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48941 perceive [[English]] ipa :/pəˈsiːv/[Alternative forms] edit - perceave (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English perceiven, borrowed from Old French percevoir, perceveir, from Latin percipiō, past participle perceptus (“take hold of, obtain, receive, observe”), from per (“by, through”) + capiō (“to take”); see capable. Compare conceive, deceive, receive. [References] edit - perceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 [Synonyms] edit - ken [Verb] editperceive (third-person singular simple present perceives, present participle perceiving, simple past and past participle perceived) 1.(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand. 2.2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 26 April 2012, page 168: Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know. 3.To interpret something in a particular way John was perceived to be a coward by his comrades 0 0 2009/06/14 18:09 2023/04/11 16:39
48942 foothold [[English]] ipa :/ˈfʊthoʊld/[Etymology] editfoot +‎ hold [Noun] editfoothold (plural footholds) 1.(climbing) A solid grip with the feet. 2.(by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged. 3.(military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement. 0 0 2020/05/19 21:24 2023/04/11 16:46 TaN
48943 infectious [[English]] [Adjective] editinfectious (comparative more infectious, superlative most infectious) 1.(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne). Cancer is usually not infectious. More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent. 2.(pathology, of a person) Able to infect others. Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious. 3.(of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another. Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious. 4.(informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest. Pop music is more infectious than elevator music. [Anagrams] edit - countifies [Antonyms] edit - non-infectious, noninfectious (which are hypernymous to noncommunicable) [Synonyms] editSee Usage notes. 0 0 2010/06/10 19:55 2023/04/11 16:47
48944 infectious disease specialist [[English]] [Further reading] edit - infectious disease specialist, infectious disease doctor, infection specialist, infectiologist, infectologist at Google Ngram Viewer [Noun] editinfectious disease specialist (plural infectious disease specialists) 1.(medicine) A physician who specializes in the medical field of infectious diseases. Synonyms: (initialism) IDS, (rare) infectiologist, (rare) infectologist, (rare) infectionist 0 0 2023/04/11 16:47 TaN
48945 infectious disease [[English]] [Noun] editinfectious disease (plural infectious diseases) 1. 2. (medicine) An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host. Synonyms: transmissible disease, communicable disease 3. 4. (medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections. Synonyms: ID, infectious diseases, infectious disease medicine, infectious medicine, infectiology, infectology 0 0 2023/04/11 16:47 TaN
48946 existing [[English]] ipa :/ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/[Adjective] editexisting (not comparable) 1.That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now. 2.2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 3.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52: In his favour, Beeching declared that he supported carrying on with the existing modernisation projects, but that the rest of the business needed root and branch reform. [Anagrams] edit - exitings [Synonyms] edit - existent; See also Thesaurus:existent [Verb] editexisting 1.present participle of exist 0 0 2023/04/11 16:47 TaN
48948 Cryogenian [[English]] [Adjective] editCryogenian (comparative more Cryogenian, superlative most Cryogenian) 1.(geology) Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 850 to 600 million years ago. [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Proper noun] editCryogenian 1.(geology) The Cryogenian period. [See also] edit - Appendix:Geologic timescale 0 0 2023/04/11 16:49 TaN
48950 shimmering [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - reshimming [Noun] editshimmering (plural shimmerings) 1.A gleam or glimmer. [Verb] editshimmering 1.present participle of shimmer 0 0 2012/06/24 17:00 2023/04/11 16:50
48952 oceanic [[English]] ipa :/əʊʃiˈænɪk/[Adjective] editoceanic (comparative more oceanic, superlative most oceanic) 1.Of or relating to the ocean. 2.Living in, produced by, or frequenting the ocean. 3.Resembling an ocean in vastness or extent. 4.Having a climate that has a relatively small difference in temperature between the warmest and coldest times of the year, and relatively high rainfall [Anagrams] edit - cocaine, cocaïne [Etymology] editocean +‎ -ic. Doublet of oceany. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editoceanic m or n (feminine singular oceanică, masculine plural oceanici, feminine and neuter plural oceanice) 1.oceanic [Etymology] editFrom French océanique, from Latin oceanicus. 0 0 2023/04/11 16:51 TaN
48953 geobiologist [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - biogeologist [Etymology] editgeo- +‎ biologist [Noun] editgeobiologist (plural geobiologists) 1.A biologist whose speciality is geobiology. 0 0 2023/04/11 16:51 TaN
48954 grab [[English]] ipa :/ɡɹæb/[Anagrams] edit - ARGB, brag, garb [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch grabben (“to grab”) or Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Old Dutch or Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grab-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-.See also Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡‎ (garəβ, “to seize”)). Cognate with Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”), Middle English grappen (“to feel with the hands; grope”), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to grab”). [Etymology 2] editArabic غُرَاب‎ (ḡurāb) and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.English Wikipedia has an article on:grab (ship)Wikipedia [Further reading] edit - Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “GRAB”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 391. [[Lower Sorbian]] ipa :[ɡrap][Etymology] editFrom Proto-Slavic *grabrъ. [Further reading] edit - Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “grab”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008 - Starosta, Manfred (1999), “grab”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag [Noun] editgrab m 1.hornbeam (tree of genus Carpinus) [[Old High German]] [Alternative forms] edit - grap [Etymology] editFrom Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Old Saxon graf (Low German Graf, Graff), Dutch graf, Old English græf (English grave), Old Frisian gref (West Frisian grêf), Old Norse grǫf (Danish grav, Icelandic gröf), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (graba). [Noun] editgrab n 1.grave 2.tomb [[Polish]] ipa :/ɡrap/[Etymology 1] editInherited from Proto-Slavic *grabrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *grābʰ-. [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [Further reading] edit - grab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - grab in Polish dictionaries at PWN [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Slavic *grabrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *grābʰ-. [Noun] editgrab m (Cyrillic spelling граб) 1.hornbeam 0 0 2009/03/17 18:26 2023/04/11 16:52
48955 grab bag [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - grabbag, grab-bag [Noun] editgrab bag (plural grab bags) 1.A gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made. Winners can choose a gift from the grab bags on the table. 2.(figurative) Any random assortment, selection or possibility. Synonym: mixed bag With that system, it's a grab bag which files we can find at any moment. 3.2015, Mark Ribowsky, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars: There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle—Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.” 4.2020 August 18, James Poniewozik, “A D.N.C. Opening Night for the New Abnormal”, in The New York Times‎[1]: There was no location, really — most of the convention took place in a Milwaukee of the mind. […] Instead, the teleconvention kept a few standards (like the Bruce Springsteen–soundtracked montage) and borrowed from a grab bag of other TV formats, from talk show to cable news to reality-TV reunion special. 5.A moderately large bag of crisps or other snack, intended for sharing. 6.A bag containing essential items, which can be easily picked up and taken in an emergency. Synonyms: bug-out bag, go bag [See also] edit - grab box - mixed bag - lucky dip - pick 'n' mix 0 0 2023/04/11 16:53 TaN
