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50176 Lush [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Uhls, Ulsh, shul [Etymology] edit - As an English surname, from the original sense of the adjective lush (“relaxed, slack”). - As a German surname, Americanized from Lüsch, from several placenames in Germany, derived from the obsolete Middle High German liesche (“reeds”). Also East German of Slavic origin, such as Lower Sorbian łuža (“swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža. [Proper noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:LushWikipedia Lush 1.A surname. 0 0 2022/05/24 09:35 2023/08/29 17:32 TaN
50177 limb [[English]] ipa :/lɪm/[Anagrams] edit - blim [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb and climb. [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin limbus (“border”). [See also] edit 0 0 2021/05/12 11:14 2023/08/29 22:28 TaN
50178 prosthetics [[English]] [Noun] editprosthetics 1.plural of prostheticeditprosthetics 1.(medicine) branch of medicine that deals with the artificial replacement of missing body parts. 0 0 2023/08/29 22:28 TaN
50179 prosthetic [[English]] ipa :/ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/[Adjective] editprosthetic (not comparable) 1.artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis prosthetic leg/arm [Anagrams] edit - rope stitch [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek προσθετικός (prosthetikós, “adding; repletive; giving additional power”), from πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”). [Noun] editprosthetic (plural prosthetics) 1.An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device. 2.An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance. 0 0 2010/04/05 13:07 2023/08/29 22:28 TaN
50180 charity [[English]] ipa :/ˈtʃæɹɪti/[Anagrams] edit - chytrai [Etymology] editFrom Middle English charite, from Old French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās. [Further reading] edit - "charity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 54. [Noun] editcharity (countable and uncountable, plural charities) 1.(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose. 2.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess‎[1]: ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’. 3.(countable) The goods or money given to those in need. 4.(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need. 5.In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity. 6.July 20, 1677, John Mitchell Mason, letter to a friend Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou witl judge others with the judgment of charity. 7.(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men. Synonym: agape 8.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. 9.(US, Philippines, basketball, informal) A free throw. [Synonyms] edit - (organization): charitable organization 0 0 2023/08/29 22:29 TaN
50181 Charity [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - chytrai [Etymology] editFrom charity in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. The names, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13 ("And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity") have been translated and used in many languages.The name of the sura (chapter) is one of several translations of the original Arabic. [Further reading] edit - Al-Ma'un on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Proper noun] editCharity 1.A female given name from English. 2.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]: By Gis and by Saint Charity, / Alack, and fie for shame! 3.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 20, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC: Never did any woman better deserve her name, which was Charity — Aunt Charity, as everybody called her. And like a sister of charity did this charitable Aunt Charity bustle about hither and thither, ready to turn her hand and heart to anything that promised to yield safety, comfort, and consolation to all on board a ship in which her beloved brother Bildad was concerned, and in which she herself owned a score or two of well-saved dollars. 4.1989, Ann Oakley, The Men's Room, Atheneum, →ISBN, page 223: Tessa giggled. 'What a dreadful name! Is she really called Charity?' 'Yes. She really is.' Mark recalled how glorious the name of Charity had sounded to him in the beginning. 'It's not her fault she's called Charity,' he added defensively. 5.The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. [[Cebuano]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English Charity, from charity. [Proper noun] editCharity 1.a female given name from English [[Tagalog]] ipa :/ˈt͡ʃaɾiti/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English Charity. [Proper noun] editCháritý (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜇᜒᜆᜒ) 1.a female given name from English 0 0 2023/08/29 22:29 TaN
50182 Briton [[English]] ipa :/ˈbɹɪt.ən/[Etymology] editFrom Old French Breton, from Latin Britto or its Celtic equivalent (Welsh Brython). Doublet of Breton. [Noun] editBriton (plural Britons) 1.An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman. 2.1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 59: At last the Saxons had killed nearly all the Britons, and the few who remained took refuge in the mountains, in that part of the country which we now call Wales, and in Cornwall. 3.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019: He writhed for twenty minutes under the flowery and eulogistic periods of the president, and rose himself in the state of confused indignation which the Briton feels when he is publicly approved. The ancient Britons were particularly fond of Anglesey, which the Romans knew as Mona. 4.(sometimes proscribed) A citizen of the United Kingdom or (historical, obsolete) its overseas empire. 5.1547, James Harrison, An Exhortacion to the Scottes..., G v b: ...when these hateful termes of Scottes and Englishemen, shalbe abolisshed, and blotted oute for euer, and we shal al agre in the onely title and name of Britons... 6.1740, “Rule, Britannia!”, James Thomson (lyrics), Thomas Arne (music): Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves: Britons never, never, never will be slaves. 7.1760, King George III, quoted in George Rose's 1860 Diaries and Correspondence..., Vol. II, p. 189: I glory in the name of Briton. 8.1902, George Stoddart Whitmore, The Last Maori War in New Zealand..., page vi: Many of the rank and file had no better conception of the proud and sensitive Maori than was implied in the degrading 'nigger' theory, invariably applied by the unthinking Briton to all coloured races. The victims included 3 Canadians, 2 Irishmen, and 1 Briton. The hiker was a Briton from New Zealand. [References] edit - “Briton, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021. [Synonyms] edit - (native of Great Britain, subject of the UK): the British (collective); Brit (colloquial); Britisher (now chiefly Canada, US, India); limey (jocular); pom, pommy, etc. (Australia, NZ, South African slang, sometimes offensive); see Englishman (proscribed, sometimes offensive) - (Celts of ancient Britain): ancient Briton - (native of Wales): See Welshman [[Czech]] [Noun] editBriton m anim 1.Briton (historical: Celtic inhabitant of southern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest) 0 0 2023/08/29 22:30 TaN
