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batte
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈb̥ad̥ə][Etymology]
From Middle Low German baten, batten, from Proto-Germanic *batāną (“to improve”), cognate with Dutch baten (“to avail”). Doublet of både.
[Verb]
batte (imperative bat, infinitive at batte, present tense batter, past tense battede, perfect tense har battet)
1.to have effect
[[French]]
ipa :/bat/[Etymology 1]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 2]
From English bat.
[Further reading]
- “batte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- Betta
[Verb]
batte
1.third-person singular present indicative of battere
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈbat.te/[Verb]
batte
1.second-person singular present active imperative of battō
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
batte
1.Alternative form of bat
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anarcho-capitalist
[[English]]
[Adjective]
anarcho-capitalist (not comparable)
1.(politics, economics) Of, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism.
2.1971, Murray Rothbard, “Know Your Rights”, in WIN: Peace and Freedom through Nonviolent Action[4], volume 7, number 4, pages 6-10:
Anarcho-capitalism is a creed new to the present age. Its closest historical links are with the “individualist anarchism” of Benjamin R. Tucker and Lysander Spooner of the late nineteenth century, and it shares with Tucker and Spooner a devotion to private property, individualism, and competition. Furthermore, and in contrast to Read and Rand, it shares with Spooner and Tucker their hostility to government officials as a criminal band of robbers and murderers. It is therefore no longer ‘patriotic.’ It differs from the older anarchist in not believing that profits and interest would disappear in a fully free market, in holding the landlord-tenant relationship to be legitimate, and in holding that men can arrive through reason at objective law which does not have to be at the mercy of ad hoc juries. Lysander Spooner’s brilliantly hard-hitting No Treason, one of the masterpieces of anti-statism and reprinted by an anarcho-capitalist press, has had considerable influence in converting present-day youth to libertarianism.
3.2020, Lana Swartz, New Money: How Payment Became Social Media, Yale University Press, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
Even beyond the anarcho-capitalist cryptocurrency Bitcoin, many entrepreneurs make overtly political calls for private, extranational money, for direct and disintermediated economic communication, for either total privacy or total publicity in transactions.
[Alternative forms]
- ancap, an-cap (chiefly Internet slang)
- anarchocapitalist
[Etymology]
From anarcho- + capitalist.From anarcho- + capitalist.Its possible earliest appearance is in the 1971 article “Know Your Rights” by Murray Rothbard, who is credited with coining it[1] and its cognate anarcho-capitalism;[2] though the latter's earliest extant attestion is in Karl Hess's 1969 article “The Death of Politics”.[3][4]
[Noun]
anarcho-capitalist (uncountable)
1.(politics, economics) A person who advocates anarcho-capitalism.
2.1971, Murray Rothbard, “Know Your Rights”, in WIN: Peace and Freedom through Nonviolent Action[5], volume 7, number 4, pages 6–10:
It is safe to say that the great bulk of right-libertarians are anarcho-capitalists, particularly among the youth.
3.2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 8, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN:
But Liberland is Mecca for libertarians' more radical strands, especially ‘anarcho-capitalists’, people who believe the state should be abolished entirely, replaced by individuals clubbing together to contract services from private companies.
4.2021 February 5, Matt Shaw, “Billionaire capitalists are designing humanity's future. Don't let them”, in The Guardian[6]:
The Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, is a major supporter of the movement – which, like space colonization, seems to attract the enthusiasm of a certain kind of fantastically rich and rightwing tech baron.
5.2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian[7], →ISSN:
At his final campaign event in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, the 53-year-old “anarcho-capitalist” addressed a packed 15,000-capacity stadium from a stage adorned with a banner proclaiming him “The Only Solution” to Argentina’s economic malaise.
[References]
1. ^ Leeson, Robert (2017) Hayek: A Collaborative Biography, Part IX: The Divine Right of the 'Free' Market, Springer, →ISBN, pages 180: “To the original 'anarchocapitalist' (Rothbard coined the term) […] .”
2. ^ Flood, Anthony (2010), “Untitled Preface to Murray Rothbard's ‘Know Your Rights’”, in AnthonyFlood.com – Philosophy against Misosophy[1], retrieved 9 October 1969: “Rothbard's neologism, ‘anarchocapitalism,’ probably makes its first appearance in print here.”
3. ^ Hess, Karl (2003), “The Death of Politics”, in Faré's Home Page[2], Playboy, published 1969, retrieved 9 October 2023
4. ^ Johnson, Charles (28 August 2015), “Karl Hess on Anarcho-Capitalism”, in Center for a Stateless Society[3], retrieved 9 October 2023: “In fact, the earliest documented, printed use of the word "anarcho-capitalism" that I can find [...] actually comes neither from Wollstein nor from Rothbard, but from Karl Hess's manifesto "The Death of Politics," which was published in Playboy in March, 1969.”
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self
[[English]]
ipa :/sɛlf/[Adjective]
self
1.Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood
a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour
2.(obsolete) Same, identical.
3.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 I, scene i]:
I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth
That which I owe is lost; but if you please
To shoot another arrow that self way
Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
As I will watch the aim, or to find both,
Or bring your latter hazard back again,
And thankfully rest debtor for the first.
4.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 I, scene i]:
I am made of that self mettle as my sister.
5.1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
But were it granted, yet the heighth of these Mountains is far under the supposed place of Paradise; and on these self Hills the Air is so thin […]
6.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
At that self moment enters Palamon
The gate of Venus […]
7.(obsolete) Belonging to oneself; own.
8.(molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
9.2000, G Ristori et al., “Compositional bias and mimicry toward the nonself proteome in immunodominant T cell epitopes of self and nonself antigens”, in FASEB Journal: the official journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, volume 14, number 3, →PMID, pages 431–438:
Similarity profiles between helper T cell epitopes (of self or microbial antigens and allergens) and human or microbial SWISSPROT collections were produced. For each antigen, both collections yielded largely overlapping profiles, demonstrating that self-nonself discrimination does not rely on qualitative features that distinguish human from microbial peptides. However, epitopes whose probability of mimicry with self or nonself prevails are, respectively, tolerated or immunodominant and coexist within the same (auto-)antigen regardless of its self/nonself nature. Epitopes (on self and nonself antigens) can cross-stimulate T cells at increasing potency as their similarity with nonself augments.
[Alternative forms]
- (obsolete) selfe
- (obsolete, rare) silf, silfe
[Anagrams]
- FLES, LSFE, elfs
[Antonyms]
- (immunology) nonself
- outcross
- (immunologic sense) nonself
[Etymology]
From Middle English self, silf, sulf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba), German selbst and Dutch zelf.
[Further reading]
- “self”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “self”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
-
- Self in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- “self”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
[Noun]
self (plural selves or selfs)
1.One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
one's true self; one's better self; one's former self
2.The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
3.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 II, scene ix]:
Portia:
To these injunctions every one doth swear
That comes to hazard for my worthless self.
4.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0056:
Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
5.An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
6.1859–1860, William Hamilton, “Lecture IX”, in H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, editors, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.
7.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
The preposterous altruism too! […] Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
8.Self-interest or personal advantage.
9.Identity or personality.
10.(botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
11.(botany) A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
12.
13. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
14.2000, G Ristori et al., “Compositional bias and mimicry toward the nonself proteome in immunodominant T cell epitopes of self and nonself antigens”, in FASEB Journal: the official journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, volume 14, number 3, →PMID, pages 431–438:
Similarity profiles between helper T cell epitopes (of self or microbial antigens and allergens) and human or microbial SWISSPROT collections were produced. For each antigen, both collections yielded largely overlapping profiles, demonstrating that self-nonself discrimination does not rely on qualitative features that distinguish human from microbial peptides. [...] Epitopes (on self and nonself antigens) can cross-stimulate T cells at increasing potency as their similarity with nonself augments.
15.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
[Pronoun]
self
1.(obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
2.1898 July 18, The Leader, Melbourne, page 34, column 1:
Now that I put on my glasses I could see that the hut was empty but for our two selves; that it must have been absolutely empty till we entered.
3.(commercial or humorous) Myself.
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
[References]
1. ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (March 2, 1942), “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 2, page 88.
[Synonyms]
- cyberself
- herself
- himself
- itself
- myself
- non-self
- oneself
- one's self
- ourselves
- technoself
- themselves
- thyself
- yourself
- yourselves
[Verb]
self (third-person singular simple present selfs, present participle selfing, simple past and past participle selfed)
1.(botany) To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.
2.(botany) To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.
[[Danish]]
[Adverb]
self
1.(Internet slang) Abbreviation of selvfølgelig (“of course”).
[Alternative forms]
- self.
[[Maltese]]
ipa :/sɛlf/[Etymology]
From Arabic سَلَف (salaf).
[Noun]
self m
1.loan
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/sɛlf/[Adjective]
self
1.(the) (very/self) same, (the) aforementioned
2.Intensifies the pronoun or noun it follows or precedes; very
3.(+genitive) own
[Alternative forms]
- salve, silf, sulf
[Etymology]
Inherited from Old English self, from Proto-West Germanic *selb, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.
[Noun]
self (plural selfs)
1.(the) same thing, (the) aforementioned thing
[Pronoun]
self
1.themself, themselves; a reflexive pronoun
2.that, this
[[Old English]]
ipa :/self/[Alternative forms]
- seolf, sylf
[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.
[Pronoun]
self
1.self; oneself, personally
2.late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Sē wer meahte unēaðe þurh hine selfne ārīsan oþþe gān.
The man could barely get up or walk by himself.
3.late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies
Nāt iċ nā þȳ hwā Rōme burg timbrede þe iċ hit self ġesāwe, ac for þȳ þe hit man mē sæġde.
I don't know who built the city of Rome because I saw it myself, but because somebody told me.
[[Old Saxon]]
[Alternative forms]
- selvo
[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.
[Pronoun]
self
1.self
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Self
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- FLES, LSFE, elfs
[Etymology]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
- From self. A surname taken up by freed slaves, who have become of themselves, they being self-owned.
[Proper noun]
Self
1.A surname.
2.A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
3.An unincorporated community in Boone County, Arkansas, United States
[See also]
- Self (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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stripping
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- trippings
[Noun]
stripping (plural strippings)
1.The act of one who strips.
2.1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Volume II Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions
The mutual bows and courtesies […] are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive.
3.1863, Elizabeth Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers:
Never were cows that required such stripping.
4.(chemistry, engineering) A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream
[Verb]
stripping
1.present participle and gerund of strip
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whopping
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/[Adjective]
whopping (not comparable)
1.(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.
It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full.
2.1852, Henry Howard Paul, “Old Dan of Connecticut River”, in Dashes of American Humour, London: Piper Brothers and Co., Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 37:
[H]e went his way rejoicing—an eccentric, sun-browned, good-natured, athletic man, with no strong affection for anything except his rifle, and a predilection for relating "whopping" stories of his travels, and incidents of adventure which no mortal since the days of Baron Munchausen could have experienced under any possible circumstances.
The word appears to be used here in the sense of a "whopping lie".
3.1852, Jerome V[an] C[roninsfield] Smith, “Smyrna”, in Turkey and the Turks: Or, Travels in Turkey, Boston, Mass.: F. Gleason's Publishing Hall, corner of Bromfield and Tremont Streets, →OCLC, page 83, column 2:
There are runners in abundance who intercept strangers, strongly recommending certain lodgings as being desirable on account of location and economy, for which they get a handsome percentage. Abraham told a whopping lie to secure our patronage, by saying, our countryman, a gentleman who had preceded us by about a week, had left special directions for him to wait upon us. Such politeness led at once to an engagement. However, he was subsequently dismissed in disgrace.