48956 bounce [[English]] ipa :/baʊns/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English bunsen (“to beat, thump”), perhaps imitative[1]. Compare Low German bunsen (“to beat”), Dutch bonzen (“to thump, knock, throb”), and akin to bonken (“to bang, smash”), and possibly English bang. [Noun] editbounce (countable and uncountable, plural bounces) 1.A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. 2.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport: Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes. 3.A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. 4.(Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure. 5.The sack, dismissal. 6.2007, Annabelle Gurwitch, Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed, page 243: Someone more clever than I said, "It's not the bounce that counts, it's the bounce back. " 7.2014, Lisa See, China Dolls: Customers said I was a hoot; management gave me the bounce. 8.2018, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Portrait of Jirjohn Cobb, page 241: I was no longer with the Oakhaven Hospital when I decided to come out here to the island; they'd fired me when they traced a long-distance call I'd made to San Francisco, under the director's name, to a man the papers had said got pinched out there, under suspicion of having lifted a poke with 10 grand in it—but later released—a man named Andy Glover. I thought sure he was a certain lug who'd been in stir with me, and thought to make a touch—however, skip it!—the point is that it was the wrong Andy Glover!—the call got traced to the phone in the hospital urinal room—and I got the bounce. 9.A bang, boom. 10.1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer I don't value her resentment the bounce of a cracker. 11.(archaic) A drink based on brandyW. 12.1870 May, “Irish Life”, in The Saint Pauls Magazine, volume VI, London: Strahan & Co., publishers, 56, Ludgate Hill, →OCLC, page 203: A prologue of cherry bounce,—brandy,—preceded the entertainment, which was enlivened by hob-nobs and joyous toasts. 13.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients: He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it. 14.(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. 15.1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover The bounce burst ope the door. 16.(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. 17.1827, Thomas De Quincey, On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts And, in fact, the whole story is a bounce of his own. For, in a most abusive letter which he wrote “to a learned person,” (meaning Wallis the mathematician,) he gives quite another account of the matter 18.Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish. 19.(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants. 20.(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs. 21.(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger. 22.(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music. 23.(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping. Them pro-ballers got bounce! [References] edit 1. ^ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bounce [Synonyms] edit - (change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle): bounce back, rebound - (move quickly up and down): bob - (have sexual intercourse): bang, do it, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulateedit - (change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle): rebound - (movement up and down): bob, bobbing (repeated), bouncing (repeated) - (talent for leaping): ups, mad ups [Verb] editbounce (third-person singular simple present bounces, present participle bouncing, simple past and past participle bounced) 1.(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch. 2.(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly. He bounces nervously on his chair. 3.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: The Black Cats contributed to their own downfall for the only goal when Titus Bramble, making his first appearance since Boxing Day, and Michael Turner, let Phil Jones' cross bounce across the six-yard box as Rooney tucked in at the back post. 4.(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly. He bounced the child on his knee. The children were bouncing a ball against a wall. 5.(transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback. I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range. 6.(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound. She bounced happily into the room. 7.1731, Jonathan Swift, On Mr. Pulteney's Being Put Out of the Council Out bounced the mastiff. 8.To move rapidly (between). 9.2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[2]: “The Queen’s Justice” had some fantastic moments of wit and heart but the structure and pacing didn’t do it any favors. The first section of the episode mostly bounced between Jon Snow’s arrival at Dragonstone and Cersei Lannister burning through her enemies and giving nary a fuck. 10.(intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds. We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced. 11.(transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account). He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday. 12.(intransitive, slang) To leave. Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce. 13.(US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. 14.1946, Yachting (volume 80, page 46) Nobody took umbrage and bounced me out of the Union for being a pro. 15.(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse. 16.(transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly. The squadron was bounced north of the town. 17.(intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset. See if it helps to bounce the router. 18.(transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered. What’s your new email address? The old one bounces. The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address was bounced back by the server. 19.(intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum. The student pilot bounced several times during his landing. 20.(intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results. After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. 21.(transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added. Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two. 22.(slang, archaic) To bully; to scold. 23.1621 (first performance)​, John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals): Would I had him here again, I would so bounce him , I would so thank his lordship for his lewd plot. 24.(slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster. 25.(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly. 26.1708, John Partridge, Squire Bickerstaff Detected Another bounces as hard as he can knock. 0 0 2012/03/31 18:36 2023/04/11 16:53
48957 barge [[English]] ipa :/bɑːdʒ/[Anagrams] edit - Aberg, Berga, Gaber, Garbe, begar, rebag [Etymology] editFrom Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Late Latin barca, from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”), Doublet of bark, barque and baris. [Noun] editbarge (plural barges) 1.A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo. 2.A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions. 3.A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel. 4.One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars 5.The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table. 6.(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. 7.(US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for barge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913) [Synonyms] edit - lighter [Verb] editbarge (third-person singular simple present barges, present participle barging, simple past and past participle barged) 1.To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner. 2.1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 209: I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did. 3.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 52: In making this extension, the Metropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards an overground railway that had just barged its way into the City from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover. 4.(transitive) To push someone. 5.2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎[1]: The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball. [[French]] ipa :/baʁʒ/[Anagrams] edit - gerba [Etymology 1] editVariant of barje, clipping of barjot, verlan form of jobard. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old French barge, from Vulgar Latin *barga, variant of Late Latin barca, itself possibly from a form *barica, from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris), itself probably of Egyptian origin. Doublet of barque. [Etymology 3] editPossibly from a Vulgar Latin *bardea, of Gaulish origin. [Further reading] edit - “barge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈbardʒ(ə)/[Alternative forms] edit - bargge, baarge, berge, barche [Etymology] editBorrowed from Old French barge, from Late Latin barca, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare), from Egyptian bꜣjr. [Noun] editbarge (plural barges) 1.A medium ship or boat, especially one protecting a larger ship. 2.A barge, especially one used for official or ceremonial purposes. [[Northern Sami]] ipa :/ˈparːke/[Verb] editbarge 1.inflection of bargat: 1.first-person dual present indicative 2.third-person plural past indicative [[Old French]] [Etymology] editFrom Vulgar Latin *barga, variant of Late Latin barca, itself possibly from a form *barica, from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris), itself probably of Egyptian origin. [Noun] editbarge f (oblique plural barges, nominative singular barge, nominative plural barges) 1.boat 0 0 2010/04/04 11:12 2023/04/11 16:54 TaN
