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diurnal
[[English]]
ipa :/daɪˈɜːnəl/[Adjective]
editdiurnal (comparative more diurnal, superlative most diurnal)
1.Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
Most birds are diurnal.
2.1972, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind, Volume 1[1]:
However, in general, lizards are more diurnal than rattlers, which may be one of the reasons why young rattlers are more diurnal than adults.
3.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring / Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring.
4.(botany) Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.
5.Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset; circadian.
6.(uncommon) Done once every day; daily, quotidian.
7.(archaic) Published daily.
[Antonyms]
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- (happening or active during the day): nocturnal, nightly
- (active or open during the day): nocturnal
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”). Doublet of journal.
[Noun]
editdiurnal (plural diurnals)
1.A flower that opens only in the day.
2.(Catholicism) A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.
3.(archaic) A diary or journal.
4.1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2:
He was by birth, some authors write, / A Russian, some a Muscovite, / And 'mong the Cossacks had been bred, / Of whom we in diurnals read.
5.(archaic) A daily news publication.
[Synonyms]
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- (having a daily cycle): circadian (biology)
[[French]]
[Further reading]
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- “diurnal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editdiurnal m (plural diurnaux)
1.diurnal (book)
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editdiurnal m or n (feminine singular diurnală, masculine plural diurnali, feminine and neuter plural diurnale)
1.diurnal
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French diurnal or Latin diurnalis.
[Noun]
editdiurnal n (plural diurnale)
1.diurnal
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memory
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/[Alternative forms]
edit
- memorie (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English mimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English ġemynd.
[Noun]
editmemory (countable and uncountable, plural memories)
1.(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.
Synonym: recall
Memory is a facility common to all animals.
2.A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
Synonyms: recall, recollection
I have no memory of that event.
My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
3.(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
Synonym: (dated) core
This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
4.1987 July 27, Jerry Pournelle, “Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full”, in InfoWorld, volume 9, number 30, InfoWorld Media Group Inc, page 46:
My first microcomputer had 12K of memory. When I expanded to a full 64K, I thought I had all the memory I'd ever need. Hah. I know better now.
5.The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
in recent memory
in living memory
6.(attributive, of a material) Which returns to its original shape when heated
memory metal
memory plastic
7.(obsolete) A memorial.
8.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
These weeds are memories of those worser hours.
9.Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
10.2010 July 30, Paula Schwartz, “Lyndsea Cochrane and Ethan Cherkasky”, in The New York Times[1]:
After he saw her a few more times, Mr. Cherkasky asked Ms. Cochrane out on a date in May 2008 to Central Park. He brought along some games to break the ice, and Ms. Cochrane brought cupcakes. They found a quiet place to sit and played Memory and Yahtzee, both of which were new to Ms. Cochrane.
11.2010, Jason Fincanon, “Advergaming and Applications”, in Flash Advertising: Flash Platform Development of Microsites, Advergames and Branded Applications, Burlington, MA: Focal Press, →ISBN, page 183:
One example of that would be a memory game that I originally worked on with a friend of mine at Ovrflo Media some time ago. If you aren't familiar with the game of memory, it's a matching game where you are presented with several cards in the facedown position.
12.(zoology, collective, rare) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
[See also]
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- memory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- remember
- mnemonics
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memory leak
[[English]]
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:memory leakWikipedia memory leak (plural memory leaks)
1.(computing) Any of several faults in a computer's or program's memory allocation logic whereby parts of memory become unusable or hidden.
I tracked down my program's memory leak to a function that didn't release graphics resources properly.
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leakage
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/[Etymology]
editleak + -age
[Noun]
editleakage (countable and uncountable, plural leakages)
1.An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
2.The amount lost due to a leak.
3.An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
4.Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.
5.(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
6.(economics) The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.
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rogue
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹəʊ̯ɡ/[Adjective]
editrogue (comparative more rogue, superlative most rogue)
1.(of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.
2.(by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.
3.(by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.
4.2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
In the minds of Republican hard-liners, the "Silent Majority" of Americans who had elected the President, and even Nixon's two Democrat predecessors, China was a gigantic nuke-wielding rogue state prepared to overrun the free world at any moment.
5.Mischievous, unpredictable.
6.2013 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.
[Anagrams]
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- orgue, rouge
[Derived terms]
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- go rogue
- rogue elephant
- rogues' gallery
- rogue state
- rogue trader
- rogue wave
- roguish
[Etymology]
editUncertain. From either:
- Earlier English roger (“a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge”), possibly from Latin rogō (“I ask”).
- Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre (“aggressive”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”), though OED does not document this.
- Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty”).
[Noun]
editrogue (plural rogues)
1.A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
2.1834, Sir Walter Scott, The abbott: being a sequel to The monastery, Volume 19[1]:
And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing […]
3.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 44, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
He had told more lies in his time, and undergone more baseness of stratagem in order to stave off a small debt, or to swindle a poor creditor, than would have sufficed to make a fortune for a braver rogue.
4.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[2]:
“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”
5.2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club[3]:
As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain—not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series.
6.A mischievous scamp.
7.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!
8.A vagrant.
9.(computing) Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.
10.2009 October 29, Larry Seltzer, “Scareware Tops Microsoft's Malware List”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
An entry in the Microsoft Malware Protection Center's Threat Research & Response Blog shows that rogue AV, also known as scareware, is ruling the malware roost, as 6 top of the 10 malicious programs removed by the MSRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool) in the US in October were 'rogues'.
11.2013 October 31, “Windows PUPs: how do I remove potentially unwanted programs?”, in The Guardian:
Next, click the "Installed on" heading in the Windows 7 uninstaller to sort the list by date, and see if any programs have the same date and time stamps as your rogues.
12.2014 August 20, Ian Barker, “Microsoft detects fall in fake antivirus traffic”, in BetaNews:
Now though researchers at Microsoft's Malware Protection Center are reporting a downward trend in the traffic generated by some of the most popular rogues over the past 12 months.
13.An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
14.A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
15.2000 Carol Deppe, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, Totnes: Chelsea Green Pub.
Maintaining varieties also requires selection, however. It's usually referred to as culling or roguing. ...we examine the [plant] population and eliminate the occasional rogue.
16.(role-playing games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
[References]
edit“rogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
[See also]
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- rouge the shade of red
[Synonyms]
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- See Thesaurus:villain
[Verb]
editrogue (third-person singular simple present rogues, present participle roguing or rogueing, simple past and past participle rogued)
1.(horticulture) To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
2.2000 Carol Deppe, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, Totnes: Chelsea Green Pub.
Maintaining varieties also requires selection, however. It's usually referred to as culling or roguing. ...we examine the [plant] population and eliminate the occasional rogue.
3.(transitive, dated) To cheat.
4.1883, Prairie Farmer, volume 55, page 29:
And then to think that Mark should have rogued me of five shiners! He was clever—that's a fact.
5.(obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
6.1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
he Atheists may endeavour to rogue and ridicule all incorporeal Substance
7.(intransitive, obsolete) To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
8.1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
if hee be but once so taken idlely roguing
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁɔɡ/[Etymology 1]
editAttested since the 18th century. From Middle French *rogue, of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), itself possibly from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“spawn, frogspawn”). The immediate source is either Dutch roge or Old Norse hrogn. The late attestation speaks for Dutch origin. However, the Trésor de la langue française says the word is especially Norman, which makes Old Norse origin plausible. Cognate with English roe, which see.
[Etymology 2]
editInherited from Middle French rogue, from Old French rogre (“haughty; aggressive; exhilarated”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess; insolence”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”). Cognate with Icelandic hrokur (“arrogance”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “rogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
editrogue m or f (plural rogues)
1.arrogant; haughty
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French rogre (“haughty; aggressive; exhilarated”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess; insolence”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”). Cognate with Icelandic hrokur (“arrogance”).
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editrogue
1.inflection of rogar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
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fraudulently
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editfraudulently (comparative more fraudulently, superlative most fraudulently)
1.In a fraudulent manner.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English fraudulently; equivalent to fraudulent + -ly.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈfrau̯diu̯lɛntliː/[Adverb]
editfraudulently
1.fraudulently, deceptively
[Alternative forms]
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- fraudulentlye, fraudulentlie, fraudelently, fraudilentli
[Etymology]
editFrom fraudulent + -ly.