4.2009, John Kricher, “For the Love of Biodiversity (and Stable Ecosystems?)”, in The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s Enduring Myth, Princeton, N.J., Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 170–171:
Because of its great length, the snake [a pit viper, Lachesis muta] has a long striking range and is alleged to, on occasion, strike without any warning (unlike a rattlesnake, whose audible vibrating tail signals that the animal is agitated). Long hypodermic fangs deliver a whopping dose of venom.
5.2013, Agnieszka Biskup, “Forcing the Issue”, in Jennifer Besel, editor, The Gripping Truth about Forces and Motion (Fact Finders. LOL Physical Science.), North Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, →ISBN, page 13:
Weight is actually a measurement of the gravitational pull on an object. If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, Earth's gravity is pulling you down with 100 pounds of force. […] On our massive Sun, you'd weigh a whopping 2,800 pounds!
6.2017 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president”, in BBC News[1], archived from the original on 5 June 2017:
Defence spending, as promised last week, is headed for a $54bn boost. Now Mr [Donald] Trump has revealed the size of his planned infrastructure programme, and it's a whopping $1 trillion.
7.2022, StrategyWiki[2]:
Stay on the balance lift until the rope breaks, and score a whopping 1000 points! Be prepared to jump at the last moment to save your life.
[Adverb]
whopping (not comparable)
1.(colloquial) Exceedingly, extremely, very.
2.1962 September 28, “Shall We Dance? Thud!”, in Life, volume 53, number 13, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 57:
Is she doing a tango? A buck and wing? A soulful modern ballet? No, Joan Crawford is having a whopping good time learning judo, the Japanese art of self-defense, for her new movie, The Caretakers. Joan plays a nurse who uses judo holds to subdue unruly patients in a mental hospital.
3.2000, James Riordan, When the Guns Fall Silent, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
Doss and I run the house, cooking dinner—whopping great pots of stew and rice, sewing and darning clothes, ironing, bathing the kids, blacking the grate, scrubbing the doorstep, running errands.
[Etymology]
A model of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York, USA. The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed, and to date the heaviest weight of one such creature has been recorded at a whopping 173 tonnes.whop (verb) + -ing.
[Further reading]
- “whopping”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 24 July 2017.
[Noun]
whopping (plural whoppings)
1.A beating.
2.1854 May 20, “The Monitorial System of Harrow School. From the Literary Gazette.”, in E[liakim] Littel, editor, Littel’s Living Age, volume V (Second Series; volume XLI from the start), number DXXII, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa.: Littel, Son and Company, →OCLC, page 367:
When I saw Dr. Vaughan, he was excessively kind, and told me that he was exceedingly sorry that I should have got into a mess with any of the monitors, and that, as far as he heard, I was to blame in what I had said, and so he should advise me to take the whopping, as there was no cowardice in taking anything from a legal power.
3.2013 April, Frederic H. Finnis, chapter 1, in Turning Back the Pages 1993–1923, Victoria, B.C.: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 6:
At least this taught me to hate violence which to me translated into thick ears or sound whoppings on the behind.
[Synonyms]
- See Thesaurus:large
- awfully
- terribly
- thrashing
- walloping
- whupping (colloquial)
[Verb]
whopping
1.present participle and gerund of whop.
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whop
[[English]]
ipa :/wɒp/[Anagrams]
- howp
[Etymology]
From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).[1]
[Noun]
whop (plural whops)
1.A blow or strike.
[References]
1. ^ “whop”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
[Verb]
whop (third-person singular simple present whops, present participle whopping, simple past and past participle whopped)
1.(transitive, informal) To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
He angrily whopped the book onto the table.
2.1848 October 28, “Collectanea. The First Ice Cream.”, in The Daguerreotype: A Magazine of Foreign Literature and Science; Compiled Chiefly from the Periodical Publications of England, France, and Germany, volume III, number 1, Boston, Mass.: Published by Crosby & Nichols, No. 111 Washington Street, →OCLC, page 43, column 2:
Then I'd wake up an' screech and roar—then off to sleep again—to dream that Spanker had run away with me, or that father was whopping me, or some other plaguey thing, till mornin'.
3.1867, “A Maid & a Younge Man. [Page 197 of MS.]”, in John W[esley] Hales, Frederick J[ames] Furnivall, editors, Bishop Percy’s Folio Manuscript. Loose and Humorous Songs, part I, London: N[icholas] Trübner & Co., 60 Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 51, lines 1–4:
A man & a younge maid that loued a long time / were tane in a frenzye ithe Midsommer prime; / the maid shee lay drooping, hye; / the man he lay whopping, hey, the man he lay whopping hoe.
4.(transitive, slang) To administer corporal punishment to.
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Douglas
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʌɡləs/[Alternative forms]
- Douglass
[Anagrams]
- Dougals
[Etymology]
From a place name, Scottish Gaelic dubh (“black”) + glais (“stream”).
[Proper noun]
Douglas (countable and uncountable, plural Douglases)
1.(countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
2.(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3.A place name or the name of a geographical feature, often given after a person, notably held by:
1.Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man.
2.A number of places in the United Kingdom:
1.A locality in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
2.A river in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.
3.An area in eastern Dundee, Scotland; in full, Douglas and Angus.
4.A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, the origin of Clan Douglas and the Lords of Douglas (OS grid ref NS8330).A village and suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.A village in Belize.A settlement in East Falkland, Falkland Islands.A town in Northern Cape, South Africa.A number of places in Australasia:
1.A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
2.A locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
3.The Shire of Douglas, a local government area north of Cairns, Queensland.
4.A rural locality in Taranaki, New Zealand.
5.A small community in South Canterbury, New Zealand.A number of places in Canada:
1.A locality in Surrey, British Columbia.
2.A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Elton, Manitoba.
3.A suburban community in York County, New Brunswick.
4.A community in Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario.A number of places in the United States:
1.A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
2.A community on Douglas Island, Alaska, directly across from Juneau.
3.A city in Cochise County, Arizona.
4.A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Georgia.
5.A neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
6.An unincorporated community in Knox County, Illinois.
7.An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Illinois.
8.An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
9.A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
10.A city in Allegan County, Michigan.
11.An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
12.The former alternative name of Oak Ridge, Pemiscot County, Missouri.
13.A village in Otoe County, Nebraska.
14.A tiny city in Ward County, North Dakota.
15.An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
16.A tiny town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
17.An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington.
18.An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.
19.A small town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
20.A small city, the county seat of Converse County, Wyoming.
21.A number of townships in the United States, mostly in Iowa, listed under Douglas Township.
[[French]]
[Proper noun]
Douglas f
1.Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈdo(w).ɡlɐs/[Etymology]
Unadapted borrowing from English Douglas.
[Proper noun]
Douglas m
1.a male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English DouglasDouglas f
1.Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)
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mood
[[English]]
ipa :/muːd/[Anagrams]
- Doom, Odom, doom
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with Scots mude, muid (“mood, courage, spirit, temper, disposition”), Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“mind, spirit, courage, will, intention”), Dutch moed (“courage, bravery, heart, valor”), German Low German Mood (“mind, heart, courage”), German Mut (“courage, braveness, heart, spirit”), Danish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Swedish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Icelandic móður (“wrath, grief, moodiness”), Latin mōs (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare, venture”).
[Etymology 2]
Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/muːt̚⁵/[Etymology]
From English mood.
[Noun]
mood (Hong Kong Cantonese)
1.mood (disposition to do something)
2.mood (prevalent atmosphere; vibe)
[[Estonian]]
ipa :/mˈoːd̥ʲ/[Etymology]
From German Mode.
[Noun]
mood (genitive moe, partitive moodi)
1.fashion
2.tradition
3.appearance, style
4.(partitive) style, variety, sort, type
Mis moodi mees sa siis oled? ― What type of man are you then?
[[Manx]]
[Pronoun]
mood
1.second-person singular of mysh
about you
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
From Old English mōd.
[Etymology 2]
From Old French mode.
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weekday
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwiːkdeɪ/[Alternative forms]
- week-day (archaic)
[Etymology]
Inherited from Middle English weke-day, from Old English wicdæġ. By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).
[Noun]
weekday (plural weekdays)
1.Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
1.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
2.2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:
The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton.
3.(Islam) Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday.
4.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)
5.(Judaism) Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday.(now rare) Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).
[References]
- American Heritage Dictionary
- “weekday”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “weekday”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
[Synonyms]
- workday
- working day
- (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day
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定数
[[Chinese]]
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[te̞ːsɨᵝː][Antonyms]
- 変数(へんすう) (hensū): variable
[Noun]
定(てい)数(すう) • (teisū)
1.(algebra) constant
[Synonyms]
- 常数(じょうすう) (jōsū)
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体重
[[Chinese]]
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ta̠iʑɨᵝː][Noun]
体(たい)重(じゅう) • (taijū)
1.body weight
毎(まい)日(にち)体(たい)重(じゅう)を計(はか)る
mainichi taijū o hakaru
weigh oneself every day
[References]
1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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荷物
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ɲ̟imo̞t͡sɨᵝ][Noun]
荷(に)物(もつ) • (nimotsu)
1.baggage, luggage
2.unwelcome burden
[References]
1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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taken over
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- overtaken
[Verb]
taken over
1.past participle of take over
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take off
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- offtake
[Antonyms]
- (remove): don (applies to clothing only), put on
- (ascend): land (also applies to spacecraft and some other vessels)
- (begin flight): land, touch down
[Noun]
take off (plural take offs)
1.Alternative form of takeoff
2.1986, Ira Katznelson, Aristide R. Zolberg, Working-class Formation, page 45:
France never experienced a "take off" of the sort hypothesized by W. W. Rostow — a sudden spurt of output that begins sustained industrial growth.
3.2003, Calin M. Popescu, Kan Phaobunjong, Nuntapong Ovararin, Estimating Building Costs, page 354:
Therefore, the only sure way to estimate the quantity of lumber required for any particular job is to do a take off of each piece of lumber needed for the work.
4.2003, N. A. Cumpsty, Jet Propulsion:
This is virtually equal to the minimum value shown above to be necessary in the case of a total loss in thrust from one of the four engines at take off.
[Synonyms]
- (remove clothing): doff
- (imitate): ape, imitate, impersonate, mimic
- (become successful): bloom, blossom, flourish, grow, thrive
- (depart): See depart
[Verb]
take off (third-person singular simple present takes off, present participle taking off, simple past took off, past participle taken off)
1.(transitive) To remove.
He took off his shoes.
The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.
2.1980 Charlie's Angels (TV, season 4.23)
Sounds nice. Has a certain ring to it. Take your shirt off.
3.1995, Richard Rhodes, quoting Curtis LeMay, “Scorpions in a Bottle”, in Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb[1], New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 574:
The Russian bear has always been eager to stick his paw in Latin American waters. Now we've got him in a trap, let's take his leg off right up to his testicles. On second thought, let's take off his testicles, too.
4.(transitive) To imitate somebody, often in a satirical manner.
5.1986, John Le Carré, A Perfect Spy, Sceptre, published 2011, page 365:
Pym would take him off perfectly, thought Brotherhood. Pym would catch that accent to a tee.
6.
7.(intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.
8.(intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.
9.2007 July 12, The Guardian, A welcome invasion.
The message is now the medium – that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves.
10.2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, pages 52-53:
As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, "there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well", he continues. "We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this more than we ever used to. We promote how accessible the railways are. I think that this area has more than doubled from pre-COVID levels.
11.(intransitive) To depart.
I'm going to take off now.
Take off, loser!