48958 barge in [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Binegar, bangier, bearing [Verb] editbarge in (third-person singular simple present barges in, present participle barging in, simple past and past participle barged in) 1.(idiomatic) To intrude; to enter or interrupt suddenly and without invitation. What makes you think you can just barge in and make demands of the CEO? Don't barge in on us like that again; we are presently having a meeting. 0 0 2023/04/11 16:54 TaN
48959 creek [[English]] ipa :/kɹiːk/[Alternative forms] edit - crick (dialectal US) - crik (eye dialect) [Anagrams] edit - ecker [Etymology] editFrom Middle English creke, kreke, creake, of unclear origin. It existed alongside a second variant in Middle English cryke, krike, cricke, from Old Norse kriki.[1]. The first form possibly continues Old English *creca (attested in the diminutive crecca (“creek, bay, wharf”) also found in Anglo-Latin as creca, crecca), from Proto-West Germanic *krekō, from Proto-Germanic *krekô, *krekuz (“corner, hook, angle, bend, bight”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, to wind”).See also Old Dutch creka, crika (“inlet, cove, creek”), Old Norse kriki, krikr (“angle, corner, nook, bight”), Old Norse kraki (“pole with a hook, anchor”), and possibly Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”). Modern cognates include West Frisian kreek (“creek”), Dutch kreek (“creek, cove, inlet, bight”), and French crique (“cove”) (borrowed from Germanic).Early British colonists of Australia and the Americas used the term in the usual British way, to name inlets; as settlements followed the inlets upstream and inland, the names were retained and creek was reinterpreted as a general term for a small waterway.[2]. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:creekWikipedia creek (plural creeks) 1.(Britain) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. 2.(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water. 3.Any turn or winding. [References] edit 1. ^ “creek”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. 2. ^ Barry Lopez, Debra Gwartney, Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape →ISBN, page 92: "Creek is a word that has been transformed by the North American continent. The British usage of the term was its first meaning here, and this definition still applies along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine: a saltwater inlet narrower than a cove; the estuary of a stream. But as settlement probed inland beyond the coastal plain, following watercourses upstream well past the influence of salt and tides, the word creek held on for any flow..." [Synonyms] edit - beck, brook, burn, stream - (regional US terms:) run (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), brook (New England), branch (Southern US), bayou (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Southeastern Texas) 0 0 2023/04/11 16:54 TaN
48960 waterway [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water +‎ way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”). [Further reading] edit - waterway at OneLook Dictionary Search - waterway - Students, kids.britannica.com - Glossary:Navigable inland waterway, ec.europa.eu [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:waterwayWikipedia waterway (plural waterways) 1.A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable. 2.A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water. 0 0 2022/07/26 08:24 2023/04/11 16:54 TaN
48961 Niger [[English]] ipa :/ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - Grein, Negri, Reign, nigre, re-nig, reign, renig, ringe [Etymology] editCommonly linked by folk etymology to Latin niger (“black”), which likely influenced the modern spelling.Some sources give the term to Tuareg roots, deriving it from a claimed gher n-gheren or ì-ɡərw-ɑn, .[1][2][3]Older sources derive Niger, via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of the wadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south (which may both derive from the same source as ì-ɡərw-ɑn).[4] [Further reading] edit - Niger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Proper noun] editNiger 1. 2.A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger. 3. 4.A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria. 5.A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna. [References] edit 1. ^ The Tamasheq of Burkino Faso, David Sudlow, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag(eǵărew) n-iǵǝrwan (p. 289) 2. ^ C. K. Meek, The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name. The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1960), pp. 1-17 3. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Niger”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 4. ^ compare: The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of useful Knowledge, vol. 16 (Murillo—Organ), 1840, NIGER, or rather NIGIR 5. ^ How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com 6. ^ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times [See also] edit - Appendix:Countries of the world - (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit] [[Central Huasteca Nahuatl]] [Proper noun] editNiger 1.Niger (a country in Africa) [[Central Nahuatl]] [Proper noun] editNiger 1.Niger (a country in Africa) [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈnɪɡɛr][Further reading] edit - Niger in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu - Niger in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989 [Proper noun] editNiger m 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) 2.Niger (a major river in West Africa) [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈni.ɣər/[Etymology] editProbably borrowed from French Niger. [Proper noun] editNiger n 1.Niger [[Finnish]] ipa :/ˈniɡer/[Etymology] editFrom French Niger. [Proper noun] editNiger 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) [[French]] ipa :/ni.ʒɛʁ/[Proper noun] editNiger m 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) [See also] edit - Nigérian (“Nigerian, resident or native of Nigeria”), Nigériane - nigérian [[German]] ipa :[ˈniːɡɐ][Proper noun] editNiger m or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Nigers) 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) Synonyms: (obsolete) Nigerien n; Republik Niger (“Republic of the Niger”)editder Niger m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers) 1.Niger (a major river in West Africa) [See also] edit - Nigerianer (“Nigerian, person from Nigeria”) - nigerianisch [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈniɡɛr][Proper noun] editNiger 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) 2.Niger (a river in West Africa) [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈni.d͡ʒer/[Anagrams] edit - negri, regni [Proper noun] editNiger m 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) 2.Niger (a major river in West Africa) [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈni.ɡer/[Etymology] editFrom niger (“black, dark”). [Further reading] edit - “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press [Proper noun] editNiger m (genitive Nigrī); second declension 1.A Roman agnomen, or "nickname" 2.(Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)[1]editLatin Wikipedia has an article on:Niger (flumen)Wikipedia laLatin Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia laNiger m sg (genitive Nigris); third declension 1.Niger (a major river in West Africa) 2.1534, Joachim Vadianus, Epitome trium terrae partium Asiae, Africae et Europae compendiariam...: Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usque Nigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo. [References] edit - “Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Proper noun] editNiger 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Proper noun] editNiger 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈɲi.ɡɛr/[Further reading] edit - Niger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - Niger in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Proper noun] editNiger m 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) 2.Niger (a major river in West Africa) [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/nîɡer/[Proper noun] editNȉger m (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏гер) 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) 2.Niger (a major river in West Africa) [[Swahili]] [Proper noun] editNiger 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) [See also] edit - (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit] [[Swedish]] ipa :/niːɡɛr/[Anagrams] edit - Inger, inger, regin, ringe [Proper noun] editNiger n (genitive Nigers) 1.Niger (a country in West Africa) 0 0 2023/04/11 16:54 TaN
