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haze
[[English]]
ipa :/heɪz/[Alternative forms]
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- hase (obsolete)
[Etymology 1]
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- The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century.
- Possibly back-formation from hazy.
- Compare Old Norse höss (“grey”), akin to Old English hasu (“gray”). [1]
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)Origin unknown; there is nothing to connect the word with Old English hasu, haso (“gray”).
[Etymology 2]
editPossibly from hawze (“terrify, frighten, confound”), from Middle French haser (“irritate, annoy”)
[Further reading]
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- “haze”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[References]
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1. ^ “haze”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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tenfold
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittenfold (not comparable)
1.Ten times as much or as many.
2.Containing ten parts.
[Adverb]
edittenfold (not comparable)
1.By ten times as much.
2.1896, William Allen Sylvester, Modern Carpentry and Building, page 142, "But, since we have increased the original value of 26 tenfold its original value, we must increase the original result tenfold : ten times 2 equal 20, the required answer."
[Anagrams]
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- fold net
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold.
[Synonyms]
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- (containing ten parts): denary
- (ten times as much): decuple
[Verb]
edittenfold (third-person singular simple present tenfolds, present participle tenfolding, simple past and past participle tenfolded)
1.To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
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scoring
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editscoring (not comparable)
1.Of something or someone that scores.
The highest scoring team will win the match.
[Anagrams]
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- corings
[Noun]
editscoring (plural scorings)
1.The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee.
2.The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.
3.The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.
4.A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
[Verb]
editscoring
1.present participle of score
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scor
[[Danish]]
[Verb]
editscor
1.imperative of score
[[Irish]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Irish scor (“act of unyoking, unharnessing; stud, herd of horses; paddock, enclosure for horses, meadow, pasture; camp, encampment; band, company, host; amount, quantity; act of desisting from, ceasing, coming to an end”), verbal noun of scuirid (“unyokes; encamps, comes to a halt; releases, sets free; stops, brings to an end, finishes; ceases, desists, comes to a halt”).
[Etymology 2]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 3]
editBorrowed from English score, from Old English scora (“notch”).
[Etymology 4]
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[References]
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- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
editscor
1.imperative of score
[[Old Irish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Celtic *skoros, formed with *-os. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skórHos, an o-grade derivative of *skerH-, whence also scaraid from the e-grade.
[Further reading]
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- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Mutation]
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[Noun]
editscor m
1.verbal noun of scuirid
1.unyoking
2.c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c46
Cosmulius aile lessom inso .i. cosmulius tuib ara·taat il-senman do suidiu et is sain cach næ .i. is sain fri cath, sain fri scor […]
This is another similitude which he has, even a similitude of a trumpet: for it hath many sounds, and different is each of them, to wit, it is different for battle, different for unyoking, […]
3.encampment
4.company of people
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French score.
[Noun]
editscor n (plural scoruri)
1.score
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score
[[English]]
ipa :/skɔː/[Anagrams]
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- Corse, Crose, ROCEs, Secor, Sorce, ceros, cores, corse, creos, ocres
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear.For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
[Interjection]
editscore
1.(US, slang) Acknowledgement of success
[Noun]
editscore (plural scores)
1.
2. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
The player with the highest score is the winner.
3.The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
4.The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
The test scores for this class were high.
5.Twenty, 20.
Some words have scores of meanings.
6.1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)[1], near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, page 1:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
7.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152:
I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.
8.(gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
9.2013, Arnold Snyder, Big Book of Blackjack:
Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score.
10.A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
11.1612, Michael Drayton, chapter 26, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:
At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue.
12.A weight of twenty pounds.
13.
14.(music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
15.(music) The music of a movie or play.
16.2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
17.Subject.
18.2005, Plato, Lesley Brown, transl., Sophist, page 245e:
Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score.
19.Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
20.1662, [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score.
21.1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour […][2], London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, published 1667, Act V, scene ii, page 65:
You act your kindneſs on Cydaria’s ſcore.
22.A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
23.1591 (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 IV, scene vii]:
Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.
24.An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
25.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:
He parted well, and paid his score.
26.(US, crime, slang) a criminal act, especially:
1.A robbery.
Let's pull a score!
2.2022, Matt Reeves; Peter Craig, The Batman:
Batman: Dangerous crowd you're stealing from.
Catwoman: Jesus. Is this how you get your kicks, hon? Sneaking up on girls in the dark?
Batman: Is that why you work in the club? It was all just a score?
3.A bribe paid to a police officer.
4.An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
He made a big score.
5.A prostitute's client.(originally US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.
- 1976, William C. Thomas, Cat Murkil and the Silks, spoken by Punch:
Ah, who gives a shit? The only score I'm interested in is the one I might make if some foxy chicks start pilin' outta there.(UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
- 1975, John Seymour, The Companion Guide to the Coast of North-east England, page 206:
Above the harbour, steeply up the hill, run The Bolts, narrow stepped passages, equivalent of The Scores of Lowestoft and The Rows of Great Yarmouth.
[References]
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- Tom Dalzell, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, 2008, page 846
- Jonathon Green (2023), “score n.3”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
[See also]
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- grade
[Synonyms]
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- (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's clientedit
- (to cut a groove in a surface): groove, notch
- (to record the score): keep, score, tally
- (to earn points in a game):
- (to achieve a score in a test):
- (to acquire or gain): come by, earn, obtain; see also Thesaurus:receive
- (to extract a bribe): shake down
- (to obtain a sexual favor): pull
- (to provide with a musical score): soundtrack
[Verb]
editscore (third-person singular simple present scores, present participle scoring, simple past and past participle scored)
1.(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
2.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[3]:
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].
The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
3.(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
4.(transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
5.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 50”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
"Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
1.To earn points in a game.
It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
Pelé scores again!
2.2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport[4]:
And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following.
3.To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
4.2004, Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells us about how to teach reading:
At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
5.(gambling) To win money by gambling.
6.2005, Shannon Nash, For the Love of Money, page 215:
[…] he scored big by hitting the jack pot at the Bellagio (he won $7,000). The next day, he won $15,000 on the nickel machines at the Palm Casino!
7.(slang) To acquire or gain.
8.1971, Jagger–Richards; Marianne Faithfull (lyrics and music), “Sister Morphine”, in Sticky Fingers, performed by The Rolling Stones:
What am I doing in this place? / Why does the doctor have no face? / Oh, I can't crawl across the floor / Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score
9.1975, Andy Mackay & Bryan Ferry (lyrics and music), “Love Is the Drug”, performed by Roxy Music:
I jump up, bubble up, what's in store? / Love is the drug and I need to score
I scored some drugs last night.
Did you score tickets for the concert?
10.(US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
11.(vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
12.1982, Domenic Bugatti; Frank Muskeer; Christopher Cerf (lyrics), “Prowlin'”, in Grease 2:
Gotta find a chick who'll give you more / Well, there's a spot that I've discovered / Where a guy's guaranteed to score(transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- 1974, New York Magazine, volume 7, number 45, page 98:
Godfather II is nothing like ready. It is not yet scored, and thus not mixed. There remain additional shooting, looping, editing.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/skoːrə/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English score.
[Noun]
editscore c (singular definite scoren, plural indefinite scorer)
1.A score, a number of points earned.
[Verb]
editscore
1.score a goal/point
2.land (to acquire; to secure)
3.(slang) steal
4.persuade (someone) to have sex with oneself [from 1959]
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈskoː.rə/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English score.
[Noun]
editscore m (plural scores, diminutive scoretje n)
1.score (number of points earned)
[[French]]
ipa :/skɔʁ/[Anagrams]
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- corse, Corse
- ocres
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English score.
[Further reading]
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- “score”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editscore m (plural scores)
1.score (in a sport, game)
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈskɔːr(ə)/[Alternative forms]
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- scoore, skore
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old English scoru, from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō.
[Noun]
editscore (plural scores)
1.score
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Alternative forms]
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- (of noun) skår
- (of verb) skåre
[Etymology]
editVia English score, from Old Norse skor. Related to Old Norse skera (modern Norwegian Bokmål skjære).
[Noun]
editscore m (definite singular scoren, indefinite plural scorer, definite plural scorene)
1.a score
[References]
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- “score” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “score” in The Ordnett Dictionary
[Verb]
editscore (imperative scor, present tense scorer, passive scores, simple past and past participle scora or scoret, present participle scorende)
1.to score (earn points in a game)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Alternative forms]
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- (of noun) skår
- (of verb) skåre, skåra
- (of verb) scora
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English score. Doublet of skòr.