12.2020, Armando Lazzari, Dinner with the Mafia:
Ben threw twenty bucks on the table, grabbed the map and took off after the thief, following Susan who had run off before him.
13.(transitive) To quantify.
I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project.
14.(transitive, intransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa.
He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner.
15.(intransitive, slang, dated) To take drugs; to inject drugs.
16.(transitive, slang, dated) To steal (something) or rob (someone).
17.(transitive, archaic) To swallow.
to take off a glass of wine
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dynamic
[[English]]
ipa :/daɪˈnæm.ɪk/[Adjective]
dynamic (comparative more dynamic, superlative most dynamic)
1.Changing; active; in motion.
The environment is dynamic, changing with the years and the seasons.
dynamic economy
2.Powerful; energetic.
He was a dynamic and engaging speaker.
3.Able to change and adapt.
4.(music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.
5.(computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
dynamic allocation
dynamic IP addresses
the dynamic resizing of an array
6.Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
7.(grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
[Alternative forms]
English Wikipedia has an article on:dynamicWikipedia
- dynamical
- dynamick (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
- (Changing; active; in motion): static
- (computing): static
[Etymology]
From French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós, “powerful”), from δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “I am able”).
[Noun]
dynamic (plural dynamics)
1.A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.
2.2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian[1]:
One of the under-reported dynamics during the coronavirus pandemic has been the collapse of One Nation’s vote.
3.(physics) A moving force.
The study of fluid dynamics quantifies turbulent and laminar flows.
4.(music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.
5.(music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
6.(grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
[Synonyms]
- (changing, active): active, fluid, moving
- (powerful): energetic, powerful
- (a characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior): apparatus, course of action, design, effect, function, functioning, implementation, interchange, interplay, mechanism, method, modus operandi, motif, nature, operation, pattern, process, regimen, workings
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carbon-free
[[English]]
[Adjective]
carbon-free (not comparable)
1.Not containing carbon.
2.Not producing any carbon compounds such as carbon dioxide that might contribute to pollution, including to the atmosphere.
3.2021 January 27, Richard Clinnick, “Rail Operations orders UK's first Class 93 tri-mode locomotives”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 10:
The two LTO battery packs provide 400kW (536hp) extra power to supplement the engine when the locomotive is running in diesel/battery hybrid mode, as well as last-mile carbon-free shunting operation.
[Etymology]
From carbon + -free.
[References]
- “carbon-free”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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emerge
[[English]]
ipa :/iˈmɝd͡ʒ/[Anagrams]
- mergee
[Etymology]
First attested in the late 16th century. Borrowed from Middle French emerger, from Latin ēmergere (“to rise up or out”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (“out, forth”)) + mergere (“to dip, to sink”)
[Noun]
emerge
1.Alternative spelling of emerg
[Synonyms]
- (to come into view): come forth, forthcome, heave in sight; see also Thesaurus:appear
- (to become known): come to light, transpire
[Verb]
emerge (third-person singular simple present emerges, present participle emerging, simple past and past participle emerged)
1.(intransitive) To come into view.
2.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess[1]:
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
4.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
5.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
6.(intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
He emerged unscathed from the accident.
The Soviet Union emerged from the ruins of an empire.
The submarine emerged from the ocean.
7.2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172:
Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
8.(intransitive) To become known.
Gradually the truth emerged.
9.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/eˈmɛr.d͡ʒe/[Anagrams]
- gemere, megere
[Verb]
emerge
1.third-person singular present indicative of emergere
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
ēmerge
1.second-person singular present active imperative of ēmergō
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
emerge
1.inflection of emergir:
1.third-person singular present indicative
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
Borrowed from French émerger.
[Verb]
a emerge (third-person singular present emerge, past participle emers) 3rd conj.
1.to emerge
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
emerge
1.inflection of emerger:
1.third-person singular present indicative
2.second-person singular imperative
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marquee
[[English]]
ipa :/mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/[Adjective]
marquee (not comparable)
1.Most famous; preeminent.
2.2012, Joe Tiller, Tiller: Not Your Average Joe, →ISBN:
Without adoubt, Brees was a marquee player.
3.2013, Vince Gennaro, Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball, →ISBN, page 96:
Even after a marquee player is traded, he can have a lasting impact on the franchise for which he made his mark.
4.2013, Kim Williams, Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost, Fashion, Design and Events, →ISBN, page 89:
Fashion Week is a marquee event providing a consolidated platform for the display of high-quality designer fashion.
5.2014, Jordan St. John, Lost Breweries of Toronto, →ISBN:
The marquee product was his Salvador lager beer, which, he claimed in the advertising material from the first decade of the twentieth century, was Canada's most famous brew.
6.2022 September 7, Tripp Mickle, Brian X. Chen, “Apple Extends Reach With $800 Watch, as New iPhone Inches Along”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
But as the marquee device has grown older and its improvements have gotten more incremental, the tech giant has shifted its focus to younger products with more runway for innovation: the Apple Watch and AirPods.
[Etymology]
From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”).
[Further reading]
- marquee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
marquee (plural marquees)
1.(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
2.
3. (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
4.(US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
Synonyms: chase lights, chaser lights
5.(Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
6.
7. (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
Synonym: marching ants
Rectangular Marquee Tool
[Verb]
marquee (third-person singular simple present marquees, present participle marqueeing, simple past and past participle marqueed)
1.(graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.
2.To display text prominently at the top, as in a video. i.e. The text was marqueed at the end of the presentation. Marquee it.
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stand
[[English]]
ipa :/stænd/[Anagrams]
- Dants, Sandt, dasn't, tdnas
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English standen, stonden (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.cognatesCognate with Scots stand (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), West Frisian stean (“to stand”), dialectal German standen (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Norwegian standa (“to stand”), Faroese standa (“to stand”), Icelandic standa (“to stand”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (standan), Russian стоя́ть (stojátʹ, “to stand”). Also from *steh₂-: Irish seas, Latin stare, Lithuanian stóti, Old Church Slavonic стояти (stojati), Albanian shtoj (“to increase”), Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to put”), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hištaiti), Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati). From the related Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): West Frisian stean, Dutch staan, German stehen, Danish stå.
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English stand, stande, stond, stonde, stoonde, probably from Middle Dutch stande, from Old Dutch *standan (“to stand”), from Frankish *standan.Forms with -o- may show influence of stonden (“stand”, verb).
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈsd̥anˀ][Etymology]
From the verb stande, influenced by Middle Low German stant, German Stand and (in the sense "booth") English stand.
[Noun]
stand c (singular definite standen, plural indefinite stænder)
1.position, social status, station
2.class, rank
3.occupation, trade, profession
4.estatestand c (singular definite standen, plural indefinite stande)
1.stand (device to hold something upright or aloft)
2.stand (small building or booth)
3.(uncountable) condition, repair
[References]
- “stand” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/stɑnt/[Anagrams]
- danst
[Etymology 1]
From Old Dutch *stand, from Proto-Germanic *standaz, related to the verb *stāną (“to stand”). Related to staan.
[Etymology 2]
From English stand.
[[French]]
ipa :/stɑ̃d/[Etymology]
Borrowed from English stand.
[Further reading]
- “stand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
stand m (plural stands)
1.stand (In various senses, such as a small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.)
2.(motor racing) Pit.
[[German]]
ipa :/ʃtant/[Verb]
stand
1.first/third-person singular preterite of stehen
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
stand
1.Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈʃtɒnd][Etymology]
From German Stand.[1]
[Further reading]
- stand in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[Noun]
stand
1.stand, booth, stall, kiosk (a small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc., on the street or in a market)
Synonym: bódé
szabadtéri stand ― outdoor market stall
[References]
1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈstɛnd/[Etymology]
Borrowed from English stand.
[Further reading]
- stand in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
[Noun]
stand m (invariable)
1.stand, booth, stall, pavilion (at a fair)
2.stand, gallery (at a sporting event)
3.stand, case (in a store, supermarket)
4.stall (at a shooting range)
[References]
1. ^ stand in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[Synonyms]
- (at a fair, shooting range): padiglione
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
From the old verb stande (replaced by stå), and English stand (sense 3).
[Noun]
stand m (definite singular standen, indefinite plural stander, definite plural standene)
1.condition, order, state
2.height, level, reading
3.a stand (e.g. at an exhibition)
[References]
- “stand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/stɑnd/[Etymology 1]
From the old verb stande (replaced by stå).
[Etymology 2]
From German Stand, probably through Danish. Doublet of Etymology 1.
[Etymology 3]
From English stand. Doublet of Etymology 1.
[References]
- “stand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/stɑnd/[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *standaz, related to the verb *stāną (“to stand”).
[Noun]
stand m
1.(rare) delay
[[Old High German]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Germanic *standaz, related to the verb *stāną (“to stand”), whence also Old English stand.
[Noun]
stand m
1.stand (clarification of this definition is needed)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈstɐ̃.dɨ/[Etymology]
Unadapted borrowing from English stand.
[Noun]
stand m (plural stands)
1.Alternative form of estande
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
Borrowed from French stand, from English stand.
[Noun]
stand n (plural standuri)
1.stand
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈstand/[Etymology]
Borrowed from English stand.
[Further reading]
- “stand”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
stand m (plural stands)
1.stand (enclosed structure in the street)
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stand out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- outstand
[Verb]
stand out (third-person singular simple present stands out, present participle standing out, simple past and past participle stood out)
1.(intransitive) To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
2.1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 131:
Indeed he had no notion that Madame de Seidlits, or her daughter, had a serious intention of standing out against a match which he thought so advantageous to both.
3.(intransitive) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stand out
Tourist guides often carry umbrellas so that they stand out in a crowd.
4.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I, II, or III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
The path led straight across the clearing into another forest, lying upon the verge of which I saw a bit of white. It appeared to stand out in marked contrast and incongruity to all its surroundings, and when I stopped to examine it, I found that it was a small strip of muslin—part of the hem of a garment.
5.1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
At Stirling, we obtained a wonderful silhouette view of the Wallace Monument, and the dark line of the Ochil Hills, and the castle stood out clearly against the afterglow of the sunset.
6.2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4:
A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.
7.(intransitive) To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
She stood out from the other candidates and was offered the job.
8.2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 – 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport[1]:
The Scottish midfielder had an impressive game for Villa and his passing and vision stood out throughout.
9.2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly[2], volume 188, number 26, page 19:
It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.
10.(intransitive, nautical) To sail in a direction away from shore.
11.1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 181:
One morning in the early grey of the dawn we stood out to sea to troll for mackerel.
12.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 23:
The next day the breeze freshened and the Ibis duly stood out to sea.
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contrastive
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/[Adjective]
contrastive (comparative more contrastive, superlative most contrastive)
1.Contrasting.
2.1965 June 4, Shigeyuki Kuroda, “Generative grammatical studies in the Japanese language”, in DSpace@MIT[1], retrieved 2014-02-24:
This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies.
3.1985, David-Hillel Ruben, The Metaphysics of the Social World, page 141:
Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.
4.2008, Alexandra Aikhenvald, The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, →ISBN, page 1:
Vowel length is contrastive.
[Etymology]
contrast + -ive
[See also]
- comparative
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
contrastive
1.feminine plural of contrastivo
[Anagrams]
- contestarvi, scontratevi
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performant
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈfɔːmənt/[Adjective]
performant (comparative more performant, superlative most performant)
1.Of or relating to performance.