48962 niger [[English]] ipa :/ˈnaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - Grein, Negri, Reign, nigre, re-nig, reign, renig, ringe [Etymology] editFrom the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger. [Noun] editniger (uncountable) 1.An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil. Synonyms: noog, noug, nug [References] edit - “Niger, n.2.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2003. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈni.ɡer/[Adjective] editniger (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum, superlative nigerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) 1.wan, shining black (as opposed to āter, dull black) 2.For quotations using this term, see Citations:niger. Nigrum in candida vertere. To turn black into white. 3.bad; evil; ill-omened [Antonyms] edit - (shining white): candidus [Etymology] editUncertain origin,[1] but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”) if this root is assumed also to be the source of *nókʷts (“night”) (Latin nox), thus “black” would attest the intermediate meaning between “bare” and “night”.[2] Cognate of Umbrian niru (accusative case) possibly "dark, black".[3] [Further reading] edit - “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - “niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - niger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette - “niger”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers - “niger”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray [References] edit - Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/ˈnɪɡr-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française. 1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN 2. ^ Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000. 3. ^ Robert Planta 2011, Grammatik der Oskisch-Umbrischen Dialekts. [Synonyms] edit - (black): fuscus [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/nîɡer/[Etymology] editFrom English nigger. [Noun] editnȉger m (Cyrillic spelling ни̏гер) 1.(slang, derogatory) nigger [References] edit - “niger” in Hrvatski jezični portal [Synonyms] edit - cr̀nac [[Swedish]] [Anagrams] edit - Inger, inger, regin, ringe [Verb] editniger 1.present of niga 0 0 2023/04/11 16:54 TaN
48963 nig [[English]] ipa :-ɪɡ[Anagrams] edit - -ing, -ïng, GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, ing [Etymology 1] editClipping of niggard. Unrelated to nigger. [Etymology 2] editClipping of nigger. [[Northern Kurdish]] ipa :/nɪɡ/[Noun] editnig m (Arabic spelling نگ‎) 1.Alternative form of ling (“foot”) [References] edit - Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “nig”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 74 [[Volapük]] [Noun] editnig (nominative plural nigs) 1.ink [[Yapese]] [Noun] editnig 1.fish 0 0 2023/04/11 16:54 TaN
48966 crédit [[French]] ipa :/kʁe.di/[Anagrams] edit - décrit - dicter - direct [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin creditus. [Further reading] edit - “crédit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editcrédit m (plural crédits) 1.credit 2.(higher education) course credit 0 0 2021/08/12 17:54 2023/04/11 17:01 TaN
48968 against all odds [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editagainst all odds 1.(idiomatic) Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability. Against all odds, the inexperienced new player won the tournament. 2.2022 February 9, Ben Jones, “Batteries included for future shunters”, in RAIL, number 950, page 54: But, against all the odds, one company is still alive and most definitely kicking. [Synonyms] edit - against all expectations, contrary to all expectations 0 0 2023/04/14 07:57 TaN
48969 odds [[English]] ipa :/ɑdz/[Anagrams] edit - DDOS, DDOs, DDoS, Dods, dods [Etymology] editFrom odd (“uneven, strange”). [Noun] editodds pl (plural only) 1.The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening. 2.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii: A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand, Sent from the King to ouercome vs all. […] A thouſand horſmen? We fiue hundred foote? An ods too great, for vs to ſtand againſt: […] I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning. 3.The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations. 4.(chess) An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time. She beat me with knight odds but lost with rook odds. The grandmaster gave his opponents significant time odds, of one minute versus ten minutes. 5.1913, The British Chess Magazine, volume 33, Trubner & Company, page 51: The resulting match of fourteen games was won by Mr. Maurian, who had scored all the Knight-odds parties and the majority of the even-term ones! 6.1989, Raymond Keene, The Simon & Schuster Pocket Book of Chess, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 183: Nowadays, giving material odds in this way is rather rare, but the advent of the chess clock has made it possible for strong players to give time odds — taking one or two minutes for all their moves, for example, and allowing their opponents five minutes or more. 7.1998, George W. Atkinson, Chess and Machine Intuition, Intellect, →ISBN, page 35: Harry Golombek, who had returned from Argentina with the British chess team but spent two years in the infantry before joining B.P., occasionally played chess with Turing, giving Queen odds in order to make the game more equal. 8.2016 November 27, Oliver Roeder, “The World Chess Championship Comes Down To The Final Game”, in FiveThirtyEight‎[1], archived from the original on 2022-05-26: And finally, if those are tied, they'll play a final sudden-death game, using a format known as armageddon. In armageddon, black gets "time odds": White gets five minutes while black gets just four, but a draw counts as a win for black. 9.2018 September 23, Binit Priyaranjan, “Queens on the Board, Pawns in the Sport – the Underrepresentation of Women in Chess”, in The Wire‎[2], archived from the original on 2021-05-06: Fischer described all female professionals' play at his time to be that of "beginners", and went on to boast about hypothetically beating any female chess player with knight odds (when challenged to the same, though, he didn't respond). 10.2021, Larry Kaufman, Chess Board Options, New in Chess, →ISBN: The most important handicap historically is knight odds, because it produces play more similar to a normal game than handicaps like f7 and multiple moves, while still being a suitable handicap for rather strong players. 11.2022 October 31, Luci Kelemen, “Nakamura wins 2022 Fischer Random Chess Championship, Carlsen slides to top-four finish”, in Dot Esports‎[3], archived from the original on 2022-12-17: Here, Nakamura took the white pieces and the time odds with the mandatory win requirement, and managed to break Nepomniachtchi's resistance to clinch the title.odds 1.plural of odd [See also] edit - even money - evens [[Icelandic]] [Noun] editodds 1.indefinite genitive singular of oddur [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom English odds. [Noun] editodds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsene) 1.odds [References] edit - “odds” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom English odds. [Noun] editodds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsa) 1.odds [References] edit - “odds” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. 0 0 2009/04/10 15:02 2023/04/14 07:57
48970 odd [[English]] ipa :/ɒd/[Adjective] editodd (not generally comparable, comparative odder, superlative oddest) 1.Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected. Synonyms: unusual, strange; see also Thesaurus:strange Antonyms: common, familiar, mediocre; see also Thesaurus:common She slept in, which was very odd. 2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC: We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day. 1.Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre. 2.2003, Kenneth Rubin; Andrea Thompson, The Friendship Factor, Penguin, →ISBN: [One of them would] say, 'Hi, Mother.' This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes 'Hi' was all I heard; other times they'd stay and talk for a minute.(not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched. Synonyms: single, mismatched Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks. My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown. - 1822, John Gage, The History and Antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk, page 29: Itm , lxij almond rivetts. *Almain rivetts, a sort of light armour having sleeves of mail, or iron plates, rivetted, with braces for the defence of the arms. Itm, one odd back for an almond rivett.(not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped. I'm the odd one out.(not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc. - 2009, Sam O'Connor, Tales of Old Las Vegas: Inside are a Few Stories Set in the 60's, where There was More to the Action Than the Games, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 187: "Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket. - 2010, Chris Thomas, The Rockefeller Fraud, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 24: Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change.(not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern. I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it. but for the odd exception - 1998, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Ronald Hingley, Five Plays, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 148: There are odd bits of green here and there in patches, but no continuous stretches. The elk, swans and woodgrouse are no more. The old hamlets, farmsteads, hermitages and mills have vanished without trace.