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49280 National [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - nataloin, notalian [Noun] editNational (plural Nationals) 1.A member of the National Party [Synonyms] edit - Nat 0 0 2009/01/10 03:51 2023/05/17 09:02 TaN
49281 physicist [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɪzɪsɪst/[Etymology] editFrom physics +‎ -ist. Coined by the English polymath William Whewell (1794–1866) in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840): see the quotation. [Further reading] edit - physicist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editphysicist (plural physicists) 1.A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level. 2.1840, William Whewell, “Aphorisms Concerning the Language of Science. Aphorism VI. When Common Words are Appropriated as Technical Terms, this Must be Done so that They are Not Ambiguous in Their Application.”, in The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, page lxxi: Thus we may say, that while the Naturalist employs principally the ideas of resemblance and life, the Physicist proceeds upon the ideas of force, matter, and the properties of matter. 3.1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95: Physicists find themselves called in to deal with such varied problems as the reduction of noise in diesel railcars, investigation of the Hertzian stresses set up by wheel-rail contact and improvement of the insulation of fish and banana vans. 4.(archaic) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist). 0 0 2021/11/09 08:23 2023/05/17 09:12 TaN
49282 Philadelphia [[English]] ipa :/fɪləˈdɛlfi.ə/[Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brotherly/sisterly”). Doublet of Filadelfia. [Proper noun] editPhiladelphia 1.The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; former capital of the United States. Synonyms: (informal) Philly, (slang) Killadelphia 2.(historical) An ancient Greek city in the Decapolis in modern Jordan; modern Amman. 3.(historical) An ancient Greek city in Lydia in modern Turkey; modern Alaşehir. 4.A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania. 1.An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois. 2.An unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Hancok County, Indiana. 3.A city, the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi. 4.A town and village in Jefferson County, New York. 5.A small city in Loudon County, Tennessee.A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania.A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352).A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. [[Latin]] ipa :/pʰi.la.delˈpʰiː.a/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia). [Proper noun] editPhiladelphīa f sg (genitive Philadelphīae); first declension 1.(historical) Philadelphia (ancient Greek city in the Decapolis in modern Jordan; modern Amman) 2.(historical) Philadelphia (ancient Greek city in Lydia in modern Turkey; modern Alaşehir) [References] edit - Philadelphia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette 0 0 2021/08/27 09:51 2023/05/17 09:13 TaN
49283 trail [[English]] ipa :/tɹeɪl/[Anagrams] edit - TRALI, irtal, litra, trial [Etymology] editFrom Middle English trailen, from Old French trailler (“to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry”), from Vulgar Latin *tragulāre (“to drag”), from Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to Latin trahere (“to pull, drag along”). [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:trailWikipedia trail (plural trails) 1.The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. Synonyms: spoor, sign trail of blood condensation trail data trail, paper trail 2.A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. Synonyms: dirt track, footpath, path, track 3.A route or circuit generally. Politicians are on the campaign trail in preparation for this year's election. 4.(television) A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme. 5.(graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct. 6.The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground. [Verb] edittrail (third-person singular simple present trails, present participle trailing, simple past and past participle trailed) 1.(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something). The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods. 2.(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground. 3.1896, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, page 287: Our little life is but a gust That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust! You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that. 4.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC: "I saw your brother—I saw your brother," he said, nodding his head, as Archer lagged past him, trailing his spade, and scowling at the old gentleman in spectacles. 5.(transitive) To leave (a trail of). He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place. 6.(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication. His new film was trailed on TV last night. There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement. 7.(intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion. The bride's long dress trailed behind her as she walked down the aisle. 8.1871, The Divine Tragedy, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Even now I behold a sign, A threatening of wrath divine, A watery, wandering star, through whose streaming hair, and the white Unfolding garments of light, That trail behind it afar, The constellations shine! 9.(intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants. 10.1954 July 29, J.R.R. Tolkien, “I: A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings; 1), →ISBN: The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows. 11.(intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along. Our parents marched to church and we trailed behind. 12.To be losing, to be behind in a competition. 13.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record: Neil Lennon and his players have, in almost no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear. 14.(military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle. 15.To create a trail in. 16.1893 August, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, “The White Islander”, in The Century: The sun shone on burnished bodies and arm-bands, and robes of beaver trailed the grass as majestic fellows trod back and forth in the passion of eloquence. 17.1929, Frank Proctor, Fox Hunting in Canada and Some Men who Made it, page 162: […] was no mean judge of racing and, having a suspicion of the possible result, she secreted a lemon in the commodious recesses of a dress which, while the height of fashion in those times, nevertheless trailed the grass. 18.1975, Federal Procedural Forms, Lawyers Edition - Volume 14, page 241: Because of the potential damages caused by social trailing, regulations stipulate that all permits are void when a group obtains multiple permits for the same campground or use area for the same night. 19.1999, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, page 2-19: The monument would use the floowing indicators to determine when and where visitor allocations need to be made: (1) resource damage (e.g., proliferation of campsites, human waste problems, social trailing or vandalism to historical, archaeological, paleontological sites, or destruction of biological soil crusts), […] 20.2018, Amy E. Weldon, The Writer's Eye, page 77: In my mind's eye, I looked down at the toes of high-topped, lace-up leather boots, peeking from under a long brown skirt that bent the grass sideways as it trailed the ground and tented gently outward with every step. 21.To travel by following or creating trails. 22.1906, The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, page 352: Trailed three miles down the North side and encamped early, making thirteen miles trailed to-day. 23.1915, Jacob Van der Zee, Early History of Lead Mining in the Iowa Country, page 8: In accordance with the treaty of 1842 they crossed the Missouri River to a reservation in Kansas. Poor crops, however, and a feverish climate made them unhappy in their new home: they trailed back to Iowa. 24.1935, Ernest Hemmingway, Green Hills of Africa, page 164: But we did not see him and now, in the big heat of noon, we made three long circles around some hills and finally came out into a meadow full of little, humpy Masai cattle and, leaving all shade behind, trailed back across the open country under the noon sun to the car. 25.1982, David Lavender, Colorado River Country, page 144: That control became visible each spring when they trailed back out of the low country to summer range. 26.To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail. 27.1939, Pacific Stockman - Volumes 5-7: One operator on the Boise Forest in Idaho reports that where he formerly marketed 80-pound lambs after trailing them 10 days from the allotment, his lambs now often tip the scales at 100 pounds or better, mainly because only one day is required to transport an entire shipment to the railroad through the use of truck pullmans. 28.1956, John O. Bye, Back Trailing in the Heart of the Short-grass Country, page 6: Genesis, the first book of the Holy Bible, relates the earliest known instance of cattle being trailed to better grass lands (unless Noah's trip with the ark is one). 29.1989, John Solomon Otto, The Southern Frontiers, 1607-1860, page 53: The most impressive long-distance traders, however, were the backcountry drovers, who trailed herds of livestock up the wagon road to Philadelphia (Merrens 1964:135; Bridenbaugh 1971:138). 30.2008, Ron Kay, Ron Kay's Guide to Zion National Park, page 78: In all areas where trails are present, stock must remain on the trails. Free trailing or loose herding is not permitted. 31.(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. 32.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC: I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance. [[French]] [Noun] edittrail f (plural trails) 1.Dual-sport motorcycle 2.Trail running 0 0 2010/02/09 10:33 2023/05/17 09:14 TaN
