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46036 off-grid [[English]] [Adjective] editoff-grid (not comparable) 1.Synonym of off the grid 2.2020 December 30, “Network News: Bidders sought for HS2 S&C contract”, in Rail, page 12: HS2 Ltd is also testing new off-grid generators powered by LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), in a bid to reduce carbon emissions during construction. [Anagrams] edit - Gifford [References] edit - “off-grid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. 0 0 2022/12/08 14:04 TaN
46037 deported [[English]] [Verb] editdeported 1.simple past tense and past participle of deport 0 0 2012/11/27 15:57 2022/12/08 14:04
46038 deport [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈpɔɹt/[Anagrams] edit - de trop, ported, red top, red-top, redtop, troped [Etymology] editBorrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō. [Verb] editdeport (third-person singular simple present deports, present participle deporting, simple past and past participle deported) 1.(reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave. 2.December 30, 1710, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell: Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince. 3.(transitive) To evict, especially from a country. 4.2019, Jane MacLaren Walsh and Brett Topping, The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban: Boturini was accused of entering the country without permission, jailed, and deported to Spain eight years after his arrival in Mexico. 5.02/12/2021, “Frontex plane arrives in northern France to help fight people smuggling Access to the comments”, in Euronews with AFP: Brexit has also made it harder for the UK to deport migrants back to the EU as the country has left the bloc's asylum scheme. [[Catalan]] [Noun] editdeport m (plural deports) 1.sport [Synonyms] edit - esport [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - desport [Noun] editdeport m (oblique plural deporz or deportz, nominative singular deporz or deportz, nominative plural deport) 1.enjoyment; fun 2.circa 1200, Unknown author, Aucassin et Nicolette: Qui vauroit bons vers oïr del deport du viel antif Who would like to hear a few good lines Of amusement from the old storyteller [[Old Occitan]] [Noun] editdeport m (oblique plural deports, nominative singular deports, nominative plural deport) 1.enjoyment; fun 2.12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Ges de chantar no.m pren talans Que d'aqui mou deportz e chans 0 0 2013/04/03 06:13 2022/12/08 14:04
46040 storm [[English]] ipa :/stɔːm/[Anagrams] edit - Morts, morts [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English storm, from Old English storm (“a storm, tempest; a storm of arrows; disturbance, disquiet; uproar, tumult; rush, onrush, attack, violent attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Related to stir.CognatesCognate with Scots storm (“storm”), West Frisian stoarm (“storm”), Dutch storm (“storm”), Low German storm (“storm”), German Sturm (“storm”), Danish storm (“storm”), Swedish storm (“storm”), Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”), Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”), Icelandic stormur (“storm”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English stormen, sturmen, from Old English styrman (“to storm, rage; make a great noise, cry aloud, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturmijan, from Proto-Germanic *sturmijaną (“to storm”). Cognate with Dutch stormen (“to storm; bluster”), Low German stormen (“to storm”), German stürmen (“to storm; rage; attack; assault”), Swedish storma (“to storm; bluster”), Icelandic storma (“to storm”). [Further reading] edit - storm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Beaufort scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - - Storm in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [[Afrikaans]] ipa :/stɔrm/[Etymology] editFrom Dutch storm. [Noun] editstorm (plural storms) 1.storm [[Danish]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse stormr (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). [Noun] editstorm c (singular definite stormen, plural indefinite storme) 1.storm [Verb] editstorm 1.imperative of storme [[Dutch]] ipa :/stɔrm/[Anagrams] edit - morst [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch storm, from Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz. [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[Icelandic]] [Noun] editstorm 1.indefinite accusative singular of stormur [[Middle Dutch]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm. [Further reading] edit - “storm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 - Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “storm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN [Noun] editstorm m 1.storm, violent weather 2.storm, heavy wind 3.storm, assault [[Middle English]] ipa :/stɔrm/[Alternative forms] edit - storme, strom, starme, storem (all but the first are rare) [Etymology] editInherited from Old English storm. [Noun] editstorm (plural stormes) 1.A storm; an instance of intense wind and precipitation (including a snowstorm) 2.An armed dispute, brawl or fight; an instance of combativeness. 3.(rare) Any intense event, happening, or force. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit - “storm” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/stɔrm/[Etymology] editFrom Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Akin to English storm. [Noun] editstorm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormar, definite plural stormane) 1.storm (a very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane) Ein kraftig storm er venta seinare i dag. A strong storm is expected to hit later today. [References] edit - “storm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old English]] ipa :/storm/[Alternative forms] edit - stearm [Etymology] editFrom Proto-West Germanic *sturm, whence also Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm, Old Norse stormr. [Noun] editstorm m 1.storm [[Swedish]] ipa :/stɔrm/[Anagrams] edit - smort [Etymology] editFrom Old Swedish stormber, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). [Noun] editstorm c 1.storm; heavy winds or weather associated with storm winds. [See also] edit - ta någon med storm - storma - storma in - snöstorm - höststorm 0 0 2013/01/31 11:40 2022/12/08 14:05
46041 Storm [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Morts, morts [Proper noun] editStorm 1.A unisex given name [[Danish]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle Danish storm (“storm”). [Proper noun] editStorm 1.a surname 2.a male given name [[Norwegian]] [Etymology] editFrom Danish Storm. [Proper noun] editStorm 1.a surname 0 0 2019/11/20 16:38 2022/12/08 14:05 TaN
46043 pneumonia [[English]] ipa :/njuˈməʊniə/[Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). [Noun] editpneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ) 1.An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants. 2.1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎[1]: He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. [[Finnish]] [Etymology] editInternationalism (see English pneumonia), ultimately from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía). [Noun] editpneumonia 1.(pathology) pneumonia [Synonyms] edit - (pneumonia): keuhkokuume [[Indonesian]] ipa :[(p)neuˈmonia̯][Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). Compare to Dutch pneumonie. [Further reading] edit - “pneumonia” 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. [Noun] editpnéumonia (first-person possessive pneumoniaku, second-person possessive pneumoniamu, third-person possessive pneumonianya) 1.(pathology) pneumonia: an acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants. [[Interlingua]] [Noun] editpneumonia (plural pneumonias) 1.pneumonia [[Portuguese]] ipa :/pi.new.moˈni.ɐ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Medieval Latin pneumonia, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía). [Noun] editpneumonia f (plural pneumonias) 1.(pathology) pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) 0 0 2009/04/30 13:09 2022/12/08 18:06 TaN