(not comparable) Not regular or planned. He's only worked odd jobs.(not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs. - 1879, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, page 262: The odd horse will now be employed in carting couch grass on to pasture land, carting hay, &c, to sheep in the field, carting roots, straw, &c, for feeding cattle in the boxes or dairy cows in the stalls or yards, and in various odd jobs on the farm  ... - 1894, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1, page 57: At about 14 he rises a step by getting the 'odd' horse and cart, and does all the small carting work about the farm. - 1912, John Burleigh, Ednam and Its Indwellers: There is also the “orra man who, like the odd horse, is kept busy on odd jobs.(mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two. Antonym: even The product of odd numbers is also odd. - 1998 January 15, “Collusion in the Stockmarket”, in The Economist: In their original article, Messrs Christie and Schultz found that in 70 of the 100 most heavily traded stocks, Nasdaq dealers avoided quoting prices in odd eighths of a dollar. Buyers were far more likely to quote shares at 28 1/2 or 28 3/4 than at 28 5/8.(not comparable) Numbered with an odd number. How do I print only the odd pages?(not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number). Synonyms: see Thesaurus:about, Thesaurus:approximately There were thirty-odd people in the room.Out of the way, secluded. - 1958, Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 218: "Well, isn't it a bit unusual to run into an old friend in an odd corner of the world like this?" I asked. - 2015, Karen Newcomb, The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden: Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN: Plant a clump in your postage stamp garden, or stuff them in an odd corner of a flower bed. (They prefer full sun but will tolerate filtered shade.)(sports) On the left. He served from the odd court. (obsolete) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding. [since the 1400s] - 1886, Walter William Skeat, The Wars of Alexander: An Alliterative Romance Translated Chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de Preliis, page 120, in (modern English) notes about the Middle English text: He goes to Phrygia, and sees Scamander. "Happy are all," he says, "who are honoured by that odd clerk. Homer." In Macedonia, he finds hie mother. - 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC: I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times. [Anagrams] edit - DDO, DOD, DoD, dod [Etymology] editFrom Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point"). [Further reading] edit - - Odd in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) - odd at OneLook Dictionary Search - “odd”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. [Noun] editodd (plural odds) 1.(mathematics, diminutive) An odd number. So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds. 2.(colloquial) Something left over, not forming part of a set. I've got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds. [See also] edit - Odd Rode [[Icelandic]] [Noun] editodd 1.indefinite accusative singular of oddur [[Middle English]] [Adjective] editodd 1.Alternative form of odde 0 0 2011/02/27 16:31 2023/04/14 07:57
48971 ODD [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - DDO, DOD, DoD, dod [Noun] editODD 1.Initialism of oppositional defiant disorder. 2.(computing) Initialism of optical disc drive. 0 0 2021/09/14 09:12 2023/04/14 07:57 TaN
48972 clinching [[English]] [Adjective] editclinching (not comparable) 1.That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively 2.1872, Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree, Part 2, Chapter 8,[1] “Yes,” said Dick, with such a clinching period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word. 3.1921, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Imogen” in Collected Poems, lines 113-119,[2] There were no dreams, No phantoms in her future any more: One clinching revelation of what was One by-flash of irrevocable chance, Had acridly but honestly foretold The mystical fulfilment of a life That might have once … But that was all gone by 4.1960, “Breaking the Fast,” Time, 22 February, 1960,[3] He shocked his hearers by urging them not to fast during Ramadan, which begins Feb. 29. As a clinching argument, Bourguiba recalled that even Mohammed, when inconveniently overtaken by Ramadan on his march to Mecca, counseled his soldiers: “Break the fast, and you will be stronger to confront the enemy.” [Noun] editclinching (countable and uncountable, plural clinchings) 1.A clinch; a passionate embrace. 2.1937, Motion Picture Herald (volume 127, issues 1-6, page 42) Though there are no kissings and clinchings, […] 3.A making certain or finalizing. 4.2015, George Becnel, The Southland Conference: Small College Football, Big Dreams Only six weeks into the season, the top-ranked Bulldogs were undefeated at 60, but more important to Louisiana Tech was one of the earliest clinchings of a conference title in the annals of college football. 5.(computing, historical) The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling. 6.1985, Alvin C. Larson, Computer Operator (AFSC 51150) (page 87) This “clinching” can distort the tape by causing a series of creases or folds in the surface and may produce read errors. 7.1987, Conservation Administration News (issues 28-35, page 29) Computer magnetic tape is designed primarily for its storage capacity, speed, and capacity to be repeatedly erased and written over. […] Bad binder can cause holes in the oxide, loose particles, or clinching of tape. [Verb] editclinching 1.present participle of clinch 0 0 2022/04/12 17:37 2023/04/14 08:10 TaN
48973 clinching [[English]] [Adjective] editclinching (not comparable) 1.That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively 2.1872, Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree, Part 2, Chapter 8,[1] “Yes,” said Dick, with such a clinching period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word. 3.1921, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Imogen” in Collected Poems, lines 113-119,[2] There were no dreams, No phantoms in her future any more: One clinching revelation of what was One by-flash of irrevocable chance, Had acridly but honestly foretold The mystical fulfilment of a life That might have once … But that was all gone by 4.1960, “Breaking the Fast,” Time, 22 February, 1960,[3] He shocked his hearers by urging them not to fast during Ramadan, which begins Feb. 29. As a clinching argument, Bourguiba recalled that even Mohammed, when inconveniently overtaken by Ramadan on his march to Mecca, counseled his soldiers: “Break the fast, and you will be stronger to confront the enemy.” [Noun] editclinching (countable and uncountable, plural clinchings) 1.A clinch; a passionate embrace. 2.1937, Motion Picture Herald (volume 127, issues 1-6, page 42) Though there are no kissings and clinchings, […] 3.A making certain or finalizing. 4.2015, George Becnel, The Southland Conference: Small College Football, Big Dreams Only six weeks into the season, the top-ranked Bulldogs were undefeated at 60, but more important to Louisiana Tech was one of the earliest clinchings of a conference title in the annals of college football. 5.(computing, historical) The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling. 6.1985, Alvin C. Larson, Computer Operator (AFSC 51150) (page 87) This “clinching” can distort the tape by causing a series of creases or folds in the surface and may produce read errors. 7.1987, Conservation Administration News (issues 28-35, page 29) Computer magnetic tape is designed primarily for its storage capacity, speed, and capacity to be repeatedly erased and written over. […] Bad binder can cause holes in the oxide, loose particles, or clinching of tape. [Verb] editclinching 1.present participle of clinch 0 0 2023/04/14 08:10 TaN
48975 chinch [[English]] ipa :/t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/[Etymology] editFrom Spanish chinche (“bedbug”) or Portuguese chinche, from Latin cimex (“bedbug”).[1] Doublet of cimex. [Noun] editchinch (plural chinches) 1.The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “chinch”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 0 0 2023/04/14 08:13 TaN
48976 Creek [[English]] [Adjective] editCreek (not comparable) 1.Of or pertaining to the Creek tribe. The chieftain was well versed in Creek history. [Anagrams] edit - ecker [Etymology] edit - As an English surname, from Creake in Norfolk, a variant of the noun crag (“steep rugged cliff”). - Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun cratch (“crib, manger”). - As a German surname, Americanized from Krieg (“war, warfare”), Krück, Kruck (see Krug (“jug”) and Krücke (“crutch”)), Krick. - As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kreek (from the noun kreek (“creek”), see creek) and Kriek (from kriek (“cherry”)). - The Native American tribe name is likely shortened from Ocheese Creek. [Further reading] edit - Ethnologue entry for Creek, mus ⁠ [Noun] editCreek (plural Creeks) 1.One of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States, also known as the Muscogee. [Proper noun] editCreek 1.The Muskogean language of the Creek tribe. 2.A surname. [References] edit - Walker, Willard B. (2004). "Creek Confederacy Before Removal," in Raymond D. Fogelson (ed.), Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 14: Southeast. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. 0 0 2023/04/14 08:16 TaN
