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spike
[[English]]
ipa :/spaɪk/[Anagrams]
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- Pikes, Sipek, kepis, kipes, pikes
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English spike, spyke, spik [1], from Old Norse spík (“spike, sprig”), from Proto-Germanic *spīkō (“stick, splinter, point”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“to be pointed; sharp point, stick”). Cognate with Icelandic spík (“spike”), Swedish spik (“spike, nail”), Dutch spijker (“nail”), Old English spīcing (“spike”), and Latin spīca (“ear of corn”), which may have influenced some senses.
[Noun]
editspike (plural spikes)
1.A sort of very large nail.
2.A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
The trap was lined with spikes.
3.(by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
4.c. 1719, Joseph Addison, Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals:
He wears on his head the corona radiata […] ; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.
5.
6. An ear of corn or grain.
7.(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
8.(informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
9.A sharp peak in a graph.
10.A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
11.2019 April 1, Ana Swanson, “Avocado Shortages and Price Spikes: How Trump’s Border Closing Would Hit U.S.”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
If the border were shut down, consumers would most likely see an immediate spike in food prices, and supplies of fresh food could dwindle from grocery store shelves in a matter of days.
12.The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
13.A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
Synonym: spindle
14.1974, Books and Bookmen
It was all true, it appeared. He sat down and wrote it, the editor read it and said: ' We don't use stories like this in this newspaper.' So the story ended up on the spike, reinforcing the principle that wife-swapping, unlike justice, must not be seen to be done.
15.2005, David Bouchier, Writer at Work: Reflections on the Art and Business of Writing, iUniverse →ISBN
Later I was entrusted with writing the letters to the editor, because nobody else ever wrote to our paper. The editor, Eric Lewis, had a slash and burn style of editing that left its mark on me forever. Most of my stories ended up on the spike.
16.2013, Margalit Fox, Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code and the Uncovering of a Lost Civilisation, Profile Books →ISBN
Assuming that word of the death reached the Times's newsroom at all, it would have taken little more than one bleary-eyed night editor who had heard neither of Ventris nor of linear B for the obituary to have been consigned to the spike.
17.(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
18.(zoology) An adolescent male deer.
19.(slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
20.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], OCLC 2603818, page 189:
Dere's tay spikes, and cocoa spikes, and skilly spikes.
21.Spike lavender.
oil of spike
22.(music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
23.(theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
24.2020, John Ramsey Holloway, Zachary Stribling, Illustrated Theatre Production Guide (page 15)
Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play.
25.(software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
26.2017, Andrew Stellman; Jennifer Greene, Head First Agile […] [2], O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
An architectural spike is used to prove that a specific technical approach works. Teams will often do an architectural spike when they have a few different options for designing a specific technical solution, or if they don't know if a certain approach will work.
[References]
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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “spike”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Jonathon Green (2022), “spike v.2”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2022), “spike v.4”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
[Verb]
editspike (third-person singular simple present spikes, present participle spiking, simple past and past participle spiked)
1.To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
to spike down planks
2.To set or furnish with spikes.
3.To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
4.To fix on a spike.
5.1950, Cyril M. Kornbluth, “The Little Black Bag”, Astounding Science Fiction, Volume 45, Issue 4:
He spiked the story on the “dead” hook and answered his interphone.
6.1996, Christine Quigley, The Corpse: A History, McFarland, page 144:
Better known as Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), he spiked his victims on stakes arranged in geometric patterns and accorded each a high or low spear, according to his or her rank.
7.(figuratively, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
8.1981, Chris Greyvenstein, The Fighters (page 145):
Nicolaas, or Nick, as the family called him, wanted to turn professional but an ear injury, sustained during the war, spiked his plans.
9.2002, October 14, Jonathan Sale, “Edward VIII news blackout”, The Guardian:
Instead, the "Beaver" declared he would spike the story about Wallis Simpson and make sure his fellow media moguls sat on it too.
10.2010, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl[3], Hachette UK, →ISBN:
Anyway, on this day I was still struggling with how to use fewer than twenty words to sum up my day in Blackpool in a manner which would not prove too upsetting for my parents, when I learned that I'd got spiked. Again.
11.2017 October 11, Lloyd Grove, “How NBC ‘Killed’ Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Exposé”, Daily Beast:
With two such wildly contradictory versions of why and how NBC News spiked Farrow’s Weinstein story, it’s difficult to determine what objectively occurred.
12.To increase sharply.
Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.
13.2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[4]
But the bigger threat is that people in Sulawesi have been eating macaque meat for centuries. Today it goes for about two dollars a pound (an adult macaque weighs 18 to 23 pounds), and demand spikes at holidays.
14.To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
She spiked my lemonade with vodka!
15.1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bantam, published 1997, →ISBN, page 245:
I asked him what was happening, and if it was all me, and he laughed and held me very close and told me that the KoolAid had been ‘spiked’ and that I was just beginning my first LSD experience…
16.To add a small amount of one substance to another.
The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.
17.(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
Synonyms: attack, hit
18.(military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
19.1833, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XVIII, in Peter Simple. […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], published 1834, OCLC 27694940, page 299:
He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer's hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun.
20.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 235-6:
Small skirmishes also took place, and the Afghans managed to seize a pair of mule-guns and force the British to spike and abandon two other precious guns.
21.(American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
to spike the football
22.2022 September 13, Julian E. Barnes; Eric Schmitt; Helene Cooper, quoting Colin Kahl, “The Critical Moment Behind Ukraine’s Rapid Advance”, in The New York Times[5], ISSN 0362-4331:
“No one is spiking the football yet,” Mr. Kahl said.
23.(slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
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Spike
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪk[Anagrams]
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- Pikes, Sipek, kepis, kipes, pikes
[Etymology 1]
editFrom spike, variously from having spiky hair, being thin (like a railroad spike), etc.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom spike, perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin person.
[Further reading]
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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spike”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
[[German]]
[Further reading]
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- “Spike” in Duden online
[Noun]
editSpike m (strong, genitive Spikes, plural Spikes)
1.spike (nail or something similar to it)
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slow
[[English]]
ipa :/sləʊ/[Adjective]
editslow (comparative slower, superlative slowest)
1.Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
2.2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
a slow train; a slow computer
3.Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
4.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
5.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
6.Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
7.1994, Greg Daniels, “Secrets of a Successful Marriage”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 22, spoken by Carl (Hank Azaria):
Hey, don't yell at Homer, just because he's a little slow.
8.1960, Dissertation Abstracts (volume 20, page 4007)
Experienced classroom teachers are well acquainted with the attention-seeker, the shy girl, the aggressive boy, the poor concentrator, the slow student […]
9.Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
10.1999, Brian Paul Kaufman, K. Winston Caine, Prayer, Faith, and Healing: Cure Your Body, Heal Your Mind and Restore Your Soul
And even after the emotional cast comes off, we need to be slow about getting deeply involved in a relationship again
11.1611, King James Bible, Proverbs xiv 29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
12.(of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
That clock is slow.
13.Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
14.(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.
I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon.
[Adverb]
editslow (comparative slower, superlative slowest)
1.Slowly.
That clock is running slow.
I want to dance with you nice and slow
2.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], OCLC 236076664:
Let him have time to mark how slow time goes / In time of sorrow.
[Anagrams]
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- Lows, OWLs, lows, owls, sowl
[Antonyms]
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- (taking a long time to move a short distance): fast, quick, rapid, swift; see also Thesaurus:speedy
- (not happening in a short time): abrupt, sudden; see also Thesaurus:sudden
- (of reduced intellectual capacity): keen, quick, quick-witted; see also Thesaurus:intelligent
- (acting with deliberation): hasty, precipitate, prompt; see also Thesaurus:prompt
- (behind in time): accurate, fast
- (lacking spirit): brisk, lively; see also Thesaurus:active
- (not busy): hectic
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp”). Cognate with Scots slaw (“slow”), Dutch sleeuw (“blunt, dull”), Low German slee (“dull, sluggish”), German schlehe, schleh (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish sløv (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish slö (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted, slow”).
[Noun]
editslow (plural slows)
1.Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
2.(music) A slow song.
[Synonyms]
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- (taking a long time to move a short distance): deliberate; moderate; see also Thesaurus:slow
- (not happening in a short time): gradual; see also Thesaurus:gradual
- (of reduced intellectual capacity): dull-witted; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- (acting with deliberation): careful, deliberate, prudent; see also Thesaurus:cautious
- (behind in time):
- (lacking spirit): boring, dilatory, dull, inactive, tardy, slothful, sluggish; see also Thesaurus:inactive or Thesaurus:boring
- (not busy): quiet, unbusyedit
- (keep from going quickly): delay, hinder, retard
- (become slow): decelerate, slacken
[Verb]
editslow (third-person singular simple present slows, present participle slowing, simple past and past participle slowed)
1.(transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
slow the process
2.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.
3.(transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
slow the traffic
4.(intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
5.2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time[1]:
After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
[[French]]
ipa :/slo/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English slow.