46044 shone [[English]] ipa :/ʃɒn/[Anagrams] edit - hones, hosen [Verb] editshone 1.simple past tense and past participle of shine [[Middle English]] [Adjective] editshone 1.beautiful, glorious, excellent, resplendent, noble 2.Sainte Nicholaes, godes druþ, tymbre us faire scone hus! — Sainte Nicholaes godes druþ, 1225 St. Nicolas, beloved by God, build us beautiful, resplendent houses! 3.As glysnande golde ... So schon þat schene ... On lenghe I loked to hyr. — Pearl, 1400 As glistening gold ... So beautiful that sheen ... Longingly I looked at her. [Alternative forms] edit - schon, scone, shene [Etymology] editFrom Old English scȳne, scēone (“beautiful, fair, bright”), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱoun- (“quick, dashing, beautiful”). Compare Middle Dutch scone (“beautiful, bright”), Dutch schoon (“beautiful”), German schön (“beautiful”). 0 0 2022/11/18 07:54 2022/12/09 08:47 TaN
46045 Shone [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - hones, hosen [Etymology] editAnglicized form of Welsh Siôn (“John”). [Further reading] edit - Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. [Proper noun] editShone (plural Shones) 1.A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic]. 0 0 2022/11/18 07:54 2022/12/09 08:47 TaN
46046 shine [[English]] ipa :/ʃaɪn/[Anagrams] edit - Enshi, Heins, Hines, NIEHS, hsien [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English scīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite scān, past participle scinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”). [Etymology 2] editFrom the noun shine, or perhaps continuing Middle English schinen in its causative uses, from Old English scīn (“brightness, shine”), and also Middle English schenen, from Old English scǣnan (“to render brilliant, make shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skainijaną, causative of *skīnaną (“to shine”). [[Irish]] [Adjective] editshine 1.Lenited form of sine. [Noun] editshine 1.Lenited form of sine. [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editshine 1.Rōmaji transcription of しね [[Middle English]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2018/06/12 10:36 2022/12/09 08:47 TaN
46047 Shine [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Enshi, Heins, Hines, NIEHS, hsien [Proper noun] editShine (plural Shines) 1.A surname. 0 0 2018/06/12 10:36 2022/12/09 08:47 TaN
46048 Hughes [[English]] ipa :/hjuːz/[Anagrams] edit - heughs, sheugh [Proper noun] editHughes 1.A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Hugh. 2.A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells. 3.A city in Alaska. 4.A city in Arkansas. 5.A town in Wisconsin. [[French]] ipa :/yɡ/[Proper noun] editHughes m or f 1.a surname 0 0 2009/05/06 12:43 2022/12/09 08:49 TaN
46049 Hugh [[English]] ipa :/hjuː/[Etymology] editFrom the Old French aristocratic and saint's name Hughe, brought to England by Normans, from a short form of Germanic names beginning with Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“heart, mind”), such as Hubert. Cognate with Old English hyġe (“mind, spirit, intellect”). More at high, how. [Proper noun] editHugh 1.A male given name from the Germanic languages. 2.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]: I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself. 3.1600 Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday: Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain, / Saint Hugh be our good speed. / Ill is the weather that bringeth no gain, / Nor helps good hearts in need. 4.1894 W. H. Miller, J. Mcaulauy, W. Stevens, The Leisure Hour, Richard Jones (1894), page 651: "You are engaged to Mr. Harden, I suppose?" "Yes, Mr. Harden. I call him Hugh, his second name. I like the name of Hugh. The exquisite long vowel pleases me―Hugh! Hugh!". 5.1996 Ian Rankin, Let It Bleed, Thorndike Press (2000), →ISBN, page 68: Hugh McAnally was universally known as "Wee Shug". He didn't know why people called Hugh always ended up nicknamed Shug. 6.2011 Hughie Boy Levoy, Chicago Kid, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 151: What I had noticed all of my young life, from as early as five years old, was that very few people outside my family knew how to pronounce my name―or spell it. "Hue, Hug, Huge, Huh, Hugo. Everything but my name, HUGH!" - - - I grew up thinking that I was the only Hugh in the world, and all my life I'll be meeting people who will have trouble pronouncing my name. 7.(rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic. [[Scots]] ipa :/çjuː/[Proper noun] editHugh 1.a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh 0 0 2009/05/06 12:43 2022/12/09 08:49 TaN
46052 anthology [[English]] ipa :/ænˈθɒlədʒi/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologéō, “I gather flowers”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather, pick up, collect”), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stéphanos, “garland”)) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. [Noun] editanthology (plural anthologies) 1.A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors. 2.(attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another. 3.(by extension) An assortment of things. 4.The study of flowers. [References] edit - anthology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [See also] edit - florilegium 0 0 2022/12/09 17:08 TaN
46053 chronicle [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). [Noun] editchronicle (plural chronicles) 1.A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time. 2.1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter I, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, OCLC 40817384: Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour. [Synonyms] edit - (account of events and when they happened): annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, versionedit - (record in a chronicle): record [Verb] editchronicle (third-person singular simple present chronicles, present participle chronicling, simple past and past participle chronicled) 1.To record in or as in a chronicle. 0 0 2016/05/06 11:46 2022/12/09 17:08
46054 dispersed [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈspɝst/[Verb] editdispersed 1.simple past tense and past participle of disperse 0 0 2022/02/13 14:55 2022/12/09 17:09 TaN
46056 forsaken [[English]] ipa :/fɔɹˈseɪkən/[Adjective] editforsaken (comparative more forsaken, superlative most forsaken) 1.Deserted; abandoned. 2.Helpless. [Anagrams] edit - oak ferns [Etymology] editMorphologically forsake +‎ -n. [Verb] editforsaken 1.past participle of forsake 0 0 2022/12/12 14:05 TaN
46057 forsake [[English]] ipa :/fɔːˈseɪk/[Anagrams] edit - freakos [Etymology] editFrom Middle English forsaken (“to abandon, desert, repudiate, withdraw allegiance from; to deny, reject, shun; to betray; to divorce (a spouse); to disown; to be false to (one's nature, vows, etc.; to give up, renounce, surrender; to discard; to omit; to decline, refuse, reject; to avoid, escape; to cease, desist; to evade, neglect; to contradict, refute; to depart, leave; to become detached, separate”) [and other forms],[1] from Old English forsacan (“to oppose; to give up, renounce; to decline, refuse”),[2] from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (prefix meaning ‘away, off’) + *sakaną (“to charge; to dispute”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”)). The English word can be analysed as for- +‎ sake, and is cognate with Saterland Frisian ferseeke (“to deny, refuse”), West Frisian fersaakje, Dutch verzaken (“to renounce, forsake”), Middle High German versachen (“to deny”), Danish forsage (“to give up”), Swedish försaka (“to be without, give up”), Norwegian forsake (“to give up, renounce”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to quarrel; to rebuke”), . [Further reading] edit - forsake in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 - forsake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 [References] edit 1. ^ “forsāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. 2. ^ “forsake, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1897; “forsake, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. [Verb] editforsake (third-person singular simple present forsakes, present participle forsaking, simple past forsook, past participle forsaken) 1.(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something). 2.1549 March 7​, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Of the Administracion of Publyke Baptisme to be Used in the Churche”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], OCLC 56485293: Doeſt thou forſake the deuill and all his workes? / Aunſwere. I forſake them. 3.