[Noun]
editscore m (definite singular scoren, indefinite plural scorar, definite plural scorane)
1.a score
[References]
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- “score” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Verb]
editscore (present tense scorar, past tense scora, past participle scora, passive infinitive scorast, present participle scorande, imperative score/scor)
1.to score (earn points in a game)
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/esˈkoɾ/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English score.
[Noun]
editscore m (plural scores)
1.(sports) score
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English score, from Old English scoru.
[Noun]
editscore
1.score
2.1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
An aar was a hundereth lauckeen vowre score.
And there was a hundred, lacking four score;
[References]
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- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 94
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dabble
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdæb(ə)l/[Etymology]
edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}Mute swans (Cygnus olor) dabbling in water for food (verb sense 3)From earlier dable, equivalent to dab + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly from Middle Dutch dabbelen (“to pinch; knead; to fumble; to dabble”);[1] cognate with Icelandic dafla (“to dabble”).
[Noun]
editdabble (plural dabbles)
1.A spattering or sprinkling of a liquid.
2.1858 May 22, “Fine Arts. Royal Academy.”, in The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama, number 1595, London: Printed by James Holmes, Took's Court, Chancery Lane, published at the office, 20, Wellington Street North, Strand, by J[ohn] Francis. [...], →OCLC, page 663, column 3:
Sir W. Rose has works that bear painful evidence of failing health; indeed, his group of the Duc et Duchesse d'Aumale (705), with the Prince de Condé and the Duc de Guise, is quite unfinished and even blotted. The face of the Duke is refined, but weak; the colour is pale, and the background only a dabble of unarranged and undrilled touches.
3.1862 February, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous; a Narrative in Plain English, […] Chapter the Fourth. My Grandmother Dies, and I am Left Alone, without So Much as a Name.”, in George Augustus Sala, editor, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume IV, London: Office of "Temple Bar," 122 Fleet Street; Ward and Lock, 158 Fleet Street; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, page 304:
And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […] And I woke up with my hair all in a dabble with the night-dews, with my Grandmother's voice ringing in my ears, "Remember the Thirtieth of January!"
4.1936, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Adolf”, in Edward D[avid] McDonald, editor, Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence, London: William Heinemann Ltd., →OCLC, page 9:
Opening the scullery door, I heard a slight scuffle. Then I saw dabbles of milk all over the floor and tiny rabbit-droppings in the saucers. And there the miscreant, the tips of his ears showing behind a pair of boots. I peeped at him. He said bright-eyed and askance, twitching his nose and looking at me while not looking at me.
5.2007, Constantine Sult, chapter 1, in The Murder of Linen, [United States]: Brown Paper Publishing, page 1:
The lighting in the corridor just dabbles of arcs, afterthoughts, smears. The light a grime that gives him a slight headache. The same type as when it has rained, remained humid, a fetid stale of ozone over everything.
6.An act of splashing in soft mud, water, etc.
7.1849, Acheta Domestica [pseudonym; L. M. Budgen], “The Gnat.—A Life of Buoyancy.”, in Episodes of Insect Life, London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, King William Street, Strand, →OCLC, page 63:
Happily, however, he [the gnat] is born a swimmer and can take his pleasure in his native element, poising himself near its surface head downwards, tail upwards. Why chooses he this strange position? Just for the same reason that we rather prefer, when taking a dabble in the waves, to have our heads above water, for the convenience, namely, of receiving a due supply of air, which the little swimmer in question sucks in through a sort of tube in his tail.
8.1865, George Tuthill Borrett, “Cleveland to Chicago”, in Letters from Canada and the United States, London: Printed for private circulation, by J. E. Adlard, Bartholomew Close, →OCLC, page 78:
After a dabble in a teaspoonful of water, and a scrape with a bit of an old sack, in a box, which is dignified with the title of "wash room"—for the American cars are, as it were, moveable hotels, with every accommodation complete (including what, I think, from a sanitary point of view, had very much better not be there), I took a walk up and down the train, with the rest of my fellow-passengers, and thereby improved my appetite for the breakfast which we were to take at a station down the road.
9.An act of participation in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
10.1795, Tate Wilkinson; Samuel Foote, The Wandering Patentee; or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1779 to the Present Time: Interspersed with Anecdotes Respecting Most of the Performers in the Three Kingdoms, from 1765 to 1795. [...] In Four Volumes. To which are Added, Never Published, the Diversions of the Morning, and Foote’s Trial for a Libel on Peter Paragraph. Written by the late Samuel Foote, Esq., volume III, York, Yorkshire: Printed for the author, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman; sold by G. G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row; T[homas] Egerton, Whitehall; and J. Deighton, Holborn, London; and by all the booksellers in the city and county of York, →OCLC, page 235:
[…] I was induced to quit Leeds ſooner than uſual, as the concourſe of company which would aſſemble on that occaſion was expected to be very numerous and productive, and of courſe I could not idly let ſlip ſuch a lucrative proſpect but muſt have a dabble for the loaves and fiſhes.
11.1837, [Francis] Bacon, “Introductory Essay”, in The Works of Lord Bacon. With an Introductory Essay, and a Portrait. In Two Volumes, volume I, London: William Ball, Paternoster Row; stereotyped and printed by J. R. and C. Child, Bungay, →OCLC, page xli:
From the separate little tracts and fragments which we have last noticed, (as well as the greater works, which contain a fuller development of his views on this subject,) it appears he slighted what has been termed Natural Theology. He was content with the Bible, without which Natural Theology is a dabble of inconclusive presumptions, and in connexion with which, however pleasing as a speculative inquiry, useless as a canon of faith, or a rule of life.
12.1845, Joseph C. Neal, “The Moral of Goslyne Greene, who was Born to a Fortune”, in The Gift: A Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Present, Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey and Hart, →OCLC, page 68:
A dabble in the stocks does not always turn out profitably; cotton is sometimes heavy on our hands, and real estate will sulkily retrograde, when, by the calculation, it ought to have advanced.
[References]
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1. ^ “dabble”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dabble, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, volume IV (Creel–Duzepere), 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 207, columns 2–3.
[Synonyms]
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- (to make slightly wet or soiled): bespatter, besprinkle, spatter
[Verb]
editdabble (third-person singular simple present dabbles, present participle dabbling, simple past and past participle dabbled)
1.
2. (transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble. [from late 16th c.]
3.1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], “A Character of Itelia”, in ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC, page 32:
The Itelians […] reſpectleſſe of gentry, of few words, for they barrell up commonly more then they can broach, and ſo may be ſaid to be like a great bottle with a narrow necke; yet they are moſt cunning and circumſpect in negotiating, ſpecially when they have bin tampering with the Vine or the hop, and are dabbled a little with their liquor.
4.1783, George Armstrong, “Rules to be Observed in the Nursing of Children: With a Particular View to Those who are Brought Up by Hand”, in An Account of the Diseases Most Incident to Children, from the Birth till the Age of Puberty; with a Successful Method of Treating Them. To which is Added, an Essay on Nursing: With a Particular View to Children who are Brought Up by Hand. Also a Short General Account of the Dispensary for the Infant Poor, new edition, London: Printed for T[homas] Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 176:
If ſhe [the nurse] obſerves that the ſkin ſeems any where to be chafed, after dabbling the part very well with cold water, and drying it gently with a fine cloth, let her apply ſome common powder to it, by means of a ſoft puff.
5.
6. (transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.
7.1818, [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC:
The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles.
8.(intransitive, of waterfowl) To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.
9.2002, [Maurice Burton; Robert Burton], “Mallard”, in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, volume 11 (LEO–MAR), Tarrytown, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 1525:
When a duck dabbles its bill in mud, it is using the lamellae (transverse plates) on the inner edges of its bill as a highly efficient filter. As the duck dabbles, its tongue acts as a piston, sucking water or mud into the mouth and driving it out again. Only the edible particles are left behind on the lamellae.
10.
11. (intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.