49284 Trail [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - TRALI, irtal, litra, trial [Proper noun] editTrail 1.A city in British Columbia, Canada. 2.A city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. 3.A census-designated place in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. [[German]] ipa :/trɛɪ̯l/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English trail. [Further reading] edit - “Trail” in Duden online - “Trail” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Noun] editTrail m (strong, genitive Trails, plural Trails) 1.trail Synonyms: Pfad, Wanderweg, Route 0 0 2021/08/24 17:25 2023/05/17 09:14 TaN
49286 suborbital [[English]] ipa :-ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl[Adjective] editsuborbital (not comparable) 1.Not reaching orbit; having a trajectory that does not reach orbital velocity and so must return to ground eventually. The first rocket test was suborbital; it didn't even get off the ground but rather exploded on the launchpad. 2.(anatomy) Below the orbit of the eye. Antonym: supraorbital [Alternative forms] edit - sub-orbital [Etymology] editsub- +‎ orbital [Noun] editsuborbital (plural suborbitals) 1.(anatomy) A suborbital bone [[German]] ipa :-aːl[Adjective] editsuborbital (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular suborbitaler, not comparable) 1.suborbital [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editsuborbital m or n (feminine singular suborbitală, masculine plural suborbitali, feminine and neuter plural suborbitale) 1.suborbital [Etymology] editFrom sub- +‎ orbital. [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editsuborbital (plural suborbitales) 1.(anatomy) suborbital Synonym: suborbitario Antonyms: supraorbital, supraorbitario [Etymology] editsub- +‎ orbital 0 0 2022/05/06 11:29 2023/05/17 09:17 TaN
49287 things [[English]] ipa :/θɪŋz/[Anagrams] edit - nights [Noun] editthings 1.plural of thingeditthings pl (plural only) 1.One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff Have you brought all your things with you? Get your hands off my things! 2.Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things. —Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy (1964) [Synonyms] edit - stuff [Verb] editthings 1.third-person singular simple present indicative form of thing 0 0 2021/08/12 16:53 2023/05/17 09:18 TaN
49288 thing [[English]] ipa :/θɪŋ/[Alternative forms] edit - thang (slang, pronunciation spelling, usually used to denote a known fad or popular activity) - thin' (informal, pronunciation spelling) - thinge (archaic) - thynge (obsolete) - ting (Caribbean creoles, MLE) [Anagrams] edit - Night, night [Etymology] editFrom Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.Compare West Frisian ding, Low German Ding, Dutch ding, German Ding, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ting. The word originally meant "assembly", then came to mean a specific issue discussed at such an assembly, and ultimately came to mean most broadly "an object". Compare Latin rēs, also meaning "legal matter", and same transition from Latin causa (“legal matter”) to "thing" in Romance languages. Modern use to refer to a Germanic assembly is likely influenced by cognates (from the same Proto-Germanic root) like Old Norse þing (“thing”), Danish ting, Swedish ting, and Old High German ding with this meaning. [Noun] editthing (plural things) 1.That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us... 3.2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […], "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. 4.A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity. 5.An individual object or distinct entity. 6. 7. (informal) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief). [from 20th c.] Bacon pie? Is that a thing? 8.1993 November 24, The Rush Limbaugh Show: Now I don't know how many of those male flight attendants are male lesbians -- you know... (Laughter) Well, it's a thing. I mean, there's a -- it's a -- there's a feminist professor down in Tampa who's discovered a male lesbian Accessed via COCA 9.2014, Marianna Papastephanou; Torill Strand; Anne Pirrie, Philosophy as a Lived Experience: Frequent statements of the kind “'Race' is not a thing”, “'races,' put simply, do not exist”, “'race' (as each essay subtly shows) simply does not exist” aim to discredit Todorov's claim that a relapse to an ontology of race is at place […] 10.2014, Harper Lin, Croissant Murder: Clémence would say that his style was normcore before normcore became a thing. She had to admit that she still found him attractive. 11.2019, Adam Gopnik, A Thousand Small Sanities, Riverrun, published 2019, page 88: Conservative philosophy, in other words, is, as we say now, a thing and deserves a serious listen. 12.(law) 1.Whatever can be owned. 2.Corporeal object.(somewhat dated, with the) The latest fad or fashion. - 1802, Anne Ormsby, "Memoirs of a Family in Swisserland", quoted in The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal page 45: To go to bed late, to rise late, to breakfast late, to dine late, and to visit late, is to be “quite the thing,” or in good English, which you may understand better than the first phrase, to be in the fashion. - 2002, Roger Nichols, The Harlequin Years: Music in Paris 1917-1929, Univ of California Press, →ISBN: After a slow start it became the thing to do; 'everyone went to see Pbi-Pbi, no one talked of anything but Pbi-Pbi […] '(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment. Hold on, let me just grab my things.(informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods. get me a thing of apple juice at the store;  I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans - 1998 March 24, Geraldo: And he invited us all in there and then he kicked the girls out a little bit later and brought me in a couple things of alcohol. And just before he brought in my second bottle of alcohol […] Accessed via COCA - 2011, We Were Here, 1:19:48 from the start: I remember my friend Ben saying in the old days that he would never go to Costco and buy one of those big things of toilet paper […] Accessed via COCA - 2011, Juliette Fay, Deep Down True: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN: I came home and ate a whole thing of ice cream.(informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor. The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.(slang) A penis. - 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 150: “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”A living being or creature. you poor thing sweet young thing she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place I met a pretty blond thing at the barThat which matters; the crux. that's the thing: we don't know where he went;  the thing is, I don't have any moneyUsed after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent. Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing. - 1914, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, The Movie Man [playscript]: Don’t forget to have Gomez postpone that shooting thing. (in reference to the execution of Fernandez)(informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.) it's not really my thing - 2002, Joss Whedon et al, "Never Leave Me", Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV episode): Tool talk [is] not my thing. - 2006, Corbin Bleu, interview with Tigerbeat magazine: The Internet isn't my thing. I so much rather talk on the phone.(informal, with do) One's typical routine, habits, or manner. (Used in possessive constructions.) let me do my thing;  I'm here doing my thing - 2006, David Lynch, Catching the Big Fish, Tarcher 2006, "Darkness", p. 91: But I'm just a guy from Missoula, Montana, doing my thing, going down the road like everybody else.(chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country. - 1974, Jón Jóhannesson, Haraldur Bessason, transl., A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Íslendinga Saga, page 46: In accordance with Old Germanic custom men came to the thing fully armed, [...] - 1974, Jakob Benediktsson, Landnám og upphaf allsherjarríkis, in Saga Íslands, quoted in 1988 by Jesse L. Byock in Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power, page 85: The goðar seem both to have received payment of thing-fararkaup from those who stayed home and at the same time compensated those who went to the thing, and it cannot be seen whether they had any profit from these transactions. - 1988, Jesse L. Byock, Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power, page 59: All Icelandic things were skap-thing, meaning that they were governed by established procedure and met at regular legally designated intevals at predetermined meeting places.(informal) A romantic relationship. - 2020, David Gomadza, EVELINA: The Alpha: I can screw you in front of everyone. I don't care, we have a thing going on, you know. I love you,” she said.(informal) A romantic couple. Are John and Jennifer a thing again? I thought they broke up.(MLE) Alternate form of ting.(MLE) Girl; attractive woman. Look at the nyash on that thing! [Synonyms] edit - (referent that can be used to refer to any entity): item, stuff (uncountable equivalent), yoke (Ireland) - (penis): see Thesaurus:penis - (personal preference): see Thesaurus:predilection [Verb] editthing (third-person singular simple present things, present participle thinging, simple past and past participle thinged) 1.(rare) To express as a thing; to reify. [[Khumi Chin]] ipa :/tʰĩ˥/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Kuki-Chin *thiŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ. Cognates include Mizo thing and Zou sing. [Noun] editthing 1.firewood [References] edit - K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, page 44 [[Middle English]] [Alternative forms] edit - thinge, thyng [Etymology] editFrom Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą. [Noun] editthing (plural thinges) 1.thing [[Mizo]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ. Akin to Khumi Chin thing. [Noun] editthing 1.tree 2.wood 3.firewood [References] edit - Matisoff, James A., Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman, University of California Press. [[Old Dutch]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-West Germanic *þing. [Noun] editthing n 1.thing, object 2.case, matter, issue [[Old High German]] [Noun] editthing 1.Alternative form of ding [[Old Saxon]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare Old Dutch thing, Old Frisian thing, Old English þing, Old High German ding, Old Norse þing. [Noun] editthing n 1.thing, object 2.matter, case 0 0 2017/07/04 00:04 2023/05/17 09:18