[Further reading]
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- “slow”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editslow m (plural slows)
1.slow waltz
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :[slow][Noun]
editslow
1.genitive of slě
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raise
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹeɪz/[Anagrams]
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- Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, arise, reais, serai
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”).Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.
[Further reading]
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- raise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editraise
1.Alternative form of reys
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rais
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- RIAs, RISA, Risa, airs, aris, rias, sari, sira
[Noun]
editrais (plural raises)
1.Alternative form of reisPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rais in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
editrais
1.plural of rai
[[Chuukese]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English rice.
[Noun]
editrais
1.rice
[[French]]
[Noun]
editrais m
1.plural of rai
[[Guinea-Bissau Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Portuguese raiz. Cognate with Kabuverdianu raìs.
[Noun]
editrais
1.root
[[Italian]]
ipa :/raˈis/[Anagrams]
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- arsi, rasi, risa, risà, sari
[Etymology]
editFrom Arabic رَئِيس (raʾīs, “leader, chief, head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).
[Noun]
editrais m (invariable)
1.(historical) captain (of a ship) [c. 16th century]
2.a leader or head of state in an Arab society; reis
3.(by extension, popular) a person in charge (chiefly male); boss, leader, supervisor
Synonyms: capo, padrone
[References]
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1. ^ rais in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
2. ^ rais in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
[See also]
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- capo
- duce
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editrais
1.Alternative form of reysen (“to raise”)
[[Nigerian Pidgin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English rice.
[Noun]
editrais
1.rice
[[Papiamentu]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz and Kabuverdianu raìs.
[Noun]
editrais
1.root
[[Pohnpeian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English rice.
[Noun]
editrais
1.rice
[[Swahili]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Arabic رَئِيس (raʾīs).
[Noun]
editrais (ma class, plural marais)
1.president (the head of state of a republic)
2.2019 July 14, “Barua mpya iliyovuja yadai Trump amevunja mkataba wa nyukilia 'ili kumkera Obama'”, in BBC News Swahili[1]:
Gazeti la Mail on Sunday linaripoti kuwa Sir Kim alimwandikia Bw Johnson akimuelezea kuwa rais Trump kutoka chama cha Republican anavunja mkataba huo kwa sababu za "utashi binafsi" - kwa sababu makubaliano hayo yalifikiwa na mtangulizi wake kutoka chama cha Democrat, Barack Obama.
Mail on Sunday reports that Sir Kim wrote to Mr Johnson explaining that President Trump from the Republican Party was breaking the agreement for "personality reasons" - because the agreement was reached by his predecessor from the Democratic Party, Barack Obama.
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English rice.
[Noun]
editrais
1.rice
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Rais
[[Kavalan]]
[Noun]
editRais
1.rope; string
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Michal
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Milcah, chilam, chimla
[Etymology]
editFrom Hebrew מִיכַל (mikhál, “Michal”).
[Proper noun]
editMichal
1.(biblical) A daughter of Saul and wife of David in the Old Testament.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Samuel 6:16:
And as the Arke of the Lord came into the citie of Dauid, Michal Sauls daughter looked through a window, and saw king Dauid leaping and dauncing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
3.(rather rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈmɪxal][Etymology]
editFrom Vulgate Latin Michael, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
[Proper noun]
editMichal m (plural Michalové)
1.a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael
[[Middle English]]
[Proper noun]
editMichal
1.Alternative form of Michel
[[Slovak]]
ipa :[ˈmixal][Etymology]
editFrom Vulgate Latin Michael, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
[Further reading]
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- Michal in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
[Proper noun]
editMichal f (genitive singular Michala, nominative plural Michalovia, declension pattern of chlap)
1.a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael
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integral
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪntɪɡɹ(ə)l/[Adjective]
editintegral (comparative more integral, superlative most integral)
1.Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable
2.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty.
Synonyms: immanent, inherent, necessary; see also Thesaurus:intrinsic
3.(mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
4.(mathematics) Relating to integration.
5.(obsolete) Whole; undamaged.
6.1631, 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:
A local motion keepeth bodies integral.
[Anagrams]
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- Triangle, alerting, altering, relating, tanglier, teraglin, triangle
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French integral, from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer (“entire”); see integer.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:integralWikipedia integral (plural integrals)
1.(mathematics) A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.
The integral of x ↦ x 2 {\displaystyle x\mapsto x^{2}} on [ 0 , 1 ] {\displaystyle [0,1]} is 1 3 {\displaystyle {\frac {1}{3}}} .
2.(mathematics) A definite integral, a limit of sums.
3.(mathematics) Antiderivative
The integral of x 2 {\displaystyle x^{2}} is x 3 3 {\displaystyle {\frac {x^{3}}{3}}} plus a constant.
Synonyms: antiderivative, indefinite integral, ∫
Antonym: derivative
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/in.təˈɡɾal/[Adjective]
editintegral (masculine and feminine plural integrals)
1.integral
2.(of bread, etc.) wholegrain, wholemeal
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer.
[Further reading]
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- “integral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[Noun]
editintegral f (plural integrals)
1.(mathematics) integral
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
editintegral m (feminine singular integrale, masculine plural integraux, feminine plural integrales)
1.integral, necessary to the function of the whole
2.whole; entire
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer.
[References]
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- integral on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ĩ.teˈɡɾaw/[Adjective]
editintegral m or f (plural integrais)
1.integral; whole; entire
2.(of food) whole (from which none of its constituents has been removed)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer (“entire; untouched”).
[Further reading]
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- “integral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[Noun]
editintegral f or m (plural integrais)
1.(mathematics) integral (limits of sums)
2.(mathematics) antiderivative
Synonym: antiderivada
[Synonyms]
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- (whole): completo, íntegro, inteiro, intacto, total
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/in.teˈɡral/[Adjective]
editintegral m or n (feminine singular integrală, masculine plural integrali, feminine and neuter plural integrale)
1.integral
Synonyms: întreg, complet
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French intégral, Medieval Latin integrālis.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/inteˈɡɾal/[Adjective]
editintegral (plural integrales)
1.integral
2.whole
3.brown (rice)
4.wholegrain
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer (“entire”).
[Further reading]
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- “integral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editintegral f (plural integrales)|integrales
1.(mathematics) integral
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/ɪntɛˈɡraːl/[Anagrams]
edit
- triangel
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editintegral c
1.(mathematics) integral
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ʔinteɡˈɾal/[Adjective]
editintegrál
1.integral
Synonyms: buo, kompleto
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Spanish integral.
[[Turkish]]
ipa :[in.tɛɟ.ˈɾalʲ][Etymology]
editBorrowed from French intégral.
[Noun]
editintegral (definite accusative integrali, plural integraller)
1.(mathematics) integral
∫ a b f ( x ) d x {\displaystyle \int _{a}^{b}\!f(x)\,dx\,}
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expertise
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɛkspəˈtiːz/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French expertise.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:expertiseWikipedia expertise (countable and uncountable, plural expertises)
1.Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.
The scientist has expertise in the field of nuclear fusion.
2.8 September 2014, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian:
He spoke of Scotland's hydroelectric projects in Africa, local expertise shared with the world's poor.
3.Advice, or opinion, of an expert.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌɛks.pɛrˈtiː.zə/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French expertise.
[Noun]
editexpertise f (plural expertises or expertisen)
1.expertise
Synonyms: deskundigheid, kundigheid
2.expert investigation
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛk.spɛʁ.tiz/[Etymology]
editexpert + -ise
[Further reading]
edit
- “expertise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editexpertise f (plural expertises)
1.(countable) appraisal
2.(uncountable) expertness
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French expertise.
[Further reading]
edit
- expertise in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
[Noun]
editexpertise f (invariable)
1.(art) authentication
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from French expertise.[1]
[Noun]
editexpertise f (usually uncountable, plural expertises)
1.expertise
[References]
edit
1. ^ “expertise” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French expertise.
[Noun]
editexpertise f (plural expertises)
1.expertise
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havoc
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhævək/[Alternative forms]
edit
- havok
- havock (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”).
[Interjection]
edithavoc
1.A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
2.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt / With modest warrant.
3.1599 (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 i]:
Cry "havoc", and let slip the dogs of war!
[Noun]
edithavoc (usually uncountable, plural havocs)
1.Widespread devastation and destruction.
2.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, OCLC 79426475, Act I, scene i, page 1:
Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make / Among your works!
3.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The People that Time Forgot[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
But when I had come to that part of the city which I judged to have contained the relics I sought I found havoc that had been wrought there even greater than elsewhere.
4.Mayhem.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Old Hungarian Goulash?, The Grammarphobia Blog, October 31, 2008
[Verb]
edithavoc (third-person singular simple present havocs, present participle havocking, simple past and past participle havocked)
1.To pillage.
2.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
To tear and havoc more than she can eat.
3.To cause havoc.
