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IP
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editIP (not comparable)
1.(medicine) Initialism of intraperitoneal.
[Anagrams]
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- P'i, P. I., P.I., PI, Pi, pi
[Etymology]
editInitialism.
[Further reading]
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- Inflectional phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editIP (countable and uncountable, plural IPs)
1.(law, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
2.(law, uncountable) Initialism of indigenous peoples.
3.(motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
4.(baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher.)
5.(biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
6.(computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
7.(computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
8.(grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
9.(medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
10.Initialism of instrument panel.
11.(cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
12.(Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
1.(Wikimedia jargon) In wikis, an unregistered user identified by their IP address.
Synonym: anon
This IP made a disruptive edit!(US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.(US, military, initialism, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
[Phrase]
editIP
1.(prison) Initialism of in possession.
2.2014, Linda Gask, Carolyn Chew-Graham, ABC of Anxiety and Depression (page 37)
Prison nursing staff will carefully evaluate whether an individual should have 'IP' (in possession) medication.
[Proper noun]
editIP
1.(Internet, networking) Initialism of Internet Protocol.
IP address
2.Initialism of Ingress Protection Rating.
3.Initialism of International Paper.
[See also]
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- IP set
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :/ˈi.pe/[Noun]
editIP (first-person possessive IPku, second-person possessive IPmu, third-person possessive IPnya)
1.(education) Initialism of indeks prestasi.
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durable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈd(j)ʊəɹəbəl/[Adjective]
editdurable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)
1.Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
durable economy
durable batteries
durable food
[Anagrams]
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- delubra
[Antonyms]
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- weak
- vulnerable
- transitoryedit
- nondurable
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).
[Noun]
editdurable (plural durables)
1.(economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
2.1989, Robert A. Pollak, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 188:
In a frictionless world with perfect rental markets, there is an unambiguous cost associated with the use of a durable for a single period.
[[Asturian]]
[Adjective]
editdurable (epicene, plural durables)
1.durable (able to resist wear; enduring)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin dūrābilis.
[[Bikol Central]]
ipa :/duˈɾable/[Adjective]
editdurable
1.durable
Synonym: kudat
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Spanish durable.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/duˈɾa.blə/[Adjective]
editdurable (masculine and feminine plural durables)
1.durable
Synonym: durador
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin dūrābilis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “durable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “durable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “durable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “durable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[French]]
ipa :/dy.ʁabl/[Adjective]
editdurable (plural durables)
1.durable
2.sustainable
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin dūrābilis. See durer and -able.
[Further reading]
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- “durable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/duˈɾable/[Adjective]
editdurable (plural durables)
1.durable
Synonyms: duradero, perdurable
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin dūrābilis.
[Further reading]
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- “durable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Parks
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- K-spar, Karps, Praks, Spark, spark
[Etymology 1]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Parks (surname)Wikipedia Compare Parkes. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[[German]]
ipa :/paʁks/[Noun]
editParks
1.plural of Park
2.genitive singular of Park
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look to
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- lotoko
[Verb]
editlook to (third-person singular simple present looks to, present participle looking to, simple past and past participle looked to)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, to.
2.(idiomatic) To seek inspiration or advice or reward from someone.
Whenever I'm upset, I look to Mary to cheer me up.
3.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., OCLC 580270828, page 01:
But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. ¶ "He's there, I tell you," he persisted. "And for threepence I'll get you to see him. Come on, your honour! It's many a Westminster election I've seen, and beer running, from Mr. Fox, […] when maybe it's your honour's going to stand! Anyway, it's, Down with the mongers!"
4.(idiomatic) To take care of.
5.1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 4, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], OCLC 2481962:
He thoroughly cleaned his silver watch-chain with whiting, put new lacing straps to his boots, looked to the brass eyelet-holes, went to the inmost heart of the plantation for a new walking-stick, and trimmed it vigorously on his way back; […].
6.(idiomatic) To intend to; to prepare to.
I think that cat was looking to bite me if I hadn't run away!
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45944
ponder
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɒn.də(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
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- Penrod, proned
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.
[Noun]
editponder (plural ponders)
1.(colloquial) A period of deep thought.
I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.
[Verb]
editponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)
1.To wonder, think of deeply.
2.To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
Synonyms: chew over, mull over; see also Thesaurus:ponder
I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 4:26:
Ponder the path of thy feet.
4.(obsolete) To weigh.
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afloat
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈfloʊt/[Adverb]
editafloat (not comparable)
1.Floating.
A rubber duck and other toys were afloat in the bath.
2.1599 (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 IV, scene iii]:
On such a full sea are we now afloat; / And we must take the current when it serves, / Or lose our ventures.
3.1668, John Dryden, Sir Martin Mar-all, London: H. Herringman, Act II, p. 22,[1]
You have so little Brains, that a Penn’orth of Butter melted under ’um, would set ’um afloat:
4.1719 April 25, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], published 1719, OCLC 838630407, page 224:
[…] I went down to my Boat, got the Water out of her, and got her afloat, loaded all my Cargo in her, and then went Home again for more;
5.1881, Christina Rossetti, “De Profundis” in A Pageant and Other Poems, London: Macmillan, p. 60,[2]
Oh why is heaven built so far, / Oh why is earth set so remote? / I cannot reach the nearest star / That hangs afloat.
6.In a vessel at sea or on another body of water.
Antonym: ashore
7.1788, Alexander Jardine, Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, &c., London: T. Cadell, Volume 2, Letter 23, p. 236,[3]
[…] that trade […] may likewise employ many useful hands both ashore and afloat,
8.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 11, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134, part II (The Sea Cook), page 88:
They was the roughest crew afloat, was Flint’s; the devil himself would have been feared to go to sea with them.
9.1947, James Michener, Tales of the South Pacific, New York: Dial, 2014, “The Strike,” p. 315,[4]
Navy chow ashore is rarely as good as it is afloat, and for enlisted men it is usually much worse.
10.(of hair or clothing) Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc.
11.1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:
her black hair loose and a-float down her dazzling white neck
12.1971, Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword, New York: Ballantine Books, 1981, Chapter 4, p. 11,[5]
unbound silvery-gold tresses afloat beneath a jeweled coronet
13.2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, Chapter 7, p. 152,[6]
[…] she roars down the street, dreads and feathers and cape afloat,
14.Covered with water (bearing floating objects).
Synonyms: awash, flooded
The decks are afloat.
15.1695, Edmund Gibson (translator), Camden’s Britannia, London: A. Swalle, “Staffordshire,”[7]
[…] it [the River Dove] overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile
16.1938, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling, New York: Scribner, Chapter 19, p. 233,[8]
The yard was afloat. Jody looked out of the window and saw two drowned biddies floating about with upturned bellies.
17.(figuratively) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
Synonym: awash
18.1911, D. H. Lawrence, The White Peacock, London: Heinemann, Part 2, Chapter 2, p. 233,[9]
The larch-wood was afloat with clear, lyric green,
19.1935, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mistress Pat, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937, p. 100,[10]
The world was afloat in primrose light, pale and exquisite.