2.1990, Jean Alter, “Performant Function in Action”, in A Sociosemiotic Theory of Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, pages 60–61:
A ballet visibly stresses the performant function even though, traditionally, it also claims to communicate some meaning. In sports, the performant function dominates more openly; but, in a symbiotic relation, it derives much of its vitality from a grafted referential function that operates through cultural signs. [...] As a rule, however, the performant function, when it is supported by truly impressive circus performances, tends to monopolize the audience's attention.
3.Capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency.
Synonyms: effective, efficient, high-performance, high-performing, responsive, successful
4.c. 1680, “An Account of the Barony of Forth, in the County of Wexford, Written at the Close of the Seventeenth Century. Edited by Herbert F[rancis] Hore.”, in Proceedings and Papers of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archæological Society, for the Year 1862. […], volume IV, part I (New Series), Dublin: […] University Press, […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 60:
The inhabitants commonly use pacing Naggs, singularly performant in travaille, and easily kept in good case.
5.1991, P. Scalliet, “Installation of a Hospital-based Protontherapy Center in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium”, in P. Chauvel, A. Wambersie, P. Mandrillon, editors, Epac 90: 2nd European Particle Accelerator Conference: Medical Satellite Meeting, Nice, June 14–16, 1990, Gif-sur-Yvette, Île-de-France: Editions Frontières, →ISBN, section 3.2 (Neutron Beams), page S95, column 1:
Nevertheless, it should be realized that most of the trials were conducted with poorly performant neutron installations (similar to old 200 kV X-ray units).
6.1991 August 8, “N91-23573# Societe d’Architectures en Milieux Extremes, Paris (France). European Stakes and Measures Permitting the Management of Geometric Dimensions [Enjeux Europeens et Mesures Permettant de Gerer les Dimensions Geometriques]”, in Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports, volume 29, number 15, [Washington, D.C.]: Scientific and Technical Information Division, NASA, →ISSN, →OCLC, section 42 (Geosciences (General)), page 2450, column 2:
Within the Columbus program, the studies defining and optimizing the pressurized spaces must be based on extremely rigorous and highly performant modular and repetitive geometric dimensions, in compliance with ergonomic data inherent to the indispensable presence of man.
7.1999, M. A. Trindade, A. Benjeddou, R. Ohayon, “Shear and Extension Actuation Mechanisms for Structural Vibration Control”, in Nesbitt W. Hagood IV, Mauro J. Atalla, editors, Ninth International Conference on Structures and Technologies, October 14–16, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Lancaster, Pa., Basel: Techtronic Publishing Company, →ISBN, →ISSN, abstract, page 105:
Results suggest that shear actuators can be more performant than extension ones for the control of bending operations.
8.2009, Vladimir Dobrokhotov, “Mechanical Properties of Nanostructures”, in Yashwant Pathak, Deepak Thassu, editors, Drug Delivery Nanoparticles: Formulation and Characterization (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences; 191), New York, N.Y., London: Informa Healthcare, →ISBN, page 314:
In our energy-conscious society, materials and structures are required to be more performant, lightweight, and cheap.
1.(computing) Characterized by a level of performance or efficiency that is adequate for or exceeds the expectations of end users.
2.1977, J[ohn] Rose, C[onstantin] Bilciu, editors, Modern Trends in Cybernetics and Systems: Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems, Bucharest, Romania, August 25–29, 1975, volume 1, Blackburn, Lancashire: World Organisation of General Systems and Cybernetics, →ISBN, page 735:
The program ALGOLOG is highly performant: it generated 259 linear subproblems, instead of 223.
3.2000, Luc Van Gool, Reinhard Koch, Theo Moons, “New Techniques for 3D Modeling … … and for Doing Without”, in Peter Corke, James Trevelyan, editors, Experimental Robotics VI: The Sixth International Symposium, Sydney, Australia, March 26–28, 1999 (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences; 250), London, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, abstract, page 79:
Recently, a pure view-based object recognition approach was proposed, that is surprisingly performant.
4.2003, Rod Johnson, Expert One-on-One: J2EE Design and Development (Programmer to Programmer), Birmingham: Wrox Press, →ISBN, page 5:
There are strong arguments that some features of J2EE, such as entity beans, can never be as performant in many situations as some alternatives.
5.2013, Thomas Valentine, Jonathan Reid, “JavaScript in Action”, in JavaScript Programmer’s Reference, Berkeley, Calif.: Apress, →ISBN, page 117:
Yahoo uses YUI in their products, and as a result it is highly performant and well-tested.
6.2014, Den Odell, “Browser Developer Tools”, in Pro JavaScript Development: Coding, Capabilities, and Tooling, Berkeley, Calif.: Apress, →ISBN, page 423:
While we can run a plethora of tools against our code to check its quality in advance, there really is no substitute for running that code within a web browser to ensure not only that it runs correctly but also that it is performant and memory-efficient.
7.2015, Paweł Cichosz, “Case Studies”, in Data Mining Algorithms Explained Using R, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley, →ISBN, section 20.1 (Introduction), page 602:
To keep the computational requirements within the reach of even aged and low-performant personal computers, computationally intensive operations are avoided.
[Anagrams]
- preformant
[Etymology]
From perform + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, and adjectives from verbs with the senses of ‘doing (the action of the verb’)), possibly modelled after informant.[1]
[Noun]
performant (plural performants)
1.(obsolete, rare) Someone who performs something, such as a ritual; a performer.
2.1809 January 30, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “From His Leaving Clifton for London in 1801 to 1807, the Year of His Discovery of the Basis of the Fixed Alkalies. [Letter from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Humphry Davy.]”, in John Davy, editor, Fragmentary Remains, Literary and Scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., […], London: John Churchill, […], published 1858, →OCLC, page 110:
As my heart bears me full witness with what unalloyed satisfaction I should have seen this last duty in your hands or in D. Giddy's, so I feel myself permitted to avow the pain, yea, the sense of shame, with which I contemplate Dr. Stock as the performant.
3.1854 October 14, “[Current Literature.] The Goblin Snob, Imagined and Illustrated. By Henry L. Stephens. Dewitt & Davenport: New York: 1854. Oblong 4to. Pp. 96. For sale in Philadelphia by T. B. Peterson. [book review]”, in Bizarre. An Original, Literary Gazette, volume VI, number 1, Philadelphia, Pa.: Publication office, No 73, South Fourth Street, below Walnut, published 1855, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:
That there is considerable drollery and fun in the work, alike of the pencil and the pen in this morceau, it were idle to deny. That the performant [Henry Louis Stephens] wields both with not a little freedom, nimbleness and ease, is obvious on inspection.
4.1894, A[rthur] B[ernard] Cook, “Animal Worship in the Mycenaean Age”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume XIV, London: The Council [of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies], and sold on their behalf by Macmillan and Co., […], →ISSN, →OCLC, section II (The Cult of the Lion), page 119:
It would appear then that the Mycenaean lion-cult involved not only an animal oblation and a ὑδροφορία or λουτροφορία—in one case for the purpose of watering a sacred palm—but also a mimetic dance. The performants of these several offices were dressed in artificial lion-skins, and probably called by the name of λέοντες.
5.1979, K[rishan] Kumar, The Pailibos, Shillong, Meghalaya: Government of Arunachal Pradesh, →OCLC, page 169:
If a performant happens to be on unfriendly terms with any one in the village, the performant does everything to get him reconciled long before the preparation is taken in hand.
6.1992, Winand M. Callewaert, “Singers’ Repertoires in Western India”, in R[onald] S[tuart] McGregor, editor, Devotional Literature in South Asia: Current Research, 1985–1988 (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications; 46), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press for the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, published 2003, →ISBN, page 29:
Present-day musicologists in Rajasthan studying the Dev Nārāyaṇ or Pābūjī performance pay their performants by the hour.
[References]
1. ^ “performant, n. and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2005; “performant, adj. and n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[[French]]
ipa :/pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/[Adjective]
performant (feminine performante, masculine plural performants, feminine plural performantes)
1.efficient, effective, performant
[Further reading]
- “performant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Participle]
performant
1.present participle of performer
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
performant m or n (feminine singular performantă, masculine plural performanți, feminine and neuter plural performante)
1.efficient, effective, performant
[Etymology]
Borrowed from French performant.
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run-up
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- runup, run up
[Anagrams]
- nupur, uprun
[Etymology]
run + up, from the verb phrase.
[Noun]
run-up (plural run-ups)
1.(cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.
2.The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
3.2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport[1]:
But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.
4.A period of time just before an important event.
The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election.
5.2022 September 21, Alex Hern, “TikTok tightens policies around political issues in run-up to US midterms”, in The Guardian[2]:
Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company tightens its policies around political issues in the run-up to the US midterm elections in six weeks’ time.
6.2023 April 19, “Network News: First tram on Wolverhampton extension”, in RAIL, number 981, page 12, image caption:
Further trials and commissioning of the newly laid track will take place in the run-up to the launch of passenger services in June.
7.An increase in the value or amount of something.
Synonym: hike
Economists expect a run-up of long-term interest rates.
8.2006 December 22, Andrew E. Kramer, “A Price Run-Up for Run-Down Communes”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
A Price Run-Up for Run-Down Communes [title]
9.(oceanography) The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
10.2019, Daisuke Ishimura, Keitaro Yamada, “Palaeo-tsunami inundation distances deduced from roundness of gravel particles in tsunami deposits”, in Scientific Reports, volume 9, →DOI, page 2:
Historical records of tsunamis in this region are available for the last 400 years, and the run-up heights of historical tsunamis at Koyadori were estimated and measured"
I found sand pushed all the way to the edge of my home by the run-up of Wednesday's tsunami.
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run up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- nupur, uprun
[Noun]
run up (plural run ups)
1.Alternative form of run-up
[See also]
- run up against
- run up on
[Verb]
run up (third-person singular simple present runs up, present participle running up, simple past ran up, past participle run up)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, up.
The small boy ran up the hill.
2.To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
As I was walking along the road, a man suddenly ran up to me.
The dog ran up under the table to get his food.
3.(with to) To approach (an event or point in time).
We are putting on lots of special attractions as we run up to Christmas.
4.(transitive) To take to a destination or before an authority.
5.1924, Michigan. Supreme Court, Michigan Reports, volume 226, page 46:
[…] and I took him along and ran him up to police headquarters.
6.To erect hastily, as a building.
7.(idiomatic, transitive) To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.
I'll run you up a skirt for tomorrow evening.
8.(idiomatic, transitive) To bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole.
Stand quietly while the honor guard runs the flag up.
9.(transitive) To string up; to hang.
10.(cricket) Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.
He runs up... and bowls. Smashed away for four runs!
11.(intransitive, transitive) To rise; to swell; to grow; to increase.
Accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
12.1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
13.2009 February 6, Roy Furchgott, “Google Glitch May Run Up Phone Bills”, in New York Times[1]:
Google Glitch May Run Up Phone Bills [title]
14.(idiomatic) To accumulate (a debt).
He ran up over $5,000 in unpaid bills.
15.To thrust up, as anything long and slender.
The fence runs up along the edge of the pasture.
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runup
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- nupur, uprun
[Noun]
runup (plural runups)
1.Alternative spelling of run-up
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run in
[[English]]
[Adjective]
run in (not generally comparable, comparative more run in, superlative most run in)
1.Alternative form of run-in (adj) (styled open when in predicative position)
1.(participial adjective; editing, typography) (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.
These headings are run in because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches.
Antonym: free-hanging
2.1956, Daniel Melcher, Nancy Larrick, Printing and Promotion Handbook:
One of the best headings for saving space is the heading that is run in.
3.1976, American Institute of Physics, Editorial Handbook, page 17:
Third subheadings begin paragraphs (are indented and run in).