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fully fledged
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfully fledged (not comparable)
1.(UK) alternative form of full-fledged (US English)
[References]
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- “fully fledged”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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fully-fledged
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfully-fledged
1.Alternative form of full-fledged
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in a manner
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin a manner
1.(dated) Synonym of in a way
2.1830, Niles' Weekly Register (volume 38, page 298)
In order to judge properly of the question before us, we must consider it minutely in its principal parts. I conceive myself that it is of a mixed nature—it is in a manner unprecedented; we cannot find one express example […]
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A-
[[Danish]]
[Prefix]
editA-
1.A- (atomic, nuclear)
[Synonyms]
edit
- atom-
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/ɑː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- a-
[Anagrams]
edit
- A, a-, a
[Etymology]
editFrom the first letter of the Norwegian alphabet, A, from Latin A, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾.
[Prefix]
editA-
1.indicating the first or best in something
A-lag
A-team
A-kjendis
A-list celebrity
[References]
edit
- “A-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- a-
- a
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a-
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”).
[Prefix]
edita-
1.Used to form taxonomic names indicating a lack of some feature that might be expected
[[English]]
ipa :/ə/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English a- (“up, out, away”), from Old English ā-, originally *ar-, *or-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out-”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Old Saxon ā-, German er-.
[Etymology 10]
edit
[Etymology 11]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
- From Middle English a- (“on”), derived from unstressed Middle English an (“on”), from Old English an (“on”)
- See a (preposition, on, to, in, etc.)
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English a-, a variant form of y-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with”).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Anglo-Norman a-, from Old French e-, from Latin ex-.
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately followed by a vowel).
[Etymology 6]
editFrom Middle English a-, from Middle French a-, from Latin ad (“towards”).
[Etymology 7]
editFrom Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).
[Etymology 8]
editFrom Middle English a-, o- (“of”). See a (preposition, of).
[Etymology 9]
edit
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Brown, Lesley (2003)
2. ^ See “Don’t Come A-Knockin’”, TV Tropes for more examples and discussion.
3.↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Urdang, Laurence (1984)
4. ^ Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “a-”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.
- Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “a-”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 1.
- Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 1
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “a-”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 1
[[A-Pucikwar]]
[Prefix]
edita-
1.prefix attached to words relating to the mouth, such as the names of languages
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin ad (“towards”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “a-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “a-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “a-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
[[Choctaw]]
[Prefix]
edita- (after another prefix -sa-, before vowels am-, class III first-person singular)
1.the indirect object of an active transitive verb
to me, for me
2.the subject of an intransitive affective verb
I
3.the direct object of a small set of transitive verbs mostly dealing with affect, communication and intimacy
me
4.indicates possession of a noun
my
[[Danish]]
[Prefix]
edita-
1.a-, un- (not)
2.A- (atomic, nuclear)
Synonyms: atom-, A-
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/aː/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel).
[Prefix]
edita-
1.a-: Not, without, opposite of.
[See also]
edit
- an-
[[Esperanto]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-).
[Prefix]
edita-
1.without, -less
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈɑ-/[Prefix]
edita-
1.(in loanwords) non-, un-
Synonym: epä-
[[French]]
ipa :/a/[Derived terms]
edit French terms prefixed with a-
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old French a-, from Latin ad-.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel; generalized from the many Latin borrowings using this prefix.
[Further reading]
edit
- “a-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[German]]
ipa :/a/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel).
[Prefix]
edita-
1.a- (not, without, opposite of)
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[a][Etymology]
editFrom Sanskrit अ- (a-, “un-, not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.
- Reinforced as borrowing from Dutch a-, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (form ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Hellenic *ə-, from the same Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.
[Further reading]
edit
- “a-” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
[Prefix]
edita-
1.a- (not, without, opposite of)
[[Italian]]
[Derived terms]
edit Italian terms prefixed with a-
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin ad-.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-).
[[Latin]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editFrom ad (“towards”).
[[Latvian]]
ipa :[a][Etymology]
editVia other European languages, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel).
[Prefix]
edita-
1.Not, not having, without, opposite of.
a- + seksuāls → aseksuāls
[[Maquiritari]]
ipa :[a-][Prefix]
edita-
1.allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix).
2.Allomorph of ö- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant and have a first vowel a or e.
[[Mohawk]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- aon- (before s- (“iterative”) and t- (“cislocative”))
[Prefix]
edita-
1.irrealis prefix
[References]
edit
- Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 332
[[Murui Huitoto]]
ipa :[a-][Prefix]
edita-
1.(unproductive) Used to form a few adverbs signifying a location or motion from or to above.
[References]
edit
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 145
[[Navajo]]
[Prefix]
edita-
1.someone's, people's
[[Northern Ndebele]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gá-.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gáá-.
[Etymology 3]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/ɑː/[Anagrams]
edit
- A, A-, a
[Etymology 1]
editFrom the first letter of the Norwegian alphabet a, from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”), from Proto-Hellenic *ə- (“un-, not; without, lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“not, un-”). Doublet of u-.Compare an- (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel).
[Etymology 3]
editClipping of atom-, from the noun atom (“atom”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible, uncut, undivided”), whereas atombombe is a calque of English atomic bomb.
[References]
edit
- “a-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “a-” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “a-” in Store norske leksikon
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”).
[Prefix]
edita-
1.a- (not, without)
[References]
edit
- “a-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ɑː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ar-, a-
[Etymology]
editFrom an earlier form ar-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-. Cognate with Old High German ar-, ir- (German er-).
[Prefix]
editā-
1.from, away, off, out
āniman ― to take away, to remove
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ad, which was often reduced to a- in compounds.
[Prefix]
edita-
1.indicating movement towards something
2.(by extension) indicating a change of state
3.intensifying prefix
4.alternative form of es-
[[Old Irish]]
[Prefix]
edita- (class A infixed pronoun)
1.him (triggers eclipsis)
2.it (triggers lenition)
[[Old Javanese]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Prefix]
edita-
1.active verb
[Synonyms]
edit
- ma-
- -um-
[[Old Saxon]]
ipa :/ɑː/[Etymology]
editFrom an earlier form ar-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-. Cognate with Old English a-, Old High German ar-, ir- (German er-).
[Prefix]
editā-
1.forming words with the sense from, away, out, off, e.g. āniman
[[Phuthi]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gá-.
[Prefix]
edita- (medial wa-)
1.they; class 6 subject concord.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/a/[Alternative forms]
edit
- an-
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-, not”), zero-grade form of *ne (“not”). Doublet of nie.
[Further reading]
edit
- a- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- a- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Prefix]
edita-
1.forming words with the sense of negation, a-
a- + społeczny → aspołeczny
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˌa/[Derived terms]
edit Portuguese terms prefixed with a-
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Portuguese a-.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.
[[Scots]]
ipa :/ə/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English a- (“on”), derived from unstressed Middle English an (“on”), from Old English an (“on”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English a-, from Old English of- (“off”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse at- (“to”).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Middle English a- (“up, out, away”), from Old English ā-, originally *ar-, *or-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out-”).
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Middle English and-, from Old English and- (“against, back”), from Proto-Germanic *andi- (“across, opposite, against, away”).
[Etymology 6]
editFrom Middle English a-, from Old English ane (“one”).
[Etymology 7]
editFrom ah!
[Etymology 8]
editFrom Middle English a-, from Middle French a-, from Latin ad (“towards”).
[Etymology 9]
editFrom Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).
[References]
edit
- “a, prefix.1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-, not”), zero-grade form of *ne (“not”). Doublet of ne.
[Prefix]
edita- (Cyrillic spelling а-)
1.Prefix prepended to words to denote a negation, deprivation or absence of a property denoted by base word.
2.a- + sȍcijālan → ȁsocijālan
3.a- + simètrija → asimètrija
4.a- + brahija → abrahija
Synonyms: bez-, ne-
[References]
edit
- “a-” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Southern Ndebele]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gá-.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gáá-.
[Etymology 3]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[[Spanish]]
[Derived terms]
edit Spanish terms prefixed with a-
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin ad-.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel; generalized from the many Latin borrowings using this prefix.
[Further reading]
edit
- “a-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[[Swazi]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *à-.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gá-.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gáá-.
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/a/[Mutation]
edit
[Prefix]
edita-
1.affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word
a- + trist (“sad”) → athrist (“very sad, sorrowful”)
a- + traidd (“piercing, penetration”) → athraidd (“permeable”)
[References]
edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “a-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
[[Xhosa]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gá-.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gáá-.
[Etymology 3]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nkà-.
[[Zulu]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *à-.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gá-.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *gáá-.
[Etymology 4]
editOriginally a reduced form of la- (“general demonstrative”). Compare Swazi relative forms such as lesi-, which still keep the initial l-.
[Etymology 5]
editFrom a- (“relative”) + a- (“class 6”).
[Etymology 6]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nkà-.
[Etymology 7]
edit
[References]
edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “a-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “a-”
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take up
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- take one up
[Anagrams]
edit
- uptake
[Noun]
edittake up (countable and uncountable, plural take ups)
1.Alternative form of take-up
2.2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.