12.1692 April 4, Richard Bentley, “Matter and Motion Cannot Think: Or, A Confutation of Atheism from the Faculties of the Soul. The Second Sermon Preached April 4. 1692.”, in The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism Demonstrated from the Advantage and Pleasure of a Religious Life, the Faculties of Humane Souls, the Structure of Animate Bodies, & the Origin and Frame of the World: In Eight Sermons Preached at the Lecture Founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esquire; in the First Year, MDCXCII [1692], 4th corr. edition, London: Printed by J. H. for H. Mortlock at the Phœnix in St. Paul's Church-Yard, published 1699, →OCLC, page 63:
And now that I have finiſhed all the parts, which I propoſed to diſcourſe of; I will conclude all with a ſhort application to the Atheiſts. And I would adviſe them as a Friend, to leave off this dabbling and ſmattering in Philoſophy, this ſhuffling and cutting with Atoms.
13.1793 July, “[Monthly Catalogue, for July, 1793.] Art. 57. Sprigs of Laurel: A Comic Opera, in Two Acts. As Performed, with Universal Applause, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Written by John O’Keeffe. 8vo. 1s. Longman. 1793.”, in [Ralph Griffiths], editor, The Monthly Review; or Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume XI, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, in Pall Mall, →OCLC, page 347:
The politics too, for it [the opera] dabbles in politics, are evidently not written from the heart, for the ſentiments contradict each other, but from the paultry motive of catching applauſe, be it juſt or unjuſt, moral or immoral.
14.1995, Paula Marantz Cohen, “Introduction”, in Alfred Hitchcock: The Legacy of Victorianism, Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 1:
His [Alfred Hitchcock's] work is a mirror of cinematic development: from silent to sound, from black and white to color, from the shoestring productions of his early London years to the expensive vehicles of his Hollywood period. In the process, he dabbled in technical innovations such as 3-D and VistaVision, experimened in special effects and editing techniques, and developed an extensive repertoire of original camera setups and shots.
15.
16. (intransitive, obsolete) To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.
17.1731, Simon Scriblerus [pseudonym], Whistoneutes: Or, Remarks on Mr. [William] Whiston’s Historical Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Samuel Clarke, &c., London: Printed for T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, →OCLC, pages 3–4:
[A fellow of a college in Cambridge] freely confeſs'd, that he had for many Years been ranſacking Antiquity, in order to be the Author of ſome new Heresy or Opinion; and that after all his Searches, he cou'd think or fix upon nothing, but what on Fool or another had been meddling and dabbling with.
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in-between
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editin-between
1.Lying between; neither one thing nor the other.
[Etymology]
editFrom in- + between.
[Noun]
editin-between (plural in-betweens)
1.An interval or intervening time.
Synonym: interim
2.One who intervenes.
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in between
[[English]]
ipa :-iːn[Adverb]
editin between (not comparable)
1.Between them.
2.2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- inbetween
- in-between
[Derived terms]
edit
- inbetweening
[Etymology]
editFrom in + between, perhaps in imitation of similar phrases as in the middle of, in the midst of, etc.
[Preposition]
editin between
1.Between
2.In the space between
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inbetween
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editinbetween (not comparable)
1.Misspelling of in-between.
[Adverb]
editinbetween (not comparable)
1.Misspelling of in between.
[Preposition]
editinbetween
1.Misspelling of in between.
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in one
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- oenin
[Prepositional phrase]
editin one
1.In a single attempt.
He asked me to guess his middle name, and I got it in one.
2.(theater) Performed downstage between the frontmost pieces of scenery.
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jury
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈd͡ʒʊə.ɹi/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear or take an oath”).English Wikipedia has an article on:juryWikipedia The Jury an 1861 painting of a British jury
[Etymology 2]
editEarly 1600s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie, from Latin adiūtō.Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Frankish *garu (“ready, prepared”), related to Middle English yore, ȝare, from Old English ġeoro, ġearu (“ready, prompt, prepared, quick”).
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈʒyː.ri/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English jury or French jury (itself from English), from Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta. If the Dutch term wasn't directly borrowed from French, the pronunciation has been secondarily influenced by the French pronunciation.
[Noun]
editjury f (plural jury's, diminutive jury'tje n)
1.jury
[[French]]
ipa :/ʒy.ʁi/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English jury.
[Further reading]
edit
- “jury”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editjury m (plural jurys)
1.jury
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editjury
1.Alternative form of Jewery
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English jury.
[Noun]
editjury m (plural jurys)
1.(Jersey, law) jury
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English jury.
[Noun]
editjury m (definite singular juryen, indefinite plural juryer, definite plural juryene)
1.(law, in competitions also) a jury
[References]
edit
- “jury” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English jury.
[Noun]
editjury m (definite singular juryen, indefinite plural juryar, definite plural juryane)
1.(law, in competitions also) a jury
[References]
edit
- “jury” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (law) lagrette, lagrett, folkedomstol
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ʐyˈri/[Etymology 1]
editUnadapted borrowing from French jury, from English jury, from Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- jury in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jury in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/ˈjɵrʏ/[Etymology]
editFrom English jury, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear, I take an oath”).
[Noun]
editjury c
1.jury
[References]
edit
- jury in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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come to life
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcome to life (third-person singular simple present comes to life, present participle coming to life, simple past came to life, past participle come to life)
1.(transitive, idiomatic) to bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrect
2.(intransitive, idiomatic) to become alive; to be brought into existence
3.1999, Lee Smolin; New York Times, We All Came From Mars[1]:
We want to know exactly how the first cells came to life on earth.
4.(intransitive, idiomatic) to appear as if alive
The CGI-generated characters came to life through an incredible display of a cutting-edge 3D technology.
5.(intransitive, idiomatic) to start to become energetic.
6.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport[2]:
It was only after Yakubu sliced another chance into the side netting, a bad miss by the former Everton striker, that Norwich came to life.
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come to
[[English]]
ipa :/kʌm ˈtu/[Anagrams]
edit
- moc toe, to come, to-come, tocome
[References]
edit
- come to at OneLook Dictionary Search
- come to * at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Verb]
editcome to (third-person singular simple present comes to, present participle coming to, simple past came to, past participle come to)
1.(intransitive, idiomatic) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
She came to with the aid of smelling salts.
Synonyms: come to one's senses, come back to one's senses, come around
2.(intransitive, idiomatic, nautical) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
3.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.
4.(transitive) To total; to amount to.
so how much does that come to?; the bill comes to £10 each
5.(transitive) To reach; to arrive at.
6.2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
come to an end; come to a conclusion; come to an agreement; come to a halt
I don't know what the world is coming to! Everything seems so crazy these days.
7.(transitive) To seek help from.
You can always come to me when you're feeling sad.
8.(transitive) To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
I'll come to your question in a minute.
9.(transitive) To befall; to happen to; to come upon.
Synonym: affect
10.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
I pray no harm will come to you.
11.(transitive, usually in present tense) To regard or specifically pertain to.
He's the best when it comes to detective fiction.
When it comes to remorseless criminals, this guy takes the cake.
12.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, to.
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specifically
[[English]]
ipa :/spəˈsɪf.ɪk.li/[Adverb]
editspecifically (comparative more specifically, superlative most specifically)
1.In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:explicitly, Thesaurus:specifically
Antonym: generally
2.1994, Congress of the United States, United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, part 4:
A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically states that the award to that entity is required by such provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a).
3.2009, Institutional Review Board, Standard Operating Procedures: Informed Consent Documentation, University of North Dakota:
Unless specifically waived by the IRB, all subjects, or their legally authorized representatives, must document that they are consenting to participate in any research project that is approved by the University of North Dakota Institutional Review Board.
4.2010, Congress of the United States, “Rule 11”, in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:
Unless a rule or statute specifically states otherwise, a pleading need not be verified or accompanied by an affidavit.
5.2011, Bergman, Paul; Berman, Sara, The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System:
Many laws are directed specifically at child abuse.
6.For a specific purpose or reason.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- especifically
[Etymology]
editspecific + -ally
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make it
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Takemi, ikamet, ketmia, temaki
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to have sexual intercourse): do it, get it, make out, make whoopee; see also Thesaurus:copulate
[Verb]
editmake it (third-person singular simple present makes it, present participle making it, simple past and past participle made it)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it.
2.(idiomatic) To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
He never made it to Italy despite talking about it all his life.
I can't make it to the concert; I have to work.
I'm not just going to make it; I'm going to make it big.
3.2003, Frank P. Baron, What Fish Don't Want You to Know
I was scrambling to my feet when I saw the car sliding back toward me, having not quite made it to the crest of the hill.