20.1979, Bernard Malamud, Dubin’s Lives, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, Part 1, p. 51,[11]
The lobby was afloat with men, single and married, meeting pretty women in bright dresses and pants suits, single and married.
21.(of an organization) Having enough money to continue to operate; (of a private individual, family, etc.) able to pay one's expenses, able to keep one's head above water.
Synonyms: on one's feet, solvent
Antonyms: bankrupt, insolvent
The donation will keep our business afloat for quite a while.
22.1549, Miles Coverdale (translator), The Paraphrase of Erasmus upon the New Testament, London: Edward Whitchurche, Volume 2, Philippians 4,[12]
[…] you nede not to be sorye, as thoughe your frendely liberalitie had not be very acceptable vnto me. I haue receaued euery thing, and now I am afloate, by your lyberall sendyng.
23.1753, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom, Edinburgh: Mundell & Son, 1800, Chapter 54, pp. 306-307,[13]
He […] endeavoured, by forcing himself into a lower path of life than any he had hitherto trod, to keep himself afloat, with the portion of some tradesman’s daughter, whom he meant to espouse.
24.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 34, in Vanity Fair, London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108, page 309:
[…] the price poor Jos Osborne had paid for her two horses was in itself sufficient to keep their little establishment afloat for a year, at least;
25.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 191:
They somehow manage to keep "afloat," so as to obtain the needful funds to pay their passages and to purchase, tools and rations.
26.2010, Nadifa Mohamed, Black Mamba Boy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 67,[14]
The clan handouts that kept other Somalis afloat were absent here, as the Yibros were so few and so poor.
27.(dated, of ideas, information, etc.) Being believed or discussed by many people; being passed from person to person.
Synonyms: circulating, in circulation, current
28.1587 Raphael Holinshed et al., Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 3, Edward I, p. 298,[15]
setting a lie aflote
29.1757, William Burke and Edmund Burke, An Account of the European Settlements in America, London: R. and J. Dodsley, Volume 2, Part 7, Chapter 4, p. 150,[16]
[…] as this example set the discourse about witchcraft afloat, some people, troubled with a similar complaint, began to fancy themselves bewitched too.
30.1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, London: Smith, Elder, Volume 2, Chapter 5, p. 163,[17]
[…] I shall not be judged fairly; it will get afloat that I am not a good girl,
31.1945, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, London: Chapman & Hall, Book 2, Chapter 3, p. 243,[18]
[…] she and I were accepted, whatever ugly rumours had been afloat in the past year, as man and wife.
32.(obsolete, of an emotional state) Stimulated, aroused.
33.1769, Elizabeth Griffith, The School for Rakes, London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, Epilogue, p. 92,[19]
You’ll find, when once my passion is afloat, / The soul of Caesar, in a petticoat!
34.1794, Thomas Holcroft, The Adventures of Hugh Trevor, London: Shepperson and Reynolds, Volume 1, Chapter 6, p. 46,[20]
My half frozen blood and my fears again afloat made me tremble through every limb;
35.1821, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk, London: John Warren, Essay 1, p. 3,[21]
No angry passions rise to disturb the silent progress of the work, […] no irritable humours are set afloat:
36.(obsolete) In a state of confusion or bewilderment.
Synonym: at sea
37.1789, Edward Gibbon, letter to Lord Sheffield dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p. 201,[22]
I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
38.1878, John Berwick Harwood, Helena Lady Harrogate, London: Richard Bentley, Volume 1, Chapter 17, p. 312,[23]
[…] they knew how to abstain from the overdose of liquor that sets the brain afloat and loosens the tongue.
39.1887, Harry Castlemon, Our Fellows, Philadelphia: John C. Winston, Chapter 1, p. 10,[24]
[…] he could correctly analyze and parse any sentence you could give him, no matter how complex; but when it came to talking he was all afloat.
[Etymology]
edita- + float
[Preposition]
editafloat
1.(obsolete) Floating on.
2.early 1600s, John Webster and William Rowley, The Thracian Wonder, London: Thomas Johnson, 1661, Act I, Scene 1,[25]
But Huswife, as for you, / You with your Brat, wee’l send afloat the Main,
3.1642, Robert Cotton, The Troublesome Life and Raigne of King Henry the Third, London: George Lindsey, p. 5,[26]
[…] great wee see must be the art and cunning of that man, that keeps him afloat the streame of Soveraigne favour,
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fan out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Tufano
[Verb]
editfan out (third-person singular simple present fans out, present participle fanning out, simple past and past participle fanned out)
1.To spread out into the shape of a fan
2.1963 June, “News and Comment: Sheffield scheme progress”, in Modern Railways, page 368:
West of the summit the cutting fans out at the entrance to the new yard on the north side.
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Fan
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- AFN, ANF, FNA, NAF, NFA
[Etymology 1]
editShortening of Fanny, itself a short form of Frances.
[Etymology 2]
editWikimedia Commons has more media related to:Fan CountyFrom Mandarin 范 (Fàn).
[[German]]
ipa :[fɛn][Etymology]
editBorrowed from English fan, short for fanatic.
[Further reading]
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- “Fan” in Duden online
- “Fan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editFan m (strong, genitive Fans, plural Fans)
1.fan, devotee
Synonyms: Anhänger, Bewunderer, Getreuer, Jünger, Sympathisant, Verehrer
Antonyms: Gegner, Nichtfan
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45953
FAN
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- AFN, ANF, FNA, NAF, NFA
[Noun]
editFAN (countable and uncountable, plural FANs)
1.Initialism of file area network.
2.(brewing) Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.
[[French]]
[Proper noun]
editFAN f pl (plural only)
1.Initialism of Forces Armées du Nord (“Armed Forces of the North”). (a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War)
[[Spanish]]
[Proper noun]
editFAN f
1.Fuerza Armada Nacional (National Armed Forces), the military of Venezuela
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fab
[[English]]
ipa :/fæb/[Anagrams]
edit
- AFB, B.F.A., BAF, BFA
[Etymology 1]
editFrom fabulous, by shortening.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.
[References]
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1. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 652 →ISBN
[[Volapük]]
ipa :/fab/[Noun]
editfab (nominative plural fabs)
1.fable
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/vaːb/[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editfab m
1.Soft mutation of mab.
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surveillance
[[English]]
ipa :/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French surveillance (“a watching over, overseeing, supervision”), from surveiller (“to watch, oversee”), from sur- (“over”) + veiller (“to watch”), from Middle French, from Old French veillier (“to stay awake”), from Latin vigilāre, present active infinitive of vigilō (“I am watchful”). More at vigilant.
[Noun]
editsurveillance (countable and uncountable, plural surveillances)
1.Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
2.Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
3.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 1000392275, pages 66–67:
Lady Anne appeared in a week or two to have greatly recovered her appetite, and she talked much of the benefit derived from her native air, in order to gain which, she constantly drove out in Lord Rotheles's carriages, and appeared to derive comfort from her admiration of his beautiful bays; beyond this Helen could not perceive that her airings were useful, as her cough increased exceedingly, and all the visitants at the castle expressed surprise "that she did not place herself under the surveillance of one or other of the great physicians of the metropolis."