48977 talc [[English]] ipa :/tælk/[Anagrams] edit - CTAL, clat, lact- [Etymology] editFrom Middle French talc, from Arabic طَلْق‎ (ṭalq), from Persian تلک‎ (talk). [Noun] edittalc (countable and uncountable, plural talcs)A block of talc. 1.(obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.[1] 2.(obsolete) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.[1] 3.1787, George Adams, Essays on the Microscope; containing a Practical Description of the most Improved Microscopes: a General History of Insects, their Transformations, Peculiar Habits, and Œconomy: an Account of the Various Species and Singular Properties of the Hydræ and Vorticellæ: a Description of Three Hundred and Seventy-nine Animalcula; with a Concise Catalogue of Interesting Objects: a View of the Organization of Timber, and the Configuration of Salts when under the Microscope, London: Printed for the author, by Robert Hindmarsh, Printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, No. 32, Clerkenwell-Close; and sold by the author, at his Shop, Tycho Brahe's Head, No. 60, Fleet-Street, →OCLC, page 7: M. [Antonie van] Leeuwenhoek fixed his objects, if they were ſolid, to the foregoing point with glue; if they were fluid, he fitted them on a little plate of talc, or exceeding thin blown glaſs, which he afterwards glued to the needle, in the ſame manner as his other objects. 4.A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses. 5.1978, C. J. Parmentier; G. J. Gill, “Practical Aspects of Talc and Asbestos”, in C. C. Gravatt; Philip D. LaFleur; Kurt F. J. Heinrich, editors, Proceedings of Workshop on Asbestos, Definitions and Measurement Methods, page 406: With this background and experience we feel justified in stating that not all talcs contain, or are associated with, asbestos. 6.1987, Joseph A. Radosta; Nikhil C. Trivedi, “Talc”, in H. S. Katz; J. V. Mileski, editors, Handbook of Fillers For Plastics, page 217: For example, Montana talcs approximate the theoretical composition, while California talcs often contain calcite (CaCO3) and dolomite (CaCO3 • MgCO3). 7.2003, Harutun Karian, Handbook of Polypropylene and Polypropylene Composites, revised & expanded edition, page 573: Micronized talcs and, to an even higher degree, submicrometer talcs significantly influence the processing parameters. 8.Talcum powder. [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor (1993) The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 4th edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. [See also] edit - soapstone - steatite [Verb] edittalc (third-person singular simple present talcs, present participle talcing, simple past and past participle talced) 1.(transitive) To apply talc to. 2.1940, Rubber Journal, Volume 99, page 479, "Generous talcing" is applied not only to the naked bale, but to the inside of the wrapper, and after stenciling, to the interior of the package. This talcing is repeated, "if necessary, dependent upon the number of handlings up to and into stores for steamer loading." 3.1977, Great Britain Health and Safety Executive, Manufacturing & Service Industries, page 43, Three manufacturers have now produced separate designs for talcing boxes; one uses conventional techniques of brushing and vibrators, one is a fluidised bed and the third is an electrostatic applicator. 4.1983, Aaron Elkins, The Dark Place, 2010, page 107, Then he talced his hands, slipped on a new pair of rubber gloves, went to the shapeless thing at the other end of the table, and began to work. [[French]] ipa :/talk/[Etymology] editFrom Persian طلق‎ (talq). [Further reading] edit - “talc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] edittalc m (plural talcs) 1.talc [References] edit [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French talc. [Noun] edittalc n (uncountable) 1.talc 0 0 2023/02/03 11:25 2023/04/14 08:17 TaN
48978 litigation [[English]] ipa :/ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/[Etymology] editlitigate +‎ -ion. [Noun] editlitigation (countable and uncountable, plural litigations) 1.(law) The conduct of a lawsuit. There is ongoing litigation in this matter. This law firm is known for its litigation practice. That attorney has been chastised for his litigation behavior. [References] edit - W. Martin; G[uy] A. J. Tops, et al. (1998) Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Engels–Nederlands [Van Dale Great Dictionary, English–Dutch], volume I, 3rd edition, Utrecht; Antwerp: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN. 0 0 2019/11/20 16:40 2023/04/14 08:17 TaN
48981 appellate court [[English]] [Noun] editappellate court (plural appellate courts) 1.(law) A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions. [Synonyms] edit - appeals court, appeal court; court of appeal, court of appeals; court of second instance 0 0 2021/08/19 10:30 2023/04/14 08:19 TaN
48983 spinoff [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - off spin, offspin [Noun] editspinoff (plural spinoffs) 1.Alternative spelling of spin-off [[Spanish]] [Noun] editspinoff m (plural spinoffs) 1.spinoff 0 0 2021/08/01 15:39 2023/04/14 08:19 TaN
48984 spin-off [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - spinoff [Anagrams] edit - off spin, offspin [Etymology] editFrom the verb phrase spin off. [Noun] editspin-off (plural spin-offs) 1.An offshoot. 2.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 51-52: We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City Widened Lines or 'The Widened Lines' for short. 3.An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off. Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology. 4.By-product. 5.A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect. "Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers". 6.The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed. Synonym: hive-off [References] edit - spin-off on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Synonyms] edit - derivate - descendant 0 0 2018/07/19 09:30 2023/04/14 08:19 TaN
48985 upped [[English]] ipa :/ʌpt/[Verb] editupped 1.simple past tense and past participle of up 0 0 2023/04/14 08:20 TaN
48988 claimant [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - calamint [Etymology] editOld French and Anglo-Norman clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from Latin clāmō (“to cry out”). [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:claimantWikipedia claimant (plural claimants) 1.One who claims; one who makes a claim. 2.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Tremarn Case‎[1]: “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]” 3.(UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar. 4.(law) The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court. 0 0 2021/08/22 13:18 2023/04/14 08:20 TaN
48990 mason [[English]] ipa :/ˈmeɪsən/[Anagrams] edit - Manso, NOMAS, Osman, manos, moans, monas, soman [Etymology] editFrom Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattijō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”). [Noun] editmason (plural masons) 1.A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick 2.One who prepares stone for building purposes. 3.A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. [Verb] editmason (third-person singular simple present masons, present participle masoning, simple past and past participle masoned) 1.(transitive, normally with a preposition) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons to mason up a well or terrace to mason in a kettle or boiler [[Esperanto]] [Noun] editmason 1.accusative singular of maso [[Mauritian Creole]] [Etymology] editUnknown [Noun] editmason 1.fruit of the Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Ziziphus vulgaris) [References] edit - Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈma.sɔn/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French maçon, from Middle French maçon (“mason”), from Old French maçon, masson, machun (“brick-layer”), from Late Latin maciō, machiō (“carpenter, brick-layer”), from a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattukaz (“ploughshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”). [Further reading] edit - mason in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - mason in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editmason m pers (feminine masonka) 1.mason, Freemason Synonym: wolnomularz [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French maçon. [Noun] editmason m (plural masoni) 1.freemason [[Seychellois Creole]] [Etymology] editUnknown [Noun] editmason 1.fruit of the Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Ziziphus vulgaris) [References] edit - Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français 0 0 2023/04/14 08:24 TaN