[Verb]
edittake up (third-person singular simple present takes up, present participle taking up, simple past took up, past participle taken up)
1.(transitive) To pick up.
The reel automatically took up the slack.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Mark 2:11:
I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
3.1865 November 26, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (fiction):
Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking.
4.(transitive) To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
I've taken up knitting.
I wish to take up mathematics.
5.1993 December 12, Jim Sheridan & Terry George, In the Name of the Father, distributed by Universal Pictures, spoken by Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis):
I never said thank you for taking up our case.
6.2004, Jane Powell, Linda Svendsen, Bungalow: The Ultimate Arts & Crafts Home[2], →ISBN, page 44:
Each of the things he took up, he took up with passion and intensity
7.
8. (transitive) To address (an issue).
Let's take this up with the manager.
9.(transitive) To occupy; to consume (space or time).
The books on finance take up three shelves.
All my time is taken up with looking after the kids.
10.(transitive, sewing) To shorten by hemming.
If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.
11.(transitive, dated) To remove the surface or bed of a road.
12.1876, Supreme Court of Iowa, June Term 1876 court record, “The Davenport Central Railway Co. v. The Davenport Gas Light Co., Appeal from Scott Circuit Court”, published in The American Railway Reports, Volume 14:
It is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that a temporary writ of injunction issue, enjoining said defendant and all persons acting under or for it, from in any manner taking up, disturbing or interfering with the road-bed and track of said plaintiff so as to prevent the passage of cars thereon
13.1915, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales (fiction):
They had pickaxes in their hands and wore corduroy trousers and that little leather band below the knee that goes by the astonishing name of “York-to-London.” They seemed to be working with peculiar vehemence, so that I stopped and asked one what they were doing. “We are taking up Picadilly,” he said to me.
14.(transitive, with 'on') To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.
Shall we take them up on their offer to help us move?
15.(intransitive) To resume.
let's take up where we left off
16.To implement, to employ, to put into use.
17.2008 April 23, Iolo ap Dafydd, “Wood homes 'solution' to shortage”, in BBC News[3]:
"So I'd imagine if they were to take up this system, or a similar system, we should be able to build quicker."
18.(Canada, transitive) To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.
You have 30 minutes for the quiz. We'll take up the answers at 1 o'clock.
19.2015, Mr. Bawa, Mr. Bawa's Semester 1 Classes at St. Mary's[4]:
Also, the grade 12’s in the class were also called down to the cafeteria from 9:30 am to about 9:50 am, so they missed class when I took up some of the worksheets.
20.2018, /u/CharmingHistorian3, Mustafa's C37 midterm solution?[5]:
Can someone in CSCC37 (mustafa's tutorial!) email me the solution to the midterm? (the tutorial right after the midterm where he took up the solutions)
21.(climbing) Synonym of take in (“tighten a belaying rope”)
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take-up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- uptake
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase take up.
[Noun]
edittake-up (countable and uncountable, plural take-ups)
1.The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
2.(machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
3.Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.).
the take-up of benefits by the unemployed
[See also]
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- uptake
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one-up
[[English]]
[Noun]
editone-up (plural one-ups)
1.Alternative form of one up
[Verb]
editone-up (third-person singular simple present one-ups, present participle one-upping, simple past and past participle one-upped)
1.Alternative form of one up
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full-fledged
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfull-fledged (not comparable)
1.(of a bird) Having all its feathers; able to fly.
2.(idiomatic) Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.
After she passes the bar exam, she will be a full-fledged lawyer.
3.2017, Lorin Hochstein; René Moser, “4. Variables and Facts”, in Ansible: Up and Running[1], 2nd edition, O’Reilly, →ISBN:
Ansible is not a full-fledged programming language, but it does have several programming language features, and one of the most important of these is variable substitution.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- fully fledged
[Etymology]
editfull + fledged
[Synonyms]
edit
- full-blown
- full-bore
- holistic
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sturdy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈstɜːdi/[Adjective]
editsturdy (comparative sturdier, superlative sturdiest)
1.Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
a sturdy oak tree
2.1657, Henry Wotton, Characters of some Kings of England
He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy then dainty.
3.Solid in structure or person.
It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.
The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired.
4.April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair[1]:
Diana’s most recent romantic adventure at that time was with the sturdy hunk Will Carling, captain of the England rugby team, whom she had met in 1995 working out at the Chelsea Harbor Club gym.
adapted from the book The Palace Papers, published 2022 by Penguin Books
5.(obsolete) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn.
6.1662, [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, OCLC 890163163; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge: University Press, 1905, OCLC 963614346, page 2:
This must be done, and I would fain see / Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay.
7.1705 November 8 (Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “A Standing Revelation, the Best Means of Conviction. A Sermon Preach’d before Her Majesty, at St. James’s Chapel, on Sunday, October 28. 1705, being the Festival of St. Simon and St. Jude.”, in Fourteen Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions. […], London: […] E. P. [Edmund Parker?] for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1708, OCLC 1015443083, page 339:
[A] ſturdy, hardned Sinner ſhall advance to the utmoſt pitch of Impiety with leſs difficulty, leſs reluctance of Mind, than perhaps he took the firſt ſteps in Wickedneſs, whilſt his Conſcience was yet Vigilant and Tender.
8.Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality.
a man of sturdy piety or patriotism
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English sturdy, stourdy, stordy (“bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious”) (perhaps influenced by Middle English sture, stoure, stor (“strong, robust, harsh, stern, violent, fierce, sturdy”); see English stour), from Old French estourdi (“dazed”), form of estourdir, originally “to daze, to make tipsy (almost drunk)” (Modern French étourdir (“to daze, to make tipsy”)), from Vulgar Latin *exturdire. Latin etymology is unclear – presumably it is ex- + turdus (“thrush (bird)”), but how this should mean “daze” is unclear.[1] A speculative theory is that thrushes eat leftover winery grapes and thus became drunk, but this meets with objections.[2]Disease in cows and sheep is by extension of sense of “daze”, while sense of “strongly built” is of late 14th century,[1] and relationship to earlier sense is less clear, perhaps from sense of a firm strike (causing a daze) or a strong, violent person.
[Noun]
editsturdy (uncountable)
1.A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis.
Synonyms: gid, (obsolete) turnsick
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “sturdy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
2. ^ OED
- sturdy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
edit
- hardy
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈsturdiː/[Adjective]
editsturdy
1.bold, valiant; strong in fight, mighty; bellicose
[Alternative forms]
edit
- stordy, stourdy
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French estourdi.
[[Yola]]
[Adjective]
editsturdy
1.sturdy
2.1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7:
An aar w' had Treblere an sturdy Cournug.
And there we had Treblere and sturdy Cournug.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English sturdy, from Old French estourdi.
[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 86
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Wallops
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editWallops
1.Ellipsis of Wallops Island.editWallops
1.plural of Wallop
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wallop
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɒl.əp/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English wallopen (“gallop”), from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old Northern French walop (“gallop”, noun) and waloper (“to gallop”, verb) (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”) from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (“dead, victim, slain”) from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”). Compare the doublet gallop.
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of write to all operators.
[References]
edit
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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kitchenware
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom kitchen + -ware.
[Noun]
editkitchenware (usually uncountable, plural kitchenwares)
1.Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
The new chef reorganized the space where we keep the pots, pans, and other kitchenware.
2.(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
He works in the kitchenware section of the department store.
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fierce
[[English]]
ipa :/fɪəs/[Adjective]
editfierce (comparative fiercer, superlative fiercest)
1.Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
A fierce storm battered the coast.
I felt a fierce loyalty to my family.
2.Resolute or strenuously active.
We made a fierce attempt to escape.
3.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
Yet his passion for her had grown fiercer than ever, and he swore to himself that he would win her back from her phantasies. She, one may believe, was ready enough to listen.
4.Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
The lion gave a fierce roar.
5.(slang, Ireland, rural) Excellent, very good.
Q: "How was the party last night?" A: "Fierce!"
6.(slang, US, LGBT, fashion) Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.
[Adverb]
editfierce (not comparable)
1.(slang, Ireland, rural) Extremely; very.
It was fierce cold last night.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Recife
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”).
[References]
edit
- fierce at OneLook Dictionary Search
- fierce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Synonyms]
edit
- (exceedingly violent): incessive
- (threatening in appearance or demeanor): incessive
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supremo
[[English]]
ipa :/suːˈpɹiːməʊ/[Anagrams]
edit
- ur-poems
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian supremo (“supreme”). Doublet of supreme.
[Noun]
editsupremo (plural supremos or supremoes)
1.(informal) The most important person in an organization.
2.1986 Peter King - The Viceroy's Fall: How Kitchener Destroyed Curzon
Kitchener was, of course, Secretary of State for War and virtual military supremo.
3.Sep 25, 2007 - Tutankhamun was not black: Egypt antiquities chief (AFP)
Egyptian antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass insisted Tuesday that Tutankhamun was not black despite calls by US black activists to recognise the boy king's dark skin colour.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/suˈprɛ.mo/[Adjective]
editsupremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremi, feminine plural supreme)
1.supreme
[Anagrams]
edit
- presumo, prosume, spumerò
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin supremus.