49290 voiceover [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - overvoice [Noun] editvoiceover (plural voiceovers) 1.Alternative spelling of voice-over 2.2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76: Within a few weeks I was in the studio recording voiceovers. They're harder than they look, and the way that editors and producers create narratives from hundreds of hours of footage still amazes me. [Verb] editvoiceover (third-person singular simple present voiceovers, present participle voiceovering, simple past and past participle voiceovered) 1.Alternative spelling of voice-over 0 0 2019/11/20 16:37 2023/05/19 07:50 TaN
49291 voice-over [[English]] ipa :/ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/[Alternative forms] edit - voiceover [Anagrams] edit - overvoice [Etymology] editvoice +‎ over [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:voice-overWikipedia voice-over (plural voice-overs) 1.A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 2.A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content. (Can we add an example for this sense?) 3.The voice audio track of such a broadcast. (Can we add an example for this sense?) [Verb] editvoice-over (third-person singular simple present voice-overs, present participle voice-overing, simple past and past participle voice-overed) 1.(transitive, intransitive) To supply the voice audio track for (a broadcast). 0 0 2019/11/20 16:37 2023/05/19 07:50 TaN
49292 circumvent [[English]] ipa :/səːkəmˈvɛnt/[Alternative forms] edit - circumvene [Etymology] editLatin circum (“about”) + venire (“to come”) [Verb] editcircumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented) 1.(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass 2.(transitive) to surround or besiege 3.(transitive) to outwit or outsmart 4.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 279–280: We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service. 0 0 2009/07/03 18:00 2023/05/19 07:57 TaN
49293 dorm [[English]] ipa :/dɔːm/[Noun] editdorm (plural dorms) 1.Clipping of dormitory. [Verb] editdorm (third-person singular simple present dorms, present participle dorming, simple past and past participle dormed) 1.(intransitive, informal) To reside in a dorm. I haven't seen Emily since I dormed with her in our student days. 2.2008, Veronica Hulan, One of Those Nice Guys, page 11: He spent a year at Wayne State University before transferring to Stanford to be with Chase. They dormed together at Crothers Hall, studied together at William Gould Hall and came home on vacations together. [[Aromanian]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin dormiō. [Verb] editdorm (third-person singular present indicative dormi, past participle durnjite) 1.Alternative form of dormu [[Catalan]] [Verb] editdorm 1.third-person singular present indicative form of dormir 2.second-person singular imperative form of dormir [[Megleno-Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin dormiō. Compare Aromanian dormu, Romanian dormi, dorm. [Verb] editdorm 1.I sleep. [[Romanian]] ipa :[dorm][Verb] editdorm 1.first-person singular present indicative of dormi Eu dorm. Întoarce mâine. I'm sleeping. Come back tomorrow. 2.first-person singular present subjunctive of dormi Ce fac? Încerc să dorm! What am I doing? I'm trying to sleep! 3.third-person plural present indicative of dormi Ei dorm ca bebeluși. They're sleeping like babies. 0 0 2022/01/07 16:36 2023/05/19 07:58 TaN
49294 springboard [[English]] [Etymology] editspring +‎ board [Noun] editspringboard (plural springboards) 1.A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water. 2.(gymnastics) A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment. 3.(figuratively) Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something. The opportunity served a springboard to their success. 4.1960 March, J. P. Wilson & E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148: It was the section of the North Midland Railway from Derby to Ambergate which provided the springboard for a scheme that took shape in the early part of 1845 for a route through the Peak to Manchester. [Verb] editspringboard (third-person singular simple present springboards, present participle springboarding, simple past and past participle springboarded) 1.(transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office. 2.2007 October 4, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Ballot Fight, California Gets a Taste of ’08”, in New York Times‎[1]: Such a change could amount to a seismic shift in the nation’s electoral dynamics, potentially springboarding a Republican into the White House, and the possibility has animated hopeful Republicans and fearful Democrats. 0 0 2023/04/19 08:44 2023/05/19 08:34 TaN
49295 gobs [[English]] ipa :-ɒbz[Anagrams] edit - bogs [Noun] editgobs 1.plural of gob [Verb] editgobs 1.third-person singular simple present indicative form of gob 0 0 2023/02/14 08:34 2023/05/21 08:55 TaN
49297 all along [[English]] [Adverb] editall along 1.(duration, idiomatic) For the entire time; always. He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along. [Preposition] editall along 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all,‎ along. All along the beach, people were lounging on orange chairs. Why orange? 0 0 2023/05/21 08:55 TaN
49298 genomic [[English]] [Adjective] editgenomic (not comparable) 1.(genetics) Of or pertaining to a genome. [Anagrams] edit - comeing [Etymology] editgenome +‎ -ic 0 0 2017/04/18 17:04 2023/05/21 08:56 TaN
49299 bycatch [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - by-catch [Etymology] editFrom by- +‎ catch. [Further reading] edit - bycatch at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editbycatch (countable and uncountable, plural bycatches) 1.Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea. 2.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 107: Some offer him bags of bycatch—fish too small or net-mangled to sell, rays and seahorses few will want, and so on. 3.Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film. [Verb] editbycatch (third-person singular simple present bycatches, present participle bycatching, simple past and past participle bycaught) 1.(transitive) To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else. 0 0 2023/05/21 08:56 TaN
49300 muddy [[English]] ipa :/ˈmʌdi/[Etymology 1] editThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (“covered with or full of mud, muddy”),[1] from mud, mudde (“mud; turbid water”)[2] + -i (suffix forming adjectives).[3] Mud, mudde is possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch modde, and/or Middle Low German modde, mudde, from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). The English word is analysable as mud +‎ -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).[4] Doublet of muddle.The verb is derived from the adjective.[5]cognates - Middle Low German moddich, muddich (German Low German muddig (“muddy; mouldy”)) [Etymology 2] editmud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata) is informally called a muddy in Australia, especially in Queensland.From mud (crab) +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).[6] [Further reading] edit - mud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - mud crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Scylla serrata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Scylla serrata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Scylla serrata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies muddy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [References] edit 1. ^ “muddī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. 2. ^ “mud(de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. 3. ^ “-ī̆, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. 4. ^ “muddy, adj. and n.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2022; “muddy, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. 5. ^ “muddy, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “muddy, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. 6. ^ “muddy, n.3”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022. 0 0 2023/05/21 08:56 TaN