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sovereign
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɒv.ɹɪn/[Adjective]
editsovereign (comparative more sovereign, superlative most sovereign)
1.Exercising power of rule.
sovereign nation
2.Exceptional in quality.
Her voice was her sovereign talent.
3.(now rare, pharmacology) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
4.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
The ſoueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaine
She pownded ſmall, and did in peeces bruze,
And then atweene her lilly handes twaine,
Into his wound the iuyce thereof did ſcruze […]
5.1876, John Davies, “[Tobacco.]”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Edited, with Memorial-Introduction and Notes, by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes (Early English Poets), volume II, London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, →OCLC, page 226:
Homer of Moly and Nepenthe singes:
Moly, the gods most soveraigne hearbe divine.
Nepenth Hellen's drink, which gladnes brings,—
Hart's greife repells, and doth ye witts refine.
6.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
a sovereign remedy
7.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.
8.1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 297:
In Spain people still bathe in the sea or roll naked in the dew of the meadows on St. John’s Eve, believing that this is a sovereign preservative against diseases of the skin.
9.Having supreme, ultimate power.
Gentlemen, may I introduce Her Royal Highness, the Sovereign and Most Imperial Majesty, Empress Elizabeth of Vicron.
10.1972, Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert (lyrics and music), “Keeper of the Castle”, performed by The Four Tops:
You're the keeper of the castle
So be a father to your children
The provider of all their daily needs
Like a sovereign Lord protector
Be their destiny's director
And they'll do well to follow where you lead.
11.Princely; royal.
12.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
You pity not the state, nor the remembrance of his most sovereign name.
13.Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
14.1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
[Alternative forms]
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- soveraign, soveraigne (archaic)
- sovran (archaic)
- sovring, sovrin (pronunciation spelling)
[Anagrams]
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- Rovignese, virogenes
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverain), from Vulgar Latin *superānus (compare Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (“above”). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Doublet of soprano, from the same Latin root via Italian. See also suzerain, foreign.
[Noun]
editsovereign (plural sovereigns)A sovereign
1.A monarch; the ruler of a country.
2.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto)[1], London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det
To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt,
Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt.
3.1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 242-249:
Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime,
Said then the lost Archangel, this the seat
That we must change for Heaven?, this mournful gloom
For that celestial light? Be it so, since hee
Who now is Sovran can dispose and bid
What shall be right : fardest from him is best
Whom reason hath equald, force hath made supream
Above his equals. […]
4.1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
No question is to be made but that the bed of the Missisippi[sic] belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation.
5.One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
1.Short for sovereign citizen.A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+1⁄3 standard bottles.Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.(UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- 2004, December 11, "Birkenhead, Merseyside" BBC Voices recording (0:06:52)
No, someone who wears loads of sovereigns as well loads of gold and has uh a curly perm and peroxide blonde hair, orange, orange sunbed skin and a fringe like this blow-dried to death, that’s a ‘scally’.
- 2011 July 1, Caroline Davies, “Harrods 'ladies' code' drives out sales assistant”, in The Guardian[2]:
No visible tattoos, sovereigns, mismatched jewellery, scrunchies, large clips or hoop earrings.
[Synonyms]
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- autonomous
- supreme
[Verb]
editsovereign (third-person singular simple present sovereigns, present participle sovereigning, simple past and past participle sovereigned)
1.(transitive) To rule over as a sovereign.
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sovereign wealth fund
[[English]]
[Noun]
editsovereign wealth fund (plural sovereign wealth funds)
1.A state-owned investment fund investing in real and financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, etc.
Synonym: SWF
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break down
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbreak down (plural break downs)
1.Misspelling of breakdown.
[See also]
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- melt down
[Verb]
editbreak down (third-person singular simple present breaks down, present participle breaking down, simple past broke down, past participle broken down or (informal) broke down)
1.(intransitive) To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle)
I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
2.(intransitive) To collapse, physically or in structure. (unexpectedly)
3.(intransitive) To demolish, to pull down. (intentionally)
4.(intransitive) To cease to function. (others)
5.(intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
Talks broke down between Prime Minister John Doe and the opposition party.
Relations broke down between Greece and Turkey.
6.(intransitive, idiomatic) To give in, relent, concede, or surrender.
Is it worth taking it to a repair shop, or should I just break down and buy a new one?
7.(ergative, figurative) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
She is back to work now, after she broke down the other day.
8.1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest, chapter 6:
Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
9.1936 Sept. 15, F. Scott Fitzgerald, letter to Beatrice Dance:
As to Ernest... He is quite as nervously broken down as I am but it manifests itself in different ways. His inclination is towards megalomania and mine towards melancholy.
10.(ergative, figurative) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
His authority and influence over his coordinates broke down gradually.
11.2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:
Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.
12.(ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
Leaves and grass will break down into compost faster if you keep them moist.
13.(ergative, figurative) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
If you don't understand, ask him to break down the numbers for you.
14.(ergative) To digest.
His stomach took a while to break down his food.
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break in
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- inbreak
[See also]
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- break and enter, breaking and entering
- break-in (noun)
- break into
- break out
- burn-in
[Verb]
editbreak in (third-person singular simple present breaks in, present participle breaking in, simple past broke in, past participle broken in)
1.(intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means.
Someone broke in and stole his radio.
2.2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 June 2013:
Thousands gathered at São Paulo’s main cathedral and made their way to the mayor’s office, where a small group smashed windows and tried to break in, forcing guards to withdraw.
3.(transitive, idiomatic) To cause (something, or someone, new) to function more naturally through use or wear
These shoes will be more comfortable after I have broken them in.
4.(transitive, idiomatic) Starting something brand new or at a new level.
He broke in with the New York Yankees.
5.(transitive, of a horse) To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.
6.1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC:
Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer of cavalry going out to the Crimean war. He said he quite enjoyed the training with all the other horses, trotting together, turning together, to the right hand or the left, halting at the word of command, or dashing forward at full speed at the sound of the trumpet or signal of the officer.
7.(transitive) To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower.
8.2002, Allison Moorer (lyrics and music), “Ruby Jewel Was Here”, in Miss Fortune:
While brothel patrons placed their bets / On who would be the first to break her in
9.(intransitive) To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking.
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break-in
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- inbreak
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase break in.
[Noun]
editbreak-in (plural break-ins)
1.The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.
There was a break-in at the shop; everything was taken.
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Break
[[German]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “Break” in Duden online
- “Break” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editBreak n (strong, genitive Breaks, plural Breaks)
1.(tennis) break
2.(snooker) break
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experiential
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛkˌspɪəɹiˈɛnʃəl/[Adjective]
editexperiential (comparative more experiential, superlative most experiential)
1.Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.
Atheists argue that there is no experiential confirmation for the existence of a god.
Each color has a unique experiential quality.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin experientiālis, from experientia + -ālis.[1][2]
[References]
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1. ^ “experiential”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
2. ^ “experiential”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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stamped
[[English]]
ipa :/stæmpt/[Anagrams]
edit
- adempts, dampest
[Verb]
editstamped
1.simple past and past participle of stamp
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stamp
[[English]]
ipa :/stæmp/[Anagrams]
edit
- tamps
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish stąpać (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step. Marks indicating that postage had been paid were originally made by stamping the item to be mailed; when affixed pieces of paper were introduced for this purpose, the term “stamp” was transferred to cover this new form.
[Noun]
editstamp (plural stamps)The first U.S. stamp
1.An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
2.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
3.An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
My passport has quite a collection of stamps.
4.A device for stamping designs.
She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.
5.A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here.
6.A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
These stamps have a Christmas theme.
7.(slang, figurative) A tattoo.
8.(slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
9.A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.
10.Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
the stamp of criminality
11.1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding:
It is trial and examination must give it price, and not any antique fashion; and though it be not yet current by the public stamp, yet it may, for all that, be as old as nature, and is certainly not the less genuine.