50184 quantify [[English]] ipa :/ˈkwɑːn.tə.faɪ/[Etymology] editFrom Medieval Latin quantificare (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic). [Synonyms] edit - (measure the quantity of): quantitate [Verb] editquantify (third-person singular simple present quantifies, present participle quantifying, simple past and past participle quantified) 1.To assign a quantity to. 2.To determine the value of (a variable or expression). 3.2012 January, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 3 October 2013, page 31: As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds. 4.(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃). The statement ( ∀ x ∈ R ) 2 x = x + x {\displaystyle (\forall x\in \mathbb {R} )\,2x=x+x} quantifies over the real numbers. 0 0 2021/08/21 07:19 2023/08/30 09:08 TaN
50187 in the meantime [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editin the meantime 1.meanwhile 2.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Different Views of Youth and Age”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 101: "In the meantime," said Norbourne, "we have arrived at the park-gate, and have not determined whither we shall ride." 3.1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC: But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him. 0 0 2017/02/14 15:40 2023/08/30 09:15 TaN
50188 collision [[English]] ipa :/kəˈlɪʒən/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French collision, from Late Latin collisio, from Latin collidere, past participle collisus (“to dash together”); see collide. [Noun] editcollision (countable and uncountable, plural collisions) 1.An instance of colliding. 2.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus: At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision. 3.(physics) Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary. 4.(software compilation) Clipping of naming collision. 5.(computing, chiefly video games) Clipping of collision detection; tangibility. [[French]] ipa :/kɔ.li.zjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Latin collīsiōnem. [Further reading] edit - “collision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editcollision f (plural collisions) 1.collision (an instance of colliding) 0 0 2023/08/30 09:18 TaN
50190 intricate [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/[Anagrams] edit - acitretin, triacetin, triactine [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin intricatus, past participle of intricare. [Etymology 2] editAs the adjective; or by analogy with extricate. [References] edit - intricate at OneLook Dictionary Search [[Italian]] [Adjective] editintricate f pl 1.feminine plural of intricato [Anagrams] edit - recintati, trinciate [Verb] editintricate 1.inflection of intricare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperative 3.feminine plural past participle [[Latin]] [Verb] editintrīcāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of intrīcō [[Spanish]] [Verb] editintricate 1.second-person singular voseo imperative of intricar combined with te 0 0 2012/09/08 09:27 2023/08/30 09:24
50191 ingrained [[English]] [Adjective] editingrained (comparative more ingrained, superlative most ingrained) 1.Being an element; present in the essence of a thing 2.2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎[1]: But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low. 3.Fixed, established [Anagrams] edit - deraining, indearing, reading in [Etymology] editingrain +‎ -ed [Synonyms] edit - (in the essence of a thing): inherent; See also Thesaurus:intrinsic - (fixed, established): bred-in-the-bone, radicated; See also Thesaurus:inveterate [Verb] editingrained 1.simple past and past participle of ingrain 0 0 2021/07/01 14:39 2023/08/30 09:26 TaN
50192 ingrain [[English]] ipa :/ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/[Adjective] editingrain (not comparable) 1.Dyed with grain, or kermes. 2.Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric. 3.(figurative, by extension) Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. 4.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the first (Poverty), page 249: When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected! [Alternative forms] edit - engrain [Anagrams] edit - Ingrian, raining [Etymology] editInherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain. [Noun] editingrain (plural ingrains) 1.An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “ingrain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.) [Verb] editingrain (third-person singular simple present ingrains, present participle ingraining, simple past and past participle ingrained) 1.(transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour. 2.(transitive, figurative) To make (something) deeply part of something else. Synonyms: breed in the bone, embed, infix, instill, radicate The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet. The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind. 0 0 2010/08/10 20:19 2023/08/30 09:26
50193 from the ground up [[English]] [Adverb] editfrom the ground up (not comparable) 1.(idiomatic) From the beginning; starting with the basics, foundation, or fundamentals. 2.2014, Maxwell Grant, The Pooltex Tangle: A bright, ambitious kid just out of technical school, learning railroading from the ground up. [Synonyms] edit - from scratch 0 0 2018/09/24 16:53 2023/08/30 09:27 TaN
50194 burn [[English]] ipa :/bɝn/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English bernen, birnen, from Old English birnan (“to burn”), metathesis from Proto-West Germanic *brinnan, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁-.See also Middle Irish brennim (“drink up”), bruinnim (“bubble up”); also Middle Irish bréo (“flame”), Albanian burth (“Cyclamen hederifolium, mouth burning”), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, “moves quickly, twitches, fidgets”)). More at brew. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English burn, bourne, from Old English burne, burna (“spring, fountain”), Proto-West Germanic *brunnō, from Proto-Germanic *brunnô, *brunō. Cognate with West Frisian boarne, Dutch bron, German Brunnen; also Albanian burim (“spring, fountain”), Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well, reservoir”), Old Armenian աղբիւր (ałbiwr, “fount”). Doublet of bourn. More at brew. [References] edit - Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “burn”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. - Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967 - Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 [[Nyunga]] [Noun] editburn 1.wood [References] edit - 1886, C. F. Armstrong (Edward Micklethwaite Curr, ed.), The Australian Race: Its Origins, Languages, Customs, Place of Landing in Australia, and the routes by which it spread itself over that continent [[Scots]] [Etymology] editMiddle English bourne, from Old English burne, burna (“spring, fountain”).Cognate with West Frisian boarne, Dutch bron, German Brunnen; also Albanian burim (“spring, fountain”), Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well, reservoir”), Old Armenian աղբիւր (ałbiwr, “fount”). [Noun] editburn (plural burns) 1.A small river. 2.1792, Robert Burns, The lea-rig: Down by the burn where scented birks / Wi' dew are hangin clear, my jo, Down by the stream where scented birches / With dew are hanging clear, my dear, 0 0 2010/09/30 10:21 2023/08/30 09:27