4.1995, The Presidents of the United States of America, We Are Not Going To Make It (song)
We're not gonna make it
’Cause there’s a million better bands
5.(idiomatic) To succeed in surviving, in living through something.
6.1980, Will D. Campbell, Brother to a Dragonfly
Don’t die, pal. You’re gonna make it little buddy. Come on, man. We’re gonna help you, and you’re gonna make it.
7.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: For the Commander:
Arjaan didn't make it. He went down covering our saboteur-took out nearly a dozen kett before he fell.
8.(idiomatic) To have sexual intercourse; do it.
9.1976, Paul Schrader; Martin Scorsese, director, Taxi Driver, 01:21:04 from the start:
Iris Steensma (Jodie Foster): “Listen, we better make it or Sport’ll get mad. So how do you wanna make it?” Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro): “I don’t wanna make it. Who’s Sport?” Iris Steensma (Jodie Foster): “Oh, that’s Matthew. I call him Sport. Wanna make it like this? (starts to unbuckle belt)[…] “Don't you want to make it?” Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro): “No I don’t wanna make it. I wanna help you” […] Iris Steensma (Jodie Foster): “Listen, we don’t have to make it mister.”
10.1993, Vladimir Paral, The Four Sonyas
...a fellow who knew how to make every girl happy, but once he’d made it with her didn’t know where to go from there.
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make for
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- formake
[Verb]
editmake for (third-person singular simple present makes for, present participle making for, simple past and past participle made for)
1.(idiomatic) To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards.
Synonym: head for
2.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
He makes for England, there to claim the crown.
3.Template:RQ:Barrie Auld Licht Iddyls
4.(idiomatic) To tend to produce or result in.
5.1914, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 11, in The Pirate of Panama:
It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air that makes for indolent content.
6.2019 October 9, "Tiny cub gives lion a huge fright", Hindustan Times:
A tiny cub is learning the art of stalking a little too well it seems. A video posted on social media shows the cub surprising its mamma and giving her a huge fright. The short clip makes for a delightful watch.
7.(idiomatic, rare) To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.).
8.1830, E.S. Carlos (translator), Galileo Galilei (author), “The Siderial[sic] Messenger”, reprinted in Louise Fargo Brown and George Barr Carson, Men and Centuries of European Civilization, Ayer Publishing (1971), →ISBN, page 427:
Secondly, we will examine the Cœlestiall Phœnomena that make for the Copernican Hypothesis, as if it were to prove absolutely victorious; […]
9.1868 December 1, T.W. Wonfor, “Rare Visitors at Brighton”, in M.C. Cooke, editor, Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Robert Hardwicke, published 1869, page 278:
Several very curious varieties of Blues have been taken, which appear to make for Darwin’s theory.
10.1912, Simon FitzSimons, “Criticisms in Kant”, in The American Catholic Quarterly Review, volume 37, page 148:
That they are “conditions of thought” does not make for Kant’s theory of the categories one iota more than it makes for the theory of Aristotle or for the theory of Locke.
11.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, for.
I made this picture for my Dad.
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making
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- makeing (obsolete)
- makin, makkin (Wearside, Durham, dialectal)
- makin', mekin (pronunciation spelling)
- myekin (Tyneside, dialectal)
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom make + -ing.
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mak
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editmak
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Makasar.
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- myek (Geordie)
- make (Standard English)
[Anagrams]
edit
- AMK, KAM, KMA, kam
[See also]
edit
- mak nyah
[Verb]
editmak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makkin or makin, simple past and past participle makked or made)
1.(Wearside, Durham, dialectal) Alternative form of make
[[Car Nicobarese]]
[Etymology]
editSuggested by Pinnow to derive from an earlier form um-dak, where the second element is cognate to Mundari दाः (dāḥ). The first element may be cognate to U ʔóm and/or Khasi um.
[Noun]
editmak
1.water (salt or fresh)
2.stream
[References]
edit
- George Whitehead, Dictionary of the Car-Nicobarese Language (1925)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80: In Car-Nicobarese mak. Central Nic. dak, Chowra rak, 'water', […]
- Heinz-Jürgen Pinnow, The Position of the Munda Languages within the Austroasiatic Language Family (1963), page 149
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/mɑk/[Adjective]
editmak (comparative makker, superlative makst)
1.tame (domesticated, tamed)
2.calm, tame (in a calm state of mind. not agitated)
[Anagrams]
edit
- kam
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch gemac (“tame, manageable”); see gemak (“comfort, ease”).
[Verb]
editmak
1.first-person singular present indicative of makken
2. imperative of makken
[[Kashubian]]
[Etymology]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ.
[Further reading]
edit
- “mak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “mak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
[Noun]
editmak ?
1.poppy
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :/mak/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
[Further reading]
edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “mak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
[Noun]
editmak m
1.poppy (“any plant of the genus Papaver”)
2.poppyseed
[[Malay]]
ipa :/maʔ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- emak, umak
- امق, مق, اومق
[Etymology]
editShortened form of emak, from Proto-Malayic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əma-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əma-ʔ, from *əma.
[Noun]
editmak (Jawi spelling مق, plural mak-mak, informal 1st possessive makku, 2nd possessive makmu, 3rd possessive maknya)
1.Alternative form of emak
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[North Frisian]]
[Noun]
editmak
1.kiss
[[Northern Kurdish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).
[Noun]
editmak ?
1.mother
[[Polish]]
ipa :/mak/[Etymology 1]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of McDonald's.
[Further reading]
edit
- mak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[[Scots]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English maken, from Old English macian.
[Verb]
editmak (third-person singular simple present maks, present participle makkin, simple past made or makkit, past participle made or makkit)
1.to make
Mony fowk drink tae mak thaimselves feel blithe. ― Many people drink to make themselves feel happy.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/mâk/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
[Noun]
editmȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏к)
1.poppy
[[Slovak]]
ipa :/ˈmak/[Etymology]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
[Further reading]
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- mak in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
[Noun]
editmak m inan (genitive singular maku, nominative plural maky, genitive plural makov, declension pattern of dub)
1.poppy
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/mák/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *makъ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂kos.
[Further reading]
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- “mak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
[Noun]
editmȁk or mȃk m inan
1.poppy
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
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- kam
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish mak, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish adjective *maker (“easy, calm, fit, suiting, appropriate”), from Old Norse makr (“easy to deal with”).CognatesCognate with Icelandic makr, Old English gemæc, Danish mag, Middle Low German mak, German Gemach; also related to German verb machen (to make).
[Noun]
editmak n
1.a state of leisure; almost exclusively used in the expression:
i sakta mak ― slowly, without hurry
[References]
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- mak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- mak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from German Mark.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English mark.
[[West Frisian]]
[Adjective]
editmak
1.obedient
2.tame
[[Wutunhua]]
ipa :[mɐx][Etymology]
editBorrowed from Tibetan དམག (dmag).
[Noun]
editmak
1.soldier
gu mak dang-lio-de re.
He has [certainly] been a soldier.
(Quoted in Janhunen et al., p. 94)
[References]
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- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
[[Zhuang]]
ipa :/maːk˧˥/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Tai *ʰmaːkᴰ (“fruit”). Cognate with Thai หมาก (màak), Lao ໝາກ (māk), Lü ᦖᦱᧅ (ṁaak), Shan မၢၵ်ႇ (màak).
[Etymology 2]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 3]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Mak
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- AMK, KAM, KMA, kam
[Proper noun]
editMak (plural Maks)
1.A surname.
1.A surname from Chinese.
2.A surname from the Slavic languages.
1.A surname from Polish.
2.A surname from Ukrainian.A surname from Hungarian.
[See also]
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- Mac
- Mack
- Mc
[[Polish]]
ipa :/mak/[Etymology]
editFrom mak (“poppy”).
[Proper noun]
editMak m pers or f
1.a masculine surname
2.a feminine surname
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full
[[English]]
ipa :/fʊl/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa). See also fele.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English fullen (“to baptise”), fulwen, from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Middle English fullen (“to full”), from Middle French fouler, from Old French foler, fouler (“to tread, to stamp, to full”), from Medieval Latin fullare, from Latin fullo (“a fuller”).