12.1863, Sporting Magazine, volume 42, page 290:
At a short distance from her were a pair of bathers of a very different stamp, if their operations deserved the name of bathing at all, viz., two girls on the confines of womanhood, presenting strong contrast to each other […]
13.1902 February 28, “The Horse in South Africa”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 26, page 828:
Now, the horses at that period were all of a sturdy stamp […]
[Related terms]
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- date stamp
- postage stamp
- rubber stamp
- stamp album
- stamp-collecting
- stamp duty
- stamping ground
- stamp of approval
- stamp out
- timestamp
[Synonyms]
edit
- (paper used to indicate payment has been paid): postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stampedit
- (pressing with the foot): stomp
- (mark by pressing quickly and heavily): emboss, dent
- (give an official marking to): impress, imprint
[Verb]
editstamp (third-person singular simple present stamps, present participle stamping, simple past and past participle stamped)
1.(intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The toddler screamed and stamped, but still got no candy.
2.(transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
3.2020, Salt Seno, translated by Amanda Haley, Heterogenia Linguistico: An Introduction to Interspecies Linguistics, page 40:
The native peoples with vocal cords located in the respiratory organs initiate simple communication with slimes by stamping their feet.
4.(transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
5.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First 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 I, scene iii]:
Vnder my feet I stampe thy Cardinalls Hat:
6.1697, Virgil, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
7.(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
8.(transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
The immigration officer stamped my passport.
9.(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.
I forgot to stamp this letter.
10.(transitive, figurative) To mark; to impress.
11.1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
, Book IV, Chapter X
God […] has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
12.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport[2]:
England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɑmp[Anagrams]
edit
- spamt
[Verb]
editstamp
1.inflection of stampen:
1.first-person singular present indicative
2.imperative
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :-am̥p[Noun]
editstamp
1.indefinite accusative singular of stampur
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editstamp
1.imperative of stampa
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/sdamp/[Etymology]
editFrom English stamp.
[Further reading]
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- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “stamp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
[Noun]
editstamp m or f (plural stampiau or stamps, not mutable)
1.stamp (for postage, validation on a document, evidence of payment, etc.)
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Stamp
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- tamps
[Proper noun]
editStamp (plural Stamps)
1.A surname.
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50028
indelible
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈdɛləbl/[Adjective]
editindelible (comparative more indelible, superlative most indelible)
1.Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
Synonym: unerasable
Antonyms: delible, uninsertable
This ink spot on the contract is indelible.
This stain on my shirt is indelible.
Written with indelible pen.
2.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 235:
The brow was smooth and fair; no deep thought, born of deep feeling, had grown there—those indelible lines which stamp even youth with age.
3.(figurative) Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.
Synonyms: unerasable, unforgettable
That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.
4.2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian[1]:
During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring.
5.2020 April 16, Patricia Cohen, “Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis”, in New York Times[2]:
An indelible image from the Great Depression features a well-dressed family seated with their dog in a comfy car, smiling down from an oversize billboard on weary souls standing in line at a relief agency.
6.Incapable of being annulled.
7.November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow
They are […] endued with indelible power from above.
[Antonyms]
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- delibility
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”).
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post-apocalyptic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpost-apocalyptic (comparative more post-apocalyptic, superlative most post-apocalyptic)
1.After the apocalypse.
2.Of or pertaining to a fiction genre dealing with the collapse of society.
Stephen King is an author of post-apocalyptic fiction.
[Etymology]
editpost- + apocalyptic
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nuclear
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈn(j)u.kli.ɚ/[Adjective]
editnuclear (not comparable)
1.Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom. [from 20th c.]
2.Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.]
a nuclear reactor
nuclear technology
3.Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]
a nuclear explosion
a nuclear power
4.(by extension, figurative, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action.
nuclear option, nuclear solution
5.2011, Todd Lipscomb, Re-Made in the USA, →ISBN:
The states begging for aid get turned away; and sharp cuts in government employment, spending, and, eventually, pension payments are the only alternative future, beyond the nuclear solution of defaulting on our debt.
6.2013, Erica Sadun, iOS Auto Layout Demystified, →ISBN, page 150:
The nuclear approach is the simpler of the two. When two constraints conflict, you can kill one of them.
7.2017 April 6, Mythili Sampathkumar, “Democrats filibuster forces Republicans to use 'nuclear option to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick”, in The Independent:
Republicans have taken the historic step of triggering the so-called "nuclear option" to change the rules of the Senate and push through Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, after Democrats blocked the nomination.
8.(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. [from 19th c.]
9.2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 17:
However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
10.(archaic) Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. [from 19th c.]
[Anagrams]
edit
- crenula, lucarne, unclear
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin nū̆cleus, a contraction of the adjective nuculeus, masculine of feminine nuculea (“pertaining to a small nut”) from nucula + adjectival suffix -eus, -ea, -eum. The Latin nucula + -āris adds up to nuculāris, a term that in English becomes nucular; the Latin nuculea + -āris, becomes Latin nuculeāris (“relative to what pertains to small nut”), later contracted into nuclear (English surface analysis, nucle(us) + -ar = nucle- + -ar). Compare muscle and Latin mūsculus; muscular and mūsculāris.
[Noun]
editnuclear (countable and uncountable, plural nuclears)
1.Nuclear power.
2.2015, Vital Signs Volume 22: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future, The Worldwatch Institute:
The growth in wind capacity at first lagged behind the expansion of nuclear installations, but then it started to grow faster and is now outpacing nuclear.
3.Nuclear weapon
4.1958, Foreign Relations of the United States (page 118):
Admiral Burke believed that we would be able to beat off an amphibious attack, even if staged in conjunction with heavy aerial bombing, long enough to refer back to Washington and obtain authorization to use nuclears.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/nu.kleˈa/[Adjective]
editnuclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural nuclears)
1.nuclear
[Further reading]
edit
- “nuclear” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nuclear”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “nuclear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nuclear” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
editnuclear m or f (plural nucleares)
1.nuclear
[Further reading]
edit
- “nuclear” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
[[Occitan]]
[Adjective]
editnuclear m (feminine singular nucleara, masculine plural nuclears, feminine plural nuclearas)
1.nuclear
[[Piedmontese]]
ipa :/nykleˈar/[Adjective]
editnuclear
1.nuclear
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/nu.kleˈaʁ/[Adjective]
editnuclear m or f (plural nucleares)
1.nuclear; central (to a centre around which something is developed or organised)
2.(biology) nuclear (relating to the nucleus of cells)
3.(physics) nuclear (relating to the nucleus of atoms)
4.nuclear (involving atomic energy or weapons)
[Further reading]
edit
- “nuclear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editnuclear m or n (feminine singular nucleară, masculine plural nucleari, feminine and neuter plural nucleare)
1.nuclear
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French nucléaire.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/nukleˈaɾ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Lucerna
[Etymology 1]
editFrom nucleo + -ar, ultimately from Latin nuculeus.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- “nuclear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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50031
unleashed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunleashed (not comparable)
1.Not leashed; without a leash on it.
2.2007, Karen Chavez, Best Hikes With Dogs: North Carolina, page 31:
Some trails are extremely narrow, and people might become easily intimidated by passing an unleashed dog in a confined space, especially a large, nosy dog.
3.(figurative) Freed from any restraint, physical or otherwise.
unleashed potential
[Alternative forms]
edit
- unleasht (obsolete, rare)
[Verb]
editunleashed
1.simple past and past participle of unleash
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50032
unleash
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈliʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Hulsean, unheals, unshale
[Etymology]
editun- + leash
[Verb]
editunleash (third-person singular simple present unleashes, present participle unleashing, simple past and past participle unleashed)
1.(transitive) To free from a leash, or as from a leash.
Antonyms: leash, leash up
He unleashed his dog in the park.
2.(figurative) To let go; to release.
He unleashed his fury.
3.2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport[1]:
As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.
4.2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58:
Storm Charlie had raged throught [sic] the night and was unleashing further gusts on the morning that RAIL was due to inspect a vegetation management project in Kent. Bit by bit, the train timetable unravelled. A trip beginning at Bradford-on-Avon belatedly reached Bath, but that turned out to be journey's end.