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editsuprēmō
1.dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suprēmus
[References]
edit
- “supremo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supremo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/suˈpɾẽ.mu/[Adjective]
editsupremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas)
1.dominant; supreme
Synonym: dominante
2.extreme; supreme (at the greatest, most excellent, extreme, etc.)
Synonyms: excelso, extremo, máximo, superior
Antonym: mínimo
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin suprēmus (“above”), from superus (“being above”).
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/suˈpɾemo/[Adjective]
editsupremo (feminine suprema, masculine plural supremos, feminine plural supremas)
1.supreme
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin supremus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “supremo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/supˈɾemo/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Spanish supremo.
[Noun]
editsupremo (feminine suprema)
1.highest ruler or officer
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deepfake
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdiːpfeɪk/[Etymology]
editBlend of deep learning + fake. Early 21st c.
[Further reading]
edit
- deepfake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editdeepfake (plural deepfakes)
1.(artificial intelligence) A photograph or video, created using artificial intelligence, that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else, in a realistic and convincing manner.
Did you see that leaked sex tape with the actress? It turned out to be a deepfake, but it looked so realistic!
2.2019, Richard Joseph Behun, Eric Owens, Youth and Internet Pornography: The impact and influence on adolescent development, Routledge (→ISBN)
For example, images of the actress Scarlett Johansson have been used to create a number of deepfake pornographic videos, one of which had been viewed over 1.5 million times on a popular SEIM site by the end of 2018 (Harwell, 2018).
3.2020 January 7, David McCabe; Davey Alba, “Facebook Says It Will Ban ‘Deepfakes’”, in New York Times[1]:
By banning deepfakes before the technology becomes widespread, Facebook is trying to calm lawmakers, academics and political campaigns who remain frustrated by how the company handles political posts and videos about politics and politicians.
[Verb]
editdeepfake (third-person singular simple present deepfakes, present participle deepfaking, simple past and past participle deepfaked)
1.(transitive) To create or turn into a deepfake; to impersonate someone with a deepfake.
2.2021, Michael Grothaus, Trust No One: Inside the World of Deepfakes[2], Hachette, →ISBN:
He deepfaked himself, no one suffered demonstrable harm from it and he admitted it when confronted.
3.2022 September 2, Kyle Wiggers; Amanda Silberling, “AI is getting better at generating porn”, in TechCrunch[3]:
Currently, few laws around the world pertain to deepfaked porn.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English deepfake.
[Noun]
editdeepfake m (invariable)
1.(neologism, technology) deepfake
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casually
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæʒuəli/[Adverb]
editcasually (comparative more casually, superlative most casually)
1.In a casual manner.
2.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 21:
A small minority, mainly strangers, would look long at her in casually passing by, and grow momentarily fascinated by her freshness, and wonder if they would ever see her again: but to almost everybody she was a fine and picturesque country girl, and no more.
3.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. […] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
4.1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!:
The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.
5.1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 10:
He wore his strange and colourful clothes as if for inspection by a lesser being: condescendingly, casually.
[Anagrams]
edit
- causally
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English casually, casuelly, casuali, casuely, equivalent to casual + -ly.
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stroll
[[English]]
ipa :/stɹəʊl/[Anagrams]
edit
- trolls
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German strollen, a variant of Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”).
[Noun]
editstroll (plural strolls)
1.A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
[See also]
edit
- stroller
[Synonyms]
edit
- rove
- rambleedit
- range, roam, rove, stray
[Verb]
editstroll (third-person singular simple present strolls, present participle strolling, simple past and past participle strolled)
1.To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
2.1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, OCLC 745157818, page 3:
In Ancient Times, as Story tells, / The Saints would often leave their Cells, / And ſtrole about, but hide their Quality, / To try good Peoples Hoſpitality.
3.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071, pages 87–88:
The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. [...] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
4.To go somewhere with ease.
5.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326, page 15:
[A] delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
6.(intransitive, slang) To walk the streets as a prostitute.
7.1998, Joseph Ferone, Boomboom, page 24:
"Nammers?" She'd told him before of some Vietnamese gang pressuring her to stroll for them. / "Don't even ask. You don't want to know."
8.(intransitive) To do, obtain, or achieve something in a casual and effortless way.
My daughter strolled through the exam.
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microgravity
[[English]]
ipa :-ævɪti[Etymology]
editmicro- + gravity
[Noun]
editmicrogravity (usually uncountable, plural microgravities)English Wikipedia has an article on:microgravityWikipedia
1.(physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
[Synonyms]
edit
- µG
- weightlessness
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flint
[[English]]
ipa :/flɪnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English flynt, flint, from Old English flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Dutch vlint, flint (“flint, cobblestone”), German Flins, Flint (“flint, pebble”), Danish flint (“flint”)), from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos)), from *(s)plei- (“to split”). More at split.
[Further reading]
edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2022), “Flint”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “flint”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2022.
[Noun]
editflint (countable and uncountable, plural flints)
1.A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
He used flint to make a fire.
2.A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
3.A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
4.A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
5.(figuratively) Anything figuratively hard.
[Verb]
editflint (third-person singular simple present flints, present participle flinting, simple past and past participle flinted)
1.(transitive) To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
[[French]]
[Noun]
editflint m (plural flints)
1.flint glass
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editflint
1.Alternative form of flynt
[[Polish]]
ipa :/flint/[Noun]
editflint f
1.genitive plural of flinta
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology 1]
editClipping of flintskalle.
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of flintskallig.
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hardening
[[English]]
[Noun]
edithardening (plural hardenings)
1.The process by which something hardens.
2.That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
[Verb]
edithardening
1.present participle of harden
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harden
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɑɹdn̩/[Anagrams]
edit
- Harned, Hendra, hander
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English hardenen, equivalent to hard + -en. Cognate with Danish hærdne (“to harden; cure”), Swedish hårdna (“to harden”), Norwegian herdne (“to harden”), Icelandic harðna (“to harden”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɑrdən[Noun]
editharden
1.Plural form of harde
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to endure) uithouden, verdragen
[Verb]
editharden
1.(transitive) To render hard(er), more resistant etc.; to temper metal; to steel nerves
De geharde veteranen verbeten de pijn zonder jammeren.
The hardened veterans bore the pain without whining.
2.(transitive) to endure, bear, stand, tolerate
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Harden
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Harned, Hendra, hander
[Proper noun]
editHarden (plural Hardens)
1.A surname.
[See also]
edit
- Arden
- Hardenne
- Hardennes
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Harden is the 1322nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26617 individuals. Harden is most common among White (58.38%) and Black/African American (35.87%) individuals.
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Space
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -scape, EAPCs, EPACs, a-spec, aspec, capes, paces, scape
[Proper noun]
editSpace (plural Spaces)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Space is the 25037th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 992 individuals. Space is most common among White (82.46%) and Black/African American (13.1%) individuals.
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inspiring
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/[Adjective]
editinspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)
1.Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
[Noun]
editinspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)
1.inspiration
2.1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.
[Verb]
editinspiring
1.present participle of inspire
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exosphere
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editexo- + -sphere
[Noun]
editexosphere (plural exospheres)
1.the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
2.an extremely thin atmosphere, as on Saturn's moon Dione
3."Scientists weren't even sure Dione would be big enough to hang on to an exosphere" ('Cassini Detects Hint of Fresh Air at Dione', Cassini Solstice Mission, JPL, Mar. 02, 2012)
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exterior
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/[Adjective]
editexterior (not comparable)
1.Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
the exterior part of a sphere
2.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man / Resemble that it was.
3.Being from outside a country; foreign.
the exterior relations of a state or kingdom
4.Outdoor.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- exteriour (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
edit
- interior
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin exterior
[Noun]
editexterior (plural exteriors)
1.The outside part, parts or surface of something.
The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package
2.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 31:
Before dissecting a shark to see how it manages to function so effectively, let us first examine its exterior.
3.2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)[1]:
[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.
Antonyms: inside, interior
4.Foreign lands.
She is our new minister of the exterior
Antonym: interior
[See also]
edit
- external
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editexterior (masculine and feminine plural exteriors)
1.exterior (relating to the outside parts or surface of something)
Antonym: interior
2.exterior, foreign
Synonym: estranger
Antonym: interior
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin exterior.
[Further reading]
edit
- “exterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “exterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “exterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “exterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editexterior m (plural exteriors)
1.exterior (the outside part, parts or surface of something)
Antonym: interior
2.the exterior (foreign lands)
Synonym: estranger
Antonym: interior
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ekˈste.ri.or/[Adjective]
editexterior (neuter exterius); third declension
1.comparative degree of exter; outward, outer, exterior
[References]
edit
- “exterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exterior 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)
- exterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/is.te.ɾiˈoʁ/[Adjective]
editexterior m or f (plural exteriores)
1.exterior (located in the outside)
Antonym: interior
A parte exterior do carro.