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto)‎[1], London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], OCLC 236076664: Such hazard now muſt doting Tarqvin make, / Pawning his honor to obtaine his luſt, / And for himſelfe, himſelfe he muſt forſake. 4.1611, Richard Brathwayte [i.e., Richard Brathwait], “The Third Sonet”, in The Golden Fleece. […], London: […] W[illiam] S[tansby] for Christopher Purfett […], OCLC 1224622869: Thou lou'd the Church once, and didſt God adore, / But now forſakest him, thou lou'd before. 5.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 27:46, column 1: And about the ninth houre, Jeſus cried with a loud voyce, ſaying, Eli, Eli, lamaſabachthani, that is to ſay, My God, my God, why haſt thou forſaken mee? 6.1617, John Moore, “Of the Miserable Life, and Wretched State of Man, by the Meanes of Sinne and Death”, in A Mappe of Mans Mortalitie. […], […] T[homas] S[nodham] for George Edvvards, […], OCLC 1136715554, 1st book (What Death is in It Selfe), page 44: He is forſaken of the world, his kinfolk, friends, and acquaintance; his owne members and ſenſes faile him; yea, hee forſaketh (as it were) himſelfe, in that the very vſe of reaſon forſaketh him. 7.1709, Matthew Prior, “Henry and Emma. […]”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, OCLC 491256769, page 246: Let Prudence yet obſtruct thy venturous way; / And take good heed, what men will think and ſay: / That beauteous Emma vagrant courſes took; / Her father's houſe and civil life forſook; / That, full of youthful blood, and fond of man; / She to the wood-land with an exile ran. 8.1726, N[athan] Bailey, “To ABANDON”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], 3rd edition, London: Printed for J. Darby, […], OCLC 863527253: To ABANDON [...] to forſake utterly, to caſt off; to give up ones ſelf wholly to any prevailing Paſſion or Vice. 9.1782, William Cowper, “Hope”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], OCLC 1029672464, page 176: That conſcience there performs her proper part, / And writes a doomſday ſentence on his heart; / Forſaking, and forſaken of all friends, / He now perceives where earthly pleaſure ends, [...] 10.1841 May 29, Richard Oastler, The Fleet Papers; Being Letters to Thomas Thornhill, Esq. […]; from Richard Oastler, […], volume I, number 22, London: W. J. Cleaver, […]; and John Pavey, […], OCLC 1206406608, page 172: After having opened the flood-gates to free trade, he [William Huskisson] discovered his error; but his nerve forsook him, and he could not close the gates. 11.1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, OCLC 6412012, book the first (In the Exchange), page 36: There may be nothing noble in renouncing one's country, in abandoning one's home, in forsaking one's people; but is there not something remarkable in this great move one makes? 12.1952, Ned Washington (lyrics), Dimitri Tiomkin (music), “The Ballad of High Noon”, performed by Tex Ritter: Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' / You made that promise when we wed / Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' / Although you're grievin', I can't be leavin' / Until I shoot Frank Miller dead 13.1961 November, H. G. Ellison; P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, ISSN 0141-9935, OCLC 35845948, page 665: After the junction at Saincaize the line forsakes the Loire, which it has followed for many miles, for its great tributary the Allier, and runs through St. Germain-des-Fossés, the junction for St. Etienne, and Vichy to Clermont Ferrand. 14.1998 February 4, Trey Parker; Matt Stone; Dave Polsky, “Damien”, in South Park, season 1, episode 10: Stan: You've got to fight, Jesus. / Jesus: Why, what's the point? No one believes in me. Everyone put their money on Satan. My father forsaked[sic] me, the town forsaked[sic] me. I'm completely forsook.[sic] 15.2007, Alexander F[rank] Skutch, “Duty”, in Moral Foundations: An Introduction to Ethics, Mount Jackson, Va.: Axios Press, →ISBN, page 447: But whence comes this strange feeling of duty, which goads exceptional individuals to antagonize their neighbors, forsake peace of mind and bodily comfort, jeopardize their fortunes and their lives—to risk, in short, all those advantages which the careful observance of conventional duties would place more securely in their grasp, by strengthening their position in the social order? 16.2010 January 14, Helene Cooper, “Obama pledges aid to Haiti”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, ISSN 0362-4331, OCLC 971436363, archived from the original on 16 December 2020: Saying he wanted to "speak directly to the people of Haiti," Mr. [Barack] Obama gave a brief address from the White House that was one of the sharpest displays of emotion of his presidency. "You will not be forsaken. You will not be forgotten," he said, and stopped to compose himself. "In this, your hour of greatest need, America stands with you." 17.(transitive, obsolete) To decline or refuse (something offered). 18.1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432, lines 329–330 and 333–336, page 106: The youthful Bull muſt wander in the Wood; / Behind the Mountain, or beyond the Flood: / [...] / With two fair Eyes his Miſtreſs burns his Breaſt; / He looks and languiſhes, and leaves his Reſt; / Forſakes his Food, and pining for the Laſs, / Is joyleſs of the Grove, and ſpurns the growing Graſs. 19.(transitive, obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or something). 20.1580, Thomas Tusser, “The Authors Beleefe”, in Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie: […], London: […] Henrie Denham [beeing the assigne of William Seres] […], OCLC 837741850; republished as W[illiam] Payne and Sidney J[ohn Hervon] Herrtage, editors, Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], 1878, OCLC 7391867535, stanza 14, page 196: This was that Pascall lambe [i.e., Jesus] whose loue for vs so stood, / That on the mount of Caluerie, for vs did shed his blood: / Where hanging on the Crosse, no shame he did forsake, / Till death giuen him by pearcing speare, an ende of life did make. 21.(transitive, obsolete) To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something). 22.1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of the Humming-bird, and Its Varieties”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], volume V, new edition, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], OCLC 877622212, part IV (Of Birds of the Sparrow Kind), page 320: Theſe birds, on the continent of America, continue to flutter the year round; as their food, which is the honey of flowers, never forſakes them in thoſe warm latitudes where they are found. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Alternative forms] edit - forsage [Etymology] editBorrowed from Low German vorsaken, from Old Saxon farsakan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”). [References] edit - “forsake” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Verb] editforsake (imperative forsak, present tense forsaker, simple past and past participle forsaka or forsaket, present participle forsakende) 1.to give up, relinquish, forsake 2.to denounce (the devil) 0 0 2017/06/21 14:47 2022/12/12 14:05
46060 eavesdrop [[English]] ipa :/ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/[Anagrams] edit - eavedrops [Etymology] editeaves +‎ drop; the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense. [Noun] editeavesdrop (countable and uncountable, plural eavesdrops) 1.The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house. 2.The space around a house on which such water drips. 3.(countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building. 4.(countable) The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard. Were you having a little eavesdrop on us last night? [Synonyms] edit - (hear conversation one is not intended to hear): overhearedit - eavesdrip [Verb] editeavesdrop (third-person singular simple present eavesdrops, present participle eavesdropping, simple past and past participle eavesdropped) 1. 2. (transitive, intransitive) To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in. I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal. 3.(zoology) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them. 4.1993, David W. Nagorsen, Robert Mark Brigham, Royal British Columbia Museum, Bats of British Columbia (page 109) […] Eastern Red Bat will eavesdrop on the sonar calls of other red bats to locate potential insect prey. 5.2014, Ken Yasukawa, Animal Behavior: How and Why Animals Do the Things They Do: Frog-biting midges also depend on eavesdropping for reproduction, and one would predict similarly strong selection to evolve auditory adaptations for hearing and localizing calls of their hosts. 0 0 2009/05/21 18:16 2022/12/12 15:22 TaN