5.(figurative) To precipitate; to bring about.
6.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times[2]:
People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?
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50034
no wonder
[[English]]
[Noun]
editno wonder (uncountable)
1.Alternative form of small wonder
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50035
No
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editNo
1.(chemistry) nobelium.
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -on, ON, ON., on, on-
[Etymology 1]
editVariant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).
[Etymology 2]
editA macronless variant of Nō, the romanization of Japanese 能 (Nō, “[performing] skill, talent”).English Wikipedia has an article on:NohWikipedia
[Etymology 3]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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50036
NO
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editNO
1.(electronics, of a relay) Initialism of normally open.
[Anagrams]
edit
- -on, ON, ON., on, on-
[Proper noun]
editNO
1.(Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Novus Ordo.
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
editNO m (uncountable)
1.Abbreviation of nord-oest.
[[Dutch]]
[Noun]
editNO
1.Initialism of noordoost; NE.
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- on
[Noun]
editNO
1.NW; Abbreviation of nord-ouest.
[[German]]
[Noun]
editNO
1.Abbreviation of Nordost; northeast
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editNO m
1.Abbreviation of nordovest; northwest
[Proper noun]
editNO ?
1.Abbreviation of Novara (Italian town in Piemonte)
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
editNO m (uncountable)
1.Abbreviation of noroeste.
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editNO m
1.Abbreviation of noroeste; northwest
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -on, on
[Noun]
editNO
1.Abbreviation of naturorienterade ämnen. A collective name used in schools for natural sciences as school subjects.
Hyponyms: biologi (“biology”), fysik (“physics”), kemi (“chemistry”)
Coordinate term: SO
2.Abbreviation of nordost (“NE, north-east”).
Antonym: SV
Coordinate terms: SO, SV, NV
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50037
extinction
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- ctenitoxin
[Etymology]
editFrom late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Extinction (astronomy)Wikipedia extinction (countable and uncountable, plural extinctions)
1.The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
2.1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization[1], page 41:
Thirteen long centuries have elapsed since the extinction of the last Zoroastrian Empire […]
3.1955, A. W. Schorger, The Passenger Pigeon: Its Natural History and Extinction, →ISBN, page vii:
The extinction of a species once so numerous seemed incredible.
4.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
Dr. Manuel: You're wasting your time. The age of humanity is over. Our extinction is inevitable.
5.2012 January, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist[2], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 26 January 2012, page 70:
Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
6.2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw the extinction of intermediate stations in order to create the same sort of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultimate price.
7.2023 June 17, Severin Carrell, “Dancing Capercaillie bird makes a tentative comeback in Scotland”, in The Guardian[3]:
In Perthshire, the Aberdeenshire catchments of Deeside and Donside, in Moray and Nairnshire to the north-east, the populations are in low single figures, putting them on the brink of local extinction.
8.(astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
9.(pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
10.(psychology) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
[References]
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- “extinction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “extinction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛk.stɛ̃k.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin extinctiōnem.
[Further reading]
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- “extinction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editextinction f (plural extinctions)
1.extinction
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peril
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɛɹɪl/[Anagrams]
edit
- piler, plier, prile
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.
[Noun]
editperil (countable and uncountable, plural perils)
1.A situation of serious and immediate danger.
Your life is in peril.
2.Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)
3.(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
[Synonyms]
edit
- danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe
- See also Thesaurus:danger
[Verb]
editperil (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling or perilling, simple past and past participle periled or perilled)
1.(transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. [from 16th c.]
2.1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate:
And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
3.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈpɛril/[Alternative forms]
edit
- perile, periil, perel, peryle, pereyl, parelle, peryl, perell, perill, parell, pereil
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French peril, from Latin perīculum.
[Noun]
editperil (plural perilles)
1.Danger, risk, peril; something that is potentially harmful or risky:
1.A location where danger, risk, or peril is present or likely.
2.A thing or enterprise which creates peril; anything which creates or which is of peril.
3.Sinfulness; religious threat or danger.(Late Middle English) Bad fortune; unluckiness or mischance.
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin perīculum.
[Noun]
editperil m (oblique plural periz or perilz, nominative singular periz or perilz, nominative plural peril)
1.peril; hazard; danger
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péril
[[French]]
ipa :/pe.ʁil/[Anagrams]
edit
- piler, plier, repli
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old French peril, from Vulgar Latin *periclu(m), syncopated form of Latin perīculum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “péril”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editpéril m (plural périls)
1.peril, danger
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50042
deception
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈsɛpʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English decepcioun, from Old French decepcion, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive”).
[Noun]
editdeception (countable and uncountable, plural deceptions)
1.An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
deliberate deception
pure deception
She got the money out of the tourist by deception.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:deception
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50043
outfitted
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- fitted out
[Verb]
editoutfitted
1.simple past and past participle of outfit
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50044
outfit
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈaʊtfɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- fit out, fit-out, fitout
[Antonyms]
edit
- (statistics): infit
[Etymology]
editFrom out- + fit.
[Noun]
editoutfit (plural outfits)
1.A set of clothing (with accessories).
She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
2.2003, Jason Isbell, Outfit:
Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.
3.Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
4.Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
5.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: League of One Codex entry:
The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared.[...]Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League.
6.(informal) A business or firm.
Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?
7.(sports) A sports team.
8.2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport[1]:
With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.
9.(statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
10.(Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
11.1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin, page 56:
[…] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.
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- (set of clothing): getup
- kit
- rig
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- equip
- fit
[Verb]
editoutfit (third-person singular simple present outfits, present participle outfitting, simple past and past participle outfitted)
1.(transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.
The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
editoutfit m (plural outfits)
1.outfit (clothing)
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Alternative forms]
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- àutfīt
[Etymology]
editFrom English outfit.
[Noun]
editoutfit m (Cyrillic spelling оутфит)
1.(Croatia, Bosnia) outfit
[References]
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- “outfit” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editoutfit m (plural outfits)
1.outfit (clothing)
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[[German]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English outfit.
[Further reading]
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- “Outfit” in Duden online
- “Outfit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editOutfit n (strong, genitive Outfits, plural Outfits)
1.(clothing) outfit
Synonyms: Anziehsachen, Bekleidung, Gewand, Kleider, Kleidung, Klamotten
komplettes Jeans-Outfit
double denim
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[[English]]
ipa :/ɹiːˈvæmp/[Anagrams]
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- vamper
[Etymology]
editThe verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”).[1] The noun is derived from the verb.[2]
[Further reading]
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- revamp (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editrevamp (plural revamps)
1.An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision. [from mid 19th c.]
Synonym: revampment
a revamp of a website
2.1848 March, “Holden’s Review: The Family Joe Miller [book review]”, in Holden’s Dollar Magazine, volume I, number III, New York, N.Y.: Charles W. Holden, →OCLC, page 182:
The following appear rather like revamps of old versions absolutely than absolutely new jokes: […]
3.1884, Stephen Roper, “Steam-engine Economy”, in The Engineer’s Handy-book. Containing a Full Explanation of the Steam-engine Indicator, and Its Use and Advantages to Engineers and Steam Users. […], 7th edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: E. Claxton & Company, […], →OCLC, 4th part, page 326:
To be sure, there have been many innovations introduced in that time, but upon examination it will be discovered that, in nearly all cases, they were a revamp of things which had been used before, and abandoned for want of experience in their use and proper facilities for perfecting them.
4.1999, M. Petrick, J. Pellegrino, “An Assessment of Carbon Reduction Technology Opportunities in the Petroleum Refining Industry”, in Baldur Eliasson, Pierce Reimer, Alexander Wokaun, editors, Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, 30 August – 2 September 1988, Interlaken, Switzerland, Kidlington, Oxfordshire: Pergamon, Elsevier Science, →ISBN, page 929:
Major opportunities to reduce energy usage in the mid-term also exist through retrofitting and/or replacement of existing equipment nearing the end of its useful life and during major refinery revamps that are periodically undertaken to meet market/environmental dictates.