4.(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
5.2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly[1], volume 188, number 2, page 23:
The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.
6.2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, quoting Tim Cook, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic[2]:
Cook was making an impassioned plea to end the technology industry’s collection and sale of user data. “This is surveillance,” he continued.
7.(law) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French surveillance.
[Noun]
editsurveillance f (plural surveillances)
1.stakeout
[[French]]
ipa :/syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s/[Etymology]
editFrom surveiller + -ance.
[Further reading]
edit
- “surveillance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editsurveillance f (plural surveillances)
1.surveillance
2.supervision
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hunt down
[[English]]
[Etymology]
edithunt + down
[Verb]
edithunt down (third-person singular simple present hunts down, present participle hunting down, simple past and past participle hunted down)
1.(transitive) To hunt something and capture or kill it.
2.(transitive) To destroy by persecution or violence.
3.(transitive, colloquial) To find with difficulty.
I managed to hunt down a surviving copy of the magazine.
4.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
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Hunt
[[English]]
ipa :/hʌnt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Thun
[Proper noun]
editHunt (countable and uncountable, plural Hunts)
1.An English surname originating as an occupation for a hunter (for game, birds etc).
2.(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3.A placename
1.An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio, United States.
2.An unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States.
3.Former name of McFarland, A place in California, United States
4.Ellipsis of Hunt County.
[[German]]
ipa :/hʊnt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Hund
[Noun]
editHunt m (strong, genitive Huntes or Hunts, plural Hunte)
1.(countable) minecart
[[Plautdietsch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German hunt and Old Saxon hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Cognate with German Hund, English hound.
[Noun]
editHunt m (plural Hunj)
1.dog
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lack
[[English]]
ipa :/lak/[Anagrams]
edit
- calk, kcal
[Etymology 1]
editMiddle English, cognate with or from Middle Low German lak, Middle Dutch lac (“deficiency”) and Middle Dutch laken (“blame, lack”); all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. See also Dutch lak (“calumny”), Old Norse lakr (“lacking”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
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- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “lak(k)on-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
[[German]]
[Verb]
editlack
1.imperative singular of lacken
2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of lacken
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editlack (comparative mer lack, superlative mest lack)
1.(colloquial) angry
Jag blir lack på honom
I get angry at him
[Etymology]
editFrom French lacre (“sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca.
[Noun]
editlack n
1.lacquer
[References]
edit
- lack in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lack in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lack in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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45963
censorship
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp/[Anagrams]
edit
- sensorchip, sphericons
[Etymology]
editFrom censor + -ship.
[Noun]
editcensorship (countable and uncountable, plural censorships)
1.The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
2.1899, Arthur Christopher Benson, The life of Edward White Benson, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury: Volume 1
[…] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press."
3.2012, Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, Censorship Files, The: Latin American Writers and Franco's Spain
The Infantes had contacts among left-wing groups that opposed the dictatorial regime in Spain and their visibility in these circles was a serious concern for the censorship authorities […]
4.(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
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defraud
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪ.ˈfɹɔːd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- defraude (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- frauded
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.
[See also]
edit
- fraudster
[Verb]
editdefraud (third-person singular simple present defrauds, present participle defrauding, simple past and past participle defrauded)
1.(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
2.1908, 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.
3.(archaic) To deprive.
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Corinthians 7:5:
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
5.1872, William Goodell, "On Conjugal Onanism and Kindred Sins", Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, vol. 9, page 63.
She is sinned against, because she is defrauded of her rights (i.e. sexual satisfaction).
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Ponzi
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɒnzi/[Adjective]
editPonzi (not comparable)
1.(finance) Pertaining to a scheme whereby investors' returns are paid for directly by later investors' investments, giving the false impression that the investment is viable.
2.2012 March 8, “Fraudster jailed for Britain's biggest Ponzi scam”, in The Guardian[1]:
Officers, who say he [Kautilya Nandan Pruthi] was Britain's most prolific Ponzi fraudster "by some way", fear that only around £2m will be returned to his victims.
[Etymology]
editNamed after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) who notoriously ran such type of scam.
[Noun]
editPonzi (plural Ponzis)
1.A Ponzi scheme.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- pinzo, pinzò
[Etymology]
editFrom the personal name Ponzio.
[Proper noun]
editPonzi ?
1.a surname originating as a patronymic
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Ponzi scheme
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editNamed after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949), who famously conducted a pyramid scheme in North America in the 1920s.
[Further reading]
edit
- Ponzi scheme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editPonzi scheme (plural Ponzi schemes)
1.A fraudulent scheme where earlier investors are paid with the money taken from new investors, giving the impression that the scheme is a viable investment.
Synonym: Ponzi scam
Coordinate term: pyramid scheme
2.2021 April 14, Diana B. Henriques, “Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
Bernard L. Madoff, the one-time senior statesman of Wall Street who in 2008 became the human face of an era of financial misdeeds and missteps for running the largest and possibly most devastating Ponzi scheme in financial history, died on Wednesday at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C. He was 82.
3.2021 May 20, Paul Krugman, “Technobabble, Libertarian Derp and Bitcoin”, in The New York Times[2], ISSN 0362-4331:
Now, a long-running Ponzi scheme requires a narrative — and the narrative is where crypto really excels.
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penetration
[[English]]
ipa :/pɛnɪˈtɹeɪʃ(ə)n/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, and its source, Latin penetrātiō, from the participle stem of penetrō (“pierce”, verb).Morphologically penetrate + -ion
[Noun]
editpenetration (countable and uncountable, plural penetrations)
1.The act of penetrating something. [from 15th c.]
Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
2.Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse. [from 17th c.]
3.The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment. [from 17th c.]
4.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 82790126:
my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration.
5.(blackjack) A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.
6.(marketing) The proportion of the target audience who buy the advertised product or service.
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carriage
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English cariage, from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (“to carry”).
[Noun]
editcarriage (countable and uncountable, plural carriages) Carriage render Carriage in Massachusetts
1.The act of conveying; carrying.
2.1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775 (page 6)
The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.
3.Means of conveyance.
4.A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
Hyponym: coach
Antonym: (heavier vehicle designed to transport people or goods) wagon
The carriage ride was very romantic.
5.(rail transport, Britain, Abbreviation of railway carriage) A railroad car
6.1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 7:
When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage. People began to shake crumbs from their laps and tidy themselves up a little.
7.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
8.The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.
The runner has a very low arm carriage.
9.(now rare) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
10.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto i:
His carriage was full comely and vpright, / His countenaunce demure and temperate [...].
11.1942, Emily Carr, “Characters”, in The Book of Small:
In spite of her erect carriage she could flop to her knees to pray as smart as any of us.
12.1986, Miles Davis, The Dick Cavett Show (October 7):
Cavett: What would it take – seriously – for a musician to be good enough to play in the Miles Davis bands? Suppose you're looking for a new guy.
Davis: Well, the first thing he needs do – whoever he is – has to have good carriage, you know.
Cavett: Meaning?
Davis: Meaning that they have to look like what they're going to play – the instrument.