49302 trace [[English]] ipa :/tɹeɪs/[Anagrams] edit - Carte, Cater, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (“to delineate, score, trace", also, "to follow, pursue”), probably a conflation of Vulgar Latin *tractiō (“to delineate, score, trace”), from Latin trahere (“to draw”); and Old French traquer (“to chase, hunt, pursue”), from trac (“a track, trace”), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (“a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, expedition”). More at track. [[French]] ipa :/tʁas/[Anagrams] edit - caret, carte, créât, écart, terça [Etymology] editFrom the verb tracer. [Further reading] edit - “trace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] edittrace f (plural traces) 1.trace 2.track 3.(mathematics) trace [Verb] edittrace 1.inflection of tracer: 1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive 2.second-person singular imperative [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈtra.t͡ʃe/[Anagrams] edit - -crate, Creta, carte, certa, cetra, creta, tacer [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin thrācem, from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ (Thrâix). [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin thraecem, from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ (Thrâix). [[Jamaican]] [Noun] edittrace 1.Idle talk; bullshit. 2. 2011 June 1, “Big Bad and Brave (Duh Weh Yuh Wah Fi Duh)”‎[3], performed by Vybz Kartel: Mi big bad and brave bwoy. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. Yuh sey a your place. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. And yuh nuh watch face. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. It just trace yuh a trace. I'm big, bad and brave, boy. Do whatever you want to do to me. You say to meet you at your place to fight. Do whatever you want to do to me. Any you don't care about my reputation. Do whatever you want to do to me. It's just bullshit that you're chatting. [Verb] edittrace 1.To talk or chat idly; to bullshit. 2. 2007 January 1, “Ay Ya Ay Ya”, in Riddim Driven: Shadowz(2008)‎[4], performed by Blak Rino: The war him trace. Man haffi run if it a squeeze and press, yeah. He talks idly about war but he has to run if I squeeze and press the trigger of my gun. 2011 June 1, “Big Bad and Brave (Duh Weh Yuh Wah Fi Duh)”‎[5], performed by Vybz Kartel: Mi big bad and brave bwoy. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. Yuh sey a your place. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. And yuh nuh watch face. Duh weh yuh wah fi duh. It just trace yuh a trace. I'm big, bad and brave, boy. Do whatever you want to do to me. You say to meet you at your place to fight. Do whatever you want to do to me. Any you don't care about my reputation. Do whatever you want to do to me. It's just bullshit that you're chatting. [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈtraːs(ə)/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old French trace, from tracer, tracier. [Etymology 2] edit [[Old French]] ipa :/ˈtɾat͡sə/[Etymology] editFrom the verb tracier, tracer. [Noun] edittrace f (oblique plural traces, nominative singular trace, nominative plural traces) 1.trace (markings showing where one has been) [[Portuguese]] [Verb] edittrace 1.inflection of traçar: 1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive 2.third-person singular imperative [[Spanish]] [Verb] edittrace 1.inflection of trazar: 1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive 2.third-person singular imperative 0 0 2010/03/16 12:37 2023/05/21 08:58 TaN
49303 environmental [[English]] ipa :-ɛntəl[Adjective] editenvironmental (not comparable) 1.Pertaining to the environment. 2.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848: That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition. [Etymology] editenvironment +‎ -al [Noun] editenvironmental (plural environmentals) 1.(computing) Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment. 2.2014, Kenneth Barrett; Stephen Norris, Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms, page 136: The process to enable migration from the vendor-supplied configuration to a new architecture depends on many system environmentals. 0 0 2022/02/17 10:13 2023/05/21 08:58 TaN
49304 environmental DNA [[English]] [Noun] editenvironmental DNA 1.DNA shed into the environment, and detectable, used to observe species in regions, by sampling water, air, or dirt. [Synonyms] edit - eDNA 0 0 2023/05/21 08:58 TaN
49305 Trace [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Carte, Cater, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct [Proper noun] editTrace 1.(colloquial) A short form of the female given name Tracy or Tracey. 0 0 2022/06/07 08:17 2023/05/21 08:58 TaN
49306 all over [[English]] [Adverb] editall over (not comparable) 1.(idiomatic) Over an entire extent. He was covered all over with mud. 2.(idiomatic) Everywhere. I've looked all over for it. 3.(idiomatic) In every way; thoroughly. Dancing with everyone, singing show tunes all night: that was Luke all over. 4.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all over. Once the performance was all over, they left. [Alternative forms] edit - all-over [Anagrams] edit - overall, valerol [Preposition] editall over 1.(idiomatic) Everywhere; covering completely. He dropped the bucket and got paint all over the floor and his clothes. 0 0 2021/08/30 22:17 2023/05/21 09:00 TaN
49307 all in [[English]] [Adjective] editall in (not comparable) 1.(somewhat dated) Very tired. 2.1927 November 10, Aldo Leopold, “Part 2, Country: The Gila, 1927”, in Round River: From the Journals of Aldo Leopold, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1953: By half past seven we were both pretty nearly all in, and wet from innumerable fordings of the river, so we stopped and boiled some hot water with the sugar left over from lunch. 3.1955, Rex Stout, “The Next Witness”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam edition, Viking Press, published Oct 1994, →ISBN, page 51: Either the celebrated lilt of her voice was born in, or she had used it so much and so long that it might as well have been. She looked all in, no doubt of that, but the lilt was there. 4.(chiefly UK) With everything included. 5.(poker) Having no further stake to wager, but remaining active in a hand. By betting his last $100, John was all in. [Alternative forms] edit - all-in [Anagrams] edit - Llani, Niall, in all, nilla [Noun] editall in (plural all ins) 1.(poker) A hand where at least one player bets all of his or her chips. 2.(poker) A player who is all in. Since she was against an all in, Jill had no reason to bet. [Synonyms] edit - (with everything included): all-inclusive 0 0 2021/09/12 13:28 2023/05/21 09:00 TaN
49308 all-in [[English]] [Adjective] editall-in (not comparable) 1.Alternative form of all in 2.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 45: "Condor" adds to the attractions of its speed an extremely competitive all-in price, irrespective both of the type of goods loaded and of the distance from Hendon or Gushetfaulds of the consignor or consignee [...]. [Adverb] editall-in (not comparable) 1.Alternative form of all in [Anagrams] edit - Llani, Niall, in all, nilla [Noun] editall-in (plural all-ins) 1.Alternative form of all in [References] edit - “all-in”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editall-in m (plural all-ins) 1.(poker) all in (hand where at the player bets all of his chips) 0 0 2021/09/12 13:28 2023/05/21 09:00 TaN
49309 be-all [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Abell, Bella, label [Noun] editbe-all (plural be-alls) 1.(poetic) The whole; all that is to be. 2.a. 1606, Shakespeare, William, Macbeth, act 1, scene 7, lines 4–5: That but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all! 3.2007, Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, Be In It to Win It: […] to be happy with their lot in life, content with things as they are, things that may once have been be-alls and absolute end-alls but that lost their intoxication after five years, put them on automatic pilot after ten and became a prison after fifteen. 0 0 2021/08/30 22:17 2023/05/21 09:00 TaN
49310 recovering [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover +‎ -ing. [Noun] editrecovering (plural recoverings) 1.The process or the instance of recovery. 2.2004, Donald Smith, A Long Stride Shortens the Road: Poems of Scotland‎[1]: Fables have their own time island entertainments or fragments of embodied life refractions light and dark recoverings of race and memory passionate elusive by-blows of a richer being. [Verb] editrecovering 1.present participle of recover a recovering drug addict [[Middle English]] [Noun] editrecovering 1.Alternative form of recoveryng 0 0 2023/05/21 09:04 TaN
49311 recover [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈkʌvə/[Alternative forms] edit - recovre (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - coverer, recovre [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, from earlier reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate and recoup. [Etymology 2] editre- +‎ cover. [[Middle English]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Anglo-Norman recovre. [Etymology 2] editFrom Anglo-Norman recoverer. 0 0 2009/10/01 15:08 2023/05/21 09:04
49312 gob [[English]] ipa :/ɡɒb/[Anagrams] edit - BOG, bog [Etymology] editFrom Middle English gobben, gabben (“to drink greedily”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to Middle English gulpen (“to gulp”); or alternatively related to French gober (“swallow, gulp”), from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”), from Proto-Celtic *gobbos. See also gobbet. [Noun] editgob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs) 1.(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material. 2.1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309, These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes[sic] out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell. 3.(countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth. Synonyms: cakehole, face, mush, trap He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food. Oi, you, shut your gob! She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other. 4.2005, “Tango”, in Public Warning, performed by Lady Sovereign: Now washing you will be like washing a goth / All that black lipstick around their gobs 5.(uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm. Synonyms: saliva, spit, sputum He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement. 6.(US, military, slang) A sailor. 7.1918 October 22, Letter of Adlai Stevenson, quoted in John Bartlow Martin, Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976), page 53: Well I have taken the oath of allegiance for 4 years service anywhere in the world and am now a real 'gob' in the U. S. Navy. Believe me I am certainly one hot looking little 'Jack' and you will just about split when you see me. 8.1937, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 94: Full-cut, dashing "gob" slacks with back pocket. 