5.2007, Christopher Knowles, “The Amazons”, in Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes, San Francisco, Calif.: Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 163:
Sales still dwindled, so a revamp was ordered in 1969 to bring the character more in line with heroines in then-popular TV shows like The Avengers and The Mod Squad. The revamp was instigated by Justice League artist Mike Sekowsky, who had Wonder Woman renounce her powers so she could stay on Earth.
6.2007 April, Leon Ryan, “Motorola RAZR V3xx”, in Ismet Bachtiar, editor, GameAxis Unwired, Singapore: Hardware Zone, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84, column 4:
There is no denying that this RAZR model is leaps and bounds ahead of its older brethren. Welcomed updates and even revamps will certainly appeal well to the small following behind Motorola phones, although the lack of a really distinct "wow" factor will do little to convince Nokia regulars to jump ship.
7.2012, Gerald Jonker, Jan Harmsen, “Creating Design Solutions”, in Engineering for Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Sustainable Design, Amsterdam, Kidlington, Oxfordshire: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 67:
Also for new products, a revamp of an existing process to produce this new product is to be considered. Revamps are modifications of existing processes. Revamps are applicable to operations, equipment operation conditions, and also to input and output changes – applicable in all process industries.
8.2021 January 13, Richard Clinnick, “HS2 Reaches Key Milestones and Gears Up for a Busy 2021”, in Rail, number 922, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 12–13:
Work on the Grade 1-listed building starts early next year, with LMJV (Lang O'Rourke and J. Murphy & Sons) to carry out the revamp.
[References]
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1. ^ “revamp, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “revamp, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
2. ^ “revamp, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018; “revamp, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Verb]
editrevamp (third-person singular simple present revamps, present participle revamping, simple past and past participle revamped)
1.(transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.]
Synonyms: improve, (obsolete) newvamp, overhaul, (obsolete) recoct, refurbish; see also Thesaurus:improve, Thesaurus:repair
They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.
2.1842 May 21, “The International Copy-right Law”, in Brother Jonathan: A Weekly Compend of Belles Lettres and the Fine Arts, Standard Literature, and General Intelligence, volume II, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Wilson & Company, […], →OCLC, page 74, column 1:
But the great man [Thomas Carlyle] has great littlenesses, the original sometimes revamps old thoughts, the strong reasoner may beg his question and build a strong hypothesis on assumed premises, and the clear writer frequently gets into the predicament which formed the countryman's definition of a metaphysical colloquy— […]
3.1899 February 10, Marriott Henry Brosius, “Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill”, in Congressional Record: […] (United States House of Representatives, 55th Congress, 3rd session), volume XXXII, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 1692, column 1:
[T]hey did not revise, revamp, and reiterate the argument that I have heard so often from that side of the Chamber, and sometimes on this, that it would be very wicked and wrong and unpatriotic for this Republic to compel by force, against the will of the people, the annexation of the Philippine Islands to the United States.
4.1914, Caroline Lockhart, “The Foreman of the L.X.”, in The Full of the Moon, Philadelphia, Pa., London: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 53:
The audience snickered, and Nan saw the startled flash of pain in his sunken eyes. His long fingers closed convulsively as he nerved himself to face them, and then, with a gulp of nervousness he began his monologue of ancient conundrums and jokes, not too skilfully revamped.
5.1920 December, Arthur Stringer, “A Sense of Humor: A Christmas Story”, in Canadian Home Journal, volume 17, number 8, Toronto, Ont.: Home Journal Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 8, columns 2–3:
He went back to his play like an opium-smoker back to his drug. He revised and re-arranged and revamped. He closed his eyes, valiantly, and cut away whole act-ends, at one grim stroke, like a surgeon operating on his own flesh and blood.
6.1939 January 4, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, “Message of the President of the United States [Sixth State of the Union Address]”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 76th Congress, First Session (joint session of the United States Senate and House of Representatives), volume 84, part 1, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 75–76:
The tools of government which we had in 1933 are outmoded. We have had to forge new tools for a new role of government in democracy—a role of new responsibility for new needs and increased responsibility for old needs, long neglected. […] Most of us recognize that none of these tools can be put to maximum effectiveness unless the executive processes of government are revamped—reorganized, if you will—into more effective combination.
7.1955 June 14, Pierre S[amuel] du Pont (witness), United States of America, Appellant, vs. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, et al.: Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: […] , volume I (Transcript of Record), Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, →OCLC, page 841:
There was a great demand for cars, but as the trade fell off people became more particular and it was found necessary to revamp the construction of nearly all the cars, the Buick and the Cadillac excepted, but the other three cars were in very bad condition and had to be rebuilt entirely on new lines.
8.2011 January 14, J. D. Biersdorfer, “ArtsBeat: The revamped O.E.D. Online”, in New York Times Blog[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, archived from the original on 7 February 2021:
When we learned that the O.E.D. Online was revamped late last year, we jumped at the chance to learn more about how this esteemed publication (which first stirred to life in 1857) was adapting itself for a modern online audience.
9.2013 January 21, Barack Obama, “Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama”, in The White House[2], archived from the original on 6 August 2021:
We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher.
10.2021, MarcyKate Connolly, Heartless Heirs[3], Grand Rapids, Mich.: Blink, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
"We'll work on revamping our strategy in the morning," I say, "Now I think we all need some sleep. It's been a long night."
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[[English]]
ipa :/əˈvɝt/[Anagrams]
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- Trave, tarve, trave
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, present active infinitive of āvertō, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
[References]
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- avert at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
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- See Thesaurus:hinder
[Verb]
editavert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)
1.(transitive) To turn aside or away.
I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
2.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Unity in Religion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.
3.(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
How can the danger be averted?
Synonym: forestall
4.1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Seculare. for the Year 1700:
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.
5.(intransitive, archaic) To turn away.
6.1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.
[[Lombard]]
[Adjective]
editavert
1.open (not closed)
[Etymology]
editAkin to aperto, from Latin apertus. Compare French ouvert.
[[Romansch]]
[Adjective]
editavert m (feminine singular averta, masculine plural averts, feminine plural avertas)
1.(Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) open
[Alternative forms]
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- aviert (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin apertus.
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[[English]]
ipa :/kɹiːp/[Anagrams]
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- Perce, Percé, crepe, crêpe, perce
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian krippe, krûpe, West Frisian crjippa (“to creep”), Low German krepen and krupen, Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Middle High German kriefen (“to creep”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Norwegian krype (“to creep”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to stoop”).The noun is derived from the verb.
[Noun]
editcreep (countable and uncountable, plural creeps)
1.The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
2.A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
3.A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
4.(uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
Christmas creep
feature creep
instruction creep
mission creep
5.(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
6.(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
7.(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
8.(informal, derogatory) Someone annoyingly unpleasant, especially one who is strange or eccentric.
Synonym: weirdo
9.1968, Mickey Spillane, Delta Factor:
"You mentioned some others," I said.
"More creeps," she told me. '"That guy was plain looking for trouble. You know, he starts hanging out with some of the shooters Whitey Tass keeps around, angling for an introduction to the big man himself, and he's damn lucky he got picked up by the fuzz before Whitey got sore. He runs too big an operation in the city to be bugged by a pig like Yard. One day Lou Steubal tried to get an inside track with Whitey, levering him on account of what Whitey did to his sister, and they found Lou in the drink. It looked like Lou got gassed up and fell in, but don't try to tell me that. Whitey had him tapped out."
10.1992, “Creep”, in Pablo Honey, performed by Radiohead:
But I'm a creep / I'm a weirdo / What the hell am I doing here? / I don't belong here
11.1992, Thaisa Frank, A Brief History of Camouflage, page 113:
[…] the catalyst was getting locked in the bathroom of her office with her landlord. "Two hours with that creep," she said. "You can't believe it […] he got a ladder and came through the bathroom window and almost broke his balls on that pointed tampax box he made us buy. He brought hammers and screws and drills, but we were trapped. It got dark […] He kept chipping away at the lock, and between the chipping he talked to me about his back and a couple of knee-operations. Finally someone tapped on the door from the outside and it opened, just like that. […] "
12.1994, Bapsi Sidhwa, An American Brat, page 168:
"Why're you working your butt off for that creep? He takes your money, borrows your car, and treats you like shit. Can't you tell he's on drugs?"