13.2009, Cicely Tyson, Leading Women: Maya Angelou (Season 1, Episode 5):
She [Maya Angelou] towered over everyone and exuded a power that I had not recognized in anyone other than my mother. It was in her height. It was in her carriage. It was in her voice. And, I said to myself, 'This is woman to be reckoned with.'
14.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 90:
He chose to speak largely about Vietnam [...], and his wonderfully sonorous voice was as enthralling to me as his very striking carriage and appearance.
15.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
16.(archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
17.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407:
He now assumed a carriage to me so very different from what he had lately worn, and so nearly resembling his behaviour the first week of our marriage, that […] he might, possibly, have rekindled my fondness for him.
18.1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
Some people whisper but no doubt they lie, / For malice still imputes some private end, / That Inez had, ere Don Alfonso's marriage, / Forgot with him her very prudent carriage [...].
19.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
20.The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
21.(US, New England) A shopping cart.
22.(Britain) A stroller; a baby carriage.
23.The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).
Synonyms: freight, freightage, cartage, charge, rate
24.(archaic) That which is carried, baggage
25.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 17:22:
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
26.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:carriage.
[See also]
edit
- carriage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Appendix:Carriages
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demise
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈmaɪz/[Anagrams]
edit
- -semide, Eidems, Medise, demies, medise
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre; from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō.
[Noun]
editdemise (countable and uncountable, plural demises)
1.(law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
2.Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
3.(countable) Death.
4.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 124:
Earth looked her loveliest to receive my sweet sister's gentle dust; but all was harsh and sullen as her own nature when Lady Avonleigh's haughty ashes returned to their original element. Immediately after her demise, her son went abroad, and I accompanied him.
5.(countable) The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise.
[Verb]
editdemise (third-person singular simple present demises, present participle demising, simple past and past participle demised)
1.(transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
2.(transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.
3.(transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.
4.(intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
5.(intransitive) To die.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈdɛmɪsɛ][Etymology]
editFrom French démission, from Latin dēmissiō, from dēmittō.
[Further reading]
edit
- demise in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- demise in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editdemise f
1.resignation, abdication
Synonyms: abdikace, rezignace
podat demisi ― to resign
[See also]
edit
- mise
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advance
[[English]]
ipa :/ədˈvɑːns/[Adjective]
editadvance (comparative more advance, superlative most advance)
1.Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.
2.Preceding.
The advance man came a month before the candidate.
3.Forward.
The scouts found a site for an advance base.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- advaunce (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
edit
- regress
- retract (in phonetics)edit
- (forward move): regress, regression
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.
[Noun]
editadvance (plural advances)
1.A forward move; improvement or progression.
an advance in health or knowledge
an advance in rank or office
2.An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
3.1914 June, James Joyce, “Counterparts”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, OCLC 1170255194:
Could he ask the cashier privately for an advance? No, the cashier was no good, no damn good: he wouldn't give an advance.
4.1780, John Jay, letter dated November 21
I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.
5.An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
an advance on the prime cost of goods
6.(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
7.1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church of England Man with Respect to Religion and Government
For, if it were of any use to recall matters of fact, what is more notorious, than that prince's applying himself first to the church of England? and upon their refusal to fall in with his measures, making the like advances to the dissenters of all kinds, who readily and almost universally complied with him
8.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., OCLC 18478577; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, OCLC 988016180:
As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.
9.1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.
10.1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 59:
[A]nd Rosamund though quite a genteelly brought up young lady had responded to his advances by slapping his face.
[Synonyms]
edit
- raise, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, improve, heighten, accelerate, allege, adduce, assign
[Verb]
editadvance (third-person singular simple present advances, present participle advancing, simple past and past participle advanced)
1.To promote or advantage.
1.To help the progress of (something); to further. [from 12th c.]
2.2018, Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian, 26 January:
Some see it as in effect the end of the Syrian uprising that began with peaceful protests against Assad’s police state in 2011, with opposition fighters working to advance Turkey’s interests at the expense of the revolution’s goals.
3.To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Esther 3:1:
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
5.1838, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: American Stationers’ Company; John B. Russell, OCLC 198332973:
This, however, was in time evaded by the monarchs, who advanced certain of their own retainers to a level with the ancient peers of the land […] To move forward in space or time.
1.To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. [from 14th c.]
2.1667, 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:
Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated front athwart my way / To yonder gates?
3.To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. [form 15th c.]
4.1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, […], OCLC 892089409, page 95:
[S]in and sorrow it were, considering the hardships of this noble and gallant knight, no whit mentioning or weighing those we ourselves have endured, if we were now either to advance or retard the hour of refection beyond the time when the viands are fit to be set before us.
5.(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]
6.1829, Marchioness of Lemington, Rosina, or the Virtuous Country Maid, Ninth ed.:
I advanced towards him step by step, stopping sometimes for fear of waking him.
7.2003, C.J. Shane, editor, China (The History of Nations)[1], Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2002029939, OCLC 50441312, page 67:
This army recaptured Wu-chʻang, on the right bank of the Yangtze, in 1854, reached Chen-chiang four years later, advanced to Chiu-chiang and threatened Nanking.
8.To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. [from 16th c.]
9.1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn:
“I had intended to ask you to advance me a hundred pounds,” said Phineas.
10.1871, James William Gilbart, The Principles and Practice of Banking:
On the urgent representations of several parties of the first importance in the City of London, the bank advanced 120,000l. to the Governor and Company of the Copper Miners […].
11.To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. [from 16th c.]
12.1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, OCLC 15810849:
Some ne'er advance a Judgement of their own, / But catch the spreading notion of the Town […] .
13.(intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed. [from 16th c.]
14.2014, Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian, 24 April:
Earlier the caller said men were more likely to be in senior positions. Clegg says that's partly because the current maternity leave arrangements make it difficult for women to advance in the workplace.
15.(intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. [from 16th c.]
16.1927, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes:
I can promise you that you will feel even less humorous as the evening advances.To raise, be raised.
1.(transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate. [from 14th c.]
2.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
The fringed Curtaines of thine eyes aduance.
3.To raise or increase (a price, rate). [from 14th c.]
4.1924, The Times, 16 July:
In February last […] bakers advanced the price of bread sold over the counter in London from 8d. to 8½d. per quartern loaf.
5.To increase (a number or amount). [from 16th c.]
6.(intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction. [from 18th c.]
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knockout
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnɒk.aʊt/[Adjective]
editknockout (not comparable)
1.Rendering someone unconscious.
He delivered a knockout blow.
2.Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
You should have seen her knockout eyes.
3.2010, Ro Martinez, Modeling at Any Age (page 81)
If the same model has beautiful hair, white teeth, glowing skin, a fit body, good hands and legs, a great wardrobe, and a knockout comp, her value on the "bookability meter" goes sky high.
4.(genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
5.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 255:
The result is a so-called knockout mouse, reared with a single gene silenced, the better to reveal that gene's true purpose.
6.Causing elimination from a competition.
7.2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton [2]
Rodolph Austin delivered the knockout blow from close range 20 minutes from time, after Aidan White had given Leeds a dream start after four minutes.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- knock-out
[Etymology]
editFrom knock out.