The outside of the car.
2.foreign (relating to foreign countries)
Qual é a política exterior do Brazil?
What is Brazil’s foreign policy?
3.(formal) outwith; not encompassed by; not related to or covered by
Este conteúdo é exterior à ementa deste curso.
This topic is outwith the syllabus of this course.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin exterior.
[Further reading]
edit
- “exterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[Noun]
editexterior m (plural exteriores)
1.outside (outer surface)
Antonym: interior
Contratamos um pintor para pintar apenas o exterior da casa, o interior pintaremos nós mesmo.
We hired a painter to paint the outside of the house; we will paint the inside ourselves.
2.outside (the space beyond some limit or boundary)
Não deixe nada no exterior deste círculo.
Don’t leave anything outside this circle.editexterior m (uncountable)
1.exterior; territory of foreign countries
Ela mora no exterior desde criança.
She lives abroad since she was a child.
Synonym: estrangeiro
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ˌeks.te.riˈor/[Adjective]
editexterior m or n (feminine singular exterioară, masculine plural exteriori, feminine and neuter plural exterioare)
1.external, outer
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior.
[Noun]
editexterior n (plural exterioare)
1.exterior
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/eɡsteˈɾjoɾ/[Adjective]
editexterior (plural exteriores)
1.external, outer
Antonym: interior
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin exterior.
[Further reading]
edit
- “exterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editexterior m (plural exteriores)
1.outside
Antonym: interior
2.abroad
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judgment
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- judgement (Commonwealth)
- iugement, iudgement, iudgment, iudgemente, iudgmente (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Displaced native doom.Morphologically judge + -ment
[Noun]
editjudgment (countable and uncountable, plural judgments)
1.The act of judging.
2.1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376:
The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.
3.The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely
a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
a politician without judgment
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 72:2:
He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.
5.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.
6.The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
7.c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iv]:
She in my judgment was as fair as you.
8.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy […]
9.(law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
10.1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:
In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own
11.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]:
Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.
12.(theology) The final award; the last sentence.
[References]
edit
- judgment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- judgment at OneLook Dictionary Search
- judgment, judgement at Google Ngram Viewer
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[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- judgement call
[Noun]
editjudgment call (plural judgment calls)
1.(sports) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement.
2.1983, J. D. Reed, "Can Anyone Win This Thing?," Time, 26 Sep.,
The rookie outfielder was waved out before he reached the plate. The reason for the rare judgment call? According to Rule 7.09 (i), a coach cannot "assist" a runner.
3.Any decision or other determination based on subjective criteria, especially one which takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation.
4.2005, Jackie Wiggins, "Fostering Revision and Extension in Student Composing," Music Educators Journal, vol. 91, no. 3, p. 37,
This probably ought to be a judgment call made by individual teachers who know their students well.
5.(Christianity) The summons which will call the spirits of the deceased to their heavenly reward at the time of Final Judgment.
6.1894, Gilbert Parker, "Recognition," in A Lover's Diary,
So stood I, by an atmosphere beguiled
Of glad surprise, when first thy lips let fall
The name I lightly carried when a child,
That I shall rise to at the judgment call.
[References]
edit
- "judgment call" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
[See also]
edit
- value judgment
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all in all
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editall in all (not comparable)
1.(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered
All in all, it's not a bad little restaurant.
2.Altogether
There were twenty absentees all in all.
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editall in all (uncountable)
1.Everything that matters; the only thing of importance.
2.1822, William Goode, Essays on all the scriptural names and titles of Christ (page 181)
[…] to realize, by constant faith, the all-sufficiency of his redeeming power and love — to make him all his salvation and all his desire, the Alpha and Omega of all his hope, his all in all.
3.1828, Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby, Yes and No: a Tale of the Day, page 12:
Her mother had been all in all to her: she had never seemed to have any separate existence from that of her child.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (generally): for the most part, mostly, on the whole, altogether, in all, summa summarum; see also Thesaurus:mostly
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seemingly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsiːmɪŋli/[Adverb]
editseemingly (comparative more seemingly, superlative most seemingly)
1.As it appears; apparently.
2.1748, Hume, David, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, section 15, Oxford University Press, published 1973:
[…] an object, seemingly like those which we have experienced, may be attended with different or contrary effects.
3.1816, Austen, Jane, chapter 8, in Emma, volume 1:
Mr. Woodhouse at last was off; but Mr. Knightley, instead of being immediately off likewise, sat down again, seemingly inclined for more chat. He began speaking of Harriet, and speaking of her with more voluntary praise than Emma had ever heard before.
4.1918, Maxwell, W[illiam] B[abington], chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp[1]:
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
5.2006, Collins, Ace, More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, page 64:
He sacrificed nothing, laboring to get even the most seemingly insignificant element of every record perfect.
6.2011 October 1, Fordyce, Tom, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport[2]:
With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.
7.In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety.
8.1950, Turner, Francis Charles, James II, page 172:
It was possibly chagrin at this neglect that caused James to omit the most ordinary courtesies to the few gentlemen who had behaved seemingly: […] .
9.1974, Uzoigwe, G[odfrey] N[wanoruo], Britain and the Conquest of Africa: The Age of Salisbury, page 180:
[…] was restored to his throne but only on the understanding that he behave seemingly.
10.1989, Yi-fu Tuan, Morality & Imagination: Paradoxes of Progress, page 40:
[…] they know the roles and statuses of deities, ancestral spirits, and men, and how to behave seemingly in their presence.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English semyngly, equivalent to seeming + -ly.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (as it appears): at first blush, ostensibly, prima facie; see also Thesaurus:ostensibly
- (in a seemly manner): becomingly, proprietously
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worth
[[English]]
ipa :/wɜːθ/[Anagrams]
edit
- throw, whort, wroth
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.Cognate with Dutch waard (adjective), Low German weert (adjective), German wert, Wert, Swedish värd, Welsh gwerth.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English worthen, wurthen, werthen (“to be; exist; come into being; come into existence”), from Old English weorþan (“to come into being; be made; become; arise; be”), from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to come about; happen; come into being; become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn; turn out”).Cognate with Dutch worden, Low German warrn, German werden, Old Norse verða (Norwegian verta, Swedish varda), Latin vertere.
[References]
edit
- worth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- worth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- worth at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Joan Maling (1983), Transitive Adjectives: A Case of Categorial Reanalysis, in F. Henry and B. Richards (eds.), Linguistic Categories: Auxiliaries and Related Puzzles, vol.1, pp. 253-289.
[[Scots]]
[Adjective]
editworth (comparative mair worth, superlative maist worth)
1.Valuable, worth while.
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English weorþ.
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collected
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈlɛktɪd/[Adjective]
editcollected (comparative more collected, superlative most collected)
1.(not comparable) Gathered together.
the collected works of Charles Dickens
2.Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.
He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.
3.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 285:
In an instant Francesca would become perfectly collected—every past event would stand out singularly clear, and she would turn, take one look at Guido, and then breathe again.
4.1864 June 16, Ezekiel F. Chambers, W. M. Blair Lord, Henry M. Parkhurst, editor, The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland:
There is no man here so young—and we have some very young members—but he must have observed, must have known from the impulses of his own mind and his own feelings, that, when in a state of high excitement, a man's judgment is not so accurate, not so effectual, not to be relied upon to such an extent, as when he is cool, calm and collected. That is an axiom in morals, in the history of human life, about which I suppose there will be no question. Are we now in that condition?
5.1899 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 201:
He became very cool and collected all at once.
[Etymology]
editcollect + -ed
[Synonyms]
edit
- calm, cool, composed, together
[Verb]
editcollected
1.simple past tense and past participle of collect
2.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
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methane
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmiːθeɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- meaneth
[Etymology]
editmethyl + -ane[1]
[Further reading]
edit
- methane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editmethane (countable and uncountable, plural methanes)
1.(organic chemistry, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
Synonyms: (appears in some chemistry literature) methyl hydride, (rare, systematic name) carbon tetrahydride
Hypernym: greenhouse gas
Cattle emit a large amount of methane.
2.2020 April 7, John Fialka, “As CO2 Emissions Drop During Pandemic, Methane May Rise”, in Scientific American[1]:
Methane, an invisible, odorless gas that makes up more than 95% of natural gas fuel, can be as much as 80 times more potent as a global warmer per given unit than CO2, which is more plentiful in the atmosphere. While there are less emissions than CO2, methane lasts around 12 years, while CO2 lingers for centuries.
3.(organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “methane”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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spewing
[[English]]
[Noun]
editspewing (plural spewings)
1.Material spewed or vomited.
2.2013, Kevin M. Bailey, Billion-Dollar Fish: The Untold Story of Alaska Pollock
One of my first jobs as a biologist was to analyze fish otoliths (ear stones) from sacks of sea lion scats and spewings collected from their haul-out sites on land to identify the species and sizes of the fishes being eaten.