13.1995, Bob Cattell, Glory in the Cup, page 36:
"Outrageous!" said Tylan. "You know, without Fingers and baby Trev, we could have won."
"Yeah, Trevor, what a creep — running off home at half-time like that," said Frankie.
14.(informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment. [21st century]
Synonyms: pervert, (slang) perv
15.2016, Jón Gnarr, Hrefna Lind Heimisdóttir, translated by Lytton Smith, The Pirate, page 201:
It was whispered that the priest was a pervert. Was he? The girls said he was a creep. I didn't quite know what it meant to be a creep, but it was obviously not a good thing. It was said that he sometimes fondled the girls, their breasts, and said lousy things to them, that they were beautiful or something like that. […] Disgusting guys. I thought the guy at Bústaðir was a creep. An old man who liked to dance.
16.2022, Scott Bell, Pest Cemetery, page 235:
Saiera shuddered through an exaggerated shiver. "He's a creep. He was a creep in high school, and he's been a creep ever since. Look..." She flipped to the index, found what she was looking for, and fanned the pages until she reached the one she wanted. "Here he is.
A young Andy Gluck, chubby as a penguin, stared out of the page from behind round wire-frame glasses. A camera hung from a strap around his neck. […]
"He doesn't look creepy," I said. "Kind of nerdy, in a harmless way.
"Looks can be deceiving. See that camera? He was always going around with that camera, snapping pictures. Some girls caught him trying to get 'up skirt' shots while they sat at their desks. […] "
17.(Can we verify(+) this sense?) (informal, derogatory) A frightening or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
Stop following me, you creep!
18.(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
[Verb]
editcreep (third-person singular simple present creeps, present participle creeping, simple past crept or creeped or (archaic) crope, past participle crept or creeped or (archaic) cropen)
1.(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
Synonym: crawl
Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
2.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him.
3.1994, “On the Huai River”, in A Drifting Boat: An Anthology of Chinese Zen Poetry[1], Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 138:
Reed tips face the dawn
shivering in the autumn wind
At P'u-k'ou the winter tide
has not yet come
Sunrise on the sandy bank
pocked with narrow caves
Pale frogs and dark crabs
creep without end.
4.(intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
5.(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.
6.1961 November, “More accelerations in the French winter timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 670:
Electrification of the Eastern Region main line from Strasbourg, incidentally, is steadily creeping nearer to Paris, and is now complete as far as Château Thierry, 59 miles away; [...].
7.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:
She crept up the stairs, keeping well into the side because she knew they were less likely to creak this way.
8.(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
Prices have been creeping up all year.
9.To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
Old age creeps upon us.
10.1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding[2], Fallacies:
[…] guard his understanding from being imposed on by the willful or at least undesigned sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument.
11.1966 December, Stephen Stills, “For What It's Worth”[3]performed by Buffalo Springfield:
Paranoia strikes deep / Into your life it will creep / It starts when you're always afraid / Step out of line, the man come and take you away
12.To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
The collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying.
The quicksilver on a mirror may creep.
13.To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
A creeping sycophant.
14.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
To come as humbly as they used to creep / To holy altars.
15.To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
The sight made my flesh creep.
16.To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
17.(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
18.2000, “It Wasn't Me”, performed by Shaggy:
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed / Creeping with the girl next door / Picture this we were both butt naked / Banging on the bathroom floor
19.2003, “I Don't Wanna Know”, performed by Mario Winans:
I don't wanna know / If you're playin' me, keep it on the low / 'Cause my heart can't take it anymore / And if you're creepin', please don't let it show
20.2016, Sherika Moore, Been Hustlen, →ISBN:
"Now you want the nigga out 'cause he creeping with his baby momma."
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- prepuce
[Verb]
editcreep up (third-person singular simple present creeps up, present participle creeping up, simple past and past participle crept up)
1.(intransitive) To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).
The lioness has to creep up behind her prey so as not to be noticed.
2.2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:
These days cramped classrooms are all too common, with class sizes creeping up.
3.1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:
Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again.to advance with stealth
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[[English]]
ipa :/mɪsˈnəʊmə/[Anagrams]
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- semi-norm, seminorm
[Antonyms]
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- aptronym
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English misnoumer, from Anglo-Norman mesnomer, noun use of Anglo-Norman and Old French verb mesnomer (“to name incorrectly”), from mes- (“mis-”) + nomer (“to name”) (from Latin nōmināre).
[Noun]
editmisnomer (plural misnomers)
1.A use of a term that is misleading; a misname.
Synonym: misname
Calling it a driveway is a bit of a misnomer, since you don't drive on it, you park on it.
2.2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian[1]:
Rewilding […] is also a misnomer, for whether by getting rid of tens of thousands of sheep in Patagonia or introducing a living species as a surrogate for an extinct one – Sayaguesa cattle in place of aurochs in Croatia’s Velebit Mountains, for instance – rewilding requires more human intervention than its name suggests.
3.1994, Illinois. Appellate Court, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate reports, page 257:
[…] plaintiff's misstyling himself as corporation in initial complaint constituted case of misnomer.
4.A term that is misleading, even if it may not be incorrect.
The name Chinese checkers is a misnomer since the game has nothing to do with China.
The word blackboard as applied to green or brown chalkboards is a misnomer but is not incorrect, as the broad sense of the word is idiomatic.
5.A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.
6.(proscribed, nonstandard) something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief
It's a misnomer that engineers can't write.
[References]
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- “misnomer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Verb]
editmisnomer (third-person singular simple present misnomers, present participle misnomering, simple past and past participle misnomered)
1.(transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname.
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[[English]]
ipa :/pɜːtʃ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin pertica (“staff”, “long pole”, “measuring rod”).
[References]
edit
- perch at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “perch”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editperch
1.Alternative form of perche (“pole”)
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wrestle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɛ.səl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wrassle (eye dialect)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Lewters, Welters, swelter, welters
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian (“to contend, wrestle”); corresponding to wrest + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”), West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”), Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”), Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”).
[Noun]
editwrestle (plural wrestles)
1.A wrestling bout.
2.A struggle.
[Verb]
editwrestle (third-person singular simple present wrestles, present participle wrestling, simple past and past participle wrestled)
1.(intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest.
2.(intransitive) To struggle or strive.
3.(transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone.
4.(transitive) To move or lift (something) with difficulty.
5.2023 July 26, Jeanna Smialek, “Fed Raises Rates After a Pause and Leaves Door Open to More”, in The New York Times[1]:
Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years and left the door open to further action as they continued their 16-month campaign to wrestle inflation lower by cooling the American economy.
6.(transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it.
7.(transitive) To fight.
8.2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport[2], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:
Tunisia dug in to frustrate England in the second half but [Harry] Kane was the match-winner with a late header from Harry Maguire's flick, justice being done after referee Wilmar Roldan and the video assistant referee (VAR) had failed to spot him being wrestled to the ground twice in the penalty area.
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50056
rote
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəʊt/[Anagrams]
edit
- tore
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (“route”), or Latin rota (“wheel”) (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse rót n (“tossing, pitching (of sea)”), perhaps related to rauta (“to roar”); see hrjóta. Compare Middle English routen (“to roar, bellow, storm, rage, howl”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English rote, from Old French rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin”).
[References]
edit
- rote at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁɔt/[Anagrams]
edit
- ôter, tore
[Etymology 1]
editInherited from Old French rote, Middle High German rotte.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- “rote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Gallo]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editrote f (plural rotes)
1.road
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈʁoːtə/[Adjective]
editrote
1.inflection of rot:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -tore, Orte, erto, otre
[Noun]
editrote f
1.plural of rota
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈroːt(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Late Old English rōt, rōte, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Doublet of wort (“plant”). See more at English root.
[Etymology 2]
editUnknown. Sometimes connected to Old French route (“route”) or Latin rota (“wheel”), but OED rejects both comparisons.