4.1985 April 16, Charles Anderson, “The Ins and Outs of Indexing”, in PC Mag, volume 4, number 8, page 322:
You can select how far you want subentries indented, how many lines between each entry and alphabetical block, and whether you want the final index indented (each sub- and sub-subheading indented under its parent) or run in (subheadings in paragraph form under the main heading).
5.1987, Rachel Morgan, Henry McGilton, Introducing UNIX System V, page 333:
Heading levels 3 through 7 are run in headings — the text that follows the heading appears on the same line as the heading.
6.2019, Editorial staff, “Guide to Authors”, in Nagoya Journal of Medical Science[1], archived from the original on 2021-12-23:
Secondary headings are flush left, in regular type, and capitalized headline style. Tertiary headings are run in at the beginning of a paragraph, in bold type, capitalized sentence style, and followed by a period.
7.(participial adjective; mechanical, engineering) (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.
8.1978, European Conference of Ministers of Transport, International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics The Contribution of Economic Research to Transport Policy Decisions, page 64:
Behaviour patterns now thoroughly "run in", and financial stringencies, appear to impose sharp limits on the prospects of success here.
9.1978, John E. Bingham, Garth W.P. Davies, A Handbook of Systems Analysis, page 35:
In addition to the above, the systems analyst should go on shift with the users for the first few days or longer until the system is thoroughly run in.
10.1993 December, T.S., “Long-Term Test cars”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 170, number 12, page 112:
Now that the engine is thoroughly run in, our overall fuel economy is creeping toward the high 22-mpg range.
11.2012, Victor W. Page, Early Motorcycles: Construction, Operation and Repair, page 487:
Under no circumstances run a new motor at high speed until it has covered several hundred miles and is thoroughly “run in.”
The engine should be well run in before its heavy working life begins.
Synonym: broken in (adj)
[Anagrams]
- inrun, inurn
[Noun]
run in (plural run ins)
1.Alternative spelling of run-in (omitting the hyphens from nouns of this type is nonstandard in formal publications but widely seen in unedited writing)
[Verb]
run in (third-person singular simple present runs in, present participle running in, simple past ran in, past participle run in)
1.(transitive, informal, chiefly passive voice) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in. (compare also run down)
2.(transitive, Britain) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in.
3.1959 February, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Dunalastair I" 4-4-0s of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87:
It was run in by Ranochan of Polmadie on the forenoon slow to Carlisle and the afternoon slow back to the North.
Synonym: break in (transitive sense)
4.(figuratively) To start a new regime slowly.
Synonym: phase in
5.(rugby) To score (a try).
6.2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport[2]:
Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.
7.(typography, printing) To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in.
8.(printing) To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
9.simple past and past participle of run in
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run-in
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- inrun, inurn
[Etymology 1]
Derived from the verb run into.
For the meaning "end-phase", it presumably comes a marathon race, where in the final part the runners run into the stadium and complete a lap.
[Etymology 2]
Derived from the verb run in.
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run
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
run
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kirundi.
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹʌn/[Adjective]
run (not comparable)
1.In a liquid state; melted or molten.
Put some run butter on the vegetables.
2.1921, L. W. Ferris, H. W. Redfield, W. R. North, “The Volatile Acids and the Volatile Oxidizable Substances of Cream and Experimental Butter”, in Journal of Dairy Science, volume 4, page 522:
Samples of the regular run butter were sealed in 1 pound tins and sent to Washington, where the butter was scored and examined.
3.Cast in a mould.
4.1735, Thomas Frankz, A tour through France, Flanders, and Germany: in a letter to Robert Savil, page 18:
[...] the Sides are generally made of Holland's Tiles, or Plates of run Iron, ornamented variously as Fancy dictates, [...]
5.1833, The Cabinet Cyclopaedia: A treatise on the progressive improvement and present state of the Manufactures in Metal, volume 2, Iron and Steel (printed in London), page 314:
Vast quantities are cast in sand moulds, with that kind of run steel which is so largely used in the production of common table-knives and forks.
6.c. 1839, (Richard of Raindale, The Plan of my House vindicated, quoted by) T. T. B. in the Dwelling of Richard of Raindale, King of the Moors, published in The Mirror, number 966, 7 September 1839, page 153:
For making tea I have a kettle,
Besides a pan made of run metal;
An old arm-chair, in which I sit well —
The back is round.
7.Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
8.(of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
9.1889, Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, Fishing: Salmon and Trout, fifth edition, page 185:
The temperature of the water is consequently much higher than in either England or Scotland, and many newly run salmon will be found in early spring in the upper waters of Irish rivers where obstructions exist.
10.1986, Arthur Oglesby, Fly fishing for salmon and sea trout, page 15:
It may be very much a metallic appearance as opposed to the silver freshness of a recently run salmon.
11.2005, Rod Sutterby, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History, page 86:
Thus, on almost any day of the year, a fresh-run salmon may be caught legally somewhere in the British Isles.
12.Smuggled.
run brandy
[Alternative forms]
- rin, ren (dialectal)
[Anagrams]
- Nur, URN, nur, urn
[Antonyms]
- (horizontal part of a step): rise, riser
- (horizontal distance of a set of stairs): rise
[Etymology]
From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen,yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”) (compare also *rannijaną (“to make run”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”).Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), Dutch rennen (“to run, race”), Alemannic German ränne (“to run”), German rennen (“to run, race”), rinnen (“to flow”), Rhein, Danish rende (“to run”), Swedish ränna (“to run”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), Icelandic renna (“to flow”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See random.
[Noun]
diagram of stairs, showing the run (sense 18.2)Stockings with a run (sense 21) in themrun (plural runs)
1.Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
I just got back from my morning run.
2.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport[12]:
Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.
3.Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
4.1759, N. Tindal, The Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England, volume 21 (continuation volume 9), page 92:
[…] and on the 18th of January this squadron put to sea. The first place of rendezvous was the boy of port St. Julian, upon the coast of Patagonia, and all accidents were provided against with admirable foresight. Their run to port St. Julian was dangerous […]
I need to make a run to the store.
5.A pleasure trip.
Let's go for a run in the car.
6.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 30, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
And I think of giving her a run in London for a change.
7.Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
8.2006, Tsirk Susej, The Demonic Bible, →ISBN, page 41:
During his run from the police, he claimed to have a metaphysical experience which can only be described as “having passed through an abyss.”
9.Migration (of fish).
10.A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
11.A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:
1.A (regular) trip or route.
The bus on the Cherry Street run is always crowded.
2.1977, Star Wars (film)
You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
3.The route taken while running or skiing.
Which run did you do today?
4.(skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
5.The distance sailed by a ship.
a good run; a run of fifty miles
6.A voyage.
a run to China
7.A trial.
The data got lost, so I'll have to perform another run of the experiment.
8.(mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
This morning's run of the SHIPS statistical model gave Hurricane Priscilla a 74% chance of gaining at least 30 knots of intensity in 24 hours, reconfirmed by the HMON and GFS dynamical models.
9.(video games) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
This was my first successful run without losing any health.Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
He can have the run of the house.An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
He set up a rabbit run.(Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.State of being current; currency; popularity.
- 1715 June 5 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 45. Wednesday, May 25. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
It is impossible for detached papers[...] to have a general run, or long continuance, if they are not diversified[...].Continuous or sequential
1.A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
I’m having a run of bad luck.
2.1782 Frances Burney Cecilia
“ […] had had the preceding night an uncommon run of luck”.
He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.
3.1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:
They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure [...] put a seal on their calamities.
4.2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport[13]:
German wildcard Sabine Lisicki conquered her nerves to defeat France's Marion Bartoli and take her amazing Wimbledon run into the semi-finals.
5.A series of tries in a game that were successful.
If our team can keep up their strong defense, expect them to make a run in this tournament.
6.A production quantity (such as in a factory).
Yesterday we did a run of 12,000 units.
The book’s initial press run will be 5,000 copies.
7.The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.
It is the last week of our French cinema run.
8.1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
A canting, mawkish play [...] had an immense run.
9.(slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
10.1964, The Velvet Underground, Heroin:
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same / When I'm rushing on my run.
11.1975, Lloyd Y. Young, Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, Brian S. Katcher, Applied Therapeutics for Clinical Pharmacists:
Frank Fixwell, a 25 year-old male, has been on a heroin "run" (daily use) for the past two years.
12.1977, Richard P. Rettig, Manual J. Torres, Gerald R. Garrett, Manny: a criminal-addict's story, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) →ISBN
I was hooked on dope, and hooked bad, during this whole period, but I was also hooked behind robbery. When you're on a heroin run, you stay loaded so long as you can score.
13.2001, Robin J. Harman, Handbook of Pharmacy Health Education, Pharmaceutical Press, →ISBN, page 172:
This can develop quite quickly (over a matter of hours) during a cocaine run or when cocaine use becomes a daily habit.
14.2010, Robert DuPont, The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction, Hazelden Publishing, →ISBN, page 158:
DA depletion leads to the crash that characteristically ends a cocaine run.
15.(card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
16.(music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.A flow of liquid; a leak.
The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
a run of must in wine-making
the first run of sap in a maple orchard(chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run".A quick pace, faster than a walk.
He broke into a run.
1.(of horses) A fast gallop.(banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.Any sudden large demand for something.
There was a run on Christmas presents.Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
1.The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
2.
3. The horizontal length of a set of stairs
4.(construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.A standard or unexceptional group or category.
He stood out from the usual run of applicants.In sports
1.(baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
2.(cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
3.(American football) A running play.
[...] one of the greatest runs of all time.
4.2003, Jack Seibold, Spartan Sports Encyclopedia, page 592:
Aaron Roberts added an insurance touchdown on a one-yard run.
5.(golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
6.(golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
7.The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
8.1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 21:
Well, when you compare the cone type with the cross roller bit, you get a longer run, there is less tendency of the bit to go flat while running in various formations. It cleans itself better. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
I have a run in my stocking.
- 1975, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns:
A camera pans the cocktail hour / Behind a blind of potted palms / And finds a lady in a Paris dress / With runs in her nylons(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.(mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.A pair or set of millstones.(speedrunning) Shortening of speedrun.
[Synonyms]
- (horizontal part of a step): tread
- (unravelling): ladder (British)
- (computing): execute, start
- See also Thesaurus:walk
[Verb]
A runner running (sense 1.4)Women running (sense 1.4) in a 100-meter foot racerun (third-person singular simple present runs, present participle running, simple past ran, past participle run)
1.To move swiftly.
1.(intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
Run, Sarah, run!
2.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122:
Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.
3.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.
4.(intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
The horse ran the length of the track.
I have been running all over the building looking for him.
Sorry, I've got to run; my house is on fire.
5.1965, Ed Cobb, “Tainted Love”, in Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret[1], performed by Soft Cell, published 1981:
Once I ran to you (I ran) / Now I run from you / This tainted love you've given / I give you all a boy could give you
6.(transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
Every day I run my dog across the field and back.
I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.
Run your fingers through my hair.
7.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Challenger and I ran Summerlee along, one at each of his elbows, while Lord John covered our retreat, firing again and again as savage heads snarled at us out of the bushes.
8.
9. (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
The horse will run the Preakness next year.
I'm not ready to run a marathon.
10.(transitive) To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
Could you run me over to the store?
Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
11.(transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
the bus (train, plane, ferry boat, etc) runs between Newport and Riverside
12.1997, Karl-Heinz Reger, Nelles Verlag Staff, Malaysia - Singapore - Brunei, Hunter Publishing, Inc, →ISBN, page 91:
Small planes run between Alor and Langkawi. BUS: Express busses leave the bus terminal on the corner of Jl. Langgar and Jl. Stesyen for K. Kedah, […]
13.2013 April 15, Mary Ann Sternberg, Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 62:
The first steam ferry or tug, the Little Minnie, ran the river in the 1870s. When vehicles were to cross, a barge was affixed to the Minnie to carry them. The Bella Israel, a successor to the Little Minnie, sank in 1894 and 62 Along the […]
14.(transitive) To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
15.1979, United States. Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Region, Piedra River: Final Environmental Impact Statement & Wild & Scenic River Study, page 74:
To put it frankly, if you people had to hire others to run the river and survey it for you, if, in short, you can't even run it yourself, why do think you can decide who is and who is not competent? River running, as has been […]
16.(intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
17.(American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
18.2019 December 29, Chad Finn, “24 thoughts on the Patriots’ loss to the Dolphins”, in Boston Globe[2]:
Then, on their second possession, Isaiah Ford ran for 11 yards after abandoning a flea flicker. [...] The Patriots ran the ball just 27 times despite averaging 5 yards per carry.
19.(transitive) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
The horse ran a great race.
20.(intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.
When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
21.(figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
If you have a collision with a vehicle oncoming from the right, after having run priority to the right, you are at fault.
22.(transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.(fluids) To flow.
1.(intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
The river runs through the forest.
There's blood running down your leg.
2.(intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.
The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
3.(intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
Your nose is running.
Why is the hose still running?
4.(transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.
Could you run a bath for me, please?
5.(intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
6.1717 [a. 18 CE], Ovid, translated by Joseph Addison, Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books. Translated by the most eminent hands. Adorn'd with sculptures[3], Book the Third, The Story of Narcissus, page 92:
As Wax dissolves, as Ice begins to run,
7.1729, John Woodward, An Attempt Towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England, Tome I, page 223:
The Sussex ores run pretty freely in the Fire for Iron-Ores; otherwise they would hardly be worth working.
8.(intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
During washing, the red from the rug ran onto the white sheet, staining it pink.
9.To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
to run bullets
10.1718, Henry Felton, A Dissertation on Reading the Classics, and Forming a Just Style[4], page 6:
But, my Lord, the fairest Diamonds are rough till they are polished, and the purest Gold must be run and washed, and sifted in the Oar.(nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.(transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.
She runs the fundraising.
My parents think they run my life.
He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
- 1972 December 29, Richard Schickel, “Masterpieces underrated and overlooked”, in Life, volume 73, number 25, page 22:
A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece.
- 2013 May 11, “What a waste”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 12:
India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.(intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
I have decided to run for governor of California.
We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.To make participate in certain kinds of competitions.
1.(transitive) To make run in a race.
He ran his best horse in the Derby.
2.(transitive) To make run in an election.
The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
to run through life; to run in a circle(intransitive) To be presented in the media.
The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.
The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.
Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.(transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
run a story; run an ad(transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
to run guns; to run rum
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, “An answer to a paper, called A memorial of the poor inhabitants, tradesmen, and labourers of the kingdom of Ireland”, in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, published 1757, page 175:
[...]whereas in the business of laying heavy impositions two and two never made more than one ; which happens by lessening the import, and the strong temptation of running such goods as paid high duties(transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
1.(intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
The border runs for 3000 miles.
The leash runs along a wire.
The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.
It ran in quality from excellent to substandard.
2.(intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
The sale will run for ten days.
The contract runs through 2008.
The meeting ran late.
The book runs 655 pages.
The speech runs as follows: …
3.(transitive) To make something extend in space.
I need to run this wire along the wall.
4.(intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
My car stopped running.
That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.
Buses don't run here on Sunday.
5.(transitive) To make a machine operate.
It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.
Don't run the engine so fast.(transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.
Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.
I will run the sample.
Don't run that software unless you have permission.
My computer is too old to run the new OS.To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
to run from one subject to another
- 1697, Joseph Addison, “An essay on the Georgics”, in The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis[5], by John Dryden:
Virgil was so well acquainted with this Secret, that to set off his first Georgic, he has run into a set of Precepts, which are almost foreign to his Subject,(copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Our supplies are running low.
They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, act IV, scene i:
Have I not cause to rave, and beat my breast, / To rend my heart with grief and run distracted?
- 1968, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “The Boxer”:
I was no more than a boy / In the company of strangers / In the quiet of the railway station / Running scared.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.(transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.(intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
My stocking is running.(transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
He took off the nylons & had runned one. He said "now I really look like a street whore!"To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- 1692, Robert South, “Discourse I. The creation of man in God’s image”, in Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions[6], published 1827, page 1:
To run the world back to its first original and infancy, and, as it were, to view nature in its cradle,
- 1695, Jeremy Collier, “A Thought”, in Miscellanies upon Moral Subjects by Jeremy Collier[7], page 88:
Methinks, if it might be, I would gladly understand the Formation of a Soul, run it up to its Punctum Saliens, and see it beat the first conscious Pulse.To cause to enter; to thrust.
to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
- 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley:
“You run your head into the lion's mouth,” answered Mac-Ivor.
- 1844, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit:
With that he took off his great-coat, and having run his fingers through his hair, thrust one hand gently in the bosom of his waistcoat
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […].
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 27:41:
They ran the ship aground.
- 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation:
[...]besides all this, a talkative person must needs be impertinent, and speak many idle words, and so render himself burdensome and odious to Company, and may perchance run himself upon great Inconveniences, by blabbing out his own or other’s Secrets;
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding[8], Section 24. Partiality:
[...]and others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions and the abstract generalities of logic ;To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
to run a lineTo encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
to run the risk of losing one's life
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Friendship”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
He runneth two dangers.To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:
He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them.To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.To control or have precedence in a card game.
Every three or four hands he would run the table.To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- 1722 [1647], Robert Sanderson, translated by Thomas Lewis, A Preservative Against Schism and Rebellion, in the Most Trying Times[9], volume 1, translation of De juramenti promissorii obligatione, page 355:
Which Sovereignity, with us, so undoubtedly resideth in the Person of the King, that his ordinary style runneth — Our Sovereign Lord the King
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[10]:
The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run.(archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- c. 1685, William Temple, Upon the Gardens of Epicurus[11], published 1908, page 27:
[...]great captains, and even consular men, who first brought them over, took pride in giving them their own names (by which they run a great while in Rome)
- 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himselfe.To have growth or development.
Boys and girls run up rapidly.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:
or the Richness of the Ground cause them [turnips] to run too much to LeavesTo tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Nature in Men”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man with respect to Religion and Government”, in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, published 1757, page 235:
It hath been observed, that the temperate climates usually run into moderate governments, and the extremes into despotic power.To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Certain covenants run with the land.
- c. 1665, Josiah Child, Discourse on Trade:
Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid.To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 8, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
Don't let me run the fate of all who show indulgence to your sex […].(golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.(video games, rare) To speedrun.(sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
Jackson got himself run in the top of the sixth for arguing a borderline strike three call.run
1.past participle of rin
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
run
1.inflection of runnen:
1.first-person singular present indicative
2.imperative
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
run
1.Romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌽
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
run
1.Nonstandard spelling of rún.
2.Nonstandard spelling of rùn.
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
run m (plural runs)
1.(nautical) beam (of a ship)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/rʉːn/[Alternative forms]
- rón f, rjón n (dialectal)
[Etymology]
From Old Norse rún f (“rune, secret”), from Proto-Norse *ᚱᚢᚾᚢ (*runu /rūnu/), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō. Akin to English roun (“secret; rune”).
[Noun]
run f (definite singular runa, indefinite plural runer, definite plural runene)
1.witchcraft
taka run på ein ― use witchcraft on someone
2.1911, Torkell Mauland, Trolldom [Witchcraft], page 147:
Han [Johan] hadde den hausten lege i trætta med Omund Horpestad um ein kvernastad, og daa hadde han truga med at han skulde taka run paa Omund. So sa i minsto Omund Horpestad daa han bad lensmannen, Mons Øksnavad, stemna Johans til Haugs-tinget ²⁷/₁₁ 1650.
He [Johans] had that autumn been in a quarrel with Omund Horpestad about a milling place, and had then threatened with using witchcraft on Omund. This is at least what Omund Horpestad told when he asked the sheriff, Mons Øksnavad, to subpoena Johans to the Haugating at 27th November 1650.
3.(chiefly in the plural):
1.secret or magic aids
2.runes
Synonym: rune f
[References]
- “Runer” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ruːn/[Etymology]
From Proto-West Germanic *rūnu. Cognate with the Old Saxon rūna, Old High German rūna (German Raun), Old Norse rún, and Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (runa).
[Noun]
rūn f
1.whisper
2.rune
3.mystery, secret
4.advice
5.writing
[See also]
- dierne (adjective)
[[Polish]]
ipa :/run/[Further reading]
- run in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
run n
1.genitive plural of runorun f
1.genitive plural of runa
[[Spanish]]
[Further reading]
- “run”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
run m (plural runes)
1.(Honduras) armadillo
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[zun˧˧][Etymology]
From Proto-Vietic *-ruːn.
[Verb]
run • (惇, 慵, 敦, 𢹈)
1.to tremble, to shiver (due to cold)
[[Yoruba]]
ipa :/ɾũ̀/
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɑl.ə.tl̩/[Adjective]
volatile (comparative more volatile, superlative most volatile)
1.
2. (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
3.(of a substance, informal) Explosive.
4.(of a price etc) Variable or erratic.
5.(of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.
a volatile man
6.Fickle.
7.Temporary or ephemeral.
8.(of a situation) Potentially violent.
9.(programming, of a variable etc.) Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
10.2010, Jon Jagger, Nigel Perry, Peter Sestoft, Annotated C# Standard, page 467:
This method stores a value into a non-volatile field called result, then stores true in the volatile field finished. The main thread waits for the field finished to be set to true, then reads the field result.
11.(computing, of memory) Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
12.(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
[Etymology]
From Middle French volatile, from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“I fly”).
[Noun]
volatile (plural volatiles)
1.A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
2.(programming) A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.
3.2011, Victor Pankratius, Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, Walter Tichy, Fundamentals of Multicore Software Development, page 74:
Operations on C++ volatiles do put the compiler on notice that the object may be modified asynchronously, and hence are generally safer to use than ordinary variable accesses.
[Synonyms]
- See also Thesaurus:ephemeral
[[French]]
ipa :/vɔ.la.til/[Adjective]
volatile
1.feminine singular of volatil
2.Alternative spelling of volatil, as a masculine singular
[Further reading]
- “volatile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
volatile m (plural volatiles)
1.fowl, bird
[[German]]
[Adjective]
volatile
1.inflection of volatil:
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]]
ipa :/voˈla.ti.le/[Adjective]
volatile (plural volatili)
1.(chemistry, physics) volatile
2.flying
Synonym: volante
3.(vulgar) the penis
[Etymology]
From Latin volātilis.
[Further reading]
- volatile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
[Noun]
volatile m (plural volatili)
1.bird, fowl
Synonym: uccello
[[Latin]]
ipa :/u̯oˈlaː.ti.le/[Adjective]
volātile
1.nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of volātilis
[References]
- volatile 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)
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haptics
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhæptɪks/[Anagrams]
- pathics, spathic
[Etymology]
From haptic.
[Noun]
haptics (uncountable)
1.(medicine) The study of the sense of touch.
2.(computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
3.2003, Julie A. Jacko, Andrew Sears, editors, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications, page 218:
Future work of this research field will include two issues: the safety and psychology of haptics.