9.1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18, For the first time in history, new warship crews are virtually “prefabricated” by modern methods of fitting the gob to the job. 10.1948 June, Fred B. Barton, Mending Broken Gobs, The Rotarian, page 22, Taking a safe average of 2,000 rehabilitated young gobs a year, that′s a total of 100,000 years of salvaged manhood, a target worth shooting at. 11.(uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf. 12.1930, %22gobs%22+-intitle:%22gob, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 130, page 330: This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof. 13.(US, regional) A whoopee pie. [Verb] editgob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed) 1.To gather into a lump. 2.1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60, I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water. 3.To spit, especially to spit phlegm. 4.(mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine. [[Irish]] ipa :/ɡɔbˠ/[Etymology] editFrom Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”); compare Russian зоб (zob, “goitre”), jowl from Old English ċēafl; German Kiefer (“jaw”). [Further reading] edit - Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gob”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN - G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language - Entries containing “gob” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe. - Entries containing “gob” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge. - Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21 [Mutation] edit [Noun] editgob m (genitive singular goib, nominative plural goba) 1.beak, bill (of a bird etc.) 2.tip, point, projection 3.pointy nose 4.nib 5.(colloquial) mouth Dún do ghob! Shut your mouth! [Verb] editgob (present analytic gobann, future analytic gobfaidh, verbal noun gobadh, past participle gobtha) 1.(transitive, intransitive) peck (ar (“at”)) (as a bird etc.) 2.(intransitive) project, stick out, up [[Scottish Gaelic]] ipa :/kop/[Etymology] editFrom Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”). [Mutation] edit [Noun] editgob m (genitive singular guib, plural guib or goban) 1.bill, beak, nib, tip duilleag na ghob ― a leaf in its bill gob circe ― a hen's bill gob pinn ― nib of a pen gob na stocainn ― a tip of the sock 2.point gob an rubha ― the point of the headland gob na snàthaide ― the point of the needle 3.mouth gob na cùiteige ― the mouth of the whiting 4.garrulity 5.babble [References] edit - Edward Dwelly (1911), “gob”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN - G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language - A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan) [[Slovene]] [Noun] editgob 1.genitive dual/plural of goba 0 0 2023/05/21 09:06 TaN
49313 gob [[English]] ipa :/ɡɒb/[Anagrams] edit - BOG, bog [Etymology] editFrom Middle English gobben, gabben (“to drink greedily”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to Middle English gulpen (“to gulp”); or alternatively related to French gober (“swallow, gulp”), from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”), from Proto-Celtic *gobbos. See also gobbet. [Noun] editgob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs) 1.(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material. 2.1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309, These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes[sic] out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell. 3.(countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth. Synonyms: cakehole, face, mush, trap He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food. Oi, you, shut your gob! She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other. 4.2005, “Tango”, in Public Warning, performed by Lady Sovereign: Now washing you will be like washing a goth / All that black lipstick around their gobs 5.(uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm. Synonyms: saliva, spit, sputum He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement. 6.(US, military, slang) A sailor. 7.1918 October 22, Letter of Adlai Stevenson, quoted in John Bartlow Martin, Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976), page 53: Well I have taken the oath of allegiance for 4 years service anywhere in the world and am now a real 'gob' in the U. S. Navy. Believe me I am certainly one hot looking little 'Jack' and you will just about split when you see me. 8.1937, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 94: Full-cut, dashing "gob" slacks with back pocket. 9.1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18, For the first time in history, new warship crews are virtually “prefabricated” by modern methods of fitting the gob to the job. 10.1948 June, Fred B. Barton, Mending Broken Gobs, The Rotarian, page 22, Taking a safe average of 2,000 rehabilitated young gobs a year, that′s a total of 100,000 years of salvaged manhood, a target worth shooting at. 11.(uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf. 12.1930, %22gobs%22+-intitle:%22gob, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 130, page 330: This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof. 13.(US, regional) A whoopee pie. [Verb] editgob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed) 1.To gather into a lump. 2.1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60, I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water. 3.To spit, especially to spit phlegm. 4.(mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine. [[Irish]] ipa :/ɡɔbˠ/[Etymology] editFrom Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”); compare Russian зоб (zob, “goitre”), jowl from Old English ċēafl; German Kiefer (“jaw”). [Further reading] edit - Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gob”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN - G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language - Entries containing “gob” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe. - Entries containing “gob” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge. - Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21 [Mutation] edit [Noun] editgob m (genitive singular goib, nominative plural goba) 1.beak, bill (of a bird etc.) 2.tip, point, projection 3.pointy nose 4.nib 5.(colloquial) mouth Dún do ghob! Shut your mouth! [Verb] editgob (present analytic gobann, future analytic gobfaidh, verbal noun gobadh, past participle gobtha) 1.(transitive, intransitive) peck (ar (“at”)) (as a bird etc.) 2.(intransitive) project, stick out, up [[Scottish Gaelic]] ipa :/kop/[Etymology] editFrom Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”). [Mutation] edit [Noun] editgob m (genitive singular guib, plural guib or goban) 1.bill, beak, nib, tip duilleag na ghob ― a leaf in its bill gob circe ― a hen's bill gob pinn ― nib of a pen gob na stocainn ― a tip of the sock 2.point gob an rubha ― the point of the headland gob na snàthaide ― the point of the needle 3.mouth gob na cùiteige ― the mouth of the whiting 4.garrulity 5.babble [References] edit - Edward Dwelly (1911), “gob”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN - G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language - A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan) [[Slovene]] [Noun] editgob 1.genitive dual/plural of goba 0 0 2023/05/21 09:06 TaN
49314 set out [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Stoute, Tetsuo, outset [Verb] editset out (third-person singular simple present sets out, present participle setting out, simple past and past participle set out) 1.(transitive) To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing. This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed. 2.(intransitive) To go out, leave. Tomorrow we set out for America. 3.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter 5, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC: I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S. He was unharmed except for minor bruises; but he was the most chastened dog I have ever seen. 4.(intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it. He set out with the aim of writing the book in less than 3 months. Many young people set out to change the world. 5.(transitive) To position, to put in a position 6.26 August 2014, Richard Rae, “Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Following the acquisition of Di María, a winger, there was almost as much interest in the manner in which Van Gaal would set out his team as there was in the personnel. It was probably as well, considering only the goalkeeper David De Gea was retained from the XI who started Sunday’s draw at Sunderland. 0 0 2022/02/25 13:59 2023/05/21 09:07 TaN
49315 homicide [[English]] ipa :/ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/[Etymology] editFrom Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (“man-slayer”) and homicīdium (“manslaughter”). [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:homicideWikipedia homicide (countable and uncountable, plural homicides) 1.(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional. 2.(countable) A person who kills another. 3.(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else. 4.1996, A J Holt, (Please provide the book title or journal name): “She was a hippie kid. How hard would you work a case like that?” “As hard as anyone else,” said Goddard. There was an irritated note in his voice. “She was a homicide. She got what every homicide investigation gets.” 5.2003, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Keith's People, →ISBN, page 58: We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped? 6.2004, Jon Talton, Dry Heat, →ISBN, page 40: The medical examiner was behind on autopsies and cranky, so we didn't even know if the old guy in the pool was a homicide. 7.(uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide. [See also] edit - deicide - filicide - familicide - feticide - fratricide - genocide - infanticide - mariticide - matricide - omnicide - parricide - patricide - populicide - prolicide - regicide - sororicide - suicide - tyrannicide - unlawful death - uxoricide [Synonyms] edit - (unlawful killing of a person by another): assassination (intentional), killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional), manslaughter (unintentional), murder (intentional), second-degree murder (US; unintentional) - (person who unlawfully kills another person): assassin, killer, manslayer, murderer - (victim of homicide): murder victim [[French]] ipa :/ɔ.mi.sid/[Etymology 1] editFrom Latin homicīdium. [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin homicīda. [Etymology 3] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [Further reading] edit - “homicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Middle French]] [Adjective] edithomicide m or f (plural homicides) 1.killer; that kills [Alternative forms] edit - omicide [Noun] edithomicide m (plural homicides) 1.homicideedithomicide m or f (plural homicides) 1.killer 0 0 2017/02/22 10:03 2023/05/21 09:46 TaN