[Noun]
editknockout (plural knockouts)
1.The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
2.The deactivation of anything.
3.1989, Network World (6 February 1989, page 82)
Pull the plug on a node to see how the network handles a node knockout.
4.(informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
5.(informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
6.1995, Rhonda K. Reinholtz et al., "Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse," in P. J. Kalbfleisch and M. J. Cody, eds., Gender, Power, and Communications in Human Relationships, p. 150,
Phrases such as "she bowled me over," "she's striking," and "she's a knockout" suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control.
7.A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
8.(genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
9.(genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
10.(printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
11.(sports) A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
the knockout stages of the competition
12.2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport[1]:
In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
13.(uncountable) A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
14.Short for knockout auction.
[Related terms]
edit
- knock one's socks off
- knock out
- technical knockout, TKO
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English knockout.
[Noun]
editknockout m (plural knockouts)
1.Alternative form of nocaute
Synonym: KO
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French knock-out or English knockout.
[Noun]
editknockout n (plural knockouturi)
1.(sports) knockout
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come from behind
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcome from behind (third-person singular simple present comes from behind, present participle coming from behind, simple past came from behind, past participle come from behind)
1.(sports) To be in a winning position after having been in a losing position.
2.2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC[1]:
Chelsea kept their faint Premier League title hopes alive and damaged Manchester United's own ambitions as they came from behind to beat the leaders at Stamford Bridge.
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come from
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcome from (third-person singular simple present comes from, present participle coming from, simple past came from, past participle come from)
1.(transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality.
Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden.
2.1993 December 12, Jim Sheridan & Terry George, In the Name of the Father, distributed by Universal Pictures, spoken by Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis):
To explain how I happened to be in England in 1974 at the time of the bombing, I better take you back to Northern Ireland, where I come from.
3.(transitive) To be derived from.
4.2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 4, page 264:
Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
5.(transitive, slightly informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.
Even though I have a more progressive philosophy, I can understand where he's coming from. There was a time in my life when it was hard for me to adapt to change, myself.
Antonyms: drive at, get at
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regasification
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- regassification
[Etymology]
editFrom re- + gasification.
[Further reading]
edit
- “regasification”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “regasification”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Noun]
editregasification (uncountable)
1.The process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. It consists in the evaporation of liquified natural gas after transport (by ship) to a distribution terminal
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count on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- no-count
[Synonyms]
edit
- bank on
- hang one's hat on
[Verb]
editcount on (third-person singular simple present counts on, present participle counting on, simple past and past participle counted on)
1.(transitive) to rely on, trust, or expect
Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm.
Can we count on you to help out?
2.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 8, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice.
3.1999, Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk:
The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
4.2001, Builder's Guide to Accounting:
Or perhaps something unusual occurred in the current period that you can't count on to repeat itself.
5.2009, USA Today - Going green: Young talent cuts costs, builds continuity:
"Hopefully you can count on them for a long period of time. Quite frankly, not often do you give those players up."
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hoovering
[[English]]
[Verb]
edithoovering
1.present participle of hoover
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hoover
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Hoover
[Etymology]
editFrom Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) and his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr. (1877–1954). The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer.
[Noun]
edithoover (plural hoovers)
1.(chiefly Britain, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
2.2006, William Houston, Party Tricks for Dogs, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
"What do you do about dogs that don't like Hoovers?" […] At the first opportunity place the Hoover in the area where your dog is lying calmly, and since it is normally the noise that sends it into those fits of anger, it should be unconcerned with a silent machine. Continue to place the Hoover in those areas that your pet is relaxing until it is familiar with the Hoover being in such close proximity. […] By continuing to distract your pet each time the Hoover is switched on but stationary, you should be able to move it a little closer without causing your pet any alarm.
3.2011, Terry Jones, Evil Machines, Clerkenwell, London: Unbound, →ISBN:
And the brooms lined up behind the buckets, and the dusters, dustpans, cloths and brushes, feather dusters and sweepers all lined up bravely to do battle with the thousand upright Hoovers. The Hoovers charged, engines roaring and bags fully inflated.
4.2014, Guy Browning, How to Be Normal: A Guide for the Perplexed, London: Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
Vacuuming the house is a very quick way of sprucing it up simply because you can use the hoover to push everything out of the way. Cleaning an average-size room is also the exercise equivalent of ten minutes on the Nordic Skier, while changing the hoover bag is the mental equivalent of doing a Rubik's cube in a dust storm.
[References]
edit
- “hoover”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (transitive sense): to vacuum
[Verb]
edithoover (third-person singular simple present hoovers, present participle hoovering, simple past and past participle hoovered)
1.(transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
I need to hoover this room.
2.2000, Tanya David; Dennis Pepper, comp., “Dogends”, in The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
This time Robbie was dreaming about Mr Spatchley's ducks. They had all come alive and were flying around the office whilst Robbie desperately tried to hoover the floor. There were ducks everywhere, on the desk and mantelpiece and padding around on the floor, knocking things over and quacking indignantly.
3.2006, Stella Rimington, Secret Asset, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-180024-6; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4000-7982-7, page 210:
In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed.
4.2009, Ariel Leve, The Cassandra Chronicles, London: Portobello, →ISBN:
In honour of my visit, he'd gotten rid of 'most' of the cobwebs, and washed and hoovered the walls next to the bed. Hoovered the walls? What sort of creatures were living in the gaps in the stone that would need to be hoovered out?
5.2015, Kes Gray, Daisy and the Trouble with Piggy Banks, London: Red Fox, →ISBN:
After I'd eaten my dinner on Saturday, Mum said I could start earning some money by hoovering the lounge. She got the hoover out, plugged it in and said that she would come and inspect the carpet after she had finished clearing the dinner things away. […] I had started off hoovering the carpet, but after about twelve pushes I got a bit bored.
6.(intransitive, Britain) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
My husband is upstairs, hoovering.
7.2001, Ali Smith, Hotel World, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN:
[…] she was always in trouble for not hoovering behind the bed picked up what I could of it still there after he hoovered […]
8.2005, Ally Fogg; Phil Korbel; Cathy Brooks; Steve Lee, “Money and Monitoring”, in Community Radio Toolkit, Manchester: Radio Regen, →ISBN, page 78:
A woman from a funding agency visited the station for a meeting early one morning, and when she arrived I was doing the hoovering. My colleague introduced us and we chatted for a bit. Then she asked me what my job was and I told her 'station manager'. She looked really puzzled, and asked 'so why are you doing the hoovering?' I answered, 'because the floor was dirty.'
9.2007, Olivia Liberty, Falling, London: Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
Up and down the wooden stairs of the house in Cambridge large balls of dust and dog hair bounced. Toby wondered whether John Lambert III, if he'd stuck around, would have hoovered. The hoover stopped and the man wound in the cord, admiring his handiwork. The silence pounded against Toby's eardrums. It seemed that real men hoovered.