46062 full-time [[English]] [Adjective] editfull-time (not comparable) 1.Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity, especially a job. I have a full-time job, working five days a week. Bringing up a child is a full-time activity. 2.2021 January 13, Paul Stephen, “I'd like to do it all over again”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 46: "I finished full-time work in 2005 and then switched to part time, because I liked working and it seemed a shame to leave something I enjoyed. [Adverb] editfull-time (not comparable) 1.Spending a full amount of time. to work full-time 2.1960 September, “The Select Committee on Nationalised Industries examines British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 524: Area Boards are wholly part-time, but their Chairmen are members of the Commission and may work full-time in that capacity. [Antonyms] edit - (involving a full amount of time): part-timeedit - (spending a full amount of time): part-time [Etymology] editfull +‎ time [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editfull-time m or f or n (indeclinable) 1.full-time [Adverb] editfull-time 1.full-time [Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English full-time. 0 0 2012/08/08 19:26 2022/12/12 15:31
46065 catalog [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - galacto- [Further reading] edit - “catalog”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary [Noun] editcatalog (plural catalogs) 1.US and Canada spelling of catalogue [Verb] editcatalog (third-person singular simple present catalogs, present participle cataloging, simple past and past participle cataloged) 1.US spelling of catalogue [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French catalogue, from Latin catalogus. [Noun] editcatalog n (plural cataloage) 1.catalogue [[Scottish Gaelic]] [Noun] editcatalog m (genitive cataloig, plural catalogan) 1.catalogue 0 0 2010/03/29 17:35 2022/12/12 15:34 TaN
46066 drop-out [[English]] [Noun] editdrop-out (plural drop-outs) 1.Alternative spelling of dropout 0 0 2022/12/12 15:50 TaN
46067 drop out [[English]] [Verb] editdrop out (third-person singular simple present drops out, present participle dropping out, simple past and past participle dropped out) 1.(idiomatic) To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily. Nothing went well in high school, so he dropped out. 2.2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]: After all this time, the little girl who watched her father get beheaded, who was captured and impressed as her enemy’s servant, who was captured again and taken to the site of her family’s massacre, who enrolled at assassin school, who went blind, who dropped out to pursue vengeance, the woman who endured all that by focusing on her hit list can be swayed from her course by the prospect of her family and her home. 3.To opt out of conventional society. 4.(of sound, electronic signal, etc.) To be lost or momentarily interrupted. I can't make phone calls because the line keeps dropping out. 5.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop,‎ out. 6.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit: Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. 0 0 2022/12/12 15:50 TaN
46068 dropout [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - drop-out [Etymology] editdrop +‎ out, from the verb phrase. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:dropping outWikipedia dropout (countable and uncountable, plural dropouts) 1.Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts. 2.Someone who has opted out of conventional society. 3.One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so. 4.2010, R. Barker Bausell, Too Simple to Fail: A Case for Educational Change, page 193: To avoid excessive dropouts from the study, we wouldn't employ a single tutored group and a single control group that received no instruction at all. 5.(cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels. 6.A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data. 7.Momentary loss of an electronic signal. 8.A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units. 0 0 2022/12/12 15:50 TaN
46072 truss [[English]] ipa :/tɹʌs/[Anagrams] edit - Rusts, rusts, sturs [Etymology] editFrom Old French trousse. Doublet of trousse. [Noun] edittruss (plural trusses) 1. 2. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place. 3.2008, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, chapter 4, in Professional Guide to Diseases, →ISBN, page 280: A truss may keep the abdominal contents from protruding into the hernial sac; however, this won't cure the hernia. 4.(architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge. 5.(architecture) A triangular bracket. 6.An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load. 7.(obsolete) A bundle; a package. 8.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Aegloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; republished as The Shepheardes Calender […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], 1586, OCLC 837880809: bearing a truss of trifles at his back 9.(historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction. 10.1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, OCLC 1049089293: Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore / The stains of ancient arms. 11.(historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher. 12.(botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants. 13.(nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast. [Verb] edittruss (third-person singular simple present trusses, present participle trussing, simple past and past participle trussed) 1.(transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it. 2.(transitive) To secure or bind with ropes. 3.(transitive) To support. 4.To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. 5.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book IV, canto VII, stanza 18: who trussing me as eagle doth his prey 6.To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces. 7.(slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up. 8.1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, OCLC 819902302: If they must truss me, I will repent of nothing [[Latgalian]] ipa :[ˈtrusʲsʲ][Etymology] editBorrowed from Belarusian трусь (trusʹ). Cognates include Latvian trusis and Lithuanian triušis. [Noun] edittruss m 1.rabbit [References] edit - Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 23 0 0 2021/08/12 17:43 2022/12/12 15:51 TaN
46073 location [[English]] ipa :/loʊˈkeɪʃən/[Anagrams] edit - colation, coontail [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate +‎ -ion. [Further reading] edit - location in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - location in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 - location at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editlocation (plural locations) 1.A particular point or place in physical space. 2.2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled. 3.An act of locating. 4.1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]: The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of the law relating to tunnel-sites. Lewis failed to follow up his discovery of mineral therein with any effort whatever towards completing the statutory location of a mining claim. 5.(South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township. 6.2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188) It is the sounds of apartheid, of the townships, the locations […] 7.(law) A leasing on rent. 8.(law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire[1]. 9.(law, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc[2] 10.(Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations. [References] edit 1. ^ a. 1768, John Erskine of Carnock, An Institute of the Law of Scotland 2. ^ 1839. John Bouvier, Law Dictionary [Synonyms] edit - (a place): place [[French]] ipa :/lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin locatio(nem), from locatum, from locare (“to rent, hire”). [Further reading] edit - “location”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editlocation f (plural locations) 1.renting, rental 2.rent 3.rented accommodation 4.2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde: L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée. The article suggests that I ‘abused favourable prices in the City of Paris’ with regard to the intermediary housing of which I was a tenant. I wish to clarify that this accommodation had been allocated under normal, regular conditions in 2001, six years before I was elected Deputy. 5.hire (of a car etc.) 6.booking, reservation 0 0 2022/03/03 14:20 2022/12/12 15:52 TaN