49318 lethal [[English]] ipa :/ˈliː.θəl/[Etymology 1] editLearned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), improperly written lēthālis, from lētum (“death”), improperly written as lēthum, from a supposed connection with Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”). [Etymology 2] editAbbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. [Further reading] edit - “lethal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. - “lethal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. 0 0 2023/05/21 09:48 TaN
49319 narcotic [[English]] ipa :/nɑː(ɹ)ˈkɒtɪk/[Alternative forms] edit - narcotick (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - caticorn, cratonic [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English narcotyk, from Middle French narcotique (from Old French narcotique, noun use of adjective) and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticum, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκόν (narkōtikón), neuter of ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtikós), from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “to benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).[1] [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle French narcotique or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticus, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtikós).[2] [References] edit - “narcotic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “narcotic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “narcotic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [[Romanian]] ipa :[naɾˈko.tik][Adjective] editnarcotic m or n (feminine singular narcotică, masculine plural narcotici, feminine and neuter plural narcotice) 1.narcotic [Etymology] editFrom French narcotique or German narkotisch. [Noun] editnarcotic n (plural narcotice) 1.narcotic [Synonyms] edit - somniferedit - somnifer 0 0 2023/05/21 09:48 TaN
49320 exacerbate [[English]] ipa :/ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪt/[Etymology] editFrom Latin exacerbo (“to provoke”); ex (“out of; thoroughly”) + acerbo (“to embitter, harshen or worsen”). [References] edit - Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “exacerbate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [See also] edit - exasperate [Verb] editexacerbate (third-person singular simple present exacerbates, present participle exacerbating, simple past and past participle exacerbated) 1.(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate. The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems. 2.1986, Cheng, Peter P., “1978: The Four Modernizations on the March”, in Chronology of The People's Republic of China, 1970-1979‎[1], Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 395: Sino-Soviet relations were exacerbated by a border incident on May 9. Beijing charged that thirty Soviet troops, supported by a helicopter and navy boats, crossed the Ussuri River into the Hulin area of Heilongjiang province. 3.2004, Simon Pegg; Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead: Liz: It's just with Ed here, it's no wonder I always bring my flat-mates out and then that only exacerbates things. Shaun: What do you mean? Liz: Well you guys hardly get on, do you? Shaun: No, what does "exacerbate" mean? 4.2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian‎[2]: The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees. [[Latin]] [Verb] editexacerbāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of exacerbō [[Spanish]] [Verb] editexacerbate 1.second-person singular voseo imperative of exacerbar combined with te 0 0 2008/12/02 15:38 2023/05/21 09:48 TaN
49321 depression [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/[Anagrams] edit - opensiders, personised, sideperson [Etymology] editFrom Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. [Further reading] edit - National Bureau of Economic Research on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editdepression (countable and uncountable, plural depressions) 1.(psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future. I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life. 2.1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN: It is that Mr. Levi's death could not be dissociated from the major depression with which he was afflicted, and that indeed his suicide proceeded directly from that illness. 3.(psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide. 4.2011 February 28, David J. Miklowitz, The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, Second Edition: What You and Your Family Need to Know, Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 106: […] your illness reflects the textbook description of bipolar disorder (euphoric, grandiose, manic highs followed by deep depressions, […] 5.2014 September 16, Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 73: His first major breakdown occurred when his son was five years old; he continued to go to pieces periodically, with a particularly deep depression that lasted from the time Bill was in sixth grade until the time he finished junior high […] 6.2016 January 14, Danuta Wasserman, Suicide: An unnecessary death, Oxford University Press, →ISBN: Many alcoholics who die from suicide suffer from deep depressions that are quite frequently protracted, […] 7.(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. 8.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC: It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. 9.(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes. 10.(economics) A period of major economic contraction. 11.(economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER. The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history. 12.The act of lowering or pressing something down. Depression of the lever starts the machine. 13.(biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation. [References] edit - depression at OneLook Dictionary Search - depression in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. - “depression”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. [See also] edit - downturn [[Danish]] [Further reading] edit - “depression” in Den Danske Ordbog [Noun] editdepression c (singular definite depressionen, plural indefinite depressioner) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. [[Finnish]] [Noun] editdepression 1.genitive singular of depressio [[Swedish]] [Noun] editdepression c 1.depression (all meanings). 0 0 2013/02/13 21:15 2023/05/21 09:49
49322 Depression [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - opensiders, personised, sideperson [Proper noun] editthe Depression 1.Synonym of Great Depression. [[German]] [Further reading] edit - “Depression” in Duden online - “Depression” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Noun] editDepression f (genitive Depression, plural Depressionen) 1.(economics, geography, psychology) depression 2.1923, Sigmund Freud, Eine Teufelsneurose im siebzehnten Jahrhundert, in: Imago: Zeitschrift für Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geisteswissenschaften, vol. 9, booklet 1, Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, page 9: Er war schwermütig geworden, konnte nicht, oder nicht recht arbeiten und hatte Sorge um die Erhaltung seiner Existenz, also melancholische Depression mit Arbeitshemmung und (berechtigter) Lebenssorge. He had become melancholic, could not or not well work and had worries about the sustainment of his existence, thus a melancholic depression with work block and (justified) worries about life. 0 0 2013/02/13 21:15 2023/05/21 09:49
49324 mealworm [[English]] ipa :/ˈmiːlˌwɜː(ɹ)m/[Etymology] editmeal +‎ worm [Noun] editmealworm (plural mealworms) 1.The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle. 0 0 2023/05/21 09:51 TaN