50196 metric [[English]] ipa :/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/[Adjective] editmetric (not comparable) 1.Of or relating to the metric system of measurement. 2.(music) Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music. 3.(mathematics, physics) Of or relating to distance. [Etymology] editFrom French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. [Further reading] edit - “metric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. - “metric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. - A Course in Metric Geometry, American Mathematical Soc., 2001, →ISBN, page 1 [Noun] editmetric (plural metrics) 1.A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering). What metric should be used for performance evaluation? What are the most important metrics to track for your business? It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance. How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness. There is a lack of standard metrics. 2.2011 April 10, Financial Times: As for the large number of official statements that Spain is safe, I think they are merely a metric of the complacency that has characterised the European crisis from the start. 3.2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 408, number 8847: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 4.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106: The insight underlying such wordlists is that frequency, combined with metrics such as range and dispersion, profiles for teachers and students the relative usefulness of words. 5.(mathematics) A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d ( x , y ) ≥ 0 {\displaystyle d(x,y)\geq 0} , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d ( x , y ) = 0  iff  x = y {\displaystyle d(x,y)=0{\mbox{ iff }}x=y} , (3) "symmetry": d ( x , y ) = d ( y , x ) {\displaystyle d(x,y)=d(y,x)} , and (4) "triangle inequality": d ( x , y ) ≤ d ( x , z ) + d ( z , y ) {\displaystyle d(x,y)\leq d(x,z)+d(z,y)} . 6.2000, Lutz Habermann, Riemannian Metrics of Constant Mass and Moduli Spaces of Conformal Structures‎[2]: As we shall see, these metrics are constructed from a Green function. 7.(mathematics) A metric tensor. 8.Abbreviation of metric system. [References] edit - metric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [See also] edit - meter - avoirdupois [Synonyms] edit - measure - (mathematics): distance function [Verb] editmetric (third-person singular simple present metrics, present participle metricking, simple past and past participle metricked) 1.(transitive, aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process. We need to metric the status of software documentation. We need to metric the verification of requirements. We need to metric the system failures. The project manager is metricking the closure of the action items. Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department. [[Friulian]] [Adjective] editmetric 1.metric [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editmetric m or n (feminine singular metrică, masculine plural metrici, feminine and neuter plural metrice) 1.metric 2.metrical [Etymology] editBorrowed from French métrique. [Further reading] edit - metric in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) 0 0 2012/05/22 09:29 2023/08/30 09:31
50197 metric ton [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - MT [Noun] editmetric ton (plural metric tons) 1.(chiefly US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois. 2.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎[1]: One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually. [Synonyms] edit - ton (often proscribed), tonne, t, T (chiefly UK), megagram (uncommon), millier (archaic) 0 0 2022/08/31 18:46 2023/08/30 09:31 TaN
50198 yanking [[English]] [Verb] edityanking 1.present participle and gerund of yank 0 0 2008/11/23 13:28 2023/08/30 09:37 TaN
50199 yank [[English]] ipa :/jæŋk/[Etymology 1] editAttested since 1822; from Scots yank. Unknown origin. [Etymology 2] edit [[Scots]] [Etymology] editUnknown; likely imitative. Compare whang (“a blow”). [Noun] edityank (plural yanks) 1.a sudden tug, a jerk, a yank 2.a blow, a slap 3.1833, James Hogg, The Brownie of Bodsbeck‎[3], page 51: I took up my neive an’ gae him a yank on the haffat till I gart his bit brass cap rattle against the wa’. I raised my fist and gave him a blow on the temple that made his little brass cap rattle against the wall. [Verb] edityank (third-person singular simple present yanks, present participle yankin, simple past yankt, past participle yankt) 1.to jerk, to pull suddenly 2.to move quickly or in a lively manner 0 0 2012/01/26 10:23 2023/08/30 09:37
50200 Yank [[English]] ipa :/jæŋk/[Etymology] editClipping of Yankee. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:YankeeWikipedia Yank (plural Yanks) 1.(US) A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England. 2.1865, unnamed Confederate officer, according to Lieutenant Joseph E. Moody, U.S.V., “Life in Confederate Prisons”, in Civil War Papers, Volume II, Massachusetts Commandery (1900), page 368: Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down! 3.1944, Howard Fast, Freedom Road, M.E. Sharpe, published 1995, →ISBN, page 33: “I do wish I might of found you in my sights when you was with them damn Yanks,” Abner added. 4.2004, O. K. Williams, The Way the Cards Fall, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 16: Corporal Bob explained, “The Yanks has tha best weapons. But us Rebs know how to shoot tha damn things. […] ” 5.(slang, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, UK, sometimes derogatory) An American: someone from the United States. 6.1951 June 11, “The Yanks Are Coming: U.S. shows world we are playing for keeps as 4th Division leaves to join Eisenhower's NATO army”, in Life, page 38: “This time,” he [General Alphonse-Pierre Juin] told the Yanks, “you have not crossed to win new victories but to preserve peace. […] ” [Synonyms] edit - (inhabitant of the USA): American; see Thesaurus:American 0 0 2021/09/15 13:01 2023/08/30 09:37 TaN
50201 underperformance [[English]] [Etymology] editunder- +‎ performance [Noun] editunderperformance (usually uncountable, plural underperformances) 1.The state or quality of underperforming 2.2009 January 29, George Lekakis, “NAB Star is fading”, in Herald Sun‎[1]: The fund manager has been plagued by underperformance and was forced to freeze redemptions on some of its funds at the height of the financial crisis last November. 3.2019 November 20, “National Rail Conference”, in Rail, page 15: Haines added: "A critical factor in underperformance is timetabling, and I know we all talk about our determination never to repeat the disruption of May 2018. I'm therefore pleased that timetabling is one of those areas where, as a industry, we're coming together to try and fix a problem." 0 0 2023/08/30 09:39 TaN
