undergone, and together we thanked God that she had come through unharmed, because the great brute had dared not pause along the danger-infested way.
4.1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
5.(intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.
This horse draws well.
A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.
6.To pull out, unsheathe (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
They drew their swords and fought each other.
7.To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.
The carriage draws easily.
8.(archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.
9.(of curtains, etc.) To close.
You should draw the curtains at night.
10.(of curtains, etc.) To open.
She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.
11.(card games) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.(fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
1.To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.
draw water from a well; draw water for a bath; the wound drew blood
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, John 4:11:
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
3.1705, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves.
4.To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
5.1705, Richard Wiseman, Tumours, Gun Shot Wounds, &c.
Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can be generated.
6.(figuratively) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
7.c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
I had thought, sir, to have held my peace until
You have drawn oaths from him not to stay.
8.To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
A ship draws ten feet of water.
9.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:
Greater hulks draw deep.
10.(intransitive, medicine, dated) To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.
11.(intransitive) To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.
The chimney won't draw properly if it's clogged up with soot.
12.(analogous) To consume, for example, power.
The circuit draws three hundred watts.To change in size or shape.
1.To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.
to draw a mass of metal into wire
2.1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:
How long her face is drawn!
3.1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee
4.(intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
5.1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
water […] will shrink or draw into less roomTo attract or be attracted.
1.To attract.
The citizens were afraid the casino would draw an undesirable element to their town.
I was drawn to her.
2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
3.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
4.1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274:
[...] 1. Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.
5.To induce (a reticent person) to speak.
He refused to be drawn on the subject
6.(hunting) To search for game.
7.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p.87:
On one of my expeditions, after a stormy night, at the end of March, the hounds drew all day without finding a fox.
8.To cause.
9.2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport:
In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4.
10.(intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figuratively) to act as an inducement or enticement.
11.1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries
These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
12.1711 August 7 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “FRIDAY, July 27, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 128; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
Keep a watch upon the particular bias which nature has fixed in their minds, that it may not draw too much.(usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.
- January 19 1782, Benjamin Franklin, letter to John Jay
but I would have you draw on me for a Quarter at present which shall be paid
- 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:
He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.To disembowel.
- 1709, William King, The Art of Cookery
In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.(transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
We drew last time we played. I drew him last time I played him. I drew my last game against him.
- 1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:
The game is won when a player places any of his pieces on the same square with his opponent's Princess, or when a Chief takes a Chief. It is drawn when a Chief is taken by any opposing piece other than the opposing Chief; […]To choose by means of a random selection process.
1.To select by the drawing of lots.
The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
2.1784, Edward Augustus Freeman, An essay on parliamentary representation, and the magistracies of our boroughs royal: […]
Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn.
3.1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
In the drawing of lots, my sister drew her own room, and I drew Master B.'s.
4.(transitive) To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.
He drew a prize.
5.(poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.(curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.(cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/draːu̯/[Adverb]
editdraw
1.there, yonder, beyond
Mae'n byw ochr draw'r mynydd. ― He/She lives on the other/far side of the mountain.
Synonyms: acw, hwnt
2.over
Dere draw ar ôl y gwaith. ― Come over after work.
[Etymology]
editRelated to Breton treu, Old Breton dydreu, didreu.
[Further reading]
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- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “draw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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