49325 meal [[English]] ipa :/miːl/[Anagrams] edit - Elam, Elma, Leam, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, leam, lema, male, mela, mela- [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English mel, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).Cognate with West Frisian miel, Dutch maal (“meal, time, occurrence”), German Mal (“time”), Mahl (“meal”), Norwegian Bokmål mål (“meal”), Swedish mål (“meal”); and (from Proto-Indo-European) with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”), Latin mensus, Russian ме́ра (méra, “measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas. Related to Old English mǣþ (“measure, degree, proportion”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”).CognatesCognate with West Frisian moal, Dutch meel, German Mehl, Albanian miell, Proto-Slavic *melvo (“grain to be ground”) (Bulgarian мливо (mlivo)), Dutch malen (“to grind”), German mahlen (“to grind”), Old Irish melim (“I grind”), Latin molō (“I grind”), Tocharian A/B malywët (“you press”)/melye (“they tread on”), Lithuanian málti, Old Church Slavonic млѣти (mlěti), Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “mill”). More at mill. [Etymology 3] editVariation of mole (compare Scots mail), from Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl, mǣl (“spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“wrinkle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to soil”). More at mole. [[Aromanian]] [Alternative forms] edit - mealu [Etymology] editFrom Albanian mal[1], cognate to Aromanian mal and Romanian mal with the same origin. [Noun] editmeal n (plural mealuri) 1.steep, scarped shore region 2.(figurative) boondocks [References] edit.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-alpha ol{list-style:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-alpha ol{list-style:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-roman ol{list-style:lower-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-roman ol{list-style:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-greek ol{list-style:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-disc ol{list-style:disc}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-square ol{list-style:square}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-none ol{list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks .mw-cite-backlink,.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks li>a{display:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-small ol{font-size:xx-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-small ol{font-size:x-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-smaller ol{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-small ol{font-size:small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-medium ol{font-size:medium}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-large ol{font-size:large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-larger ol{font-size:larger}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-large ol{font-size:x-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-large ol{font-size:xx-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="2"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:2}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="3"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:3}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="4"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:4}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="5"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:5} 1. ^ Namenforschung / Name Studies / Les noms propres. 1. Halbband. 104. Illyrian-Albanian Toponyms, S. 718. [[Northern Kurdish]] [Noun] editmeal ? 1.meaning [[Romansch]] [Alternative forms] edit - mel (Rumantsch Grischun) - mèl (Sursilvan) - mêl (Surmiran) [Etymology] editFrom Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel. [Noun] editmeal m 1.(Sutsilvan) honey [[Scottish Gaelic]] ipa :/mjal̪ˠ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Irish melaid (“to consume”), from Old Irish melaid (“to grind”), from Proto-Celtic *meleti (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-. [Synonyms] edit - còrd ri - gabh tlachd ann [Verb] editmeal (past mheal, future mealaidh, verbal noun mealadh or mealtainn, past participle mealte) 1.enjoy 0 0 2009/02/28 21:27 2023/05/21 09:51
49326 locust [[English]] ipa :/ˈləʊ.kəst/[Anagrams] edit - clouts [Etymology] editFrom Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French locuste, and their source, Latin locusta (“locust, crustacean, lobster”).[1] Doublet of langouste. The sense in "Mainlander" is a calque of Cantonese 蝗蟲／蝗虫 (wong4 cung4), also meaning "locust". [Noun] editlocust (plural locusts) 1.Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). [from 14th c.] 2.(now historical) A fruit or pod of the carob tree. [from 16th c.] 3.1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 9, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I: Among other articles, they brought with them a great quantity of locusts, which are a kind of pulse, sweet and pleasant to the palate, and in shape resembling French beans, but longer. 4.Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree. [from 17th c.] 5.A cicada. [from 18th c.] 6.(Hong Kong, derogatory, offensive) A Mainlander. [References] edit 1. ^ “locust”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. [Verb] editlocust (third-person singular simple present locusts, present participle locusting, simple past and past participle locusted) 1.(intransitive) To come in a swarm. 2.1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, (please specify the page): This Philip and the black-faced swarms of Spain, The hardest, cruellest people in the world, Come locusting upon us, eat us up, Confiscate lands, goods, money […] [[Middle English]] [Noun] editlocust 1.Alternative form of locuste 0 0 2021/09/02 15:06 2023/05/21 09:51 TaN
49327 Locust [[English]] [Etymology] editUnknown. [Further reading] edit - Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Locust”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 452. [Proper noun] editLocust (plural Locusts) 1.A surname. 0 0 2023/05/21 09:51 TaN
49328 cricket [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɹɪkɪt/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin.Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”) (with diminituve -el), Middle Low German krikel, krekel (“cricket”), German Kreckel (“cricket”). More at creak. [Etymology 2] editcricket (1)Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met de krik ketsen (“to chase a ball with a curved stick”)[1]. [Etymology 3] editThe etymology is unknown. A few similar words exist in Germanic languages, such as Norwegian krakk (“stool”).[2] [References] edit 1. ^ Chris Mason (March 2, 2009), “Cricket 'was invented in Belgium'”, in BBC News‎[1] 2. ^ “cricket”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000., where 10+ other quotes are given. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈkrɪ.kət/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English cricket. [Noun] editcricket n (uncountable) 1.cricket (sport) [[French]] ipa :/kʁi.kɛt/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English cricket. [Further reading] edit - “cricket”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editcricket m (uncountable) 1.cricket (sport) [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈkri.ket/[Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English cricket. [Further reading] edit - cricket in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana [Noun] editcricket m (uncountable) 1.cricket (sport) [[Spanish]] [Further reading] edit - “cricket”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 [Noun] editcricket m (uncountable) 1.Alternative spelling of críquet [[Swedish]] [Alternative forms] edit - kricket (less common) [Etymology] editBorrowed from English cricket. [Noun] editcricket c (uncountable) 1.cricket (sport) 0 0 2022/08/25 22:10 2023/05/21 09:52 TaN
49329 Cricket [[German]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English cricket. [Further reading] edit - “Cricket” in Duden online [Noun] editCricket n (strong, genitive Crickets, no plural) 1.(sports) cricket [[Luxembourgish]] ipa :/ˈkʀiket/[Noun] editCricket m (uncountable) 1.cricket (sport) 0 0 2023/05/21 09:52 TaN
49332 flour [[English]] ipa :/ˈflaʊə/[Alternative forms] edit - flower (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - fluor, fluor-, four L, furol, orful, rufol [Etymology] editSpelled (until about 1830) and meaning flower in the sense of flour being the "finest portion of ground grain" (compare French fleur de farine, fine fleur). Doublet of flower. Partially displaced native meal.The U.S. standard of identity comes from 21CFR137.105. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:flourWikipedia flour (usually uncountable, plural flours) 1.Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry. 2.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎[1]: Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […]  A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe. Coordinate term: meal 3.(US standards of identity) The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents. Synonyms: smeddum, plain flour, wheat flour, white flour 4.Powder of other material. wood flour, produced by sanding wood mustard flour 5.Obsolete form of flower. 6.1886 May, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC: that nobody is wished to see my dead body. & that no murnurs walk behind me at my funeral. & that no flours be planted on my grave. [Verb] editflour (third-person singular simple present flours, present participle flouring, simple past and past participle floured) 1.(transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour. 2.(transitive) To reduce to flour. 3.(intransitive) To break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process. [[Cornish]] ipa :[fluːɹ][Adjective] editflour 1.flower, choice (best of a collective) [Alternative forms] edit - flowr [Noun] editflour m (plural flourys) 1.(botany) flower 2.flower (the best of a collective) [Synonyms] edit - blejen, bleujen, blejan - flowren [[Middle English]] ipa :/fluːr/[Etymology 1] editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs. More at flower. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old English flōr. [[Occitan]] [Alternative forms] edit - flor, hlor [Etymology] editFrom Old Occitan flor, from Latin flōs, flōrem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”). [Noun] editflour f (plural flours) 1.(Mistralian) flower [[Old French]] [Noun] editflour f (oblique plural flours, nominative singular flour, nominative plural flours) 1.Alternative form of flor 2.1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 136 of this essay: non pasque les flours touchent a la chair nue car ce seroit doubte que les porres ne se clousissent et de fievre putride. but not that the flowers should touch the naked flesh because this may cause the pores to shut with a putrid fever. [[Romansch]] [Alternative forms] edit - flur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) - flura (Sursilvan) [Etymology] editFrom Latin flōs, flōrem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”). [Noun] editflour f (plural flours) 1.(Surmiran) flower [[Scots]] ipa :/ˈfluːr/[Alternative forms] edit - flouer [Etymology] editFrom Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs. More at English flower. [Noun] editflour (plural flours) 1.a flower 2.a bouquet (bunch of flowers) 3.(uncountable) Wheat flour [Verb] editflour (third-person singular simple present flours, present participle flourin, simple past flourt, past participle flourt) 1.to embroider 0 0 2009/10/02 09:37 2023/05/21 09:53 TaN