50202 though [[English]] ipa :/ðəʊ/[Adverb] editthough (not comparable) 1.(conjunctive) Despite that; however. I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though. 2.2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 3.(degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?" [Alternative forms] edit - tho, tho’, thô - thogh (obsolete) - thot (Scottish, obsolete) [Conjunction] editthough 1.Despite the fact that; although. Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance. 2.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. 3.(archaic) If, that, even if. We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight. 4.1919, Rudyard Kipling, Tomlinson: "Though we called your friend from his bed this night, he could not speak for you, / "For the race is run by one and one and never by two and two." 5.1945, Oscar Hammerstein II, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical) Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English thaugh, thagh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”), later superseded in many dialects by Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó); both from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”).Akin to Scots thoch (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that. [Synonyms] edit - (despite that): all the same, anyhow, anyway, even so, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet; see also Thesaurus:neverthelessedit - (although): although, even though; see also Thesaurus:even though 0 0 2010/07/07 07:38 2023/08/30 09:39
50204 dial [[English]] ipa :/ˈdaɪ.əl/[Anagrams] edit - Dail, Dali, Dalí, dali, laid [Derived terms] edit - butt dial - compass dial - dead dial - dial-a-ride - dial-a-ride problem - dial-around - dial-a-yield - dial back - dial down - dial down a notch - dialer (US) - dial gauge - dial-in - dial in - dial indicator - dial into - dial it in - dial number - dial tone - dial up - dial-up - direct-dial - don't touch that dial - drunk dial - mine dial - miner's dial - misdial - move the dial - pocket dial - pocket-dial - radium dial - redial - rotary dial - rotary-dial - speed dial - speed-dial - tide dial - video dial tone - war-dial  [Etymology] editThe original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial'; from Middle English diall, from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis (“daily, concerning the day”), because of its use in telling the time of day, from Latin diēs (“day”). Compare Spanish dial and día (“day”). [Noun] editdial (plural dials)A dial (disk with finger holes) on a Swiss telephone 1.A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas. 2.A clock face. 3.A sundial. 4.A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc. Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on! 5.A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called. His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone. 6.(UK, Australia, slang) A person's face. [from 19th c.] 7.1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 90: “Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.” 8.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 9, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC: At the sound of the old familiar voice he spun around with something of the agility of a cat on hot bricks, and I saw that his dial, usually cheerful, was contorted with anguish, as if he had swallowed a bad oyster. 9.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 137: Old Mona Lisa would have looked like a sour lemon beside Angel Day on the rare days she put a smile on her dial, laughing with her friends when some new man was in town. 10.A miner's compass. [Verb] editdial (third-person singular simple present dials, present participle (US) dialing or dialling, simple past and past participle (US) dialed or dialled) 1.(transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial. The president has recently dialled down the rhetoric. 2.(transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone. In an emergency dial 999. 3.(intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone. Please be careful when dialling. [[Spanish]] [Further reading] edit - “dial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 [Noun] editdial m (plural diales) 1.dial [[Welsh]] ipa :/ˈdiː.al/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Welsh dial, from Old Welsh digal, from Proto-Brythonic *diɣal, from Proto-Celtic *dī-galā. Cognate with Cornish dial, Breton dial and Old Irish dígal and its modern derivatives. [Further reading] edit - R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dial”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies [Mutation] edit [Noun] editdial m (plural dialau or dialon) 1.revenge, vengeance Synonym: dialedd [Verb] editdial (first-person singular present dialaf) 1.to avenge, to get one's own back Synonyms: talu'n ôl, talu'r pwyth yn ôl 0 0 2021/08/02 18:28 2023/08/30 09:46 TaN
50205 confer [[English]] ipa :/kənˈfʌɹ/[Etymology] editFrom Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren (“to confer”), German konferieren (“to confer”), Danish konferere (“to confer”), Swedish konferera (“to confer”). [Verb] editconfer (third-person singular simple present confers, present participle conferring, simple past and past participle conferred) 1.(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.] The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister. Synonym: afford 2.1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes: Nor shall I count in hainous to enjoy The public marks of honour and reward Conferr'd upon me […] 3.2010 February 7, Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer: The special immunities that are conferred on MPs were framed with the essential purpose of allowing them to speak freely in parliament. 4.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114: The mere existence of a dictionary of a certain variety of English does not automatically confer acceptance of that variety. 5.(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.] They were in a huddle, conferring about something. 6.1974 March 25, “A Traveler's Perils”, in Time: Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks. 7.(obsolete) To compare. [16th–18th c.] 8.1557 (book title): The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations. 9.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 1, subsection i: Confer thine estate with others […]. Be content and rest satisfied, for thou art well in respect to others […]. 10.1661, Robert Boyle, The Second Essay, of Unsucceeding Experiments: If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. 11.(obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.] 12.(obsolete) To contribute; to conduce. [16th–18th c.] 13.1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈkon.fer/[Verb] editcōnfer 1.second-person singular present active imperative of cōnferō. Often abbreviated cf and used to mean "compare with". 0 0 2009/07/17 23:53 2023/08/30 09:46 TaN
50206 conferred [[English]] ipa :/kənˈfɝd/[Verb] editconferred 1.simple past and past participle of confer 0 0 2023/08/30 09:49 TaN