4.2008, Manuel Ferre (editor), Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios: 6th International Conference: EuroHaptics, Madrid, Spain, June 2008: Proceedings, LNCS 5024.
5.2009, Thorsten A. Kern, Engineering Haptic Devices: A Beginner's Guide for Engineers, page 5:
However haptics is more than that. Haptic perceptions range from minor interactions in everyday life, eg, drinking from a glass or writing this text, to a means of social communication, eg shaking hands
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recove
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
recove
1.inflection of recovar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
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revocable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
revocable (not comparable)
1.Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.
Your promotion to manager is revocable if you do something wrong.
[Anagrams]
- coverable
[Antonyms]
- irrevocable
[Etymology]
Borrowed from Middle French révocable, from Old French revocable, from Latin revocabilis; equivalent to revoke + -able.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/reboˈkable/[Adjective]
revocable m or f (masculine and feminine plural revocables)
1.revocable
[Etymology]
From Latin revocabilis.
[Further reading]
- “revocable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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claiming
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkleɪmɪŋ/[Anagrams]
- lingamic, malicing
[Noun]
claiming (plural claimings)
1.The act of making a claim.
2.1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick the Great:
He had many wars; inextricable coil of claimings, quarrellings and agreeings […]
[Verb]
claiming
1.present participle and gerund of claim
It isn't that they are claiming they are right; they are claiming you are wrong.
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claime
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- amelic, maleic, malice
[Noun]
claime (plural claimes)
1.Obsolete spelling of claim
[Verb]
claime (third-person singular simple present claimes, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)
1.Obsolete spelling of claim
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
claime
1.(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of claimen
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claim
[[English]]
ipa :/kleɪm/[Alternative forms]
- claym (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- malic
[Etymology]
From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
[Further reading]
- “claim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “claim”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[Noun]
claim (plural claims)
1.A demand of ownership made for something.
a claim of ownership
a claim of victory
2.The thing claimed.
3.The right or ground of demanding.
You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
4.A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
5.2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!
6.A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
7.(law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
[Related terms]
- claimable
- claimant
- claimer
- disclaim
- disclaimer
[Verb]
claim (third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)
1.To demand ownership of.
2.1996 March 15, Leyla Linton, “London students sing their defiance”, in The Times[1], number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, columns 1, 2:
Jeffrey Chuang, an economics student at University College London, said: "I am for independence. I do not think China has any right to claim Taiwan. We have confidence in our country and we know that China is not capable of doing anything to us."
3.To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
4.To demand ownership or right to use for land.
5.(law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
6.(intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
7.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority, upon what ground any one has empire
8.To cause the loss of.
The attacks claimed the lives of five people.
A fire claimed two homes.
9.To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
He claimed $100 after winning the top spot.
10.(obsolete) To proclaim.
11.(archaic) To call or name.
12.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Nor all, that else through all the world is named […] / Might like to this be clamed.
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/kʰɛːm[Etymology]
From English claim.
[References]
- English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
[Verb]
claim
1.(Hong Kong Cantonese) to claim a sum of money
claim錢／claim钱 [Cantonese] ― kem1 cin4-2 [Jyutping] ― reimbursement
claim保險／claim保险 [Cantonese] ― kem1 bou2 him2 [Jyutping] ― to make an insurance claim
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
claim
1.inflection of claimen:
1.first-person singular present indicative
2.imperative
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claim
[[English]]
ipa :/kleɪm/[Alternative forms]
- claym (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- malic
[Etymology]
From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.See also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
[Further reading]
- “claim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “claim”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[Noun]
claim (plural claims)
1.A demand of ownership made for something.
a claim of ownership
a claim of victory
2.The thing claimed.
3.The right or ground of demanding.
You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
4.A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
5.2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!
6.A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
7.(law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
[Related terms]
- claimable
- claimant
- claimer
- disclaim
- disclaimer
[Verb]
claim (third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)
1.To demand ownership of.
2.1996 March 15, Leyla Linton, “London students sing their defiance”, in The Times[1], number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, columns 1, 2:
Jeffrey Chuang, an economics student at University College London, said: "I am for independence. I do not think China has any right to claim Taiwan. We have confidence in our country and we know that China is not capable of doing anything to us."
3.To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
4.To demand ownership or right to use for land.
5.(law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
6.(intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
7.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority, upon what ground any one has empire
8.To cause the loss of.
The attacks claimed the lives of five people.
A fire claimed two homes.
9.To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
He claimed $100 after winning the top spot.
10.(obsolete) To proclaim.
11.(archaic) To call or name.
12.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Nor all, that else through all the world is named […] / Might like to this be clamed.
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/kʰɛːm[Etymology]
From English claim.
[References]
- English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
[Verb]
claim
1.(Hong Kong Cantonese) to claim a sum of money
claim錢／claim钱 [Cantonese] ― kem1 cin4-2 [Jyutping] ― reimbursement
claim保險／claim保险 [Cantonese] ― kem1 bou2 him2 [Jyutping] ― to make an insurance claim
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
claim
1.inflection of claimen:
1.first-person singular present indicative
2.imperative
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finish
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɪnɪʃ/[Anagrams]
- fishin'
[Antonyms]
- (to complete): initiate, begin, start
[Etymology]
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
[Noun]
finish (plural finishes)
1.An end; the end of anything.
2.A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
The car's finish was so shiny and new.
3.The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
4.A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
5.(sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
6.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC[1]:
The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
7.2023 August 12, Suzanne Wrack, “England hit back to beat Colombia and set up World Cup semi with Australia”, in The Guardian[2]:
However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it.
[Verb]
finish (third-person singular simple present finishes, present participle finishing, simple past and past participle finished)
1.(transitive) To complete (something).
Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!
2.(transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
3.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
4.1961 February, “New "Mini-Buffets" from Wolverton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 79:
Seats are trimmed in a grey and blue moquette and tables are finished with grey Vyanide tops, gilt edging and ebony legs.
5.(transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.
6.(intransitive) To come to an end.
We had to leave before the concert had finished.
7.(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
These rumours could finish your career.
8.(intransitive, sex) To reach orgasm.
9.2019 June 14, Macaela Mackenzie, Lindsay Geller, “Why Your Orgasm Is MIA—And Exactly What To Do About It”, in Women's Health[3], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:
"Understand the anxiety around sex and what beliefs are triggering it," says Van Kirk."Are you worried you aren't good in bed? That you'll come off as selfish? That pleasuring you will take too long? Reframe that anxiety. Your excitement needs to be louder than any anxiety" to finish.
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
From English finish.
[Further reading]
- “finish” in Den Danske Ordbog
[Noun]
finish c (singular definite finishen, not used in plural form)
1.(the appearance after) fine-tuning, finishing touch
2.finish (a spectacular end in a race or a competition)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈfɪ.nɪʃ/[Etymology 1]
Borrowed from English finish.
[Etymology 2]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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51177
dislodge
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈlɒdʒ/[Etymology]
From Middle English disloggen, from Old French deslogier. Compare French déloger.
[Verb]
dislodge (third-person singular simple present dislodges, present participle dislodging, simple past and past participle dislodged)
1.(transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
2.1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:
Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.
3.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160:
In 1955, No. 30783, after a collision with an H15 4-6-0 at Bournemouth in which its right-hand cylinder was dislodged, required very extensive frame renewals.
4.2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61:
Hinshelwood says he had "the biggest smile on my face for a long time" when he learned no rocks from the 2019 project had been dislodged by the 2020 deluge.
5.(intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
6.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.
7.(transitive, figurative) To force out of a secure or settled position.
8.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times[1]:
The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.
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insurance
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪn.ˈʃʊɹ.əns/[Alternative forms]
- insuraunce (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- nuisancer, uncarines
[Etymology]
From the older form ensurance, see also assurance.
[Noun]
insurance (usually uncountable, plural insurances)
1.A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
2.2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, page 87:
In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance.
3.The business of providing insurance.
After five years in banking, I switched to insurance.
4.(figurative) Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.
The sky was clear, but I took my umbrella for insurance.
5.(blackjack) A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
I only take insurance if the count is right.
6.(countable) An insurance policy
7.2009 February 18, Cheryl Critchley, “Free child care for Victorian bushfire victims”, in Herald Sun[2], archived from the original on 18 February 2009:
"The children need to get back to some level of normalcy and their families can certainly use some respite to deal with things such as insurances, licences and other things they have lost," he said.
[See also]
- actuary
- annuity
- broker
- float
- underwriter
- workers’ compensation
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51180
able
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈeɪ.bl̩/[Alternative forms]
- (obsolete) hable
[Anagrams]
- Abel, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”), from habeō (“have, possess”) + -ibilis.Broadly ousted the native Old English magan.
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).[4]
[Etymology 3]
From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone,[5] and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards.
[References]
1.↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “able”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
2. ^ Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “ABLE”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
3. ^ Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (2003), entry "able"
4. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
5. ^ United States Army (1916) Signal Book[1], Conventional telephone signals, page 33
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- Abel, Bâle, béal, bêla
[Further reading]
- “able”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
able m (plural ables)
1.a vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette)
2.a vernacular name of the sunbleak or moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel
3.(rare) a vernacular name of any of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae)
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈaːbəl/[Adjective]
able
1.capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent.
[Alternative forms]
- hable
[Etymology]
From Old French able, habile, from Latin habilis.
[[Old French]]
ipa :/ˈablə/[Adjective]
able m (oblique and nominative feminine singular able)
1.able; capable
[Alternative forms]
- abile
- abille
- habile
[Etymology]
From Latin habilis.
[[Scots]]
ipa :/ebl/[Etymology 1]
From Middle English able, from Old French able, habile, from Latin habilis.
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51181
shift
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɪft/[Antonyms]
- (computing): unshift
[Etymology]
From Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”). Cognate with Scots schift, skift (“to shift”), West Frisian skifte, skiftsje (“to sort”), Dutch schiften (“to sort, screen, winnow, part”), German schichten (“to stack, layer”), Swedish skifta (“to shift, change, exchange, vary”), Norwegian skifte (“to shift”), Icelandic skipta (“to switch”). See ship.
[Noun]
shift (countable and uncountable, plural shifts)
1.A movement to do something, a beginning.
2.An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
There was a shift in the political atmosphere.
3.c. 1620-1626, Henry Wotton, letter to Nicholas Pey
My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air.
4.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times[1]:
The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.
5.(obsolete) A share, a portion assigned on division.
6.(historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.
7.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter X, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V:
No; without a gown, in a shift that was somewhat of the coarsest, and none of the cleanest, bedewed likewise with some odoriferous effluvia, the produce of the day's labour, with a pitchfork in her hand, Molly Seagrim approached.
8.1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools[2], volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
At length, one night, when the company by some accident broke up much sooner than ordinary, so that the candles were not half burnt out, she was not able to resist the temptation, but resolved to have them some way or other. Accordingly, as soon as the hurry was over, and the servants, as she thought, all gone to sleep, she stole out of her bed, and went down stairs, naked to her shift as she was, with a design to steal them […]
9.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
Some wear black shifts and flesh-coloured stockings; some with curly hair, dyed yellow, are dressed like little girls in short muslin frocks.
10.A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
11.A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
Synonym: workshift
We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.
12.(US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
Does it come with a stick-shift?
13.Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.
14.(computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
1.(computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.(computing) A bit shift.(baseball) An infield shift.
Teams often use a shift against this lefty.(Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.(archaic) A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
If I get down, and do not break my limbs,
I'll find a thousand shifts to get away:
As good to die and go, as die and stay.(archaic) A trick, an artifice.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
And if the boy have not a woman's gift
To rain a shower of commanded tears,
An onion will do well for such a shift
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
Reduced to pitiable shifts.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
I'll find a thousand shifts to get away.