[Verb]
editspewing
1.present participle of spew
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spew
[[English]]
ipa :/spjuː/[Anagrams]
edit
- EWPs, PEWs, pews
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”).Germanic cognates include English spit, West Frisian spije, Dutch spuwen, Low German speen, spiien, German speien (“to spew, spit, vomit”), Swedish spy, Danish spy, Faroese spýggja, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin spuō (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit, vomit”), Albanian fyt (“throat”), Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ), Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), Persian تف (tuf), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhī́vati).
[Noun]
editspew (uncountable)
1.(slang) Vomit.
2.1810, Oddicurious, The oddest of all oddities, page 23:
Just after you've din'd, take a dish that is large, And into it what you have eaten discharge; Then get all the rest that are at the table, to spew in the same as long as they're able; Let them strain very hard, 'till all is brought up, For the more spew there is, the better the soup;
3.2001, Douglas Maddon, The English Department's Whores (page 247)
Poor old Sedgwick had been chased around the rugger pitch by a lunatic in a car, and then seen his researcher covered in spew from a drunken student.
4.2011, Gillian Somers, Julie Cain, & Megan Jeffery, Essential VCE Business Management Units 1 and 2, →ISBN, page 122:
It was a smart gesture on the part of the nanny agency, who is often dealing with mums who are returning to work — many of whom would welcome a complimentary makeover after months of sleep deprivation and baby spew.
5.2012, Dean Koontz, From the Corner of his Eye, →ISBN:
'Harder to detect than ipecac or apomorphine hydrochloride.' 'Detect?' Parkhurst asked. 'In the spew.'
6.(slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
7.2016, Marah J. Hardt, Sex in the Sea, →ISBN:
Sea urchins, for example, release between ten and one hundred billion sperm with every ejaculation. That's two orders of magnitude more than the few hundred million sperm per spew an average human bloke can dish out.
8.Nonsense or lies.
9.2009, Lee Kierig, Where, Is Infinite Love?, →ISBN:
First thing you gotta have is some sort of confounding unfounded prejudicial spew and contrived agenda aimed at humanity.
10.2013, John Andrew Fredrick, The King of Good Intentions, →ISBN, page 203:
I came out with it: “What were you doing listening to her spew that spew, anyway?
11.Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
12.2011, Stephen Hunter, Night of Thunder, →ISBN:
He felt the flimsy canvas yield without a whisper, devoured by the roaring bull of the truck, and the whiskey bottles shattered in a spew of brownish chaos, asparkle with the light, blown this way and that by the big vehicle's velocity.
13.A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
14.1903, Rowland A. Ease, Leather Trades' Review, page 644:
Most men familiar with the handling of leather must occasionally have come across samples showing a whitish scum, or spew, upon the surface.
15.1950, American Leather Chemists Association, The Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association:
Out of 70 leather samples, 15 developed heavy spew in two to six months.
16.2004, George Wypych, Handbook of Plasticizers, →ISBN, page 77:
Plasticizer spew is determined by observation of samples bent through an arc of 180o.
17.Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
18.2012, R. D. Adams, Structural Adhesive Joints in Engineering, →ISBN, page 42:
The spew is represented by a triangular fillet 0.5 mm high. It can be seen that, because of the predominance of the major principal stress, the adhesive at the ends of the adhesive layer and in the spew fillet is essentially subjected to a tensile load at about 45° to the axis of loading. The highest stresses occur within the spew at the corner of the unloaded adherend, the presence of the 90° corner introducing a stress-concentration effect.
19.2015, Chun Hui Wang & Cong N. Duong, Bonded Joints and Repairs to Composite Airframe Structures, →ISBN, page 25:
For a spew corner configuration shown in Figure 2.2 with the adhasive modulus far smaller than the adherent modulus, the order of the stress singularity in the corner A and B can be obtained from the WIlliam's solution under plane strian condition, and it is given in Figure 2.3. It is clear that spew corner would be free of singulatirites when the fillet angle is less than a critical angle, which is dependent on the Poisson's ration of the adhesive.
20.2018, Sergio T. Amancio Filho, Jorge F. dos Santos, & Lucian-Attila Blaga, Joining of Polymer-Metal Hybrid Structures: Principles and Applications, →ISBN:
Besides bondline thickness control, the adhesive fillet (called adhesive spew) is an important issue in joint assembly. The spew is the result of the adhesive squeezed out of the lap region at the moment of the joint manufacture. It was shown that significant increases in shear strength of lap joints, compared with square-ended bondlines, can be achieved through the formation of an adhasive spew at the overlap ends.
[References]
edit
- spew at OneLook Dictionary Search
- spew in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Verb]
editspew (third-person singular simple present spews, present participle spewing, simple past spewed, past participle spewed or spewn)
1.(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
2.2014 December 11, Megan Willett, "The 16 Most Disappointing Places To Visit On Earth", Business Insider UK:
But you get to the beach via monorail and you get to the sand and look out to the ocean and all you see is oil tankers and factories spewing smoke on the horizon. It was like some sort of futuristic dystopia.
3.(intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
4.2013, John Andes, Control Is Jack, →ISBN, page 216:
The blow is not as severe as those to his leg. It is meant only to break, not crush. Blood and internal fluids spew from his nose.
5.(transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
6.1999, Laurence Goldstein, Clear and Queer Thinking, →ISBN:
Set such a program running and it will continue to spew out sentences until you shut it down.
7.1999, Lee Carroll, Indigo Children, →ISBN, page 212:
Outside of the basic reading, writing, and math skills, and having an idea of what's out there, they were just spewing useless information.
8.2006, Bill Bowman, Savage Lies, →ISBN:
They smile for the camera as they spew their phony message of tolerance, diversity and perversity.
9.2010, Victor Bernson, Foolish Naive or Just Plain Stupid, →ISBN, page 38:
Our main concerns about these people, is the propaganda they are spewing on our children and how they are twisting and distorting lies about our military and anyone that disagrees with them
10.2010, Samuel T. Foust, Sixteen Steps to Six Figures: A Game Plan for Sales Success, →ISBN, page 9:
It is important to realize that communicating product knowledge requires feature and benefit components that prove more effective than simply spewing raw data such as specifications, dimensions, horsepower, and torque.
11.(intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
12.2011, Kari Rains, It Doesn't Hurt That Bad: And Other Lies My Mom Told Me, →ISBN, page 31:
The lies continued to spew forth.
13.(intransitive, informal) To vomit.
14.2008, Colin Shaddick, Isn't Sex Noisy, →ISBN, page 41:
Bleeding gums an' no saliva can make your partner spew.
15.(intransitive) To ejaculate.
16.17th century, widely attributed to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester:
I rise at eleven, I dine about two, I get drunk before seven, and the next thing I do; I send for my whore, when for fear of a clap, I spend in her hand, and I spew in her lap
17.2012, F.W. Brooks, The Tithes of March: A Novel by F.W. Brooks, →ISBN:
Inquiring minds may be wondering what could possibly cause the rev to behave in such a fashion, thereby diverting his attention away from such a holy task. Well, the answer lies deep. Not deep within his heart, mind, or soul. But deep inside his clammy right hand, which was clutching a handful of shiny black horse hair that had been woven into the back of Daphne's unsteady head. After the rev had spewed his load in Daphne's mouth, he reached down and picked up the Holy Bible,
18.2017, Carl East, The Future of Sex:
She swiftly pulled herself away, and turned around to face him on her knees, as both cocks jerked abruptly and began to spew their load.
19.(intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
20.1907, Shoe Retailer and Boots and Shoes Weekly, volume 63, page 65:
The spewing or moulding of upper leather is something that causes considerable annoyance.
21.1920, The Leather Manufacturer, volume 31-32, page 409:
A manufacturer writes: We have had so much trouble with colored side leather and both colored and black cabrettas spewing within the past six or eight months that we are at our wits' end to overcome it. All of the tanners from whom we buy the stock contend that this is the best indication that all the animal fats have not been extracted from the leather.
22.2004, George Wypych, Handbook of Plasticizers, →ISBN, page 77:
Plasticizers may react differently. For example, some will spew immediately, some after continuous testing for a prolonged period of time, and, in some cases, the plasticizer will reside on a material surface only when the material is under compression stress.
23.2006, Marion Kite & Roy Thomson, Conservation of Leather and Related Materials, →ISBN, page 115:
A leather dressing may brighten the object and give it a 'finished' look, but may not actually contribute to its conservation. Finishes may lead to problems in the long run, so care should be taken. Dressings may absorb dirt and may create a tacky surface. If they contain inappropriate ingredients or if too much is applied these may spew onto the surface.
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editspew
1.Alternative form of spewen
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feedlot
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editfeed + lot
[Further reading]
edit
- feedlot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editfeedlot (plural feedlots)
1.(US) Land on which livestock are fattened for market.
2.2017, Josh Tickell, Kiss the Ground, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 183:
On the Web, the Harris feedlots are snarkily referred to as “Cowschwitz” (#cowschwitz on Twitter). For those weary and hungry drivers willing to overlook the smell of its animals, Harris Ranch operates a western-style restaurant and hotel.