50209 once and for all [[English]] [Adverb] editonce and for all (not comparable) 1.(idiomatic) Finally, permanently, conclusively. They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all. 0 0 2023/08/30 10:32 TaN
50210 once for all [[English]] [Adverb] editonce for all (not comparable) 1.Dated form of once and for all. 0 0 2023/08/30 10:34 TaN
50211 hailstone [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - antiholes, thiolanes [Etymology] editFrom Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz,equivalent to hail +‎ stone. Cognate with Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”). [Noun] edithailstone (plural hailstones) 1.A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation 0 0 2023/08/30 10:35 TaN
50215 scorching [[English]] [Adjective] editscorching (comparative more scorching, superlative most scorching) 1.Very hot. It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade. 2.Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering. 3.1860, Lucius Robinson Paige, A Commentary on the New Testament, volume 3, page 130: Very probably he resolved never to repeat the request which had drawn forth such a scorching rebuke; but there is no evidence of his determination to forsake his iniquitous practices generally. 4.(Of speed when driving, running, etc.) very high. 5.1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 186: Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat. [Noun] editscorching (plural scorchings) 1.The act or result of something being scorched. 2.1839, The Lancet, volume 2, page 682: There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders […] 3.1997, Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills, page 76: Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap. [Verb] editscorching 1.present participle and gerund of scorch 0 0 2022/02/27 18:48 2023/08/30 10:36 TaN
50216 beleaguered [[English]] ipa :/bɪˈliːɡəd/[Adjective] editbeleaguered (comparative more beleaguered, superlative most beleaguered) 1.Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops. a beleaguered stronghold a beleaguered town 2.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 220: 4,500 British and Indian troops and twelve thousand camp-followers, including some three dozen British wives, children and nannies, found themselves beleaguered in what Kaye described as little better than ‘sheep-folds on the plain’. 3.(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty. a beleaguered ego a beleaguered identity a beleaguered real estate market 4.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated. Steven Gerrard was also being forced to drop too deep to offer support to the beleaguered Jay Spearing and Jordan Henderson rather than add attacking potency alongside the Uruguayan. 5.2022 September 21, Mel Holley, “Network News: MPs debate Avanti West Coast future as MD departs”, in RAIL, number 966, page 15, photo caption: Ministers have not ruled out stripping the beleaguered operator of its franchise when it comes up for renewal on October 16. 6.2022 October 16, Pippa Crerar, “Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left”, in The Guardian‎[2]: The beleaguered prime minister will attempt to shore up her crumbling support by gathering her cabinet ministers at No 10 on Monday evening and then embarking on a series of meetings with mutinous Tory MPs before the next budget in a fortnight’s time. [Antonyms] edit - unbeleaguered [Etymology] editFrom beleaguer +‎ -ed. [Verb] editbeleaguered 1.simple past and past participle of beleaguer 0 0 2022/03/02 12:18 2023/08/30 10:42 TaN
50217 beleaguer [[English]] ipa :/bɪˈliː.ɡə/[Alternative forms] edit - beleagure [Anagrams] edit - beleagure [Etymology] editBorrowed from Dutch belegeren and/or Middle Low German belēgeren; equivalent to be- +‎ lair. Compare also German belagern. The English spelling was perhaps influenced by unrelated league. [Verb] editbeleaguer (third-person singular simple present beleaguers, present participle beleaguering, simple past and past participle beleaguered) 1.To besiege; to surround with troops. 2.1838 October, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Beleaguered City”, in Voices of the Night, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1839, →OCLC, stanzas 1–2, page 22: I have read in some old marvellous tale, / Some legend strange and vague, / That a midnight host of spectres pale / Beleaguered the walls of Prague. // Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, / With the wan moon overhead, / There stood, as in an awful dream, / The army of the dead. 3.To vex, harass, or beset. 4.To exhaust. 0 0 2022/03/02 12:18 2023/08/30 10:42 TaN
50218 in the world [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editin the world 1.(idiomatic) An intensifier, often used after an interrogative word. What in the world was that? Who in the world would want to do that? 2.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 24, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., →OCLC: "My darling child!" she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses. "Where in the world did you come from?" 3.Used for emphasis after a qualified noun. Synonym: on the face of the earth the happiest girl in the world 4.2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in AV Club‎[1]: Writing a “Treehouse Of Horror”segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world. 5.(religion) In this present age; here and now. 6.1998, Rich Mullins (lyrics and music), “That Where I am There You...”: In the world you will have trouble, but I leave you my peace that where I am there you may also be. (adapted from John 13–14) 1.(religion) Characteristic of wider society; worldly. 2.2023 July 7 (last accessed), “Monasticism in 21st Century”, in The Holy Monastery of St Paisius‎[2]: With some effort and discipline anyone can learn to get up early and to stand through long church services, to make prostrations and to work, and work hard, at jobs that you don’t necessarily like. A lot of people in the world have a much more difficult life in that sense. [Synonyms] edit - See Thesaurus:the dickens 0 0 2021/06/25 08:29 2023/08/30 10:42 TaN