49338 edible [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛdɪbəl/[Adjective] editedible (comparative more edible, superlative most edible) 1.Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans. edible fruit 2.Capable of being eaten without disgust. Although stale, the bread was edible. 3.1957, Jane Van Zandt Brower, “Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies”, in Lynne D. Houck; Lee C. Drickamer, editors, Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries, published 1996, page 81: However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible than its model, the Monarch, but initially less edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments. 4.2006, Ernest Small, Culinary Herbs‎[1], page 17: Recently germinated seeds are often even more nutritious from the point of view of humans because the stored chemicals are often transformed into more edible and palatable substances. 5.2009, Ephraim Philip Lansky; Helena Maaria Paavilainen, Figs, page 4: This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view. 6.In which edible plants are grown for human consumption. 7.2020, Valentina Peveri, The Edible Gardens of Ethiopia, page 7: Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants. Although edible, these gardens are equally valued for their aesthetic qualities. It is women who collect from edible gardens, […] 8.2021, Rose Ray; Caro Langton, Into Green: Everyday Ways to Find and Lose Yourself in Nature, page 62: To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two. [Anagrams] edit - belied, debile [Antonyms] edit - inedible [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). [Noun] editedible (plural edibles) 1.Anything edible. 1.In particular, an edible mushroom. Synonym: esculentA foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter or other marijuana. [References] edit - Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “edible”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - comestible - eatable - eatworthyedit - food 0 0 2012/11/05 05:02 2023/05/21 09:53
49339 laden [[English]] ipa :/ˈleɪdən/[Adjective] editladen (comparative more laden, superlative most laden) 1.Weighed down with a load, burdened. 2.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC: The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal. 3.Heavy. His comments were laden with deeper meaning. 4.Oppressed. 5.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […]. 6.(chemistry) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct. Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas. [Anagrams] edit - Alden, Dalen, Eland, Nadel, Nelda, eland, lande, laned, lean'd, naled [Etymology] editSee lade. [Verb] editladen 1.past participle of lade [[Danish]] [Noun] editladen c 1.definite singular of lade 2.verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), letting, having, making, seeming, pretending 3.verbal noun to lade (singular definite form only), loading, charging [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈlaːdə(n)/[Anagrams] edit - dalen, eland, lande [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (“to call”), from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (“to call”). [Etymology 3] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[German]] ipa :/ˈlaːdən/[Anagrams] edit - lande, Lande, Nadel [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle High German laden (strong verb), from Old High German hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan. Compare English laden. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle High German laden (weak verb, but also strong) from Old High German ladon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn. [Further reading] edit - “laden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache - “laden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon - “laden” in Duden online - “laden” in Duden online [[Low German]] ipa :/ˈlaːdn̩/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon hladan. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle Low German lāden, from Old Saxon lathōn. [[Malay]] [Verb] editladen 1.to serve, attend [[Middle Dutch]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Dutch lathon, from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn (“to call”). [Further reading] edit - “laden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 - Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “laden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I - Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “laden (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II 0 0 2009/04/14 19:06 2023/05/21 09:54 TaN
49340 goat [[English]] ipa :/ɡəʊt/[Anagrams] edit - Gøta, TOGA, Toga, atgo, toga [Etymology] editFrom Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat". [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:goatWikipedia goat (plural goats) 1.A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. 1.(uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal. Ugh, we're having goat for dinner again.(slang) A lecherous man.(informal) A scapegoat. - 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008 Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role. - 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.(slang) A Pontiac GTO car.(speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.A fool, loser, or object of ridicule. - 2008, Ned B. Ricks, Trusting Appearances: Things Are Not Always as They Seem, page 259: Samaurez said over his shoulder, “In fact, I missed being the class goat by only three places.” Gwen patted his arm, “But, look H-Two, George Pickett was the goat and see how famous he became.” - 2013, Larry Pointer, In Search of Butch Cassidy: ...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in. - 2013, Frank Norris, The Octopus: “If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?”(roller derby) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.(acronym) Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“Greatest of All Time”) [Synonyms] edit - (lecherous man): See also Thesaurus:libertine - (scapegoat): See also Thesaurus:scapegoat [Verb] editgoat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated) 1.(transitive) To allow goats to feed on. 2.1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report, page 51: Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously 3.(transitive) To scapegoat. 4.2001 July 15, “A worthy Rusch to judgment”, in USA Today: John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save 5.(transitive, roller derby) To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack. [[Swedish]] [Verb] editgoat 1.supine of goa. [[West Frisian]] [Noun] editgoat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje) 1.Alternative form of goate 0 0 2009/02/28 21:28 2023/05/21 09:56
49341 Goat [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Gøta, TOGA, Toga, atgo, toga [Proper noun] editGoat 1.The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. [See also] edit - (Chinese zodiac signs) Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig (Category: en:Chinese zodiac) 0 0 2023/05/21 09:56 TaN
49342 firebreak [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - fire break [Etymology] editfire +‎ break [Noun] editfirebreak (plural firebreaks) 1.An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it. The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire. 2.(figurative) Any separating barrier. 3.1984, Dietrich Schroeer, Science, Technology and the Nuclear Arms Race, page 293: That policy could consist of a statement that the declaring nation would not be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would strengthen the firebreak between the use of conventional and nuclear weapons. 4.2012, Daniel Levine, Recovering International Relations: The Promise of Sustainable Critique, page 112: First, it serves to demonstrate that the practice of sustainable critique […] need not be impossibly philosophically rarefied […] Second, it serves as a firebreak against the unrelieved negativity that, it is sometimes charged, follows from Adorno's practices of reflexivity. [See also] edit - firebreak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Synonyms] edit - firetrail (Australia) 0 0 2023/05/21 09:56 TaN
49343 grazing [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹeɪ.zɪŋ/[Noun] editgrazing (countable and uncountable, plural grazings) 1.Grazeland. 2.1901 June 7, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎[1], volume 4, number 7, page 196: The grazing is all parched and withered up, and it is wonderful how cattle get through the winter here as they do. 3.2001, Sally Jeanrenaud, Communities and Forest Management in Western Europe: There are about one thousand common grazings across the Highlands and Islands. Typically 15-20 crofters share in an area of common grazings, on average 400-500 hectares, which is usually hill-land, unsuitable for cultivation. 4.(countable, uncountable) The action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland. 5.2011, Iain R. Thomson, Isolation Shepherd: Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen. [Verb] editgrazing 1.present participle of graze 0 0 2023/05/21 09:56 TaN
49344 graz [[Middle English]] [Noun] editgraz 1.Alternative form of grace 0 0 2023/05/21 09:56 TaN

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