46074 scouting [[English]] ipa :/ˈskaʊtɪŋ/[Alternative forms] edit - Scouting [Noun] editscouting (countable and uncountable, plural scoutings) 1.The act of one who scouts. 2.1935, State Publication (issues 136–145, page 73) Careful scoutings by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets were made in 1935, to determine the limits of invasion […] 3.The Scout Movement. 4.The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts. 0 0 2022/12/12 15:52 TaN
46075 Scouting [[English]] [Noun] editScouting (uncountable) 1.Alternative letter-case form of scouting. 0 0 2022/12/12 15:52 TaN
46077 tech [[English]] ipa :/tɛk/[Anagrams] edit - Chet, chet, echt, etch, hect- [Etymology] editClipping of technology, technician, and technique. [Noun] edittech (countable and uncountable, plural techs) 1.(informal) Technology. I can't understand all this new tech. 2.2012, Nancy Lyons, ‎Meghan Wilker, Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process Remember, something that seems straightforward to you can be very scary to people who don't have enough info or tech knowledge to provide a context or meaning on their own. 1.Denotes technology businesses or the technology industry, especially in the field of computing and the Internet. Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have too much power. Tech stocks are down on NASDAQ. Tech workers can earn big money.(informal) Technician. He works as a lab tech. - 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23) A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.(informal) Technique.(informal, used in titles) Technical college. Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech. [Verb] edittech (third-person singular simple present techs, present participle teching, simple past and past participle teched) 1.(video games) To perform a technical (a special move in fighting games that cancels out an opposing attack). [[Old Irish]] ipa :/tʲex/[Alternative forms] edit - teg [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos (“cover, roof”), from *steg- (“to cover”); cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos). [Further reading] edit - G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language [Mutation] edit [Noun] edittech n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige or taige) 1.house Synonyms: attrab, dom, lann, tegdais, treb 0 0 2009/03/21 19:22 2022/12/12 15:52
46078 bodypack [[English]] [Etymology] editbody +‎ pack [Noun] editbodypack (plural bodypacks) 1.A small box housing a transmitter and battery pack, used with a microphone. 0 0 2022/12/12 15:56 TaN
46079 big [[English]] ipa :/bɪɡ/[Anagrams] edit - GBI, GiB, Gib., gib [Etymology 1] editInherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”),[1] in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”), Low German Bögge, Boggelmann. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English biggen, byggen, from Old Norse byggja, byggva (“to build, dwell in, inhabit”), a secondary form of Old Norse búa (“to dwell”), related to Old English būan (“to dwell”). Cognate with Danish bygge, Swedish bygga. [Etymology 3] editFrom Middle English byge, from Old Norse bygg (“barley, probably Hordeum vulgare, common barley”), from Proto-Germanic *bewwuz (“crop, barley”). Cognate with Old English bēow (“barley”). [References] edit 1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 98-102 [[Dutch]] ipa :/bɪx/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch bagge, vigge, from Old Dutch *bigga, from Proto-West Germanic *biggō. Originally a word exclusive to the Northern Dutch dialects. [Noun] editbig m or f (plural biggen, diminutive biggetje n) 1.piglet, little pig Synonym: keu [[Irish]] ipa :/bʲɪɟ/[Adjective] editbig 1.inflection of beag: 1.vocative/genitive masculine singular 2.(archaic) dative feminine singular [References] edit 1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43 2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30 [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈbiɡ/[Noun] editbig m (invariable) 1.star (entertainment) 2.big shot, big noise [[Romagnol]] ipa :[ˈbiːɡ][Etymology] editEnglish big. [Noun] editbig m (invariable) 1.important person Agnëli l'è un big dl'indóstria e dla finânza. G. Agnelli is an important person of industry and finance. [[Scots]] ipa :/bɪɡ/[Etymology] editFrom Old Norse byggja (“inhabit, build”). [Verb] editbig (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle biggin, simple past biggit, past participle biggit) 1.to build [[Torres Strait Creole]] [Adjective] editbig 1.big [Etymology] editFrom English big, cognate with (the first part of) Bislama bikfala, bigfala, Pijin bigfala, Tok Pisin bikpela. [[Welsh]] ipa :/biːɡ/[Noun] editbig 1.Soft mutation of pig. [[Western Apache]] ipa :[pɪ̀k][Etymology] editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *-wə̓t̕.Cognates: Navajo -bid, Plains Apache -bid. [Noun] editbig (inalienable) 1.belly, stomach, abdomen shibig ― my belly bibig ― her/his/their belly [[Yola]] [Adjective] editbig 1.great 2.1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY: A big dole. A great deal. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bigge. [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 36 0 0 2009/01/20 02:27 2022/12/12 15:59 TaN
46080 in-depth [[English]] [Adjective] editin-depth (comparative more in-depth, superlative most in-depth) 1.Thorough; comprehensive. We are showing in-depth coverage of the World Championships. 2.2021 February 24, “Rail industry marks National Apprenticeship Week”, in RAIL, number 925, page 17: Recruits will be taught in-depth electrical and mechanical engineering as well as gaining practical experience in rail maintenance. 0 0 2022/12/12 15:59 TaN
46081 in depth [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - in-depth (when used adjectivally) [Prepositional phrase] editin depth 1.Comprehensive, thorough, detailed. 0 0 2022/12/12 15:59 TaN
46082 indepth [[English]] [Adjective] editindepth (comparative more indepth, superlative most indepth) 1.Alternative form of in-depth 0 0 2022/12/12 15:59 TaN
46085 fraction [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/[Anagrams] edit - Croftian, factor in, infocrat [Etymology] editFrom Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraction, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus (English fracture), past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (English break). [Noun] editfraction (plural fractions) 1.A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. 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: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […] 3.(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fraction 4.(chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation. 5.(Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host. 6.a. 1668, Jeremy Taylor, “The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: Discourse XIX.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume III, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, OCLC 956524510, page 290: […] The bread, when it is consecrated and made sacramental, is the body of our Lord; and the fraction and distribution of it is the communication of that body, which died for us upon the cross. 7.A small amount. 8.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […] , and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. 9.2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0-1 Crawley Town”, in BBC: After kick-off was delayed because of crowd congestion, Torquay went closest to scoring in a cagey opening 30 minutes, when Danny Stevens saw a fierce shot from the edge of the area swerve a fraction wide. 10.(archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. 11.1563 March 30​, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], OCLC 64451939: Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking. [References] edit - “fraction”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. - “fraction”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. - "fraction" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003. - fraction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 [Verb] editfraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle fractioned) 1.To divide or break into fractions. [[French]] ipa :/fʁak.sjɔ̃/[Anagrams] edit - fronçait [Etymology] editFrom Old French fraction, borrowed from Latin fractio, fractionem. [Further reading] edit - “fraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editfraction f (plural fractions) 1.fraction (small amount) Je me suis endormi pendant une fraction de secondes. ― I fell asleep for a fraction of a second. 2.(mathematics) fraction En divisant deux par trois, on obtient une fraction irréductible. ― When dividing two by three, you get an irreducible fraction. 3.fraction, breakup 0 0 2022/12/12 16:03 TaN