50221 postpartum [[English]] [Adjective] editpostpartum (not comparable) 1.Of a mother: after giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth). Synonyms: (archaic) childing, (of a mother) postnatal, postpartal, post-partural Antonyms: antepartum, prepartum, (of a child) postnatal Hypernym: peripartum [Adverb] editpostpartum (not comparable) 1.After giving birth. 2.2012 January 10, Amy Fleming, “The mother of all maternity shoes”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Nothing surprising there (although one relative of mine unequivocally LOVES being pregnant), but what particularly struck me was her complaint that it had messed up her feet, of all things. They had spread out and flattened under the weight of pregnancy, and hurt. It was getting on for a year postpartum and her poor feet were only just getting back to normal. [Alternative forms] edit - post-partum [Etymology] edit1844, from Latin post (“after”) + partum (“giving birth”),[1] form of partus, from pariō (“I give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”). [Noun] editpostpartum (uncountable) 1.The period immediately following childbirth. 2.2019, Maranda Bower, Supported in Postpartum: Stories of Rejuvenating Wisdom, page 54: Postpartum was hard. When I first thought about having a baby, postpartum wasn't on my mind at all. I was just excited to have a brand-new baby that I could call mine. 3.(informal) Ellipsis of postpartum depression. 4.2014, Christine Rimmer, The Earl's Pregnant Bride, Toronto, ON: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 216: Brooke made a face at her. “You've always been disgustingly resilient. I had postpartum with Geoffrey. It was grim. But I know you'll be up and singing Christmas carols by tomorrow morning, checking on the roof project, telling everyone what to do.” 5.2021, Carey Crim, “Never Not Once”, in Lawrence Harbison, editor, The Best Women's Monologues from New Plays, 2020, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 99: When you were two months old … I was having a really hard time. Out-of-my-mind hard. I probably had postpartum and I hadn't dealt with, well anything, regarding the rape. I had dropped out of school, my parents knew I was pregnant but that was all they knew so they were pissed. I was beyond alone. [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “post-partum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 0 0 2023/08/30 10:48 TaN
50222 postpartum depression [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - post-partum depression [Noun] editpostpartum depression (countable and uncountable, plural postpartum depressions) 1.(psychiatry) Depression experienced by a parent, usually the mother, after childbirth. Synonyms: postnatal depression, (ellipsis) postpartum, (initialism) PPD 2.1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216: Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy. 0 0 2023/08/30 10:48 TaN
50224 impetus [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪm.pə.təs/[Anagrams] edit - imputes, stumpie, time's up, uptimes [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin impetus (“a rushing upon, an attack, assault, onset”), from impetō (“to rush upon, attack”), from in- (“upon”) + petō (“to seek, fall upon”). [Further reading] edit - “impetus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. - “impetus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. - impetus at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editimpetus (plural impetuses) 1.Anything that impels; a stimulating factor. The outbreak of World War II in 1939 gave a new impetus to receiver development. 2.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 64: Once set a strong mind thinking, and you have done all that it needs for its education. It matters little what is the first impetus, so that it only be set to work. 3.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England‎[1]: In a single moment Montenegro and their supporters were given fresh impetus and encouragement. Beciraj tested Hart with a low shot before teenager Phil Jones, on his England debut, suffered an anxious moment when Stevan Jovetic went down under his challenge, leaving the youngster clearly relieved to see referee Stark wave away Montenegro's appeals. 4.A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse. 5.The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus. 6.(history, medieval physics) A principle of motive force, held as exquivalent to weight times velocity by John Buridan, in an auxiliary theory of Aristotelian dynamics introduced by John Philoponus, describing projectile motion against gravity as linear until it transitions to a vertical drop and the intellectual precursor to the concepts of inertia, momentum and acceleration in classical mechanics. 7.An activity in response to a stimulus. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈim.pe.tus/[Etymology] editFrom impetō (“to rush upon, attack”), from in- (“upon”) + petō (“to seek, fall upon”). [Noun] editimpetus m (genitive impetūs); fourth declension 1.an attack, an assault, a charge Synonyms: incursiō, aggressiō, impressiō, invāsiō, assultus, oppugnātiō, incursus, concursus, occursiō, petītiō, appetītus, ictus, vīs, procella 2.Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 28: Ultimas oppidi partes Continenti impetu petiverunt By uninterrupted charge they rushed into the utmost parts of the town 3.a rapid motion 4.impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion Synonyms: cupīdō, vehementia, libīdō, appetītus, appetītiō, ardor, avāritia, alacritās 5.a making for [References] edit - “impetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - “impetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - impetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) - impetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette - Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. - to have no principles: caeco impetu ferri - to attack the enemy: invadere, impetum facere in hostem - to resist the attack, onset: impetum sustinere (B. G. 1. 26) - to parry the attack: impetum excipere (Liv. 6. 12) “impetus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. 0 0 2009/11/20 10:28 2023/08/30 10:50 TaN
50225 retake [[English]] ipa :/ɹiːˈteɪk/[Etymology] editFrom re- +‎ take. [Noun] editretake (plural retakes) 1.a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again 2.an instance of resitting an examination [Verb] editretake (third-person singular simple present retakes, present participle retaking, simple past retook, past participle retaken) 1.To take something again. 2.To take something back. 3.To capture or occupy somewhere again. The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from. 4.To photograph or film again. 0 0 2013/04/29 05:24 2023/08/30 10:50
50226 bomblet [[English]] [Etymology] editbomb +‎ -let [Noun] editbomblet (plural bomblets) 1.A small or subsidiary bomb, such as one of those released by a cluster bomb. 0 0 2012/05/27 07:31 2023/08/30 10:50
50228 infantry [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪnfəntɹi/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:infantryWikipedia infantry (countable and uncountable, plural infantries) 1.Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne). 2.(uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops. 3.A regiment of infantry. 0 0 2023/08/30 10:50 TaN
50229 sagging [[English]] [Adjective] editsagging (comparative more sagging, superlative most sagging) 1.(of a person or clothes) Worn low on the waist, or wearing pants or shorts low on the waist. 2.Hanging down loosely. 3.2022 August 10, Gareth Dennis, “How can we run trains when the heat is on?”, in RAIL, number 963, page 45: For OLE, the same is true for sagging overhead wires. Slower trains are less likely to cause a dewirement - and make less mess even if they do pull the wires down. [Noun] editsagging (countable and uncountable, plural saggings) 1.The act of something that sags. 2.1969, Sugar Technologists' Association of India, Proceedings: It was noticed that there had been saggings and bulgings in the trays. 3.2020 June 17, “Network News: Overhead line equipment renewed at Camden”, in Rail, page 20: Overhead line electrification near London Euston is being overhauled in a four-week Network Rail project to reduce delays in hot weather. The OLE at Camden is being renewed and replaced to help prevent sagging, with some 2,000 metres of new wires being installed. 4.A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear. [References] edit - “sagging”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. [Verb] editsagging 1.present participle and gerund of sag 0 0 2023/08/30 10:54 TaN