[Etymology 3]
editBorrowed from Old French rote, from Latin chrotta, borrowed from a Germanic form such as Old High German hruoza, borrowed itself from a Celtic term deriving from Proto-Celtic *kruttos; compare Welsh crwth. A doublet of crowde.
[Etymology 4]
edit
[Etymology 5]
edit
[Etymology 6]
edit
[Etymology 7]
edit
[[Neapolitan]]
[Noun]
editrote
1.plural of rota
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/roːtə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse róta.
[References]
edit
- “rote” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editrote (present tense roter, past tense rota or rotet, past participle rota or rotet)
1.to untidy, to make a mess
2.(slang) to fool around (engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse róta.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse roti, from Middle Low German rote from Old French rote, from Medieval Latin rota, rotta, ruta, rutta (“a rout”).
[References]
edit
- “rote” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editOf Celtic origin, from Welsh crwth.
[Noun]
editrote f (oblique plural rotes, nominative singular rote, nominative plural rotes)
1.rote (musical instrument)
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editrote
1.inflection of rotar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editrote
1.inflection of rotar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Tore, oret
[Etymology]
editOld Swedish rote, from Middle French route, roupte (“disorderly flight of troops”), literally "a breaking off, rupture," from Vulgar Latin *rupta (“a dispersed group”), literally "a broken group," from Latin rupta. Related to English rout.
[Noun]
editrote c
1.a district (of a parish or town, for the purpose of fire fighting, road maintenance, mail forwarding, social care, etc.)
2.a file, a section, a squad, a pair (of soldiers, of aircraft)
20 rotar
twenty file
med utryckta rotar
four deep
indelning av rotar!
squad-number!
[References]
edit
- rote in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rote in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rote in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)
[See also]
edit
- rotel
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Reed
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -dere, Eder, Rede, de re, deer, dere, dree, rede
[Etymology]
edit
- As an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective red.
- Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan.
- Also as an English surname, from several places in England, such as Reed, Lancashire (from Old English ra (“roe deer”) or Rede, Suffolk (see Rede).Compare Rider, Reader.
[Proper noun]
editReed
1.A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Reid.
2.A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3.A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3636).
4.A number of places in the United States.
1.A town in Desha County, Arkansas.
2.An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
3.A township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
4.An unincorporated community in Freeman, Crawford County, Wisconsin.
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50060
wedge
[[English]]
ipa :/wɛd͡ʒ/[Etymology 1]
editMiddle English wegge (“wedge”), from Old English weċġ (“wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Wedgewood, surname of the person who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editEnglish wedge.
[Noun]
editwedge m (plural wedges)
1.(golf) wedge
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50061
uninterrupted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edituninterrupted (comparative more uninterrupted, superlative most uninterrupted)
1.continuing with no interruption
2.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:
Having departed Inverness on time, I take the advice of several guidebooks and sit in a right-hand-side seat, which should afford me uninterrupted views of the sea as the train winds its way north.
[Etymology]
editun- + interrupted
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50062
terrain
[[English]]
ipa :/tə.ˈɹeɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- rantier, retrain, trainer
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
[Noun]
editterrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)
1.(geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
2.An area of land or the particular features of it.
The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
3.(chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground.
This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.
controlled flight into terrain
TOO LOW, TERRAIN
[Synonyms]
edit
- (area of land): ground
[[French]]
ipa :/tɛ.ʁɛ̃/[Anagrams]
edit
- rentrai, ternira, trainer, traîner
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old French terrain, terrein, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrēnum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “terrain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editterrain m (plural terrains)
1.ground, landscape
2.field (as in soccer field)
Un nouveau terrain de football a été aménagé l’an dernier. ― A new soccer field was build last year.
3.lot, plot, parcel
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- terren (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
- taragn (Sutsilvan)
- teragn (Surmiran)
[Etymology]
editFrom Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.
[Noun]
editterrain m (plural terrains)
1.(Puter, Vallader) land, soil
2.(Puter) country, land
Synonym: (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais
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倍率
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹/[Noun]
edit倍率
1.multiplying power; zoom ratio
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ba̠iɾʲit͡sɨᵝ][Noun]
edit倍(ばい)率(りつ) • (bairitsu) ←ばいりつ (bairitu)?
1.magnification; magnifying power
2.acceptance rate
Synonym: 競争率 (kyōsōritsu)
[References]
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1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. ^ 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
[[Korean]]
[Noun]
edit倍率 • (baeyul) (hangeul 배율)
1.Hanja form? of 배율 (“magnification, magnifying power”).
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art
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editart
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for artificial languages.
[[English]]
ipa :/ɑːt/[Anagrams]
edit
- 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English art, from Old English eart (“(thou) art”), second-person singular present indicative of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *art (“(thou) art", originally, "(thou) becamest”), second-person singular preterite indicative form of *iraną (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to lift, rise, set in motion”). Cognate with Faroese ert (“art”), Icelandic ert (“art”), Old English earon (“are”), from the same preterite-present Germanic verb. More at are.
[Further reading]
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- art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Art on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Art on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- Art on Wikisource.Wikisource
- Art on Wikibooks.Wikibooks
[References]
edit
- art at OneLook Dictionary Search
- "art" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 40.
- art in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “art”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Hickey, Raymond (1984), “Coronal Segments in Irish English”, in Journal of Linguistics, volume 20, issue 2, →DOI, pages 233–250
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editLearned borrowing from Latin ars, artem.
[Noun]
editart m (definite arti)
1.art
[Synonyms]
edit
- zeje
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈaɾt/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ars.
[Further reading]
edit
- “art” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “art”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “art” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “art” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editart m or f (plural arts)
1.art (something pleasing to the mind)editart m (plural arts)
1.fishing net
[[Cornish]]
ipa :[ɒɹt][Etymology]
editFrom Latin ars (“art”).
[Noun]
editart m (plural artys)
1.art
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Noun]
editart
1.back
Synonyms: arqa, sırt
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈɑˀd̥][Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German art, from Old Saxon *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz, cognate with German Art.
[Noun]
editart c (singular definite arten, plural indefinite arter)
1.kind
2.nature
3.species
[[French]]
ipa :/aʁ/[Anagrams]
edit
- rat
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin artem, accusative singular of ars.
[Further reading]
edit
- “art”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editart m (plural arts)
1.art (something pleasing to the mind)
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/art/[Noun]
editart f (genitive singular artar, nominative plural artir)
1.nature, character, disposition
það var svo góð art í honum að hann talaði aldrei nema vel um fólk á bak
He had such a good nature that he never spoke unkindly about people behind their backs.
2.wellbeing, growth
það er engin art í grasinu
the grass is not thriving.
3.(obsolete) type
[Synonyms]
edit
- náttúrufar, þríf
[[Irish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish art, explained in glossaries as “stone”.
[Further reading]
edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “art”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “art”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editart m (genitive singular airt, nominative plural airt)
1.stone
[[Latvian]]
ipa :[âɾt][Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”), from *h₁er- (“sparse; to crumble, to fall to pieces”), whence also the verb irt; see there for more. Cognates include Lithuanian árti, Old Prussian artoys (“plowman”) (compare Lithuanian artójas), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Russian dialectal or dated ора́ть (orátʹ), Belarusian ара́ць (arácʹ), Ukrainian ора́ти (oráty), Bulgarian ора́ (orá), Czech orati, Polish orać, Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arjan), Old Norse erja, Hittite [Term?] (/ẖarra-/, “to crush; (passive form) to disappear”), [Term?] (/ẖarš-/, “to tear open; to plow”), Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Latin arō.[1]
[References]
edit
1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “art”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN.
[Verb]
editart (tr., 1st conj., pres. aru, ar, ar, past aru)
1.to plow (to prepare (land) for sowing by using a plow)
art zemi ― to plow the land, earth
art tīrumu, lauku ― to plow a field
art dārzu ― to plow a garden
art kūdraino augsni ― to plow the peaty soil
art ar traktoru ― to plow with a tractor
papuvi ara divi traktori ― two tractors plowed the fallow (land)
iziet art agri no rīta ― to go plowing early in the morning
rudenī, rugāju arot, sekoju Jurim pa vagu un sarunājos ― in autumn, while (he was) plowing the stubble field, I followed Juris along the furrows and talked
[[Maltese]]
ipa :/art/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ard (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Arabic أَرْض (ʾarḍ).