46086 defend [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈfɛnd/[Anagrams] edit - fended [Antonyms] edit - attack [Etymology] editFrom Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:defend [Verb] editdefend (third-person singular simple present defends, present participle defending, simple past and past participle defended) 1.(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. 2.2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents‎[1], number Summer 2019: Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power. 3.(transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. 4.(transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). 5.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian: Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time." 6.(sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring. 7.(sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition. 8.(poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind. 9.(transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker). 10.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto viii: The vertue is, that neither steele, nor stone / The stroke thereof from entrance may defend […]. 11.(transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something). 12.(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid. 13.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII: Broder said sir launcelot wete ye wel I am ful lothe to departe oute of this realme / but the quene hath defended me soo hyhely / that me semeth she wille neuer be my good lady as she hath ben “Brother”, said Sir Launcelot, “you know full well that I would be very reluctant to leave this kingdom, were it not that the queen had forbidden me so strongly to remain here, that it seems to me that she will never again be my lover as once she was” 0 0 2009/04/23 19:40 2022/12/12 16:03 TaN
46087 bulk [[English]] ipa :/bʌlk/[Adjective] editbulk (not comparable) 1.being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.) 2.total [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”).Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”). [Noun] editbulk (countable and uncountable, plural bulks) 1.Size, specifically, volume. 2.1729. I Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, page 1. The Quantity of Matter is the measure of the same, arising from its density and bulk conjunctly. 3.1885, Lewis Carroll, “Knot IX”, in A Tangled Tale, page 58: “ Didn't Balbus say this morning that, if a body is immersed in liquid, it displaces as much liquid as is equal to its own bulk? ” said Hugh. 4.1887, W. O. Atwater, “The Chemistry of Oyster-Fattening”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 32, number November, page 77: By this process the body of the oyster acquires such a plumpness and rotundity, and its bulk and weight are so increased, as to materially increase its selling value. 5.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219: The cliff-dwellers had chipped and chipped away at this boulder till it rested its tremendous bulk upon a mere pin-point of its surface. 6.Any huge body or structure. 7.The major part of something. the bulk of my income comes from my office job, but I also teach a couple of evening classes. I understood the bulk of what you were saying, just one of two points I need to hear again. 8.1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 24, «Sample», page 119: In the case of such a contract, there must be an implied condition that the bulk shall correspond with the sample in quality 9.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished. 10.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian: the main bulk of a nut roast is generally some form of carbohydrate, intended to lighten the load. 11.Dietary fibre. 12.(uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain. 13.(countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo. 14.(bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle. 15.(bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle. 16.(brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist. 17.(obsolete) The body. 18.1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section II”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], OCLC 752990886: ...haunted the chocolate-houses, beat the watch, lay on bulks, and got claps; 19.c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]: Methought I had, and often did I strive To yield the ghost, but still the envious flood Stopped in my soul and would not let it forth To find the empty, vast, and wand'ring air, But smothered it within my panting bulk, Who almost burst to belch it in the sea. 20.1587, George Turberville, Tragical Tales: little Cupide stroue Within her bulke, because that she had woue The web that wrought Nastagio all his woe [Verb] editbulk (third-person singular simple present bulks, present participle bulking, simple past and past participle bulked) 1.(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent. 2.1878, Leslie Stephen, Samuel Johnson: The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. 3.(intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand. 4. 5. (intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc. Coordinate term: cut 6.(transitive) To put or hold in bulk. 7.(transitive, obsolete) To add bulk to, to bulk out. 8.1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], OCLC 228714942, page 6: Some of the towne dwellers haue ſo large an opinion of their ſetled prouiſion, that if all her Maieſties fleet at once ſhould put into their bay, within twelue dayes warning with ſo much double beere, beefe, fiſh and bisket they would bulke them as they could wallow away with. 0 0 2009/03/03 10:54 2022/12/12 16:31
46088 bulk up [[English]] ipa :/ˌbʌlk ˈʌp/[Synonyms] edit - (gain weight): - (increase the weight of): - (increase muscle mass): hulk out [Verb] editbulk up (third-person singular simple present bulks up, present participle bulking up, simple past and past participle bulked up) 1.(intransitive) To gain weight. 2.(transitive) To increase the weight of. 3.(bodybuilding) To train the body with a high-calorie diet and intense weightlifting in order to increase the overall mass of the body, especially the muscles. 4.2017 January 9, Hurford, Molly, “Cross-Training Workouts Every Runner Should Try”, in MapMyRun‎[1]: A review of studies done on runners and strength training showed generally positive impacts and no negative consequences. You won’t hulk out or bulk up just fine-tune some lean muscle in ways that running alone can’t do. 0 0 2022/12/12 16:31 TaN