50230 sag [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editsag 1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sango. [[English]] ipa :/sæɡ/[Anagrams] edit - AGS, AGs, Ags., GAs, GSA, Gas, SGA, gas [Etymology 1] editFrom late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).[1]Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German). [Etymology 2] edit [[Afrikaans]] ipa :/saχ/[Adjective] editsag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste) 1.soft [Etymology] editFrom Dutch zacht. [[Danish]] ipa :/saːɡ/[Etymology] editFrom Old Danish sak, from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Swedish sak, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache. [Noun] editsag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager) 1.matter, affair Jeg er ikke bekendt med alle sagens detaljer. I am not acquainted with all the details of the matter. 2.cause Jeg er villig til at dø for sagen. I am willing to die for the cause. 3.thing Jeg går lige ind og pakker mine sager ud. I'll go inside and pack out my things. 4.case, lawsuit Den 27-årige nægtede sig skyldig i spritkørsel, så sagen måtte udsættes. The 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to drunk driving, so the case had to be adjourned. 5.file Jeg tog mine papirer og sager med mig hjem. I took my papers and cases home with me. 6.food (only in plural) Tjeneren var ved at stable en masse lækre sager op på bordet. The waiter was stacking a lot of delicious things on the table. [Synonyms] edit - (legal case): retssag [[Faroese]] ipa :/sɛaː/[Etymology] editFrom Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). [Noun] editsag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir) 1.saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal [[German]] ipa :/zaːk/[Verb] editsag 1.singular imperative of sagen 2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of sagen [[Icelandic]] ipa :/saːɣ/[Anagrams] edit - gas [Etymology] editFrom the verb saga (“to saw”). [Noun] editsag n (genitive singular sags, no plural) 1.sawdust [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit - “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse sǫg. [Noun] editsag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene) 1.(tools) a saw [References] edit - “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/sâːɡ/[Etymology] editFrom Latin sagum. [Noun] editsȃg m (Cyrillic spelling са̑г) 1.carpet, rug [Synonyms] edit - tèpih 0 0 2023/08/30 10:55 TaN
50231 SAG [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - AGS, AGs, Ags., GAs, GSA, Gas, SGA, gas [Noun] editSAG (plural SAGs) 1.(LGBT) Initialism of straight-acting gay. [Phrase] editSAG 1.(on a letter) Initialism of Saint Anthony guide. [Proper noun] editSAG 1.Acronym of Screen Actors Guild. [[Spanish]] [Noun] editSAG f (plural SAG) 1.Initialism of secretaria de agricultura y ganadería (“Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Raising”). 0 0 2023/08/30 10:55 TaN
50232 forfeiting [[English]] [Noun] editforfeiting (plural forfeitings) 1.The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up. 2.1832, Robert Wodrow, The History of the Suffering of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution: The finings and forfeitings of persons of substance and estates were innumerable, some of the last may come to be noticed in this chapter, and in the progress of this work. [Verb] editforfeiting 1.present participle and gerund of forfeit 0 0 2023/08/30 10:55 TaN
50233 forfeit [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɔː.fɪt/[Adjective] editforfeit (not comparable) 1.Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. 2.1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, May-Day: to tread the forfeit paradise [Anagrams] edit - toffier [Etymology] editMiddle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime. [Noun] editforfeit (countable and uncountable, plural forfeits) 1.A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor. 2.1629, John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: That he our deadly forfeit should release 3.A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc. He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life. 4.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]: Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal / Remit thy other forfeits. 5.Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game. 6.1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, 1885, →OCLC: Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. 7.(obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief. 8.a. 1789, Barry St. Leger, Siege of Nicopolis to seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit [Synonyms] edit - (lose a contest): capitulate, surrender, disqualify - (voluntarily give up): forgo, withgo [Verb] editforfeit (third-person singular simple present forfeits, present participle forfeiting, simple past and past participle forfeited or (rare) forfeit) 1.To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate. 2.To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game. 3.To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. 4.To fail to keep an obligation. 5.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]: I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. 0 0 2011/02/17 14:35 2023/08/30 10:55
50234 stepping [[English]] ipa :/ˈstɛpɪŋ/[Derived terms] edit - stepping motor - stepping stone - stepping switch [Etymology] editFrom Middle English steppynge; equivalent to step +‎ -ing. [Noun] editstepping (plural steppings)English Wikipedia has an article on:stepping levelWikipedia 1.The act of taking a step. 2.2005, Miriandra Rota, Pathways and Parables for a Changing World, page 263: In the steppings of my feet, you are always my mother. 3.(computing) A specific iteration of a model of central processing unit, often distinguished by the addition or removal of features compared to earlier examples of the same processor, or the presence, or lack thereof, of specific bugs. The 80386's early steppings have quite a lot of bugs, so some software specifically tests to make sure that the processor isn't one of those old versions. [Verb] editstepping 1.present participle and gerund of step [[Middle English]] [Noun] editstepping 1.Alternative form of steppynge 0 0 2023/08/30 10:55 TaN
50235 clamp-down [[English]] [Noun] editclamp-down (plural clamp-downs) 1.Alternative form of clampdown 0 0 2023/07/04 13:05 2023/08/30 10:56 TaN