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rights
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹaɪts/[Anagrams]
edit
- girths, griths
[Noun]
editrightsEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:rightsWikipedia
1.plural of right
[References]
edit
- rights at OneLook Dictionary Search
- rights in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- rights in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Verb]
editrights
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of right
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editrights m pl
1.plural of right
[[Yola]]
[Noun]
editrights
1.Alternative form of reights
2.1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 24:
proo'th, y'at wee alane needeth ye giftes o'generale rights,
proves that we alone stood in need of the enjoyment of common privileges,
[References]
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- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114
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[[English]]
[Noun]
editbranding (countable and uncountable, plural brandings)
1.The process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal.
2.1922, Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji, Zoroastrian Civilization[1], page 115:
Punishment for theft was inflicted, either by fine, imprisonment, or hard labour, or by branding.
3.2008 May 18, Mitch Keller, “Ink-Stained and Loving It”, in New York Times[2]:
Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were.
4.The promotion of a commercial brand of product in order to give it greater public awareness.
[Verb]
editbranding
1.present participle of brand
[[Afrikaans]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch branding.
[Noun]
editbranding (uncountable)
1.breakers, surf
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈbrɑn.dɪŋ/[Etymology]
editFrom branden (“burn”) + -ing, compare aestus, which means both fire and tide.
[Noun]
editbranding f (plural brandingen, diminutive brandinkje n)
1.breakers (foaming waves), surf
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈbɾandin/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English branding.
[Noun]
editbranding m (plural brandings)
1.(marketing) branding
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[[English]]
ipa :/bɹænd/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). Parallel to e.g. Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”).
[Noun]
editbrand (plural brands)
1.(obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
2.1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas
Goe to prepare the maryages what neede the torchis light? be holde the towres of troy do shyne with brandes that blase full bright.
3.1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas
Is yet againe thy brest enflamde, / with brande of venus might
4.(archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
To burn something to brands and ashes.
5.1513, Gavin Douglas, The Eneados
The fearful brands and bleezes of het fire.
6.1859-1890, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England to the Revolutionary War
Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
7.1835, [Washington Irving], chapter VI, in A Tour on the Prairies (The Crayon Miscellany; no. 1), Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, OCLC 557798950, page 47:
About three o'clock, we came to a recent camping place of the company of rangers: the brands of one of their fires were still smoking; so that, according to the opinion of Beatte, they could not have passed on above a day previously.
8.1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas
Or when amid the Grecians shippes, / he threw the brandes of fyre.
9.(Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
10.(archaic) A sword.
11.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand.
12.1834 September (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Sir Galahad”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1008064829, stanza I, page 174:
The shattering trumpet shrilleth high, / The hard brands shiver on the steel, / The splintered spear-shafts crack and fly, / The horse and rider reel: […]
13.A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
Hyponym: badge
14.A branding iron.
15.The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
Synonyms: trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name
16.1999, Bernd Schmitt, Experiential marketing, page 39:
The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen.
17.2000, Duane E. Knapp, The Brandmindset, page 67:
In this way, every Citibanker becomes a brand manager and an ambassador of the Citibank brand. ... Indeed, the Citibank brand will "never sleep"
18.2010, Gayle Soucek, Marshall Field's: The Store That Helped Build Chicago, page 136:
Mr. Lundgren claimed that Federated had conducted a focus group and the analysis showed that most people were either indifferent to the name change or preferred the Macy's brand.
19.2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8845:
Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
20.A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
Some brands of breakfast cereal contain a lot of sugar.
21.(by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
I didn’t appreciate his particular brand of flattery.
New Orleans brand sausage; Danish brand ham
22.2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times[2]:
[O]ne minute this "Jihadi John" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam.
23.The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
Synonyms: repute, name, good name
24.2011, Tom Bevan, Carl M. Cannon, Election 2012: The Battle Begins, Crown (→ISBN)
The Obama brand had taken a hit two months earlier, when he campaigned for Creigh Deeds in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey, only to see them both lose.
25.2012, Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service, Entrepreneur Press (→ISBN), page 104:
Her brand is edgy, cosmopolitan, and out-of-the-box, so blogging is the perfect, ever-changing match for her.
26.2019, Sally Thorne, 99 Percent Mine: A Novel, HarperCollins (→ISBN):
He unplugged my umbilical cord to take a leisurely swig, smirking, watching me turn blue before giving it back. My cardiologist told me that was impossible, but I'm still convinced. That's very on-brand for [my twin] Jamie.
27.2022 May 14, David Segal, quoting Simon Kuper, “An Outsider Takes an Inside Look at the Oxford ‘Chums’ Who Run the U.K.”, in The New York Times[3], ISSN 0362-4331:
“We made fun of [Jacob Rees-Mogg] in the paper” — that would be Cherwell, Oxford’s student-run weekly, where Kuper was a reporter — “all the while not realizing that we were helping to build his brand.”
28.A mark of infamy; stigma.
29.Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
[References]
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- brand at OneLook Dictionary Search
- brand in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- brand in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[Related terms]
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- brand new
- rebrand
[See also]
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- advertising
- advertising research
- copy testing
- global advertising
- integrated marketing communications
- marketing
- market research
- picture sort
- trademark
- servicemark
[Verb]
editbrand (third-person singular simple present brands, present participle branding, simple past and past participle branded)
1.(transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
2.1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 405:
Man's flesh they eat: their own they paint and sear, / branding with burning iron, — usage fere!
3.(transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
4.(transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
Her face is branded upon my memory.
5.(transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
6.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:
I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
7.2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".
8.(transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/brant/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch brand, from Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Dutch branden, from Middle Dutch branden.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/branˀ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Danish brand, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, compare with Swedish brand, English brand, German Brand.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English brand, cognate with the former word.
[Etymology 3]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/brɑnt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[French]]
ipa :/bʁɑ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French brand, from Old French brant, from Frankish *brand (“firebrand, flaming sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“firebrand, torch, sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old High German brant (“fire, firebrand, burning iron”), Old English brand (“fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon”), Old Norse brandr (“fire, firebrand, sword”). More at English brand.
[Further reading]
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- “brand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editbrand m (plural brands)
1.(archaic) a sword
[[Icelandic]]
[Noun]
editbrand
1.indefinite accusative singular of brandur
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English brand.
[Noun]
editbrand m (invariable)
1.brand (product symbol)
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/brand/[Alternative forms]
edit
- braund, brend, brond, broond
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English brand, brond, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.
[Noun]
editbrand (plural brandes)
1.fire, flame
2.burning wood or coal
3.torch (lit stick)
4.c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[4], published c. 1410, Apocalips 8:10-11, page 120r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
And þe þꝛidde aungel trumpide .· ⁊ a greet ſterre bꝛennynge as a litil bꝛond felde fro heuene ⁊ it felde in to þe þꝛidde part of floodis .· ⁊ in to þe wellis of watris ⁊ þe name of þe ſterre is ſeid wermod ⁊ þe þꝛidde part of watris .· was maad in to wermod ⁊ manye men weren deed of þe watris .· for þo weren maad bittir
And the third angel blew his trumpet, then a great star burning like a little torch fell from heaven; it fell upon a third of [the world's] rivers and water sources. The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the [world's] water was turned into wormwood; many people died from that water because it'd been made bitter.
5.(chiefly poetic) sword, blade
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse brandr. Doublet of brann.
[Noun]
editbrand m (definite singular branden, indefinite plural brandar, definite plural brandane)
1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2.(pre-1938) alternative form of brann; fire
[References]
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- “brand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Occitan]]
ipa :/brand/[Noun]
editbrand m (plural brands)
1.(nautical) pitch (movement around the beam axis)
[[Old Danish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse brandr.
[Noun]
editbrand
1.fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place)
[[Old English]]
ipa :/brɑnd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- brond
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.
[Noun]
editbrand m
1.firebrand; torch
2.(poetic) a sword
[[Old Norse]]
[Noun]
editbrand
1.indefinite accusative singular of brandr
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English brand.
[Noun]
editbrand n (plural branduri)
1.brand
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/brand/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish brander, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu-. A derivative of brinna.
[Further reading]
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- brand in Svensk ordbok.
[Noun]
editbrand c
1.accidental, uncontrollable fire, conflagration
Antonym: eld (“controlled fire”)
2.(archaic, poetic) sword
[References]
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- brand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “brand”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[See also]
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- brasa
- eld
- eldsvåda
- vådeld
- vårdkase
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[[Afrikaans]]
[Noun]
editbrande
1.plural of brand
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
editbrande c
1.indefinite plural of brand
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
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- barend, braden
[Verb]
editbrande
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of branden
[[German]]
[Verb]
editbrande
1.inflection of branden:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editbrande f
1.plural of branda
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editbrande
1.Alternative form of branden
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ˈbrɑn.de/[Noun]
editbrande
1.dative singular of brand
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom English brandy.
[Etymology 2]
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