10.(transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
11.1998, Bill Bryson, chapter 1, in A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 8:
Then there is the little-known family of organisms called hantaviruses, which swarm in the micro-haze above the feces of mice and rats and are hoovered into the human respiratory system by anyone unlucky enough to stick a breathing orifice near them—by lying down, say, on a sleeping platform over which infected mice have recently scampered.
12.2003, Thomas E. Downing, “Lessons from Famine Early Warning and Food Security for Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change: Toward a Vulnerability/Adaptation Science?”, in Joel B. Smith, Richard J. T. Klein, and Saleemul Huq, editors, Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development, London: Imperial College Press, →ISBN, pages 72–73:
The early models of famine early warning systems adopted the approach of gathering all possible (or measurable) indicators, adding them up and deducing vulnerability. This was termed the hoovering approach—vulnerability was the weight of the bag after vacuuming up everything in sight (hoovering is the British word for vacuuming).
13.2016, Al Bolea; Leanne Atwater, Applied Leadership Development: Nine Elements of Leadership Mastery (Leadership: Research and Practice Series), New York, N.Y.; Hove, East Sussex: Routledge, →ISBN:
We devoured the food, and all along we three boys were bubbling with excitement, telling Mom about the hole. As Dad "hoovered" away, slurping, chewing, gulping, and snorting, Rudy said, "Mom, you would not believe the hole; it's beautiful. Jeffrey designed it and we dug it together ... even Berto helped."
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/[Etymology]
editThe surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).
[Noun]
editHoover (plural Hoovers)
1.A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (alternative form of hoover).
[Proper noun]
editHoover
1.An American surname from German (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
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floating
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfloʊtɪŋ/[Adjective]
editfloating (not comparable)
1.That floats or float.
floating buoys
2.Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.
In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.
You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.
3.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 24531354, page 198:
"And I am much mistaken if she has not some floating fancy of her own."
4.(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
[Anagrams]
edit
- antigolf
[Noun]
editfloating (plural floatings)
1.The motion of something that floats.
2.(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
3.1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.
4.The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
[Verb]
editfloating
1.present participle of float
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slushy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈslʌʃi/[Adjective]
editslushy (comparative slushier, superlative slushiest)
1.Covered in slush.
2.Having the consistency of slush.
3.(of a person) Soupy; sentimental.
[Etymology]
editFrom slush + -y. In the sense of a cook, from the sense of slush meaning "refuse grease and fat collected in cooking".
[Noun]
editslushy (plural slushies)
1.Alternative form of slushie (“flavoured frozen drink made with ice crystals”)
2.(Australia, colloquial, slang) A kitchen helper.
3.(UK, slang, obsolete) A ship's cook.
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onshore
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editonshore (not comparable)
1.moving from the sea towards the land: an onshore breeze
2.positioned on or near the shore
3.Within the country; not overseas.
[Adverb]
editonshore (comparative more onshore, superlative most onshore)
1.from the sea towards the land
[Alternative forms]
edit
- on-shore
[Anagrams]
edit
- Honores, heroons, noshore, sorehon
[Etymology]
editon + shore
[See also]
edit
- noshore
- offshore
[Verb]
editonshore (third-person singular simple present onshores, present participle onshoring, simple past and past participle onshored)
1.(management) To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.
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cash-strapped
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcash-strapped (comparative more cash-strapped, superlative most cash-strapped)
1.Without funds; low on or out of money.
2.2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68:
As the number of successful business cases increases, there will be a need for external funding with the Treasury cash-strapped in the post-COVID period.
[Etymology]
editFrom the expression strapped for cash.
[References]
edit
- “cash-strapped”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Synonyms]
edit
- penniless
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cash
[[English]]
ipa :/kæʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- ACHs, CAHs, Chas, Chas., HCAs, achs, cahs
[Etymology 1]
editFrom late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”),[1] ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“grasp”). Doublet of case. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Tamil காசு (kācu).[1]
[Etymology 3]
editSee cashier.
[[Aromanian]]
ipa :/kaʃ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- cashu
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin cāseus. Compare Romanian caș.
[Noun]
editcash n (plural cãshuri)
1.cheese
[Synonyms]
edit
- brãndzã
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/kɛʃ/[Adjective]
editcash (invariable, not comparable)
1.(informal, of money) In coins and bills/notes.
2.Heb je cash geld? — Do you have cash?
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English cash.
[Noun]
editcash m (uncountable)
1.(informal) cash
[Synonyms]
edit
- baar
[[French]]
ipa :/kaʃ/[Adverb]
editcash
1.(colloquial) in cash (of paying)
2.(colloquial) bluntly, directly, straight up
[Anagrams]
edit
- chas
[Etymology]
editFrom English cash. Doublet of caisse.
[Further reading]
edit
- “cash”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English cash.
[Noun]
editcash n (uncountable)
1.cash
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[[English]]
ipa :-æʃ[Anagrams]
edit
- ACHs, CAHs, Chas, Chas., HCAs, achs, cahs
[Etymology]
editVariant of Case. In the US adopted by German immigrants named Kirch and Kirsch.
[Proper noun]
editCash (plural Cashes)
1.A surname originating as an occupation.
2.A male given name transferred from the surname.
3.2014 Linda Wagner-Martin, Barbara Kingsolver's World: Nature, Art, and the Twenty-First Century →ISBN:
This ill-chosen subplot also means that Kingsolver must make Cash Stillwater (named for his mother's favorite singer, Johnny Cash) more than just a returning widower.
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strapped
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editstrapped (not comparable)
1.(sometimes in combination) Having a strap or straps.
2.2002, Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski, Textbook of Basic Nursing (page 917)
The pregnant woman should wear a wide-strapped bra that supports the breasts without causing nipple pressure.
3.(of a person, informal) Muscular.
4.(slang) Armed; carrying a weapon.
5.1989 April 4, Slick Rick (lyrics and music), “Children's Story”, in The Great Adventures of Slick Rick[1]:
Punched him in his belly and he gave him a slap, / But little did he know the lil' boy was strapped, / The kid pulled out a gun, he said "Why did ya hit me?" / The barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney
6.2006 October 15, “Margin of Error”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 6, HBO, spoken by Omar Little (Michael K. Williams), 43:48 from the start:
I ain't gonna be out here strapped.
7.(slang) Poor; broke.
Synonym: strapped for cash
[Synonyms]
edit
- (muscular): ripped
- (without money): see also Thesaurus:impoverished
[Verb]
editstrapped
1.simple past tense and past participle of strap
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strap
[[English]]
ipa :/stɹæp/[Alternative forms]
edit
- strop, strope
[Anagrams]
edit
- TRAPS, parts, prats, rapts, sprat, tarps, traps
[Etymology]
editFrom a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stropp, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-Germanic *struppōną (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).
[Noun]
editstrap (countable and uncountable, plural straps)
1.A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
2.1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict:
The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.