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈfuʎ/[Etymology]
editInherited from Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French feuille, Spanish hoja, Italian foglio, Italian foglia (the latter from Latin folia, plural of folium). Doublet of the borrowing foli.
[Further reading]
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- “full” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editfull m (plural fulls)
1.sheet of paper
[[French]]
ipa :/ful/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English full.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English full house.
[Further reading]
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- “full”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English full house.
[Noun]
editfull m (invariable)
1.(card games, poker) full house, boat
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/fʉl/[Adjective]
editfull (neuter singular fullt, definite singular and plural fulle, comparative fullere, indefinite superlative fullest, definite superlative fulleste)
1.full (containing the maximum possible amount)
2.drunk
[Etymology]
editFrom Danish fuld, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include Swedish full, Norwegian Nynorsk full, Icelandic fullur, German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs) and πλέως (pléōs), Old Irish lán, and Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa).
[References]
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- “full” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[See also]
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- -full (Bokmål)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/fʊlː/[Adjective]
editfull (neuter singular fullt, definite singular and plural fulle, comparative fullare, indefinite superlative fullast, definite superlative fullaste)
1.full (containing the maximum possible amount)
Glaset er fullt. ― The glass is full.
2.drunk
Ho drakk seg full på raudvin. ― She got drunk on red wine.
3.complete, total
Han har full kontroll. ― He is in total control.
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include Danish fuld, Swedish full, Icelandic fullur, German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs) and πλέως (pléōs), Old Irish lán, and Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa).
[References]
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- “full” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/full/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *fullą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pēl(w)- (“a kind of vessel”). Akin to Old Saxon full (“beaker”), Old Norse full (“beaker, toast”).
[[Old Norse]]
[Adjective]
editfull
1.inflection of fullr:
1.strong feminine nominative singular
2.strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈful/[Further reading]
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- “full”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editfull m (plural full)
1.(poker) full house
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/fɵl/[Adjective]
editfull
1.full (containing the maximum possible amount)
2.drunk, intoxicated
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
[References]
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- full in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- full in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- full in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
[Synonyms]
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- alkoholpåverkad
- berusad
- drucken
- onykter
- redlös (very drunk)
- salongsberusad (tipsy)
- stupfull (very drunk)
- överförfriskad (too drunk)
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unparalleled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunparalleled (comparative more unparalleled, superlative most unparalleled)
1.Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison.
The candidate experienced unparalleled support in the last election.
2.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 23:
Experience had taught me, that woman's falsehood was no unparalleled marvel; but it had coupled with this conviction, that nothing in after life can atone for the bitterness of our first rude awakening.
3.1946 March and April, “Railway Maintenance and Safety”, in Railway Magazine, page 68:
Such equipment has had to bear the unparalleled stress of wartime operation without the maintenance and renewal it would have received under the far easier conditions of peacetime working.
[Alternative forms]
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- unparallelled (UK)
[Etymology]
editun- + paralleled
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ideation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- inodiate, iodinate, taenioid
[Etymology]
editFrom ideate + -ion.
[Noun]
editideation (countable and uncountable, plural ideations)English Wikipedia has an article on:Ideation (idea generation)Wikipedia
1.The conceptualization of a mental image.
suicidal ideation
2.2012, Jerf, comment on Hacker News:
Natural language is fuzzy mostly because human ideation is fuzzy.
3.May 30, 2023, Judge Robert L. Hinkle, Doe v. ladapo, Case No. 4:23cv114-RH-MAF, Federal District Court, Northern District of Florida:
And there are risks [to transgender children] to not using these [hormone therapy] treatments, including the risk - in some cases, the near certainty - of anxiety and depression and even suicidal ideation.
4.(often business) The synthesis of ideas.
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top-notch
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittop-notch (comparative more top-notch, superlative most top-notch)
1.Alternative form of top notch (“of the highest quality”)
2.2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian[1], London:
Received wisdom, in the US and the UK, remains that in a fracturing, splintering media landscape top-notch live sport remains one of the only types of content for which viewers will make an “appointment to view”.
3.2020 July 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railways that reach out over the waves”, in Rail, page 48:
North Pier is 1,450 feet long, 28 feet wide, and was designed by Eugenius Birch. It was built with promenading in mind and developed a reputation as a hub for top-notch entertainment.
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topnotch
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittopnotch (comparative more topnotch, superlative most topnotch)
1.Alternative form of top notch (“of the highest level”)
That was a topnotch performance!
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paramount
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpæɹəmaʊnt/[Adjective]
editparamount (not comparable)
1.(often postpositive) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
Synonym: utmost
Antonym: paravail
2.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC, page 68:
[…] a Traitor Paramount;
3.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 168:
Hitherto she had chiefly dwelt on her unkindness and neglect; but absence, like charity, covers a multitude of sins; and the thought now paramount was, that she should see her no more.
4.1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
5.Of the highest importance.
Synonyms: crucial, imperative; see also Thesaurus:important
Antonyms: see Thesaurus:insignificant
Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
6.(obsolete) Of a law, right, etc.: having precedence over or superior to another.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:superior
[Anagrams]
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- paranotum
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman paramont, paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par, per (“by”) + amont, amunt (“upward”).[1] Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”);[2] amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).[3]
[Further reading]
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- paramount (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “paramount”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “paramount”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- paramount at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editparamount (plural paramounts)
1.A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
2.(obsolete) A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.
[References]
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1. ^ “paramount, adj., n., and adv.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “paramount1, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
2. ^ Compare “per, prep.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “per, prep.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
3. ^ Compare “amount, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “amount, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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Paramount
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- paranotum
[Proper noun]
editParamount
1.A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Pare
[[Maori]]
[Proper noun]
editPare
1.a female given name, equivalent to English Polly
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caliber
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæl.ɪ.bə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- calibre (more common form in UK etc)
[Anagrams]
edit
- calibre
[Etymology]
editFrom French calibre (“bore of a gun, size, capacity (literally, and figuratively), also weight”), from Italian calibro.
[Further reading]
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- “caliber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “caliber”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
[Noun]
editcaliber (countable and uncountable, plural calibers) (British spelling, Australia, Canada, New Zealand)
1.Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
2.The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
3.A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.
4.Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.
5.(figuratively) Relative size, importance, magnitude.
6.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
A snort of about the calibre of an explosion in an ammunition dump escaped my late father's sister.
7.(figuratively) Capacity or compass of mind.
8.(dated) Degree of importance or station in society.
9.(horology) Movement of a timepiece.
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match-up
[[English]]
[Noun]
editmatch-up (plural match-ups)
1.Alternative spelling of matchup
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match up
[[English]]
[Verb]
editmatch up (third-person singular simple present matches up, present participle matching up, simple past and past participle matched up)
1.(intransitive) To be similar or the same.
Unfortunately, none of the numbers on my lottery ticket matched up with the ones drawn.
2.(transitive) To put together, or in a pair.
After matching up all the socks in the draw, I threw away those without a pair.
3.(transitive) To matchmake; to set up a romantic meeting between two people.
She thought James asked her on a date because he was interested in her, but it turned out he wanted to match her up with his brother.
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matchup
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editmatch + up, from the phrasal verb match up.
[Noun]
editmatchup (plural matchups)
1.A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition
2.1985, PC Mag, volume 4, number 14, page 51:
It's not an arcade game—there is no crack of the bat or roar of the crowd or even much in the way of a screen display—but for the true fan, there is the excitement of mathematically structured matchups of real current and past teams with a more-than-passing resemblance to real-life outcomes.
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match
[[English]]
ipa :/mæt͡ʃ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English macche, mecche (“wick (of a candle)”), from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “lamp wick”).
[[French]]
ipa :/matʃ/[Etymology]
editFrom English match.
[Further reading]
edit
- “match”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editmatch m (plural matches or matchs)
1.(sports) match, game
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈmɛt͡ʃ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English match.
[Noun]
editmatch m (invariable)
1.match (sports event)
2.horserace (involving only two horses)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
editmatch
1.imperative of matche
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈmat͡ʃ/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English match.
[Noun]
editmatch m (plural matches)
1.game, match (sporting event)
2.2003, Éduard Efimovich Gufel'd, Efim Markovič Lazarev, El Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez :
El match quedó programado para 1978 en la ciudad de Baguio City, un centro turístico de montaña
3.match (act of matching)
Hice match con un pibón en Tinder
I got a match with a hotty on Tinder.