46089 elite [[English]] ipa :/ɪˈliːt/[Adjective] editelite (comparative eliter or more elite, superlative elitest or most elite) 1.Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician. 2.Representing the choicest or most select of a group. 3.2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)[1] Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen. [Alternative forms] edit - élite [Anagrams] edit - Eitel, Leite, Tiele [Etymology] editFrom Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect. [Noun] editelite (plural elites) 1.A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society. 2.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎[2]: "Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite. In one tweet, Mujtahidd directly challenged Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd about his political history: "Did you resign or were you forced to resign from your post as head of the diwan [office] of the council of ministers?" 3.Someone who is among the best at a certain task. 4.2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport‎[3]: The Nations League results have also seen England respond to an ongoing criticism that they fail to beat the top sides, with even Southgate insisting they could not be considered among the world's elite until they beat the best. The World Cup did nothing to answer those questions. 5.1964, "France's Culture Corps," Time, 7 Aug., Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow? 6.(typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch. Coordinate term: pica [References] edit - elite at OneLook Dictionary Search - elite in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. - elite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - elite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 - "elite" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 112. [[Afrikaans]] [Etymology] editFrom Dutch elite, from French élite. [Noun] editelite (plural elites) 1.elite [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˌeːˈli.tə/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French élite. [Noun] editelite f (plural elites) 1.elite (group with a high or privileged status) [[Portuguese]] ipa :/eˈli.t͡ʃi/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French élite.[1][2] [Noun] editelite f (plural elites) 1.elite (group with higher status) Synonym: escol 2.elite (person who is among the best at certain task) [References] edit 1. ^ “elite” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2022. 2. ^ “elite” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. [[Spanish]] [Further reading] edit - “elite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 [Noun] editelite f (plural elites) 1.Alternative form of élite 0 0 2021/10/17 17:46 2022/12/12 16:33 TaN
46091 dendrogram [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɛndɹəɡɹæm/[Etymology] editFrom dendro- +‎ -gram. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:dendrogramWikipedia dendrogram (plural dendrograms) 1.(biology) A tree-like diagram used to show the ancestors and descendants of species 0 0 2022/12/12 22:50 TaN
46093 Hamp [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - HMPA, Pham [Proper noun] editHamp (plural Hamps) 1.A surname. 0 0 2022/03/09 09:13 2022/12/13 07:30 TaN
46096 Cape [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - APEC, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PACE, PECA, Pace, pace [Proper noun] editCape (plural Capes) 1.(countable) A surname.editthe Cape 1.(with the definite article, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope. 2.(with the definite article, South Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Province., South Africa. Cape Province was split into three in 1994. This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape. 3.(with the definite article) Ellipsis of Cape Cod. 4.(with the definite article, historical, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Colony. 5.(with the definite article, space flight) Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral., Florida, USA; where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located. [[German]] [Etymology] editFrom English cape. Doublet of Kappe. [Further reading] edit - “Cape” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Noun] editCape n (strong, genitive Capes, plural Capes) 1.(clothing) cape, cloak Synonym: Umhang 0 0 2020/11/13 13:03 2022/12/14 08:19 TaN
46097 Cape Canaveral [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, from cañaveral (“reed bed”). It is the third oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US after Florida, and Dry Tortugas.[1] [Proper noun] editCape Canaveral 1.A cape in Florida. 2.A city in Florida, named after the cape it is located at. 3.A military base in Florida, named after the cape it is located at; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 4.(informal) A spaceport in Florida; the combination of the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Spaceport Florida on the Space Coast (Space Florida). [References] edit 1. ^ George Stewart, Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (1945, New York: Random House), pages 11–13, 17, 18 [Synonyms] edit - (cape, military base, spaceport): Cape Kennedy (former name) (1963-1973) 0 0 2020/11/13 13:03 2022/12/14 08:19 TaN
46098 cape [[English]] ipa :/keɪp/[Anagrams] edit - APEC, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PACE, PECA, Pace, pace [Etymology 1] editBorrowed from Middle French cap, from Occitan cap, from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head. [Etymology 2] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:capeWikipedia From French cape, from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”). The second sense ("superhero") is metonymic from the fact that many superheroes wear capes. Likewise, the verb sense "defend, praise" alludes to the stereotypical depiction of superheroes wearing capes when they come to people's defense. (Compare caped crusader and cape (“a superhero”).) Doublet of capa and cappa. A young woman in a crocheted cape. [Etymology 3] editFrom Middle English capen (“to stare, gape, look for, seek”), from Old English capian (“to look”), from Proto-West Germanic *kapēn. Cognate with Dutch gapen, German gaffen (“to stare at curiously, rubberneck”), Low German gapen (“to stare”). Related to keep. [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈt͡sapɛ][Verb] editcape 1.third-person singular present of capat Synonym: capá [[Dutch]] ipa :/keːp/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English cape. [Noun] editcape m (plural capes, diminutive capeje n) 1.A cape. Synonym: mantel [[French]] ipa :/kap/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (compare the inherited doublet chape; cf. also the Old Northern French variant cape). [Further reading] edit - “cape”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editcape f (plural capes) 1.cape [Verb] editcape 1.inflection of caper: 1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive 2.second-person singular imperative [[Indonesian]] [Adjective] editcape 1.(colloquial, slang) alternative spelling of capek [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈka.pe/[Anagrams] edit - Pace, pace [Noun] editcape f 1.plural of capa [[Latin]] [References] edit - cape 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) [Verb] editcape 1.second-person singular present active imperative of capiō [[Middle English]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Neapolitan]] ipa :/ˈkkapə/[Noun] editcape f 1.plural of capa [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom English cape, from French cape, from Late Latin cappa. Cognate with kappe (“cloak”), kåpe (“cloak”), kapp (“cape, headland”). [Noun] editcape m (definite singular capen, indefinite plural caper, definite plural capene) 1.a cape (sleeveless garment worn by women, which covers the shoulders and arms) [References] edit - “cape” in The Bokmål Dictionary. - “cape” in The Ordnett Dictionary [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom English cape, from French cape, from Late Latin cappa. [Noun] editcape m (definite singular capen, indefinite plural capar, definite plural capane) 1.a cape (sleeveless garment worn by women, which covers the shoulders and arms) [References] edit - “cape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈka.pi/[Verb] editcape 1.inflection of capar: 1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive 2.third-person singular imperative [[Rukai]] [Noun] editcape 1.seed (of a fruit) [[Spanish]] [Verb] editcape 1.inflection of capar: 1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive 2.third-person singular imperative [[Swedish]] [Noun] editcape c 1.cape (sleeveless garment used by women) 0 0 2022/12/14 08:19 TaN
46099 CAPE [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - APEC, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PACE, PECA, Pace, pace [Noun] editCAPE (uncountable) 1.(meteorology) Convective available potential energy 0 0 2022/12/14 08:19 TaN