- 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
Little souls on little shifts rely.(construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.(mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.(genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- 2017, Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World, →ISBN:
This kind of change, called shift - or more memorably, 'viral sex' - tends to trigger a pandemic, because a radically different virus demands a radically different immune response, and that takes time to mobilise.(music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.(British slang) be done; ruined
[Synonyms]
- (to change, swap): interchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
- (to move from one place to another): relocate, transfer; See also Thesaurus:move
- (to change position): reposition
- (to dispose of): get rid of, remove; See also Thesaurus:junk
- (to hurry): hasten, rush; See also Thesaurus:rush
- (to engage in sexual petting): fondle, grope; see also Thesaurus:fondle
[Verb]
shift (third-person singular simple present shifts, present participle shifting, simple past and past participle shifted)
1.(transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.
2.2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
3.2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
4.(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
5.2008, June Granatir Alexander, Ethnic Pride, American Patriotism, page ix:
As a result, I shifted my approach to focus on group-generated activities and broadened the chronological time frame.
6.2013, Steven H. Knoblauch, The Musical Edge of Therapeutic Dialogue:
His voice shifted from song to whisper.
7.(intransitive) To change position.
She shifted slightly in her seat.
His political stance shifted daily.
8.(intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
Synonym: move
We are shifting to America next month.
9.(obsolete, transitive) To change (clothes, especially underwear).
10.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
, II.ii.2:
'Tis very good to wash his hands and face often, to shift his clothes, to have fair linen about him, to be decently and comely attired […].
11.(obsolete, transitive, reflexive) To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
12.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 V, scene v]:
As it were, to ride day and night; and […] not to have patience to shift me.
13.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 21, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
The first thing he did was to secure a convenient lodging at the inn where he dined; then he shifted himself, and according to the direction he had received, went to the house of Mrs. Gauntlet […] .
14.(intransitive) To change gears (in a car).
I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.
15.(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
16.(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
17.(transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.
18.(transitive, computing) To remove the first value from an array.
19.(transitive) To dispose of.
How can I shift a grass stain?
20.(intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
21.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under the wires.
22.(Ireland, vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual petting.
23.2018, Sally Rooney, “Two Days Later (April 2011)”, in Normal People:
The question is what she's done to Waldron, said Eric. Look at him hiding in his locker there. Come on, spit it out. Did you shift her?
24.(archaic) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
25.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] Fable 83, Reflexion. (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 81:
[…] men in distress will look to themselves in the First Place, and leave their Companions to Shift as well as they can.
check it out online
26.1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar[3], London, page 112:
My Fellow-Slaves were […] as courteous to me as I could well-expect; and as they had Plantations of their own, they gave me […] such Victuals as they had; especially on dark Nights, and at such Times as I could not shift for myself.
27.To practice indirect or evasive methods.
28.1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], chapter 3, in The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, 1st book, §. section 7, page 45:
But this I dare auow of all those Schoole-men, that though they were exceeding wittie, yet they better teach all their Followers to shift, then to resolue, by their distinctions.
29.(music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
30.To change the reality one's consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.
I finally shifted to Hogwarts last night!
31.(Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
From English shift.
[Noun]
shift m (plural shifts, diminutive shiftje n)
1.shift (people working in turn)
Synonym: ploeg
2.shift (button on a keyboard)
3.shift (the act of shifting)
Synonym: verschuiving
[[French]]
ipa :/ʃift/[Etymology]
Borrowed from English shift.
[Noun]
shift m (plural shifts)
1.shift (people working in turn)
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
shift m (plural shifts)
1.shift (button on a keyboard)
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unease
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- usneae
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English unese, equivalent to un- + ease. Compare disease.
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English unesen, equivalent to un- + ease.
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sputtering
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- putterings
[Noun]
English Wikipedia has an article on:sputteringWikipedia sputtering (plural sputterings)
1.A noise that sputters.
2.2009 April 11, Anthony Tommasini, “Moving on, a Music Director Leaves an Imprint, and a New Hall”, in New York Times[1]:
The women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, seated in the rows where the first violins are typically located, contributed an array of haunting vocal sounds: hushed hums, sustained high tones, sputterings and more.
3.The ejection of atoms from the surface of a solid or liquid following bombardment with ions, atoms or molecules; used to prepare a thin layer of material on an object.
[Verb]
sputtering
1.present participle and gerund of sputter
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sputter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspʌtɚ/[Anagrams]
- putters
[Etymology]
Probably representing Middle English *sputren, *sputrien, a frequentative form of Middle English sputen (“to spout, vomit”), equivalent to spout + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian spüttern (“to inject, spray, splash”), West Frisian sputterje (“to sputter”), Dutch sputteren (“to sputter”), Low German sputtern, spruttern (“to sprinkle”), German sprudeln (“to spout, squirt”). Compare splutter.
[Noun]
sputter (countable and uncountable, plural sputters)
1.Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
2.Confused and hasty speech.
[References]
- “sputter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
[Verb]
sputter (third-person singular simple present sputters, present participle sputtering, simple past and past participle sputtered)
1.(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
2.1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Lady Milborough as Ambassador”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 87:
The child [...] kicked, and crowed, and sputtered, when his mother took him, and put up his little fingers to clutch her hair, and was to her as a young god upon the earth. Nothing in the world had ever been created so beautiful, so joyous, so satisfactory, so divine!
3.(transitive, intransitive) To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
4.1700, William Congreve, The Way of the World:
They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples.
5.1730, Jonathan Swift, A Vindication of Lord Carteret:
In the midst of caresses, and without the least pretended incitement, to sputter out the basest and falsest accusations.
6.(transitive, intransitive) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
7.1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:
Like the green wood [...] sputtering in the flame.
8.(physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
9.(physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.
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storehouse
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- store-house (archaic)
[Etymology]
store + house
[Noun]
storehouse (plural storehouses)
1.A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions.
Synonyms: magazine, repository, warehouse
2.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175:
Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices.
3.(figurative, by extension) A single location or resource where a large quantity of something can be found.
This old book is a genuine storehouse of useful cooking tips.
4.(obsolete) A mass or quantity laid up.
5.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
enrich the storehouse of his powerfull wit
[Verb]
storehouse (third-person singular simple present storehouses, present participle storehousing, simple past and past participle storehoused)
1.(transitive) To lay up in store.
the mental storehousing of information
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crack
[[English]]
ipa :/kɹæk/[Etymology 1]
From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian (“to resound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to resound, cry hoarsely”).Cognate with Scots crak (“to crack”), West Frisian kreakje (“to crack”), Dutch kraken (“to crunch, creak, squeak”), Low German kraken (“to crack”), German krachen (“to crash, crack, creak”), Lithuanian gìrgžděti (“to creak, squeak”), Old Armenian կարկաչ (karkačʿ), Sanskrit गर्जति (gárjati, “to roar, hum”).
[Etymology 2]
Of unknown origin.
[Further reading]
- “crack”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “crack”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “crack”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈkræk/[Etymology]
From English crack.
[Further reading]
- “crack”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][4] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
[Noun]
crack
1.crack (variety of cocaine)
[[French]]
ipa :/kʁak/[Etymology]
Borrowed from English crack.
[Further reading]
- “crack”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
crack m (plural cracks)
1.(colloquial) champion, ace, expert
Synonyms: champion, as
C’est un crack en informatique. ― He/she is a computer whiz.
2.(computing) crack (program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions)crack f (uncountable)
1.crack cocaine
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈkɾak/[Etymology]
Unadapted borrowing from English crack.
[Further reading]
- “crack” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[Noun]
crack m (plural cracks)
1.Alternative form of craque
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈkɾak/[Etymology 1]
Unadapted borrowing from English crack.
[Etymology 2]
Borrowed from French krach, from German Krach.
[Further reading]
- “crack”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
Borrowed from English crack.
[Noun]
crack n or c
1.(uncountable, colloquial) crack cocaine
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crack down on
[[English]]
ipa :/kɹæk ˈdaʊn/[See also]
- crackdown (noun)
[Verb]
crack down (third-person singular simple present cracks down, present participle cracking down, simple past and past participle cracked down)
1.(idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.
The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
2.2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds:
He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.
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underpinned
[[English]]
[Verb]
underpinned
1.simple past and past participle of underpin
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edged
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛd͡ʒd/[Adjective]
edged (comparative more edged, superlative most edged)
1.That has a sharp planar surface.
The monks were forbidden to carry edged weapons such as swords and axes.
2.(followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
a coat edged with fur
black feathers edged with gray
a smooth-edged table
[Etymology]
From Middle English egged, from Old English ecged; equivalent to edge + -ed.
[Verb]
edged
1.simple past and past participle of edge
Already a mentally fragile boy, he now edged towards insanity.
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edge
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛd͡ʒ/[Anagrams]
- geed
[Etymology]
From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Swedish egg, Norwegian egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).
[Further reading]
- edge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mathworld article on the edges of polygons
- Mathworld article on the edges of polyhedra
[Noun]
edge (plural edges)
1.The boundary line of a surface.
2.(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
3.An advantage.
I have the edge on him.
4.2013 December, Paul Voss, “Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation”, in IEEE Spectrum:
It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.
5.2017 August 25, Euan McKirdy et al, "Arrest warrant to be issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra", in edition.cnn.com, CNN:
Thitinan said Yingluck's decision to skip the verdict hearing will have "emboldened" the military government. "They would not have wanted to put her in jail, in this scenario, (but her not showing up today) puts her on the back foot and gives them an edge."
6.(also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
7.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 1818:
No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;
8.1833, Adam Clarke (editor), Revelations, II, 12, The New Testament, page 929:
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges:
9.A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
The cup is right on the edge of the table.
He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
10.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.
11.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults
12.1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
they never wanted the pretext, and seldom the will, to harass and pursue, even to the very edge of destruction, any of their less powerful neighbours
13.Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
14.a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, “Sermon X: The Faith and Patience of the Saints, Part 2”, in The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor, published 1841, page 69:
Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.
15.1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 175:
we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.
16.The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
in the edge of evening
17.1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, The Prose Works of John Milton, published 1853, Volume V, page 203
supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.
18.(cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
19.2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet
Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
20.(graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
21.A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
22.(computing, often attributive) The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
23.2022, Sergio Mendez, Edge Computing Systems with Kubernetes, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:
Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed on edge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud.
[Synonyms]
- (advantage): advantage, gain
- (sharp terminating border): brink, boundary, lip, margin, rim
- (in graph theory): line
[Verb]
edge (third-person singular simple present edges, present participle edging, simple past and past participle edged)
1.(transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged the book across the table.
The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money.
2.(intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged away from her.
3.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.
4.(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
5.(cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
6.(transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
7.(transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
8.2005, Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More, Section 2: Paths and Walkways, page 181,
If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.
9.(transitive) To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
10.1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
To edge her champion sword
11.(figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
12.a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:
By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.
13.(intransitive, slang) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
14.2011, Nicholson Baker, House of Holes[2], page 181:
“I think of it as mine, but, yes, it's his cock I've been edging with. Do you edge?”
15.2012, Ryan Field, Field of Dreams: The Very Best Stories of Ryan Field, page 44:
His mouth was open and he was still jerking his dick. Justin knew he must have been edging by then.
16.2016, Jenna Jacob, Lured By My Master: (The Doms of Genesis, Book 6):
“I'm going to edge you all night long. That should take the sass out of you.”
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