[Noun]
editart f (plural artijiet or (obsolete) iradi)
1.earth (our planet)
Synonym: dinja
2.land, ground, soil
3.homeland
art twelidi ― my homeland
bla art ― without a homeland
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/art/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English eart, second person singular of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *art,second person singular of *iraną.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative form of ars, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tís.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old English eard, from Proto-West Germanic *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz (“nature; type”). Doublet of erd (“nature, disposition”).
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old French art.
[Noun]
editart m (plural ars)
1.art
2.15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, lines 7–8, page 15:
Il y a de toutes choses habondance, et ils vivent de marchandise et d'art.
There is an abundance of everything and they make a living from merchandise and from art
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- rat, tar
[Noun]
editart f or m (definite singular arta or arten, indefinite plural arter, definite plural artene)
1.character, nature, kind
2.(biology) a species
[References]
edit
- “art” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- rat, tar
[Noun]
editart m or f (definite singular arten or arta, indefinite plural artar or arter, definite plural artane or artene)
1.(biology) a species
2.character, nature, kind
[References]
edit
- “art” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ars.
[Noun]
editart m (plural arts)
1.art
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin artem, accusative of ars.
[Noun]
editart m or f (oblique plural arz or artz, nominative singular arz or artz, nominative plural art)
1.art (skill; practice; method)
2.(Can we date this quote?) Walter of Bibbesworth: Le Tretiz, ed. W. Rothwell, ANTS Plain Texts Series 6, 1990. Date of cited text: circa 1250
ore serroit a saver de l’art a bresser & brasyr
Now would be the time to know the art of brewing
[References]
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- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (art, supplement)
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- art on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Etymology and history of “art”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :/ar͈t/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Celtic *artos (“bear”) (compare Cornish arth, Welsh arth), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editart m
1.bear
Synonym: mathgamain
[[Old Norse]]
[Adjective]
editart
1.strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of argr
[Alternative forms]
edit
- argt
- ragt (with metathesis)
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- tar
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish art, from Middle Low German art, from Old Saxon *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz (“character, nature, inborn quality”).
[Noun]
editart c
1.species
[References]
edit
- art in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/ˈaɾt/[Adjective]
editart
1.hind, rear
art tekerler ― rear wheels
[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish آرت (art), آرد (ard) from Proto-Turkic *hārt (“back”). Cognate with Turkish arka.
[Noun]
editart (definite accusative ardı, plural artlar)
1.back
Ardına bakmadan kaçtı.
He ran away without looking "at his back".
2.the other side
[Synonyms]
edit
- arkaedit
- arka
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Art
[[English]]
ipa :-ɑː(ɹ)t[Anagrams]
edit
- 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra
[Etymology]
editClipping.
[Proper noun]
editArt
1.A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
[[German]]
ipa :/aːrt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German art, from Old High German *art, from Proto-West Germanic *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Art” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Art” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Art” in Duden online
[Noun]
editArt f (genitive Art, plural Arten)
1.kind, sort, type (von (“of”))
2.2017, Simone Meier, Fleisch, Kein & Aber, page 20:
Und so begann eine Art von Beziehung.
And so began a kind of relationship.
3.(biology, taxonomy) species
Hyponyms: Pflanzenart, Tierart
4.nature, character
5.behaviour
6.way, method
Das ist nicht seine Art. ― That's not his way [of doing things].
7.(grammar, of verbs) mode, mood
Synonyms: Aussageart, Aussageform, Aussageweise, Modus, Redeweise, Sprechart, Wandelweise, Weise
8.(grammar, rare, of verbs) voice
Synonyms: Aktionsform, Diathese, Gattung, Genus, Handlungsart, Handlungsform, Handlungsrichtung
[[Manx]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish art (“bear”).
[Proper noun]
editArt m
1.a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
ipa :/arˠʃt̪/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish art (“bear”).
[Proper noun]
editArt m (genitive/vocative Airt)
1.a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Arthur
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ART
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra
[Noun]
editART (countable and uncountable, plural ARTs)
1.Abbreviation of assisted reproductive technology.
2.Abbreviation of Androgen Replacement Therapy.
3.Abbreviation of Active Release Technique.
4.Abbreviation of Adaptive resonance theory.
5.Abbreviation of Algebraic Reconstruction Technique.
6.Abbreviation of Alternative Risk Transfer.
7.Abbreviation of acoustic resonance technology.
8.Abbreviation of anti-retroviral therapy.
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[aˈɛrte][Noun]
editART (first-person possessive ARTku, second-person possessive ARTmu, third-person possessive ARTnya)
1.Initialism of anggaran rumah tangga.
2.Initialism of asisten rumah tangga.
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50068
melt
[[English]]
ipa :/mɛlt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *maltijaną, both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to digest”).
[Noun]
editmelt (countable and uncountable, plural melts)
1.Molten material, the product of melting.
2.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
The crust (a mere 1% of the Earth's volume) is made of lighter melt products from the mantle.
3.The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
4.The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
5.A melt sandwich.
6.2002, Tod Dimmick, Complete idiot's guide to 20-minute meals:
I recently asked a group of people whether they had eaten tuna melts as a kid. Everyone remembered a version of this dish.
7.(geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
Numerous samples of breccia and impact melts were recovered by drilling into the floor of the crater.
8.A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
Synonym: tart
9.(UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
10.2003 June 10, Roo, “See the Quality !!!”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton[1] (Usenet):
You are from Blackburn you fucking melt...have a bastard word with yourself.
11.2004 September 20, Diablos Rojos, “North South divide??”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool[2] (Usenet):
Kiss it ya melt!
12.2006 May 30, Dave G, “England vs Hungary...”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton[3] (Usenet):
LOL! you fucking melt. Get a job.
13.2017, Love Island On Paper: The Official Love Island Guide to Grafting, Cracking On and Mugging Off[4], →ISBN, page 12:
Over the course of this chapter on 'Love Island Essentials' we'll be charting exactly who went with who, showing you around the villa, and equipping you with the vocabulary you'll need to avoid looking like a melt and get grafting like a true Islander.
14.Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.
15.1825, Lochandhu: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century[5], page 28:
A mass of herring melts, tinged with the streams of claret, had fallen into his hair, and this, added to his temporary stupor, had led to the Doctor's mistake.
[Synonyms]
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- (change from solid to liquid): to found, to thaw
[Verb]
editmelt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or (rare) molt, past participle melted or molten)
1.(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
I melted butter to make a cake.
When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
2.(intransitive, figurative) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
His troubles melted away.
3.2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 110:
I gave him a couple of Advil and, after a few minutes, urged him back onto the track. Over the next few laps his pained expression slowly melted, although he still shuffled with a slight limp.
4.(transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
5.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
Thou would'st have […] melted down thy youth.
6.1687, John Dryden, A Song for Cecilia's Day:
For pity melts the mind to love.
7.(intransitive) To be discouraged.
8.(intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.
9.(intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
I need shade! I'm melting!
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editmelt
1.Alternative form of melten
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melt away
[[English]]
[Verb]
editmelt away (third-person singular simple present melts away, present participle melting away, simple past and past participle melted away)
1.(intransitive) To fade or wane
2.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
It came at last. The sky lightened, the mist melted away, and then a long, low, far-off streak of pale yellow light floated on the eastern horizon.
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Spaniard
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspæn.jəd/[Alternative forms]
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- Spaynard
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English Spaignarde, from Old French Espaignard, from Espaigne.
[Noun]
editSpaniard (plural Spaniards)
1.A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.
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stinting
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- nittings, tintings
[Antonyms]
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- unstinting
[Noun]
editstinting (plural stintings)
1.Act of one who stints.
2.1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:
[…] as long as they can contrive to make a respectable appearance once a year, when they come to town, he gives himself little concern about their private stintings and struggles at home.
3.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
There is no such bad policy as stinting a boy—or putting him on a lower allowance than his fellows
[Verb]
editstinting
1.present participle and gerund of stint
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