1.A strap worn on the shoulder.A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- 1712 October 13 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “THURSDAY, October 2, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 499; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697, page 455:
a lively cobbler, that […] had scarce passed a day in his life without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap.Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
1.(carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
2.(nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.(botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.(botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.(slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- 1993 December 7, Ice Cube (lyrics and music), “Ghetto Bird”, in Lethal Injection:
Had to pull a strap on a fool named Louis the Third / 'Cause I'm getting chased by the ghetto bird
- 2018, Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, Black Panther, Burbank, California: Marvel Studios, spoken by N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown), 00:02:30 from the start:
Hide the straps.(slang, uncountable, archaic) Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.(journalism) Synonym of strapline(slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- 2001 January 31, Greg Stinson, “WWF fans actually know the WWF sucks”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling, Usenet[1], message-ID <KTUd6.209692$iy3.50200104@news1.rdc1.tn.home.com>:
David Arquette was given the belt because he's a celebrity. Period. I wasn't that upset about it because even the on-air product treated it as laughable. It was a "fluke" that Arquette managed to grab the strap, and he held it for less than a week. But there was no point in it....that I do agree with.
- 2015, Arnold Furious, “Unforgiven 2002”, in The Complete WWE Guide Volume #6, →ISBN, page 60:
During 2002, Triple H began this run of title defences of the Big Gold Belt. He'd basically been given the strap earlier in the month and there was a feeling he didn't deserve it.
- 2017 April 11, Jason Todd!!!, “if multiple people are coming forth saying jbl harassed them, why doesn't vince fire his ass?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling, Usenet[2], message-ID <5ad20526-36c9-4dac-89ba-df011e3d48f9@googlegroups.com>:
When people like me were deserting the WWE during the championship reign of JBL, "The Wrestling God", Vince didn't take the strap off of him. He's certainly not going to do anything because of this little piffle.(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
[Verb]
editstrap (third-person singular simple present straps, present participle strapping, simple past and past participle strapped)
1.(transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
2.(transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
3.(transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
to strap a razor
[[Polish]]
ipa :/strap/[Verb]
editstrap
1.second-person singular imperative of strapić
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Birmingham
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɜː.mɪŋ.əm/[Etymology]
editMiddle English, 1086, from Old English Beormingahām, from Beorma + hām, "home of Beorma;" first element of uncertain origin but possibly from beorma (“yeast”). More at Beorma.
[Further reading]
edit
- Birmingham at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “Birmingham”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “Birmingham”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Birmingham”, in Collins English Dictionary.
[Proper noun]
editBirmingham
1.A major city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England, with a population of over one million.
2.Several places in the United States:
1.A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
2.A community in the city of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
3.A submerged ghost town in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.
4.An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States.
5.An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
6.A tiny city in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States.
7.An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Kansas, United States.
8.A city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States.
9.A village in Clay County, Missouri, United States.
10.An unincorporated community in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
11.A ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.
12.An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States.
13.An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
14.A borough of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States.A surname.
[References]
edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (city of England): Brummagem, Bromichan, Bremicham
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈbir.min.ɡam/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English Birmingham.
[Further reading]
edit
- Birmingham in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Birmingham in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Proper noun]
editBirmingham n (indeclinable) or Birmingham m inan
1.Birmingham (a major city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England)
2.Several places in the United States:
1.Birmingham (a city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States)
2.Birmingham (a community in the city of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States)
3.Birmingham (a submerged ghost town in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States)
4.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States)
5.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States)
6.Birmingham (a tiny city in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States)
7.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Kansas, United States)
8.Birmingham (a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States)
9.Birmingham (a village in Clay County, Missouri, United States)
10.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States)
11.Birmingham (a ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States)
12.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States)
13.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States)
14.Birmingham (a borough of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States)
[[Turkish]]
[Proper noun]
editBirmingham
1.Birmingham (a major city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England)
2.Several places in the United States:
1.Birmingham (a city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States)
2.Birmingham (a community in the city of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States)
3.Birmingham (a submerged ghost town in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States)
4.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States)
5.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States)
6.Birmingham (a tiny city in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States)
7.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Kansas, United States)
8.Birmingham (a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States)
9.Birmingham (a village in Clay County, Missouri, United States)
10.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States)
11.Birmingham (a ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States)
12.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States)
13.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States)
14.Birmingham (a borough of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States)
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/ˈbərmɪŋˌham/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English Birmingham.
[Mutation]
edit
[Proper noun]
editBirmingham f
1.Birmingham (a major city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England)
2.Several places in the United States:
1.Birmingham (a city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States)
2.Birmingham (a community in the city of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States)
3.Birmingham (a submerged ghost town in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States)
4.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States)
5.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States)
6.Birmingham (a tiny city in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States)
7.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Kansas, United States)
8.Birmingham (a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States)
9.Birmingham (a village in Clay County, Missouri, United States)
10.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States)
11.Birmingham (a ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States)
12.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States)
13.Birmingham (an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States)
14.Birmingham (a borough of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States)
[Usage notes]
editNon-Welsh placenames usually resist mutation in Welsh; thus, o Birmingham (“from Birmingham”) and yn Birmingham (“in Birmingham”), rather than o Firmingham and ym Mirmingham. The mutated forms are only occasionally encountered and are considered nonstandard.
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roundtable
[[English]]
[Noun]
editroundtable (plural roundtables)
1.Alternative spelling of round table
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runoff
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- run-off
[Anagrams]
edit
- for fun
[Etymology]
editrun + off, from the verb phrase.
[Noun]
editrunoff (countable and uncountable, plural runoffs)
1.That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
2.1994, Ruth Patrick, Rivers of the United States, Estuaries (page 138)
The next series of high tides or large waves will tend to rebuild the berm and redam the stream. Ultimately, increased runoff due to fall or winter rains will raise the stream level to the point where it breaks through.
3.Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.
4.(sports) A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
5.(politics) A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
There will now be a runoff as neither front runner received more than 50% of the vote.
6.2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian[1]:
It is one of the left's best ever results and will raise momentum for next month's final runoff where only the two candidates will compete against each other.
7.2022 April 21, Michael Crowley, “U.S. Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave”, in The New York Times[2], ISSN 0362-4331:
Mr. Macron was unable to command more than a small plurality of support against several opponents in the first round of voting on April 10. Ms. Le Pen, who finished second, is his opponent in the runoff election on Sunday.
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quadratic
[[English]]
ipa :/kwɒdˈɹætɪk/[Adjective]
editquadratic (not comparable)
1.square-shaped
2.(mathematics) of a polynomial, involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as a x 2 + b x + c {\displaystyle ax^{2}+bx+c} .
3.(mathematics) of an equation, of the form a x 2 + b x + c = 0 {\displaystyle ax^{2}+bx+c=0} .
4.(mathematics) of a function, of the form y = a x 2 + b x + c {\displaystyle y=ax^{2}+bx+c} .
[Alternative forms]
edit
- quadratick (obsolete)
[Derived terms]
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- quadratic equation
- quadratic form
- quadratic mean
- quadratic reciprocity theorem
- quadratic residue
- quadratic surd
[Etymology]
editFrom French quadratique (1765), from Latin quadrātus + -ique[1] (English -ic), form of quadrō (“I make square”), from quādrus (“square”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”), whence also Latin quartus (“fourth”).