4.2018, Fernando del Solar, ¡Arriba los corazones! :
Se creía la última Coca Cola del desierto, todos eran menos y fue cuando yo ya no empecé a hacer match con él —señala tajante Maru, quien vivió en carne propia los cambios de Fernando a nivel familiar y laboral.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/matːɕ/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English match.
[Noun]
editmatch c
1.match (competitive event)
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Prague
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɑːɡ/[Anagrams]
edit
- gear up, upgear
[Etymology]
editFrom German Prag or Czech Praha. Earlier origin is contested; compare Czech pražiti (“(land cleared by) burning”) or práh (“threshold”).
[Proper noun]
editPrague
1.The capital city of the Czech Republic; former capital of Czechoslovakia; former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
2.(metonymically) The Czech government.
[References]
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1. ^ Thomas Baldwin. (1851). A Vocabulary of Geographical Pronunciation, p. 37; William S. Walsh. (1890). "Books and Literature" in The Illustrated American, Vol. 4, p. 370.
2. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Prague”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁaɡ/[Anagrams]
edit
- purgea
[Proper noun]
editPrague f
1.Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
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parlay
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɑːleɪ/[Etymology]
editThe verb is derived from paroli (“cumulative bet in card games”), possibly modified under the influence of French parler (“to speak, talk”).[1] Paroli is derived from French paroli (“double stake”), from Italian paroli, plural of parolo (first-person singular present indicative of parare (“to protect or shield (from); to prepare”), from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō (“to arrange, prepare; to furnish, provide”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”)) + Italian -lo (suffix meaning ‘it; this or that thing’).[2]The noun is derived from the verb.[3]
[Further reading]
edit
- parlay (gambling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- parlay (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editparlay (plural parlays)
1.(originally US, gambling) A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator. [from early 20th c.]
2.1947, William Wister Haines, Command Decision: Play in Three Acts, acting edition, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, published 1974, →OCLC, Act I, page 17:
GARNETT. (Sharply.) Would someone mind telling a visitor the details of this Operation Snitch? / DENNIS. Kind of a three-horse-parlay, Cliff: Posenleben, Schweinhafen … (Eyes Prescott and Jenks.) And one other.
3.1955 March 14, Michael Musmanno, Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, “Appendix: Dissenting Opinion of Musmanno, J., of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania”, in In the Supreme Court of the United States: No. 111: October Term, 1955. Isaac Chaitt, Petitioner, v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent. Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Appendix, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lemuel B. Schofield, attorney for petitioner, page 52:
They heard the placing of bets of $1, $2 and $3 and $5 "round robin parlays" on horses with names such as Ham Bone, Little Colleen, Miss Ellaneous, Fighting Thru, Papa Charlie, Dandy Foot, William Tell, Knot Hole, Betsy Marie, Poocha and Under the Rug.
4.1973 October 1, Frank Holt, Associate Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, “Appendix A: [...] Claude Earl Flaherty and Gene Whipple, Appellants v. State of Arksansas, Appellee”, in In the Supreme Court of the United States: October Term, 1973: Claude Earl Flaherty and Gene Whipple, Petitioners, v. State of Arkansas, Respondent. Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arkansas, Fort Smith, Ark.: Franklin Wilder, counsel for petitioners, published 1973, page 21:
The officer's affidavit was to the effect that he and another officer had made "extensive investigation of gambling operations" locally; he had information that a local printing company "printed parlay cards which were being used for betting on college and professional football games;" [...]
5.2005 March, David Sklansky, “Mathematics of Parlays”, in Getting the Best of It, Las Vegas, Nev.: Two Plus Two Publishing, →ISBN, part 1 (Probability: The Mathematics of Gambling), page 17:
One of the most common and important types of probability problems is what gamblers call "parlays." When you bet a parlay, you are betting on the outcome of two or more events with the stipulation that all of your selection must be right in order for you to win. [...] Most gamblers think solely of sporting events when they think of parlays. Actually, any time you figure the probability that all of a number of events (each with its own separate probability) will occur you are figuring a parlay.
[References]
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1. ^ “parlay, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2005; “parlay, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
2. ^ “paroli, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2005; “paroli, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
3. ^ “parlay, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2005; “parlay, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Verb]
editparlay (third-person singular simple present parlays, present participle parlaying, simple past and past participle parlayed)
1.(transitive, intransitive, gambling) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers. [from early 19th c.]
2.(transitive, by extension) To increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner.
Shall we parlay the value of our products?
3.(transitive, by extension, generally) To convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better.
4.1957 October 5, W[ilfred] C[harles] Heinz, “Battler from the Backwoods”, in Ben Hibbs, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 230, number 14, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 71, column 2:
They believe that if [Roy] Harris can maintain his standing among the leading heavyweights, they can parlay this rating with Texas enthusiasm and oil money into enticing Floyd Patterson into coming down and defending his heavyweight title against Roy.
5.1968, Wayne Wilcox, “China’s Strategic Alternatives in South Asia”, in Tang Tsou, editor, China’s Policies in Asia and America’s Alternatives (China in Crisis; 2), Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, published 1969, →ISBN, page 408:
K[avalam] M[adhava] Panikkar's concept of Indian Ocean regional security, the Indian-inspired Colombo Plan, [Jawaharlal] Nehru's architectonic role in the creation of the Nasser–Nehru–Tito neutralist axis and the Bandung gambit of legitimizing China's entry into the constraints of the comity of nations were efforts to parlay general Indian weakness into strength, its positions of regional strength into hegemony, and resultant regional hegemony into parity with China in a peace of peers.
6.1984, Laurel Herbenar Bossen, “Appendix One: Historical Background of Guatemala”, in The Redivision of Labor: Women and Economic Choice in Four Guatemalan Communities (SUNY Series in the Anthropology of Work), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 321:
Guatemala has remained a society organized to harness an impoverished, segmented rural labor force for the production of exports that a small landowning elite, in partnership with foreign commercial interests, parlays into profit in world markets.
7.1994, Elizabeth A. Fay, “Romancing the Heroine, Reading the Self: Same Difference”, in Donaldo Macedo, editor, Eminent Rhetoric: Language, Gender, and Cultural Tropes (Series in Language and Ideology), Westport, Conn.; London: Bergin & Garvey, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 77:
[Oliver] Stone's vision, to decode the top secret message hidden in the CIA archives, parlays conspiracy theory onto screen memory, and as he clearly hopes, into history.
8.2002 April 19, Scott Tobias, “Fightville”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2019:
[Petra] Epperlein and [Michael] Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who's looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange.
9.2013 October, Donna Kauffman, “Where There’s Smoke …”, in The Sugar Cookie Sweetheart Swap, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 3, page 67:
She knew she should put off thinking about starting up anything until after finishing her cookie column commitment … and figuring out how to parlay that into a job that would carry her into the new year and beyond.
10.2019 June 1, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 January 2019:
[Mike] Skinner retired the Streets in 2011 after five albums that successfully parlayed UK garage to Oasis fans (and everyone else), earning much adulation, a No 1 – Dry Your Eyes, from 2004's A Grand Don't Come for Free – and the counterweight of occupational hazards.
11.(intransitive) Alternative spelling of parley (“to have a discussion, especially one between enemies”)
12.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “Springing a Mine”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, page 527:
"That is droll. Listen yet one time. You are very spiritual. Can you make a honorable lady of Her?" / "Don't be so malicious," says Mr. Bucket. / "Or a haughty gentleman of Him?" cries Madamoiselle, referring to Sir Leicester with ineffable disdain. "Eh! O then regard him! The poor infant! Ha! ha! ha!" / "Come, come, why this is worse Parlaying than the other," says Mr. Bucket. "Come along!"
13.1865, Robert Hunt, compiler and editor, “Tom the Giant—His Wife Jane, and Jack the Tinkeard, as Told by the ‘Drolls’”, in Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall (First Series), London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 45:
Jack "parlayed" with them until he had completed his task, and then he closed the gate in their faces.
[[Quechua]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Spanish parlar.
[Noun]
editparlay
1.speech, language
Synonym: simi
[Verb]
editparlay
1.(transitive, intransitive) to speak, converse, talk
Synonym: rimay
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lentil
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɛntəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse, Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros) and Lithuanian lęšis. Doublet of lenticula.