50236 clamp down [[English]] [Verb] editclamp down on (third-person singular simple present clamps down on, present participle clamping down on, simple past and past participle clamped down on) 1.(transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to. The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking. 2.2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: American referee Mike Geiger's failure to clamp down on early misdemeanours led to him losing control of a game that Colombia seemed determined to turn into a battle. 3.2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times‎[2]: A few chilling examples of what GPT-4 can do — or, more accurately, what it did do, before OpenAI clamped down on it — can be found in a document released by OpenAI this week. 0 0 2023/07/04 13:05 2023/08/30 10:56 TaN
50239 clamp [[English]] ipa :/klæmp/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi. [Etymology 2] editImitative. [[French]] [Etymology] editProbably borrowed from English clamp [Further reading] edit - “clamp”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editclamp m (plural clamps) 1.(medical) clamp 0 0 2009/07/02 13:51 2023/08/30 10:56 TaN
50240 Downs [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - nowds, sdown, sownd [Proper noun] editThe Downs 1.(Sussex) the South Downs. Let's just go for a walk on the Downs. 2.A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war. 3.1771, James Cook, diary: On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel […] at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal. 4.A surname. [See also] edit - The Downs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Downs (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 0 0 2023/08/30 10:56 TaN
50241 bruised [[English]] ipa :/bɹuːzd/[Adjective] editbruised (not comparable) 1.(heraldry) Synonym of debruised 2.1807, Francis Blomefield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Gallow and Brothercross. Blofield. Clackclose, page 381: or, a cross between four squirrels sejant, gules . . . argent, a lion rampant, gules, bruised with a bendlet, or, Branch. […] On the summit is the quartered shield of Stewart, consisting of 23 coats of arms: […] 2, the same with an escotcheon of pretence, argent, a lion rampant gules, bruised by a staff ragulée in bend, or, Steward; […] [Anagrams] edit - burdeis [Verb] editbruised 1.simple past and past participle of bruise 0 0 2021/08/04 14:04 2023/08/30 11:00 TaN
50242 bruise [[English]] ipa :/bɹuːz/[Alternative forms] edit - bruize (obsolete) - brise (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - Uribes, buries, busier, rubies [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bruisen, brusen, brosen, brisen, bresen, from a merger two words, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”): - Old English brȳsan, brīesan (“to bruise; crush”), from Proto-Germanic *brausijaną, *brūsijaną (“to break; crumble; crack”). Provided the word's sense. - Anglo-Norman bruiser, bruser (“to break, smash, shatter”), from Gaulish *brus-, from Proto-Celtic *bruseti (“to break”). Provided the word's form.Cognate with Scots brizz, German brausen (“to roar; boom; pound”), Old English brosnian (“to crumble, fall apart”), Dutch broos (“brittle”), German Brosame (“crumb”), dialectal Norwegian brøysk (“breakable”), Latin frustum (“bit, scrap”), Old Church Slavonic бръснути (brŭsnuti, “to rake”), Albanian breshër (“hail”). [Noun] editbruise (plural bruises) 1.A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow. 2.A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface. [Synonyms] edit - (medical): contusion (technical term), ecchymosis (differentiated in some terminologies) - See also Thesaurus:injury [Verb] editbruise (third-person singular simple present bruises, present participle bruising, simple past and past participle bruised) 1.(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it. 2.(transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way. 3.(intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly. Bananas bruise easily. 4.(intransitive) To become bruised. I bruise easily. 5.(intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box. 6.1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC: Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. 7.(transitive, figurative) To harm or injure. Her thoughtless remarks bruised my ego. 8.(transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring. [[Dutch]] [Verb] editbruise 1.(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bruisen [[Irish]] [Mutation] edit [Noun] editbruise f sg 1.genitive singular of bruis (“brush; pubic hair”) [References] edit - Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bruise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN 0 0 2012/01/30 16:43 2023/08/30 11:00
50243 Blackout [[German]] ipa :[ˈblɛkˌʔaʊ̯t][Alternative forms] edit - Black-out [Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English blackout. [Further reading] edit - Blackout on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de - “Blackout” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache - “Blackout” in Duden online - “Blackout” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon [Noun] editBlackout m or n (strong, genitive Blackouts or Blackout, plural Blackouts) 1.blackout [References] edit.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-alpha ol{list-style:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-alpha ol{list-style:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-roman ol{list-style:lower-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-roman ol{list-style:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-greek ol{list-style:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-disc ol{list-style:disc}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-square ol{list-style:square}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-none ol{list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks .mw-cite-backlink,.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks li>a{display:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-small ol{font-size:xx-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-small ol{font-size:x-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-smaller ol{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-small ol{font-size:small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-medium ol{font-size:medium}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-large ol{font-size:large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-larger ol{font-size:larger}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-large ol{font-size:x-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-large ol{font-size:xx-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="2"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:2}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="3"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:3}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="4"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:4}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="5"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:5} 1. ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (please provide a date or year), archived from the original on 2023-01-20 0 0 2023/05/06 09:25 2023/08/30 11:02 TaN

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