[Further reading]
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- quadratic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- quadratic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- quadratic at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editquadratic (plural quadratics)
1.(mathematics) A quadratic polynomial, function or equation.
[References]
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1. ^ “quadratique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Related terms]
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- quadrate
- quadrature
[See also]
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- square
[Usage notes]
editNot to be confused with quartic (“degree four”). Both derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”), with quadratic coming from “four-sided”, hence “square, two-dimensional, degree two”.
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goldfish
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/[Etymology]
editgold + fish
[Noun]
editgoldfish (plural goldfish or goldfishes)
1.A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.
2.(figuratively, informal) A person with an unreliable memory.
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Decatur
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- curated, educrat, traduce
[Proper noun]
editDecatur
1.A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Alabama.
2.A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States.
3.A city, the county seat of Macon County, Illinois.
4.A city, the county seat of Adams County, Indiana.
5.A town, the county seat of Newton County, Mississippi.
6.A town, the county seat of Meigs County, Tennessee.
7.A city, the county seat of Wise County, Texas.
8.A surname.
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Springfield
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:SpringfieldWikipedia Springfield
1.Places in the United Kingdom:
1.A civil parish in Chelmsford borough, Essex, England.
2.A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3411).A number of places in the United States:
1.A town in Colorado.
2.A town, the county seat of Baca County, Colorado; named after the city in Missouri.
3.A city in Florida.
4.A neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida.
5.A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Georgia, United States.
6.The capital city of Illinois, United States and the county seat of Sangamon County; named after the city in Massachusetts.
7.An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
8.An unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana.
9.A city, the county seat of Washington County, Kentucky; named for nearby springs.
10.A town in Louisiana; named for nearby springs.
11.A town in Maine.
12.A city, the county seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts; named after the parish in Essex.
13.A city in Michigan.
14.A city in Minnesota; named either after the city in Massachusetts or for nearby springs.
15.A city, the county seat of Greene County, Missouri; named after the city in Massachusetts.
16.A city in Nebraska; named for nearby springs.
17.A city in New Hampshire.
18.A township in Burlington County, New Jersey; named for nearby springs.
19.A township in Union County, New Jersey; named for nearby springs.
20.A town in New York.
21.A city in North Dakota; named for nearby springs.
22.A city, the county seat of Clark County, Ohio; named after the city in Massachusetts.
23.A city in Lane County, Oregon; named for nearby springs.
24.A town in South Carolina.
25.A city, the county seat of Robertson County, Tennessee.
26.A town in Vermont.
27.A census-designated place in Virginia.
28.A census-designated place in West Virginia; named for the Battle of Springfield (1780), which took place in the township of Union County, New Jersey.
29.A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
30.A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
31.A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
32.A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
33.A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Springfield Township.A village in the United States Virgin Islands.Places in Canada:
1.A parish of Kings County, New Brunswick; named after either the township in Burlington County, New Jersey or the city in Massachusetts.
2.A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.A number of places in Australia:
1.A town in Snowy Monaro, New South Wales.
2.A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales.
3.A town in Buloke, Victoria.
4.A town in Macedon Ranges, Victoria.
5.A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland.
6.A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.A Mennonite village in Belize.A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.A village in Canterbury, New Zealand. [1]A habitational surname from Old English.(colloquial) The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
[References]
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1. ^ NZ Topo Map
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pathway
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɑːθˌweɪ/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English pathwei, equivalent to path + way. Cognate with German Pfadweg, Afrikaans padweg.
[Noun]
editpathway (plural pathways)
1.A footpath or other path or track.
2.(biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.
3.(figuratively) A course of action.
[References]
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- Joe Miller (24 January 2018), “Davos jargon: A crime against the English language?”, in BBC News[1], BBC
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Roll
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editRoll
1.A diminutive of the male given name Roland.
2.A surname.
[[Hunsrik]]
ipa :/rol/[Further reading]
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- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
[Noun]
editRoll f (plural Rolle)
1.roll
[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/ʀol/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German rolle, from Old French rolle, from Latin rotula. Cognate with German Rolle, Luxembourgish role, French rôle.
[Noun]
editRoll f (plural Rollen)
1.role
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pass away
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:die
[Verb]
editpass away (third-person singular simple present passes away, present participle passing away, simple past and past participle passed away)
1.(euphemistic, idiomatic) To die.
After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
2.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
3.(archaic, literary) To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Revelation 21:4:
And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5.(obsolete) To spend; to waste.
6.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Wisdom of Sirach of Sirach-Chapter-42/#9 42:9:
Lest she pass away the flower of her age.
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passed
[[English]]
ipa :/pɑːst/[Adjective]
editpassed (not comparable)
1.That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
2.That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
[Anagrams]
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- Spades, spades
[Verb]
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1.simple past tense and past participle of pass
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passe
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- apess, apses, spaes
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[[Danish]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[References]
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- “passe” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
editpasse
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of passen
[[French]]
ipa :/pas/[Anagrams]
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- pesas
[Further reading]
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- “passe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editpasse f (plural passes)
1.pass (the act of passing)
2.pass (passageway)
3.(sports) passeditpasse m (plural passes)
1.pass (document allowing entry)
[Verb]
editpasse
1.inflection of passer:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[German]]
ipa :-asə[Verb]
editpasse
1.inflection of passen:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Ladin]]
[Verb]
editpasse
1.inflection of passer:
1.first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.third-person singular and plural present subjunctive
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editpasse
1.vocative masculine singular of passus
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom German passen.
[References]
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- “passe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editpasse (imperative pass, present tense passer, passive passes, simple past and past participle passa or passet, present participle passende)
1.to fit (be the right size and shape)
2.to suit (someone)
3.to look after (e.g. children)
4.to pass (a ball; at cards)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Alternative forms]
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- passa
[Etymology]
editFrom German passen.
[References]
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- “passe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Verb]
editpasse (present tense passar, past tense passa, past participle passa, passive infinitive passast, present participle passande, imperative passe/pass)
1.to fit (be the right size and shape)
2.to suit (someone)
3.to look after (e.g. children)
4.to pass (a ball; at cards)
[[Pali]]
[Alternative forms]
editAlternative forms
- 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- पस्से (Devanagari script)
- পস্সে (Bengali script)
- පස්සෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ပဿေ or ပသ်သေ (Burmese script)
- ปสฺเส or ปัสเส (Thai script)
- ᨷᩔᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ປສ຺ເສ or ປັສເສ (Lao script)
- បស្សេ (Khmer script)
[Verb]
editpasse
1.first-person singular present middle of passati (“to see”)
2.first/second/third-person singular optative active of passati (“to see”)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈpa.si/[Etymology 1]
editDeverbal of passar (“to pass”).
[Etymology 2]
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committed
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈmɪt.ɪd/[Adjective]
editcommitted (comparative more committed, superlative most committed)
1.Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
2.2017 April 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Apr 12, 2017:
‹Plan CM, meanwhile, is in motion. Sirleck took the bait, vampire mercenaries he can't call off are incoming... he's committed.›
3.Showing commitment.
4.Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
5.(rhetoric) Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.
[Verb]
editcommitted
1.simple past tense and past participle of commit
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