[Noun]
editlentil (plural lentils)
1.Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
2.The seed of these plants, used as food.
make a lentil stew
a lentil salad
[See also]
edit
- split pea
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editlentil
1.Alternative form of lentile
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shepherd
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃɛpɚd/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).
[Noun]
editshepherd (plural shepherds, feminine shepherdess)
1.A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
Synonym: pastor (now rare)
Hyponym: shepherdess (f.)
2.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
1.A male sheep tender
Coordinate term: shepherdess (f.)(figuratively) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
Hyponym: shepherdess (f.)
- 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James), Psalms 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1.A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
Coordinate term: shepherdess (f.)(figuratively) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
Hyponym: shepherdess (f.)
1.A male pastor
Coordinate term: shepherdess (f.)(poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.A German Shepherd.
- 2022 May 19, James Verini, “Surviving the Siege of Kharkiv”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights. A nervous shepherd mix barked at me as a woman tried to calm it. When my eyes adjusted, I saw people in corners.
[Verb]
editshepherd (third-person singular simple present shepherds, present participle shepherding, simple past and past participle shepherded)
1.(transitive) To watch over; to guide.
2.2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page viii:
Each entry in this volume was assigned to a different preeminent scholar who was responsible for shepherding that specific entry, and that specific entry alone, into being.
3.(transitive, Australian rules football) To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
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[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Shepard, Shephard, Sheppard, Shepperd
[Etymology]
editFrom shepherd.
[Proper noun]
editShepherd (countable and uncountable, plural Shepherds)
1.An English surname originating as an occupation.
2.A male given name
3.A number of places in the United States:
1.An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
2.A village in Isabella County, Michigan.
3.A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana.
4.A city in San Jacinto County, Texas.
[See also]
edit
- Shepard
- Sheperd
- Shephard
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quip
[[English]]
ipa :/kwɪp/[Anagrams]
edit
- Puqi
[Etymology]
editPerhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).
[Noun]
editquip (plural quips)
1.A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
2.1645, John Milton, L'Allegro:
Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
3.1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Death of the Old Year”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
He was full of joke and jest, / But all his merry quips are o'er.
4.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
He wrote it down, remembering a quip of Pym's, paraphrased from Clemenceau: "Military intelligence has as much to do with intelligence as military music has to do with music.”
5.2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
Nobody could ever be bothered to imagine the Sand Snakes beyond personalized weaponry and fake-aggressive quips, none of which were very convincing, and now they don’t even register as dead weight.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:joke
[Verb]
editquip (third-person singular simple present quips, present participle quipping, simple past and past participle quipped)
1.(intransitive) To make a quip.
2.2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in AV Club[2]:
In an eerily prescient bit, Kent Brockman laughingly quips that if seventy degree weather in the winter is the Gashouse Effect in action, he doesn’t mind one bit.
3.(transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
4.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
the more he laughs, and does her closely quip
5.1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman:
He did not really mind being quipped; the city gentlemen made him used to that sort of thing.
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crumble
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɹʌmbəl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- crimble (dialectal)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Clumber
[Etymology]
editFrom earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.
[Further reading]
edit
- crumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editcrumble (countable and uncountable, plural crumbles)
1.
2. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
blackberry and apple crumble
Synonyms: crisp, crunch
[Verb]
editcrumble (third-person singular simple present crumbles, present participle crumbling, simple past and past participle crumbled)
1.(intransitive, often figuratively) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.
2.1978, Dino Fekaris; Freddie Perren (lyrics and music), “I Will Survive”, in Love Tracks, performed by Gloria Gaynor:
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? / Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?
3.2012 April 4, Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game ...”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
In 1989, as communism was beginning to crumble across Eastern Europe, just a few months before protesters started pecking away at the Berlin Wall, the Japanese game-making giant Nintendo reached across the world to unleash upon America its own version of freedom.
4.(transitive) To break into crumbs.
We crumbled some bread into the water.
5.(transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.
Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.
[[French]]
ipa :/kʁœm.bœl/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English crumble.
[Noun]
editcrumble m (plural crumbles)
1.(France) crumble (dessert)
Synonym: croustade
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editcrumble m (plural crumbles)
1.crumble
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/[Noun]
editcrumbling (plural crumblings)
1.Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
2.1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:
Blank I call it, but it was figured over with the patches that please a painter, repaired breaches, crumblings of plaster, extrusions of brick that had turned pink with time […]
[Verb]
editcrumbling
1.present participle and gerund of crumble
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upside
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʌpˌsaɪd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- up-side
[Noun]
editupside (plural upsides)
1.The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
2.A favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect.
Antonym: downside
3.2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight:
The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.
4.(finance) An upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.
Antonym: downside
[Preposition]
editupside
1.(informal) On the top of.
2.2002, Pamela Duncan, Moon Women:
Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.
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fallen
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɔːlən/[Adjective]
editfallen (not generally comparable, comparative more fallen, superlative most fallen)
1.Having dropped by the force of gravity.
fallen raindrops
2.(literary) Killed in battle.
to honor fallen soldiers
3.Having lost one's chastity.
a fallen woman
4.1964, Katharine Hillyer, Mark Twain, Young Reporter in Virginia City: The Racy, Rollicking Adventures of a Great Author in the Gamiest, Richest, Mightiest Town in All the Frontier West!:
Madam Julia was the town's ranking prostitute; virtuous female society demanded that they not suffer the unbearable pain of looking at, and being in company with, a fallen woman— one of the happiest, fallenest women in history, by the way.
5.1991, Kelly Walsh, Nightshades and Orchids, →ISBN:
"You make yourself out to be the fallenest of fallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman […]
6.Having collapsed.
a fallen building
7.Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
8.1913, John Bigelow, Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871, page 397:
That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]
[Antonyms]
edit
- (having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.): arisen
[Etymology]
editMorphologically fall + -en.
[Noun]
editfallen (plural fallen)
1.(plural only) The dead.
2.(plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
3.(countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.
4.1873, James Strong, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature, volume 5:
In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (having collapsed): collapsed
[Verb]
editfallen
1.past participle of fall
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
editfallen
1.third-person plural present indicative form of fallar
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈfaln̩/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German vallen, from Old High German fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Akin to Low German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall, Danish falde, Dutch falla.
[Further reading]
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- “fallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fallen” in Duden online
- “fallen” in OpenThesaurus.de
[Synonyms]
edit
- (die in a war): im Feld bleiben
[Verb]
editfallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt, past tense fiel, past participle gefallen, auxiliary sein)
1.(intransitive) to fall; to drop
2.1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:
Das Programm fiel ihr aus der Hand.
The programme fell from her hand.
Der Regen fiel wie aus Eimern.
It rained cats and dogs. (literally: 'The rain fell as if out of buckets.')
Sie fiel zu Boden.
She fell to the floor.
3.(intransitive, military) to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
4.1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:
Bei einem Patrouillenritt, zu dem er sich freiwillig gemeldet, war der älteste der Enkel gefallen. Ruhte nun fern in Feindesland.
On a patrolling ride, for which he had volunteered, the oldest of the grandchildren had died. Rested now far away in enemy country.
5.(intransitive) to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.
Das Römische Reich fiel auf Grund der Völkerwanderung.
The Roman Empire was overthrown by the consequences of the Migration period.
6.(intransitive) to become lower, to decrease, to decline
Zur Zeit der Finanzkrise fielen viele Aktienkurse um zahlreiche Prozentpunkte.
During the banking scandal many stock prices decreased by a large percentage.
[[Low German]]
ipa :/ˈfalːn̩/[Alternative forms]
edit
- vallen (New Saxon Spelling)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German vallen, from Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.
[Verb]
editfallen (past singular full, past participle fullen, auxiliary verb wesen)
1.(ergative) to fall, tumble
de Avend fallt ― the evening falls
in Slaap fallen ― to fall asleep
2.to happen
dat is op düssen Dag fullen ― that happened on that day
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈfalən/[Alternative forms]
edit
- fellen
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English feallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. Weak forms are due to the conflation of this verb with fellen (“to fell”) in some dialects.
[Verb]
editfallen
1.to fall
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editfallen (neuter singular fallent, definite singular and plural falne)
1.fallen
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb falle.
[References]
edit
- “fallen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editfallen (neuter singular falle, definite singular and plural falne)
1.fallen
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb falle.