48991 Mason [[English]] ipa :/ˈmeɪsən/[Anagrams] edit - Manso, NOMAS, Osman, manos, moans, monas, soman [Noun] editMason (plural Masons) 1.A Freemason. [Proper noun] editMason 1.A surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason. 2.A male given name transferred from the surname. 3.A number of places in the United States: 1.A town in Effingham County, Illinois. 2.An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky. 3.An unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky. 4.A city, the county seat of Ingham County, Michigan. 5.An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan. 6.An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada. 7.A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. 8.A city in Warren County, Ohio. 9.An unincorporated community in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. 10.A ghost town in Butte County, South Dakota. 11.A town in Tipton County, Tennessee. 12.A city, the county seat of Mason County, Texas. 13.A town in Mason County, West Virginia. 14.A town and village therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. 15.A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mason Township.(informal) Ellipsis of George Mason University.. [See also] edit - Machen [[Sranan Tongo]] [Proper noun] editMason 1.Amazon 0 0 2023/04/14 08:24 TaN
48992 Marquise [[French]] [Proper noun] editMarquise ? 1.A small town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France [[German]] ipa :/maʁˈkiːzə/[Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from French marquise. [Further reading] edit - “Marquise” in Duden online - “Marquise” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Noun] editMarquise f (genitive Marquise, plural Marquisen) 1.marquise, marchioness 0 0 2023/04/14 08:39 TaN
48993 marquise [[English]] ipa :/mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiːz/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French marquise. [Further reading] edit - chocolate marquise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editmarquise (plural marquises) 1.(chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French. Synonym: marchioness 2.2009 February 14, Emine Saner, “'She was a mass of contradictions - we all are'”, in The Guardian‎[1]: In 1986, she appeared in the stage adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuse opposite Alan Rickman, playing the manipulative marquise whose icy demeanour seems to have clung to Duncan's image like frost ever since, even though it is so at odds with her warmth in person. 3.A marquee. 4. 5. (jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends. 6. 7. (architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement. 8.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC: The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door. 9.(historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century. 10. 11. (cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream. [[French]] ipa :/maʁ.kiz/[Etymology] editFeminine of marquis. [Further reading] edit - “marquise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editmarquise f (plural marquises) 1.marchioness (a member of foreign nobility) 2.(by extension) a type of finger-ring 3.(architecture) awning, marquee (projecting canopy over an entrance) Synonym: auvent [[Portuguese]] ipa :/maʁˈki.zi/[Alternative forms] edit - marquesa [Etymology] editBorrowed from French marquise.[1][2] [Noun] editmarquise f (plural marquises) 1.(Portugal, architecture) a glass veranda Synonym: marquesa 2.(Brazil, architecture) canopy (overhanging or projecting roof structure) Synonyms: alpendre, telheiro [References] edit 1. ^ “marquise” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023. 2. ^ “marquise” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. 0 0 2012/09/30 09:59 2023/04/14 08:39
48997 drown [[English]] ipa :/dɹaʊn/[Anagrams] edit - N-word, n-word [Etymology] editFrom Middle English drownen, drounen, drunen (“to drown”), of obscure and uncertain origin.The OED suggests an unattested Old English form *drūnian [1]. Harper 2001 points to Old English druncnian, ġedruncnian (> Middle English drunknen, dronknen (“to drown”)), "probably influenced" by Old Norse drukkna (cf. Icelandic drukkna, Danish drukne (“to drown”)) [2]. Funk & Wagnall's has 'of uncertain origin'. It has been theorised (see e.g. ODS) [3] that it may represent a direct loan of Old Norse drukkna, but this is described by the OED as being "on phonetic and other grounds [...] highly improbable" [1], unless one considers the possibility of an unattested variant in Old Norse *drunkna. [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 OED: drown, v. (subscription required) 2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “drown”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 3. ^ “drukne” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog: oldn. drukkna (eng. drown er laant fra nord.) (in English: Old Norse drukkna (the English drown is a loanword from Old Norse)) [Synonyms] edit - (to kill by suffocating in water or another liquid): noyade - (to cover, as with water): flood, inundate [Verb] editdrown (third-person singular simple present drowns, present participle drowning, simple past and past participle drowned) 1.(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid. When I was a baby, I nearly drowned in the bathtub. 2.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC: Old woes, not infant sorrows, bear them mild / Continuance tames the one; the other wild, / Like an unpractised swimmer plunging still, / With too much labour drowns for want of skill. 3.(transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid. The car thief fought with an officer and tried to drown a police dog before being shot while escaping. 4.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]: The pretty-vaulting sea refused to drown me, / Knowing that thou wouldst have me drown’d on shore, / With tears as salt as sea, through thy unkindness: 5.(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed. We are drowning in information but starving for wisdom. 6.1990, chapter 2, in House of Cards, season 1: Penny Guy: Bloody hell, Rog, whadda you want? / Roger O'Neill: To drown in your arms and hide in yer eyes, darlin'. 7.(transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm. He drowns his sorrows in buckets of chocolate ice cream. 8.1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum‎[1], London: John Standish, page 19: Though most men being in sensuall pleasures drownd, / It seemes their Soules but in the Senses are. 9.c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]: Come, thou monarch of the vine, / Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne! / In thy fats our cares be drown’d, / With thy grapes our hairs be crown’d: 10.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, page 23: My private Voice is drown’d amid the Senate’s. 11.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 71–72: Unluckily that worthy Officer having, in a literal Sense, taken his Fill of Liquor, had been some Time retired to his Bolster, where he was snoaring so loud, that it was not easy to convey a Noise in at his Ears capable of drowning that which issued from his Nostrils. 12.(transitive, figurative, usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items. The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather. [[Welsh]] ipa :/drou̯n/[Mutation] edit [Verb] editdrown 1.Soft mutation of trown. 0 0 2009/12/23 23:08 2023/04/15 21:22 TaN
48998 drow [[English]] ipa :/dɹəʊ/[Anagrams] edit - Word, word [Etymology] editA Shetlandic and Orcadian alteration of trow, most likely influenced by an unattested Norn *drog (“malevolent [undead] being”). Trow is derived from Norn troll, or otherwise from Old Norse trǫll. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so "trolly knolls" probably became "trowie knowes" around this time. The supposed Norn *drog would have been derived from Old Norse draugr. [Noun] editdrow (countable and uncountable, plural drow) 1.(fantasy role-playing games, countable) A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons. 2.(fantasy role-playing games, uncountable) A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow. 3.(rare, mythology, countable) A trow; a member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll[1]. [References] edit 1. ^ “Dictionary of the Scots Language”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 23 July 2012, archived from the original on 2012-02-05 [Synonyms] edit - (a fictional race): dark elf [[Scots]] ipa :[drʌu][Noun] editdrow (plural drows) 1.(weather) A cold mist or a severe squall. 2.(medicine) A fit of illness or a qualm (compare dree)editdrow (plural drows) 1.Alternative form of trow, a malignant spirit. [References] edit - Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, 1934. [Verb] editdrow (third-person singular simple present drows, present participle drowin, simple past drowt, past participle drowt) 1.Alternative form of throw [[Vilamovian]] [Noun] editdrōw m (plural drowa) 1.soldier 0 0 2009/11/24 14:01 2023/04/15 21:22