46101 constellation [[English]] ipa :/ˌkɒn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English constellacioun, constillacioun, from Middle French constellation, from Latin cōnstēllātiō, from con- (“together”) + stēllātus (“starred”), from stēlla (“star, astral body”). [Noun] editconstellation (plural constellations) 1.(astronomy) An asterism, an arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognised by astronomers. 2.1675, Edward Sherburne, The Sphere of Marcus Manilius Made an English Poem: With Annotations and an Astronomical Appendix., London, page 25: Next the cold Bears, (the Cause t' himself best known) / Shines forth a kneeling Constellation. / Behind whose Back Arctophylax appears, / The same Boötes call'd, because yoak'd Steers / He seeming drives; who through the rapid Skies / (Bearing Arcturus in his Bosome) hies. 3.1824, Astronomical Recreations; or, Sketches of the Relative Position and Mythological History of the Constellations, Philadelphia, page 78: Harpa Georgii, or the Harp of George, is a new constellation introduced on the maps by one of the German astronomers, in honour of the late king of England, George III. 4.2005 June 9, Francis Reddy, “Spitzer finds supernova's echo”, in Astronomy‎[1], photo caption: Located 11,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Cassiopeia, Cas A is the remnant of a once massive star that died in a violent explosion 325 years ago. 5.2019 February 21, Rick Barrett, “Dairy farmers are in crisis—and it could change Wisconsin forever”, in USA Today Network‎[2]: There was a time when the soft glow of barn lights dotted Wisconsin’s rural landscape like stars in a constellation, connecting families who labored into the night milking cows, feeding calves and finishing chores. 1.(modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the IAU, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. [1920s]An image associated with a group of stars.(astrology) The configuration of planets at a given time (notably of birth), as used for determining a horoscope.(figuratively) A wide, seemingly unlimited assortment. A constellation of possibilities. - 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎[3]: Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.(space flight) A fleet of satellites of the same purpose (such as the set of GPS satellites, or Iridium satcom fleet). - December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time‎[4]: With its Starlink program, SpaceX hopes to launch a constellation of as many as 42,000 satellites to provide Internet service to the world.A configuration or grouping. - 2010, Jason B. Ohler, Digital Community, Digital Citizen (page 15) This software constellation persists today as Microsoft Office, the most popular software tool set in history.A network of connections that exists between people who are in polyamorous relationships, for example between one person, their partner, and that person's partner. [See also] edit - constellation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Constellation in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) - asterism - Category:Constellations [Synonyms] edit - (arbitrary formation of stars): asterism - See also Thesaurus:constellation [[French]] ipa :/kɔ̃s.tɛ.la.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French constellation, from Latin constellātiō, from cōn (“with”) + stēlla (“star, astral body”). [Further reading] edit - “constellation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editconstellation f (plural constellations) 1.constellation (all senses) 0 0 2010/07/02 10:19 2022/12/14 08:21
46102 dig [[English]] ipa :/dɪɡ/[Anagrams] edit - GDI, GDI+, GID, IgD, gid [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English diggen (“to dig”), alteration of Old English dīcian (“to dig a ditch, to mound up earth”) (compare Old English dīcere (“digger”)) from dīc, dīċ (“dike, ditch”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz, *dīkiją (“pool, puddle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰīgʷ-, *dʰeygʷ- (“to stab, dig”). Additionally, Middle English diggen may derive from an unrecorded suffixed variant, *dīcgian. Akin to Danish dige (“to dig, raise a dike”), Swedish dika (“to dig ditches”). Related to Middle French diguer (“to dig”), from Old French dikier, itself a borrowing of the same Germanic root (from Middle Dutch dijc). More at ditch, dike. [Etymology 2] editFrom African American Vernacular English; due to lack of writing of slave speech, etymology is difficult to trace, but it has been suggested that it is from Wolof dëgg, dëgga (“to understand, to appreciate”).[1] It has also been suggested that it is from Irish dtuig.[2] Others do not propose a distinct etymology, instead considering this a semantic shift of the existing English term (compare dig in/dig into).[3] [Etymology 3] editShortening. [References] edit 1. ^ Smitherman, Geneva (2000), Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner (revised ed.), Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN 2. ^ Random House Unabridged, 2001 3. ^ eg: OED, "dig", from ME vt diggen [See also] edit - infra dig (etymologically unrelated) [[Afrikaans]] ipa :/dəχ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Dutch dicht, from Middle Dutch dicht, from Old Dutch *thīht, from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz. [Etymology 2] editFrom Dutch dichten, from Middle Dutch dichten, from Latin dictō. [[Danish]] ipa :/dɑj/[Pronoun] editdig (nominative du, possessive din) 1.(personal) you (2nd person singular object pronoun) [[Old Irish]] ipa :/dʲiɣʲ/[Mutation] edit [Noun] editdig 1.inflection of deug: 1.accusative/dative singular 2.nominative/accusative/vocative dual [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French digue. [Noun] editdig n (plural diguri) 1.dike [[Swedish]] ipa :/dɛj/[Alternative forms] edit - dej (strongly colloquial) [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse þik, from Proto-Germanic *þek, from Proto-Indo-European *te-ge. [Pronoun] editdig 1.you (objective case, singular) Jag såg dig aldrig där. I never saw you there. 2.reflexive case of du: compare yourself Skulle du vilja lära dig jonglera? Would you like to learn how to juggle? Skar du dig på kniven? Did you cut yourself on the knife? [[Yola]] [Alternative forms] edit - digger [Etymology] editFrom Middle English dyggar. [Noun] editdig 1.a duck [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 35 0 0 2021/10/17 17:33 2022/12/14 08:31 TaN
46103 dig up [[English]] [Verb] editdig up (third-person singular simple present digs up, present participle digging up, simple past and past participle dug up) 1.(transitive) to excavate something 2.2020 August 12, “Network News: Four new jacks at Clacton depot”, in Rail, page 18: The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements. 3.(transitive, idiomatic) to discover something by digging; to unearth dig up information dig up proof dig up some scandalous stories dig some gossip up on him. 0 0 2022/12/14 08:31 TaN
46104 digging [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/[Noun] editdigging (countable and uncountable, plural diggings) 1.The action performed by a person or thing that digs. 2.A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained. 3.(dated, colloquial) Accommodation; lodgings; digs. 4.(archaic, colloquial, often in the plural) Region; locality. [Verb] editdigging 1.present participle of dig 0 0 2022/12/14 08:31 TaN
46105 dIG [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - GDI, GDI+, GID, IgD, gid [Noun] editdIG (plural dIGs) 1.(astronomy) dwarf irregular galaxy [Synonyms] edit - dI 0 0 2022/12/14 08:31 TaN
46106 DIG [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - GDI, GDI+, GID, IgD, gid [Noun] editDIG (plural DIGs) 1.(astronomy) Initialism of dwarf irregular galaxy. [Synonyms] edit - dI 0 0 2022/12/14 08:31 TaN
46107 yards [[English]] ipa :/jɑɹdz/[Anagrams] edit - Drays, Dryas, Dyars, Radys, drays, dryas [Noun] edityards 1.plural of yardedityards pl (plural only) 1.(nautical) The totality of the sailing rig. Her yards were bare and cockabill. [Verb] edityards 1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yard [[French]] [Noun] edityards m 1.plural of yard 0 0 2022/12/14 08:31 TaN

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