[References]
edit
- “fallen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editfallen
1.inflection of fallar:
1.third-person plural present subjunctive
2.third-person plural imperativethird-person plural present indicative of fallir
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editfallen
1.fallen
en fallen ängel ― a fallen angel
fallna äpplen ― fallen apples
[Anagrams]
edit
- fallne
[Etymology]
editpast participle of falla.
[Noun]
editfallen
1. definite plural of fall
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fallen on hard times
[[English]]
[Verb]
editfallen on hard times
1.past participle of fall on hard times
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fall on hard times
[[English]]
[Verb]
editfall on hard times (third-person singular simple present falls on hard times, present participle falling on hard times, simple past fell on hard times, past participle fallen on hard times)
1.To experience a difficult period, especially financially.
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chipper
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈt͡ʃɪpɚ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom English dialectal kipper (“nimble; frisky”), of obscure origin. Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt (“briskly; impetuously”), kippa ("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen (“to seize”)), kipra (“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp (“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.
[Etymology 2]
editchip + -er
[Etymology 3]
editCompare cheep, chirp.
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admonition
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌædməˈnɪʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- domination
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.
[Noun]
editadmonition (plural admonitions)
1.Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
2.1892, Plato, Benjamin Jowett, transl., Laws (Plato):
But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:advice
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “admonition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editadmonition f (plural admonitions)
1.an admonition, a warning
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editadmonition c
1.an admonition, a warning
[Synonyms]
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- varning
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concoction
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈkɒkʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin concoctiō.
[Noun]
editconcoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)
1.The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
2.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178:
Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions.
3.A mixture prepared in such a way.
4.Something made up, an invention.
5.(obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
6.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “New York Review of Books”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 260:
[Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]
7.(obsolete, figuratively) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
8.1624, John Donne, Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: Printed by A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC; republished as Geoffrey Keynes, John Sparrow, editor, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: […], Cambridge: At the University Press, 1923, →OCLC:
At last , the physicians after a long and stormy voyage , see land ; they have so good signs of the concoction of the disease , as that they may safely proceed to purge .
9.(obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
10.(obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.
11.1631, Francis [Bacon], “9. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.kɔk.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin concoctiōnem.
[Further reading]
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- “concoction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editconcoction f (plural concoctions)
1.concoction (mixture)
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin concoctiōnem.
[Noun]
editconcoction f (plural concoctions)
1.concoction (mixture)
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coherent
[[English]]
ipa :/kəʊˈhɪə.ɹənt/[Adjective]
editcoherent (comparative more coherent, superlative most coherent)
1.Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
2.1909, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, chapter IV, in Orthodoxy:
These people professed that the universe was one coherent thing; but they were not fond of the universe.
3.1997, Bernard J. Baars, “Psychology in a World of Sentient, Self-Knowing Beings: A Modest Utopian Fantasy”, in Robert L. Solso, editor, Mind and Brain Sciences in the 21st Century, MIT Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 7:
A sentence like this one cannot be understood unless somehow we can store the underlined words for several seconds, while we wait for the rest of the sentence to arrive, with the information needed to complete a coherent thought.
4.2005, Tom Williamson, Sandlands: The Suffolk Coast and Heaths, Windgather, published 2005, →ISBN, page 15:
Anglia, is part of a wider phenomenon of the seventh century - the development of recognisable, coherent kingdoms from the fragmented tribal society which emerged from the ruins of Roman Britain.
5.2011, Claire Klein Datnow, Behind the Walled Garden of Apartheid: Growing Up White in Segregated South Africa, Media Mint Publishing, published 2011, →ISBN, page 124:
She intimidated me so much that I could hardly get out a coherent sentence in her presence.
6.Orderly, logical and consistent.
7.1904 December, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Second Stain”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
At present she is unable to give any coherent account of the past, and the doctors hold out no hopes of the reestablishment of her reason.
8.2007, Kenneth R. Hammond, Beyond Rationality: The Search for Wisdom in a Troubled Time, Oxford University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 108:
Perhaps Khrushchev did have a coherent plan in mind at the time he placed the nuclear missiles in Cuba.
9.2009, John Polkinghorne; Nicholas Beale, Questions of Truth: Fifty-One Responses to Questions about God, Science, and Belief, Westminster John Knox Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 23:
It will dissolve at death with the decay of the body, but it is a perfectly coherent belief that the faithful God will not allow it to be lost but will preserve it in the divine memory.
10.2009, Carrie Winstanley, Writing a Dissertation For Dummies[1], John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., published 2009, →ISBN:
Presenting a balanced and coherent argument is an important aspect of a nonempirical dissertation and you need to spend some time considering the most useful route through your argument.
11.2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us a glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56:
The underlying problem with transport policy is that there no coherent strategy. Ministers have tended to encourage greater use of motor vehicles through both transport and (particularly) planning policies, while simultaneously warning of the terrible consequences of unfettered growth of road use.
12.Aesthetically ordered.
13.Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
14.(physics) Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
15.(botany) Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
16.(mathematics, of a sheaf) Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space.
[Alternative forms]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:CoherenceWikipedia
- cohærent (archaic)
[Antonyms]
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- incoherent
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French coherent, from Latin cohaērēns, from co- + haereō. By surface analysis, cohere + -ent.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :-ent[Adjective]
editcoherent m or f (masculine and feminine plural coherents)
1.coherent
Antonym: incoherent
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin cohaerentem.
[Further reading]
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- “coherent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “coherent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “coherent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “coherent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editcohērent
1.third-person plural present active indicative of cohēreō
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editcoherent m or n (feminine singular coherentă, masculine plural coherenți, feminine and neuter plural coherente)
1.Alternative form of coerent
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laid-off
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editlaid-off (not comparable)
1.(of a bet, or an amount of money) Bet with another bookmaker to reduce risk.
2.(of an employee) Made unemployed or redundant.
[Anagrams]
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- offlaid
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veggie
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɛd͡ʒi/[Adjective]
editveggie (comparative more veggie, superlative most veggie)
1.(informal) Vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians
2.1985, Ellen Goodman, Keeping in touch:
One place was too crowded last time, another too expensive, a third she liked but he thought too "veggie."
3.2001 January 20, “Simplicity of Mennonite cookbook makes converts”, in Dallas Morning News:
Diet for a Small Planet was also popular at the time, but it was a little too 'veggie,' a little too new for some people.
4.2001 September 16, “Fighting cancer with a menu”, in Chicago Tribune:
The main courses are heavy on beans and may be too veggie for the typical meat eater to swallow but side dishes are less exotic and just as healthy ...
5.2004 September 1, “Pasta Thai a winner in new competition”, in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Journal-Sentinel:
Steven Beeson of Milwaukee won a blue ribbon with this very veggie entree
6.Vegetable-like, vegetal
7.1993 July 21, “Reading between the WINES”, in San Diego (California) Union-Tribune:
So we actually proved that the old folklore about a dense canopy leading to very veggie wines was true, Noble said.
8.2009 February 4, “The Edgy Veggie: Some greens with that candy bar?”, in Oakland (California) Tribune:
They're neither too sweet nor too veggie, but like the other bars, have more calories than a bucket of broccoli.
[Derived terms]
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- veggie burger
- veggieburger
[Etymology]
editClipping of vegetable and/or vegetarian + -ie.
[Noun]
editveggie (plural veggies)
1.(informal) A vegetable.
2.1931, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Yearbook of agriculture, page 13:
There was lots of rice, at least 20 different "veggies" and all kinds of soups.
3.1937, American cookery, volume 42, page 498:
and eight small dishes of 'veggies,' as we have taught our children lovingly to term that important item of food known as vegetables.
4.(informal) A vegetarian.
5.2018, Andrew Linzey; Clair Linzey, Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism:
Vegetarian/vegan meals at most colleges are only pretty average. They have a long way to go to provide nutritionally adequate and tasty food for veggies.
[Synonyms]
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- (vegetable): veg
- (vegetarian): veggo (Australian)edit
- (vegetarian): veggo (Australian)
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come off it
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editOriginally a British shortening of "come off the grass!", an older (originally American) phrase. Come off the grass!, which is roughly indicative of the speaker's disbelief, or that the speaker believes that the one being spoken to needs to face reality, is ultimately a play on the oft-seen phrase on signs in places such as public parks: "keep off the grass".
[Interjection]
editcome off it
1.An expression of disbelief.
Come off it, mate! You can't be serious.
[Synonyms]
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- come on, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
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