48999 effectively [[English]] ipa :/ɪˈfɛktɪvli/[Adverb] editeffectively (comparative more effectively, superlative most effectively) 1.In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect. 2.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 89: The nightclubs generally provide liquor (at a price), pretty girls who are clad diaphanously but extremely effectively, a tiny space in which to dance [...] and food[.] 3.2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian‎[1]: A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs. 4.Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes. 5.2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎[2], volume 100, number 2, page 112-3: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. [Etymology] editeffective +‎ -ly 0 0 2009/12/14 11:14 2023/04/15 21:22
49001 practicing [[English]] [Adjective] editpracticing (not comparable) 1.Actively engaged in a profession. My uncle is a practicing dentist. 2.Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion. [Antonyms] edit - (actively engaged in a profession): nonpracticing - (participating in the rituals and mores of a religion): nonpracticing, lapsed [Noun] editpracticing (plural practicings) 1.The act of one who practices. [Synonyms] edit - (participating in the rituals and mores of a religion): devout [Verb] editpracticing 1.present participle of practice 0 0 2023/04/16 18:30 TaN
49002 practic [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹæktɪk/[Adjective] editpractic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic) 1.(archaic) Practical. 2.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC: , II.i.4.3: They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends […]. 3.(obsolete) Cunning, crafty. 4.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC: she vsed hath the practicke paine / Of this false footman [...]. [Etymology] editFrom Old French, from Late Latin practicus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”). [Noun] editpractic (plural practics) 1.A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editpractic m or n (feminine singular practică, masculine plural practici, feminine and neuter plural practice) 1.practical 2.doable [Etymology] editFrom French pratique, from Latin practicus. 0 0 2023/04/16 18:30 TaN
49003 practice [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹæktɪs/[Etymology] editSee practise. [Further reading] edit - practice at OneLook Dictionary Search - practice in Britannica Dictionary - practice in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary - practice in Ozdic collocation dictionary - practice in WordReference English Collocations - practice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editpractice (usually uncountable, plural practices) 1.Repetition of an activity to improve a skill. Synonyms: rehearsal, drill, dry run, exercise, training, trial, workout He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them. 2.An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition. Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy. I have choir practice every Sunday after church. 3.(uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. 4.2016, Raphael Vella, Artist-Teachers in Context: International Dialogues, Springer, →ISBN, page 53: Which is the most demanding? I think that my practice as an artist is 'stronger' because it is the practice that best fuels and balances myself and that generates new knowledge for my other work as both arts educator and creative arts therapist. 5.(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice. Synonym: general practice She ran a thriving medical practice. 6.The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members. 7.A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine. Synonyms: custom, habit, pattern, routine, wont, wone It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers. It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving. 8.Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory. Antonym: theory That may work in theory, but will it work in practice? 9.(law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts. This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice. 10.Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice. 11.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC: He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer. 12.(mathematics) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business. [Verb] editpractice (third-person singular simple present practices, present participle practicing, simple past and past participle practiced) 1.(US) Alternative spelling of practise 2.1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 57: I have been a liberal housekeeper enough, but I shall not be ashamed to practice economy now. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈprak.ti.ke/[Adjective] editpractice 1.vocative masculine singular of practicus 0 0 2009/02/18 01:01 2023/04/16 18:30 TaN
49004 treasured [[English]] [Adjective] edittreasured (comparative more treasured, superlative most treasured) 1.valued (especially having a personal value) [Verb] edittreasured 1.simple past tense and past participle of treasure 0 0 2023/04/16 18:32 TaN
49005 treasure [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɹɛʒɚ/[Alternative forms] edit - treasuer (chiefly archaic) [Anagrams] edit - austerer, treasuer [Antonyms] edit - (to consider to be precious): despise [Etymology] editFrom Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Old English goldhord. Doublet of thesaurus. [Noun] edittreasure (countable and uncountable, plural treasures) 1.(uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc. 2.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 20, in Treasure Island: "Now," resumed Silver, "here it is. You give us the chart to get the treasure by, and drop shooting poor seamen and stoving of their heads in while asleep. You do that, and we'll offer you a choice. Either you come aboard along of us, once the treasure shipped, and then I'll give you my affy-davy, upon my word of honour, to clap you somewhere safe ashore. 3.(countable) Anything greatly valued. 4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 19:5: Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me. 5.1640 July 30, [John Towers], “Upon the Sending of the First Volume of These Sermons to the Right Reverend Father in God, the Bishop of Peterborough, then My Diocesan, I Received This Letter”, in John Donne, XXVI. Sermons (Never before Publish’d) Preached by that Learned and Reverend Divine John Donne, […], London: […] Thomas Newcomb, […], published 1661, →OCLC: You have ſent me a Treaſure, and I would not ſhare time to tell you ſo, till I had ſomewhat ſatisfied the thirſt I had to drink down many of thoſe Excellent Sermons, which I have ſo long deſired: […] 6.1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure. 7.1946, Ernest Tubb, Filipino Baby She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet 8.(countable) A term of endearment. 9.1922, Francis Rufus Bellamy, A Flash of Gold "Hello, Treasure," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face. [Synonyms] edit - (to consider to be precious): cherish [Verb] edittreasure (third-person singular simple present treasures, present participle treasuring, simple past and past participle treasured) 1.(transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious; to value highly. Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever. 2.1838, Eliza Cook, "The Old Armchair", in Melania and other Poems I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ? I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ; I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs. 3.(transitive) To store or stow in a safe place. 4.1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart. 5.(transitive, obsolete) To enrich. 0 0 2023/04/16 18:32 TaN
49006 Treasure [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - austerer, treasuer [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Proper noun] editTreasure (plural Treasures) 1.A surname. 2.A female given name. 0 0 2023/04/16 18:32 TaN
49008 perched [[English]] [Adjective] editperched (comparative more perched, superlative most perched) 1.Situated as if balancing above something. [Anagrams] edit - deperch [Verb] editperched 1.simple past tense and past participle of perch 0 0 2023/04/16 18:32 TaN
49009 scenic [[English]] ipa :/ˈsiːnɪk/[Adjective] editscenic (comparative more scenic, superlative most scenic) 1.having beautiful scenery; picturesque We have plenty of time: let's take the scenic route. 2.of or relating to scenery 3.dramatic; theatrical [Alternative forms] edit - scenick (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle French scénique, from Latin scēnicus, alternative form of scaenicus (“of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical, scenic”), from Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”). [Noun] editscenic (plural scenics) 1.a depiction of scenery 2.(informal) a scenic artist; a person employed to design backgrounds for theatre etc. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editscenic m or n (feminine singular scenică, masculine plural scenici, feminine and neuter plural scenice) 1.scenic [Etymology] editFrom French scenique, from Latin scaenicus. 0 0 2023/04/16 18:33 TaN

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